Out of Bounds
There’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
The masses agree like the ocean’s tide
Everyone has a life that they lead
Some are for good
Others for bad deeds
What sort of life do you wish to make?
One where you give or one where you take?
People often like to run their mouths
Just sit back and listen
You’ll figure them out
When someone is deep they’re not hard to find
They’re often quite still with their mind redlined
Knowledge is power
Money is worthless
Switch them around
Now which has more purpose?
Many a question meet their demise
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Global Pt. III: In The Spirit of the One World Man
I am faceless
My motives smell eerie
I grin with all races
Of no origin clearly
Lead roots to no traces
Hear foreign plights
So I outsource yearly
Never blinking or bat eyes in dark nights
I am careless
So I crave affection
And love from the masses
With little discretion
Throw stones at house glasses
My arms are a waving
In your misdirection
I love you like I love a plaything
I am heartless
My feelings are all void
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Economics
Illegal drugs and a cache of weapons
Get dropped off and pointed in the direction
Of lost dreams broadcast on widescreens
For seconds
Where life flickers like tickers
That flashes on the bottom with the glitz
And a sip of the Schlitz malt liquor
No question
The drug problem needs a solution
In the tap water to drink away the pollution
On crowded streets the city’s heart beats
Disillusion means everyday is Monday
But today is filled with confusion
From 3-61 one ways
Divided by pie
And multiplied by a bunt cake
Sprinkled with diced fried cheese and covered up
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Jailbird (Grounded for Life)
Looking out through the clouds
From behind these eyes
Memories come rushing up to greet me now
And I hear the words
Breathing fears on these ears
Hard to think I was once free as a bird
But then I dream that wonderful dream
You know the one
Where you’re flying so close to the sun
And it all feels so real and warm
I streamed on fire above this storm
Searching infinity within me to find
A lost home
And a key that unlocks this mind
It will be like before
I was alive bowing down to five
Universe in a seashell washed on my shore
In front of me at my feet
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She Ran so Fast
There was once a girl who wanted to run fast
She was the fastest in her home, the fastest in her class
She ran so fast she would break all the rules
Not to mention, all the records in all of her schools
All people called her, ‘Fastest in the world’
But that wasn’t nearly fast enough for this girl
She ran so fast gravity couldn’t carry her
And then one day, she ran past the sound barrier
One time,2 times,3 times, and 4
She mocked space shuttles in her quest to run more
Her feet never sored, her soul never tired
She ran so fast, she was lean as a wire
As she grew older, so did her legend
Her ambition grew bolder and made her feel destined
To become the fastest that ever existed
She was faster than stars shooting at night
But still she kept running, still she persisted
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Showtime! !
Who’s been there for you when you’ve felt down! ?
(You have! !)
Who kept you from danger indoors, safe and sound! ?
(You did! !)
Who raised you when your parents were never around! ?
(You did! !)
What do you say folks, should I take a bow! ?
(Yes! ! Yes! ! Yes! !)
Who says watching me gives you a slow mind! ?
(They do! !)
Who says I promise you success with no grind! ?
(They do! !)
Is it true you sit there and let your life blow by! ?
(Boooooooo! !)
Did I or did they say you’d be told no lie! ?
(They did! ! Liars! !)
Who else can show you every bloody train wreck! ?
(No one! !)
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Adult
It’s a miracle what it takes to be thought as an adult
So many rules told to follow like young children in occults
Suffer heart wrenching pain and go hungry for assaults
Spend more time on money and stack happiness in vaults
The minute hand slowly sweeps life under the rug
In your youth anything could solved with just a shrug
But now you’re an adult, you must cut back on all the hugs
Put your efforts to the future and how you must taste to bugs
-You must cause many crises and never be at fault
And when you’re all alone then you’re truly an adult
If nothing else prospers from the wrinkles and the frowns
-Take comfort in knowing your insurance bill goes down
Your smile must be smug when you’re laughing in the group
Keep the sarcasm sharp like the gossip in the coop
Look down on everyone you find sitting on a stoop
You’re not being rude, it’s just what adults do
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Visions pt3-Marooned (Visions Forsaken)
There was a warm gust from every angle
I felt like an unleashed angel
A path up ahead went neither up nor down
It made no difference, my souls were on clouds
Ran my fingers through the air before going too far
I stopped to gaze, more or less, and picked up some stars
Looked them over and gave them to the wind
But they stayed with me like next of kin
And my journey begins
There was no sign of sun, but plenty of light
No need of sleep, the night had the day off
There was nothing familiar but also no fright
No laws of the land and no grass to stay off
Everything at hand, no need for resilience
Worlds on my lashes, each blink was brilliance
I peered on down far into the blue
Imagination expressed in magnificent hues
And my journey continues
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Dirty Fingernails And Smelly Clothes
An ode to the lifeblood of society both past and present
The multitude of souls who break their spirits to present
Many invisible services to residents who resent
The smell of soiled clothes without their written consent
Or dirty fingernails that fix their home to their content
And fill their rooms with all varieties of foreign content
From all continents
Where beleaguered joints can make them look prominent
By spinning threads into patterns or metal into confident
Shapes that allure the senses and induces false confidence
Amongst others who toil under the same notion
That if they work hard enough
They’ll gain the boss’s devotion
Unaware the head office needs them more than they
Need the head office to provide them with pay
For without dirty fingernails and smelly clothes
What’s to stop the garbage from piling up in rows?
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These Dreams
Dust swirled all around
But the heli couldn’t leave the ground
With all my might I tried and tried
But my old friends still left my eyes
Some diamonds broken in my hands
A toaster burned cool as a fan
Skeletons dancing in the glass
1 and a million rainbows pass
Change Scene
I’ve met him now a couple times
The one who tries to kill my mind
At first he came and shots rang out
All through my soul and fear ran out
Next he came at me with swords
But this beast would settle the score
My goodness would soon be overcome
At least I had him on the run
Change Scene
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