There’s good and evil There’s rich and poor There’s homo and hetero The Balance Confident and insecure Sick and healthy Religious and secular The Balance Male and female Cis gendered, transgendered Endings and beginnings The Balance Some stick to one side Some are neither Some are both The Balance Congratulations on wherever in The Balance you stand! Don’t you ever (ever ever) Ever apologize for it! (Oh no)

INTRO Homie, you don’t know me! Mmm, mmm, oh oh Yeh, yeh, yo, mmm… Yeh, yeh, yo, Da, da, doo, ooo Da, da, da, dooo VERSE ONE ‘Bout to kiss the world bye, give the skies a touch Sick of tryna be love in a world of lust Always chasin’ the dreams for me, finally had enough Been runnin’ for a not in service bus Like no! This ain’t for me I hope! That one day you see I won’t! Ever need your ID Your ID-D-D I swear! I’ll prepare an Oscar For what I exhibit reading from the prompters Hate that I was wid it, never got to live And you didn’t give two f***s if I did, ***** Blow! Don’t tell me what to do Blow! Blow! Blow! Let get a job, go to school Haven’t you heard? It’s a new world, it’s absurd Laced with conspiracies, out the box tendencies Blow! Info, overload Blow! Blow! Blow! Somethin’ between weave and fro You’re not like me, that’s alright G May The Balance say politely HOOK Homie, you don’t know me And it’s cool Homie, you don’t know me But you should VERSE TWO (Chris Ak) I’m roaming in orbit around this planet I call home This moment I’ve having is out the dome, I’m out my body Judging like everybody who claim to know how deep the berg go While ice flows might swallow a couple bodies Unsettled, the vibes, they lay, I turn stomach aches to butterflies Hit another stage of life so I sway, sway But I ain’t got all the answers, I just let that ish pass as I transfer On to the next You don’t know me, and these stories they bore me These chords play away my worries, I’m headin’ for glory My inner self said so and it told me “You know you good homie?! Keep pursuing what you do You got your groove bode! So I move solely with those in likely realms And to those who oppose me, I do not need your help We’re all struggling, tryna climb up out this well You’re juggling words about me, and do not know yourself So… HOOK Homie, you don’t know me And it’s cool Homie, you don’t know me But you should OUTRO The world don’t love you, please heed the truth It doesn’t know you, it will leave you confused Zion speaks to you, straight from within How will you know the way without listening? Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah Yeah, Mmhmm

INTRO Mmm, da, da, doh Mmm, da, da, doh… VERSE ONE I’m climbing out of my mess Got comfortable with alotta s*** I detest Over-focus, over-stress Cause perfect doesn’t work if it makes sense/cents So everybody focused on the dollar Hustle ‘til we’ve got something to offer And everybody tryna be the greatest But mutha muthas too impatient, ahhh Why choose to guide ‘em? Lately I just wanna fight ‘em Hop up off the path to Zion, pick the coffin that they lie in Why keep breathing? Why am I trying? I never picked my life Walk a tightrope with a blindfold Shuffle didn’t deal out right Voices that guide me, some love me and some hate me I’m shutting down Just shut up, stop tryna claim me I’m… So… Tired HOOK And it feel like Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yea, yea!! VERSE TWO I’m climbing out of my head Learning from my right and my left Everybody tryna choose sides But everything is balanced in life Even God made an opposite Without one do we exist? All is the all I was missing What happened to my vision? Felt like I should pray, so I lit the incense Feel a tad religious, we’ll be going in depth Yes I can fly, touch the sky bye and bye Out of sight, out of mind Where The Balance ignites ‘Til the world domino, I will rock my fro Dance across that floor, ‘til the ground tremble Whoa yes! Whoa no! A climactic coast Bank account on E, but the heart stay full Recipe for life, some sugar and spice And I more than dine, The Dyna is mine Master self steppin’ up, Imma half fill your cup Just so we can toast to the boast on a humble That’s what a life’s made of That’s why I’m oh so fresh That’s why I don’t make sense/cents I just wanna heal before I leave my breath HOOK Cuz it feel like… Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ai, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi! OUTRO And it feel like… Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ai, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi! When you’re healing… Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ooo, I, I, I, I, I Ai, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi! It should feel like… Ooo, I, I, I, I, I (I-I and I-I) Ooo, I, I, I, I, I (I-I and I-I) Ooo, I, I, I, I, I (I-I and I-I) (I)… It hurts to grow

VERSE ONE Working like a slave to the government, even though it’s crumbling Selling myself, I agree to the covenant Never knew another life, or another dream Get the cream, got a Wu tang to my veins Taught how to walk, never taught to balance Stop at road blocks, too fed up to challenge Fired my soul cuz the cold is savage What I don’t know controls the madness Please console me and leave the games Money don’t help, but I need the change Stay this way, I’ll be made to fade Ahhh… HOOK Got nowhere to flea I’m a prison The battle with me Armageddon {Jef Kearns flute solo} AUDIO SNIPPET 1 (Philosopher Rohan Campbell) How do we combat against that unconsciousness that keeps coming at us? Cuz we need something to keep us awake (Free me from war) And for me, the best method is to come to awareness (Free me from war) And be in a state of consciousness… all the time (Free me from war) {Dynesti Williams & Jef Kearns duet} AUDIO SNIPPET 2 (Philosopher Morgan O. Smith) Question though, umm… playing devil’s advocate Do I always have to be in a state of awareness all the time? I think it’s okay to fall out of it from time to time As long as you get yourself back on it A person who is able to accept being both at any given time Is probably the most…umm… the person who is probably the most… most at peace AUDIO SNIPPET 3 (Written by Morgan O. Smith) Yeah, I like the feeling of being hungry So I can enjoy the feeling of getting out of hunger

VERSE ONE Welcome to The Dyna Caution! Close to the fire How you gunna deal wit' the ting? No ring, better pay the provider Got exclusive deal for the whole fam Wake and break fast, come and get the bread Higher hire! Higher higher hire! Dyna servin' wings to the frequent flyer Heard you under-cooked, had 'em over-bored 'Bout to drop the hook for their life support PRE-CHORUS Woy! Woy! Never were the best, just the one employed Lawd! Lawd! Preying for a meal? Join the shopping cart HOOK You not (not) You not (not) You not (not) You not Not, not, not.. VERSE TWO K/Not like my dreds So so/sew, just weave through their heads Ping pong sing-a-long can't gwan with the Dynesti Dislike the thread Hidden on the wall Brushed off with the plaque 'Bout to bring a ho to hay till I'm on a stack! Eat the last tick on the timer Sound the alarm terminating the tryer Dishin' out my best, men/u exed, no desire Call my man a chef, he go to work in The Dyna PRE-CHORUS Woy! Woy! Can't finish the phrase cuz I'm so annoyed Lawd! Lawd! I don't mean to sin, but I swear to God HOOK You not (not) You not (not) You not (not) You not Not, not, not.. VERSE THREE A wolf will dead off outside the door One knock and I knock you to the floor Dyna secure, try to rob it's war Leave you in a pile of your own manure Nigga found her way out the slavin' And she's comin' back with the path that's taken If you wanna build, got rolls/roles for the soul That could fill that hole with some dough, that's bacon/bakin' 'Bout my assets, not how my a** sets Multiply while you half-step D took the lead just to grab them seeds Introduce n****s to gardening Scheming through the green with a lawn mower If you tryna snake, that's a bad omen Hate the whole set up, every time I get up Flippin' pyramids till ya'll know it Not a game you can win without knowing the rules Fact, nobody wins, we're all confused Let the instrumental take over my mental Just so D can let go of the jewels like You not, you not, you not, you not Tapped in

HOOK I am a guaranteed high Put you in the sky Know my light VERSE ONE They don’t joke, they got you roped Terminate the soul, kill you like a roach Hooked on hope! I’m off it Royally demonstrating a boss ting, now my life is Building with my bredren, living out our heaven Told we couldn’t get it, making ‘em repent it Don’t believe in your limits! You thinkin’ you flexin’ Baby finally steppin’, you a business on LinkedIn Truth is that you so lie, beg for change but don’t try Lucky I’ve been so nice, I’ve got Grace like my spice When di pepper hit cha, you’ll be droppin’ hot shhh Tap into the teaching, Dyna dishin’ knowledge HOOK I am a guaranteed high Put you in the sky Know my light (Repeat) VERSE TWO Stepped in the game like a dominatrix Got so many hits, and they love when I spit Safe words stop when the beat start up Whip ‘em with the dreds ‘til they all loc’d up Like ah! Oh my God! She notti/naughty?! Selassi?! Walahi?! Oh no! Just bossy! When I say go… I! Bet you see the light! Man you talk all hype! ‘Bout to bring you to my height! HOOK I am a guaranteed high Put you in the sky Know my light OUTRO Been chefin’ like… are you dim? Which Dyna did you step in? Been blendin’ with the pen Energy so Zion I know my light I know!

HOOK Can you take it? (Tell him) Can you take it? (Tell him) Can you take it? Can you take it from me? Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-ove Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-ove Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-o-o-over VERSE ONE This is the last convo before I walk out I love you, but not how you treat me I want you, but this cannot keep me Relations never easy I used to say keep on the lights I'm in the mood for reggae feelin' Shaggy tonight Not worry 'bout chicks that seduce your kisses Got Hershey/her she, and dem tryna be your Mrs. Uncontrolled d**s turn kings to fools Wanna be Solo/mon? Got some Pro/verbs for you Master yourself king, break the rules Got a big shark like you swimming up in pools I know your mistakes, when you’re real, when you’re fake Cuz you have to create a façade not to break Got some bad ******* and forgot what's good? Cut the foreplay lemme go straight hood Like bredren, yuh blind? Got that vintage design, from time Still livin' in a bind… you a “real *****”? Man, lemme help you find the divine in ya HOOK Can you take it? Take the wine! Can you take it? Take the wine! Can you take it? Take the wine! Can you take it from me? Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-ove Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-ove Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-o-o-over (Tek it, tek it, tek it, tek it) VERSE TWO Let’s be honest, sexin’ you is a diss to this goddess ‘Bout to bring you to your wake, sure enough! Pancakes ain’t getting served till you sir up/syrup But the pressure's up, so the mandem live life dangerous From the streets, to the sheets, till your heart stop beat Tryna fill voids with poisoned profit, uh uh I know we've had it rough, but if it's rough with me you can't get enough Imma elevate you when you can't get up But till you work for us, you don’t deserve my love Got my own mind, it compliments yours Our conversations are elevation, prayer Our meditation, call on me to heal I'm medication, don't even need to add Ville/Advil Add chain, or add whip, unless we try that kinky s*** Marley told me we should free our minds Can't be a slave to your fear that I'll disappear Backstab your ass, baby grasp that I'm here Half of the perfect math in your mirror I'm your co-pilot, goddess, peer That's why I'm in your ear singing HOOK Can you take it? Take the wine! Can you take it? Take the wine! Can you take it? Take the wine! Can you take it from me? Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-ove Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-ove Mi nuh need no basic, Lo-o-o-over (Tek it, tek it, tek it, tek it) OUTRO Nate! Switch the beat Mi nuh need dat! Wasted time With an eediot! Mama say Yuh nuh need dat! Translate I don’t need that Grab a next ting A real one When dem treat it Give di treatment Take the wine Take the wine Take the wine Tek it

INTRO Boom, bam, bim (Boom, bam, bim) Boom, bam, bim (Boom, bam, bim) Boom, bam, bim (Boom, bam, bim) Race to annihilate on one foot, one foot VERSE ONE In the ring, but can't fight like me Fuse cannot produce light like me Da, da, da, da, da, da! Now I see Cruise without my shoes while I sing Bun the path, and the class Wanna see sum, I "dun" the math Sit back while I flip the Kraft I dish that cheese 'n mac Annihilate! Flip the craft Until I'm so Glad, I could make the bag And you so trash Heard you really want your crown back? Wondering where I found dat? T dot O where dat sound at! Yuh nuh ready, yuh nuh ready to be round dat! PRE-CHORUS How you gunna sa-a-a-ave? Sa-ave How you gunna sa-a-a-ave? Sa-ave How you gunna sa-a-a-ave? Sa-ave Sa-a-a-a-ave me-e-e? (Repeat) HOOK Boom, Bam, Bim! Siren! Feel when I Boom, Bam, Bim! Siren! Feel when I Boom, Bam, Bim! Siren! Feel when I reign Feel when I Boom, da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE! Boom, da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE! Boom, da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE! VERSE TWO And you thought you had your trap set? (Mmm) When you beat me I just two-step (Mmm) Pick it up and then I reset (Mmm) Overlooked me, I'm your regret (regret) Beware of the well-wisher, they grant whatever I want Thought the future was in your hands Were you holding a watch? Told me to walk what I talk Lately I'm walking a lot Marathon through these stages, I'm finally out of your box Let loose my locs Roll and I rock Say that I'm sailing the way you get docked By the supernatural, untapped potential in yourself Come from under your spell PRE-CHORUS How you gunna sa-a-a-ave? Sa-ave How you gunna sa-a-a-ave? Sa-ave How you gunna sa-a-a-ave? Sa-a-a-a-ave Sa-a-a-a-ave me-e-e? (Repeat) HOOK Boom, Bam, Bim! Siren! Feel when I Boom, Bam, Bim! Siren! Feel when I Boom, Bam, Bim! Siren! Feel when I reign Feel when I Boom, da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE! Boom, da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE! Boom, da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE! OUTRO To the left to the left, to the left to the... DUN DA PLACE To the right to the right, to the right to the... DUN DA PLACE To the middle to the middle, to the miggle to the... DUN DA PLACE w'hol on, w'hol on, w'hol on TUN IT! Da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE Da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE Da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE Da-da-da-da-da-da-da! What?! DUN DA PLACE