Chill out, man,
I'm slipping and tripping all over my foes,
About to lose my shit,
So I'm a' sit myself in child's pose.
Everyone knows, that everything that comes goes,
Last train scattered, and I'm left out here in tattered clothes.
They say you gotta hit rock bottom every now and then,
In order to be uplifted, get the spirit back in your system again.
The music's on my side, it's always been a loyal friend,
When she don't call or turn away, that seems to be a common trend.
But I ain't sweating or regretting,
Or getting all resentful and disrespecting,
Because I've got you on my side, living life in an easy stride,
Check it out. I've got nothing to hide.
On the other side of the game,
We come from different worlds but we play it the same,
and I hope that I have been able to gratify you.
I'm that jingly keys jungle kid,
They hang on from a carabiner,
Loophole on my jeans,
Maintain a sane, serene demeanor,
Gleaning from a teeming brain,
cognition can be dissonant.
Tell me know, what do you think,
Is there such thing as permanence?
Six years I was studying on a hill up in Bel-Air,
Put on a kippah, smoked some weed, grew out my hair.
Thought I was the shit but now I know I'm just a piece of it,
Aloof and introverted, but at least not quick to call it quits.
What can I rap about? I grew up in a bubble.
Fool-proof from failure, no problem staying out of trouble.
Keep it short and simple, sweet and understated,
Just got a little faded, so I'm feeling a little elated.
Since three, I've been circling spanning spaces like these.
Balancing on the rocks and ducking under the trees,
These seemingly inconsequential moments of contemplation,
were in fact the beacons of this humble creation.
Organs and affections, senses and dimensions,
Fed with the same food and hurt with the same weapons.
Don't you know, you know you gotta take it slow,
you can't rush the way things naturally grow.
On the other side of the game,
we come from different worlds but we play it the same,
and I hope that I have been able to gratify you.
I've never felt so close.
I've never felt so close to another,
I hope that I have been able to keep it so true.
credits
from Yoni Arbel,
released November 22, 2016
John Keats "When I have fears that I may cease to be"
Shakespeare "Merchant of Venice"
YONI is an LA-based four-piece band that plays an eclectic mix of hip-hop, jazz, and world music. Led by songwriter and
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