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Waking Up

by Liberal Shimmering

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selby Has a perspective of the world and its true, disgusting factors. Excellent choice in samples per track. Check this track out, it has taste, flow, and is head-pop worthy. Favorite track: Masquerade.
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Introspection 01:40
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Deep, deep in debt, deep in thought Falling off the deep end without a bungee 'Cause life is a circus and the girls on Haight Street are way too funky I've got red hair and a fucked up beard, overgrown goatee Been keepin' it real since 1993 Blazin' is good and we can be winners if we compromise Kids say it's all about battlin' Braggin' though it's masculinity Freestyle means diddly and cameos provide validity Let's politic and speak-spearean We can talk about rappers and discuss alien abduction conspiracy Find your direction through introspection Nonsense is fun, rhetorical conversations are amusing When speech leaves book and industry thought most find it confusing So smoke more weed and read more novels and watch more cable And so we'll still remain skeptical
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Waking Up 02:42
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Sleep Dreaming Waking Up The perfect being you said? Well, I have to tell you the honest truth as I see it. In this world nothing perfect exists. It may be a cliche after all, but it's the way things are. That's precisely why ordinary men pursue the concept of perfection. It's infatuation, but ultimately I have to ask myself what is the true meaning of being perfect and the answer I came up with was nothing. Not one thing. The truth of the matter is, I despise perfection. If something is truly perfect, that's it. The bottom line becomes there is no room for imagination. No space for intelligence or ability or improvement. Do you understand? To men of science like us perfection is a dead end, a condition of hopelessness. Always strive to be better than anything that came before you, but not perfect. Scientists agonize over the attempt to achieve perfection. That's the kind of creatures we are. We take joy in trying to exceed our grasp and trying to reach for something that in the end we have to admit may, in fact, be unreachable...... In other words, you may think that we operate on the same level, but you are wrong. The moment you started talking about perfection you embraced an impossible concept and are already lost to me. That is, of course, if you are indeed a scientist at all.
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Masquerade 03:41
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Intro: What is it about society that disappoints you so much? Oh, I don't know.... Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man even though we knew he made billions off the backs of children? Maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit. The world itself is just one big hoax. Spamming each other with our burning commentary bullshit masquerading as insight. Our social media faking its intimacy... Or is it that we voted for this; Not with our rigged elections, but with our things, our property, our money. I'm not saying anything new, we all know why we do this. Not because Hunger Games books makes us happy, but because we want to be sedated, because it's painful not to pretend, because we're cowards... Fuck society Hook: Poly-rhythmatic with a big fat boom You have an eargasm as you start to consume Outro: The world as you knew it came cascading down No hope left inside you, you're pushed to the ground We will take the everlasting glory Have our children tell a story As we weave our thoughts upon the sky...
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Rapid Wisdom 03:43
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Intro: Is that supposed to be doing that? OK, sorry,. OK, we're starting now... Hook: Net attracting sadness a tragedy tractor beam I'm accumulating a massive amount of wisdom too rapidly Outro: The same place where I cast it every day until dawn from the same chair, I'm writing the same song and I wrote all night But I erased all of it 'cause all of it was wrong Yes, I am counted among them, I am one of them And we all want the same thing, and that thing being - That my rhymes went the hardest, my ideas went the farthest When I die I'm not forgotten and they'll call me an artist
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unwise decisions 04:20
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Did you realize for why this sight belongs to you? Did you realize the world inside belongs to you? (Mondegreen)
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Classist Myths 03:13
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Queer sex is great, It's fun as shit Don't worry Jesus Is dead and God don't exist And swearing is fun, It's funner than piss That it's stupid is a cruel and classist myth
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Mental Shackles 02:43
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When it settles I touch that third stage I shut these mental shackles and Blast my way out of that birdcage When it settles I touch that third stage I shut these mental shackles and Blast my way out...
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Labor 03:13
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Hey there to my future self If you forget how to smile I have this to tell you Remember it once in a while
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Gnostics 03:21
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Hook: The world is a danger for children and evil women; Nuclear bombs all these scientists be inventin'; Could activate at any moment, we all know this; So we count our days in numbers and exponents; Outro: Stop men within their tracks; Words often filter through the wackness left off-kilter; From all the vocal curb hoppin'; My rhymes send the unalignment and I'll leave your spine bent; The time spent dwelling on your wackness feeds the frustration; Present state, hesitate to attack;
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Iconoclast 03:10
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Murderous testing testimony I'm trying to find my peace I've been meditating lately Just to find comfort in my sleep
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Right Time 02:10
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Indiscreet I walk the street with the knowledge Learning about things that you can't in your college Like science from the pavement, beats from the basement A mouthful of lyrics in the label makes the placement
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Imperfect Planet 03:31
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...and my legs are now so tired Climbing all alone, all space, and all the time So I fix my attention now On this imperfect planet revolving around this star
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Open Your Third Eye 04:37
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Charismatic 02:44
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Everything you do, I'm seeing through your faultiness So sprinkle me, but not with saltiness, the ghetto taught me this
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Harmony 03:53
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Intro: Did you find any way to escape? No, not yet, but don't worry. We'll find a way out soon. I think we're going to have to do this on our own... Hook: The venomous illness Ready for a brainstorm I'm running this show Outro: Today, we welcome the first airbending master in a generation. I couldn't be more proud of my daughter. When the existence of our people was threatened, when the Avatar's life hung in the balance, she never gave up hope. Thanks to her leadership, I see a very bright future. We can follow her example of service and sacrifice. So while she recuperates, the Air Nation will reclaim its nomadic roots and roam the Earth, but unlike our ancestors we will serve people of all nations working wherever there is corruption and discord to restore balance and peace. I vow that we will do everything in our power to follow in your footsteps and bring Harmony to the world....
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Prophecy (outro) 01:50
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As they would spin they would tell stories and among these stories we find a chain of prophecies centered on this spindle and they said, "You know some day, just before purification day, we'll see objects or machines rolling across the ground on round things like this.... and that's the time to get ready for the great testing and trial and tribulation because it will soon be upon us...

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Opening with lyrics describing who Liberal Shimmering is, once listening further, Waking Up takes a nosedive into the mind of the individual behind the moniker. Molded through the lenses of poverty, philosophy, science, pondering religious teachings and their place in the world, the person behind the Liberal Shimmering alias takes a look at society as it's bearing the blows of the seemingly overflow of information permeating the far reaches of the globe.

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released February 6, 2017

All music arranged, mixed, mastered and produced by Liberal Shimmering

Album Art courtesy of J.Michael Eberts

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An Avante-garde Hip Hop producer encompassing many different influences from all corners of the world, Libby Shimmz seeks to open minds and provoke thoughtful discussions on what Hip Hop Music is, what it can be about and where it is headed. ... more

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