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Perish The Thought!

by The Thought

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[Intro] Word up to Zarkhi on this intro though... You already know I got this from him El Tiego on the beat, y'all BLAQKNOIZ in these streets, yo Train of Thought Uno Cause you know... [Verse] I spreaded hatefulness upon my return from Hades Talking how "I hate the bitch", while my behavior was shady Not so slim lately, dragged my name through mud to create me Showing how the man who made me is really a male Casey Maybe, just maybe, vote for Jack Mabie (Hi Chelsea!) Know y'all been thinking bout The Thought again lately Untaught, I'm crazy, got a lot of shocked faces from the lazy Letting y'all know, that you free to parade me! Ain't found a cure for the rabies, but I manage the rage Anxiety intrinsic in me, live like a rat in a cage Corny to say, learned to be sane focusing on stage Calming all my senses without the smoke of the sage It's the woke of the day Do as they say or you'll break in the act Focus on the pain, tighten your grasp What's your bane? What's your lack? I know this rich coming from me, at least I been to therapy I'm growing from punishing me to taking care of me (fuck Drake) I'll be fair to me, if you're fair to yourself I'll let you in for free, if you're sharing the wealth I disagree with keeping peace if you're walking in stealth So let's try to think zen, let's make it heard how we felt [Chorus] How you supposed to know if we won't tell you how we feel? (Tell you how we feel, we won't tell you how we feel) How you supposed to know if we don't tell you how we feel? (Tell you how we feel, we don't tell you how we feel) How we supposed to know if you won't tell us how you feel? (Tell us how you feel, you won't tell us how you feel) How we supposed to know if you won't tell us how you feel? (How you feel, tell us how you feel) [Outro: Sample] Thought, Speech, and Action So... in order to say something A thought has to be generated, and you speak on it And in order to do something The thought has to be created, and you do something Most times it flows like You think something, then you say something, then you do something But they can obviously You can have a thought and do something without saying something And you can have a thought, and say something, without doing something But between these three things, Thought, Speech, and Action There's usually filters There's things you think, that you don't say Some people don't have a filter! They say everything they think, and uh... Y'know, when you're dealing with people, it's kinda good to know this because If you're running into somebody that just says everything they think You might get offended, you might, uh, y'know But, some of the most honest people you'll meet They're gonna just spill it all out there, so... Then there's a lot of people that are far more guarded They're not gonna say what they think
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[Verse 1] Today I saw my father for the first time in a year Was not but a bother but I may have shed some tears I turned my other cheek in fear of his gaze and recognition Knocked on wood and said a prayer, some rare superstition My disposition fair enough, given past tense sex positions Tex-Mex was in the kitchen, but my appetite was missing Panicked frights and manic flights, to laughter from contrition My left brain to my stomach sending writs of prohibition I lit a stog', I kissed it, I missed my chance to kick his ass! A rogue glance from the bastard could’ve shattered me like glass I tried to act all cheery, I tried to laugh and sass But couldn’t drop the bitter tone, some harmonizing flats Baby Mabie’s graduating that’s the last thing on the dome Deer in traffic, no headlights, no yellow-orange cone My mellow, boring self-conflicted, slightly mouthing at the foam Griping bout the Alma Mater anthem rousing dreams of home Want to scream “Leave me alone!” A fat Doctor Manhattan But the proctor wrote “No talking!” on the cocktail napkin Words I’ve heard a thousand times, sounding like they’re Latin Blurring lines aloud, the sky is ground, wondering what happened? I’m tapping on my thighs, got Gene Krupa looking wry Been since Y2Koopa since my Soup-a-Cup supply was running dry Wishing I were high, but gravity too motherfucking fly Liar! You just too broke to buy, by the bye [Chorus] You told me to never lie So it’s time for Show and Tell Am I just too broke inside? No more time for dreams of hell You told me to never lie So it’s time for Show and Tell Never lie, never lie Show and Tell, Show and Tell [Verse 2] Telling me to never lie, but telling me to never tell Not even twenty five, been to and back from hell Try to breathe for a spell, but I’m still tripping sack Recite the basics, you’re awake, your name is Jack You’re still alive, and you’re acting like a quack The sight of Bill astride, gave you a heart attack I lack forward emotion, I will myself to calm it down I’m still having a moment, dreadful feeling the Devil’s around Kill my head-full of feelings, zombie-walking through the crowd Talking like my Daddy, fronting with my every sound Might just go and buy a pound to drown out all my thoughts Might go start a fire, ashy gown for the pen I use to jot this down [Chorus] You told me to never lie So it’s time for Show and Tell Am I just too broke inside? No more time for dreams of hell You told me to never lie So it’s time for Show and Tell Never lie, never lie Show and Tell, Show and Tell
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[Chorus: The Thought] You just acting like a friend You just acting like a friend You a walking double standard, you where the rules can bend You just acting like a friend [Verse 1: The Thought] You offered a me a job, said you'd work around my schooling Since we been cool since middle school, I don't suspect you're fooling The job is work from home, and you live in Pomona Oh shit, my squad is in Pomona, I ought'a move over! So I do, leave Dirty Dena for a job with friends People I can trust to reliably get me my ends! (I hope) Over the course of a month the job quadruples in scale I had to drop a class just to make time for the sales I asked for a raised, got half of what I'd asked (what?) Then my hours doubled up again, I sat to do the math I'm making like five on the hour, I'm looking at my dude Like "what the fuck is going on?" I ain't tryna be rude So they setting up a meeting at a yuppie Boba shop (whack) Best believe I drove an hour, no overtime on top (whacker) We talked about it, they made me out incompetent When I'm the ocean keeping them afloat and continent Get back to work on Monday, waiting on their decision Spending up my paycheck, cause the clock has been ticking They fire me on Friday, reimburse me a bill His assistant made the call, cause he hadn't the will He was my roommate, but I didn't see him for a week When he showed up with a mutual friend to take my seat I ain't got no beef with Connor, he just needed a job But Riley's a pussy for how he handled the mop After all this occurred, my decision was made You don't work for another man if you wanna get paid Even if your best friend who you known since sixth grade Is offering a college scholarship to keep you a slave (damn) [Chorus: The Thought] You just acting like a friend You just acting like a friend You a walking double standard, you where the rules can bend You just acting like a friend [Verse 2: JÜNE] Look, you could've won an Oscar (Actor) For the way you played me out there in Oxnard And got me robbed by your fucking partner Wanted to off ya, but your mom's was good people And your old lady had just gotten news of your daughter Would've been awful, if I would'a came back with a Max SK and sprayed that day, but nigga, I ain't a monster Money can be replaced, but the foul taste of your fake ways My man, they can never wash off (Never) Unlike my hands, with two-faced friends, we must disband Aaron, you are no longer Mafia (you out) Finally airing you out proper (check) Never rat on your friends And always keep your mouth shut in questioning You niggas must have never had that lesson, then Never underestimated, just over-trusted them, these niggas ain't your kin Yo, you can loan that man a thousand dollars And sometimes that's the cost of seeing, if he's really even a fellow mobster That's a seasoned lesson, taught by me For the right price, you can have a fake friend relieved from the team Cause if they the homie, on me, you gon get that back And if he a real one, he gon add the Vig to that (that's the Vig, baby) It's so complicated, this little thing of ours Two-facedness, get your face left next To the fish that's shaped like a star, say word [Chorus: The Thought] You just acting like a friend You just acting like a friend You a walking double standard, you where the rules can bend You just acting like a friend [Verse 3: Smith the Poet] You're the one to fake the end, come around and ask me then If I've routed my dissent to the bottom of the bin Where's the line between the fence, you're often against Quest got me vexed, test, I might stress Wrecked, but still flex over all y'all bitches Life's just not living, if not for the vision You cop off the system, crashed in your distant Days, we've been in, delayed for a minute (yeet) Dazed, I dismissed it, Pain? Would have listened Brain, paused, bitching, today's cause different Everyday, you live it, the same, but it isn't Verbatim, these digits, might save the living some time I think I'm out of rhymes (yo, yo, yo, yo, yo) SIKE! You just acting like you been, down from the beginning Said "I'm down", but who isn't? Sweeten sound for a image, or better yet, a percentage Fucking drown, it's just business, don't stick around? I ain't tripping Over minuscule kittens, I'm kidding, not with the sinnings No sob-stories, in fact, it's rather boring, to me You're half the man, I'd be If I chose to fucking flee, yee [Bridge: The Thought] This one goes out to all the backstabbers The ones who do you wrong then act like it don’t matter The ones who hit your bong, but when you need ‘em scatter The ones who act like friends, then leave you in tatters This one goes out to all the backstabbers The ones who do you wrong then act like it don’t matter The ones who help along, then push away the ladder The ones who act like friends, then smoke you up like shatter (Damn!) [Chorus: The Thought] You just acting like a friend You just acting like a friend You a walking double standard, you where the rules can bend You just acting like a friend [Outro: Sample] Perish the thought of them all! Sing what you got, to go! Perish the thought of them all! Oh, Oh, Oh
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[Verse] I’m here to commandeer your rocket ship, land it on a planet You’ve never seen, feed your fear to help you plan it Give you lean to make you stop it, no speaking man to man It’s taking orders, play catch, drop it, tweaking get you panned Shit, that’s the portrait painted to help you hold your hope Think you control your orbit? Ha!... nope Patrol your inner consciousness, to push you off the rope Then finish with provision of the vision, just to give you scope I’m here to hijack your plane, crash it through a bank To show you where your money been, make the robbers walk the plank Let you film them as they drown, to boost up your morale Then explain you probability, with Einstein and Pascal Demonstrate your value, or rather your lack thereof Watch the dunce cap fit you better than OJ Simpson’s glove Just as you might falter, I’ll feed conspiracies and Christ Take your trust from others, let you forgive what you like I’m here to steal your car, keep you locked in the trunk Drive you to the desert, hot-boxing some blunts Use your credit card in Vegas, sell your orifice for mescaline Make you take a hit, or twenty, lock you in the loony bin Let you get your treatment, running up your tab I’ll even visit on the frequent, help you budget for your slab And just when you’ve forgiven me, I’ll do it all again Cause you missed the lesson, if you thought that we were friends (stupid!) I’m here to strip you of your armaments, dining on your freedoms Then animate your monuments, to make 'em have a threesome Film the shit from tons of angles, post that shit online Win an Oscar for my editing, and disregard the crime Bring you back a contract next year to make a sequel Wrap up the shoot, then backtrack, and do it super legal Make the pressure on you lethal, then offer you the carrot Make your ass a franchise, as long as you can grin and bear it I’m here to steal your traditions, fold them into my religion Sacrifice your holy cow to elevate my fiction Feed it to your culture at the threat of being killed Starving your apprentices, enslaving all your skilled Heal you with some pills, flood your Village to sell you some gills If you late on your bills, we’ll make you run for the hills Then we’ll douse the mounds in gasoline, just to smoke you out Demonstrate the price you pay for fucking with my clout [Chorus] So say my name! (Say It!) Goodness Gracious, same my name! (Say It!) If you got a problem with my game You just gotta say my name! (Say It!) Now say my name! (Say It!) I double dare you, say my name! (Say It!) If you got a problem with my game You just need to say my name! [Verse 2] I'm here to introduce your future spouse, sell you two a house Fill it with your children, three stitches on your mouth (shhhh) Make you pick a school, make you pick a church Give the youngest a tumor and make you pick a hearse Give the oldest to the military, middle to the drugs Bill you by the hour for licensed therapeutic hugs Foreclosing on your house when the ends ain't meet Pretend that I don't recognize you begging in the streets I'm here to fuck your mother, pay for the abortion Rinse you out the gene pool before your last name in proportion Settle on the lands you should have carried the torch in Fuck her again, and kill her just to leave your brother an orphan Growing foreign plants just to toxify the soil So none of his descendants can rectify to be royal Turn up the heat, let him settle in the water as it boils Whoever did the suffering, it's me who reaps the spoils [Chorus] So say my name! (Say It!) Goodness Gracious, same my name! (Say It!) If you got a problem with my game You just gotta say my name! (Say It!) Now say my name! (Say It!) I double dare you, say my name! (Say It!) If you got a problem with my game Say my motherfucking name
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[Intro: The Thought] BLAQKNOIZ This where the hook goes Ay, this where the hook goes You feel me? This where the hook goes Yeah, this where the hook goes This where the hook goes Yeah, still where the hook goes BLAQKNOIZ, yo [Verse 1: The Thought] Quick with the deck, four for four, dropping aces back to back Gift the texture, lecture over rocking basses, sounding phat Swift the breast, lungs getting strung out, chasten the jack Mix a record with a Mozenraff, hung up on the tracks Erasure max, create your mass, take a Protestant to conscious Continental dominance, 'til you find me obnoxious Argument to dox this? Your movements say it's lost, bitch Evasion of what daunted, record your prayers then tossed it Quick with the "fuck you", Jack be nimble with the patterns Nix the man you pay the bucks to, John be Kimble with the hazards Beat your ass at shoots and ladders, gas you up til boots get fatter Trigger-happy with war crimes, Patton looting first batter Hakuna Makatta, Boomers get madder, itchy button fingers Mustard gas without the mask, tomb aroma lingers Alone for the singer, Stallone with the ringer First on Jerry Springer, then in a coma for the cash [Chorus: Christa John] And all the finest residents with his essence Shine of the bioluminescence Not in the mind, but in the heart's lessons I look to find, I'm showered down with blessings I can't help to analyze the present time But wonder where I'm heading But I give it to you when I'm going in the heavens (Mmmm-hmmmm) Simplify your life today Influence with the words you say Ain't got no time to waste Get up and find your pace Wheels roll forward (forward) Motion of my soul Gather my thoughts Put them on cruise control [Verse 2: Calmplx] Antidote, bitter dose, seen it better close Reason on the telescope, bout as big as minerals Barely visible, you's a little possible, minimal Still incorporate the general principles Primitive to individuals, go hard like Metapod Ener-geometric to it metaphysically, like Megatron Transform, alchemy, energize, chemically Yet I'm hypnotized, tranquilized like Ketamine Only naturally, to really actually Scientifically, tamper with the physical anatomy In a peep's body, literally, hold it down like gravity Use plenty different strategies like navigate the beat Matte the destination, manifest the occupation Work hard 'til I make it, just a common-basis complication Mental compilation, think a lot of thought Skeptic of the average conversation, cause a lot just sit and talk But don't walk the act of affirmation When it comes to problem-solving, yesterday's equation Use precise calculations, like mathematically counting at a counter station Then mechanically, operated, automatically Robotic, automated tendencies, could use a personality Why can't it be? The medicine's as healing as the CBD In cannabis, the cure for cancer, that's inside a piece as managing Emotionally, the mastery, I will achieve consistency [Chorus: Christa John] And all the finest residents with his essence Shine of the bioluminescence Not in the mind, but in the heart's lessons I look to find, I'm showered down with blessings I can't help to analyze the present time But wonder where I'm heading But I give it to you when I'm going in the heavens (Mmmm-hmmmm) Simplify your life today Influence with the words you say Ain't got no time to waste Get up and find your pace Wheels roll forward (forward) Motion of my soul Gather my thoughts Put them on cruise control
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[Chorus] I wanna make a phone call, just like I used to I wanna make a phone call, but I don’t know who to I wanna make a phone call, got no numbers to dial I wanna make a phone call, god damn, it’s been a while [Chorus] I wanna make a phone call, just like I used to I wanna make a phone call, but I don’t know who to I wanna make a phone call, got no numbers to dial I wanna make a phone call, god damn, it’s been a while [Verse] I don’t feel like I got anyone to talk to Feel like life a game and I don’t got the walk-through I don’t even know how I made it here without you (I don't even know) And I’m 'bout through, don’t know 'bout you I don’t feel like I got anyone to talk to I been crying on my lonesome like a cartoon (like a car tune) All my dreams haunted by a face that I can’t prove And I’m 'bout through, don’t know bout you Oooooh, you don’t even know what I been through Act like you don’t know what I can do Then you wonder why I’m so blue Ooooh When did we last talk, my friend? Trading likes online so it feels without an end If it meant anything, then the rules would bend But when did we last hit send? Ooooh When did we last speak? (Huh?) Now you're leaving me on read [Chorus] I wanna make a phone call, just like I used to I wanna make a phone call, but I don’t know who to I wanna make a phone call, got no numbers to dial I wanna make a phone call, god damn, it’s been a while
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[Chorus] I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out Chill the fuck out I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out (BLAQKNOIZ) Chill the fuck out [Verse 1: The Thought] Toxic inner dialogue, we all fall victim Sinners in the silent fog, symptoms of the system Coal in the engine of the panic in my soul Problems I can list ‘em, manic not the cold Lemme bring you in the fold, there’s trauma in the skull Life been on hold, tryna empty out the full But it’s all null, cause the fact is I’m doing fine Never has there been such peace in this life of mine I got no fight with time, no quarrel with my destiny If I keep pace, the rhymes’ll start blessing me Partial anxiety, interrogate it and console Ever need to breath, I got OG and a bowl Dreams were never clearer than they are right now There’s no excuse why I ain’t been chilling out Not the recluse, I been out here dealing doubt You can try to feel me out, you can find me underground How a thunder sound, how a kid react How a blunder crowned, how the town detract It’s satisfying in the saddest way To martyr-ize and not congratulate I ain’t mad at fate, just don’t think it’s real All my energy digested from my meals We opening our seals, we letting go of stress Relaxing how we feel, practice self-respect [Chorus] I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out Chill the fuck out [Verse 2: Illsamar] It's a danger zone, with no time control Gotta feed my mind, gotta free my soul Gotta give it time, but I sneak no more I been on the road tryna feed my home All these bills keep on stacking up Collectors on my line, I just pass 'em up Wish I had something in this plastic cup Drink a little bit, forget this stuff But I can't and I won't be a victim Got a nine-to-five, a part of a system I'm just tryna do my part, but listen I'm not opposed to walk out with my fist up It's just us, real people Want a little money and we wanna be equal Looking at us funny, they want us all feeble You should understand, we are not a sheople Understand, that's a lot to grasp Easier, drinking out the flask Take some time off to relax Wishing all my nephews didn't grow up fast Get a little hyphy, stop chasing cash One day you're gonna wish you could retrace it back Too late, hope for a new day I think we need to chill, tomorrow is a new day [Chorus] I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out I think I need to chill out Chill the fuck out
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[Chorus: The Thought] I rose against what they said that I couldn’t They got a mouth? I think they should put they foot in Without a Doubt, eat your meat before your pudding They said I couldn’t, now they wishing that they wouldn’t I rose against what they said that I couldn’t (I Did!) They got a mouth? I think they should put they foot in (They Should!) Without a Doubt, eat your meat before your pudding They said I couldn’t, now they wishing that they wouldn’t [Verse 1: The Thought] Bully in the ugly tree, thanks for putting up with me But I’m Mr. Don’t-Know-Nothing when they coming for my poppyseed Sully in the comedy, you can yank my stuff for free But I’m Mr. Owe-You-Nothing when they come for an apology The prophecy atop of me ain’t stopping for anyone Let the profits play, monopoly, the shot of Lenny’s gun Like many run with mockery, take Karl for a nun Breaking honest cause we lost at sea, baking under the sun We make the reverends run, the malady to emcees If you ain’t here for the fun, you probably slanging CD’s I’m like Attila the Hun, the way I’ll conquer the east Call me the killer, the Hut, the obese Harkonnen disease! My eyes open to sneeze, (achoo!) like I hope to ascend Bring your brokers to heed, flying over they heads Like “What's up with your knees?” when I’m making 'em bend They said I couldn’t succeed, but I think that all depends [Chorus: The Thought] I rose against what they said that I couldn’t They got a mouth? I think they should put they foot in Without a Doubt, eat your meat before your pudding They said I couldn’t, now they wishing that they wouldn’t I rose against what they said that I couldn’t They got a mouth? I think they should put they foot in Without a Doubt, eat your meat before your pudding They said I couldn’t, now they wishing that they wouldn’t [Verse 2: XZavier] So many graves have been digged in this shithole Soul in a tizzy, in a rabbit ditch, I won't elope At first I wouldn't face it, until I took out the mush Placed in my brains nooks, for goodness sake! Made me waft with the propulsion of a jet Out now in the open, molded a success! As I connect to a flat-earther's dome And those trapped in a world of they own As an international sensation, like an equinox Heating up a pot and concoct a Lazarus-type of serum! Curing fiends' decrepitness, no time to judge Just accept shit, as is! dotted the lines on my Atlas Tracking this path to access my royal palace Foil the catfish and pollo-headed bitches To stand poised , erected on Ben Ben And voice, I've rose against it! (Hell yeah, you already know!) [Outro: Tony Stone Sample] Perish the thought that keeps you from my side! Cherish the heart that keeps your love alive!
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[Verse 1] The leading cause of death is being alive Only piece I’m finding is the peace in the rhymes Pleading into servitude for a menial crime (what?) Only piece they hide is our keep of the dimes Now we evil to chime, in with an opinion We should stay in our lane, obey our dominions Fall prey to the times, cosplaying as minions (banana!) Men succumb to the pain, and forget how to listen So focused on duties, such slaves to the pressure So focused on beauty, depraved and unpleasured Hock a fucking loogie on the face of your leisure It’s the facts of the rat race, they turn you to leather! I don’t wanna live my life by others' expectations I don’t want your strife, I don’t want your indignation I won’t apologize, I won’t break to this nation What is it, but suicide, to not seek your elation? [Bridge: Sample] You have a thought, it's a thought that's negative You know that from that negative thought You might say something negative or do something negative And you might have to, at first, say, OK Perish The Thought! Don't think that thought, and you can push that thought out of your mind Think about something else, uhhh [Chorus] I ain’t tryna kill myself today, worrying bout tomorrow! I ain’t tryna seal myself away, but I ain’t one to follow! I ain’t tryna heal myself this way, drowning in my sorrow! I ain’t tryna kill myself today, worrying bout tomorrow! 'Morrow! [Verse 2] I ain’t tryna kill myself worrying bout tomorrow There’s only so much freedom in a system I must follow They acting like it’s Eden for this money that I borrowed Laughing while I’m eating, then I smoke away my sorrow Want the praise, told this was the way, and I believed it Just for pay, even if there’s no play, I’m staying seated Lost in maze, cow with the graze, I’m heated Recorded rage off the minimum wage, then I delete it I'm sick of running away, so I’m gone face it I was in the thick, wasting away, but couldn’t place it Burnt by rays, then left in stasis for the glossy finish With every new age, more hip to my lineages So please be patient with me I’m a late bloomer but I’m still gon’ be a tree I would've told you sooner, but I had to pay the fee Why worry bout my future when I never just be? You know, that's, uh... That's actually a decent question Like, what the fuck am I doing, killing myself today, for tomorrow? When tomorrow ain't here yet? [Chorus] I ain’t tryna kill myself today, worrying bout tomorrow! I ain’t tryna seal myself away, but I ain’t one to follow! I ain’t tryna heal myself this way, drowning in my sorrow! I ain’t tryna kill myself today, worrying bout tomorrow! [Outro: Sample] You can keep your thoughts pure You can keep from thinking the bad thing that's going to make you Make the bad speech or the bad action Something I'm not perfect at, it's, y'know I'm learning everyday, every-, we all learn every day And we all learn to interact with eachother better And do better

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