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floating on a sea of air like i don't care everybody who is anybody is there and my in crowd is all imaginary friends realer than real folk kinda depends on your personal perspective a subjective view like 'we all recognize it's blue, but what hue do you see seriously?' more clues for the great mystery we are connected to individuals that we haven't met yet in this massive nexus i shine, you shine, and we shine my god i find that fascinating let's partake in a neural handshake there is void magick you and i must make the crystal lake only laughs at the modern man there is silence so i know where i stand maybe i am standoffish after all mostly still to avoid my downfall my storm where i'm eyeball for proper navigation it's vital look, i crawled then walked just like you took part in my cycle for my benefit premeditated not innocent this domain i roam is not eminent let's get dead serious
2.
moving through tracks like a bounty hunter hits the streets the truth and i compete over the beat watch as we play the most dangerous game with a 4th world derelict mindframe one in the same i claim the victor and victim switch to the rhythm antagonistic savages leave protagonist kids in bandages makes it inconvenient if you feel it all makes you question feeling at all think about what you've gained would you consider the pain an equivalent exchange? most folks dwell on change that's why they feel estranged along the way is when you realize that nothing gold can stay pack light and be prepared to play this competition is all consuming definitely not for the average human that isn't more human than one with the acumen to see what's looming ahead anticipate to create the state you will find suitable to pursue your fate conversate with those who gravitate away from devastation fixation formulate a bond if you share great expectations state your business and what it's inate of let me debate this Dr. Strangelove we culminate when i rise above i am incapable of hesitation when it comes to disemating information i nominate myself because i will not automate my goal is to intoxicate Lo Phi can corroborate that intricate sophisticates exploring infinite options rapturous approach with caution moving through tracks like a bounty hunter hits the streets the truth and i compete over the beat watch as we play the most dangerous game with a 4th world derelict mindframe
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there goes the power again am i living in the red or am i in over my head? letterhead walls and bars of red tape scraping away in the search for daylight Soledad Brother on a slippery slope word from the drum is 'give 'em enough rope and it's a done deal' the stealer's wheel stuck In the middle despite how you feel about those around you there are no judgements here with punishments so severe how does one know to read the writing on the wall when they don't recognize it as writing at all Catch-22 that's growing like grass with the mass appeal and i feel it all the next in line to become completely unstuck in time slaughterhouse six digging in my bag of tricks for an option use caution or fix the problem? pay me now or pay me later basically pay me anytime i please feed the beast or feel varying degrees of pain SAVE YOURSELF ARE YOU INSANE? snap back get your thinking on track trust me we will soon reach the black and paint the black hole blacker than it's ever been spoonfuls for a ton of bad medicine administered like frontline attack proper protocol is putting backs to the wall making you feel small by comparison foundation infiltration with the fine print lettering destabilized the sediment they again, these predators are veterans no one speaks English everything's broken not a token of sentimentality attached stitches without time constraint I've anticipated getting acquainted to a simplify or die existence resurrection in an impressive instant all paths are least resistant 'cause they are submissive to my advancement perchance to dream it's wanderlust for an organic regime grew up natural and did it so casually cruel so for you i'll play the fool if that will get me over what a sobering notion ferocious imposing visions of an implosion the usual devotion dedicated like Funkdoobiest while these other lunatics act all dubious way too numerous to be singled out so they just mingle about unattended like an inmate mutiny at the asylum if those walls could speak i'm sure that they'd stay silent for fear of a violent rejection logical defects discovered during close inspection so they crumble under the pressure these ghosts tonight hide in the dead weather i grow older as i fall into my role of the unknown soldier of fortune amongst these fortunate sons allowed to run wild everyday cats don't lead a deStijl type of lifestyle there are no straight lines when god drops in with the intelligent design clearly if we are engineered constructions Lo Phi and i are limited production
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scare 'em with the truth serum injected in the cerebellum seraphims tried to tell 'em through collective dreams ground up gravity keeping my mentality healthy as my anatomy an escapism artist Dr. Who with a pitch black ark type TARDIS obelisk rodeo eight steps to perfection disguised as seconds an unprotected residual event horizon praying hands that resemble M. Bison at a glance superenhanced the transmissions easing the pain so i'm not stuck with wincing the night away walk it off while i'm taking the long way home en route to the Terrordome where i roam similar to ronin keep a sharp blade on my Shonen Knife in this life Tishiro Mifune mixed with Paul Mooney calculated moves amongst the unruly duly unnoted all of my heroes are the dust left over from history eroded into sands of time the wind and the rain blend in with the joy and pain like they've always been the same thing stabilize us like wings and hope it brings along progress unchecked gaps mistaken for a memory lapse the absence of evidence perhaps? [ guest verse by anom ]
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innocence lost to the less experienced dead weight that won't dissipate creates a demonstration of futility at full ability you're killing me Smalls preaching to a choir of these wailing walls when it all falls down they built this city on our town down in it minutemen going at it again working to expand on the task at hand with all the grand scheming pipe dream battery and assault calling it the victim's fault in other words, robot, you got me feeling like a carbon copy from your monotony so join or die but never should you question why or transform fat man to fall guy right in from of our eyes nonetheless the all seeing eye makes you acquiesce inception the subtle suggestions artificially intelligent adolescence mixed business with the mixed blessings under the table you can pay me not to question this set adrift my memory bliss like a trigger mechanism possibilities multiplied like a prism so choose your adventure map out the splinters from a spot at the center like you're the element providing connection a black umbrella for astral projection the music seemed to be a reflection of the happening sorta like the sea put the captain in charge nature without man victimized these hands synthesize civilizations with no limitations no hesitation at all call it subcultural sprawl
6.
used the air vents to fill up the room with a homemade mix of Jitterbug Perfume the Halcyon Digest speed reader so please unplug me from your birdbrain feeder for right now you'll never catch me roving in Pavlovian response that would be nonsense send in the datablend and i'll bend time introduce a little bit of zen to your enzymes catch wreck with a hypnotic effect trance like status induced with the mic apparatus meet an opportunistic mystic misfit keeping his linguistics cryptic leaving all of the meanings open-ended even the imperfect can get a chance to interpret 'cause nobody knows for certain stay guessing stay involved in the lesson we are lesser than the big picture small elements of a grandiose mixture victory within all the self control because the exerted influence effects the whole talk about a vibe change we should all love in the same vein of Django Unchained the journey is the lesson that provides appreciation of the prize that lies at the final destination others ask questions while i find answers drastic chances lead to major advances when i go ballistic my aim is true which leads me to...
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when i come apart i notice my divisions look like fringe ones animals that operate on twin engines the winner and the honorable mention the lynchpin easing the dimensional tension holding it together like a fenced in area carry me beyond all of the mass hysteria gettin' zen just before i get it in watch how i soar like a leaf on the wind the fall isn't even a fraction of the understanding that is gained from landing the question that you should be asking is: 'when it happens who will be left standing?' none of the outcomes are random i perceive time as a collective of finite lines thriving off the flaws that i find in the grand design that i am able to define [ guest verse by DDotElles ] [ guest verse by Evolve ]
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So I Can... 01:52
whatever your particular vernacular i spit fantastic planet spectacular speech patterns solar rhythms containing wisdom of the sages and the sounds of ages i can barely hold it all within these pages similar to putting lasers in cages beautiful escape artist manufacturing hard margins for the marginal to conquer maintain production with my divine assembly line i redesign on the fly with the changing tide even when i'm washed out i am not boxed out so i can rebound leave it to the squares to define my sound never thought it vital i should apply a title i am a disciple of a full life cycle Dylanesque style if it is archetypal simple comparison i find hilarious constantly lumped in with all of the nefarious simple minds driven by a blind ambition all short-sighted by their own admission selling yourself short is outside of my realm of comprehension automatically even if i shifted my mindstate drastically all that i will ever represent is life actually my reality is drawn from a deeper perception blessed with immaculate reception the voice is my weapon of choice as i cut through the noise and rejoice in public leaving competition on the short side of nothing prepositions predicated on weak subjects off topic when you embrace fuzzy logic maybe i should hand out diagnostics sorta like charitable contributions forgone conclusion is they will reject it they won't even notice how i disconnected and found peace while the times became hectic

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this album is a collaboration between Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice (lyrics) and Lo Phi (music). it is a combination of original tracks by Lo Phi (with a co-production by JayLotus) for this project, and tracks curated from previous Lo Phi work. the result is a short and sweet journey through unique lyrical and audio landscapes.

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released August 8, 2014

produced by Lo Phi
written by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice
additional writing by anom, DDotElles and Evolve

recorded and mixed at The Epicenter
album cover original photo by Sarah Michelle Marine, addition work by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice

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Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice Austin, Texas

Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice
:: mc : dj : producer : artist ::

A wordsmith with the heart of a poet and the head of a broadcast journalist. A DJ who is not afraid to venture outside of the norm. A producer with a different vocabulary of influences, and no fear whatsoever about embracing them. An artist searching for the link between the palette and the pixel. ... more

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