Oxford has it’s fair share of buskers and street performers. But sometimes, something will catch your eye, your ear or maybe even your nose and you will stop and watch. This is what happened when I first heard Mr. Woodnote and little Rhys, a hip-hop group perform a few years ago. Now they seem to be coming back every summer.
Forgive my thumb being in the way, that was terrible of me!
What was so special about them? Well they produced their beats right there and then in front of you. The thing you see on the ground is a pedal system that allows you to loop sounds that you record into a microphone. One of the performers will play a bit of saxophone and loop that. Then he will beat box to add the drums, and loop that over it. All of it, there and then, it is produced in front of you which I think is quite awesome.
Another nice thing to see is that it is being performed in the street. We have a lot of people playing guitar, singing as duos (there were two different duos that day and another young man playing his guitar) but I rarely see someone rap in public. What is better is to see older and mature people bopping their heads to it and enjoying themselves!
It really is things like this that make me want to get back into lyricism…
P.S. I would have had a word for them, but they were working hard on performing and then trying to sell their CDs in between.
So I found a new UK hip-hop group to listen to, one friend recommended them a long time ago but I have not really checked them out properly until now.
Asides from purely appreciating the lyricism and effort an artist or artists put into a track, one can also pick up on techniques that have been used. In the case of Melanin 9′s (Or M9′s) work, the track Spiritual Scrolls (video below):
Now for those who read a lot, you most likely came across a passage written by an author which is made up of short and abrupt sentences. If each sentence is descriptive then it will produce the effect of time moving fast or of a collage of images inside your head which relate to one theme.
This track features something similar. If you go to 35 seconds in, these lyrics follow: Gods locked in the morgues
Glocks to your jaws
Coppers watching from their choppersSitting in the cockpit door
The clock hits four when feds lick the locksmith’s door
The rest has after has been a little hard to catch (I am trying though). But these short lines describe a dark, dystopian reality of the underworld. To say “Gods locked in the morgues”, I think, is a poetic way of simply saying that morality is collapsing, a place where people do anything just to get what they want; selfish materialism that blinds the soul.
If I happen to write lyrics once again, then this is a technique that I will definitely consider using, but it remains to be seen whether I will be good enough.
I don’t know why I am writing this now, and if you know about Immortal Technique then you are probably a big fan, and if you are a big fan then you probably already know that he has a new album that is completely free to download, it is called the Martyr.
Asides from the usual mix of passion, anger and political activism within each song in the album, Technique also has a much more prominent element of self reflection, best exemplified by the song, Eyes in the sky:
The borders should be illegal instead of the people, that we’re here before the Bible and all of it’s sequels.
The flow in this song is quick, and if you are not used to hip hop that much yourself you may need to listen to this a few times to fully appreciate the lyrics. For me, from the second I heard it it made me think and it produced vivid images in my mind. From the tone of his voice, to the semi-melancholic nature of the beat and the flow, it was a very good composition. The obvious “eyes in the sky” reference to the Illuminati is something that I personally don’t believe in fully, for I am a sceptic to an extent. But I do respect his beliefs and what he has to say simply because he says what he means, and not because a big record label struck a deal with him.
Other notable songs that I enjoyed are (these are all youtube links):
Toast to the Dead - A powerful song about the nature of revolutionary struggle and the bloody nature of history.
Sign of the times - A spiritual song, utilising the the chants of native Americans (I think, anyway, corrections welcome) in the beginning and the middle of the song. All I can say is that this is song is full to the brim with metaphors and references to symbolism. One of my favourite is “they say you fight the greatest Jihad in your heart and your mind” and “this is a message to the older Gods, I’ll sacrifice you all to the revolution like the Romanovs”.
Running Nowhere - A skit (a beat without lyrics, usually thrown in the middle of the album) which will most likely be used by Immortal Technique later on. It is short for now and quite repetitive, but listen to the lyrics and you will find it thought provoking.
Rich man’s world - An insight into the world of corporatism and oligarchy and how it works, from the point of view of the Oligarch himself. The beginning shows a very quick flow style which goes well with the abruptness of the beat.
Check out the rest of the songs, it is definitely worth a listen. And if this is the first time you hear of this artist, then welcome to Immortal Technique!
Well it has been rumoured that Immortal Technique has a new album coming out called The Martyr (not surprised by the name choice). I thought he had something called the Middle Passage coming out instead, but whatever!
Anyway, one of his supposedly leaked songs is a toast to the dead which I fell in love with because it is just one of those pieces which doesn’t just impress with its lyrics but also his performance of it. But without further ado, here is the video followed by the lyrics and then my take on them: note: despite it being “leaked” (maybe he did it on purpose, he did it before) I would like to really encourage you to buy his music and support him if you have the money that is. If not, then at least contemplate on what he has to say. This music is not just to sell, but its a message.
[Chorus] Rest in Peace Here’s another warriors song, rep this life to the fullest Mothafucka, say yo’ prayers! For brothers who died from black-on-black violence Rest in Peace You ain’t payin’ respect when you’ ‘spose to Rep this life to the fullest Rest in Peace This ain’t for y’all, this’ a toast to them Rest in Peace
[Immortal Technique - Verse 1] Here’s a toast to the dead If you don’t drink, smoke to the head For the freedom fighters killed by the feds For those who died hard in the streets soaking in red And died slow asleep in a dream choking in bed Here’s a toast to the dead for my enemies that are gone I’m not a coward so, celebrating that would be wrong I pray to God that your soul will come back again So I can see you in the next life and finish it then A toast to the dead for criminals, burning in hell I wonder how many presidents are burning as well Emperors, Popes, Senators, Generals Amputees feelin’ unlucky until they see the vegetables A toast to the dead for those who are forgotten Written out of the history by the corrupted and rotten Black saints whitewashed during La Reconquista Thousands of Indios Spaniards used to conquer the Incas F-ck a moment of silence! I need a moment of violence! Like the nineteenth century Caribbean Islands Long live those who came before, that paved the way for me The warriors and scientists that came before slavery And if that last lyric was predictable Take your clairvoyance and apply it to your life in the physical Presumptuous half-hearted homunculus Self-destruction is the power without knowing what the function is
[Chorus]
[Immortal Technique - Verse 2] Here’s a toast to the dead, for all of my fam I will never let an idea die with a man My rhymes are like Nazca lines designed to give a view-of-this J.Dilla’s still alive as long as his music is A toast to the dead for rap legends and pioneers Your legacy won’t be forsaken as long as I am here Knowledge of the past and, wisdom of the present I’ll teach and leave in the hands of a worthy lieutenant A toast to the dead, for children with cancer and aids A cure exists and you probably, could have been saved Sad to see, medicine divorce morality Corporate homewreckers, pimpin’ up a salary A toast to the dead, for those that’ve died today The victims and those exonerated by DNA The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty Is killing the innocent, and leavin’ your soul filthy Immortal Technique, remember me when I’m gone I encrypted my lyrics to stay alive in a song So you’ll always keep a piece, of my spirit inside But some of you, won’t survive the changes the earth makes Swallowed by tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes And that’s just the first stage of ‘you-can-not-reverse-ways’ And realise that we are one, regardless of our birthplace
[Chorus]
First of all, I wish I knew where the lines in the chorus were sampled from, but I don’t, I may ask around to see if anyone knows.
“Here’s a toast to the dead If you don’t drink, smoke to the head” I don’t know if I am looking too deeply, but as soon as I heard that second line I got the impression that Immortal Technique is showing an awareness of Islam as a respectable religion (Muslims do not drink any alcohol as part of their practice), he has mentioned it a lot before in good light.
“Here’s a toast to the dead for my enemies that are gone I’m not a coward so, celebrating that would be wrong” This made me think about a recent event and that is the killing of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Despite many people openly celebrating his death, I felt uncomfortable in doing so. Now I am not saying that I am not a coward, but is not celebrating death bringing you down to a lower level? I believe that war, no matter how necessary it appears to be, is something to be mourned and not glorified.
“A toast to the dead for criminals, burning in hell I wonder how many presidents are burning as well Emperors, Popes, Senators, Generals Amputees feelin’ unlucky until they see the vegetables” Well, he won’t be Immortal Technique if he wasn’t controversial would he? The second line in this quoted part is said in a very powerful and defined way, really made me feel his anger. The amputees are most likely referring to those who are war veterans and the vegetables are of course others who just live off life support machines.
“A toast to the dead for those who are forgotten Written out of the history by the corrupted and rotten Black saints whitewashed during La Reconquista Thousands of Indio-Spaniards used to conquer the Incas” I admit that I am ignorant of what the La Reconquista, I am guessing its the reconquest of Moorish Spain by the Spaniards against the Islamic empire there, but that is part of what is so wonderful about this, it makes people want to find out, want to learn. The Indio-spaniards are the majority of the Latino-Americans today who were born as a result of the rape of many South American natives by the Spanish colonists. The Incas were just one native tribe to the region.
“And if that last lyric was predictable” He is aware of what he is writing, he is showing self reflection and he knows how much he seems to repeat himself, and that is vital to being a good artist.
“J.Dilla’s still alive as long as his music is” J.Dilla (who I think is the producer of this beat) passed away (R.I.P) and this line expresses the idea of what I call legacy-theory, that people live in through their legacies, be it their children or music or whatever work they leave behind (maybe even inventions!).
“The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty Is killing the innocent, and leavin’ your soul filthy” This reminded me of a study we did on Plato once, where he explained that the person who commits injustice should be mourned more so than the victim, for their soul has suffered irreparable damage. I loved the flow of this line, immaculate.
“A toast to the dead, for children with cancer and aids A cure exists and you probably, could have been saved” and
“When you struggle to complete what I started before I died” When I heard the first two lines I just thought that he was referring to his belief in the theory that there is a cure for AIDs that exists, but the medicine industry doesn’t want it released because they will stop making money from the drugs which just deal with the symptoms and that has a higher profit margin. Anyway, if you notice the second line it gives the impression that this is far in the future after he is dead, so maybe it was just a glimpse in the future or self reflection when he is on his deathbed.
“And realise that we are one, regardless of our birthplace” I am a huge fan of this kind of thinking, and it was an amazing way to end it all…
So this looks like one of the most awesome documentaries for hip-hop fans, and I found it on another blog and I thought that the least I could do was try and spread it as much as I could.
So I will drop it right here:
The description of the video reads: “Immortal Technique emerged from prison a changed man. As his inner journey continues he travels the world promoting a revolution of consciousness through hip-hop. His path from a troubled youth to a fearless revolutionary is an inspirational must-see.”
As well as that, this is the official documentary by Viper Records (owned by Tech himself I believe).
The concept of films about hip-hop is exciting, especially since I am bored of Eminem’s eight-mile or whatever it was, I want to see more sides to it, I want to see not just the performance but the lives behind these artists too. And speaking of such things, I think I will watch a movie called “Slam”, it was recommended by a friend who said that it is really inspiring, and that is something I feel like I need right now.
If you have read any of what I had written on here before, then you would have probably guessed that I was into hip-hop at least a little bit, well enough to write my own lyrics. However, I did go as far as to perform a couple of times, and it really really is harder than it looks.
One of my friends was supposed to be performing on that day since it was the “official” last day of school, but he had an exam so (surprisingly enough) he told the head of our sixth
form that I should be a suitable replacement.
So I seized the opportunity and agreed to it without much thought, and before I knew it I found myself on stage with another friend of mine who is a good beat producer and one hell of a beat boxer (yep he was supplying the beat
with his own vocal cords!):
I am the one in blue here, and the first thing I thought when I saw this picture of myself performing is probably the same thing you are thinking…what the hell am I doing with my right hand? What is that gesture? Family and friends have told me that I am a very gesturing person when I talk, I make a lot of actions and gestures that I am barely aware of, now I don’t know if that is good or bad, but I do know that it can be comical!
The first thing I performed was an a capella, which is a rhythm and poetry piece without any beat (similar to deaf poetry). Some did not really know that a thing existed and looked confused as I noticed, but they settled in. The piece was of quite a serious nature concerning war and suffering which made the atmosphere a whole lot more solemn, but I made sure to liven it up again!
When I got up there, and realized everyone will be staring at me and my friend I felt nervous (obviously), my heart basically would just not stop beating fast and I was a little shaky, and here is what was really hard to do:
1. Being animated – asides from those silly gestures I really had a hard time being animated and lively or moving about. I felt really stiff and was unsure of how to act, especially since the audience were not all very hip-hop orientated (there were teachers there after all!) and I didn’t know if I was good or not. I mean, imagine if I was shockingly bad, then I would not move a muscle and spare everyone in the same room some humiliation.
2. Speaking/rapping with confidence – You know what everyone says about hearing their own voice when recorded? They hate it! And I do too! But even worse is hearing it played back as you speak live so that kind of threw me off a little, nevertheless I carried on and went ahead with it. I also have a very deep voice and it was just pure weirdness hearing that voice rapping like that…
3. Breath control - There is a reason that I made this one bold, and that is because it is a big problem for me. We take breathing as a subconscious process for granted, but when you rap and try to keep in rhythm with the beat you have to consciously breathe at times just so you won’t sound like you are being strangled. But I find that as you get better with writing and practising, the rhythm will start to fit in with breathing pattern and remembering to breathe and rapping can be done simultaneously.
Reflecting on that strange day, I think my performance was really really bad despite what a lot of my friends say. It is just one of those things that you can’t believe went well, nevertheless it has made me more determined to practice and practice and take on performing once again!
Oh and if you want to know what I performed, it was this piece mainly which was also written by me.
Hello people, and welcome to the second issue of the lyricists, an article promoting not simply literature as an art form, but lyricism which is just one of many fields in literature. And focusing on unknown individuals. Today, I want to look at the work of from deviant art (click the picture!).
Now this really caught my eye as a set of hip-hop lyrics. The first reason is because it mentioned homosexuality in a very positive light, and not just that but a revolutionary one too. When one listens to mainstream rap and even some underground stuff we are used to hearing words like “faggot” in derogatory terms. The fact that this piece does the exact opposite of what we are used to is evidence in itself that the artist is expressing themselves and part of their own life; this is what art really is.
“imagine Bill Henrickson havin’ three husbands
and three wives to round it all off, actor musta been
a practicin’ bi-sexual, highly intellectual”
I loved this part in particular, and no I did not know who Bill Henrickson actually is. The reason I love this section is the flow and the rhyme scheme, and the love for things like this comes from listening to a lot of hip hop. I can almost imagine the flow here.
The first thing I noticed was a hint of sweet rebellion and that is something I can’t resist. The reference to slaves in the beginning is metaphorical of course, the artist isn’t talking about someone behind visible bars but something more profound.
“you really thought Icarus was just a metaphor?
it’s obvious, like how a Muslim’s dinner plate is never pork“
A very clever rhyme to use, and as a Muslim my self I smiled at the second line here
“I used to [censored] around with Valium and Oxycontin“
It is refreshing to see drugs represented negatively in hip-hop. The artist touched on a very big topic here, especially since mental illness is on the rise in Western countries especially with depression.
Now I know that some people who happen to read this will be put off by the second piece because (especially the chorus) is associated with “conspiracy theories” even though the artist makes it clear that they don’t believe in the Illuminati or anything like that. I would like to mention that at times it is worth to be open minded and to think…what is so far fetched about powers with converging interests to meet behind closed doors? Because that is all what conspiracy means.
It was very much a pleasure to read some nice works of flow and rhyme and I hope that ~irapandstuff will be very successful in the future with their work
And now for some Q and A!
Q – What got you into writing lyrics/hiphop in general?
It’s kind of a funny story, actually. When I was 8th grade Asher Roth was starting to get really famous, and some people I knew didn’t like him because we felt like we could make better music than him. Anyway, one friend of mine said that “If Asher Roth gets famous, I’m gonna become a rapper, because if he can do it, I can do it!” That friend isn’t actually gonna be a rapper, but everything flowed naturally from there for me.
Q – What would you say is the central message of these pieces and does it relate to your personal life?
Those pieces you selected are basically as close to spreading a positive message as I get. “Imagination” for sure relates to my personal life because I’m a transgirl and a hip-hop artist, so that was sort of me trying to reconcile those two aspects of myself. The remix of “End of Days” is basically about my spiritual beliefs, actually. I’m not religious, and I don’t really believe in the whole Cult of the Illuminati that controls rap, but I have a lot of faith in the power of belief. My producer OhShnaps said one time “We would be able to fly, were it not for airplanes” and I think that about sums the theme of that one up.
Q – What are your goals then?
3.Well, I’ve got the just having fun part down pat, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wanna be famous. Basically, this is a good way for me to express myself and spread the messages I’d like to spread, and I’m actually recording, I even have a mixtape out. My whole life plan is kinda based around music, honestly. If I can’t get off the ground in some musical career I don’t know what I’m gonna do.
Q – Who inspires you to write what you write?
4.Inspiration usually comes from a few different places. One is where I’m just kicking around ideas with my friends and we like one and say “Let’s do that, let’s make that into a song.” Sometimes I feel compelled to say something about a big issue, or what I believe is a big issue. But a lot of the time I’m just having fun writin’ lyrics and then I record it, or I’ll have some idea for a really great line just come down from Pluto and then I have to use it.
I hope this has gained some views and exposition and I hope some people have been introduced to lyricism as an art form!
Hello to everyone. It is good to be back to wordpress after a term at university, and it is good to be relaxing in the Easter holidays!
Anyway, I have discussed featuring some unknown lyricists from the deviantArt community on here and here is my first attempt at featuring someone’s hip-hop lyrics. Just to note, I will not be “analysing” them, just posting them up for people to see and along with a few questions to reveal more about the author. I will probably work on adding more to each article, so this is a test run more than anything. However, just because it is the first one does not mean it should be devalued!
Who’d ever think that a sentence would title the shadow of me, people shop but chemicals are placed below the knees, so it seems that we live to poison our needs, I started out wantin to change world, but that soon changed when I saw what we’re like, it hurt so bad, my rhymes took a turn upside down, the crayon drew frowns on white colored clowns,
while this waste land stuffed itself we inhabited, how many of us lost their dreams, to fast food chains, locked behind these bars, perished beneath the autumn leaves, and left to rot or burned to ashes,
lost in the darkness of history, majority madness, developed from government laboratories, just like the widespread of disease and, hybrids in animal sciences, loads of new thoughts have grown to accept these nightmares, or silenced by the signatures of higher beings, night lights move in the night sky, exposed like nude shriekers, they’re still classified as urban make belief, as objects move in paranormal activities, ghosts n the grim feed on the casualties of Human nail biting themes,
So which skittles color will you feed, when all signs begin to glow luminescent, and obedience takes voyage with speed, strike one last thought before you, persist in life to be the bucket list.
Written By Maxim Quirk 15 February 2011
And now some questions (and answers) that I have in mind for all artists that I bump into and am impressed by!
1. What got you into writing lyrics/hiphop in general?
It was mid 2009 when I started, at first I just wanted to write a song, just to say I’ve tried it…But being inspired to write you really gotta look into yourself deeper than normal…For me, I’ve had a difficult childhood, traveling around countries for my dad’s work where I collected most of my knowledges of different communities, from poverty to high class. Having to change schools every 2 years; I could never adapt because of the friends I made, I would probably never see them again. So after a time I stopped trying. until 09′ when the last three years pretty much hit me. I was placed in a highly religious environment where I wasn’t accepted as well for being who i am with the knowledge I had…
That’s where I spent writing by hand half a book of reflections. I got over it about six months later when I wanted to write about things people are too blind or to ignorant to see.
2. What would you say is the central message of this piece and does it relate to your personal life?
The central message [of the featured piece]; well I’ll just reflect on the first line…writing rhymes is the side of me that in person you would probably never even know about, hiding behind my mask. At first the only people I talked with had been DJ Cuba, NJE and an operator of MC Solaar’s facebook account.
But everything else you might notice in my other writings pretty much reflect upon this messed up system we are born into and different aspects of life.
3.What do you hope to achieve through your art? Fame and fortune? Just having fun?
I’m not looking for fame and fortune but if it comes, I guess it was meant to. I don’t find it fun to write and I don’t plan anything prior, when I get into this certain state of mind it just comes to me, funny thing is after I post it I don’t admire it until like a week or a few months later when I stumble across it again and realize how well written it really is.
4.Who inspires you in your art?
Groups that inspire me include Bliss n Eso, Horrorshow, Sandpeople, Illy, Seth Sentry, Vinnie Paz, Bad neighbors, Sadistik, Unknown Prophets… and many more that are buried beneath mainstream.. I guess anyone that has something to say and isn’t afraid to say it; real hip hop that has meaning.
I write my own lyrics from time to time, and as an avid user of the Internet I use deviantArt; a social network site for all kinds of artists to show case their work.
There are various people who write lyrics on there too, and I thought to myself that I might take their lyrics for analysis too, just because they are not well known does not mean that it’s not worth looking at. And it will do an excellent job of publicising their work on the site by writing articles for them (deviantArt had it’s own news section) .
While this is a new and exciting prospect I do have work to be getting on with and will only have free time later. Hopefully things will take off then.
We may feel that the popular musicians and singers out there are at a different level. That they are different to all of us and somehow are seperated from our sphere of existence. We often forget that the artist, the musician, the singer is infact a human being like you and me. They change, and if their art reflects them, then their art will change will with them.
That is why long time Hiphop artists are interesting to listen to, among others. If one listens closely enough they will detect physical and (mostly) mental changes (attitudes, beliefs etc). Once again I am going to use Immortal Technique as an example; namely because I had listened to him a lot but also because change is so evident too.
His albums Revolutionary Volume 1 and Revolutionary Volume 2 were both released when he was fairly young. And when he released his newer album The 3rd World I immediately noticed a change. His voice was deeper and gruffer, he had grown physically and is now a man. This change is noticeable in hiphop because the MC does not sing, but he/she speaks poetry in a rhythm.
He was, in his younger years, “aggresive” and passionate about his views just like any youth is. His album cover art was more suggestive and provocative in Revolutionary Volume 1 and 2 (left to right, respectively):
I don’t know if you readers can see clearly and I hope no offense is caused. The first picture shows a scene of dead police officers among other authoritiarian symbols with a bullet riddled wall in the background. The ”mic and sickle” is an adaptation of the hammer and sickle; the symbol of Communism and generally a left wing politics. The second picture is similar in that it too has dead bodies, but this time of the Bush adminstration and it is in the White House. Obviously, their deaths were untimely as their bullet wounds show.
Immortal Techniques album cover for the 3rd World; the later released album.
This cover is far less suggestive in itself. It simply portrays the artist in a more mysterious tone rather than an attacking one.
Now that I have discussed some superficial elements of change, I am going to briefly compare two tracks. They will not be in detail as usual because the article is already quite long, and I am trying to make them shorter!
Creation and Destruction, Revolutionary Volume 1 – track 1
Now you know what I mean by the aggressive nature of the lyrics here. The metaphors he uses are quite graphic and he uses religious ideas freely to his own will:
“You’re such a b**ch someone probably made you out of a rib” for example can be highly controversial because it refers to Genesis and the creation of Eve and the Old Testament view of the inferiority of women.
“When God said ‘let there be light’ I turned it the F***K off” And here he is challenging God or maybe comparing his power to his. This kind of self praise and threatening of others is common practice in battle rap and that is something that Technique was known for even before he started recording his first albums.
So now you get a rough idea of one of his first tracks, now lets look at another:
Internally Bleeding – Revolutionary Volume 2
This is from a later album, Revolutionary Volume 2, the metaphors are still graphic:
“Like an aborted foetus in a jar that opened is eyes” And he uses that to symbolise shock; a negative thing. Could it be that he has turned religious? Not exactly, knowing him he probably still hates organised religion, especially the Catholic Church. But could it be that he has respect for a spiritual and religious element in life? That may be the case. Another thing I notice is that these lyrics are much more about him in real life than self praise, they are much more humble that the last track I presented and they also have an element of sadness and sensitivity:
“My mother told me that placing my faith in God was the answer
But then I hated God because he gave my mother cancer”
The use of the past tense in “hated” is giving a hint that this is not the case now. And it shows he is realising that not all of his prejudices against all form of spirituality may be justified. This is shown an open mind that thinks outside of it’s own box.
I will let you listen to the rest of this track, but I will point out one last line at the very end:
“I made peace with the Lord and now I stand on his right“
And that really did surprise me. Again that doesn’t mean he is one of those born again Christians who is knocking at people’s doors in the mornings. It maybe that he accepts that there is a spiritual side to his life, an immaterial one. When you put this set of lyrics next to the previous one from an earlier album you can really see the difference. Both of these albums were released when he was still young, but it remains that there is more to change than simply his voice breaking and there is more to it than rhyme schemes. When it comes change, artists will change the very message they send across, and that is one thing that I love seeing over time.
Art is about change. When you practice art and use it to reflect yourself you do it over a period of time. And over the period of time you change and the reflections change with you.
This has been fun to write as always, and I hope to be cranking out more during the Easter break in April.
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with his own vocal cords!):
