Cover of this iconic banger using Heavy Reggae grooves, 'nuff said.
Original Music by Anderson Paak and Rick Ross.

LYRICS:
Sometimes you need a friend
Not the ones that just show up and don't put nothin' in
You know the ones that lend a hand and wanna see you win
When you come up on a lick, make sure you cut 'em in
And then, huh
Sometimes you need a foe (you need a foe)
One that keep your eyes open, keep you on your toes
You know the ones that wanna keep you where you been before
But I can't go (no, I can't go)
No, I can't go (no, I can't go)
And woah, huh
Sometimes I need a check
Not the sneakers but the ones that make you watch your step
Fuck your chain, fuck your name, how 'bout your respect?
Givin' more than what I get, expectin' nothing back
In fact (nothing back)
You know I sat down with my accountant
He said, "I got good news and I got bad news" (okay)
I said, "What's the good news?"
He said, "The good news is you made a lot" (whoa, okay)
I said, "What's the bad news?"
"The bad news is you spent more" (What's wrong)
Okay, oh, shit, look
Sometimes you need the faith (you need to pray)
Sometimes you need to know your worth
Sometimes you need to wait (may need to pray)
Shoot like the Golden Boy, but ain't from the Bay (I make it rain)
You can't negotiate with Dre, you gon' have to pay, but wait
Juggin' on the main stage, fuckin' up the main frame
Loosen up your face, baby
Sometimes I need a vacay (it's the biggest)
Meditate, hydrate
Protect my energy (huh) before engagement
Grew up havin' nothing, you're labeled impatient (huh)
But once the boss made it, you labeled amazin'
Meticulous with words, that's your force of nature (boss)
I don't wanna seem absurd, but that boy's a gangster
Foc-focusin' on me, way from Tel-Aviv (Tel-Aviv)
Barbados with the hustle, pockets Elandis (woo)
Distinctive destinations all I wanna see (see)
Oceanfront residences, three different ones a week
'Cause I deserve that (deserve that)
It's time to learn that (learn that)
Mess around and put that thing up where your perm at (your perm at)
Six figures every year, yeah, I earned that (I earned that)
At the front of this line is where my turn at (huh)
Sometimes you need a friend
Not the ones that just show up and don't put nothin' in
You know the ones that lend a hand and wanna see you win
When you come up on a lick, make sure you cut 'em in
And then, huh
Sometimes you need a foe
Oh
Men gon' lie (oh), women gon' lie (oh)
You lookin' for the truth, then the numbers don't hide (oh)
Lookin' for the root of all evil, then you need to go
Open up the briefcase, see it with your eyes (oh)
Everybody claim to be greatest of all times
But they never spend a day in the rain in the front line (no lie, no lie)
Uh, stop playin' on my phoneline
Shoot, lock and load, pull up in the space coupe
With the roof optional, wonder why they follow suit
I've been groomed from the womb, came out of my mama coochie
With some brand new tennis shoes, faster than the speedin' bullet

[demo version] CUT 'EM IN (by Anderson Paak feat. Rick Ross)

I’m faded, yeah. 
‘cause I’ve been drinkin’ and smokin’, I’ll admit. 
Mmm, so faded, oh yeah, 
it feels like I’m on top of a mountain ridge.
So come on! Grab a drink, grab a seat, 
open up, join me, smoke some weed,
and be free, 
to get faded, yeah. 
Let's get real faded.

There’s this lovely little thing I like,  
if you know what I mean.
You seem like just the type, 
to share a drink, and some green with me.
So roll on up, let’s gas the fire. 
We’re gonna have an adventure tonight!
And don’t pack that bowl so light, 
just hit it, and pass to the right!

I'm elevated, my feet are off the ground. 
Feeling elated, like nothing’s bringing me down.
I'm elevated, my feet move to the sound. 
Let’s celebrate it, like nothing’s bringing us down!

.I’m faded, yeah. 
‘cause I’ve been drinkin’ and smokin’, I’ll admit. 
Mmm, so faded, oh yeah, 
it feels like I’m on top of a mountain ridge.
So come on! Grab a drink, grab a seat, 
open up, join me, smoke some weed,
and be free, 
to get faded, yeah. 
Let's get real faded.

Crack open a couple cans,  
I'm pre-gaming with all of my friends.
A round of shots, to top it all off, 
Guess what? Its time! Our ride is outside, right now!
It’s nights like these, they're the Times of Our Lives, that’s right. 
So nights like these, we’ll make ‘em last til the morning light.

I'm elevated, my feet are off the ground. 
Feeling elated, like nothing’s bringing me down.
I'm elevated, my feet move to the sound. 
Let’s celebrate it, like nothing’s bringing us down.

I’m faded, yeah. 
‘cause I’ve been drinkin’ and smokin’, I’ll admit. 
Mmm, so faded, oh yeah, 
it feels like I’m on top of a mountain ridge.
So come on! Grab a drink, grab a seat, 
open up, join me, smoke some weed,
and be free, 
to get faded, yeah. 
Let's get real faded. Mhm.

Let's get real faded.

Times of Our Lives

So Faded (Yeah)

So Faded

Brick by brick, we can build it, 
 and brick by brick, we can tear it all down. 
 I'm gaining, inch by inch, of elevation, 
 and hit by hit, celebrations, all around, (I'm singing’)


If I'm bein' real I suppose I beat the game already. I was 29, when I retired.
 I had a whole career in da city, invested, n' then proposed to a girl, to make her my wife..

..So why do I always feel so shitty?
..So why do I always feel dirty ’n’ like I'm dyin’?
 'cause I was unfulfilled by society, and from always living someone else’s life, instead of mine.


I was, sick and tired, of being sick and tired, of being sick and tired.
 I know, I’m sick and fire, so I'll just stick to tryin', 'til I'm rich and fly-er.
I’ll be livin' my life while at full speed, always on the run, chasing fun, yeah.

There’s no time for regrets, nahhh, ‘cause tomorrow might never come.
 So you can catch me, smoking a blunt yeah, Chillin’ under the sun.


So, 
what have ya done with your life?
have you put your money where your mouth is.. 
..or just lied?
 Or are you just a wage slave, caught in the game.. 
..of capitalist-consumer rat races, 'til you die ?

Have you seen the forest for the trees? 
..or have you helped them cut them down, for paydays of corporate companies? 
 I know, ignorant bliss is nice, that’s right, 
but if it encroaches on my peacefulness(piece fullness), it don’t fly!


So, If you think I’m toxic, with this venom I spit, I’ll bite 'n just say, 
 A well, the cisterns rigged with no fixtures inside,
 and the water's been poisoned, by the ones who are running it,
 because they’ll be dead and gone, before feelin' the consequences of drinkin’ it

I SAID:
 If you think I’m toxic with this venom I spit, I’ll bite 'n just say, 
 Uh, well, the systems rigged, with no with no fixes in sight,
 And the water's been poisoned, by the ones who are running shit,
 because they’ll be gone, before feelin' the consequences~ Yeah.


There’s no consequences! Yeah~

Where's the fucking consequences?!


But I’m the best, ! won’t rest, no more, on my laurels, I ain’t done,
 But I'm finna lap these bitches, for fun! HA!
 But, I ain't even checkin' the score, no more, so
 I’ll just do what I know, 'n keep creating new growth!


So, using simple ancient technology, used by giants before us,
 I'll stand on their shoulders, and help others get real high.
 Spreading da knowledge in the forest, and of lives gone by.


I've probably offsetting more carbon,
 than most corporations say they did.
 I bought a fucking farmland acreage,
 just to preserve and restore it.

I'm turning clear-cut pastures, back into
 food forests for my family and friends.
 This is permanent culture, here to stay,
 sustained like natives in times before we did.


Brick by brick, we can build it, 
 and brick by brick, we can tear it all down, 
 I'm gaining inch by inch, of elevation, 
 and hit by hit, celebrations all around! (I'm singing’)

No Consequences (Brick by Brick)

Silk Sheets playin' on the radio, 
you can kiss me, baby we can take it slow. 
And then, I'll speed it up, I got the green light, go, 
once that pretty dress is on the floor, uh oh!

We got 
Silk Sheets on the radio,
but  the music to my ears, is what I’m making with you.  
This feeling, over and over and over again, 
lovin' every second of the music we’re makin', yeah.

Oh girl, feel ya, 'pon da riddim. 
One drop, of your love, has got me rockin', got me steppin'.
As we’re skankin' and groovin' to the movement of the music, 
 it’s got us exudin' da feelin', yeah dat way, dat way..  I sway, you sway.

Silk Sheets playin' on the radio, 
you can kiss me, baby we can take it slow. 
And then, I'll speed it up, I got the green light, go, 
once that pretty dress is on the floor, uh oh!

We got 
Silk Sheets on the radio, 
but  the music to my ears, is what I’m making with you. 
 This feeling, over and over and over again,
 lovin' every second of the music we’re makin', yeah.

Bubblin' up, and diffusing our love. 
Synchronizing syncopations, harmonizing our lust.
and there’s a method, to the madness, to the melodies, and the dub. 
So come on, baby step up, and let's get down funky, yeah!

We got
Silk Sheets playin' on the radio, 
you can kiss me, baby we can take it slow. 
And then, I'll speed it up, I got the green light, go, 
once that pretty dress is on the floor, uh oh!

We got 
Silk Sheets on the radio, 
but  the music to my ears, is what I’m making with you.
 This feeling, over and over and over again,
 lovin' every second of the music we’re makin', yeah.

Silk Sheets

So I thought:
Oh my god, I think I love you?
 Like smoking ganja, you take me so high..
 but I know, by far, I’ve never fallen so hard..
but I said: Oh my god, I think I love you!

Woah, yeah. I said, oh my god..

Every second, every minute, every hour of the day,
 we’re living in the pages, of the calendar, year by year.
 And as the years they turn into decades, they multiply into ages,
 but it doesn't matter, unless I'm spending it with you.


Ounces and grams, weigh-in (weighin') on our souls (soles),
 but pound-for-pound, we can take ‘em.
 Rolling blunts with the punches,
 feet low, minds elevated,
 armed with the feeling inside, knowing you’re mine,
 passing joints, as we’re passing time;
 In life, there’s nothing in this world that can ever replace it! Yeah.



So I thought: Oh, my, god, I think I love you!
 Like smoking ganja, You take me so high.
 But I, I know, by far, I’ve never fallen so hard.
 But I said: Oh my god, yes! I love you!


Warm Hawaiian sand, Hanami blossoms in Japan:
 Experiencing the world, with you.

Ice cream in our Sunday’s Best, ein Bier at der Oktoberfest:
 Experiences are worth it, with you.


And, even when we don’t, see, Eye-to-Eye…
 You can still catch me, tryin’ to catch a sight, of you, girl.

So I said: Oh, my, god, I think I love you!
 Like smokIng ganja, you take me so high.
 But I, I know, by far, I’ve never fallen so hard.
 But I say: Oh, my goddess, yes! I love you!~

I said: Oh, my, god, I think I love you!

Oh My God(dess)

Let the rhythm grow old,
 And let the stories get told.
 Let the roots grow deep,
 spread by you and me.


What you do when the well runs dry?
 Because the weathers broke.
 Already dug far, deep in the earth,
 in search of liquid gold.

But the waters still won’t climb,
 the rivers used to run to the sea.
 The aquifer will turn into playa
 and now there’s desert where there was once green.


Let the rhythm grow old,
 And let the stories get told.
 Let the roots grow deep,
 spread by you and me.


Where do the birdies go,
 When there’s nowhere left to fly?
 It’s the middle of winter, and the South’s gone cold,
 and the North? It’s still on fire.

Oh, wherever will we go,
 when there’s no place to call home?
 Because, the only home we have,
 yeah, we’re killing it real slow.


Let the rhythm grow old,
 And let the stories get told.
 Let the roots grow deep,
 spread by you and me.


We’re all on our own path,
 but we are not alone.
 To help each other, we must help ourselves,
 Just to give our best, to more.

Make connections that will truly last;
 Let inhibitions go,
 and take part by sharing the wealth
 of the inter-connected Soul.

We’ve only got one chance,
 just so that you know.
 So live your life with only one regret, and that is:
 You can’t go back for more, no.


Let the rhythm grow old,
 And let the stories get told.
 Let the roots grow deep,
 spread by you and me.

Let the Roots Grow Deep

Let The Roots Grow Deep (Spread By You And Me)

Do you wanna roll?..
 and like the tides, we can get real high, before we get low. 
It's the ride of our lives, like a roller coaster, 
Lets go! 
and keep climbing up mountains skyward, just to jump. 
Let's take a leap of faith on Love.

Do you really want to stay with me this time? 
Now that you’ve seen what living my life be like. 
I've given you a peek inside my mind, 
so hopefully you'll understand me now.

Do I really want to play with fate this time? 
Now that I know what feeling alone feels like. 
You’ve given me a peak to climb, but I’m 
motivated to see the crown.

When these things are moving fast, 
my heart, it beats so slow. 
I’ve felt this, in the past, when you would open my door.
But when we’re not at that house, it's still true, 
because home, is wherever I am with you.

So do you wanna roll?.. 
and like the tides, we can get real high, before we get low. 
It's the ride of our life, like a roller coaster, 
Lets go! 
and keep climbing up mountains skyward, just to jump. 
Let's take a leap of faith on Love.
Feel the rush, from above, 
as we take a leap of faith, on Love,
 and we'll fall for each other…

Do you wanna roll?.. 
and like the tides, we can get real high, before we get low.
 It's the ride of our lives, like a roller coaster,
 Lets go!
 and keep climbing up mountains skyward, just to jump. 
Let's take a leap of faith on Love.
Feel the rush, from above, 
as we take a leap of faith, on Love, 

and we'll fall for each other…

and we'll fall for each other…

and we'll fall for each other…

Take a Leap of Faith On Love (Do You Wanna Roll?)

Take a Leap of Faith on Love (Do You Wanna Roll?)

I can’t believe I’m out here 
writing an, I Love You letter.
But I suppose, it’s better than the note, I wrote,
just saying : Bye, forever.
’n' making up some excuses telling how I wish I loved you better.


So I’m here right now,
and I’m singing loud
to show my effort,
I hope you hear,
and the lights shine over your eyes, 
like stars in the night sky, 
when the melodies hit your ears.


Yeah I’m here right now,
and Im standing proud.
Oh, in my arms, I’ll hold you dear.

Watch the sunrise, make you my wife,
into the sunset, ride,
because the times of our lives are here!


I know you’re collateral damage,
to a natural disaster, as it happens,
An innocent bystander fallen down,
taking all the damage, just from standing in the crowd.

So whether its blunt force trauma,
or unjustified emotional baggage,
like a tornado ripping through town,
and you just can’t stand, but you’re fighting somehow, so,



I can’t believe I’m out here 
writing an, I Love You letter.
But I suppose, it’s better than the note, I wrote,
just saying : Bye, forever.
’n' making up some excuses telling how I wish I loved you better.


So I’m here right now,
and I’m singing loud
to show my effort,
I hope you hear,
and the lights shine over your eyes, 
like stars in the night sky, 
when the melodies hit your ears.


Yeah I’m here right now,
and Im standing proud.
Oh, in my arms, I’ll hold you dear.

Watch the sunrise, make you my wife,
into the sunset, ride,
because the times of our lives are here!




Change is slow,
but I ain’t worried ‘bout it actually happening.
The pain comes with the growth, to be burdened with,
so just strap in place, and go.

But there are some times,
I just can’t see the happiness.
I need you there, to shed the light
when I’m in that dark place, to navigate.

I can’t believe I’m out here 
writing an, I Love You letter.
But I suppose, it’s better than the note, I wrote,
just saying : Bye, forever.
’n' making up some excuses telling how I wish I loved you better.


So I’m here right now,
and I’m singing loud
to show my effort,
I hope you hear,
and the lights shine over your eyes, 
like stars in the night sky, 
when the melodies hit your ears.


Yeah I’m here right now,
and Im standing proud.
Oh, in my arms, I’ll hold you dear.

Watch the sunrise, make you my wife,
into the sunset, ride,
because the times of our lives are here!

The Times of Our Lives

The Times Of Our Lives

The frogs on the back porch
are singing songs back and forth,
and the owls in the night sky 
are crooning with their cries.

Like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh..
That’s how they sing.
And we’re ho-oh oh-oh oh-ome, 
So let's smoke up and drink!

As the moon shines on over us,
light up the sky til dawn comes.
The love in the air you feel’s
the nature surrounding us.

All you can see, 
and even more than you feel.
We’re ho-oh oh-oh oh-ome,
and I’m glad you’re with me.

The frogs on the back porch
are singing their songs.
And the toads in the mud, yeah,
well, they all join along.

The owls set tempo,
and harmonize too.
And as the wind whistles softly,
it hums with the tune.

The oak leaves a rustle,
timbre so subtle.
The boughs creak and rumble,
the Earth is in tune.

The music of life?
it's been playing all along,
you just couldn’t hear it
through the walls and the smog!

The frogs on the back porch
are singing songs back and forth,
and the owls in the night sky 
are crooning with their cries.

Like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh..
That’s how they sing.
And we’re ho-oh oh-oh oh-ome, 
So let's smoke up and drink!

As the moon shines on over us,
light up the sky til dawn comes.
The love in the air you feel’s
the nature surrounding us.

All you can see, 
and even more than you feel.
We’re ho-oh oh-oh oh-ome,
and I’m glad you’re with me.

Frogs On The Back Porch

Life will to finish
how it began.
Things are born, and then they
Naturally end.

I’m here in the sun on the shoreline,
building castles made of sand.

When they wash away,
we can rebuild again.
Constant is the change;
beauty lasts while it stays.

Lifes a mandala,
building patterns made of sand.

Sometimes life will give you clay;
Hard and packed down, dry, devoid.
But when your tears fall down,
it softens up to change; its malleable.

If you’re lucky sometimes life
is just a forest floor.
Birds are singing, worms are digging.
You got it all… so why would you want more?
Remember life is for the living!

When life is hard, like a stone,
unyeilding as mountains go.
Remember the power of wind and the water:
Change with erosion as you, go with the Flow.

And all these big bold mountains,
are one day grains of sand.
In the hourglass of time,
the only constant is change, so lend your hand!

Life will to finish
how it began.
Things are born, and then they
Naturally end.

I’m here in the sun on the shoreline,
building castles made of sand.

When they wash away,
we can rebuild again.
Constant is the change;
beauty lasts while it stays.

Lifes a mandala,
building patterns made of sand.

When life gives you quicksand and you’re running uphill,
don’t struggle or suffer and make it worse.
Can’t let it get you down.
Gravity pulls hard, but you’re stronger and know your worth!

So keep on chillin’ yeah.
Stay relaxed, my friend.
Just ask for help, and someone will be there
to pull you right on out.

Life will to finish
how it began.
Things are born, and then they
Naturally end.

I’m here in the sun on the shoreline,
building castles made of sand.

When they wash away,
we can rebuild again.
Constant is the change;
beauty lasts while it stays.

Lifes a mandala:
build your patterns made of sand.

When Life Gives You Quicksand

Yeah, I miss you, girl,
and how you
step, all over me.

And can I let you go?
because yeah you make, 
make things hard for me!

It coulda been easy, 
It coulda been easy,
On top of Angel’s Landing screaming 
“We believe!”

…and yet I’ll tell it so,
‘cause things must certainly be.
About you and me:


I want to speak the truth into existence,
that reflects all the ways that I am feeling.
Some times it's hard to put into words,
so I'll speak a Love Language first.

Hearing assurance 
through your Offering of Words, 
affirms the feelings inside, 
just like an Act of Service:

offering one’s time, 
energy, resources,
benefitting each other, 
without expecting recourse.

But sometime its the touch, 
physically manifested presence 
of intimacy between us. 
Even when we're not in the bedsheets, 
it's a Gift. 
Sometimes spoken as a surprise, 
that’s it. 
An object symbolizing validation of our lives,
intertwined with all that one-on-one Quality Time, 
spent existing with each other;
an expression of living shared lives.

And yeah, I miss you, girl,
and how you
step, all over me.

And can I let you go?
because yeah you make, 
make things hard for me!

It coulda been easy,
It coulda been easy,
On top of Angel’s Landing screaming 
“We believe!”

…and yet I’ll tell it so,
‘cause things must certainly be.
About you and me:


Come on girl, 
Babae sige na, (Tagalog)
Feel the sunshine,
Pakiramdam ang araw, (Tagalog)

Will you be mine? 
Magiging akin ka ba? (Tagalog)
I love you, you're my world.
Mahal na mahal kita. (Tagalog)

Ich mag dich, (German)
Te quiero, (Spanish)
Aloha wau ia ‘oe, (Hawai’ian)


Mahal kita, (Tagalog)
Itoshi teru. (Japanese)
In every single language:
I love you.

And yeah, I miss you, girl,
and how you
step, all over me.

And can I let you go?
because yeah you make, 
make things hard for me!

It coulda been easy, 
It coulda been easy,
O top of Angel’s Landing screaming 
“We believe!”

…and yet I’ll tell it so,
‘cause things must certainly be,
…without you and me.

Love Languages

I keep thinking 'bout the things you said to me,
opened my eyes to the things I couldn’t see.
I realized I'm not who I want to be.
So now I’ve found out, 
and now, thats who you're gonna see.

I’m sorry for the things that I did do,
but I’d be sorry if I didn’t, all the same.
I like us cause we live our lifes so true.
No getting stuck in the middle,
at least I’ve said, but…


Can you meet me in the middle babe,
Turn it back 'round,
Yeah, I'm coming back fast.

Can you see I’m fighting demons
and I’m screaming
that only cure is your laugh.

Can you meet me in the middle babe,
I fell on the ground,
but I’m fighting back.

I hope you see it when I see you that 
I’ve changed and maybe, maybe,
we can move past.


I know that in the past I’ve got it wrong,
but that’s just thats part of life, its when we grow.    
I hoped it had lasted, but it never does.
Re-started our lives, it’s time to level up!

It’s a turning point, a fork in the road,
it’s a round-a-bout, for our two souls.
But now we know, we know we know.
We know where to go,
I hope…


Can you meet me in the middle babe,
Turn it back 'round,
Yeah, I'm coming back fast.

Can you see I’m fighting demons
and I’m screaming
that only cure is your laugh.

Can you meet me in the middle babe,
I fell on the ground,
but I’m fighting back.

I hope you see it when I see you that 
I’ve changed and maybe, maybe,
we can move past.


I was solo, I got so close,
and so low, I’d lost all hope.
I even wrote that one last note, to everyone 
But that’s not where my story would end no, 
I’m not done!  

I rolled up that paper sparked it into a blunt, 
I used the bottle to catch lightning for fun.

Instead of staying drunk,
I caught the buzz 
from this music writing stuff,
just to help others find love.
 

Can you meet me in the middle babe,
Turn it back 'round,
Yeah, I'm coming back fast.

Can you see I’m fighting demons
and I’m screaming
that only cure is your laugh.

Can you meet me in the middle babe,
I fell on the ground,
but I’m fighting back.

I hope you see it when I see you that 
I’ve changed and maybe, maybe,
we can move past.

Can you meet me,
Can you meet me, 
yeah,
Can you meet me,
Can you meet me,
In the middle?

Meet Me In The Middle

This is the introduction track to the Times of Our Lives album.

Prelude

METAL VERSION When Life Gives You Quicksand

Carrion
In a moment I'm lost
Dying from the inside
Her eyes take me away
Tear me apart from the inside out
Dead eyes speaking volumes
But our lips refuse move
Could this ever be the last time?
The final time that we see this through?
Give me the strength to return, return the breath you've stolen
Give me the means to resist (resist)
Her heart I've broken again
Reflection built upon sorrow
We're walking the darkest roads
Within chests carved with regret
In a moment I'm lost
Dying from the inside
Her eyes take me away
Tear me apart from the inside out
From the inside out
The inside out
We've been running blind
Now we're falling through the cracks
We're left running
We are running blind
Now we're falling
Falling through the cracks
Back to the world of the dead
Her shining eyes (her shining eyes)
Her shining eyes mark out return
Back to the world of the dead
In a moment I'm lost
Dying from the inside
Her eyes take me away
Tear me apart from the inside out
My love I left
My heart I left
With my promise to return
A promise to return
A promise to return
A promise to return

CARRION by PARKWAY DRIVE [Vocal Cover]

Its the last train in Tokyo.
Say good night if its time to go,
but if you don’t catch that train, just know:
The night starts after dark
in Tokyo.

The night is young,
We keep it rolling, having fun.
We hit the izakaya, 
that’s just stop number one!

We order bottles of sake 
to wash down yakitori.
Weve got grilled skewers galore,
And there’s more rounds coming!

Were surrounded my people, 
its a lively night crowd,
so we drink on last Highball 
just to wash it all down

and step outside
and see the lights and see the sounds,
the crowds on the street.
That feeling; its a night on the town!

Missed the last train in Tokyo
Its been a good night, so let’s keep it goin’
Don’t look back, just flow, you know.
The night starts after dark
in Tokyo.

Any prefecture we’re at 
there always something going on.
Sometimes its even more 
than meets the eye.

There’s clubs on all the rooftops,
tucked into courtyards,
but even secret alleys 
lead to underground bars.

We can trawl in Shinjuku,
or stroll through Shibuya,
roll in Roppongi,
or hit Shimokitazawa.

Harlem plays hip hop,
underground bars bump soul;
They playin’ all that music 
we rock around the world!

Missed the last train in Tokyo
Its been a good night, so let’s keep it goin’
Don’t look back, just flow, you know.
The night starts after dark
in Tokyo.

The JR line, 
it don’t start til the dawn,
so we’ve rockin’ nonstop
 this whole damn time!

The 5AM train 
on Yamanote line,
a funny lil juxtaposition 
will unfold:

The partygoers, running on 
fumes, no more,
are sleeping next to suits 
who dressed for morning work:
  
It’s the first train in Tokyo!
It’s a been good night, 
but it’s finally time to go home, 
alright!

Its the last train in Tokyo.
Say good night if its time to go,
but if you don’t catch that train, just know:
The night starts after dark
in Tokyo.

Last Train In Tokyo

Baby, let's get high on love!
Light up, illuminated by the morning sun,
next to you, waking up, it's more than enough,
to start the day getting high on your love.


Some times life goes by so fast,
You learn to know, all you know, won't last.

But the good times roll, and thats where I'll stay:
Time spent with you as we're chasin' the days.

Drifting like a summer breeze,
mixin' up a drink or three,
rollin deep with pungent green,
come on baby lay it down on me!

I'll take you to the mountain high,
we'll look down and see the sun rise.
Golden hou, Time of our lives,
It's not a dream, it's just life!

So take a walk down to the beach,
Your toes in the sand its feels wet between
So baby take my hand, and maybe then you'll see:
I'll use the stars in your eyes to navigate your seas.

I feel a splashin', like magic or a lucid dream.
Girl just imagine, all the passion, shown externally.
Let me take you to a place I know to the highest peak 
and we can watch the sunrise just in time as we...


Baby, let's get high on love!
Light up, illuminated by the morning sun,
next to you, waking up, it's more than enough,
to start the day getting high on your love.





High On Your Love

Get as high as you like,
just keep ya eyes on the prize.
I know we're in this together,
kaleidoscopes in our eyes.

Yeah, we've been there, done that,
felt pain, had laughs,
live life, dont look back,
because its all gonna fade to black.

I said I'm as high as you like,
just keep your eyes on the prize.
I know we're in this together,
kaleidoscopes in your eyes.

We've been there, done that,
felt pain, had laughs,
live life, dont look back,
because we're all gonna fade to black.


I'm on a futile quest to transcend 
my own humanity, and its fueled bygones 
of your kindness, in the end, 
 my own depravity got me 
 on a self-destructive path: 
 enlightenment or insanity.
I get high as I can,
fly right to the sun,
like Icarus I forgot bout
 gravity.

But Once I'm on, I'm blazin', whether
you like it or not, I'll shine, it's time, 
so spark a light, hit it roll that dime, take ya time,
and Welcome to the mothafuckin grind!
I'mma stick to this, like glitter mixed with slime.
Motivate me, drive me, swipe right like paddle shifters, 
drop it low with the neon lights,
and a bronze spinner rim kit to keep it tight.
And the Bronze Beauty sitting next to me,
 in leather stitch seats, dripping, hit the 
 glass blunt one last time, pass to you fine
 ass, get the seat reclined, and get 
 down to business.
  

Shit, I'll be speeding down the freeway
I'll have you still  tryna lean aross the stickshift 
The need for speed, the adrenaline rush, 
feels just like addiction's, 
I see your pigments blushed,
fantasizing figments of imagination brimmin', 
euphoric waves of amazing grace, 
as your face wrapped around my waist, 
it's a race that you make me feel like I'm winning.
First you scream my name, past midnight, 
Now you dreaming 'bout white pickets, and havin children. 
Thats facts tho, 
distractions have me feeling
like were speeding down the frweeway, we been sitting parked at this same damn green light tho...

Get as high as you like,
just keep ya eyes on the prize.
I know we're in this together,
kaleidoscopes in our eyes.

Yeah, we've been there, done that,
felt pain, had laughs,
live life, dont look back,
because its all gonna fade to black.

I said I'm as high as you like,
just keep your eyes on the prize.
I know we're in this together,
kaleidoscopes in your eyes.

We've been there, done that,
felt pain, had laughs,
live life, dont look back,
because we're all gonna fade to black.

Get as high as you like,
just keep ya eyes on the prize.
I know we're in this together,
kaleidoscopes in our eyes.

Yeah, we've been there, done that,
felt pain, had laughs,
live life, dont look back,
because its all gonna fade to black.

I said I'm as high as you like,
just keep your eyes on the prize.
I know we're in this together,
kaleidoscopes in your eyes.

We've been there, done that,
felt pain, had laughs,
live life, dont look back,
because we're all gonna fade to black.

Kaleidoscopes in our eyes.

CONSTELLATIONS EP

KALEIDOSCOPES

I’ll shoot for the moon,
just for one last look at you,
‘cause when you’re looking up
You’ll see the same moon too.

And if I land among the stars,
I may have missed, but I tried my hardest.
I built these wax wings:
Now watch me fall.

Sometimes the affirmation of ascension,
is the sensation of falling.

Sometimes getting higher and higher,
means you’re just digging your way 
further down under.

As above, so below.
The way out, is through.
If you’re standing in hell,
Why wouldn’t you move?

Ambition is great.  
Risk? Even more.
But, remember the story 
of the cost of that glory.

I do this all for you.
There’s nothing I won’t do.
I beat the game before.
Retired and restarted.

My visions crystal clear.
My hunger drivers me near.
When I reach my goal,
I just wish you’re with me there.

I just wish you’re with me there.

So, I’ll shoot for the moon.

I’ll shoot for the moon,
just for one last look at you,
‘cause when you’re looking up
You’ll see the same moon too.

And if I land among the stars,
I may have missed, but I tried my hardest.
I built these wax wings:
Now watch me fall.

Icarus Blues

In the constellations of our life,
the stars never quite aligned.
But I’ll still dance with you, tonight.
The sky goes dim before explosions of light.

We feel the super nova;
sparks fly, when the power of love radiates.
It's real, until it's over.
Dark nights won't stop so us, 
‘cause our fires will light the way.
 
Sometimes, 
everything goes fine.

And still, 
doesn't seem to quite work out.

And this time, 
nothing flowed quite right.

The levees broken;
time’s run out.

So let's do something fun, yeah, 
I know, just the place.

Go, on one last adventure, together,
where leisure’s the pace.

We can sit around and lounge, 
I’ll admire all your ways,

or we can switch it up.  
Just to see that smile on your face.


In the constellations of our life,
the stars never quite aligned.
But I’ll still dance with you, tonight.
The sky goes dim before explosions of light.

We feel the super nova;
sparks fly, when the power of love radiates.
It's real, until it's over.
Dark nights won't stop so us, 
‘cause our fires will light the way.


And I’m thankful, 
for all that's alive.
Yeah, I’m so thankful, 
we got to spend all that time.  

Just sitting down outside, 
Rollin’ up, and smokin’ that loud. 
Just taking good long looks, up at the blue skies,
as clouds keep rolling by.

As the smoke fills up your lungs,
and there’s a fire in your heart.
That hunger in your soul,
forges diamonds in your eyes: 

When you’re looking straight
back at me,
It’s like a constellation, 
staring back at mine…


In the constellations of our life,
the stars never quite aligned.
But I’ll still dance with you, tonight.
The sky goes dim before explosions of light.

We feel the super nova;
sparks fly, when the power of love radiates.
It's real, until it's over.
Dark nights won't stop so us, 
‘cause our fires will light the way.

CONSTELLATIONS

Tobacco and weed in my paper
My mellow mood turned into a rager
If ya can't stand the heat see you later
Respect the story that made ya
Running away, all of the pain, isolation
Feeling a way, all of the rage and frustration
Ill in my heart, chill in the car and just wait, huh
Foot on the gas, weed in the dash, now we take off
Where do you go when you don't wanna go back-
Where do you go when you don't wanna go back home?
Tobacco and weed in my paper
My mellow mood turned into a rager
If ya can't stand the heat see you later
Respect the story that made ya
Tobacco and weed in my paper
My mellow mood turned into a rager
If ya can't stand the heat see you later
Respect the story that made ya
Major pain I need concentration
Paved my way, for my coronation!
Yes! I am a lion, yes! King of the jungle
Chasing down Goliath, never see me fumble
Never growin' tired, only gettin' higher
You thought that you could bring me down
But the sky is now my underground
But the sky is now my underground
Where do you go when you don't wanna go back-
Where do you go when you don't wanna go back home?
Tobacco and weed in my paper
My mellow mood turned into a rager
If ya can't stand the heat see you later
Respect the story that made ya
Tobacco and weed in my paper
My mellow mood turned into a rager
If ya can't stand the heat see you later
Respect the story that made ya
Respect the story that made ya
Respect the story that made ya

RESPECT by HIRIE [Heavy Metal Dubstep Cover]

All my life,
I’ve been searching, 
I’ve been searching, 
for a little bit of time.

Just to heal my self,
Fill my soul,
And everything is gonna be alright.

All my life,
I’ve been searching, 
I’ve been searching, 
for a little bit of time.

Feel my self, yeah
Just to heal my soul,
And everything is gonna be alright.


You don’t know
what happens next.
So don’t worry about
All of the things that affect

All of the things that are beyond 
your control.
And focus on keeping in touch
with your soul.

Remember
The things that are important to you.
The things that spark joy
For all with laughter anew.

‘Cause if you want more 
you can’t sit and wait 
You gotta go after it 
Create the time, and 
make the space.

All my life,
I’ve been searching, 
I’ve been searching, 
for a little bit of time.

Just to heal my self,
Fill my soul,
And everything is gonna be alright.

All my life,
I’ve been searching, 
I’ve been searching, 
for a little bit of time.

Feel my self, yeah
Just to heal my soul,
And everything is gonna be alright.


2nd verse
Done been round the world now a couple times,
Floated a couple boats, hit a hunnid flights,
Greeted the dawn, same day we run da night,
Learn from lessons untold; experiencing life.

Gospel of Travel: I’m an acolyte.
Pray get home safe no guarantees in life
Pour one out for the homies, missed their flight
Live right day to day you won’t miss out
On no afterlife.

The people I meet the path they walk is right.
They know, it’s the same as mine.
We all humans struggling for some peace of mind.
We be eating and sleeping passed out on the street.
We got that work just like everyone else that ya meet,
from Amsterdam to South Pacific island seas
We be smoking that sensi sweet.
You see, specifically, 
its Non-Duality, not You and Me.
it’s We, and it always has been.
It’s hard to see,
but if you open your eyes, 
mind set free, and spread your wings.


All my life,
I’ve been searching, 
I’ve been searching, 
for a little bit of time.

Just to heal my self,
Fill my soul,
And everything is gonna be alright.

All my life,
I’ve been searching, 
I’ve been searching, 
for a little bit of time.

Feel my self, yeah
Just to heal my soul,
And everything is gonna be alright.

All My Life

I used to think Happily Ever After
was just a facade.
Then I met you, my love, and it
opened up my eyes.

Happily Ever After
was tougher than our lives before.
but I'll happily go back and Do 
the same things with you, girl.

The stars of our two lives (were like a super nova)
Never seemed to align (we were a constellation)
We were always searching chasing 
For what? (For what) We didn't know why.
(Just looking for two stars in the sky)

We were always learning, failing
(Like icarus building his wax wings)
Falling out of the sky
(Getting real high and falling out of the sky)
And now we know why: 
The clocks of our lives were keeping different times. 
(The clocks of our lives were keeping different times)


I used to think Happily Ever After
was just a facade.
Then I met you, my love, and it
opened up my eyes.

Happily Ever After
was tougher than our lives before.
but I'll happily go back and Do 
the same things with you, girl.

Happily Ever After

Oh, Lord I'm on a permanent holiday
I'm going outside to play
I ain't gonna slave away
Not for no corporate Babylon
I'm never gonna be a pawn
In their manipulation games

Oh, Lord I'm taking the reins
I'm breaking the chains
I'm never gonna kneel, no way
My prophet is Heaven sent
No preacher or president can lead I astray
They'll never know
I'm taking Jah highway home
Oh, I've got my own path to follow
Don't know if you'll overstand
I've got my, my, my own truth to swallow
And you know that if I could
You know I would throw my guitar on my back
Pick up the slack, and leave here tomorrow
But I know that I am a pawn of Babylon
I got to face the facts, embrace the ax
And cut these chains off my sorrow

So I'm on a permanent holiday
I'm going outside to play
I ain't gonna slave away, no
Not for no corporate babylon
I'm never gonna be a pawn
In their manipulation games

Ten thousand years of captivity
We must eventually open up our eyes and see
They're manipulating we with so much uncertainty
And so many mysteries
Why are so few questioning the unnatural state of things?
It's a nightmare
We're living in a nightmar
Everyone's living so scared
They're virtually unaware
Of this fear that rules their lives
Occupies, consumes their minds
This fear of bankruptcy
Financial impotancy
It's funny money, money, money
It's all this digital currency, woah, yeah
It's all this monopoly money
That keeps us from ever being free, ooh-oh-yaeh
And so it seems we'll be in this prison for life
'Cause if we keep buying then they'll keep selling the lie

Oh, Lord I'm on a permanent holiday
I'm going outside to play
I ain't gonna slave away
Not for no corporate Babylon
I'm never gonna be a pawn
In their manipulation games
Oh, Lord I'm taking the reins
I'm breaking the chains
I'm never gonna kneel, no way
My prophet is Heaven sent
No preacher or president can lead I astray.

I... nip..., mind... and...
I... Rev..., make... cel...
I...  change...  man...  words...
I... (fuse) be... (prisioned)
I... (make) own... (cisions)
I (won't be) manip... (ulated), mind (controlled) and in... (undated)
I (will seek) the reve... (lation), make (my life) a cele... (bration)
I (will be) the change (I'm seeking), mani... (fest) the words (I'm speaking)
I (refuse) to be (imprisoned) I (will make) my own (decisions)
Oh, Lord
I won't be manipulated
Mind-controlled and inundated
I will seek the revelation
Make my life a celebration
I'm gonna be the change I'm seeking
Manifest the words I'm speaking
I refuse to be imprisoned
I will make my own decisions

I'm on a permanent holiday
I'm going outside to play
I ain't gonna slave away, no
Not for no corporate babylon
I'm never gonna be a pawn
In their manipulation games
Oh Lord, I'm taking the reins
I'm breaking the chains
I'm never gonna kneel, no way
My prophet is Heaven sent
No preacher or president can lead I astray
We'll never know
I'm taking Jah highway home
(Oh, Lord
I won't be manipulated
Mind-controlled and inundated
I will seek the revelation
Make my life a celebration
I'm gonna be the change I'm seeking
Manifest the words I'm speaking
I refuse to be imprisoned
I will make my own decisions)

Oh yes, we got to take back the knowledge
Take back the power
Humanity don't let this be our final hour
Take back the knowledge
Take back the power
Humanity don't let this be our final hour
We got to take back the knowledge
Take back the power
Humanity don't let this be our final hour
Take back the knowledge
Take back the power
Humanity don't let this be our final hour

Ooh, I'll never go astray with na-na-na...
I'm leaving the past
And forwarding fast
'Cause freedom is here to stay

PERMANENT HOLIDAY by MIKE LOVE [Heavy Dub Cover]

Pour one round for the sinners,
and then pour two more for me, because I
made a deal with the Devil, and then
They made a deal with me.

I’ve been sittin' here sippin' my liquor,
I’ve been sampling, tasting all the finest of wines...
but then out of nowhere, from the corner of my eye,
a sultry lil succubus saunters on by.

And then we lock eyes, and I’m 
in a trance; it's making parts of me dance.
Then she leans forward with her hands on my knees,
whispering sweet nothings, so softly in my ears.

She said,
Pour one round for the sinners, 
and then pour two more for me, because
 I made a deal with the Devil, and then
He made a deal with me.

I said, look I don’t know where you’re headed,
I don’t play no games, at least not for free.
But, if you’re looking for something that’s more direct, I’ll bet, 
you’ve got a room key, that’s ready for me.

But I, don’t got what you’re looking for miss,
I’ve got other things on my mind, than a lady in the night...
but maybe, just maybe if I miss the hint,
I’ll repeat it back to you one more time,

I said,

Pour one round for the sinners, 
and then pour two more for me, because I’m
makin' a deal with the Devil, and
She’s staring right back at me.

You don’t wanna make a deal with this Devil. 
You don’t know what you’re dealing with, yet you’ll see.

It’s better for both of us (if) we don’t get what we want,
because the prices of things, will change with time and evolve.

I’ve made a deal with the Devil,
and then they, they took my soul.  
And still, the story unfolds,
but now, I know.
I know what I know.

And so I,
Pour one out for the sinners. 
And then I pour two rounds for me, because I
made that deal with the Devil, and then
They made it back with with me.

I said I,
Pour one out for the sinners. 
And then I pour one out for me, because I
made the deal with the devil, and then
They made one back with with me.

Deal with the Devil

We’ve got something special brewing here.
Smell it, feel it ,breathe it, in the air.

Take control, to lose it anyways.
Make your choice: mine is just to live.


You can meet me in the morning time.
And you can meet me in the evening, too.
You can meet me with the green for green,
and we be smoking all night long.

I can see you in the morning light,
then, I’ll see you in evening attire.
Meet me here at this time, and this place,
and we’ll be loving all night long.


We’ve got something special brewing here.
Smell it, feel it ,breathe it, in the air.

Take control, to lose it anyways.
Make your choice: mine is just to live.


Sittin’ outside,
Smokin’ that loud,
This is the life.

I’m listening now,
to the whole sounds
surrounding our time.

I’ve got,
this primal urge. [hey]

I’ve got,
this pot of herbs. [yeah]

I’m not,
gonna stop this curse. [no]

I’m embracing my dark side,
the same as the light. [oh]


We’ve got something special brewing here.
Smell it, feel it ,breathe it, in the air.

Take control, to lose it anyways.
Make your choice: mine is just to live.

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