Listen - SHAD, Dallas

Listenin to strange fruit, Jay root and beirut

Tryin to listen to Jesus its hard as fake boobs

At times i stay tuned hear the bread break

And grape juice and grey goose gossiple

Prelude let it play through

I’m listenin to Mr J Medeiros and Nicolay

While I’m hearing drips of rain

Hit against the window pane

Hits on tape, hit parade 1968

When it plays i hear the bullets penetrate

MLK, soul levitate

When the plane starts to escalate

Top gun, take my breath away

Its time to press and play

Drop the needle then step away

Hear whats said off the record

Before theres nothin left to say

In my room listenin to sermon Gershwin,

Earth wind, and fire

Listenin to persons i admire

Searchin for higher learnin like ice cube

On i-tunes, listenin to grown men

Rappin like it’s highschool

Listenin to friends talk, hearin my pen stop

Used to write first, now i try to listen then jot

Listenin to pop like reddenbachs

City to the boondocks

Can’t you hear the games like a jukebox?

Cause you gotta pay to play

And theres no lay-away

hearin from folks caught in real snares, no 808

Real talk, my vocals go and slay the tape

I say it straight and never twice

No fake delay

Listen with the volume down, push the sound back

If every lifes a movie all our soundtracks

Sound like sound clash

All our sounds bleeding in

To each other no sound reasonin

Stop, breathe again, listen

Music is a great way to heal

And a safe place to feel

Trapped in this fake world

A gateway to real

It’s a great way to heal

And a safe place to feel

Trapped in this fake world

A gateway to real

Listenin to sounds in a space thats vacant

Profound and deep, underground as basements

And quiet as kept but i found it sacred

A sage said silence is the sound of patience

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