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PARADE OF ROSES (2017)

2017’s “Parade of Roses” is the first recent record I’ve remixed. I made about 50 or 60 songs and didn’t even add the best ones! WTF?! For this rerelease I dropped 3 and added the politically charged “Tiki Torches”, the black pride feeling/New Orleans bounce sounding “Siempre 2pac”, and the Bible thumping “CHRISTchurch”, before ending it with the afrobeat/psychedelic “Sexless Sex”. I think I started getting a feel for Trumpland at this point and realized what type of artist I was gonna be going forward. “I build a mountain but it’s up to you to climb it/ I built a car but my big brother designed it/ He set the alarm but my ma left the reminder/ And that’s why we are always on time bruh” ✌🏾❤️ #music #art #blackexcellence #2pac #hiphop #punk #trump #quarantine #corona #afrobeat #poetry

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Tiki Torches

The tiki torches were scorching and hoarding/

all the light that shoulda illuminated the town folk/

what a slippery slope here we go/

grab your sleds keep falling grab all legs/

how many more can we peg you heard what I said/

it burns like the lead in mi head I'm imagining/

all these men having hot flashes/

must be they time of the month back slash and dash it/

I finally saw Haley's comet/

but realized it was an atomic bomb as I started to vomit/

this is the dog's bollocks/

these harlots walking round w a letter but it wasn't scarlet/

now this bitch is gone w the wind/

chicago blew em in neo nazi and alt right became twins/

whom woulda thunk/

even Quentin Tarantino couldn't picture this out of a trunk/

how low we have sunk/

another sinkhole in Florida expanded to Virginia/

Pusha t told me it's funny/

in the land they stack figgas at used to hang niggas at/

Impossiblé mon friend/

mi colleague been circling the pen/

one day we friends next day you shark/

im bait I say olé/

got mi red rag in the middle of Madrid España/

hotter than a sauna/

perspiring so hard I watered the f

auna/

the salt turned London to Arizona/

in a debate about who's blonder/

who's eyes are bluer than the ocean ima call it/

its prob not me prob not Maria/

prob not Maureece/

at least my brows on fleek/

diamonds in my teeth in my mind Ima king/

in these streets not even half a being/

it seems I been reduced to demon/

a burnt out flame I'm steamed/

nothing but a vegetable nothing but a thing

Siempre 2pac

Siempre 2pac in my drop/

keep it real till the very last drop/

till the last tick from the clock/

when you outta tiempo will you say you kept it real yo/

I was born on the WESTCOAST/

used to write rhymes on mi bedposts/

all the things I done could be a Comedy Central roast/

or a parody by Dave Chappelle folks/

been in n outta race fights/

I'm black n I'm proud never been shy/

I felt as though I lived a previous life/

as a black panther getting my Kaepernick on ruffling dander/

quoting 2pac lyrics in the pantry/

football practice use to blast it/

puff puff pass it being real is my passion/

quick to point out a back stabbing faggot/

pants sagging but not as deep as they used to/

get a lil older n u avoid medusa/

tired of turning into stone fluid movement bro/

the hate you give all these lil infants is a trip/

It was hot just a week ago/

the leaves started to fall n now both my speakers blown/

I now spend more time at home all alone/

secluded like Van Gogh here mi suicide note/

if demons I could go toe to toe I'd bet I go/

out unconscious from a choke hold/

mi vida so so could be mucho mas/

all these ho hoes tell me how to respond/

it's a no yo I don't feel yo soul/

most people I encounter don't got one though/

they wanna be us until it gets tough/

when they ass on the line they don't stand up for us/

don't claim to be us unless you been through the mud/

n would do it again in a heartbeat cuz/

If I had no filter I'd slap everyone I encounter on a daily/

if I had no conscience I'd run Chicago like mayor Daly/

it's crazy I'm shady I'm slim I mean I been gaining but baby/

all the weight must be going below my belt did you check when you knelt/

lion pelt mi skins made of king of jungle/

I'm George in a bush chilling w birds in a hand that just went over they head/

what's new bird flu no zika no that's what ya really scared of/

wait until elections over n these riots happen and these streets flare up/

and there's no more stars to stare at

to me that's the meaning of scary/

CHRISTchurch

It's the land where I'm told over n over again that Ima bad man/

It never made sense

why people tend to worship only when they reap benefits/

there's 2 kens I'm skitz/

barbie started acting off the fritz/

off the cuff call mi bluff as I Cupid shuff/

drain my blood take the blood from a virgin muff/

grab a goat ring his throat now I'm the goat/

to the window to the wall back to the window/

the day I blow will be the day I blow indo/

I am a Californian at heart it's simple/

this is mental this is hospital flow/

this needs parental authorization yo/

registration been late aye sensei/

can I still enroll for this Ash Wednesday/

got the mark of the devil on mi forehead/

drop that ass cuz it's flames shawty go head/

take apart Fords make em mopeds/

donate em to the poor stop moping/

she started washing my ride tits soaking/

as I dangled from the cross I was hoping/

if I ever get free n start walking/

I don't get hit by a MOAB as often/

Mobe moab however you say that bomb that trump dropped/

pop

Black man w a light tan/

always asked if I'm Caribbean/

probably don't really know sorry/

ancestors raped catching feelings are we/

San Diego super charging/

nah b Los Angeles charging/

ramming bitches taking pictures/

took a trip to Vegas started raiding/

Africa we migrated/

separated me n my baby/

on the flight started acting crazy/

so much for United they fuckn tazed me/

police Jonathan Toews me/

hate my black cock so I'm angry/

music ain't mi baby/

when I have a baby that's mi black baby baby/

music is mi surrogate/

a means of delivering mi messages/

being black ain't one of my fetishes/

it's who I is even if they want censorship/

even if it's what the man recommends/

lotta bad hombres on my end/

all I wanted was some nudes fore you hit send/

now they saying my life's 100 percent sin/

say I drove the getaway car but it don't match the VIN/

round here we call that a li'l 20 twin twin

when do I begin/

build a monument of me like Cristiano/

don't want it to look anything like me yo Ronaldo/

last thing I want is bitches taken selfies/

and turning me to another thing just another thing/

The Ship

All I ever wanted to do was to push the whole culture forward/

n keep going/

all I ever wanted to do was get acknowledgement from the all knowing/

n keep showing/

back when I used to date the dumbest bitch in the world/

the Acura curled/

used to do donuts hanging out in parking lots spinning/

imagining the day we start winning/

I often daydreamed bout mi slacker lifestyle disappearing/

bout the loser in me no longer reappearing/

bout vacations to Puerto Rico houses in France/

condo in London no longer in Chicago struggling/

you bugging cousin we mustn't/

be the chosen ones it's yo - stuff it/

my mindset back when my mind wept/

we no longer want we take shit/

Hop aboard the ship we hit the canal/

ain't no telling what we gon do now/

just make mama proud just move every crowd/

just never settle down/

When my minds racing n my legs catch up/

when police taze me n the Feds show up/

when the shrink call me crazy n diagnose me as such/

when I feel I'm smarter than everyone it's time to bounce/

more to the ounce more euros more pounds/

more unlimited sky less ground/

more upside down frowns/

more kids of these calles/

looking up to me so exciting/

used to skip rocks life on autopilot/

used to think quick fixes was just good timing/

time cures nothing self determination and reflection/

is the only way to make it out yo section/

so hit the ballots time to participate this election/

we elected an idiot whose fault is that/

I blame the rap music I blame the blacks/

I'm on edge don't ask what's hiding behind my back/

When my great greats were brought over/

to wonderful America to be washed over/

and their history erased identity smeared/

sold n exploited it all lead here/

which way do I steer I been delayed by fear/

but I decay no more we push forward/

maneuver thru choppy waters in my crewneck/

w my crew team homies who's next/

I build a mountain but it's up to you to climb it/

I built a car but my big bro designed/

he set the alarm but my ma left the reminder/

and that's why we always on time bruh/

candid camera couldn't begin to capture what we planning/

it's been plotted since the mayflower landed/

get that dirt of mi shoulder das dandruff/

you couldn't figure me out if you had a pamphlet/

Volkswagen

While I'm sitting in the bucket in the bucket/

copper giving out tickets Ima chuck it/

2 fingers in the air mama luv it/

Look out my rear view/

they in my rear view

I pulled up shorty eyes were looking everywhere/

but in mi direction what can I do to get her here/

shift gears engine purr prick ears/

gotta prick here for a thick rear/

shorts like a second skin top like her lil brothers/

cut off like none other Middle of the summer/

but her body more like winter colder than a muthatrucka/

pulled up to the light like Baby number 1 stunna/

call me big tyming chilling on mi island/

what can I do mamacita to get you to start climbing/

when ya flick ya hair n ya adjust tu camisa/

the Californian in me screams out Eureka/

the lighthouse to my choppy waters/

how many times have said that to some guy's daughter/

treat my ride like your new home baby be a squatter/

plop down in the bucket ain't not a thang hotter/

She wanna go to Times Square maybe die here/

grab a couple light beers maybe dine here/

I'm like move your spine here dutty wine here/

I think she like me I think it's a sign dear/

maybe not maybe she about that cash/

maybe she saw kennys stash maybe she want Kenny back/

maybe she gon drain me dry maybe she gon take me alive/

maybe I bump beegees tonight staying alive/

it's a crime to have this supply/

it's a girl it's a girl that what I said to mi ride/

when it was purchased I never imagined yo fat ass sitting down/

lowering the suspension it just raised my suspicion/

and w my intuition Ima make it to intermission/

keep wishing honey baby you may be go fishing/

quit your bitchin I'm lane switching/

they pinch hitting the bases tho I'm hitting/

If you luv what I do and I'm feeling it too/

don't mean to be rude but I've had many boos/

that turned out to be nothing more than trick or treaters/

here for the sweet stuff basically tweakers/

kick em out my two seater take that blunt n that reefer/

child learn to chill put Mozart up on that speaker/

there was a senorita w a Brazilian visa/

i call her muy qué rica her mama from Costa Rica/

she saw all my pita- bread/

became a cheater/

her man was blowing up my cell i had to change my number/

started to stutter the minute that I confront her/

way after I bust a nutter so honestly we was dunners/

that it why my only girlfriend is my ride/

she may leak a lil but I know she gon be fine/

a disaster would be putting my trust in booty/

fuck it girl move in/

Blood for Blood

Blood for blood love for blood/

when your face full of mud n you pray for sun/

will you run/

blood for blood/

My vida joga Bonita or is it/

been cursed by vivid visions/

church was the turn but I missed it/

burn in my urn now I'm tripping/

I see dead people - men n women/

23 of me I lost my pippen/

lost my love lost my purpose/

wandering aimlessly till curtains/

down in Berkeley walking round shirtless/

one man circus a dickhead uncircum/

cised I exercised my right to cry/

but all that did to me was left me w a bloody cheek/

it's been a muddy week alcohol fueled/

blew what shoulda been my 40 acres n mule/

a damn fool gramma would say/

get ya grammar straight then rise awake/

Living my life like I don't pay taxes/

learned from mein fuhrer trump access/

our presidente some call him sensei/

when all I want is a crack at the plate like Clemente/

I'd hit it out the park/

I'd accomplish this elusive American dream no matter how dark/

no matter how far the sun falls/

when I die I'll recall my son balls/

we made wealth not just for self/

but for the whole fam word to everybody else/

ed they doubt us Zeus they hate us/

I just realized that's it only cuz they ain't us/

got that sweetness like Walter/

talk more shit than Gary

yea the glove we like a regular Payton/

I'm penetrating every hole every closure/

watch em latch onto me like disclosure/

Life lesson woke up stressing/

the last día Ima ever feel aggressive/

blood I stepped in dripping I panicked/

then I caught mi breath n stopped being manic/

the world is mad waved my flag/

let it flow from now on I'll take a stab/

life drab life is gassed/

blinked twice n it disappeared fast/

you been lapped

Summer Solstice

If the moon didn't hold me down would you keep me ground or let me float/

will I always be the season you scared of or will you approach/

if the sun blacked out and the tide rise/

would I still be the ocean in your eyes/

if I was nothing you wanted me to be/

would you tolerate me/

if I was everything that you ever dreamed/

would you get bored of me/

to me the answer is yes/

would you sorta agree/

baby you can nod once nod twice/

I still feel you inside/

parts of you roll down mi face when I cry/

Minha menina volley mi penis/

be mi fire desire be mi Venus/

be mi Serena be mi bruna/

be mi Latin lover be silly like Amy schumer/

a late bloomer mi type of señorita/

the type to keep me more unfurled than peta/

sweeter than peaches bring the sand to mi beaches/

bring the tan to mi species get the bland out mi speeches/

recognize mi greatness love n help me reach it/

build another cliff when you realize that I am peaking/

be always what god put me en el mundo seeking/

be Brazilian cubana o Puerto Rican/

you can be whatever you want but around me never vegan/

I'm the meat I'm the treat that you constantly eating/

we cannibals around each other our bodies discovered/

conmigo we better together when we uncovered/

When the times are tuff/

uhh can I count on you to call my bluff/

uhh could you ignite my moon during setting suns/

could you rise up every dawn n dusk/

How many times can I sing about love/

will you get bored is this fest just a snore/

will you please come aboard will you help me open doors/

will you be there till the end as a lover n friend/

could you be my temple could you absolve me of sin/

could you be every season that I hate as a kid/

n could you make me love winter again/

could every snowflake be a New begin/

could every blossoming flower keep sweeping me in/

could every 90 degree day teach me to swim/

could every leaf falling down not resemble an end/

but another year in the cycle of close friends/

could you walk down the aisle could you whisper I do/

could we fall asleep n wake up everyday feeling new/

could I fall asleep n wake up everyday feeling you/

will I fall asleep n wake up realizing that we thru/

InstaLife

Till the roof caves in and the room filled w water/

sprinkler system broke cuz there ain't nobody hotter/

potna holla at ya homie or ya Rasta/

Ima show em how to get on kennys roster/

awesome papi here making room for fosters/

bout to move ya cross the interstate like the chargers/

still for the kids like creators of tonka/

bonkers 18 and up here's chocolate/

pretty lil bitty date a fella w a chopper/

I told her the best I could do is red lobster/

chi town adopted take you to the west side/

grab yo binoculars and see what we stress ight/

set it a light set it ablaze/

started a strike n ditched the cave/

if life is a maize I'm the head corn in this bitch/

the only one w ears that's why it's a cinch/

I'll be there in a pinch in an auto tune pitch shift/

hairs split light spliff Kingston Brixton/

light switch on then back off again/

kill a bunch of careers then bring the coffins in/

NyQuil you to sleep then bring the coffee/

caffeine the drinks then keep em up sorry/

har har har har hardly/

wipe that smirk off ya face bawdy/

It goes one fish blue fish pescado cin cin/

in sin city they swallow w grin/

adapted from amoeba to a single fin/

took 10 weeks till I started walking again/

call me the janitor started mopping up ya friends/

off of the concrete oh it's Kenny again/

if there was any man who made me feel itty bitty again/

I would just unfriend/

seems now a days a small unfollow is hard to swallow/

leads to teenage suicide and nursing a bottle/

I used to know this model well instagram model/

who blew up it seems over una noche/

turned 19 then the boys went younger/

used up coochie addicted to roofies/

loose skin at 23 hella spooky/

but you doing ight coulda fooled me/

Are you eating right how you sleep at night/

do you need the light or you be the light/

or or are yo speakers right/

have yo ears been checked do you clean them right/

have yo teeth been fixed has yo nose been switched/

have have has ya life been lived/

are you eating right how you sleep at night/

are you 'fraid of the light/

this is InstaLife

I woke up next to a phat ass/

who think this would be my life back in math class/

last day of my life do I get a pass/

head up to my lord do I get a chat/

can I get a dab can I get this sad/

face off of mine time to chime in/

dine in w a slight grin/

5th grade when I took it on the right chin/

last time I lost a fight in a physical sense/

we psychologically loss tho many times since/

now is this just the life of a misfit/

flipping off yardies down w policemen/

listening to Marley down to Kingston/

if you see one then ima see 10/

always had to live my life in excess/

every step every extra breath/

Man City

Man city man I pity/

those who ain't seen this man city/

We the north we the truth/

we the blood bang the tunes/

bang the drums wake the mums/

expand those lungs lift every tongue/

ban war make love/

terrorism is wack n it sucks/

white black Nike dunks or chucks/

shell toes combat boots what/

this whole world gone bananas we slipping on the peels/

like a Mario kart wheel/

our appeal has an art feel/

may not reach all but your heart will dissolve/

when it stirs up like a bob Marley song/

n we take deeper roots than a palm/

all this smug smog when the fog clears dear/

my arm gon be stretched out here/

Not a ting that we fear a ring of a ear/

it seems pretty clear/

it seems that the end may be near/

cuz the pain has been seared n embedded in our brain/

they really want the terror ingrained/

want us to go insane n point fingers spread blame/

they want us to look every way/

possibly move away so lemme put the thang plain/

we ain't gon bend to you lames/

not one degree we gon keep our temp straight/

if our temperament never change/

say fuck off wankers what's that thing that you say/

what's that ting you say/

life's a bingo game/

another draw from the hat/

the only way it's a pass is if the ass hella phat/

Chanhassen

Baby it's crazy dark/

take me to Paisley Park/

your voice ain't crack like this before/

I wonder if it means more/

I take a walk w a flower in mi hand/

I buried the past doused it in sand/

under the sun I stand n got tanned/

you were always mi shadow always mi fan/

always what kept me in line/

always what kept me from dying/

every suicide attempt you would slyly dip/

to find a way to make a bullet graze a hip/

you were the owl out my window/

you were the snares n the cymbal/

just so subtly in the background/

making sure this ain't the last time I go down/

remind me of mi feet remind I ain't weak/

remind me I won't peak till I'm dying n I leave/

n no more I breath no more falling leaves/

no more blooming spring just for mi offspring/

We was in Minneapolis at a packed show/

you in the front row im in the back row/

yet I still noticed you standing on your toes/

I counted all the rows then exited the show/

when I left I waited at the exit/

you were the European Union to my Brexit/

kinda cold but you know/

there's no way without me you'll go forward/

oh lord I fall in thy sword/

that I'll never love no more shit was bogus/

now it's in focus swarming like locusts/

in the back of a Ford Focus cozy/

said when we get back to Chicago is this gon be a problem/

not at all cuz I'm no longer searching for stardom/

I found it it surrounds me/

for so long I drifted off now I'm grounded/

Sexless Sex

There is none we have none/

yet I still wonder where theirs came from/

I didn’t listen up I don’t listen up/

you can teach an old dog new tricks if you wanted to/

but we don’t wanna learn ok getting burned/

getting further n further behind as the world turns/

we ain’t moving w it mi feet cemented/

I now feel demented like aye how I get this livid/

turn another page/

weed in mi hand burn another day/

let’s riot for instagram/

signs n slanging t shirts but it’s for the cause are you woke/

is u sleep still/

can you keep it real/

mi feet haven’t moved further than mi mind/

in too long I’m too blind/

Mi life’s on the line/

Sign on the line

For the good times we pine

Were there ever good times/

were there ever good times/

o esta todo nuestro mind/

fine fine fine/

esta fino life ain’t a riddle/

everyone emotions brittle/

chewed up like skittles who plays the middle/

Is you sleep still/

can you keep it real/

mi feet haven’t moved further than mi mind/

in too long I’m too blind/

We were warriors, then became kings/

were victorious, that made them mean/

we were weaned from what made us unique/

n told not a thing we achieved/

Do you believe

It’s like sexless sex/

ain’t no check it’s all debt pay the man/

watch yo step/

currency currently hurting me/

Estoy aquí/

and I ain’t goin nowhere/

anyyyyyy time soon/

so get used to me