I wrote this tune when I was 17 and never changed a word. At times I feel like I should completely revamp it, but there's enough there, that I don't want to ravage it. Special thanks to composer/bassist Doug Lofstrom for recommending both the inclusion of the viola solo and Johnathan De Souza as a player.
lyrics
I'm a peon, developed over eons and eons
to be the only incarnation of me.
Nietzschean truth that everybody's waiting to see
that there's no truth. And that's the truth take it from me.
But uh...If you got yo
pop culture nachos, put the Woody Allen chip in the J-lo dip
That's a twist. Not if they makin a flic
we takin a trip into the world of naked abyss
Oops...my bad that's what I call T.V
Next time you all see me,
We will all be three time units closer to death
I don't fear it, I just chose to give it open respect
Now in the beginning, just living meant giving your living
to him in the sky and men didn't try
to glorify themselves cuz they
knew that they couldn't live self-contained and that wealth was a
curse just like welts or pain
Open Your Eyes
Open your Eyes
Open Your Eyes in spite
of all of life's disguises
I'm the Barbara Walters of the Universe
You wanna ask me a question?
You better ask it quick. I'm probably gonna ask you it first.
Of second place and last place, I'd say that two is worse
I'm so socratic, when I interrogate, if guilty you would burst.
What if you found out Mother Theresa used to be bad?
Isn't the Father of the Earth still Lucifer's dad?
Meaning everything in life, stems from your choices?
Imagine if Tupac Shakur was born voiceless
or if Martin Luther King had never started worshipping
the Lord Jesus, if the constitution had been ripped in four pieces,
if Einstein ignored reason, Ray Kroc Abhorred eating
or Washington felt compelled to never commit no more treason...
I gues we'd be up the creek with no paddle
but false are all the above mentioned things so it don't matter
I guess my point is, If I hadn't started questioning things,
I wouldn't be me.
So tell me now where would we be?
Open Your Eyes
Open your Eyes
Open Your Eyes in spite
of all of life's disguises
I'm a penguin and Rap music is my cold weather
they tell me to move on quick, but I know better.
If I go where I heard that it gets cold never,
even with no sweater I'd be no better than a bald eagle with broke feathers.
I'm just a Native American under Andrew Jackson
They say, "Now Moving Lips, it's time to send you packin."
I'm like a jew back when Nebuchadnezzar or Caesar sad, "We're gonna put your stuff up for seizure.
But please don't be angry we can't be havin that.
we only movin you out of your natural habitat"
I've entered the real world, where serial killers kill girls
and other men fill girls heads up with lies
that you worth absolutely nothing if you plus-sized
but I'm just another Black on the Bus while
Rosa Parks stood up for herself, I sat quiet
later I participated in that riot
that you heard about word of mouth
See you don't need to start a revolution
as long as you recognize when one comes on and
Get your feet to movin. x3 and then
Open Your Eyes
Open your Eyes
Open Your Eyes in spite
of all of life's disguises
I am the emcee for Chicago bands Sidewalk Chalk and Treehouse and the founder of Chicago Artist collective The Gala.
Artistically, those are my main pursuits so please follow and support them.
I rarely release anything solo and even when I do I enlist an "Army of Geniuses*" to help make it happen. I make music that I love. If you dig it, let's get down.
*Quote from Lawrence Binkey Tolefre...more
Robert Glasper the soulful, hip hop inspired jazz pianist, inspires Dela a soulful jazz influenced hip hop producer. Where can you go wrong? I've written to half of these tracks. Dig Kiss and Dizzy. Rico Sisney