Beautiful World
Lyrics and vocals by Emcee Lynx
Production by Bexarametric
The UNAMERICAN LP, 2004

It’s a beautiful world that we’re livin in givin in
melodies wash my fear into oblivion
Reachin for the stars to swallow the sun
Every second every day a new life’s begun
We’re spun like threads in the hands of fate
meditate, contemplate, many minds relate
To the pictures I paint, like writing on the wall
A warrior in the struggle, standin proud and tall
I let it fall like raindrops, to swallow the ocean
It’s not an illusion or a magic potion
a child is hope and joy infinite
should be treated with love, ‘cause they’re givin it
all every day, never holdin back
and I’m doin my best to try and live like that
it’s the tao, the way, from night to day
god exists in the self, so there’s no need to pray
when I focus inside I see a sky full of stars
so many worlds in rotation, I can’t tell which is ours
but yo I can’t leave the struggle for my people behind me
so when the revolution comes, you know where to find me

it’s the wind on the water and the stars at midnight
on a mountaintop far away from city lights
it’s long-lost love, and hope for tomorrow
it’s the path out beyond this life’s endless sorrow
sinkin roots in the earth, hands reaching for the sky
And it doesn’t really matter if I live or die
I was born in the storm, from the eye of hurricane
‘cuz everything changes, but it still stays the same

Become one with the earth and flow with the river
Tune myself in to the eternal life-giver
Which some people call god but I call Self
Realize the point of life is more then wealth
It doesn’t matter what I drive, how long I stay alive
What matters is if I was true to what I’ve got inside
And what I’ve got is all creation, all life and all reality
divine inside myself, I was born from immortality
‘cuz physically, spiritually, right now I’m talkin’ literally
There is no difference, or separation ‘tween you and me
If we break it down to atoms atoms split to sub-atomics
sub-atomics split to Quarks, so just let me get up on this
now Quarks break into strings, and strings are energy,
and the strings form everything, from the stars to you and me
as they vibrate and they move, like the strings on a guitar,
we see planets live and die, and black holes form out of stars
and the waves of sound I’m spittin’ are made of these same strings
so words are physical, made of the same things
as you and I livin on this physical plane
so the universe is music, and we all sing it’s name

find a balance ‘tween self and selflessness
push away the pain and helplessness
I’m just tryna speak the truth, the systems straight-up useless,
cops are fuckin’ ruthless, don’t care what the excuse is
the whole thing is built, on our pain an’ their abuses
i spit it scientific, to cut right through this
and open a path beyond the spectacle
the shape of things to come is more then squares and rectangles
fuck crosses and halos, circles and pentangles
it’s about living our own lives, free from tentacles
so I’m looking for a plan, and I’m lookin’ for a place
to live my own life, but I still have to face
the reality, no one is safe from this beast
‘n if I die in this struggle, folks can say that at least
I gave everything I had for the things I believed
So right here at this moment, I begin to leave
My fears and my tears all behind me
I touch the sun every morning, just to remind me
Of the price that we’ve paid for our fear and complacence
Respect to four directions and to all my relations