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Wake Up
03:10
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Look how far we’ve come now
This is how it’s done
Some Love, Some Hate
However you frame it the faces change
Growth from Relationships
Knowledge from the pain
Inches away from death at any moment
Less time to explain
Saying goodbye, now what’s next
We will see each other again
Past memories remind me of how lucky I’ve been
Now I’m stuck to this pen
Sometimes my only friend
In an attempt to be like them
But who am I
Why try to rely on my health
I’m selfishly helpless but I’m primed to sell myself quick
I’m wealthy of spirit its eerie
You’re just like me but you don’t want to hear it.
Now c’mon brother WAKE UP
You too sister WAKE UP
We are all on the same damn plain now WAKE UP
Needed a little bit of indifference
Satisfied by no means
Dwindled in the middle fit with phony riddles
Brash metaphors like high beams
It’s too much
Turn it off
Abort the course to force an idea
Hang for a second and I reckon you’ll be beaconed
With a message full of pressure non the lesser
We’ve been slaving for so long
Crazed and outranged
Better to be hated, debated
Then to cater to what they made you
Stay smart always
All days come to pass
Cast out the last doubt
Always stay thirsty
Encouraging and nourishing a younger generation
Let's face it they're over taking
Brother WAKE UP
You too sister WAKE UP
We are all on the same damn plain now WAKE UP
WAKE UP!
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I am a man in my place, or so they say
Hey, it’s just another day
As I lay awake in bed late, relaying my dreams
Leaning on the edge of reality
Time to get up and wakey wakey
These rhymes will save me
Or am I too far gone to even make it
Wait a minute I’m still naked
I haven’t even moved and I’m already breaking loose
Stressing, perplexed its noon
I refuse to lose any more seconds
Need some guidance from hulu
I’m new to the single life
It’s been five years despite fears
Since I needed a night light
No fault of mine
May be wrong or right investing in a salt lamp
But don’t call me blind or test my patience
Tampering with my face lift
Because hey kids
It’s just another day
It’s Just Another Day
And I'll take it
Give me one more day and I’ll make it
We are all unique unknown and
We go as far as we think we’ve grown
A leap untold
As my feet finally hit the floor
I’m finding it hard to move forward
For whatever reason I keep ahold of my mind through this process
Know that I will lose it in time
Till then it’s progress
Positive outlooks through losses
Now time to put some clothes on and rock it
No nonsense, I need sense and it’s obvious
So ominous, just being my best to be modest
Now my objects to eat
A feat that’s either easy or obnoxious
That’s a toss up
I’ll just skip it
Finish talking to myself in the mirror
Limit myself to two minutes
Ten minutes later I’m late for whatever endeavor again
Better save the leverage
Hey, It’s Just Another Day
It's just another day
Life might not always go my way
I'm gonna make it anyway
It's just another day
It’s Just Another Day
And I'll take it
Give me one more day and I’ll make it
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3. |
Vice Versa
04:14
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I'm on top of the world
But I've lost my identity
Serenity please keep mending these seams split open
pull the rope in to null the void
dull the voices in my head that keep telling me I'm better of dead
I've been fed lies
the truth tastes much bitter
only way to become a winner is to lose
I refuse to wither away rushed by days
either give in or take it there is no mistaking
I am way out of my league
no doubt I have achieved so I shout my belief
as I reach for the clouds then retreat
at that height the lights are too bright to adjust
reality bites on the hand it feeds
we reach and leap back attracted to disaster
masses harassed to follow after
go ahead ask me
I only have questions few answers
rest assured I will keep dancing
Vice Versa
Who's to blame when you don't even know my name
I'm as low as rock bottom but I'm honored
the slower things go
the more I've got a grasp and its masterful
no control but my glass is half full
so I smash it and fashion myself some new gold
like water into wine for the blind eye to witness
reminded why there is such a difference
from the top to the bottom in an instant
dropped like an atom bomb in the distance
its oddly satisfying
the longer I linger through trials and tribulations
the longer I tinker with my own expectations
erase my objections
replace them with lessons
in the face of a nation so restless
I get this funny feeling I'm revealing too much
but I've been blessed
with the presence of true beauty and love
Trust unity and you'll be in luck
we usually run
But you and me are soon to be one
Vice Versa
Who's to blame when you don't even know my name
When gravity falls ill be glad to be gone in the dawn
all I needed was to don a cape and escape
we take are anatomy for granted
It’s practically standard
I’ll be candid so you can actually get it
I've hit my limit again and again
but I just won’t give in
put myself in the position of someone who isn't given a chance
a symptom of the land
let’s hand a symphony the plans
can sympathy heal
a simple yes or no would be nice
It’s been vice versa all of my life
despite the encouragement
in high tide I might be worrisome
since my earliest memories seem further from reach
the timeline has shifted
Become inconsistent
visualize the breach to speak to each his own
repeat the known
comb through the lone roots to ease the soul
be unique unknown
we are all unique unknown
Vice Versa
Who's to blame when you don't even know my name
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4. |
Mr. Cutloose
03:37
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It's time to let it all out and cut loose
sup dude what's new?
Oh fuck you I refuse to be ignored
sorry poor reaction
untimely infraction
I just can't relax some would say I'm moving backwards
but no one really listens
irrational
am I exaggerating
welcome to my brain I hope you enjoy your stay inside
Id wise up fast because tonight could be your last
It so happens that I had a bad day
so give me a break for 5 minutes
so I can find a pile of shit and jump in it
instant satisfaction
eradicate the actions
hash out the cash cow and pass it down
now I'm off topic
how did that happen
I shouldn't have to explain
might just have to cut loose again
to trust you is insane
but I knew that the day that we might
must be fighting to live with no regrets so I
Cut loose
Adjust the dollars in my pocket while I'm walking being followed by my shadow
It's time to cut loose
hollow change in my veins It’s so painfully stuck to my roots
It's time to cut loose
run by the pressure the effort, whatever, forever, never
It's time to cut loose
who the hell is to blame, might as well just say my name
I'm mister cut throat
with no thoughts before actions
I'm thrashing then dashing home
pass out alone
I'll make my presence known when I'm placed upon the throne
so here I go, I've been patient
writing and saving
through plight and amazement
biting the pavement
I've made it this far without hiding my heart
guided by blindness
defined by the art
I've been starved star gazing
t.v my space station
mind racing
realign the pacing
redesign the matrix until it makes no sense
In defense I've been spinning around the planet so long I'm beginning to see things
thrown to the unknown so timid and intimidating
hated by the inner nathan
when is it ok to trust you is insane
but I knew that the day that we met
must be fighting to live with no regrets so I
Cut loose
Adjust the dollars in my pocket while I'm walking being followed by my shadow
It's time to cut loose
hollow change in my veins It's so painfully stuck to my roots
It's time to cut loose
run by the pressure the effort, whatever, forever, never
It's time to cut loose
who the hell is to blame, might as well just say my name
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5. |
Sit Back
03:12
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I see it in your eyes
Don't you know you're revealing it I'm feeling it
we've chosen this divide
we either grow apart or heal from it now deal with it
I sit back and relax
let it all go
capture that awe
it calls us with the right notes
beauty without cause using me and how I cope
I sit back and relax and let it all go
Kick back from your habits
this track will retract it
react to the passion
mask off while I tackle the tactics
I was tapped out for the moment
now I'm back and I’m here to own up to myself in the mirror
face what I'm lacking
those fears for the new year
who here isn't with me
I see it in your eyes
Don't you know you're revealing it I'm feeling it
we've chosen this divide
we either grow apart or heal from it now deal with it
I sit back and relax
let it all go
capture that awe
it calls us with the right notes
beauty without cause using me and how I cope
I sit back and relax and let it all go
we act like its magic
max out all we have until we're last and confounded
its a rabid nature
we savor the flavor but wont stay for the savior
maybe hatred has claimed us
outdated and famous
no shame because its made to be dangerous
every day that we play with the flames and in case you forgot how we got here
no plot no plans but its all clear
I fell so hard when I got near
weird sheer dumb luck and I'm stuck in a rut without customs
I'm busting the door loose
pure rush like our lust in the other room
another boom in the cycle
wherever I go looms in my psyche
might be my means of trying
I see it in your eyes
Don't you know your revealing it I'm feeling it
we've chosen this divide
we either grow apart or heal from it now deal with it
I sit back and relax
let it all go
capture that awe
it calls us with the right notes
beauty without cause using me and how I cope
I sit back and relax and let it all go
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Unique Unknown Portland, Maine
Nathan Lapointe is a conscious hip hop artist. Born in Florida, he was adopted and eventually after living in both Florida and Arizona he ended up in Maine. That is where the music started. First with the drums and keyboard eventually hip hop became his true way of healing through nerve damage, depression and anxiety. He is also the Co creator of Dead Flow it Society and Create with ME. ... more
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