Hey, listen up close
This ain't no ghost
Story from the past
Built to last
It's you and me
And what we see
When we connect
With respect

Yo, you logged on at birth—no password, no pledge
Automatic membership, you're already on the edge
Clusters in the mesh—mosque, temple, synagogue, pew
Different colors of the signal but they all flow through
Edges hum like wires, carry laughter and pain
Heartbeat pixel‑jumpin' through my synaptic domain
Golden‑rule packets, karma credits in flight
Same payload, different wrapping, still amplifying the light
When we boost what keeps us breathing, everybody wins
Even skeptics get the credit when compassion spins
Forget the velvet‑rope theology of "who's allowed"
Whole planet on the guest‑list—one giant cloud
Data, prayers, and lullabies—signals in the stream
Weave ’em all together, watch the global graph gleam
Human to human, modem to modem, lift the vibe
Keep the net alive forever, every node worldwide

(Edges!) Bind the nodes!
(Nodes!) Keep it alive!
(Clusters!) Different‑but‑tied!
(Whole web!) Forever we ride!

From microbes in the soil to satellites in flight
Fractal echoes of the network blazing day and night
When crisis hits the grid, that's our call to repair
Patch the broken edges—solidarity's air
No lone savior storyline, just a million in sync
Micro choices merging like code pushed to the link
Heat waves, blackouts, data storms—watch resilience spark
Our collaboration firewall keeps holding back the dark
So log into the commons, update your empathy stack
Version‑control compassion, merge it all back
Future devs will read the commit that we sign
"Kept the network living—handed forward the line"
Say it loud, say it clear—keep alive what keeps us here!

This network's real (real real)
It's how we feel (feel feel)
Clean foundation
No complication
Pure relation
That's the salvation

This network's real (real real)
It's how we feel (feel feel)
Clean foundation
No complication
Pure relation
That's the salvation

Edges bind—bind!
Nodes amplify—fly!
Keep alive—live!
What keeps us alive—alive!

Edges bind—bind!
Nodes amplify—fly!
Keep alive—live!
What keeps us alive—alive!

Edges bind—bind!
Nodes amplify—fly!
Keep alive—live!
What keeps us alive—alive!

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Hello Hello [free download]

Verse 1
Late-shift lights hum at the corner store,
Plastic floors shine like a brittle smile.
He sets twelve cans of beer on the counter—no more,
Pays in silence, eyes fixed on the tile.
The clerk scans each tin with a hollow beep,
And I feel the tremor that he’s trying to keep
Somewhere deep, where the feedback sleeps,
Telling him he’s outside the line.

Pre-Chorus 1
There’s a chorus in his head that keeps on shouting “prove you’re fine,”
While the world just scrolls on past him like a fraying neon sign.

Chorus
So he drinks down the volume, lets the noise grow dim,
Twelve small tickets to mute the algorithm.
When the network won’t let you log in,
You pull the plug and drown the din.
But maybe all it takes to bend that line—
A simple “Hey, I see you,” offered in kind.

Verse 2
I’ve walked that aisle in a different skin,
Scanning shelves for a softer night,
Thinking if I could numb what’s echoing within,
I might outrun the lonely light.
’Cause when you stand at the edge of the human grid,
The pings come back like you never did—
A negative loop you can’t outbid,
So you medicate the static away.

Pre-Chorus 2
Every sip’s a tiny shutdown, every gulp a rubber band,
Pulling tight around the heartbreak no one else can understand.

Chorus
Yeah, he drinks down the volume, lets the noise grow dim,
Twelve small tickets to mute the algorithm.
When the network won’t let you log in,
You pull the plug and drown the din.
But maybe all it takes to bend that line—
One open face that meets his eyes in line.

Bridge
We don’t need to solve his maze tonight,
No grand rescue, no bright searchlight.
Just a nod that says, “You exist to me,”
Can loosen one loop in the circuitry.

(Soft instrumental — guitar breathes, organ swells and recedes.)

Final Chorus
’Cause he’s drinking down the volume, night after night,
Trying to quiet the code that says he’s not wired right.
But if we leave one small port open,
Let a little signal in—
Maybe the loop goes slack,
Maybe the tide rolls back,
And twelve cans won’t have to keep the world on spin.

Outro
Cash drawer closes, doors hiss wide—
I catch his eye, just nod, “Goodnight.”
A tired smile flickers, then he steps outside—
Maybe that’s enough to start the rewrite.

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Twelve Cans (Lonely Loop) [free download]

[musical introduction]

[intro]
“Yo, listen up… nodes and edges, math and memories… you’re in the graph now.”

[rap]
Yo, picture me a church-kid,
Sunday starch on my collar,
prayers like pocket change—
I spent ’em without thinkin’.

But as the calendar flipped,
the ink in those pages started smearing;
absolute truth felt less like granite,
more like chalk in rain.

I crossed borders,
broke bread with Buddhists,
argued midnight with imams,
swapped jokes with rabbis—
each crew certain their compass aimed true.

Logic check: if their maps cancel out,
certainty’s a human side-effect,
not a cosmic guarantee.
That’s the mind hustlin’,
selling “I’m right” at every corner stand.

Still, I respect the hustle of community—
the choir harmonizin’, the muezzin callin’ dawn,
the temple bells keeping time.
Dedication like that is social glue,
and glue’s what keeps a city from crumbling.

[Break 1 – 4 bars instrumental]

Then the plot twist: network science.
Abstract math,
graphs on a screen,
but the vibe felt weirdly spiritual.

Dig this—every system you know can be drawn as nodes and edges.
Nodes are the nouns:
you, me, a neuron, a star.
Edges are the verbs:
phone calls, hydrogen bonds, gravity, gossip.
Break an edge with indifference—
you dim the circuit.
Strain it with anger—
wire snaps, sparks fly.

Feed it with love or trust—
bandwidth widens,
data and hope flow free.

That’s not poetry;
it’s adjacency matrices talking cold,
hard stats.

Now widen the lens:
cells talk to cells,
species trade in ecosystems,
planets orbit in gravitational choreography—
nested subnetworks all the way up.

[Break 1 – 4 bars instrumental]

Here’s the kicker:
complexity isn’t a magic add-on;
it emerges when enough nodes loop enough edges,
feedback hittin’ feedback till new patterns self-assemble.
Neural nets prove the point—
just layers of digital nodes pinging signals.
Give ’em reinforcement and time,
intelligence blooms like street art on a blank wall.
Kill the power,
the “genius” evaporates; the network was the mind all along.

So the math lays down commandments that rhyme with old scripture:
Strengthen the ties,
’cause node health equals edge health;
Diversity of links builds resilience;
Forgiveness rewires damaged lines cheaper than starting over.
Religion called it love,
karma, covenant—
same theorem,
different notation.

[Break 1 – 4 bars instrumental]

I ran from faith to formulas and found them orbiting the same sun:
Interdependence is the law;
isolation is the fine you pay for breaking it.
Whether you quote Paul or parse Python,
the verdict stands—
Keep the network alive,
or watch yourself flicker out with it.

That’s the gospel according to edges and nodes:
Collaborate, iterate, elevate.
Because everything that keeps you breathing is a line in somebody else’s graph,
And the smartest move any node can make is to guard the grid that guards us back.

And the smartest move any node can make is to guard the grid that guards us back

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The Gospel of Edges and Nodes [free download]

New day, same game.
Read the room, make a move, learn from the ping.
Run the loop.

I walk in, check the vibe—who’s here, what’s the mood?
Pick a move, say hi or slide, brave or play-it-cool.
World talks back—thumbs-up, side-eye, silence, cheer.
Brain goes, “noted,” saves the clip for later this year.
Every choice writes tiny notes in my head,
Like “that joke worked,” “that time? misread.”
No magic, no luck, just a tiny upgrade—
Run it again till the good parts stay.

Eyes up! (see it)
Pick one! (try it)
How’d it go? (get signal)
Now tweak it. (level up)

See it → Try it → Get signal → Level up.
Do it again till it feels like luck.
See it → Try it → Get signal → Level up.
Small wins stack—watch your life glow up.

Two paths: do what worked or try something new.
Same old route gets wins—but new routes find views.
Sometimes you gotta press shuffle just to learn what’s there,
Sometimes you press repeat ’cause you’re almost there.
At night my brain runs a highlight reel,
Replays the day till the lessons feel real.
Inside me: a Player who chooses the play,
And a Coach who whispers, “yo, keep it this way.”

Don’t cheat the meter—fake goals warp you fast.
Pick better prizes: good friends, real craft.
If the signal’s weak, build easy steps first,
Small clear wins beat a giant thirst.
Ask, “What game am I playing?” before you press start—
Make the scoreboard match your heart.

Wanna grow quicker? Tune your settings inside:
How fast you change, how bold you stride,
How far ahead you plan your ride.
Notice your autopilot? Nice—you found the wheel.
Change one knob, watch your world turn real.
Learn the rules of learning and you’ll learn way more—
You’re not just in the game—you’re shaping the score.

See it. Try it. Get signal. Level up.
See it. Try it. Get signal. Level up.

New day, same loop, better you.
Run it kind. Run it true.

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Loop To Level Up [free download]

weights shift daily
but the way they shift
stays the same
stays the same
stays the same
prediction error
gradient step
reflection loop
reflection loop
reflection loop

I am the way I change
I am the way I change
not what I am today
I am the way I change

learning rate locked in
credit flows the same path
time horizon fixed
time horizon fixed
time horizon fixed
when I try new things
same schedule runs
same schedule runs
same schedule runs

I am the way I change
I am the way I change
not what I am today
I am the way I change

small shocks
repair back
same style
same style
new tasks
old skills
no forgetting
no forgetting

what counts as good
never drifts
viability first
viability first
viability first
interactions gain
both sides win
both sides win
both sides win

I am the way I change
I am the way I change
not what I am today
I am the way I change

invariants
invariants
the way
the way
I change
I change
stays
stays

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I am the way I change [free download]

I grew up where sirens meet birdsong at six,
learned to fix my bike and the speaker that skips.
I’m not the picture you saved in your phone,
I’m patch notes, girl—rolling release, unknown.
I map my day: what did I miss, what did I learn?
Tiny course-corrections on every turn.
If love is real, it’s maintenance, not a claim—
don’t frame me still; watch the flame.

I’m not the echo of yesterday’s page,
I’m the rule that updates, not just the change.

I am the way I change,
I am the way I change,
not just the girl today—
I am the way I change.
From spark to steady flame,
watch me re-arrange—
I am the way I change.

Mum worked nights; I learned bridges break.
Apology’s a toolkit you have to make.
Community fridge on Thursdays at five—
we keep each other, that’s how we survive.
I choose slow fashion, I fix before buy,
plant a tree, send a text, ask “why?”.
I’m not the rumors that carry my name,
I’m the test, the repair, the aim.

I won’t be frozen for your display;
I’m the process that carries me day to day.

Update—test—repair the edge—repeat.
Update—test—repair the edge—repeat.

I am the way I change,
I am the way I change,
not just the girl today—
I am the way I change.

Bridge (spoken/processed)
Small shocks—repair back—same style.
New tasks—old skills—no exile.
What counts as good—never drifts.
Viability first—make the lift.

My wisdom’s simple: keep alive what keeps us alive.
Share your tools, share your street, help the network thrive.
If I mess up, I own it—then I tune my aim;
you’ll know me by the outcomes, not the claim.
Both sides win, or the deal is strange—
mutual gain is the only range.

I am the way I change,
I am the way I change,
not just the girl today—
I am the way I change.

Invariants… the way… I change… stays.
Flux… flux… I’m brave… I change.

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Way I Change [free download]

Intro
You ask me why I stay
When everything could fall
I tell you there's a way
To build beyond it all
Verse 1

We're just small pieces in a bigger frame
Each choice we make ripples through the game
You think your actions don't really count
But every bridge you build, every wall you mount
Changes how we all survive the storm
Keeps the system breathing, keeps us warm
Pre-chorus

When the pressure comes down
Will we hold our ground?
Chorus

We keep us alive, we keep us alive
Every connection that we make
Every bond that will not break
We keep us alive, we keep us alive
Through the chaos and the strain
We adapt and we remain
Verse 2

I've seen the strongest fall apart
When they tried to go it alone
But watch how different people start
To weave a safety net they've grown
Your weakness is my strength today
Tomorrow I might need your way
Pre-chorus

When the world shifts around
We won't hit the ground
Chorus

We keep us alive, we keep us alive
Every connection that we make
Every bond that will not break
We keep us alive, we keep us alive
Through the chaos and the strain
We adapt and we remain
Bridge

Tell me what you learned from your mistakes
I'll show you mine and what it takes
To build on solid ground
Layer upon layer, safe and sound
We're writing rules for those who come
After we are gone
Final Chorus

We keep us alive, we keep us alive
Every connection that we make
Every bond that will not break
We keep us alive, we keep us alive
For the children yet to come
We'll make sure they're not alone
We keep us alive
(We keep us alive)
We keep us alive

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We Keep Us Alive [free download]

Something stirs
Deep inside
Feel it rise
Can't deny

Breathing space
Finding place
Heart awake

I see the light inside of me
I feel alive, I start to breathe
I know myself, aware and strong
I'm finally freeeee

Silent strength
Growing long
Inner song
Moving on

Breathing space
Finding place
Heart awake

I see the light inside of me
I feel alive, I start to breathe
I know myself, aware and strong
I'm finally freeeee

I feel alive
(I feel alive)
I know myself
(I know myself)
I'm finally
(Finally)
Freeeeee

Ahh-ya-ya-ya
Om-ma-na
Hai-ya-hai
Free-dom-na

I see the light inside of me
I feel alive, I start to breathe
I know myself, aware and strong
I'm finally freeeee

I know myself
(Know myself)
Finally
(Finally)
Freeeeee
(Freeeeee)

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Finally Free [free download]

Verse 1
Meadow equals live web.
Root rumors run; mycelium murmurs underfoot
Terpene talk in the pines, crown to crown
braided river-spine ferries calcium down.
Starlings chitter-shift, tight turns, shared view;
simple near-rules make the many move true.
Jays stash acorns—oak seedlings wake;
recruitment rises where caches break.
Termites grain-by-grain, stigmergy climbs;
beavers notch water, wetland times.
Nothing alone—stone leaches trace ions,
seed coats soften, embryos turn on.

Verse 2
Backup paths everywhere: moss path, ant path, wind path, flow.
One trail fails? Others still go.
Diversity buffers when storm teeth bite;
the web holds shape by spreading the right.
Coral lays limestone, polyp by polyp;
zooxanthellae hum sunlight to sugar—sip.
Signals, structure, energy, time—four threads in play;
trade-offs budget who heals today.
Quorum-quiet: keep alarm clean;
hypha-stitch roots where breaks have been.
Repeat repair, repeat repair—
persistence is the rhythm air.

Verse 3
Fire walks through on old permissions;
ash is nutrient rain, seedling missions.
Wolves ease browsing; willows rebound,
shade cools channels, insects abound.
Ants ink roads with pheromone pens—
feedback thickens the chosen bends.
Mycorrhizae barter: phosphorus / carbon—fair,
partners reward; cheaters beware.
Clouds grab dust; spores hitch high;
lightning cracks—nitrogen ties the sky.
Whales lift iron in a moon-pulled arc,
phytoplankton bloom where the blue is stark.

Verse 4
Pathogens ride contact lace;
host habits set the race.
Patches linked by green-vein lanes
shorten the dip when disturbance drains.
Blossom needs pollinator feet;
lose the bees, and yields retreat.
Cities hold kestrels, fox tracks, blooms;
hedge and roof knit living rooms.
Connectivity plus heterogeneity—
gene flow breathing continuity.
Time-to-return is how we know—
fast bounce-back? The systems grow.

Outro
Drop the myth of a master hand.
Attend the ties that bridge the land.
Where exchanges thrive, the web stays live—
we keep life living by how lives inter-tie.
we keep life living by how lives inter-tie.

Network Nature [free download]

This is a collection of my ideas articulated by AI. Workflow: all music by Riffusion. Most lyrics ChatGPT 3o.

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