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Jussatruth
It's Jussatruth, alright, it's Jussatruth, yeah
It's Jussatruth, alright, it's Jussatruth, truth
Been an MC ever since I laughed on the mic
After the lights were turned off in my room
I blasted in flight
Daydreaming in the dark
I stared at the ceiling fan shadow
Adrenaline settled in my soul made my skeleton rattle
My whole being is tucked between these black and white keys
It might be why I get these fat ass beats to like me
Alright then, let me make it clear, I won't repeat it
As long as I'm inspired, my music will remain therapeutic
Keeps me motivated, orchestrates my healing
So stop getting in the way of what I'm feeling, yeah
Reelin up the memories and give thanks for the future
My blood boiling with sample chops, vibes that'll suit ya
The roots deep and I move with caution and respect
Select the right energy when I launch into a new spectrum
Electromagnetic, I'm the man of this blue planet
Here's some stamina for your camera, lights and action, damn it!
(click)
You can feel room vibrate, I break the tide passed the tie-break
So say good night when the fight breaks
My time is running out, so best to step amigo
The real battle remains with my own ego's ego
Regardless, my truth lies between these lines I right
There is no strategy, I was born to kick it alright
It's just the truth, alright, it's just the truth, yeah
It's just the truth, alright, it's just the truth, truth
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P.O.N. feat. DJ RM
05:29
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P.O.N.
I remember my first show, mid 90's, maybe 13
On the mic like i had something to say, first 16
Artifacts instrumental, rehearsed for weeks
Had to rep for the whole crew and a couple streets
Stolen land of the Cree and other first nations
Many unfair decreets, even more violation
Prejudice's in your face at the 100th meridian
Spaghetti western opinions about the «Indians»
Metis speaking French, Michif and other tongues
Plus immigration got my generation living amongst
So many cultures and customs
I recall the different faces when I got my first stamp at the customs
Found warmth a country as cold as ice
We repped the Ethnic Alliance with lyrical defiance
We’re from the whole world
High school kids with texts to go
Jamaica, India, Philippines, France and Mexico
Who's next flow, that was the way we spent our lunch breaks
And week-ends we looping them samples and drum breaks
Akai s01, one month rental
No internet, real crate digging for ya mental
Now...we were up on everything,
Staying up all night right obsessively looking for...new ways to meddle with
These tapes and records spread across the floor
Hoping one day success would would let us through the door we stayed
«Positive over negative»
El tiempo pasa, en mis ojos veras lo que la vida me dio
«Positive over negative»
Y le doy gracias a la música, me viste cuando nadie me vio
«Positive over negative»
Son las memorias que tengo yo, que tengo yo
«Positive over negative»
Son las memorias que tengo yo, que tengo yo
At Fourteen, me and my man Cro had a radio show
Biking to the station with a suitcase full of tapes yo
Face to face promotion, based on the way u looked
On the bus, "yo you into hip-hop?'' is all it took
Exchange phone number and exchange ideas
My sense of community in hip hop lies here
We used to have whole crews roll in
40s and blunts in the parking lot, every time a couple cd's stolen
10 MC's, one DJ + a sneaky promoter
How could i keep control, all these cats were much older
But the freestyles were golden and as time was unfolding
These are the memories that I'm forever holding
Me and Hue-b listening to Nas's first single
Calabash records, where the vinyls made our spines tingle
My brother Fidzo spent his summers in Harlem
Working night shifts in Manhattan bagel shops far from stardom
By september he packed 20 mixtapes in his backpack
We were dreamin NYC it's fact that
You know the deal cause you from that era too
Writing rhymes like we're from new york when they thought we were hunting
caribou
From the US, the view is so often distorted
Yet hip hop livin' / really livin' passed the the Northern border
Canadian to me meant being from anywhere
I only knew moving around,had to fit in somewhere
«Positive over negative»
El tiempo pasa, en mis ojos veras lo que la vida me dio
«Positive over negative»
Y le doy gracias a la música, me viste cuando nadie me vio
«Positive over negative»
Son las memorias que tengo yo, que tengo yo
«Positive over negative»
Son las memorias que tengo yo, que tengo yo
Arrived in a jam packed van, brand new page
Vox and I, Montreal chapter, coming of age
First days, stayed with his cousins in RDP
East-End, Give thanks for Haitian Hospitality
Criss-Crossed the city, saw the pretty and the gritty
Lost in the masses downtown my soul felt itty-bitty
My moms joined me, hopin of a new start
A boost of love, a lot sadness filled her bruised heart
Now an Atlantic ocean away me from my pops
Long distance role model, but the phone calls never stopped
Through muddy waters, i was trying to find my path
It hurt to see the pain but I needed some room fast
I moved out again and found a booth to begin
Recording the thoughts that I wrote down
To loosen and vent
Family is family happily things are different today
Through all of that, the love I got is what made me stay
On a positive mission, with no inhibition
Understanding that only I can be at the height of my ambitions
No more excuses that only induces
Negative thoughts and behavior that's destructive and abusive
Stuck to the rhythm, studied language and translation
Complex is the dynamic of a bilingual nation
Beatmaking in my room, slowly building my titles
Talent shows, open mics, opening for my idols
Nothin I could have done without my people in the mix
Nomadics Massive straight to the hoop, never shoot bricks
How many crews can stay united for over 10 years?
Through good and bad times, to all of you, I must say cheers
Shout outs to the fam on every mic I blessed, 1, 2
And that goes for Sayen, Narcy, Static and Hest One too
From local hip hop to global hip hop
We dream up opportunities that had us building, sharing a lot
Slowly became what we envisioned on that hot day
When we politicked on a street corner, sippin' ice latte
Clearing the way now, illuminating the path
The future is the conjugation of present and the past, stay
«Positive over negarive»
«I maintain»
«We’re gonna keep it live all night yall»
«I was told by my peeps play your cards right, spit hard, never look back»
«Positive over negarive»
«I maintain»
«We’re gonna keep it live all night yall»
«you know!»
Son las memorias que tengo yo, que tengo yo
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Writer’s Block Party
I'm staring at a blank page
Wanted to write a verse but my mind's in a damn cage
Trying to survive a rampage, I can't shake it
I wanted to put the words, the syllables together
Just wondering if the planet I live on will ever pull together
Been asking myself why I'm masking myself
Maybe a virus called ignorance is still harassing my health
I tried to put the pen to the paper
But the ink won't flow, the blood spill is still greater
Same actors, same narrator
I tried to zone out and get down to the rhyme writing
But got distracted when I saw the upper level crime rising
I'm talking about suits rounding up troops in military boots
Crew cuts, suit up democracy's abuse
Info wars got you all confused
Don't expect me to trust fake news about fake news
The crowds diffuse, watch your social distance when you spit your truth
Now let me get to this verse so I can hit the booth
«Caneta direta, no bloco de notas»
«I’m writing to show you what I’m fighting for»
«sometimes I might catch a sever case of writer’s block»
«writing for freedom, fighting for freedom»
Writer's Block Party, reserva meu camarote
Uns tão tomando coragem, outros tão tomando corote
Tomo vergonha na cara (sem gelo), Boto a cara no mic
Sessão de descarrego, drenando a carga da bic
Rec naquele pique, O black e a barba gigante
Tipo eremita mesmo, sem click do meu semblante
Lá fora desacreditam e o inimigo de tocaia
Invisível, Quem não tá no meu nível quer que eu caia
Não tô falando de flow, deixo que meu flow diga
As cigarras na carreata querendo explorar as formigas
Aí que cê vê quem é que faz a grana girar
Se essa canoa virar (hmmm) saber nadar, bacana?
O mundo tá tão doente e o remédio não tá em análise
A cura nos corações, não no veneno do cálice
O dólar e o sangue sobem, no beco descem o sarrafo
Quando eu consigo, escrevo, quando não, psicógrafo
«Caneta direta, no bloco de notas»
«I’m writing to show you what I’m fighting for»
«Sometimes I might catch a sever case of writer’s block»
«Writing for freedom, fighting for freedom»
Chak fwa m'gon ide m' pa ka jwen krayon
Mande'm ki kote li pati, jodi Im' kind of lazy
procrastinating maybe, I’m at a lost
with words, verbs and pronouns
feeling ca m'pa ka nomenn, ki jen m'fe tombe bliye
on lot papye map dechiré, gen le cervo fo'l recycler
e si son reve fo'm reveye, m'bezoin
on moun pou vim pince'm, zin zin fo'm jwen on flow
po'm ka fini verse sa, mchita la problem sa
the pressure is on, Lou did his with ease
16 bars, no pause and 15 minutes later
well I’m a line closer or at least its what I thought
and now I’m starting over ...daaaamn!
my mind is like the traffic at 6, and I’m running out of tricks
and I’m looking for a fix'
I don’t get high on likes
Turn off my phone I might, since my mind is on strike
I might go out for a hike, peace!
«The questions are really almost unanswerable
Or when you try to answer them, you find yourself
involved in another question
That’s part of the trouble of being a writer
it’s part of the trouble of being a human being
That’s part of the trouble of being a society
Because society believes in answers and doesn’t like questions»
«Caneta direta, no bloco de notas»
«I’m writing to show you what I’m fighting for»
«Sometimes I might catch a sever case of writer’s block»
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Rose des Vents
Non, ce sera pas aujourd’hui
On voulait m'emprisonner je fuis
Ce matin je me lève le sourire aux lèvres
Jamais je ne laisserai pourrir le rêve
Les conditions sont parfaites t’as vu?
Le ciel est fier et le soleil domine la rue
D’abord j’embrasse ma lune
T’as belle mine, salut, feu de tes yeux s’allume
D’où vient ce toucher si adoucissant?
Le café est chaud on va manger doucement
Laisse la lumière pénétrer la pièce
Tu veux éteindre tous les écrans? J'acquiesce
Après on fera un tour dehors
Ca vaut pour l’esprit, pour le corps
Un tour de magie de la nature, agite nos idées
Nous rappelle que l’on roule sur l’or
Lá, Plena na manhã
Planando em nuvens, lençóis
Me espreguiço nela
Hey, manhã na cama
manhã de gengibre
Café com Canela
On est riche même si on a pas le billet
Pur comme la brise sur ces palmiers
Sans hésiter fait vite et rend le tablier
Personne ici ne reversera ce sablier
Faut y’aller se lancer ça c’est l’essenciel
Lâche prise des pensées insensées, crises existentielles
Sur la macadam, j’laisse le vagalame
Passe moi le salaam et garde-moi loin de leur diagramme
Lá, Plena na manhã
Planando em nuvens, lençóis
Me espreguiço nela
Hey, manhã na cama
manhã de gengibre
Café com Canela
Cheiros e toques
Impressões, ressonantes
Suspiro vento num refrão eterno
Oublie demain et laisse hier dans le passé
Ca se passe tout de suite et ça va s’effacer
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Ahi Na Ma
02:53
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Ahi Nama
Grab this moment, suspend it in time
Don't rush it, take it slow and let it shine
You the solar panel, Polaroid stamp
Vibrating through your solar plexus
Validate the vibe that we maintain
Calculate the time when we switch lanes
Click, sunrises never in vain
Deviating from the roads that afflict pain
The mornings, the smiles, the fruits
The baby, the strength, the roots
The view when the light's diffused
We don't have to end it so soon
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Grab an instant, suspend it in time
Let me hold that for a moment, let it shine
A dreamer, architect of my vision
Cook with life's spices in my kitchen
Catch a Kodak click with a film grain
Immortalize the picture with a slick game
We moving with the light that we fixate
Explode the frame of the mindset that they dictate
The mornings, the smiles, the fruits
The baby, the strength, the roots
The view when the light's diffused
We don't have to end it so soon
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
Ahi na'ma (uh, aqui me quedo yo)
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P.O.N. (Instrumental)
04:07
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Ahi Na Ma (Instrumental)
02:53
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