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Ceremony 01:54
Open Ceremony :: aho, amen, ashe, feel the land beneath your feet, weight, push the sun above your crown, breathe through your solar plexus, feel your place within space, lifting your throat high to the winds of time activate 100 of the 10% brain energy universally gifted :: feel your third eye y los huesos, vasos, venas, los aguas, las tierras, las lenguas, nuestra saliva, nuestro sudor, las semillas, break flashback to that other 90% mind power that was activated in the womb pushing you through :: mother star, heart, beat, gods swirling colors magnificent, tornado winds pulling, molten magma fuel burning, earth’s core throbbing, break, soul pulsing, beat that 90% brain work will reactivate when you exit this frame :: form :: repeat, break, repeat, beat, until then, Root, find your love within chaos, hold your truth within rhythm, rhyme, align, rebel, claim your time
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i’m high on my soul supply spaceship you can pass me by on lowrider time, dreams of a life gods say i’m worth, plant seeds in the earth at home where we birth, send the hurst back shovel me in dirt, hella old wit a feather cap knowledge for the young chap, root for the young branch, running laps breath for your life map i bet you I could steal some time nab it right out they cloud design snatch seconds, days, years back hijack, cut the phone line, gimme mine chale wit cha progress and productivity miss me with ya research, no way of gettin’ me chale your psychology, false flag economy end time prophecy? i’m on my own ship cruise by i’m Blues Time, Chicano Park fly pachuco zoot style, i’m future, cuz
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Alive 02:07
black earth underground, brown skin, white sand green leaves, pomegranate seed, desert palm tree black pearl, brown butterfly, blanket white snow true blue sky, summer sunset, indigo seeker with an ancient soul, futurist of eons garden with the grains, gifted, gods in everything attract the hearts of gold, seek the highest plane to be on riddle me believer, true, the giver be the keeper now, work the middle :: work the middle new position :: new position positionality, possibility surrounds me passion in the poetry, the probability of hearts in between time, chests, you and me feel, touch taste, smell, lover just be your skin feels like it’s good to be alive your skin feels right, it’s sexy to be alive :: dragonfly wings :: :: the color of my spring :: :: the beauty my child bring ::
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i’m dreaming, a cumulus day, we just might float away our own desert plane, bring the land some rain take the cactus pain, wildflowers, summer dreams under black stars we sing, see your face in everything ten little fingers and ten little toes, in my eyes i flash smiles, little hands that I hold red clay time molds beauty, witness behold gods in her voice, little wonders she told i’m dreaming, a blue river day, we just might float away our own mountain range, shine our yellow rays take the redwoods pain, green leaves and poetry symphony lakes we sing, see your face in everything
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Reflections 00:59
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Scholar 01:56
step clean on the street, beats in your brain gold chain or the black rope, stone, medallion game sown in the struggle, hustla’s talent flip a bad life good, good life gettin’ better greatness we finesse over time, love letters greatest story never told, gotta bring to the center get your focus on, learn you how to start something, finish it never nothing flyer than an underdog winning :: free codes in your spine, unlock your mind :: read X, read Lorde, read Langston Hughes read Martin, Baldwin, Davis, Hooks read Paz, Neruda, Anzaldua Galeano, Castillo, Anaya, Lalo
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Ecotopian 02:13
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Higher Self 02:14
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Heal 02:21
Heal Yourself, Heal Your Soul, Heal Your Children Heal Your Heart, Heal Your Family, Heal Your Village
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they got a pill to kill our babies, ain’t that crazy? school-to-prison pipeline, extension of slavery genocidal legacy, a fourth world war police and military turn their guns on the poor legalize drugs to pacify the thirst of the soul prescription pill heroin will never swallow the holes we dig, you dig?, i dig deep within in the Spirit writing beats, poems and lyrics, keep my energy fearless first breath, greet the sun up, every sun up offerings, morning songs, sing to sprouting seeds prayers for dying leaves and deferred dreams walk to move the blood, stretch to stir the chi burn sage to clear the energy, herbs in my tea roots to remedy the history, medicine tree palo santo, frankincense, copal y milagros acknowledge los espiritus y antepasados your roots contain your clues, i mestizo, Chicano native to the Earth, I count my worth in her bounty infused tequila with hibiscus, rose hips and dried cherry dark rum with cinnamon, orange peel, ginger and honey get your loving, quit your bluffing, hustle, get your money count time greater than gems, give your gifts to your friends don’t let them turn you to stone, box you in, or block your zen rebel souls hold your ground, pump ya fist and raise your chin
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Great Tree Of The World, feed my soul seven sacred directions, gold intentions soul’s relation to space time :: dwarf your face time reclaim mine :: time making circles out of straight lines string theory in my bass lines courage in my space flight, walk my brown skin bathe my brown baby in Earth medicine brown soil, holy water, cleanse all your sins intelligence, seedlings :: supreme beings bodies of mass color planetary saltwater, fresh river, red earth mother me fluidly, fingerprints of dirt :: harvest me, sample creativity ::
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Root 02:40

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ROOT the Film Soundtrack (2018) :: This album was recorded by DJ Icewater with live audiences in Denver, Colorado, March 2016. The music then inspired the creation of ROOT the film.

ROOT the Film was imagined by Molina Speaks, and captured by cinematographer Kimberly Ming between Fall 2016 and Fall 2017. The film is directed by Molina, who narrates the dreamscapes through rap, poetry, song, and prose. 2018 ROOT the Film screenings include: McNichols Civic Center Building (Denver, CO), Su Teatro Center for Cultural and Performing Arts (Denver, CO), Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO), Trinidad Poetry Festival (Trinidad, CO), The Guild Cinema (Albuquerque, NM), Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO), Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO), and the Alamo Drafthouse in Denver, CO.

ROOT the Film is the recipient of the Premio Ometeotl Award for New Media (XicanIndie Film Fest XX), as well as awards from Denver's Imagine 2020 Fund and Colorado Creative Industries.

ROOT the Album appears on vinyl. This work is an Instruction, dedicated to the future beings. We create the culture. - Molina Speaks

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released October 12, 2018

ROOT the Album
Molina Speaks x DJ Icewater

I. CEREMONY
II. THE GODS, HOLOGRAM CITIES
III. STEAL SOME TIME
IV. ALIVE
V. DREAMING OF YOU
VI. REFLECTIONS
VII. SCHOLAR
VIII. ECOTOPIAN
VIIII. HIGHER SELF
X. HEAL
XI. TRUTH IS YOUR MEDICINE
XII. GREAT TREE OF THE WORLD
XIII. ROOT

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“Molina may be the only MC in Denver who has transcended being boxed into any particular facet of the scene.” – Denver Post RVRB

“Things have changed, and every now and then, an artist puts their account of life’s changes into play, all over phat beats. Molina is that artist. A culturist who balances his revolutionary politics with his ability to rap like no other..." – Westword
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