Of Illusion Tropidelic Album

Of Illusion

       

Release Date: November 13, 2020

Released By: Ineffable Music Group

Special Guests: Jared Watson (Dirty Heads), Matisyahu, Brandon Hardesty (Bumpin Uglies), Jackson Wetherbee (the Elovators), Benny Coleman (The Quasi Kings), King Green (RDGLDGRN), Devin the Dude, Shwayze

Fear is here with no place to go
The shelves are empty, the bars are closed
My ends are low without months of shows
Hold on tight we’re going to chase the ghost
(And it goes, and it goes)
I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

(Matisyahu)
Hand to the man
But you can’t stand me
Stand free with a plan
I’m ya main homie
One to get ya out of a jam
Just like family
But I’m not
Though I remind you a lot indeed
Yes siree, hands up to the sky
If you believe
Stand free
Weep when I breathe like a tree
Words on the page dancing all around me
Put together in a puzzle like a story that you see

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

(Brandon Hardesty – Bumpin Uglies)
Went to sleep part of a society
Woke up in dystopian hell
But it’s just another breakdown, another failed transmission
It’s a drill in perseverance, ring that mother fucking bell
I’m gonna keep surviving and bet it I’ma keep on climbing, yo
I’ll adapt, it’s a fact, I’ll turn this metal into gold
Turn this sorrow into soul, burn this pain like it’s coal,
Torch this bitch like a bowl, this world is mine bought and sold

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

(Jackson Wetherbee – The Elovaters)
Waking up in the new world
Guided by the visual
Future made from digital
Waking up in a new day
Lightspeed step up in this day and age oh yea
What a wonderful feeling to blast off to the sun you know
Catch me moving up to the antigravity pull and so
Take me up to the new world
I know I’ll be alright alright

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

I’m waking up in a new world
Things have changed since the night
Everything seems unusual
But I know it’ll be alright

I don’t wanna die
I only feel alive for the first time
I just wanna live in a world where you love me

I got a lot to give
We can share the things we’ve been blessed with
I just want to live in a world where you love me

You came like a mid-summer rain
When the purples turn to greens to the south of the lakeshore
It changed my frequency in ways
That I couldn’t quite explain but that I would surely pay for
You knew that everything you’d do
Would circumvent my brain and the sense it was made for
Became my catalyst to change
‘Til I’m giving you my name there ain’t shit to be ashamed for

I don’t wanna die
I only feel alive for the first time
I just wanna live in a world where you love me

I got a lot to give
We can share the things we’ve been blessed with
I just want to live in a world where you love me

It’s strange the melodies that play
When you finally awake from a state that was forelorn
Engaged the crescendo of a heart
A rejuvenating start in a way I was reborn
Your cue was naturally subdued
Like the rising of the moon
Cascaded on the third ward
You do whatever you may do
If I’m standing next to you
Then I’m only feelin’ grateful

I don’t wanna die
I only feel alive for the first time
I just wanna live in a world where you love me

I got a lot to give
We can share the things we’ve been blessed with
I just want to live in a world where you love me

Benny Coleman – The Quasi Kings
I don’t wanna die
I only feel alive
When you come back inside and you love me
Through the tough times and the ugly
Girl I know you hold no one above me
And I couldn’t help but think of
What a blessing you are to me
Run away girl
How could I possibly
And baby don’t get me started on that booty
This thing we got’s forever yeah
Like in those stupid movies

I don’t wanna die
I only feel alive for the first time
I just wanna live in a world where you love me

I got a lot to give
We can share the things we’ve been blessed with
I just want to live in a world where you love me

Roads:
Reward is reserved for the one’s that stayed awake
The price you pay is not the same as what’s at stake
Ignore what came before, repeat the same mistakes
The hands of change will surely work to turn your page

Nobody’s sleepin’ through the sound of a gun
As it echoes round the spot or the block that your runnin’ from
Your opinion ain’t a necessary one if it ain’t about the change that’s to come

Nobody’s sleepin’ through the sound of a gun
As it echoes round the spot or the block that your comin’ from
Their opinion ain’t a necessary one if it ain’t about the change that’s to come

King Green (RDGLDGRN):
Nobody learning in none of these schools
Nobody notice the negligent fools
Nobody notice just what they gon’ do
None of these nurses are getting’ they due
Nah I ain’t kneeling to nobody children
Once was a baby they ruling the building
Notice they talk notice the truth
Scared that the people see nothing in you
Nobody notice the lyrics and beat
Notice the sample they noticing me
I envy knowledge while y’all envy greed
Vetting a prophet exploiting a niche
Popular topics I’m trying to seize
And all in a moment y’all trying to breathe
It’s all just apart of the parliament scene
The cowardice covered I painted it green

Nobody’s sleepin’ through the sound of a gun
As it echoes round the spot or the block that your runnin’ from
Your opinion ain’t a necessary one if it ain’t about the change that’s to come

Nobody’s sleepin’ through the sound of a gun
As it echoes round the spot or the block that your comin’ from
Their opinion ain’t a necessary one if it ain’t about the change that’s to come

James:
They’ll tell you everything you wanna hear
Your choices disappear
Pulling strings like puppeteers
Yeah they found a way to
Tap in and overhear
At the wheel but no one steers
We ain’t got no captains here
So we’ll have to make due
See your opinion aint necessary it’s kind of scary
How ordinary is the character in dignitaries
Our adversaries being praised as visionaries
While your needs come secondary to a higher ups itinerary

Nobody’s sleepin’ through the sound of a gun
As it echoes round the spot or the block that your runnin’ from
Your opinion ain’t a necessary one if it ain’t about the change that’s to come

Nobody’s sleepin’ through the sound of a gun
As it echoes round the spot or the block that your comin’ from
Their opinion ain’t a necessary one if it ain’t about the change that’s to come

Sunny days on the shores of the lake man
Skateboards jumping cracks in the pavement
Head high never “if” I’ma say “when”
Days blur together and we wonder where the time went
Get together when the sun goes down
Pick up some liquor get people around
The cops drive by so we don’t make a sound
Put the beers in the bushes and get down on the ground
Nobody let me drive home
Working but we still broke
Livin’ for the weekend but it’s over in an eighth note
But all good things must come to an end
Sun’s coming up and we should all go to bed
The worries of the week start to fill my head
I’d rather reminisce on sunny days instead

I’m thinkin’ back to sunny days, yeah
When every weekend we were
Up to somethin’ crazy
Our only mission
Gettin’ laid and being lazy
But nowadays it seems were livin’ for a paycheck yeah

Thinking of those sunny days yeah
Drugs in our system
Made us a feel a funny way, yeah
Nobody listened we were happy in the basement
But now we only seem to worry how to pay rent yeah

No Instagram, no snapchat
No GPS, just MapQuest
Just six dudes in a hatchback
Trying to backtrack to the last gas station

Everyone wore snapbacks
Those old JanSport backpacks
Friday nights played blackjack
With spare change from our dad’s cache

No rollin’ papers? No problem
Grab a pop can and bobby pin
Everything then was so opposite
We were doing dumb shit with no consequence but

Life came and changed real quick
Gotta keep the lights on, food in the fridge
So I had to watch my lifelong friends just switch
But how I still wish we were living like kids

I’m thinkin’ back to sunny days, yeah
When every weekend we were
Up to somethin’ crazy
Our only mission
Gettin’ laid and being lazy
But nowadays it seems were livin’ for a paycheck yeah

Thinking of those sunny days yeah
Drugs in our system
Made us a feel a funny way, yeah
Nobody listened we were happy in the basement
But now we only seem to worry how to pay rent yeah

(Devin The Dude)

Smoking weed with friends of mine
Feeling fine but not killin’ time
Writing raps, spittin’ rhymes
First come, first serve, get in line
Studio, pussy, weed and alcohol
Stayin’ up all night no bath at all
No bills to pay but payin’ dues
At the same time I’m tryin’ to stay in school
Maybe skipped a class or two
But when you want some ass, that’s what you have to do
Now it’s different, times have changed
I’m all grown up now, I’m a man
But responsibilities hit ya hard
Want shit today, need shit tomorrow
Gotta go out and get it, no fun and games
Can’t help but think about sunny days

I’m thinkin’ back to sunny days, yeah
When every weekend we were
Up to somethin’ crazy
Our only mission
Gettin’ laid and being lazy
But nowadays it seems were livin’ for a paycheck yeah

Thinking of those sunny days yeah
Drugs in our system
Made us a feel a funny way, yeah
Nobody listened we were happy in the basement
But now we only seem to worry how to pay rent yeah

Nothing I need to borrow
‘Cause I might not see tomorrow
Livin’ life like a snowman
Not knowin’ if the cold lasts
It’s been my greatest pleasure
To redefine what it is to measure
Happiness in its truest form
I must admit that it feels like I stole it all
Here I go, with the flow livin’ life like a snowman
On the road, doin’ shows, never knowin’ when my moment will come
It’s the devil I know
It’s been cold, so I’m okay livin’ like a snowman
I’ll play the role just as long as it snows and the temperature’s low

(Reflection always stings like a motherfucker)
(I’m a winner in the winter, don’t need the summer)
(Reflection always stings like a motherfucker)
(I got a lot to get so I get to runnin’)

(Jared Watson – Dirty Heads)
Poppin’ the top and the heat goes out
Standin’ on top of the Tetons now
Can’t be stopped, rock till my feet goes out
If the beat goes out, there’s a reason now
We are beyond proud
Saints to the crown, snaking ’em out
Drive them out, makin’ people proud
It’s the trouble that ya been through
Rubble that ya sift through
Ashes on they lips taste the dirt when they kiss you
Your soul has weight
When it’s filled, it is blissful, never let another man down, down, down

Here I go, with the flow livin’ life like a snowman
On the road, doin’ shows, never knowin’ when my moment will come
It’s the devil I know
It’s been cold, so I’m okay livin’ like a snowman
I’ll play the role just as long as it snows and the temperature’s low

The ocean’s far and my mind’s a twisted maze
So by in large I’m even more inclined to stay
My roots are deep in this frozen grounded place
So I welcome the wind against my face
It’s another beautiful day

Here I go, with the flow livin’ life like a snowman
On the road, doin’ shows, never knowin’ when my moment will come
It’s the devil I know
It’s been cold, so I’m okay livin’ like a snowman
I’ll play the role just as long as it snows and the temperature’s low

Back when New Orleans was under water
Back when the disease was in control
Back when I deceived somebody’s daughter
Back when I believed we still had souls

Back when I was too young to see
Everything in front of me
I was uncomfortably numb, a dichotomy
Of feeling invincible and feeling invisible
A reprehensible fool and a criminal

Back when I was too young to see
Everything in front of me
I was uncomfortably numb, a dichotomy
Of feeling invincible and feeling invisible
A reprehensible fool and a criminal

Back when all the sheep were led to slaughter
Back when I wouldn’t leave if no one left
Back when I couldn’t sleep with my dishonor
Back when I was naive and unrepentant

Back when I was too young to see
Everything in front of me
I was uncomfortably numb, a dichotomy
Of feeling invincible and feeling invisible
A reprehensible fool and a criminal

Back when I was too young to see
Everything in front of me
I was uncomfortably numb, a dichotomy
Of feeling invincible and feeling invisible
A reprehensible fool and a criminal

I didn’t want you to notice
I didn’t want you to know
I didn’t want you to notice
I didn’t want you to know
That I’m a criminal

Back when I was too young to see
Everything in front of me
I was uncomfortably numb, a dichotomy
Of feeling invincible and feeling invisible
A reprehensible fool and a criminal

Always been more punk rock then one drop
Spent twenty-six nights at a truck stop
‘Cause I never been the type that punch clocks
Fit my whole damn life in a lunch box

There’s been good times and tough talk
Hard lines and mugshots
But new achievements unlocked
With the beats that make your trunk rock

Ain’t so bad as a nomad
‘Til you have to go back home with your broke ass
Then you gotta mow grass ‘cause no you got no cash
Even though you just played shows that were so packed

Won’t break ‘til I hear that bone snap
Won’t quit ‘til I’m as dope as
George Jones, Boz Scaggs
I’m a Rolling Stone, topaz

Rolling, Rolling Stone
If you don’t have one, you’re always home
Rolling, lonesome road
If you don’t have one, you’re always home

(Big dreams and no means
Long roads and no sleep
Wheels on the concrete)

No home when I go home ain’t got a place to call my own so
I just lay low kids with halos let me crash when I’m low on pesos
They know
That it all gonna come right back
Pull the rabbit from the hat
Yeah poof like that
Our cups runneth over so now every time we look back we can’t help but to laugh
Been at it for years been all over the map
The growths exponential yeah you do the math
I’m humbled by all of the people who open their homes to a vagabond honing his craft
So thank you
We keep it movin’ so it’s time to hit the road
But y’all the only reason that I’m even coming home I’m a

Rolling, Rolling Stone
If you don’t have one, you’re always home
Rolling, lonesome road
If you don’t have one, you’re always home

(Big dreams and no means
Long roads and no sleep
Wheels on the concrete)

No rest for the weary, clearly
That’s why I’m on the road every other day yearly
Because staying home works less than my hearing
We drive all night like Golden Earring

Learning but it’s burning, searing
Humbled by that earnest feeling
Turning but there’s no one steering
But I have no other way of dealing

I’m sorry that I missed your birthday
Please don’t take it personally
Wanna be home in the worst way
But it’s all in a work day

Can’t wait til I hit that warm bed
And catch a cold shower when the tour ends
And get a back rub from my girlfriend
But it’s still a long way home from Portland

Rolling, Rolling Stone
If you don’t have one, you’re always home
Rolling, lonesome road
If you don’t have one, you’re always home

(James:)
My heart skips a beat when you pull onto my street
I was gone for three weeks but you waited to see me
It’s concrete, the love was once deep
I finally found peace, but gave up the key
I never question the direction that the wind blows
Maybe that’s a sign that I should let go
Ever since I lost you, I never felt so far from home
I don’t want to think about it anymore

When I’m with you girl it feels like home
I’ll try my best not to pick up the phone
Lookin’ for you at the end of the show
Sorry that you gotta hear this on the radio

Whether we’re high on a mountain lifted
Or we’re down in the valleys low
Really don’t matter the condition
When I’m with you it feels like home

We set out on the open ocean
But it might as well be my front door
Truer words were never spoken
When I’m with you it feels like home

(Feels like home)

(Shwayze:)
I know this is godsend in the room I work the hardest
Livin’ out a suitcase, the life of a starving artist
Traveling the globe, following the harvest
And when I’m feelin’ low, remember home is where the heart is

How can I put this simply
Got rid of the toxicity
Set my intentions mentally
Can’t tell what you did for me
I’m really in love with this life, before it was a friend to me
Now I sing every night, when I’m gone I hope they remember me

It ain’t enough to thank you all (thank you all)
For making this so memorable (yeah)
Before the final curtain call

Whether we’re high on a mountain lifted
Or we’re down in the valleys low
Really don’t matter the condition
When I’m with you it feels like home

We set out on the open ocean
But it might as well be my front door
Truer words were never spoken
When I’m with you it feels like home

(Roads:)
Change comes but support is strong
The only way that we made it for so long
Things change and it once seemed impossible
As far away as we go it still feels like home

And it’s all ‘cause the friends turn to family
When you hit the shows like a stampede
All of us are rare breed, home is where we can be
It’s true you make me feel like a champion

When I’m up against a wall
And nothing’s making sense at all
You’re the ones that keep me strong

Whether we’re high on a mountain lifted
Or we’re down in the valleys low
Really don’t matter the condition
When I’m with you it feels like home

We set out on the open ocean
But it might as well be my front door
Truer words were never spoken
When I’m with you it feels like home

(Feels like home)

To navigate the truth
Through our apathy in youth
Just so happened to be useful

We were sneaking booze
Up to Annabella’s roof
Slowly chippin’ at our tombstones

Codeine made the sun set slow
We’d run it up a flagpole so everyone knows
That we didn’t care if you cared
Had no sense of fear

Loaded
Nothin’ in our heads but drugs
Life was just an ocean
We were taking by the undertow
Feelin’ all but hopeless
But we were complacent though
Didn’t have a fuck to give so we gave none
We were always busted kids since day one

Felt like a rope when we were hopeless
I didn’t think that we could both end up so broken
We wasn’t scared cause we were living in the moment
You said let’s do this and I thought that you were joking
But her daddy didn’t know what she was doing for work
Sooner rather than later someone’s gonna get hurt
We were in the fast lane but we’re stuck in reverse
And I was looking for the door but she was wearing my shirt
So

Loaded
Nothin’ in our heads but drugs
Life was just an ocean
We were taking by the undertow
Feelin’ all but hopeless
But we were complacent though
Didn’t have a fuck to give so we gave none
We were always busted kids since day one

The freedom to live in the moment
The power to do what we wanted
But all

Loaded
Nothin’ in our heads but drugs
Life was just an ocean
We were taken by the undertow
Feelin’ all but hopeless
But we were complacent though
Didn’t have a fuck to give so we gave none
We were always busted kids since day one