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IV League
05:33
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70 people knockin’ at my door
They say they got the sickness ‘n’ we got the cure
We aint gonna stop until the risin of the sun
Or if the cops come then we gonna have to run
They brought the green, we brought the drink
Drownin’ in liquid it was swim or sink
Seagrams pleasing need no reason or rhyme
Kicki’n in the ceiling we are losin’ our mind
20-20, Ayo, I got the vision
I can clearly see how crazy this life we livin’
She brought her friends who brought their friends
So the way that its lookin’ now is this night will never end
She knows just what she wants when she be askin me
This is crazy can we get some peace and solitary
Welcome to the land of good vibes and palm trees
Come with us to the IV League
OOOOO, What a wicked web we weave
OOOO, Livin’ in the IV League
7 policeman knock knocking at my door
20 people jumpin’ out the back window
Officer say, “Qhy you turn you music up so loud?”
Said it’s to drown the house music out
Said I understand but this but this has got to change
I see to many people drinking underage
Said officer I checked their IDs
“Please this isn’t my first night in IV”
Handcuffed, 20 of us
Ambitious and such, 7 years bad luck
Headin’ downtown to get locked and processed
by the boys in blue ‘n’ their bulletproof vests
I said the seven and seven was beggin for my acceptnnence
The judge just smiled as he served my sentence
Should’ve stuck to them beats instead of walking these streets
But this the price I pay for the IV League
OOOOO, What a wicked web we weave
OOOO, Livin’ in the IV League
Officer, please don’t arrest me
Let me pour a 7 ‘n’ 7 for you and your deputy
Policeman, we mean you no harm
It’s the kids you want that sound like a car alarm
OOOOO, What a wicked web we weave
OOOO, Livin’ in the IV League
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El Rio
04:01
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I don’t care where I fall
Something landed me here
Like a pin drop from above
As if someone planned it
I took a breath and held it in
I’m trading spaces end on end
never stop ever again
The river can’t stop dancin’ Clarity in thoughts brought by this therapy
Hip hop religion faithfully no heresy
Rhyme say I pray down on bended knee
Improvement thru grooving is all I see
Possibility, open up my mind is all I ask
Iron cast, mic on black, rhythm in the flask
Reign over this land a king in bad weather
Gravity ain’t holdin’ me, I rise by any measure
Rooted in the fabric homegrown in the havoc
Only have one word for savage is problematic
Last week I saw the rain clouds comin’,
Dipped to the lab grabbed a pad you know I was runnin’
Fools play the sickness just like it was a business
Hip hop I’m with this so I focus on my fitness
Two sides to these records ‘n’ I’ma spin ‘em both
From front to back until the vinyl erodes
I don’t care where I fall
Something landed me here
Like a pin drop from above
As if someone planned it
I took a breath and held it in
I’m trading spaces end on end
____ never stop ever again
The river can’t stop dancin’
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Goin' Back to Cali
05:02
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Far away but still I’m comin
Home real soon, my mind is runnin
Always thinkin’ bout goin’ goin’
Back, back, to Cali, Cali
goin’ goin’ Back, back,
to Cali, Cali. That’s where I ought to be
Always travellin mind rattlin first stop seattle
Then Carolina where ima set up for battlin’
It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes you wonder
What they listening to back home, all I hear is thunder
Visions of Cali encircling my iris
Minutes of free time I’m writing; ink and papyrus
My homie showed me Raleigh and the southern flow
Still I’m dreamin’ of my home in El Dorado
So I made my way to the bay towards Santa Fe
Float ‘n’ wrote about the delta like mark twain
Since ninety two I’ve had this Californian view
Sunshine state of mind man I thought you knew that I’m
Far away but still I’m comin
Home real soon, my mind is runnin
Always thinkin’ bout goin’ goin’
Back, back, to Cali, Cali
goin’ goin’ Back, back,
to Cali, Cali. That’s where I ought to be
Westward Bound with the Pacific Sound
White Sandy Beaches oh the lovin’ we found
Overnight flight then I ride to Oceanside
Won’t stop ‘til I see the California sunrise
Gunnin’ for Huntington, slow jam in Rosecrans
The bay to LA in a day, no traffic jam
Three hundred and sixty five days of summer time
Passin’ through Garden Grove, thinking of Sublime
Floatin’ in the water living to be alive
Forever Charging the line like number 55
Since ninety two I’ve had this Californian view
Sunshine state of mind man I thought you knew that im
Far away but still I’m comin
Home real soon, my mind is runnin
Always thinkin’ bout goin’ goin’
Back, back, to Cali, Cali
goin’ goin’ Back, back,
to Cali, Cali. That’s where I ought to be
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On The Move
04:25
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My mind over my soul because my heart is never following
I take it from my past i know my pride is not worth swallowing
The situation I’m in cant be explained with pad and pen
But looking from within the problems stuck inside my head
Because she walked away another time
The cause is lost i don’t know what was going through her mind
Like a purple contusion or these days of confusion, the fight that I’m losing
Makes the road a little rocky while she’s over there cruisin.
You cant forget who you are
From the start before it all happened
At the point of no return
My life is mine, not your concern
You gotta get up when youve fallen down
Live your life above the clouds
Time to see the world with brighter eyes
And leave a darker past behind
without a calling, you keep on falling
and the struggle stays within
without a calling you keep on falling
and the struggle stays wihin
So hit the ground, its the laid down low sound
Livin on the edge of town, I love the place that I have found
What I see, as serene as can be
Just powerlines and palm trees posted all around me
When the night sky is burning red
I finally found the cure to fix my broken head
I’m sittin is silence up on the distant horizon
She’s sittin there idling slowly flatlining
You cant forget who you are
From the start before it all happened
At the point of no return
My life is mine, not your concern
You gotta get up when youve fallen down
Live your life above the clouds
Time to see the world with brighter eyes
And leave a darker past behind
without a calling, you keep on falling
and the struggle stays within
without a calling you keep on falling
and the struggle stays wihin
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The Olés Isla Vista, California
The Olés are a reggae hip-hop band out of Santa Barbara, California. Get groovy with us.
Members:
Matt Tweed (guitar, vocals)
Daniel Kearney (Guitar, Keys, Bass)
Harry Trexler
(Bass, Vocals, Trombone)
Alvin Dawson (Drums, Percussion)
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