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lookin’ 4 release, from these ties
shapin’ in2 form, wishin’ a lot of u
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vanity fares, blokin’ the flow
steps ahead…messin’w/my hed
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ready 4 an upgrade, beta testin’
lookin’ @ places, round the blok
hear nothin’, think o’ somthin’
tru lies, with the whip smart
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blokin’ the flow
steps ahead
messin’w/ my hed
vanity fares
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1 of the gals, still @ larg
filed undr, waitin’ 4 an update
back of the house, drawin’ the line
1st 2 get in, last 2 leave all b-hind
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steps ahead, messin’ w/my hed
vanity fares, blokin’ the flow
2023_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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dottin’ on ur -i-
2 highlight the storyline
rubbers in a row
just gettin’ started
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little by bits
in2 submission
in control of ur restrain
down 2 debasemnt
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sucker 4 success
no need 2 sweetn’ it
sucker 4 success
willin’ 2 give what it takes
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in insular company
aggreabl dissent
con-promisin’
evry step of the way
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always tryin’ 2
b seen w/ the right crowd
yet it feels so wron’
don’t work urself up
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in2 submission, in control of ur restrain
down 2 d’basemnt, little by bits
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aggreabl dissent, con-promisin’
evry step of the way, in insular company
2023_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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nice & quiet, on the surface
som-thing’s shakin’ undrneath
feral cat in a cage
undr control, if only 4 so long
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bondin’ over brandy,
go-between, droppin’ the hint…
bondin’ over brandy,
missin’ the point entirely
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1/4 to 3, who would’ve thought of this?
som-wher els, som-1
littl things, settin’ the mind adrift
som d-lay without relay
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sweatin’ hands
unsteady feet
1/2 way thru the glass
shiverin’ in disbelief
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b4 fadin’ out
feel it comin’ in
no use 2 resist
may as well just let b
2023_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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ovr-activ mind
goldn age of lies
time is of the essence
tomorrow’s 2 late
& yet it is
hard 2 make sens
when the whole point
is 2 deny what’s in ur face
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uppin’ the stakes
blind visionaries
trippin’ their own way
blind visionaires
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what 2 think
& what 2 do
nvr seem 2 b
correlated…
wishin’ 2 br8k
away from the well
pollutin’ evolution
connivin’ convolution
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@ the tip
of this sinkin’ iceberg
the sound of the machine
mindin’ the stream
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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addin’ up,
what’s taken 4 granted
4 the record,
this time around
comin’ 2 turns,
shiftin’ in silence
pressin’ on the brakes,
b4 it’s 2 late
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can’t stand it, yet stickin’ 2 it
checkin’ thru, the lookin’ glass
another day, stickin’ 2 it
a mouthfull, 2 fill the lack…
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mindless
ms. perception
undr the spotlight,
nothin’ 2 show
inside pun,
intended out of sorts
waitin’ on the signal,
4 curtain call
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doin’ it away with,
som kind of xcuse
pleas’d 2 meet u
dow the 1/2 way
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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2 save face
an original xcuse
preacher, griftr & moll
guessin’ the stakes
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takin’ on the scene
fittin’ all the pieces
iconic designs
a view from the shade
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nvr enuff
signin’ of the time
standin’ in a row
scrapin’ the sky
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connivin’ in character
snappin’ 2 a difrent drum
from 60 to 0
dbl edge sworn
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fittin’ all the pieces
iconic designs
a view from the shade
takin’ on the scene
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cashualty of desire
haven on a pyre
jester @ the court
bad taste in store
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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aftr a while, lettin’ it slide
takin’ it ez, down a d-frent path
countin’ my chips, undr ur sleev
devil in the details, skatin’ on the rink
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who can tell?, what may happen
once we get goin’, no need 2 stop
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r u ok? talk 2 me…
r u ok? r we…on the same page?
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right 2 refuse, 2 watch another stream
nothin’ left 2 c, shoppin’ 4 a fix
many bad deeds, paid 4 w/ legal tendr
no time 2 think, sour tastin’ cream
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what will happen, once we get goin’
no need 2 stop, & who can tell?
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losin’ ur bearings
passin’ on the hat
things simpl enuf
2 get by…
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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the right place
2 miss the hint
absolute uncertainty
the whole point
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inside look
hermetic insulation
cross con-tainmnt
& prepar’d statemnts
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micro managin’
w/ twist’d con-fidence…
dialin’ 4 a spin
fundin’ the scheme
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not bein’ ther
memory lost in the maze
how 2 tell
which valv 2 escape?
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hermetic insulation
cross con-tainmnt
prepar’d statemnts
4 an inside look
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out of the loop
evrythin’ coms @ at cost
the 0 nvr gets
2 account 4 # 1
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prepar’d statemnts
4 an inside look
hermetic insulation
& cross con-tainment
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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old pair of shoes,,
down the avenu
that’s how it goes
when gettin’ thru
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luks so ez
gettin’ around
kind of tricky
trippin’ about
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true lies across…3 diffrent sides
4 evry occassion, a chance 2 rise
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nvr thought
2 write the script
just because
got talk’d out of things…
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gettin’ around
kind of tricky
trippin’ about
luks so ez
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don’t like 2 c u, inside the screen
feels like…som’how, we’r missin’ the link
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kind of tricky
trippin’ about
luks so ez
gettin’ around
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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overtly xcit’d,
aimin’ 4 that high!
trickl down affect,
boundless xpectation
playin’ it unsafe,
yet always the same
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loss will keep us in check ( x 2 )
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2 much 2 take,
meetin’ ur gaze
time stands still,
driftin’ off the stream
un-ez undr the spotlight,
stood up by chance
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smilin’ @ the irony,
makes perfect sense
right b-tween the lies,
developin’ a guise
while things fall apart,
actin’ out the part
=
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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speakin’ of principls
what is ur angl?
1 hand reinin’ in
the other pushin’ around
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bendin’ ovr back, nvr enuff
meanin’-lez work, use-lez relation-shift
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derelic diss-curse, tellin’ ourselves
what they want 2 hear, rubs the wron’ way
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judgin’ the jury
won’t luk the other way
within’ these walls
hidin’ ur weakness in the shade
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nvr enuff, meanin’-lez work
use-lez relation-shift, bendin’ ovr back
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many would agree
2 dis-agree than 2 argue
facin’ the self-absorbed
will push u in2 the void
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meanin’-lez work, use-lez relation-shift
bendin’ ovr bak, nvr enuf
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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withholdin’ taxes, how 2 get a leg up?
so keep on movin’…or b left behind
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addin’ lucky stripes, bitter pill 2 swallow
surreal situation, trippin’ down the heights
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w/ nothin’ happenin’
right across the st.
up 4 grabs…
what us’d 2 b hard 2 reach
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wond’rin what’s right
when lowerin’ the bar
here 2 ponder
alter’d state o’ mind
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bittr pill 2 swallow, surreal situation
trippin’ down the heights, addin’ lucky stripes
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cold indifference
leavin’ no shade of doubt
2 soon 2 cool off
& find a way out
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surreal situation, trippin’ down the heights
bitter pill 2 swallow, addin’ lucky stripes
2024_State of Denial songs - ASCAP.
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released December 16, 2023
misplaced prose:
shapin’ in2 form, wishin’ a lot of u
sucker 4 success, no need 2 sweetn’ it
bondin’ over brandy, go-between, droppin’ the hint…
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uppin’ the stakes, blind visionaries
can’t stand it, yet stickin’ 2 it
standin’ in a row, scrapin’ the sky
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r u ok? r we…on the same page?
dialin’ 4 a spin , fundin’ the scheme
4 evry occassion, a chance 2 rise
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loss will keep us in check
derelict diss-curse, tellin’ ourselves
withholdin’ taxes, how 2 get a leg up?
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