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The Journey

from II by Flame Griller

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(Chorus x2) 
And I can hear the time ticking away/ 
And I'm picking my brains as I figure my fate/ 
To try win at a game we all lose though/ 
We all lose though// 

(JND) 
I can hear the time tickin', but I don't wanna listen now/ 
Or sit around as the sand grains trickle down/ 
See the glass break, spill 'em out/ 
And what's your life worth? A lot more than this amount/ 
Don't wanna cross swords with pop sorts with big accounts/ 
No beats with the Jigga bounce, dig a different sound/ 
Keep it underground; Vin Diesel prison bound/ 
And build my vision out of anything my little town has offered me/ 
Be it success or loss, at least I haven't given up on what I wanna see/ 
I know tomorrow's not promised, and we shouldn't forget that/ 
Still forgive those who trespass on your fresh patch/ 
Do what you can in the time that you get, that's/ 
Something I'll stress as more important to heads that/ 
Bumped boom bap, probably listened to Chess' raps/ 
Cos they might understand where my heads at// 

(Chorus x2) 
And I can hear the time ticking away/ 
And I'm picking my brains as I figure my fate/ 
To try win at a game we all lose though/ 
We all lose though// 

(ExP) 
Bin fightin' a losin' battle with the clock since day one/ 
But sleep under the same moon, wake under the same sun/ 
Pace myself but someone needs to find/ 
Something to stop my cells replacing one another with a weaker type/ 
...Can never achieve a peaceful mind/ 
Knowing that my consciousness is to cease and die/ 
I don't get any comfort knowing I coulda bin a meteorite/ 
And could go on to become part of a genius or a piece of pie/ 
Please define my state of being, my eyes were made for seeing/
My lungs were made for breathing, my brain was made for me and I hate to waste an eon/ 
Waiting for a reason to make myself believe in the afterlife/ 
Like I should sacrifice my wants and needs/ 
My appetite for songs and beats/ 
And graft till night for the constant greed/ 
Of some Godless thief and stress about it till I've lost my sleep/ 
I just want to dream!/ 
It's a nonsense scheme/ 
Last century the whole working to live thing served for a purpose/ 
But I've researched it it's worthless/ 
We were basic and were herded to churches to be told without worship you'll worsen/ 
But writing verse is my service/ 
My home and family is where and who I prefer to do work with/ 
Until the day I'm murdered by the clockwork turning and burned in a furnace// 

(Chorus x2) 
And I can hear the time ticking away/ 
And I'm picking my brains as I figure my fate/ 
To try win at a game we all lose though/ 
We all lose though// 

(Addverse) 
And with each day the plot thickens/
There's no escape from the clock ticking/
And time takes from what's given/ 
As I find my way, living like life is infinite when/
Really it's as finite as twilight twinkling/ 
Everything that lives has to die, time’s dwindling/ 
Light waves vibrate and cycles begin again/ 
Till the day comes when your mind’s in oblivion/ 
Some say with Christ, others say we die ignorant/ 
Every now and then we get an Einstein flippin’ it/ 
Darwin took life and design on a different tip/ 
A little chance given time now we’re killing it/
6 days divine on the 7th try chill a bit/ 
We're just little blip, blind to the bigger picture/
Passing us by as we're still tryna figure/ 
With kaleidoscope eyes why and what we now think it is/
Innocently playing I spy like some little kids// 

(Outro x2) 
And I can hear the time ticking away/ 
As I figure my fate/ 
We all lose though/ 
And I can hear the time ticking away/ 
To try win at a game/  
We all lose though//

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from II, released July 31, 2015
(L. Bland, B. Goodwin, D. Edley, J. Denham)
Produced by Francis Strange/Twisted Roots
Written by JND, ExP & Addverse

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