I’ve been through heaven then hell today
I’ve been the jailer and prisoner of my mind
And it’s you i try to find
Through the lies
That my culture inscribed
What i want to say is...

I’m not the easiest man, i know
But i’ve got room for the trust i need to grow
Would help for you to know
There’s no doubt
Or unease
Left in me about the
Way i feel for you

It’s because you’re brave in a way that i have never known
And when i look in your eye
There’s no doubt inside
You are a truth that i thought i would never find
You are my reason my one, my all, you’re my kind

You are the love of my life and i feel this
Like a warmth in my soul when you’re here
You’re with me every part of my day
And when i dream it can seem like you’re right here with me

I been through heaven and hell just to drink from your well
I sell myself out for you
I play the game to lose for you
I lose and still i root for you
And now i have nothing left but to invest in what’s left of me
Build up some dignity
I realize with new eyes made wise by the pain of loss that
What i lost was never mine to have
So thank you for leaving the me that was
I realize now that i wasn’t worth it for either of us

Shouldn’t but i want it
Couldn’t so i need it
Denied it but i seen it coming, i’m grown yeah i know what i sow i will own yes i chose it

Couldn’t but i wanted
To blame you for the violence i felt when you rose and i fell to this hell where i dwell in this heartbreak hotel where there’s no love the smell of your memory keeps me
And i reach for your ghost but i get
NO LOVE

But i don’t let you
No i won’t let you go
Even though i know i should

I’ll be a better man for me not you

HEAVEN THEN HELL - feat Julie Acosta

In dreams.
lyrics
Go. The ocean calls.
Beneath the water, a little further now
God spoke and yes I heard it
I've been wrong and i deserve it
Karma Tolls
For one and all
Inevitable
I must believe it
It was my dream, I can't conceal it
Lost my logic to reveal it

For the soul, it knows
Our journey goes like water against a wall
The pain will lay
The lesson clear for all who want to know

Go. The ocean calls.
It’s violence grows until I heed it
May the tide lead where I need it
Won’t deny my third eye sees it
Under cover
Night the lover of my shame
It knows and names them all a symbol of my fears
The ocean calls it when I'm near it

The tide, resides inside the mind
The finds immeasurable
The ocean calls it by the name it gave to save us all

OCEAN - feat Marshall Gilkes

Light the fuse, enjoy the view
Fire blows the world in two
Burn to grow the seed anew
Dust to dust come be what must

Dance with the firestarter
Dance like a war has started

Burn till there’s no more water
Lit and it’s getting hotter
All on the line
Come live or die

Survive, the night
Survive and thrive

Play the rule, engage the fool
Riot on the side of right
Left the reason far behind
Resist the pull, let reason rule

Survive, the night
We thrive, alive
Burn our fires high, burn them all through the night
Never die

You wanna start a war?
You better be sure.

V.1
I know the One, i feel the light
But i do wrong, i know this
The pull is strong, been weak to long
The Devil is home waiting with the lights, yeah they on
Waiting for the night to be on
I try, but i can’t go on

I keep it low cus i know it
Better a lie i recognize
God’s not on my side
Forgotten what it’s like to be on a rise
When i fall so long

V.2
The bottom hold, no peaks just lows
A place i know so let it
I let it ride, i bide my time
Don’t ask, don’t try
Why should i deny my vice?
Why should I deny what i like when i know it’ll ease my mind

I keep it low cus i know it
Better a lie i recognize
God’s not on my side
Forgotten what it’s like to be on a rise
When i fall so long

Chorus:
Oh lord
I can’t feel
I need real
In my mind
There’s a fight
I can’t find
Which side i’m...
I’m on
I’m wrong
I need healing
Not feeling
Like i’m lost
To the cost
Of this bottle
Decisiones
La vida te va como lo vez
But what should i make of this?
I am blind without a compass
The ocean told this
To every man who took the risk
The path that you think is easiest
Requires men without ambition

CORO:
Low goes the road
That i’m on but at least i know it well
Burns slow and makes a comfortable hell
I could rise but i think that i’ve made up my mind
To reside behind the lie i tell myself inside this comfortable hell

POEM:
A toast!
To the path, the road less known
Had i the eyes to face the light
I just might have made a better man
Taken a chance
On the guide inside
Now my light dies with every glass i rise so,...
TO LIFE!...less alive

Chorus:
Oh lord
I can’t feel
I need real
In my mind
There’s a fight
I can’t find
Which side I’m...
I’m on
I’m wrong
I need healing
Not feeling
Like i’m lost
To the cost
Of this bottle
Decisiones
La vida te va como lo vez
But what should i make of this?
I am blind without a compass
The ocean told this
To every man who took the risk
The path that you think is easiest
Requires men without ambition

DECISIONES - feat Jeremy Powell

Strong is beautiful
Be grown and dutiful with your life
Man was made to make with his hands and mind
We’re creators in our grace by design

But the enemy of our life
Has been seeded deep in our mind
Destroyed our will to live as a lion
Made a sheep of man
A designer hallow / how low

Can spirits go
Down rabbit holes
The victim knows
The victim mindset grows
To reach new lows
The violence grows
Our hatred shows
We come to go to blows
Play out our roles
Sell out the show
The story never changes how it goes
Incredible
Illogical
The more we change the less we grow

I’m tired of all the pain
I’m tired of all the hate in our hearts
Let love be what remains
Don’t let the victim tear our people apart

Cause the enemy of our life
Has been seeded deep in our mind
Destroyed our will to live as a lion
Made a sheep of man
A designer hallow/how low

Can spirits go
Down rabbit holes
The victim knows
The victim mindset grows
To reach new lows
The violence grows
Our hatred shows
We come to go to blows
Play out our roles
Sell out the show
The story never changes how it goes
Incredible
Illogical
The more we change the less we grow

POEM:
To the victim in you and me
To the one that wants it all for free
The one entitled by greed
Ruled by cupidity
Your stupidity will be the death of everything
The death of the very thing you claim to fight for
You claim your rights for
To the victim your death is near
Long live the king of himself

To the victim in you and me
It’s time for us to set us free
It’s up to us to take us up to what we fought
For life
The revolution will now be spiritualized

I’ll be the queen of my people and we’ll do it right
Teach my people to be proud and independent I
I kill the victim made a king of every soldier man
I’ll lead my people to the promise of the promised land

AMERICAN LATIN

ENEMY

Timbales: Daniel Antonetti
Conga: Mauricio Herrera 
Bongo: Little Johnny Rivero
Bass: Luques Curtis
Piano: Zaccai Curtis
Tenor Sax: Jonathan Powell
Trumpet: Julie Acosta & Jonathan Powell

QUE TU QUIERE

Timbales: Daniel Antonetti
Conga: Reinaldo DeJesus
Bongo: Orlando Vega
Bass: Apolo Ayala
Piano: Zaccai Curtis
Tenor Sax: Jeremy Powell
Trumpet: Julie Acosta

SUNSHINE

Drums: Obed Calvaire
Bass: Luques Curtis
Keys: Zaccai Curtis
Trombone: Marshall Gilkes
Trumpet: Julie Acosta

MAIDEN MAY

I was a dead man walking a year ago. Extinguished. But she found me and brought me back. Our flame burned away the past and lit a fire that's burned healthy ever since. It was incredible. It is incredible. A miracle. This song is about that. The album to follow is about that. And with a little luck and dedication, the rest of my days will be about that. 

Have you ever felt something similar? Have you every felt beyond hope and somehow come back? Have you ever felt energy you thought long gone come back renewed and stronger than you ever imagined? I hope this song gives you a sense of that feeling:

Resurrection

electric guitar, driving drums & bass and a dude on vocals doing it well.

Lytle Lyon