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American Fiend

by Kelechukwu Brnfre

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[Verse 1:] I was a fiend before I became a teen I was addicted to television, bad food and ice cream My people procrastinators so when hip-hop was originated We fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated Someone grabbed the mic and tried to say, "Free ‘em all!" They tried to diminish the movement And say that it was too small Better stay cool, because if you get upset They put a hole in your leaders, pull the plug, then they jet Back to they lab... unless there is land to grab So then I add all the lies I had One after the other one, then they make another one To promote the opposite then ask if the brothers are done They keep you craving like you fiend for your nicotine As you smoking your cigarettes, you know what I mean? Its enraging, lock us up in cages and Don't it sound amazing 'cause every crime is made up and Built all around all of your addictions, Magnetized by your mixing Vocals, vocabulary, your verses, you're stuck in Capitalism is draining you and no one is erupting, Ghettos overflowing, unemployment gradually growing Everything is written in code, so it can coin- cide, in your thoughts to guide, In all 50 states they hide The invincible, American Fiend, look at them Spreading the word, 'cause its in E-F-F-E-C-T Smoothly operating in all your deficiencies, But back to the problem, you gotta habit, You can't solve it, silly rabbit The prescription is propaganda that's so thorough when You fiend for America like herion Oh say as the base kicks, you need a fix Give you a gauge and alcohol that don’t mix Give you weed to keep you in a mood or is it a state of unawareness? Beware, it gets greater! A menace to the world, a lethal weapon Will assassinate any of the people that’s repping You see a part of them that you never seen When you fiending for America… you American fiend... [Verse 2:] After 12, we worse than a Gremlin Force Fed us pop-hop ‘til we stop trembling The thrill of suspense is intense and you’re horrified Playing in all of the cinemas; this "Tale From the Darkside", By any means necessary, they do what has to be done Public Education here they come.... Remove the music from the schools and censor all material... Like a grand imperial It's a must that they bust any movement you're into see, Oppressions inherited, it's runs in the family They write the laws that break the bull's back, If that don't slow 'em up, then they shoot ‘em in the back . They looking for a reason to let off, you should of kept off You didn't get the message to... step off! Ladies and Gentleman, You're about to see Any anti-elitist about to be Taken into maximum, locked up in packs see, I'm Hype and you a hyperchrondriac Going to hell with no antidote, Free dumb you can smoke like its dope You're trying to move away But you can't, cause you're broke Poor people all cracked up, you should have backed up For those who act up shall be more than smacked up Any entertainer, the industries a torture chamber One on one with only money as a remainder! So close your eyes and hold your breath, And I'm a hit'cha wit this blow of death Before you go, you'll remember who you seen Whore for America as American fiend The American fiend... © Kelechukwu Brnfre
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[Verse1:] Gotta trust your first mind And stay on your grind Sights a gift from God for women So plenty men blind Delivered by deceivers To the alter of poverty The author of confusion By your foolish authority Just because she get naked Don’t mean she tell you the truth They laugh at your destruction Welcome competition Confuse him too Maybe y’all could kill each other So she could move to another Laying undercover Lying undercover Smile when it’s discovered When you met her she was cheating And you thought she could be trusted Falling off your square Because she swear that she cares As sure as I’m a writer She ain’t nothing but a liar Using her body as a broker To take her up higher Now your life is like hell fire The gods don’t do excuses Or tolerate loosing Get yourself together sun… I guess the bridge is falling   [Verse 2:] Ones have to wake up And take up space On all opponents And your hardest competition Is always yourself Why I gotta take you to the river And beg you to drink Bring you lessons from the books Then beg you to think Beg you to fight Like life aint a reason for light All you life lived in darkness Now you recite The most ridiculous lyrics From the most remedial songs Underutilize your brain Now your thinking is wrong Your seeds all confused Cause you singing they songs You whole demonstration A misinterpretation I remember when the music Use to have a message 4 minutes and some seconds Were full of plenty lessons The people gained the blessings Of the universal laws As we manifest them The lessons we gave On how not to be a slave Now you mis-educated And happy in they chains? I guess the bridge has fallen   [Verse 3:] They motivated by money And money is based on nothing The people used to mean something Now the youth are disconnected That’s why the planet Disrespect them Teach them to be silent Unless the projecting Everything is o.k. No matter what child died today The overall message is OBEY A lesson from an ol’ Bey Circle 7 all day UNIA NOI BPP The Black Arts Movement Anything for our people’s improvement Has now been excluded And it’s reflected in our music Are the people that empty To simply lay down their crown It’s all upside down In every damn town They ashamed to be Black It’s a natural fact Look at how we act The odds have always been stacked But this has never been The way that we react… I guess the bridge is falling © Kelechukwu Brnfre
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[Verse 1:] Food is a drug And everybody addicted And what you can afford is never nutritious FDA act like They don’t like your sickness All health insurance Is just big business Most people obese With some illness We living in a time When food is killing us More deadly than our violence And the people stay silent [Verse 2:] They probably got the itus After they dollar meal Poor people feeding their children What they can afford They sponsor church events As if the Lord endorses Or God would be eating You’ve got to understand The process of the profits To keep the people sick Keeps them in a bad place And increases their faith With nothing but hope Food is the biggest dope [Verse 3:] Soul food in specific Needs its own clinic And it tastes so good Hardening your arteries Fatting your body With butter and sugar And it’s not illegal Just a covert way To kill poor people And it’s hard to get Anyone to listen Ever think why They don’t serve Soul Food in their prisons [Verse 4:] That industrial complex Needs their workers healthy Only place in America Health care is provided Taxpayers tripping Over paying for a war When most poor places Is a food oasis You can’t have a strong nation Buying milk at gas stations Junk food and candy Making fiends out of your babies Then they look at me Like what I’m saying is crazy [Verse 5:] I’ve been a food junky My whole life in rehab As I stay healthy They say I don’t know what I’m missing But it’s hypertention Stroke or death They act like it’s nothing Say that got to die from something Food the #1 reason for their illness But most people o.k. to die From their own ignorance Welcome to American Where we kill our citizens [Verse 6:] Suicide is legal As long as you pay your taxes Alcohol and tobacco Are sold with warnings But what’s most deadly Is what you eat every morning And how you train your children To eat in the same fashion Junk food is a treat It keeps the children sedated When you come home From working a job you hate You keep the house silent With all the food you all ate [Verse 7:] 24-7 They push it through commercials All in the movies Through radio and video They say they’ve served more beef Than there are cows in existence And not one time does anyone question it They say they mix it with soy To help preserve it If you eating What you don’t know Then you deserve it Cause if we stop and think about it We all get nervous [Verse 8:] Food is a drug And everybody addicted And what you can afford is never nutritious FDA act like They don’t like your sickness All health insurance Is just big business Most people obese With some illness We living in a time When food is killing us More deadly than our violence And the people stay silent Food is a drug And everybody addicted © Kelechukwu Brnfre
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This Time Out This time out you can say you were part of something that meant something You participated in a cosmic venture against a universal wrong You saw the verdict and did nothing again But you hurt so you showed your feelings Hands up to the ceiling (in private) Followed the rhetoric (in public) Head nodding No critical analysis that there is no leadership in the Black Community That Sharpton is very dull with no Brown Jesse is less effective with no King And every person in the hood is a fool Especially as they act surprised like there was no King, Amadou or anyone new Next day, next night, next week, next door or they could be next I don't want to run or avenge my son I want to be preventive and stay who I am On a road to death since I was born Kiss my babies for me This time out they already know how much I love them No one has to tell them my stories I have told them I have been there I am no absentee I have loved them and their families as I love my self Taken the high road but no shit from anything or any one Knew better and was not surprised Just assessed the preparedness of the masses They did not want to loose their unreal reality tv Nor did they want to not find out what house wife, ex-wife, ex-woman show would ignore the issue No one wore any damn hoodies They would not dare affect their money because their children live Jay Z says there is no racism So he is keeping it 100% bullshit as usual At least he is consistent Persistent and clear that your level of intelligence can not stop your money As long as you can pose Show your smile and keep your people in the fog Don't quote me because it won't do you any good This time out before I wrote this it was understood Overstood and over hoods without hoods In suits and ties in your face Politely reminding you it is always NIGGER and never NIGGA No matter what the whites and arabs you cool with That say because they poor in the proximity They use derogatory terms about our ancestry and not theirs No Spick or Sand Nigger or Sand Nigga, Towel Head etc Too unorganized to be a terrorist But you buy their bullshit And call it art Like God took a shit and you took it as chocolate No it is shit Turds as words like the ones you never said against anything Just thought it as you angrily walked to your luxury vehicle And said shit aint that bad for all of us At least we not slaves Student loan, credit cards ignored Gut rehab the new fab cause they don't like your ass is the burbs Word! The bias class of yuppies, bubbies, yuckies, buckies.. fuck me Whatever you call it now This time out Everybody knows Your existence is lower than their pets Michael Vick got time for betting and abiding on someone killing a dog This dog killed a boy After the police told him not to follow him His ass should have been kicked Who cares Its called murder here and every elsewhere Just this time out America showed the world When a black child dies They don't fucking care... © Kelechukwu Brnfre
5.
(El Gee intro) If a man die can he live again I’ve got my atoms even Back to gardening Use cheer to clean up your dirty laundry To be Tied and whisk the past away Enjoy your new day to make it plain As long as you learn to be sore And not soar in your pain You could, woody would on the wood But you got to peck away at your past So you can have the everlasting life that’s promised By the Most High You could soar like a dove and clean up with dawn So you can arrive in an Irish springs And be very, very, very, very, clean I brain wash with soap on a rope until I’m Filled with new thought about what God brought Can I be the creator by the created To create something as a producer So I won’t be consumed by consumerism And know That I’m in the bosom of the Most High And still being breast-fed with His Daily Bread Trying to get new thought in my head so I Love the Lord And I was too fit to be tied So I had to slow down And take a ride so I wouldn’t take the dive I had to loose the losses at all costs (Kelechukwu body) My introduction like a suction Removing my life force for selfish purposes With my permission Deceive of our shared vision A community was my prism Building our business On a love we didn’t share was my prison I created so many bars behind the bars In the shadow of the spotlight that left scars And a satisfied crowd With no knowledge or concern It’s like who’s turn would be next To come to take the life out of our set With no power of creation The people applauded the imitation But I was warned and didn’t listen Saw flashes of the feminine side Of so many brothers that I assisted Like my love was sadistic Work ethic above ethics But kept the unethical to close to source Gave a credibility to the un-credible Incredible that I was not wise enough To believe my eyes and the evidence Hold it down by myself open to close With very little help In a self-less ness I was the change I wanted to see But couldn’t influence a love for self Shine brighter than the owner ego And I’ve got to own it People really don’t love this city like I do And I should expect and respect that It’s easier to be Part of the walking dead Than to resurrect that (El Gee outro) If a man die can he live again I’ve got my atoms even Back to gardening Use cheer to clean up your dirty laundry To be tied and whisk the past away Enjoy your new day to make it plain As long as you learn to be sore And not soar in your pain You could, woody would on the wood But you got to peck away at your past So you can have the everlasting life that’s promised By the Most High You could soar like a dove and clean up with dawn So you can arrive in an Irish springs And be very, very, very, very, clean I brain wash with soap on a rope until I’m Filled with new thoughts about what God brought Can I be the creator by the created To create something as a producer So I won’t be consumed by consumerism And know That I’m in the bosom of the Most High And still being breast-fed with His Daily Bread They told me to slow down Cause I was pressing the speed limit Trying to get to my natural essence Like I was reborn in Kemet If a man die can he live again But I’m trying to live life and love To the limit (Kelechukwu close) And people really don’t love this city like I do And I should expect and respect that It’s easier to be Part of the walking dead Than to resurrect that © Kelechukwu Brnfre © El Gee
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The Underdog Went Underground Until it was understood That under hats and hoodies The black brain is being underutilized To bring about a change To the chains and images of psychological slavery That was the undertone For the undertaking of Free human beings And enslaving them And having them work into Underdeveloped fields To bring about a profit under cost Of course by force That forged a wedge between the descendants Of all Americans That undermines race relations to this day The pledge may be under God But it’s definitely divisible And it’s understated When we act like its invisible See racism is as thick as The sweated matted down hair of Those that they brought from over there And yeah They tried to repair our bonds By a faulty plan that was under-thought That brought ex-slaves back into Africa And displaced Africans And created divisions that led up to civil war Under the watch of every humanitarian Who’s escape was These countries are sovereign and Under their own government Until… One of these countries shows an interest in Taking resources from Africa to gain an interest Under the guise of diplomacy… Under the gun of police brutality you and I live currently So much so We think this is just the way it’s gon’ be Until we under the ground resting eternally… Under man’s laws I no longer want to be That’s why under my seat is where I keep my weapon And I always tell underage girls to keep on steppin’ You see I’ve Never went up under a dress except by permission And under duress there is still some suspicion If there can ever be some equality for the underpaid You see… Under pages of legislation They lobby words like a hobby Until the lawmakers become undertakers For dead end situations under conversation Saying that the constitution is a living document Only says that every day this whole country Our system of governance, our laws, our morality and humanity Are always under construction Under the assumption that If you ever mess with the US We will kill you Under our charter of Manifest Destiny And if you live here and you don’t agree Then you can be imprisoned Or put to death for treason You see under the fullest extent of the law I’ve seen underhanded tactics Undercut the investments of the under represented You see under star, sun and moon We created life unselfishly So we never wrote about our beginning And it seems like the whole planet would be pleased with our ending And since I understand that I can’t hand it to you on a platter So I include it in my subject matter Because the subject matters No life on this planet should be taken for granted Is the underutilized solution for all our fears That’s why I keep paper under pen for years to add to my legacy As to why all my tears are dry See… We’re all living under the illusion that We really don’t need each other and that is not true As long as there is any life here We’ll have to live it together Under one umbrella So “Hail To The Underdog!” That went underground Until it was understood That under hats and hoodies The black brain is being underutilized To bring about a change To the chains and images of psychological slavery That was the undertone For the undertaking of Free human beings And enslaving them And having them work into Underdeveloped fields To bring about a profit under cost Of course by force That forged a wedge between the descendants Of all Americans That undermines race relations to this day “Hail To The Underdog!” “Hail To The Underdog!” “Hail To The Underdog!” © Kelechukwu Brnfre
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This is going out to All the people in Haiti And anybody that ever had to Overcome any serious Problems in their life… The earth shook The buildings fell The people trapped And crushed in their sleep The children lay Dead in the street And those who made it out Now had no place to stay No food to eat – nor water Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters All helpless Dependent and interdependent These proud people With Dessalines in their genes Paying for practicing What the world declared The slaves revolted and Took their independence Made Napoleon Give up his land in America Still for a loosing cause Soon the spirit of the Maroons Would have to come But this is a different attack This did not come from Someone that hates you This came by nature Natural causes All of these dead from natural causes A natural disaster area A catastrophe Many of us could only see Through the lens of those on the ground We could not smell the dead Rotting in the sun We could not hear The screams for help Nor feel the heat But we could see the pain We did understand that This was beyond serious Curious as to how anyone there Could smile, dance or play Astonished that so many Were more steadfast in prayer God must be angry here somewhere But tell me how else would the world Even care about People they never cared about People they let drown in the ocean Before they would let them come to shore Off the make shift boats That were barely afloat Surely just the idea that They would risk their life To get a better life Must have shown Some of the urgency (Emergency) Emerge And See Now to give aid It’s out here in front of the world Not even the most callous Can be that shady to Watch a baby die And not feel the desperation But if you’re not Haitian If you’re not in Haiti You can turn your T.V. off Pick and choose to remember When it’s on the news Even as I speak Someone right now seeks shelter Someone right now needs food Tell me, how do we help When it seems Mother Nature Has an attitude What will we do to Help and assist To resist and persist against this Catastrophic Magnitude Still the wonderful smiles And colors surround And their spirit will not be Smothered by their pain Over 300,000 dead Over 1 Million homeless But they still find A reason to sing Bring the buckets to Gather the water and share it Bring the masses to come see A people still undefeated Full of the sounds and dances Of the future The worst has passed The sun still shines There is much work to do And no time to complain Their faith is even stronger L’Union Fait la Force Unity makes strength So it just makes sense that Haiti will come together again And show the world the definition Of independence And all humanity’s Need for interdependence And no magnitude However catastrophic Can ever stop this The world got a lot to learn From the people in Haiti © Kelechukwu Brnfre
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I've come a long way I've come a long way I've come a long way I've come a long way There's a reason Why I live It reflects my sin It reflects my sin There's a reason Why I live It reflects my sin It reflects my sin I've come a long way I've come a long way I've come a long way There's a reason Why I live It reflects my sin It reflects my sin There's a reason Why I live It reflects my sin It reflects my sin I've come a long way I've come a long way
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[Verse 1:] Food is a drug And everybody addicted And what you can afford is never nutritious FDA act like They don’t like your sickness All health insurance Is just big business Most people obese With some illness We living in a time When food is killing us More deadly than our violence And the people stay silent [Verse 2:] They probably got the itus After they dollar meal Poor people feeding their children What they can afford They sponsor church events As if the Lord endorses Or God would be eating You’ve got to understand The process of the profits To keep the people sick Keeps them in a bad place And increases their faith With nothing but hope Food is the biggest dope [Verse 3:] Soul food in specific Needs its own clinic And it tastes so good Hardening your arteries Fatting your body With butter and sugar And it’s not illegal Just a covert way To kill poor people And it’s hard to get Anyone to listen Ever think why They don’t serve Soul Food in their prisons [Verse 4:] That industrial complex Needs their workers healthy Only place in America Health care is provided Taxpayers tripping Over paying for a war When most poor places Is a food oasis You can’t have a strong nation Buying milk at gas stations Junk food and candy Making fiends out of your babies Then they look at me Like what I’m saying is crazy [Verse 5:] I’ve been a food junky My whole life in rehab As I stay healthy They say I don’t know what I’m missing But it’s hypertention Stroke or death They act like it’s nothing Say that got to die from something Food the #1 reason for their illness But most people o.k. to die From their own ignorance Welcome to American Where we kill our citizens [Verse 6:] Suicide is legal As long as you pay your taxes Alcohol and tobacco Are sold with warnings But what’s most deadly Is what you eat every morning And how you train your children To eat in the same fashion Junk food is a treat It keeps the children sedated When you come home From working a job you hate You keep the house silent With all the food you all ate [Verse 7:] 24-7 They push it through commercials All in the movies Through radio and video They say they’ve served more beef Than there are cows in existence And not one time does anyone question it They say they mix it with soy To help preserve it If you eating What you don’t know Then you deserve it Cause if we stop and think about it We all get nervous [Verse 8:] Food is a drug And everybody addicted And what you can afford is never nutritious FDA act like They don’t like your sickness All health insurance Is just big business Most people obese With some illness We living in a time When food is killing us More deadly than our violence And the people stay silent Food is a drug And everybody addicted © Kelechukwu Brnfre
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[Verse1:] Gotta trust your first mind And stay on your grind Sights a gift from God for women So plenty men blind Delivered by deceivers To the alter of poverty The author of confusion By your foolish authority Just because she get naked Don’t mean she tell you the truth They laugh at your destruction Welcome competition Confuse him too Maybe y’all could kill each other So she could move to another Laying undercover Lying undercover Smile when it’s discovered When you met her she was cheating And you thought she could be trusted Falling off your square Because she swear that she cares As sure as I’m a writer She ain’t nothing but a liar Using her body as a broker To take her up higher Now your life is like hell fire The gods don’t do excuses Or tolerate loosing Get yourself together sun… I guess the bridge is falling   [Verse 2:] Ones have to wake up And take up space On all opponents And your hardest competition Is always yourself Why I gotta take you to the river And beg you to drink Bring you lessons from the books Then beg you to think Beg you to fight Like life aint a reason for light All you life lived in darkness Now you recite The most ridiculous lyrics From the most remedial songs Underutilize your brain Now your thinking is wrong Your seeds all confused Cause you singing they songs You whole demonstration A misinterpretation I remember when the music Use to have a message 4 minutes and some seconds Were full of plenty lessons The people gained the blessings Of the universal laws As we manifest them The lessons we gave On how not to be a slave Now you mis-educated And happy in they chains? I guess the bridge has fallen   [Verse 3:] They motivated by money And money is based on nothing The people used to mean something Now the youth are disconnected That’s why the planet Disrespect them Teach them to be silent Unless the projecting Everything is o.k. No matter what child died today The overall message is OBEY A lesson from an ol’ Bey Circle 7 all day UNIA NOI BPP The Black Arts Movement Anything for our people’s improvement Has now been excluded And it’s reflected in our music Are the people that empty To simply lay down their crown It’s all upside down In every damn town They ashamed to be Black It’s a natural fact Look at how we act The odds have always been stacked But this has never been The way that we react… I guess the bridge is falling © Kelechukwu Brnfre

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My attempt to turn on a light in the conscious of the people to understand that the true value and wealth of human beings is not measured by material wealth. It's in a format that is easily palatable with bonus tracks for those that download it and it is a value for the time of any listener. Spread the word... Soul is... Beautiful!

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released February 21, 2014

Written, Composed and Performed by Kelechukwu Brnfre for Headfone Hustlas Productions

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