1. |
Mediocre Weed Smoker
06:37
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one foot in gum
while the other hits shit
so bummed out
baptized in baited clicks
days spent on youtube
cannot quite help you
alien Illuminati gov cover ups, the whole world is fucked
you oughta lighten up
I don't feel bad for you
everywhere you loom
conspiracy research
the deep web is odd
you should grab a resume
and get yourself one of those inside jobs
walk into the gallery I hear you with that down inflection
the people's predilection for the "tortured artist" needs correction
I don't feel bad for you
everywhere you loom
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2. |
Look What I Can Do!
04:05
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I- Recognize you
ask me what I do
I make a living being
terribly too cool
You simply haven't lived to you've done what I've been through
but wait there's more, i now ignore all social cues!
I went to new york
to conquer L.A.
I went out high all night
on creatine cocaine
I came out hetero trans lesbian bi gay
the whole internet knows me by my name
look what I can do!
~
on and on about what you do
only eclipsed by an Instagram to show the proof
are you proving your worth
when you've found the new thing first
the pretention’s a curse
And you get off on it
ironic kids in the ironic clothes
stare at the sky to look right down their nose
ironic kid ironically loathes
the things he loves because the irony’s always imposed
Although;
of course…
they're the type that would like that most
It's pathetic,
so fucking pathetic,
that we could've been kinetic
but now it's all synthetic
maybe we're tryna wait for something better
whenever our phonetic's aren’t available for edit
Do you feel as informed as the girls who never look before they're crossing the street?
No.
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3. |
Shady
04:44
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i feel no warmth
from physical form
through 4G, some parody, and a favorite, like, show what you see
Just trapped in cold
tbh, it’s old
you wanna speak a spell, maybe IRL?
modern times
C(s)ell
make this shady love work
Doesn’t have to hurt
feminist vs chivalry
jilted ideology
don't support a thing of what you believe, it's all offending me
out throwing shade
tinder gets you laid
always alone, why can't we condone
that which we already know?
it's shady that it can replace someone
a presence within absence to derive the feeling from
so shady that it can replace someone
a presence within absence you shut off when you're done
So much control
over who you meet, how much you know
Too much control
You'll never need a living thing to hold
you can't replace someone.
Feel
no warmth
"what if i was there?"
said everyone
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4. |
D E L U G E
05:20
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Good morning sunshine
scrolling past headlines
clothes, teeth, drive, park
used up half the charge
watching clips while commandeering the car
hey.
did you read the news
some kids got bombed in a school
nah. I don't read up on that
but the tabloids are cruel
I wanna stay out of the rain
hide til deluge rips through
and when the sky appears again
hope for a blissed out view
good afternoon
how are you?
have you seen the news?
someone got murdered somewhere else
but
what about yourself?
10 tips to attaining immense wealth
Sharing an article
…and you won't believe what the fuck happens next!
I wanna stay out of the rain
hide til deluge rips through
and when that sky appears again
hope for a blissed out view
capture the perfect picture
as the lens survives afloat atop a stick
in the grip of a breathing fixture
A lifeline for each 'like' the thing will get
what's the reward looking forward?
was you best self(ie) the thing that you've put forth?
achieve homeostasis
and then become complacent
no point in complaining
at a point you're just letting the rain in
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5. |
A D U L T
04:26
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Dropping cigarettes
in the streets of refinery
gain some good assets
or smash this bag of wine with me
these kids are dumb from no thinking
but sure got drunk from the drinking!
educate and calibrate
wakened by sunset
let's hit the streets of reality
Waving to regrets!
But not without salary!
the lazy are paid for to party til fatal
they wade thru the haze til the final appraisal
educate and calibrate
answer the roll call
enter the adult
shabooya roll call
my name is adult
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6. |
Whenever I Come Down
04:10
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Whenever I come down
I hope you'll be around
I'd never feel so bored
If I could see you more
As the nights slide in
pantomime some grin
I see your face in every shadow
I wanna know what you have that makes you unreal
To take what it is to obtain that feel
happiness, anger, sadness and fear
all amplify when you are near
Whenever I come down
pretend you are inbound
I'd never be sober
free from hangover
Every night slides in
tantalizing chagrin
repeated dives into the shallow
though I can't keep the promise proclaiming a change
Stay poised off the poison I pour to my face
I'm poised if provided your proximate grace
I wanna know what you have that makes you unreal
and take what it is to obtain that feel
happiness, anger, sadness and fear
all amplify when you are near
and you'll never know
because I'll never show
unless you come around
before I'm coming down
it's so good
I might
die-
[(take me to where you are
i can't be that far behind
displaced, but not erased
today we're all on our minds)]
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7. |
Quit What You Love
05:02
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havin trouble moving
with everything in front of you?
no attempts at ‘doing’
with the whole thing left to do
apparently it's in the blood
and whatever you love
at first
quitting is worse
muscle memory's awful handsy
getting through the day in a different way
while unrehearsed
Quit what you love
you've done enough
quit what you love; let it spill, never gonna get that fill
you've had enough
…emptied out the pockets still, endlessly this ill
wait a minute.
I'm functional
and the happiest ones have no thoughts at all
what a minute.
I'm losing me
feeling more in love than I'll ever be
shanghaied (shanghaied) so brackishly and the polemic pandemic spans out from me
steady in disdain
rightfully complain
life in reverse
it could be worse
Quit what you love
you've done enough
quit what you love; let it spill, never gonna get that fill
you've had enough
…emptied out the pockets still, endlessly this ill
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8. |
Moment of Shrug
08:05
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moment of shrug
defend what I say
simple showcase
mediated and ornate
what i think
method act
fabric dream
it exists for a billionth time
infinite choices by design
recall how to react, to appear offended
you get to play a role grander than intended
If you tried and ended up dead
you won't have to do any better than you did
moment of shrug
defend what I say
simple showcase
mediated and ornate
what i think
method act
fabric dream
flattered in my perfection
proven by the attention
performed to make impressions
proceed pointless procession
are
unmoved
unless
it's your issue?
If you're here until you're dead
they'll speak highly of you and everything that you've left
accustomed to
being in a mood
when people die, the grief belongs to you
all bad '-isms' seen countless times
we're expected to cry?
If you tried and ended up dead
they'll speak highly of you and everything you've left
if you're here until you're dead
moment of shrug, i guess just be happy that you've left
~
I need to think
Give me a line
write out a script
define the zeitgeist
could call it work
could call it play
regardless of the day, appear as grandiose cosplay
I need a drink
lay me a line
write me a scrip
when you have time
heading to work
off every day
regardless of wordplay, not a change in any way
We have our drinks
We choose our lines
We get our scrips
we make up time
may not be true
coming from me or you
cautious our ways, will anyone think about the things we say?
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