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Baba Brinkman
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See now is the time
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When freestyles combine
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And wild minds connect
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To produce miles of rhymes
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That wrap a thousand times
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Around this ball of twine
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Like power-lines
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Still the tower climbs
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Encircled in spiral vines
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As every hour finds
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Us closer to cloud nine
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It could all turn out fine
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In the end like fairytales
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Where females marry males
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At the end of weary trails
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And friends with cherry nails
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And grins carry the veils
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But the legendary scale
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Of it all is very real
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With a fear I barely feel
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I can clearly reveal
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Babel is terribly frail
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And threatens to unravel
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If the dictionary fails
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If we neglect the song
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Concealed in the lexicon
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And instead press on
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In the direction we've gone
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Headstrong, just pawns
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And can't resist being drawn
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Into a festering swamp
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Where no one gets along
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And the congested throng
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Would give its left arm
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For a second of calm
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Does the question belong
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Anywhere in this quest we're on?
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This is the dawn of wordplay
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That serves to straight
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Purge agitated nerves
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And gives words what they deserve
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This world is made of words
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They were created first
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And gave us our naked birth
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And kept our place reserved
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On the face of this earth
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Sacred words taught us
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The way it works
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From caves in the dirt
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They enable us to flirt
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With this elevated perch
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And make sure that sages lurk
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And the pages are versed
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"˜Til they're like slaves and serfs
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With an insatiable thirst
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To rehearse, play with words
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Narrate and create mirth
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A job with major perks
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It's got my crazy bird
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Tryin' to break the shaman's curse
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I can't stay in one place and chirp
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Stagnation hurts
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So when my aches converge
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To where I can't take worse
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My legs stir, and there's
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No questioning my path
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I get my things and dash
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I spread my wings and flap
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Nothing can bring me back
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The way I think and act
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Could be linked to the fact
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That I've been trapped
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My whole life in English class
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Where the ink is black
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And the paper's white
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So when I sing this rap
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That's the way I take flight
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And relinquish the past
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Wide awake late at night
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On the brink of collapse
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Less afraid of stage fright
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With every page I write
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Ready to grace the mic
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With a charismatic presence
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And take rap expression
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Straight back to its edges
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"˜Cause it's fraying at its edges
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I've been taking magic lessons
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Since my days of adolescence
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Asking enigmatic questions
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And laughing irreverently
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At Catholic confessions
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But I'm not past lifting
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My hands and asking forgiveness
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Or learning surrender
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I'm having to live with
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Fire while burning to cinder
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Summer turning to winter
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Lumber turning to splinter
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Wonder turning to cynicism
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Permanent injury
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Returning to sender
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Earning to spend, we're
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All churning in blenders
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Serving currency lenders
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Currently interest
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Is working against us
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Like murderous fingers
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Like scorpion pinchers
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Holding us with their
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Poisonous stingers
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Hoisted, sinister
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Over us, quivering
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Noiseless, dripping
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And poised to deliver
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Destroying and limiting
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Choices like liver
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Cirrhosis limits
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Enjoyment of liquor
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As a boy I was quicker
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I think I'm growing thicker
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Stoic I slowly wither
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And show it; my hope flickers
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I know it's a stark change
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But really there's no difference
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When it starts to rain
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And the flame starts to wane
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Darkness reigns and sharp pains
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Plague the heartstrings
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Harsh things mingle
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And it's hard to maintain
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But the blaze can rekindle
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If a single spark remains
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Cymbals clang, bells jingle
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Simple and plain
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Babies age from dimples
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Into wrinkles and veins
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From the Olympic games symbol
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To a limp with a cane
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Some begin to complain
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"˜Cause they think it's a shame
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Every link in the chain
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Is made to dwindle and fade
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The only way to stay sane
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Is to contextualize
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Whatever gets to arise
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Is standing next to demise
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Death moves life
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Like breath moves rhymes
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And the flesh we use dies
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And never gets two tries
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So it's best to utilize
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Every blessing in disguise
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Respect lies within
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And proof testifies
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It's like, unless you reply
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You lose; there's no second prize
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So guess to get through
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Surprise tests, but choose wise
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"˜Cause true lies exist
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And stress reflects blue light
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And celestial skies
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So let the moon rise
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On the ocean horizon
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From the coast to the highest
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Mountain, open your eyes and
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Don't be surprised when
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Emotion flies out and
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Your throat chokes with sighs
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And throws your insides out
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From this explosion of rhymes
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If you're doped by the sound
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And hypnosis arrives
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And your soul cries out
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Well then you know you're alive
Gustavo Bravetti - Babel (Visualizer)
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