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I was born in Monterrey,
I don't recall it,
But I followed it home,
In a memory that slowly fades away.
Mi corazon, (my heart)
Esta doliendo, (is hurting)
Sin tu vida, (without your life)
Te necesito, (I need you)
Puedes oirme, (can you hear me)
En el cielo? (in the sky)
Porque puedo, (because I could)
Ir con el viento. (go with the wind)
I feel alive everytime I see blue skies,
Maybe I cry,
Because I am upsetting.
I will fly until I die 'cause otherwise I would be lying,
If I said I was living.
This is a spell I cast tonight,
With these words into a mic,
Because I stood up and grabbed it.
And if you play the game of hate,
I was raised by Mexico!
So I might drown you out!
I want to love all of you 'cause,
If I can't,
Then I might,
Not make another sound.
I want to run,
But choose to fight,
'Cause in my blood a river cries,
"This is a warrior!"
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Love Power
03:28
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Hello, I'm the government,
And I'm commanding you to love,
Everyone and everything,
Or I'll be having it all.
Hello, I'm a prostitute,
And I've had it with myself.
I just wanted loving you,
But I am fighting a war.
I'm a book, with words, on a page,
And we've miscommunicated.
Burn it all, burn it down,
So my soul can do the saving.
Burn it up, pass it around,
Go back into the ages.
Goodbye to my own mind,
And it's been a ride.
Gave you up so I could see that,
I'm still alive.
Goodbye to all the time I wasted away,
Hello to loving you and me and everyday.
Hello I am everyone and I'm scared to be alone,
So am I so I'm begging you just pass me the bowl.
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The Devil Remains
01:43
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Bodies and sorrow and money and gin,
Whiskey and frisky and makeup and sin,
Serious faces will ward off their grins,
What's mine isn't yours but I'll sell you the trip.
Women and business and timid and play,
Violent nature with sex on cocaine!
God loves the righteous who fight for their place,
But God isn't here so the Devil remains.
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My God,
What have you done?
Where did you run?
I'm so alone.
My God,
Am I in hell?
Surrounded by angels,
Or is this a well?
My God,
What have we done?
You are the sun,
But I am a lighter.
So please,
Just put me out,
I'm tired of shouting!
But I am a fighter!
I know,
I'm richer than poor,
But I can't sleep without any force.
I'm sound,
And safely I'm sure,
But still nevermore I need you to adore me.
I have fallen down the deepest realm of all my sins are part of living isn't half as what it used to be another chance would be too much to ask for what I have is worth the pain to gain a second glass in frame to see the better parts of everything.
My God,
What have you done?
You are the sun,
I am the one.
My God,
What have we done?
You are the sun,
I am the gun.
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Oye! (Damelo)
02:03
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I use my microphone check as a special weapon,
I spit rhymes to spellcast and force a mass infection,
To all my people present,
I'm going to send you all a message,
Through a whiskey bottle 'cause I swallowed all the contents are tables that can lable every chapter in a book,
Pages written so your nose is caught up, take a look.
Inbetween the lines of every verse are empty spaces,
So open up your mind and realize this shit's contagious,
Knowledge is a college that recquires intuition,
No tuition, no religion, or government positions,
A vision, division from material possesions,
Deliverance is a blessing, I'm a culprit to perspective.
Rabbit holes are made for those who claim to find the answers,
Warriors survive the worst to save you from the cancer spreading,
We're forgetting where we come from where we're going,
Nature is my savior, never once sold me a story.
When did we forget that we are human we are being,
Told to fight for those who follow childlike deceivings?
Isn't this the beat that keeps repeating by the seasons?
Leave it to the artist, paint a picture worth believing.
Oye! Oye! Damelo! Damelo!
I can take a pistol like a whistle I am blowing,
All the shooters aiming for a reason never knowing,
Killing in the name of any blame they might be showing,
War is just a battle for the rich over the poor,
I said before anymore just give yourself a hug,
Love is all you need, tune into all the Beating Bugs,
I am like a walrus and a pig is like a gun,
Every little bitch commits to corporations make me sick.
I am like a freedom calling out to let me ring,
You don't have to pay me 'cause I just want to sing,
If you want to stop me then you'd better check yourself,
I've already shouted from the moment that I fell.
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If love is a battle,
Then I am a warrior,
I can't be sad anymore as long as you promise to breathe.
If you were a castle,
Then I am a gargoyle statue,
Fighting off assholes that try to come after us,
Until you decide to leave.
I'm in love, and it hurts.
Just like a sparrow that hits the earth.
I'm in love, and it's insane.
It happened too quickly for both our brains.
You are the thunder that follows the rain,
Left in a wonder if you feel the same,
I am a poet with nothing to say,
No word or a rhyme will get through to you,
I am a patient in hospital bedding (betting),
The Dr. won't give me the right kind of medicine,
You are the one that I've got my eye setting on,
What more do I have to prove to you?
You could take me to Mars,
The stars would fall just to be with you,
I'll be the paint, you the art,
The Sun must be dying to be you.
I'm in love, and it hurts,
Just like a barrel that shot out a hearse.
I'm in love, and it hurts,
I will not give up I've been through much worse.
If you don't love me then tell me to fly away,
'Cause I would do anything that you ask of me,
If I could be yours then tell me and I will stay,
And take all the riches that I've saved,
Build you a pyramid and wait.
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I found me a weapon on the beating of a road,
I have come to shoot it from the depths of Mexico,
I am like a spirit who has died so long ago,
I am free, you'll hear it,
'Cause you cannot sell my soul.
I found me a weapon and I aim it just for you,
My little pistola has a bullet coming through,
I won't let it murder, 'cause I'm shooting at the sky,
Hoping one can hear me so I never have to cry.
Hoping one can hear me so you'll never have to cry.
Man I know it's painful but you've got to stop the fight,
You are killing woman every woman lonely night,
Think about the angels that are falling from the sky,
Begging to replace you 'cause you just don't treat her right,
Earth is but a woman and she just keeps getting used,
Never putting back what she has given up for you,
Man, I want to love you, but I will not sing the blues.
My little pistola has a bullet coming through.
I found me a weapon and it carries quite a load,
I have come to shoot it from the blood of Mexico,
I am like a demon begging Hell to let me go,
I am like a fountain and I'm pouring out my flow.
I found me a weapon and I pulled it off the ground,
I would rather hold it before Evil come around,
My little pistola has me shouting louder now!
So that I may sleep a little safe, a little sound.
Woman it is painful but you've got to stop the War!
Man try to disable what it is he's fighting for!
You'd better make him pay you if you're going to be the whore!
Think about the angels that are his and that are yours.
Earth is but a mother and she gave birth to the sun,
Man is but a child and he knows not what he's done,
He will need you baby, put your fucking clothes back on!
My little pistola has a bullet fired up.
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Shooter For Life
02:43
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You must take me for a body of Christ,
'Cause you're beating me down and I'm paying a price,
But these wounds, they look so nice.
I'm a lover of all, and I'll spread a word,
You can hang me up and dance while I hum like a bird,
'Cause I'll be getting up for the sunrise.
I'm a shooter for life!
I'm a straight shooter!
I look better alive!
Than I ever died!
You can call me the Devil 'cause I fall from the sky,
I take two hits in then I pass to the right,
Got me thinkin' if he can do it then why can't I?
I'm a sinner of all but I got what I need,
Me and Hell we know well that lovin' is easy,
They might of shot me down, but I was born in Mexico so I can take the heat.
I've got more angels than a parachute,
And I'm still barely alive,
All these demons you call people need to stop cramping my style.
All these people you call demons need to stop cramping my style.
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I will fight for you,
If you will fight for me,
I'll believe in you,
If you believe in me,
I will never lie,
And you will never leave,
I could never charge you,
I want to set you free,
And you will face attack,
And I will have your back,
If there is a war,
We could sit back and relax,
I'm yours, I'm yours alone,
So if you're ever lonely,
I will use a phone to let you know you are the only Man... you are the sand,
I am like the water that appears upon your hand,
See a thousand miles,
I will be the one you hold in case you need to swallow down,
Will never take you,
I will push you up again and you will never need to thank me,
I could be a while,
Time will run around and he will wonder why we can't be found.
I will give you this,
And you will give me that,
Take me as you wish,
And I will take you as you are,
We could both be rich,
Or we could both be poor,
You could ever want,
And I will nevermore.
Man...
I cannot resist!
And you will taste my lips!
I will follow you!
And you will love me too!
I will climb a mountain!
You will take me higher!
I will touch the sky!
Then you will let me down...
Man...
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Oo La La
04:52
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I take all these haters and I shake off all these hoes,
Still I am standing on the tips of my toes,
I don't want a damn dollar, I just want a man, HOLLER!
If you got what it takes to save my soul.
Oo La La,
Time is waiting for you,
To be mine,
I am saving for you,
My design,
I, the Artist,
You, the fight.
I ain't tryin' to change any paper into gold,
I just want to rock with somebody who could roll,
And I don't understand how to hustle 'cause I just want to flow,
Like a water falling down, I'm the river you're the coast.
Everybody knows that a good lover is hard to find,
So I picked up the guitar and I started to rhyme,
I assumed that you might not hear me from across the room,
So I'll shout a little louder just to get through to you!
I might have made a few mistakes along the way,
Ain't no amount of pain I wouldn't feel to appreciate you, babe.
When it all comes down to it this is a war,
I'm gonna stick around while I'm conquering mine and you're battling yours.
You are the fighter and I am the writer,
With pen like a weapon I create the message in bottles I've wasted but now I am aging like eyes that are open to pictures not pages or scriptures,
I sit back and watch you become another faker, a chaser,
No prophet is greater, than any human racer, relators, will prosper with riches beyond all these fixes,
The question is not to be found,
The answer is safely and sound in your head,
Do not be afraid, we are already dead,
Be happy with what you've got, let your feet settle down on this rock.
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Denise Clarke Atlanta, Georgia
Denise Clarke is a voice for the people. A woman with soul, hip hop inspired lyricism, raw content, and spanish-inspired guitar riffs, she will knock your socks off. Her amateur album "calling all Timers..." is a discovery of her sound. "Denise Clarke, La Artista Conquistadora!" releases May 5th, 2012, Cinco de Mayo! Ole! ... more
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