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On Tha Road (Ganja Lightin') (ft. New Reb)

from Empires Die​.​.​.​Life Evolves by Plaedo

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about

(I was in Costa Rica, working on my album with world class musicians at the Solar Sound, While in Costa Rica, a video came out in the states that I was featured in by an MC named M5 Vibe. M5 Vibe is a friend of mine and happens to be black. I commented on Instagram, “How Cool Brother, I’m so glad I got to be in your video. Thank you” And a bunch of strangers and self-proclaimed Antifa (a philosophy I very much support) out of Portland, Oregon started attacking me online for calling a black man a brother, apparently to these people as a white dude I’m not supposed to call a black man a brother. Which to this day, seems to create more division then unity to me. (Shouldn’t we start to treat each other as a family?) I was going to engage them in an online debate, but my girlfriend at the time Jessica said, “Nah, right a song about it instead.”)

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These are dark times
That we are living in
It’s a broken world
And the question is
How we gonna fix it
When so many wanna talk
But nobody wanna listen
When we all think were right
So we march like peacocks
Around street blocks like
Ka-Ka mutha fucka
No more cookie cutter
No more melting pot
While those behind the dollar sign
Design the structure
Where everybody suffers
Confused through the fake news
Used to deceive you
To some they say it’s red
And to some they say it’s blue
Then they watch us argue
Over which color is true
And whose had it worse
Like it’s us vs. them
When we should come together
In the name of the earth
With the time we have left
I remember back when
We was chanting wake up
Now woke be the anthem
The fascist are back and
Stopping the nazi’s is the noble passion
But let this tailor tell ya of the fashion y’all
Let us not become what we oppose
The same energy just wearing different clothes

Activist attacking and I dig the passion
But you gotta know the facts
If you want to make an impact yeah
You think you righteous
You just misguided
Online screaming
While I’m fighting the lions in the arena
Real talk I’m in the real world dog
Don’t be a troll
An impotent critic
While I’m changing systems in the city that we live in
When we learn to sit with our pain
The world will change
I’m trying to give y’all love
Why ya wanna give hate
Cuz it’s a sad thing
If you got the change
You’d still feel the same
Because your not ready for change
Just to feel your pain…

credits

from Empires Die​.​.​.​Life Evolves, released October 18, 2021
Produced by: New Reb
Vocals by: New Reb & Plaedo
Mixed by: New Reb
Mastered by: Ecco Acoustics

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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

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