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Ceremony
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Open Ceremony :: aho, amen, ashe,
feel the land beneath your feet, weight,
push the sun above your crown, breathe
through your solar plexus, feel your place
within space, lifting your throat high
to the winds of time
activate 100 of the 10% brain energy
universally gifted :: feel your third eye
y los huesos, vasos, venas, los aguas, las tierras,
las lenguas, nuestra saliva, nuestro sudor,
las semillas, break
flashback to that other 90% mind power
that was activated in the womb
pushing you through :: mother star, heart, beat,
gods swirling colors magnificent,
tornado winds pulling, molten magma fuel burning,
earth’s core throbbing, break,
soul pulsing, beat
that 90% brain work will reactivate when you exit
this frame :: form :: repeat, break, repeat, beat,
until then, Root,
find your love within chaos,
hold your truth within rhythm, rhyme,
align, rebel, claim your time
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Steal Some Time
02:12
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i’m high on my soul supply
spaceship you can pass me by
on lowrider time, dreams of a life
gods say i’m worth, plant seeds in the earth
at home where we birth, send the hurst back
shovel me in dirt, hella old wit a feather cap
knowledge for the young chap, root
for the young branch, running laps
breath for your life map
i bet you I could steal some time
nab it right out they cloud design
snatch seconds, days, years back
hijack, cut the phone line, gimme mine
chale wit cha progress and productivity
miss me with ya research, no way of gettin’ me
chale your psychology, false flag economy
end time prophecy? i’m on my own ship
cruise by i’m Blues Time, Chicano Park fly
pachuco zoot style, i’m future, cuz
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Alive
02:07
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black earth underground, brown skin, white sand
green leaves, pomegranate seed, desert palm tree
black pearl, brown butterfly, blanket white snow
true blue sky, summer sunset, indigo
seeker with an ancient soul, futurist of eons
garden with the grains, gifted, gods in everything
attract the hearts of gold, seek the highest plane to be on
riddle me believer, true, the giver be the keeper
now, work the middle :: work the middle
new position :: new position
positionality, possibility surrounds me
passion in the poetry, the probability
of hearts in between time, chests, you and me
feel, touch taste, smell, lover just be
your skin feels like it’s good to be alive
your skin feels right, it’s sexy to be alive
:: dragonfly wings ::
:: the color of my spring ::
:: the beauty my child bring ::
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Dreaming of You
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i’m dreaming, a cumulus day, we just might float away
our own desert plane, bring the land some rain
take the cactus pain, wildflowers, summer dreams
under black stars we sing, see your face in everything
ten little fingers and ten little toes, in my eyes
i flash smiles, little hands that I hold
red clay time molds beauty, witness behold
gods in her voice, little wonders she told
i’m dreaming, a blue river day, we just might float away
our own mountain range, shine our yellow rays
take the redwoods pain, green leaves and poetry
symphony lakes we sing, see your face in everything
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Reflections
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Scholar
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step clean on the street, beats in your brain
gold chain or the black rope, stone, medallion
game sown in the struggle, hustla’s talent
flip a bad life good, good life gettin’ better
greatness we finesse over time, love letters
greatest story never told, gotta bring to the center
get your focus on, learn you how to start something, finish it
never nothing flyer than an underdog winning
:: free codes in your spine, unlock your mind ::
read X, read Lorde, read Langston Hughes
read Martin, Baldwin, Davis, Hooks
read Paz, Neruda, Anzaldua
Galeano, Castillo, Anaya, Lalo
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Ecotopian
02:13
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Higher Self
02:14
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Heal
02:21
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Heal Yourself, Heal Your Soul, Heal Your Children
Heal Your Heart, Heal Your Family, Heal Your Village
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Truth Is Your Medicine
02:08
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they got a pill to kill our babies, ain’t that crazy?
school-to-prison pipeline, extension of slavery
genocidal legacy, a fourth world war
police and military turn their guns on the poor
legalize drugs to pacify the thirst of the soul
prescription pill heroin will never swallow the holes
we dig, you dig?, i dig deep within in the Spirit
writing beats, poems and lyrics, keep my energy fearless
first breath, greet the sun up, every sun up
offerings, morning songs, sing to sprouting seeds
prayers for dying leaves and deferred dreams
walk to move the blood, stretch to stir the chi
burn sage to clear the energy, herbs in my tea
roots to remedy the history, medicine tree
palo santo, frankincense, copal y milagros
acknowledge los espiritus y antepasados
your roots contain your clues, i mestizo, Chicano
native to the Earth, I count my worth in her bounty
infused tequila with hibiscus, rose hips and dried cherry
dark rum with cinnamon, orange peel, ginger and honey
get your loving, quit your bluffing, hustle, get your money
count time greater than gems, give your gifts to your friends
don’t let them turn you to stone, box you in, or block your zen
rebel souls hold your ground, pump ya fist and raise your chin
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Great Tree of the World
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Great Tree Of The World, feed my soul
seven sacred directions, gold intentions
soul’s relation to space time :: dwarf your face time
reclaim mine :: time
making circles out of straight lines
string theory in my bass lines
courage in my space flight, walk my brown skin
bathe my brown baby in Earth medicine
brown soil, holy water, cleanse all your sins
intelligence, seedlings :: supreme beings
bodies of mass color
planetary saltwater, fresh river, red earth
mother me fluidly, fingerprints of dirt
:: harvest me, sample creativity ::
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Root
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