Up North - Isle of Rapids

There's a place where the summer will be As a legend long gone set free And this warms me beautifully Where the sun cast shadows at night Where the day and evenings are bright The place where I belong Up north Where the pine trees meet the sea Where the stormy sky will sing for me The place I wanna be Up north Fall, my favorite season Death and rain and rain and rain Falling leaves and fallen stars As fallen men go back to start Death as life we hail Alone but not alone we sail Death give life and lead the way All energy remain Then winter its you and me The winter is home to the dead alone With you i'll sleep with ease Take a moment to reflect and be Who you are, and you are just another icebergs tip at sea You will melt eventually And the ocean will rise and the sun Crystallize you for the aftermath to see The spark of true eternity Clean as a new start set me free In your wisdom I'm lost what do I know of frost But I trust you know lost is lost Winter she is unforgiving as faith And then spring you will shake Speed the circle and brake And create and create and create And the circle is now complete No end for an end to meet Nothing is obsolete Up north No end, no end for an end to meet No end, no end for an end to meet

It all began on the street, to the back of a blue police vehicle Next come the bookings, the way things is looking It's Friday, you in for a long stay Getting shackled on the bus first thing come Monday Hoping in your mind you'll be released one day But knowing, home is a place you're not going for a long while Now you're up on the Isle And the position that you in got you refusing to smile But keep in mind, there's a brighter day, after your time spent Used to be wild, but locked up, you can't get bent Thought you could hack it, now you're requesting PC You're fragile, it ain't hard to see Niggas like that don't associate with me I'd rather, get busy to the third degree 'Cause the war in population's on infinitely If this was the street, my razor would be a MAC demon Hit you up, leave your whole face screaming What you in for kid, busting nuts? Cats heard of me in street stories caught inside this trap Who are you to look at me with your eyes like that? Wisen up, young blood, before you make things escalate And I would hate to set your crooked ass straight Make your moves at night Pack your heat in this war zone, niggas is trife Running from one-time, ain't no time to slip Make one false move and it's a up north trip Living the high life, make your moves at night Pack your heat in this war zone, niggas is trife Running from one-time, ain't no time to slip Make one false move and it's a up north trip You tried to dip, duck, but still got bucked You talk too much shit, you shoulda kept your mouth shut All that gossip, motherfucker, don't you know my Glock kicks Hollow tips, to your body, mad toxic I fade you, blow you with a rusty-ass razor Did you a favor, tried to wet you but I graze you Pop goes the Glock when there's beef on the block Chill for a while, make them think the beef stop Then I creep like a thief in the night, it's only right Ain't no turning back, it's on tonight And if I get caught, then my ass is up north Straight on a course for upstate New York Stressed, smoking back-to-back cigarettes It popped off, one point in the mess hall But to avoid that, from head-to-toe dipped in all black Hit them niggas where they pump they cracks at Havoc, with the murder master plan Keep my nine up to par so my shit won't jam God forbid if my shit do, run behind a tree Fix my shit then hit you Slugs in your body, mainly in your brain tissue Ditch from the scene, get ghost, stash the pistol, so simple Then, watch my back, lay up and relax Roll a sack, K-A black, find a shorty to tap Living the high life, make your moves at night Pack your heat in this war zone, niggas is trife Running from one-time, ain't no time to slip Make one false move and it's a up north trip Living the high life, make your moves at night Pack your heat in this war zone, niggas is trife Running from one-time, ain't no time to slip Make one false move and it's a up north trip I got the power, combine wit' the powder, and water It oughta, drop in a half and hour In the, form of oil, watch the cocaine boil Keep my eye on it so the shit won't spoil Then I pause... and ask God why Did he put me on this Earth just so I could die? I sit back and build on all the things I did wrong Why I'm still breathing, and all my friends gone I try not to dwell on the subject for a while 'Cause I might get stuck in this corrupt lifestyle But my, heart pumps foul blood through my arteries And I can't turn it back, it's a part of me Too late for crying, I'm a grown man struggling To reach the next level of life without fumbling down or folding I got no shoulder to lean on but my own All alone in this danger zone Time waits for no man, the streets grow worse Fuck the whole world, kid, my money comes first 'Cause I'm out for the gusto, and trust nobody If you're not family, then you die by me 'Cause niggas will have you locked up, the snitch be your man Giving police the run down on your plans But never going down like that So I, shut my mouth and hold my words back Illegal business, forever mines, fuck paying taxes The last kid that shitted and gave police access To my blueprints, used names as evidence Skipped town and I haven't seen the snitch nigga ever since The moral of the story is easy to figure out A lesson that you can't live without Living the high life, make your moves at night Pack your heat in this war zone, niggas is trife Running from one-time, ain't no time to slip Make one false move and it's a up north trip Living the high life

Grew up a Mississippi hippie tripping LSD Smoking stems in season, drinking mushroom tea We drinking mushroom tea We're drinking mushroom tea Here's to the Mississippi hippies tripping LSD Yeah, we be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling Smoking them things with our friends Yeah, we be up and rolling Extension cords out the window of RL's single-wide Singing through a Peavey, sounding good outside He's sounding good outside Yeah, cords out the window of RL's single-wide Yeah, we be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling Singing the blues with our friends Yeah, we be up and rolling We love to play these hill country blues 'til you satisfied We out on the road, Lord knows, we all love to Yeah, we love to We never satisfied We out on the road but our home's the hilly countryside The hills be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling Out in the streets with our friends Yeah, we be up and rolling Grew up a Mississippi hippie tripping LSD Smoking stems in season, drinking mushroom tea Drinking mushroom tea We're drinking mushroom tea Here's to the Mississippi hippies tripping LSD Yeah, we be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling Smoking them things with our friends Yeah, old school representin' Yeah, we be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling Yeah, we be up and rolling