Raise Up

The G Sound

If I were a goddess...on a steed
why it would probably be
a medicine hat under me
and everywhere I go...I amass
for I am possessed of divinity yea
and I'mma ride that love on blast
yea crank up that amp
its going down down down
yea carry on
put those hands together with 
a slap
a clap...shake the can...don't need a band
trynna find dignity yea
and I'm kneelin on the desert sand
gonna have an epiphany
yea and I'm flying high in a world of love and shine
yea and its about that time
when all the world tunes in
O the magic of my mind
and O yea
the incandescent light
ain't room in this new world
for malice...yea
people plottin and scheming
while my open heart keeps beating...mmmmm yea
and my eyes were looking weary
but babe,
I still see U clearly cause there's no one else
gonna give to me - my dignity

Trynna Find Dignity

Cold walls and dark halls
cages for men that could not run
for the jailer knows the plays
and locks em in for days
far from the smile of the sun
some have gone insane
as they rant and scream their names
hoping someone hears them
...but no one came
and some will sit and glare
looking for a light in their despair
but I have found the jailer's keys
and in these walls I roam
singing words of love and care
things they've not been shown
so in these cold walls and dark halls
in cages meant for men
that could not run
yea
locked and kept away
from the smile of the sun
and I release U within me...beyond all...
and the jailer knows the plays and locks em
in for days...far from...
the smile of the sun

Smile Of The Sun

First U left me
then U catch me
but I'm no bird to sing for U
release my wings
from the darkest kings
and the joker
and the fools
yea
well I remember
I do
think I don't well I do
...recognize U
so light ur fires
and drop that noose
cause baby
I'm falling from the stars
yea
that's me
just cut me loose
why don't ya
but U burn me then U turn me
cut me on the ground
place ur boot upon my neck
say you'll see me around
O yea
said you'd catch me
but then U left me...
and I'm no bird to sing for U
release my wings
from the darkest kings
yea...take ur jokers
remove ur fools
cause I remember...yes I do

Release My Wings

I found my peace in the shadow of
the moon...hidden on the dark side
I close my eyes
I dress my wounds
and in the distance there is a screamin
wild horses teamin
drag the splinters of insistence
a chariot spilled admittance
and I see truth
cracked upon a wisdom tooth
extracted from the mouth of the open source
yea and O lord
is that Thoth?
what is the knowledge borrowed
is this...an impetuous sorrow
and do I carry karmic cargo through
the door
blades that wound me
saves the one tree with deepest roots
to a love that's free
cause I found peace in the shadow
of the moon yea
and I'm no fool
I dress my wounds
I close my eyes...to open up my throat
yea...the wisdom of Thoth
cause I found my peace in the 
shadow of the moon
hidden on the dark side

Impetuous Sorrow

Why do I still look for U
in the rooms that sit so empty
and why can I hear my kids
laughing when they play
even though...
they long ago moved away
yea
well I must walk forward
even when I go alone
cause I've still got mistakes and pain
for which I must atone
yea
and so this prayer I wrap in tobacco
and this is what I lay
will U hear me lord
why do they fear me lord
yea
why don't they stay
am I the dragon
breathing fire in the wind
yea
and if I jump from the mountaintop
will I take wing
and so with this prayer
I wrap up in tobacco
and this is what I lay
and will U hear me
why do they fear me lord
why don't they stay
yea
well I must walk forward
even when I go alone
cause I've still got mistakes and pain
for which I must atone
and this is what I lay
will U hear me lord
why do they fear me lord
yea
why don't they stay

I Must Walk

Well my blueprint is a story
for the architect in me
and over centuries of telling
it's put on some mystery
yea
and I've got my mother's mother's eyes
a codex history and til this day
I felt wasted and clothed myself
with ur hatred and bigotry
and I hold stories fit for telling
an oral gift to keep alive
our mother's mischief in the swellin
yea
and every time I tell these tales
each word placed with divinity
yea...cause my
blueprint is my story
for the architect U see
and every time I tell 'em
they grow in mystery

The Architect In Me

When the room grows dark and quiet
the grip of yearning wakes me
...to steal my joy
and I lay as one with darkness
yea...and my heart grows louder in the void
and, yea...
was a time I might have cried out
tried to run and hide out
and the ending would be about me
staying on the darkside
so, the query I now face as my heart 
picks up its pace
is if my love can light this world
yea
if my love can ignite this knotted burl
and will that knot resist...
hit me back with its wounded fists
and how will I persist against the violence
that exists fallen from a wall
when I got that call
yea
was a time I might have cried out
tried to run and hide out
and the ending would be about me
staying on the darkside

Will That Knot Resist

Cover art: Caitlin Hackett

This could be the last word I utter
til I close my lips around forever
but I could not disappear in a silence 
so severe...without showing U the insides of my heart
the light U see coming from me
is the love I hold to tightly
for I am the key to the timekeeper's dream
and in this reverie, I could go on unseen
cause that's how you'll have me - it seems
and my love for U is no residual, babe
cause my love is unconditional
not traditional and it's no grace
if U ain't brave and U don't believe
yea honey...I hope U find ur courage
and love the U that I'd want to know
don't have to be perfect but ur love for U
is how U treat urself...telling the universe
that ur bottom shelf
yea

The Timekeepers Dream

You should probably fear me
cause baby I read sign
and from what I've seen
the tracks U leave
is just how far I am behind
yea
I see U getting tricky as ur 
crossing over water
but I gotta remind ya
yea
I'm my mama's wild daughter
and I read sign
yea do U fear the reaper
do U think he's blind
(my god I need a better timeline)
cause I am the anchor point
and I swing wide
and I am the gravity
put myself outside
yea, and I read sign
cause, I am my mama's wild daughter
and I crush time
cause I am the line
and I read sign
do U fear the reaper
yea...do U fear the reaper

Do U Fear

I've been hiding in the cracks of life
and I know I was supposed to go
but I had things I thought I had to do
and babe...
I thought that was what I owed U
but lately I've been made to understand
like an almost reprimand
that U and I are through
yea
I resisted while god insisted
and now I know what I'm supposed to do
so my darling, I'll be going now
cause staying means I lose
yea
and I surrender to the breezes
to the trees
I wait for the whispering of fates
and the offering they leave
and...
lately I've been made to understand
like an almost reprimand
that U and I are through
yea
cause I can be my own damn fool

My Own Fool

Between this word  and the next
I live a lifetime and I have observed
the lives gone past...like the fading
of bright sunshine
cause living in new moments means
burning down the last
and should I mourn those passing
upon them my shadow cast
still bleeding off the pages...where I bask
and I shall wash away my tears
as I rise upon the day...my silence yet
unbroken, til a new word becomes my say
yea
from what was lost I have found
from what was unclean I am unbound
and from my lips, springs eternal...
the god sound
yea I say love
and speaks me clearly
yea I say love
can U hear me
Between this word  and the next
I live a lifetime and I have observed
the lives gone past...like the fading
of bright sunshine
cause living in new moments means
burning down the last

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🤟🏼Working on new patterns and techniques in composition, production, and performance of both instrumental(classical/acoustic guitar) and voice- pieces are built (loops and beats)..on BandLab @nyla_k00  and Soundtrap (new)

I have removed the (amp) tag for consistency in distribution- acoustic pieces I perform will be tagged as ‘acoustic’ (apologies for page reorganization)

TBH, I aspire to be a guitar 🎸 but I’ll settle for being able to play competently what I hear when I write...(one day, Alice...to the moon)

I study under Duncan L. Wood and am grateful for his guidance and patience. Most of my influences are Folk/Blues/Indie, but inspiration arrives in many forms so HT to Hip Hop, Rap, Classical, especially Chamber trios. Current tracks are first cuts and I may update them in the future with cleaner versions, thank you for listening as I learn.

The Architect In Me

Nyla K