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Permanent Record

by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice

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1.
Too Much... 01:11
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mixed message metaphor arrival info kill for your survival Arch Rivals defensive mind so in tune but out of line lookout for my omnipresence fully aware right to the essence soul survivor revival in progress with working title hydroplaning gaining distance shifting inside wind resistance less intense than incense mostly bad side short list won't approach me nowadays I shrug more than Atlas people so dumb they must practice give me daily interaction opposite of intellectual waxing like a masochist I just sit there and let it happen laughing inside locked in for the ride like captive user friendly hyperactive Ugly Beauty's how I'm attractive but let them tell it and I'm repellant disappear, just like some reverse Paul Revere here today in due time I'll go astray come sway me in some direction let's connect our imperfection think about tomorrow today help me to get out of my own way take me and make yourself at ease if we reach six degrees and you need to separate don't hesitate maybe Anonymous is the answer ominously cutting out the cancer private dancer slash neuromancer rapture disguised as laughter for now beautiful release I've got levitation to guide my emancipation run come save me and lift us up where we belong and can do no wrong waiting for so long it feels like slipping away satellites gone astray nothing but a shower of white noise going in circles never knew silence could hurt you it's all damage pieces of a man reassembling this pillar of sand scan the ashes for trash you treasure while we just keep putting everything together mastercrafting hands are acting like divine tools Obelisk Movements Africa in the middle of Capitol Hill original man still keeping it real in the midst of the ignorant minimal intent for the innocent to have awareness it's reached the point where I couldn't care less if I cared to try runaway apathy and I take part so happily it's a contradiction for which I charge admission dig on my masterpiece rendition of a maverick with no traditional ties looks for truth and keeps finding lies even when well disguised they shine through like you were hiding and they found you
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goodbye horses flying over you was a definite pleasure held it together through pressure only to explode on impact faced that fact straight past the syntax waited on the other side for a slow ride that would never arrive drawer full of watery knives clean cutaway runaway think Warren Beatty meets Faye Dunaway bending all rationale pretending this pairing isn't headed for an abrupt ending anything shining so bright and burning so fast probably wasn't built to last vast expansion taken to task so I smile and cry behind the mask stoic in public and forced to love it so I don't shatter this heart of glass a stranger, famous danger knows language and works the angles a stranger, famous danger knows language and works the angles am i blind from Darktime Sunshine? one toke over the line i define? all mine you have to be easy so much stress already believe me certified walking testament wise intelligent style existentialist with predestination for emancipation on the other side peace of mind is waiting everyone's allowed to view my pursuance take mental notes and dig on the nuance bear witness as they call me fronting all feeding me a steady diet of nothing all spending most of their lives living in paradise like parasites wallow in the mire of a temporary victory no sympathy for a lack of validity a stranger, famous danger knows language and works the angles a stranger, famous danger knows language and works the angles straw man fallacy no balancing acts they packed up and made tracks i wax poetic plus stay embedded in the war outside here to provide you play by play day by day at the same time i find my way wandering star on occasion well versed in objective observation hitting all angles Gregorian technician watching is the mission by definition digging these patterns black Max Cohen plan of attack that my enemies lack checkers and chess would be the best comparison Nellyville vs. KRS-One everyday it's the very same story staring at the finger missing that heavenly glory exploratory insight outside of you and anyone's opposing view i present View to a Kill Charlie Alpha Tango 2 Delta will be the lone survivor the omega analyzer with lifetimes to decipher cracking the code label the node then switch to disconnect mode a stranger, famous danger knows language and works the angles a stranger, famous danger knows language and works the angles
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spaced invaders blessed with ability to transform into dazed crusaders welcome to the layer cake son she thinks she's the passionate one like you did it to me once again my friend deja voodoo master teacher guru for hire spotting liars, they were talking, right? ask Elie Wiesel about Night for a slight change in perspective, respectively i would like common ground collectively but my culture insults intellect Dangerfield style no respect funny like I'm laughing just to keep from crying focus on the pressure that I'm applying with the expert timing priming my engine for soul mining catalytic conversion immersion therapy bad operation done terribly let it be known for the record and so on this is advancement with nothing to grow on you can Ghost Ride the wave we are all slaves to energy that you cannot see magnetic personality means polar opposites stay in a tight proximity occupants of that space in-between all of your close friends and closer enemies who will it be now? face in the crowd stand tall but if you stand too proud then folks start looking cooking up schemes Gallagher types set to shatter your dreams for a laugh but that's the math law of averages means balancing good folks and savages Red October Small Soldier revisited devastation inventory unlimited action pack as I rack 'em and stack 'em single lightbulb dark room kidnap 'em screaming obscene and all that Legends of the Fallback this impact will hit you like 667 all day bullyfootsteps along your hallway no knock policy high quality my tragedy exudes comedy and i calmly bomb the system turn each witness into a victim list 'em all window to wall read the print no matter how small for the big picture as we invent you transcend you just to prevent you sorta like Invisible Touch holds you back makes you spend time thinking on what you lack backwards man as fast as you can de-evolution was the master plan all along 'look babe, they're playing our song!' pull their plug 'cause they do it all wrong why am I reluctant to keep it constructive? I am not a fan of the mass productive
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so, who am I? homunculi with an all seeing eye attachment custom enhanced perchance to dream and so on not a single thought about what might go wrong waited for so long to change the game that it's not the same but echoes of the past remain boomerang back in place so I stay on point just in case that time comes around my waystation getting that primary placement access staying separated from wackness and all of the madness in tow like flotation like levitation without limitation no trepidation that's liberation and baby I want it even if only for one brief moment I'd still own it diplomat aristocrat unapologetic type hipster cat outta my head like my scene was dead Frankenstein a facsimile instead something I can slap on the label homegrown imitate and your whole spot gets blown like dynamite or tri-nitro-tolume Chief is in the area pump that volume past eleven found my Stairway to Heaven in the form of three digits : 667 Analyze That props to EVAK and A Fishh Called Babel leaders of the pack stacking the decks vs. your checks and balances Crystal Castles crush those palaces populated by talentless benefactors television idols and other detractors live from the wilderness one of those Gilded kids with Glory Gold & Glitter people claim I'm living my life like John Ritter but most times I'd say it's more like John Titor too far ahed slightly off base with my eyes I can't see my own face I don't wanna think I'm on pace to waste away be that as it may I stay daily motivated to enhancing the creative back in the day my Tongue would've been Native all I'm saying is that I'm feeling like Dylan better start swimming they times are changing Hands Like Clouds so I keep 'em Waving through the wild times watch her ride After Bathing At Baxter's my Crown of Creation the monarch of post-modernization
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Slowmega 03:32
futuristic throwback everybody knows that each full measure I take deflects blowback can't hold back so I hold on for dear life 20/20 without hindsight if I hear right there's a Permanent Midnight on the horizon line at this time feeling like I've been the victim of a mind crime outside the business but more than a witness my investment in this is massive interest is gained while I'm doing my thing all around win so I go all in plus double down, how's that sound? hopefully super-sonic for easy listening stay focused like the fix was in get it in, that's what's up for right now Darkness on the Edge of Town for night owls once upon a time that I call right now I am empowered by the fact I allow myself to go with the Evenflow like Veder a veteran and you can't find a better man when it comes to lettering insight already present so I don't need invites my Brigade is all Upright Citizens infinite ambivalence is the stimulus plastic surgery for ugly Americans makeshift Merovengian Matrix escapism, release me take my breath away completely uniquely crossing any altered state line same crime I commit time after time ritualized do you realize that cause and effect are the pressure applied to protect your neck? respect the proximity anonymity is a true possibility keep it hid, way off the grid Medium Cool don't flip your lid that's when you get positive contact reach out and touch faith, give chase come on feet let me change speeds with ease journey anywhere I please space-time folder older that tomorrow Man or Astro-Man of Constant Sorrow all of his days going through phases known to eliminate trace elements deposits of skeletons in the closet throughout the gossip I stay modest I stay honest to this Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man what is the cure for the young man's blues? keep it moving along the way bad news travels Foot Pon Gravel like Omari Kamau Assymmetry would be useful right now modern alignment culture consignment new growth as originators define it currently the coexistence is like killer and witness reminder to mind your business
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lost in space earth is boring race away with the engines roaring new Millennium Falcon amalgam scrap metal masterpiece battalion send the Band of Brothers under the skin in thinning out the competition from the beginning face evil death that's grinning day and night to keep your head spinning symbolic think heavy rotation lack of uplift for emancipation stationary passion forgotten killed seeds and then the fruit went rotten Trainspotting types play trendsetters but sheep in wolves clothing might be a better description more fact than fiction more fractured than a binge addiction I keep my truth locked away but on display like I'm teasing easing in my reasoning as we exchange experience bartering martyrs kickstarter sets day rates for the weight of water open market analysis keep my sources analogous that translates to a chosen few far between and behind the scenes satellite benefactors that help me manufacture this fractured chatter broken language that was hastily reassembled now resembles rants and ravings and I'm saving the best for last just keep waiting memory bank withdrawl fall from grace caught in the negative space like I'm inside out lost the keys to the hideaway so I'll never see the light of day nocturnal Night Ranger Sister Christian, the times are stranger than one can handle both ends of the candle are lit lest we forget and earn that third degree sun to seed we all bleed the same singularity that means that we share your moment of clarity make it good, I know I would make things overstood keep it all fluid hella congruent still water so deep rooted and lucid
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if I asked honestly 'is he the enemy?' would you point fingers to prove loyalty? what makes a man start fires? disconnect wires? preach to a choir to shift accountability? maybe the lesson is less responsibility is a blessing with alternate attire dharma chameleon less is no more than a feeling I'm dealing working that Heisenberg distribution one man causing so much confusion Use Your Illusion next time use it to stretch time stamps out to one direct line Common Purpose for a thousand points of light can you keep tabs on every dog in the fight? that'll get you all light headed if you let it outsiders become totally embedded keep 'em all shook give 'em that Bruja look let me get all Delacroix on you girls and boys Lady Liberty enjoys my interpretation and I dig interpretating never hesitating while most turn to hating no debating I'm not James Carvel entrepreneur now pursuing the hard sell force feed like America keeps eating its young knowing they're alive cause they're still bleeding look at us, competing with entities Projects for New American Centuries shooting the breeze on some butterfly effect think tanks working the damage disconnect the opposite of intellect collectively changing my life disrespecting me no chance at advancement apparent last days coming I've been preparing keep 'em all shook give 'em that Bruja look voted for the lesser and got that lacking a contact every day feels like combat Wombat Rex on the stereo here we go again I intend to remain unscathed you can behave or behold my greatness elevate like I'm weightless take this lightly and you just might be the problem if that's likely you should politely decline your position personal goals should be second to the mission at hand hashtag occupation turned actual individuals that together act rational positive groupthink getting in-sync don't partake in the drink these are the days of miracle and wonder Boy in the Bubble timing out that thunder keep 'em all shook give 'em that Bruja look
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instant gratification meets instant karma more loose change for Dharma Bums crumbling under pressure over me they can come together like right now and I'll allow the union army of forgotten souls in tune to the organ grinder his melody is a strong reminder that some folks like the blinders feel good on conveyors feel no need to peel away the layers living content and there's no contingency end game's all they see one trick one track get back where you once belong and the song still remains the same a spoke in the cosmic joke break the chains and then go for broke phenomenal astronomical is the limit beauty lies beyond the index digit stand in the place you live then pivot full circle for a red hot minute now I'm cardinal with marginal intentions and I did it all for the sake of momentum lost inertia with the altered motion now I'm on my own like yeoman handling grown folks business style is prolific let's get specific like assigned seat tickets dropped in to see what condition my condition was in therapeutic with these pens trading these quills for thrills diametrically opposed to those of the cheap variety walk righteously undeniably so as I travel with no place to go society is still God's broken finger problems that linger team Alvee Singer wouldn't join my own team for real and still franchise player what a raw deal bad investment the testament of a true inability for estimation no Rainman for this equation call it what you want, you idiot savant some walkabout some walk it out some talk it out while others talk about it opposite shades of active or passive archetypes Boldhype quality should I just be all apologies? somebody did that way before me and it got them nothing not even something from it comfortably numb my pain solitary link in this broken chain wax and wane in a unique vein spend Astral Weeks on different planes scorched Earth status burn 'em in the flames The Man With Two Brains explains it all call me if you need further explanation in the meantime I'm pacing about choose that Faust route or do without
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Kick Rocks 03:39
everybody start at nothing count to zero turn around and you've found your Down Hero fly like an eagle eye cherry bomb blast survey the damage from the shrapnel cast in your general direction splatter with patterns beautiful 'til it puts out your lantern slipping into darkness often nothing can soften the blow until you let go that's when you lost that's how you find your way when buried in remains of the day phoenix arisen formed from clay pigeons keep sharp vision when shots are a given will you be landing or staying immune? lower the boom like Gorilla Monsoon getting in tune with the straight and narrow eye on the sparrow blazing arrow polyphonic schizophrenic satellite feeds harmonic resonance wrapped epidemic Bad Lieutenant getting academic amnesiac on track to forget it acting as if it can't happen pilot a ship in need of a captain type misunderstood like Endless Mike wealth of info thrown out the window words fell being anywhere in the vicinity nominates one to catch hell shell shock victims tell a story of passing glory obligatory bore me to death with details if you don't mind maybe i can feel outshined as I bask in the glow of a Black Hole Sun won't you come? walk don't run not the orchestrator of chaos looking for connection like I'm running a seance Sole Glow Collective known to go with objective views use it to make music infuse life in the rhythm open up the window and let me breathe TB Sheets on the beats Van Morisson to vanglorious it's The Notorious CAT2D speaks freely LP to CD to MP3 ESP will be my next format more than likely I'll be known for that long after I'm gone though I might be wrong Phantom of the Paradise like all I need is one love to sing my song a surrogate serenade played out cinematic Haley's Comet opposite a constant mathematically sound and Unbound Project at work ignore endgame invest interest if you're not insane wild for the night 'til it's broad daylight in plain sight I take flight Black Dynamite on the mic vs. Can't Get Right won and the fight hasn't even begun yet that's how I drop that Sun Tzu on you real life right now with no run through Opening Night and I'm slightly unbalanced John Cassavetes but a bit more callous talent is a vampire so passion runs this machine i stand firmly between these extremes dream fever light sleeper Trapper John if I'm a keeper
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monumental elemental all up in your residential check the way that I am storing infinite potential like it's a currency adventure capitol pivotal development of abstract rational applications situation tactics Muchos Backflips and other dynamics panic from the new danger that's present started unnoticed now it's incessant don't try to pawn it as a blessing in disguise I will bury you under your pile of lies get Midas master your demise always intelligent but I got wise to the plan Paper Moon hustlers banding together to stack cheddar for the bad weather that they manifest kickstart of this civil unrest leaves us dispossessed unchecked threat's imbalancing action no en in sight to the satisfaction bottomless pit mentality one more battery victim from bad connection acid bathing after chasing pavements still in the daze at the time of placement world keeps moving I'm improving the status of the whole Doomsday apparatus buy a white dress for the dark days everybody run from my fireball stun gun cannonball style I'm going Wile E. Coyote on a peyote trance visions of dancing in the dark as a source of light my fight or flight are identical twins no difference ever since the genesis double lightning arriving at the same place pace setters on a first name basis case study of the muddy waters we used to navigate as we gravitated to the great infinite list of possibilities positive and negative hand and hand like a packaged plan time spent in the fine print which lesser evil are you aligned with? call me the Superman Choosey Lover hovercraft here's my judgement laugh track pied piper with memetic response follow me and I'll deposit you in the Land of the Lost tangle you in circular logic play you like a permanent work in progress everyday's a struggle not to look at the individual as nothing but a human object little brain concept defending your life content my advice? no comment buy a white dress for the dark days I cannot use your secondhand news golddust memories that I abuse are a weapon that I yield without your approval cry havoc that's the sound of a maverick in motion unstable ready and willing, yet unable which way is up for the time being? I'm seeing between into you and through you due to these circumstances I'll take my chances in a tangent situation focus on the opus at hand before it all slips through the fingers like grains of sand making a goat out of the grand master more canned laughter for the hereafter four encounters for transformation tour guide for your alien nation buy a white dress for the dark days
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last tango with rainbow six motionless for the victory by fooling impossibility what we are making is history I work with this vivid spectrum things get hectic how I connect 'em intellect service provider Easy Rider my loose screws are tighter than first perceived and I'm relieved sick but I'm not ill conceived please believe in my slight deception space in place of misconception smoke and mirrors for a blurred reflection synapse fires go insurrection yet somehow connection is made brainstorm with a space to invade time for my favorite dream bring back electric green my anti-scene needs saturation in a situational application like vaccination this is a cure for those who don't recognize they're diseased and don't believe that they're in need the unprepared wide awake and still unaware nothing but bliss for the ignorant cloud of unknowing with benefits omnipresence in the midst of adolescence growing pains can't shake loose these chains and things but I can't lose, so what remains? means to an end with no finale like a mink coat in a dirty alley pocket aces wasting away Gambit neutralized and improvising like Luciola dying let go and act like you don't know the outcome I am a fan of tangency dry elements still create fantasy romancing the stoned immaculate blunderbuss if you think I'm accurate dukes of haphazardness set pace in case they embrace standing about root maneuvers luck for losers beggars thinking like choosers the madness is all inclusive Death Grips if they choose to use most times it's refuse to lose play you out like the evening news
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misidentified like somebody lied from the outset that's how it got hectic perfected the madness method without protection sooner than projected like feel the glory of the valedictorian Jack Keuroac gassed up the Delorean now we're on Com Sense time traveling level up sucker no matter how challenging talented at damaging your expectations heavy doses of righteous indignation your insinuations are flattering at best fed by a wire with limited access who's fooling who? they're schooling you in the new ways and you sway like grass with your backwards ass first cause the last shall be that just keep waiting to react i exist so far outside of the lines parallel realities sometimes combine to confuse obscured views getting in tune to parallax blues sloppy and cosmic at the same time defined by the presence of diving enzymes on the inside I'm atomic tonight bright black apparatus stays on Doomsday status terror via terrible threats Cold War veteran mans the warm jets try to put your head out before the redout vampire types leave most folk bled out follow if you wanna be hollow I live today with the hope that I'll see tomorrow all of us are on borrowed time anyway order my steps to a slow decay if so you might choose all the young dudes will fall into place and carry the news I always hang in a buffalo stance cause they'd use all of me if given the chance i exist so far outside of the lines parallel realities sometimes combine to confuse obscured views getting in tune to parallax blues the gravity of all of this holds me down though it's more like hanging around stranger on a train so we maintain distance same destination written on both tickets modern day human existence minimal contact everybody playing the witness watch as I play dismissive of those types watch me reach such great heights without them couldn't give less of a damn about them real recognizes I should always doubt them faces in the crowd locked to a cloud maintain that ball and chain so proud unnecessarily self-imposed evil psychic feedback courtesy of Cerebro maximum capacity for anybody with the audacity to claim they'll escape the insanity i exist so far outside of the lines parallel realities sometimes combine to confuse obscured views getting in tune to parallax blues
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...Too Soon 01:11

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released April 4, 2013

written and produced by Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice

recorded at The Epicenter
[summer 2012 - spring 2013]

cover photography by Jen Jenkins (JenJenkinsPhotography.com)

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Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice
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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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