All music and lyrics written by Takashi Umemiya
You Only Live Once
Life is cruisin’ day and night
Don’t get left behind
Make sure moments are divine (Live a good life)
Live the way you want to live
Don’t you waste your time
Be with people who believe
You only live once
Don’t forget to act, you gotta take that chance
You only live once
And if you love and live it right, once is enough
Go and let you body vibe
Let your heart decide
Don’t go living someone else’s life (Live a good life)
Don’t know what tomorrow brings
Don’t stress out about it
Don’t let your doubts intervene
Live with positivity
Breathe and take it freely
A chance for serendipity (Live a good life)
Love can lead and guide your way
Jah will clear your day
Relax and throw those chains away
Fire
Let’s light the fire
If change is your desire
Bring down the falsifier
Let’s light the fire
If change is your desire
Bring down the falsifier
We’ll break your rules and your convention
The spark of our dissension
We aim to breach your comprehension
‘Cause change is our intention
I and I will crack this fake reality
Flying high, it’s time to rewrite history
This movement is strong
So people jump right along
Or just get out of my way
Get out of my way
This movement is strong
So people jump right along
Or just get out of my way
Get out of my way
Your talks of peace while causing tension
With guiltless in detention
Those are your crimes, we bring attention
As part of our ascension
You want some, come get some
This is the start of dissolution
You want some, come get some
This is the sound of revolution
Celebrate
Celebrate yourself, come out my friend reveal yourself
‘Cause if you wanted freedom, you need to take a step
Celebrate yourself, come out my friend reveal yourself
‘Cause if you want to break from insanity, you need to take a step
Go overground and see the sunshine
The light, enjoy the sight, it’s shining bright
No need to hide under your bunkers
Survive, it’s time to celebrate your life
All your life you hoped for freedom
And now’s the chance to be someone stronger
Enjoy the fact that you’re alive
The world right now may seem so different
But the tide will slowly change, you’ve risen
Everything’s gonna be alright
…You need to take a step
Questions
Words that they design, changes every time
Hides the real meaning over time
Truth that they decline, hiding all their crimes
Expose them ‘cause we’re running our of time
Come on and tell the difference between
Brainwash and indoctrination, oh I got some questions
Come on and tell the difference between
Diversity and discrimination, oh I got some questions
Euphemisms to keep us blind
Bear that in mind, ‘cause I got some questions
Pretending all is fine, creating story-lines
Proceed to spreading lies throughout the tribe
Truth that they decline, hiding all their crimes
Expose them ‘cause we’re running our of time
Come on and tell the difference between
Invasion and pacification, oh I got some questions
Come on and tell the difference between
Torture and advanced interrogation, oh I got some questions
Come on and tell the difference between
Liquidation and assassination, oh, I got some questions
Come on and tell the difference between
Ethnic cleansing and extermination, oh, I got some questions
I got so many questions, about all the confusions
The crimes you fail to mention, the words that cause destruction
Oh! Oh I got some questions
Oh! Oh yeah! Yes I got some questions
Push Back
All the pain while looking back, even now we stay on track
It’s the moment that we crack, we push ‘em back
When the movement is attacked, and the pain keeps flashing back
It’s the moment that we crack, we push ‘em back
Pushing back against the scene that pushed me down
Them fictitious phony dreads but they display ‘em like a crown
With their lying and conniving nearly pushed me out of town
But these narcissistic fools are masquerading cast of clowns
At first I tried to be kind, but kept my presence of mind
And soon enough I felt declined and I was wasting my time
Before I leave ‘em behind ‘cause all I got was plain resentment
I need to unwind and now I have to make a statement
‘Cause there’s trouble abound, I’m doubling down with all the things I said
While you hide behind your smile, and keep my songs inside your head
And the talk of the town, you’re breaking me down, to see yourself ahead
But you’re just another freak ‘cause you’ve been faking all ‘em dreads
You spent all the time to say the sound I do is wrong
And used my own upbringing just to prove I don’t belong
Now I ask you if the style and sound I try to do is wrong
Explain to me the time you tried to plagiarize my song
Moment of silence for that long and winding road you call “career”
Yeah, I’m barking back so loud to let you know that karma’s here.
You propagated lies and called yourself a pioneer
Now, I’m trekking my own road so don’t you ever interfere
Because this is dissent inside your fake rebellion
And yes, this is a wake up call beyond your comprehension
Always talk of “One Love”, but never their intention
I’ll rattle those conventions, I wasn’t born to heed your expectations
All this time I kept the climb, and you just fell behind
I never look back, but I’m not letting this slide
I’ll keep exploring my mind, prepare a new day for it’s dawning
You cannot put a stop to this movement, this is my calling
Now I fail to mention, my intention, it’s an intervention ‘cause
This is prevention, not extension of your lost compassion
Say no more to your pretension. Yes, it’s time you pay attention
You wanted antagonization, you better be ready for retaliation, yeah
Get Up
The people may be blind
From all the truth about your wars
Indifferent state of mind
Making matters worse
The fear is utilized
Creating bucks from foreign soil
They call it “civilized”
Selling blood for oil
It’s getting darker than before
Much more injustice than we’ve ever seen before
People dying on the streets
And setting them ablaze
People dying on the streets
Just because of race
I heard a lot of cry
About the so-called “food supply”
The food that they prioritize
Leaving children out to die
Get up, get up, and fight like you mean it
Get up, get up, and fight like you mean it
Get up, get up, and fight like you mean it, now
The Underground
When state is failing
To safeguard our antiquity
The silver lining
The door to our history
We come restoring
Protected by the mystery
With perfect timing
We focus our mentality
Deep undercover, out of sight
Start to plan our work tonight
Spread out the tombs into the night
We the knights, the knights of the underground
They blame all the shame of the flame, but it’s all the same
Obtain not for fame, nor for gain, but they still complain
When tensions flaring
The people in positions
They come in blaring
And charge us with profanity
They blame all the shame of the flame, but it’s all the same
Obtain not for fame, nor for gain, but they still complain
When judges rule in
Reward our motivation
The people cheering
A hope for all humanity
My Promise
My life was in a standstill, everything made sense when you appeared
Inside my heart was misery, until you came and then you set me free
Knew I’ll need a special someone, knew that this love can never be undone
And as I look into your eyes, my heart gets filled with sense of paradise
You saved me from my darkness within
My life you turned into a dream
You saved me, gave my world another spin
That’s why, I leave this promise, I’ll leave this vow ‘cause
I will stay forevermore, I’ll be forever by your side
Just like the sun every morning, I’ll be your guide ‘cause
I will stay forevermore, I’ll be forever by your side
Walk with you under the moonlight, I’ll hold you tight
That is my promise.
Asked the heavens for an answer, hoped for ways escaping my despair
Inside my heart was misery, until you came and then you set me free
Now that I have you with me, I’ll never have to worry
Only you can make me feel this way, your eyes make all my sadness fade away
…That is my promise.