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Earth is Dead, but We're Alive

by Active I

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1.
Common Man 03:17
Here in the promised land Just fear for the common man We reject Babylon On deck with some paragon Adept at discord, free each one of ‘em Connect with discourse, teach, make fun of ‘em x2 Is this how it should’ve been, could’ve been more Follow me down and I’ll open the door Show you another way, runaway train It’ll rain on another day, say it in vain Vanity fuels the insanity, hate Mad at me tell you to open the gate Do what is right, are you all really free? I’ma put up a fight ‘cause I answer to me What you gonna do if you can't get it done It’s the same damn thumb on the same damn gun Seem to me every way I look Try’n add it up, it’s the same damn sum Only way to go - down, fuck it Ain't getting better ’til it kick the bucket Gone, yup, ha, move on, give it up, kill it
2.
Lytebryte 04:27
Some of these grown folk Only get how to live rigid with a lid But to me it's an old joke And a fib’s what it is, big biz for the kids So I laugh when alone And I hope for the best Never know never guess I lay low in the mess But I'm gonna keep flyin’, while they keep dyin’ I’ma keep playin’, while they sayin’ This how you s’posed to live That ain't me though, I got more to give Tell me you know what, I say hold up I ain't try’na listen to this show, cut I don't even what the hell y'all about Try to gimme water from your well, I pour it out Yup, I pour it in the floor now And I shut the door, ciao I'm out, but I get it in I'm outfitted with a fit wig, finna win Tell me to live square, but I don't care for that I know where I'm at Not here, nor there, no care but CHROUS: Light bright, light bright bright, teach flight Light bright, light bright Bright, teach flight Hey x7 Plug it in Hey x7 Pull the pin Put you in a box but you think outside, collide Protons get a free ride, abide Tossed aside like killers Fit it nice and neat in a brand new manila, gorilla Put us in a cage, nicholas What you expect? give respect it's ridiculous Fickle bitch fake like Milli Vanilli So put the brakes on your attitude really Tell me to grow up, I throw up Serve it to you in a cold cup It's mind over matter, don't climb the ladder I'm serving your fuckin’ ass up on a platter Do what I wanna do, say what I wanna say Sent you a memo via fax just the other day Runaway train, the same can't complain You're a simpleton, lame, you live to play the game And you're over here saying get a real job Tell me what is so real 'bout driving a Saab And I don't care for rules cause I know there are none And society dies while I'm holding the gun (CHORUS) BRIDGE: If I listen to the system If I give in, I don’t grow So I listen to the wisdom in the distance And I get low And I keep my, yup I keep my I keep my eyes peeled And I creep by, then I leap by And I watch them die, real If I listen to the system If I give in, I don’t grow So I listen to the wisdom in the distance And I stay low And I keep my, yup I keep my I keep my eyes peeled And I creep by, then I leap by And I watch them die, real (CHORUS)
3.
All Gone 03:18
It's the united states of the ouija board Summoning soul shit Let's all sit around clueless While one dick controls it Hold it, fold it like origami edamame Get your daddy and mommy, bomb me If I say that I'm a commie, Mitt Romney attack As a matter of fact mike Dukakis' zombie is back Trying to eat another Big Mack And supersize your Prozac With fries, what if everyone dies Gimme the aspartame, msg, and the lies guys Yup. Fuck it. Stick a fork in dem ass, turn em over, they're done All the hope it’s.. CHORUS: It’s all gone; crawl on It’s all gone; crawl on I was once misguided by my own vision It's good I'd rather be blind Was tryna find somethin’ that'd blow my mind But there ain’t nothin there All the good shit's been gone now For a while now I swear There ain't nobody home now, the people All the good shit's been owned now, yeah, the sheeple Gonna run the whole distance with no fixed position What ya missing I'm fixing But I'm micks ’n, it’s farther away, ohh Further away now yeah, the virtue Ain't nothin left, it's all just grey, yup (CHORUS) It's the republic of the dumb shits Fuck it, it's done kids Me and dead owls don't give a hoot anymore, it's moot try’na shoot, ignite, and explode barrels of poop In rooms full of preachers and preschool teachers, whoops! If you don't know better ask somebody It's all below the soul and the body, yup Dumber than dumb - it's a dime a dozen And it can't get dumber without repercussion I guess it's time to go, but, shit, it's already gone Guns already drawn, new dawn already spawned So hop on, or hop along I'll put it in a box, put it in a box Cover that shit with rocks, cover it with rocks I don't care for none of that shit they trying to sell us, na I'm gonna say go to hell with your fucking law It's coming to a low now, low now There ain't nowhere to go now, go now (CHORUS)
4.
Music in my dome, peace I walk with strife Leap in right Gas pump forward ground flight Grey delight but be rappers delight Drunk man with a beard mobbing’ on a stolen bike Chillin living life the gives up holy book dirty dust Opposites is a plus Rather using life flush Destination I have reach Park in now to park have seat Meet and greet out after we eat Get some digits back to streets Here and there chasing cheese for some simple needs Either solo or with my team Got tired of my pockets Dusty rowdy crews of the destruction Loud air quiet verbal attacks Eight arm octopus slap Lost and found two pits a spot All before the judgement stops I’m still on move with holey socks CHORUS: Ain't nobody got nothin on us, na They a car and we a bus Running over dust, sweeping robot rust How many steps in a mile, don't care My style compare not a bit to theirs Admit we're rare, get prepared Take one step from here to there 6 trillion ways to die They thinkin what ya tryna say, huh? What ya tryna say, huh? 6 trillion ways to die They thinkin what ya tryna say, nothin’ implied Read between the lines, digging mines Bow to demon shrines Grapefruit juice and lemon rinds Bittersweet wanna eat red vines A metaphor, can I get credit forevermore Ask me again well whatever for And I'll tell you again Yeah whatever whore Get a better score Your simile's similar, but a little bit simpler One singular synonym swindler Your intentions are sinister, list Schindlers Your consonant's constant Consistently missin me, tame as a convent Your phonology's nonsense Incessantly presently wack as your Content Been the best from the onset You get on the mic and we ask is it on yet I act on autonomy wannabe Lyrics so sick they perform a lobodomy That's how it oughtta be You know that I gotta be me, I’m a prodigy Word to the wise, surprise Sound to the sane, brains a disguise (CHORUS) Too many things we thinkin’ about But I'll never give a damn ‘bout gettin’ it out Set sail on a duck boat, fail ya suck bro Give another rim and the end is butt throat Bitch better give up the game ya lost A.D. fam running it we the boss Y'all see me hoss, in a tree bob Ross Got Bababooey in a field of moss I wanna get up outta here Every damn ninny got a cause And they're begging to open their jaws But I'll step on ya face Y'all be like better gimme a helmet just in case he's serious Cause all this crap is spurious, so furious Cause you ain't original like me Na you wanna be like he and she But not me bro, oh oh oh Y’all can’t pay me though Not enough to make me do nothing ‘Cept Snuffaluffagus in a pool puffing On a pipe with PCP in it This crap I dunno what you see in it (CHORUS)
5.
Provision 04:07
CHORUS: An-ar-chi-sm is our vision End of sys-tem, need provision Fuck a referendum; goin away It's over soon, it's blowin away now Get ready it's growin to stay Below in the fray for the moment We sew it today (x2) Used to have reason to be mad Forgot about it once or twice I couldn't get past the list price Sold out visions, a cold doubt livid Ima fucking product of rolled out livin A given, a given It's all good though, forgiven (CHORUS) It’s a countdown, rather count up What’s up with your mindset? It’s all corrupt Buy it and use it He usually screws it and fuck it and leave it You know how he dos it Together, we're storming the weather The system is useless Whatever, choosing to sever You know how we do this yeah (CHORUS) But, too many locked in fear To illustrate things clear No buffer, can't discover Got to suffer, let nobody leave Every damn one of us are so naive What we doin can we get relief? Yeah yeah, na na na
6.
Fly Together 03:34
Hold me up to the light And you'll see what's inside I am what's good and what's right And I'll break your view open wide I wear the armor the suit the skin Where you end up is where I begin ooh I'm original sin I'd rather die then attempt to fit in It's again and again I say goodbye and continue to win, no Go glow, hold me up to the light CHORUS: I cannot escape it's true I'm supposed to do something great, something better You can do the same for you Just a different view, you go fly together Go fly together, go fly together Like birds of a feather Go walk the path, live your life to the letter If you see me step back the only reason is The light's too bright to even see through the doorway But it's automatic that I step forward No sight, take flight yeah right from the floor, hey Get up, get out, get some I live by this and just let it come Would've been a bad move Mighta been, if I thought it was, but I don't 'Cause thinkin that way's dumb Status other ya Finna win it all in a world gone mad Some badass undiscovered Under cover as a number and it's all gone bad But despite that I give back all I can And we live all that all we can But all I am is nothing Just a blip on this endless trip On the tip of an endless cliff A rip of an endless hit's What I need to defend this grip I'm on the edge of the end And I don't wanna pretend na na 'Cause I ain't anything but what I see Ain't no better drug for entropy Our minds, set ‘em free (CHORUS)
7.
Attack of the clones, they after the tones I’m baffled and lone, and after the throne I put cones around the perimeter Gotta keep out the Jones’ They sound too similar Peep what I’ve grown I’m deep in the zone These other crews- pwned Hah, so get with it We’ve already twisted it up, and lit it But I’m lost in a mind trip Yet all of this matter I’m aligned with Shit, that’s just how I roll I fuck with everybody Fuck with their soul CHORUS: I can’t get no satisfied mind Death by witness, suicide, blind We brew wicked pesticide, why? Pestilence is in my eye, fine You try to barcode me, hah I am far from Idiocracy and mediocrity I make my own rules When it comes to this music shit I use tools From the most divine expressions and sources Thoughts come from pure spirit I'm pushed by god forces A brand new species of sound Brought through a portal by a new breed, bow down Some new kids in town And we are part snake, part lion, part bird Don’t fuck with no sheep, and we don’t roll with no herd Uh.  You feed off the residuals While we create styles like some real individuals (CHORUS)
8.
The Music 02:24
What is that you try’na see so bad I'm seeing too much of everything and I'm mad I used to look around for the answer But then I found out Everything in life was a cancer Tried over and over to see past that Looking for peace, I found the beast Speed past that But then I stepped back, after some set backs Don't need no net/mat, no need to get that ‘Cause, they ain't even ready for my rhyme yet I get it, see I'm coming from another time, bet it I tryn switch it up but always come back to the same drum I add it up and always come up with the same sum All the same, old Every damn game got the same goal So, who's gonna save my soul? Huh The music is the only thing that makes me whole CHORUS: The music - my sine qua non I, I, I use it The music, I use it Look up, search for the hook up Or take minute, go on pick a book up Take that, tell me can you make that Into a recipe, stressin' me, break that Feel the weight of a world gone bad Losing the things that you never had Focus on only what gets in the way Living your life day after day Then you suddenly open your eyes, surprise You’re paralyzed And you open the door in your mind you find You’re no longer blind The ultimate choice Fear it, love it, using your voice Who’s gonna win this fight? The music is the only thing that makes it right (CHORUS)
9.
Konichiwa bitches I've come to take your riches And if u step to me I'll have u sleeping with the fishes Never met another girl as fly as me she wishes I'm viscous but what is this It's none of your business Concrete shoes foos Take a long walk off a short bridge You got something to say Then you can meet me off of Delridge West side best better run and hide test me Rest when I've died ride with JLee (-That’s me-) Boss lady status I've been labeled the baddest and if you wanna doubt You're bout to breath via apparatus and I have this and I got it and I fought it for a minute the fever yeah I caught it and reveling up in it CHORUS: It’s all the same Don’t ask why we against the brain (Against the brain) If you don’t get it, whatever Try and step to us, hah, never You know the name Active I we against the brain (Against the brain) If you don’t get it, whatever Try and step to us, hah, never I’m a been-around rebel on another damn level Could give a fuck about god or the devil Finna bypass your fucking high class With the weak, and the meek and the geek, and the freak, it’s bleak so why ask? I’ll bypass your vision My occupation is to bust your federation With my ammunition Given your position It’d be ill advice to take an opposition to my mission On a great space coaster With Captain Kangaroo and Gary Gnu It’s good g-news for you fool But a future post apocalyptic toaster It’s what is, not what we ain’t It’s what we do (CHORUS)
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11.
Rubber Rooms 04:06
Chorus: Too many lines to wait in I'm patient, but we patients too In rubber rooms Oooh I'm trying to find a way To make this god within me die And fly away Like a steel hawk Tossdina-slingshot Zoom zoom, gone And a shot go boom, yawn 'Cause they can't evolve They can't evolve They can't evolve, no way Keep on Somebody called me crazy the other day and I guess I am You see it don't faze me anymore that I'm not like them I guess I'd rather do what I do, not be the fool Not try’na be nothing, I'm cool I get through the day not knowing rules And I skip the part where they jump through all these hoops Can we do that? I did that Amid slack, and I kick back too Yup. They don't know how we do it so zen I do it ‘cause I don't care and I ruin them They line up for the shot, and they miss I diss all of your cousin All of your blood kin All of your buzzin’ We are a dozen Against millions (Chorus) This is the voyage of the starship Enterprise Lies better to recognize disguise and feign surprise Slip in, slip out, whenever in doubt Always generalize Stay between the lines and wait your turn Learn to say goodbyes Or better yet, regret, get it Better kept in debt, bet it Look down to the ground Get in another merry-go-round Up and down, wheel of fortune forcing hands Form of torture, foreign lands Taking lives instead of stands Jump on the caravan my man Run, fast as you can Leave it behind and start over again I’m done, done, fast as I can Jump on the train, it’s insane Time to ditch the plan

about

A one-of-a-kind album from J.Lee and Paradame, fitting for Active I’s brand of often-hard-to-classify hip hop fusion. Spanning 45 minutes, “Earth is Dead but We’re Alive” presents an abstract, and frequently paradoxical blend of misanthropy, cynicism, love, and idealism, in a melodic amalgam chanted over laid back and gritty beats.

*** The Bandcamp exclusive version of the album contains 2 additional bonus tracks, not available on the regular release (iTunes, amazon, etc). The bonus tracks feature appearances by Unlimited MC, Phonetic, Sick Steen, and DMac Uno. The download also contains a lyrics PDF file, and download links to the Lytebryte and Rubber Rooms music videos in HD .mov files ***


The album is already receiving positive press! A few quotes:

"Earth Is Dead, But We’re Alive has so many highlight moments it’d take more time to count them then it would to listen to. Highly skilled and delivering in full-force at almost any moment you could skip to throughout this album – Active I is making more than just a grammatical-mockery of any sentence I write where I use their name – they’re making music with a high-standard of excellence."

-Jer, Sleeping Bag Studios, BC

"Overall, this is one of the best hip-hop albums I’ve heard in years, lyrically as socially aware and political as Public Enemy’s Chuck D, with music that is constantly inventive and imaginative. J. Lee and Paradame are both masters of their craft and the way their talents combine to work in perfect synergy is something special. The production is slick and cutting edge, so, with several potential singles to choose from, this is surely the album that puts Active I firmly on the map. They should be massive."

- Alex Faulkner, UK

"The beats are glitchy, with heavy bass drops that create a huge backdrop for the almost choral vocalizations, while the hip hop stylings are drizzled over the canvas. An entirely pleasant listen"

- Chris Marsh, Crossradar Blog

"There’s a darkness to this electro that I really appreciate and love. It’s not dreary…nothing like that…it’s a tension that exists in the music that is eerily captivating, dangerous and menacing. I can absolutely see dance-crews grabbing onto these dynamic tracks; even in their mellower moments these two have a back-alley mist of mischief that veils each song."

- Jer, Sleeping Bag, Canada

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released February 17, 2015

All songs produced by J.Lee Mezus
All songs written by J.Lee and Paradame
With DMac Uno on track 04
And AV, Indijinis, Prapa Gramma, and Lucid on track 10
Additional vocals on track 07 by Kara D
Recorded at AD1 Studios, Seattle, Washington, USA
Mixed by J.Lee Mezus
Mastered by A. Wattson
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