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Life & Times
02:10
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Afterglow
03:25
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My losses in the wind. My wins don't blow away.
Against the grain.Told myself never fold or avoid a change.
The cost of all my pain: to see a day brighter than trillion watt lightbulbs reflecting off a chandelier.
No panic here. Whip my hoopty like Lewis Hamilton, facing every fear.
Embrace my past: won't fake a smile like veneers.
Solamente, grinding for mi gente. Sharpshooter, quick on the draw, ain't talking gunplay.
Thoughts splattered like a Pollack painting, flow can't be contained.
Don't let nobody drain your energy like Cell. Que sera, against the odds, we were born to prevail. Far from a saint, baby: The devil's in the details.
Couldn't hug the block so I kept afloat through retail. Letting our passion for this flop the only way that we fail.
Glasses on my money maker so you know the vision clear.
Haters talk strong, reality: their effort too frail.
Give & go, on a roll, don't know how to quit.
Been ignited yo. My afterglow will keep you lit.
From the bottom, see the throne, where we meant to sit.
Limitless. Making sure my afterglow will keep you lit.
We grind out whole lives to shine in some capacity.
Rather take every chance and die in catastrophe,
Than say we never did it, elevated every limit.
Breaking out the matrix: gotta see our freedom reinvented.
The system ain't designed for my people to circumvent it.
Told them we couldn't breathe. They treat that plea like it's a deathwish. Left with an ever-growing list of family we won't get to see again while cops grip they pension merrily.
President never gave a shit, and instead of justice we get Black Lives Matter painted on a street. A sad truth to reiterate. I couldn't let the record skip without dropping my needle on the current state. Uniting to change the way the gov legislate gotta be the wave.
Oppression ain't meant to be our fate. Staying focused on the current mission. Heavily dedicated to breaking free from miseducation while we
Give & go, on a roll, don't know how to quit.
Been ignited yo. My afterglow will keep you lit.
From the bottom, see the throne, where we meant to sit.
Limitless. Making sure my afterglow will keep you lit.
Shining my light for you as guidance when you're breaking through.
No need to hide your blessings, don't second guess it: you're powerful! Your essence is essential, no matter what these cowards do.
The day of reckoning's here, especially for the pigs in blue!
Overdue, but no time quite like the present. Your presence is a gift to these people, don't you forget it.
A living testament to Black excellence. So you know: when you're done shining, what's left behind is your Afterglow,
Truly
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Internal
02:28
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Nirvana
02:18
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Closer
02:08
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Revved up for a lifetime.
Go our hardest and we gotta shine.
I don't live by guarantees. All I got is my pen and this energy.
Spent a decade harnessing my chi, now I'm perfecting the recipe:
Create a sound that's so anti-sleep so they love me after I rest in peace.
Automatic transmission: I don't move with nobody shift. Faith in us before anyone had it. Always knew that the passion would lift me.
What's your word if not backed by action? They itching for me like allergic reaction. They wishing for peace, won't go out and grab it. I'm taking it all, not leaving a fraction.
Angels on my shoulder for more guidance. Demons in my ear for more distraction. In the middle you can find me: Giving neither side the satisfaction. I'mma get it anyway I can, without my soul going on sale. Liberate your mind from all confinement. Only you know how to pay the bail. Learning how to profit from a fail. Feeling like I'm running out of time.
But if my life is focused on the mission, is my time really constricted?
Feel the endzone in the distance, never far away from taking over.
Not concerned about the endgame. All I wanted to do was get closer.
It's in the palm of my hands, I won't let it escape.
Defined by every decision, I never left it to fate.
Indecision is poison. Take a chance, let is fly, do or die, long as every step is bringing you closer.
(You gon' regret it if you don't get it. Take everything that you need.)
Long as every step is bringing you closer.
(Spent your whole life dying to be free. Gotta find that remedy.)
Long as every step is bringing you closer.
Looking for more love inside, shine this light of mine, give more hope to my people. Every day we're losing lives, with no change in sight, while we're told to stay peaceful. Slaughtered with no crime committed while police acquitted but somehow we're still equal?
Love a country that never loved me back.
Why is justice unreachable? All this death is unfeasible.
Hold the killers accountable. Tell me, how could that not be reasonable? You take a life, you pay for it in full.
How much longer do we have to suffer, keep losing sons that won't see their mothers? You hurt our women, deny our rights.
You can't put peace on standby.
Whatever you do, don't be quiet. Our voice is stronger when it's unified.
They been trying for centuries. Not a damn thing can kill our fire.
Spreading love is our kerosene. Keep on achieving, don't retire.
Our souls move on run flats: Be a long time before we tire.
Fight for everything you deserve. The war for peace is far from over.
Real change won't take forever, long as everyday we just getting closer.
Fight for everything you deserve. The war for peace is far from over.
Real change won't take forever, long as everyday we keep getting closer.
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Arte Magnus New Jersey
Arte Magnus is defining his version of Neo-Soul by blending rhythmic word-flow with both contemporary and 90s hip-hop
influences, with a hint of influence from prog metal and R&B.
He is inspiring audiences to be better friends, better lovers, better parents—better people. Music is a lifeforce. He is expressing raw emotion, finding the words to connect with listeners around the world.
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