Sunfaded, by Timezone LaFontaine

Sunfaded

by Timezone LaFontaine

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1.	People of the Red Clay 04:11	lyrics	buy track
next day – making headway people of the red clay come on – run that sunlight on the comeback hidden truth gonna come into view lies evaporate like the morning dew race against time, you'll only get caught first light of dawn – already hot daybreak, beat break, heatwave, press play, sun rays on the red clay headspace brought rhyme to the thoughtcrime hotline sun coming online elevator, escalator, staircase raw light burn fog up out the airspace tell the two-faced crews it's a new day sub-bass shake the knots out your shoelace or your velcro straps or whatnot oneshot snare cracks like a gunshot hotter than a sunspot with the new songbook eye contact – take a good long look dawntime with the mercury climbing wack emcees all nursery rhyming eyes up – sheen on the sheet metal rise up – steam from the tea kettle next day – making headway people of the red clay come on – run that sunlight on the comeback hidden truth gonna come into view lies evaporate like the morning dew race against time, you'll only get caught first light of dawn – already hot even in the shade 96 Fahrenheit cuts intricate from the blade of a paring knife precise in the early day laid back on the slice – learn the way sun of the morn – don the iron shirt no questions asked – i'm firing first past gone – surpass the small scale tear tracks dried up to a salt trail season the flow – be in the know believing in the healing and i'm stealing the show raw rhyme for the vibe and the scene's set I mean that you ain't seen a thing yet act one of the play – take a look this way high resolution display fine detail, ain't it so? untold tales hope in the soul prevails – smoke trails next day – making headway people of the red clay come on – run that sunlight on the comeback hidden truth gonna come into view lies evaporate like the morning dew race against time, you'll only get caught first light of dawn – already hot end of the night, beginning of light real life – reveal all that's hidden from sight just a prelude to the way hues form up when the day's new warm up – stay true put your foot down where the one's at where the sun's at – look now, light on the comeback run that – soundtrack to lucid dreams decorate the street with humid steam a matter of moments – it disappears moisture transmutes – infuse the atmosphere set the stage on page one – mark the occasion no escape from the day's sun shade outstretched at the first light outset but it ain't for long, so don't doubt that light with the heat coming hand in hand rekindle the flame – enchant the land next day – making headway people of the red clay come on – run that sunlight on the comeback hidden truth gonna come into view lies evaporate like the morning dew race against time, you'll only get caught first light of dawn – already hot
2.	It Ain't What It Seems 06:13	lyrics	buy track
y'all just see what you project what you expect – view select who is that? your reflection who is this? your work of fiction fuck the system – never listens paperchasing all that glistens all that glitters, shines and shimmers resides in mind – sight gets dimmer take off blinders – need reminding life's on timers – can't be rewinding what you're finding – what you're seeking who designed it? who is speaking? sort the free from the so-called felon forge the sword in storytelling balance the blade, sway from the hilt slice obey the will – bade the blood spilled until you get it on guarantee y'all stay a ways back – slackjaws staring at me I ain't feeling what you're saying you're seeing I been praying for the phrase to be freeing lightweights the fear got in checkmate find ways to clear thought from dead weight soulatona – blacktop corona back off the roleplay – drop persona for all y'all getting wisdom from wrong turns we light em up yo – make the song burn it's a long way and the road is hotter sorta like, how you say? a Bodhisattva caught inside this cash addiction fake fulfilling – fucked up fiction it ain't what it seems to say the least that's why my dream's to slay the beast hands on the wheel, eyes on the road ahead keep the soul fed or the soul is dead take a memo, put it to paper maybe later – like a vapor a mirage that you happen to pass through you ain't saying nothing and I ain't asked you zone defy the regular mind theme make the rhyme seem like a crime scene fold it down on the edge of the page soul in sound on the edge of the stage hold it now on the edge of enraged blood red on the edge of the blade just begun yet – run that to sunset gas in the tank, yo – and we ain't done yet we cross paths – i'm clearing that mix til you're hearing that – with the lyrical mirrormatch it's a battle that we're all locked in put in work cause we're all clocked in so braindead ain't who I believe in Coltrane said lives do have meaning you can take it as a matter of faith or fact the bass is back – LaFontaine on track nuf sunrays for a month of sundays one way or another, let the drums play for all y'all getting wisdom from wrong turns we light em up yo – make the song burn it's a long way and the road is hotter sorta like, how you say? a Bodhisattva caught inside this cash addiction fake fulfilling – fucked up fiction it ain't what it seems to say the least that's why my dream's to slay the beast
3.	You're Taking Nothing With You 04:09	lyrics	buy track
Friday when the eagle fly camel can't make it through the needle eye two sides of the coin that we deify you're taking nothing with you – we all die 10am – 91 degrees highway running – mind is under siege back in praxis – black wax connects us cassette caches, FLACs, flexes flow freshest – head where the road leads snares hit hard – you catch a nosebleed capitalism – conquer by division desperation – can't develop a vision get your mind right – let it shine light keep the rhymes tight with divine sight community comes first but careerists sacrifice it when the fear hits the heart is law – the art is raw DIY like Sun Ra's Arkestra been here for a while – clearing the miles steer it with style through spiritual trials Friday when the eagle fly camel can't make it through the needle eye two sides of the coin that we deify you're taking nothing with you – we all die (C-Doc's verse) stay strong – carry on life feeling more and more like a Jim Carroll song creation in all forms debased by lost souls Zone carving those hard-hearted starving ghosts blades of crushed carbon – diamond sharpened blurred arcs in your car with the herb garden gonna spark that – where the heart's at shine light in the shadow where the dark's at downpressor gonna run for the rock keep your mind clear with the sun on lock some chase status, just a taste and fight to escape last place in the rat race soul grown cold, like a wasteland quicksand – line's cut – no brakes, man consumption consumes you – losing walking dead – what are you proving?
4.	Heads Up, Eyes Up 05:47	lyrics	buy track
when I left I never once turned back kicking up dust on an old dirt track raising that sand up – old souls stand up who needs a band – what – put your hands up I trust none of y'all – had to learn that out in front of y'all – know you heard that since then it's heads up, eyes up stepping razor – don't test the size – what I brought a dime to a dollar store but they weren't even selling what I was calling for soul's one thing you can never buy some of y'all sell yours but i'd never try set your center where your hip's at ease it up the mountain path with the switchback gimme something I can get a handle on fans of zone know – I stand alone, so best of success in the quest to express love expect cash is what you'll get less of and heartache, you'll get some more of this an open hand roll up and form a fist keeping open a door – hoping for more rope-a-doping the evil host of the war coasting on massive hate – I castigate I put tracks to tape to reanimate the love when they're provoking the anger Zone LaFone smoke in the banger you don't have to ask if that's the shit take you two pulls and then pass that shit you never heard a thing like my set sound that's the word I bring so get get down if you dare – I wish you luck in there and if you can't dig that, you're a fucking square when I left I never once turned back kicking up dust on an old dirt track raising that sand up – old souls stand up who needs a band – what – put your hands up I trust none of y'all – had to learn that out in front of y'all – know you heard that since then it's heads up, eyes up stepping razor – don't test the size – what heatwaves – shimmering horizon blacktop – thermometer rising no shade on a two-lane blue highway moving through – say, you going my way? get your ride tuned up for dawn to dusk shake the rust off – dust off the loss of trust that's raw as fuck – the vibe i'm sending purr like a panther kitten – idle engine pop the hood up and take a good look check the he art of the ride – I write the guidebook damn right it cooks – it's only mid-morning if emcees are “Balance,” I'm “Fair Warning” you feel your manbun rustle, so don't test space between the notes – bass that zone blessed toy producers I make memorials like and subscribe to Youtube tutorials all you learn, how to be a soundalike no original style coming down the pike rap crooks concoct wack hooks I crack the side of your dome with your own MacBook I get it going with dust, rust and diesel turn heads and burn beds of evil speakers blown – I redline the needle lethal venom type man of the people when I left I never once turned back kicking up dust on an old dirt track raising that sand up – old souls stand up who needs a band – what – put your hands up I trust none of y'all – had to learn that out in front of y'all – know you heard that since then it's heads up, eyes up stepping razor – don't test the size – what
5.	Deadline 04:17	lyrics	buy track
sweatbeads – dried teardrops ride the cliffside – see the sheer drop but I can't stop with the edge case break the padlock in the headspace can you catch up – land hardpacked i'ma step up – y'all are far back, if you kept up, then you must know ain't no let up, and you must grow and you just go to the next town pick em up yo til they get down, gonna sweat now, til the day end you wanna get out – i'ma stay in til it fade in to the next track you a player, but the deck's stacked it's a cold fact – Rodriguez working man, know what fatigue is how the league is in the show time when the chips are down and it's go time got the soul shine with the sun glint one of a kind, like a thumbprint to the summit from the low land bow down to who? no man with the soundcraft – no doubt that tic tic time – time is running out fast I got it pressurized – ride the red line run it up on the edge of the deadline now you know about it, read the headline can't beat the clock – deadline dirt level, sow the seed and show the blade light, up out the sheath and get your brain right – deep breathing lafontaine type – start the bleeding with the sunglow and the bloodflow for the unknowns – only one show only one shot – in the sunspot unlearn the wrong thought – teach the untaught writing it, refining, try to tighten it ain't fighting it – enlightenment proves elusive hot pursuit of what the truth is – moves in you, love so you move up – raise the roof up play the blues – what stays in you what dues you pay – who's to say? Choose to sway to the groove array breaks and blends – making ends sword in hand, sorting fakes and friends carving space out – cart the case out hard to fade out – got the bass out lay the track down – make it crack ground futurepast sound – ain't no back down sonic impact – no doubt that tic tic time, time is running out fast I got it pressurized – ride the red line run it up on the edge of the deadline now you know about it, read the headline can't beat the clock – deadline only place I halfstep: the bass neck for the blue note in your tape deck catch a headrush – bout to pass out if your heart ain't in it, get your ass out this is lifelong with the fight song no radio to play it on – staying strong keep the light lit with a tight grip fuck y'all with cold hearts and tight lips you ain't giving love you ain't living up to the dream see the spilling blood can't ever get enough – til the final day I let the vinyl play – have the final say wile the time away til it's all gone and the last grain of sand is called on stay alive, yo, and revive hope with the light smoke up on the tight rope this way, focus on one step mid day – long way from sunset long way to go – crack the window balance out the heat – let the wind blow in too deep – too hot for more sleep make the gas pedal and the floorboard meet put the hammer down – be about that tic tic time, time is running out fast I got it pressurized – ride the red line run it up on the edge of the deadline now you know about it, read the headline can't beat the clock – deadline
6.	Oasis 05:49	lyrics	buy track
out there, nowhere shaded stripes on pavement cracks, sunfaded heat and tape hiss – sunbaked places beats and bass is our oasis fine tune the vibe to high noon sun ain't leaving the sky anytime soon that's the breaks – turn and face it beats and bass is our oasis pass in a blur – maximize airflow hit the gas – had to get prepared so bass at the ready in the case with the lock latch dimes on the dash – crew's internat – rock that as we scan across the audible spectrum attuned techniques – methodic inflection your new favorite tape makes ya weightless it's the latest on the underground playlist status of subs is prominent in the mix arrangement the low end is dominant got the drawl in the rock with the Southern slang and it's raw in the box with the hunger pangs chops on the bass in the fighting form shocks inner space like a lightning storm with the low tone attribute mind is still but rhymes got the ill repute (Pot-C's verse) out there, nowhere shaded stripes on pavement cracks, sunfaded heat and tape hiss – sunbaked places beats and bass is our oasis fine tune the vibe to high noon sun ain't leaving the sky anytime soon that's the breaks – turn and face it beats and bass is our oasis (Cheese's verse) rough as cracks in sunsoaked windshield up at bat, yo – back up the infield keep you striving on, driving on alive and on point surviving on slim chance and a quick wit get with the hepcats – wax wicks get lit like a candle in the wind more like a vandal dismantling capitalist sin ask Rerun what's happening does history repeat for distracted men? Go back, Jack, do it again Fox in the house, fucking with old hens Zone's been cold rolling the soul blends stone holding court til the show ends ample instrumentals to sample from be that cat to take an example from
7.	Long Way Yet to Go 04:54	lyrics	buy track
soul style fight song – roll on – stay strong daylight blaze bright – tape tight, plays on long way yet to go – put the hammer down another runner under the sun – summer sound get your stance on – let it drop – land on two eyes, two ears, two feet to stand on let it out, get it out, sweat it out soundtrack cued up – ready, set, heading out (Sloe-T's verse) vibe of a miter saw righting wrongs – raw – sharp and strong as a tiger claw roll arcplay – mixtape expertise crossfade live – back to the masterpiece so you fall back – c-60s, all that mixtape makers, you got the callback dances like mirages, oasis all y'all earbuds wonder what bass is (Seed Verb's verse) soul style fight song – roll on – stay strong daylight blaze bright – tape tight, plays on long way yet to go – put the hammer down another runner under the sun – summer sound get your stance on – let it drop – land on two eyes, two ears, two feet to stand on let it out, get it out, sweat it out soundtrack cued up – ready, set, heading out (Sloe-T's and Seed Verb's verses) no soul withheld, style unparalleled turntable spins like a carousel surface reflection undulates sample collage, sonic cut and paste or like the zone, I roll my own original beats, live bass and a microphone beat means overcome, prevail, we just leave em with an echo on a trail of dust soul style fight song – roll on – stay strong daylight blaze bright – tape tight, plays on long way yet to go – put the hammer down another runner under the sun – summer sound get your stance on – let it drop – land on two eyes, two ears, two feet to stand on let it out, get it out, sweat it out soundtrack cued up – ready, set, heading out
8.	Nothing But Sunlight 05:46	lyrics	buy track
(Donnie Ozone's verse) spiderweb crack cast a shadow on the dashboard I can only fast forward like an 8 track got the cachet but i'm passe so what's the act for? outrun time – summer sunshine backdrop to the frontline something to unwind – first things first down to earth like a landmine set for the stepping you want a weapon – for defending what? a perception of self? a self deception? a chance at redemption? a rhetorical question just a groove on lock for the latchkey kid like the past me rolled out – never looked back, g found my way to a spot I could rock more didn't need to lock doors anymore steady your head – I keep it heavier carry forth – y'all wonder what i'm heading for the focal point is the vocal tone I broke the code of the open road and ain't no going home, but i'm cool with it got a heart of stone – don't fool with it come fast, run past, pump gas crunchy-ass handclaps like I punch glass (Donnie Ozone's verse) the past is a faded image through the glare of a lensflare long gone but I been there and I hold it dear gotta roll through here – gotta work til my soul is clear and it becomes the lens the bass hums in mixed with wind – herb smoke in your lungs and windows down – squinting now shades on – sprinting out – the song plays now in the noonday – got the throughway don't give a fuck about what you or your crew say iridescent wings in desert wind burner type colors never seen – never dim who I was – remember him? present a front – I never did grip the wheel with the leather trim the swordsman turns up to serve up the severed limbs blades in blurs, arcs and crescents waves of bass disperse in evanescence I ain't fucking with no “coulda been” staying in the moment that i'm moving in and i'm playing in carve a path on the page of an atlas steady flow – ain't gotta be fastest keep my engine tuned so it run right another one done right – nothing but sunlight
9.	Balancing Act 05:41	lyrics	buy track
moving on, ain't no traveling back designed as precise as I can and exact so every rhyme that I lay on a track depicts a particular balancing act cash assets and the toll that they're taking as a matter of course in the making and the time they subtract from the act of creating a world of our divine shaping choose the role of consumer or hold true to toil for the art and the heart that enfolds you you can say that I phrase it in stark contrast for dramatic effect but i'm long past the point where I take your wack projections you know damn well your own reflection is present and accounted for and the sound's hardcore its a tour de force – can't be found in stores gonna pound the floor a step at a time keep chipping away – got a mountain to climb heartache becomes anger wants to fight to take control of the mic and take its time in the light defocus to hexes in bokeh won't hang back to hear what the soul say now that's what I call a battle rhyme wack emcees better practice their pantomime slice and dice mics with knife blades hold em aloft, admire the lightplay turn on a dime – search for the right phrase further along the day on the highway Super Soul and the vanishing point roll up a album like i'm passing a joint and if you dig it then connect to your friends cause I ain't trying to wind up in dead ends flame on the skillet and it's burning blue times is ill, but I still got work to do you get the point like a spear tip y'all hear this – the groove game is straight peerless late afternoon still riding another ribbon of road to the horizon all y'all flyweights, get some rest y'all can't gyrate to heavyweight flex won't click through when I'm sending these links passing up water for energy drinks lace up the themes like a novelist does grace the six string with the Monolith Fuzz through this – move this selection keep the bass live – acoustic reflections make headway through the red clay – terracotta press play – sonic inamorata dancing smoke in light of late day hit the gas and pass through the gateway see the cracked earth, it's sunbaked now imagine that thirst, I wanna break ground sow seeds of peace and I wonder did Coltrane learn to summon the thunder? on my mind like Diamond beats – time and heat Sniff n the Tears, “Driver's Seat” a hybrid strain – repeated refrain bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain a boundless rhyme to sound the cry demanding water from the cloudless sky when I send songs, here and then gone let your head nod – you know the blend's on in the head role – getting set so all that's left is just to let go

about

It’s the hottest day of the summer and you’re driving in a car with no AC, with the windows rolled down and listening to this music. The first song begins at dawn, when it’s already hot. Each subsequent song proceeds through the day, as it gets hotter and hotter under the unrelenting sun. Finally at the end of the album it’s late afternoon/early evening and the temperature is just starting to slightly cool down. The road goes on forever with Timezone LaFontaine's Sunfaded.