The direction he has taken is fresh and exciting, mixing his R&R roots with a funky powerful vibe of soul and R&B and Hip-Hop that lyrically captures the pulse of our times with as much bite as any protest or socially conscious songs of the past so I am including the lyrics to read along with. The album when finished should hit broad appeal in may circles.
#1 Lights On (feat. Phase One And Melanie Charles)
Lyrics:
C'mon c'mon c'mon yeah
Keep a light on, gonna light the way
Gotta keep on, gotta keep the faith
I speak like it's a rally/living thru peaks & valleys/bearing my truth flying the coupe/as New York alleys/I'm raw, yet pristine/a fiend/deal with demons of mine/still a phenom with rhymes/dream like Luther the King/within power of God/peace how Ghandi would sing/with this light I'm a ride/til this very glow looks like the sun in your eyes/even from depths below/Maya Angelou we rise...we here to let ya know...huh???
Oooh ahhh turn your lights on keep your lights on
Keep a light on, gonna light the way
Gotta keep on, gotta keep the faith
Day to day/yesterday today/yester ways became future dues that's paid/every move you make/feels like test of faith/fail you fetal in shame/ducking within the shade/finger in blame/where life bring ya you may linger thru the flame/residing inside trenches/alive but it's like death/abiding with lose grip/gets tighter with time spent/you binding like double helix reaching like whats next keep your lights on...
Oooh ahhh turn your lights on keep your lights on
You gotta give it to the right one oh yeah
Living with the lights on...alright
Yeah what you getting high on...my my
Living with the lights on......living with the lights on......
Got my vision up in a vice/trying to make an incision on life/when scars heal what's left is a mark I made/my mind sprays/when light decays/I fight to remain/quiet within chaos/stillness becomes a seance/building to aviate where feet don't understand/even deeper as my footprints pass along the sand/while the waves just wash away my skin of the past/a baptism this a raptism a I'm new man keep them lights on!!!
Oooh ahhh turn your lights on keep your lights on
© 2014 D. Pattillo, R. Isaac
#2 What's It To Ya
#3 Workingman (featuring Kennedy)
Lyrics:
The world is running out of precious time
You pushed me over the thin red line
I had enough of making minimum wage hey
People in the neighborhood we fillin with rage
Yeah you feeding me a GMO
I'm wearing China made from head to toe
You got your money and your diamond in the back hey
We lifting cell phones at the radio shack
You keep us stupid cause you're clever like a king
We got the numbers yeah you feel the sting
We getting higher getting organized
Some of the 99 percent are bound to rise
You might be worried in your gated mansion
Feel the pressure cooker oppression
Don't you rely on daddy's wall st. plan
Better watch your back don't underestimate the working man
The plan was put together long ago
Don't let the masses know the knowledge you know
You know we're talking bout the new world order
Governments and corporations blurring the border
All the princes all the diplomats
Secret societies and many fat cats
Gonna test you fill you up with meaningless sex
Gonna give you super sonic megaplex
Control the media control the chiefs
Own the satellite and the cable tv
Go on and get your channels get your free app
They got you dialed and they know where you're at
Tracking the data of the consumer
Selling information to the highest bidder
GIve it away get along get along give it up to the upper hand
Better keep it straight don't underestimate the working man
Who can you blame who can you trust who can you burn
Everyday there is a lesson to be learned
Too far along, cashed out and much too late
Who's gonna be the one to give it to ya straight
Tell the children tell the fathers and the moms
We're building networks while you're building bombs
I do believe there is no us and them
But can you trust your fellow citizen
Get it up get it out get it on and raise the flag
Your baby's dreaming in a body bag
A soldier's wasted life for world control
No meditation gonna spare the soul
You got your guns you got your lock and load
You gonna hole up in a lead fox hole
We gonna bullet proof the minivan
Better watch your back don't underestimate the working man
©2014 D. Pattillo
#4 Love That I Got (feat. Fiona Silver)
Lyrics:
I look out my window I get out on the street
I feel the energy of the people passing me
I get a little stressed it's like a competition
I see the wall street banker against a musician
I see the men in suits costing more than my rent
I see the ladies taking numbers with no love intent
My daddy told me in this world it's the difference you make
It's about the love that you give not the love that you take
I wanna show you the love that I got
I wanna groove to the beat of my heart
No one controls us no trip no duress
Making something real out of this mess
We got the digital flow coming down a broadband pipe
We go the information highway and the land of hype
We got the overload overlords and the NSA
And the government is watching every move we make
I could say I don't care but it gives me the creeps
How a corporation sells this information on me
It's not like I'm ascetic you know I have my fun
But I'd like to keep it poetic when the justice is done
I wanna show you the love that I got
I wanna groove to the beat of my heart
No one controls us no trip no duress
Making something real out of this mess
I get so downhearted with my neighbors today
Feels like the we found the money and got lost along the way
Once we were all little kids trying to do the right thing
But our parents got twisted on a wedding ring
We got control we got the best we got the better than the rest
We got the shortcut big butt easy access
But are we better off now than generations long ago
Or just chumps in a corporate reality show
I wanna show you the love that I got
I wanna groove to the beat of my heart
No one controls us no trip no duress
Making something real out of this mess
(c) 2014 D. Pattillo
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