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the road

from big empty things. by Billy Pilgrim

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as I look across the bridge
I see the reflection of light,
Bright stars in the skies
Guide me through dark nights.
Living to survive,
This life breeds caution
And I feel the lost when
Another man dies..
Nothing left to cry,
Got my chest on empty.
Fill it with the sun,
So these suckas cant test me.
Let me
Go, where my father never made it
No questions..
I can tell you where all my days went
Struggle.
All to build a path to the promise.
I hear it in the wind,
And I feel it on the earth
Vibrates from the heart
And Ive been honest since birth..
Almost to the point of contradiction
Listen.
The path I chose was never clear,
Til it all made sense
And I started believing in the reason im here..
Fearless?
Cant say,
Wont risk speaking on it..
Its gon b a long day!
Hold it w knowing you cant keep
Cuz the moment is now.. no sleep.
And must warn others w,
Conversations left
Like ex lovers..
They leave it alone
But aint no other.
Its just my love for the art
And im just playing my part,
Like ive been saying from start
And im not finished..
Can say it w a smile
But its written in the grimace..
Delicious in its vintage.
Drink it all down.
The only ones who saw it coming?
Were those who kept their ear to the ground
So let it pound.
The sound is magnificent
Born from imprisonment.
Little prince bangin his crown
Against the bars,
Til the people can hear him across town..
And found his end in the action,
Stop asking.
This is only a fraction..
Whats happening now?
Is a beginning
So im never worried how..
Im just happy that your listening!

Chorus:
Its time for me to leave home ma
That’s that ma’am,
There aint much left here to see
For a black man..
One way ticket,
No bags to pack.
And blow a kiss to my city,
Tell em I’ll be back!

credits

from big empty things., track released January 16, 2015
all vocals: Rashad Jamaal
percussion: Derek Eff
guitar: guitar zak
mixed by Herman 'Soy Sos' Pearl at Tuff Sound Recordings

contains an interpolation of 'Departure' by Jay Electronica in the chorus

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billy pilgrim Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lead lyricist of JunkFoods, Hwite Menace, Killer of Sheep, Mega Def, and his own damn self.

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