Philosophy I

FORAGEFREEK

To anyone in the world
Who happens to hear this song
Hi! thanks for stopping by
I'll keep it short, won't keep you long,

I’m just wanting to sing my dreams out
To the beat of this drum
Sending my wishes on out into to outerspace
To infinity and beyond

Cause maybe if they resonate
And if maybe there’s a God
Hopefully that higher power 
Will start humming along

And if the harmony that follows
finds its way back to my own
maybe some of what I’ve wished for
will be in those overtones

So for the new year, 
I'm praying for peace and calm
I’m praying for better days, for sunny skies, 
and that we all can get along,

If we stay positive, I think we'll get 
everything that we want
And though you might think this is different 
for each and everyone

I think that at the end and in our cores
there's a unifying need
we all want peace and love and happiness 
throughout our communities

we want progress, prosperity,
a pleasant, easy end,
more wealth and health and time to spend
with family and friends

we want a place that's safe to rest at night
and a roof over our heads
to drink clean water in abundance
let our stomach's be well-fed

This ain't too much to ask for,
it's how things are meant to be fortunately
the fortune-tellers that say doom's our destiny
are foolish forecasts for the few 
who for the time refuse to see
that our future's our own making, 
no repeating history

Me? Nah, I don't claim to hold the key,
I just maintain hope that there's a way
we'll find eventually

think we're gonna

rise

Years before I mighta wished for much more personal things,
but damn man, 2020 brought me down to my knees,
and going forward passed this horror, not sure what it’ll bring,
but dear Lord, let 2021 be a little less bleak

Cause this last year had tons of problems
troubles up to our ears,
we heard the buzz of murder hornets
that never used to be here,

Across the world burned chaos, 
fire stoking our fear
I don’t even need to mention 
the disease that appeared,

All across the planet
Protests shook the streets,
You could hear the masses marching,
chanting, "We can't breathe."

We’ve been choked for way too long now by the crooked elite,
the 99% and counting underneath of their feet,
but lately we been seeing straighter least I hope it’ll be
we’ll set our differences aside, no more you versus me

Cause it seems that mass corruption's creeped through everything
and everything that shouldn't be is controlled by those controlled by greed
and all we need, at least i think, is a better sense of unity,
to see the way that things are now aren't how they always have to be

Me? Nah, I don't claim to hold the key,
I just maintain hope that there's a way
we'll find eventually

Think we’re gonna
Rise

New Year’s Wish

Cut back to the time
When I was nine years old,
Had pots, pans, a guitar,
And a song on my soul,

My best friend played percussion
We rocked and rolled,
He used spoons to set the groove
And let the rhythm flow,

And since then I ain’t never put a lid on it,
Since then I been relentless writing lyrical bits,
When the melody hits, 
I feel euphoria kick,
My heads been busy buzzin’
On that dopamine drip,

Dipped into all the classics 
and I learned quite a bit,
Like this trick to kick a song off 
on the key’s minor sixth,

Learned the basic making music tips 
like 1-4-5,
Mix some verses with a bridge,
Then ya fit the hook twice,

Bled tens of pens on pages 
Pennin plentiful lines,
Lettin music lead essentially
Unfettered it flies,

Check my slippery lips
Providing improvised times
Let rid of limits 
Writing riffs and licks unconfined

And they’ve been mostly hidden, 
All these melodies mine,
Every now and then might visit gigs,
Or post tunes online,

Don’t dig attention, 
Keepin hidden from the spotlight,
If you’re givin this a listen,
really glad you dropped by

Cause I like to think
That anyone can write rhymes,
You just drop a beat, 
Say a line,
Keep it in time,

Speak of what you think 
Like how I sing of better times,
Slow it down if that’s more your style

It’s easier to say than do,
But it’s worth a try,
No need to produce a tune
That hits the top 5

No need for industry, Ya feelin me?
Reach the world wide,

Sip a hint of harmony,
Make you feel fine,

Melody can remedy,
an ill in our minds,
A way to chill the heat, 
be cool, catch a good vibe,

No harm to me to skip my beat,
Feel free to pass by,
I’m just making tunes,
Like I always do,

Why?

I’ll never claim to be the best,
But I can’t sit upon the sidelines,
And watch life pass me by,
I‘ve gotta try,
Before my time has passed,

Now, yeah honestly,
Don’t know if rappings for me,
Most my music‘s been acoustic,
Used to moving the strings,

See I usually sing,
That too’s not smooth to be
Something to toot toot my own horn aboot,
Who’s looping dude’s off key?

Shoot, to be truthful
Guitar grew boring to me,
Been through acoustic’s outs and ins,
No new tricks to see,

lately prepped my pc
With some apps to make beats,
To simply dip the tip my shoes
Into a different scene,

And I know,
Everybody wanna rap these days,
It’s a meme, 
It’s a joke,
It’s cliche,
Everybody wants fame,

But I mean it,
Really don’t want fame
No praise,
Big stage, 
Mon-AY,
Nobody sayin my name,

Though no shame in gold,
That’s not my aim,
My only goal’s to make some art,
Paint my heart on time and space,

And maybe you’ve been laughing 
Really rappings not my place 
Gotta point back to the hook,
I’ll never claim to be great,

I never entered the game,
That clique’s way over my head,
Am I ready now? No!
Really I’m not yet,

This day may be my last 
There’s a lot that is unsaid,
Really hope I never die,
So here’s to no mo those last breaths,

This song just entertains the thought,
I’ll someday outpace death,
Hope I live forever,
Never discover what’s next,

Know this ain’t too clever
But I guess it’s my best bet, Better 
Late than never,
This hip hops fresh from the press,

Pressed post, Clicked send,
This ain’t no flex, 
No stress about my skill,
Cause the chorus says,

I’ll never claim to be the best,
But I can’t sit upon the sidelines,
And watch life pass me by,
I’ve gotta try,
Before my time has passed.

Tommy Tompkins

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