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(spoken)
now i'm saying there's things that you could be,
and there's things that you can be,
and there's some things that you can not be.

CHORUS:
If you've gotten lost in the forest,
off the course you were walking,
don't mourn, cause its all good.
Just say, “C'est la vie.”
Sure, maybe it's a war that had fought in,
or a storm you are caught in -
If the sun's gone you may not see.
Still, gotta be grateful - never not thankful:
life is a gift God gave for free,
and you never could give up, because a quitter
is a thing that you cannot be.

You cannot be that, I mean it.
You really need to begin taking care of
all your needs that haven't been met.
Finally I how: everything is the Tao.
Get it set in stone in your mind like it's cement.
You cannot be seventy, regretting everything
you did when you were seventeen.
Let the past pass. Your path's so heavenly.
You're not Hamlet, dammit, you should be getting sleep.
So just meditate: in my head no ugly scenes.
Plus, medicate. You know I be puffing trees,
reading books, studying, chilling with my buddies,
my M.O. be making love over money.
You've gotta think it's funny:
we struggle through our suffering
just to get that joyful feeling of accomplishment.
Get it in memory if it's going terribly:
life is a Ferris wheel.
Bottom goes back to the top.

CHORUS

I cannot be lazy. Let my time waste, nah, what, you think I'm crazy?
Facing off a crisis the likes of which we ain't never seen,
I persist. We gon' fight for the opposite of slavery.
Always be creating: making great music.
Even if the muse is late, patience on my plate
like I'm prudent. A student of poetry,
flow like rivers to oceans, I am a seed, digging deep
and I'm growing. But am I done? Not yet. I never stop,
bet, I'm a work in progress and I'm feeling Jah blessed.
Taking shots at possible opportunities,
hope that they prove to be awesome,
honoring continuity. Never be doin' just nothing.
been stuck up in this dumb rut of the same thing;
change like in a bum's cup's what's gon' save me.
I'm unafraid though the pain stings,
cause not brave is a thing that you can't be.

CHORUS

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from Unreleased (2011​-​2014), released March 13, 2014
produced by Spence Mills

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Zack de la Rouda Portland, Maine

i write songs and rap about weird stuff like love self-actualization civilization depression anarchism and taoism i like to eat from the garbage even though it's kinda hard to find organic stuff there i spend a lot of time alone somehow i am still releasing music ... more

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