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Shapes In The Distance

by The Letter Noon

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Crossing 02:17
embarking cross the salty stretch to lose my breath and find a calling left from marshes wet arrive with less then what you start with solemn solve the feud between the pull of all and bobbing endure the destitute a crescent moon can haunt exhausted yet both port starboard views bring solitude to calm this crossing set aside secondaries setting sights on top tips where Osprey circle looking for options to opt-in another day breathing in oxygen feed the main sail get the reaping from August winds hands on deck like a dealer now place ya bets make it safe cross the passage or face your death either way all in we're not saving ends chips fall where they may life's a game of guess yes - a priceless trip sits on the edge of a precipice ocean spray chips away the face leaving remnants awake for days awaiting fate engraved in the elements I think I see a shape in the distance
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New Leaf 02:57
got a homie who's got a baby on its way man that's crazy we were babies yesterday I was stacking legos with David Abadin thought I knew to wrestle by watching the TV obsessed with pyrotechnics strike a match on gasoline used to pass Pat with the cam so he can catch me eat concrete freestlying with Gaby getting hyped off Carter 3 geeking out for Marleyfest of course ended up in juvy turned a new leaf, got a new lease on life, but still fuck the police that don't do people right, for real + the ills that fill congealed inside the blood stream my self medicated on some psilocybin mush tea to heal, feel and realize that deep inside we're one thing get pulled through a needle's eye to breath in life from nothing perceiving what absorbs then reflects the light from sun rays I miss affairs on Sundays ask sister if she'd come play revisit my decisions I don't think I'd ever complain what I've lived until this minute has been brilliant loved it always I've loved it always even in the moments I was broken feeling strong rage made me want run like that dope inside her arm vein buy the whole shop where she pawned all of mom's rings precautions were taken way too often had to put a lock up on our doors and take her's off it screaming fighting demons every weekend was exhausting but damn I've seen her beat it now she's gleaming she's the strongest Turned a new leaf, got a new lease on life, let's build pillars for peace to keep our seeds alive and well+ fulfilled I felt when I was working dead ends for certain it was worth it just lay the bricks to then get a way to write them rent checks survey my sights and then step elated that I've made it from the days got scheduled grave shifts foundations found in wavelengths to my brain they only made sense my nature grew through pavement chance to make not a safe bet I placed it, doubled down game six some'll bow others crowd to huddle round greatness shovel cultivated playing summer sounds, crate digs pop lock drop it to the underground, basement feeling in the air is that its history in making got no doubt about baby its so palpable can taste it my ride or die is right beside has made this drive amazing from Dixie High to 95 she to put the grind in daily hustler lover girl, you're the muse to this whole painting the art of recalling births on a search of what has made me
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need someone to tell me need something to hold true tell me(x3) how i'll feel today what to celebrate someone to hate because of things they say tell me(x3) all the top ten options within this ten block span on command tell me(x3) all the dos and don'ts, who's the goat, who to vote, who to blame and who to quote tell me(x3) like it really is/small town girl trying to learn it from these city kids tell me(x3) is this postures right/what to postulate/which college takes you if you aren't white tell me(x3) what the scripture said/how to recoup losses when the loss is all our businesses tell me(x3) we can handle it/then point exits out the moment before panicking tell me(x3) for my benefit/its mutual, we've been in a beautiful friendship need someone to tell me need something to hold true I need an expose on every single daily break to calm the nerves / scratch the itch of which is my dependency swallow words / puke the rest call upon their many myths faintly vague / surely tricked can't relate? tell me this are you notified every time the morning rise on where to draw and toe the line if so then you can fall behind grab my lower spine shaking it from side to side playing all the inquiries I think we'll need to know in life
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chorus: Hush hush zip Swallow your tongue dry - I Greet you evening Then slide you the thumb drive - time Holds secrets Till the death or we'll all die - mind Help sweeping Till it's under the rug, bye - bye... verse 1: deception meet these hundred threads - corn husk each one of them wants nothing less than presence out the forefront where summer winds / meddling kids, drag in all their sources got muddy boots, ugly truths, studied every paw print life! from front to end no pun intent its just a corpus typed! filled with tidbits hidden in the eyes of corpses sleight of handshakes to successors of the fortune bridal plans await for the marriage of these forces waddupp / its the ministry of truth bitch kill Kennedys, and enemies, then tell ya 2+2 is the letter z, you trying to leave? lobotomies conducive to stopping speech, property of posses that are ruthless polly wanna a crewcut? arm you with a shotty to go body any nuisance clean up in the lobby / filled with commies get the Hoover uber secret hobby / tell somebody / then I shoot em, so - (chorus) verse 2: hush hush this operation Ajax trust us, we'll keep the oppositions wayback drop the 60 stacks and then go topple major players swap the incumbent for a puppet that cashes paychecks cha ching - we'll catch ya later booty call a coup d'etat then rule as a favor the baby's mom that plays along and makes you hate your neighbor follow Raytheon on Patreon in case we need to save ya Hey Ya - just say when we'll step in with our Stetsons and then make your steps our play pen question any method let the messenger just play dead then we leave the spot spotless only thing left is the fragrance you know us we're Tony Clifton singing old songs our faux pas' to chop a dissident with bone saws the Koch bros got the digits to the old phone not Nakamoto but we keep on the low low, so
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Dust to Dust 03:22
(verse 1) the dust has not settled came in with a rush now what you touch is like a desert cover ed mustard trucks there's no good luck inside this hell hole you'll find it crumpled up under the rug or out the window go, go - downstairs kids first, the mothers next then tell them 'wait here' when scripture becomes a threat there is not a spared tear from lizards that slip words out thin lips in mirrors huh thought I'd get rich out here bought the soil wet now it is in air along with the roof too - screws and nails rooster on the weathervane like carousel think we're passed 'renovate' might want to sell when the whole attic levitates then swapped place with the hills a lots changed but still the crops' rain has failed we never saw drop - it never came, never will used to bow down to the Brownsville Jesus now we count cows that surround the immediate see it? feel it? eye of a storm when four walls are flying we are flies on the wall took the corn stalks, the mailbox the grass on the lawn left the floor plot, the train tracks the accident prone shit.. act like you know cold read the wind speeds below heat, till crows feet grow mold green then crows eat the meat off your bones embedded in your homestead instead of growing old become fetish for the ghost dead to whisper in your skull its a premise not a code red go think on it alone fuck couldn't think with all this noise to my great chagrin I left the linchpin in the void gotta find a place thats somewhere safe or get destroyed Great Plains play chase as plain as day don't get annoyed (bridge) did you think you could get away from this good luck no chance ashes ashes dust to dust (verse 2) sing rusted falsettos water oughta strum air, like strings on a cello iron getting swung not the swing but the metal landing final destination cross the pond and a zip code sit your -, zip your -, welcome to the shit show men in black don't benefact then bend the facts, it's disco, hunkey dor, guts and gore, disaster porn, list goes on and on, break of dawn, breaking backs in Bridgeport used to a keep stash couple nickel bags, pennies now we're licking cans for the last bits of any rations, veggies half sips, 10 each - a day finding ways to create order out of endings said there's more to life than living there's entering and exiting a bunker that you live in hunker down or hit the ceiling those who flew, dove / who swam are sinking who do we have next? they scream "you're on in 5!" and we're yelling "not yet!" sleepless dreams, a sense of pride, what propels these four legs on a quest to reel it in by the skin of our breath, bet shocks never on schedule just the knock, knock will knock some fellas off their pedestal awkward cough cough addressing elephants in vestibules rock the Kasbah ingesting dust amongst the rest of you
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(verse 1) stuck in the mud-shucks all we hear is rib-it rib-it been here since sun up to sum up - not a thing familiar thought we were lost but came across the same criteria riddled with moss from mangrove toes to an old wisteria krickets & moths hum drone tones through the whole exterior as quick as a fox runs drops drum uncontrolled and furious the minute they pause, comes, buzz buzz hear the night life gearing up myriad of hearts sunk in these parts gets the zeitgeist teary eyed (chorus) tide rolls by coming home to then retreat and I won't lie its killing me to watch us leave but I can't cry what I feel for you, you don't feel for me so I may die among the feet of these cypress knees (hook) stuck in the mud shucks been in here since sun up can't get my foot out go say yourselves stuck in the mud, yup waiting for sun up won't get my foot out saying farewell (verse 2) hang the hammock don't know knots we hope the belt fits might just drop in the hole of hell's ditch python munch, form a whole new skeleton alley whispers gallinippers got a passion project task force, black board, blood deposits catch four at your tongue then swallow quick encore, encore, more in your orifice under eyelids undecided (whats behind it/us/this) debris from a tree or the peak of a beak from a creature that sleeps like a silent giant 80 fangs in great-grand dad saw the aftermath of them asteroids landing brushed it off like "it ain't no thang bitch learned to crawl, I got it from here, thanks" clap a jaw the last thing you'll hear is no robots in the Okeechobee soaked molded socks and a Toblerone piece pace yourself don't choke on your own heat face blow smoke but the haze leave you thirsty take slow gulps in that lake till you turn green acres of wayward nature for earthlings ancient endorphins breaking and forming tracing ya steps back to waking up early
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Gustavo 02:08
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Gotta Wanna 03:14
(verse 1) i gotta wake up i gotta be out in town i gotta get stuff i gotta fill up my house i got em at once i gotta go cancel trials i gotta have lunch i gotta let friendships down i gotta erupt i gotta continue (smiles) i gotta show love i gotta give daps and flowers i gotta feel judged i gotta dread every hour (i got it, enough) i gotta switch up the style but how(?) without a modicum of denial abrupt hiccups to process a lung that drowned no not this son the prodigal lost then found I am honored to (lose then find) (putting the proof inside pudding and (you) decide) taste test you can chew it (to choose a side) stupid as stupid tries doing is (do or die) existence (gotta wanna get through this life ) (chorus)x2 (they) said it - seems so simple to keep on schedule with feet on tempo (but) what it - means? I don't know when streets are forked roads increased by tenfold (why) can't it? - be so simple to meet in middles let each get their own (end) to a - means I don't know (we breath in normal then breath out no more ) (verse 2) i wanna stay in bed i wanna just wonder (roads) i want (my favorites) i wanna (feel comfortable) (i was impatient ) (i wanna confront the toll ) i want a steak frites i wanna pick up the phone (i wanna make sense i wanna laugh at the joke i want (unsafe sex) i wanna collab with folk i wanna break bread i wanna propose a toast i wanna say thanks i wanna reach out to those ) who allowed this child to paint on the walls the he liked punch drunk sessions with trauma to train the mind a troubadour tripped out to speak on the songs he writes I am honored to use the rhyme putting the proof inside records so you can vibe mic check wanna do it for dues and dimes stupid as stupid tries doing is do or die existing! gotta wanna get through this life
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(verse 1) from 59th to 125th time and space get ripped warped in a world where a rainbow is trains on a track trying to get through quick transport all sort - miscellaneous things the fabric, cloth of metropolis lives between deep rocks and the hardest of bricks Zs get caught, its cot, its crib taught hip hop, meant a lot to the kids for some its job trying profit a bit not under the sun still hot need a drink artisans starve while the rats are the rich express for the stressed and the best in the biz no messages here just thoughts in your wig skip 7 stops till the one two fifth lest we forget the last 8 minutes (bridge) we going up we going down (chorus x2) from 59th to 125th the world outside continues to live while we down here just taking a trip get off your stop but never forget (verse 2 - Illustrate) Damn, they left our trains to rot I lost my train of thought Whether cars or planes I was trained to jot Down my dreams between major stops Hey, I give major props To the drivers and the riders who light the way They inspire this journey where i escape Next destination just a swipe away From point a to point b I stare at adjoined seats And I see people looking at me I look back and wonder like Stevie I think what was I supposed to write What was I supposed to read who am I supposed to be We on the brink at break neck speed I mean we Soar through the sky, Barrel through the tunnels We deep inside the dungeon I'm wondering how to solve the puzzle I mean I'm bound to always hustle Bound to be so down to ride that I miss the shuttle Love to get lost in the jungle I swear Man I almost Had it It Went away like it was Magic I missed my stop I don't Panic Cause down here i'm bound to go Savage
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Bajo Rio 03:07
(intro) x2 'stas en lio esos ruidos en tu oidos, ah es sensio ven con migo bajo rio, ya 'stoy en lio estos ruidos en mi oidos, ah es sensio yo me rio cuando digo, no (hook) no te metes en mente que yo tengo paz solo vete en la corriente nunca para atrás me canse de todo el ruido, entonces me escape llendo por rio, dile lo que pienso y lo que siento no me va fallar cien porciento en el momento lo que quiero estar yo no se donde va el rio pero tengo fe que va pa un citio, para recuparme de malas que no sirven nada desacerme de la sería y solo mente amar déjame andar en mío porque tengo que o yo no vivo, dije si me muero y vieron antas de pasar nos vemos luego no muy lejos de la eterna me te te en agua fría ahora descanse en lo que sigue, pero/vamos (verse 1) la letra N pa la gente que nos quieren mas estrellas, lunas, mami mami chulas mueven se pa'aca planeta gira gira cada dia nunca es igual el sol me guia guia solo mira lo que esta pa ya y lo que esta pa tras les dejo con recuerdos de profundidades, un marreo menos lentos que sus pensamientos conociendo lo que todo es ahogate ahora pues y flota con los otro pez (verse 2) la letra mediodia melodia conecta toma toma toda las frecuencias de los otros lados forma zonas en las lomas donde donde pase el agua nube sube va pal aire, pura lluvia baja aca y los que dudan dale duro que es ni fu ni fa ustedes juran que los escucho pero nos verdad bajo rio estan mi oidos y los dejo alla si, sin sonido ven conmigo que nos vamos ya
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(verse 1) down by the river rocks deliver visions through reflections that continue thoughts completely naked in the matrix watch me wiggle ma some people jaded and too salty will these pickles rot? I'm thinking na can't resist to form alliance with the tyrants just to piss em' off if I could I'd kiss you all - mwah jaws drop - from gravitational pull problem is I'm out in orbit not exchanging with fools a columnist who calls it quits cause they're not paying for truth my column is a monolith thats always paying its dues constant trips between obvious and subtlest moves make solid states turn their shapes to a viscous ooze equipped & acquainted with a grip that is aiming to come and get you too better get your crew better get yours too sending props to if you made this possible you know I got you and you and you (verse 2 - Contrast.)
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(verse 1) I crossed an isthmus in the thought that I could witness a prophet preaching prophesies and march along their interest attempt at seeking knowledge understanding it for wisdom type 'see it to believe it' pilgrimage to fill the image not quiet Cythera united by the millions of inspired individuals that saw light and hear it too construct a shrine to cherish do with whats around and bare your tools then era, after era, after era they will stare at you I blink before we disembark on chosen volcanic rock, the sands of god, we're animals with four limbs in tandem watch the hands that draw our plan to stamp a footprint anonymous to modern us won't topple after bullshit I link with a fellow pellegrino said hello with a head nod hails from elsewhere came to speak through tales of trotting forward from four corners just to seek truth told them I would join them in the morning we would regroup, to (chorus) look out look out for shapes in the distance MOST TIMES / wont find a soul look how look how they'll raise in an instance SUNSHINE / behind the coast look now look now no trace of existence CAN'T FIND/ a place to go look out look out for shapes in the distance SOMEWHERE / to call my own (verse 2) its ante meridiem groggy from drinking spirits probably gon' need a minute wash out the reek and tinges pack up whatever fits in a sheet to place at stick end and then head off on to the docks where the plot will thicken give salutations to my shipmate then untie the cleat hitch we came to praise this but we're craving to go find our own niche carved out the waves a place to make or break the lives that we live embark to find whats waiting, waiting so far its rough seas, that cut deep motion at the whim of wind our front teeth, crusty like stow away ascidians air sultry, we all see nothing but this endless pit taunting our wanting of somewhere that we've never been something we can build upon collaborate the skills aboard we've paddled out to get this far no looking back just look for shores through looking glass we took our oars and bet on an existence wait - think I see a shape in the distance (chorus)

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released June 24, 2022

Composed,Mixed & Produced By Kiavash Kia (Shirman)
Vocals & Lyrics : Emma Effers ( Expect for featured artists)
Mastering : Nick Burchall (Audio Animals)
Artwork : Ladan Tofighi

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Producer Shirman, from Tehran, and Rapper Emma Effers, from Miami, met in Milan and created "The Letter Noon." We make hip-hop music.

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