Track #7 on Digital Vinyl

Written by: Gallo, Alpha
Performed by: Gallo, Alpha

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LYRICS:

[Sample of Charles Mingus interview]

VERSE I
[Gallo]
You promised me eternal happiness and bliss,
Everything I ever wanted, everything I ever wished,
Said I'm perfect for your world, you'd change the way I live,
No prenuptial just sign, trust, and seal it with a kiss.

Since a street kid infatuated so dreamed of this,
You had everything I thought was most important so I lived for you...
prayed for and slaved away for this,
False illusion that I had about the promises you pitched.

Bitch you lied to me, said that I could be myself around you,
But everything you told me changed the moment that I found you,
The problem is I fucking hate the people that surround you,
Not worthy of my royalty that's why I never crowned you cause I...

HOOK
[Gallo]
(don't understand)
why I didn't see it sooner,
(she must have told me a lie)
but I was blind
(I wonder why)
I wonder why
(you know me)
I was blind to see
(but I can see)
All your lies and greed

VERSE II
[Alpha]
A hip hop junkie, rocking out since early '93,
Young Alpha perfecting his rhyme and delivery,
Been in love with her for ages, you can tell by all the pages
in my composition pad, I'll announce it up on stages

When I tour...
That's what she promised me, glamour,
Dollar signs in her eyes, I would no longer be poor,
Lavish lifestyle in exchange for my honest soul,
a gain of funds but loss of creative control.

Pressured to sign like it was somebody's cast,
Love becoming hate, everything was moving fast,
Had to ask for My Space the ancient network site,
She buried me alive but underground I saw the light, but I

HOOK
[Alpha]
(don't understand)
why I didn't see it sooner,
(she must have told me a lie)
but I was blind
(I wonder why)
I wonder why
(you know me)
I was blind to see
(but I can see)
All your lies and greed

Verse III
[Gallo]
She said, "let's make a deal boy I promise you the world, all I'm asking in return is your soul"

Bitch you crazy? Hell nahh. My heart and soul is all I have in this cold greedy world,
Plus I'm looking for an independent girl.

I'm looking for someone who will appreciate me wholly,
A conscious mind who isn't trying to change me or control me,
Doesn't put up hurdles when I'm running it with the homies,
Gives me freedom of expression, listens to what I'm flowing.

Doesn't jail me then parole me, trap me inside your walls,
I'm escaping your sentences and breaking out through these bars,
You're the shadiest most lying ass trick I ever saw,
Take advantage of me never hoe I'm gonna hit you raw ahhh!

HOOK
[Gallo]
(don't understand)
why I didn't see it sooner,
(she must have told me a lie)
but I was blind
(I wonder why)
I wonder why
(you know me)
I was blind to see
(but I can see)
All your lies and greed

Verse IV
[Alpha]
Mentirosa, golosa, mujer tan venenosa,
looking all innocent sipping on her mimosas,
Had to flip the script and speak my native Spanish,
maybe now she can step and finally vanish.

Healthy living, enjoying life after the break-up,
yet your blowing up my phone with your attempts to kiss and make-up?
Uh uh... Sorry girl, I'm indie like 5 double zero.
Stuck in denial thinking I will be your superhero.

To come and save you from the dudes you've dated, it's a drag,
generic copies of each other: Major swag,
See no ring on this finger, I'm a bachelor,
and just like Common Sense, I Used To Love H.E.R.

HOOK
[Both]
(don't understand)
why I didn't see it sooner,
(she must have told me a lie)
but I was blind
(I wonder why)
I wonder why
(you know me)
I was blind to see
(but I can see)
All your lies and greed

Gallo - Apate feat Alpha

Unfinished (not mastered) record I made for my other half.

Written and performed by: Gallo for illosophy Music Group
Produced by: Hydro

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LYRICS:

[HOOK x2]
Special to me… Cause you guide me to right you do girl.
You help me see… You’re the light in the night of my world.

[VERSE I]
I thought to make a song for you’d be easy,
Figured I could write some verses, lay ‘em down, breezy,
I put together words that were cliché and cheesy,
But I ripped apart the page, started over cause I Stevie…

…Wonder if a love song would ace my dissertation,
…for my explanation of your love and dedication,
Negative illation so this lyric transformation,
Went from love song to declaration of appreciation.

Thank you, for sticking through my worse times,
Numb the pain even when my hurt is of the worse kinds,
 Sorry it affected us when we were barely first time,
Lovers but we’re only getting better like a good wine.

I know that you were hoping for a cleaner start,
But you’re patience for my troubled mind and feeble heart,
Makes me realize that I never want to swim apart,
My penguin, my mate for life, my eternal counterpart.

[HOOK x2]

[VERSE II]
I never really thought that I would find this…
Person who’d infuse me with their kindness…
Hope was out of sight, My heart’s blindness…
Made me question whether I was worthy of your highness. 

But you make me feel my soul is special,
Added to my value like you’re moving right a decimal,
Thought my heart was hollow now it’s feeling like a chest full,
Take away my sorrow, help me rise above the stressful.

Days… You put me onto better ways,
Became the guiding light that led me from out of this maze,
So I praise… Your beauty and love until the days,
That we grow old and turn our love story’s final page.

But this is only chapter one cause it’s so new,
You heart is real, your touch is warm and I just wanna hold you,
See that precious smile, give you everything I owe you,
The best is yet to come cause there’s nothing that I won’t do… For you...

(HOOK x2)

Gallo - Gratitude

"IndividuILLity" is track 06 on "The Zebra Tapes"
Produced by Max Majesty
Written and performed by Ed Peralta, Gallo, Alpha, and Eagle Eye who appear courtesy of illosophy Music Group.

iMG - IndividuILLity (Prod. by Max Majesty)

"How It Goes" is track 05 on "The Zebra Tapes"
Written and performed by Ed Peralta, Gallo, Alpha, and Eagle Eye who appear courtesy of illosophy Music Group.

iMG - How It Goes

"GeneratioNext" is track 04 on "The Zebra Tapes"
Written and performed by Alpha, who appears courtesy of illosophy Music Group.

LYRICS:

[INTRO] 
[Alpha adlibs]

[VERSE I] 
The future looks grim, lacking any ambition. 
Made worse by certain programs on television. 
That these kids eat up like a happy meal. 
Jersey Shore, Teen Mom, crazy mass appeal.

And that's real, de-evolution has occurred. 
Back to grunts and mumbles instead of spoken word. 
Second trip to dark ages, dawn of man. 
Youth going ape shit like orangutan.

Plus today's pop music has completely dumbed down. 
Can't tell if that's an artist or a sideshow clown. 
Yup, it's the latter. All the dimwitted chatter, 
is enough to deplete all of our brain matter.

And scatter thoughts, make us prey for mainstream. 
Unlucky when we pray this is just a bad dream. 
Going dumb is wack, no diss to the Bay. 
Let wisdom in and ignorance richochet.

[CHORUS] 
[sample] 
[Alpha adlibs]

[VERSE II] 
Shortage of heroes, I wish there was a genie in a bottle. 
To grant the children intellectual role models. 
The type who don't just fist-pump throughout the week. 
But the type of mentor who dares be unique.

Go against the grain to stimulate the brain. 
A beautiful mind fixed on a knowledge driven campaign. 
Enough with the champagne and making it rain. 
That mentality is dead like Saddam Hussein.

I mean, surely there's more profound topics around. 
But the kids live off commercial, rarely underground. 
Resembling extras from the movie Zombieland. 
Young mindless drones from Beijing to Oakland.

Man quarters and dimes cuz change has to occur. 
Take the road less traveled I'll be your chauffeur. 
Truth is, most current public figures sicken me. 
Promoting ignorance, makes them no diff than Casey Anthony.

[CHORUS] 
[sample] 
[Alpha adlibs]

iMG -  GeneratioNext

"Overthrow The Jungle" is track 03 on "The Zebra Tapes"
Produced by Mex Sounds
Written and performed by Gallo, Ed Peralta, Alpha, and Eagle Eye who appear courtesy of illosophy Music Group.

iMG - Overthrow The Jungle (Prod. by Mex Sounds)

"Feed The Needy" is track 02 on "The Zebra Tapes"
Produced by Hydro
Written and performed by Ed Peralta and Gallo who appear courtesy of illosophy Music Group.

iMG - Feed The Needy (Prod. by Hydro)

"The Setting" is track 12 on "The Zebra Tapes"
Written and performed by Ed Peralta and Gallo who appear courtesy of illosophy Music Group.

LYRICS:

VERSE I
[Ed Peralta]
Welcome, Welcome to the big stage,
Where the light shines and my music plays,
Where the birds chirp and they run game,
It’s all good though I’m just trying to spread legs.

I’ve seen a few things; I’ve tried love once.
She sent no love, and then I went nuts.
When you get this age you can’t control us,
and I can’t control the way you notice.

The little things when your brain start to focus,
You see the big lights; you see the purpose.
I see this hurts you; but where that hurt from?
You must of thought twice before you went numb.

I remember late nights all up on my telephone,
Now the stage is the only place I’m calling from.
I’m so addicted to this motherfucking microphone,
Until I’m on one, this is what I’m rapping on.

CHORUS
I found this beat then I wrote this shit,
Beneath the moon with my mind fully open. 
My intention was to bring us closer,
but the stage made a barrier for both us.

This the shit that you bump real late,
This that shit that I play on stage,
This the feeling that I felt that day,
and this the setting that I dreamed and made.

VERSE II
[Ed Peralta]
Welcome... Welcome... to this new day,
watch the sun rise hear my music play,
See the palm trees, you feel a better way,
and I’m a make you feel better on this Saturday.

I illuminate, I like to make it shine,
this the setting that I make when I feel alive.
Still I thrive, searching for a better side,
as walk this stage I make a better life.

And so I pace this stage but I walk slow,
hoping I get the chance to see your eyes glow.
I’m your Urkel; you’re my Laura Winslow,
tears drop when I’m staring out this window.

It’s all good and I’m feeling just fine.
and right now I’m just living my life.
Though my hands got a hold of this knife,
just know I’ma kill it tonight.

CHORUS
I found this beat then I wrote this shit,
Beneath the moon with my mind fully open. 
My intention was to bring us closer,
but the stage made a barrier for both us.

This the shit that you bump real late,
This that shit that I play on stage,
This the feeling that I felt that day,
and this the setting that I dreamed and made.

VERSE III
[Gallo]
Welcome… Welcome… I just wanna clarify,
I’m liquored up, so you can bet that you won’t hear me tell a lie,
Well if I, see hell tonight, my soldiers will be well advised,
This a revolution, so it will not be televised.

On a mission to occupy the mainstream,
Manifest my vivid dreams with what I do behind the scenes,
Spit illosophy with all the deepest thoughts in me.
I just want thank you for finding what was lost in me.

You’re at the side of an up and coming lyricist,
Spill my soul for these goals, you are steady here in (hearing) this,
My heart is fucked up, somehow you are healing this,
Sometimes this microphone projects my biggest fear in this.

That I neglect you too much and you will fade away,
And only memories remain cause time I can’t regain,
But here I am again in the stuuzy every day,
Music is my mistress, I’m sorry that she brings you pain.

CHORUS
I found this beat then I wrote this shit,
Beneath the moon with my mind fully open. 
My intention was to bring us closer,
but the stage made a barrier for both us.

This the shit that you bump real late,
This that shit that I play on stage,
This the feeling that I felt that day,
and this the setting that I dreamed and made.

iMG - The Setting

Song: "Relate"
Album: Digital Vinyl 2
Written and performed by Gallo for illosophy Music Group
Produced by: Vanilla

Lyrics:

VERSE I
Nah, I'm not a simple minded lyricist,
I'm more obsessed with artistry than swagger and appearances,
My rhetoric is timeless and in time will get reverences,
While other cats are going out of style like store clearances.

I'm here in this, world on a temporary tenancy,
Pissing off the landlord since my momma's pregnancy,
Menacing from the moment Doc chopped the umbilical,
Everything I've witnessed set my mind up to be lyrical.

No longer spiritual but I've seen hell and heaven,
I listened more to veteranos than I did the reverend,
Sippin' Mickey 40 bottles at 7-11,
Until this music saved me, otherwise I'd be a felon.

From sellin' urban pharmaceuticals to base heads,
Living blind until I took the red pill in this Matrix,
Took me through the rabbit hole, the sweetest thing I've tasted,
Now I see life is beautiful and all this time I've wasted.

Now I copied and pasted my former lessons,
To notepads, and used this hip hop for my expression.

HOOK x2
it's a blessing, this gift that I've been given,
To turn my thoughts to verses every day that I am living,
On top of that, to have the chance to take your ears and make,
this music from the heart and soul for all y'all to relate.

VERSE II
Whether it's love stories, tales of pain, or other categories,
Sunshine, cloudy skies or acid rain is pouring,
These metaphors for life, I turn to similes cause like,
I express myself as poets do through beats and voice recordings...

...on this mic.
I do it justice, do it right,
I know you'll feel my passion when you play my shit at night,
I'm that guy who makes the music that ain't catchy as you'd like,
But that shit that's on the radio don't represent your life.

They make you feel you're less than them cause you don't have their riches,
I make you feel you're everything you see in dreams and wishes.
They preach misogyny, disrespect and call you bitches,
I show you that you're queens, not just one who does the dishes.

I will keep on sharing my visions through beats and writtens,
For as long as you will vibe out and listen to what I'm spittin',
I'm grateful for your time and your interest and when I'm gone,
Don't mourn, just let live on when you play my songs.

HOOK x2

Gallo - Relate

Song: "Re-Rack"
Album: A Beautiful Mente
Written and performed by Alpha for illosophy Music Group
Produced by: Rosella Esse

Alpha - Re-Rack

Song: "A Chance"
Album: Digital Vinyl 2
Written and performed by Gallo for illosophy Music Group
Produced by: Vanilla

LYRICS:

BRIDGE
Let's make a toast tonight,
If you ever felt that feeling when they hold you tight,
And the clock stops, your heart skips, it just feels right,
cause you know that this person is your mate for life.

Raise your glasses high,
If you ever felt that feeling when they hold you tight,
When the clock stops, your heart skips, it just feels right,
cause you know that this person is your mate for life.

HOOK
(Gave my heart a chance)
Cause you gave me a chance and now I owe you the world,
(Gave my heart a chance)
And I'm forever grateful I could call you my girl,
(Gave my heart a chance)
Cause you gave me a chance and now I owe you the world,
(Gave my heart a chance)
And now I owe you...

VERSE I
I used to preach freedom, a single life lobbyist,
If a million cupids shot their arrows they would probably miss,
My mind was made up, to me it seemed so obvious,
That I would live my life alone, no wife and snotty kids.

But one night angel's apparition,
made a player change position and I started thinking different,
The wounds upon my heart healed and at that point I knew,
That this angel was my destiny and that angel was you.

HOOK

SAMPLE

VERSE II
Just keep on doing you,
Stick around and I will be like glue to you,
To date a rapper isn't easy, all of this is new to you,
I cheat on you with hip hop, aside from that I'm true to you,
Days are her's but at night, you love the things I do to you... Haha

You're everything I never thought I'd find,
The flyest of the fly with a heart so divine,
Your smile brought me in but you seduced me with your mind,
Now forever by your side I'll be until the end of time.

Close your eyes, let your heart be the guide,
Take my hand and I'll do the same, the blind lead the blind,
You're so refined, so benign, that I find,
That no rhymes I design, could define this sublime.

Love.. I'm just glad that I'm the lucky one,
You chose, as we grow from the very day our love begun,
I asked you for a dance, You gave to me your hand,
Now we're in a sweet romance cause you gave my heart a chance.

HOOK

BRIDGE

Gallo - A Chance [prod. by Vanilla]

Song: Dennis the Menace
Produced by: Max Majesty
Written and performed by Synnsere, Gallo, and Alpha for illosophy Music Group

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Synnsere - Dennis the Menace ft Gallo & Alpha

Gallo One
Alpha Raw
Synnsere
Phelix
ShoGun
Bicks Boogie

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As a collective, each member of iMG contributes their own path and biography through the music that they generate.
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This group would not limit itself to the status quo, nor make music for the purposes of popularity or to fit a certain "mold" of what music sounds like at the time. Conscientious of this, illosophy strives to make quality music that although unique in nature, is still compelling to the average ear.
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iMG strives to share the gift of music and knowledge and will stop at nothing to deliver all of their efforts to the hearts and souls of the listeners.

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