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~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Accident
I came face to face with death
Funny I didn't get scared
I didn't cry
Why?
Well there's no easy answer for that
But when I look back
It was instant clarity for me
An isolated moment in time
When Everything stood still
And all I could will was nothing
'Cause in that slow but very, very, very fast moment
My spirit left my body
And all that remained was the flesh
The air seeped from my lungs
My tongue hung from my mouth
My heart sped up and stopped all at the same time
And I learned within madness exists peace
At it's purest form
Something that could not be found in the norm.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Aids
Is it a man or a woman?
Cuz it has no preference
Sometimes love, sometimes it's a two minute session
Sometimes young, sometimes old
Sometimes before they're even one year old
Sometimes a needle makes a hole
And provides an entrance to your soul
Some say it's man made
Some say it's God sent
Or some say lack of knowledge
Makes pure ignorance
Can you stop what you can't see?
Fight what has no face?
Trade places with the guilty
When none are innocent?
A liar is one who distorts the truth
Causing confusion amongst bitter fruits
If it's anything I hope to do
Is bring good health to a sick fruit
Aids, is it a man or a woman?
Cuz it has no preference
All are at risk of infection
Aids.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Anymore
I often find myself saying I've been here before
I often find myself praying that this doesn't happen anymore
Oh to adore something so free
That it has no obligation
Nor does it exist
In a plane outside of it's own
Then my good friend, something is wrong
For I know of no such thing
Perhaps it does not yet exist
Or maybe a myth that comes with the mist
On special occasions
Persuasions of the mind to the blind
Is not hard at all
But which way to indulge
A bad choice could remind you of the past
But how long shall it last
If only for a day, will you still play?
If only for a hour, will you still water the flower?
If only for a second, will you still play?
Or become afraid and run away
I often find myself saying I've been here before
I often find myself praying that this doesn't happen anymore.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Based on a True Story (part 1)
Erotic thoughts expose the truth
I have a cavity from my sweet tooth
Does this mean
That it is too bad for me
But too good to let go?
Or should I take one more lick before I go?
Soft and smooth
I hear my name
Just one more time Pappi
Oooh what the hell, it can't hurt
Plus the mouth is too much
Na na na, c'mon stay focused
Later for that, Ma
I gotta get goin'
Pappi, Pappi, what about this?
Oh sh*t, why she
Had to go there with it?
Now I'm in a tight spot
And my man's is gettin' on rock.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Black
Black as night
But bright as day
Soulful like old school Marvin Gaye
Hunted and led astray by man
But just as guilty
Sands of time tell a tale
About a people that will fail
Not from war, not from land
But by the hands of his own hands
Sold bare and shackled in chains
Stripped of all culture
But fame substitutes for a struggle
It's no reason we're in trouble
Black as night
But bright as day
Black, the opposite of white, but still the same
Black.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Brother Man
Sometimes I don't see the other man
But my brother man
Beating me down
All to obtain the same crown
As if I don't have enough problems
Or like we came from different fathers
Why bother trying to explain
There only interested in what they can gain
I'll maintain from deep roots
And ancestral troops
Who come with the wind to aid me in my quest
To abolish oppression and the homeless mess
That some, if not all choose to ignore
But there's always money for war
So I make a plea to my brother man
Not to be like the other man
And add to the flame
But use it to purify and change.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
CAN I FLY
I'D SPREAD MY WINGS IF LIONS COULD FLY
NOT TO ESCAPE, BUT TO VIEW FROM THE SKY
OBSERVING ALL THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE
CONSULTING WITH THE HAWKS, EAGLES, AND WEAVER BIRDS
EXCHANGING OPINIONS AND DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WORDS
I'D SPREAD MY WINGS IF LIONS COULD FLY
NOT TO ESCAPE, BUT TO VIEW FROM THE SKY.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Champagne all over the place
Pop there goes the champagne
All over the place
He picks her up by the waist
Putting her in an impossible place
The whole time champagne is all over the place
Not knowing how she is feeling at the time
He simply blacks out in his mind
And for a brief moment in time
She is able to unwind
And know someone truly loves her
And the whole time champagne is all over the place.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Chant Down The Wicked
If you could see what I see
If you could hear what I hear
Then you would have no fear
In this land of tyrants
Bondage to da brain
Shackles and chains
I speak the truth
But every time I turn around
They gun us down
We just wanna be free
Live in harmony
But how is that
When I know for a fact
They think we’re inferior
If you could see what I see
If you cold hear what I hear
Then you would have no fear
In this land of tyrants
Bondage to da brain
Shackles and chains
I speak the truth
But every time I turn around
They gun us down
Tell me how HIV really came to be
Or is it that they target black every opportunity
Really slavery started from black on black crime
every time will pull us down
Maybe if you could see what I see
If you could hear what I hear
Then you would have no fear
In this land of tyrants.
~Knockamechee Pharoh~
Color
It doesn't matter the color of my skin
Cuz we all have black in the end
It doesn't matter the color of my skin
Because I know Jesus resides within
It doesn't matter the color of my skin
Because I've already shedded it
It doesn't matter the color of my skin
Cuz we all have the same father in the end
Color.
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