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The M Thesis

by Active I

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1.
Forward Leap 02:26
(Rubedog): oh why this song make me wanna cry ooooh, oh why (don't know why....) oh why, as i cry... (J.Lee): i'm going outta my mind can't stay confined in this dome, no nothing left to find when you've travelled time forward leap with no steps, just fly...right by never look, never slept once, ever everybody clever but they lie (Rubedog): oh why, oh why, as i cry... (J.Lee): goin' outta my head talk with the dead, constantly try to look ahead but just go instead forward leap with no steps, just fly by never look, never slept once, ever sever my eye blink never, always wanna cry, but seldom do reason why - laughing at the same time, in hell dem too laughin' at this foo, that dude, and you but the joke's on all of us, ya soon come the fall of us we all in a bit of trouble sittin' in a glass bubble subtle threat bein' dada dem fed the dead but it's fodder, don't bother prone to attack, booyaka own ya they bought ya anata wa bakka deska wacca dem jaw gotcha i'm going outta my mind can't stay confined in this dome nothing left to find when you've travelled time forward leap with no steps, just fly...right by never look, never slept once, ever never die
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Still Livin' 02:57
ain't slippin' still livin' just trippin' ain't slippin' still livin' just trippin' now here we go here we go yea here we go yea i said hey, i seen you dancing at that disco how ma' times when a woman wanna be alone hey, yea yea i seen you dancing at that disco, oh oh oh what you'll see, hey yea just shaking your booty love that's all you neeeeeed, yea, yea just trippin that's all you neeeeeed, yea, yea still livin' just trippin' now hey hey yea i seen you dancing at that disco ain't slippin' every time ya flippin' out we like yo, tell ya what we talkin' bout get low, yellin' while they walk about, we stroll give 'em what they want, then go haha, don't stop now... objective to get the set lit fuck the shit that come quick or easy, bold everybody sleazy, everyone old tellin' everybody to lose their soul love...no kinda crap, it's all ya need woman, yeaahh free your mind, you'll find the freedom inside it's gonna be the only free you can find these motherfuckers think they know the time but they don't know shit from shinola ya, imma smoke this cola roll it, blahh ain't slippin' still livin' just trippin' ain't slippin'
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ah, ah, wooooo, yo, active i... somma dem live fi die somma dem live fi i & i (J.Lee): what happened to the people? none of em ever equal they been teachin' from a steeple you can reach without knowing the way freedom goin' away but greed stay but don't ya know the seed that mek it grow is blowin away somma dem eye go blind but somma their minds can see the reason they ain't findin' what they need they focused on the green and just proceed with goals they don't need not hungry but they feed their mind bleed, but... chorus: i feel no way i feel no way i feel no way that's right i feel no way i keep seein' shades of green beginning to fade to grey no one sayin' what they mean nobody knowin' the way (repeat) (Auras): well be that as it may I still feel no way take no sides in this game they play we supersede that way dem say stay, we run far away been down that straight and narrow now some might say we stray you see dem talkin' about the worth and the gain but green shades of green beginning to fade to grey it's a shame that the same ones we hate dictate the day to day and the ones who make a change dem assassinate, but still... (CHORUS) Bridge - (Paradame): It's funny how people think that they see with their eyes but little do they know reality breeds in their mind motivated by money, power, self, and ego, but we know possession is an illusion, a light show ultimate end isn't external it's inside, internal you are eternal what is greed if everything we observe is the same? already own the moon, the sky, says Paradame (J.Lee): wooooahooo... the middle man dividend limited by the vision they livin' we givin' a bit of a different opinion, need none, na, one love ya (J.Lee and Paradame): if you knew what you were, would you feel the same? some of these people think that this life's a game babylon...... i feel no way, wha ahh ah...
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against the brain, all fall in, against the brain against the brain, all fall in, against the brain (J.Lee): hoards of unknown witness they bleed with unsewn stitches in a group of preachers with riches splattered and scattered in sequence with an evenness that beg to allow reason to exist, resist it manipulate sound waves and systems heat given by the energy driven and supplied by the remote rhythm i’m distant they can’t see me beamin atcha they dreamin they captured thee i’m seein right through dat, i do dat why you mad, you so bad got to erase the data before it stick the batter get so thick, yo ya can’t stir dat quick skin so thick direct hits bounce, ya miss i can see clearly now the reign’s been perfected i’m liftin off sections of the brain disconnecting kids not what you expect (against the brain) i can see clearly now the reign’s been perfected i’m liftin off sections of the brain disconnecting grids it's not what you expect (against the brain) (Auras): i remain in the distance but i push resistance against the system’s regulations on how i present this relentless freedom of speech pursue the pretentious let them domino effect off the edges know the ledge for one, for two, you gotta learn to respect you still, all i need is comprehension memory and analytical tendencies to sever the tension intellect over intervention press the topic strength in numbers, change drop it change often against the brain to stay sane not lost in the same old same we never wanted any problems but we’ve been left with no options and there ain’t no stoppin now full throttle on the hollow souls watchin it’s now or never fall in, all together fall in, we all in, we all in, we all in, so where you at? fall in, we all in, we all in, we all in, so where you at?
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Get Up 02:42
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(Chorus): so many fearin' they not even hearin'....nothin' they just believin' what they seein' and they....sufferin' so many fearin' they not even hearin'....nothin' they think they're real but they really....frontin' (B.Smooth): so many faux facades and fictional odds entrusting god's a lost cause freedom got buried far beneath earth's first layer can't remember my first prayer studied the major players, ignored the haters they wanna steal your flavor observe the bad behavior eat up knowledge and savor don't sign evil waivers magnify the fine print take Jacob's ladder, extend it to the sky and climb it pack extra clothes for the change in the climate team up with Jack and steal from the giant yell bangarang and play the golden harp despite them unite with the lost boys to fight and riot positive thoughts make you take flight like a pilot being open minded isn't simple as open eyelids if you're caught up in yourself you're probably frontin' and became a pirate stealin' someone's style, livin' in denial and lifeless do what you want and fuck what uncle simon says, get it (Chorus) (J.Lee): flyin past, at a rate that separates particles that put weight on my ship's jets my R2 checks the view while my boots deflect radiation off my suit shoot me, it don't matter i'm just energy absorb molecules of matter in synergy i'm laughin' all the time, but i aint jokin' i clown and watch disaster people provoke you can master everything they teach without passing reconstruct thoughts, reach and pass 'em on instead mission: to infect the brain dead with lead-like properties that might affect the heads of sheep but help the feeble they sleepin, to many running the wrong way beepin', but nobody wanna get the fuck out tha way dont wanna run dem over, but yo they don't even care think they really hearin nothin too busy fearin' they scared (Chorus)
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what do you not understand? (Chorus): thermodynamic death, hold ya breath its good tell everybody sometimes gotta laugh and watch that train wreck thermodynamic death, left, hold ya breath it's good for everybody now break dem ----oise neck thermodynamic death, wreck, mek dem deaf its good tell everybody sometimes gotta laugh and watch that train wreck thermodynamic death, hold ya breath... their methods collapse perhaps theories can explain wreckage stay trapped in the brain the thoughts stay self sustained the program can't be reconfigured used to resent it to the extent i was tormented spent my time on the edge, now i'm bent learned to dredge the lament self sent with intent to invent with a drone in a tone abyss dem swept up like droves of droids floating in a void unstable thought employed they enable, shots destroy the statemen reshape debate in a way that reshapes fate and the people that wait same people create not weight, we just frequently flying in an inert state with a frequency dying, i can't work to erase create living every minute admit it - (ahhhh) imminent every time i look around i see nothing profound bound to a riddim so i make sound and pound and kill em victims get splattered like wet matter their fuckin' brains shatter (Chorus) (Paradame): heat condensed gives birth to a new form of waves bringing changelings, you, the mind evolving, descending a dark and circular ending watch the bots marching one by one to the sound of a loading gun firing shells filled with numbers hold your breath, we're goin' under hold your breath, we're goin' under, yeaahhh (Partial Chorus)
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Crush Ugly 03:13
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They say that everyone ought to have the same set of freedoms It’s an easy way they can justify a false set of reasons (for war) but it seems they just abuse and hide behind the word freedom (oh yea they do) it’s an easy way to get people to believe in so much fiction but they shooting and they fighting and they helping no one they just contributing to the terrorism provoking and inciting but they helping no one they generating hate and it can’t be undone and if we don’t agree with their unreason they might say we lack patriotism or make us think we’ll be held contempt for treason if all we don’t want is aggression ya know they breeding fear and deceit they make it easy cause their lies are discreet more bloodshed in the name of hypocrisy for a mislead so-called democracy but they shooting and they fighting and they helping no one they just contributing to the terrorism provoking and inciting and they helping no one they generating hate and it can’t be undone while politicians con with legislation and point their fingers pon arab and islam well the rest of the world be wondering what ’s the next nation but there really is no such thing as freedom anyway ya can’t believe in everything they say ya won’t be free until ya reach ya grave until then ya gonna be babylon’s slave and every time ya wake up and see a new day another liberty is eroding away yo better wake up we’re running outta time and every day more die and no one know why they helpin no one they keep ..in no one they helpin no one they say, they say, ya they keep provoking more wars revoking more and more freedom while the people sleepin and snore inciting and they growing lies fightin’ and they don’t know why the only freedom is the freedom that’s in your mind
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open your eyes and get stung by the light hardcore flippin' the beat we do it right x2 what's the time i don't care i don't know i keep my foes within a stone's throw playin' with danger's in my nature it's how I grow and how I let go everyday I stare into the sun when I got a pair of scissors I run, 'cause it's fun I flip off nuns and wave plastic guns at pedestrians i make fun of everything under the sun don't care i don't know iffi think it's dope, i think it's so-so i don't care i don't know iffi think it's fresh, i think it's so-so open your eyes and get stung by the light hardcore flippin' the beat we do it right x2 not tryin' but settin' precedents affecting residents who trustin' presidents blindly finding nothing that make sense even sound right make it bounce, i bun an ounce every three nights never stop fighting just keep writing, citing my text don't need to see what's next the untold never free no soul, no we not lost no we already defeat the boss and bun dem bungtung in dey bungalow yo, your ass dips low ya mind defeated when i drop my flow, ya don't know
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Looseleaf 02:36
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And Why? 02:50
CHORUS: that which we don't know, we fear and why? we don't need to know you might be dead or you're dying slow you mighta died a long time ago (repeat) (J.Lee): fools preach to us everyday, and... people teachin' the wrong way the youth fed fear and it's hearsay while the truth disappear they obey better stand up, better wanna hold your hand up, shout we gonna run dem out and bun dem out no doubt shocked not no, never roll with no bloodclot with a rhythm message stand up and shake down, with a flood plot it's easy to fall into the same role it's tough to be free from the common goal watch out if you're real you better run and hide if you think before you feel yo you're dead cause you've died the revolution begins on monday sunday i'll be sippin' rum with nute gunray some say i'm trippin they missin' what we sayin' they pissin' away their freedom, what they fear they obey dissin their knowledge exceed 'em tippin their knowledge and feed 'em dip in their wallets they need 'em don't need to call it to beat 'em never had nothing and i don't need none na whatever, say somethin' to the phony that run ya (CHORUS) (B.Smooth): be optimistic visualize life like a mystic be careful with religion make wise decisions get people to listen gain knowledge spread wisdom speak truth to the children expose the hidden images share the gifts that are given break tradition, never tap out to uncle sam's submission hold hold out 'til knocked out cold write in bold dripping mop font to let them know they prolly died but don't even know tried to let go, but became ghosts (Rubedog): and why? (J.Lee): why? who knows? they want ya to be afraid watching all that we say we kept caught in the fray why? huh don't need to know they growin' up faster but they dying slow taught to walk away from living and watch the show don't underestimate the number of dead sold, no (CHORUS)
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Argentina 03:01
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Rap Thousand 06:18
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Our Way 03:02
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Your Friends 01:34

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Active I’s most recent release The M Thesis, which typical of producer and brainchild J.Lee, is not an album that is easily categorized. Traces of reggae and industrial are incorporated woven into the fabric of the songs, that while based in hip-hop, expand on the possibilities of what the music can be. Featuring J.Lee, Auraswon, Paradame, Rubedog, B.Smooth, and El Bouchere, the album employs J.’s love of paradox; of what he calls, ”complex simplicity.” Lyrically, the M Thesis encapsulates that sensibility perfectly; over hypnotic beats, with discerning and intricate messages acknowledging of the ills of society, while simultaneously delivering a feeling of senseless tomfoolery and sarcasm.

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released February 15, 2011

All songs produced by J.Lee / Mezus
except track 19 produced by Will Comfort
All songs written by J.Lee,
with Auraswon, Paradame, Rubedog, B.Smooth, Unlimited MC, El Bouchere, B.Smooth, Charms La Roc, and Postscript
Mixed, mastered, & engineered by J.Lee & A. Wattson

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