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Who We Are
02:42
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Lyrics by Mark Hoy and Chimaroke Abuachi.
VERSE ONE:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Throw away that feeling if it makes you back down
They sense you’re not being real, it's like you don't exist
They make you think the realest connection is from their lessons
Though it involves deception of your true intentions
A sword will make you believe your world isn't round
That’s why you sharpen your tongue for what will be sung
I’ll be the only voice that stands out in the crowd
Like falsetto on the bridle of a giants growl
This mask is not to hide, it’s an extension of my flesh
To show those who invite the blues that I’m still content
To ward off the infectious vibes that are being sent
Don’t be ashamed of who you are!
CHORUS:
They say change
But we are who we are
Stay the same
‘Cause we are who we are
Why change
When they love who we are
Nothing, nothing
Changes who we are
VERSE TWO:
Mark Hoy -
Yeah, and that’s a matter of fact
And not a person on this earth is ever altering that
I fought the attack of naysayers and lame haters
That would love to see the fall of a giant but I’m taking
Everything they got
And never going to be knocked down I stand my ground
My dignity is indelible you can’t tear me down
I stand proud leader of my own dreams
Never to be knocked down by all their plotting and schemes
I feel supreme
The feeling being genuine brings
All too often people settle for a lesser belief
Beyond your reach I bring the proof
Lace the page and blaze the booth
Out my cage and on the loose
I’m never changing for you
CHORUS:
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Lyrics by Chimaroke Abuachi and Mark Hoy.
HIGHER
VERSE ONE:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Commands pushing at speeds they can’t touch
this weight that collapse cushioning is I Adjust
Moving like the final wave is like a rush
To giant heads, like David’s slingshot to hush
Unbearable phases but we can’t corrupt
torrential rain is here to bring out the bug
Everything that’s happening here involves us
That why where going higher to view it from above
And when we reach that point we'll paint it with a brush
With colors that reveal all the reasons why we fuss
Reasons why we fight, reasons why we shove
Reasons why we hide, reasons why we tug
So when we descend back, we'll show them that there’s much
Much work to do, even for the tough
I’ve been there and back, for the future we can try
I say we can do it with love
CHORUS:
Go High!
Go higher!
And release these chains! Can’t hold me down,
Do you see these wings?
VERSE TWO
Mark Hoy (Distortion)
Don’t blink you’ll miss the rate we evolve
And all of them compress weight test my resolve
Break down barriers these walls dissolve
Leaving nothing but the open air for my freefall
We are, reach all or take none
Refine our resource to reach sun
Begun to breach past the barriers see past nefarious obstacles are
Pieces of the puzzle I align to learn the lesson
And every step that I take in progression toward perfection
Is the essence
Unlocked and true
We keep an open mind to release aptitude
I surpass through, any and all forsake glory
Never look back, the path is before me
Pages of my past become my story
Wings break through chains aiming for me to go high
CHORUS:
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3. |
The Passion
03:25
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Lyrics by Chimaroke Abuachi, Mark Hoy.
VERSE ONE:
Mark Hoy -
This wasn’t only designed for all my strong survivors
It was also designed for all my 9 to 5’ers
We’re not getting any younger
Not too late to start
To search your inner self and find what truly drives your heart
It’s obvious, we pour ourselves into making art
In an attempt to live our dream and inspire thought
In the minds of those who have been closed off
The driving force behind what I hope is the lesson taught
They’re out to get you
Your soul is on the chopping block
They’ll cut you at the knees and even let the body drop
So never back down or you forsake your right to fight
Bow your head to no man let’em feel your might
CHORUS:
If you feel our passion
Defy the norm
Stand firm with the battle lines drawn
Release your inhibitions
Let them hear you shout
You ain’t takin’ my soul time is running out
VERSE TWO:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
I formed this plan carefully with time and meditation
I thought of running but I glanced at what I could become
Now feet shake through storms carrying this mass
A ton of dreams in this dense stone dwarfs the sun
It’s not potential, recognizing now controls what happens
Grow from the roots I understand but then you voice your sound
Some console your hesitation cause they fear your story
A volley of pointing fingers throws ascension down
Fight for elevating, die for information
The world listens clear, shake from solid ground
I see them force such a blow that returns a power
Carriers of dreams, be the vessel now
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
So we stand firm
hold our heads high
Never will be conquered
Never will divide
Never brought to a standstill
we never hide
Build a vessel for this rode
Find a path to climb
Lose control of your goals and what you build will break
So hang on in the middle of a world that shakes
Break through the walls
let them hear you shout
Be the inspiration
See the future now
CHORUS:
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4. |
Star Sign
01:22
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5. |
Wind Comes to Change
04:08
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Lyrics by Mark Hoy and Chimaroke Abuachi.
CHORUS
Weather inside or open range
It’s all the same, it's all the same
Dark clouds blue sky sunshine to rain
Wind comes to change, wind comes to change
Weather inside or open range
It’s all the same, it's all the same
Dark clouds blue sky sunshine to rain
Wind comes to change, wind comes to change
VERSE ONE:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Live life, fill full, stuff face in feast
But don’t beg just as hard cause you failed to breathe
The men in shackles were in uniform and praised in peace
Uplifted for goodness sakes before they lived as thieves
The fear turned this one into a fool
Advancing in a Brutus plot
He drowns his lessons near the reefs
Until their lost and on their knees
Their believing in the jesters smile
Having faith in what they see
The blind man saw the storm before in came and reeked
Reap control of the lifestyle they thought they'll keep
Direction that he claims will bring hell displays aurora
So they invest with poor perspective see these men are sheep
A future with a bad foundation with no walls and feet
It’s the indulgence making men who harvest falsehood week
My home is safe cause I’ve planted seed the rest of them
Hanging on to a branch of my tallest tree
CHORUS:
VERSE TWO:
Mark Hoy -
I know this story of a pauper who was dirt poor
Beneath the sweltering sun he’d work in the earthen toil
Spent his days to feed his parents youth was all but spoiled
But never thought that God had left his future to be foiled
Then one day
Came a prince who wanted to trade
Places for a day
Tired of power and praise
The pauper took the position and never gave it back
Now the prince is in the fields
Sun burning on his back
Another story of a king in mighty graces
Resided in a castle only seen in lofty places
The richest ruler that the kingdom ever saw in eons
And when the peasants came around
He’d tell them all to be gone
Born a bad seed
More than wealth he had greed
Cared not
For the fact his people had nothing to eat
Took a trip into the city
He was killed and mobbed
His wealth was passed out to the people
Not a single one sobbed so....
CHORUS:
OUTRO:
What’s here today
Could be gone tomorrow
So be grateful baby
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6. |
End of Days
03:20
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Lyrics by Chimaroke Abuachi and Mark Hoy.
VERSE ONE:
Mark Hoy -
It’s about to arrive
`Fate will tell who will survive, the populace cries out
They’re looking for a hero
Blind lead the weak they embrace the deceiver
False prophet converts them and overturns believers
Lost ones are those who forsake their souls for cheap tricks
The wicked one, master of illusion
The only real solution, renegades willing to fight
The harbingers of darkness meet believers of light
Some will give to dark side, greedy and soul sick
Men become beast and demeanor ferocious
Deceiver breeder forked tongue stand behind pulpit
Brought to knees beheaded progeny will find coldest
Hopeless world on the edge of the plummet
While angels cry for their children watching above it
The possible conclusion to the chapter of man
The fate of our existence in the palm of our hands…
CHORUS:
The rise, the fall, the days, the nights
To fail or fight defeat.
Beneath the darkness snakes devise
A veil but light can peak.
They breach despite the walls to climb,
They find a path to reach.
The tide will turn, the world will burn
without the mind to seek.
VERSE TWO:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
They wage war though the ends coming
Cause opportunity in times famine and disease
clings to the hopes of those who spite running
Most of them fight, those who know god believe
Cling to guns, feel safer holding one
But if the prophecies are true all will be stunned
In the times metals in the clutch of those devils
Leave villages on edge giving birth to the rebels
Unsettled, no Sayers raid
Representing change, we will seize the day
Cause what they bully make activists sway
Shift beneath the rocks, hide what they should say
It’s a fight to speak over a megaphone
In a crowd of drones giving praises cause they fear control
I remain the authority’s bane
They fear cause I move while the others stay the same
CHORUS:
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7. |
Boom
01:15
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Lyrics by Mark Hoy and Chimaroke Abuachi.
VERSE ONE:
Mark Hoy -
I think that I've discovered it
A way to divide
Me from my evil side free of Mr. Hyde
The rest of them mock me
Tell me I will fail
But while I mix ingredients I know I will prevail
Calculate create the right mix they're all unaware behind basement bricks
What I aim to fix
Human delusion
Think about it! This could be the solution
To all of my problems
This is gonna solve'em
Add a bit of alcohol and add a little solvent
Ah!
Eureka!
I have the mixture!
Down the hatch goes elixir....
VERSE TWO:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Forked tongued, they mock what we speak
Black nailed demoralizers bite at what we preach!
Each day they gather rounds of hate
Praying that we sway… to the grave…
Cause when we change! All those forces in our way
Are trampled by a might, found through what they say…
Look at them as they skitter back across the surface
They’ll learn or be back the next day...
VERSE THREE:
Mark Hoy -
Exhilaration!
Not what expected
It seems that the beast is released when ingested
This elixir is more powerful than I projected!
I wonder in the dark alley if I was detected?
Or if the shepherd saw me eat his flock when unprotected
Hope the building that I crushed wasn't that expensive
I felt so free
Devoid of my conscience
Never really knew
How much of it was nonsense
Pah! Morality? A Nobel Prize!
Is what I'm gonna win
When they all realize
That I am the man!
You will not debate it
This calls for celebration!
A toast to creation!
VERSE FOUR:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Strange alchemy, walking with a tail
Diabolic schemes channeled this eve…
Looking forward to choke our range
Strive to no avail, leaving this deed
Cause we change, all those forces in our way
Are trampled by a might, found through what they say…
Look at them as they skitter back across the surface
They will learn but more will come today…
VERSE FIVE:
Mark Hoy -
Something isn't right
Something's going on
Whatever it is
I feel it in my bones
I think that I'm changing at night when I sleep
I think that I'm losing my control to the beast
Aaggaahhh! I can feel it burning inside of me
The evil side of me trying to get free
No! I have to fight it
Have to hold it down
I can’t change right here in front of this crowd...
What do I do now nowhere to run?
I can tell by the pain that it’s already begun
Mr. Hyde has won over me!
Dear God!!! The brute is FREE!!!
VERSE SIX:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Black magic from scrolls of old age
Casted this direction, trusting to restrain!
They roar cause hell is all they aid
They say we evade, being sane
Cause we change, all those forces in our way
Are trampled by a might, found through what they say…
Look at them as they skitter back across the surface
They’ll learn or decay…
OUTRO:
See, even the best have tried
To hold me back but now’s the time
Drink! Release the beast inside
show what you Hyde!
Bend, rip, tear those who dare appose
Rawr! break, crash, wreck, claw, bend, bite, crush!
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Ego
03:35
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Lyrics by Chimaroke Abuachi and Mark Hoy.
VERSE ONE:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Like wolves and their sharp ass teeth
I was never meant to involve your beliefs
Their rules are beyond you leash
You were more meant to evolve like freaks
Yea! Seems now your needs
do apply more to the ooze I secrete
My tools are within your reach
You can’t even hide from the claws I release
CHORUS ONE:
A time will come
when you will say
We rearranged
your mind
VERSE TWO:
Mark Hoy -
these are the monsters inside your mind
Breed in your thoughts and they’re keeping you blind
Molding your soul they will bleed and deplete
All that you hold until you’re cold and you’re weak
Evil deceitful whisper in your ear
Claw through your brain in control of your fear
Flowing through your veins and eternally remain and forever will be fed because their feeding from your pain
CHORUS TWO:
When all is done
You will agree
And finally say
That your mine
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10. |
Refuge
03:02
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11. |
Coldworld
03:56
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Lyrics by Chimaroke Abuachi and Mark Hoy. CHORUS:
This world is cold and descending
See we all here trembling
If we fall the same way
Why can't we all...
...same thing
Why can't we all fight for the same thing!
VERSE ONE:
Mark Hoy -
Why can’t we all fight for the main aim
Cause we're blinded from being defined by the same
People that would full court crush the word change
If they had the opportunity to do such a thing
Now I'll abstain
From naming the names of the offenders
Far too many to name, who will defend us?
There’s power in the music and words combined together
The leather-bound science of alliance we tether
Of the whole picture
I am but one member
Faction of a legion
Likeminded endeavor
A strong willed soldier for the storm we'll weather
A leader to those who know that this world is cold
CHORUS:
VERSE TWO:
Chimaroke Abuachi -
I travel in a time men fight to arrange
What they think the planet needs and force it with a cane
Explain what’s united, the definitions vague
War drums still pound bombing and its sound
Finally a beacon of hope intervenes,
but it takes more than one man to operate this thing
I’m glad to be alive in a time where at least we,
Can try to manifest the king’s grand dream
We’re separated in a storm but there’s many ways
To stop and come together but the channels always say
The opposition always disagree, they want to break
The beacon though its message could be what saves the day
It’s like fears an octopus with the way in clings
To these obstacles but even lab mice can feed
Know that we attract, we can fight the same thing
Or be powerless and strained
CHORUS:
VERSE THREE:
Mark Hoy -
Why are their minds all in the same frame
Because they’re slaves to temptation of money and ‘bang bang’
A shame the insidious ignorance is upholding villainous to a status that they want to obtain
Change only occurs when soul seeks freedom
Soul seeks freedom and the mind breaks chains
If not then you are condemned to remain same
There’s only so much a man was made to sustain
Faithless, aimless
Devoid of all dreams
Phases of dangerous
Crooked eyed schemes
They're nameless inhabitants of prison yard scenes
Probably tell you how the ends are justifying the means
BRIDGE:
Its cold…
Building towards the light
Shielding us from night
Leading us
But who will save our souls?
CHORUS:
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12. |
Be Free
04:17
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Lyrics by Chimaroke Abuachi and Mark Hoy. VERSE ONE:
Mark Hoy -
Let me take you to where I’ve been lately
Sorta' feel like I’m going crazy
I’ve taken a fall before but never felt I had much to lose
All that my eyes can see is
Trouble surrounding me
Its self created
So frustrating
Feel like I’m breaking down…
Chimaroke Abuachi -
Because I’m falling slowly again
With that peculiar vibe so I’m praying
Now, that unlike the past
I’ll learn the hear truth that’s been here all along still saying
CHORUS:
Oh I’ve got to let go
they can’t be concerned about the way I think
I’m free when I can speak so I’m saying
Oh it’s time to let go
but for now take care of what is real
I’m free when I can dream so I’m saying
Oh I’ve got to let go
They can’t be concerned about the way I feel
I’m free when I can breathe so I’m saying
Oh it’s time to let go
But for now take care of what is real
VERSE TWO:
Mark Hoy -
Can you relate to where I’ve been lately
Feels like life’s trying to break me
I may seem unphased
But I lost my way
Can’t keep pretending, no
All the fear that I have inside is
Doubled up when I hold my pride
I’m holding this weight in
Feel like I’m sinking
Keep me from breaking down…
Chimaroke Abuachi -
because I’m falling slowly again
With that peculiar vibe so I’m praying
Now, that unlike the past
I’ll learn the hear truth that’s been here all along still saying
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
Do you want to be free?
Do you want to break down the walls?
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13. |
Delish
02:30
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