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WAR GOING ON
02:46
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Chorus:
Trying to fight my way out my head in my head’s where they led an army against a better me
I been workin’ everyday almost dead
fed up
with my head in my hands
Ya’ll I’ll never leave
I complain bout the stress
Got this pain in my chest
I’m afraid what’s next
will be the death me
I’m losin’
But still I’m not movin’
It’s time to bring the troops in
COLLASOUL
Can’t explain to the misses
Why we ain’t gettin business?
It don’t pay when you winless
It’s hard to play ya position
Cause It can change at the scrimmage
It’s on display
The ones that play this awful game aren't the fittest
I contemplate my existence
Over a drank or two wishing
that I was a Pay per view darlin’
Star making bank from my vision
Like wanda’s painful decision
Kill what I love and avenge it
But this ain’t cinema is it?
This is dilemma in real time
not one dangerous mission
The shark tank of statistics
Like jaws
Life’s stark and I can’t pay mark a visit
I stay parked
They raise all bills taxes and tickets
They rape hard
Escape charge
Still break backs of the witness
and attack us for listening and filming
trap us and kill us
and they don’t ask for forgiveness
Rather have Chicago Shaw
shanked up and packed into prisons
Tell me why do you hate all of us if that’s what we’ve given?
I’m losin’ this battle
don’t think I’m actually livin
Chorus:
Trying to fight my way out my head in my head’s where they led an army against a better me
I been workin’ everyday almost dead
fed up
with my head in my hands
Ya’ll I’ll never leave
I complain bout the stress
Got this pain in my chest
I’m afraid what’s next
will be the death me
I’m losin’
But still I’m not movin’
It’s time to bring the troops in
I.B. FOKUZ
I’m tryna fit my whole life into 5 binders/ Misery is like the anthem to the side-liners/ talk is so cheap, you can penny pinch and hold commas/ gotta a lot to say but not to waste on a lone island/
Talking bout that downfall/ talking bout that Emo/ talking bout that train nod/ where the hell did we go/
Tell me where you coming from/ and I can show you three more/ everybody’s battling/ trying to make those free throws/
All in All/
I’ve been digging/ enduring through all buffetings of life/
Tryna beat this addiction of feeling emptier inside/
Opportunity’s window is like whisper in the night/
I just hope that I’m listening too much noise in my mind/
Ask if I’m making a difference/ I don’t know/
Am I the biggest threat standing against me/ maybe so/
Self doubt Is holding me hostage in the scope/
Theres a war going on Inside me/ Here We Go/
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2. |
WORK
02:30
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I.B. FOKUZ
6 o clock in the morning reaching to press snooze/ a heavy weight is carried when you lay through/
A broken cocoon of yesterdays/ matter fact, I’ve been hoping lagoons since last Saturday/
What’s time? A measuring stick/
My whole week is Merriville back to Pullman, then it’s East all again/ South Chicago where the commercial has the ugliest grin/ you know it’s work when you toil but you’re never content/
I clocked in, and whispered Bismiallah/ find peace of mind/ never know what day is an obstacle that you need to climb/ I see the signs/ but I’m sluggish, when I can’t see the time/ my future plans only exist if I can seize the time/
So what’s the excuse/ I bet it’s on my table/ right next to the plate where you say I’m not available/
Hmmm...
I’ve been working these mental faculties/ hoping I/ keep it all together when every thought pattern is polarized/
I’m a Father, I’m a Husband, I’m a Sheik/
Im a student, I’m a teacher/ I’m the mentor to ya seed/
I’m a artist/ I’m the spirit man you finally got to meet/
Willing you give everything when it’s nothing left me/ Work/
Collasoul
8pm made it home
10,000 steps
Fridge is empty
Probably got another 1,000 left
Work it out
Holdin’ on so long
you’re runnin’ out of breath
Wonder if those countless
Sleepless nights I had will amount to death
Of course I drink
Damn near every day
Keeps the stress away
That’s what I tell myself
It ain’t the truth
That’s what I’m pressed to say
Admit it why?
Fear I’d be victimized
got less sense than pride
Our men, women, children die
Ignore Facebook posts
Desensitized
Problems in my home
No problems with my home
Every single night
I gotta get to home
My goddesses at home
We need a system
One that works for us
Not the opposite
It’s up to me to give them
The world without opulence
many a man give up not a word spoken
Only actions
Afraid to ask Dad what happened to him
and get no reaction
Would love to believe my strengths
Are showing some Hope and passion
But too much of those and
no showings
Will be an open casket
Try to get up after falling out and know You can’t
One of my biggest problems
Is being my own restraints
Carry it all alone, ask no questions, make no complaints
Being the “strong one”
Means you’ll never know when you’re gonna tank
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3. |
AUTO-PILOT
02:57
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Chorus:
And I’m just trying to get by
Just tryna get by
Watching time zip by
Waiting on a surprise
What’ll change this time?
COLLASOUL
7am
Walkin’ Ava to school again
Still ain’t learn how to drive yet
gotta pay for more some schooling then
Missing the bus is my thing
And it never stops
For me
Them hands Wavin’
But I’m on this plane misguiding
timing
Not my strongest suit
But I put on some boots
Can’t afford to slack
Gotta get it done
Cummerbund tied on with tools
The right ones hopefully
wingin’ it till the end
The way it fly’s by
Feels Still
We never do what we intend
many Unfinished songs and projects
I’m either finally mastering patience
Or oddly getting really good at stalling the process
Progress, another verse written but not recorded
We book ourselves
Jyroscope’s always been used to not performing
Doesn’t everybody have a special chair
And a favorite spot
by the MUTE CD on my couch
Left me there in my place to rot
Where my motivation sits and my
Inspiration’s not
Showing up it’s slow enough
Are we gon make this change or not?
Chorus:
And I’m just trying to get by
Just tryna get by
Watching time zip by
Waiting on a surprise
What’ll change this time?
I.B. FOKUZ
5:30pm/ my tool bag weighs a ton/ rushing up to the van to get my daughters and my son/ it’s a/
Dollar a minute when you late up to daycare/ hearing my wife telling me/ you know you gonna pay that/
Meditation every time I canoe/ always on the pursuit/ but drained by commute/
I feel like I’m living in a rerun/ can barely jot a word on the page/ Collasoul texting me/ we meeting today?
I form sentences and never send it/ distracted by the obligations that I had committed/
Our paths are different/ i know/
Navigating a plane only the spirit speaks/ bound by the cords of this human boat that earth receives/
I’ve been digging/ been digging/ I’m still digging/
For that treasure/ for that light/ that’s still hidden/
My aspirations/ supported by the flame/ if that fire dies now/ then what is left to gain/
Chorus:
And I’m just trying to get by
Just tryna get by
Watching time zip by
Waiting on a surprise
What’ll change this time?
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4. |
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COLLASOUL verse:
Just settled in with the tribe
They see it in my eyes
Daddy’s leaning
But my pride
stands taller
Put in a pisa/pizza cuz I’m tide
When my light’s dim
You think that it’s a vibe
Believe in my disguise
Kid couldn’t pull it off
even if he tried
These thoughts meddlin
mysteries in this machine
are all nestled in
Solving them’s a Measure of several degrees of cross referencing
See chapter and page
here, here, and here
in Rob’s testament
Operate on blood, sweat tears, some fear and a strong regime
They say practice on ya breathing stop stressin’ it
actually harder than it looks
While we’re breathing through this pestilence
On that long road to peace baby
We gettin’ all the best of it
It’s scenic with delicate petals
and
we don’t wanna step on it
Glass half full till I’m drinking
all the rest of it
Chasing a dream on half empty and I’m still a Lil Pessimist
Put so much out into the world
And never get to let it in
Meditate on it till tomorrow
The Reset begins
Chrous:
Running in place
Or frozen in time
You know what they say
It’s all in your mind
Just give me some space
And I’ll get aligned
You know what they say
Aye aye
stuck in your place
Or on the front line
Tryna get through the days
And stand strong through the times
Just give us our space
and we’ll all get aligned
but you know what they say
It’s all in your mind
I.B. FOKUZ verse:
Open up/ write it down/ I’ve been through it/ I’ll expound/
I’ve been feeling stuck/ dormant/ in these waters I allow/ tryna build a boat to hold me up to take me back to now/ in the present/
Life lessons/ experiencing hardship can amplify expressions/ reasoning can help you focus on correction/ wisdoms only gain if you open and receptive/
I’ve been searching peace and tryna sale it/ having others sold on a message im still collecting/
Confessions and building aviators/ an out of body experience is the avant- garde/
feel like feeding on self is the reservoir/ pulling from the depths where I manifest my caviar/
The appetizer still leaving the cocoon/ it’s still of an abundance when it blooms/
Chrous:
Running in place
Or frozen in time
You know what they say
It’s all in your mind
Just give me some space
And I’ll get aligned
You know what they say
Aye aye
stuck in your place
Or on the front line
Tryna get through the days
And stand strong through the times
Just give us our space
and we’ll all get aligned
but you know what they say
It’s all in your mind
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5. |
TAKE IT EASY
03:33
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Chorus:
2X We(we) must(must) take(take)
It easy(easy)
Easy On this beat
Easy On the feet
Take yourself out on a stroll
Favorite cd on repeat
One more time now
(Repeat chorus)
COLLASOUL VERSE
I’m off and able so it’s cool
Drop my angel off to school
I been paying off my dues
I been savin’ up a few
Not to obtain a another shoe
Or expand my waist with food
I’m a man of great taste
And plan to bang a couple brews
Said I’d change and cut the booze
Drank mo water side of Great Lakes
Blackouts ain’t the move
no mo burning rivers
of day waste
I just need to staycate
dollars not a day late
Proper sleep, mind in place
What a difference a day makes
Shawty take a load off
Out here takin’ Zoloft
Others take they clothes off
I ain’t takin’ phone calls
Time to play my own boss
Desk clear, head down
Doze off
Aye
When I get to hit the bed
Nothing goes wrong
Ayyyyyeeeee
Too much livin’ in my head
turn the zone off
Don’t pay attention what they said
And put’em on pause
Hey
My Wife keeps leveled when I roll off
She let me lay my head on up on her chest and make me so calm
Chorus:
2X We(we) must(must) take(take)
It easy(easy)
Easy On this beat
Easy On the feet
Take yourself out on a stroll
Favorite cd on repeat
One more time now
(Repeat chorus)
I.B. FOKUZ
Man, peace is a everyday practice when you Conchanse/ just a little levity can shake up the monotonous/
I sit and meditate when I awake/ and let the mind rinse/ a still small voice speaks, then I sign in/
dated for today/ I Praise Allah and follow suite/ my babies say I love you daddy/ yeah you know I love you too/
Kiss my queen and smell her scent and tell her bae I honor you/ the honor is/ you honorable/
Plus you lift your king up/
only what you find up in a King’s cup/ lighting up a stogie as I blow it to the ethers/
Tatauje habano, today I got a clean cut/ calling up Collasoul cause tonight we got a feature/
The world so awry it could become so egregious/
I just smile knowing everything ain’t what seems cause/
We been through it all, enough to know it all can speed up/ take your time and go with ease/ bruh/
Chorus:
2X We(we) must(must) take(take)
It easy(easy)
Easy On this beat
Easy On the feet
Take yourself out on a stroll
Favorite cd on repeat
One more time now
(Repeat)
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