Cinemateur

from tHE jOURNEY sO fAR by Ikoustic

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Cinemateur

Cover is blown, creativity shown
As seeds grow, the message gets known
Lay it down raw and raise it up live
Your resistance thaws, you can’t stop the jive
From what your ears hear to what your mind sees
Your body feels the beat as you listen to me
Spittin’ and rhymin’, particular timing
Words are condensed because of the stylin’

Seminal works of Wes the Genius
Got you pumpin’ like you’re on ProPlus
Creations of the Cinemateur for the visual connoisseur
Can you read between the lines, find the message in the beats?
Morse code rhymes tapped out with your feet
Tall guy, bad guy, good guy
Director say ‘Jump’ actor say ‘How high?’
Melding of minds and creative forces
The magic comes from various sources

Vision fed to collabo crew to create something pure and true
Tapping the juices from head to toe, trying to establish a common flow
Stepping out of our shells, follow in the footsteps of Orson Welles
Bringing to reality from off the page, musings of a have-a-go sage

The pen is mightier than the sword
A picture tells a thousand words
Actions speak louder than words
Well I was talking to the Cinemateur and he was rapping to me about the power of four:
Creativity, Skill, Vision and Will

Cover is blown, creativity shown
Seminal works of Wes the Genius
Melding of minds and creative forces
Bringing to reality from off the page

Write a new chapter, starting again
Different pitch but the tone’s the same
Unity in diversity, subverting negative actuality
Soothing hurts through the visual arts
A medicinal tonic, the power of music

© Iko-ei-Ojo Akoh, Wes Oakland 2008

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from tHE jOURNEY sO fAR, released July 9, 2012
Lyrics by Ikoustic
Music by Wes Oakland
Vocals by Ikoustic
Produced by Wes Oakland
Mixed & Mastered by Wes Oakland

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