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1. |
OOP (Our Own Path)
03:26
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Mm yea yea
You remind me who I used to be and I don’t wanna be that
I been looking at you I don’t wanna see that
& the way you’re acting I don’t believe that
So I don’t take it I had to leave that
I had to leave that in that in the past
The shit you’re doing won’t last
Don’t care bout spells that you cast
We’re all on our own paths
I had to lead to by example yea
I had to give you the sample
I had to give you exhibits
I had to just live it
I had to just give it some time
I let my craft simmer in a pot
I been thinking a lot
I’m Glad we didn’t get caught
When herb was as illegal as all we got
Have ever seen a tree as illegal as me?
Call me my illegal name that’s Stephanie
Ain’t Life funny? It ain’t punny as me
My spirit rooted in the herb that’s why they call me soultree
You remind me who I used to be and I don’t wanna be that
I been looking at you I don’t wanna see that
& the way you’re acting I don’t believe that
So I don’t take it I had to leave that
I had to leave that in that in the past
The shit you’re doing won’t last
Don’t care bout spells you cast
We’re all on our own paths
I been blessed I been blessed
I don’t even have to stress
I had to get it off my chest
That fateful night We didn’t even wear a vest
we’re learning to live learning to rest
Cold dark winters they put us through the test
turn trouble Into triumphs when I’m serving my best
Called my destiny over all she said was say less
Say less and you pay less
Say less
You remind me who I used to be and I don’t wanna be that
I been looking at you I don’t wanna see that
& the way you’re acting I don’t believe that
So I don’t take it I had to leave that
I had to leave that in that in the past
The shit you’re doing won’t last
Don’t care bout spells you cast
We’re all on our own paths
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2. |
Affected
02:54
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Oo hoo hoo hoo 2x yea
You don’t know how badly you affect me
I wont let u affect me with these emotions
I been wide open
Like the oceans that I come from
I been swimming for a lump sum
I been sulking feeling lonesome
It’s been chilly let’s go get some yea
Always acting like I don’t love you
Like you You don’t love me
Like we don’t love ourselves
Always acting like there ain’t enough for everyone else
It’s in the things you do and you don’t do
Certainly certainly applies to me too
Do you know how deeply
You touch me
You could say less and I’ll still feel the same way
Come on over ube
We don’t love with fear now
I am feeling freer now
From the front & to the rear now
Im speaking so much clearer now, yea
Gotta show me that I can love me
That you can love you
That we love can ourselves
Gotta show us that there is enough for everyone else
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3. |
Only Human
03:14
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Oo yea yea yea
Yea
Yea
writings and mirrors all over the walls
I get so sad when summer turns to fall
I really prefer it when you do not call
We’re only human at the end of it all
When you live it up you are having a ball
Tryna do the same but your laws have me stalled while you build a wall x2
Was deep in self-denial
I acted like a child
What I couldn’t say then
Im feeling now
My jaw locked up in the presence of your energy
Throat chakra sensing who are friends n enemies
Most times it ain’t worth fight or fine
Won’t take no shit if that shit ain’t mine
called upon for crisis and prevention
Got God complex need an intervention
I know I could tell
I read it in your spell
Read the spelling
Cho.
writings and mirrors all over the walls
I get so sad when summer turns to fall
I really prefer it when you do not call
We’re only human at the end of it all
When you live it up you are having a ball
Tryna do the same but your laws have me stalled while you build a wall
I was the only who wasn’t ready
But there are names I’m gladly forgetting
Took steps forward and a long pause
now I’m back to easy rock steady
Don’t give a fuck about all your opinions
banana heads do love acting like minions
Futile wars are for egos and heroes
Keep my level a 💯 when im wasting zeroes
i gotta belt it out
Melting the fear without a doubt
This whole time I figured it out
Without my feet on the ground I was just chasing clouds
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4. |
GWTF (Go With The Flow)
02:14
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We’ve been through this before together
My brother, we’ve stormed worse weather
Like a feather so light n outta sight
Knowing deep in our hearts that we deserve better
Couldn’t speak the words, so I wrote it in a letter
Reinvent myself so much ppl like, “no I never met her”
Hmm
It’s “they/them”, this is the self I always knew
Anomaly to most biting more than I can chew, yea
Yea I don’t know I don’t know
Oo Where to go where to go
So we just go we just go
with the flow
Yea
I’m a biter I’m a fighter I’m a climber you could find me on paper in a folder or a binder
Or a book you crook got the type of vibe that makes everybody look
You could get hooked but that’s not in my intention
I pray we are all sovereign over self, did I mention?
Divine by design creatrix extension
Balancing the worlds in delicate suspension
Yea I don’t know I don’t know
Oo Where to go where to go
So we just go we just go
with the flow with the flow
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5. |
Funky Thang
02:58
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Sang sang
Sang now
Sang
I’m feeling well & free
when my siblings see me
With DC on the beat we just got to release
Paru in the room dancing circles round you
Kuya josh got jewels that can see your trees through
Then we got Jean n Jane moving our bodies n brains
With the power of spirit we breaking through these chains, yea
Sang that thang the funky thang
They want me to Sang that thang the funky thang
I just got to Sang that thang the funky way
song told me to sang that thang the funky sang
We are some walang hiyas laughing loud like hyenas/high inas
your bamboo ceiling ain’t high enough
You can roll with us if you soft but tough
Full off the leaves and fruits from the trees
Healing from our crowns to the roots of our feet
Some Days we cry, laugh, lament in defeat
we change up the cycles so we do not repeat
Been singing so funky they call me stefunky
White people called us their little brown Monkeys
And little brown brothers they raped our mothers
& still can’t tell us apart from each other
Tonight we will sang that funky thang
You know how to Sang that thang the funky thang
They want me to sang that thang the funky thang
I Got to just show that thang show them that funky twang
Show them you got a funkin say
Why don’t we just Sang that thang that funky thang
Let’s do that thang the funky way
Song told me to sang that thang the funky sang
Do that thang
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Severe/d
03:32
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Oo oo
Oo Oo
Oo Oo
Hah hah haaa
We were in the desert clothes a little tethered
Just like birds we stay fly and flock together
I honor the lines on my face and the way the skin hangs now
Our greatest grand lolas smiled through depression somehow
Surviving things too dark to mention or speak out loud
We are like a million suns peering through the clouds
Disappearing and disappeared gotta let go of all fear
I channel the messages and meanings of those I revere
That shit’s severe
And we’ve been severed
Is this the herstory you do not remember
been keeping a light for you a flicker in my ember
I knew you’d come back in the middle of November
for that I’m thankful
for that I’m thankful
Nagpapasalamat sa lupa, langit at dagat
Ang karga karga natin ay sobrang mabigat
Dahan dahan lang tayo sa ating pag akyat
Kaya thing nagpapaalam sinasabi ingat
Ilang libong taon na tayong nagpapatayan
Tungkol sa sarili natin wala tayong kamalayaan
Anong klaseng pekeng at pinagtanggol na kalayaan
Binigay daw s’atin hanggang ngayon binabayaran
Translation.
Giving thanks to earth, heaven, and ocean
What we are carrying is so heavy
Careful as we climb
That’s why when fare well we say take care
How many thousands of years have we killing each other
About ourselves we have no awareness/knowledge
What kind of fake and defended freedom
They said they gave to us until now we’re paying it back
Putang ina putang ama
Mga hayop tayong lahat
basura natin nakabuka sa kalsada
Binabasta ang buhay tulad ng maduming labada
Kaya nagwawala at nawala
bawa’t isa
sa atin
Sa atin
Sa atin
Sa Atin lahat yan
Bawa’t Isa
Trans.
Mother fucker Father fucker
We are all animals
Our garbage lying open in the road
Disregarding life like it’s dirty laundry
That’s why we’re breaking out and missing/lost
Every single one
Back home
Ours
Back home
Ours all of them/that
Everyone single one
That shit’s severe
And we’ve been severed
Don’t you remember
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7. |
All The Way Through
03:16
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You know I be missing you
You know I wish I was kissing you
You know I be missing you
You know I wish I was on (uh) you
Loving me slow loving me low
We have the rest of this life to go
You know every word I say is true
I love when you love me all the way through
I been longing for you babes when you’re gone
Can’t text all day so I put in a song
If loving you ain’t right / don’t give a fuck if I’m wrong (edited: then i don’t care if I’m wrong)
We know our love’s tough / & it’s going so strong
I know I’m rageful / like a ri/ver you go along
I am so grateful we’ve been loving so long
Pounds and papers / putting years to the test
With every verse and beat/ lay/ our /fears & demons to rest/
With you I’ve grown in every single way
I even got some shape to this little bootay
We’re budding more than flowers got a whole bouquet
That’s why when anybody asks I say “I’m so mabutayyy” hey
You know I be missing you
You know I wish I was kissing you
You know I be missing you
You know I wish I was kissing you
Loving me slow loving me low
We have the rest of this life to go
You know every word I say is true
I love when you love me all the way through
Love is daily commitment, love is daily practice
I Ain’t moved to Hollywood with you to win best leading actress
Bet I could if I set my mind to it
But I wannabe real so I put time into it
I’m intuitive seen all of this & us coming
Made a sexy lullaby with just me humming
Baby love my rhythm got my hauzband drumming
reteaching ourselves the way we wanna feel loving
Used to run away, but lately I’m running toward
Didn’t always have a life that I could look forward
To livin but that’s been changing bit by bit
Found my twin flame in you and baby together we’re so lit
You know I be missing you
You know I wish I was kissing you
You know I be missing you
You know I wish I was kissing you
Loving me slow loving me low
We have the rest of this life to go
You know every word I say is true
I love when you love me all the way through
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8. |
Blessed Futures
04:11
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The pain I let it go yea
That hurt let it go yea
Yesterday was then
Today is now
Our Blessed Future happens when we answer why not how
I love it when u say my name
I love it when u call
Still receive ur msg when u text nothing at all
We are so connected borders between us so liminal
Loving against the law you’re deep in it with a criminal
I been doing all I can said I stand for justice
Why we workin together if you can’t even trust us
Opening our wounds n faults in the front lines
We couldn’t build trust on secrets, falsehoods, n lies
Back then I just felt used I found a sound that would honor me
Bitches talk shit (Edit: haters talk ill) never let none of their bull ever bother me
I got my truth and so do they
still hope u find a outlet for the shit/things u gotta say
The pain I let it go yea
That hurt let it go yea
Yesterday was then
Today is now
Our Blessed Future happens when we answer why not how
The pain I let it go yea
That hurt let it go yea
Yesterday was then
Today is now
Our Blessed Future happens when we answer why not how
Love, life, and losses
Turned into wives, workers, and bosses
Made ourselves a governable, conquerable thing
Labeled and Packaged in plastics and boxes
Everything requires documentation
Is there really such a thing as sovereignty
When all aspects of me must be verified by an entity given more power to decide a truth that I am living?
We want someone to blame and we want it all on paper in a court of lawlessness that has determined too many melanated, queer, and ill bodies unable to regulate themselves
fighting for scraps centered in ego
Until we elevate to that place of forgiveness and cocreation not for profit or by prophet, but for and by the people, truly, equitably, with open hearts, minds, and extensions of ourselves forever and ever and ever. Mabuhay Ka. Asé.
The pain I let it go yea
That hurt let it go yea
Yesterday was then
Today is now
Our Blessed Future happens when we answer why not how
The pain I let it go yea
That hurt let it go yea
Yesterday was then
Today is now
Our Blessed Future happens when we answer why not how
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Soultree
Multi-disciplinary, multi-genre Pilipinx Marshallese Undocumented Queer vocalist, songWriter, poet, and Creator based in Chicago and LA
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