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1. |
Archaic Revival (Intro)
02:52
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“Citizens don’t take psychedelics because it’s illegal.
Neither do marionettes, neither do robots.
None of these well-behaved and mechanistic/reductionist images of humanity take psychedelics.
Because it’s ‘misbehaven”.
‘Misbehaving’ is a great Sin, in fact it’s enshrined as the first sin,
when we regard the psychedelic issue was there in Eden
and somebody misbehaved
and then they got ‘tossed out forever and their children’s children
into the chaos of history,’
It’s interesting to read in Genesis why this was,
It was because ‘they will because become as We Are,’ says Yahweh
‘They will become as we are if they eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge’.
I suggest to you that this is precisely what we should seek to do.
We empower our experience by insisting on our authenticity,
It’s a wonderful thing to able to learn to be able to stand up and yell ‘Bullshit’.
So, this whole effort to being the psychedelic experience back into prominence is an effort to empower individuals and to get them to see that we are bled of our authenticity by ‘Vampire-ish Institutions’ that will never, of their own accord, leave us alone,
There must be a moment when the machinery,
and the working of the machinery become so odious that
people are willing to stride forward and throw sand on the track,
and force a re-evaluation of the situation…
What happens when you smoke DMT is there’s an initial kind of
‘hand-shaking confusion’
like when two computers meet and exchange protocol.
There’s a 30-second period where everything sort of gets “sorted out”
and this thing forms, like a Mandala,
I call it ‘the Chrysanthemum’
It’s like I’m sitting there and suddenly I realize
“Oh my God…it’s coming at me. It’s 100 miles wide, it’s 10 miles high
and it’s just rolling toward me, it looks…and I barely have time to lay down
That’s how fast it…and a voice said so:
‘Get prepared, the storm is about to hit the beach…”
-Terrance McKenna
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2. |
Driven
03:51
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“Oh yeah we’re Driven, we’re higher livin’,
trapped in an ego feels like a prison,
but when we’re groovin’ our spines spiral rainbows,
whence which the heart knows, all will come in season…
Feels like the same thing day in and day out,
wanna shout, wanna doubt, the message your sending
does tempt to God a question,
with The Questions, this message,
I invest in your mission steadily, readily, veritably
I see the changes in we, our lives
through a steady support of Truth, this is what we do,
music is comedy/drama and Lovers, I need Light Speed Ahead,
nobody knows where we’ve been, what we’ve seen,
we’re just trying, sometimes lying.
Oh yeah we’re Driven, we higher livin’,
trapped in our egos feels like a prison,
but when we groovin’,
our spines spiral rainbows
whence which the heart knows,
All will shed in season.
The words that you preach, they straight inspire my soul
they make me whole,
these beats, they make me wanna spark up a bowl,
I’m on patrol and parole,
digging ditches as I’m pouring dirt on spiritual snitches,
you’re like a Glitch in the Matrix,
I’ve come for justice and truth in this recording booth,
I’m kinda like Batman but way Nicer,
the beat-slicer as I Dice her,
Homies telling me my voice is proof (of God),
whatever clever rhyming we got,
I do not think of myself,
we write to accept ourselves, then we dissect ourselves,
we’re always peeling, so is feeling,
Shedding skin, blessed, we begin
like a time-lapse in the risers,
geysers shooting words On-Higher,
Yes, we’re wired through desire
the phantom children we admire,
we’re wild-childs, for certain, the phantom behind a curtain.
Clear your mind,
every day’s a brand new day,
Clear your mind,
believe in every word we say,
Clear your mind,
listen to these remedies,
Clear your mind,
Now open your Eyes and see
Oh yeah we Driven, we higher livin’,
trapped in an ego feels like a prison, yup
But when we groovin’,
our spines spiral rainbows,
whence which the heart knows,
all will come in season…”
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3. |
Side Step
04:00
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“(I’m) Alien, alien, alien,
I’m not scary though…
(Chorus) We side-step every notion that you think I am,
I’ll blind-side the emotions you believe I are,
We rise higher in fire this is what I are,
I side step the emotions you believe I am.
We rest in outer space, rest in common grace,
Yes I believe in Love reigning on High Above,
we zapping beats with a crew, a fleet,
we launchin’ a spaceship of spiritual friendship
then we’re riding right along,
hovering over to craft a song,
stop in and groove, it’s like a mastodon,
Side step your pettiness, you can’t step to this
so side step our freedom, side step our freedom..yup yup yo…
We side-step every notion that you think We am,
I’ll blind-side the emotions you believe I are,
we rise higher in fire this is what we are,
I’ll side step the emotions you believe I am.
We can’t control how you feel, no one controls how you deal
except you, sorry boo,
we rely on our connection
maybe an exception how we relate, nobody’s irate,
but it may behoove you
to get in a groove for you that wants to soothes you,
do some work that ‘moves you’,
we just stompin’ and groovin’ along, passing the bong,
Now chill out, and listen to the song, I’m pretty chill,
I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be good when it’s produced…Aiiiiii
We side-step every notion that you think I are,
I’ll blind-side the emotions you believe I am,
I rise higher in fire this is what I are
I’ll side step the emotions you believe I am.
Ah ah ahhhhh, yup….
It’s just a simple truth, it’s just a simple truth
in this recording booth I’m just free flowin’,
We side-step every notion that you think I am,
I’ll blind-side the emotions you believe I are,
I rise higher in fire this is what I AM,
I’ll side step the emotions you believe I are.
Grow up, grow up and side step,
Grow up and side step,
Side step you,
Grow up, grow up and side step,
Grow up and side step,
Grow up Side step you,
Grow up, grow up and side step,
Grow up and side step,
Grow up Side step you,
Grow up, grow up and side step,
Grow up and side step,
Grow up Side step you,
No…
Every notion that you think we are,
Ah hahahaha
Every notion that you think that we am,
Ah hahahaha
Every single notion that you think we is,
Ah hahahahahaha
Every single notion that you think I am,
Ah hahahaha…”
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4. |
Two Trees
04:12
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“Let’s hike Two-Trees today,
a perfect way to share and pray,
(I) got them dope-nasty cakes (fine buds),
a perfect way to celebrate,
hike Two-Trees again,
together be the best of friends,
let’s hike Two-Trees today,
if you work we prolly be late,
as we climb this mountain range,
Zion only a moment away,
dope-nasty cakes,
a perfect way to share and pray.
We were feeling lost, two islands in a sea,
I had always known we’d be waiting there for we,
Music be our answer, our prayers are being heard,
I will be your Wings and you will be my Bird.
I’ve always loved you,
even before time we knew that this is what we’d do,
if any time I’ve squandered all your wisdom given me,
Eye had always known we’d be waiting there for we.
hike Two-Trees today,
a perfect way to share and pray,
(I) got them dope-nasty cakes,
a perfect way to celebrate,
hike Two-Trees again,
together be the best of friends,
let’s hike Two-Trees today,
if you work we prolly be late,
We were feeling lost…prolly be late, prolly be late, prolly be late
We were feeling lost…prolly be late, prolly be late, prolly be late
We were feeling lost…prolly be late, prolly be late, prolly be late
We were feeling lost…prolly be late, prolly be late, prolly be late
We were feeling lost, two islands in a sea,
Eye had always known we’d be waiting there for we,
Music be our answer, our prayers are being heard,
I will be your Wings and you will be my Bird.
I’ve always loved you,
even before time we knew that this is what we’d do,
if any time I’ve squandered all your wisdom given me,
Eye had always known we’d be waiting there for we.
Dope nasty cakes, I think we’ll prolly be late
Got them dope nasty cakes, I t’ink we prolly be late,
Got them dope nasty cakes, I t’ink we prolly be late,
Got them dope nasty cakes, I t’ink we prolly be late,
Got them dope nasty cakes…prolly be late, prolly be late prolly be late,
Dope nasty cakes, (exhale), prolly be late,
dope nasty cakes, prolly be late, prolly be late, prolly be late, prolly be late,
Best of friends forever…Two Trees.
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5. |
Blind Sided
03:35
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“I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
Ah ha haaaaaaa…
I dream of oceans, spiritual notions/potions
yep yep yep,
sometimes insane, insane
sometimes mundane, mundane
yep yep,
digesting cosmos, whippin’ magic
yep yep yep
sometimes wild, this inner child,
these vibrations soothe my soul,
She drives me,
‘Steer this ship with your brass ablaze, I’m spinnin’,’
Blind-sided.
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding,
(Percussion instrumental)
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
I’m just a wild one,
true lovers be Champions, Lions,
blind-sided by Lust,
deep lovers are passion, unfolding…
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6. |
Middle of the Night
03:06
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“I’m Stranded,
send me water, send me dinner,
Can you hear me? Send me a Lover,
send me quietude (awake in the night),
send me an angel,
send me an angel.
It’s the middle of the night,
send me an angel,
I’m lost to the moonlight,
send me sustenance,
It’s the middle of the night,
send me a Lover,
I’m lost in your eyes, eyes, Eyes,
send me an angel,
It’s the middle of the night,
I’m lost to the moonlight,
It’s the middle of the night,
I’m lost in your eyes, eyes.
Lost in moonlight, in moonlight,
I’m lost in your eyes,
you beckon to me now,
I can’t resist you,
Luna, Luna, Lunar.
…middle of the night,
and girl I’m lost in the moonlight,
It’s the middle of the night,
and I’m lost in your eyes, eyes, eyes,
It’s the middle of the night,
I’m lost to the moonlight,
It’s the middle of the night,
I’m lost in your eyes, eyes, eyes,
Eye…Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum
Eyes, eyes, Eyes.
Middle of the night
Lost in the moonlight,
Middle of the night,
lost to the moonlight,
lost in your eyes,
middle of the night, Luna,
Lost to the moonlight,
middle of the night…”
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7. |
Rest Easy
04:40
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“You’d like me back inside your life,
I don’t want back inside your mind,
you might want back inside my heart,
but we’re two distant planets, stars apart.
You’d like me back inside your life,
La da da daaaaa,
I don’t want back inside your mind,
Rise higher
you might want back inside my heart,
but we’re two distant planets, stars apart,
Rest easy.
Helium drifting’ like a galaxy,
we ‘bout to spin ‘round, orbitally,
Healium crash-ship, we ‘bout to honey-dip,
you try to make sense out of all of this?
I’m tryna step into a Riddem while I’m feeling the flow,
I gotta contemplate a universe that nobody know,
I gotta free-flow,
ride down these cosmic towns
all I see are lies and frowns,
ship’s going DOWN,
Healium bounce,
we free-fall gravity,
Healium bounce,
this ship’s going/coming down.
You’d like me back inside your life,
I don’t want back inside your mind,
you might want back inside my heart,
but we’re two distant planets, stars apart.
We emerge into the planetary solar system arbitrarily,
we re-connect like an atom base,
atoms, we laced-up momentarily,
came unto this earth, came unto a feeling,
Ante-up the lies,
12 Steps behind me,
Verily, BOUNCE.
You’d like me back inside your life,
I don’t want back inside your mind,
you might want back inside my heart,
but we’re two distant planets, stars apart.
You’d like me back inside your life,
But I don’t want back inside your mind,
you might want back inside my heart,
but we’re two distant planets, stars apart.
So helium bounce, this ships going down,
‘Elium bounce, bounce to dee Ounce,
Yeah Helium bounce, this ships going down,
so helium bounce.
You’d like me back inside your life,
But I don’t want back inside your mind,
you might want back inside my heart,
but we’re two distant planets, stars apart.
So helium bounce, this ships going down,
‘Elium bounce, bounce to dee Ounce,
Yeah Helium bounce, this ships going down,
Yeah helium bounce…
Helium drifting’ like a galaxy,
we ‘bout to spin ‘round, orbitally,
Healium crash ship, we ‘bout to honey-dip,
you try to make sense out of all of this?
I’m tryna step into a Riddem while I’m feeling the flow,
I gotta contemplate a universe that nobody know,
I gotta free-flow,
ride down these cosmic towns,
all I see are lies and frowns,
ship’s going DOWN.
Healium bounce,
we free-fall gravity,
Healium bounce,
this ship’s going down, ship’s coming down…”
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8. |
My Cat
03:55
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“Meow, meow, meow!
I write me notes, he chews ‘em up,
I plant a tree, he burned it down,
I wrote me notes, he chews ‘em up,
I build a fort, he knocked it down,
I write a rhyme that I can’t remember,
Where be my notes?
Oh, under the couch!
I spit a flow so so soul-surrendered,
all is subject to my cat,
I’m tryna flow as I drum on your spinal,
really thought this-a track be a final,
only to wake up, feel inspiration,
I’m tryna wake up the whole damn nation,
the cat he takes up me notes and break ‘em,
wonder if I should even keep him,
he be my drum kit, he loves dee riddem,
he always ‘purrs’ and ‘meows’ on track,
If I drum a little to hard he’ll bite me,
he’s always bringing about the Spirit inside me.
My cat is whack, is whack
why he be like that!?
My cat is whack,
Why you gotta be like that!?
‘GO!’
‘MEOW MEOW MEOW!’
I write me notes, he chews ‘em up,
I plant a tree, he burned it down,
I wrote me notes, he chews ‘em up,
I build a fort, he knocked it down,
I write a rhyme that I can’t remember,
Where be my notes?
Oh, under the couch!
I spit a flow so so soul-surrendered,
all is subject to my cat,
I’m tryna flow as I drum on your spinal,
really thought this-a track be a final,
only to wake up, feel inspiration,
I’m tryna wake up the whole damn nation,
the cat he takes up me notes and break ‘em,
wonder if I should even keep him,
he be my drum kit, he loves dee riddem,
he always ‘purrs’ and ‘meows’ on track,
If I drum a little to hard he’ll bite me,
he’s always bringing about the Spirit inside me.
My cat is whack, is whack
why he be like that!?
My cat is whack,
Why you gotta be like that!?
He even stole my outro……
‘Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow…”
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9. |
Find a Way
02:29
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“Dear Love, dear Love, dear Love,
dear Love I love you,
Let’s find a way, make some space,
keep the light on just in case,
when you’re lost, I am found,
I will never let you down,
find a way, make some space,
keep the light on just in case,
know your Self, learn to create everyday.
Every other day, every other day
lovers lose vision, tragically,
but every other day every other day,
atoms connect again, verily,
We exist, we’re connected, simply accept it,
I’m never leaving you, honestly Boo,
I seriously gotchu,
fall right into me, right into me, right into me,
fall right into me, flow right into me,
Jenny, I’m never leaving,
honestly Boo just fall right into me,
just fall right into me.
Let’s find a way, make some space,
keep the light on just in case,
when you’re lost, I am found,
I will never let you down,
find a way, make some space,
keep the light on just in case,
know your Self, learn to create everyday.
Dear Love, dear Love….
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10. |
Steady
03:11
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“Ever, and ever,
Ever and ever and ever…
Steadily movin’, steadily groovin’,
steadily chillin’, steady producin’,
Splicin’ these beats proving we alright, we’re tight.
Steadily movin’, steadily groovin’,
steadily chillin’, steady producin’,
Splicin’ these beats proving we alright, we’re tight.
Gotta blast these beats out, corroborate,
wanna lay these words down, deliberate,
pen in pad in hand as I contemplate,
singing songs to soul-friends, I’ll iterate:
we’ve walked ‘cross stepping stones of mud,
to find serenity,
we wade through tired pools of blood,
Hope delivers me,
Steadily movin’, steadily groovin’,
steadily chillin’, steady producin’,
splicin’ these beats proving we alright, we’re tight.
Steadily movin’, steadily groovin’,
steadily chillin’, steady producin’,
splicin’ these beats proving we alright, we’re tight.
Can you spare a coin, Sir, I’m hurting here,
bringing So-Cal sounds found from yesteryear,
wrap a joint, light up and then crack a beer,
joy is love plus wisdom and minus fear,
we’ve walked ‘cross stepping stones of mud,
to find serenity,
we wade through tired pools of blood,
Hope delivers me,
Steadily movin’, steadily groovin’,
steadily chillin’, steady producin’,
splicin’ these beats proving we alright, we’re tight.
Steadily movin’, steadily groovin’,
steadily chillin’, steady producin’,
splicin’ these beats proving we alright, we’re tight.
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11. |
Maria Sinsemilla
04:09
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“Don’t leave me, don’t leave me,
Don’t leave me, don’t leave me,
don’t leave me, please Maria Sinsemilla.
I fell in the water, I swam in the water,
I fell in the water to never emerge again,
I fell in the water, I swam in the water,
I fell in the water to never emerge again.
Don’t leave me, Maria, cannabis,
Don’t leave me Maria, we can co-exist.
We can co-exist.
Don’t leave me, don’t leave me
Third Eye,
Don’t leave me.
Eye float ‘top the ocean,
eye float ‘top the ocean,
eye float ‘top the ocean,
ain’t no need to swim again.
Eye float ‘top the ocean,
eye float ‘top the ocean,
eye float ‘top the ocean,
ain’t no need to swim again.
Don’t leave me, Maria, cannabis,
Don’t leave me Maria, we can co-exist.
We can co-exist,
we crawl up the Spiral…third eye…
Don’t leave me, Maria
Don’t leave me Maria, Sinsemilla
don’t leave me Maria
don’t leave me Maria
Third Eye,
Don’t leave me, Maria Sinsemilla…”
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12. |
Sober
04:01
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“There’s a shadow just behind me,
shrouding every step I take,
making every promise empty,
pointing every finger at me,
waiting like the stalking butler,
who, upon the finger, rests,
Murder now, the path of “must we”
just because the Son has come,
But Jesus, won’t you fucking whistle
something but the past and done?
Jesus, won’t you fucking whistle
something but the past and done?
Why can’t we not be sober
I just want to start this over and why can’t we drink forever
I just want to start this over
I want what I want,
I want what I want
I want what I want…
I (alcohol) am just a worthless liar,
I am just an imbecile,
I will only complicate you,
trust in me and fall as well,
I will find a center in you,
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work work to elevate you
just enough to bring you down
Mother Mary, won’t you whisper
something but the past and done?
Mother Mary, won’t you whisper,
something but the past and done.
Why can’t we not be sober
I just want to start this over and why can’t we sleep forever
I just want to start this over
I want what I want,
I want what I want
I want what I want…
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13. |
All Will Heal in Time…
02:49
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“I’ll never know how much acid he put on my tongue,
but I do the look on my friends’ faces
was the look that someone would have as they were watching
a person fall backwards into the Grand Canyon…
All the people that we meet
will give us everything we seek
for our Healing,
remember that day at work?
we walked through the parking lot and we listened
to a song,
All will heal in time, all will heal in time,
all will heal in time, all will heal time,
After the song was through
I glanced over at you
and we smiled,
Ain’t it crazy how a little tune
can be enough to get through these hard days, these hard times?
….every once in a while but
All will heal in time, all will heal in time
all will heal in time, all will heal in time.
All the people that we meet
will give us everything we seek
for our Healing,
remember that day at work?
we walked through the parking lot and we listened
to a song,
All will heal in time, all will heal in time,
all will heal in time, all will heal time,
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Mike Dragon California
Self-taught, one-man-band. Creativity, inspiration, honesty, heart.
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