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Raw Intelligence

by Graphic

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1.
INTRODUCTION 00:56
2.
TAKE AIM 03:19
Take Aim They’re aim’n you and the crew that is pose’n They’re aim’n at me and the team that I’ve chosen They’re aim at us now we’re stuck in the open Lets aim it at them put an end to the hope’n (x2) Choke’n on your cereal watching the news feed Troops bleed imperial moves of youths feet Slurp the bowl, of utter shit sip Slip past the public eye lies worse than the toll Now, hold your breathe you’ve been told to rest Not to question why wars have always been cold Way before the Soviets and long after the wall At the call of the banks tanks burst through the door Pour the oil and burn the gas Turn the taps of OPEC with no cheques to cash Some tried to protest got tied and bashed Others became pirates Niger Delta stash Seek’n a piece of the pie use’n a piece you’ll die Survive’n with no peace can eat you alive And I’ve come to the conclusion that Ridding humans off the map is the planets solution They’re aim’n you and the crew that is pose’n They’re aim’n at me and the team that I’ve chosen They’re aim at us now we’re stuck in the open Lets aim it at them put an end to the hope’n (x2) So why do the states want control of Caracas? It aint for their maracas, leather goods and alpacas Shits got nackers The A team been try’n muscle in like BA Baracas Scenes are streamed beemed live to ya set Believe what you’ve seen seems your eyes need a check There’s smoke on the water and fire in the sky Lies run deep like purple and urge you to buy Every last drop the weapons blast Seconds tick people hit but but profits pass The military’s a well oiled machine Just check for Pat Tillman and how they drilled his dream Screens filled its been built as the free Saving the oppressed from the hands of tyranny And the irony doesn’t escape Like the head of a state make’n a break and try’n to flee. They’re aim’n at you They’re aim’n at me They’re aim’n at us Let’s aim it at them They’re aim’n you and the crew that is pose’n They’re aim’n at me and the team that I’ve chosen They’re aim at us now we’re stuck in the open Lets aim it at them put an end to the hope’n
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FIVE EYES 03:08
Five Eyes With Five Eyes watch’n it’s hard to dodge Signals pierce the skies like bark’n dogs The feed’n of transcripts mislead’n the people Eaves drop and deceitful a wiki leak on the bandwidth Database collection recorded your phone code We’re followed and hounded via stone ghost All for protection or all for control What are you suggest’n just do as I’m told? CIA aye wait ASIO oh no MI5 to MI6 CSIS plus SIS x 2 With Five eyes watch’n the mic line’s popp’n They spy what you buy include’n Priceline shopp’n Blind side clock’n lies behind swapp’n Check’n for your mailman like John Stockton Distract from the fact they fire’n on civilians Charge Bradley Manning for enlightening civilians Barrage on Assange continues endlessly ‘till we all move inside the Ecuadorian Embassy CIA aye wait ASIO oh no MI5 to MI6 CSIS plus SIS x 2 With Five eyes watch’n deserves an inquest So tell me what defines a person of interest Intellect been a threat so without permission The ghost plane played an extrodinary rendition Overthrows orchestrated warlords instated They’re there for the take’n like an open home Documents sealed what they stuck in there for? Like Edward being snowed inside a Russian airport CIA ASIO MI5 to MI6 CSIS plus SIS CIA aye wait ASIO oh no MI5 to MI6 CSIS plus SIS
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MERCY 04:08
Mercy Forgive and forget never live with regret We’ve all fucked up once but some have done it again So then who’s to blame? Same tune is played Tell’n their story walk’n for the fortune and fame Don’t waste my breath shaker checks the plates Bench press the boot spit a weight off my chest Yes, I don’t hold back like crowd surfers, it’s return of the Mac Fuck a hash tag I roamed the local spots to drop tags after smoke’n the hash And thats the difference lords to minions My forms are priceless and yours a pitence Your in the midst of magnificence I got noth’n to prove but still move with due diligence An imminent warning if you thought its gone No mercy shown keep press’n on Keep press’n on long after the lesson Hit the booth with a verse like a church confession Learn from mistakes and meditate sessions Maintain the desire that fires the engine I’m at full throttle and the full bottle On who’s being fooled and the tools we need to topple We’re schooled like fish on how to swim in the current But can’t question the past or ask what’s soon com’n We’re doomed if we choose noth’n consume too much Fed it with credit balloons and lump sums And once the bust comes like jizz on tits This is it from now on we trust none But not the police on beat it’s the chief in seats Who up hold a social order that boarders the elite We compete for scraps that are scraped off plates They sit on top and watch the rats race Forgive and forget never live with regret We’ve all fucked up once but some have done it again Forgive and forget never live with regret We’ve all fucked up once but some have done it again I keep press’n on long after the lesson Hit the booth with a verse like a church confession I keep press’n on long after the lesson Hit the booth with a verse like a church confession
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BOOM STATE 04:08
Boom State Australians all let us rejoice For we’ve got iron ore There’s gold in the soil for wealth we toil A job on the mines is what we strive’n for Shots fired on sight it’s too late/ Shots fired day and night the boom state Shots fired on sight it’s too late/ Shots fired day and night the boom state It’s the wildwest but not with spurs n boots It’s all steel caps and hard hat wear troops I’m high vis on the mine biz but can’t dig it like working without lights on the night shift There’s lives at risk, not an underground collapse tunnel vision system leaves us economically trapped backed against the wall runnin low on supply heads literally in the dirt, futures up in the sky now Clive and Twiggy they might provide jobs but the industry is subsidised two on one off If your making stacks imagine your boss And if your a boss imagine those on top And if your at the top imagine the value of The portfolios of those who hold majority stock They’re in the pockets of those you picked on a voting slip That’s why come tax time they don’t owe shit Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens to you?/ Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens to you? Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens to you? Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens? Shots fired on sight it’s too late/ Shots fired day and night the boom state Shots fired on sight it’s too late/ Shots fired day and night the boom state The threat of a job loss can cripple a family Sends a ripple effect to those ya try’n protect Ya get crushed like candy for standing up Outta the way ‘coz this trains got coal to combust Now if tax dollars are used to prop an industry Why not renewable create jobs instantly Sustainable, retrain the brain is adaptable Capable sun, waves natural They’re Woodside sly Try’n leave contracts behind without witnessing them signed And BHP’s wealth coming straight off the shelf Of the seas that belong to the East Timorese It’s hell in a hand cart spark the gas Fracking our drinking water where’s the match? And that’s too much for a petrol head to believe Even this industry killed the electric emcee Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens to you? Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/When it all collapses what happens to you? Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens to you? Boom state Boom state BOOM BOOM/ When it all collapses what happens? Australians all let us rejoice for we’ve got iron ore There’s gold in the soil for wealth we toil a job on the mines is what we strive’n for.
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Without Hesitation Get back check facts Step back they set traps Get back check facts Step back they set traps Get back to basics it fundamental Not one to settle on information from the faceless The ancient civilisations had it right Over population verses human sacrifice People selling organs just to make a living And I’m not refering to the church instrument either See time’s runn’n out like we need a breather Can’t be taken as a warning you won’t even listen So you should try and just ride to school And take in on the chin like Malala Yousifzi And my rhymn’s seemless I just hope you’re swift to catch my drift like asylum seekers A labour force with a war flavour Conform with a Keynsian economics paper But here’s something you all fail to see Your fucked when debt out grows your GDP Get back check facts Step back they set traps Get back check facts Step back they set traps Get back check facts Step back they set traps Get back check facts Step back they set traps Step back and get the facts in order Workers get the boot like the Mexican Boarder Search’n for the future thought up in movies But when the credits rolled they’re sold on loosing You believed the preview few refused the seats Choose to be decived and what’s received is see-through Speak what I feel the peices get peeled And as the world turns we find who greases the wheel Oil the palm plantation My sence of humour’s more dry than an Australian farm Stay calm and carry on luggage is now Supposed to be what can cause us the biggest harm The biggest threat and still the sickest yet Is a government who can spin the biggest yarn But here’s something you all fail to see You’re fucked when debt out grows your GDP Get back check facts Step back they set traps Get back check facts Step back they set traps
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HANDS OFF 04:08
Hands Off Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours Your the cause of the conflict bomb shit and wars Hands off hands off hands off hands off Hands off Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours Your the cause of confusion no solution sort Hands off hands off hands off hands off Hands off The earth doesn’t need us or rely on our skill To extract and construct so what we try’n a build? In a short time we’ve killed crushed with assumption That noth’n should stop us in the rush for the tills For millions of years the balance was kept In check was the planet now the damage is set In stone hit home lights out like earth hour We’re done without the sun but want none of its power No foresight at all put panels if your paniced It’s like changing the course of the Titanic with an oar Your joking if you think it’s gonna work And how the fuck we gonna quench the peoples thirst for the water While the leavies burst we’re sweat’n like saunas Fat cats in the corners with their nuts in skirts What’s worse it happens on our place of birth Me and mother nature are from earth Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours Your the cause of the conflict bomb shit and wars Hands off hands off hands off hands off Hands off Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours You’re the cause of confusion no solution sort Hands off hands off hands off hands off Hands off I don’t just speak the problem I write solutions to music then you choose the option I’m local produce reduce the use Of fuel to cart like mule our fruit and vegies Waste not want not take off what rots Placed in a spot where methane aint deadly Biomasses I flow classic Ideas current like light globe flashes A clean power source new industries too Aquaculture sustainably delivering food From ancient artifacts the giving of clues Worship the gods of elements is the truth My shrine would be a million wind turbines Underwater temples catch the power of tides Light always shines as mirrors reflect Towards solar towers perfectly aligned Hands off the planet Hands off the planet Hands off the planet Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours x 2 Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours Your the cause of the conflict bomb shit and wars Hands off hands off hands off hands off Hands off Hands off the planet god damn it aint yours Your the cause of confusion no solution sort Hands off hands off hands off hands off Hands off
8.
PICTURE THIS 04:08
Picture this Alright picture this a man sits on his hammock Having just eat’n some fish and no risk of panic “There’s plenty where that came from.” he thought He only needs one until the sun starts to fall He’ll cast his line again content with the catch That provides his next meal there’s no appeal for a batch No need to sell and no need for cash No need to pay bills or the worry of income tax Just outside his home that’s built from thatch Lyes the beach and blue water that no post card could match Shady days they’re followed by cool nights He utilises and respects what the planet provides On a beautiful day he raised his head After hearing an engine off the coast it sped Straight towards his island breaking the waves Arrived a well dressed man with deals to be made “Hi there, how are ya? great spot you got” “How about we develop here and sub-divide the plots.” “What do you mean?” he asked “What do I mean? With the money we make you could live the dream!” “How so?” he questioned looking puzzled “Well imagine your life with no financial troubles!” “A life with the latest clothes and the latest cars!” “Nights on the town with A list stars!” “Invest some money in stock and property...” “So when you’re ready you can retire properly.” “On a tropical island relaxed and mind clear!” The man raised his head and said... “Brother, I’m already here.”
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BOMBS RAIN 04:08
Bombs Rain Bombs rain triggers shout triggers shout Bombs rain triggers shout triggers shout Bombs rain triggers shout triggers shout Bombs rain triggers shout Bombs rain triggers shout think about that Bombs rain triggers shout think about that Bombs rain triggers shout think about that Bombs rain triggers shout Bombs rain triggers shout think about that When you complain given mouth dish’n out crap Bombs rain triggers shout think about that When you complain given mouth dish’n out crap Bombs rain triggers shout don’t hear about screams Violent scenes leave them hollow and follow in their dreams Flea’n trauma-tised lives survive a mourner Prefer to die entire families lye slaughtered Many boardered a truck kiss for luck and floored it Noth’n but the clothes on their backs try’n cross boarders Heads down praying they make it through Or at least make it quick if caught and they execute Will the weather bring rain or change for the better Cling to hope like finger tips of drowning family members An endless plight cold nights they hold tight Their whole life they’re told fight yet they’re left defencless They survive the ride and arrive barely float’n Many times close to capsize and dying in the ocean Hope’n for a fresh start their own weight to pull But we turn them away say’n FUCK OFF WE’RE FULL Think about that... Think about that... Think about that... Think about that... Bombs rain triggers shout think about that When you complain given mouth dish’n out crap Bombs rain triggers shout think about that When you complain given mouth dish’n out crap Bombs have started to rain and the triggers are shouting Mounting pressure doubting self from the stress and strain You’ve got three minutes to make your decision Leave now or face death or torture while imprisioned It isn’t easy but you’re leaving with what you can A backpack and whatever else you can carry by hand You stand in line ground rumbles at your feet Peek over your shoulder buildings now rubble and sand Panic sets in get in with your fam Take off wondering will you see your home land Ever again, ever again remembering when Never to mend the tears from a grown man You survive the ride arrive barely float’n Many times close to capsize and dying in the ocean Hope’n for a fresh start your own weight to pull But they turn you away say’n FUCK OFF WE’RE FULL Think about that... Think about that... Think about that... Think about that... Bombs rain triggers shout think about that When you complain given mouth dish’n out crap Bombs rain triggers shout think about that When you complain given mouth dish’n out crap x2 Think about that... Think about that... Think about that... Think about that...
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COME ON 04:08
Come On Set if off smooth let you catch the rythmn Lets get into the mood and move in close to listen I’m given just a glimpse hit with a snap shot Greed’s at the front while need just plays the back drop Take your hats off and respect these bars Where I cut a lonely figure and drink to the art Yeh I’m rais’n a glass to a past not long gone I’m on song at choir practise... Reach for the stars like a celebrity sighting Speak from the heart your inevitably dying Teaching an art the verse within writing Leaving a mark these words be worth reciting The idea of euthanasia they won’t mention But they’ll increase utilities and reduce your pension Now that’s a death sentence if ever I heard one These words come thick and fast kiss’n arse it turned some Made them believe the lies that is bad to legalise Not recognising all the benefits weed provides We seek the highs with a sense that something’s gone wrong I’m on song at choir practise... Reach for the stars like a celebrity sighting Speak from the heart your inevitably dying Teaching an art the verse within writing Leaving a mark these words be worth reciting Feel’n the pain for those without a RED cent Soon beyond BLUE wondering where their heads went Same old thoughts that the grass is GREENer But never knew that YELLOW brick road’s a lot steeper As WHITE as a ghost he turned Only CHERRY ripe for those in the PURPLE circle Now BROWN bread he’s back to where he’s from PINK elephants on song at choir practise Reach for the stars like a celebrity sighting Speak from the heart your inevitably dying Teaching an art the verse within writing Leaving a mark these words be worth reciting
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GET GO 04:08
Get Go Straight from the jump I’ve been up since the get go You’re not that clever and I’m never gonna let go I don’t believe you just ‘coz you said so Liv’n for the money then you end up dead broke Change your direction like a Bolivian time piece Speak what you find when ya ridin’ down the side street Life’s a beat a beat to beat bang So we reach for the peaks and squeeze the weaks hand Stand’n tall in awe and amazement Of all that’s before but it’s frought with complacence Lured by a fragarence thats taken hold Can we break the mold thats been told for ages? Now it’s time to rewrite the rest Breathe life less stress heads step and then they leave light Lastinging impression like atomic blast Radio active Maralinga grass Shine on a rhyme you’ll find your sign yet From the mind to the sky defy the lies set Stayin live on the line the mic that I check It’s the size of fight don’t bite it’s high tech. Straight from the jump I’ve been up since the get go You’re not that clever and I’m never gonna let go I don’t believe you just ‘coz you said so Liv’n for the money then you end up dead broke Let me break it down we’re taken out until there’s none left Divide us and conquer conjuered up conquest On deck all hands they pirate No self determination, nations are not united From Coffie Anan to Banki Moon They stand to a tune but it’s not my cup of tea Suddenly from hanging gardens deserts storm Heartless like the death of Victor Chang Right wing think tank tides sink kids nap Times get’n tough I might swing on the pig bank They’re tell’n lies on 45’s Live from I rack (Iraq) and they’re snort’n lines Straight from the jump I’ve been up since the get go You’re not that clever and I’m never gonna let go I don’t believe you just ‘coz you said so Liv’n for the money then you end up dead broke
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Loaded Question Alright, so everything’s in place Same dragon just a different face They bring change at a consistent pace If this is a race don’t be left stand’n They handed you a loaded question Any way you respond releases the bullet When answered only suggest’n Use your middle finger to pull it So now we got too many chiefs believe they’re head honcho Streets be jungle Ramon in the Congo Like bongo drums thumped we done jumped Through hoops for the loot only improvement for some And that’s summ’n it up in a simple fashion They cash’n in and runn’n amok Now they’re stuck in drive survive at all cost Forget the green lights and just pull to the side For every billionaire there’s thousands poor Every billionaire they’re scroung’n for more For every billionaire there’s thousands poor There’s billionaire and their scroung’n for more Alright, alright let’s regroup Like imbedded journalist interviews They’re fed whats said and believe it’s true Money to be made fake’n the proof They handed you a loaded question Any way you respond releases the bullet When answered only suggest’n Use your middle finger to pull it So now you can feel the tension from the messages sending Rubbed the wrong way aint no happy ending Bending the facts in fact they done snapped Alarm bells rang since the days of hunchback Fuck that though, some took a stand Others Rodriguez searched for sugar man Greed like food take’n no breaks They want their yellow cake and then eat it too For every billionaire there’s thousands poor Every billionaire they’re scroung’n for more For every billionaire there’s thousands poor There’s billionaires and their scroung’n for more
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PROTEST 04:08
Protest Student movement The no war fight Anti globalisation Workers rights x2 You need to hold on like helps on the way The heat is so strong it’s melt’n your face Breath’n on a song felt for days Just cas’n the joint put’n points into place x2 We wont let’em So go get’em People will rise ignite in the protest Beleive and then fight for what’s right want no less x2 These days it don’t matter who you are Coup de tat starts within loops we’re bared Curfew broken commence the chase’n Crews run wild like a child’s imagination Break’n barracades shak’n shouting Rock your foundation like Haitian housing Mounting a case in the face of the doubting Surrounding parliament government ousting Tensions rising no surprise or hiding Finding the lining that inter twines society Woven then broken smok’n now chok’n Awoke’n by hope’n but never have been spoke’n They’ve had it so they grab it and attack it like a savage Only manage ‘coz their padded heads are battered like a cabbage Crowds scattered when their splattered many staggered and are tattered Stay’n at it ‘coz it mattered for the captive cause’n static so... We wont let’em So go get’em People will rise ignite in the protest Beleive and then fight for what’s right want no less x2 Gotta go soon my family’s call’n We rise and we shine true (true) A new day’s dawning a warning from few Move or be mourning your life and the times It lies on the line and hangs by a thread What is said it misled now their call’n for their head Many bled for a cause and are forced to defend Put an end to the rort so they’re torch’n the ends Of an oily rag flag they’ve had enough Bluff called so it all just had to erupt In a puff of smoke choke people have woke’n up Fuck’n sick of liv’n with slit throats No voice no choice no wonder throw thunder Once younger now are grown and know to show hunger For change of the same show though From a firey exchange it’s about to explode We wont let’em So go get’em People will rise ignite in the protest Beleive and then fight for what’s right want no less x2 Student movement The no war fight Anti globalisation Workers rights x2 You need to hold on like helps on the way The heat is so strong it’s melt’n your face Breath’n on a song felt for days Just cas’n the joint put’n points into place x2 We wont let’em So go get’em People will rise ignite in the protest Beleive and then fight for what’s right want no less x2
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SET IT OFF 04:08
Set it off Check it check it wreck it wreck it when we set it off Speaker speaker lega lega lies like Peter Tosh Check it check it wreck it wreck it when we set it off Speaker speaker lega lega lies like Peter Tosh x2 You honourable members can kiss my arse Your pass’n the buck not bills milk’n like calves Half are rotten don’t upset the apple cart Rock the boat from top to toe need to rattle hard These cages, and pollies always agree When it comes to an increase of their own wages But we have to strike and we have to fight Their hands high chant I for all those in favour The bravest light wavers save us indeed And changes behaviours like patients with weed Now scrap that, yeh of course they’re all honest Can’t be held to account ‘coz it wasn’t a core promise? They ignore the comments let the heat die down The weak lie around singing blues like Daisy Thomas Profit over peace is how they measure success Political wings span to feather their nest Check it check it wreck it wreck it when we set it off Speaker speaker lega lega lies like Peter Tosh Check it check it wreck it wreck it when we set it off Speaker speaker lega lega lies like Peter Tosh x2 Set it off we ‘bout to let it go ‘bout to blow up in the spot like shots at Charlie Hebdo Cortext steady scream’n hell no We taken every crook and pollie to task shoot’em all and let the red flow Fuck a corporate leach and fuck a Saudi Sheik And clear fell the fuck’n Rothschild family tree And do ya self a favour research the TPP And learn how they plan to sell your children into slavery They want to let the corporation sue nations Over health regulations stopp’n them from make’n new papers They sett’n up the new slave ship And Rupert got his dick up in the pie so you’ll never hear the news say it So who gonna take the streets when they loot’n us? And who gonna keep the fuck’n peace while the cops shoot at us? But me a Graphic speak the truth to the world And if you aint about to set it we gonna do it ourselves Check it check it wreck it wreck it when we set it off Speaker speaker lega lega lies like Peter Tosh Check it check it wreck it wreck it when we set it off Speaker speaker lega lega lies like Peter Tosh x2
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BURN A DEBT 04:08
Burn a Debt Burn a debt and let the people breathe See the piece they achieved and then earn their respect From the blood and the sweat they got noth’n to show Multinational capital flight straight home Burn a debt and let the people breathe Tied to the interest a financial squeeze Tyranical greed third world exists In order for us to live like this Burn a debt and tax the havens Off shore accounts lie hiding in the Caymans Secret agents economic hit men Rip them off the cost and lost payment Burn a debt and tax the havens Shave’n millions off loans to fill up their homes No trace on a statement placed and erased it All thanks to coltan in mobile phones Burn a debt not infections from waters And medical checks from doctors without boarders Audit the zones of export raut Local workers and world bank loans Burn a debt not infections from waters Inside the Paris club where kickbacks are ordered No tariff protection free trade raid Games they’ve played in the name of progression Burn a debt and let the people breathe Burn a debt and let the people breathe Burn a debt and let the people breathe See the piece they achieved and then earn their respect Burn a debt and tax the havens Burn a debt and tax the havens Burn a debt and tax the havens Off shore accounts lie hiding in the Caymans Burn a debt not infections from waters Burn a debt not infections from waters Burn a debt not infections from waters And medical checks from doctors without boarders
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OUTRODUCTION 04:08

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released November 5, 2015

PRODUCED BY : ROB SHAKER (of SHAKE DOWN STUDIOS)
WRITTEN BY: GRAPHIC

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Graphic Perth, Australia

For many years, Graphic (of Perth based hiphop group Clandestien) has developed a lyrical and poetic writing style filled with complex rhyme patterns and even more complicated subject matter. His life experiences, in particular several trips throughout Latin America, have helped to shape his perspective and feelings towards modern civilisation. His thoughts can be describe as Raw Intelligence. ... more

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