Life Rap
(2013 - Rhymes, Life and Times)
It’s time for investigative personal reflection
To expand our mind and keep it stretching
Discover hidden truths
Trace them back to their roots
There’s no telling how compelling
And peaceful our Inner dwelling
Can be as long as we
Resist Mind swelling
And corporate mind selling
Stay unblocked in this block world
Surrounded by people on auto pilot
I fly my own plane and sail my own ship
Trying to keep my life interest switch on
To build up strong to eat healthy and live long
Yes this world can be vicious
But you can’t be constantly suspicious
Because you lose more than you gain
When there’s always worry on the brain
It becomes so easy to complain and blame
In a world that’s already insane
and too hard to explain
All I know is
Every day shouldn’t be the same
Trying to learn how to not expect
In this world of non-stop expectations
To teach myself to not care
About the need to compare
Do I dare, let go of my inhibitions?
And follow this unknown vision
Trying to find out what I’m missing
In this interactive life exhibition
Losing myself in this lost world
Because you got to lose yourself to find yourself
At the mercy of adversity is when you discover
A better person when you recover
Finally ready to be a lover
Got this transformative bliss
This mystic wish
You can call them Revelations
The will for creation
The cultivation of harmony inside of me
It’s a thin line between being trapped and free
Trying to find my way and implement what I see
It’s so hard to know what is wrong and what is right
when to let it go or when to fight
How do we check to know what is correct?
Every action contains a positive and negative effect
who we are, what we do, and how we live
Is a matter of collective selective perspective
But that’s so easy to forget;
Once our mind is programed and set
Overwhelmed and perplexed
We’re always chasing what we want next
As soon as we get
What we want we want something else
Afraid to really look inside ourselves
The answer to happiness is never just wealth
But our mind lies and tells us we’ll be satisfied
The idea is almost always better than the reality
Everything can and does change in a second
From higher then high to lower than low
You never know what way life’s gonna go
All you can do is try to influence how you grow
And make sure you learn the lessons that you need to know
As everything goes back and forth
We question the value of what it’s worth
Constantly second guessing initial impressions
So much oppression leaves no time for resting
Our emotions our always on guard and contesting
Combatively questioning the status of what I see
Let’s just say I agree to disagree
There’s so much beneath the surface
What is really important and what is worthless?
How much do we control?
Is there free will or is life a prearranged deal?
Is there a point in learning if it’s all pre-determined?
We’re all undermined by design
Of the powerful
There the matador we’re the bull
Most of the time we play the part of the fool
But try and give off the perception that we’re cool
There’s so much that we just don’t know
Life isn’t a written T.V Show
It’s a battle to find out facts
In a never ending mind match
Interspersed with flashes of clarity
Moments of deep realization
In between the times that were wasting
Pacing and thinking about what parts need replacing
We do this with both purpose and hesitation
What is our ultimate destination?
Do I mediate with my fate?
Am I destined to be great?
What will it take to be and make?
What I want to be?
Our only choice is to keep on living and to wait and see!