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2013

by illuminated

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H.C.M.P. The population inflates at exponential rates Which makes more space in the House for red states For the Earth's sake, can't you see what's at stake? Avoid the mistakes and choose to procreate Your eyes are kept averted by the way they got you herded With the loopholes they inserted into the ways our laws are worded Which get more contorted as the rich get more rewarded But do you read what's recorded? No! It's easier to ignore it The time has come for the resurgence of a new insurgence The reemergence of what's really important and urgent We've need to strive to break away from the hive Society thrives: yet you don't feel alive Mankind has the resolve to solve how the world revolves Yet some won't get involved to find from where we've evolved It's hard to conceive with the mixed signals we receive It's no wonder you concede when we all should secede Too ignorant to vote, too distracted to revolt How can we have hope when they can't reach for the remote? Feeding lies to the masses in an attempt to keep them passive If we just got off our asses we'd get the power back from the fascists Is life what it's supposed to be? Manifest your destiny Make life what is in your dreams Manifest that destiny Is life what it's supposed to be? Manifest: Destiny Make life what is in your dreams Manifest your destiny With so much wow in the constant now It's no wonder how new souls can't bow After the pow from works like the Tao Which brings out doubt of what our vows are about In the beginning, natural disaster was blamed on the sky When now we have entire sciences devoted to why So rely on the fiction, if that's what gets you by But we can't buy that it's the work of one guy It's a debauchery how you flock to these mockeries A spiritual lobotomy from all the dichotomies Break free of the monotony of the untaxed monopolies Cause your philosophy ought to be a result of autonomy Is your inability to discern behind your lack of concern? When others desperately yearn for something new to learn No U-turn from the fear that you'll burn Respect can't be given if it hasn't been earned Teens growing up without a privilege got a low self-image Would rather watch Sunday's scrimmage than hear a tale of pilgrimage With your kids held captive, attending church by habit Who would've known so much damage could come from an old adage Be illuminated. Is life what it's supposed to be? Manifest your destiny Make life what is in your dreams Manifest that destiny Is life what it's supposed to be? Manifest: Destiny Make life what is in your dreams Manifest your destiny
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Society, friends, family, TV, or money? What's important to you isn't necessarily for me Back up from the screen and the drama it brings To see there's more to life than just the material things Drop the negativity and treat all others proper Live positively and your life will prosper Meditate for the answers that many have sought for And you'll ascend to the full potential of what life has to offer Respect individuality: politically or religiously Diversity is the key to achieve community You might not agree with race or sexuality Yet treat others equally: just like how you'd like to be The propaganda you create only propagates hate Claiming heaven's gate only opens for your faith? Don't feed me your lines cause I'm doing just fine Knowing your grand design is billions of years behind mine Some have to be right - others want to get along Some have to fight - others want to belong I won't judge what right or decide what's wrong I'd rather pass this light for you to *** my **** Life's there one second and the next it's gone Without a warning, ya never know, ya might pass on So live every minute like it's the last one Cause when the time comes, what's done is done So that's what you're after: a little piece of rapture? An attempt to recapture your life before it's fracture Now desensitized in an unrealized real life So sanitized that you've sacrificed your own rights You pack their pews cause you got points to accrue To try to excuse what you would normally do And when a challenge ensues: you got no new views You assume to continue to follow their cues Physically catatonic from a mind that's embryonic Practically autonomic from your blind system of logic Living life myopic in world you feel's chaotic But to dwell is psychotic- so let's skip to the next topic: You regurgitate everything the media spews Can't differentiate anything be it lies or truth After each program you got a new point of view Cause it came from the trusted anchor of live action news Just like your pastor preaching of another disaster The president's more like an actor, whose party isn't a factor So go wait in line with the other slaves to time Or cross the line to see for yourself what aligns Life's there one second and the next it's gone Without a warning, ya never know, ya might pass on So live every minute like it's the last one Cause when the time comes, what's done is done
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third eye 02:49
The dawn of eternity Has seen many species able to see Able to be in a state of being To abandon the eyes of objectivity to see clearly When I view the world, I try to remain subjective Imprisoned by logic, how can you stand this and accept it Am I the only one who's forced this perspective? A source we suspect is our foretold objective Do you think? Know? No one knows how it goes... Let's stop. There was a time when all was sacrificed to maintain the state Technologies advanced just to pacify the race Ambition discarded with mountains of material waste Numbed to displace seeds from celestial space The stars effect life like the moon changes tide All its seeds will bud given food, light, and time But will power come from this body of mine? Think maybe it's the energy that resides inside? Or does it come down the family tree To be set free as the predisposed genes in me? Does it really matter how I got the key? No, not religion: It was spirituality This clueless boy birthed far from home Grew into a holy man filled with holes A spirit or electromagnetic-biochemical soul? No individual knows what's supposed to unfold Upon the opening of my third eye: I realized It came time to sever my ties to the lies I need some consistency from the chaos in life Cause sometimes I find it a blur to keep a grip on time There's so much more than what the eyes may see: It's all here just tune in to a different frequency The same ideas and stories repeat throughout history: Arrive in all cultures yet taught differently The psychological mythological symbols inside Unite us all within a universal mind I see cryptic things in my dreams - but why? And what's it mean if it's scenes from another life? There's got to be more to this thing we call time: Cause the future can't be seen if time's a straight line So combine the sight of instinct and wisdom's eyes To roll with the lows and highs of this ride we call life

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released January 22, 2013

Bass guitar on Q.U.A.N.T.U.M. performed by James Odell
Recorded at Scarlet Studios
Mastered by David Bartle
Cover Art & Photography by Mark Beachum
Logo & Back Cover Design by Jamilyn K. Parks
Special thanks to Brian Pampaselle and Undocument

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illuminated Long Beach, California

A Long Beach music duo formed in 2012 composed of Wayne and Zen whose goal is to open minds through enlightened lyrics over diverse musical approaches. Illuminated is produced by comic book company H.C.M.P. High Concept Media Properties.

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