--Apogee--
So, spark the match, now the time has come
To burn the world all around us with a flaming tongue
Dark skies in your eyes with no chance to run
And as it stands, no advance in the land of fun
We’re not safe in our homes no more
As the enemy of plenty’s brought straight to ya door
Not fiction but conditioned for sure
While the media is feedin us, we’re left standin,
Beggin for more
And I don't act like you want me to act
It's gotten harder bein smarter in the final attack
With no peace in the streets and the absence
Of tact
We’ve been abandoned from beginnin and I
Pity the fact, that
Something’s gotta give, how we live, how we give
And how we’re raisin our kids
It's all wants and no needs in the land of the free
And you can follow like sheep but I'm about to do me
--Hook--
Black and blue, through and through, it's why we do what we do,
Past dues,
Bad news,
Got us singing the blues,
But it, doesn't matter what stands in our way,
These are the songs of a sinner on revival day...
--Ak--
I know it’s true, that the blues,
Tend to come in different hues,
It’s not all black and white, like we see on the news,
We’re past due,
For our last few,
Seconds of sane,
Where the end is the beginning,
Of us startin’ to change,
To wider angles and views,
But bias remains,
In the shadows of the battles,
We all fought in exchange,
You got the right to keep silent,
About the violence and chains,
We claim were abolished,
Really polished with blame,
We abstain, from reparations,
Cuz we’re scared of the pain,
And the road we’d have to pave,
To go out of our way,
To make amends for our kin,
And the sins of our strain,
Work harder to find a cure,
For the privilege we obtained,
Skin-deep idols,
And the system they engraved,
On the minds of our kind,
The blind will find their way,
If they, see with their heart,
And acknowledge the shades,
We degrade when we changed,
From human to inhumane,
It’s a shame…
--Hook--
--Ak--
It’s a shame how we’re livin’ is,
Really quite ridiculous,
All about the cash,
But the past is meticulous,
Pointing out the folly and the err in our psyches,
IQ’s lower than the price of our Nikes,
Taking stock quotas for iotas of the pricing,
Piece of the pie,
Only get a lick of icing...it’s frightening…
What we do in the dark,
Bring the news to the light,
So we can see a different part,
And depart...
--Apogee--
Throw the book at the wall to see what sticks
More fixed politics that reads like a script
In the eyes of evil men we amend what was then
And now see what laws they can bend
All opposed will have life cut short
Another trial by fire, lost alone in the court
Seems to me what was only a dream
Is now a definite reality for all human beings, so it seems...
--Hook out--
credits
from Know Where to Go,
released June 16, 2023
Written and Performed by Ak iLL and Apogee
Produced by Modibbo Drums
An ode to the duo’s love of hip-hop; lively lyrical performances, in-your-face record scratching, and booming beats. Bandcamp New & Notable May 15, 2018
