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Slave to the Rhythm

from Sunsets & Silencers (EP) by Chuckie Campbell

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Verse 1, Chuckie Campbell

Come to life

Move to the groove,
sit back on an epiphany
Our travel will begin,
when you --

Free your mind

Connect your inhibitions,
let feelings become pathways,
live for the moment and

Open your eyes

Time is of the essence
This life is so precious
Listen to the message and

Come with me

Be a slave to the rhythm
so the rhythm will rock
Push light in the heart of a

God named Art

The boundaries are intense
as the current will carry
The power will astound, 'cause

We get down

The perishable parables
paradigms are paramount
punitive and proven to

Keep us down

Survivor of the merchant
rise to find purpose
The circuit was furnished, so

Let us rise

To walk without promise
shackled and held hostage
we'll take back this province and

Live right now

Chorus 1, Singer

We will rise
We will rise

Verse 2, Chuckie Campbell

Slander the known answer,
cancer that's our dagger,
factors that move backwards,
conquer the true master --

Lack of it is origin,
tales of the few dorian,
border the historian,
reference the rhetoric --

The reverend that wrestles it
that represents the reverant,
dianetic sedatives
prevalent to the resident --

privacy --
bi-partisan --
freedom despite brevity --
inverted pyramid --

The message is this...

Never find who we are
until we're locked behind bars,
a slave to this machine,
or dead to the world,
recycle poison in our veins,
feed to the same to our seeds,
perpetuating dynamics
have us dying to eat
Standardize our education
so they use what they teach
to fit the profit margin
that our communes can reach
The occupation we seek
are the ones right here
What we don't understand --

Feeds our fear

Chorus 2, Singer

We will rise
We will rise

Verse 3, Chuckie Campbell

It's the praxis or the prosody
the body of the form
it's the apathy of obstacles
our souls volatile
it lives in articles,
cubicles, and modules,
numerals that follow us
and prompt monitors
Sharks that draft loans
for homes we'll never own
Elected politicians conspire
to count votes
Slippery slope --
we're depressed and so tolerant
our voice box muted, but

We must speak

Else, others speak for us
and damage the philosophy
We'll liberate these properties and

Fight for change

Unfold the manifold,
mundane before stained,
by those who come close and

See the light

Slaves to our rhythm
we become the harmony,
solemnly ebbed in the web
of this vitatlity
Answer me twice,
if your soul takes flight
Absorb this awareness and

Come to life

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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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