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00. The Initiation
02:01
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I see the creases,
The flaws within the matrix.
Just look for unity and you will see
It’s truly spacious,
I ain’t heard the truth in ages,
Cause all the news is fake and -
Everybody wants to be
Apart of what they truly hate.
The world is dying,
The truth is that we’re killing it.
We’re multiplying,
Can we really live like this?
Everyday’s a blessing
But we treat them like a midnight shift,
Why are we forgetting that we’re blessed?
We must commend the kids who,
Were raised in worlds
Full of love and tenderness
But make a way.
Miracles happen on the strangest days
Paper chains,
Keep us all enslaved in such a major way,
Take away the problems you create and -
You could make some space.
Are we really free?
What appears to be reality is clearly bleak.
Temperatures are rising
Do you feel the heat?
I know that we’re dying
But I still believe.
This is safety and well being announcement.
You are about to enter a universe
Currently unknown to the human race.
Please leave all of your preconceptions of life to one side.
Now,
Relax your mind, and let your thoughts flow,
A more elevated star of mind
Will help you better appreciate the experience,
As you may feel a vast range of emotions on this journey.
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We still have wars ‘cause we still have guns,
People are poor ‘cause they don’t know love
Yeah they’ve got more peas
But they’re solo chumps
And they’re,
Not free with their eyes shut tight.
How dare you say that you don’t love life!
Would you care to explain why you don’t love life?
Fair point…
The world’s gone mad
I mean humans are mad
But the world’s not bad.
And school is a joke,
They turn us from humans to usual blokes.
They’re often consuming our hope -
Exams always looming,
I’m losing my flow.
Getting used to the stress
I’ve reduced it with smoke
And I have to confess
I’ve learnt more being broke
Than in all of the lessons
You’ve forced down my throat,
I was wiling to learn you didn’t teach me to grow!
SO now I’m just teaching myself,
We need to decrease our material wealth
We speak and it’s like we’re not hearing ourselves….
When you say that you need that phone,
Say that you need that game,
Be grateful you sleep at home
The streets are painful place,
You say that we’ve got no hope but -
We can attain that stage
Eyes don’t lie they show our souls
Getting high there’s no control.
And I’ve chosen space over relationships
To save the world today.
Words can be cheap,
Love isn’t spoken it’s worthless in speech.
I’m still learning to be,
But I think of the kids
Now they’re learning fro me
So keep that in mind when I write these words.
Don’t know by who I might be heard,
They might not know that the light still works
But the light shines brighter in the darkness.
We’ve still got time and we’ve still got laughter,
Why live life like we’ve got no answers?
This is our chance to arrange this space,
Giving up now would negate that fate -
And why is none the focus?
Think of the homeless
Winters in London are really atrocious.
I said I’m taking 3 steps back,
I hold my whole crew on top of my back -
I though they told you this was my track…
Well it’s big than that:
I will change this world,
And I will change it’s face,
Change won’t hurt if we change each day,
A flame won’t bur if you make it rain
But the rain clouds loom on the strings days.
This world is so strange
If we don’t act now
Then the world won’t change.
Eyes don’t lie they show our souls
Getting high there’s no control.
And I’ve chosen space over relationships
To save the world today.
Verse 3 is a whole new topic,
Hard to swallow like milk-less porridge
I don’t think schools give us knowledge
History’s fake so we’ve all learnt nothing.
Blood lies under the streets we walk
When a kingdom launches a needless war.
If only you could all see more,
I hear more lies but I think more thought
And I think so much that my brain got sore.
Now I’m stuck in a maze,
Searching for love is just crazy
First I should start with the basics,
Being alive is amazing
Gifted the power the made,
But I work hard, I discredit myself
But I’ve come so far.
Cardy B’s really got no bars
But she beat Mac Miller
And she tops those charts.
Music’s corrupted,
Clearly infused with consumption
Now I’m recluse at a junction:
I don’t make music for money
But I’ve got to live off of something.
The world was so vast
But then we made trains,
Then we built cars
Grew wings called planes.
So I’m gonna walk around Earth
I’ll learn news things and I’ll find new words -
And I’ll find my worth…
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Some nights are infinitely cold
Wasn’t born on the streets but this is my home.
We know these streets aren’t riddled with hope,
Can’t get sleep ‘cause I’m sitting on stone -
In this concrete jungle.
It’s 6 A.M. and I think that I’m drunk still,
High to the point where I can’t feel much
Pushed to the edge how can we feel loved?
I made 10 pounds this week
That’s Great.
I won’t beg, won’t plead
No way.
I want beds, want sleep
Not rain -
If I talk to myself then I might stay said.
The drugs just help to disguise my pain…
One more hit and the light won’t fade
So I take 3 hits,
I don’t take risks,
Streets aren’t safe so I’m under the bridge
And the rain cloud over my head’s so big.
I’ve got friends, but they’re all like me
If you don’t find friends, you will last 3 weeks
Now they’re asking me:
“What is life worth if we can’t find peace?”
And I’ve got no answers, we’re not looked after
We’ve got no voice, and we’ve had no chances
To learn what’s right,
But you’re all slaves too so really what’s life?
I’m a slave to the streets
You’re a slave to the mind
And i’s blinding, really quite frightening
Why stay alive when this is what life is?
I’ve got no roof and I’ve got no guidance
I get so scared when the streets go silent,
I hear screams and I hear police sirens
Can’t get sleep now I’m so, so tired.
I’m just so tired.
I have no home and I have no money
I don’t even know how I’m alive.
How did I survive?
I have no hope and I have no nothing
I don’t even know how I’m alive.
How did I survive?
I wear socks that are way too small
My coat won’t fit ‘cause I’m way too tall
And I’m painfully hungry,
Save your assumptions
I know my appearance is clearly difunctional
Clearly I make you despair and uncomfortable.
I’m human too but,
You’d be amazed at what humans do…
Because:
I’ve ben peed on, kicked in the face
Kids run past and they steal my change.
Do you have no shame?
I have no life and I feel like I have no place
In this world of abundance
My only escape is this substance,
I’m so afraid to confront it
I used to be aiming for something
I used to be great now I’m nothing.
I had a tough life, my Mum didn’t care
I don’t know Dad but let’s not go there.
Nah, there’s no hope here
No real smiles ‘cause they hold my tears
And I’m braving it through,
Maybe I’ll make it ‘till June -
Or maybe I’ll make an excuse
To live a bit longer.
My mind grows weak as the pain grows stronger
I roam these streets,
No-one knows me I go too deep
No-one knows me ‘cause no-one speaks
No wonder…
I haven’t brushed my teeth or washed my hair
In at least 3 weeks but how can I do that?
No running water, the rain doesn’t do much.
I’m not making the truth up
I’m stuck in a cycle that leads me to nothing delightful
I guess it’s all my fault.
I just watch as my sky caves in
If I take my life will I still grow wings
Will I still meet God
Can I still not win?
Can I still not win?…
I have no home and I have no money
I don’t even know how I’m alive.
How did I survive?
I have no hope and I have no nothing
I don’t even know how I’m alive.
How did I survive?
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The World is wasting, away let’s save it.
We act like strangers… But we’ve all had a broken heart.
It’s oh so warm, then oh so cold
The World’s confused but it won’t lose hope.
Nah, and I won’t lose hope we can change this world
If we all go broke, if we had no money -
The thought’s quite funny…
Thought’s are alive and they won’t stop coming:
Why do we kill this Earth?
Why are the funds put first?
(why do the, why do the,)Why the Sun rays hurt?
‘Cause most buy cars, then most but petrol
Combustion of fuels can be truthfully dreadful…
Greenhouse effect we’re effectively mentally crazy,
Sea levels rising on islands that’s daily,
It’s not about “maybe”.
There are too many babies to feed
Why not adopt all these children in need?
Why are we cutting down trees?
Living on nothing but greed.
Species are dying, they’re not even hiding it
Not even lying, we turn a blind eye to it.
If we all plant trees we could save the environment.
Maybe I’m crazy and maybe I’m high again
I should just focus on feeling enlightenment
Feeling alive again life was disorderly
Now I’m designing it.
This is the climb,
Time is the biggest of lies
Focus on living your life
No point in giving up now,
‘Cause if I give in then I’ve lied.
‘Cause if I give in then I’ve lied…
The World is wasting, away let’s save it.
We act like strangers… But we’ve all got a part to play.
The World is wasting, away let’s save it.
We act like strangers… But we’ve all got a part to play.
Put your lives on hold,
The world’s not safe
If we don’t get told then things won’t change.
Everything’s so strange:
Ice caps melt even single day.
The heat keeps rising as plankton fade
And if plankton fade,
Then the food chain breaks in the Oceans.
No more Fish, then no more Dolphins,
Most have a house but forget where home is -
This is our home, this is our Mum.
Earth chose us to provide it love
But we all learn greed,
They make more money if they run down trees
They need more fuel so the Earth now bleeds
And I write these words ‘cause a Bird can’t speak
And I’ll speak out loud when a verse can’t teach
And I’ll…
If we don’t change now
Then things get worse
We trick our pain and we think it works.
I just sink in words
If this doesn’t make sense let it sink in first.
We can all save Earth
If we think of the kids we can make this work.
I said,
We can all save Earth,
If we think of the kids we can meet this work.
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6. |
05. Who Even am I?
03:14
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An,
Ocean of feelings is open but so depleted I’m,
Over heating I don’t get along with sleeping.
Dreams are only frequent in daylights benevolence,
Night times, I never rest
I find, a pen and I write rhymes -
There’s never a right time,
I live in the tree tops
But that’s just a life style.
My feelings are unprobable, unstoppable
Really that’s just an obstacle
I’ve hurdled them before,
And so I know it’s not impossible.
My optimistic tendencies, eventually
Deplete my holy energy.
I try and please everybody
But I should do what’s best for me,
I could be anybody
I’ll find myself potentially,
I progress exponentially.
I’m hiding from my path
Just like that ranger from the North,
This life is tearing me apart
I should embrace a little more,
And I’ve been falling to the ground
Still haven’t made it to the floor,
I’m the opposite of grounded
In 2 different kind of forms.
Everybody better watch this space
Like it’s toxic waste or obnoxious faces.
And this is kind of hard to say,
But maybe I’m too far away.
Everybody better watch this space
Like it’s toxic waste or obnoxious faces.
And this is kind of hard to say,
But maybe I’m too far away.
This life’s been shaping me and breaking me
Forming some sort of vacancy inside my soul,
Observing all my pain through a kaleidoscope.
I hold on to the past
And it’s effect is like a lightening bolt -
It strikes me in the heart
And lately I’ve been getting high to cope.
And that’s an error
Could really be doing better yo,
Been feeling better
Some things are just worth forgetting though…
And I don’t care if I end up alone -
I take 2 paddles, now I’m going where this river goes.
I start to fight against the tide
and it’s so tiring,
I start rapping
Now they’re calling in the firemen.
I’m calling on a force that only lies within
A lighter is the key to deep enlightenment.
The truth has been hidden in scripted hieroglyphs -
Speak, we were gifted dialect
piece, together failures
And don’t forget to try again.
If we can’t rely on ourselves,
Then who can we rely on?
The world is like a jungle
We must save it from the lions.
Everybody better watch this space
Like it’s toxic waste or obnoxious faces.
And this is kind of hard to say,
But maybe I’m too far away.
Everybody better watch this space
Like it’s toxic waste or obnoxious faces.
And this is kind of hard to say,
But maybe I’m too far away.
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I hope you know
I won’t give in
I’m devoted
I also hope that I can live
Like the oceans
Waves will take me places I don’t want to go
Out of nowhere
And that’s what my soul fears
‘Cause I don’t really understand me
Been through like one hundred plans at least
I hate when I’m asked if I’m ready
Never will be but I still say very
And I think that I’m conscious
Of all of the nonsense
It’s driving me crazy
But maybe I want this
We all want something
controlled by desires
You haven’t quite won this
You should work on your oneness
And deal with the flows that you conjure
And stop with the wondering
Why are everybody’s cards down?
Make way
This is where the change in my life takes place
I’ve let bad energies out of this space
And it’s freed me
In the face of adversity
I’ll smile so perfectly
Not even a peep no you won’t hear a word for me
Won’t hear a, won’t hear a word from me
I hope you know
I won’t give in
I’m devoted
I also hope that I can live
Like the oceans
Waves will take me places when I need to grow
Out of nowhere
And that’s what my soul fears
‘Cause I don’t really understand me
Been through like one hundred plans at least
Nothing sets stone
And diversifies the path to come
And to change it's all like
Living for your own
'Cos when it starts to show
Show that you can grow
Oh to where?
And settle this with a limp fit
We all need a little
To adjust to this
To adjust to this
What we boast to become is
Resisting ourselves of a deep bliss
Vision doesn't do no good
Reliable type
But only ever in the light
I'm left and i'm found
Found as i'm stood
And when it ever fails me
I stand the ground that tells my tale
The ground tells my tale
I hope you know
I won’t give in
I’m devoted
I also hope that I can live
Like the oceans
Waves will take me places when I need to grow
Out of nowhere
And that’s what my soul fears
‘Cause I don’t really understand me
Been through like one hundred plans at least
I hope you know
I won’t give in
I’m devoted
I also hope that I can live
Like the oceans
Waves will take me places I don’t even know,
Out of nowhere
And that’s what my soul fears
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8. |
07. The Entreacte
01:30
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08. Awake
03:28
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Many think that money might save us
But money’s not progress
And money won’t make us.
It took me twenty years just to wake up
It’s part of the process, we grow when it breaks us.
Everybody cries, It’s a long way back -
When you fall from the sky so you shouldn’t feel bad.
I everybody blind eyed to the facts?
I’m lost in the riches but tired of rags.
Never have I ever lost hope ten times
I’m embedded in the weather and my flow is intwined.
I like it better when I’m loving this life
And I guess I don’t vote ‘cause the government lies.
We’re all unique, and that’s all you need
When you search for yourself do not fall too deep
If we all seek peace we could all be free
But medias fake and the news misleads.
We’re all humans,
Stop your shooting,
Stop your violence
Hate is useless.
Think of your progress
Think of the journey,
Keep working hard start waking up early.
Chase those dreams who cares if you’re thirty?
Don’t you know dreams only work when they’re worshiped.
Have you ever felt free?
Have you ever lost time?
Can you ever not see?
Don’t, stop changing
Life will break you.
Then, you’ll wake and -
Find what makes you
I’m awaaaaaaaaaake.
Don’t, stop changing
Life will break you.
Then, you’ll wake and -
Find what makes you
I’m awaaaaaaaaaake.
Why do we all stick to the blueprint?
This is not progress
This is plain stupid.
You’re way better off getting lost in improvements,
Living with no stress
Living life clueless.
When I feel lost well I know I’ve got music,
Now I feel lost but I know I’ll get through this.
Your brain isn’t warped you’re just fighting a way
And your mind won’t lose
So your heart gets torn but,
What is a rose if it doesn’t bare thorns?
How big is the world when you can’t find yours?
Everybody cries
It’s a long way back
When you fall from the sky
So you shouldn’t feel bad.
Will anybody climb higher than that?
Until you realise that the sky’s in your hands
I said,
Can any body climb higher than that,
Until you realise that the sky’s in your hands.
I will find my self
I will find my strengths,
I don’t need help and I don’t need friends
See, I lie to myself and it’s daily
I never count scars cause they never quite break me.
I try to escape from the matrix
I like to invest in my patience,
Life with regret is just wasted
Do not forget you’re amazing!
Has your soul ever felt just a little bit free
Cause the voice in my mind
Keeps belittling me.
How come we al litter these streets
Where the homeless roam
Cause they can’t get sleep.
We’re just stuck in an age of confusion,
Days are the same I should break the illusion.
Now I’m stuck I can make no excuses
I pave the way for the kids that are clueless.
Don’t, stop changing
Life will break you.
Then, you’ll wake and -
Find what makes you
I’m awaaaaaaaaaake. Don’t, stop changing
Life will break you.
Then, you’ll wake and -
Find what makes you
I’m awaaaaaaaaaake.
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09. XR - The Rebellion
01:06
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Verse (Nate)
I've got no life if I've got no music
Gifted my life with a whole new blueprint.
So I dedicate time to this diligent music,
I take advice and then learn how to use it.
These words are a nuisance,
They come and go as they please
It's confusing.
Maybe I'm not clueless I've come this far
So maybe that's music.
Maybe I'm not you but I want to be me
So let's not got through this.
Please, let's not go through this
I'm writing for people that listen to music
Fighting for peace
And my writing can prove it,
If I could re-write the illusion,
Then maybe I'll find some improvements.
Maybe I'll shine
But then surely I'll fall to my knees,
It's cool,
That's how I'm learning to be
That's how I'm learning to breath,
That's how I learn to be free
When I speak it just feels like 1000°.
Music has saved my life, it gives me guidance
I'm gonna say that twice.
Music has saved my life, it gives me guidance
Boy has it changed my mind.
I write to escape all the thoughts in my brain
I fight for my dreams
Now I'm forcing the change
And I'm changing my flows,
Music's attached to my soul,
It's not like I lack resolve.
Music's like half of my life
And if it disappeared I would probably cry.
Music's life half of my life
And I've got to admit that it's painful at times
But the pain feels right cause it heals my heart,
And it shapes my mind,
I still feel lost
But it feels quite nice.
I write my songs straight from the soul
Lost in the music
Captured in my (zone)
This is my story that’s untold
Feelings forever
Breaking through this (wall)
Self expression leads my way
Deep connection
I just can’t explain
That’s where the truth lies (truth lies)
It takes over your mind
Verse 2 (Natalie)
Ooooh
I get emotional
I get emotional and
Ooooh
That’s when I come to you
Cos you help me through
You’re my getaway
My one escape
The only way to make them see
Everyday
What I don’t say
The music wakes and lets me be
To a new degree
Consider me lucky
In the moment, my mind is blowing
My words are flowing
I gotta shit
Time to kick back
Plug in and relax
Don’t worry bout that
All that I’ve had
Are laid in my tracks
You know they’re all facts
Story of my life
Put out in rhymes
But its alright
Cos it makes me stronger,
Makes makes me stronger and I
Don’t give up
Don’t dont give up
Don’t give up
No I won’t give up
When I fall, I pick myself back up
The music brings me back with so much love
I write my songs straight from the soul
Lost in the music
Captured in my (zone)
This is my story that’s untold
Feelings forever
Breaking through this (wall)
Self expression leads my way
Deep connection
I just can’t explain
That’s where the truth lies (truth lies)
It takes over your mind
Music has saved my life
Music has saved my life
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11. The Ghost Theory
02:54
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People chose what to believe in
There’s no secret see,
We’re all in this together
Let’s forget about the secrecy
Forget ‘bout how things seem to be irrelevant,
The greedy feed off everything
Our burdens seem the heaviest
But really that’s pretentious and,
I’m a firm believer,
I greater forces:
I the ones that look out for us
And the ones that bread extortion.
I’m getting to the chorus but this is really important,
Do not place your values where you know you can’t afford it
That’s a principal I live by,
Flowing with the rip tide.
It may not be my fault but I’m responsible for this life.
If our lives are getting easier and easier,
How come all these kids
Seem to turn to anaesthesia in substance form?
If we don’t have a cure for all this evil
Then what’s loving for?
We should all just love some more,
And also focus less on differences
Life should not be complicated -
We should live the simplest,
Maybe learn to sink in it
And sink it in.
Maybe I’m too introverted,
Maybe I could live with it
But if I make some changes
I can really start to live a bit.
Your life is quite controllable
Just go and do -
The things that you’re afraid of,
‘cause your life just might be over soon.
There’s still hope for you,
For all the broken girls
For all the lonely dudes
I’m sorry for your losses
Cause I know that no-one loves to lose.
But it’s a part of life,
It’s a part of life,
It’s hard to find the answers
When we’re sitting on them half the time.
Even a mastermind will never find the answers
If he’s sitting on them half the time.
Every single day should be considered as a blessing.
We will stay the same until we start to learn our lessons.
And I’m running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost.
And I’m running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost.
I’ve been thinking ‘bout
The thoughts that shouldn’t stick around,
And so I show them the door
I’m back to thinking now
Think about
The things I can’t control in this time space,
To thing that we’re controlling our mind frame,
We’re all living in chains but they might break
If I spend a message that can stick like a migraine
I think that I might make
A difference in my space.
We love to think about
The things we shouldn’t think about,
If we keep on overthinking
I should think that we’ll start sinking now.
Every single day should be considered as a blessing.
We will stay the same until we start to learn our lessons.
And I’m running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost.
And I’m running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost,
Who is running from a ghost.
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13. |
12. Lakeside Sonnet
02:12
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I've seen a river in the blink of an eye,
I know I should be doing one thing at a time.
It's a long way if I sink from the sky
So I think I might fly.
Spread those wings 'till I glide,
One got clipped but I'm fine,
One more sip from the fountain of youth
'Cause I need to rejuvenate
Hanging on to all the things that I used to say.
I guess I'm hard to hack
If you're not used to me, I chose to speak,
I can sense if you're
Not telling the whole truth to me.
That's why I stick to a small crew
People I can trust in a small room,
But we've got big dreams
I was off balance 'till it hit me
Running off talent 'till it split me,
Not I work hard I'm addicted
Now I work past the confliction.
The truth is I'm hard to commit with
People like Nate where you at are you missing?
I never stay in touch with my old bros
Rarely go back to visit my old homes,
I guess we all split down our own roads.
Life goes from square shaped to pear shaped
Not always fair play
This is the fiftieth stair case,
Progress is slow but it's there mate
Know that you've grown quite a fair bit.
Our past is unknown,
Our future is open
Each moment's a gift
And we need to expose it,
It needs some exposure,
We need to evolve
And we need to grow closer -
It's easy to solve if we teach about culture.
We're just kids getting heads filled with lies,
They say we all die
We were never alive,
We live in the peakest of times
Freedoms the bleakest of lies,
You will not see with those eyes,
See where you close them it's peacefully bright
Here's a piece of my pie,
We're in this together
Start living your life,
These are critical times
I've been giving up mine for a limited high.
This is a physical climb
This is how lyrics can shine.
The mind is a lonely place,
Find it and note it's weight
Find it an open space
And time won't oppose your fate.
I work hard bit my talent's way bigger,
I went this way
Although the other way's quicker
And I've got low funds
Only like two figures,
Turns into one in under two minutes.
But I don't need money,
Don't need cars,
Don't want models
I'll still break these charts in an instant,
Leaving an imprint,
Not just an evil, deceitful delinquent.
I love it when this life feels great
Living in a timeless day,
Grateful for all the things that I have
Living with the highest stakes,
I think I'm gonna find my way.
This is where the screen turns black
And the credits start rolling...
Me or the credits?
Who cares you didn't notice...
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13. The Outroduction
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All journeys hava start,
There is no finish line..
Time, The Man-Made Conception leaves it in disguise.
This life is filled with highs and lows
I think they’re intertwined,
Who am I to judge the way we live our lives.
The world is getting crazier and crazier,
People get lazier an lazier
I think it’s time to wake them up.
Please stop complaining about paper cuts
The media is fake enough
The world can still be saved,
I wouldn’t make this up.
This is where one journey ends
And a new one begins.
Do not live your life in anticipation of the future,
Or you will miss what lies right in front of you.
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natestapes London, UK
My dreams and ambitions have led me here, aged 20, I'm now looking to jump start my music career.
Rap is more than a
craft or a job to me. It brings my emotions to life and I feel myself live through it. I hope I can convey this in my songs.
I'm always looking for ways to improve, increasing the possible outcomes of my work tenfold.
My feet are, and always will be firmly planted on the ground.
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