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Streaming Consciousness 2​.​0 (Disc 2 of 2)

by Cortext

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They patrol our streets, they control the charts-/ Always in our ear, but can't control our hearts-/ You can play the sheep, and be led to the dark-/ -You gon' end up slaughtered instead, bled as a martyr/ So heavenly father, if you're out, there what i'm asking is/ Am I talking to god or the devil wearing a mask coz in/ Your image you created a killer, in the parliament/ They're acting like a life is a chip or something to barter with/ -But I won't sit back, sip and suckle the arsenic/ You working on your figure I'm chiseling up my artistry-/ -Coz life is quick and you're likely to miss the universe-/ -Living life in the gym, trying to be Mr. Universe/ That's why I'm questioning god, like did he miss my universe/ The vatican are keeping your mind, tied while they loot the earth-/ -They'll stab your back with a crucifix through your shirt-/ Then they'll charge you out the arse for a funeral at the newest church-/ -My brother Matty was taken before he true deserved/ -And my heart was heavy carrying his coffin to the hearse-/ I remember seeing the crash, site on the news and heard-/ -Tragic traffic accident takes the life of a youth in Perth-/ -I didn't know what to say when I saw his mum-/ -Trying to find the words to comfort a father who lost his only son-/ -Trying to hold it together but overcome-/ If the lord is playing golf with our souls well he put a hole in one-/ -Losing my man, gave my spirit a fracture-/ -Hope I never see another of my kin in that cas-ket how we-/ -Living that loss is a significant factor-/ -But it ain't such a thing, if you living in Bas-ra and the-/ Children in Rapha see their siblings get cap-tured/ Beaten by the military just for living we have, to/ See it in a diffe-rent manner they deal with the massacre/ Of their fam by turning death into a symbol of valor-/ -When that militant is wielding a strap you think that the/ Hinge of his actions is whether he is or he isn't islamic, No-/ -He's trying to deal with madness-/ -No he doesn't hate our freedom or our liberties you ignorant parrot-/ -Don't buy into what they spin as the facts-/ The world is showing all the symptoms of an organism stricken with can-cer-/ Have they planned, our, death, it would seem, so I'm/ Figuring my plans, with a hand outstretched, to my people trying to/ Get 'em to stand up, the other raised, with a middle finger/ For the finger puppets sitting in Canberra-/ -See this for the kids on the Tampa-/ For the victims of religious synicism and slan-der if I met the/ Richest man, I wouldn't have him giving his grands up-/ The only thing he'd really have to give is some an-swers/ Coz when every last, bottle is popped-/ Whether in a loin, cloth, or Louis leather still you're body will rot-/ --Bet if the global oligarchy were to stop a minute-/ -Think about the things that they've got and what they forgot to get it-/ -I think they'd see that their philosophies are off a little-/ -And they'd be knocking down my door like what I got to give 'em-/ -Love, family, friend-ship they cannot be given-/ -They must be earned and then cherished through any opposition-/ -I bet the hottest pop, singer on top of the business/ -Would give the diamonds in her watch for an honest opinion-/ -Often the rhythm and the power the industry holds-/ -Sours the thinking turning powerful women to hoes-/ -Found her an image spending thousands to get her some clothes-/ -Now she's a corpo-rate stripper you're television's the pole-/ -This is not an image, this is god given-/ -Seeing what you have and don't worry 'bout what you're not given-/ -Like are you threatened by military who bomb civilians-/ -And can't provide the important provisions for your children-/ -Has awful illness killed a quarter of the block you live in?-/ Then please repeat this after me, 'I am not a victim.'-//
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It's the small things, the not at all things-/ That you can boil on up, and make 'em something-/ And If you want to, you can be mad too-/ But you don't want to, and you don't have to-/ Say it's nothing nothing nothing x 4-// Its nothing, to feel a little torn up-/ Like it ain't been your week, your day, or your month-/ -Yeah it's normal to feel, lost-/ -Life ain't, flowing how you thought that it, was/ It's nothing - to feel a little unsure-/ -Purgatory halls, trying to pick the right, door/ It's nothing - somebody snipped the light cord-/ -But you can fix it up it ain't nothing to die for/ It's nothing - and though I'm different myself-/ - Still I feel I'm similar to everyone else, coz-/ Some days, I fall, vic to myself-/ -Overthinking every little sitch that I'm dealt, and/ Some days, I even lie to my-self-/ - Get a little high, say goodbye to myself, it's/ Those days, I gotta tighten my belt-/ -Coz really only one that I deny is myself-// -Sometimes I hate the way you humans are-/ -You make me wanna throw a brick, through your moving car-/ -To be a rapper all you need to know is who you are-/ -But gotta say that same, shit to be a superstar-/ -So why they trying to bar the truth, from the radio-/ Do I gotta talk some bull-shit for them to play me though-/ --Nobody wanna hear about the damn war-/ All they want is dick, in your pussy on the dance floor-/ -- Nobody wanna hear about the real-/ - Everybody wanna hear about a mill-/ -And I don't give a fuck about your deal-/ -If you ain't giving back, then you'll never be fulfilled/ -I'm trying to shake, up the world because they need, waking-/ Until I've opened every eye then I'ma keep waiting-/ -And when I lose patients, I think of those suffering-/ -Compared to them, what the fuck are my problems--// -I used to know a really tight chick-/ -Beautiful within as she was in an outfit-/ - Worked out, body was quite fit-/ Couldn't work out, why she'd always tell me i'm sick, I don't/ Understand, what's the trouble damn-/ - Breaking down the fingernails, on both of her hands-/ When I look into her eyes, I picture a dream When she looks in the mirror it's a different thing-/ -Guess she fell into the trap of caring who wants what-/ -Like some socks on the washing line, two hung up-/ On what the world thinks, but it's they're loss-/ -Besides, who wouldn't rather a Nicki Minaj to a Kate Moss-/ -It makes me sick, how the media degrade women-/ -Every blemish on their skin, must remain, hidden-/ -- How I see it every woman's a queen-/ -And if you don't respect yourself then how will anyone, see-//
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I was just a solemn child, sitting where I had to be-/ I'm my mother's only son, single parent family-/ Didn't ever have to see the split that made my daddy leave/ Coz she was headed back and he just did the fade to black to me/ She raised me single handedly, showed me how it had to be so/ Nan and pops was home while she was going out to bat for me/ And all my life I've had to be alone so much I have to keep/ My mates around me constantly to hold me up and carry me/ You wanna hear the the truth I'll put my soul in what I'm practising/ I'll open cut my skull and show you all inside the cavity/ You wanna hear the truth I wish they told me what I am and if/ I'm gonna touch the shore or tip this boat on my insanity-/ -- And if I go will they imagine me/ -- And will the chauffeur play a track for me-/ -- And will my foes remain attacking me and/ Hold the hate or cancel the emotions they attached to me/ I hope to gain a chance to see the ghosts that chain and shackle me/ Dissolve in flame and ashes just to show they ain't a match for me/ I hope to shake the sad routine I know and gain the majesty/ To hold the weight I carry down and know it ain't the gravity/ I hope to gain the clarity to know when they are trapping me/ Uphold my basic values and opposing Satan's faculty/ Convincing us he never had control and making tragedy/ A thing we take for granted was I'm told his greatest strategy/ The monsters in my mental make emotions sway erratically/ The optimist descends into a hopeless state of agony/ The goblins in my temple play an open game of tag with me/ I'm either running from or trying to overtake them rapidly/ I know the game I have to beat, know the way I have to treat/ The ogres in my attic if I hope to make it back in peace/ I overstand the animals the actual ain't as dark to me/ I know I ain't a captive they encapsulate a part of me-//
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released December 23, 2012

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Cortext Perth, Australia

Cortext has been putting pen to page for over a decade, developing and honing his unique style and performance. Taking roots in South West WA, he boasts a prolific resume that includes 4 studio albums and countless online releases, and has shared the stage with the likes of Cypress Hill, Immortal Technique and Atmosphere. He brings to the game a message of positive change and a hunger for more ... more

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