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I'm up early in the morning, when the moon's not gone down.
I drink some water and jog through the fog, proud.
My feet brought me to the top of this mountain to achieve balance.
I salute to the sun and bow.
I do a couple slow rounds of sil lim tao,
working on my inner power, tryna bring it out.
I throw a thousand chain punches from my core, it ain't nothing,
all in good form, I'm just getting warmed up.
Staying cool, I'm tossing 'em down the corridor, pak sau, pak dar.
I let my horse sink more. Like rocks on the end of some strings
I keep 'em flowing. I'm like water, I just go with the motion.
I got chops if you know what I'm saying. No playing,
when I block I can see qi turning to vapor.
Time worked over hours of struggle looking for truth.
It's obvious, you know what I do: kung fu.

CHORUS:
I do kung fu. (kicking and punching ain't nothing.)
I do kung fu. (just let it fall into place.)
I do kung fu. (kicking and punching ain't nothing.)
I do kung fu. (work over time in pursuit of the truth.)

When I'm off work, I put in work time.
Trying to learn to lift myself to a bird's height.
Trying to harden up a bit on the outside while I harness the softness inside.
Live how I want with a zen mind.
Give with my actions and send kindness.
I been thinking over some words that I said.
I only want to see with my third eye, yes.
I been sideswiped by this blindness,
wondering who have I been and where am I at.
I'm working hard tryna reach where the sky is.
I let the sunlight remind me that I'm blessed.
Blessed. That's how I feel now.
I wanna honor God so I kneel down,
because I know the worth in this Earth,
and I learned that doing kung fu in a field.
Wow. Kicking and punching ain't nothing.

(CHORUS)

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from Rewild Or Die (2012), released November 4, 2012

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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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