Nomento

[Sample]

When the stars begin to shine

The wind is flowing through my mind

When the stars begin to shine

The wind is flowing through my mind

[Verse 1: Billy Woods]

Goosedown in the ghost town

Push the Peugeot around

Back-in angle parking front the Polo Grounds

Willie Mays plaque, same haze from way back

Dominican frankincense, sandalwood, burnt cinnamon

She not around no mo

You wonder where she go

You wonder who she know

You wish she was a ho

Your true self show, the rest superimposed

All these misery lights remind me I’m home

Cruising slow, stopped, copped mofongo to go

Stereo Diamonds on that Wood, Pocket Fulla Stones

You wonder if she alone

You can’t hit her phone

Pride too strong, turn the loud on

Wonder if she really gone

Like gone, gone

C’mon you know she gone, that’s a phantom arm

Opera catwalk snicker, Rambo knife in my mouth nigga

Best seats in the house

[Chorus]

Is it real? Is it really?

Is it real? Is it really really?

Is it real? Is it really? is it really really?

Is it real? Is it really? is it really really?

Is it real? Is it really? is it really really?

[Verse 2: Elucid]

Pact sealed with cemetery silence

This is me, you, and this room and bearing witness

This is not my body

However you move, I'm behind

Any decision you commit to

There's no windows in this waiting room

Nobody should have to leave here alone

So many different stories

A common thread

We're all on the final chapter

Small talk with strangers, awkward laughter

Lowering my eyes

I'm not sure how to really feel, if I was being real

Cocktail of relief and guilt got my stomach in knots

Watching the clock, second hand stopped

Why the fuck is there a TV here playing

Rob Schneider movies on loop

Hunger pang, I fast in solidarity

The air is stale

Color drab

Death surrounds us all with a familiar squeeze

We come in need, making offerings

The prayers go up and the blessing come running down red

The prayers go up and the blessing come running down red

[Outro: Gil Scot-Heron (Sample) ]

"See, my office used to be right down here, on the corner of 9th and W. When I'd tell people I was at 9th and W, they'd say 'Maaaan, ain't that a rough neighborhood?' I'd say, 'Yeah it is pretty rough. But it ain't as rough as 11th and W. And it ain't even as rough as 16th and Pennsylvania. I feel the people that's got to live over there, they really in trouble.'

Ah, everybody gets a look at the White House when they come to Washington DC, but this is a part of what goes on in front of the White House that very few people ever get a chance to take a look at. Across the street, they're demonstrating for world peace. Over here, you have different signs and everything, sentenced to the star of our B movie, asking him about justice and freedom and equality. You know, the protests that are launched in this country are not launched necessarily against the government. They're launched in terms of the fact that this country has rarely lived up to its advance publicity. This is supposed to be the land of justice, liberty, and equality, and that's what everybody over here is looking for."