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Times Like These

by The Lique

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Wesley There's obviously one big name in hip hop bands but The Lique are here for some soulful and melodic rhymes and rhythms. Make no mistake though, they can spit lyrics with the best of them. Favorite track: Live So Free.
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1.
I AM Love/ I AM Peace/ I AM Joy/ that can never be destroyed I AM Love/ I AM Peace/ I AM/ Joy we came here to fill the void Verse 1 I wanna see more joy, Love, peace and unity a cloud showered over my head but I'm musically Inclined to find a bit of beauty in the static separate waves that don't fit with the magic had a bad habit of dwelling on what the others did then I learned to focus on my own my zone is off the grid that's where you'll find me combining lines my mind is like a shrine I dedicate myself to the purpose of the divine at times we get a click off track when you bring it back allowing everything to come full circle the simple fact you can't hold down a spirit with the intent to rise own every moment so when its over don't be surprised Life will continue we enterprising a rental is what we were given on the physical realm and eventually we're meant to leave it what we didn't learn will be repeated cycles never-ending so it can not be completed Verse 2 Once upon a time I thought I should cut my story short then learned to turn the pages stop being a bad sport what the coach told me Invisible Builder molding a brand new and better vision I'm prepared to make decisionsshift everything overnight if I make an oversight I'll take it as a lesson I'm steady progressing towards the Light what AM I put here for? I AM the question and The Answer talking bout practice children die of cancer nobody said it was fair despair is in the air I'm grabbing at Happiness and finding a way to share healing vibes with the tribe using music as medicine Universal like Tesla so we jettison the Edisons alternative to the current inertia reversing the worst occurrences giving a better version of ourselves health is mainly psychosomatic control your emotional diet the changes are dramatic Verse 3 Tryna find compassion for the things I don’t understandEverybody learn at they own pace so make a plan To take a stand if they demand too much then set a boundary Won't allow anybody to hinder what empowers me All I wanna do is balance out the negativity Love is the original energy we were meant to bePeace is what I want you to feel whenever they mention me Joy is what I see when I embrace you as my family Some of us are falling apart but hold it together The moment you get up's a blessing so don’t you ever forget it Forever indebted to anybody that ever met us Said what's up or gave a hug/ told us that they loved us and meant it I don't know what's next but I'm happy to be here Living in Times Like These we must remember to defeat fear Really been living the lyrics the Spirit is closer when we open Don’t nobody control your breath so let it go
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Pressure 03:54
Verse 1 Every morning that I wake up I hope I survive a lot to give thanks for but performing in dives is not the way I wanna end my career/ I feel its near when I tried to walk away something kept me right here it really getting clearer everyone is just a mirroR [pause] reflecting what we need/ to see/ from our interior rearrange your thoughts/ on that mental feng shui any day that you get is a gift/ I must say The bills are piling up and I'm really getting worried success is necessary/ need it in a hurry I bury/ myself into the music hoping I don't lose it lately I been crazy/ way too lazy to pursue it am I stupid? Naw but the moves used to be fluid tryna manifest monumentally like the Druids [pause] its hard to build your network when you're reclusive Y'all wanna know what the truth is? Chorus I feel pressure/ when I wake up in the morning feel pressure/ to live life through my songs I feel pressure/ to keep it real and true/Being honest with myself/ but appeal to you Verse 2 Maneuver through manure in this entertainment cesspool its/ less cool to be real let that be a lesson to ya [pause] for example people ask how you been they don't really wanna know/ you got cowards for friends generation too frail and finicky/ stale/ gimmicky triggered by anything and assailing what Lady Liberty's supposed to stand for/ rather be on the dance floor if you too damn raw/ they say you get black balled I laugh hard/ at death/ out loud or under my breath at the same time dyin inside/ I cry less than I should/ used to feel but I lack empathy/WHY? too numb from the evil we see perpetually eventually I will prolly buckle under the enemy's pressure they tend to getcha one way or another/ mentally or spiritually/ in the end it manifests physically so many suffer codependency because they feel (pressure) Verse 3 moment that I wrote this/ was damn near homelesslosing all my focus/ I don't KNOW what hope is the jig is up/ its been a bluff/ for years I tried to build a buzz its time to face the facts and just admit that I AM not enough that don't mean that I devalue my essence but right now its all about your social media presence Talent's not a factor/ the wacker you are the better my effort/ feels like tryna end war with a letter to senator whoever truly clever with the new endeavors and the competition's bigger even if we did it better they say don't compare yourself to anyone/ but when we run a campaign that flops I feel the pain/ you only see the fun please believe me/ we need funds don't let the suits fool you I feed off crumbs Success, sex, and checks all fade with the flesh truth be told/ nobody knows what's next here to relieve it and getting better/ the deeper we dive in water believe that it's gettin' wetter
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The Lick 03:54
Chorus It lives in you/ it lives in me/ everywhere we go/ you dont know The Lique?/ it lives in you/ it lives in me/ everybody feel it/ you don't know The Lique? Verse 1 One vibe one rhythm one heartbeat unifying the minds/ wisdom and art meet at the intersection of innovation and discipline let it flow freely while generating the dividends its all about tone and feel/ play with emotion soundscapes shape your brain waves and mold them sould blends with the funk and jazz rockin hip hop is the modern blues/ at last the freestyle gospel locked you in the house don’t be trapped by the techno beat/ just break out check it/ it’s a jungle sometimes/ inside the disco hypnotic sonically/ poppin just like calypso doo woppin across the country/ a bossa nova dub steppin on dance floors the world over swing to the afro beat then ride a new wave electronic metal is punkin’ you with the drum and bass the new age classical and ambient our past is ragtime/ like reggae we be jammin’ with a psychedelic trance in the quiet storm drop beats like acid and blast the norms with a vibrant flow/ bounce spicier than zydeco alkaline rhythms combining with downtempo lines that pass standards/ there is no alternative musical fusion is the way that we prefer to live Verse 2 The Lick is universal/ underground commercial avant garde/ Top of the Pops whether rehearsal or showtime don't need a reason or rhyme the sneakiest line we spot it at the drop of a dime no matter what the genre eventually pops up from the first time I heard it in my head it got stuck when it began? That's all apart of the mystique now here’s a little story of why we call it The Lique in 2014 on a trip to Switzerland the Butterscotch show was over so we trickled in a little jazz club checkin’ out the sound mellow vibe so the band started layin it down Now right when a solo really started to peak with an energy so intense nobody wanted to speak a 6 foot French lady gave a cackle and squeaked and when I asked her why she said, ͞You don’t know The Lique?!͟jazz snob 101/ a new lesson funny how my whole changed with one question demands your attention/ more than a suggestion shaped our sound, feel, mythos and progression there you have it/ kick the The Lick like a habit word to David Bowie/ can’t escape The Labyrinth it's hard to forget this bit of musical madness the vibration everybody feel across the atlas
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Chorus Mirror, Mirror/ on the wall/ who is the top narcissist of them all? " "/ on the wall/ show who I was before my ego got involved " "/ on the wall/ why criticize myself when I can talk about y’all? " "/ too many forget pride/ comes before the/ fall Verse 1 So I’m staring at this apparition A ghost of my former Self/ trapped in tradition When I dont like what I see I tend to cover it up But got the nerve to talk about women with makeup? We all put on too much and feel we're not enough Been pushin way Lady Luck but Im cravin her touch Now what is Love if it don't come from your Self So many suffer depression so emotional health Seems to be more important than we choose to admit My reflection tells me the Truth as I maneuver through split Personalities/ yo/ no matter your locality We all in Mortal Kombat/ it ends in fatality spoiler alert/ royal or serf/ loins in the dirt Stop raping Mother Nature/ loyal to Earth That's how were meant to be from birth/ everything is temporary Center your inner temple/ everywhere's a sanctuary Verse 2 Perception tends to be an enemy When we dont live authentically what we pretend to be Manifests as a phantom/ holding morals for ransom Novus Ordo Seclorum is deeper than we can fathom Vanity's still in fashion / automatic action grasping at whats lackin/ pimp predictable passions That’s what the masters of propaganda have manufactured Question every moment the masses are chasing after Tell me/ would you recognize your soul? Have you truly taken time to figure out whos in control? We occupy our time gawking up at the stars and ponder the possibility of living on Mars but do you know the Cause of your very existence? Before your parents met what was the purpose of your lineage? we live in effect/ villains respect/ nothing, but check Your Self in the mirror now what does it reflect? Verse 3 We look into the world for the things we need to seek within/ External learning will have you running from all your friends Life that we lead is only gonna be reflection You're the/ source of all energy received in each direction Point the powerful mechanism we call attention Obstacles that you hop over strengthen all of your comprehension Cultivate the proper vision to demolish competition Plot twistin kicker is we free from all division Unify our consciousness/ at first it seems monotonous Reach into the dungeon/ you'll see our thoughts have been hostages Better to know what we need to let go And then make it official in order to grow What I'm on is so potent you don’t need to smoke it Just look in the mirror to get with the flow Amazing we made it this far without bleeding To death/ it's a wound that we never been treating The way that we should and dopamine opened me Up to the bevy of possible reasons Many fall off and they suffer demise Wont take the time to deciper the prize Hidden within em/ deliver the prism That's spinning and shining the glimmer eyes Will give you the message you need to accept Who do we run to when no one is left Holding your breath/ eventually kills Blood is like oil the way that it spills Many project and don’t know respect Begins deep inside with the soul you must check No matter the weather we keep it together The storm is a form of its own dialect Dissected/ selected/ my aura's protected Democracy's obsolete/ I manifested The things that I dictated straight from the heart Take it to yours but I'm making my mark An artist must harvest but all of us farmers We reaping the season/ releasing the karma Collected detected a new eave energy instantly when I respected my enemy
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Magic 03:35
Chorus: Magic/ back and to the left/ his head went back and to the leftMagic/ back and to the left/ Jack went back and to the leftMagic/ back and to the left/ his head went back and to the left Verse 1 Get away with murder if ya did it for the governmentWhy would I joke? I know who runs it click the big picture/ rich will get richerpoor will get poorer/ that's how they get yastill wanna believe in the systempeep the campaign or sleep on this wisdomeither way need to say this from the heartTrojan slogans kept us in the darkchange on the surface? What about purpose?Prophecies, promises, polices/ worthlessAll about as hollow as the earthPretty penny pile of debt got you nervousAgainst the complex? Prolly gon dieCan't lead the sheeple if you ain't gon lieSimple as that man the devil and BatmanTwo sides of same coin Joker made the whole plan Verse 2 22nd of November 1963The Family of Camelot shocked the world made it clear that we're not so freeWhat you need to know is the fatal blow could not happen from that angleThe voice of the Truth been kept at a hush I'mma speak it til I'm still strangledYou can't shut down what's obvious for the length of eternityStop listening to the official spin and research each branch of the treeUnderstand every scam has a lamb they cram into the view few choose to seePredictive programmers make you hold hands with corporatocracy Bridge: Abracadabra/ follow the mad hatter/or was it the rabbit/ you're in the hole it don’t matter Verse 3 This business of lying keeps innocent children dying/ the cold war's hotter than ever dollars depress like an iron[pause] the press never shining light on the almighty lions/ they wanna keep us in darkness but people peep the horizon/American nightmares so real they might scare the feeble, fake, and phony/ just go within don't listen to them or you'll end up chasing KONY/ on the Animal Farm in 1984/ the clocks move but does your heart?through Movies, music, poetry, blood paints this war of art/ Magic
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Live So Free 03:47
Verse 1 I woke up with a brand new stride today put a smile on my face don’t even talk the same, it’s like I walk in the footsteps of my ancestors connected forever things that stress us are real/ even with the pain we feel it’s Truth that we need it must be revealed/ in time it all comes together but guess what take a breath in the present moment/ the next up ain’t too far away/ the harder we pray [pause] Can we get the results that we want to without an active approach I think not/ got us caught up in the web we spin baby you could be whatever you want let’s begin [pause] my friends live all across the globe I hope you know you still right here even when we not close put ya hands up high music moves ya soul now just lose control Chorus I wanna live so free right now/ wanna live so free right now I wanna live so free/ free/ free/ free/ live so free right now Verse 2 Looking back on my childhood my life was good Mama went through a lot but she made it understood that she would sacrifice so I could alright that’s a Love unconditional in spite of the plight at night I went to bed knowin that she had my back even when I got made cause she was kickin’ the facts had to deal with the real and I Love her for that Mama taught me to express myself but have tact Daddy was different a breed fulfilled the need to have a father figure near though didn’t I didn’t always see himwas it for better or worse? I don’t know but it hurt I learned a lot about living alone my growth spurt Showed up around the time he came back in my life taught me about the old South and the military strife world traveler with a laugh that filled the roomI wanna see ya soon saying Verse 3 My life/ has value/ my words have purpose worship Mother Earth as long as I’m on the surface [pause] some people didn’t wake up today where they go? I don’t know/ it all fades away we’re here/ let the music blast even in silence broadcast thoughts bring Peace to violence we a family whether or not we like it I believe in ESP we all psychic you gotta learn to listen to the signals look around you/ Life is full of miracles Inner visions fill me full of wonder finding success from somewhat of a blunder everybody in the world needs Love I keep my vibes high in the sky up above
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No Surrender 04:53
Verse 1 As the world crumbled right in my face I stayed focused no longer motivated by like the money-hungry locusts who don’t wanna see our plans unfold like they supposed to expanding rapidly based on what I been goin through grow into a new dimension/ if our comprehension don’t match up with real experience it leads to larger tension every single morning that you go within and meditate it sets the record straight/ now play your position and educate everyone’s a teacher and potentially a leader gotta follow Cosmic Law and be more than a believer knowledge of a prophet while they call us bottom feeders the colonies have fallen under martial law defeated media makes opinions sway/ your strategy is Child’s Play if you aint thinking several steps ahead there’s not a lot to say [pause] forget the rules that make it harder to remember the reason that we stepped into this wretched epicenter I’m a winner/ the mantra of a persona that’s focused the measure of a woman or man is self-gnosis help the prognosis by recognizing symptoms society is sick and suffers from a lack of wisdom Chorus No Surrender/ prisoners of the The Mind even if body’s free they wanna keep ya doin’ time so it’s No Surrender/ lockdown is mental spiritual, physical, anything to get to you No Surrender/ the end of Time is right now if they really wanna cross the line No Surrender/ no no surrender (2x) Verse 2 Take my body but they can’t take my Spirit or Mind respect my boundaries/ I put it on the line so I could be free/ so many got a locked a mental living out my dreams this is not coincidental The Three Things/ activate imagination and notice how your life is just a cycle of Creation we’re all bi-products of Higher manifestation explore your core right now/ it’s not a wasteland I’m here to grow and knowing that the photosynthesis is gonna feed the seeds I’m bring Light to my apprentices [pause] prison in the Mind. don’t’ need to serve these sentences you worry too much and stress yourself with the wrong messages activated motivated focused/ #letsgetit surviv(ed)(ing) (these) trials and tribulations/ been acquitted since I liberated myself my health is much better but this stormy society makes me feel under the weather I’ll live/ from the underground we comin’ with a Loving sound used to turn us down but now the doubters wanna bump it loud I can’t figure it out but I’m gonna keep on listen to The Breath of Life it’s such a deep song Bridge In this life we each pay a price of living in a world where they don’t think twice No Surrender/ you could take it as advice or just another song (gotta fight for your rights) (cause you think it sounds nice)
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Pain 04:24
Chorus I got so much pain but it’s one thing I know keep moving forward in this backwards world wherever I go my pain is entertainment baby so it’s on with the show been feelin lower than low/ somebody rescue my soul/ and it goes I got so much pain/ [echo]/ I might lose my brain/ ͟͞I got some much pain/ ͟͞/ think I’mma go insane Verse 1 Too numb to care/ so I rarely share/ all my thoughts like I used to flying over that nest of the cuckoo/ consciousness just stream like Hulu who knew? Life is all about ware and peace turn on the screen/ see more deceased swarms released/ of the locusts/ my focus/ is driftin/ indifferent/ dormant beasts like: shame, anger, loneliness/ somebody show me where the hope exists closing both my fists while drones persist it’s like Santa Claus reading off Schindler’s List World War 4 knockin on our door/ mama can’t stop all these carnivores they see beef in the street and you know they wanna eat got expensive taste that’ll lay you to waste never seen a therapist/ but I’m prepared to spit/ airing out my narrative sharing the bliss the blistering truth take one for the team just to lead the troops gotta battle these savages everywhere but most of the fight’s right between our ears listen here it’s very clear that pain is in the atmosphere Verse 2 Pain ain’t permanent/ this Book of Life I been learnin’itwords written in cursive/ turning it/ upside down like Be Here Now what a worldwide tournament game of risk that we cant resist/all the blame that flips on the innocent gets the biggest blips on the radar/ hey yall we just animALLS/ listen to the mating call [pause] we all get snuffed in the end and I love my friends but none of them understand what I been through/ venue is church check the verse I massage where it hurts everybody been through trauma/ [pause]/ drama be the downfallhow come everybody offa dem pills real skill to cope/ abyss filled with dope coke and dro and alcohol/ trying to escape but we feel withdrawls whoever’s in charge/ it’s profit over preservation/ y’all too afraid to face your fears/ but most of the fight’s right between your ears listen here it’s very clear that pain is in the atmosphere
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Intro Hey it's me. Look, I know things have been crazy between usBut I think we just need to talk some things overGive me a call when you get this Can I can I call you call you (4x) Verse 1 Seven weeks have passed since I seen you laststill tryna keep it together inside but I keep thinkin bout the pastNo contact/ that was the rule but now I just can't take it A mistake is what we made by breaking up my soul is naked[pause] stripped down to the fundamentals of my essenceOur time apart has taught me that I need you in my presenceIt's over/ two words I never wanna say againAbout our situation/ I been pacing/ why would I pretendLike my resolve is strong when I was wrong but you were guilty tooIt ain't time for pointing fingers/ I'm alone and reach for youWhen I'm in bed/ inside my head we talk a lot check my phoneyou ain't hit me up in months I wondered if you moved moved alongMaybe you have/ aching sadder than I've ever beenThe best of friends is what we were but certain words have brought us to an endlurk each other's pages so let's stop playing games girlRight now we outta orbit but belong in the same world Chorus Can I call you when I need you/ I don't care bout nothin elseI'm just thinkin bout you I don't know what to do/ can I call you?Can I can I call you call youCan I call you (call you)/ when I need you (need you)I don’t care bout nothin else I'm just thinkin' bout youI don’t know what to do can I call you Verse 2 I don’t know the last time I felt this lostmy mind's been working overtime I thought it was the bossbut my heart is in control and I don’t wanna let you gomy whole life has been a mess since I done left my mate of soulwhile waves crash/ our love boat is barely floatinsee forward was the motion but our wake has kept me hopin"Misty" memories have made it difficult to keep a distancerelationship is sinkin/ frends abandon like for instancelast week I'm at the party and nobody wanna say itbut I peeped the hushed discussion they know why we separatedat least they think they do/ the truth aint keepin' me and you apartit's lies and deception/ that blind perception out the blueon THAT note I went from mad to sad and wrote a poemonly now I understand just how "A House Is Not A Home"we can't be through just yet/ I do regret the way I made ya feelbut we can make it better/ too much pain has been concealed Bridge I just want some evidenceOf us in the present tenseLook down at messagesSearching for relevanceTo the situation I'm missing your voice latelySo can I call you maybe My lady Chorus
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Verse 1 There's gotta be something deeper than the physical realm I’m exhausted by religion even though I’m overwhelmed The time has come to find The One who moves beneath the surface Check your karmic debt before you make another purchase worthless attempting to circumvent the process Evolved intelligently tell me how could we be Godless Maybe there’s no deity resembling what you can see Truth is hard to find when your vision isn’t internally Focused they wanna hold jus back don’t you ever notice that The more you fight the tide it tends to rise I wanna flow in fact Ironically/ situations shift just like economy finding time for stillness resonate when I sit silently Maybe that’s the only place I’ll ever feel at Home Sometimes it really feels as if I’m walking all alone But that’s impossible the obstacle finding ways to follow through With what the Soul has told you even though it seems illogical Listen to The Call but just because it rings true Doesn’t mean the message sent was necessarily for you Patience will decipher the language of ancient writers scriptures never written in stone, bone or papyrus tell me is there such a thing as fate? I’d like to know if so it doesn’t matter what we do who’s in control? destiny suggests that my life is predetermined I’d like to think my will is Free but that don’t fit the sermon Chorus: Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death gotta take a leap of faith/ is it free will or fate? walk through the valley of the shadow of death you never really know what’s next 'til you take your last breath Verse 2 Wander in the Cosmos/ wondering what I’m supposed to do within this world with Spirit and science juxtaposed to me it’s kind of odd we separate ourselves from God with deeper connections to anthropomorphic facades [pause] Baptized at eleven tell me am I still saved? life got so much dirtier too numb to feel afraid for long/ my songs be the essence of confession but why go through a middleman my secrets need protection and who are you to judge? If it was Love wouldn't you guide me appreciate my life but why’s The Creator been hiding? so many subtle signs indelible consequences no need to memorize a myth the preachers beat us senseless burned millions of women got away callin’ em witches a torture manual was made and sanctioned by religious leaders did you need to bleed us dry? Convicted by the Evil Eye don’t condone the stoning of Crones/ The Truth is people lie stupid superstitions led to the West to Inquisition most the holy wars are over Muslim, Jew, or Christian which team you pickin? If you were born into tradition then did you truly have a choice in holding your position?that's the difference between freedom and living prison-bound still we drown in antediluvian illusions that sound like they make sense I prefer to take a stand with those who know Bill of Rights better than 10 Commandments Bridge Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil: for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies thou anointest my head with oil my cup runneth over/ my cup runneth over Verse 3 What if nobody took all this mythology literallyProbably wouldn’t if they understood astrotheology The powers that be acting as God it's a conspiracy Religious killing spree I mean "is anybody hearing me?" That's what the child wondered as she prayed to an entity That didn't really listen the bombs dropped in her vicinity All we know is energy the rest is speculation What if all life is God no separation
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Carry On 03:31
Chorus Carry on this life is not longGuaranteed to leave whether right or wrongBe Here Now before your time is gone We each have the need within to carry on Verse 1 She wore a shirt to explore the hurt From the loss of a friend at the Dilla concert Front row didn't know what it meant til she left extension of Life through those who have breath Death isn't final cause just like vinyl the movement of grooves keeps energy recycled what a moment/ the clothes had meaning its almost as if the both them were seeing the scene so the tribute was more than a party connected in spirit/ experience out of body hergarment was art and it went to my heart when I found out that cancer had torn them apart celebrate life with music/ its therapeutic Life is a gift so we might as well use it let Gail a comment it had been 3 years you woulda had so much fun nearly brought me to tears Verse 2 He lived a life that you never write home aboutyou know the type to do anything for the clout what is it worth/ selling your soul/ losing control Somehow he made it over 30 years old Strung out/ buggin out in public/ outta touch with The world/ succumbing to the underground thug tip Full of anxiety and battling sobriety Uppers and downers/ pills, needles/ the whole variety Caught up in a blizzard of the cold war livin' It stunted his vision and growth/ so both of em were limited disappeared for years/ his homie locked down ended up on television/ still entertaining crowds when he died/ couldn't pretend like I was surprised why's it take death to begin living our lives? why not be an angel while you're walking on the Earth? sometimes/ R.I.P. are just letters on a shirt Outro Carry on y'all/ and it just don't stop we carry on y'all/ and it just don’t quit we carry on yall/ be strong stand tall We carry on yall/ we love em all love em all we carry on yall/ carry on carry on we carry on yall/ carry on carry on we carry on yall/ carry on carry on We each have the need within to carry on
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Verse 1 Elevatin’ through musical transportation it’s amazin what we do to include ourselves/ innovation is needed/ cycles repeated keep feeding into the time loop just continue seeking the people you need will find you Nature’s forever in the Soul so tell me what is old? ancestors sending messages when we connect to the flow water between us but we can travel through the molecules eternal essence/ you can feel it in your follicles grow into a new level/ motion will produce the petals if you pick apart the plant too much then you reduce the mettle bend with the circumstance/ flexing tends to hurt the chance of genuine reflection/ recirculating hurt from the past lives/ can’t dive too deep into The Abyss even if we hit rock bottom/ we blend in like an eclipse it’s the myth that gives us meaning/ sound waves send us careeningin the direction of our deepest calling/ delete the ceiling breeching the surface/ our purpose is chillin in the rhythm the wisdom to see beyond the present moment gives us vision [pause] blind minds won’t make the cut and ever since ͞Compared To What͟I stroll/ don’t really need to strut/ The 5th dimension must erupt Verse 3Drifting up into a different dimension and finally transcending all comprehension this linear living is no longer fitting we need to break out because time is a prison/ I'm lost since I found out the thought of myself is really another projection now add up the math of your spiritual path to prepare for collective ascension love and Light might not bring gratification that's instant but this is the realm of creation with manifestation it's all about patience that's infinite digging deep within the foundation elevatin’ through musical transportation it’s amazin what we do to include ourselves/ innovation is needed/ cycles repeated keep feeding into the time loop just continue seeking the people you need will find you Verse 2 Controllin’ interdimensional travel/ since more than half of the battle is in the Mind all we have to do to skidaddle is SLIP into the moment/ we’re molded by the components of every single memory/ lock it in then reload it The Big/Bang/ is hella strange/ I don’t know what to make of it they claim to know the age of the Universe but it ain’t legit to Me free as I ever been/ yet I tend to grab a pen to put my thoughts in chronological order so tell a friend to blend/ the Zen/ within won’t end/ any real leader won’t follow no trend whatcha gon do when ya can’t pretend/ to be a physical being/ it’s a lot to send a body through/ all the NEWS that we see is here to stall thee true indigenous intention/ antennas connectin'/ cosmic groovin’Who is you?! [Music interrupts] talking to the beings that forgot that we’re just particles amazing how we caught in the physical reality it’s > > > [music interrupts] > >[music half] and all that jazz don’t walk too fast might just miss a step it’s a steep cliff > > > [music interrupts] drop the pretense/ we fence/ ourselves into identities that no longer represent exactly what we were meant to bethe clock said [5 knocks] might not agree with that open up the door so we can [4 knocks] just like that let the music do the talking this is > > > [music still interrupts] > > in other words a mere illusion Verse 3 Driftin up into a different dimension and finally transcending all comprehension/ this linear living is no longer fitting/ we need to break out because time is a prison/ I'm lost/ since I found out the thought of myself is really another projection/ now add up the math of your spiritual path to prepare for collective ascension/ Love and Light might no bring gratification that's instant but this the realm of creation/ with manifestation it's all about patience that's infinite diggin deep in the foundation/ Elevatin’ through musical transportation it’s amazin what we do to include ourselves/ innovation is needed/ cycles repeated keep feeding into the time loop just continue seeking the people you need will find you

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Recorded at Tone Factory Studios in Las Vegas, NV by Viinnie Castaldo, except for "Pain", recorded at Jambox Studios by Jim Greer in Berkeley, CA.

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released May 17, 2018

Emcee: Rasar Amani
Guitar: Sean Carbone
Keys: Jason Corpuz
Bass: Nick Schmitt
Drums: Jeremy Klewicki

Background vocals, "I AM":
Cameron Calloway, Kiara Musik, Arleevia McCleod, Gianni Mateo.

DJ scratches, "Pressure":
DJ Rated R

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The Lique Las Vegas, Nevada

The Lique was featured on AFROPUNK, appeared on the covers of Submerge Magazine and Las Vegas Weekly, and was voted Las Vegas’ “Best Band of 2021.”

They've played Life Is Beautiful Festival, enjoyed multiple residencies on the Las Vegas Strip, and performed in venues all across the United States.

The Lique has opened for Hiatus Kaiyote, Lecrae, Anderson .Paak, & Wyclef Jean.
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