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Chorus, Karim Rushdy
I hope the next generation isn't giving up
Cause this image that we eat yo its killin us
This media we breathe yo its killin us
This life that we live it is frivolous
Verse1, Karim Rushdy
they tell me what i write's not in the hype spot
makes me think that i might not share what my life's got
plus i don't wanna rap about cheese cause the mice flock
and if i rap about truth, the price drops
I think we just wanna live our lives well
But were blinded by a night spell
Cause as the ice melts in this nice hell
we forget that life isn't twice dealt...well
Chorus
Verse 2, Khaj
I don't know if I'm insane or not, it's just a claim
Cause whenever I close my eyes I put a gun to my brain
I want to pull the trigger and end this stressing game
I'm being held down by my own painful chains
I keep thinking everyday what's wrong with me
Wishing I was evolving from my opportunities
Still a teenager so don't have responsibilities
The more I think about it the more it's killing me
I'm having fun and I'll work later wrong order
Being trapped with my own thoughts is the worst torture
But now I gotta move on and get things sorted
I have to start thinking about what's important
I'm living life off of broken promises
Time to be supernatural like a Martian
I'm gonna start acting and do less of talking I need to make up and cause less problems ain't it obvious I'm plausible it's impossible that the possibilities of me succeeding are more than comical
I just can't wait till the day I can say that I made it no more playing cause now I'm spiritually aching
I wanna be saying the world became better because I came in
Verse 3, Raya Noire
We got that everlasting flame you can't diminish us
But bad decisions that we make yeah they could finish us
I'm always on the defence wanna learn to live with trust
But I feel betrayed when the pain inflicted's frivolous
Family's the roots and when the branches are
Broken up these broken promises they give to us
Life becomes more meaningless
But we can't give up
Listen up
Cause we got the capabilities
The fire in us you ain't never seen
Our potential is clear to see
We got that fire in our soul
Bridge, Skye Marie
You could call us eagles we be flyin so high
Soaring with strength to the depths of the sky
You could call us lions we be roarin no fear
There’s no place on this earth that our voices can’t hear no
You could call us dragons breathing fire of wisdom
Stop negativity and listen
We have the power to fix what once was broken
It’s not by chance that we were the ones chosen
Now is the time the age is golden
Outro, Karim Rushdy
Now I know this next generation won’t be giving up
Cause they got fire their eyes like a lion does
And they be soaring like some eagles sayin’ bye to us
And now I watch my little sister from a distance flying higher up, hi Emily!
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Chorus, Sarah Taborn
I am O my God
But a tiny seed
Reachin’ out.
Shine Your light on me.
Verse 1, Karim Rushdy
i remember those times that i got cheated out
but now i'm a changed man and moving fast like the cheetah's mouth
My mistakes they look small like snakes look from the eagle’s snout
..i'm a leader now
i'll give you something you can blast through your speakers now
ill give you something lasts ill send the beacon out
and when you hear it, don't fear it – believe it loud
“we are not robots” we are the people now
you’re better than the gossip that you tweet about
nobility is yours, be it now
so breathe in, breathe out
and begin to reach out
Chorus
Verse 2, Karim Rushdy
Bridge, Karim Rushdy:
this is my cognizant hypothesis
what you believe could be opposite
I believe in God and in His providence
I have confidence
all these broken promises
in the metropolis are so bottomless
living this anonymous
life without consequence
makes the populous so homogenous
yet racism is still dominant
from the cowboy boots to the moccasins
fake tolerance is so prominent
its an accomplishment to be honest with
your consciousness and just honour it.
the prophecies are fulfilled because Baha’u’llah is upon us now
Chorus
Verse 3, Besiler
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Verse 1
life was a wild horse but now i found stirrups
cause baby Mira, you make me feel like some lazy syrup
i just wanna hold your nearer
cause the feeling is love when you make the clouds up above clear up
and you already know i love your mamma too
she’s got that beautiful smile,
And ain’t no harm with two
what i mean is maybe soon you’ll have a baby brother
you can help change his dipes and when it’s right
you can chase each other - under the shade of lovers
a.k.a mom and dad really love each other
and baby girl, you're being born into a world full of hate
but being insecure is not a fact that you should face
so i’ll be there everyday to remind you on your way
that you’re strong and you’re noble as i kiss you on your face
and you should know that as your mother held my neck through labour
i realized we were just another couple God favoured
God saved us, and not just on paper
cause literally the gift of life is what God gave us
so from the womb to the tomb we should give God praises.
Chorus, Skye Marie
i’ve held you close for so many nights
and i’ll hold you for so many more
this world has got so many flashing lights
but baby less is more
Verse 2
can you believe the headlines?
feels like it’s either death or oppressed minds
or right, you can't read or understand this yet
i forget sometimes. one of my many flaws
i’ll do my best to let you how i’m imperfect
but not on purpose, i’ve been working
on self-improvement but not just for myself i've clued in
to a greater Cause with laws for a selfless movement
so many nights holding you close in my deepest thoughts
the way your momma loves you it’s like reason stops
and the way your daddy loves you, well he'll love till his breathing stops.
and far beyond. when i see you with my eyes, you're that baby that we're dealing with frantically
but when i see you with my soul, you a gift from God because you, you made us family.
Comment-- This is beautiful.- Grandma :)
Chorus
Verse 3
and when i tuck you in,
i think of how this whole world is gonna wanna suck you in.
to its ugly empty loveless whirlwind. so you need to be the girl in
the eye of tempest with the toughest skin.
guiding others through the tunnels of life
already with your smile you radiate bundles of light
in fact you’re hard to miss like when there’s lightning and there’s thunder at night
so when those lights flash with that temptation
and give you a temporary sense of elevation
just know that those are truly dark forces
turning fresh meadows into charred orchards
that's why i’m reinforcing
that less is more if you wanna be free
the whole universe was made with two letters B and E
if the cornerstone of happiness is sacrifice
then including you and your mom, everyday i’m happy twice
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Chorus, Sarah Jane Kim
They’re tryin’ to tell me it’s over so leave it alone
But still I’m singin’ that: ‘everybody have some hope’
They be singin’ that no, no no no.
I be singin’ that ya, ya ya ya.
Verse 1, Ashraf Rushdy
A generation of biologists, studying their cells/
Micro-processed micro world, micro heavens and hells/
Tech wizards with souls trapped in inches of glass/
Science becomes magic, and the future is past/ future becomes past/
"I can do everything on my phone" when everything is collapsed/
To browsing profiles and downloading apps/
Masks are not enough to describe what we wear/
At least a mask is looking at you with its motionless stare/
I'm not anti-technology, I just actually care/
Life purpose, civilization, who's actually there/
Around me and present in the spaces of life/
Co-workers, neighbors, friends, strangers, kids and my wife/
That's why I'm writing this verse-pen as a knife/
I see you head down, slow walk, silent as night/
I see the walking dead out in the broad daylight/
And when I happen to see the eyes of a human being/
We smile - fellow survivors of the assault of machines/
On organic connections, on our hopes and our dreams/
I give out in that moment, all the love that I can/
Who knows when this survivor will meet another hu-man/
Sometimes I too, look into the looking glass/
My whole family is here, friends, co-workers and strangers/
Pictures of my children, it's where my hopes and dreams free from danger and hidden are hidden from danger/
Images of a life, nearly almost complete/
Strange that if I don't like you I can just hit delete/
Hours have passed, clashing in a clan with my friends/
And I've spoken to fam around the globe, and bought some odds and some ends/
Sent some messages for work, updated my task-tracking app/
Took a look at my calendar, plotted my course on a map/
Somehow my wife is asleep/ I'll take a picture to keep/
The memory of my love/ in my glass soul three millimeters deep/
Chorus
Verse 2, Karim Rushdy
Even with these feathers we damaged in the search for celebrity status
We can still fly because heaven will never be famished
Some say the life they were given is the hell that they're handed
And like some type of hellish advantage its spell will never be vanished
And if there's no hope then yolo
Let every treatment of pain be symptomatic and superficially bandaged
But life is like an orchestra man we couldn't breathe with its harmonies and melody banished
but like a splendidly lavish infidelity palace
we can never see past it if we're surrendering that quick
they say the remedy's plastic but in fact it's organic
so when it burns it re-emerges - wrapped in its ashes
like a spiritual passage confirmed through scientific advancements
the collective consciousness of every single continent is compassion
as if delivered through magic, the future is ours when we convert the present tempest into past tense - bars
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Verse 1
imagine the equivalent of God streaming a live image
but instead of subscribe to channel He said confide in this
it takes less than 5 minutes to dive in it
would you take the plunge? or would you buy gimmicks?
and what if all the lies finished with you and your pride diminished
now think back would you give back all the time given?
to a wasted space that was made from hate
if only we could face the grace of God then maybe we could trace what we find in it
Like.. I've heard that love lives where the mind isn't
but my mind was divinely given. made out of love
so i guess i see with divided vision. one for this world
and the other for above where i'm livin
i just wanna be heard but rarely do i listen
trying to live a spiritual lifestyle is like my mind’s eye trying to undergo nuclei fission.
that's why with the soul there's a fine a line between less than five minutes and lifetime...it's timed different
Chorus
Verse 2
life is like a mystery. when you begin ta/
solve the puzzle, you can see in the, enigma/
they say the lion is the king, but how'd he do in three winters?/
look into a polar bear’s eyes, hakunamatata man I see Simba!/
i’m deep in the perfect paradox pictured in reverse then painted with these fingers
a.k.a. i’m writing rhymes while intoxicated by the finest wine - the love of God
just to help you unbelieve stigma
and so i reach into, the conundrum of life
and pull you out.
if you let heaven speak for five minutes you'll feel peace in the
centre of your soul. and you can decipher
the despair and bleak life of these pied pipers
and speak sweet streams from spiritually free vistas
if time is of the essence then the essence needs remixes a.ka. please let it be switched up
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Chorus, Sarah Taborn, Karim Rushdy
You knock yourself down, but you get yourself up ya
That’s how it is ya - life’s rough
Verse 1
hold up now wait a minute
how much truth can you take with this?
cause if i just wanted to get paid for makin this
then i don’t think i put enough bass in this
there is no dub step wobble drop
all i got is my beat box bobble hop
this is no auto tune, musical lollipop
i am rough and raw man you can call me lava soft
Chorus
Verse 2
all eyes tryna catch a glimpse
of a lifestyle only one percent are living in
so find somebody you can love and give a kiss
cause the rat race in this world is irrelevant
there’s an elephant in the room
is the truth hitting you
pictures in your living of plastic love that visits you
but it's all lies and everybody’s living doom
but it’s positivity in your satellite receiver dish
cause these kids are spiritually feverish
they need to wish to be freed from this evilness
upside down value system now we really need a switch
ain’t no time for these whack clones
like attack drones tryna find a blast zone
i bring a message of love that you left
...welcome back home
where your backbone doesn't snap quick
stay true to you it's not magic
but it's tragic when we can't see past this
image that's portrayed when in fact it’s
not true. there is a new vibe this its new groove
and if you let it then it flows into you
Chorus
Truth.
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Brave Up
03:14
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Verse 1
You can’t embrace all lust
And try to fake all love
Because it’s way too tough
You can’t erase all us
Now who gave us trust?
Was it the paint or paint brush?
Or will we never know
The canvas that we're handed is chained up
Some try to leave the way up
But they go down and stay stuck
There’s evil whisperers in shadows tryna turn our brains to mush
But we bleed the same blood
And when we die we're same dust
So how could hate invade us
If we unite and brave up...bruh.
Chorus
Well they can try invade us, but my people brave up
And they can try to break us, but my people brave up
Wave, wave - because we bleed the same blood
Wave, wave - cause when we die we’re same dust.
Verse 2
Unfolding pages of the history books
Is like unraveling some mysteries it’s filled with these lies - take a look
Forgive my anger because sometimes it gets to me
I was taught not the truth so efficiently
They said we brought the fur trade
And equality for all lives
But they simply stole land and colonized through genocide
Still we bleed the same blood
And when we die we're same dust
So how could hate invade us
If we unite and brave up...bruh.
Chorus
Bridge
I used to wish upon a shooting star
But now I live my wish because the future's IN who we are
not who we long to be, i’m not a wise man preaching
i’m just a guy speaking honestly
like a foolish decision,
a fear filled heart makes the mind lose precision
so no more someday somehow....
my people brave up right now
Chorus
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Verse1, Karim Rushdy
Why don't you tell me how I made you mad
And didn't listen now you're feeling sad
Why don't you tell ‘bout what isn't good
I got a feeling you're misunderstood
I wanna listen to your every word
I know my actions have been absurd
I wanna tell you I'm a changed man
I got a vision with a game plan
It’s hard to move forward when your soul’s shook
They used to call me the closed book
But those dark emotions are my old look
I opened up for you take a close look
And this is not a hollow promise...
This is a blessing that will fall upon us
Who knew the call would be so melodic?
There's inner peace to be found...
‘cause God is honest.
Chorus
With two wings we can fly
Verse 2, Karim Rushdy
uhn, and it should feel right
like somebody who holds you close, real tight
you know it’s more than something that just seems nice
love never holds you back, but fear might
i took a look into my future
all i could find was us
so even though times are tough right now
my baby, let’s stay love birds; flyin up
I'm tired of that feeling where you're kind of stuck
with an emotional time bomb and your time is up
i’m ready for the day when i can hold you and say
yah we're old and grey but didn’t we rise above?
now can you hear that?
that’s the sound of every atom surrendering to the melody
And can you feel that?
that's the feeling of never ending replenishing energy
Chorus
Verse 3, CCC
이 길은 혼자선 걷지 못해 이젠 알았어
Now i realized that i couldn't walk this way alone
난 완벽히 다른 형태의 염감을 찾았어
I found totally different kind of inspiration
내가 여태 알던게 날 가두겠지
What I understood before will keep me stuck
주변엔 목에 다 씌울 Frame이 가득했지
My neck was locked down with prejudices
전부 떠맡는 것 그 책임감 아래 압사 당하는것-
Like I tried take over the whole thing but I now I know it's gonna kill me.
입술을 깨물고 할 말을 참아야 만하는 것
And I used to hold my words which should be spoken.
웃지않는 것 이유 역시 묻지 않을 것
I used to hide my smile. And wasn't curious about this world.
삶의 평범한 잣대로 선을 긋지만 그건
We used to divide our lives saying it's so-called common sense,
전혀 아름답지 않은 거야 꺾여버릴 상징
But it's never beautiful and my wings will be broken.
귀에 얹은 손 바닥은 혐오와 몰상식
If we cover our ears with hands, it results in disgust and senselessness
우린 알아야 돼 날개는 크거나 또 작지
We should know - each wing can be big or small
둘을 같게 하는건 오직 대화의 방식
But if you want to make the size of man's and woman's wings equal, you need to listen.
신이 주신 길에 우린 손을 쌓아 영혼은
We get our hands together on the road which is given by God.
하나가 되고 또 작은 기적을 낳아 마치
Then your souls will be one and you can make little miracle (give birth to little miracle*)
형과 그녀가 이미 그런것 처럼
Like what you and your wife already did.
나와 내 Muse가 이제 그럴것 처럼
And, like what me & my muse will do.
*Mira is Karim & Julie's daughter.
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Chorus
he been tryna tell us this forever man
but nobody wanna listen to the weather man
dig deep down, these are the basics
let God lead you straight to your oasis
Verse1, Karim Rushdy
infiltrated
by a billionaire’s will that’s ill-fated
how can we sit back and
watch sins kill sacred
another non- rehabilitated jail bird that’s still rapist
like contractor man who builds basements that feel makeshift
i reveal blatant truths hidden by veiled fakeness
the curtain call falls on us all so these apathetic methods we're reppin? feels basic but we'll make it we'll make it
we’ll make it if we break the hate matrix and
look beyond colours shapes and faces - the secret of humanity is in spirituality
the soul is placeless - so if we put in work to rearrange this arrangement - imagine where the soul will take us
find beauty in the absence of facelifts...elemental homeostasis oasis
Chorus
Verse 2, Karim Rushdy
i paid to be camouflaged
i chose to be part of the mirage
to blend in you gotta have no flaws
but that’s so odd when God made a collage
deep down you got a need to free
so why ridin with these trapped kids? tweedly dee
and twiddle dum on the speakers so you’re tweeting your feet
and you’re twiddling thumbs are little fiddles that speaks
so put your hands to together if you’re feeling this beat
but more importantly the lyrics that help you be fresh and free
so you can live a better life until you’re dead and deceased
so if you’re ready to reach then you should let in the breeze
and let it confirm the turn 180 degrees
it won’t happen right away but like maybe this week
there’s no time for vacillation when east is what you're facin
find beauty in spiritual levitation - oasis.
Chorus
Verse3, José María Fierro
Ooh I found the oasis
To exist in a place that is placeless, nameless
Just to find what grace is
You gotta let God lead you to your oasis
Yo I've always been a little parched
Always looking for a drink and so I followed the stars
And then I walked along the path that led me closer to art
An oasis, a place with the freedom of heart
I dove deep into the ocean of knowledge
Where lowly thoughts are abolished
And one is able to polish
The gems inside of them
And with my mind all astonished
I set about to demolish
All of the things that weren't honest
In my environment
And the result was a tranquil mind
Where I was free to roam around and seek a blissful time
Drink deep of the water that was large and spacious
So glad that I found the oasis
Outro, Karim Rushdy
And I never hesitate in my mind
I am so fortified till I die
I gotta have the love of God in my life
And if you feel different at all that’s fine
But if you wanna come along for this ride
And break free from the chains inside
Then open up your spiritual eyes
And feel love for all mankind
My oasis.
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Chorus
“O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.” - Baha’i Writings
Verse 1
don’t label me without a human eye
that’s prejudice with a new disguise
I’m not surprised with these head lines
when they locked up Baha'is like juveniles
it’s like real life is the parody:
perpetuating disparity
but buried ‘neath this plastic life
is a sacrificing of verities
this foundation is how basic?
like tying your shoes with brown laces
but somehow these hounds take it
foul beasts in foul places
the struggle is real livin this life
makin this money then spending it twice
lookin in mirrors reflections of ice
Baha’u’llah send me Your Heavenly might
Chorus
Verse 2
now enable me with your open eyes
to show my radiant heart with no disguise
there's eleven letters between U and I
but it’s just a lie if we can't UnIte
that darkness is so present
together we shine so fluorescent
perfect is what we're both less than
this is my hope message
for every young girl trapped
by a twisted man that
justifies his lust behind
his love for his cash
and every young boy who
got no one to look up to
man i feel for you
but ain’t no need for fear in you
just stand beside truth and you'll see those answers find you
and if they don't then that's cool cause i know soon that you'll get through
just keep the words that you say the same as what you actually do
and just keep raisin’ that roof cause I know God will guide you
so keep your heart pure, and keep you heart kind
let your heart be radiant
and you'll shine for all time
Chorus
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Karim Rushdy Stratford, Ontario
I draw the inspiration for my rap songs from my life experiences and from the Holy Writings of the Baha'i Faith. I have a blend of many cultures in my blood, and I've lived in many different countries. This has taught me patience and to always listen.
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