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1. |
Sunshine State
02:50
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Little baby boy
With cornrow dreads
In his Mama's hands
So seemingly fine
So seemingly fine
But deep inside
The dread she’s felt
Where they reside
It’s a place to start to plan
A sunset trip, for tomorrow
We wait for someone to take Everything
Before we choose to face what Brought us to the brink
We wait for someone to take Everything
One score later, they’re doing fine
Baby boy grew up on the Western Side
Of the Sunshine State where the Water’s dry
And the cops fight crime, but they’re taking lives
Some questionable, most justified
But in a lot of neighborhoods Mamas are terrified
That they might find out that their Baby Boy
Ain’t coming home over a traffic Fine
And that ain’t right
We wait for someone to take everything
Before we choose to face what Brought us to the brink
We wait for someone to take Everything
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2. |
The Atlantic
02:24
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Oh my dear across the East line
Did you consider what was Happening on my side
Or how your plans affect mine
Oh my dear across the East line
Did you consider what was Happening on my side
Or how your plans affect mine
Because when I’m with you I feel like half of my self
Half of my self
When I’m with you I feel like
Half of my self
Oh my dear across the East line
Did you consider what was Happening on my side
Or how your plans affect mine
Oh my dear across the East line
Did you consider what was
Happening on my side
Or how your plans affect mine
Oh my dear across the East line
Did you consider what was Happening on my side
Or how your plans affect mine
Oh my dear across the East line
Oh my dear across the East line
Oh my dear across the East line
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3. |
Post-Truth
03:01
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Hey there, what's that on the road
I passed a sign, I passed a sign
The paranoid driven existential Mind
Unwind, unwind, unwind, unwind
The Stoddard Park children
Bitten by the system
The cause is not a symptom
It's as rooted as tradition
To some the vicitim's villian
Draw corrupt inquisitions
Pass it up to the mountains
Leave us down in the ditches but
Now, we take what we're given
Don't contemplate (cause now we're post-truth)
Have you heard of Google
What a dumb invention
I'd rather play sudoku (cause now We're post-truth)
Now, we take what we’re given
Don’t contemplate (cause now we’re Post-truth)
Where is the line
How are we fine
When we know that lies are making bastards of us all
These times are trying really hard
To prove how doomed we are to fall
And I'm the biggest bastard of them all
Hey there, what's that on the road
I passed a sign, I passed a sign
The paranoid driven existential Mind
Unwind, unwind, unwind, unwind
The Stoddard Park children
Bitten by the system
The cause is not a symptom
It's as rooted as tradition
To some the vicitim's villian
Draw corrupt inquisitions
Pass it up to the mountains
Leave us down in the ditches but
Now, we take what we're given
Don't contemplate (cause now we're post-truth)
(Cause now We're post-truth)
Now we take what we’re given
Don’t contemplate (cause now we’re Post-truth)
Where is the line
How are we fine
When we know that lies are making bastards of us all
These times are trying really hard
To prove how doomed we are to fall
And I'm the biggest bastard of them all
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4. |
Marc
03:10
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So we're playing a show at this venue called
Mac's, the bar where we got our start
I, start singing my heart out but
I can't stop from staring at your slack-jawed
Mouth, can't you see I'm up here doing my part
It's really hard to sing while you’re yapping through the
Song, plus I'm pretty bad at singing live
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
We are ‘bout four songs through the
Set, and my ears are ringing
From, Drew's crackling cymbals
I wish I had earplugs right now
Marc, is at the bar still talking that
Shit, about nothing specific
We're about to play this quiet song
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
So Marc can you please keep it down
Please keep it down
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5. |
Pocket Watch
03:34
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I am descending down from the mountain of truth
Enraged by those enriched by youth
They're undermining our universal truths
For something that we used to know
And lives change, times change
I go about it the same
And my heart fades darkly on that day
I recall the way I cried in my car
And time always passing me by
And it never slows down
Tell me there's a way how
I am descending down from the mountain of truth
Enraged by those enriched by youth
They're undermining our universal truths
For something that we used to know
And lives change, times change
I go about it the same
And my heart fades darkly on that day
I recall the way I cried in my car
And lives change, times change
I go about it the same
And my heart fades darkly on that day
I recall the way I cried in my car
Time's passing me by
Time's passing me by
Time's passing me by
Time's passing me by
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6. |
My Saturn
03:22
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I wake up on a normal day
Checked my phone CNN on my twitter feed
Another day, another tragic scene
Suspicions as to why we're not surprised
Are we as numb as it truly seems
Last week's breaking news is our new routine
Is this a normal day (I wonder why)
This is becoming a normal thing (they always say)
A Glock 22 was the only way (what can we do)
Will we ever see a normal day
Why am I scared to drive my Saturn Ion
Always looking over my shoulder
The actions of a few- they've got me wondering
If you and I will ever see another 'normal' day
Is pessimism really the short view of life
Because in light of current times, being pessimistic is normal right
Are we desensitized to the sights we've seen
Or are we not concerned because it hasn't happened to me
Is this a normal day (I wonder why)
This is becoming a normal thing (they always say)
A Glock 22 was the only way (what can we do)
Will we ever see a normal day
Why am I scared to drive my Saturn Ion
Always looking over my shoulder
The actions of a few- they've got me wondering
If you and I will ever see another 'normal' day
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7. |
70s Boyz
03:00
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While our persuasive leader
Is out East, just making a mess
You know where I'll be
On Twitter crying ‘bout how my girl left
Instead of calling my congressman
I'm drunk texting both of my exes
While sharing this well written onion post
Just to feel like I did my civic duty
When I'm feeling low and I'm missing you
I spend my days staring at the sky
And I try so hard not to burn my eyes on the sun
Feeling silly melancholy half the time
The other half spent in regret
Over what I could've said to you
And as I wait for you my dear
Won't find me here, won't find me there
And as I wait for you my dear
Won't find me here, won't find me there
When I'm feeling low and I'm missing you
I spend my days staring at the sky
And I try so hard not to burn my eyes on the sun
Feeling silly melancholy half the time
The other half spent in regret
Over what I could've said to you
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8. |
Garage Sale
03:06
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Michigan’s longest garage sale is underway, right now
Bargain for you like a thrifted VCR
Still let me message ya
I guess it’s a trial by fire
Grab a pitcher of iceless lemonade
Cardboard box full of gold, yet never sold
Luxury’s a minor thing
Our garden walls ain’t Ivy League
My hand-me downded language
Be the only way I ever speak
Where do we go from here when every smile’s got a price tag on it?
Direct me to which neighbor is selling sunlight out of bottles, yeah
Bargain for you, I was born in the marketplace
I face every decision without grace
Miles of pavement garnished with priceless renegades
Each one told they should stay in their driveway
Luxury’s a minor thing
Our garden walls ain’t Ivy League
My hand-me downded language
Be the only way I ever speak
Where do we go from here when every smile’s got a price tag on it?
Direct me to which neighbor is selling sunlight out of bottles
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9. |
Songs From...
01:30
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After that November
I heard your ghost
She softly whispered
I am growing close, run from me and quiver
Close enough to touch
But my senses couldn't feel more disconnected
Your warm embrace is gone
You’re close enough to touch
But my senses couldn't feel more disconnected
Your warm embrace is gone
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10. |
...Stoddard Park
02:20
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Bobby Dylan sings about the joker and the thief
To illustrate, the comedy of commodity
And if you listen you can hear
The fragile highway of our psyche
Big green boat that sat in the garage
Unable to ever trek the sea
Forgotten still unwavering
The atomic clock ticks fastly, slowly
Do you think I've forgotten you little tree
Your branches and leaves still impress me
The control you have on what I see, and what I believe
And what I saw, and can't unsee
The darkest themes repeated
Turned my own dreams against me
Big green boat that sat in the garage
Unable to ever trek the sea
Forgotten still unwavering
The atomic clock ticks fastly, slowly
Contort the facts, distort our institutions crashing down we're on our knees
The bashful crowd rejoices sometimes silently, their reasoning unseen
Disaster for some, means paradise for others
Our morals uncommon to those we don't foster
Hear the echo, feel the distance
I don't know my brother like I should
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11. |
Trapdoor
04:18
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I see the greyscale world and
Understand that life is so black and White
So many lines, so many divides
Haves and have nots
Strewn across dark, political lines
With anthemic resides of patriotism
And nationalistic ties
Hold your right hand up
Across your ventricular pipes
And articulate a love of God and Land
Dispel those atheistic lies
Only true believers
All others I despise
Falling through the trapdoor
A man who loves his land said to me
You gotta know one single thing
That culture is often readily, a Parody of those unseen
And only when the mind behind
The looking glass starts to unwind
May we find, the common theme
That remains unknown to the
Common pleb
And I find time like everyday
To question my indentity
And I’m running these bases
It’s like baseball and I’m David Ortiz
Up in this bitch
And was this the life that my mom
Had planned
For her first born seed
And if I failed you, please momma
Forgive me
Falling through the trapdoor
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The Plastic Bears East Lansing, Michigan
Khal Malik
Luc Savoie
Drew Duncanson
Noah Kim
Camisha “Joy” McClair
The original Honey Rock band
Michigan
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