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Fears Overbearing but Oneness Underlying

from In Defiance of Indifference by Timezone LaFontaine

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FEARS OVERBEARING BUT ONENESS UNDERLYING 

It's always coming at you, more swift, faster than you know how to flow with
who'll you go with? At times you got to walk alone
show you haven't grown a heart of stone
shine your light through jolts and shocks
pick your way through bolts and locks
hold the spark through cold and dark
and through your art, your soul impart
your foes are never letting up attempting to prevent you getting up and setting up
your systems of sharing your gifts and wisdom
preparing to uplift 'em - caring how you're living
and expressing your perspective, a puzzle piece
a clue to full release, but they'd prefer to muzzle these -
the racists, terrorists, murderous police,
defense industry and bankers creating debt slavery,
corrupt, deceptive entertainers on TV,
robot radio stations, websites and streams
play on fears and undermine freedom
desperate to convince us that we need 'em
what I wonder is, from the Oneness, who's done this?
The ones who fund this and want to run this
who use confused distraction and abuse, to produce inaction
choose love to root reaction, the site of learning
see and feel the fierce urgency

the fire's burning, the tide's turning
one came back as many to keep learning
fears overbearing, but oneness underlying
keep it in mind as practice, keep trying...

the hard times, been through that
the death of a lover is a path, went through that
drugs as a way to insight, a shortcut
still tight with herb, but so what?
To hit a tuning fork you don't need a hammer
when we gonna let the heads out the slammer?
Bad as I've had I know some have had worse
some of what's coming for me you had first
some of what's coming to you, I lived through
maybe I can find a way I'll give you something that I've learned that'll ease the pain
when making it from day to day through freezing rain
that's an artist's role, the way I walk
so fake ass musicians are gonna get mocked
I ain't the one to take the bait of self-aggrandizement or self-hate
wack musicians are trapped in narcissism
falling farther from the heart of artistry
too much focus on photography, not enough quality in the discography
learn as a listener, observe the turns of the river
search for the courage to reconsider what you believe are the reasons to resign to be bitter
see, Time's a heavy hitter
my way to retaliate against society's sick state
is to dedicate myself to maintain my health
elevate phrase and let my light blaze

the fire's burning, the tide's turning
one came back as many to keep learning
fears overbearing, but oneness underlying
keep it in mind as practice, keep trying...

For alla y'all who think that it's easy to do this
but never even can seem to come close to this
you don't know where i'm from or what I been thru kid
walk a mile in mine to find the truth is not what you project on me like a silver screen
I seem chill, serene but seen the illest things
still make the beats and bass, mixing
can't kill the dream in 2015
hate recycled to love as best I can
Melodians and Babe Ruth "The Mexican"
flexing them gems that are mostly overlooked
still I ain't shook cause mainstreams is overcooked
the maps I make are autobiography of the One we are
now that's cartography
tossed to the cast of a mad tragicomedy
lastly, thanks to all y'all I'm honoring
"you love me, you hate me, you know me and then
you never can figure out the bag that I'm in"
but I'll give you one clue of what I'm purely about
smacking flavor outta wack emcees' slurring mouths
you heard it now, ain't a thing that I'm worrying about
Timezone LaFontaine, Dirty South
and there's one thing that I'm sure of
the only way forward from here is pure love
that's the news, be sure to read it
I'm wishing us all luck, we sure gonna need it...  

river, deliver this sorrow to renew tomorrow in a song to sing along to
survive as only the strong do
but respect the fact that the ones we've lost were strong too... 

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from In Defiance of Indifference, released August 8, 2015

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