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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Def Sound
Performer
Saul Williams
Spoken Word
Jace Holmes
Piano
Arthur Johnson
Drums
Emmanuel Ricketts
Rap
Brandon Samuels
Trumpet
Eyvind Kang
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Saul Williams
Songwriter
Emmanuel Ricketts
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Def Sound
Producer
Jace Holmes
Producer
Arthur Johnson
Producer
Anthony Sims
Recording Engineer
Alexander Meltzer
Recording Engineer
Brandon Kilgour
Mixing Engineer
Dave Weingarten
Vocal Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Mom intro
Saul Williams:
The mantle on the ocean's floor is formed by multiple variants of life
to swim is not to se(a)e
wave form in motion
we form at beach of the ocean
foot prints on coastland
mountains are floatin
they think that they own land
space is our homeland
Chromosome bone bred
Black rock and roll band
soul less and frozen
ace in the o zone
taseless unchosen
sturdy we posing!
we footloose
the stars have their purpose....
Def Verse: In the studio getting studious
Exuberant as a student is
ScHoolboy found a groove to this
My arugula on Mathusala
Free Palestine and Jerusalem
I just be noodling
Imbued a myth
Stayed ancient while new to them
Stayed patient and grew a gift
Stayed gracious out the way let my spirit spit
Tapped in beyond my black skin
No accidents that we past them
Land back baskin no matrix that we trapped in
Trap house ****
back house ****
pull yo math out ****
Problem solved
So Erykah how I'm on & on
I'm a poet and an ambiance ain't it obvious?
On my square like Mondrian
Aye def go off
Soul loss isn't a low cost
Full picture with no crop
First name basis how know loss
Working on my patience like a triage
Co create with my co opt
Sonically I Collage
And I don't even glue it
It's done, I don't do it I'm conduit
Go dumb cp-creator congruent
Stay student
stayed open obedient to the all knowing
I even don't where the calls going
But they stay answered
Moon cancer
Next chapter
Do it for my ppl
Hoping everything go easeful
can't be a GOAT when rapping like sheep do
Black scientists forever coding
Mind is always combing
Hope forever scrolling
New selves forever Honing
No self could ever know me
My soul is always loading
My spirits forever roaming
at edges of the knowing
At the bottom of the ocean
The mandala at the bottom of the ocean I know it
spirit talk spirit talk
in the mirror
Got my mother's smile
Mother's style
Her look was how thunder sounds
Friday night sun was down
No matter where we was
Prayers was up
I am my mother's love
All things awesome.
Mom: From South Central 2 The World
Written by: Emmanuel Ricketts, Saul Williams