The mixtape is the first to be released by Nigerian based hiphop artist  "Th3 Ghost" under the fast rising label from the south 'Southern Heritage'. It was executively produced by Mecca Records. 
The structure and arrangement style of the materials is certainly ahead of its time in these parts. It starts off with a slow tempo which eases you into a diary with a timeline warped in melodic and daring instrumentals.

The progressive nature of the stories he told is another standout achievement, lemme clarify that statement. In Track 2 (Me and My Homie) the character shared blunt time with a friend  as they realised the need to make money and they dreamt about what to do with the money when it arrives...In Track 3 (My Cross) the character loses the money...leading to some self reflection while having some alone time with his blunt ala Track 4(Smoking Session).

The Mixtape embodies complex lyricicsm and story-telling at its best and features a wide array of ridiculously gifted underground mcs (YL, pRo, King Karnel, Tentik). It is a journey into the mind of one of the greats. It is a timeless piece.

When asked about the inspiration for the title, he simply said  'The moon is the 2nd brightest object in the sky, It is a source of light even though it produces none, it appears as a bright white light yet its surface is dark, I can relate to it, I can relate to nature cos it helped me find peace.'


Trees. Moon. Tranquility.

TH3 Ghos(Spoken waters +)

AT THE EVE
 Th3 Ghost

VERSE 1
it dont matter where u start
even the snail reached the ark
a wildfire was once a spark
once upon a time it was dark
"bark"
woof woof for my real dogs 
hope we pay the bills
 with the billboards
pray when i reach the top 
i dont free fall
sometimes it is death 
that i feel calling/phil collin 
in the air tonight 
i'm aware o' the mic 
i'm aware o' d fight
dark thoughts...
i'm aware o' d light
i try to be the best....yes
but they stress, 
that i try to be the rest
i'm tryna be the first of a kind 
unkind to the beat 
but kind to the streets
pepelean of the book of leaves 
take me away
God gave breath
but i'm tryna take it away..
.breathtaking

((Phil Collins:))
I've seen your face before, my friend
 but I dont know if you know who I am 

Verse 2
 hey yo ghost, u the man now 
 u did light us up, u they trend now 
 i hope u got dope songs to render 
me and mecca spinning cuts in the blender
u will remember the name when its december
so i better say my thanks now 
thanks for the downloads
thanks for the curvy round hoes
i never thought i'd find those
thanks for the new kicks 
thanks for teaching 
this old dog new tricks 
thanks for buying a few discs 
with bullshit ramblings of a madman
i never thought it'd happen but it happened 
thanks for clapping when i'm rapping 
thanks for showing up at events 
thanks for buying me a clean benz 
or maybe i shouldn't overstep 
the night isnt over yet

Phil Collins: But I was there and I saw what u did,
 I saw it with my own 2 eyes.....

VERSE 3
oh dear lord please hear my cry 
but it echoed
no one heard ghost
why is life a merry go ?
her little lamb's a black sheep now
here we go....
on this very note is my very soul
i gotta dig deep
cos it makes me whole 
i hope it makes me blow
i set the bar then i'll trump it
then i'll raise it again
cos i aint to funk with
i'll end the fun quick like 
...who let the dogs out
woof woof woof 
the kush went swoosh 
now u see the proof 
but we dont see the roof 
we just top what we top
stop what we stop
drop what we drop
we never drop the plot 
we plot to drop 
all the heads on top
and u are right to think 
that we aint gone stop
that we aint gon flop
i give props to the cream of the crop
i hope their fans screams never stop
but i wanna be ur own rapper
lord guide my way to the top

Phil Collins: I can feel it coming in the air 2nite
 and i've been waiting for this moment for all my life
 can u feel it comin..............

17. At The Eve

BALANCE 
 Th3 Ghost

its history nigha....

VERSE 1
I knew this rap shit 
way back when i was 12
i swear rapping back then was swell
had dreams of being top-sell 
but the songs that i wrote back then 
still sit on my top shelf 
and i....
gave up on chasing dreams as i chased cream
to be fair...the street aint what it seems
lips sealed..i let my heart do the talking
lips sealed..i let y'all do the sucking
did more than run the streets 
i 'forest gumped' it
they say i brag a lot 
yet i aint known to the public
i say its just me u either hate or u love it
cos when it all ends 
...even God blows his trumpet
i don learned a thing or 2 
and i aint having the success pie
without God's hand in it 
call it finger food
the light at the end of the tunnel is a beam
so fuck freddy Kruger
i'm living the dream
cant lose my balance 

HOOK
cant be losing balance **
i wont slip 
i wont fall
although the storm is strong 
i'll hold on
cant be losing my balance 

VERSE 2
show me the john
am 'bout to terminate this shit 
big time
ama go to every corner/conner screaming 'it is time'(**Terminator..John Conner, It is Time**)
welcome to the show 
this G be the Host 
better delivery than the post
only other delivery i respect the most
...the day that mama delivered the ghost
u live and u learn 
i came into this world on a rainy day
know wonder i flow so
walk in my shoes u will get ur feet burned 
dont u know so
been doing this just to grow, so ama stay planted 
but dont feed me shit 
all i need is the limelight to spit
when the time's right 
i'd sit......on my throne
Ferrari testarosa should be taking me home 
no Sister Rosa (Rosa Parks) 
just a cute gal at the back of a boss/bus
cos i cant be losing my balance 

VERSE 3
oh u a star now u a lot more famous 
but my shit runs the planets 
fuck whats coming out ur anus/uranus
thats the result of my mind read 
wishing i'm smoking hot
are these pipe dreams ?
hitting that night train 
as our mates drive the range rover
living like a monkey
everyday hangover 
stopped smoking to please a gal who's breathtaking
rumors made u question decisions that u making
u weren't too sure if she had the same affection
would ur heart pop if u face one direction
now u wake up questioning ur own reflection
i guess..u were just scared of perfection
but thru the storm..thru the fair weather
hustle till u boxed up like u fought mayweather 
until ur garage becomes a slave ship
....damn, now thats a lotta whips 

HOOK
cant be losing balance **
i wont sleep 
i wont fall
although the storm is strong 
i'll hold on
cant be losing my balance

14. Balance (J Cole cover)

DEAR LORD
 Th3 Ghost, Kiki, Tentik, YL

Man: I count 6 shots nigha
Django: I count 2 guns nigha
Th3 Ghost: and I count 9 lives man....can I talk my shit
 
Th3 Ghost
when i step into the studio
black suits and red roses
funeral for the instrumental (rest in peace)
middle finger for the vengeful
the throne is mine..it aint on rental
ur only crown is in ur dental
incase a nigha tryta hunt me
i watch my back 
cos they too scared to confront me
screaming...
fuck the world as am fucking my fav girl
make sense cos she the world to me
but this world is hurting me
dear lord i just hope and pray u supporting me
and the junkies be snorting me
but the ignorants be ignoring me
shit is annoying me
i'm in the building, the game is in the safe with me
fuck sam smith, my bro the only one who stay with me.
rap song for the low riders
chain smoking like the ghost rider
oh my...i'm on a roll/row but i never stay in line
i'm a rebel
i'm here to play the game 
just another level
i might date a girl named ruth
..then break up on her bday just to show i'm ruthless.
truth is..i dont give a fuck what u feel
core fans know the dude ill
emzolyn with a few pills ..

Kiki (Chorus)
dear lord make u scatter all the faces
of the persons when done swear to never see my future
make u wash them up with shame 
shit upon them with disgrace
since dem never take their eyes off my pictures 
dear lord make u scatter all the places 
wen dem gather, they rehearsing for my songs of service 
as dem gather make dem knw 
for the vision make e show 
say dem no go see my songs of service 
se back inna the days dem a hating me 
now they wanna come around and claim friends to me 
physically dem no go fit relate to me 
so spiritually dem wanna come test
see back inna the days dem a hating me 
now they wanna come around and claim friends to me 
put a shut-up pon dem start 
till they swear that dem no go start chasing me...oh lord

Tentik
regular nigha, spitting that irregular flow
been on my mark for so long 
i'm ready to go
i got my cd on...i'm ready to blow 
u put my cd on and hear a hell of a flow 
yo... i'm nice like that 
like mike i'm bad 
you's a cool cat yeah
but on the mic u wack...uhn.
and thats why we cannot collab 
it aint personal, its business
so y u mad ??
u too sensitive, u need to let loose
am so ahead of time my last move is ur next move 
I am Tentik...nigha fuck a govt name 
only the strong survive but my govt lame 
how ironic that the make it and the masses dont 
but i aint here to point fingers mehn...
pass the blunt, make i burn my pain
and drown my palava 
and fuck y'all telling a nigha to go commercial...am good

Kiki (((Chorus)))

YL
praise to the most high
am at the crossroads with a crossbow 
and this crow watching ghost ride
put it together.. we the brothers of destruction
with a coffin ofcourse for whoever's causing obstruction 
took a stand with our four feet
till u forfeit
didnt force it when i spit sick
leave u 6feet
i've had it with nighas rambling quotes 
which rapper's the most dope?
yeah i brag of having a ghost
he's the trend setter 
who's the greatest u ever quote ?
its the conjuring..yeah i'll be calling the ghost...u knw
after YL aint no living rapper can come close
except my bro
yeah thats y he's called ghost 
and my bars slicker than y'all nighas 
and i'm on liquor the bars sicker 
am god nigha
from the big heart but aint no love in my city
cant believe am loving my city 
pellyville

11. Dear Lord ft Kiki, Tentik, YL

MIND PLAYING TRICKS
 Th3 Ghost

VERSE 1
yo, what up Mecca
can i talk my shit?
ok.....huh, the rap moriarty
in this world i dunno who to trust
stupid fucks...even lil kids wanna school a boss
you cant rule with us cos u aint straight 
you'se a faggot 
i'm done with ur wack shit 
nigha i have had it
heavy like a ton on me 
i swear they gotta honour me
how i take shape when they corner me
you all know puff adder 
and i aint talking cassie (**puff had her**)
i'm talking classy 
cassius clay took a back seat 
in the mind of the greatest
you listening to the underrated
more bounce than a ounce on a trampoline 
twitter couldnt handle me 
i'm a vandal...hiphop's van gogh
i paint a perfect picture
 when i hit u with my scripture
i'm wary of the future
cos karma fucks e'rybody 
i call that karma sutra

your mind is playing tricks on ya........REPEAT

VERSE 2
at age 8 while eating Quaker oats 
i took an oath to be an earth quaker 
ill rhyme sayer, pussy slayer and manhandler, boston strangler 
long dick in your girlfriend's face dangler
my angular velocity is an atrocity
none in this metropolis fucks with this
u knw my network, very strong connection
but i swear i drop bars 
iller than a trilogy of sickle kids, what my pen is illing there's no medicine 
they screaming 'let us in'
am finna rule, u have no choice 
and wen i voice, always slaughter songs like i know royce 
too many bitches on my rear view hoping that i falter 
but i took the game the alter
and took to the morgue, tapes that i slaughtered 

think u can come here and take my crown
u must got another thing coming

ur minds playin tricks on ya......repeat

VERSE 3
i dont speak for the geeks
i dont word for the nerds
u got a lot to learn
sit back and observe
follow my cue or put ur life on the line 
call 911 i'm the one with the 9
orangutan... my game is ugly
u acting like the money dont count
cos am counting the money
i'm bagging the honeys
this goes out to those that choose to use disrespectful views on the king of the south
i aint stutter when i that i was great
and wen i shower 
i dont remove the cape
i'm superman e'ry single day, shut your mouth boy
i'm hard boiled
u fuck with cash..shells crack and u chicken out
the plan that we hatched buoooy

10. Mind Playin Tricks

TRAGEDY
 Th3 Ghost, YL

Th3 Ghost
huh....when do i start
unleash me....

mama packed his food stuff
u knw.. the good stuff
rice, beans, garri and a few pots
'u going to another town 
make sure u hold it down before u end up in a hole in the ground'
those were the words but his mind drifted 
he didnt hear em
he wasnt yearning for higher learning
just the freedom he was earning
he's still a virgin 
he's been thinking 'bout them girls 
and he's been prepraring 
the only that concerns him huh
he already lost his bearing 'fore the journey started 
he hugs his mama at the park and 
her tears started as the car departed 
partly cos someone u're a part of 
is hard to part with
huh
such a fucking tragedy.....x2
YL

YL 
yeah ok...such a fucking tragedy.....damn
look.....mama i made it
i just stepped foot in a foreign land
and truth be told it was more enhanced 
than what i pictured 
and also the description i got
i couldnt tell if it was fiction or not
all i knw is that the mixture was hot
cold weather pretty gals with more cheddar than most fellas 
and they all smokin pot
heard its a must 
mehn am just hoping its not 
my brain cells/sells i dont want it to rot
i'm tryna migrate from the migraine
but i dont want it to stop
admittedly i am one with the plot
feels like i work in a block
they pay attention by the mention of my name in the streets
i saw fame in this shit
so i'm banging them chicks
unanimous shit
it aint my fault 
tho i fought with my conscience and won
thats why i went from being cautious to fun
feeling very heartless, 
partly cos something you're a part of is hard to part with

Th3 Ghost
the first part was how a mother lost her son
the 2nd part is how the son lost his heart 
the 3rd part...his heart went dark
goddamn the word is full of hurt...

every second spent u're tryna prove ursef
thinking 8mile is too short for u to lose yourself 
until u lose ur belt and then u scream
'fuck the world'
cos u thought life was a box of pearls 
u king of the underworld
now u feeling like an OCTOpus
cats with the 9 get like ten tackles(tentacles)
cos there's no way u letting shit slide
u're deebo every other day except friday
cos thats when u hit the club
looking for a chick to rob
but u fell for this one 
so u tried to pick her up
and have at her
and she dodging like a matador
now u mad at her .......for not offering
but she aint a whore 
she's just an orphan who often comes here cos its awful to be alone 
and she is single
but u were seeing double
the alcohol was making u wobble
u looking for trouble 
so u call ur boy with ur toy 
and u whistle till he comes near 
whisper in his dumb ear 
bring the gun here
and then u shoot her and u run scared
aint no fun there.....
huh

its such a fucking tragedy.
youths these days wasting their lives
such a fucking tragedy......
The Rap Moriarty, YL and Mecca

5. Tragedy ft YL

SMOKING SESSION
 Th3 Ghost

VERSE 1
sometimes i'm scared
i wonder if the future's bright
or is the light at the end of the tunnel
controlled by my govt
is it off very often?
reason for my many stumbles
i'm just a bystander watching the royals rumble
but y grumble
there's enough room in the jungle
for the lions and the snakes and the tigers and hyenas and the vultures
but no room for the pigs
i thought about that as i puff a big
am talking jumbo
just incase u dont knw
i've had enough of cigs so i quit
but the blunts stay lit
cos lets face it
without scales the problem would way me down 

amazing now i'm 'bout to turn my life around
i'm dancing with the stars
am walking with the moon
i'm burning with the sun
i'm digging mother earth
but i disappear with a black hoe(black hole)

CHORUS
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there's no one else to blame
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, unfold me
I am small, and needy
Warm me up and breathe me

VERSE 2
Jehovah is my witness
i will stay awake in my watch tower
and slay devils
always stoned like it rains pebbles
always on another level
like 'the princess is not in this castle'
perhaps so
let it all go but grasp hope
remember that quote
more important than ur last dope
and the fact goes..
u cant cope if u lack growth
no place for complacency
wen u chasing dreams
i knw my place and there's no replacing me
i'm just a lonely man
and i'm the only man to blame 
afraid of being tamed
running wild like its a game 
look now wat became
as soon as the fun stops
i become a monster

amazing now i'm 'bout to go and turn my life around
i'm dancing with the stars
am walking with the moon
i'm burning with the sun
i'm digging mother earth
but i disappear with a black hoe(black hole)

CHORUS
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there's no one else to blame
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, unfold me
I am small, and needy
Warm me up and breathe me

4. Smoking Session

MY CROSS
 Th3 Ghost

HOOK
I'll carry my cross 
and bust till the mic rust
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like us
matter fact aint too many likers
we got..so many haters these days
....My God.....
x2

VERSE 1
lemme own up
the fan base hasn't grown much
but thank God for the love
i pray i show up before its hate\8
like a school run 
rap's new don is whose come
the new old dirty bastard 
with a clean slate and a new gum
shit's officially a stick up
isnt he great ? 
wave heat till there's heat wave
be cool...am just tryna get me paid
no one wants to stay poor
mama got knee scrapes praying to God that he grant this...
bandit a little bandwith 
seeing with the eye of the storm
and thats the eye of the poor
u see the world spinning but u not winning
the wheel of fortune seems rigged
but whats a world of riches if u're poor in spirit
thats why u buying and pouring spirit...on all these bitches
master of ceremony but he slave to the money
and now its taken from him

HOOK
bust till the mic rust
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like us
matter fact aint too many likers
we got..so many haters these days
....My God....
I'll carry my cross....
huh huh......
aint too many like us...ok

VERSE 2
now am broke and the sole of my feet be
worn out
i knw u noticed cause u beneath me
am getting poor thats why u cant reach me 
number always busy coz am busy the numbers
tryna count my losses 
move on no matter what the cost is
nobody caused this...
i'll carry my Cross bitch 
to da darkness
until my carcass is found on the canvass
a walk in my shoe cant last
stand fast and when it all falls u'll stand last
words from my grandad
tryna make my dad grand 
tryna make my mom smile
she know that her son wild
but there was innocence at the genesis
soon it will all make sense
wen we are made men 
and u will see that u made men
amen to that statement
deep beneath we all are cave men
thats why we get stones for our grave mehn
knw wat am saying ?

HOOK
i'll carry my cross and bust till the mic rust
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like us
matter fact aint too many likers
we got..so many haters these days
....My God.....
i'll carry my cross
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like huh....

VERSE 3
spending time making money
for the money spending time
honeys and the dimes
calling like a hundred times
asking for something
like all the fuckin time
but wen its fucking time they asking must u fuck all the fuxking time
but wat the fuck is time wen I'm rhyming
this shit is timeless
tell the devil that am looking forward he should get behind me
then he connives with the woman thats behind me
tryna rewind me...slimey
but why me?
i'm just I a JK always with an L
tryna cast a spell on the youth
with stories that i tell
i dont understand why they hoping that i fail
knowing well that am deep
am just another creep in the city
pissed at the way shit is
i cant overtake u 
cos am always on coda
so i staged a takeover
and now its all over.


i'll carry my cross and bust till tha...

3. My Cross

ME AND MY HOMIE
 Th3 Ghost

Yo mehn...this like the second take
voice was gone before...u knw
story of a young buoy

HOOK
gotta be careful young boy o' them snakes and scorpions 
in every nook and cranny 
the song is on fat lady finna get a grammy
careful what u step on
cos when its on..its on

VERSE 1
me and my homie getting stoned 
as alarm stone me
then allah told me 'son u need to get the bacon/baking'
its a piece o' cake to make cheese
if u get the picture is the main thing
never give up when u dead broke 
'cant afford to pay rent broke'
even worse of when ur parents broke 
u search the earth for a break
clutch on cos its full throttle 
drown ur thoughts in a gin bottle 
i'll give the world over
to be at the right table eating leftovers 
pass the salt by your left shoulder
its the last supper...but i feed u my soul
give u my heart
for this food for thought..u gon need a shovel
the shit is very deep
like a Shakespeare novel lost in the abyss
the stage is engaging
champagne in the main fridge 
when the money comes
so do caring bitches 
'need some money for new earrings' bitches
remember when we couldn't get near this bitches ?
now we play truth or dare with some daring bitches

HOOK
gotta be careful young boy o' the snake and scorpions 
in every nook and cranny 
the song is on fat lady finna get a grammy
careful what u step on
cos when its on..its on

VERSE 2
Me and my homie getting tipsy
then it hits me..need to get busy with the risky
getting dizzy from the whiskey
hit the studio, flow like the Mississippi
Its a pity that a lyricist this crispy
throwed like a Frisbee
beautiful mind going to waste 
belt on my shoulder...like poor fashion taste
my life like a movie
i'll bring defeat to any nigha that mock a scene
aint got 50cent but i still gun it
like his group without the hyphen
ghost dont care 'bout the hyping
I enter like am done typing 
and go lethal, smoke illegal then do justice to an instrumental
i am instrumental to the resurrection of hiphop
and aint here to make hips hop
I kid not, like a miscarriage
i've got baggage...
plus, i'm too old for that garbage 
When Moriarty comes 
so do loyal nighas 
dont give a fuck about all ur nighas
remember wen we couldn't get nowhere nighas ?
we were busy getting high but were lower nighas

Yeah i was careful young boy
of dem snakes and scorpions
in ever nook and cranny
the song is on fat lady finna get a grammy
I was careful what i stepped on 
cos wen its on its on.

huh....its some hiphop shit 
ghost took a break but never gave you a commercial

2. Me And My Homie

TH3 INTRO
 Th3 Ghost

I wanna thank everybody for coming out tonight
this my first mixtape 
cant believe it took this long....abi
YL I see ya 

u dreaming...
if u think u bring harm to me
cos i leave the bones of thugs in disharmony
this shit be a part o' me
pardon me, 
please dont be so hard on me for my language 
wanna tell me how to talk
 but wont hear me in my anguish
I see u at the crossroads as soon as u cross homes 
the rap moriarty, life o' the party
you win against me, then its sheer luck homes
meet my new friends
anita is a baker, jamie is a fox
i asked my team how hard is it to find a keeper in this forever thing (**Tim howard/everton**)
she praying to the heavens that i usher my dick in
I'm yours for the night if what u offering tight
forgive the blasphemy 
ask femi and he'll tell you i'm a good fela

just not for the night x2

i'll be.. gone for the night 
i see the stars in my flight
i'm looking far to my right
and I.....see the moon
yo its peaceful out here huh....

with the white in my hand I was caught redhanded 
maryjane in fingers, reason u aint getting the middle
am bound to cap, reason u aint getting ahead
...u ugly fuck, reason u aint getting a tail
that ship's sailed 
party like a presidential campaign
sipping presidential champagne
its getting late...check my presidential rollie
the goal is to beat the goalie
may we accomplish this
thanks for my accomplishments
and whatever I aint accomplished yet
i'm looking forward no matter the setbacks
i would never stepback
now get strapped get strapped get strapped.....
why ? Itsekiri boy coming outta mars
or Itsekirikiri cos i got a lotta bars..huh
i treat every feature like a babysit
one line and he made me sick

1. Th3 Intro

Spoken Water

Far He sees

Observe Protocol

I dug deep and
I got buried in the sand
Came out in another land
No longer a man 
But a ghost