Saturday, February 9, 2013

view unfinished song here

Untitled Song
Lyrics by XJ Hall.
Performed by XJ Hall.

verse 1
I just want to let out and lash out
just let my feelings crash out
blow my enemies away and
know the day that I can shout
My warcry won't be denied 
when I let out what's inside,
can I be free without people telling me
what to do all the time?
But I'm controlled by fear,
no emotions been so near
my heart 
can't stop beating
cause fear is bleading
from the depths of my soul
I couldn't control myself
or anybody else,
in my way,
crushing the ground beneath my feet of fury
running past chaos towards the light of day
But I'll always have that past,
and I'll always have it's curse
I'm afraid to move forward with life
without putting the gears back in reverse
I gotta break the shackles of fear
and undo what life has done so long,
There is nothing to fear but fear
but even fear itself is gone

chorus
When I look in the mirror 
Imagine where I'll be
Will I still be shackled up?
Or will I be free?

Now I don't want to fall down again
Cause my past is like a hole
But dear father please lift me up
So I can stand and let it
-go.

and be FREE

verse 2
Success
I'm stackin it
Cause I'm trying like immaculate
sis-ters
I'm perfect cause I learned it
from my burns and and past blisters
Aint Catholic but none-the-less I mastered it
-the word
A little hazardous, but crappy hits,
aint having it
-heard?
I'm building port-folio
that will only grow
stronger-better-faster with time.
Getting faster at
these beats in fact
I can't relax
my rhyme
Getting longer raps
but it's never wrapped
always space to expand
and find
a new horizon
enlightenment
and signs

Yesterday
was just the past
figment, idea, it was just imagined
but still a thread of my daily fabric
so palpable, it matters
It's physical, within my brain
I can't let go of what remains
even though I'm not the same
I seem to move to a better place
I can't forget what's made me
I'll always have a past
like the layers of a masterpiece
has made me who I am
I gotta break the shackles of fear
and undo what life has done so long
there is nothing to fear but fear
but even fear itself is gone

chorus
If you see yourself in ten years
Imagine where you'll be
Will you still be shackled in chains?
Or will you be free?

Now I can't fall with you
Cause your past is like a hole
But I'll be there to lift you up
To help you stand and let it
-go

so be FREE

You and I

This song is meant to be performed by XJ Hall, a vocalist / singer, and a choir*.
*this could be a fabricated choir built off of the performers' voices...

You and I
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

verse 1 (performed by XJ Hall)
when ever i need you with me
i know you're always by my side
will we ever be free of eachother?
can't hide a past that makes us bind
but it's okay to see
cause we're going to places we can fly
building empires in my mind
you and i

chorus (enter vocalist / singer)
whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,
will always stay within my mind
where the wind blows, where ever we go,
i already know, it's you and i

refrain
uuoooaohh
you and i
x4

v2 (xj)
i'm going back to chitown
it's as easy as could ever be
and when i leave on the line
and i'm bringing all them home with me
fall in the big city
scraping up against the sky
it will be just like old times
you and i

ch (singer / vocalist)
whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,
will always stay within my mind
where the wind blows, where ever we go,
i already know, it's you and i

ref
uuoooaohh
you and i
x4

v3 (xj)
yo
i'm going home again but it's not the same can't ever replace this
can we ever go home again without feeling friends and picking up faces?
time can mend the past but remember it lasts forever within our minds
wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't die by the things that have always kept us alive?
my heart belongs in that city, my soul belongs to you
and i'll take a strong part of that with me, cause i know that we're one in of two
they say it's a windy place, well we must have blown out of the sky
flying kites by the lake in the summer time
whatever the take it's (you and i)

ch (singer / vocalist)
whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,
will always stay within my mind
where the wind blows, where ever we go,
i already know, it's you and i

ref
uuoooaohh
you and i
x4

(interlude / acoustic-soulful beat transition / change)
ref (enter choir)
uuoooaohh
you and i
x4

ch (sung by choir)
whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,
will always stay within my mind
where the wind blows, where ever we go,
i already know, it's you and i
x2

(melodic overlapping)
ch + ref (sung by choir andor vocalist / singer)
whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,                uuoooaohh, you and i
will always stay within my mind                                    uuoooaohh, you and i
where the wind blows, where ever we go,                    uuoooaohh, you and i
i already know, it's you and i                                        uuoooaohh, you and i
x2

Friday, February 8, 2013

Lyrics by XJ Hall.

verse 1
man, i'm fried
i'm sick and i'm tired
i applied online
but i'm not getting hired
i applied my mind
but i'm just getting fired
now what does that say...?
i'm too dope to be trying
i lose hope and i cry
why god oh god why
what the hell does this have to do with the bible?
this aint for the frightful
i'm on a mother fucking tight rope
but i'd rather take the chance and dance
freelance while i'm not that spiteful
can't rely though on societal means
to fulfill and achieve my dreams
what the hell is a dream when it's somebody else's?
all these dreams came off a shelf
a factory pumping out the lines
selfless thoughts and mindless minds
propaganda tube controls the views
but if it's up to me i'd rather choose

bridge
keep me doing the things i do for you
i'm on a roll i'm on a roll
cause if you keep a man with a plan locked in a room
you're in control you're in control
and i aint freakin having that

chorus

Friday, February 1, 2013

Fall

Fall
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

i wanted to save this thought for rain
but it is unlikely i will write again
these clouds through this window jack makes his grin
and i remember when i was ten

each day each dawn brings faith to fall
as my shadow grows taller
the grasshopper dies off
remember each day, take it in a chill breath
as the sunset flies
here's to life
here's to fall

art is made from elaborate plan
the blueprints to wright, the dna strand
it all takes time that i don't have
so lock up my thoughts in a black tin can

each day each dawn brings faith to fall
as my shadow grows taller
the grasshopper dies off
remember each day, take it in a chill breath
as the sunset flies
here's to life
here's to fall

Moving Forward

Moving Forward
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

please sit back just relax bout to pop this beat and chill
now feel this rhythm moving your bones do you see the colors do you hear that tone?
i'm a scorpio with a tail so prone to attack my colors green and black
my blood pumps gold once it's spilled on the floor
i can never ever let go of my past
never let go of love everlasting
i can put up without love and fasting
my purpose lies hidden under everyday faces
to uncover the truth and hatred
go back to the place where harmony and rythm take my soul
i'm moving forward to the future
but what i got now, i can never let go

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Fighter

Fighter
Lyrics by XJ Hall.

tell them i'm fighter
i'm just like a lighter
if you can ignite me
then i'll turn to fire
reach up to the sky and
light up the horizon
to destroy the darkness
make the light alive again
we can be good friends
or we can be haters
whatever hate you have inside
is hate you have created
too late to turn back now
let's get this furnace black now
get ready to attack now
stand back i got the power

been in and out of houses
since he was about this little
that's when
he could play out loud
and make sound with a tiny fiddle
don't mind me all he said
there's no consequences dreaded
the whole world was his teacher
no reason to be upset

but he will never forget
the i-deas implaneted in
his head keeps recalling them
when he sees the shadow thin
in the corner of the room
that's when he's reminded when
something was so very askew
that he couldn't even pretend

there's a fighter in his mind
and it tries to be his friend
but it's crowding up the space
other things should be fitting in
when are you going to go
he keeps asking this question
but the man always replies
why? you're my obsession

i have to make a confession
you think you want me out
you don't know what you keep praying
don't know what you're talking about
i'm not packing up my bags
see i'm here until the end
if anybody asks
you can tell them who i am
(tell em)

tell them i'm fighter
i'm just like a lighter
if you can ignite me
then i'll turn to fire
reach up to the sky and
light up the horizon
to destroy the darkness
make the light alive again
we can be good friends
or we can be haters
whatever hate you have inside
is hate you have created
too late to turn back now
let's get this furnace black now
get ready to attack now
stand back i got the power

sometimes i just feel like a freakin fighter
watch the blood turn black as i attack it bleeds from me
and sometimes i just feel like that i'm on fire
and i know now that nothing could ever be more free

i'm a fighter
fighter
fighter

man this is how it goes
everybody here knows
if you're a nice guy forest
you can't run wit them hoes
well i'm sick of the rep
its time to step out of the box
you can just call me jack
cause i'm climbing to the top
i'm not gonna do it your way
cause your way just aint cool
i say its elementary
i mean go back to grade school
i'm not fittin in no cliques
but i'm spittin all my game
mother fuckers i'm different
ya'll keep acting all the same
better look back again
you won't see the same face
cause the next time that you see me
i'll be in a whole notha place
no i'm not gonna erase
everything that i've done
fool! that's whats made me stronger
why the fuck would i run
like a black sheep i'm wild
yeh i do what i wish
see i flaunt my own style
whatever category it fits
you may dislike my voice
or hate my bomb attitude
but let me say
but you don't know me bitches
like you think that you do

tell them i'm fighter
i'm just like lighter
if you can ignite me
then i'll turn to fire
reach up to the sky and
light up the horizon
to destroy the darkness
make the light alive again
we can be good friends
or we can be haters
whatever hate you have inside
is hate you have created
too late to turn back now
let's get this furnace black now
get ready to attack now
stand back i got the power

sometimes i just feel like a freakin fighter
watch the blood turn black as i attack it bleeds from me
and sometimes i just feel like that i'm on fire
and i know now that nothing could ever be more free

i'm a fighter
fighter

i'm a fighter
fighter
fighter
fighter