The Stairway to Heaven [EP]

by Vagabond Maurice

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[Chorus] Keep your soul intact (x8) [Verse] Peep the today’s mathematics / (Huh) Vagabond is Godbody(7), understanding(3) wisdom(2) / My knowledge(1) freeing(4) the culture / Power(5) build & destroy(8), born(9) in the cipher(0) / Mind, Body & Soul / mold, equality (6) / I drift, on vivid dreams, to keep my seams together / Tethered by the storm, unhinged from these measures / Un·fet·tered mind, the patterns, divine / To speak, to ancestors, while on my incline / Sun bask on the sky / line / Melanin be the truth / Of course, I’m gon’ shine / May these hues, soothe all these rhythms of mine / Maes Hughes, wholesome while I’m making these moves / On a narrow path toward serenity / Cut through frequencies / I will will find, my affinity for this prophecy / Found myself / in the pages of Books of Five Rings / Speak tea of Iroh, that’s wisdom for these Kings / (So they) [Chorus] Keep they soul intact (x8) [Verse II] Walk/ Through / Ley·lines / to / stay / sublime Outlaw to the Stars, the pen game refined / The stories of the fallen, they ghost, riding my verses / Syllables drenched in Hennessey and some magic / Afrocentric Zen / hold Galactus in my fabric / Find myself again / No time to waste / The Abacus counting frames / While I maintain / Balance in the meter, foreshadowing my fate / My foresight, is under construction / Aligned chakras, to review my function / Paint with stardust as an introduction / Leaping through the dungeon to become a Dragon / On this narrow path, toward my harmony / carve my legacy / I will find my, inner being / Breathing rhapsody / Found myself / in the pages of Morihei’s Art of Peace / Wisdom in my light, the spirit polished in clear skies /
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[Chorus] Knight me in the day / Zen embrace my shadow / Chase the sun / Rise with nimbus, I’m gliding toward / The Leyline, toward the Leyline Toward the Leyline, toward the Leyline / [Verse I] That’s poetry in motion when Vagabond’s steady floating / Free falling penmanship, effortless, leave them breathless / Breathe deep reflection / Afrocentric Air Bender treading paths in cursive / Cypher steps in BaGua / Circular in movement, ascending to greater purpose / Punctuate the universe, I, glisten in stardust / Stars align, I’m inclined to move, with the twilight / Intertwine, I will find my peace, in the sunshine / My life’s rhythm is saturated in solar systems / My plight / Nomadic, I’m roaming until I reach some wisdom / My light / Comma Jewel, Eight Shaku / My sight / glisten beyond the golden distance / Acknowledge inspiration in the depths of self / (Huh) Knowledge of self, just / Polish my inner wealth / (Huh) Transcribing paradise in-between her thighs / (Or) Maybe I’m just Thors / torn / between here and / Vin / land / [Chorus] Knight me in the day / Zen embrace my shadow / Chase the sun / Rise with nimbus, I’m gliding toward / The Leyline, toward the Leyline Toward the Leyline, toward the Leyline / [Verse II] Peep the presence / Pen my soul’s, frequency, I’m in it / Panasonic, all sparking, panoramic vision / Seek my essence, esoteric, paint newer mission / Envision a mental space / Where I can escape to / Pen·point therapy / Pin·point clarity / Elysian be the peace, they speak, apocalypse / We dance, up in the ashes of an·cestors ascension / Progressing at every level, unravel the scared wisdom / Ash·ina Esoteric Text, guard my kingdom / Five-Parted / Pentomic / Know I got, Five on it / Last of the Poetic / Lyricist, in the lounge / Caught, sipping magic / star drunk in the cosmic / Cauldron, pouring poems from my aura like a mystic / Chosen Gohan pulling Zeta Sword from the boulder / Maybe I’m too abstract… / But my truth remains / Sober as I sort my sutra, seeing where my morals move ya / [Chorus] Knight me in the day / Zen embrace my shadow / Chase the sun / Rise with nimbus, I’m gliding toward / The Leyline, toward the Leyline Toward the Leyline, toward the Leyline / [Verse III] Incredibly gifted / Dismantling all their guards, those spirits I’m lifting / Solar Systems, I’m holding / Zen quotes, my wisdom / Kindles bright, my moonlight / Penetrating the industry / Found / Floating on on energy, harmony hard to grasp / This five / finger discount, dismount your craft / I figure four / metaphors / into submission / Three keys to unlock these / Introspections / Arrival of greater strength, two Nio moving with grace / A single shift will displace / Paradigms / Center lines / I align / zeitgeists to the height of All Might / I might / build your insight, with, quiet advice / My Shaolin Spear Style, is here, to break crowns / (Huh) Seven Star Polearm, here, defending alms / (Huh) Eight Trigrams, disrupting you and your plans / (cuz this) Abstract syntax is bringing the knowledge / back / [Chorus] Knight me in the day / Zen embrace my shadow / Chase the sun / Rise with nimbus, I’m gliding toward / The Leyline, toward the Leyline Toward the Leyline, toward the Leyline /
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[Verse I: Vagabond Maurice] Writing in facets / Words, rotate the atlas / I’m abstract / Melanated voodoo woven couplets / Elevated outcast, spin spells, I outclass / those / Wielding a catalyst to tap into their magic / I’m cosmic / Don’t peep the vision? / Well you, gotta’ adjust, your optics / Seeds, grown in twilight / know, I had to trust the process / Progress / Mediate through stra·tus / Shedding all my fears, to find, balance off axis / This conscious / Buddha Sutra, blooming jewels be crucial in the darkness / D·hyana Mudra, mend the soul in lotus when I fo·cus / Afrocentric, carve the zen in poems for my closure / Chosen / Martial Hero Soldier / My / Go·jo / limitless energy leaving them speechless / Found / Beyond the infinite void, becoming weightless / Vagabond’s tongue / rotates like Wing Chun / The future, Ancient One / Who trained, in K’un-Lun / [Chorus] I’ve been biding my time (Time) Freeing my mind (Mind) On this golden path, to reach, my sunshine (shine) / Find my inner peace, beneath, a copper sky (sky) / Happiness I seek, reclaiming what is mine / [Verse II: Eyeda Sophia] And what was never meant to be Defiled by destiny, projections of directions to my next degree, I was into, outer, space and out of, common, place and inward, I would make the tables shake And tip over Sick, sober and suffering Straight rum, r u dumb But mixed emotions, be bubbling Feet stumbling, I wanna see sun again Cause the days be short I miss New York Wanderlust like uppercut, Became my sword I'm torn, I wanna be the vic-tor I slip more times than I stand, but I land Like a mass, mother nature vs man Green thumb in her ass I'm deep in the grass, it's saturated over hereee So come collect your bummy cheques and one can of beer I love what I fear, cause it shows I'm alive And a shogun with closed eyes, Stays eroded by pride [Chorus] I’ve been biding my time (Time) Freeing my mind (Mind) On this golden path, to reach, my sunshine (shine) / Find my inner peace, beneath, a copper sky (sky) / Happiness I seek, reclaiming what is mine / [Verse III: Vagabond Maurice & Eyeda Sophia] (VM) Five per-center circling cities spitting in ciphers Ouroboros wisdom, the knowledge seamless in freedom / I / Studied in trenches, spoke in four dimensions / to / Finesse phonetics, I’m more, than an aesthetic (ES) Out of work, but it'll work out, my mind athletic, If the song slaps, better find the medic Braided bread like head of a Viking Enlightening, strike like lightning Insight isn't found in sight it's inside (VM) Motivated to pass, my outer limits /Levitate through weighted bars / Your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper, go and ask about the God / Unique like Ason, techniques I see beyond / Temporal worlds / I temper this spoken sword / (ES)Open, doors Floors fall through, like cracked granite, a blank canvas and a plaque plagued planet, Travelled latitudes to gratitude Attitude on stank and rude, but truly I mean to best, no stress could put my ever blessed light beam to rest [Chorus] I’ve been biding my time (Time) Freeing my mind (Mind) On this golden path, to reach, my sunshine (shine) / Find my inner peace, beneath, a copper sky (sky) / Happiness I seek, reclaiming what is mine / [Outro] You are the universe in static motion / So stop acting so small / (So small)
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[Verse I] Metaphysical being, beyond your comprehension / Tongue, a reverse blade sword, talking that Kenshin / Mic check of Metaknight, ignite secret swords like / Makoto Shishio, but I’m the hero, who / Advocates, complex, syntax to keep them / Guessing in the vortex, high or low, remix / Jeanius like Grae / Phoenix I write (wright) / Graffiti tagged, hieroglyphics, painted in the night / Burn midnight oils / a midnight marauder whose / A Thief / got away with words / See, I’m running to / Skylines, mural’ed in portraits, of my soul / Soul so bright, that’s Solar Flares in the glow / Nomadic with my magic, just elevating my flow / Culminating knowledge, to reach, my pinnacle / Summit of the mind state, sharpen my syllables / To cut through my limits, beyond your plateau / [Chorus] Walking on the Stairway to Heaven / I’m / Thumbing through the lessons in my note / Pad / Reflecting on, who I used to be / to see / Where I began, to form, where I’ll / end / [Verse II] Vagabond is elevated / Disassociated / Complicated / (Huh) Simple on the tempo, my temple’s mural in Buddha candles / So essential, my inner essence a presence of shared flames / Progressing on a quintessential level, they tremble in acquiescence / Existential crisis, I breathe, through the sequence / Vessel of my mother’s prayers / Woven palms, kiss psalms on this drum loop / Hole. In. Sky / Shining from the other side / Deep rooted soul / Smiling for you and I / Unafraid, airborne, lifted off the Stoop / Kid’s absurd, swaying to his inner blues / Swung like Claymores, sharpening his spoken word / Avant-garde, with the cards, stacked against me / Change, of the Guard / Toppling Colossi / I spy, the end of three eras / Shifting as I rise on / [Chorus] Walking on the Stairway to Heaven / I’m / Thumbing through the lessons in my note / Pad / Reflecting on, who I used to be / to see / Where I began, to form, where I’ll / end / [Bridge] Diane: Everyone was worried about you, ya’know? You can’t just disappear, you really hurt a lot of people. Mr. Cuddlywhiskers: Sometimes you need to take responsibility for your own happiness Diane: You don’t think that’s a little, selfish? Mr. Cuddlywhiskers: I don’t know what to tell you, I’m happy, for the first time in my life – and I’m not going to feel bad about it. It takes a long time to realize how truly miserable you are, and even longer to see that it doesn't have to be that way. Only after you give up everything can you begin to find a way to be happy. [Verse III] Second guessing myself, for the last time / That’s knowledge of self, usher sunshine / Somersault through the twilight, so sublime / Subverting their lies, with these founded truths / Isometric rhymes, tied, to the focus / Illuminated esoteric text be my roses / Poet flowing transcendental spinning toward my focus / Ponder paths on Ponderosa pen my soul in cursive / Alleviate these burdens / Abbreviated breaths, in seven steps, I found my depths / Embedded in this inner mirror / Pierce the dark to see it clearer / Cleansing more than self doubt / Spiral toward the inner light / Free falling frequencies, dive deep in energy / Carefree, hold the microphone, like a mem·o·ry / Mind·ful·ness, spoken from the crown, cha·k·ra unbound / Lim·it·less peace, the happiness, profound / My soul’s transition, tread light in Spira / [Chorus] Walking on the Stairway to Heaven / I’m / Thumbing through the lessons in my note / Pad / Reflecting on, who I used to be / to see / Where I began, to form, where I’ll / end /
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[Verse I] Bouquet of flowers just to decorate my conscious / Find my soul on purpose, pulling flaws up to the surface / Suffer through the silence, ending burdens with this magic / Clarity in progress, a beauty bloomed, in stardust / Can’t rush / Healing while dealing with other’s wounds / Your love’s / More like a garden, spinning petals out in Zion / Woven in / Battlefields basked in a bed of roses / Found myself / Tucked into the tunes of my own demise / (Huh) Reflections from my memory’s palace / Innervisions played in sequence till I reached my vision / Clearer mission seeking freedom from my inhibitions / Elevating the happiness, born, from here and now / The healing process / not linear / I’m spiraling / Upward / and peeling back / layers / revealing this / Balance / The moral universe steady schooling me / I arc to its wisdom and its poetry / [Refrain] Trying to find myself / (self) In between these rhyme schemes / Running toward my peace / Manifest my vision spoken with these sacred dreams / Reaching out so I can / (Huh) Breathe / Envisioning inner peace / Once I reach the mecca, alleviating the struggle / Breaking through these curses, so the family can prosper / Reaching out so we can / (Huh) Breathe / [Chorus | Malach] I try (x5) Get through by any means, cuz life ain’t what it seams / A false reality / I’ll die (x5) This death a thousand times, of ego and my pride / To get this peace of mind [Verse II] I light sage, and blaze / the sunshine, arise / My mind, open skies / and skin, harmonize / The melody / Singing the universe and its praises / My melanin / Balance the elements of the day / I bask in sun rays / Celebrating the breath / As sharp as Sun Tzu / Beautiful in the struggle / I aim to cut through / You with this truth / A Buddha on the path, they teach my footsteps / Impress my imprints, to read where I went / A Journey to the West, to find, my good sense Nag Champa in the rhymes / Flow smell of incense / Extend my conscious, the, victory flawless / Champloo in the voodoo / I brew, rhythm and blues / I’m still, paying my dues / from moon, to morning dew / Set adrift on, memory’s bliss / Working through the PM to see the Dawn’s / / Kiss / [Refrain] I’m trying to find myself / (self) In between these rhyme schemes / Running toward my peace / Manifest my vision spoken with these sacred dreams / Reaching out so I can / (Huh) Breathe / Envisioning inner peace / Once I reach the mecca, alleviating the struggle / Breaking through these curses, so the family can prosper / Reaching out so we can / (Huh) Breathe / [Chorus | Malach] I try (x5) Get through by any means, cuz life ain’t what it seams / A false reality / I’ll die (x5) This death a thousand times, of ego and my pride / To get this peace of mind
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[Verse: Vagabond Maurice] Edo tensei, won’t save, you or your sensei / I dismay / demons while chilling, watching a Let’s Play / I mark, apply / pressure on wounds, LP consumed / In the energy applied from my ancestor’s moons / This poetry / deeper than the oceans that they drowned in / I’m locked in / to the pocket, drifting in the cosmic / Recalling paths of Cthulhu, spears, of Shaka Zulu / Vagabond untethered to these measures when I’m tran·scribing heaven / Transcendental pen and pencils sketching triple sevens / Armageddon, armed in all my blessings, aura shining / Aura orbit frequencies in motion, a conduit of the voodoo / Soul, Blues, I e·lude, to / rhymes, at al·ti·tudes, find / my in·ter·ludes, bound / be·tween / the / lines / Souls of Mischief / Context of the content, content for combat / Emperor of balance, crown my karma out in Zion / [Chorus] I Devour / Enemies, for my inner peace / So they scour / This energy, built through centuries / Feel the power / They fall for CREAM, we just chasing dreams / They just cowards / Remember me, in this poetry / [Verse II – JonFlëtch] Strollin in a single lane to build up my establishment No dissociation, just a way of astro travelin Handle any business necessary, try to act funny Push away these accusations, they don't pay my gas money It don't really make me no nevermind... Cuz lately these stems planted been givin me clearer minds... I'm livin with body highs, and spirits are lifted and I can bend earth Blend first, into this mold, and truth that's told When you that cold, and proved that folks, won't move that load, that you have showed, you cruise that road Gotta soothe my toes, no sleep at night, to do that role, to re-align, my peace at life Driftin Driftin and I'm holdin, my steering wheel in a ghost and I'm floatin up off the pavement, my spirit can take the wheel Levitating to the winds, I am formless its from within No longer I'm held back by my lows, I'm tryna mend [Chorus] I Devour / Enemies, for my inner peace / So they scour / This energy, built through centuries / Feel the power / They fall for CREAM, we just chasing dreams / They just cowards / Remember me, in this poetry / [Verse III – Säge, The 64th Wonder] [Chorus] I Devour / Enemies, for my inner peace / So they scour / This energy, built through centuries / Feel the power / They fall for CREAM, we just chasing dreams / They just cowards / Remember me, in this poetry /
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[Chorus] (You Gotta) Keep your soul in tact [Verse I] Cobra clutch comets, count stars like casualties / Weaving introspects in our mind sets, we drifting / Penning lucid dreams through loose leafs, I'm shifting / Collective consciousness, our futurism is Afro / Samurai when, the warrior class is, dwindling / Battling, with bound fists, but yet we still prosper / For each one, we teach one, under the sun / For each soul, we pour spirits, till the streets are full/ Hennessey catharsis, scattered like stardust spun from nothingness / I'm a moving kamikaze procrastinating to blow / A voodoo child, crafted from black magic, who knows / How a funeral, will shift your whole perspective / How the, weight of the world, will bless you with its wisdom / How that wisdom moves with Socratic paradox of knowledge / And how all that knowledge won't prepare you for truth/ so, [Chorus] (You Gotta) Keep your soul in tact [Verse II] Walking kamikaze spinning stardust in his speech / Hog tied, tongue twisting hurricanes in breath / Soul magnifier, soul blazing motherfucker / who, Dwindles in moon, but shines, under the sun / Moonshine in the breath, the scent of poured forties on the boulevard/ Every lost spirit is a falling star headed home/ That's why we getting cozy with the homies who / Ghost, riding their whips / Ghost writing their eulogy / Street lights look like hieroglyphics are blazing / Blunt smoke burn slow in, moonlit sonata / Rooftop moonwalk till, night is dawn / Monk meditate till, eternal healing / No sleep, until I reach my dreams / That's what I tell myself / Penning affirmations in the fault of our, stars / Stars I vault beyond, galaxies abroad, Counting constellations while catching shooting stars/ [Chorus] (You Gotta) Keep your soul in tact [Verse III] I’m searching for my home in this / Writing ancient stories stolen from my soul’s abyss / Sharing sacred secrets seeping from the soundscape / Elevated moments encapsulated to quote it / I piece, together peace of mind / At a piece a time / Puzzle pieces fallen, praying that they form a portrait / I’m a simple poet scribing cuz my soul is open / Hoping that this magnum opus carries lotus in my casket / Getting aggressive when protecting my peace / Suffered in silence for awhile, now I’m speaking my piece / Peace of mind, a battlefield / I got some secret techniques / Tongue immortal, aura modal, vocals piercing the peak / Manifesting my desire through rhyme schemes / A mantra that mend dreams / I’m tightening my re·gime / On su·preme / Mathematics my magic so, emphatic / Serving up this truth, to cut through the static / [Chorus] (You Gotta) Keep your soul in tact [Outro] The skyline is shining Inner zen is blinding / Peace be still, my whole, solace is diamond / I’m grinding /
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[Chorus] Vagabond, be like, moon light / Striving through the city, I was seeking validation while living under my greatness / Seek my peace with clarity, I parted paths with those who moved, in pure fear / Truth to power, speak it louder / How we gon’ grow, while in, our comfort zone? / I’m trying to soar / [Verse] Don’t need a chorus when I’m floating off this astral state / Watch me elevate, sorting through these rules – I’ll break / Meditate, for my sake / re-arrange my fate / Navigate, through emotional traumas, I wake / Reminiscing as I move in still water / the tides of the universe / Reflecting subtle karma / Kamikaze cautions caught me / Speaking to divine winds / Pardoned Dalai Lama / Parting prose and potent poetry / through the songs I bleed / Mental pacifist like Vash the Stampede / Li Mu Bai lyricist, pen, the Green Destiny / Define my legacy, while, planting these seeds / Sown selfless, shedding through their greed / I been, put in hours / Been, sharpening this spoken word / Been, found my purpose / May these burdens mourn a Hill of Swords / Been, lost my patience / Catch my breath, in this balance / Thanks to Receo, ya boy’s, back in his glow / [Chorus] Vagabond, be like, moon light / Striving through the city, I was seeking validation while living under my greatness / Seek my peace with clarity, I parted paths with those who moved, in pure fear / Truth to power, speak it louder / How we gon’ grow, while in, our comfort zone? / I’m trying to soar / [Verse II] Soar, past these limits / Soar, through these mental barriers / Soar, through these prisons / Break the cages that they box me in / Bare knuckle, shadow boxing those impeding on my progress / Out of pocket comments never phase me / I don’t feel your presence / I’m omnipresent with these lessons, while they stutter stepping / When they were second guessing, I was tightening this focus / A·ligning my essence to / di / vine interventions / I / Was, lacking precision till I ex·panded this wisdom / (I was) Studying this aura, found my inner Korra / In the stanza / Standing on the building blocks of predecessors / Held together / by my an·cestors / Avatar / One for All / Speak to Panther Gods / Unravel my new psalm / Re·birth in the se·quence, Ouroboros be a bea·con I’m as·cend·ing, to the highest vision, of what I am seek·ing / A new mantra / So / Exit Vagabond Maurice and enter Pluto Black [Bridge] Exit Vagabond Maurice / Enter Pluto Black Exit Vagabond Maurice / Call me Pluto Black Pluto Black’s arrived / Aligning your star / Maps

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The final project under the stage name Vagabond Maurice, The Stairway to Heaven EP is a culmination of patience, focus, and clarity displayed on an array of nostalgic breakbeats and neck-breaking instrumentals which paves a new path of growth for the wordsmith. Although this may be the last EP under said moniker, it serves as a clear stepping stone towards the next stage of his music.

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released July 4, 2021

Production by Brad Kemp, Manny Beats, Chief Takinawa, World Technique, and FYKSEN
Features by Eyeda Sophia, Malach, JonFlëtch & Säge, The 64th Wonder
Mixed/Mastered at Second Bedroom Studio
Artwork by Pomekon & Lia Harmon

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