Ted James - Echo (feat. Jennifer James) I've been chillin in the cut for a minute, but I'm back Yes, I'm back, do you really wanna? You've been illin' - so what's up, come and get it Cuz I'm back, yes I'm back, do you really wanna? Take me to place, where the microphones placed, 6 inches from my face, off the lights...now I'm faced With the fury and the grace to make you contemplate the taste of the movement as a faith, come and get it...boots are laced About face, Rhime Divine, too late, back on the grind, it aint safe to come and find what the fucks been on my mind Hard to find me on a rhime since we dropped Expand Your Mind, but I'm hardly past my prime, rhiming harder every line From the back of the line, waiting patiently to blind the perception that my time out of the lime I didn't mind Vintage rebel, like a wine, let you revel, hit rewind, another level, too refined, never settle till I bind M7 with the crime of spreading like a vine through America online and infecting hip hop minds With the ambition to allign into position and combine the culture to design a revolution one time The games been chillin in a rut for a minute, but I'm back, yes I'm back, Do you really wanna... You've been illin to say enough with the gimmicks so I'm back, yes I'm back, Do you really wanna... Get me back at my desk getting shit off my chest, Ted James been stressed, do you really wanna test The rhythm rebel at his best, I never settle...never rest, pump the treble and ingest, heavy medal from the bezel Of a bona-fide devil, underground...another level, too profound...feel the sounds of this criminal Gippeddo Keep your nose out of my echo, keep your nose out of my echo, keep your nose out of my echo, keep your nose out of my echo Invisiibly I pedal, the bomb Stash that in general, makes the cash coinsedental, to the wrath that I'm into On blast on the issues, on last in the venues, move fast through the tissues, lose half when they diss you Last laugh when I issue, a new craft that your into, raise your glass, let me kiss you, through the task, go and get you A mask to soak through, a mask to soak through, a mask to soak through. Rhime Divine been drilling in your gut for a minute, Expand Your Mind, expand your mind, do you really wanna... We stay killing it for months when we spit it, we on the grind, we on the grind, do you really wanna... Get us back in the lab, its been said its libb-add, ed up another lab, experiment gone fad Potion songs in every drag, swift with wands a little mad, this has long since been our swag, spitting gone like never had Enough with the stag, nant bluff cats out the bag, let us errupt another grand, piano trumpet high hat bamm The funk so in demand, we on the bumper of your van, when your dreams are tucked in sand, behind the scenes we scheming plans To sieze the ease out of the trans, mission freeze-- to never stand, still breeze up with the damn, keys ready in our hand And turn the switch back to Expand, stir this bitch up like we can, churn the syntax through a fan, and learn the impact of a brand New version of a band, a diversion from the spam, so hot we're burning records tan, our spot conscerning hip hops gram Me nominate another man, free to hate us till we dam, the levies break free from the land, of the free home of..(God... damn) I've been chillin in the cut for a minute, but I'm back, yes I'm back, Do you really wanna... You've been illin so what's up, come and get it, cuz I'm back, yes I'm back, Do you really wanna... The games been chillin in a rut for a minute, but I'm back... You've been illin to say enough with the gimmicks so I'm back... Rhime Divine been drilling in your gut for a minute, Expand Your Mind... We stay killing it for months when we spit it, we on the grind...

Ted James – Paixão (feat. Jennifer James) Intro: Ted James M7, the movement never sleeps Rhime Divine The storm in my head is so thick All in all it was just another brick Verse One: Ted James Writing is my passion, the bastion that I last in My spirit everlasting, alive in every fraction Of a thought my pens impacting, I’m dead if I’m not asking My head to break bread, and my hands not interacting I need this pain locked up to ration in poetic reaction Guess that’s insane but I’m asking for your basic understanding Just a product of my product’s lack of normal satisfaction See I was brought up not to get caught up in the normalcy I’m lacking But I was balled up in a shy rut and I was constantly retracting Now I’m all guts, slicing deep cuts and I’m constantly attacking With my inner most captions for an outward sense of traction On the surface calm but masking the manic energy I’m grasping To stay afloat in my contraption while my time keep on compacting (echo) Time for action, this is a way of life, no regrets, no more distractions No more sitting on the sidelines watching bylines get held captive Need an atlas for this package sharp as cactus shipped like magic Across Atlantic to get blasted on the campus of the frantic Time to panic, too outlandish, I’m all damage, but I’m damaged I’m sandwiched between banished and permanently brandished As the first human bandwidth that pushed traffic with a classic Moving faster than the fastest of the pack that runs this racket Story’s tragic, I’m an addict for my attic to get at it Such is habit, no more fact checks, you can have it, here’s the static Chorus: Jennifer James Fantasize in the beat Pelo Bairro Alto As I swallow it down Will I fade? Will I know? Verse Two: Ted James Writing is my passion, the bastion that I last in My spirit everlasting, alive in every fraction Of the questions that I’m asking when my head is seeking truth Lost my father and my backspin while I was still lost in my youth Jumper purer than flaming absinthe, used to put it in the hoop Now I’m reeling in his absence, reduced to head fake not to shoot My minds a labyrinth full of tactics, need a plan to bare me fruit Tattered canvas, can’t recant this, I’m my own cold living proof Better than anyone I’ve studied who has entered in the booth Waters muddied by my swagger, I’m too nice to execute The dismantling of an art form in my own selfish pursuit Way too humble to type cast this pure reflection of where we group Tattoo my name upon the casket when I’m buried in a loop Undo the pain of heartache tragic machine time so resolute My pen inclines my inner turmoil to flow melodic like a flute Line so fine between destruction and redemption, it’s a fluke So redefine my sense of purpose in the minutia that I scoop From despair to serve on paper like a poet’s secret soup I’m bestowed with gifts that haunt me when I’m stoic in my use Of heroic prose unfolding like a woven blanket muse My glands are swollen from withholding like a feverish recluse So feel the fury that’s exploding through this microphone abuse Getting loose, unloading thunder off my chest like I was Zeus I live forever through the written, all the rest in death, vamoose Chorus: Jennifer James Fantasize in the beat Pelo Bairro Alto As I swallow it down Will I fade? Will I know? Verse Three: Ted James Writing is my passion, the bastion that I last in My spirit everlasting, alive inside the plastic contra bandwidth Holding systematic ink inside my touch I’m alive to drive a humanely tragic dream to garner thrust These eyes see lies to intervene in the machine that screams to hush With kerosene thrown on the fire, conspired lit rhymes combined combust In non sequential potential amplified instrumental rise in trust I’m the quintessential exponential poem pried from dust (repeat) Outro: Jennifer James As I swallow it down Will I fade? Will I know?

Rhime Divine – Humanity Chorus: Klaus Mein Humanity Auf wiedersehen It’s time to say goodbye The party’s over As the laughter dies An angel cries Humanity Verse One: Ted James Health care, health care, can we dealt here, like divisions melt here, like a pulse is felt here, like wealth is second tier to making tumors melt here, buck corporate interests they are stinking like smelt here. Stuck with decisions that will make your family belt tears, Truck full of riches in exchange for no more help here, we could lose this revolution with confusion from the right, mass producing an illusion that somehow you lose your rights, when the people elected by you take a step to do you right, they will trick you, they will hype you, and seduce you through the night, with a hand gripped on the bible they refuse to save your life, in this broken profit system to stifle care at any price, death panel raw deal, Blue Cross, Blue Shield will deny you when your ill, can’t heal, no appeal, no justice exists when Aetna preexists your diagnosis so your left off the list, we’re divided on reform while United must inform why the doc did not perform with the body still warm. Chorus: Klaus Mein Humanity Auf wiedersehen It’s time to say goodbye The party’s over As the laughter dies An angel cries Humanity Verse Two: Ted James Bring the troops home, Obama, keep that campaign karma, unless we’re hunting down Osama, no more death, no more drama, every jet, every bomb a, young offset takes up arms to share a breath of jihad the, terror threat isn’t Allah, its neglect and its trauma, and its wrecked our whole persona, we beget our own non grata, in a bet that war can prosper, Don’t forget the speech in Cairo, we can win the hearts and minds, of Muslim youth who seek survival, by disengaging from this blind, occupation to sweep out terror, unleash a mirror we resign. Reacting, clearer, peace is nearer when it enters in the kind, of action backing up the rhetoric that we as hopeful people chime, if we are not destined for destruction this is the one and only time, to stand up, hand up, land clout, hand out water, build schools, wield tools that brand out America the just not just America, our reaction to 9/11 has been mass hysteria, we can turn bout, reach out, preach thou shall not route, a million Iraqis dead, now what the hell are we still pissed about? Chorus: Klaus Mein Humanity Auf wiedersehen It’s time to say goodbye The party’s over As the laughter dies An angel cries Humanity Verse Three: Ted James Third verse, greatest curse, human thirst for nature’s purse, cannot reverse greenhouse adverse damage done to mother earth. We can demand green plans dispersed to stop the fan from flaming worse, Get to work, we need a birth of innovation, need research, to put the facts on red alert, governments have been inert. Regimes coerce machines perverse then storms submerse and levies burst, We’ve reached do or die status, NY sinking like Atlantis, good-bye Florida here comes stratospheric cataclysmic damage, displaced millions seeking camp beds in the humble plains of Kansas, living next to preying mantis if we don’t reconcile our tactics, emissions managed like trade cap is far from nearly enough drastic, we need all our eggs to pass, if we don’t all get in the basket, Global pandemic wipes out a billion human beings, mass displaced populations fight over water from canteen, civilization lies in ruins, just the result of bad planning because our generation was too transfixed on using gasoline, this is not science fiction or the end to a bad dream, this is the future for our grandchildren if we do not redeem. Chorus: Klaus Mein Humanity Auf wiedersehen It’s time to say goodbye The party’s over As the laughter dies An angel cries Humanity Outro: [Unknown] It’s time.

Ted James – Save Our State (feat. Jennifer James) Lyrics by Ted James This is not a losing fight, we can push back, we are right We can rally, we have might, they cannot defend this type Of short-sighted budget gripe, that infiltrates the workers rights That instigates tuition hikes, that decimates our equal slice Of choices had for futures bright, our voices won’t be silenced like Wisconsin, we are here, unite, we’re launching banners, chants recite “3.2 just won’t do” It’s raining in this state, that money’s long over due They’re draining investments in our kids which only benefits the few Maintaining current spending levels keeps the teachers in our schools Which gives society the tools to innovate, recessions cool But the values we orate should legislate the people’s view.

Ted James – Our Future (feat. Jennifer James) Bridge: Ted James We will not take another back seat to your cuts You’ve broken trust with the people grinding dreams into dust Stained our safety net with rust courting free market lust Through the business of your bluster, pushed our patience to the cusp Of a massive demonstration marching swiftly towards the dome Working class determination: that resonates from in our bones We’ll organize a delegation, ensure the seeds of change are sown Our future, our Texas, we will occupy our home Verse One: Ted James Precious pennies get pinched, can’t move an inch Paradise can’t exist getting squeezed by the rich Stagnant wages, no glitch, just an economic stitch In the fabric of a society dangling over the fiscal cliff The whole model is adrift without a job to uplift When that college loan debt is all regret, something shifts Watch the time tick, tick, we on the line, picket’s thick They have managed the decline but we’ll rebuild it brick by brick Chorus: Ted & Jennifer James Stand up, be heard, and get on the bus We’re gonna march and yell, we’re gonna make a fuss The fight is hard and the road is long Our future’s bright when the union’s strong (Repeat) Bridge: Ted James We will not take another back seat to your cuts You’ve broken trust with the people grinding dreams into dust Stained our safety net with rust courting free market lust Through the business of your bluster, pushed our patience to the cusp Of a massive demonstration marching swiftly towards the dome Working class determination: that resonates from in our bones We’ll organize a delegation, ensure the seeds of change are sown Our future, our Texas, we will occupy our home Verse Two: Ted James Voodoo profiteers play tricks on our careers Pull a quarter out the ear to make our pensions disappear We give blood, sweat, and tears; 25 to 30 years Punch in here, don’t interfere, this is how they domineer In the Lear so cavalier, looking down at the austere Daily grinding of the gears, keep us minding out of fear Until the unionists appear, on the steps to make it clear The time for bargaining is near; we will persevere Chorus: Ted & Jennifer James Stand up, be heard, and get on the bus We’re gonna march and yell, we’re gonna make a fuss The fight is hard and the road is long Our future’s bright when the union’s strong (Repeat)

Ted James – Solidarity Forever (feat. Jennifer James) Original “Solidarity Forever” lyrics written by Ralph Chaplin. Lyrics were adapted to genre by Ted James. Verse One: Ted James When the union’s inspiration through the workers’ blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one So keep it blasting through the speaker, let it ring throughout the slum Ain’t a thing we hold in common with these greedy parasites Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with their might We got to get it, get it popping, we got to organize and fight Pushing back and never stopping, through the union we get right. Chorus: Ted & Jennifer James Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong. Verse Two: Ted James Yo, you know we plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade Dug the mines and built their websites, endless miles of highway laid Now we’re standing here starving outside the fortresses we made But we’re rowdy and we’re barging through the gates, we won’t behave All the world that’s owned by Wall Street loans is ours and ours alone We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone It is ours, and not to slave in, but to master and to own When we organize, they cave in, through the union we atone. Chorus: Ted & Jennifer James Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong. Verse Three: Ted James They have taken untold billions that they never toiled to earn But without our minds and muscle, not a single wheel can turn We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn That our voices rain down showers ’til their greed ceases to burn With our hands we built a movement greater than their hoarded gold Greater than the might of armies, magnified a thousand-fold Watch us as we birth the new world from the ashes of the old Share the wealth, disperse the riches, the mighty union we are bold. Chorus: Ted & Jennifer James Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever For the union makes us strong. (Repeat)

Ted James – Checkers Club Verse One: Ted James I did my last vocal take for Expand Your Mind Then hit the road for Chicago with an axe to grind Head spinning, heart hollow, felt out of time New beginnings, demons follow, you can’t press rewind Old endings made me wallow in a dream’s decline Can’t swallow destiny in a bottle so I broke a bind Renewed faith over lotto, so I split the shrine Yes, beating Bush was my motto, so I was on the grind Found a crew that was live and we were on the grind Interconnect the voter drive, we too on the grind Swing the broom stick at the hive, watch a change arrive Sing a dream back alive from where it can’t survive Detroit was realized before I was out of time Watched my words live like truth through my own two eyes The Tigers rallied in the tenth, watched it by his side Watched his eyes recline into a better time Perhaps a future time, he knew the grand design He knew how hearts align, he knew to spot the sign Of the beauty of an angel and how her kiss combines With the bliss that you exist through when your lost in time But he was ahead in time, I was too damn blind To play a game so simple at that point in time Had too much on my mind, had to search to find Time to play checkers like it’s chess, drink a glass of wine Chorus: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth [Sample] Don’t remember where I was I realized life was a game More seriously I took things The harder the rules became Verse Two: Ted James Verse two, we don’t care, but I really did I wish she knew how I was scared that I was shutting in Room for two on this journey, no I never did Tell her in D.C. I was yearning for that happy end Could have swept her off her feet but couldn’t let her in So it was back to Texas heat, all alone again Broken heart, my spoken art was my only friend That I could saddle with the pain that I was holding in Too late for fairy tales, I had to learn to shine New beginnings, demons trail, you can’t press rewind Old endings made me exhale in a dream’s decline So I put my mind into my work, took her off my mind Took him off my mind, condition in decline Had no choice to find, so walked the picket line The good soldier line to make a change arrive But the rage inside was just too hard to hide Had I lost my time to make him know my mind? Growing doubt combined with going out my mind So I set out to find a final bout, reminded In a drought grow vines and let them sprout design Sing a dream back alive from where it can’t survive Cling to grapes until they thrive then let the juices wind Up in a bottle on the table where he can know my mind Know she’s on my mind, he knew the grand design I was right on time, she called me one more time And flew down just in time to let him see we’re fine Watch our hearts align, we watched his eyes remind Us of a better time, perhaps the past is blind You’re never out of time when you release your mind Put the board on the table and rebuild the shrine Then your pain combines with the search to find Time to play checkers like it’s chess, drink a glass of wine Chorus: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth [Sample] Don’t remember where I was I realized life was a game More seriously I took things The harder the rules became I had no idea what it’d cost My life passed before my eyes I found out how little I accomplished All my plans denied (repeat)

I put my life on pause and went to Michigan Wishing then to move division into proper vision Been fighting against lies, gave my words to the wise Vote or someone else dies, Bush is tyranny in disguise Helped Detroit organize, witnessed power on the rise Knew the truth was on our side, but what I didn't realize They kidnapped Jesus Christ, and sold him to the right Religious swipe for the prize, false prophet materialized If you looked into his eyes, and couldn't see his ties To power brutalized, then your faith is compromised November 2 will ring true as the day our nation blew The cue to take the power back from the few Who had us voting from a pew, distorting everything we view About the world they guide us through, and the God we're praying to This shit gets sicker too, next comes Patriot Act II Abortion under review, and nothing left in public school So guess who's back in Texas, preparing the offensive Our buzz is tremendous, reelection won't end this Radical coalition of artistic liberal spit M7 Records still in this bitch, dropping relentless rebel hits Still in the belly of the beast, providing acid reflux fits Still militant in the whip, loading clips to spark some shit Still hell bent to flip the script on the U.S. government Still here to fight another day, because today just came and went To linger as the past, that shapes the future path Towards a leader with a staff, raised to break the ceiling glass This shit is in our grasp, keep marching to the last battle Reinvent this hip hop in a revolution, slash Fast, hard hitting, ear splitting weapon of mass Destruction, aimed directly at corruption, come on, blast Seize your chance to have a voice and make a generation's stance Glance outside in the streets, and see how rebel people dance