5 - Deadline

sweatbeads – dried teardrops

ride the cliffside – see the sheer drop

but I can’t stop with the edge case

break the padlock in the headspace

can you catch up – land hardpacked

i’ma step up – y’all are far back,

if you kept up, then you must know

ain’t no let up, and you must grow

and you just go to the next town

pick em up yo til they get down,

gonna sweat now, til the day end

you wanna get out – i’ma stay in

til it fade in to the next track

you a player, but the deck’s stacked

it’s a cold fact – Rodriguez

working man, know what fatigue is

how the league is in the show time

when the chips are down and it’s go time

got the soul shine with the sun glint

one of a kind, like a thumbprint

to the summit from the low land

bow down to who? no man

with the soundcraft – no doubt that

tic tic time – time is running out fast

I got it pressurized – ride the red line

run it up on the edge of the deadline

now you know about it, read the headline

can’t beat the clock – deadline

dirt level, sow the seed and

show the blade light, up out the sheath and

get your brain right – deep breathing

lafontaine type – start the bleeding

with the sunglow and the bloodflow

for the unknowns – only one show

only one shot – in the sunspot

unlearn the wrong thought – teach the untaught

writing it, refining, try to tighten it

ain’t fighting it – enlightenment proves elusive

hot pursuit of what the truth is – moves in you, love

so you move up – raise the roof up

play the blues –  what stays in you

what dues you pay – who’s to say?

Choose to sway to the groove array

breaks and blends – making ends

sword in hand, sorting fakes and friends

carving space out – cart the case out

hard to fade out – got the bass out

lay the track down – make it crack ground

futurepast sound – ain’t no back down

sonic impact – no doubt that

tic tic time, time is running out fast

I got it pressurized – ride the red line

run it up on the edge of the deadline

now you know about it, read the headline

can’t beat the clock – deadline

only place I halfstep: the bass neck

for the blue note in your tape deck

catch a headrush – bout to pass out

if your heart ain’t in it, get your ass out

this is lifelong with the fight song

no radio to play it on – staying strong

keep the light lit with a tight grip

fuck y’all with cold hearts and tight lips

you ain’t giving love

you ain’t living up to the dream

see the spilling blood

can’t ever get enough – til the final day

I let the vinyl play – have the final say

wile the time away til it’s all gone

and the last grain of sand is called on

stay alive, yo, and revive hope

with the light smoke up on the tight rope

this way, focus on one step

mid day – long way from sunset

long way to go – crack the window

balance out the heat – let the wind blow

in too deep – too hot for more sleep

make the gas pedal and the floorboard meet

put the hammer down – be about that

tic tic time, time is running out fast

I got it pressurized – ride the red line

run it up on the edge of the deadline

now you know about it, read the headline

can’t beat the clock – deadline