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Track 1
lyrics
Fate is complicated and explanations are counterfeit
Ancients calculated the ages upon an abacus
From Bronx parties to upsettin' the establishment
To artists dawnin' and spawnin' across the atlases
I found life movin' my tongue over the drums
The melodies enveloped me and opened my lungs
And if color blind men developed chromesthesia
Their black-and-white world would retreat into amnesia
With every note heard as the sound arises
My optics set on prospects over horizons
Made through the language and vibrations of rappin'
If silence is golden, I'm makin' things platinum
John Cage could play 4'33"
I'd bust an acapella out where every rest is
Songs in my head, compose when I'm given beats
Makin' def jams like Beethoven with symphonies
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
Make a little music, what is it about
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
Charting out the next days in the underground
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
Everybody's workin', reachin' for the crown
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
This is a new age
I've been rappin' since Booker T's first World Title reign
Drop bombs on songs like Funk Flex in a fighter plane
Flow like tidal waves, but far from washed up
Still hungry, look at my 30's like it's a potluck
An industry where half the rappers are lightweights
With no substance, all fluff like rice cakes
I'ma derail the hype train
Deflate their limo-sized egos and put 'em back in the bike lane
Broke musicians got somethin' to prove
And I gave it all up for this, nothin' to lose
Just a gifted individual with a mission to win
Tryin' to get more attention than a Ritalin binge
I'm a Minnesotan, Minneapolis the catalyst
For independence, I'm like an acrobatic actor rappin'
Flippin' the script, make vinyl fly off shelves
With hot enough raps to burn up wax like Icarus did
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
Make a little music, what is it about
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
Charting out the next days in the underground
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
Everybody's workin', reachin' for the crown
Nothin' into somethin', silence into sound
This is a new age
Listen closely between choruses
Bend words like magic, this contortionist sorcerer's
A wordsmith who sculpts verses like pottery
Givin' you a piece of my mind like a lobotomy
Fuck this economy's cataclysmic
Capitalistic conditions that have been doggin' me
I'm caught between fostering my skills and expression
And how I can properly make bills and investments
Artists take a lot o' shit like colostomy bags
Testin' one's patience like a hospital's labs
It's a talent findin' the right balance
And I'm not willin' to walk away from the challenge
The only way you'll ever see Christopher walkin'
Is if you're into cinema watchin'
Because to me it isn't an option, I've come a long a way
And now it's a new age
credits
from A New Age,
released April 26, 2017
Written and performed by Christopher Michael Jensen
UK rapper and composer Oscar reconnects with his youth on a sleek, diaristic LP influenced by ’90s hip-hop and '00s R&B. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 21, 2024
