Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
Russell Sinfield: Mixing, Mastering, and General Skank
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Pt. 1
Fat Pockets: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/fatpockets
Johnny Minstrel: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/johnny-minstrel
Jamie Rhind: Organ
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jonathan Beckenstein: Lead Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Bitzone: Drums and Additional Background Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Russell Sinfield: Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Background Vocals and Arrangement

Pt. 2
Fat Pockets: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/fatpockets
D. D. Danahy: Keyboard
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement

Pt. 3
Fat Pockets: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/fatpockets
Joerxworx: Flute, Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Chris O: Banjo
https://soundcloud.com/chris-okunbor/tracks
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement

Lyrics: 

Pt.1
It’s raining out in Portland
And down in Durban too
I play no more the frontman
I’m better off serving you
O let the water wash me clean
I’ll do anything for you my queen

Went up to Mystic Mountain
Picked berries from the bush
So many I couldn’t count them 
Each one unveiled a truth
O let the water wash me clean
You’re the face that makes good everything

What rained upon the prophets
Same rain that drench me now
The old mantle I’ve not lost it
It’s on me like a vow
O let the water wash me clean
you’re the vision of a million magic dreams

Well there’s music in the alley
And sweet smoke in the air
No need for tinpot rallies
It’s safer here than there
O let the water wash me clean
You’re the sweetest note in every song I sing

It’s raining out in Portland
And down in Durban too
If I was the doorman
You would walk straight through
O let the water wash me clean
I’ll do anything for you my queen

Pt. 2
It’s raining out
In Durban now in Portland 
Didn’t feel a drop
Now is coming down in mountains
It’s raining out
In Durban down in Portland
The devil heard 
Your praises now it’s pouring 
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

Followed in your footsteps 
On the righteous path I stay
I followed in your footsteps 
steadfast I do not stray
Followed in your footsteps 
On the righteous path I stay
Faithful are the flock
The week spirited don’t obey 
Here me now
Accused of serving for your protection
Here me now  
and then you take it all away in objection
Here me now 
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

I know my redeemer liveth 
Dem take away and then dem giveth 
Lo! how dem adversity afflicteth 
Thou art most merciful of all and forgiveth 
Naked from the mother's womb
Naked shall I return there
Naked from the mother's womb
Faithful without demand I shall return there
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

It’s raining out
In Durban now in Portland 
Didn’t feel a drop
Now is coming down in mountains
It’s raining out
In Durban down in Portland
The devil heard 
Your praises now it’s pouring 
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

Followed in your footsteps 
On the righteous path I stay
I followed in your footsteps 
Even though you took it all away
The devil covered up your tracks
Tempting to lead me astray 
Him covered up your tracks
But faith guides me back onto your way
Here me now
Dem attempting to tempt me to corruption
Here me now
Dem attempting to tempt me with deception
Here me now
Behold, the will of the Lord, that is wisdom
And to depart from evil is understanding
Oh Lord
The shelters been removed 
Oh Lord 
Will you see me through

Pt. 3
Babylon done a gonna flood now
Flooding down here in Babylon
Gonna sing jah jah praises
Dem praises gonna carry us home

FPockets, JMinstrel, JRhind, JBeckenstein, BZone, DDanahy, Jworx, ChrisO, Russ, CKP - Weather Report

I am so blessed that Evelyn reached out to me to work on another song together. Evelyn and I made some classics on my page including:

La Luna: https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/reiki-run-rampant-heartscore-janine-and-the-problem-calebass-couch-la-luna-ill-dub-master?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Tighter: https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/reiki-run-rampant-and-the?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

My Heart Is Open: https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/calebass-and-the-couch-king-ft?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Llorona: https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/reiki-run-rampant-llarona-500?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

And here are two really old songs we made together on YouTube:

Them Sweet Chains: https://youtu.be/Ijgde3KTXrk

Why Don’t You Do Right: https://youtu.be/w7FNxitTDYM

I am so glad that making music has maintained our friendship and kept us together. Some people maintain friendships through going out to eat, watching sporting events, doing family things together, etc. I make music with my friends. 

Thanks to Russ and Jon for being my musical friends as well. Jon is so awesome, I can say, let's try making a late 60’s psychedelic cumbia inspired track, and he can then say, sure! And Russ is always down for the ride, thanks for taking over the wheel while we trip on some shrooms, lol!

Evelyn Salguero: Lyrics and Vocals and Song Art
Jon Lock: Bass, Guitar, Horns
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
https://jonlock.bandcamp.com
the Couch King: Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse: Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com

Visit Evelyn's Instagram page for more beautiful art:
https://www.instagram.com/handinhandhenna

Lyrics:

I Hold Them Lightly

Evelyn Salguero, Jon Lock, Russ Sinfield & the Couch King - I Hold Them Lightly

Thanks for listening to Weighty Tree and The Couch Kings first song together!

may this song bring you inspiration, entertainment, and joy

The Couch King gives huge thanks to The Weighty Tree for making this song possible.

Weighty Tree: Guitars and Bass
https://soundcloud.com/theweightytree
https://theweightytree.bandcamp.com

The Couch King: Production and Lyrics and vocals
https://plasticinevitable.bandcamp.com

Mastering: Wizardshoes
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions 
https://wizardshoes.bandcamp.com
message the wizard for mastering inquiries 

Lyrics

She said if we kiss, then you better marry this, and there is no time to loose
So I packed up my things, and I looked for diamond rings, cause there's no other choice to choose 
Once met an old man on wife number three, she left for chili with all his money
Now she's living happily selling hot tamales, drinking fresh squeezed orange juice

So we laugh and we kiss and when it goes all a miss, we do it all over again

Let's just do it all over again
Come on and do it all over again
Let's turn this whole world upside down and do it all over again

Got sold a fake egg for 6 cents less, it's amazing we're still alive
If you leave it to me, i'll use astrology to tell us how we'll survive
And then she said if we kiss then you better marry this and there's not a single second to loose
So I packed up my things to go and see what love brings cause there's no other choice to choose

We build it up, to bring it down
Sand mandalas blown to the ground
Pulled a card and it said to persevere
So let's blow this joint and all get out of here!

Weighty Tree and The Couch King - Let's Do It (All Over Again)

This is the lead track from the set of songs that I began with Wou-Wou & the Wormling during the start of the turmoil and chaos brought upon by the pandemic. This is also the first part of four tracks within the album directly based on Wou-Wou’s comic, The Shrike. It has been incredible working with Bitzone and Stricknice throughout the project as well. It is always cool when the everyone in the stag heard works well togehter and brings distinct yet complimentary ideas to the mix. Big thanks also to Weighty Tree for introducing his groovy style of neopsychedelica to the rut! 

May everyone be victorious at their turn during the rut.

Track Credits:
The Weighty Tree: Guitars
https://soundcloud.com/theweightytree
https://theweightytree.bandcamp.com
Stricknice: Intro Guitars, Samples and Sample Work, Keys
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Drums, Orchestration, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Reverse Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Synths, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0rEOgxbaIcWbZZuxAKVmA
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Ending Samples, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics

Intro
Several weeks after the events of The Great Scurry, all had returned back to normal in the autumnal forest. Nature has a way of quickly shaking off the traumas of the past and returning to its most basic of desires. You see, all of life yearns to mate and procreate, and while most that experience defeat from the stronger or rejection from those seeking the fitter, muster the determination to get back up again, some take their spurning to heart, as if they were more deserving than nature intended, where it festers and begins to grow a new grotesque life of its own.     

Verse
Word 
Yo
As antlers crashed with the desperation of lust 
And the scent of musk in the air
I couldn’t help but take notice there
Was a sweet smell of autumn 
Carried in the gust 
Of wind  
It is a beautiful time of the year
When the does come into estrus 
And there is only one thing on my mind
I must get some of that behind 
I find
Times like these to be harbingers 
That linger
I could count times like these on my fingers
If I didn’t have hooves 
And wasn’t crashing to the ground 
With the sound of defeated dreams 
Of games of hard to get
And multiple days of getting wet 
I let the overwhelming excitement of rut
Get the best of me 
And now am crest fallen to see
The Doe that I thought was mine
Walk away with the buck that brought me down to the twines
Uh

The Shrike Pt. 1

The Weighty Tree, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & the Couch King - The Shrike Pt. 1

This is the latest song from the album Wou-Wou & the Wormling, Stricknice, Bitzone, and I have been working on. Like all the rest of the songs in the set, this one began during the start of the pandemic and reflects the changes in political perspective that were happening in society, and continue to this day. And, as with the other songs, I started this song with an unreleased demo from Wou-Wou and created a 1 minute outline which I then often passed on to a guest collaborator. When it came time to fully work on the track, I expanded on the original idea, along with the guest collaborator stems, until a full song was arranged. I then passed the bones and organs of the song to Stricknice and Bitzone to add any additional muscles and flesh they believed in until it was finished. I am so blessed to work with Wou-Wou, Bitzone, Stricknice, and all the guest collaborators on this inspired set, that one day will be complete. 

May everyone find something authentic to themselves to believe in.

Track Credits:
Mayor of Donutville: Synths, Chimes, Vocals
@mayor-of-donutville
https://mayorofdonutville.bandcamp.com
Stricknice: Guitars, Reverse Guitars
@j-nice-6
Bitzone: Bass, Drums, Keys, Vocals, Mix, and Master
@bitzone
www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Guitar, Synths, Original Demo Track, Song Art
@wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0rEOgxbaIcWbZZuxAKVmA
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Arrangement, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Looking for a new day
Looking for a new way to pray
Looking for a new way to say
I need something to believe in

Waiting for the next season
Waiting for a better reason
Waiting for some cohesions
In my something to believe in

Searching for another chapter
Searching for another answer
Searching for the here after
To give me something to believe in

Oh oh lord
You’re no more
The savior oh

Praying for a true sign
Praying for not to resign
Praying that any divine
Has something for me to believe in

Been out there but it’s freezing
Been out there but it’s displeasing
Been out there now releasing
My reason for something to believe in

There’s nothing in the wind speaking
There’s nothing in the house creaking
There’s nothing for the sinned seeking
For there’s nothing left to believe in

Oh oh lord
You’re no more
The savior oh

Oh oh lord
You’re no more
The savior oh

Reborn but still
Still worn out for real
Forlorn with no goodwill
Forgotten like landfill
Discarded until rotten
Downtrodden turned to God and
Abandoned I turn to
The concerns of the spurned few
True or is it not true
It is what we’ve been through
When all has been lost to
Those others who sin too
Grew up with a promise
Now there’s thieves up upon us
Asking who can we turn to
To return to us what’s due
I shouted but nobody
Listened I doubted
And then somebody heard
Just wanted to be devoted
So a savior got stirred
For a favor his word
With our promise to help turn
The truth to be blurred

When will there be a new leader
When will there be a new preacher
When will there be my savior
To tell me what I should believe in

Looking for a new day
Looking for a new way to pray
Looking for a new way to say
I need something to believe in

Oh oh lord
You’re no more
The savior oh

Something To Believe In

Mayor of Donutville, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & CKP - Something To Believe In

Jon Lock: Original Music: Bass, Drums, Organ, Horns, Vocals, Lyrics
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
https://jonlock.bandcamp.com/music
The Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Funky as oily ass soggy french fries
Funky as stinky bass fishy pot pies  
Funky as poopy grass squishy with flies 
We be keep it funky and we shittin’ no lies 
Would it be funky if the bips didn’t bop, oh
Would it be funky if the hips didn’t hop, whoa
Would it be funky if the bass didn’t pop, no
Would I be a junky if I didn’t want it to stop, yea
He got blisters on his fingers and they starting to peel
He got two big blisters and it’s starting to get real
He gotta keep ‘em outta water if he want ’em to heal
Wear them gloves in the shower and when washing yo meal

Uh oh, who had the funk and then let the funk go
Uh oh, yo here we go, the funk is on the loose footloose and deucin’ on the flo’

Dip dip scoodley dip, cool whip all over my chips
Sippin’ on limp shrimp, wimps are the news skool pimps 
A plop a glop a top my new flip flop design
A crop a hops and a drop a slop for my swine 
Yo we got the flu shot that you got but we caught 
The new-dle two-dle funk crew-dle bug-adoodle  
Jibber Jabber don’t stop a hey hey hey a all day
Now come on over I’ll scoot right over and stay while Jon plays 
Funky see funky do funky spunky skunky crew
Funky rhymes funky lines funky crunky drunky times
Funky might makes funky right funky pluky dynamite 
Funky here funky there funky spunky everywhere

Wow, now that is damn funky, can you smell that bass, whew we, smells like burnt liver on hot summer day, Jon is on Fyre!

Why’s it funky when you haven’t funked for a week and then you start to itch ’n tweek 
And your knees be gettin’ soft ’n weak as the pressure reaches to a peak 
And a little bit starts to drip and leak  
That’s TMI
He got funk like pumpkins got pie 
Funk like bumpkins get by
Funk like stuck in deny
All funk like skunk ’n gettin’ high
Funkin’ til the day that we die

Uh oh, who had the funk and then let the funk go
Uh oh, yo here we go, the funk is on the loose footloose and deucin’ on the flo

The funk 
It be 
Booming
Out the 
Trunk a hunk a junk ol’ clunk a mine
A chunka chunka went the bass and I got a fine
Combine with my divine design, rewind inclined to be funkinsteined 
I declined, I tor’ it up in yo face 
You turned up the bass
That’s right, you could hear it all over the place 
Funky is as funky does do you has pizazz
Funky is too funky that’s true and we has en masse
Funky is what funky wants how does he slap that bass
We be keep it funky now common shake that azz
Funky like a rusty spike infection on my toe
Funky like a crusty tyke with boogies out the nose 
Funky like my musty psych with dusty old pillows 
We be make it funky ’n got the stank to show
Will it still be funky if we, what
Spayed it with some poo-pourri,  hell yea
Will it still be funky if we, what
Made it from som’in’ all bourgeoisie, hell no

That’s what I been tryin’ to tell ya, the funks gotta be made from something nasty, it’s gotta be inta something kinky, it’s gotta talk all dirty, breath be stankin’ ’n such 

Uh oh, who had the funk and then let the funk go
Uh oh, yo here we go, the funk is on the loose footloose and deucin’ on the flo

Yea, so what do you think Jon, you feeling that?
Oh yea
Alright, alright, alright, yo since you supplied me with that mad funky beat, I figured I’d go all mad scientist and flip what you sent me, and maybe you can lay down some of them golden vocals of yours
How’s that sound?
Sounds good

Well, the Couch King baby
Let’s turn the clock back to ’65
That’s where I like to hide out
It’s the place I really thrive
Well look out
Take your time now
This funk moves like a big fat cow
Yea, the Couch King baby
I tried to run but I could not hide
I tried to run 
But I could not find a place to hide

Funk'n Blisters

Jon Lock, Russ Sinfield, and the Couch King -Funk'n Blisters

Another one done from the album Wou-Wou & the Wormling, Bitzone, Stricknice, and I have been working on for almost 5 years now! You can definitely hear some of those 2020 themes in these songs. I feel like the world is starting to change and new themes will start emerging, so we had better finish up soon, lol. There are definitely two more songs from the set still to be released, and maybe a bonus track, and then we will be done…It has been a dream to work with these guys! I wonder what's next?

May everyone who’s looking, find an incredible team of musicians to work with. 

Track Credits:
Stricknice: Guitars, Keys, Samples
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Keys, Samples, Additional Drums, Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
https://www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Drums, Bass, Guitar, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Samples, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics

Yo, this is your daily routine rap
4:30 already and it’s time to hit snooze cause you know waking up is wack
5:30 already and I am looking for excuse to get right back in the sack  
Gotta brush the teeth and I can’t forget the gums everyday I’m fighting that plaque 
Heading downstairs I’m already on the run to eat breakfast and pack a snack
Next to get dressed I always put the layers on to keep warm yet still look like a mac
Then I’m out the door one hour past dawn to get to work without catching no slack

Wake up
Time to wake up

Yo, time to hit the routine again
3:30 already and I should be off the clock but my boss said I had to work late
4:30 already and I gotta bust out daycare can no longer wait 
Gotta hit the drive through and get the kid a snack it’s been 2 hours since she last ate
CDs in the player for an hour of tunes you know rush hour traffic don’t abate
When I get home I take the dog for a walk so he can find a pole to finally liberate 
Then it’s time to cook dinner got no time to work out so you know I’m gonna pack on that weight

Wake up
Time to wake up

Yo, we’re not done yet
8:30 already need to get the kid ready for bed but she  still wants to play
9:30 already and kid still isn’t ready now we’re yelling cause there’s no other way
I wanna keep my cool but I’ve had it up to here and I just want to get on with the day
Dishes keep pilling and the laundry needs drying and the mess needs to all be put away
Instead I check out, binge a show, and stay up late even though tomorrow I’ll have to pay  
Then I fall asleep on the couch just to do it all again it’s all just a big cliche. 

Wake up
Time to wake up

It’s time to wake the fuck up

Wake Up!

Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling, and the Couch King - Wake Up!

Lyrics

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world

Activated citizens change the world
Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has

Radicalized citizens change the world
Indeed, it’s the only that ever has

Agitate and always agitated

One, two, three, four

Black bloc black mask
Take rights don’t ask
Confront and harass 
Those with power don’t pass

Activated citizens change the world
Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has

Show your discontent

Track Credits:
Stricknice: Live drums, ending remix
@j-nice-6
Bitzone: Mix and Master
@bitzone
www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Bass, Guitar, Original Demo Track, Song Art
@wouwouandthewormling
wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Samples, Production
musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world

Activated citizens change the world
Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has

Radicalized citizens change the world
Indeed, it’s the only that ever has

Agitate and always agitated

One, two, three, four

Black bloc black mask
Take rights don’t ask
Confront and harass 
Those with power don’t pass

Activated citizens change the world
Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has

Show your discontent


Black Bloc

Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling, and the Couch King - Black Bloc

New fun little music video!!! 
https://www.facebook.com/marquis.zane/videos/vb.100000277086729/1592964177389470/?type=2&theater

It is spring! Time to have fun and party and dance! 

Big thanks to Adam story for reaching out to get this project started! Another big thanks to Styrmonix and Jaime for accepting my invitation to the party and bringing such great vibes! 

And of course, thanks to the wizard of shoes for another fine final mastering! 

Guitars, Bass, Keyboard: Adam Story
https://soundcloud.com/adam_story
Trumpet: Styrmonix 
https://soundcloud.com/styrmonix
Vocals and Lyrics: Jaime J Ross
https://soundcloud.com/jaime0223
Production, Vocals, Lyrics: The Couch King 

Lyrics:

This be the jam for your artisanal toast 
This be the butter from your host with the most
This here the first that makes your rump roast 
From Columbus Ohio down to the west coast 
This be the wings that make that shit fly
This here the joint that gets you all high
This be the fish sauce to make my eats Thai
Gonna get you all moving make them old bones spry 
I went down town and met a girl from uptown
Shaking her booty like treasure to be found
Doing the whop and that old Charlie brown
Gonna make that rain fall and raise the crops from the ground 

We gonna call that thunder
We gonna shake the night 
We gonna ride that lightning 
To the ground and make it strike
We gonna call that thunder 
We gonna make it rain tonight 

This be the one that goes straight to the top 
This be that bubbly that makes a song pop
This be what's hip to add spring to your hop
These here the moves that make them drawls drop
I went down town again the very next week
Looking for a honey so I guess I better seek
Cast my stones to the ground you could here the floor creek
She did the cabbage patch and then she did the freak

We gonna call that thunder
We gonna shake the night 
We gonna ride that lightning 
To the ground and make it strike
We gonna call that thunder
We gonna make ya'll clap
We gonna strike that lightning 
We gonna bring that 88 back
We gonna call that thunder 
We gonna make it rain tonight 

So you came downtown just to watch me dance
Hoping to meet me you may have a chance
My magic I'm working' and you can be sure
I'm more than a dancer…so much more
And if you be lucky and if you be true
Maybe I'll spend some minutes with you
Cause you found your way here
And here you shall be
Watching a dancer looking at me

This be that funk that shake the junk in your trunk
This here so phat it go gadunkadunkdunk
This track be so dope you'll be calling it skunk
Gonna get you to the party make a drunk monk crunk
I went downtown to the festival to play
Met a girl form uptown with a cowrie shell bouquet 
Dancing to the ana drums to make her sorrows go away
She put me in a trance and danced 'till the break-a-day

We gonna call that thunder
We gonna shake the night 
We gonna ride that lightning 
To the ground and make it strike
We gonna call that thunder 
We gonna make it rain tonight

Video

Adam Story and the Couch King with Styrmonix and Jaime J Ross - Thunder (extended  '88 party mix)

I always wanted to make a sonic companion to the last song Bitzone, Frawstakwa, and I made together, “What Difference Does It Make.” I finally got my chance. This one came together real fast. Bitzone sent me a raw beat, I asked Frawstakwa to kick it off, and then I made some arrangement adjustments and laid down my lyrics and vocals based on Frawstakwa’s. Bitzone then finished it up and bada-boom, gotta move, gotta shake!

Massive thanks to Frawstakwa for bringing the fresh ideas and original verse and chorus vocals. And big thanks to Bitzone for always make the tracks more vivid than I could imagine. 

May there always be at least a little time to bounce in your week! 

Track Credits:
Bitzone: Music, Production, Arrangement, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
https://www.bitzones.net/
Frawstakwa: Verse and Chorus Lyrics and vocals
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa
the Couch King: Verse Lyrics, Vocals, and Samples
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Intro: Louis Bloomfield

Lyrics: 

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce 

Here we are
Coming through
With whatever it takes
Full force
On these fools
All up in your face 
Show and prove
Break it down
To the drum 
And the bass
That good old
One two
Gotta move 
Gotta shake
Bada-boom
Something 
That you can feel
But wait
If you could feel 
Anything at all
Feeling great
Letting it flow
Mind body and soul
On my way
That’s how it goes
So the people them know
See you later

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce 

I’m just your everyday reverie of an emcee
You see
I’m but a memory of the way 
You say it be
On this beat 
You project the street 
On the hit of the kick 
The click 
Boom, respect it’s the fire of the heat 
It’s the sweat dripping from the meat 
You expect flowing from that bass 
That slow tempo that’s got you feeling 
You on the creep, you on the chase
Brace fo the bounce putting you in the some headspace 
Race everyone to hear every ounce so tie up yo shoelace 
And let’s go 
Yo, lettin’ the people know

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce

The flow is
Summoned 
On command
Dig deep
Within 
Without a plan
Improvise
And
Ka-blam 
That is called conviction
Can you understand
The definition
What is your religion?
Damn
It takes blind faith
To hope that one can trust
In what is true 
What is real
For real
So what it do?
We are here to
Be seen
Be heard
Be who
We truly are 
Hold up then
Please
Tell us
Who are you?
 
Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce 

I got the feeling the bounce is appealing
Now that the ceiling’s been breaked
We got the unwilling to denounce appearing 
How it is that they never been waked 
Allow the revealing of the fake
Watch out we congealing as we get baked 
Take out that sponge cake, make no mistake 
It got that spring, there’s no remake 
Can feel the earth quake 
The beat is shaking
The bass is rumbling
So deep you feel your belly ache 
What’s at stake 
You gotta know
It’s that flow state 
We on a roll 
So slap on the butter baby
We gravy 
Grab a plate and
Before you go

Bounce
Bounce
To the boogie
The bang
The beat
Box
About
To bring it back
The breakdown
For the block
For my people
I see you
Gimme a pound
Tell me how
Have you been
For now
The breakdown
I’m here for you
Hear me loud 
And clear
We are responsible
For where we’re 
Bound
The breakdown
Heading out
Gotta beat the crowds
To get home
Put my feet up
While I eat on the couch
The breakdown

Hold up
Lemme tell you
What I’m talking about
To the beat
With a breakdown
That can make you bounce

Break Down The Bounce

Bitzone, RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - Break Down The Bounce

I started making this piece with the intention of it being a set of songs that could stand on their own as well as being an open collaboration, but then it took on a life of its own, and things just got out of hand from there, lol! 

But I still managed to control myself and didn’t add too many samples though, haha! 

I was listening to 1985 and 1986 hip hop singles when making this so….

You can download this for free as well as some of the unmixed stems on Bandcamp. The lyrics can also be found on Bandcamp since SC didn’t provide enough space in the song info. I reached my description limit!

Feel free to treat it as an open collaboration if you like. The song list, BPMs, and time signatures are listed below. 

I Like To Sample Old Drums Bandcamp Link: 
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/i-like-to-sample-old-drums

Funny we are now moving to Portland. Bye, bye Hillsboro. I guess this is now a farewell song. 

Track Credits:

The Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

I Like To Sample Old Drums
Rap Attack: 112 BPM 4/4
Take The Max Down To Hillsboro: 189 BPM 4/4
Peach ’N Plum: 132 BPM 3/4
What, Would, When: 112 BPM 5/4
I Like To Sample Old Drums: N/A
This One Goes: 101 BPM 4/4
Bllll: 92 BPM 4/4
The Couch Can’t Help It: 87 BPM 4/4

Here are the lyrics just for: 

Rap Attack

I will
Put you in a tourniquet
Bleeding there’s no stopping it
Got a pimple 
I be popping it
Tripple nipple
Don’t be knocking it
I be chopping it off
Now blood is slopping  
I ain’t mopping 
You be dropping
When you slippin’ in it 
Finna sit and watch as I scoff
Maybe lickin’ ice cream soft serve, huh
What cha sayin’ I can only seem to catch ya gurgling brah
Nah, No one can hear you scream 
When you got a severe stream of
Foam bumbling, bubbling from your mouth, tumbling gravitationally south
Bro, i’m feeling bad for your health
See you reeling keeling over looking so sad 
had I know your noncongealinkg slow at healing
I might have
Not tried to put you in a tourniquet 
Tried to put you in a tourniquet
Tried to put you in a

I Like To Sample Old Drums

Bandcamp

Russell Sinfield and the Couch King -I Like To Sample Old Drums

Wow, this is it, the final song I will be posting for the untitled album Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & the Wormling and I have been working on! We posted the first song, “Ghosting Out,” from this set on January 4, 2021. I started this set of 12 songs in 2020, during the pandemic, using demo tracks that Wou-Wou graciously allowed me to use. I can’t, yet totally can, believe that it took 5 years to finish and finally post all the songs. I am still not sure if all 12 songs will be included in the album since the total run time is about 43 minutes and I like albums to be a little closer to 30 minutes. We still also need to decide on the track sequence. Eventually the album will be posted the album on Bandcamp for free. 

I have written it many times before and I will write it again, it has been an immense pleasure and honor and blast to work with Sticknice, Bitzone, and Wou-Wou on this set of songs. I feel so lucky to have had this opportunity.  

Track Credits:
Heartscore: Violin
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore/tracks
https://heartscore.bandcamp.com/album/the-edge-of-times
https://www.youtube.com/dirkradloff
Stricknice: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Additional Drums and Bass, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
https://www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Synth, Synth Bass, Drums, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Samples, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

I don’t wanna have to do this
But I would be terribly remiss
If I just pretended to shoot and miss 
Maybe I could find somebody nobody’ll reminisce 
Maybe I could find somebody deserving the abyss 
The kiss of deaths sweet lips 
The heat of cold bullets
Rationally tearing you from the grips 
Of life meaningless in this soulless culture gone amiss 
I’ve been hunting these woods since my childhood 
Living as any self respecting and god fearing man should
sovereign and secured in responsibility for one’s own livelihood  
The devil wants you to believe in falsehoods 
and city life leads to no good
The heathens all had me misunderstood 
I wouldn’t want to be with them if I could

It feels like its been me and the bird forever now 
And i can’t allow myself to let him down 
I have him in my sight 
But there is two of ‘em 
Damn it 
What am I going to do with ‘em 
I’m going to have shoot both of ‘em 
I can’t leave a witness
Gotta move with swiftness 
At least this 
male’s a total stud 
and bird will pleased 
As he falls with a thud as his chest spews out blood 
and soil turns to mud
This is the right thing to do, isn’t it
After all I made an agreement 
I can’t permit 
Bird to throw a fit
or It’ll be me my head 
that sits on that wall 
And I really wouldn’t want him to leave me 
and be alone again

The Shrike Pt. 4

Heartscore, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling, and the Couch King - The Shrike Pt. 4

check out the music video! https://www.facebook.com/marquis.zane/videos/1135571473128745/?pnref=story

https://soundcloud.com/musiciselationhiphop/sets/top-10-weekly-playlist-www

blessings to our dreams, may they always be a source of our prosperity

make love, enjoy your body 

big thanks to Senfsuck for kicking this one off! he is a great guy! i had lots and lots and lots of fun!!!

shoobidoo! 

Senfsuck: mad synths and vocals
https://soundcloud.com/herculeszentrale 
https://soundcloud.com/against-the-meuchelpuffer
https://soundcloud.com/nevermoon
https://soundcloud.com/senfsuck
The Couch King: lyrics, vocals, production 
Wizardshoes: final master
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions

Lyrics: 

my consciousness is not in me
i am in my consciousness
i am not in my body
my body is in me

this body's all i got
your body's all i want
this body is my temple
why don't you come pray with me

My temple is where I play
Your temple is where i wish to pray
Our temple is where we meet in heaven
Why don't you come pray with me

she looked at me, then
i looked at her

and then she said there ain't 
nothing wrong
with this
physical plane, but lets just sit and meditate 

We were once lovers, I knew you from a past time
and you knew me
I once was a luminous sphere of plasma
And you were my gravity
I remember when we were two sets of interlaced threads
In a beautifully woven tapestry
I loved it when you rubbed against me
Friction
There were times when we exploded like when we of singularity
wasn't that something
How we did grow, exponentially
Especially me haha
All things come from you
And all things emerge internally
Blessing to our dreams may they always be a source of our prosperity
I once dreamed we were two facing mirrors under an ancient tree
On another planet in another galaxy
In the past of a future time in an alternate reality
But the point is, I was in you and you were in me
How we used to make love
Energetically
those were sacred moments when the spirit filled us with clarity
Yo I got mad abundance
Won't you come pray with me

Senfsuck & The Couch King - Pray With Me (music video now in link!)

Sending out inspirations of creativity and the joys of collaboration! 

Download Free Album Here:
musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/la-luna-y-el-sol

Special Limited Edition Cassettes available for purchase also on Bandcamp!

Normal-bias 60 minute maxell cassette tape with full 5 track album recorded on both sides. Original artwork designed by Calebass with hand folded gatefold sleeve. Full album and packaging recorded, printed, and assembled at the castle of the Couch King. 

Includes unlimited streaming of La Luna Y El Sol via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Deep, deep gratitude for Tensor who kicked this one off, Calebass for always being a joy to work with, and Emma Caiman who came up with the first set of lyrics that got us thematically started. They are all great, great artists.

And a specials thanks as always to my friend Wizardshoes for all he does to make the tracks pop! 

Huge gratitude for all the SoundCloud community and all the many people who listen to my songs. I hope you all receive great benefit and joy. 

Calebass: lyrics, vocals, guitar, bass, and synth
https://soundcloud.com/calebass
Emma Caiman: lyrics, vocals
https://soundcloud.com/emma-caiman
Tensor: bass and drums
https://soundcloud.com/tensor-tensor-tensor
The Couch King: lyrics, vocals, drums, production, arrangement 
Wizard Shoes: Final mastering 
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions

Art work by Calebass

Lyrics

Human: 
My doggy dug a great big hole
She dug it in the ground
She was digging for a rabbit
For she made that rabbit sound
How'd it go?
Woofa Woofa Digga Digga 
Woofa Woofa Digga Dig

My doggy dug a great big hole
She dug it in the ground
She was digging for a rabbit
For she made that rabbit sound
That Rabbit Sound
Woofa Woofa Digga Digga
Dog came flying through the air
In my socks and down my gumboots
In my teeth and in my hair

Dog: 
And this one goes out to all the fine furry creatures out there
hear me now! 
I dig in deep with the claws of fury
I get the passion and I'm off in a scurry 
Off me to catch me a fine piece of furry
You never know when your gonna get a lucky
I got no worries
I got no worries
Gonna dig me some deep deep holes
Live life simply 

Rabbit:
You
You can't catch me
Digga digga
You can't catch me
Canine fang
You can't catch me
Ya ain't gonna snatch me
I am going, I am going to run
I am going, I am going to run

You can't catch me
You can't snatch me
You can't reach me
You can't reach down the rabbit hole

Human:
My doggy dug a great big hole
She dug it in the ground
She's digging for a rabbit
For she made a rabbit sound

La Luna Y El Sol

Emma Caiman, Tensor, and Calebass & the Couch King - Teeth Under Feet

Giving thanks to the Miracles, i love that version dearly. 

Smokey Robinson: lyrics 
Evelyn Salguero: vocals and banjolele 
Weighty Tree: bass
https://soundcloud.com/theweightytree
DDJohn: Clarinete 
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Couch King: production, percussion, lyrics, vocals 

Reiki Run Rampant is Evelyn Salguero and the Couch King

Lyrics: 

I don't like you but I love you
Seems like I'm always thinking of you
Oh you treat me badly
I love you madly 
You really got a hold on me 

Baby I don't want you
But you know I need you
Don't want to kiss you
But I need to
Oh you do me wrong now
My love is strong now
You really got a hold on me

You really got a hold on me
Baby, I love you and all I want you to do is
hold me, hold me, hold me

I need you to feel who I am
You show me the world
Without you, it's all cold, damn
I get lost trying to find myself
I need you to hold me tighter
Tell me it's all real 
Make me feel bad
Make me feel mad
Wrap around me tighter
And then take me higher
I just want to be inside you a little bit
tighter
Because it's too hard to just be inside of me
Take me to that final place

Tighter
I wanna leave you
Don't want to stay here
Don't want to spend another day here

Evelyn Salguero and the Couch King with DD John and the Weighty Tree - Tighter

Giving thanks to all that is 

This song is for freedom

It is a blessing to be a part of this SoundCloud community

Fun fact! This song evolved from this song: 
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots/binghi-biscuits

I was so inspired by Alpha Roots original Nyabinghi drumming I had to make another original song using the Binghi Biscuits drum stem that showed my great respect and love for Nyabinghi chants in Reggae Music. 

Alpha Roots: Nyabinghi Drums, Organ
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
Russell Sinfield: Bass, Guitar, Main Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Joexerworxx: flute
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Mark Rodriguez: Backup vocals
https://soundcloud.com/mark-rodriguez-33
Couch King: Vocals, Lyrics, Production
Ill Dub Productions: Final Mastering 
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions
Chris Pendergraft: Art
https://soundcloud.com/chris-pendergraft

Lyrics:

On a day sweetened by a breeze that enlightens us with prana
I wanna climb this earth to find a place where we will sing hosanna
hosanna, hosanna
I wanna climb this earth to sing hosanna

And in sweet meditation we will meet to dance in ultimate freedom
Floating in the universal ghee outside of Vishnu’s dream in Eden
In Zion, in Eden
We will meet to dance in ultimate freedom
In Eden, in Zion
We will meet to dance in ultimate freedom 

Alpha Roots & the Couch King / Russell Sinfield / Joerxworx / Mark Rodriguez - Hosanna (For Freedom)

I dedicate this song to the art of collaboration and cocreation. May we all inspire and take each other to new destinations and heights.  

Ang Kerfoot: Lyrics and Vocals 
https://soundcloud.com/angelakerfoot
https://soundcloud.com/dana-dau-ang-kerfoot
Blankets: Guitars
https://soundcloud.com/allergeist
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: Synths
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh
James Fenwicke: keyboard riff
https://soundcloud.com/plantain
Couch King: Production, Arrangement, Mixing, Mastering
Wind: wind chimes
Ill / Wizardshoes: Final Master
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions
https://soundcloud.com/wizardshoes

Lyrics:

The Skeleton 
she rests upon 
the bloods Lagoon
Here eyes are waves of dust
blink Sea faring moods
Sits thin among the
wind as it causes her bones to groove like sand...
blows her down the thirsty stream
the arrowheads of ancestors
gleam 
in the slivered 
moons faint steaming
the rain in outer space
burns up bits of her marrow
she bandages with rocks 
along the trails of gypsum guarded by sparrows
her heart it beats it bleeds on
through her timid ribs
you can see the valves
like locamotives trying to
hold onto blood shes got no skin
to keep it all in
if the wind dies down it'll all fall out
for the breeze is holding her into a piece

Ang Kerfoot, Blankets, Michael Ash Sharbaugh, and the Couch King - Rambling

Taken from the EP "DEM NO GOOD" by Froxie
For sale on bandcamp : froxie.bandcamp.com/releases
More Froxie/Fox stuff here : @froxie-dub

Music and Production by Froxie
Lyrics and Vocals by the Couch King
Mixed by Froxie
Mastered by Jack Daniels.
Artwork by Stefan Custers.

Lyrics: 
I grew up on Hip Hop
I just had to get my fix
Probably started in 1986
Licenced to Ill, Raising Hell, Hot, Cool & Vicious
Back when vinyl was delicious
I was listening to Mantronix
I used to hit the record stores, I heard every album and I still wanted more
Back in 84 was an early introduction
I used to watch beat street, put the cardboard on the floor
Had the gatefold, breakin’ instructions with the Egyptian, up rockin’ and pop & locking
I would do the snake and then we would bust a chain wave
Word
This is all from way back when
I used to watch Breaking, Wild Style with Fab 5 Freddy, Style Wars, Krush Groove, and Disorderlies, MTV Raps, and Rap City
The Ed Lover Dance, Do you remember that?
The Unwind Yourself sample, man that shit was phat, they just looped that
Brought up in the East Bay, California, Oakland, San Francisco, Hayward, Bay Area
Home Turf was my shit, Dominique would take you down to city streets with skate boarding clips, the bones brigade, graffiti artists, Vogue, Crayon, and Twist 
I would ride the bart to the city, hop on the Muni, visit Psycho City
This is all from back in the day
I grew up on Hip Hop

Woa O O O Oh
I don’t care where I’m going 
As long as it’s not home
I don’t care where I go

Just a regular snot nosed kid skate boarding through the neighborhood in Airwalk kicks
getting into trouble practicing flips and tricks
Shoplifting spay paint cans for kicks
Smashing bricks and breaking sticks
Head phones on, didn’t care about politics
Pocketing the latest Too Short hits,
Slap it in the Walkman cassette tape 
Everything is great
Gravy on the plate
I grew up on Hip Hop

Full EP!!!

Froxie & The Couch King - Farfaraway

I can't believe I got to work with these guys and on one track! 

Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Guitars, Bass, Drums, Mixing, Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Pretzels Malone: Piano & Flute
https://soundcloud.com/pretzelsmalone
Jam York: Lryics & Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/jamyork17
Couch King: Lyrics & Vocals, Percussion, Production

Lyrics: 

And this one goes out to all the hypocrites 
Reaping all the benefits
Saying if the shoe fits 
Then you might as well lace it
While we sit and grin and face it
Heard you got a little happiness
Please pass it on and share it
Put it on a pin and wear it

Every morning when I wake up
I don't want to get up
I feel the ache in my head 
Warning enough is enough
Put my feat on the ground
Cause I'm bound to keep going
Even though I wanna call out from my work I keep showing

Repeat, Repeat
Each week the same week
You seek, we all seek
A little peak, no a sneak peak
Something that's unique
Something that will pique
My fading interest
Cause my will is getting week
My will is getting week
My will is getting week
I need a little tweak 
Something new between the sheets
Something indiscreet 
Performing extraordinary feats 
One order of...
Extra strong coffee not something that's too weak

Overworked and Underpaid
We wanna live the fantasy 

If the shoe fit
Gonna lace it up

Wow
Those shoes are cool
Now
We aint playing the fool 
Let's show em how
We gonna pull off the wool 
And call those suckers out for being the wolf 
And start seeing real and speaking the truth 

Gonna exploit the people, better lace it up
If you misrepresent, better lace it up
Take advantage when unequal, better lace it up
Just to make an extra cent, better lace it up

Get down, outta town 
People jam on it
Time to believe in yourself 
If you got it then flaunt it 

Seeking and speaking the truth to the youth,
I be braking and shaking my reality up 
Calling my lies and my patterns all out 
Gotta be real to your self to bring real change all about

If the shoe fit you gonna lace it up

Stomp your feet 
If you think it ain't right!
Clap your hands
If you wanna unite!

Shoe Fit
Gonna lace it up

Yea gon build it up 
We gon build it up
Gon build it up yea

I got hope i hope you got hope too
We can do whatever yea we want ta do 
Gonna build the life that we dream now
Gonna make the world that we want now 
Paving the way, paving the way 

And this one goes out to all the hypocrites 
Reaping all the benefits
Saying if the shoe fits 
Then you might as well lace it
While we sit and grin and face it
Heard you got a little happiness
Please pass it on and share it
Put it on a pin and wear it

Overworked and underpaid
We wanna live the fantasy 


Wou-Wou & the Wormling, Pretzels Malone, Jam York & the Couch King - Dedication To The Hypocrites

Music Video: https://www.facebook.com/marquis.zane/videos/vb.100000277086729/1678839872135233/?type=2&theater

Download Free Album Here:
musiciselation.bandcamp.com/album/la-luna-y-el-sol

Special Limited Edition Cassettes available for purchase also on Bandcamp!

Normal-bias 60 minute maxell cassette tape with full 5 track album recorded on both sides. Original artwork designed by Calebass with hand folded gatefold sleeve. Full album and packaging recorded, printed, and assembled at the castle of the Couch King. 

Includes unlimited streaming of La Luna Y El Sol via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Blessings on the Autumn Equinox
This is a special song, inviting us to give thank’s for the many gifts bestowed by this bountiful earth and to give back healthy, healing prayers for the earth’s recovery as we prepare for the long winters nap. 

"During this time, we are invited to kindle the light within to illuminate our way through the longer nights"

Check out Steph Sweet's beautiful latest album, "The Hag and the Whore" on bandcamp here:
http://stephsweet.bandcamp.com/album/the-hag-and-the-whore-album

Calebass: Bass, Guitar, Banjo
https://soundcloud.com/calebass
Steph Sweet: Lyrics, Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/steph-sweet
Unearth Noise: Sitar, Slide Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/unearth-noise
Couch King: Production, Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Mixing
Pheasants: Pheasants
Ill Dub: Final Master
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions

Lyrics

The beauty, fire-walker and run-ragged dancer,
Circle the square and run all the faster.
The wolf-hound, the pauper and quick-witted crook,
Circle the square and the fat banker’s hook.

Summer is gone.
All Hail to the Sun.
Summer is gone.
All Hail to the Sun.

The earth is a circle that never shall be broken.
The circle is a secret that never shall be spoken.
And Love is a spire that spirals forever.
A spiral in our blood, to heal us together.

The Lovers, The Fool and the old, thin Magician,
Quarter the night and the Moon’s intuition.
The dwarves and the dance-girls in glitter processions,
Quarter the night with the Moon’s intuition.

Lyrics, vocals by Steph Sweet © 2016 All Rights Reserved

Like Druids

Gathering on the equinox to 
Watch the sun rise 
In the morning
To give thanks
For the bountiful harvest
And prepare for the darkness
Of the winter
It’s time to build an alter, gather all the fruits and vegetables
And offer apples to 
The goddess
Sharing food and gathering one’s blessings 
As leaves change their colors and fall from the trees
Blanketing the earth for her long winter’s nap
And the sun’s seeds
Looses power to
The darkness
Of the lunar ruled sky
Listen to the knowledge of the third eye
As the inner maharaja speaks the truth

Summer is gone.
All Hail to the Sun.

Steph Sweet Album

Steph Sweet, Unearth Noise, and Calebass & the Couch King - Summer Is Gone, Hail The Sun

It was a blessing to work with this group of amazingly talented artists. 
It is a blessing to be a part of this fabulous SoundCloud community.
I am blessed to be alive.
Giving thanks for it all. 

May this song touch your heart. 

Mark Rodriguez: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/marcusrodriguez33
She's Excited: Lyrics, Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/she-s-excited
Gordon M: Bass, Synth
https://soundcloud.com/gordon_m
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production, Arrangement 
Russell Sinfield at the Chaos Cookhouse: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Michael Simonis: Art

Lyrics:

And now I'm staring at the crossroad
Tossing coins and trying to break the code 
Divine connection for the download 
Divine erection and now source is flowed
I would have thought by now the way of Tao would show me how to clear the dust 
Grasping at stardust as dreams go to bust 
Lusting for clarity and staring at hope 
Wishing to give her the thrust
When the ball and chain is me  partnering mistrust 
It's all a projection 
Leading me down the path of misdirection 
I chant my mantras to my inner light to light my soul bright 
Write down my ways that arn't right and burn em at night 
I light my soul bright my spirit ignite 
Invite my holy might to see what's right to my truth's site 
you gotta fight for what is right inside of you

Life can never figure out where to go
But I know deep inside your soul
You know what guides you
Fight for what you know is true inside of you 
and you will too
see you were the answer 
to the question

so many voices inside my head
should i listen to them all and sing along or just play deaf
so many mantras to cross the mind
but still i've this vague feeling that i'm more declined than refined
so should i walk this path to climb up a hill that someone else heaped up for me just to keep me still
or can i walk my path, sitting on a rim, and listen to the wonders without and within

You are now listening to the sounds of inspiration
the sound motivation
visualization
real life perspiration
of people doing their thang
living their dream 
aspiring to great heights 
keeping the spirit of humanity alive
and bright to lighten up all our lives ha

Something simple as a dream and some inspiration
A little heart, a sudden spark, and some motivation
Place it together to head to your destination
Know that you ego will never give you confirmation

Mark Rodriguez, She's Excited, Gordon M, and the Couch King - You Know (What Guides You)

This is a remix of: 
https://soundcloud.com/angelo-annicchiarico-1/my-heart-is-vulnerable-feat-nayj-me-jeff-torres-the-tcm-ug-groove-mix

This is an alternate remix:
https://soundcloud.com/mrinal-desai/firewinds-the-fall-of-darkness-ye2016-global-collaboration-project

Honoring our SoundCloud Community and how we have come together. We have showed great community strength and an ability to unite and gather in massive collaboration to get our spirit to shine as bright and even brighter than the industry. We are powerful together. Let's keep growing. There may be no stopping us.  

Infinite Bey: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/infinitebey
NayJ: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2
SouL Muzick: Drums
https://soundcloud.com/soulmuzick13
Angelo Annicchiarico: Guitars
https://soundcloud.com/angelo-annicchiarico-1
TCM Underground: Synths and Original Track Production
https://soundcloud.com/mrinal-desai
Wizardshoes: Production, Mixing, and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/wizardshoes
https://soundcloud.com/ill-dub-productions
Couch King: Production and Arrangement

Infinite Bey/NayJ/SouL Muzick/Angelo Annicchiarico/TCM/Couch/Wizardshoes - My Heart Is Vulnerable

I feel blessed to be able to keep Alpha Roots’ vibe shining bright for the SoundCloud community to continue to enjoy. 

Alpha Roots sent me these reggae bass and rhythm guitar stem a long time ago, maybe even three years ago in 2016 (bad couch, bad couch)! I originally planned on having Evelyn (of the Reiki Run Rampant tracks on my page) sing over the rhythm but then I moved from Santa Cruz to Portland and she moved from the Pacific Northwest to Santa Cruz, bummer! So the stems sat in my hard drive until new inspiration arrived in the form of Johnny Minstrel, one of favorite song writers on SoundCloud, agreeing to write lyrics and sing over the track. Once Johnny added his deep felt lyrics and magical vocal chords to the mix, the rest of the song came together pretty quickly for me, lol! I often try to put together virtual bands for my tracks and I knew I had to have Jamie Rhind on the track since he worked with Alphio on multiple songs and a reunion was due. I always wanted to work with Jonathan Beckenstein, whose sensitive and thoughtful guitar work is always sublime. Darren and Russ came naturally.  My original drum production work was based on an old Sly Dunbar sample (I like to include the essence of some of my favorite artists in the tracks I work on) but the quality of the drums just wasn’t up to Russ’ standards, hahaha, so we brought Bitzone on board to lay down some drums and voila, roots reggae magic!

Big thanks to the band for coming together on this in fine fashion! Big ups to the SoundCloud community and the spirit of collaboration. Keep on digging! 

And massive thanks to Wou-Wou to bringing his visual arts talent to the project! My goal is to eventually put together a reggae album (possibly a double album which will also include some reggae collaborations between Alpha Roots and friends including Jamie Rhind and Russ Sinfield) with all profits going to the Cancer Research Institute. Be on the look out for a possible dub version of Red Earth Clay as well!!!

Johnny Minstrel: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/johnny-minstrel
Alpha Roots: Bass and Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots
Jamie Rhind: Steel Drum
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jonathan Beckenstein: Lead Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
D. D. Danahy: Keyboard
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Bitzone: Drums and Additional Background Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Background Vocals and Arrangement
Russell Sinfield: Mixing, Mastering, and Knobs
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Lyrics: 
Hold you tongue don’t wag that finger
Just shine a light on me my friend
Too much fuss will only hinder
All the good things the spirit sends
We were made of dust and fire
Born beneath a brooding sky
On the stairs of Babel we climb higher 
To sights not seen by human eye

And now I dig, dig deep into the 
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way

Some have called democracy into question
Saying we like sheep have gone astray
That it’s been the rich man’s intention
To steel by night and rule by day
I washed your feet with my tears
I wiped them dry with my hair
Can a hungry mouth still offer prayers
Or are they whispers of despair 

And now I dig, dig deep into the 
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Dig, dig deep
And I toil for no pay
I dig, dig deep into the
Red Earth Clay
Down to the root I’ll find my way

Alpha Roots, J. Minstrel, J.Rhind, J.Beckenstein, D.Danahy, Bitzone, CK, R.Sinfield - Red Earth Clay

I think this track started 2 years ago. I remember talking about the vision with Jamie on the phone and then Jamie sent me a bunch of stems to choose from. I chose the standing bass and recorded my verse with a 90’s vibe in mind. I sent the track over to Russell to add some guitars, he sent that funk rock intro and riff back, and then I don’t know what happened after that? A bunch of other songs got made and the vision for this track expanded to include cutting my second verse and bringing Jon Lock in on vocals. Then the song sat again. Jon and I even started and completed And So You Say and Training Day after we had already got this song started. Since this track was visioned to be part of the first song on the set with Training Day, eventually it had to be completed. Wou-Wou then join in with his synths, rhythm guitar over Jon’s part, and some additional guitar over the first section. This gave the track the final fire it needed and Russell mixed and mastered it like a champ!

As always, massive thanks to Wou-Wou and Russell who have been regular collaborators on so many projects, on SoundCloud, Facebook, and Bandcamp. Wou and Russell will always be the core of my musical team. Thanks for being great friends! 
Big thanks also to Jon, who I have worked with on 3 songs now, with 2 more in the works already! 
And thanks to Jamie for all his patience, support, and for the completion of our second project together!   

This song goes out to all the music nerds, appreciators, and lovers with strong opinions. Keep those conversations going. I spent many, many years, going to the record store several times a week, hanging and talking with the staff, some who became good friends. 

Jamie Rhind: Standing Bass 
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jon Lock: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Guitar and Synths
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Russell Sinfield: Guitar, Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production, and Art

Lyrics 

Everything changes 
Nothing stays the same 
I used to hate it when my people would say it's a shame 
Stating that the games gone lame 
Claiming that today the music is wack 
At times I would refrain and take a step back
But most of the time I would counter attack 
Back in the day, we would say, Clever repartee 
When we were clowning around 
But now a days we taking the things a bit more serious 
Or maybe it's just me, see 
I ain't playing around as much as I used to be 
Conversations at a minimal 
It's not that I'm more critical or cynical 
It's that I am a more apathetic individual
I  just don't care 
Call me hypocritical 
I be like that's fair 
Yo
What happened to all the innovators, rhyme slayers, originality generators
You know
There really all still there
Back in the days we had to dig in the crates
Looking for the lessor known greats
I guess that's still the way it operates 
Hates a narrow minded state 
And It take effort to educate
So 
I’ma stay open and keep on diggin’ 
Vibin' on the sounds that I be hearin’ 
Yea 
And you know it's like that 
And you know and you know and you know it's like that 
Keep keep on, keep keep on
keep keep keep on

And you know it’s like that

Here comes the backup plan
The man without a name
Don’t want to be no star
Just musical acclaim 
Brush back those famous hats like children in the street
I’m gonna sing a bit while Couch King cracks the beat
Whoa baby now shake
Like momma told you now
Whoa baby now shake
Like this was made for
This is a slice of funk
USDA prime
Let it get to your head
You will feel fine
Poetry in motion
Images in time
Back beats and refined commotion 
Aged like fine wine 

Any you know it’s like that

Jamie Rhind, Jon Lock, Wou-Wou, Russell & the Couch King - You Know (It's Like That)

Trendsetting keeps within the spirt of “It Ain’t Looking Good” by taking it’s inspiration from people I meet at work and the neighborhood I work in. Two youth I know were really proud of having fake Yeezy Boost 350s. I have never been into sneaker culture but have had friends at various points in time that were. I had never seen Yeezys before, and don’t like Kanye's personality, but I had to find out more about these shoes. I eventually went down the rabbit hole and learned more about counterfeit shoes. It reminded me of a scene from the movie “I’m Gonna Get You Sucka,” where they were talking about fake gold necklaces making your skin green (at least I think it was a scene in that movie, lol). It also reminded me of a time I went to Malaysia and someone I knew was following lead after lead, into alley after alley, to get the highest quality imitation purses and watches. Capitalism. Consumerism. Well whatever. lol

Huge shout out to Bitzone, DeeP, and Frawstakwa for regularly reaching out to make music with me. I am grateful to have so many collaborators and online musical friendships. You are all the best. Having friends to make music with and a community to share creations with is what matters the most. 

This song goes out to being in nature instead of a store.  

Bitzone: Keys, Bass, Drums, Mix & Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
DeeP.: Assistance with chord progression & Spirit
https://soundcloud.com/detlef-piepke
RS Frawstakwa: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/frawstakwa 
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Vocal Arrangement
musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: “I don’t know”
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield

Lyrics

Couch King

Got cheap knock offs all the way to that good shit 
Looking so fly even though it’s all counterfeit  
What you wanna buy if you wanna it i can get it
Bet it looks so real its a steal, don’t forget it
I’m on this hustle fo sheezy, breezy
Duffle full of kicks on the shoulder cause it’s easy
Russell what you think of that
I don’t know
Bro don’t knock it cause it’s cheesy 
Yo yo wez be slanging 
Hanging on the corner  
With that 90 beeper ranging 
We be trend settin’

Doesn’t matter if it is the real thing 
As long as photos looking just like magazines
Still coppin’ that lifestyle without the means
Ya still jockin’ my lifestyle like I got the cream  

Movin’ luxury hoax at hyper speed
We lootin’ big money folks cause you got them needs
These black market sneaks legit they don’t mislead 
Flexin’ dem bootleg fits with that bargain price greed 
You see it’s all about making impressions, flexin’ 
Who be first wearing what’s next n,’ vexin’
Haters commentators disrespectin’  
Fakers gettin’ caught catchin’ wreck’n 
Next time bettin’ you learn your lesson 
Upgrade fool 
We be trend settin’ 

Heart click gold

Doesn’t matter if it is the real thing 
As long as photos looking just like magazines
Still coppin’ that lifestyle without the means
Ya still jockin’ my lifestyle like I got the cream

Frawstakwa

Suckas swear they’ve got style
I sit back and smile
Kick my feet up
We might be here for a while
You see the thing about style
That is so worthwhile
Is it’s a feeling
Not a product that you buy

Nonetheless fools will try
Like it ain’t no lie
You won’t believe what
They’d do so you’d think they’re fly
And fit the image prescribed
Fashion designed
It all to keep the
Bottom line in mind
But, um
Does it pay to advertise
Or pay to play the part
Pay attention to the price
You pay they say that time
Is money but to treasure life
Can’t be measured by
User metrics influencers provide
Virtually unreal ventures capitalized
On the findings
Black Friday good tidings
Gift wrapped you’re welcome
But, you are not that fly

Bitzone, DeeP., RS Frawstakwa & the Couch King - Trendsetting

Thanks for all your generous support. You have helped us donate over $200 to the Organization for Autism Research (OAR) and counting! Help us reach our goal of donating $300 by either donating directly to OAR or purchasing the album on Bandcamp. 

“Twenty Twelve” is available on Bandcamp along with the original 5 instrumentals selected from Hot Os’ SoundCloud songbook. 

All profits from purchases will be donated to Organization for Autism Research. "The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) was created in December 2001 – the product of the shared vision and unique life experiences of OAR’s seven founders. Led by these parents and grandparents of children and adults on the autism spectrum, OAR set out to use applied science to answer questions that parents, families, individuals with autism, teachers and caregivers confront daily. (The OAR) is dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by autism by supporting research that produces meaningful and practical results. We also keep families, educators, self-advocates, and professionals informed by delivering free, evidence-based resources and information everyday." To learn more about the Organization for Autism Research, visit: https://researchautism.org

“Twenty Twelve” Sticker Set and Zine also available on Bandcamp. 

There are so many great musicians on SoundCloud, I wish I could make music with everyone of you. I often reflect on all the great music you have all made, how we are constantly making new songs (because that is what artist do), and how many of our great creations can easily get forgotten. Most of our songs don’t get a chance to live like those songs that get repeated on the radio. And while many of us probably don’t like mainstream radio, many of us would probably like our best songs to have a bigger life, or at least shine a little brighter and be remembered a little longer. As a way to breathe additional air into one of our community members older music, I selected 5 tracks from Hot Os discography and remixed them to make “Twenty Twelve”

Humongous thanks to Hot Os for letting me select and edit 5 prime beats as well as raid his Instagram account for Zine images. Massive thanks to Janine Levinson and Jay Walker Black for dropping those hot guest vocals. And a giant thanks to Caedmon Rigby for all his time and creative energy mixing and mastering “Twenty Twelve” to make it sound so original, so professional, so fresh, and so clean!!! I love working with you all! Part of what makes collaborating so worthwhile is spending creative time with your friends.  

Twenty Twelve 

VHS Recorder (intro)
Wannaget Outtahere
Engine Ignition (interlude)
Time 2 Go Out
Telephone (interlude)
B My Smile
House party (interlude)
Lemon π Spicy Chi
Cafe (interlude)
Init or U Out
City Street (outro)

Hot Os: Production and Art
https://soundcloud.com/hotos
Caedmon Rigby: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/caedmonrigby
Janine Levinson: Lyrics and Vocals on Wannaget Outtahere & Init or U Out
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson
https://soundcloud.com/janineandtheproblem
Jay Walker Black: Lyrics and Vocals on Lemon π Spicy Chi
https://soundcloud.com/jaywalkerblack
https://soundcloud.com/walkerblackproductions
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Arrangement 
https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics available on Bandcamp

Twenty Twelve

Hot Os, Caedmon Rigby, Janine Levinson, Jay Walker Black, & the Couch King - Twenty Twelve

Conquering and ruling cultures often oppress those they dominate. The oppressed, and those with less power, will always eventually seek justice, representation, and equal power from their subjugators. Those whose culture have been vilified, repressed, and appropriated can regain their power and love by learning about their past, choosing and identifying their cultural heroes for themselves, and restoring their appreciation and celebrations for their ancestors.  

May this song encourage an honest look into your past, acknowledging both the shadow and the light, appreciating the beauty of what was and is, and learning from accomplishments and mistakes to continue our evolution in becoming better co-creators with the planet.

I used some of a bass stem Alpha Roots sent me to make Red Earth Clay and I used the rest of the stem to make Sow Your Seeds. I have one unused bass and drum stem from Alpha Roots that I will make an old school hip hop song with and I may remix his original Hosanna bass stem one day to make a new reggae song. I may also ask Russ if I can make a version of Da Weed using Alpha Roots’ stems one day. After that, I may be complete unless I get gifted some Alpha Roots stems to play with. 

Huge thanks to Chiefo who set the original tone of this song which gave me inspiration for  the lyrics. Big ups to Fady, bit zone, and Lady of Fire Poetry for joining in on this project and adding their collective vibe. Massive thanks to Wou-Wou & the Wormling for keeping the track on skank with his rhythm guitar and for providing us with his incredible art work - commission him for some work y’all!!! And massive thanks to Russell and the Chaos Cookhouse for mixing and mastering these stems into the huge dubbed out joint that it is. Hit Russ up for his mixing and mastering services now!!!

Alpha Roots : Bass
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots 
Chiefo: Synths
https://soundcloud.com/jonahjohn
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Rhythm Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Fady: Keys
https://soundcloud.com/fadysporz
bitzone: Drums and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone 
Lady of Fire Poetry: Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire
Couch King: Lyrics and Vocals 
musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix and Master
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Mixed at the Chaos Cookhouse
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Art by Wou-Wou & the Wormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.com

Lyrics:

Know your roots and your culture 
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey 
Rock your roots and your culture 
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey 

Get to know your roots and your culture
Who you be now 
Know your history now 
So you can see now 
Where you wanna sow your seeds now 
Where you wanna sow your seeds now
Hey ey ey
Hey ey ey 

Gonna build on that which went before I 
Try and build on that which went before I 
Never knew who I was 
Dem try and control my 
Never knew who I was 
Dem try and control my
 Destiny with suppression and lies 
Deny that my ancestors were wise 
Revise my story with your wicked eyes  so others will despise 
And overlook the great civilizations that my people built 
Likewise likewise likewise

Unaware of history your destined to repeat it 
Only hear deceitful stories and we’re likely to concede to it 
Take away the leaders from our culture to unseat it 
Take away our dreams from our spirit to defeat it 
Replace dem with your poor role models and everyone believes in it 
Replace dem with your hopelessness and everyone perceives it 
But Jah lion shines bright in us and we only need to see it 
Jah lion is shining bright in us and all we need to do is reveal it

Sow Your Seeds

Alpha Roots, Chiefo, Fady, bitzone, Lady of Fire Poetry, Wou-Wou, Russ & CK - Sow Your Seeds

Watch the video and listen to You Listen while soaking in the vibes of Mexican agriculture circa 1950s here: https://fb.watch/2tXYb4EpAr/

I deeply recognize the disparity in ways natural and human disasters affect different groups of people and the need for greater equality of care. I also recognize that I live with many privileges that others do not have. And with these recognitions, I still believe there is space for us all to have a gratitude practice while passionately endeavoring for positive change.  

I am grateful for all the accumulated creativity and work of our ancestors that lead to the eventual creation of the internet and SoundCloud which has enabled us to remain artistically connected during this period of increased physical isolation. 

May everyone’s seeds be fruitful and multiply.

Jonathan Beckenstein: Rhythm Guitar, Fake Steel Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Calebass: Guitars and Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/calebass
Jon Lock: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5 
Janine Levinson: Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson
 the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix, Master, and Campfire Leader
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse: Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

We thank this seed with its potency
To bring forth fruits so copiously
With opened hearts and festivity  
4 20 days of ceremony 
 
You listen
Oh, you listen
We’re thankful that 
You listen

You listen
Yea, you listen
In the morning dew
You glisten

We honor you with crimsoned desire
Following Nanahuatl who jumped in the fire
May your sacrifices continue to inspire
And bring forth gratitude until we expire 

The days are long and the weather is hot
We call on the rains to weather our crops
Bless the labor of men and divined thought 
Honored to sacrifice for all that we got 

We thank this seed with it’s potency
To bring forth fruits so copiously
With opened hearts and festivity  
4 20 days of ceremony 
 
We be handing out the alms for the love of Xipe Totec
Got the gods in the house garlands all around their necks
Sitting on sheaves, leaves of tzapote 
Honoring renewal of life and all that is holy 
Flayed in the way maize loses layers 
With hope of vegetation we given up the prayers
Flayed in the way maize loses layers 
With hope of vegetation we given up the prayers

Jonathan Beckenstein, Janine Levinson, Jon Lock, Russ, Calebass & CK - You Listen

It sure seems there's always malice in the palace. Either you’re in the palace causing malice or you’re trying to stop the malice. In both cases there's still malice in the palace. As subjects, we have to live with that malice, so get out and vote. And if voting doesn’t make a difference, get out there and storm the palace, but only for a cause I believe in, lol. 

I love roots reggae and am stuck in the period between '68 and '82. Don’t get me wrong, ska is great, and I lump rocksteady into my preferred period of reggae. And I am not saying I don’t appreciate later periods of reggae and dancehall. I did enjoy the 90s dancehall that often went along with golden era hip hop. But I will always like 70s roots reggae best. I must be old. 

Thanks SoundCloud friends for making roots reggae with me and helping me LARP my musical fantasies. You're all the best! May everyone live out their rock star dreams.

Joerxworx: Horns
https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
D. D. Danahy: Keyboards 
https://soundcloud.com/darren-d-danahy
Heartscore: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
Jon Lock: Bass and Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Bitzone: Drums and Percussion
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com
Wou-Wou & Wormling: Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling

Trodding in this world of inequity 
People dying in the city
Kings in palaces show no pity
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you can tell us 
And don’t you try to quell us
Or we’ll be storming up the citadel, yes! 
You’ve got to be pure of heart and pure mind
Cause blessed are the pure in heart
So you’ve got to live clean
If you know what I mean
There’s malice in the palace
We’re storming the citadel, yes!
And in the end, the last shall be first, and the first last 
For many shall be called, but few shall be chosen
Trodding in this world of inequity 
People are dying in the city
And kings in palaces dem show no pity
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you can tell us 
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it
For him it is sin
And that is the way of the righteous
For the path may be rocky
But the conscious can remain clean
If you know what I mean
There’s malice in the palace 
And we’re storming the citadel, yes!
For many are called, but few are chosen
There’s malice in the palace 
There’s malice in the palace, 
Queen Majesty let’s lick up the chalice
I wanna hear I wanna hear what you have to say
And don’t you lie to us
Or we’ll be climbing the citadel, yes!
Or we’ll be climbing the citadel 
There’s too much inequity 
So don’t you try quell
Do good things for in due season we will reap
So do not grow weary in doing good, y’all
And the fruit of the spirit is love, goodness, and peace 
And against such things there is no law
Living in the righteous way is no flaw
There’s Malice in da palace
And We’re storming the citadel
We’re storming the citadel, yes!
For many are called, but few are chosen
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
Trodding in this world of inequity 
people dying in the city
Kings in palaces dem show no pity
And we’re all going to be storming the citadel, yes!
So Queen Majesty
I wanna have a word with you and lick up da chalice
I wanna hear, I wanna hear, I wanna hear what you have to say
There’s Malice in da palace
There’s Malice in da palace
And don’t you try to quell us
There’s Malice in da palace
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life

Joerxworx, D.D.Danahy, Heartscore, Jon Lock, Bitzone, Russ, the Couch King -  Malice In The Palace

I have a lot of faith that people can be strong enough to recognize where they have done (or are doing) harm and make sincere amends. I also believe that people have the power to heal and forgive wrong doings. It takes great strength to walk together through the fire of our pains and come out the other end holding hands, recognizing and honoring our differences while acknowledging and celebrating our similarities.  

May everyone get a chance to break bread together, enjoy some wine, and share some laughs. 

Thanks again to Calebass, Jon, and Janine for joining me together on a 3rd track. We make a great team! It was really fantastic to have Chris O and Belial Pelegrim finally join a track on my page. Chris O and Belial are two SoundCloud legends in my opinion. I am so grateful to be making music with all my favorite people. If only I had more time to make music with all of my favorites on the cloud. Who knows, maybe I do!

And massive thanks to Russ and the Chaos Cookhouse for baking my bread in their oven once again. If it wasn’t for them, I would only be serving balls of dough. 

Chris O: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/chris-okunbor
Belial Pelegrim: Aurals, Outro Drone, and Additional Percussion 
https://soundcloud.com/belial-pelegrim
Calebass: Guitars and Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/calebass
Jon Lock: Bass
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Janine Levinson: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/janinelevinson 
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, and Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Mix, Master, and Wind Tamer 
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
The Chaos Cookhouse: Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

A rising hurricane blowing out the old
I feel it’s heading my way
Yes, a rising hurricane, heading my way
A rising hurricane blowing out the old
I just feel it’s blowing this way

The wind blows wicked by my side of the street

It’s heading my way

You better blow that away

We hunkered down for the storm breaks 
Sat by the heath till our bones ached
Kept those embers burning for what’s at stake 
Canned those apples for a future bake 
When we can walk across the street 
And give a hand shake 
To our neighbors where the wind don’t take 
A life’s time just to make up for
Past time’s big mistakes  

Well rise-up hurricane and blow out the old
Trade them for a mighty dawn

The wind blows wicked by my side of the street

Push aside the night shades to break a deal
Trade them for a mighty dawn

Even though things still ain’t right
We got deep history still within sight
And at times things can be downright 
Enough to incite our outright 
Deepest ugliest version of contrite 
I still cling tight 
To that hope for that bright light 
That one day things will be made right 
But it ain’t gonna be if we just hang tight 
Word 

The wind blows wicked by my side of the street

A rising hurricane blowing out the old
I just feel, it’s a-heading our way
Push aside the night shades
Break another deal
Trade them for a mighty dawn

Chris O, Belial Pelegrim, Janine Levinson, Jon Lock, Calebass, Russ & CKP - Wind Blows Wicked

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For song and album art visit Wou-Wou & the Wormling at:
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