Gringo Driven the lonely road Grip hold Been in the rodeo Live yo Life you can only hope It's all right But the show it goes on Time only goes one way Live hard and fast I just can't wait for Sunday K-os no way out waiting for the payoff Before you facedown and you may not Get back up to rap tough anyone could say dumb shit but can you make an impact and shape what your landscape looks like what are you made of The world's a blank canvas take the paintbrush Get on stage and crush what an amazing rush But you waste your life being afraid of what might be Unlikely manifest destiny while the rest of the sheep follow the recipe chef with the curry like Steph from the outside Revolutionary better carry the clouds high Town crier with some fire underground grime Giving high fives to the sound guy Gringo Driven the lonely road Grip hold Been in the rodeo Live yo Life you can only hope It's all right But the show it goes on Six thousand feet high and rising Gringo staged a coup - and Lou is no longer driving Anymore set the course for realignment Mutinous mind Passenger turned pilot Alter ego found the key hole No Time for grief when the crowd came to see you pound the beat through the soul of the people The show it goes on no sneak preview The goes on one shot no sequel Plant the seed and the tree grew

AGES I got to say there a lot ways I could be better But listening to mama’s lectures only got me fed up So I sped up Graduated soon as the credits was rolled Time to direct my own flick like Sly Stallone Rocky roads cocked block my flow No one picked up my calling card But I ain't fall that hard back to the drawing board Saw it all for what it's worth First you a shooting star Next thing, you falling back to earth But gravity something we all had at birth Had to nurse my wounds, and knuckle up with my daemons Took a couple months, but at once odd seemed to be even Found a squad I want to be in and a broad I couldn't leave and, before I knew it my baby started teething Now we all healthy and eating Welcoming another season Knowing I could always fall for some odd reason no God to believe, but still from far from a heathen Don't know if I found myself but I found meaning And in Brooklyn That's enough to plant a tree in GRINGO I gotta say there's a lot of ways I could be better too I never used to be able to handle being told what to do Made more than a few mistakes that changed the course of my view Some people need to learn the hard way some don't make it through I been lucky that my choices haven't cost me too much Just opportunities squandered all the smoke in my lungs Led to notebooks of flows hooks composed Magic My chosen path a road block hopeless romantic Locked and overloaded thoughts so prolific but stifled creative but over analytical visionary with a blindfold And time goes by so sly your young no worries The Fire and fury so certain no need to hurry Then on the wrong side of thirty you wake up early feeling burnt out All the time in the world turned into the curtains coming down Urgency and purpose emerging now you find meaning And on the mountain top in Cali that's enough to plant a tree in

I'm walking along listening to the dialog inside my own head. Sometimes I agree with me. Sometimes I think I'm just humoring myself so as to not rock my own boat, the good ship self-esteem. As my own self-esteem boat captain it is my responsibility to see to it that my crew have the wherewithal to disagree with their commanding officer in the name of good advice when the situation calls for it. When your ship is sinking, mutiny seems to be a much more appropriate reaction than enthusiastic solidarity, conformity and ultimately self destructive denial. Sometimes you have to capsize your own vessel.

And so it goes on this prolonged struggle I ride the ghost ship With the most of every minute raise a toast to the most lifted Compose this digital prose a different disposition Composition vision ever shiftin like the weather listen I met a kid with message and tried to really hear it On some spirit quest shit to really question appearance The pressure to digest what's presented on your table True weight on your chest we do the best with what we're able to But the fables I'm told shake my whole foundation use the music as movement wake the town From slumber Wonder as I wander through the underground Somebody tapped me on shoulder hold up turned around It was OSICS With DOMOATIVE to motivate untrodden road to take Go the length hideaway with SOS' and smoke a J FINESSE to rest my HEADCASE can't see the right path because the streets are paved missing LINK Open your eyes and TYE up loose ends today The rest Will fall in place history yet to be written All the shapes shifting collectively to the rhythm If I was religious I'd say heaven only knows How the mission ends it just depends And So it goes on go on You got to hold your own Hold on Down the open road Go on Yes you got to hold your own Hold on Suspended disbelief 17 I had a friend on the street Ran away from dad who beat him mom was a drunk out of reach stayed with us a couple months we Gave him something to eat My mother Bought him shoes and loved him like a brother to me We Took the bus to school and back not studious still we could do the math pass the doobie laughin bout smacking the ruling class Shootin basketballs and rappin truly had a passion ill 4 trackin he put me on this path I travel still Then one day he just disappeared vanished With some money stolen from her took my mom's car and years passed She cried tears imagining what might've happened to him never mad just wanted him to have a better chance than what he had Maybe a decade later walkin in the Haight I got stopped by some gutter punk bummin for change I took a look at his face aged and over exposed He shook my hand and hugged me saying over and over So it goes on So it goes on go on You got to hold your own Hold on Down the open road Go on Yes you got to hold your own Hold on

(All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts) Double life double standards shake your fist Then Bow down to the masters Behind the scenes your pissed But smile for the cameras Activists and actors Read the script try to understand your Understudy to the money makers glitz and glamour Fit into the cast and Smile for the cameras Activists and actors (where you stand bruh) GRINGO verse I lead a life of tranquility a wife and three kids The price of stability compromised convictions I get a paycheck to pay rent and live in a system of oppression And yes I know all of this What to lose what to gain What is worth the chance At what point do you break If you even have to choose Then the choice is made Only when we're forced to change A stance will be taken So we get mad and rage at the racist shit that happens Imagine we can fix injustice with a band aid But the damage been done point of no return passed It's too late for negotiations and false handshakes So we wait point break like swayzee For the wave to crash Playing our parts in the production Til the fade to black Through the stained glass remain the Devil's advocates Play the game Actors and activists Double life double standards shake your fist Then Bow down to the masters Behind the scenes your pissed But smile for the cameras Activists and actors Read the script try to understand your Understudy to the money makers glitz and glamour Fit into the cast and Smile for the cameras Activists and actors (where you stand bruh) LINKO verse I rehearse each verse till monologues get dispersed Playing a part but hardly part of the worst Burst with purpose but apathy always gets worse Act the part played the game till I quit the job first Unemployed in the void but I fixed it where I solved Split it to discard, pills in liquid but they made me different study under the falls honest Like my eyes never existed, i exited for a minute came back With new vision, making movies like Scorcese with rhymes written Cut to exterior night on roof tops Dialogue marches while friends harbor the truth lost Montage of violence tridents flying dissolve Into the summer i’ve been running from being where I wanna be at any cost Green lit check the budgets Fading to nothingness bubbling smoke till i’m much numb er Comfortable now edit takes and pick a number Never waited in line rip the mask off Settle the score scanner darkly till the roto stops Active in passing the major moves onto another Direct actors till scenes are right so the truth we might discover

DOMO verse Lyrical slaughter heads will never be ready so why do I bother , ruthless thoughts that I ponder. Time flies by it seems lately that I'm getting fonder funnel the inner vision point it at your sons and daughters. Blue dream cones with keef sprinkles let's me know I'm not alone we all seem equal . But it's not the truth the world Regal, fabricated in a booth it's unbelievable. Unreachable as it is free your proof of character is all you need to move on to better things while I figure out who's filmin me . Making me tick your local avatar is making me rich. Continue down the path and it's making me sick! Concious is pissed off at the ego man controlling bodies, ain a demon But he'll try to stop me unstable mc labeled Rare breed HANROW what need to fight the evil energy . enenemis in a deep sea slumber need a new way to breathe if im stayin down under good day mate or should I call you Patna . Either way it's a koala not a bear , the point of that is so your aware , things aren't what they seem at first stare , Didn't spell the message out but the facts are there. Go ahead sit back relax act likeyou don't fucking care..... Wasting time on wannabes n wallabies what is the difference when the best is lowest quality (Chorus) demons only lead us into sorrow Need to seek out the righteous I see a bright tomorrow we might just Follow the light. Find better way Follow The light. demons only lead us into sorrow Need to seek out the righteous I see a bright tomorrow we might just Follow the light. Find better way Follow The light. Dedicated GRINGO verse Unbelievable feet my only carriage and I need to go freedom the goal but demons hold me won't leave me alone breathin slow faces lookin like they seen a ghost scenic road traveler flow babbler throwback of the old type a rapper whole package control damage Roll the cabbage coleslaw take a pull and pass it Domo got the match lit we light the torch and run usain bolt status on the track we're number 1 but fuck your podium and fuck the olympics fuck Corruption money spent on the wrong shit Children starving and they're building multi million dollar stadiums So we can watch it and pretend it's all good fucking craziness Shadiness bread and circus got my head hurting beneath the surface of earth I see the demons lurking Bursting bubbles sorry to scribble on your perfect picture all the colors like a little kid to get that certain mixture Now it's a mud puddle i call it realism Nothing subtle or appealing when you feel friction. But most believe fiction rather than read into things too uncomfortable for them to wanna deal with it brings The strongest of us to our knees this disease Denial by the people is the reason that keeps us From seizing back our freedom from elites that we trust Need justice and to teach love cause demons only lead us into sorrow Need to seek out the righteous I see a bright tomorrow we might just Follow the light. Find better way Follow The light. Dedicated To Love to rise above the madness Love the only real advantage that we have it's Love the flying dove above the anguish Love the light the fight. We can take this

Flashes of pastures greener grasses dashed Up in smoke to ashes see the passage of the dreamers crash Into the real world and the sea gulls all laugh or scream Blood curdling cries people pass by without an eye blink To think that there might be some meaning Behind the cackle of crows the jackal it throws its head back and howls The battle is lost but the war goes on

Division and conquest They've Come a long way since JFK Martin and Malcolm and I'm not talking race relations but about how they squash they're problems. assassination is now public execution by death squads no marytrs they're much smarter now blame the victum and the cause Infiltrate like Trojan horse cut support before you make it who the fuck your think is bucking cops at peacefull demonstrations Character assassination of the black lives matter movement don't let em gather enough attention from sympathetic humans Before you demonize em make the people choose between black rights and a policeman's life As if you can only be on one side unbelievable how fundamentally dumb people will run with it Point the finger at another political group as if it makes some difference fuckin idiots blamin the liberal media or conservaturds No left and right in this oligarchy just two wings on a dirty bird But do we learn well not quite but we can't stop no not yet cops got less in common with the men on top then the black men shot dead Just gotta point their guns in the right direction wake up and smell the manipulation just gotta point the guns in the right direction game theory the power hungry got us all playin ourselves Division and conquest division and conquest The oldest trick in the book and you're still falling for this nonsense Division and conquest division and conquest Whether race, class or religion it goes on and on and on Dem Politicians they got a lot to say and they would do what they need to do so they remain On top of the food chain with a bottomless plate Ready to consume anything that moves into their way They say television going to rot your brain Do anything for views and to get paid Don't sell your soul now don't be afraid To drop everything you don't need and break away Idiocracy - talking is cheap To really walk on the hot coals - to listen and reach is the reason we exist to teach people uplift and have the feeling reciprocated it's the real mission in life but we envision these pretty little packages white picket fence -skinny women - fat asses and entitlement to luxury American dreamin Competing for a piece of the pie instead of teamin up Fuck no we don't provide for everybody We Overfeed the obese to leave the rest of us hungry Fascist pigs would get a fantastic ass kicking If the masses would ever get past these superficial divisions and rise up

Only we can stop them now GRINGO verse Proud the people we shout the leaders down a spiral staircase to hades and maybe we take back the crown Rain dance til the ground floods laid plans-foundations to break these massive chains and grab the reins we were born to run Looking towards the sun foreheads full of worry I see the ancient glory of the ones that stood before me In the wrinkled eyes of elders and the cries of the mothers They tell us stories of conquest and the price of the plundering And the lives and the love despite the crimes And the bloodshed Not a jester for the master blindly accepting injustice I'm the truth a thorn in the side of deception A tooth ache in the mouth of the dinosaur of oppression Indigestion in the belly of the beast to incite the rise of The time of Consciousness has begun to unify us we'll Return this beautiful land back from the hands of a few to all of mankind and continue fight for what's true (Chorus) Backs to the wall path we deserve to ride down Passing the point of no return we'll find out Who's got capacity to stand and who lies down Is this the crash and then burn or can we climb out Only we can stop them now OSICS verse The power lies within the individuals, the universe's highest masters grant wishes of the spiritual need my energy to combine with yours, mission's too critical to believe in a system where the leaders never wanna reveal what’s true you don’t need eyes to see the scams they running past us our ancestors are different from their ancestors ours blessed us with perseverance and strength to overcome hateful gestures we just have to make sure that the efforts are for a better us I look in the mirror ask what am I doing for my people to protect them all from evil, I can’t protect them all so how I do equip who I reach how do I teach em the ways to use the weapons to defend their dignity and pride without preaching long speeches but there’s so much memory erased we got a long way to go back to distinguish millenniums of existence built on lies from the facts no real education in class only told how we're supposed to act gotta get our lives back on track before our lives fade to black (Chorus) Backs to the wall path we deserve to ride down Passing the point of no return we'll find out Who's got capacity to stand and who lies down Is this the crash and then burn or can we climb out Only we can stop them now DOMO verse Same shit different day struggle heavy options blocked different poison everyday Poppin off causing deadly routes to take too many bills to pay so will we make it out or have to stay, Inside this tomb to die the pharohs proved there's more to life than what you call it ballin ain't the way you wanna live your days you fallin out of touch with broken promises n empty statements Time to rise above these painstakingly perpetuating payments to the lamest cats that run lives with monetary bribes it's obviously basic to describe this type of corruption this type of destruction this type of consumption as the reasons to whyyyy Im so Reluctant to trust the government brothers stuck in section 80 hope the 1% are loving it I'm done it the pub a lic is rio ting better buzz back with peace offering I know that we are frightening but quiet please this is your enlightening I'm coming down like lightening to lighten up your minds n let you know that Domo more than yolo but I could never do it solo . Plur

Yo what it do Yung fle We keep it true gringo From the west to the east Wherever you call home Yes to each their own Through the ups and downs We Speak these poems to make the world go round Yo what it do gringo We keep it true Yung fle From deep in our souls Come these words we say All day everyday Through the ups and downs We Speak these poems to make the world go round GRINGO verse Call us the messengers effortless flow Gringo Starr and young fle to save the day and pave the road Make away we're taking over like the people's revolt making waves call me Captain stubing on this love boat Bolt of lightning quick when I hold the mic and rip shit Terminal illness with the Realness but you can't catch this sickness common cold rappers spreading wackness like an epidemic if there's a cure for this then call a medic Never know where I'm headed but yes I know where I'm from State Golden like the setting sun flow second to none how the west was won with a pen not gun I reckon A step in the right direction don't get ketchup on your bun Hotdogs can't cut the mustard I relish without a doubt when bratwurst pop jerks get devoured hold the sauerkraut What good's a Louder mouth with nothing to say Now your clamming up like a chowder house or a lesbian parade hey Yo what it do gringo We keep it true Yung fle From deep in our souls Come these words we say All day everyday Through the ups and downs We Speak these poems to make the world go round Yo what it do Yung fle We keep it true gringo From the west to the east Wherever you call home Yes to each their own Through the ups and downs We Speak these poems to make the world go round YUNG FLE´ verse Sup homie, I'm doing good bro.. Oh snap, that's awesome man.. looking forward to that homie, yeah I'll put them in here man.. hope you good too dawg. My Verse: From the west to the east, it's Gringo & Yung Flé about to set the pace with this masterpiece// Only the beginning, every stop closer is a notion of winning// tryna break the box of complacency into a prism// I'm not subjected to the standards I set them much higher// Through the glass and through the pain you can see the wires// On a narrow path of success I'm burning up the tyres// All the blood sweat and the tears you can hear the desire// And even through the fire we culminate our disposition// Using our poetry in motion to evoke your feelings// Elevating from the ground looking to the ceiling// Only spreading love in the world cause we're tryna heal it// All the carnage and the violence only makes it worse// there's nothing worse than seeing your best friend in a hearse// And if it hurts then you can understand about the change// Gringo & Flé another chapter in this rap game//

SOS' verse I heard it's hard to hit a moving target. Even into the wind, but I did. Now I'm bully the kid, we gon make a movie off it. Everything I write is deep, I'm talkin 6 feet sitting in coffins. El presidente, I'm coming into the office. Showin the margin, told y'all to proceed it with caution. You don't really want it, I do it everyday. grinding like I'm down on some 3 to 1 shit. Me and Gringo gon show em the lingo. Shouts to Osics for the link up, my state golden just watching the team grow. Niggas already wanting beef and I'm cool I got full off the meat loaf. I mean I'm not scared, I'm chillin. It all counts till the amounts in the millions. Then I don't care what you say, or what you do. Or who in yo crew or how y'all feeling. I'm amped wishing they could keep up. If I ain't killed already, Imma find away. Murk a beat a day, and just hide away. GRINGO verse From out the woodwork hood to the suburbs The good the bad the ugly vultures to lovebirds Come the wordsmiths dopest you never heard kids The most absurd send your ass to church versus Soul-searching till the closing of the curtain Broken is the system man I'm hoping for the hurting Certain that it's getting worse before it's getting better So ahead of the curve were setting trends for the trendsetters But never getting credit underground like coal miners Old timer still get it lit like controlled fires A bullfighter stabbing cattle with my battle ax Matador rapper attacking actors with their saddle backwards Guerrilla warfare I'll be the leader Fidelity Castro here to unify the people Mobilize educate get you aim right Until were ready to strike will be hiding in plain sight

Life goes fast and you catch yourself askin Questions that do not have answers we're grasping For memories, energies passed times of laughter Can it just last a little longer But gone in a flash of light, crash of waves fascinated falling rain at a loss for language Dried up but saturated cost of anguish Times up evaporated thoughts are vanquished Tossed and turned, burned to ash we're forced to seek Souls to search for the strength to keep Stumbling on with our heads up and our best foot Forward through the darkest of days we accept good With the bad news, why nows, what have yous Gratitudes for time spent acting like damn fools Can't lose for winning, open water swimming with sharks Open bottles, closed doors and broken hearts Rest in power brother catch you on the other man I love your son as much as his mother and I can This I promise that I'll never give up Your presence lives forever in us

So far removed from who I once was, I stand a man, Sand castles built upon the foundation of the boy I started as. Dusty roads, worn-out old soles of shoes show age. Salt and pepper crown upon my head and Proud lines In my face displayed like tattoos or badges of honor. Plumage. Legs might be tired but they walk with more conviction then their youthful predecessors.

Ready,Set,Go Let me just flow met a mothafucka named gringo spittin for the kinfolk livin' in limbo tryna act rich when you been broke lookin out the window like it's over When it's only just begun you stay stressed and strung out on a quest for funds but money cant buy you love and if you already got that you blessed enough to know press the button and let go say something incredible unforgettable dont settle for bullshit the same old lame ol minimal flow we control this every step on the road is sacred to take with ya make a difference break the chains and rearrange the system to really change the game and make an imprint is bigger than a paycheck fame and riches get your name in the history books and rewrite em for the non white men and women left out Lets put these crooks out of they misery looks like its about time to bring it all down In the future ten thousand two when the water recedes and the temperature is cool The people that are left will return for the truth in search of the sound that gave birth to the revolution And they'll find these lines translate and re write em spittin future rhymes new for the time improve And refine it Ridin in flying Cadillacs just glidin A hundred miles a minute I give you my definitive life time unlimited sight blind affinity might find the symmetry to rise infinitely in the sky deliver me