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Naked And Organic
00:56
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You were so worried about your aesthetic you forgot about the substance
Was so worried about the surface you forgot the depths of existence
Forgot what it's like to be naked and organic
No longer dependent to these toxic industries that wreck havoc on our bodies and the earth
Search within to see the inconsistencies and rewire the brain chemistry
Disenchanted by this system of oppression so I try to lessen each other's load and get out of these twisted schemes
Demanding needs that aren't given and sharing
Sharing a plate, a song, knowledge, a conversation, or silence
Planting seeds of love and patience
Anything except being complacent
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2. |
Becoming The Benevolence
01:23
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3. |
Embody The Radical
00:58
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Humble hospitality
Demented psychology
Probably not sober
Emotionally hungover
Anarchist will take over
Blowing balloons of self pity just to pop it
Bubblegum apologies you chew in your cheek
Sneak peeks of success
Back into the depths of poverty
Capitalism perpetually excluding somebody
And one day Trump's body will be compost
And industry will be toast
We'll boast we aided in the change as we tend to our gardens
Feeding the community
Military dismantled
Living simply
All the money is singed
As we begin a new economy of love and upliftment
Embody the radical as it becomes normal
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4. |
Brand New
00:50
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With my hands and with this mouth
I spout it out
I use my fingertips and gestures to conjure up pictures
My lips translate my soul as I cajole my emotions into articulations
As long as I am alive I will jive and try to get us to smile
To realize we are all worthy of happiness and positivity
Even when it's pouring down negativity in this war of life
No more strife as I hold your hand and tell you that you are as grand as the sunrise, sunset, all of the rivers and mountains put together
Please don't ever falter a
And even if you do you are the the most beautiful hue
Never be blue
Each moment we have can be brand new
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5. |
Promoting Community
01:09
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I have been a doormat for so many, welcoming but stepped on and often overlooked
My heart grieves for things beyond me
My empathy swells vast like the sea
I wish you weren’t numb with those pills in your bloodstream
Never wished ill upon you just tired of the lying and manipulating so I cut myself free
See there’s these cycles I’ve been caught in for who knows how long for who knows how many lives
But I dive into the present
Savor the smell of rain and sap from your tree
Speaking to my hurting until it is relieved
I am drained but not tamed
Got my health maintained so I hit the road with no gauge
Temperature rising
Testifying against white supremacy
Against capitalistic greed killing and oppressing the majority
Promoting community and stretching to help ease set in
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I had a dream that you still fucked with me
You still talked with me
Walked with me
Woke to see it was still just me and this poetry
We lose so many on this path
Yet gain so much when we press onward
Exploring the corners
Looking up from the phones
Up towards the sky
Into your iris
Tell me all your favorite lies love
The ones that became the truth
The ones you told yourself to soothe
Don't you see we're all connected
I just haven't met you yet
Maybe I never will
Still I glide through the moments
Sliding into the unknown
Shifting through the tones of voices
Watching actions in relation to the words
Listening to the earth
Hearing her cry out to us
Begging us to turn back to her
To acknowledge her power
We just gotta trust and dive in
But you're afraid to break away from what you know
The plastic and corporations have a strong hold on your habits
Look at the landfills how we contribute to their filling
Look at the dwindling woods how we contribute to them dying
Look at your neighbor how you don't even see them crying
Look your body how you don't hear it speaking
We can do better
Consume less and come together
The question is what is holding you back?
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7. |
Love Yourself
00:54
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You gotta love yourself cause sometimes no one else will
Swell and dwell in your magnificence goddess you are a prophet from another dimension
Giving me sensations ancient and sacred
Undress your negativity
Soak in your divinity
Forget these boys that treat you like a toy
Don’t believe these dark ploys society tries to tell you to enslave
Rage against this machine
Never mean just speaking clearly and sincerely
I love you dearly
So won’t you love yourself baby
Love yourself when no one else will
Love your brother and your sister
No matter the color or gender or citizenship status
We are breaking free of these apparatuses that have been crafted and creating our own
Fuck white supremacy and these corporations killing mother earth
Love yourself
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8. |
Lament The Lady
00:45
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Never happy
Never content
Always crying
Always on the fence
Hard as cement
Lament the lady
Cast her off as crazy
Cry, cry, cry
Don't know why
Trying to hide
Sulk in my sadness
Taste the salt water
Sometimes I'm a good lover
Mostly under the covers
Just crying
Indecisive
Passive aggressive
Try to let it go
But I have this bitterness
This bad taste in my mouth
Lump in my throat
Can't describe why
I wish I could tell you
Instead I just stare at you
Wishing I had a reason for my emotions
For this depression
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9. |
Break Me
00:26
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Break my heart, I'll build it up again
Break my bones, it will mostly mend
Break my ego, I needed to send it away
Break my sanity, so I no longer have to pretend
Break all of these thing but you cannot break my soul
I repeat you cannot break my soul darling
It is something much less temporary than all of the other things
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It’s scary and awesome how quickly we can change our minds
Find a reason to leave only to stay
Switch thoughts
Hide away
Quit drinking
Being proactive
Sinking
Everyone to blame
Everything up in flames
How quickly it can all burn
How slowly the world turns
Diving in and out from one extreme to the next
I heard on the radio, “I don’t want to go to heaven if there is no pain.”
All I see from us is disdain
Souls tango
We brave
We hunt
We gather
Do you know whether or not I’ll be here tomorrow?
Only one way to find out is to exist
Dismiss the toxic thoughts and persist
Sweet bliss in your touch
Don’t have much to say except, "I love you, how are you?"
Cold stares
Soft bed
Overwhelming dread
But then head over heels
Reeling in love
Spinning in hope
Dealing with demons by dancing with them
Entranced in the moments
Bending at whim to them
It's awesome and scary how quickly we can change our minds
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11. |
A Goldfish Screaming
00:41
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Sometimes I feel like a goldfish screaming in my tank
While the humans are zombies burning
But all my shouts are bubbles that evaporate to the top of the water
Lost in translation
Still I swim and exist
Persist and work towards a day where we all have a place to stay dry from the rain
I have done my time I have spit so many rhymes and will continue to do so
Let's go out past the field and see what's in store
Won't you join me darling?
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12. |
I Hope I Die On A Sunday
01:18
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Dancing to live music with friends
When the sound plays I never have to pretend
Just bend with the music
Contorting with the drumbeat
Bass shaking my being
Seething with bubbling positivity
Swinging my head
I forget about what they said
All the hurt melts in the music's touch
Dancing with old souls
Awaking inner god's within the self
I delve into different dimensions
No apprehension
Sensational grandeur in my organic groceries
Refusing the plastic and the slaughtered meat
Meeting new people through food and a soothing conversation
Listening to people's needs and traumas so they can heal
Peeling away the negativity
See the apple's are not all rotten
I don't need all the tokens
All my demons have been spoken for
Sifting through the songs i forget about what's wrong
We all belong
Hearing the bird's sing simplicity
Reminding us we can be free of this machinery
I hope I die on a Sunday and you lay with me down on a bed of flowers in the forest
Let's listen to the earth's heartbeat and breathe in sync
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13. |
Mirage Of Emotions
01:46
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Self sabotage and a mirage of emotions
Too many assumptions not enough communication
Tension crafted in a secluded mind
Laying in a bitter bed
Replaying words once said
Knowing all the while this is nonsense
Stop thinking this
But I see your jaded glance
How you cringe looking at the floor when I say words
How I make you uncomfortable but I have never heard it muttered
How this makes me uncomfortable but I've never brought it up because I keep thinking it's all made up
A cluster of vague words
Soliloquy of apologies
The mind can be a treacherous place
It can take us to dangerous cliffs
But I push out the negative thoughts and try to make way for peaceful ones
Speaking my silly musings so they won't be so confusing
Feeling the feelings
Navigating them and concluding that sometimes it is best to rest
Breathe and relax
I am not my worst enemy and neither are you
It's okay to cry do what I have to do
Because I believe in us and won't hide my intrusive anxiety
I will always speak my truth
If anything to soothe my soul and help me sleep
Dive deep to release and let the ease seep in
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14. |
Never Fully Tamed
01:03
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Everything happens at the perfect time
I write these rhymes to meditate
No fancy wining and dining
Just chilling...
Breathing...
Relaxing...
Passing through the moments on this divine carnival ride mother earth
I like to perch up on the mountains and watch the fountains, wilderness, and humans
Up close or from a distance
Makes my existence feel small but equal
Interacting and talking
Walking around and wondering for weirdos in alleyways
Behind the bar or hallways at the house show
I like all the colors, contours, and geometry of our existence
How as much as we want to stop it life persists and unfolds all the same
Insane yet wonderful life can never fully be tame
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15. |
Rainbow Twilight
01:05
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Iridescent trickling of sunshine licking up the water as it’s setting
The moon not too far smiling at me about to take on the lead role in this night sky
My toes in the sensual swampy sand
Bright blue hue is the ocean flirting with me as I lay in it
Oh to delve so deep into the swell to be consumed completely
Hair tangled in the debris of the sea
To be able to breathe and dwell underneath everything
To be able to fly above
I sleepily dream on the shore while weaving words to help me soar
Away from the world in my swirl of rainbow twilight
I hear the birds sing
I think they are saying
“Burn bright sweet tempest
Don’t forget your magnificence
Never forget we are all connected”
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16. |
Moon Pockets
00:41
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Crazy lady with the green eyes
You drive them wild with the way you twirl your hair and dance with absolutely no cares
You dare to live and thrive in a world full of fear and bitterness
You stay lifted and gracious
Filing up the empty spaces with colors and music
Perfectly imperfect space cadet who knows this world is meant for lovers
We are all sinners and winners
Won't you climb some trees and see past this city?
Climb this latter to the moon and we'll swoon at the stars and put them in our pockets as souvenirs
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17. |
Savannah Afternoon
01:32
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Rolling through a Savannah afternoon with jazz seeping through my fingertips
Bubbling out into the streets
Singing to a stranger passing by
Watching them smile
Sitting in Forsyth wondering why I still exist and how
How much longer I have in this city
How much I love her oak trees that have held my broken body and let me weep tears into her Spanish moss
Watching the salt water fall from my iris onto the earth floor
Oh how I long to stay within her sunny shade all day
To break away from these capitalistic ways
But here I am in these motions
Work just to come home to a disappointed mother
Push her away because it's easier than having the same conversation over and over
Look through a screen because it's simpler
I don't have to think
Sometimes I think it's fine not to think
To just lay down and breathe
Despite the uncertainty
Despite the astrology charts
Or what I had for breakfast or dinner
Maybe I am much bigger than these things
I think I'm just the same
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This is for the underground
For all the ones who stick around
Forget the crowd
I make the sounds that make me happy
Rage nightly
Never tread lightly when the beat hits
I can’t sit when I spit
Not gonna quit at least not day
Hey it’s that lady gritty Marsha Brady
I hear she’s fucking crazy
Can splice up a vibe casually
Change up the vibrancy
Shapes colliding
See we can be a community
If we believe and put into practice being fluid and open
Engage and rearrange priorities
No one person has complete sovereignty
Every cities got anarchy graffitied
Let’s just breathe continually
Feed our hungry souls with open hearts and warm plates
Start to satiate and dissipate the pain
No longer vain but entangled together
Coddling creativity
Energetically balancing
Overthrowing the system of oppression
And into a more peaceful progression
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Lily smiles lilacs making a sun pact
Roots cuddled under the surface
In the earth where it matters most
Existing but each day growing
No slowing of the seasons
Just keeping trinkets of the happy things
Never quite getting too attached
Because life refracts and ends suddenly
Even when we’re ready for it
Joy springing up like blossoms breaking into sun
Happy and free
Wilting and decaying
Funny how our minds play tricks and betwixt our reality
Bending and twisting about like a stray leaf
Keeping dogs on leashes
Keeping people in cages
Mapping out the solar system only to rewrite it the next day
Do a lecture on it
Talk in endless circles
But the real magic is practicing what we preach
Sowing seeds of community and upliftment
Listening to the breeze letting the ease set in but only for a moment because there is always more work to do
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20. |
Sweet Muse
01:07
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You may not know me
I may not be your cup of tea
You may not like my photo, or my status, or my dress
But there is this connection between us
A thread that interlaces our existence
Air, water, and earth contain the space we are interlaced
No matter what place we are in we are being held by the swelling universe
Breathing, spinning, and moving together
Sweet muse it is ok to be confused
To taste doubt, stutter, and shout
To toss about the moments
To be still and tranquil
Do what you will with your time
Enjoy this before we evaporate like smoke into a new ride, a new dimension, into a new form experiencing new sensations
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Delusions of expectations
Smoking cigarettes of low self worth
As you search for the reason why they don't like you
As you try to make a relationship work that wasn't what it once was
Shove all of your fear in your pocket with a hole in it
Let it fall
Don't call upon demons who don't care about you this season or the next
You don't deserve that shit
You deserve the best which is you if you allow yourself to think so
One night in the throes of heart break I wrapped my arms around my crying and shaking body and said, "Elaina no man can love you like you can"
Even if each day is a rollercoaster I have these scribblings of poetry to keep my company and dispel my insecurity
No more pondering on if they like me
At least I have food in my belly and a warm place to sleep
Trying to focus on community so we all can have the ability to achieve equally
Lacking subtly, no beguiling
I have successfully concurred my mind
Now I can work on my surroundings
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22. |
Living Ghosts
01:28
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I've got living ghosts all around this city
I see them haunting me, quietly creeping in the corners
Waiting for the right moment to suck up my energy
Enemies in the shadows watching
Judging and stalking silently or openly
I keep my peace amongst the sweeping chaos
No longer cry when they call me over to hash out their issues one more time
Will no longer apologize for acting in defense of my soul and spirit
I've built up this shield and though you've broken me down like a beat up old car
I've learned how to repair and build this mind to be even stronger
Your petty vampire ways will no longer infiltrate and suck me dry
I am willing to hear you out but I can't have the same problematic conversation over and over
And maybe we could start another chapter but you're so caught up in the past and your ego
All I've got for you is laughter
Look all your relationships have been disasters
Nothing's ever lasted
And you're surprised when people never call you back
I wish you luck and hope find your peace but if all you have is negativity, well you can just walk right past me
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23. |
The Duality
01:15
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Sometimes I feel really small
Like I am too soft
Too intrusive even in thoughts
That I take up too much space
Can’t keep up with the pace
Trapped and stifled
Blindfolded
Beguiled
And the people come and go
And we speak or we don’t
Interactions replaying in my head
Leeches are the words once said
The demons beckoning
Reeling from all these hauntings
My hormones unzipping my sanity
Most of the time though I am grounded
Relaxed and content
Laughing with friends
Singing with them
Cooking and eating together
Music flowing and fueling my spirit
I remember this and smile
Gives me hope when I am alone and confused pmsing
Second guessing
I was funneling my energy into fear instead of the practicality of my reality
I almost forgot my power
The duality
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24. |
Waterfall Of Emotions
00:43
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What happens when you have so much passion and empathy?
Am I even worthy for this complicated existence?
I have persistence and even though most people are callous I try not to have malice towards them
I am a waterfall of emotions and even though many tell me to dam my river I keep flowing with the motions
Going strong as ever
See my tears are not weak they are the vessel that takes me higher
I will not let the water seize and drown me but instead propel and expel all of my negativity
I am a beautiful blossoming being and I will not let others deceive me from achieving
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25. |
We Are Dust
00:29
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My life drips in rainbows
Shimmering trash tainted water
Do you ever wonder where your trash really goes?
Reap what you sow
Sour gummy worms on a humid day
Immersion of color
Found my sanity it had slipped into the sewer
Dancing with freaks to recover from the bleak
Recycle chic sentiments until we are dust
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26. |
This Is Bliss
01:08
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Yes this right here is bliss
The music is life
It is the very air I breathe
I feel the direction of the notes
Coax it with my hips
My lips trace and taste the breeze of melodies
Feeling the inflection with every flick of the musician's wrist
Let it fill up my body and let my feet free
Partake of the tree line
Unwind with eyes closed
Completely enthralled
Dissolving into the plucking of guitars
The soft boom of the bass fills up the spaces in between
Sweet snare and that ratatatat
Nothing is lacking
Even as the world is melting
We are spinning and weaving songs of protest and love
Love so fierce it could piece through the sky
Through the sad broken heart and bring warmth
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This world will try to break you
Forsake you
Make you small and cripple
But never forget that you are a rippling magnificent wave of light
Every single day is a fight to stay radiant and bright
Please never stop shining and don't let others dim your spirit
I will keep fighting and shine on even when you can't find the strength
I will share my light until we are both showing a new way
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28. |
Glittering Palace
01:27
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Sweet girl with that sharp tongue
He thought he could destroy you
But you, you golden gal
You are a castle a fortress even!
With so many secret passage ways and winding staircases
He didn’t even take the time to cherish them or even get to know them really
He only recognized the exterior, the superficial
He didn’t listen to your heart beat
Or be in in sync and in tune with your emotions
But why would you expect him to?
So what if he flooded your vessel just to leave it disheveled?
It is time to rebuild to be even greater than you once were
To get to know all the corners and crevices of your inner workings
To meditate and relate your pain so others who feel the same will know they are not alone
Atone yourself of your transgressions
Love yourself more than he ever loved you
Listen to yourself more than he ever did for you
Be patient and feel the things you are afraid to
Forgive and give yourself the peace of mind you deserve
You are going to be ever better than before, every moment your becoming even sturdier and more self assured
So don’t cry but smile at what is and what will be
You are a glittering palace in the sky and though many have tried they cannot own your home darling
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Valore Savannah, Georgia
Weird hiphop, anarchy, and soul magic
website: elainavalore.wixsite.com/ladyvalore
Instagram: @ladyvalore
photo by Adriana Iris Boatwright
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