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Meant to Be
03:26
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I.
Word to all the sons and the daughters
Respect, respect for your mommas
We know the romance didn’t hold
But that’s a separate issue from the soul
I just want to, just want to hold you close
Tell you that the stars are yours
Your love, your is the worth gold
I promise, your love is worth gold
When you fall in love, when you fall in love
You have to give your all
My little one, my little one
You’re growing tall
My love for you, my love for you
So unconditional—
II.
Black mirrors, dead screens
Demons feed, ego driven
Swipe right, left, blind sides
Joints, blunts, white lines
In this time
Bright screens, fixed eyes
Shady friends, shadow truths
Black satin, white lies
Mixed reality, everybody
Searching for identity
No boundaries, insecurities,
Inconsistencies
We sex so casually
We sex so casually
So what would you expect?
From all the dust?
What would you expect from love?
So what would you expect?
All this lust?
What would you expect from love?
III.
Tell me, what would you expect from love?
We gotta live in love, but what would you expect from love?
I said we live in love, and die in love
I said we live in love, and die in love
I said we live in love, and die in love
I said we live in love, and die in love
When you fall in love, when you fall in love
You have to give your all…
IV.
When you fall in love
You have to give your all
When u fall in love
You have to break down walls
When your heart breaks
You have to stand so tall
When love come back around
Let yourself fall—
I would leave
I would leave…a thousand times
I would leave
I would leave…a thousand times
I would leave
I would leave…a thousand times
Before I lose my love within
You’ve got to love with all your heart, and
You’ve got to break, you’ve got to curve and bend
You’ve got to love the consequence
In this case child that’s your eyes
Your smile and your breath
You’re my responsibility from life to death
That’s the cross that I carry, it scars my chest
You decorate my time, I give you my best
I give you the best of my time
V.
Peace to all the fathers
Peace to, peace to all the fathers
Peace to all the fathers
Peace to, peace to all the fathers
Peace to all the fathers
Peace to, peace to all the fathers
Who show up regardless
My child, you show me who god is
Reflections of the sun, moon, and stars
You are meant to be, meant to be
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Search for Home
03:12
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I.
You can’t just coast downhill in this life sun, get up
Back straight, chin up
Pac, keep your head up
Everything is made up
So you should never give up
Someday you’ll wanna let up
That’s when you get up
Stay rooting for the struggling losing ninth inning
There ain’t nothing flyer than an underdog winning
Reserve your judgement sun, everyone is a sinner
Just try to be the realest mu fu you could remember
Redefine your life when your dreams fall to winter
Re-emerge a game plan number, one contender
Swing for the home team, Stand with the unseen
Fight the power for your rights, you better have a dream
Your pops had a dream
Your Abuelo had a dream
All your ancestors had a dream
Sun you better have a dream
Hook:
In this search for home
It ain’t what you own
It’s the seeds that you plant
And the roots that you grow
It’s the path that you carve
It’s the road that you’re on
It’s the fuse that you spark
and the skills that you hone
It’s the movements you start
the courage you show
Its the way you show up
For the people you know
It’s the strength in your heart
When you’re losing your hope
It’s the way that you love when you’re searching for home
II.
It’s a long road
hold your head
It’s a long road
be good to your friends
It’s a long road
blessed design
Savor your time
I’m on a long road
searching for home
Taking you everywhere that I go
There’s only one road
So I was told
Must be my soul, carry me home
III.
The hummingbird that you feel in your chest is your heart
It’s a brain much bigger than the pebble in your mind
Resonate energy field ten times your head
If you ever lose your love than you better off dead
It’s a blessing to carry the medicine of the edge
It’s like a jungle sometimes, they try to push you off the ledge
What you do in life is more important than what you said
But your words carry weight, you better mean what you say
IV.
Let’s take a road trip, Wyo, show you the buffalo
Chicano Park out in San Diego
Flights down to Mexico, show you the stars
Through the temple and the pyramid walls
Nyc subway for your 16th
all these lil worlds, see what you think
Take the fam to the pacific, show you the bluest wAves
Calm water, you can watch your sister play
Home is what you make it sun, I’ve learned that lesson cold
I’m trying to show you something different, you already know
Gotta fight for what you love even when you feel the pain
Of the currents pushing waves in the ways of your vision
Great spirit speaking to you, you just gotta listen
Feel what’s swaying in the winds, close your eyes, pay attention
Now open up your eyes, speak, what’s your true intention
Then you act on your words, they will think you a magician
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Foundations
03:44
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I.
Take me back, rewind the time, hold you in my palms
Baby backpacks, simple rhymes, sway you in my arms
Push you in the stroller, walk our dog up and down the blocks
You babysitting? No I’m not, yes I’m young and this my sun
This is love, take you with me to class, then to work
Young papa hustling hard, juggling, trying to make it work
Abortion never crossed our minds, you were meant to be
Love ain’t what you expect, no regrets, you were meant to be
Splitting your time with your mom, in and out of love songs
Journey through all the feels, beyond sex what is real?
What’s the deal, home and heart always falling apart
What is lust, what is love when you responsible for blood?
Playing ball, blacktop, school you on the jumpshot, ooh
Bend your knees, elbow in, flick your wrist and follow though
Weekends with abuelo, four wheelers, learn to how fish
No money yet, I gave you culture, we were rich
Bring you to shows, festivals, rocking mics in the park
Watched you stretch into a bird that you turned into art
Works of magic laid on pages that I save for the days
You bring a love story home, I’ll have so much to say
Tell the tales of a young and crafty Iz the Wiz
All the tricks he played on his abuela and auntie Ellen
Belly laughs, back and forth, watching time pass
Car rides, patience, hoops talk and hard conversations
Life changes, rearranges, tough to settle on foundations
Reaching for the sky cuz it’s the future I am raising
Peace, love, unity, having fun, a good start
Showing you A Love Supreme through my art
Hook:
I’m here to nurture your imagination
I’m here to guide you through your situations
I want to lead you with a sense patience
Act on my words, follow through is sacred
Forgive me for mistakes and any time wasted
My intention is to gift you some foundations
II.
There are monsters at the core of man
They murdered the indigenous for land
Enslaved our brothers and sisters for profit
They separate families for border politics
They got kids in cages, no love or logic
Divide the women from the men
Divide parents from their children
Divide us from connection to the land
They divide the black from the white
They tell you it will be alright
They tell you right is wrong and wrong is right
They smile in your face and tell you nothing but lies
You can feel them hovering a planet away
They try to recruit you, don’t believe in anything they say
Play the game as you wish, it’s an illusion
Here’s some simple advice through the confusion:
Always show your girlfriends respect
Treat the homegirls no different, respect
Always ask for consent
Funk what you friends say when they act fake
They probably ain’t your friends, but hey
Give ‘em another chance anyway
Love will come in packages you least expect
When your soul says "left” you go left
Forgive yourself when you fall, ask for help
Forgive your soul for your sins, you can heal
Your actions are your medicine in real time
You can remake the world what’s your design?
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4. |
Good Life
02:50
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Hook:
It’s been a real, real life
I’ve seen sunny days
It’s been a real good life
It’s been a real, real life
Even through my darkest nights
Wouldn’t trade it, this is mine
I.
We watch the sun drop weekend style familia
Walking down the block, feel a buzz in my pocket, wassup
Pop out my phone, press download to access the file
Another beat from Diles so i can unleash wild style
Another soundtrack for my life
Another canvas for my time
My sun and I, walking stripes
I feel our steps they synch in stride
I asked him what’s this song bout
He laughed, he said “the vibe”
Tell me more, he said “Saturday night”
“Crack a cold one with the boys on the porch just talking life”
“Relive the good old days,” your sins, your wins, your dreams, your seeds, your wife
Nodding yes, head in the beat, I said bet
Went back home, penned some notes down, now you hear the rest
II.
It’s been a real, real life
Been a lot of struggle
Fighting for my rights
It’s been a real good life
Made some good money
Staying true been the vibe
It’s been a real, real life
Lived some raw truths
Seen some real things
It’s been a real good life
Fell in love a couple times
And I realized some dreams
III.
I’ve seen some hazy yellow times
I’ve walked through some storms
Sang blues to bring the light
Felt a sun streaked orange
Seen a lot of leaves fall
Seen some kings fall, rise above it all
Don’t lose your center or your soul
Don’t swipe your life away
Don’t drink your life away
Don’t drug your life away
You should try a lot of things
Open lot of doors
Try on a lot of dreams, yeah
I thank my mama that I got to live this life
That I got to create, sun that I got to give you time
My best days are forward for me cuz I write my own story
Legend stretched out on a wall, a life of painted glory
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