Listen - Shad

Listening to strange fruit

Jay root and beirut

Tryin to listen to Jesus it's hard as fake boobs

At times I stay tuned hear the bread break

And grape juice and grey goose gossiple

Prelude let it play through

I'm listening to Mr J Medeiros and Nicolay

While I'm hearing drips of rain

Hit against the window pane

Hits on tape hit parade 1968

When it plays i hear the bullets penetrate

MLK soul levitate

When the plane starts to escalate

Top gun take my breath away

It's time to press and play

Drop the needle then step away

Hear whats said off the record

Before theres nothing left to say

In my room listening to sermon Gershwin

Earth wind and fire

Listening to persons i admire

Searchin for higher learnin like ice cube

On i-tunes listening to grown men

Rappin like it's highschool

Listening to friends talk

Hearin my pen stop

Used to write first

Now I try to listen then jot

Listening to pop like reddenbachs

City to the boondocks

Can't you hear the games like a jukebox

Cause you gotta pay to play

And theres no lay-away

Give up ya call em real snares

No 808

Real talk

My vocals go and slay the tape

I say it straight and never twice

No fake delay

Listen with the volume down

Push the sound back

If every lifes a movie all our soundtracks

Sound like sound blasts

All our sounds greet a man

To each other no sound reasonin

Stop breathe again listen

Music is a great way to heal

And a safe place to feel

Trapped in this fake world

A gateway to real

It's a great way to heal

And a safe place to feel

Trapped in this fake world

A gateway to real

Listening to sounds in a space thats vacant

Profound and deep

Underground as basements

And quiet as kept

But i found it sacred

A sage said silence is the sound of patience

Listen