Samples from Charles Bradley's "Dusty Blue". Produced by Ziggid.

Mechanization Of Minds

Samples from Wim Overgaauw's "Without You", and "I Think It's Going To Rain Today". Beat produced by Ziggid.

Good Times And Bad News

Samples from Willie Hutch's "Deep in Your Love." Beat produced by Ziggid.

In My Eyes

Samples from Alice Coltrane's "Journey In Satchindananda." Vocal Samples of Winston Churchill. Beat produced by Ziggid.

Masters Of Our Fate

Passage

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Head Trip
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #7

Lyrics:
[verse 1]
The table is set, accept what I have to make of this mess
Suicidal music made it so that arrangin’ my death’s 
All the more simple, couldn’t miss, a noose strangles my neck
And all my lyrics attest and show a range of regrets 
But that’s a copout, a box office knockout
‘Cause envious ones wanted my woman and the box out 
To get the rebound was kill me avoidin’ lockdown
By settin’ up the scene
Or was the culprit the one I gave a ring?
Couldn’t figure what’s up inside of her mind
She sat in silence hearin’ rumors and conspirin’ my
Passin’ if that don’t convince ‘em it’s crime of passion
Psych, I heard an ill joke and died laughin’
But now it’s on you obvious that was a rouse
And so many investigated but they all got duped
The perfect murder start debatin’ as to who had the clues
But what good is what you know if it can’t get proved 

[hook]
When it’s all said and done I’ll let you decide
Don’t get taken for a fool and call it suicide
‘Cause we all got something that could possess us
After they kill you it’s what they usin’ against us

[verse 2]
Obituary - I was pilotin’ the whip
Fed up with my life and let it spiral in a ditch 
But don’t buy into the hype of what they lead to believe 
‘Cause avoidin’ jail cell’s why they need to deceive 
But CSI failed to check the transmission
Must’ve been mom dukes just sick of the fuckin’ distance 
She needed me when pops battled an addiction
But I just disengaged like I was callin’ off a wedding 
So how I could blame her? I can’t in any case
‘Cause it was homicide the killers aint premeditate
They broke into the crib lookin’ for the come up
When I’m ‘posed to be out workin’ and that’s when it got all fucked up 
Called in sick, woke up to a couple robbers
One smooth, the other one panicked, I caught a hot one
Blaow! Took one right to the temple
They put the gat inside my hands, wiped it of prints, now go avenge us
Victims of the most fatal mistake
See me at my wake feelin’ out of place, and wonder what my sealed my fate 
Look deep ‘cause I’m pointin’ to all the signs
Speakin’ from the other side, embrace death and free your mind
[hook]

[verse 3]
Sometimes I wonder why I ponder my last breath
It must be ‘cause with every last breath I pass death
Grim reapers, black roses, skull and bone crosses
The ending of a process that we perceive through the scope of darkness 
Blind eye to the sufferin’
But never dry eyes in the crowds out there huddlin’ 
At the open casket and gravestones
Selfish motives for emotions wishin’ they came home 
‘Cause unbeknownst to the dearly departed
They get invoked ‘cause the logic is we love creatin’ martyrs
Either way we never get a fair shake 
Why you think we shed tears wailin’ as we take our first taste
Of polluted air? bustin’ nuts few to spare
Watch ‘em sink never swim never get to take a dip 
Those livin’ yo I pray for them
God bless the dead but I aint finna try playin’ him 

[hook]

Zoetic Minds - Head Trip

Comfort Zone (instrumental)

Good Man (instrumental)

The Creed (instrumental)

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Fine Written Line
album: Zoetic Minds
track #8

Zoetic Minds - Fine Written Line

Samples from Creative Source - Good Lovin' Is Good Livin' and vocal samples in consideration for eLab. Shout out to my 'lil brother Mikey. We're out here. 

Indiscretions (instrumental)

Samples from: 
1. John Klemmer- Summer Song
 2. Sammy Nestico- Night Flight 
3. Redman- Dangerous Mcees 
4. GZA- Third World
 5. Pual Nice's Drum Library vol. 5
 6. Django: Unchained 
Produced by Ziggid.


Who Flips The Mic So Well (instrumental)

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Comfort Zone
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #4

Lyrics:
[Intro]
We say shit like “love me at worst”
But that’s only because we scared to do better
Comfort Zone

 [Verse 1]

Connected vices, but never could picture you lifeless
You paid the cost for memories that I figured were priceless
your mom’ll never see her son again
I put the bottle down somehow you couldn’t buck the trend
If only he was more like me what could become of him
Is what they sayin’, I can’t take it, don’t you understand?
It ain’t like he was wishin’ not to draw the line
And yeah he slipped, but his intention wasn’t far from mine
Ask yourself: What if you and your girl wasn’t beefin’?
What if we didn’t come from tainted semen?
What if you got the treatment that you needed?
What if they didn’t rob your crib on that fateful evening?
And what if I believed that you could beat it? Would it have ended different?
We played with the same fire like we was Olympic torch bearers
So don’t put me on a pedestal like medal winners
I wish that I could bring you back, I just can’t level with ‘em

[Hook]

So what’s love when you only share vices?
And what’s dubbed when you only pair crisis?
All you do is plunge deeper where it’s stifling
Get out your comfort zone, and be aware who bears likeness
Said, what’s love when you only share vices?
And what’s dubbed when you only pair crisis?
All you do is plunge deeper where it’s stifling
get out your comfort zone

[Verse 2]

I got visions and I laid ‘em out
But I was trippin’ off some fantasies we playin’ out
You fit the script because your past wasn’t straightened out
And you got thick, I wasn’t mad how you cakin’ now
Breakin’ down, I seen you hurtin’ figured I could save you
I just wanted the upper hand and I could see it on the table
Just a little older when you robbed me of my cradle
Wasn’t the couple years it was more about your fatal attractions
And how you couldn’t shed the baggage
Of gettin’ two-timed, the competition was orgasmic
That wasn’t my plan so all of a sudden
You buggin’, thinkin’ gettin’ treated right is something you couldn’t stomach
So you played me and the legacy is crazy
Got the girl you wasn’t meant to be but now I’m shady
Strike preemptively and put some shackles on my lady
Controllin’, overbearin’, hope you lovin’ what you made me

Zoetic Minds - Comfort Zone

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Monster
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #6

MUSIC VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUC1686DTxk

LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
[Skepsys]
Do you believe in monsters?
And not the type that hide under the bed or the kind in the closet the darkness conjures
What really wanders the human psyche?
Walks the streets and looks just like and can act politely?
But precisely the right time to strike, then he's right behind me
It's inflicted mankind since its derived and likely
That it survived to eventually take over your entire body
And manifested from your thoughts and it's already plotting
[Ziggid]
Yo pause this shit, you called on me, you ain't caught me
[Skepsys]
Who is this and what the hell do you want from me?
[Ziggid]
Well that's easy, I'm you, stop being such a fucking dummy
[Skepsys]
You have to stop because I don't want to be...
[Ziggid]
Be a what? Some kind of monster that wakes up from his slumbering?
Listen carefully, I got news for you, I come from you're suffering
[Skepsys]
M-m-my what?
[Ziggid]
Why you so scared for and stuttering?
[Skepsys]
'Cause I'm trying to be human, shit
[Ziggid]
Yeah right, like that's some other thing
We're just one and the same and I lie and wait for my summoning

[Hook]
[Skepsys]
No matter how long he lays dormant
The caged demon stays feeding on my torment
He gets stronger as I start to feel weak
So I decide to let him out, only temporarily
But that backfires 'cause it's hard to retire him
When everything he does is a reflection of me
And my pain that I'll never let you downplay
'Cause even if he takes over I'll be left with all the blame

[Verse 2]
[Skepsys]
Within the depths taking residence but misstep and then it's evident
That you dependent when accounts showing deficits
Or at the whim of your not-so-victimless fetishes
That's when your moral high ground's getting jettisoned
[Ziggid]
Now stop, the opportunity's presented so I'm stepping in
And you should welcome it, let's make this process effortless
[Skepsys]
Nah, Imma fight you to the death of me
You'll never take me alive, I'll die before I let you have my legacy
And this what I get for listening when they telling me
That I should keep my friends further than my enemies
[Ziggid]
And now I've grown stronger than you'll ever be
You fed me with all them fucking suicidal tendencies
Your death wishes never had me feeling so alive
You're dead inside and now it's time to have my role assigned
[Skepsys]
Well it's a rush letting you out to see the light
But how I'm supposed to reel you in when my reflection's your disguise

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
[Ziggid]
I'm like the night when it falls
'Cause these aren't fingernails, stupid, these are claws
So let's face it, I'm the thing that goes bump in the night with my bass kick
The call's coming from inside the house so don't trace it
[Skepsys]
Wait a minute, no reason or placement
The body's outlined with chalk on the pavement
The date went on the stone in engraving
What the fuck are you doing all day in your basement
I saw the news, are you in trouble?
[Ziggid]
Well was there a witness statement?
[Skepsys]
Come on man, who could commit such a travesty?
[Ziggid]
Well maybe the other half of me is conflicted and prone to tragedy
[Skepsys]
You'd have to be mad to be adapted to this naturally
[Ziggid]
Just look back in the mirror and tell me who's trapped actually
[Skepsys]
Nah this can't be, that's not me
[Ziggid]
Well who the fuck you think it is? Z-I-double G?
Well here's a clue Nancy Drew, no matter what you do
It's too late 'cause the monster's already taken over you

[Hook]

[Outro]
[Ziggid]
The lesson of the story is we all have a monster in us
And it's whether you choose to let that out or not
But you can't judge 'cause we're all guilty

Zoetic Minds - Monster (music video in description)

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Like This Son
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #3

Lyrics:
[Intro]
[Skepsys]
Let's keep it real
This goes out to you
[Ziggid]
And you

[Verse 1]
[Skepsys]
It's something about the way his momma kissed him
The way his smile shine though the odds is against him
And I'm the cause of the trauma that afflict him
Ignorin' the disease 'cause I'd rather stop the symptoms
Before I crack this cheap vodka
Just understand nobody in this world can ever stop ya
But which lesson is he holdin'?
Doin' as I do or my words that was golden?
And his sister's so beautiful
She represents the dirt and hard work under my cuticles
'Cause I just love how she always outspoken
Dispellin' every notion of our motherland's culture
Though my actions may not amount
To quite what they should, take my words in account
My speech slurred when I tell you that I'm proud
But I mean every word without a shadow of a doubt

[Hook]
"And you don't stop...And you don't stop"
"Like this son" (x4)

[Verse 2]
[Ziggid]
I'm tryin' to find a peace of mind while I recover
Got engaged on the steps and promised to always love her
That night, saw the Facebook page of my older brother
Sayin' he was gone, I immediately called my mother
I broke down once I heard the tears were comin' from her
His wife eight months pregnant, I couldn't muster
My brother never knew his pops
And now his son will feel the same, I blame this vicious cycle, it don't stop
Eight months passed, woke up in a hospital bed
My wife-to-be next to me 'cause she never left
I saw the news that morning about a man who was hit
And then my phone rang, I got a call I'll never forget
"Hello"
You see, that man on the news was my best friend
Four days prior he was gettin' fitted as my groomsman
But with the two of them gone we still tied the knot
Because life goes on and it don't stop

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
[Skepsys]
Was ego bruisin' like goin' from kilo movin'
To pushin' dime bags 'cause you like a primo to me
And I see you on that bullshit you doin'
I used to clown on you for that pulpit you flew in
Two kids - we were so young and innocent
Both came up around some drug dealer pitchin' shit
And I was the first one to cop it
You shitted on your boy, now you the one that can't stop it
And damn near smoked yourself stupid
We never really did know who your real crew is
Word is bond kid, I ran into your mother
And felt her pain when she said I'm 'posed to be your brother
I wondered if she know about your snake shit
But she a queen and her heart's already breakin'
Won't be the one to tell her to stay strong
So get your mind right, hope she ain't got to wait long

[Hook]

[Outro]
[Ziggid]
R.I.P. Real D, Zoetic Minds
Rest in peace, brother
[Real D]
And don't worry about it neither
I just had to take a breather, peace




Zoetic Minds - Like This Son

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: The Creed
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #10

Zoetic Minds - The Creed

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Good Man
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #5

Zoetic Minds - Good Man

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Who Flips The Mic So Well
album: Zoetic Minds 
track #9

Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXcyHr294ck

Zoetic Minds - Who Flips The Mic So Well (music video in description)

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: And For What?
album: Persona Non Grata
track 9

Lyrics:  

[Verse 1: Ziggid]
Steady rock and it’s still illin’
Not in for your profits, your margins’ not filling
They can find my plot twists, I got this, mic villain
I’m speaking to the generations above us that caught stealing
Saying fuck your games, flags and flagrant racists
Happened through complacence put in a list of a million faces
Public domain of knowledge vanished without traces
I’ma make it by God’s will and God’s graces
Follow me check your spaces
While my king takes pawn in the game in the United Nations
And for what? The sake of the sacred economy
Monetary lobotomy tooling human monopoly
The same pressure put on top of me by forced philosophies
Conglomerates and monstrosities 
That’s why I’m asking these questions
When they call it justice but mean “just us”

[Hook: Ziggid]
And for what? I’m supposed to just trust in a system?
And for what? When I can hardly afford the cost of living?
And for what? When all I got is this pot to piss in?
And for what? When the output is less than they been given?
And for what? For the sake of American tradition
And for what? No accountability for politicians
And for what? An illusion of choice but no decision
Then so what? Open your eyes and pay attention

[Verse 2: Skepsys]
Alienated by the two-party system
Barely containing my frustration cuz the shoes hardly fit us
Come bare witness through this foolhardy prism
Where it’s nothing left to lose and spells doom for tradition
What ought to be medically treated
Is codified as crime so they can say what they just turned you into lends it credence
Before history we’re taught to pledge allegiance
Early stages is conditioning like work before the season
And for what? The second coming of The Inquisition?
Tests of conscience putting a halt to letting immigrants in
Coincidence with recession so this shit’s a given
And discipline is paving a pathway into prison
I wake up to the trend of a hashtag
Another name synonymous with “death of a Black man”
But yall don’t hear me like the duck yelling Aflac
But when these words stop…Think about what comes past that

[Hook: Skepsys]
And for what? Everyday we fight to make a living
And for what? For corporate bosses trying to make a killing
And for what? With every substance they make illicit
And for what? Another class they can take to prison
And for what? A system that’s built on contradictions
And for what? History replaced with revisions
And for what? Strategically placing all omissions
Then so what? Open your eyes and pay attention

[Verse 3: Ziggid]
I want a house with a white picket fence
In a good neighborhood, a place where you could raise kids
No bad influence, no apartment living, paying rent
It’s just a trap to hold you back from investment
I painted a pretty picture of pockets lined with presidents
Perpetuating what’s present, now it’s evidence
That nobody wanted to this settlement
But they control the food for 99% of them

[Hook]
And for what? 5% of the world’s population
And for what? 25% of the world’s prisoners
And for what? But what does the bottom look like?
And for what? Zip codes are trapped inside of cycles of poverty
And for what? They’re not protesting these specific instances
And for what? The police should be second-guessed, they’re public servants
And for what? And we’re the public
Then so what? Open your eyes and pay attention

Zoetic Minds - And For What?

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Last Words
album: Persona Non Grata
track 15

Lyrics:

[Intro: Skepsys]
Yo, I’m probably too young to be doin’ this shit
But the way I see it is
It can all be taken at any given moment
So if not now, shit then when
You namsayin’?
Yeah

[Verse 1: Skepsys]
If today I had to take my last breath
I wouldn’t overthink shit cuz that’s my greatest asset 
Never made enough to trip where the cash kept 
In fact, aint too many snakes in my grass left 
Know it hurts when relationships sour
Cuz the breaking point devours what was sacred in its power 
So I’ve learned just to savor what was ours 
And bear with the nostalgia without racin’ against the hours 
It’s a tightrope balancin’ act
Got the whole block shakin’ with my talent in rap
Cuz it’s hard to see it comin’ through my nervousness smilin’
Plus I was raised in that immigration culture of silence 
Now I put it all out for the world to see
Personally, I hope it’s something you could learn from me
Or at least take solace in my pain
If you relate to what I’m sayin’ you just tryin’ to maintain

[Hook: Skepsys]
I kept it real down to my last breath
All I did was be me, nothin’ more nothin’ less 
If this is it and I’m livin’ last day
Make it one for the books and I’ll happily pass away

[Verse 2: Skepsys]
Now was it worth it for the price of admission?
If life were to stop right now while I’m spittin’
Well I had to watch my moms while she weep
Pops caught up in his genes gettin’ brought up by the fiends
So she stashed extra bottles by the sink
Last thing we want is him behind the wheel when he drinks 
That’s why if I pass don’t bother spillin’ out
You want to honor my memory, put the liquor down 
I can’t help but keep it real with you
Still wish I told Sukhi “Yo, I’m here for you”
“And I feel for you, but we need to deal with truth”
Head on, collision course then rebuild it too
So when I pass through departures
This time they won’t harass and can’t stop us in the process 
No TSA or Patriot Act
Or government spies at the gate doin’ they Patriot acts

[Hook]

[Bridge: Ziggid]
I must be out of my mind
Maybe I’m thinkin’ about my worries, what a waste of time
You could pack it up or you could wait in line
This is my life
This is my life, live it how I want it
Microphone killer and a pocket full of chronic
Diggin’ through the records, second album droppin’
This is my time and that’s what probably why you’re watchin’

[Verse 3: Skepsys]
If it happens I aint primed to see tomorrow
In supplyin’ yall with sorrow hope anxiety gets followed by
A celebration of my life in its glory 
One of them lucky few who get to write their own story 
With the vocals on the track, how many get a chance?
I’m just prayin’ me and Sonia get our first dance
Cuz she been waitin’ for it, if I don’t make it to it
Just play this verse to hold you down cuz at the rate we goin’ 
Nobody rockin’ the boat
Eatin’ pasta watchin’ dolphins swim off of the coast
Monterey, Santa Barbara, all the spots on the globe
Same place I want my ashes in the water to float, fasho 
Console my moms and my sister 
Let ‘em know they was loved, 100 I’ma miss ‘em 
Don’t forget to give the kids all my wishes
Lord giveth and he taketh, the embarrassment of riches

[Hook]

[Bridge]

Zoetic Minds - Last Words

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: The Vanguard feat. Noyz (@NoyzHipHop)
album: Persona Non Grata
track 11

Zoetic Minds - The Vanguard feat. Noyz

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Blind Justice
album: Persona Non Grata
track 14

Zoetic Minds - Blind Justice

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Blind Justice (Skit)
album: Persona Non Grata
track 13

Zoetic Minds - Blind Justice (Skit)

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song: Bound To The Dollar Bill
album: Persona Non Grata
track 3

Zoetic Minds - Bound To The Dollar Bill

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Clockwork
album: Persona Non Grata
track 7

Zoetic Minds - Clockwork

OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvzD53hYgI4

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Delinquent
album: Persona Non Grata
track 2

Zoetic Minds - Delinquent (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO IN DESCRIPTION)

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Petty Shit
album: Persona Non Grata
track 12

Zoetic Minds - Petty Shit

artist: Zoetic Minds
song: Play This At My Funeral (Instrumental)
album: Persona Non Grata
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song: Resurrection
album: Persona Non Grata
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song: Slow Your Role
album: Persona Non Grata
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Zoetic Minds - Slow Your Role

Zoetic Minds is a hiphop duo- Skepsys and Ziggid. Out of San Jose,CA, Zoetic Minds infuses modern sounds while remaining true to the roots of hiphop.

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