WHITE FLAG

I made a mess of us
I made a mess of us
Admitting that I’ve wronged you
Is something that I can’t stress enough
Dressed in such an armor
That my heart it kept collecting dust
You are right in every way
When you say “I don’t invest in us”
See us going fisticuffs
Off the rail, on a grudge
I’ve taken solace in the fact 
It happens to the best of us
The pounding in my chest 
It’s such a pain that I can’t discuss 
So brittle is our crazy love
That both of us are afraid to touch
So many times razor sharp words escaped my lips 
You cut yourself on the rusty edge of our relationship
We pulled apart each other instead of really embracing us
Yet we stick together for what… for the sake of it?
So raise the cups and make a toast to all the right choice
Before it’s too late again and your voice becomes my white noise
But here’s the white flag, my ego has surrendered at last
The first cry to fix the dents of the past 
It won’t mend in a flash but I would venture the path
To pick up every bit of good in me that slipped through the cracks
Here’s my apology, I’m sorry I didn’t come through
Regret is all I have for the mistakes that I can’t undo
I’m desperate, looking for a wall that I can punch through
But when the sky bleeds all I want you to know is that I love you

White Flag (2013)

This was originally going to be the opening track for my EP. Written between 2012 - 2013. Recorded in 2013. 

I've decided to scrap the EP. Instead I'm just gonna release the songs separately from time to time. 

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WRITTEN ON THE WALLS 
Came outta the depths of the ocean
Drenched in emotion
With a penchant for everything
Set in my motion
Been blessed with the skill set
Rest is devotion
I was left on my own
I shed sweat for this moment
Learned how to crawl
Before I stepped in the open
Handpicked for the job
Ain’t a guess, I’ve been chosen
And since then
I’ve been obsessed with the notion
If you do it from the heart
They bound to feel it 
All I see is, you about to die diseases
Crying for your freedom, so I signed the release
I pledged my allegiance
And I won’t stop till it rains fire in heaven
And hell freezes
They label me as an oddity
Cuz I solemnly swear to
Not settle for mediocrity 
Product of barbarity
If I started in a blur
Now my vision is pristine, clarity
Since teen been at it
At fifteen the habit 
Took a turn for the better
Since then I’ve had it all wrapped 
I had it all mapped 
In a blueprint 
Tired of the same old 
Trying out a new thing
This is where your run stops
My era moves in
You’ve been snoozing on the one
Setting fire to the booth man

BREAK

Weigh my passion against skills
The scale remains balanced
You better know
Popularity ain’t talent
I’m running rampant 
Hungry like a famine 
I don’t expect any change 
From a bunch of fucking has-beens
I see though, its music for the comatose people
That act as catalyst for their overblown ego
I sobered up before I overdosed
Set to go toe to toe at the very drop of a needle 	
The muzzle is off, the blood it comes rushing in
My road to success was riddled with mud puddles 
And this affair: part love and part punishing 
Supplier of the type of dope you gotta smuggle in
I grab a pen and I dig into my flaws
Every fragment of myself man I spit it thru my jaws
They sat and listened, one had risen to the call
It was all part of the plan, written on the walls 



Written On The Walls (2014)

Written and recorded in late 2013.

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LYRICS:
How long can I hide myself in here?
Eventually I’m gonna face the tidal wave tears
Wide awake my dear, tonight it’s getting clear
‘Cause my heart rate is higher; it’s a side effect of fear 
So on it goes
Through the rain, sleet and falling snow
A bag of bones holds the only proof of my chronicle
Every last secret that this old closet holds
Along with the memories topple like a domino
Please pick me with a silent grace 
And drop me at the island in the sky
With no time and space
I’m seeing in every type of gray
As I lay and lament over 
Fragments of the vibrant days
I’m floating through the mist
In this lonely act of letting go
Been chosen for the kiss
It’s the only thing that’s set in stone
Soaking in my sins 
I proceed to pour my soul into the Styx 
Set sail 

Produced by Nuttkase

Styx River (2014)

(Chorus)

Verse 1
I try to wake up with a smile on my face
But life is white board where smiles get erased
With nothing to fight for, all cries go to waste
I’m in no position to be lied to the face
So I’m losing it, a shell of a head with no screws in it
Vacant inside like a stomach with no food in it
Sick of living life, decaying, I ain’t improving it 
I’m pondering, wonder if I could ever rejuvenate
Now could I ever climb to the top?
Every time I think my mind goes blind to the thought
But Imma try to make it out that I promise and I vow
Take this quarter of my life; fit it right on the slot
Withstand and follow the big plans
Finally got a reason to claw outta this quicksand
And with these hands I’mma make two fists
And break thru these walls today set myself free

(Chorus)

Verse2
Another morning, I’m waking up yawning	
With a cloud hanging over gotta weather the storm and
You ain’t gotta come cuz I’m better alone
And just know that I’ll be fine wherever I’m going 
But lately what fate’s been handing me 
Got me running aimless 
At the edge of my sanity
When nothing changes 
Even your thoughts get dangerous
Cuz you spinning in a whirlwind
Lost in anguish
Verge of a breakdown I gotta restart 
Reality bites, I got all sorta teeth marks 
Only way I can escape is thru a lotta these bars 
Every mistake is a lesson so I honor each scar
Gotta reach far thru the haze and smoke
Though my boat’s leaking water gotta stay afloat
Stop feeling like my mind’s trapped up in prison cell 
I’m done throwing pennies in a dried up wishing well 

(Chorus)

Outro

Note: Beat produced by Soundclick producer. Chorus came with the instrumental.


Mode Silver - IF YOU SAY SO [2011]

Way We Survive ft. Zaki Adnan(2009)

Just Blaze produced one of the hottest beats of 2011 for Drake's "Lord Knows" and the moment I heard it I knew I had to go over it... so here it is! 

LYRICS:

Digging outta my own grave
Taking charge, spewing out the vicious bars
Vision far enough to challenge NASA with their mission Mars
This ain’t even ready
Made from scraps and unfinished parts
Feeding my heart’s hunger, mind’s a self-driven car 
Your squad’s full of newbies and they all salute me
Since it’s a battlefield, I’m on my call of duty
You got a deck full of jokers and they all amuse me
Rap’s on recession, your stock’s falling quickly
Hold up, I’m that ghoul in the attic 
Who decided to make noise and came thru with a classic
Foolproof with this shit and so against the norms that
I’m the wrong pattern on the flow of the fabric
Rap’s been sterilized 
Lyricism epitomized 
Staying underground 
Revolution’s never televised 
Give a dose of reality, free
Never sell a lie
Heat-seeker bout to take off
Better clear the sky
This is an onslaught 
Fuck what ya’ll thought
To me it’s so simple
Like walking into Mordor 
I got you stomping over floorboards 
And this is point of the verse where everybody’s going “Oh lord”
Rappers are finished for real
My mind’s working overtime, no “Limitless” pills

MODE SILVER - LORD KNOWS [2011]

Something I did late last year (2011). Produced by Anno Domini. 

MORE @ www.facebook.com/modesilvermusic

DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND

Verse 1
Let’s take a trip to the dark depths
Where freedom is a farfetched concept
Its constant hardship
Where mad men keep plotting who to bomb next
And holy words get taken outta context
Slaves in suits trade blood money, conquest
Brainwashed, bomb’s strapped in and alarm’s set
Blood over sand for the love of the land
And I can feel the eye of the devil as it watches

Verse 2
It’s like a scene of a crime
The dark recess of mind
The heart’s beating for the sake of it
No reason or rhyme
Every season gets worse
The blind leading the blind
See to the skies, hands together
In need of a sign
Greed’s the key to the grind
Media feeding the words
Reading between every line
Seeding the evil in earth
You gotta bleed at a price
How much freedom is worth?
Cut the demon at the root of it
Defeating the curse
An immediate rush
Turn every city to dust
Look at the evil in the eye
Then treat it as such
Take a trip back
Seeing thru the eyes of the jobless,
The man in the mosque
To the man with the crosses
Dare ask a mother what 
The pain of a loss is
Street’s on fire
And the law is lawless 
Just donno where the flaw is
Spinning in the middle
Where the eye of the storm is

ModeSilver

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