Vagabond Maurice
[夢]
No Lotus
Prod. By beDOTwater
Additional Production by Brad Kemp & Andy Danstrom
Most people are afraid of suffering.
But suffering is a kind of mud to help
The lotus flower of happiness grow
There can be no lotus flower without the mud
lyrics
[Intro]
Meditate. Meditate. Meditate.
[Verse I]
Voodoo movement, I speak the spells clearer/
Vagabond the type to see through, your smoke and mirrors /
Vibrance in my presence, shifting auras with my vocals /
Lotus blooming in my cadence, dancing petals in my vision /
Mission to, see the stars / Tapestries from afar /
Bushido Brown chasing the gauntlet of the Gods /
Rurouni reverse blades / a Samurai Mixtape /
Chopped and screwed / Champloo /
Soul through the grooves /
Hues of eternity, mix it down / proper /
Sounding like the harmony of a thousand / Prophets /
Wield a thousand hands like Guanyin, in the lands /
Where Bodhisattva whisper wisdom soaring through the mind /
I’m entering the void, devoid of earthly tethers /
Voodoo in my jazz, the jazz a love song /
Played on the train, while bumping that Coltrane /
Meditating on blues notes, as my mind, floats /
[Chorus]
Lotus flower / Nebula, rise out of the mud /
Kissing through the earth / In search of God's love /
Bloom, out of the darkness / Illuminating magic /
Radiate to the world / Enlightenment in passion /
[Verse II]
Glowing like Siddhartha by the edge of the river /
Surfing through the tides of Shadow Clones when I ride /
Arrive on the scene like Gai-sensei when I gleam /
Shifting through the heavens in search of paradise /
A wolf, in the rain, with the scent of lunar flowers /
Rurouni roaming through a graveyard of fallen samurai /
Nubian Nu Jazz / A samurai Mixtape /
Chopped and screwed / Champloo /
Moving through the hues, of /
Celestial blues amidst an asteroid belt /
Orion on the orbit of Ganymede, gathering /
Stardust in my many steps /
Reflecting inner peace, 'till I found myself, just /
Entering the void, devoid of earthly tethers /
Voodoo in my jazz, the jazz a love ballad /
Tuned to the trumpet of, Miles / Davis /
Calibrating my mind, in my cavalry of thoughts /
[Chorus]
Lotus flower / Nebula, rise out of the mud /
Kissing through the earth / In search of God's love /
Bloom, out of the darkness / Illuminating magic /
Radiate to the world / Enlightenment in passion /
[Eight Bar Piano Solo by Erick Jay Mateo]
[Verse III]
Been a long time writing, but damn, I almost made it /
Roam around the universe, found my soul on, Pluto /
Penning sounds of jewel, projecting my lucid dreams /
Supreme, Mathematics equated my soul to seven /
Breathing below the heavens / I've,
Stumbled down my path, progressed serenity /
Alkahest in practice, Abbot to all the masters /
A / Nomad / who fears / no man /
Slayer / Battousai / Open ya third Eye /
Cleansed / Baptized / The truth /
From your lies / In /
Summer I'm following, monasteries in mountains, my /
Sanctuary's in prayer beads, autumn falling for inner peace /
Hone my chakras, to open the Seven Gates, just /
Entering the void, devoid of earthly tethers /
Voodoo in my jazz, the jazz a love dream /
Dancing on the keys of Thelonious Monk /
Wanderlusting, through the vinyl as the loneliest /
Monk /
[Chorus]
Lotus flower / Nebula, rise out of the mud /
Kissing through the earth / In search of God's love /
Bloom, out of the darkness / Illuminating magic /
Radiate to the world / Enlightenment in passion /
[Outro] I’m just a /
Solar System traveler, waiting to, transcend /
They ain't realize, the work, we putting in /
It's Peace, Power, Overstanding when I ascend /
On Celestial Self Love, loving my melanin /
credits
from A Garden at the End of the World [LP],
released October 28, 2018
Rhymes by Vagabond Maurice
Produced by beDOTwater
Additional Production by Andy Danstrom & Brad Kemp
Piano by Erick Jay Mateo
Additional Vocals by hyesoo
Quote/Passage from “No Mud, No Lotus” by Thich Nhat Hanh
Recorded/Mix & Mastered at Second Bedroom Studio
This is background music, but like, good background music. You can go on a walk listening to this album.
That said, they better have planted that tree. keiron