tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59190822097869350422024-03-13T22:52:46.425-07:00A Pro's Prose © 2016 XJ Corps, John Edward RandallJohn (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-8879019562746301582014-07-10T01:44:00.000-07:002016-02-29T10:14:57.721-08:00My Name is Jack<span style="color: #cccccc;">i admit,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">there might be something wrong with this</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">they fit,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">he never quit the trips</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">too long to end</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">snappin picks real quick</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">real time every frame</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">cause he's the guy with no name</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and Nobody's never shamed</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">big *#$%@</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">she's the reason why he tries to lay but</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">lies in a cradle made for the king of the New Age</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and they play like he's a save-iore</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but Grendle knew he was an elephant in a padded room groomed for</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">everybodies favorite</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">*truman* *attraction* a superman retracting</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">from the spot light of hard knock lifes</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and spites of audience factions</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">no mask reveals his core</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but they remember somethign that happened right before</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">3 years last november in the fall</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">and *this is how i feel*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">no tears from a dove would take back, steal the</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">shreds through his body</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">he's in shock and he don't feel</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">his chest fully throbbing</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">smoke smell forgot</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">as a defense</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*mechanism*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">tick tock, heart a clock</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">minute hand an iron rod</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">a sun, burns through most material</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and all the money burnt won't bring back</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">above surface of ground zero</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">he's the akura of his own plot</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">the hero of what's not</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">he's got the keys to the bottomless pit of</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">of the bottomless lost</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">and he's the boss</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*REJECTED* and not even paid</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">he reflected on his "bizrre baehavore"</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">detected the other day</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">sure he's brave</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but stone cold is even bold-er</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">6 feet under tripled</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">so deep macabre is a chip off his lone shoulders</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">*WELL DONE...!*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">my name is Jack</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i make my own job</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i make my own kingdom</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">of gog and magog</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">you can't call me Him</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but you can call me King</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and what i am not</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">is what He brings</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">x2</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">establishing an everlasting empire</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">without bombastic attire</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">at least within my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i find,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">when i get higher</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i need help getting faster</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and closer to the Master Idea</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">that's inspired me to be</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">better than i am</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">And *I AM IS*.</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*better than Jesus...?!?!*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but i could never be better than that</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">better than he is.</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i could never walk the path relive my track</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and go back and relax and be a kid.</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*and this is*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">my choice</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*and this is*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">my voice</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">it's the pain that splatters the walls and speckles</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">like rain on tin roof makes the halls in a temple echoe</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">only temporary tempus fugit</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but the tempest lest not forgets</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">the night of weather most tempestuous-test</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">*i regress*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">if this is a test,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">oh no, it's not a test</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">for sure, i hope for the best</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">that when i die i won't regret</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">what happened when i was alive</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">know then, before i dive into waters so deep</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i have to really think about</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*why?!*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">*WELL DONE...!*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">my name is Jack</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i make my own job</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i make my own kingdom</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">of gog and magog</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">you can't call me Him</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but you can call me King</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and what i am not</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">is what He brings</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">x2</span>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-86004604063272953462014-03-31T15:01:00.000-07:002016-02-29T10:14:57.739-08:00Untitled Song 03/29/2014<span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/xjcorps/nobodys-song-ft-sanna-hartfield">https://soundcloud.com/xjcorps/nobodys-song-ft-sanna-hartfield</a><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">INTRO</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">This summer, coming to a theater</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">near you...</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">They made him from the best</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">technology...</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">But what they didn't know,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">is that he would fight back</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">Rise, the phoenix...!</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">whatchu think i'm gonna rap now </span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">like a rap star with a bow tie? </span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">like i gotta degree now </span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">from the rap elite </span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">from the school of rhymes...?</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">like i gotta black cap and gown</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">the darth vader of rap </span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">a new master now</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">a knight, i'm nice - NOT</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">a slight mistype, i real,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">u - *robot*.</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">made of</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">steel my thougts, not bought,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">you parted with reptile hearts of cold</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but i'm bold, warm blooded,</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">sunflowers, like every painting from </span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">vince vaghn gogh</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">these fags relapse</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">while i pass the relax</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">cause i am superman</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">but the only metal i have</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">is the gold i create</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">from midas hands</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">never resting, ever testing</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">ever besting every plan</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">doesn't take a fool to recant and</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">realize just really who i am</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">count me in, a ten</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">every game i'll win</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">all your little lame situations</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">if there was a problem</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">*eh* i'll solve it</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">check out the beat xj evolves it</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">chorus</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">if there was a right time baby</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">then i'd be on time baby</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">let's get down and do the funky boogie with it</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">let's get down</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">get loose and realize we're gon win it</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth (1-2-3-4!)</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">x2</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">it's been 7 years since i seen the chi</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">7 long years too long gone by</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i'm hungry for a new sensation</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">girl give me out what you been giving</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">i've been living in a rut of darkness</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">been brainwashed see i'm on this spell</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">girl hypnotize me to be cool</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">cause i'm coming straight from hell</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">bout to burn down my whole life</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">bout to cut this frown and smile</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i'm moving straight to chi town</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">and when i get there i'm gonna *fly*</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">i'ma genius on another level</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">with brilliant thoughts that will</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">rock your mind</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">only problem is i got so much potential</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i might as well overdosed and died</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">but i've already been diagnosed</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i'm not some wannabe joker</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i'ma freakin bat i'm hungry</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">girl come here i wanna get closer</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">i won't stop till i get to the top</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">i can gaurantee one thing</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">hello world it's 2014</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">bout to be thriller all over again</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">chorus x3</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">if there was a right time baby</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">then i'd be on time baby</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">let's get down and do the funky boogie with it</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">let's get down</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">get loose and realize we're winners</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">back and forth (1-2-3-4!)</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">x2 || x4</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">conclusion</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cccccc;">He came from nowhere...</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">To the unexpecting few...</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">-----------------------------------</span>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-11234029232209995302014-02-03T03:15:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:57.781-08:00crappy lyricswell this is my first attempt this year at lyrics, actually over a year. they're kinda crappy.<br />o well, practice makes perfect.<br /><br />crappy lyrics<br /><br />tic tac paddy wack let's go<br />cross a jack, light a match, i got a house full<br />and it's been 4<br />since the first war<br />on the opposite side<br />and i don't even know<br /><br />what they cried about<br />was he delerious?<br />a wolf in sheeps clothing<br />what he so serious...?<br />like i got something now<br />just to even hide about<br />paranoia keep me in a<br />secret hide out<br /><br />while it's light out<br />but when it's night out<br />i steal the bright out<br />from the lamps across the street<br /><br />i'm defeated at my feet<br />there's no exit free<br />now<br />the hate within me builds connections<br />-somehow<br /><br />miraculously<br />the elephant survives<br />but no, he floats<br />oh how beautiful he glides<br />over a sea of blue green<br />it's serene<br />sureal<br />unreal<br />he flies<br />for real<br />-this time<br /><br />watch the show, the display<br />of affection he get's<br />from the stage<br />and the eyes in collection<br />peer through the blinds<br />to the inside of mind<br />where they look and reveal<br />everything that they find<br /><br />on the other side<br />of the dark wall<br />this side<br />a mirror, a man thin and tall<br />while they watch it all<br />and peer<br />are they near or far<br />cthey can see through this skin<br />but can they see the scars<br /><br />ladies and gentlemen<br />-the freak<br />you've all been waiting for!<br />just caste your vote for debauchery in this box<br />go ahead don't hesitate or waste another<br />breathe<br />you wanted your X-J<br />take your next step<br /><br />John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-14181630284454902752013-02-09T15:31:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:57.839-08:00<a href="https://soundcloud.com/xanonymous/xjh-2012-pre-album-01">view unfinished song here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Untitled Song</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Performed by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">verse 1</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I just want to let out and lash out</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">just let my feelings crash out</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">blow my enemies away and</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">know the day that I can shout</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">My warcry won't be denied </span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when I let out what's inside,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can I be free without people telling me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">what to do all the time?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">But I'm controlled by fear,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no emotions been so near</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">my heart </span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can't stop beating</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause fear is bleading</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">from the depths of my soul</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I couldn't control myself</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">or anybody else,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">in my way,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">crushing the ground beneath my feet of fury</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">running past chaos towards the light of day</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">But I'll always have that past,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and I'll always have it's curse</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I'm afraid to move forward with life</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">without putting the gears back in reverse</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I gotta break the shackles of fear</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and undo what life has done so long,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">There is nothing to fear but fear</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but even fear itself is gone</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">chorus</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">When I look in the mirror </span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Imagine where I'll be</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Will I still be shackled up?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Or will I be free?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">Now I don't want to fall down again</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Cause my past is like a hole</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">But dear father please lift me up</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">So I can stand and let it</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">-go.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and be FREE</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">verse 2</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Success</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I'm stackin it</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Cause I'm trying like immaculate</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">sis-ters</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I'm perfect cause I learned it</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">from my burns and and past blisters</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Aint Catholic but none-the-less I mastered it</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">-the word</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">A little hazardous, but crappy hits,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">aint having it</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">-heard?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I'm building port-folio</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that will only grow</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">stronger-better-faster with time.</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Getting faster at</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">these beats in fact</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I can't relax</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">my rhyme</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Getting longer raps</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but it's never wrapped</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">always space to expand</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and find</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">a new horizon</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">enlightenment</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and signs</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">Yesterday</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">was just the past</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">figment, idea, it was just imagined</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but still a thread of my daily fabric</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">so palpable, it matters</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">It's physical, within my brain</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I can't let go of what remains</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">even though I'm not the same</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I seem to move to a better place</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I can't forget what's made me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I'll always have a past</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">like the layers of a masterpiece</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">has made me who I am</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">I gotta break the shackles of fear</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and undo what life has done so long</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">there is nothing to fear but fear</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but even fear itself is gone</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">chorus</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">If you see yourself in ten years</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Imagine where you'll be</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Will you still be shackled in chains?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Or will you be free?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">Now I can't fall with you</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Cause your past is like a hole</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">But I'll be there to lift you up</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">To help you stand and let it</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">-go</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">so be FREE</span>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-85094950101501811872013-02-09T14:50:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:57.898-08:00You and I<span style="color: #999999;">This song is meant to be performed by XJ Hall, a vocalist / singer, and a choir*.</span><br /><i style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">*this could be a fabricated choir built off of the performers' voices...</span></i><br /><i style="color: #999999; font-size: small;"><br /></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">You and I</span></b><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">verse 1 (performed by XJ Hall)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when ever i need you with me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i know you're always by my side</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will we ever be free of eachother?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can't hide a past that makes us bind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but it's okay to see</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause we're going to places we can fly</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">building empires in my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you and i</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">chorus (enter vocalist / singer)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will always stay within my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where the wind blows, where ever we go,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i already know, it's you and i</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">refrain</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">uuoooaohh</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you and i</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x4</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">v2 (xj)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm going back to chitown</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">it's as easy as could ever be</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and when i leave on the line</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i'm bringing all them home with me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fall in the big city</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">scraping up against the sky</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">it will be just like old times</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you and i</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">ch (singer / vocalist)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will always stay within my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where the wind blows, where ever we go,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i already know, it's you and i</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">ref</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">uuoooaohh</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you and i</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x4</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">v3 (xj)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">yo</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm going home again but it's not the same can't ever replace this</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can we ever go home again without feeling friends and picking up faces?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">time can mend the past but remember it lasts forever within our minds</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't die by the things that have always kept us alive?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">my heart belongs in that city, my soul belongs to you</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i'll take a strong part of that with me, cause i know that we're one in of two</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">they say it's a windy place, well we must have blown out of the sky</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">flying kites by the lake in the summer time</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever the take it's (you and i)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>ch </i><i>(singer / vocalist)</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will always stay within my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where the wind blows, where ever we go,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i already know, it's you and i</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">ref</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">uuoooaohh</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you and i</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x4</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(interlude / acoustic-soulful beat transition / change)</span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">ref (enter choir)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">uuoooaohh</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you and i</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x4</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>ch</i> <i>(sung by choir)</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever life shows us, whatever we dream,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will always stay within my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where the wind blows, where ever we go,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i already know, it's you and i</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x2</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(melodic overlapping)</span></i><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>ch + </i><i>ref </i>(<i>sung by choir andor vocalist / singer)</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever life shows us, whatever we dream, </span> <i><span style="color: #e06666;">uuoooaohh, you and i</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will always stay within my mind </span> <i><span style="color: #e06666;">uuoooaohh, you and i</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where the wind blows, where ever we go, </span> <i><span style="color: #e06666;">uuoooaohh, you and i</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i already know, it's you and i </span> <i><span style="color: #e06666;">uuoooaohh, you and i</span></i><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x2</span><br /><br />John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-89817168498827551732013-02-08T15:11:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:57.913-08:00<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><i><br /></i><i>verse 1</i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">man, i'm fried</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm sick and i'm tired</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i applied online</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but i'm not getting hired</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i applied my mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but i'm just getting fired</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">now what does that say...?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm too dope to be trying</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i lose hope and i cry</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">why god oh god why</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">what the hell does this have to do with the bible?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">this aint for the frightful</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm on a mother fucking tight rope</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but i'd rather take the chance and dance</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">freelance while i'm not that spiteful</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can't rely though on societal means</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to fulfill and achieve my dreams</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">what the hell is a dream when it's somebody else's?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">all these dreams came off a shelf</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">a factory pumping out the lines</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">selfless thoughts and mindless minds</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">propaganda tube controls the views</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but if it's up to me i'd rather choose</span><br /><br /><i>bridge</i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">keep me doing the things i do for you</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm on a roll i'm on a roll</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause if you keep a man with a plan locked in a room</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you're in control you're in control</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i aint freakin having that</span><br /><br /><i>chorus</i>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-30071081405777712312013-02-01T16:09:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:57.956-08:00Fall<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fall</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i wanted to save this thought for rain</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but it is unlikely i will write again</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">these clouds through this window jack makes his grin</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i remember when i was ten</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">each day each dawn brings faith to fall</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">as my shadow grows taller</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the grasshopper dies off</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">remember each day, take it in a chill breath</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">as the sunset flies</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">here's to life</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">here's to fall</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">art is made from elaborate plan</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the blueprints to wright, the dna strand</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">it all takes time that i don't have</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">so lock up my thoughts in a black tin can</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">each day each dawn brings faith to fall</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">as my shadow grows taller</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the grasshopper dies off</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">remember each day, take it in a chill breath</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">as the sunset flies</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">here's to life</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">here's to fall</span>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-47365124592879354992013-02-01T13:50:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:57.970-08:00Moving Forward<span style="font-size: x-large;">Moving Forward</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">please sit back just relax bout to pop this beat and chill</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">now feel this rhythm moving your bones do you see the colors do you hear that tone?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm a scorpio with a tail so prone to attack my colors green and black</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">my blood pumps gold once it's spilled on the floor</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i can never ever let go of my past</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">never let go of love everlasting</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i can put up without love and fasting</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">my purpose lies hidden under everyday faces</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to uncover the truth and hatred</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">go back to the place where harmony and rythm take my soul</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm moving forward to the future</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but what i got now, i can never let go</span>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-6303426475051512562013-01-16T12:21:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:58.025-08:00Fighter<span style="font-size: x-large;">Fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">tell them i'm fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm just like a lighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">if you can ignite me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">then i'll turn to fire</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">reach up to the sky and</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">light up the horizon</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to destroy the darkness</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">make the light alive again</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">we can be good friends</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">or we can be haters</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever hate you have inside</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">is hate you have created</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">too late to turn back now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">let's get this furnace black now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">get ready to attack now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">stand back i got the power</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">been in and out of houses</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">since he was about this little</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that's when</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">he could play out loud</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and make sound with a tiny fiddle</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">don't mind me all he said</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">there's no consequences dreaded</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the whole world was his teacher</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no reason to be upset</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">but he will never forget</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the i-deas implaneted in</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">his head keeps recalling them</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when he sees the shadow thin</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">in the corner of the room</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that's when he's reminded when</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">something was so very askew</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that he couldn't even pretend</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">there's a fighter in his mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and it tries to be his friend</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but it's crowding up the space</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">other things should be fitting in</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when are you going to go</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">he keeps asking this question</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but the man always replies</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">why? you're my obsession</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">i have to make a confession</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you think you want me out</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you don't know what you keep praying</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">don't know what you're talking about</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm not packing up my bags</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">see i'm here until the end</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">if anybody asks</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you can tell them who i am</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">(tell em)</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">tell them i'm fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm just like a lighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">if you can ignite me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">then i'll turn to fire</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">reach up to the sky and</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">light up the horizon</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to destroy the darkness</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">make the light alive again</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">we can be good friends</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">or we can be haters</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever hate you have inside</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">is hate you have created</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">too late to turn back now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">let's get this furnace black now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">get ready to attack now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">stand back i got the power</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">sometimes i just feel like a freakin fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">watch the blood turn black as i attack it bleeds from me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and sometimes i just feel like that i'm on fire</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i know now that nothing could ever be more free</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">i'm a fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">man this is how it goes</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">everybody here knows</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">if you're a nice guy forest</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you can't run wit them hoes</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">well i'm sick of the rep</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">its time to step out of the box</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you can just call me jack</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause i'm climbing to the top</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm not gonna do it your way</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause your way just aint cool</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i say its elementary</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i mean go back to grade school</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm not fittin in no cliques</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but i'm spittin all my game</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">mother fuckers i'm different</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">ya'll keep acting all the same</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">better look back again</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you won't see the same face</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause the next time that you see me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'll be in a whole notha place</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no i'm not gonna erase</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">everything that i've done</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fool! that's whats made me stronger</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">why the fuck would i run</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">like a black sheep i'm wild</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">yeh i do what i wish</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">see i flaunt my own style</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever category it fits</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you may dislike my voice</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">or hate my bomb attitude</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but let me say</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but you don't know me bitches</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">like you think that you do</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">tell them i'm fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm just like lighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">if you can ignite me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">then i'll turn to fire</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">reach up to the sky and</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">light up the horizon</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to destroy the darkness</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">make the light alive again</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">we can be good friends</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">or we can be haters</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">whatever hate you have inside</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">is hate you have created</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">too late to turn back now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">let's get this furnace black now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">get ready to attack now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">stand back i got the power</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">sometimes i just feel like a freakin fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">watch the blood turn black as i attack it bleeds from me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and sometimes i just feel like that i'm on fire</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i know now that nothing could ever be more free</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">i'm a fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">i'm a fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fighter</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">fighter</span><br /><br />John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-46385828226525912632012-12-26T13:30:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:58.184-08:00In the Dark<a href="https://soundcloud.com/xanonymous/xj-hall-in-the-dark">https://soundcloud.com/xanonymous/xj-hall-in-the-dark</a><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the Dark</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>verse 1</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i will never be the same</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">after going this far</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can't cover the shame</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can't cover the scars</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but i try to be me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">not anybody else</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to open the freedom</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that's locked on the shelf</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">the lights may be off</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i'm the only one here</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but i know right now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">there is nothing to fear</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i lost the path</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">couldn't see the ground</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but who i am</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">is what i've found</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>bridge</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you never wanted me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i'm glad</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you never gave me the time</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to explain myself</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause now i'm self reliant</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">defiant stronger than ever</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will weather any weather</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">reminded i can be better than better</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">forever</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">within that frame of mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">continuing to supply</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the ideas of life</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the strife can take a hike</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">this song is mine</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">mic 1</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">two to feel inferior</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">superior to feeling weird</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i persevered</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">chorus</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">lights are gone</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">freedom flies</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no more pain</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no more crime</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and we find out</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">who we are</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that's all we got</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when we're in the dark</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>v2</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to be once rogue</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">in an institution</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">with plans of vogue</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">far from confucian</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to see a wall</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but look beyond</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to sacrifice</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">all that you've found</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">look into the mirror</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">see a far off place</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that still exist</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">in time and space</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">stand face to face</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">see nothing wrong</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause you understand</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where you belong</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">br</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you never wanted me</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and i'm glad</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">you never gave me the time</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">to explain myself</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause now i'm self reliant</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">defiant stronger than ever</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">will weather any weather</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">reminded i can be better than better</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">forever</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">within that frame of mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">continuing to supply</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the ideas of life</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">the strife can take a hike</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">this song is mine</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">mic 1</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">two to feel inferior</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">superior to feeling weird</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">i persevered</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>ch</i></span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">lights are gone</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">freedom flies</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no more pain</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no more crime</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and we find out</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">who we are</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that's all we got</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when we're in the dark</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">x3</span><br /><br />John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-1492372763773906612012-12-25T22:30:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:58.227-08:0024 karot gold<span style="font-size: x-large;">24 Karot Gold</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">those old lyrics from back then,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">remember when I wrote them,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">there was no reason to revoke them</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">though even only a token</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no matter how broken</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no matter what's been</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause now they're better than old</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that's what I told you friend,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">yes that's what I said</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">take a look again close</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">see the book with the prose</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">these words came outa thin air</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but now they're sold</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">-24 karot gold</span>John (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919082209786935042.post-41269253844026517382012-12-16T23:41:00.000-08:002016-02-29T10:14:58.238-08:00Dear John<a href="https://soundcloud.com/xanonymous/xjh01-x1s">https://soundcloud.com/xanonymous/xjh01-x1s</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dear John</span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lyrics by XJ Hall.</span><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">verse 1</span></i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">dear. john, i know you feel alone</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">right now</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">in a world without love cause you got no power.</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">(power, power)</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">can't erase all these thoughts</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">that are etched in the walls</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">wrecked the paint when you fought.</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">(fought, fought)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and you sought and you fight</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">and you fear for the crown</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">when you preach solo</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">(solo, solo)</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no ensemble around</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">only prayers leave the room,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">cause you can't reach the phone,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">(phone, phone)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">yeah, you got your own plan</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">hand ran tangent</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">drawn off page rambles</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">stranded, island of mind</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">where you find insight,</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">ascent, enlightenment</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">preamble written in light</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">words from spite</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">quill black, fill white pages</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">assimilated as hate is</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">transformed to selfless might to be the right man</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">but why do you feel helpless?</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;">no one understands</span><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span><span style="color: #999999;">...</span><br /><br />you can change the world in a moment.<br />in seconds in a day,<br />but if you had the chance to relive it again<br />what would you do, what would you say?<br /><br />the truth can be lost with the motive<br />in the void of the dark<br />but your actions can lighten this place again<br />if you choose to be the spark<br /><br />29 seconds. seconds. seconds. seconds.<br />it only takes 29 seconds...<br />29 seconds, 29 seconds<br />that's all it takes<br /><br /><br />Dear John,<br />i know you're angry<br />contemplating taking<br />all the hate you've been accumulating<br />slating it on draft<br />planning you're lash back<br />at the mishaps that have happened<br />in the past<br />relax<br />i'm not saying that it's not fact<br /><br />what i'm sayin is,<br />you just might be a whiz, a gen-ius,<br />intelligent kid hushed into a<br />co-ma.<br />but d'you know-what<br />evil is?<br />what genius is?<br />and there's no-such thing<br />as evil genius?<br /><br />cause genius would never do wrong<br />the sad thing be<br />a lot of geniuses don't belong<br />in so-ciety<br />have a lifelong<br />anxi-ety<br />due to impropriety of social norms<br />they have to perform and act form-ally<br />i.e. confrom<br /><br />every genius has the choice do right<br />not denying that some-ti-eemes<br />right and crime are defined<br />by our time<br /><br />except for deep down inside<br />keep trying,<br />that's all i'm<br />saying<br />don't give up, don't give in<br />i'm praying...<br /><br />the never the easy thing to do right thing<br />we all can be geniuses<br />if we choose to be<br /><br /><br />you can change the world in a moment.<br />in seconds in a day,<br />but if you had the chance to relive it again<br />what would you do, what would you say?<br /><br /><br />the truth can be lost with the motive<br />in the void of the dark<br />but your actions can lighten the room again<br />if you choose to be the spark<br /><br /><br />29 seconds. seconds. seconds. seconds.<br />it only takes 29 seconds...<br />29 seconds, 29 seconds<br />that's all it takes<br /><br /><br />but not angry enough to not have<br />have empathy for your brother<br />you can change<br />29 seconds to change the world<br /><br /><br />but you do<br />and how<br />are you supposed find<br />elightenment now<br /><br />can't find the light right now<br />filled<br /><br /><br />I know you're in the darkest hour<br />I was once where you are now<br />but you have to find the light<br />YOU have to become the light<br /><br />i know you don't think it right now<br />but your actions are the power.<br />to change the world.<br />in a positive wayJohn (XJ) Edward Randall ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/04863974674461980020noreply@blogger.com0