seal (+) Stand by Me

seal ☆ Stand by Me

Dilated Peoples
DJ Premier on the beat
DJ Babu on the cut
(You know the saga, who liver)
(Sacrifice my light but I won’t give in)
(That’s why I’m driven
blessed with the God given)
(See with your eyes dilated
for the for the sake of the G’s)

I was getting buried alive
Heard the dirt hit the coffin top
I barely survived
But I broke through
my grave ripped the pine box seal apart
Head first yelling
“maggot brain, funkadelic art”
Fear is a dark side fair weather
friends flock, Hitchcock
Same birds scatter when the end stop
Couple let their guards down
figure they was there for certain
Talking about (Neks)
“time to pull the plug and close the curtain”
Eyes wide, bug like, and Lazarus
I thought that y’all were nevermind
material still hazardous
Hazmat, clutching their
chests like asthmatics
For mathematics
a natural dash of black magic
Salute to new voices
flexing power advancing
The ballot’s a modern branding
versus classic sound clashing
Took heavy fire
survived the crash landing
Smiled to walk away from the wreckage
the last standing

They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
(You know the saga, who liver)
(Sacrifice my light but I won’t give in)
They thought that it was gone for good
(See with your eyes dilated
for the for the sake of the G’s)

Devise a plan and I execute
it ‘til I’m undisputed
If the record never stated
I’ve been showing most improvement
At a time when my peers declined
I used it as a booster
Used the dedication as a plus
I ain’t used to losers
Lock the randoms from the safe
then I change the combination
Then I set the pace, settle down
and lay the conversation
Drew an outline that made me think
is this a new beginning?
Kept an older frame of mind
when I’ve been spraying all these feelings
So God bless us
cut from different cloths
and different textures
Different walks of life, some act
some are directors
Some are extras
and those ain’t easy to find
And I ain’t easily defined
what’s fame? A thin line
I been thinking walking over the edge
but keep blinking
Taking two steps back
to my zone for no reason
Call it comfort, that is not
the best for my heart
Not the best way to end
and not the best way to start
Good as gone

They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
(You know the saga, who liver)
(Sacrifice my light but I won’t give in)
They thought that it was gone for good
(See with your eyes dilated
for the for the sake of the G’s)

I was out of mind and sight
Dark clouds all around me
trying to find the light
I took flight with the dot dot legs dangling
Cliff-hanging never docking my spot
I stand by what I say
‘cause I’m easy to find
Dates posted every
day of the year in bold lines
The more that I roam
the more that I’m free
The more I’m in Rome
the more that I’m me
The more I’m at home
the more that it’s stress
The moral is, we be touring it best
I’m not the same old run of the mill
Who keeps running until
the feet tell him “put the runners to rest”
I’ve seen the last come first
I’ve seen the first, last
I double majored in life
Some of the worse passed
Back to school learning
secrets that the Earth had
Sat in coach and studied
business before my first class

They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
(You know the saga, who liver)
(Sacrifice my light but I won’t give in)
They thought that it was gone for good
(See with your eyes dilated
for the for the sake of the G’s)

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