So I wanted to write something to give myself energy and courage, to connect to my inner-warrior. I ended up doing something way way beyond my comfort zone. I wrote a rap song, and I don´t even listen to rap. I recorded it using my phone and beats from youtube. No editing, no autotune, just one take. I am no singer, on top of that I have a cold. I can think of a millions reasons why I should never let anyone listen to this. But in the spirit of the warrior, I am laying it all out there. Facing my fears. Warning: Contains the use of profanity!

Lyrics:
Yeah, we´ve all been there. Down, not knowing how to get up.
The weight of the world, leaning heavily on your shoulders.
Trapped in the darkness, without any source of light.
The song is for you my friend. This is your wake up call.

Rise up my warriors, the hour has come!
The time to feel sorry is finally done!
No more will we lay down feelin depressed.
We will rise up! And dance to beat in the chest.
I don´t care if you cry, if you´re in pain.
You will rise up and roar, just the same!
Your purpose, may seem all too obscured.
But the essence of truth can be no longer ignored.
So get up! 

Yeah, …  get up!

Yeah,
This is song is for you.
We´ve all been there, you know.
You´re not alone.

Like a fighter, I’ve been knocked down before.
Life pulls no punches, now I´m kissing the floor.
But hold up! The war is far from over.
Time to show, I aint no fuckin pushover.
My essence, cannot be hurt or destroyed.
I am the clarity of truth, from the void!
Nothin in this world, can stand up to me!
Even if you kill me, still I am free.

No mountain too high, no enemy too great.
Fuck the past! It´s never too late!
Only I control, what is my fate.
And I refuse to remain enslaved to my hate!
Wherever I go, whatever I do.
Life will be hard, you know it is true.
What is best for me, only I can decide.
Fear is not a good reason to hide!

So rise up my warriors, the hour has come!
The time to feel sorry is finally done!
No more will we lay down feelin depressed.
We will rise up! And dance to beat in the chest.
I don´t care if you cry, if you´re in pain.
You will rise up and roar, just the same!
Your purpose, may seem all too obscured.
But the essence of truth can be no longer ignored.

So get up! 
Yeah, get up!
Rise up baby!
Uh, you know it´s time.
Yeah

Has anyone told you, that you´re not good enough?
Don´t listen to the words of that madda fuck!
Haters be hating, cause they suffering.
Just leave em alone and watch em sink! ---
Focus on yourself, and this world is yours.
Every challenge you face, opens up new doors.
Don´t wait ‘til you understand the why and how.
Believe in yourself cause the time is now!

Rise up my warriors, the hour has come!
The time to feel sorry is finally done!
No more will we lay down feelin depressed.
We will rise up! And dance to beat in the chest.

Rise up my warriors, the hour has come!
The time to feel sorry is finally done!
No more will we lay down feelin depressed.
We will rise up! And dance to beat in the chest.

Rise up my warriors, the hour has come!
The time to feel sorry is finally done!
No more will we lay down feelin depressed.
We will rise up! And dance to beat in the chest.
I don´t care if you cry, if you´re in pain.
You will rise up and roar, just the same!
Your purpose, may seem all too obscured.
But the essence of truth can be no longer ignored.

Ha!
You feel me?
Now go out there and get yours.
You go do, what you gotta do.
Go earn it!
You can do it!
It´s on you!

Rise up my warriors

Lyrics:
A Love letter to the divine consort
Oh beloved, how I long for your healing touch.
The waiting is unbearable, I can´t explain how much.
My deepest desire to awaken, you are, manifest.
Your auspicious presence has, my life, blessed.
I will love you forever, that is my vow to you.
I surrender everything, to see what is true.
Beyond the boundaries of time and space,
I seek refuge into your loving embrace.
Nothing can quench my thirst, as your sweet kiss.
Nothing remains, only you, and complete bliss.
How foolish of me, to think you could be understood.
No matter how hard I tried, I knew I never would.
Your spontaneously creative, intuitive and wild ways.
Will remain a mystery to me, until the end of my days.
Like a precious jewel, shining with every color.
Your beauty cannot be conveyed by any scholar.
Yet my heart insists, on singing this devotion.
To your very essence, with every thought and emotion.
Each moment, is your wisdom energies in display.
Moving and transforming, anything in its way.
You take my suffering, asking nothing in return.
Giving me the light, that makes my heart burn.
Your kindness and caring, knows no boundary.
Your wrathful expression, awakens me profoundly.
Overwhelmed, only when your wisdom I resist.
Because any storm you conjure, will never persist.
You cut through every delusion, until I can remain.
Bestowing every blessing, until we are the same.
You are my teacher, my lover and my best friend.
My eternal companion, beyond beginning or end.
The channel through which the universe speaks.
Revealing the sacred truth, that my heart seeks.
Like a mirror, you reflect my actions back to me.
Through the lessons of karma, you set me free.
As I stare into your eyes, I melt in your loving gaze.
Our spiritual union sets my entire soul ablaze.
I pray, may we never separate from each other.
And actualize the tantras of the father and mother.
May our merging in bliss bring about the birth,
Of the miracle child that will bring heaven to earth.

Alexander Walter 12