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burnt lotus

by Thiago

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1.
i woke up feeling happier, no longer sappy or sad because i'm stuck doing stuff I don't wanna, and that's because we all follow paths that we believe is gonna lead to success, but we don't know nothing struggling, motherf- accustomed to suffering working most the day, still hustling to get enough in function as a cog in the machine, forced to follow the regime given ends, no time to ponder on the means go to college for degrees, marry model on the beach or just the best that I can get as long she's flowering my seed jeez, a sinking debt a big, lovely house a picket fence kids'll run around that's dream, ain't it? check the scene, frame it well, this shit is not for me, scotty, get the beam, aim it and up I go, see this what I know two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and this the one I chose
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who's me i don't know now they say roam free, but i don't know how shackles clank the ground when i wander got pounds on my conscious, we lifting but can't even get the bar up mara's temptation, i've been breaking his stare game isn't fair, musically taking these chairs in silence, i hear my name in the air distracted, turn around, see a mirror and my face isn't there, shape shifts to its environment and i am in a different state of mind, hiding in whatever condition suits me best, do confess that i mask myself a lot, the costume is flesh undress, soul hasn't seen the sun in years most happens when we run with peers me and the homies, we all some phonies tryna figure out who got it locked but no one does on the lowkey who are you? you don't know, huh? who are you? you don't know, huh? ha, not a clue, ah, you so stumped when i ask who are you? you don't know, huh? crosby doesn't know who he is either
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the jazz reminds me of my late gramps cigarette, beer in hand, rocking ray-bans my father's looking more and more like him i'm looking more like my father, it's quite frightening i'm getting too old for fucking around and all that thinking maybe it's time to fall back on some other plan brotherman i've been studying for my 4 year uni but most times i feel my degree isn't dear to me copy choreography, dancing with the devil while we strive for mediocrity, tracing with a stencil never was i good at coloring in the lines used think outside the box now i'm feel like i'm confined tryna breakout, hey now, t back to your seat you go when you talk, speak it low, we can't let the people know that aliens do exist here, at least i feel like one it's funny how if you stare at it for too long you can't see the sun i am blinded, blinded, blinded blinded, blinded, blinded i am blinded, blinded, blinded blinded, blinded, blinded shut are my eyelid, eyelid, eyelids open only i can, i can, i can for now i am blinded, blinded, blinded hope, i can find it soon i tied my shoes as a toddler, still tripping need to be a role model for my brother we not children anymore, kid's about to be 13 i'm worried; it was the worst year for me but he's much tougher than i was probably bust chumps in fights, i'd take it and hide the bruises, i'm alright mum cry inside my room blasting music so they couldn't hear me morning go to school, just another student here i'm tryna show my brother the importance report card grades, the sports ya play, extracurriculars it makes a difference, but i'm feeling hypocritical i was never involved, i just slid along the middle route a A/B average, C in some classes but i forgot most of what i learned, feeling like a dumbass it's habitual with time and i can't stop following the same plot as my grandpops
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i hate this song now i dont miss you
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kicking it back, my feet up, bringing it back when we could spit it like asthma breathers, lord, the pastor preacher type of rapping features, man you have to hear the humbleness funk with us, junk to munch, we all that and bag of Cheetos you got flow, but can’t open like an Aquafina im unknown but will roam when I pack arenas have em like jazz clubs, uh, snapping fingers first class, but a pack a peanuts what I have for dinner simple life living, I’m thinking of kite drifting next to this flight gripping the mic as a hang glider i’ll take you higher, bem alto my benz car go flying in dreams with stars, SOL FAr-gone, refer to ME as REI with the bars DO musical theory, we moving as slow as escargot retardo, popping like it's staccato, smoother than a legato composition better listen up when Thiag flow coastin' from the east to west with that wu tang style where the cream is fresh we let them know that we seek the best most want to dive in the coasts, but they scared to let they feet get wet, we just coastin' from the east to west sounding like Digable Planets when we complete the set we let them know that we seek the best most want to dive in the coasts, but they scared to let they feet get wet we just coastin' holding a lotus like padma choosing my own path, not doing what others ask to blindly, simpler things are more divine to me coffee on the coast like ivory i want to die lively want to see things not normal eyes can see part the sea, turn it to a winery from 95 to wherever i may be later don't play me hater i catch you jocking like ac slater i been lazy, whatever, they better pay me greater before i put em on blast like space invaders but i never been one for war, more of a ace of spaders and if we ain't got a table, pass me nes or sega what i am trying to say is, we always got options and the best situation's when you got none cus that's when you improv, adapt to the gift god gave you, the present enables us to forever be coastin' from the east to west with that wu tang style where the cream is fresh we let them know that we seek the best most want to dive in the coasts, but they scared to let they feet get wet, we just coastin' from the east to west sounding like Digable Planets when we complete the set we let them know that we seek the best most want to dive in the coasts, but they scared to let they feet get wet we just coastin
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hey this for you the one's who say what I do who want control over me i'll have you know that I'm free and any problems you have you'll have to solve them yourself remember life isn't fair and right now I do not care this is my day off like Ferris, now how many times have you heard that exact line? embarassed rappers recycle more go than green clubs but that's not the topic today, I'm getting my feet rubbed for free cus after it's done, I'm running so just keep up nah don't condone stealing, I float my boat freely from coast to coast breezing, I feel connected from pacific to atlantic, kind of spiritual in practice feel the physical reaction, Earth spinning on its axis i'm relaxing, be back in a couple months and as much as I appreciate you tryna keep in touch, don't i'm a nice guy but you're making me kind of cutthroat turn off wi-fi and I'm pushing myself to shut phone off no talk, got no drama no boss, no fuss, got no problems no cause to go off on anybody so calm, and so long, I'm so gone but hey this for you the one's who say what I do who want control over me i'll have you know that I'm free and any problems you have you'll have to solve them yourself remember life isn't fair and right now I do not care this my two week notice, I'm quitting everything, school, team, working up at the movie theatre for minimum wage, should get a raise ive been here for three years and still get what $7.25 collecting pennies on the side to deposit them in the Coinstar at Harris Teeter, your boy's hard comparing cheap stuff on Amazon, but how does shipping cost more than what I have on my cart is hardly never Mario, Double Dash i come up fast like humping a bubble ass, what's up with that, Thiago? if that's too graphic for you then just get out imagination, bad bitch photographing for the penthouse i'll X out expectations, replace them with my goals if they don't correlate with yo's then yo! just deal with it you feeling it? I've been killing it, you learn to live with it the kid's legitimate now, Brazilian, U.S. citizen the great U.S. of A today and hey I'm blessed to say if I don't feel like doing shit, I have the right to rest away, I guess that hey this for you the one's who say what I do who want control over me i'll have you know that I'm free and any problems you have you'll have to solve them yourself remember life isn't fair and right now I do not care i'm just happy-go-lucky, I'm napping, don't bug me on saturday, sunday, or any day of the week, it don't matter, I'm done being part of this honest to you, I promise your comments have no effect be smart to give it a rest, regardless, you give the cents, two rent's due, eff it dude, I'll pay it off tomorrow after test two, copy off the smarty in the front row, got a rendevouz at 7, just remembered that my car broke if she wants to go out still then we're gonna have to walk ho she backed out, but I ain't sad now, because that's how I spent the whole day watching Dragon Ball Z up on my couch what I'm lazy? that is so rude and I'm not trying to hear it mom cus right now I'm helping Goku charge up the spirit bomb hands up if you just don't give a fuck man, what? I'm just trying to live it up life's short, why waste it doing stuff you don't wanna, it's a problem, looking back and it all sucks hands up if you just don't give a fuck man, what? I'm just trying to live it up life's short, why waste it doing stuff you don't wanna, it's a problem, looking back and it all sucks so hey this for you the one's who say what I do who want control over me i'll have you know that I'm free and any problems you have you'll have to solve them yourself remember life isn't fair and right now I do not care i just do not care i'm out bitches peace
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welcome back, welcome back take off your jacket and your hat kick back, relax, and yo, are you feeling it do you feel it? check cus i feel it like we are one it's the language of our life, lemme speak our tongues ayo deli beat ya drums, meat with crumbs what we munching on, but we don't need no funds i got love for my people, love for my people nobody is below, above, we all equal make moves, finish one then start sequels don't dwell on the past, regrets cause evil and darling we don't need that, need that get too close, you get some feedback, no feedback need to relax, you growing a tree in your garden but where yo seeds at? girl where yo seeds at? water em ya are ya feeling it? are you feeling it? you don't need ____, just your mind and a will for it open your eyes, see life, what it really is loads of lotuses, fields and fields of them they burning, they all burning away we all burning, our rebirth is today we all learning, we all learning the way of the burnt lotus, burnt lotus watch them as they burning, they all burning away we all burning, our rebirth is today we all learning, we all learning the way of the burnt lotus, burnt lotus listen we are limitless, picket fence, man, i burn it herd us like we're cattle, but i battle for my purpose don't rattle with these serpents, camo like i'm lurking on the prey, better pray i don't catch you being worthless scatter-brained, i'm nervous, haven't scratched surface of my potential, mentor, don't ask me if certain fact, you pass the word that i'm challenge every bird this a no-fly zone, you a pine cone versus hyperion from here and on, no man be fearing god cus you can't fear and love something at the same time religion has its wisdom and i plan to make mine but i can't practice one that makes me have to take sides so if we think alike, that's a sign of great minds but i never pick a fight if someone wants to change eyes cus if we saw similar, issues stay hidden my brain itching, thoughts like a train engine it's burning, they all burning away we all burning, our rebirth is today we all learning, we all learning the way of the burnt lotus, burnt lotus watch them as they burning, they all burning away we all burning, our rebirth is today we all learning, we all learning the way of the burnt lotus, burnt lotus focus welcome back, welcome back take off your jacket and your hat kick back, relax, and yo, are you feeling it do you feel it? good
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then it all goes downhill it all goes the night turns as my eyes burn staring at a screen, tryna type words you might've heard of me the ill-equipped author, sip coffee still coughing regardless the pills popping i'm bill cosby circa 1990 might seem kindly, probably find me giving fatherly advices to the youngin's in the same room that i just piped your mother in when my hair's white, she'll use this to get her money with funny chick, you know i like my girls sarcastic humor's always slapstick she runs my mind so much could do laps with turn a park into my world like jurassic bite your head off the mic is dead raw, short-circuited dead battery running 8-figure circuits, breaking limbs with endurance hits i've been a nervous kid learning i couldn't trust none these demons aren't the only ones i run from, angels too like holy shit show me what that halo do still stuck in 2004, playing Halo 2 damaging players like my name's Jeru i'll pay my dues after saving you another game i lose well, i got to used to the winning streak tripped, now there aren't shoes that'll fit my feet pitiful like mister t air's cold, she's passing me a swisher sweet but i don't smoke honey honey, na na keep it clear, i don't smoke nothing pass
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one black and one cappuccino, me and little jasperino bag of fritos, winning chips at mad casinos had to be those kids flipping samples we go scratching egos, but yo don't drag the needle i'm tarantino in his early days hitting on a chica with a purty face got the curly braids, nerdy ways, then i heard her say thiag's a dog, it's part of my reservoir you broaden my repertoire, dracula make your neck get raw mega-evolve into megatron, you transformin? dag gonnit, since last warning, he's trash i'm back on it, relax, darling in fact we're past the stage, jasper's half the age of these lo-fi guys extinct, so bye bye, i sold my time to hold nine lives of these putty tats goody bag party favors rock the show and they hardly pay us locked and loaded, shot the owner with the odd behaviors yup i'll call ya later when i'm outchea my mouth tears up like the joker when i get like this priceless, collecting fortune cookie advices cus listening to them's like getting noogies from isis righteous, there's no such thing as a golden rule uh, you are your own king, you know what to do or you are your own queen, all the hunnies too sleep, shit, eat, it's been while since my stomach's full that's why i'm eating beets from the root up while reading this Neruda, get your mind food up being mindful like the Buddha you're breathing high fumes through medulla homie i keep it natural like specialmoons check the shoes, might be too tight i don't pretend to foo fight, intend to learn to fly whose kite is this? i ask, before i cut the string cus if you wanna grow you know you have to let go of things i know a thing or two bout this, that, the other jack ripper of trades, 88 in tracks brother act humble, but show skill, and no skills involved in these critics, talk about it while i live it uh check the method man, he measure with the second hand don't test me, your assessment can get shredded in freddie's chainsaw rainfall or sunshine still will i run mine one time 4 your mind punchlines drinking one black and one cappuccino, me and little jasperino bag of fritos, winning chips at mad casinos had to be those kids flipping samples we go scratching egos, but yo don't drag the needle that shit'll wreck the record that shit'll wreck the record that shit'll wreck the record
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new jam from your mans toco toucans on the flag cian and thiag will advance with the plan but alone on the road travelers ask if he can and honestly i been holding up well needed more time to be just growing myself every love that will fail, there's a lesson behind it and every lust that prevails will eventually prosper but might not live long, the tendency to be wrong it lives on inside me i don't hide it up in these songs i respawn without the weapon that i picked up, uh i keep on, my heart begging me to give up, yeah i've been a player lately, no memory card i was hoping that the game would save me, don't let it be hard when i let you go, you ain't my baby, promised i wouldn't get attached again it's happening, lets keep on dancing until the moonlight hit until the moonlight hit i got some space in my life and you might fit so lets find out what happens if we move like this until the moonlight hit until the moonlight hit reserve a place in my life that you might fit so lets find out what happens when we groove like this new jam from your mans toco toucans on the flag cian and thiag will advance with the plan but alone on the road travelers ask if he can and honestly i'm still cold as all hell i need more time to breathe, just focus myself every love that will fail, never was it my fault and every lust that prevails, i just give her a call, what's up it's only one night, she make my pipe sneeze and then she bless me like gesundheit, this just might be nothing more and isn't, she isn't like me frequencies of our souls are different but she's so persistent, wanting to force what just isn't there what do you want from me? 'course this shit isn't fair she asked if i ever cared, promised she wouldn't get attached again it's happening, lets keep on dancing until the moonlight hit until the moonlight hit i got some space in my life and you might fit so lets find out what happens if we move like this until the moonlight hit until the moonlight hit reserve a place in my life that you might fit so lets find out what happens when we groove like this new jam from your mans toco toucans on the flag cian and thiag will advance with the plan but alone on the road travelers ask if he can new jam from your mans toco toucans on the flag cian and thiag will advance with the plan but alone on the road...i can't
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Counting my fingers, checking if they’re still there Occurred to me none of my furbies ever had real hair I keep in touch with old friends to show that I still care But more often than not; one-sided conversations See, most of my time spent contemplating On how different things would be if had ounces more of patience Anger’s contagious, I don’t want to get sick So I’m taking my leave, I know I won’t be missed You don’t have to rub it in with all your constant updates Born day was last week, I hope you got your cupcakes Fuck’s sake I’d’ve forgotten if our robots didn’t let me know Notification popped up during my episode on Netflix But it’s nice to hear you're doing well And it’s nice to hear you're doing well It is nice to hear you're doing well Yep, congratulations Counting my blessings, checking if I’m still here I would meet more people if I didn’t feel weird You know what? I’m sick of root, someone get me real beer It’s more likely that they will like me if we cannot see clear Loving strangers for a night, I’m reciting my prayers Duck from danger of a fight, I didn’t try to make tears Please don’t tell me that you’re fine, we share similar ideas And being left behind has been my biggest of fears So don’t go
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hello world, i'm stuck inside you and i can't find a place to run and hide to slept in until high noon the sun and moon say i'ma die soon i'm alright with that i always preferred to say less why waste words? save breaths half the things we say, we regret later the other half just doesn't make sense over the years, i learned you can't isolate a feeling there is always room for others, might just break the ceiling do you ever stop and wonder why usually there is pain with healing? excruciating and you complaining bout the little things again but who is really winnin' in the end? i got little sense of self and even a littler list of friends i can be real with you or we can play pretend well i'm a fire-breathing dragon in the tallest tower quite ashamed am i to say i spent my longest hours wanting to break the chain, not thinking to budge oblivious it's connected to a stick in the mud yo now i'm itching for some new wings tripping on my shoestrings, listenin' to my whistlin as i'm pissing in the loo wind's always against me, i never flew when will i pull strings? soon they tell me not to worry bout matters you don't control but the fact is that we actually have nothing in our holds aiming to lose my ego, unattach it from my soul we're actors playing roles, my character got killed off so hello world, i'm stuck inside you and i can't find a place to run and hide to slept in until high noon the sun and moon say i'ma die soon i'm alright with that i'm alright with that
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gun to my head, cold, scared to shoot it i do this music cus it's therapeutic barely knew myself, i'm still a careless student and as humans, we wonder where the crew is our two cents given as tips, regular customers greet, mention how the weather is, well, it's been better, miss look, i don't want to rain on anyone's parade but if it was a sunny day, i'd be standing under the shade the light hurts my eyes i find comfort in the dark and i'm surprised cus i used run the stairs after turning off the light and now i hang back, the monster and i are tight a lot of traits we share, things that we dislike see, we're on the same track, the same train of thought i've been loco with my motives but repress the pain a lot it's funny how a few words can say it all you can bruise me, stab me, kill me, but please don't get my brain involved nah, and leave my heart out i've always been a smart mouth in the dumbest ways mostly that's because i rarely know what to say emotion's an ocean, happiness comes in waves the water's been still lately i'm still waiting on the day that i'm not still hating my reflection gun to my head, the barrel's never ending just another therapy session
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trip, trap, trip, trap, trip it's all water under the bridge now waves in my mind, they determine what i think bout i just watch them flow sip tea as i watch them go but always leave them be, i never stop and hold on to anything, cus from attachment comes suffering and happiness is something if you latch to, it's nothing i plant seeds of em in my field reaping what i sow, see what crops they will yield flowers bloom brightly, petals getting bigger the next day they die, wasn't expecting them to wither i had not considered death of all things lost gratitude for the breath that god brings my brethren all kings, next to fall, spring comes the sum of cold winters, melt the ice we feel trip, trap, trip, trap, trip it's all water under the bridge now drip, drop, drip, drop, drip it's all water under the bridge now same water that i'm drowning in i'm still getting older, there's no youth in this fountain no use for accounting whether you spent your time well cus one man's heaven is another man's hell and i lived all life in purgatory save my breath, bet you heard my story most men waste away as they search for glory but first and foremost, you gotta find yourself, hear the purpose calling leaves fall on deaf ears like yeah great idea, maybe i'll start that next year all ready to work, even got your desk cleared but i don't feel like it today driving on the road to hell, well i'm the reason that it's paved and with these demons on my back, i don't believe that i'll be saved the troll under the bridge, stays creaking till it breaks then you fall into the river while it bleeds into the lake goodbye trip, trap, trip, trap, trip it's all water under the bridge now drip, drop, drip, drop, drip it's all water under the bridge now goodbye

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