You looking for the animal in man / Here I stand / Cat cooler than Polar Bear sweat glands / Top down / check crown / Microphone Controller / Skew peak speak a street po- etry persona / Hang with the slang when your world grows colder / Sparks off the page like the pen’ll solder / Picking up the pebbles after blast the boulder / Lava flows but eruptions over / Heat / it’s a climate crisis / Venomous pimps selling kids their vices / Now they wanna battle over who’s the nicest / All about the cake and the means to ice it / Some want crumbs from some that slice it / Some want more then crumbs / Pull the gun / Blam Blam / Gun shots / Gangster cool / Got Godfather types that’re still in school / Wanna break / First you have to learn the rules / Study the machine and then select the tools / Wanna mess with the engine / better believe I got more then an oil change up my sleeve / I twist nuts while these suckers bust them / All the shit talk and I’m supposed to trust them / Selling me the same but I paid for custom / Never spin the wheel when the roulettes Russi- an / Got my name on yer slug but yer bullets a blank / Try and buy me out you’d have to blow the bank / I be the Grandmaster Caz not the Big Bank Hank / I be sticking with the think so remove the tank / My Posse roll on the track so the trail’s got a bump and a groove you can feel like braille / To the snakes we’re bringing in the anti-venom / Blue Gene / Yer dealing with a deadly denim Throwing scripts off the stage like I’m sick of rehearsal / Director it’s time for a role reversal / The kids taking charge of the dough dispersal / No more feature film following a cheap commercial / This quality come at you from first to last / If it’s all about the bomb be the first to blast / If it’s all about the function meetup at the junction / I’ll point to the show where we show you the point of leaving microphones wrecked’s to connect like a joint / Make it count like I’m number crunching / Down for the count like I’m doing the punching / Step into the space like I took the gap / Worldwide Iconic like a Yankee Cap / Never that / Just a regular rap chap / Check it from my kicks to the rest of my claptrap / People wanna know what I got in the backpack / ‘nuff books / ‘nuff beats / ‘nuff reason to rap / Tough times never easy when you talk the truth / They put the poison in the pudding if yer looking for proof / People die for a cause so the cause don’t die / People kill for a cause and never question why / So I ride on the track with my poetry primed to cut the head from the spine just to change a mind / coz the answers there the question clear / What kind? / You don’t know what you know until you’re forced to find / You only find a groove if you do the time / You won’t know where you’re at if you’ve never been / Sometimes you support / Some- times you lean / Sometimes isolated / Stand alone unseen / Sometimes you connect through a Blue Gene

I have eyes and the walls have ears / So I watch walls just to see why they hear / Why we gotta have walls when our ears all can listen / We can translate for ourselves some trans- mission / They fear our eyes so they transmit lies / They fear our ears so they transmit fear / The wall hears guilt built by the stress / Weaken the walls / Mix the spin with the stress Meditation is next through the stress of the spin / Spin out again to begin to spin in / Medit- ation is next through the stress of the spin / Spinning out to spin in through the stress of the spin Meditate on this / Somewhere some bombs fly through some air somewhere / So some children die but none care coz some men will lie so I can deny I was ever there / No I was never there / Somewhere some bombs fly through some air somewhere / So some chil- dren die but none care coz some men will lie so I can deny I was ever there / No I was never there / No Too much I must spin out to bring it back in to begin again to let go the ego to catch it I bracket it within the Zen / The moment I froze that shows the pose I chose to let myself hold on to what I should maybe let go / suppose I spin / bring it back in / begin again / sup- pose I spin / bring it back in Too much I must spin out to bring it back in to begin again to free up the brain got me clearing the drain got me pushing the pen / the words I write I might recite despite / the lack of a listener / brother and sister we know we grow we spin / bring it back in / begin again / we know we grow we spin / bring it back in / bring it in again Meditate on this / they insist on fire / More fire / Why a man gotta burn to be heard / What about the water the air the flow / What about the elemental earth of my birth / Sow seed in me / Succeed in me / but they wanna hold heat so they keep bleeding me / Wanna be as rich as the blood that they’re catching / The team seems lost so they’re looking for the cap- tain / Then the captains orders came clear / Fire one / So I fought with the flames but of course the fire won / Still they insist on fire / More fire / So I’m trapped in the flames like strapped to the tire / Some justify so some must just die / I wanna be immortal / long live the lie / Some justify so some must just die / I wanna be immortal / long live the lie Meditate on this / Somewhere some bombs fly through some air somewhere / So some children die but none care coz some men will lie so I can deny I was ever there / No I was never there / Somewhere some bombs fly through some air somewhere / So some chil- dren die but none care coz some men will lie so I can deny I was ever there / No I was never there / No Too much I must spin out to bring it back in to begin again to let go the ego to catch it I bracket it within the Zen / The moment I froze that shows the pose I chose to let myself hold on to what I should maybe let go / suppose I spin / bring it back in / begin again / sup- pose I spin / bring it back in Too much I must spin out to bring it back in to begin again to free up the brain got me clearing the drain got me pushing the pen / the words I write I might recite despite / the lack of a listener / brother and sister we know we grow we spin / bring it back in / begin again / we know we grow we spin / bring it in again

Rhyme I like the Prime Time Channel pick / I play the lead character in my daily flick / the plot thickens / so i'm stickin' / to the script / know you like a plot twist so the script I flip / see I flow for those who dirt them nose knows / even Hollywood Hills have got a few hobos / sleeping on the red carpet late at night / where the left over popcorn started a fight / while the cameras snap the famous feet of a few / some people gotta eat at the back of the queue / might be talkin' about you / you might be hearing me / but if your hands are full I doubt you're feeling me / I been cursed to see all this reality they hardly ever wanna show on the biggest screen / big time big lights big shine / see the name is / kinda famous / is what the aim is / i'm on so many tracks makes me wonder where the train is / while the lamest remain the mainest / pay diss / respect to the poets on the pavement / even though we try to free the people from the brain enslavement / they're cool with the cage if it can't be seen / so the packaging is shaped like a TV screen / see the cinema seats come with the extra lean so you can kick back / relax / trapped in another scene Slipping in between / the life and the dream / swop the reality for the fantasy / unreal how we feel / no texture / just another extra / trying to play the lead In the real world / I be the Pro not the novice / punch a politician / that's the way to Box Office / you don't need Oscar to act like a hustler / down where the cops are the real block busters / still they try to tell us / the flicks that they sell us / aren't made to degrade us or make us live jealous lives / hanging onto every scene / so we never need to see beyond the silver screen / they build the bling into everything so you pay the right price and you fit right in / no point fighting / with the right lighting / you won't see the needle / won't feel the sting / when it's over it's on to the next one / pay a big price so they're bringing us the best one / don't want the lesson / schools out for summer / waiting at the bus stop dreaming of the Hummer / the big one tonner / super model stunner / big bad gunner or the smooth drug runner / ha / anything is possible / believe it / truly / it must be real / i've seen it in a movie

All I want is a room somewhere... All I want is a room somewhere / with a space for my bed and my books and my beats / my comics and my clothes / a cupboard for my eats / my meats and my sweets / I need a sink for a splash and a shave / I need a loo to do my number one or number two / A view would be nice but a window would do / and a door to shut you out or let you come through All I want is a shine on my shoes so my style stays fresh even though its used / and when I get confused all I want is the time for the fool in my mind to mess around with rhyme / I need space for the energy my brain consumes / I need space to breathe / I need space to move / I get trapped in the pressures between me and you / that’s why all I want is a little room All I want is a little loose change for my nicotine my booze and my baby / If i’m gonna spend a lot I spend a lot on my lady / coz that’s the type of spending that pays me All I want is a patch of grass / a rock to recline on and rest my ass / I need a tree or two for a roof when it rains and a bush I can burn if I need to blaze / A little dirt never hurt but a lot of dirt does / Don’t bury me / burn me / I want to float above / Up to the blue like mylovers eyes / All I want is a place in the skies No lies / I don’t want much / If you feel it how we flow it then you must be touched / There is such a thing as relax and chill / All I want is a spot to sit still / No lies / I don’t want much / If you feel it how I flow it then you must be touched / All I want is a spot to sit still / coz there is such a thing as relax and chill

I dig dirt The type of dirt I dig is cool Solid and simple enough to let a spade be a spade I dig dirt that shifts easily That kind of dirt is generally cool Some dirt is for digging in, some dirt is for burying in Some dirt is dangerous with memory, full of forget-me-nots, and some dirt is just dust to other dusts, just the dirt in-between the forget-me-nots I dig dirt that lets me choose how best to dig it I dig dirt that doesnʼt dictate how it must be dug Dirt that doesnʼt dictate, that kind of dirt has potential, and if you acknowledge its potential, all of its possibilities, you are allowed to access any and all that you accept This is dirt that gives back, dirt that will ultimately take all you are, one way or another dirt that accepts any and all of you, and in its own way, it gives back By shifting, as necessary, bu sharing what it is in all that it is, by offering you a birth to earth in, this is worthy earth, earth that is dirt that is worthy This dirt deserves to be dug, and recognizing the worth of this earth, you deserve to dig it

Turn me / turn me inside out / turn me the wrong way / the wrong way is madness / turn me mad / madly turning madly turn me / around / the wrong way around / the right way wrong / the wrong way right / "right round baby right round" / wrong is right from the inside-out insight / from the insight of the inside-out wrong is right / from the inside-out insight / spin me / blur out my sight / blur my sight right out / blur my right sight out / spin me / begin to look me in me / spin me / look within me / blur my out-sight focus my insight / spin / turn me inside-out turn my outside in / spin / madness I see see my madness begin / spin / madness I see see my madness begin / spin... Meditate on this... Meditate on this / simplest existence comes with a false fist / some slit the wrist / separate from the fist / while some well some persist and kiss the false lips / with false lips I kiss the false lips I kiss / while some Prophets speak some speak for profits / some hitches some glitches so some switches channel / settle on the mammal existence / insistence on animal instinct / the beast is among us / the beast is us / in the beast we trust / I blame the beast for my lust / more concerned with the crust then the centre we enter a new mind frame / more concerned with the frame then the mind / looking for a fine frame the looks all we find / coz brother, gotta look fine all the time / climb into kicks so slick they're lickable / edible / chewing on my phatness / the baggier the slacks fit sits off the hip I hop in fly fabrics / lost in the cost like some soulless addicts / padded my soul with this heavy hooded top that'll cover me in culture / shield me in pop from the non-stop candy coated rotten crop / protect/chop-chop I consume the quickest / this is the active distractivest / attracted to immaculate plasticness coz plastic persists and we wanna live for ever / push on regardless whatever the weather / burning in the sunshine / branded in my tanned bits / singing in the rain and i'm spinning in the madness...

Two empty shoes and a tree I see...in the city...I see two empty shoes...and a tree, no sign of any body...so what happened to the two feet thinks me, trying to solve this...no body mystery...what happened to the two feet from the two empty shoes next to this tree I think thinks me trying to solve this no-body mystery must be something to do with the tree says me out loud...let me spin a little imagining, flip a little fantasy and presume this man was that man but now that man is this tree...how came this to be? how this came to be? questions me...still following that fantasy flip I mean, I can see why a man would want to be a tree...guilt free...giving back constantly to the community...deep roots strong core long reach...past present and future all balanced in one body...soil to the sky...giving and taking equally...absorb and emit emit and absorb absorb and emit and absorb and emit and absorb and emit life giving life taking living equality living equally living guilt free...man wants to be a tree obviously man but how...two shoes and a tree still a mystery to me I see in the city...how...I mean man wants to be tree obviously guilt free contributing to the community lending a helping hand obviously lending a hand obviously, after all, it was a Palm Tree...who wouldn’t wanna be a tree...but how...maybe he just started small, like start with the leaf, like just be the leaf, just be the leaves...maybe just be leaves...maybe we just be leaves...maybe...two shoes and a tree...no sign of any body maybe he just started small start with the leaf, be the leaf, maybe just be leaves, maybe just be the leaves, maybe he just wanted to be leave...maybe we just wanna believe...

Negative flow / that No Never No / Can't Won't Don't Shan't Not Gonna NO / Will not Shall not Never ever Not ever Definitely negative so Never No / Don't wanna go Don't wanna show Don't wanna blow Don't wanna flow No don't No / Don't wanna grow so never gonna know Don't think so No / Think I won't go Think I won't show No Not gonna Don't Wanna Why bother? Why I gotta? What I gotta? How I gotta? Can't think why no lie I don't know Really? No Don't really Really? No don't know / Don't think so / Gonna blow it off / Cost too high / Loss too high no lie / Lost Don't know way so no-way never ever not ever never NO CHORUS - Yes Yes y'all / positive call / yebo yes ja yebo yes yes y'all / yebo yes ja yebo yes yes y'all / yebo yes ja yebo yes yes yes y'all... Nah I don't think so / No I don't scheme / Can't see Won't dream Won't sing Will scream / So low / No team / Solo / Unseen / Nowhere No how No way Don't play Not keen / got nothing going like Not worth knowing like Negative flowing in a positive stream / Don't know what I mean Don't know where I been So don't know where i'm at So don't know where i'm going So don't think i'm growing So Won't Don't Shan't Not gonna No Can't / That's that negative cat / N to the Mother-eff- you-see-king bring it back-O spells NO / Negative flow That No Never No Can't Won't Don't Shan't Not gonna No Will Not Shall not Never ever Not ever Definitely negative SO Never Never No CHORUS - Yes Yes y'all / positive call / yebo yes ja yebo yes yes y'all / yebo yes ja yebo yes yes y'all / yebo yes ja yebo yes yes yes y'all... Ja No / Don't really know / maybe think so / maybe yes / maybe no / Ja No Well Fine / little bit of balance for a little piece of mind...

I RISE like pulled from the womb / like exit the tomb / I RISE like push-up I RISE like sit- up I RISE like “Please, you got to keep ye head up” / I RISE like get-up I RISE like step-up I RISE like no more lies LIKE I’m fed-up / I RISE like you help me pull and i’ll push / I RISE like prophesize like student of the Kush / I RISE like prospects LIKE future potential I RISE like vocals on a soul instrumental / I RISE like fumes from some colourful cans / Izandla Phezulu I RISE like hands... I’m confused: does being told I’m negative mean I should be more positive? Why should those who are positive be made to feel negative? I’m confused. My status is “I state us is so stuck on status coz life place us where positive status finds negative spaces.” My brains on the beat / my bodies about beating this beast / but the defeat comes from the beaten ones / those whose stunted lives gave them short-sighted eyes and this soul stig- matism means I’m stigmatised? / tell me how I’m gonna rise? How must I rise? How do I rise? I RISE like the price of political connection / I RISE like the price of political correction / when a boy is more man then most men with infection / life cuts deep when you come from C Section / I’m a head with Hip Hop / that’s the school I chose / been called many names but still “I a rose” / still I arise like top of the hill / here come the new day so rise I will The struggle continues and the soldiers are many / I join a line more royal then Prince Mshiyeni / coz leaders can be kings but not all kings can be leaders in a land where chil- dren turn poets to believers Where women work in wings without medicines and supplies / where wings won’t work so it’s on women I RISE Where stigmatised statistics are what a doctor will diarise / these status stigmatics: while they die I RISE I rise like I’m held like I’m lifted I RISE like how I’ve been raised: in a land where a ribbon’s just a played out logo / if you’re looking for a symbol come and meet my Gogo / from where my brother plays to where my sister lies / on an old woman’s heart we’ve been raised so I RISE I’m up with the sun reflecting the strength in my eyes / I’m up for anything / I’m up / I RISE I RISE like pulled from the womb / like exit the tomb / I RISE like push-up I RISE like sit- up I RISE like “Please, you got to keep ye head up” / I RISE like get-up I RISE like step-up I RISE like no more lies LIKE I’m fed-up / I RISE like you help me pull and I’ll push / I RISE like prophesize like student of the Kush / I RISE like prospects LIKE future potential I RISE like vocals on a soul instrumental / I RISE like fumes from some colourful cans / Izandla Phezulu I RISE like hands...

Check at all the traffic / All the he’s and she’s / could be a million me’s / All thinking the same thing / Think about how it coulda been / We all know about the maybes / What about the daily / Day to day it could go either way type of game that we play / The daily / real time sweat / meal time set the table / ready for the food I provide when I’m able / The daily / making sure my ladies dial got a smile and my son something similar / The daily / All praise due to you who deal with the daily / Here sip a beer / Real world / Not talking MTV / I’m saying real world / Reality / where the stripper and the saint are the same flesh / Both put in work / stay free to save me / some’ll call it slavery / call it what you will be / it’ll still be all about the bills see / currently the currency is / why we dream / so it seems / pay the price is what dreaming means / We need the means to stay conscious / back pack rapping with a vengeance against this long list of common problems / Step through the street / feel real / stay sane and we’ll solve them Every second / every minute / every hour / every day / yeah you know it could go either way You could chose any school / could be old / could be new / it’s on you / it could go either way Some’ll see a sunset / some’ll see a sunrise in their eyes / no lies either way You can build / You can break / You can give / You can take / No mistake it could go either way Whachu say about The Daily / Whachu do to get by / Don’t snort / Don’t stick / but I still wanna get high / still wanna be fly / without the wings and things / Separate from the strings / Every little puppet know the song that we’re singing / with a bit of swing in the step that we use to step through the ooze and move through the motions / 9 to 5 lifestyle devo- tions / Settle for the poisons / looking for the potions / Promotion / to the pole position / worth the price when you’re wishing / The well gonna swell with the small change / All I can afford is the small change / Keep the change in range / Can you touch the tar / Can you taste the street / Both feet on the mission / supplied by the vision / The future gonna happen regardless of who fight the longest and who fight the hardest / Play your part it’s the time to fight now / Don’t wanna be the one to wonder how / We ended up with the empty cup and you can’t remember when you sobered up / but you’re sober now with a painful rage / You were too quick to flip the page / You were too quick to skip the stage