Learning Adventures In Love and Revolution

by Plaedo

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1.	My Morning Mantra 04:01	lyrics	buy track
This story starts in a trailer park when I heard an alarm within my heart it said the world is falling apart find the rainbow children help them rebuild it I moved out the mountains the friendly forest for the city's the slums where dreams come true if I struggle through the concrete jungle confident and humble willing to work hard like an immigrant so everyday I awake and I pray for the grace to embrace climbing over the boulders the roll into my way no If I was a sculpture I would not re-invent the wheel just to roll that boulder up that hill my boy Sisyphus knows how I feel Cuz if that boulder rolls down the other side I will let it go I don't even know where this life or poem is goin five years from now I might be homeless or I could be famous my name and face carved on the cover of a rolling stone only time will tell so I drop my clock in a wishing well and sing seranade at the midnight bell Chorus Allow me to brake this down that last verse was zen this verse is dao so today is the day when I learn how to be patient with my partner and to play with my daughter and to listen to my sister and have compassion for my comrades so I'll practice the math of the 8-fold path I'll pick up trash of the street and I'll share some food for the homeless to eat since life is a treat sometimes bitter and sometimes sweet my shalah, que sera sera, akunamatata chorus Dear Sacred Sadness I know you like to happen on random circumstances but today I feel like dancing being romantic, taking chances on my way to work I walk past abandoned buildings where these poor children play I'm gonna make the world a better place so I'll rock the planet if that's what it takes to make me shake and awaken your complacent consciousness, because I got the confidence to accomplish this conscious bliss so I take the risk to live my myth follow my bliss and free my chi so the beauty I see is the beauty in me this beauty is true because this beauty is you
2.	Rites of Passage 04:17	lyrics	buy track
I remember as a young child I used to get paid my allowance money to water our crops of marijuana I remember lots of ganja I remember we used to live way out in the woods and I used to play with a pack of wolves I remember singing John Lennon songs in our kitchen like we were living an outlaw fairytale well, our story didn't end happily ever after first it needed more chapters I come home one day and I see red my dad dead on the floor, he was killed than my mom became mentally ill I was adopted than unwanted by my stepdad I was kidnapped, taken back than abandoned at the trailer shack of my grandmamma who was addicted to drama we was dirt poor, perpetually searching for, hope a home and happiness who disappointment became anger pointed at me y'all I've been called it all from dumb to ugly still I love my family and I know they love me A survived my childhood I must be lucky but I am not alone many of you who hear my poem and many many more who have lived lives, harder than mine we are the the lost children I'm just one of millions yeah we've walked down those unknown roads, with bumps, dead ends and potholes so their are scares on our souls and if we allow ourselves to heal they can glow like rainbows after a storm please listen to me we must dance with our demons if we want to start dreaming a future because I remember screaming from seeing my mom beaten her blood bleeding splashed a graffiti mask on my face I remember how my mom's blood taste I was 8 I love my fate so I ask you to remember when you were teased in the 8th grade remember when you lived where it wasn't safe to play remember the sound of escape when you'd scrape your plate hungry since all you ate was a can of chili split 3 ways remember all that liquer your dad would drink his face of rage, his fist of hate remember those beatings you'd take remember when your parents seperated remember when your mom died of aids remember when you were raped we are the children whose memories paint pictures of pain I refrain, cuz we are the children who will brake those chains and learn from our parents mistakes and love our parents and love each other but most importantly we will love ourselves since the heart is a muscle that loves to struggle the wisdom we've earned the lessons we've learned we graduated from the school of hard knocks and in turn we talk teach play preach to each child that we can reach because only when it's dark do we get to see the stars and only when it's dark does a new day start so when your life seems dark just put some light and love in your heart.
3.	Train The Brain 03:00	lyrics	buy track
I Train My Brain, Maintain my brain All day, Everyday, Positive Philosophy, Meditating, Creating A zen state of Mind It a fun game to play I train my brain, and I maintain my brain to be livin in the rhythm simple isn't easy It's like watch me beatbox I go bump checka bop ba bomp checka bop I'm groovin, doin it, I hope I don't ruin it, although I know my flow needs improvement I now feel like I'm loosin it, and I forgot to take a breath it's lost I'm stupid Nah, bad thought, move on, to a new thought, I train my brain and I maintain my brain to be livin in the
4.	The City Is Sick 02:38	lyrics	buy track
Water Water is the source of life and in the city water they place fluoride fluoride is poison it calcifies your 3rd eye leaves you spiritually blind believing the lies they sing on the news where they sell you that fear year after year shed tear after tear of holy water offered to angels with broken halo's bent over smoking those ciggarettes they give you fast food that makes you sick take away your rights but you don't notice it a street full of people on their cell phones looking at facebook but they all feel alone go to school learn all the rules come home wondering what you gonna do and will their be a place for your kids to live no maybe your making minimum wage and your college loans remain unpaid you don't like to think you'd rather drink distracted, numb, dumb and afraid, is how the road to fascism's paved by the time you know debt enslaved feel the rage with a little to lose chose to behave just another day as the climate changes water level's rising storm on the horizon it is getting hotter and hotter each and every year and it is getting harder and harder to find an open space past the fast food and those big box chains where they sell you disposable satisfaction it is addictive, but not long lasting you know that plastic, manufactured in china that makes you feel fine so ya wanna buy more more from the store in a process of consumption that is destroying the planet so the city is sick it needs to be healed the planet is sick it needs to be healed and we are sick we need to heal it is time to heal. it is time to heal.
5.	Rainbows In Oil Spills 05:58	lyrics	buy track
Now I don't wanna go on a death trip I wanna go on a life journey, it's a beautiful truth, yet I worry, like my neighbors yet when someone asks us how were doing in the morning we say fine but that's sort of a lie, it's more complex, there is stress, problems, we all got em, so I'm stomping through the swamplands of the soul I'm searching for rainbows in oil spills and I feel afraid, in pain and awake and I wanna laugh, because why does life have to be so hard so I'm asking god, because the predators pain of hunger was the prays, pain of death, and we all need food so what you gonna do, chew money is too important i'm tired of being poor I got a right to bear arms, i wear my heart on my sleeve I've marched in the streets, made hand sign for peace next to protestors beat up by police I've prayed to a Buddha, made in a sweat shop I guess we suffer so a sad, song can sound good so I love the pain, I'm grateful because after pain comes breakthrough breakthrough well let me take you to the belly of the beast live in the system where daily I ask you this question do you fight me, run from me, or try to become me the beast is real, it is a machine that feeds off souls it is in high schools, army recruiting the street corner shooting, over your shoulder it is those disturbing urges your empty envy lust and greed it is your failure, it is your addiction and it is shape shifting it will make you ignore your children and with your partner, it is your aggression when we get too self defensive, burning bridges building fences you don't need nobody as long as you got money but what you gonna do when the money's all gone really makes you think about how you treat your family and those other people, your neighbors, strangers when you all hear the warnings of global warming, political turmoil the stakes is high, stuck in a traffic jam was a man with a sign that read Another day, another dollar searching for joy, sometimes you find sorrow so we take a deep breath and pray we get it right tomorrow Now I don't wanna sing lullabyes at the graveyard of childhood dreams they got comfy chairs there tv's with big screens but the revolution won't be televised it will be in the lives we live when we stop giving pain to the ones we love when we participate in the world we live in within natures rhythms we go to work, love our job come home smiling ready to play and the kids don't know abut the stress we endure they only know were only hear for la, la, love cuz after the last war has been fought, none have won we will see all have lost I'll cross my roads stack my stones draw my line in the sand and just beyond there is a place where love is the answer to every question I will meet you there the end of the rainbow, the pot of gold but until then my friend another day another dollar searching for joy, sometimes you find sorrow so we take a deep breath and pray we get it right tomorrow now i stay up late and meditate at twilight i write so if in the morning you ask me how am i doing well i'm late for work but afterwords we can share the verse about our loves mine is my family about our beliefs mine is peace about our dreams mine is to be a fresh mc so this right here is the song I sing another day, another dollar searching for joy, sometimes ya find sorrow so we take a deep breath and pray we get it right tomorrow.
6.	What Is A Man 04:32	info	buy track
7.	Back In The Day 03:49	info	buy track
8.	Global Tribe (It's Time 2 Rise Up) 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Now Let Me Tell You Something! If you are tired of looking for that job that isn't there I'm talking to you and if your job doesn't treat you fair I'm talking to you if you don't love yourself and what you do I'm talking to you life is short how ya wanna live it I'm talking to you now come and witness a bigger picture I'm talking to you the rich are getting richer, the poor getting poorer, i'm talking to you as our tax dollars buy weapons of war, I'm talking to you as mother nature is getting abused I'm talking to you not trying to kill you buzz but that's whats up, I'm talking to you marketing schemes, written into our minds commodified lifestyles, consuming our primes our love sold back to us, our meaning broadcast to us our bodies react to us, our world, disastrous So what you wanna do, how far will you go I'm talking to you because if you care about the world that we share I'm talking to you If dare to change, make this world a better place I'm talking to you and me he and she, we are the ones we've been waiting for who will revolutionize the way we relate to businesses, governments, each other, ourselves the era of passive consumers is over we are co-creators of culture And now we inherent, half a race legacy the systems merit, so now we are militant lovers, guerilla peace makers raising givers not takers we are learning, we are learning we are learning, to rise up together we go to class, study science and math we will rise up together we make arts and crafts, out of recycled trash we will rise up together we turn suburban lawns into permaculture gardens we will rise up together we form businesses, keep each other healthy we will rise up together we don't need to be rich, we can redefine wealthy we will rise up together and where their where walls we will build ladders, we will rise up together we are co-creators of culture Now if i'm talking, and your talking and we're listening and having conversations we can change the world global tribe, my people, it's time to rise up!
9.	Jean Dominique 03:42	info	buy track
10.	The Movement 03:34	lyrics	buy track
I've traveled through hell trying to make it to heaven so I'm living every minute like it is game 7 Getting Fresher Under Pressure So if we're behind and the clock is running out pass me the ball and I'll make it now we're be up again I won't let you down believe me, the easiest you'll ever make will be the hardest path you'll ever walk and sometimes the saddest are the kindist the most damaged are the wisest and you will need courage for that moment of crises this is food for thought, come get your plate I'm a master chef, master mind, turn mind into matter bend time backwards, so before I say this you'll already love it I'm the white trash ambassador, with a flow like a catheter now watch me back it up I'm a master mind like Einstein is my reletive, my E=MC, I wave peace so I am squared, blunted ready for the come up shout out to the runners Chorus But if you cant run it is time to walk and if you can't walk it is time to crawl I've been there ya'll, we gotta keep moving Years ago, I was an amateur Now I'm turning pro and I wont be diminished, by any of the critics I'm in it to win it you won't see no sinnin', in the 9th innin' only discipline and wisdom and vision I didn't get specific, so you could bear witness to what you are livin this minute is infinite I hope you isn't missin it, shout out to the movement Chorus But if you cant run it is time to walk and if you can't walk it is time to crawl I've been there ya'll, we gotta keep moving In this game we play no pain no gain so you will be disrespected and misdirected, but you can check this off your checklist for those of you who use debt as a weapon no more, no longer, are we half steppin' our eyes on the prize, we want a better life for ourselves, our team, our city, and even Mother Earth for what it's worth we're pursuing the solutions, so what is the movement, it is the revolution as we departed Eden, as we started seeking the meaning, of dreaming, as a human being, on the other side of Ommm, A team arose playing for keeps, destroying the earth, with it's poisonous cleats, trying to cheat this mass consumption was huffing and puffing til it ran out of air, it ran out of breathe, and it quite right there, in it's despair we pushed on, because this isn't a sprint, this is a marathon, listen to the chorus of this song Chorus Because if you can't run it is time to walk and if you can't walk it is time to crawl I've been there y'all we gotta keep moving
11.	The Call 2 Adventure featuring Jorah Lafleur 08:24	info	buy track
12.	A Moment Of Silence 03:36	info	buy track

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Debut Album from Hip Hop Story Telling Philosopher of Play, Plaedo. "Learning Adventures In Love and Revolution" is a concept album where each song chronicle's a stage in his hero's journey. A coming of age tale in a transitional time.

Influenced by: KRS-One, Saul Williams, Bob Dylan, Joseph Campbell, Cornell West, Brother Ali, Immortal Technique, Rakim, Rage Against The Machine

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released November 18, 2013

production by: Matt Quijote Music, N3Beats, Antonio Sera, Patrick Harris, Brain Cancer, and Mes One.
Mixed and Mastered by: John Phillip Buzis

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Plaedo Eugene, Oregon

Plaedo is a story telling hip hop philosopher of play. Plaedo is a true M.C.- A Master of Ceremonies who Moves Communities with a Message to Communicate. Plaedo can Plaedo has been spotted at poetry slams, coffee shops, festivals, schools, protests and street corners performing, spreading peace, love, joy, and wisdom with his brand of performance art he has labeled "Tribal Hop Raptivism" ... more