3 - You're Taking Nothing With You

Friday when the eagle fly

camel can’t make it through the needle eye

two sides of the coin that we deify

you’re taking nothing with you – we all die

10am – 91 degrees

highway running – mind is under siege

back in praxis – black wax connects us

cassette caches, FLACs, flexes

flow freshest – head where the road leads

snares hit hard – you catch a nosebleed

capitalism – conquer by division

desperation – can’t develop a vision

get your mind right – let it shine light

keep the rhymes tight with divine sight

community comes first

but careerists sacrifice it when the fear hits

the heart is law – the art is raw

DIY like Sun Ra’s Arkestra

been here for a while – clearing the miles

steer it with style through spiritual trials

Friday when the eagle fly

camel can’t make it through the needle eye

two sides of the coin that we deify

you’re taking nothing with you – we all die

(C-Doc’s verse)

stay strong – carry on

life feeling more and more like a Jim Carroll song

creation in all forms debased by lost souls

zone carving those hard-hearted starving ghosts

blades of crushed carbon – diamond sharpened

blurred arcs in your car with the herb garden

gonna spark that – where the heart’s at

shine light in the shadow where the dark’s at

downpressor gonna run for the rock

keep your mind clear with the sun on lock

some chase status, just a taste and

fight to escape last place in the rat race

soul grown cold, like a wasteland

quicksand – line’s cut – no brakes, man

consumption consumes you – losing

walking dead – what are you proving?