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Listen
02:33
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and it goes like this
and it goes and it goes and it goes like this
listen who risen liftin’ this inner vision
wisdom bit ’em like venom in ’em like intuition
mission magnetism from fission and if you listenin’
sacrificial split ’em like atoms the ammunition then
most official clip ’em split ’em split decisions
equipment spit and vision envision no contradiction
quicker than sicker than slicker than fried chicken
competition pushed to the side so now he dippin’
and it’s all gravy maybe coalitions
inquisitions eliminate lively dispositions
depositions eliminate lies and what they tippin’ trippin’
poli-trickin’ pollinate polls like politicians
this rendition spiritualism and these musicians
gettin’ out on the ledge like sick commissions
fitter than fit the physician’s an apparition hissin’
floatin’ over ya head he read like definition listen
who risen liftin’ this inner vision
cashtro risen liftin’ my inner vision
brrr listen ha ha ha listen listen
brrr listen ha ha ha listen
who risen liftin’ this inner vision
cashtro risen liftin’ my inner vision
brrr listen ha ha ha listen listen
brrr listen ha ha ha listen
cashtro risen liftin’ my inner vision
rhythm driven over the dreaded redefinition
limited edition suspicion my expedition is like
demolition demolish debt and decomposition
’mazin’ rays are gamma this gamble’s my premonition
cataclysm kissin’ fulfillingness’ fruition
cookin’ in the kitchen and wishin’ this exposition dishin’
diction dietician indelible my nutrition
and it’s all gravy maybe rhetoricians
inhibitions cup’ll run none juxtaposition
my ambition’s cup’ll run son see what he drippin’ sippin’
exhibition excellent execute a submission
requisition request the best is the recognition
religion’s critics my physics are criticism
in position persecute wit’ll exit the system
recondition rendered remember my intuition listen
who risen liftin’ this inner vision
cashtro risen liftin’ my inner vision
brrr listen ha ha ha listen listen
brrr listen ha ha ha listen
who risen liftin’ this inner vision
cashtro risen liftin’ my inner vision
brrr listen ha ha ha listen listen
brrr listen ha ha ha listen
and it goes like this
and it goes and it goes and it goes like this
brrr listen ha ha ha listen
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2. |
My Addiction
03:14
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most would rather deny truth than like me
pen on point and i swing my sword mightily
might break givin’ sight to unsightly
night break a new dawn i shine brightly
strike thee down as God curse my verses
one life lived boundless like universes
life revived and seen through two eyes
night consumes one try or one lie i
recognize lethal truth to the people
breakthrough all this fear they deal to steal you
like thieves what’s beef like we all cattle and
smooth summer silk swift shadows tattle
battle with fiction metaphors and diction
add to diction add my addiction
most would rather deny truth than like me
swing my sword like a knight or i might be
stay sharp samurai slice precisely
sharp sword and pen i wield tightly
strike thee down as the gap expands and
two shadows two lands two oceans two sands
i ran i run son keep on runnin’
belly of the beast with two backs sonnin’ ‘em
one chosen all are one chosen
frozen all the lands sands and oceans
so walk across i walk across
like Jesus Christ on the cross forgivin’ ‘em like
who’s fillin’ ‘em with metaphors and diction
add to diction add my addiction
most would rather deny truth than like me
swing my pen anointed when they fight me
stay sharp and stay scribin’ rightly
diagram a plan and waiver only slightly
strike thee down i feel it in my gut
first board-up the windows keep the doors shut
then keep on and keep keepin’ on and
break down walls collective ‘til dawn’s then
shadows foresaw this our whole bein’
night to the ignited light the fight freein’
so full of fears we’re full of fears
but hopeful for full of years thrillin’ ‘em like
who’s killin’ ‘em with metaphors and diction
add to diction add my addiction
most would rather deny truth than like me
pen in sheath and with sword i write nightly
sword on desk and pen i swing nicely
never break or the rhyme scheme will spite me
strike thee down and rise a dark phoenix
flow’s no machine it’s rhyme scheme’s the leanest
i fiend it’s meanest upwards a spiral
now in control and all signs are vital
vital recall all these shadows mentioned
pay with attention rise insurrection
recognize lethal truth to the people
resurrection the sequel i bleed through
bleed fiction metaphors and diction
add to diction add my addiction
awareness and action substance and style
wide awake static and spiral viral
out of control and in control here we go
out of control and in control here we go
head on never hard headed embrace it
most would rather deny truth than face it
most would rather deny truth than face it
most would rather deny truth than face it
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Street Writer
03:53
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zero year heroes fear my origin of species
kane wayne bane it’s evolution resolutely
worthy foes word he know worthy though which-which-which wordy suit me
genesis my exodus is premonition perfectly
hurry up now what i did hidin’ out in mid-madrid
my whole soul down in the hole with these foes and my flows real where the rabbit hid
i’m off the grid in waiting rooms womb to tomb toxic fumes
wonderland i understand street fighter writer sonic sonic
when they want it haunt it flaunt it dancin’ on it
iconic gin and tonic demonic savant bomb it
graffiti sneakily blow-up quick when the city be
needy he freakily don a bat suit speedily
i’m back to the lab to the cave so i save all these rhymes pour out so easily
this world like where theo be rudy please don’t bother me
gartrell strut cats like what is this business upper crust
fake to the head catch two in the gut then i’m throwin’ a tiger upper
what the last supper serve flesh and word and voices heard
my rhyme is wine preferred so when performed my speech is slurred
vision blurred then i’m cured believe reason seasons turned
why this track is burned risen listen lesson learned
blessed urn i’m concerned respect earned expect blame
ready aim same acclaim change the game and change the fame
dana dane back to kane it’s a brooklyn style they claim
heavyweight reign again spittin’out that yoga yoga
flame fire take this higher like the theme song to the wire
on the verge now emerge i’ma be heard reverb re-aspire
we search research the entire kingdom from here to the shire
on a spire look out on the land i sire
dragon fire dragon blood that’s that higher dragon love
crack a dragon egg above the fryin’ pan into the flood
back to the toxic waves pollutin’ my flames and waves are both renewin’
ain’t no doubt it’s the undisputed hittin’ the page with rage like hadoken
i do then shine like arkenstone now i’m home in gotham
well known my tome is caution my zone i do this often
from birth until the coffin joker and these goblins rotten
kill and rob and killin’ robin signal with a beat that’s knockin’
head noddin’ back again from here to there the flow i send
best beware kids play pretend with the beat i seek i speak defend
unique this feat i seek revenge on balrog now we’re near my friend
bison catch flash kick and then it’s cashtro fo’ shoryuken end
perfect we perfectly
perfectly <that was round one> perfectly
<we come back with> perfectly <round two> perfectly
perfectly perfect <fight!>
year one fear son my origin of species
peter parker swing darker revolution resolutely
word he knew worthy through word he spew which-which-which-worthy true
original sin web sling this my world view
hurry up now what i do hidin’ out in katmandu
i soon see you with a view askew cause damage and i slay your crew
bouncin’ like a ground rule double dragon visual
cash hop say my name a lot but never typical
lyrical strangely eye of agamotto
spit it out one time i’m in staccato
pronto nerve and sinew observe again the venue
cashtro hop i said i say a lot indeed to be continued
perfect we perfectly
perfectly perfectly
perfectly perfectly
perfectly perfect
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Victory
03:04
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language is the skin of desire
illusion on the ground the sound’s higher
post-fact we poke back the states lies are
comfort to uncover the more dire
situation in that place and this is
markets fictional forces get flipped kid
targets experiences unhitched which
universal principle gets switched
this creation manifests this
creator greater bless the restless
tried and true and tested yes it’s
rhyme is true forsooth professed
check it voices vital change changin’
false idol title rearrange the reignin’
hands idle suicidal name’s in veins and
victory’s valedictory explain it like
this the soundtrack to makin’ history
feel it all around from spellbound mystery
turn it all around transformin’ misery to
victory! (victory!) victory! (victory!)
this the soundtrack to makin’ history
feel it all around from spellbound mystery
turn it all around transformin’ misery to
victory! (victory!) victory! (victory!)
blaze in these modern day days amazed when
even though son on stun none can phase him
scorn like a unicorn’s horn praise then
spark of marx all part of the trainin’
gainin’ democracy is not choosin’
which murderer to murder her usin’
settlement and rhetoric and accusin’
those persecuted celebrate the movement
this the soundtrack to makin’ history
feel it all around from spellbound mystery
turn it all around transformin’ misery to
victory! (victory!) victory! (victory!)
this the soundtrack to makin’ history
feel it all around from spellbound mystery
turn it all around transformin’ misery to
victory! (victory!) victory! (victory!)
justice is the blood of our passion
chaos caused in an orderly fashion
central monumental we smash then
distant systems re-imagined
situations the force of this action
gather round again the sound’s gainin’ traction
among the unsung growin’ faction
we many but what we have’s a fraction
of your fortune ask then begin
dub politics we shift next to kin
undercurrents washin’ spread and therein
resolve call revolution within
check it four bars scars individual
family friends and ends indivisible
balcony transcends trends inexplicable
love like the strength of my wife invincible
this the soundtrack to makin’ history
feel it all around from spellbound mystery
turn it all around transformin’ misery to
victory! (victory!) victory! (victory!)
this the soundtrack to makin’ history
feel it all around from spellbound mystery
turn it all around transformin’ misery to
victory! (victory!) victory! (victory!) victory
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Chris Cachia Toronto, Ontario
Chris Cachia is a music-maker and word-shaper in the tradition of those Hip Hop emcees who focus on lyricism to address social issues, tell stories, and enact the power and pleasure of language.
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