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New Man, New Woman

from Sunsets & Silencers (EP) by Chuckie Campbell

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Verse 1, Chuckie Campbell

My heart bleeds for my time to speak,
consumed and spread out edge to edge
Somewhere between a falling sky and burning bush,
this is the pledge --
so, gather 'round, I live for less
than visions burnt upon my brain,
find my barren thoughts
that shock the lost awake, I undertake --

a broken-souled enigma,
anima the anesthesia
Yes, I am my brother's keeper,
not the source of his amnesia
Lie here injured, breathing sarin gas
with shoulders broad as atlas
shrug and bring the gods back down to earth

so they can look me in my eyes

Compel the overtures that open ya
Utopia's the formula,
a cornucopia of concepts
feeding counter-culture
Reform born upon a cusp,
airbrush the parsecs from the parallax,
my syntax ran laps around your fallen stars

Braced by the opaque,
I shape the shapeless in this portal
Mortal man is born again
with every second that he lives
The earth spins revolutions
fusing seasons, choices, reasons
We all exist within this appetite
and tribal lust, because...

Chorus 1, Chuckie Campbell

There's a broken path for broken souls,
probed through flesh of mother earth
Search this path and know its cursed
with greed and murder, lies and hate
Every face has two to spare
every man has traveled there

Nothing's new for those that wait for death
and waste their life

There's a broken man in broken lands,
walking paths he made himself
Search this path and know its blessed
by one not scared to die
Every day has two to spare
Follow him, he'll take you there

Every second's new
for those that choose to make their life

Count the ways
There's brighter days
The shape of you
is yours to choose
The muse infused
and born to fly
Spread your wings
and watch the sky
Eyes have yet
to see this fusion
trapped inside
new man and woman

Verse 2, Chuckie Campbell

Thine eyes bleed for my time to see,
consumed and spread out edge to edge
Somewhere between the shape of light and heaven's height,
I must confess --
I, once repressed, could not express
deploy the noise inside my head
I lived for less than most would guess
the folly of one's brain

Disdained, we dress ourselves
to look like him,
dye our hair to look like her,
tuck in our shirts and bend our brim
It does occur to look so real
Diet pills, uppers, downers, over counters
yellow eyes and darkened veins
feed the source of this illusion
Mirrors show the powdered faces,
struggle to be human,
wonder whether they should
just say no or just do it

Life alone is self improvement
We're all different, exuberant
meant to permeate the walls,
evolve the lax grip of plastic life
The price?
The rights of passage,
vantage point to find your voice
Hoist the flag that represents your world
as I will do the same
The path of slaves is paved
with martyr's blood and yellow brick
Ask the broken man in broken lands
I'm sure he'll tell you this...

Chorus 2, Chuckie Campbell

There's a broken path for broken souls,
probed through flesh of mother earth
Search this path and know its cursed
with greed and murder, lies and hate
Every face has two to spare
every man has traveled there

Nothing's new for those that wait for death
and waste their life

There's a broken man in broken lands,
walking paths he made himself
Search this path and know its blessed
by one not scared to die
Every day has two to spare
Follow him, he'll take you there

Every second's new
for those that choose to make their life

Count the ways
There's brighter days
The shape of you
is yours to choose
The muse infused
and born to fly
Spread your wings
and watch the sky
Eyes have yet
to see this fusion
trapped inside
new man and woman

Verse 3, Chuckie Campbell

Thine ears bleed for a song to hear,
consumed and spread out edge to edge
Somewhere between a martyr's dream and poets tongue
it shall address --
new human depths, deject dissension
fill dimension, lift and listen
to the people, braced by its extension

No fowl religion, creed or dogma,
totem faith or twisting tao,
this song shall know the now
probably better than the author
It offers mantras many doctor,
but can step outside the doctrine
Man could limit one's exhaustion
if he made his own concoction

We are building flesh around our shadows,
precise to shoot their arrows,
snag the apple from a greedy king's crown
Bound to places never found
by those without creative spirits
We live it, breathe it, and see it
moving deep-seeded in soul

I dare not let it go
New man and Woman feel it, also
Probes the host, we stretch to reach
we seek the days of flowing change --
I need not try to change the world
It's changing as we speak
Ask the broken man in broken lands
He'll tell you what he told me

Chorus 3, Chuckie Campbell


There's a broken path for broken souls,
probed through flesh of mother earth
Search this path and know its cursed
with greed and murder, lies and hate
Every face has two to spare
every man has traveled there

Nothing's new for those that wait for death
and waste their life

There's a broken man in broken lands,
walking paths he made himself
Search this path and know its blessed
by one not scared to die
Every day has two to spare
Follow him, he'll take you there

Every second's new
for those that choose to make their life

Count the ways
There's brighter days
The shape of you
is yours to choose
The muse infused
and born to fly
Spread your wings
and watch the sky
Eyes have yet
to see this fusion
trapped inside
new man and woman

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from Sunsets & Silencers (EP), released January 23, 2004

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Chuckie Campbell Buffalo, New York

Chuckie Campbell is an American hip hop artist who lives in Buffalo, NY. Campbell commonly performs with a live band (drums, keys, and a full horn section), to make for a dynamic, powerful, and eclectic approach to hip hop, filled with fluid instrumentation, lush musical arrangements, and heartfelt poetic nuance. ... more

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