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Liquid Reflections

by Ben Z & Dejection

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1.
LIQUID REFLECTIONS (INTRO) Verse 1 born into this world without a clue or a plan the only way to make it is through a helping hand naked and you're cold and you cannot stand we are thrown into our life into the rudeness of man then slowly we grow into the youth of the land eagerly discovering the beautiful grand place that we dwell from the moon to the sands until you desire no you, demand to be older be free to- be grown and want to drive, want to fly treated equal man then comes love will it indeed withstand a lifetime of joy pain and peace intact with your heart left whole and no pieces cracked work for your years you will see this pass till you're old and tired and indeed look back what will you see will you be pleased with that? Verse 2 left to decipher we are left to learn use our intelligence and must discern life's events until we're in that urn or down wherever we rest in earth will our legacy live on and give new birth will the future love life and understand their worth will they carry the baton and maybe further our work or will they repeat our pain and revive our hurts repeat our pain and revive our hurts repeat our pain and revive our hurts are we not even the ones to survive this first work under the sun toil strive and thirst yet live knowing love deep inside we yearn for completion or an answer as to why we learn what it is to be a human this is my concern that we never come close by time we adjourn Hook meanwhile now all I see are liquid reflections staring at me x4
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Reflect 03:13
REFLECT Verse 1 perfect song for your jogging mix but if you're in the car road raging maybe hit skip woo woop ohhhh iiissshhhh..... got stopped by a cop who clocked you twenty six over the limit and now you're about to go and get it cause the officer had written you out a big ticket but you try to explain plead the reason why you did it “well officer... I was going kind of quick cause this track is a hit and I didn't press skip with Dejection's rhythm and the way Ben spits put the peddle to the metal with a white knuckle grip I was stuck in the zone and I didn't notice didn't think it was that fast in my Ford Focus” she said “Please I'll throw the book you'll get hit Here's your ticket with the court date you now owe this when you play their track man you take that risk” Verse 2 begin with a grin when I start over again wind on my skin I'ma go in for the win lyrically I'll put it down and go all in empirically I own the sound and take it for a spin so tell your mother tell your friend and go and tell your next of kin tell another yet again how I go and flap my chin when I write with the pen I'm hoping that your listening this flow is it yo go and get your order in this cat outta Madison is a master with his gift so sick with the rapping immaculate when he spits except when he stutters or maybe even forgets ummm...yep Bridge I think I lost my step how did I forget now I'm really stressed I think that I will jet... I need to go reflect and see golden sunset and leave my old regrets rewind and hold reset Verse 3 I'm not like Scrooge Ebenezer I'm a nice type dude cool breezer to learn something new I'm eager wanna chat about you we'll chill leisure Reminiscent mood popsicle freezer hip hip I'll bump Wheezer remember watching Doug with his friend Skeeter? This nostalgic mood is a crowd pleaser but this is for my people pushing beaters driving a car with a broken heater flipped off by the guy in his brand new Beamer hold up was that Derek Jeter? kind of hard to tell through the plastic sheet there window busted out duct taped for repair Ben Z and Dejection get it and we care cause we know how hard it is-to be there Hook Today is a good day to reflect chilling by the water for the sunset letting go of all of our regrets this time is prime to rewind and reset x2
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ECHOES OF YOU Verse 1 you're sweet like a mango close we tango for you Columbus the King of Spain go but me I've got you and I'm like dang yo first as teens but we're grown now mang yo I give you my life it's never the same old holding you up nope not like a lame goat shining with a beauty yup like a rainbow I promise you girl stay till we're way old we'll be the ones that they write in fables I'll do my best to provide, stay stable and if my legs will become lame yo till our death I'll do all I'm able all I can till I'm an angel protect you keep you out the tangled even if I fight a tiger Bengal this love is real geometric angle Verse 2 You and I Make we we've aligned and realized our dream we combine and get inside get free breathe in time tied minds marry You and I Make we we survive unified it seems please be mine ride as a team cause in my mind she's highly esteemed no word in my mind I could use to describe left dumbfound and I can't even rhyme the glisten in her eyes man is just like shines future times showing you and I It goes on infinite just like pi hope she feels the same for this guy I stash for the long haul won't run dry love is a choice and I will supply Hook Echos of you reflections of me together we tango exceptionally especially see when we move like the breeze go with the flow you and I become we x2
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NOT JUST WHO YOU SEE FEAT. SPHINX GUILIANO Verse 1 I'm really not who you think that I am, am I? You see me on the street and you think you know that guy I say don't be rude and you think that I'm a rabbi I say I love my food and you think that I'm a fat guy I stand for the truth you think I'll get a black eye now I'm a pacifist I used to be a bad guy seek my freedom can't live with a trapped mind I love my family work hard stay on that grind I'm more than twitter and more than my facebook I'm more than my second high school's year book I'm more than what you thought you saw with the first look I'm more than just a rapper I like to garden and cook I'm more than the lyrics in all of my rap books I'm more than pop music but I still write dope hooks I've been a liar, thief, and I've been a crook but now a husband and father giving more than I took Verse 2 we've all been through it and we've all had struggle pressure on our plane of life and we're about to buckle pleasure plus pain and strife emotionally muffled the complexity of life we have to juggle we all have moments where we laugh and chuckle and we all have times when the pain feels doubled we pass each other in the hustle and bustle and all we see is once piece of the puzzle Verse 3 (Sphinx) lyrics not available... Hook I am not just who you see there is more than that to me like true person- ality we all have our humanity x2
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CIRCUMSTANCES Verse 1 I look to the future and I'll tell you what's there unlimited potential but only if you dare dream and wonder and reach out with care the world you wish you must work to share be what you want to see and live with a flare shining bright through the nights showing others you care define your purpose and forget the stares reject those glares keep climbing those stairs up even higher in the mountain air your potential exponentially rare you're the only one that's got it time to wake up be aware don't wallow it away get your broken heart repaired focus on the wonderful forget what's elsewhere be a blessing to each other with much love to spare cause it sucks living stuck in mud with despair don't ever let your pain or your hate be a snare Verse 2 you see a mess I see the collage you breath the stress I say let it massage work those knots and will dislodge all of the phony and fake garbage that makes your blurry life a mirage like cleaning clutter from a cramped garage prioritize life like triage but be aware of life's barrage cause circumstances can sabotage if you're chilling not ready and you don't know how to dodge run a ship like that and you'll never leave the dock you'll be stuck on shore with a sea gull flock sea shells and rocks with your journey stopped we'd all rather break one bottle on the bow with one on deck take the cork and pop as the whole world cheers out bon voyage! Hook circumstances can control but don't back down keep dreaming bold time won't stop and it will not slow it's up to you to press on and go x2 Bridge ever since you were young with dreams circumstances tried to stop your steam snuff your flame and impede your beam try to force you to break your seams but me, Ben Z, believe, that we, all need, to dream, and be, living free
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INTERLUDE FEAT. theEDITSON Verse 1 the luminescence of a rising crescent the moon at night in the sky so present time to fly with a joy incessant aim for the win like show contestant change to your grin like your on the guest list move with a spin who would dare to test this cause we've been restless stressed feeling pressed do our best to collect our breath since breakfast with flows I will wreck this just to resurrect it so know when I bless this mic you're where the best is Liquid Reflecting yo it's eclectic listen inspect it dance with your steps then go and invest in this independent underground music before it's a vestige free your infected head from the septic poisonous messes of all that is less than Bridge jump in with the double time double trouble double rhyme coming from the rubble I'm gonna free another mind another line synchronized perfectly with drummer's time in on bar number five Editson, the friend of mine Verse 2 (theEditson) It's my turn gotta rock the show now 6-0-8 is what I've got to hold down feelin' strong I can fill the role now The only one man who could take the whole town But then I give it back No reigns for me or I get off track Focused on the real let the rest be that Got credit in an EP The Technocrats And now I'm on Liquid Reflections Me & Ben Z and the kid Dejection Music was the goal and we stayed invested All Interest to the interested Even if I'm tired and restless I'll work my skill till I'm off the guest list So I don't care what you're guess is Beats only drop when you've shown what best is
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Speak Deep 03:26
SPEAK DEEP Verse 1 I'm ready to dive into the desolate places the dark and deserted most vacant of spaces when I as an emcee speak I seek changes why, cause I've seen some scenes obscene tainted for CEO payment no better than a rapist human rights choked with literal enslavement the system is sacred to these greedy takers they're sainted by Satan stained but stay famous their lies have nine lives but I've got nine knives and I'm ready to strike with my wise rhyme lines I won't be bought I despise thy brides strong with my will like a rhino's spine I'll use my voice like a beacon to shine persist till the time when they cease their crime you claim you didn't know well, perceive your sign eradicate your ignorance and grieve your find Hook I try to speak deep but see we have mis - communication so I go back to what I was saying I try to speak deep but see we have mis- communication so I go back to what I was saying Verse 2 I'm a scholar and philosopher writer and I rock the verbs honest with my moniker this beat, I'm on it, murked me? a ponderer and destiny, I'm on to her matter fact, fond of her sideways hollow smirk sometimes wollower but never been a follower even when I'm in the dirt or soaking in a pond of hurt money-oh you got a purse? how much is a Honda worth? less than my life so I write like I'm bout to burst ignite with insight in flight when I'm on the verse that's right my stripes and slices with honor earned tempted to fight through the mic but I done returned Wisco, I'm from like that cat called Bon Iver or Bon Iver got my lonely stare on the phony stairs to the throne we bear just lowly here with the gold we wear and it's fully rare that we know we care but I boldly dare to go grow peace there as the homies stare like “don't be scared” till they wake up tied with a rope to chair and a glowing flare cause they owe their share Verse 3 all around the world I look another new perspective amazing that humanity can form this great collective if we would just stop and take in each other's lessons cause we all are similar looking like our reflections I dream of a day when peace defeats the skeptics dawn does break and the armies have slept in every baby loved has some arms to rest in and profit sits back while love we all invest in
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ON MY TRAVELS Intro yo, this is for every person walking this earth, with a burden on your back you feel that it's strapped and your knee caps might collapse and when you look back on the path of your past all you see is a-a shattered broken glass sitting there, and you wonder what will you do how you gonna make it through all this pain and this pressure but you've got nothing to loose so you walk on this journey struggling surviving today, we're with you we're right by your side speaking through the speaker freeing you to fully thrive Hook #1 I'm on my travels and on my way I'm on my journey like every day I can't sleep at night cause I'm wide awake and I'm trying to find my way trying to find my way out Verse 1 see I've got an artist's mind so I see it in the skies the rise of your cries from atrocities and crimes and I wonder why do we suffer do we die a sign of the times or a symptom of our minds that a third world loss is just a business enterprise sometimes man I wish that I could fly and glide to a peaceful place to lie recline and watch the clouds in the sky Verse 2 wether a system of hate that you wish to escape or the loss of a loved one that made your heart break walls are closing in and there's too much at stake well I'm here with you now I'm sorry if I'm late life is going fast can't go back to erase but my craft of the raps on the tracks bring change you laugh and you clap to this jam in the rain feeling bad? Well then dance nothing stands in the way though your feet and your ankles feel tied, tight, and tangled your purpose and potential feel slow, stuck, strangled your vision and perspective should align at other angles I speak it to the microphone I know that you are able ON MY TRAVELS (cont.) Hook #2 I will walk on and won't be stopped I will climb up and reach the top I will walk on and won't be stopped I will climb up and reach the top Verse3 this track is for the plight of all people every single one pushing back against the evil up against the odds like a haystack and a needle and for those whose oppression is considered legal you cry out for help but their assistance is feeble charity's a loss they want those profits looking regal in my humble opinion their business matters are fecal they can keep their cursed ring and live their life like Smeagol Hook #2 I will walk on and won't be stopped I will climb up and reach the top I will walk on and won't be stopped I will climb up and reach the top Hook #1 I'm on my travels and on my way I'm on my journey like every day I can't sleep at night cause I'm wide awake and I'm trying to find my way trying to find my way out
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KEEP KEEPING ON FEAT. MARLENE JOHNSON Verse 1 the two together they twist through time on the town tip top they shine tied unified in fact intertwined step to the left movement synchronized now to the right in their gazing eyes exist in balance perfect compromise the back ground beautiful a sun rise but proceeding hours sun sets by nine with wine and a candle light flicker things pick up the pace proceeds quicker cool winds breeze by and now they shiver feeling pulled down like the current of a river warmth and love recede icy like winter super sonic slipping by don't remember dinner wake in the morning with the frame not the pictures once so perfect all that's left is splinters Verse 2 solo, solitary stuck in confinement singled out saddened something is rising up in the mind of this one survivor love was a blinder now is a blunder loud like thunder in cloud they're under now do wonder is it all just over did it fall-bulldozer to tall tipped over automatic door closer stopped locked and the path is blocked foundation is rocked fine wines and scotch left to sip so lonely if only somebody out there would throw the life line and pull these up like pulley out of the lowly, desperate and depressed, stressed, messed, vexed pressed stretched place of wrecked hearts and minds that people accept Hook lonely on my own but I'ma keep keeping on lonely and alone but I'ma keep seeking home lonely as I go yeah, I'ma be needing hope loneliness will choke but not me, I will grow x2 Bridge (Marlene) Ist das alles was übrig bleibt? Ist es das was von uns übrig bleibt? Ist es Liebe die uns vereint?
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Dan's Song 03:44
DAN'S SONG Hook Yo I write this song this is life for so many call it right or wrong they return with hearts heavy see what they've seen should be seen by not any when they heard they're moving out they complied, they were ready x2 Verse 1 separation, deprivation coming home and see them faces separate nation, escalation some in coma can't see faces desert blazing, or it's raining on patrol they walk those paces feet are aching as they break in standard issue boots with laces mind is stagnant or it's racing when they're in those different places they have waited been so patient hoping for a change in status families home, counting days and trying to seek out that what's sacred hopes dreams now are tainted cause they all are separated every day that they awaken see the world desecrated they must stand up, they must face it find the strength to not be shaken feel alone feel forsaken like this this time may be wasted holiday they cannot take it is it worth it, some debate it dream of home smell the fragrance of the kitchen oven baking grab the remote, change the station nope not now cause they are stationed time is ticking time is taking it's toll this time is tainted yup and time will tell this is tough now ain't it? Verse 2 try to make sense of what they saw in those days some are left with pride and some are left with pain and some are just forgotten they lie in the rain they felt at the top now the bottom again by ground, by sea or the movement of a plane life did pivot it will never be the same one thing is for sure never did it for the fame this is life in the realest nothing like a game fathers and mothers and brothers sisters and cousins and others waiting for those letters that are sent to their name fathers and mothers and brothers sisters and cousins and others wishing for a phone call from oceans away fathers and mothers and brothers sisters and cousins and others longing for the chance to greet their family and stay fathers and mothers and brothers sisters and cousins and others dreaming of back home yeah, that'll be the day
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MUSIC IN MY SOUL FEAT. JER 1 Hook the music in my - blood the music in my - soul the music in my - mind the music that I – hold the music that I – love the music that I – know the music that I – write the stories that I've – told x2 Verse 1 I awaken in a landscape of ice and cold but inside my passion builds and I write what I behold with the force of seven super novas my expression shows and when I cypher exponential my writing and skill grow like Mt. Vesuvius in movies this volcano will blow humans have a rhythm living within them and it'll show if we choke and we suppress it watch depression kill slow music is our native tongue it's the language of our soul so I focus on creating arranging and making tapes in the middle of the tracks is my peaceful great escape when you hear my song singing you know that I'm breaking chains send away all the pain like the migrating of cranes cause I struggle and I strain live my life against the grain cause I'm me, I'm Ben Z unique and I'm not the same yet uniting through the music so we're in the same vein got the Figurehead Jer with the wisdom he's obtained Verse 2 (Jer 1) Well I've been tossing in my bed Prequel to turning in my grave Stuck between the possible and predetermined I'm afraid But still I feel the stirring of an alternative third way beyond the cliche carpe diem to seize the day it's called faith I've been tracing its patterns through deep caverns And dark nights of the soul when it felt like nothing mattered I would write until the friction of the pencil on the paper I was scraping sparked a light that ignited my inner flame imperishable sourced in an undying realm That expands like white sands with crystal seashells But I'm standing on the shores of Lake Michigan and it smells like dead fish again, the wind whipping my skin and whistling so much for a moment of peace and quiet for zoning and listening to my life well, nice try it's time for work and I don't really feel ready but here goes Because the grave is too late to make the music in my soul Verse 3 I reflect on the echo that's going on within I reflect on the fact life's a mist in the wind I reflect on the truth of the world that I live I reflect on the love that I wish to not miss and it all goes in to make my view of life whole it all goes in to make the light inside glow and it all comes out through this microphone I hold it all comes out as the music in my soul
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FOR NO REASON Verse 1 I really want to take the mic and rip it for no reason I've earned the right to do it I'm a veteran seasoned I've worked with artists all over the seven seas man flowing with the oceans way beyond the deep end I'm putting in the hours everyday not just the weekend Ben Z and Dejection yeah we're global reaching audio acceleration officer I'm speeding but I'll pause right now cause I really need to breathe in Verse 2 sometimes I just gotta break out rapping for no reason except to simply get down turn the music up up until it pounds then freestyle with different styles like how how did I do that and how will I flow now or maybe like the Beastie Boys I'll go ahead and shout no matter what I do the track is sure to play loud cause I've mastered the craft and you know I'm proud Verse 3 I'll cripple your crew with my craft like karate cause I come with Kung Fu rapping crashing your party click clack cut the crap just verbally spar me it's difficult for others cause they can't flow hardly and the mainstream rappers? I ignore those Barbies they're cheap like wheat but I'll ferment that barley get hip with the hops man forget Bacardi cause my underground independent craft is hearty and hardy and hardly is it ever harsh so how you gonna harm me you should halt that farce fool with your folly your is skill so sparse I lunge with my lyrics speedy sharp like darts and the beat is my ignition all I need is one spark then I start to switch into a sword so sharp spit with a slice when I chase those sharks cause their teeth can't beat Ben Z speaking smart Hook if you're in the car right next to me stopped at a red light in the street windows rolled down you feel the heat play this song loud till we feel the beat x2
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Love 02:51
LOVE Verse 1 he and she hope to become we but she don't know that he is weak and he don't know that she has needs should test that water with their feet but they dive in right to the deep the outcome here it sure looks bleak sure nuff they break for two weeks that love connection seemed out of reach both would take selfishly leech instead of learn they just repeat “when a boy finds love” they just repeat “or a boy meets girl” they just repeat “when a girl finds love” they just repeat “or a girl meets boy” they just repeat love to them is a mystery with age love grows just like a tree Verse 2 but with more age and with more time their love enhances just like wine it flows so perfect like my rhymes ripened now like fruit on vines they grow together intertwined but yeah they still will bump and grind keeping it zesty like lemon lime everyday fresh like the sunshine through the windows with open blinds they pressed on through their difficult times “when a boy find love” difficult times “or a boy meets girl” difficult times “when a girl finds love” difficult times “or a girl meets boy” difficult times like hide and seek love is hard to find it will escape if you do not try Hook when a boy finds love or a boy meets girl a boy grows up and a boy meets world when girl finds love or a girl meets a boy a girl grows up and a girl seeks joy but so many hearts are left there broken what so many start is left cold frozen let go of the spark and the train stops pulling the passenger car no longer rolling
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Childhood 02:57
CHILDHOOD Hook the sun so bright and the night stars shining burdens light cloud's silver lining new adventures each day we're finding the days radiate bliss now their blinding x2 Verse 1 wonderful and amazing this life that we are chasing since youth it keeps on changing as memories we're making think back to the younger days we picked dandelions and daises intrigued by the cry of a baby or the grass that was growing in the shade green when your mom seemed like super lady super man was your dad he would bravely guard and keep you safe like a navy with your friends you hadn't learned to be a fraidy- cat you'd get down to the break beat jump to the rhythm so crazy see these are the youthful days we long to revisit and stay free Verse 2 me, I have some kids and I watch them now without inhibition they just get down the simple things will turn their frown upside down summersault on the ground on the move they all run around their minds are racing like churchill downs exploration there's much to be found new sights, new smells and yup new sounds the world's their kingdom and they make their crowns laugh sing and play they build and bounce it seems every day they grow by leaps and bounds and the playgrounds resound with their screams and shouts and their little hearts pound as they breath in and out It's enough to make you ponder what's this life all about and how can they love free without a doubt innocent in many ways as they live life loud Bridge the sights the smells are still in my mind of course they are I was living wide eyed memories of family and birds in the sky remembering my bike that I would ride
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CHASING SUNSETS FEAT. ONE HELLO WORLD Verse 1 I'm chasing my sunsets I'm chasing my wish I'm chasing my chance at one moment of bliss everyday it escapes my fists and my grip but to me, this is it this is it but to me, this is it this is it the beautiful things in life they go quick that's why I take my time and notice cause in less than moments it's state is broken know from the beginning destiny has spoken the world keeps spinning a wheel I'm a spoke in my path is my own I roam like a Ronin and chase sights to behold our moments are golden Hook #1 I want that moment where the sunset is mine I want that moment where I transcend time I want that moment when everything is fine I want that moment when my chance has arrived Verse 2 I'm chasing my sunsets I'm chasing my light rays I'm chasing the nimbus mixed with a light haze rising up sky-ways hit with it nine ways Madison is my place the Isthmus and my lakes!!! rippling in sine waves listening in my brain wisdom is a mind frame stronger than a mind game lifting till the tines break this why my spine aches this is what defines me but never can confine me a thousand times tie me but still I would fly free tho darkness despise me cause I would like tie the dawn where the rise be ...why B??? to supply for the climb of the vine of the ivy (hook #1) Hook #2 I had my moment where the sunset was mine I had my moment where I transcended time I had my moment when everything was fine I had my moment when my chance had arrived I had it, I grabbed it a moment like I've planned it but man it, ran and I got lost across the planet I had it, I grabbed it a moment like I've planned it but man it, ran and I got lost across the planet
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MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH Hook see I've got a message in a scroll for you I'll take it out unroll it and I'll show it dude matter fact deliver I'll spit it and blow the roof bringing back I'll give you some hope to grow in truth x2 Verse 1 Keep your head up and don't look down your future lies ahead so stop looking at the ground focus on the good things and truth will be found your pain doesn't own you get your head out that cloud cause love is what really makes this world go round keep dreaming about what's really possible now I believe in you tear those obstacles down uniquely individual not just one in a crowd your worth is forever you're meant to wear a crown my hope is through this song I remove all of your doubt, your pain? It makes me want to shout I'm working for the greater and man I am devout so my gift to rip the mic will never hide behind a shroud each and everyone of you has made this emcee proud so I wrote this song for you yeah, I hope you play it loud till the whole city moves and takes the shape of these sounds Bridge see, if the youth are our tomorrow and we're here today that means we have responsibility to show the way so I lift up this mic and take my place on the stage I make myself a spectacle till my message is conveyed Verse 2 listen to this word don't forfeit or quit don't concede anything not even a little bit strive for your best and yup, you'll hit it kid your problems consume but this world is so big you might feel doomed but yo, hope is up in this the darkness looms but the light is still lit keep peace on the inside mute the enemies hiss I'm dropping verbal knowledge this song here is a gift a present of purpose it's meant to uplift I hope you love life see that's my big wish I hope you live free can I get a witness? So I propose peace let's stop the sickness learn to forgive not fighting with fists peace surpass pain let true beauty eclipse on high with doves is where I wanna sit but I dream in my raps wake when the snare hits
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CROSS THE HORIZON Verse 1 since we were young pain did not cease everywhere we look pain we see true for all the human species all continents and deep seas in the tropics or tundra deep freeze in the water and air we breath so we look for hope we seek peace all that we want is to believe that life will switch up pivot it's cadence and speed maybe even lift up with momentary release in a zen like scene a tranquil lake or stream light wind or a breeze as it blows through the trees mindset at ease inner being is appeased cause the sound of leaves drown out all disease the reasons we grieve broken hearts that bleed the hims and hers the he's she's and we's Verse 2 life is too good life is too great to let it slip or let it escape time will tick on then it's the grave after that man it's just too late so don't dwell on past mistakes and do not try to live life fake your dreams are yours so go give chase put your boots on keep them laced then just go get up walking and pick up your pace let the sun shine down bringing warmth upon your face and when the rain falls down keep walking on with grace but every now and then just stop and be amazed at all of the beauty set on earth for display the story will regenerate and go beyond your age but a stationary mindset will never leave one page got to pass those skylines horizons every day Hook I've walked a million paces and crossed the horizons and no matter what I will always keep my eyes up keeping hope alive you know- something to rely on every day I will be walking towards triumph x2
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Brickcity 01:50
BRICKCITY Verse 1 the hands of others gave them the supplies by the hands of others civilization could rise stacks and stacks of bricks right before my eyes yet nobody has a shelter they live among the flies like diamonds to fish or pearls to swine the whole concept was lost on their minds they stayed every day with no regard for time no reason and no logic and I couldn't fathom why Verse 2 down to the ground well they're left with nothing now desolate in desert with no good land to plow these people lived ignorant individual and proud... …. unkempt and angry if you'd approach they shout use them bricks for ammo chuck em and curse with their mouth that pile was their's they would rest on their mound like the wisdom of the ancients dissipated to the clouds Bridge got a mystery an Enigma dream what I see when I sleep these lessons deep that my mind seeks I ponder and keep these thoughts to teach Hook Brick by Brick they built no they didn't they just let it all- fall...
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LIQUID REFLECTIONS (OUTRO) Pt. 1 - Reflections in the Rain In every little rain drop I see my own stare a reflection of my life falling down through the air and I'm the only witness everyone else sees theirs it's so captivating that my judgement impairs I see my hope and I see my despair I see that I'm missing it I see I'm aware I see them in rivers and right over there they're down in this puddle right here on the square in the liquid crystals of my monitors glare in the tears you cry cause life is not fair they're in my coffee as I look from my chair these liquid reflections are everywhere they're truly exquisite extraordinaire I watch them so close I feel I am elsewhere they often inspire but yet they do tear at all I know and all I declare Pt. 2 – Wisdom Blossoms see I started with ignorance bliss but I always thought there was more to all this more to this earth this place that I live with the grass and the dirt in my days as a kid so I chose to search took a brave type of risk I began to observe the way that it is Reflected and pondered the grave and the crypt I looked to the sky and the rain that it gives I studied mathematics and trained with the rich I ran with poor and lived like the glitch in the system that vividly tainted our itch to live, to learn what it is to exist I studied the scholars my brain to the script I read their writings strained at their writ then I saw myself writing with the same kind of wit the same kind of knowledge and the same kind of gift PT. 3 – Inner Thoughts I'm an optimistic pessimist or maybe the other way everyday wrestling hit with depression especially when Testaments we're told to find resting in greedy and pestilent like cartels to Mexicans governments slept on this no one is settling people get scared run right to where weapons is ready for wars and send in the specialists rather than help we argue bout precedence bicker on politics fight over presidents disunity ruining we're at a precipice hard to find hope with all of the prejudice none of it's new we're our ancestor's kids afraid to love or to dance with the sick I observe and absorb then I process all this turn my words into swords when I'm stressing a bit man it's a curse that I'm blessed with this gift Pt. 4 – Cycle Complete these liquid reflections bring water and light but they also bring baggage the pain and the strife we take that all in inner flame to ignite a passion for now to change and bring sight and spread this out wide it's my grain of delight that will grow and unfold in the rain of the night and that is why I create and write and that is why I create and write

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I want to thank everyone who supported our Indiegogo campaign and made this album possible. You people are great! I would especially like to thank our top Indiegogo supporter, Dan Rowe. Your memories of Brian will live on through your song.

Thank you to all of our collaborators and featured artists: Sphinx, One Hello World, theEditson, Jer 1, Marlene Johnson, John GG Tucker, Amethyst Audio, Chris Bliss

Radu, collaborating with you was amazing! Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication!

Thanks for support to: Ethan, Adam, Claire, Mom, Dad, and all my friends and family who have supported me through the years.

Finally, I want to thank my wife and kids who are my main inspiration. I love you!

-Ben Z

I´d like to thank: Maik (One Love!), Mama, Daddy, Oana, Noah, Lene & Günther, Kiki, Alexander, Uwe, Serap, Cristiane, Sultan, Tanja, Jens, Thomas, Ralf, Isa & Matthias, Claudia, Marcus, Marcel

Special thanks to: Ben Z (You've changed my life friend!), our indiegogo supporters, Sphinx Guiliano, One Hello World, Dr. B, theEditson, Chriss Bliss, Jer1, Laura Zastrow, John GG Tucker, Dan Rowe, Di Version, Marank, cKretz, Jay, Till, Patrick, Timo (RIP), Leandro Costa, Marlene Johnson and everyone else who supported me in the past.

-Dejection

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released August 7, 2012

All tracks produced by Dejection except collaborative production with:
4. John GG Tucker
6. theEditson
8. Ben Z
15. One Hello World
19. One Hello World

All lyrics written and performed by Ben Z except collaborations on:
3. vocals with Laura Z
4. lyrics and vocals with Sphinx Guiliano
6. lyrics and vocals with theEditson
9. lyrics with Radu Lutz, vocals with Marlene Johnson
10. lyrical input with Dan Rowe
11. lyrics and vocals with Jer 1 of Figureheads

Executive producers: Ben Z and Dejection
Head engineers: Ben Z and Dejection
Assistant engineer: Kyle Papendieck
Mastering by: Nik of Amethyst Audio Nottingham, UK
Art and design by: Chris Bliss Nottingham, UK

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