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Spirit & Form

by MJ the Sensei

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1.
Mekke on the beat I'm here to create the live I deserve I'm here to be free You should be too Ayo force the freedom If it don't serve you You don't need them The thought of liberation Makes your nerves weaker Test it out Like scientist using beakers The one tainted chain Break causing a leakage Be tight like black fashion Rocking ill sneakers Value added Like oration and good speakers Thru the midst of Fog and peak season I'll overcome with Will drop Rhymes And make reasons Electromagnetic force Course through my veins Kinetic energy From before Stored the pain The thunder and lightning From the storm Surely came Ashore Shortly after Petrichor from the rain I keep the word Of the Lord in my frame No man shall stand Before me All my days Landed astray And my core Felt the strain But I swore Won't fall to the floor Until I break Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through Break through Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through Break through I need to break through I need to be free I need to break through I need to be free I'm at battle With my reflection The enemy telling me Who I am Is a deception I be like water To test my reflection Third eye crystal clear To check my perception A black and white world Was never a thing A coat of colors On my medals Getting veteran rings And I'm just warming up While you're settling in Tried my hand many times Getting better again I flow like the wind In sand sediments Grow like sunflower stalks So elegant I rap for mine And rap for your embetterment I'm for the black Like the black side of the kettle is Nothing you can handle Rap predator Protect your neck Or have your head On the mantle Spit straight fire On wax Just like a candle Destroying Babylon Until the case and my hands close Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through Break through Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through You're free to be Who you want to be Break through Break through Break through
2.
I had it all In the crux of my palm It was light Slight felt I didn't touch it at all I worked long Until the stars started forming And dreams from the day Grew Wings started soaring Full plate What's good from the fridge? I remember days I wasn't as full as a kid Now I'm grown See the cabinet bit different Got to work with what's there and Keep adding until it hits My pen writes But what's left I can give? Turned tiredness and stress Into gold, Alchemist From the wind I received transmissions I know my water speaks But I'm not trained to listen I know the walls talk But my back is not against them My tongue is like a sword When I rap I'm really Fencing I'm home Should I go back And carry out the distance Learning to detach For the good of the vision Burden on my back But I'm stronger with my lifting And Christ is going to watch me As I carry out the mission Shooting for the stars I Need the rocket for my pistons Pockets need green I'm in the red like Christmas Red light district For a man like MJ The only thing I'm chasing Is the MJ We're not cut from the same cloth You can't touch my kente We got different walks of life It gets caliente I'm never short staffed Big stick like Moses The rose is in control In all the places it grows in It knows when Fate reveals to it What life has chosen Here to rid my fear Of loathing I bask in the ambiance Stopped my Mommas loans Word to Navient Couldn't stop her tears For my Au Revoir Couldn't even speak When all I wanted Was to pour my heart Told me wished I leave Many hours Before our argument If this is reality Where's the part of the augment? I enter metaverses From within as I star trek I'm left from my flight Sign of peace Not farfetched Off hinged My ankhlet Off heads The bar is set
3.
Scholar at the heart Of where my words were Pen pierces palm A bit further Calm in the fervor Staff and the rod Bring comfort Love in the cipher Only want plus HP In my circumference Over competition I choose cooperation I know it's always options I run the operations In a random country Lost in the stations Took four years Gathered all my patience Got big Got scammed And lost all my savings What a world I break my daily bread in Niggas out baking Cake with revenge icing Makes sense why Their heart's made of ice Naturally fragile And self-care is rare Won't indulge Unless it's a vice If it's good for you Think twice And move once Because it's all that you got I seen thru the plot Been undid the knots Rain on the window Train at a high speed Bedroom wall gallery Of all my accomplishments Shikuwasa water Because I've heard That Okinawans live longer Ain't never been there But I'm on it One foot ahead of the other Like hieroglyphics Keep going You got to stay with it You got to share your story With the kids Make sure They don't forget it Go ahead and live Among the legends Got the wings now Like falcon Mans wanted football So, we smash mouthing QB collecting dollars At the end Extra orange slices A reflection of what real life is Seen my grandparents lifeless So, I keep my light lit I got to shine bright enough So, I can reach the heavens Across the world To let my dreams unfold Recorded my log For when my story is told Appreciate with time Get the rate if it's sold But the value goes higher For as long as you hold I stay true to my laurels Can't let the game change you I know my growth like florals See what the rain do I dig deep like Shore-washed oysters I write raps For the times I felt voiceless Call cousins If I need grace and feel hopeless I drifted where it's open Shifted my focus I turned inwards I'm controlling my locus Give my whole heart Like this verse is my opus And my spirit grew more When my form was all broken

about

This album is a culmination of my feelings, emotions, triumphs, turbulences, thoughts, and everything in between throughout the course of 2022. Recorded in Tokyo and Fujisawa Japan, each track written and recorded in the start, middle, and end of the year.

This project is extremely special to me, very heartfelt and powerful, which meant a lot as I was able to pen this.

Thank you to Mekke, Flousen, and Nxtam for your production skills, and my Hilt members A.Valley and Monsieur Jovoni for your incredible mixing skills.

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released February 2, 2023

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