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Inspired by seasons up the hill in California, TINAC is a spoken-word story of a leap of faith to escape the rat race.

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It's coming to me pre-bucked like a former show horse
All I got to do is make sure you won’t see no stalks and
Of course I never thought I'd be back for the fourth time and
Yeah I wanted to make something more in my life
But I had to make that dollar to bring the music to life cos that's life
Own the means of production Marx was right
And the tides gonna rise when the people unite
And seize our fire with both hands and hold on tight

What you think I'm a butterfly how'd you think I fund my life
I make it look exciting cos I do what I like
Still bust my ass working all day & late nights
Drop the nugs into the bucket one at a time quick fire
There's no rest for the wicked or the peaceful do I lie

Gotta make that money to keep me free
Never thought I’d want it like that but now I see
Gotta get that dollar for liberty
Run to California you’re always calling me .. calling me

I did not take an ascetic path to get here
I’ve felt fearful many times then I learnt how channeled fear fuels a rhyme
I surround myself with creative dreamers
Believers opportunity seizers that's who I'm here with and
We were there when each other didn't have shit but
A couple ideas and a few pairs of scissors
Everyone's out here tryna get rich fast
Tryna turn the raw trees into trimmed ones

All I know is when there’s no sound music fills my ears
Symphonies play themselves to me play me to sleep
Dubplates bounce around me when I’m in the shower dousing
Tho I think I don’t have the skills to make them I still take them down
Receive them straight through the crown
I’m burning the candle at both ends now
My close friends know how I’m working to extend my soul
And when words are flowing through me like lava on Big Island
Can’t bottle this stuff up can’t stop it from rising
The goddess is waving me on on the horizon
My ego is driving and I’m trying to keep it from consuming me
Don’t know if I can make it into the industry or if it even wants me
But I’m under no illusions bout the state that I’m in
CA all the way if they’ll keep letting me in

Got to make that money to keep me free
Never thought I’d want it like that but now I see .. now I see
Got to get that dollar for liberty
Run to California you’re always calling me .. calling me

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from A​.​I​.​P​.​O​.​D. (Artist in process of development), released August 27, 2021
Mix engineer : Adam Whittaker - www.mixedbyadam.com

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