1. |
BLACK BOY GENIUS
03:57
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[ V e r s e 1 : T R 3 S ]
This the perfect time to call my momma
Tell her I'm never coming home because I'm tired of the drama
I miss Jordan
And you and Keisha aint even talkin no mo
So why I cant pick up the phone and call my own cousins for
This just irks me
Don't chop that family tree it don't deserve it
Let nature run it's course and do it's work please
or deforestation gon have us all extinct
at least we'll be at peace and you can
TRY AND CHANGE THE PAST
But it'll never work
Cause you don't know the secrets to this universe
And people wont respect you till you're in a hearse with at least six tracks that lack passion, but they all went platinum
In half the time it took for me to write this lil album
If in the pin or mausoleum gon be my only outcome
How come
In the pen and independent was never an option?
"Stop it, you really think them lil beats gon make you any profit?"
It's not kid, unless you a prophet with a lil guap up in your pocket for a Prophet or an OP-1
What happened to doing it just for fun?
Watched people get to Hollyweird and hate who they've become
With all the metal, all the gear, the solid snakes are on the run
But hey, at least they made their little funds
While my broke self still on the PS1
But I'm done
Havin fun with that
I'm the black Jimmy Neutron been in the lab
Cooking experiments
That you gotta blast
I am an instrument, sent from the highest
To tell you I'm fire
And they all liars
Spitting that bias
No more surprises
Say they gon change your future
But they'll never change your priors
So go head make amends before you gotta say goodbye
Yeah, yeah
[Bridge: TR3S]
THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS SAY GOODBYE
(GONNA MISS YOU)
Yeah
[Verse 2: TR3S]
But I'm bout to blast off
Only option I had left, cause all of the alternatives had me six feet under asphalt
And I know it's cash fault
Not yours
But Imma miss them home made meals. spaghetti, and them tacos
And Imma miss my old lady
I hope she see the plot though
Cause she the only one who walked a mile in these zapatos brother I mean
That meant a lot to me brother
I hope she knows that I love her
I'm finna change the whole game up with just one push of a button
[Outro: GAIA]
Hi, we've been waiting on you for quite some time
"Who are you?"
Who me? that's easy.
I'm your great, great, great, granddaughter Gaia
And I rhyme from time to time
And you might be surprised to find out that
Todays times are not quite like the ones that you had
But more kind of doo-dads and lost facts
And DJ Screw's back (back, back)
And who else is back?
And everybody's black, cant forget that
Thats kinda whack but
I need your help to fix all of this please
This is just getting kind of out of control man
Government got us under a scope man, please
I need some help from the old man.
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2. |
DO WHAT IT TAKES
03:19
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[Verse 1: Gaia]
Man grandpops, heard you used to be the man grandpops
Now it's some things you gotta understand old man
They killed the consious from within
And left us in a dang box or a coffin
Imma only say this one time
Cause I dont get to say it often
Cause they listening to us
So I hope you listen to my proposition
And Ima grand the unconqured power of hindsight
So you can go back in time and start changing our lives
And Imma stay in my lane and keep creating things that's probably gon eventually end up shifting the zeitgeist cause
That's what art do
I mean it used to but nowadays the greatest rapper ever's just a cartoon
And it's really just some white dude who use art to excuse his use of that N-I-G-G-A, we reclaimed
He got dreads upon his head aint got no shame in appropriation
And they pushing that Eugenics tryna stop us from procreating
Tryna kill our population
While they throw us in them cages
And a lot of people sitting steady waiting for extinction baby
[Verse 2: TR3S]
Look I dont know what you calling me grandpops for
I'm not old, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt though
I time traveled, just to get through the battles
But it's a couple things that Imma need to know about like
If I became a household name
I'm sorry yall, I promise I aint doing it just for fame
That's just something on my brain
Another thing is
Am I famous?
Hold up wait, nigga I think that's the same thing
Something sat on my brain
Shattered my heart
Niggas all felt that pain
And to manage that ache they go grab that A.K.
To try to maintain
They tryna make a way
Yeah, you see they start slangin, gangbangin
Doin anything to get a dollar in the bank
They just tryna make cents, they just tryna make change
Man this shit dont make sense, I'm just tryna make a change
Today.
[Chorus]
Thats why you do what it takes
Cause life aint no movie
And it aint no breaks, cant fast forward to when your life's past poor
You wanna get to heaven should've got your ass a passport.
Yeah
Thats why you do what it takes
Cause life aint no movie
And it aint no breaks, cant fast forward to when your life's past poor
You wanna get to heaven should've got your ass a passport.
[Outro: TR3S & GAIA]
Gaia
I'm in this bitch right now
We in this bitch right now
In this bitch right now
We in this bitch right now
Turn this bitch right up
And turn your shit right down
Thats why you do what it takes
Cause life aint no movie
And it aint no breaks, cant fast forward to when your life's past poor
You wanna get to heaven should've got your ass a passport.
Gaia
It's Tre
in this bitch right now
We in this bitch right now.
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3. |
THA UNDAGROUND
03:15
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[Intro: Injury Reserve]
Oh shit!!! (Oh shit!!!)
They said, man we want some more hits (some more hits)
Man this sound like some shit from '06
What that sound like? Man that's some cold shit (cold shit)
I say
Oh shit!!! (Oh shit!!!)
They said, man we want some more hits (some more hits)
Man this sound like some shit from '06
What that sound like? Man that's some cold shit (cold shit)
I say
[Verse 1: TR3S]
Oh shit!!!
We in Tha Undaground
Niggas in trouble when we come around
Dont stop, better do it
Only got one shot out the uzi
So you better use it
But dont lose yourself in this music kid
That's the number one rule in the music biz
Rule number two is, you are not a human, just another nigga with some influence
On them white boys
That aint hip hop, it's just white noise
I don't even see yall fighting for us
Definitely aint seen yall motherfuckers dying for us so
Don't be speaking on the diaspora
Especially when you niggas dying to war with us
Mix Chicago House, with New Orleans Bounce, and Atlanta trap, and a little bit of ballad
[Bridge]
Aye, you gotta work on it mommy
Call it experimental, cause this shit for everybody
I make that music that'll transfer you to a club in the 90's
I'm tryna get behind it, around it, and swirl up inside ya
You gon remember me
Just off my energy
Hypnotic and that Hennessey
Got me feeling incredibly
Fuck it, Imma tell it I don't really drink
That shit might turn me green
Bend on over and touch your toes
See a nigga got them marble floors (marvel flow)
[Dance break: TR3S]
Shake, dance, move, what? cmon.
Wobble
Shake, dance, move, what? cmon.
Shake that, go head and work that
Bounce that go head and bounce that
Shake that go head and work that
Ok now bounce that, go, boom stigiddy, boom stigiddy
[BRIDGE]
Wit a dab of ranch, wit a dab of ranch
Wit a dab of ranch, wit a dab of ranch, wit a dab o ranch
Wit a dab of ranch, wit a dab of ranch
Wit a dab of ranch, wit a dab of ranch
Wit a dab of ranch haha
[Verse 2: TR3S]
Pac manifested it, I did the rest of it
Said it's a place in heaven we can finally rest
Thugs mansion is terminus
All depends who determines shit
Time to change the world again
Heard they tryna reanimate us for no reason
To sell singles
This shit's treason
Hurt by the ones who told us they believe in the dream
But don't even see us as people
Inequivalent. we just characters
Unless you eminem
Or you made swimming in circles
Then you a person
Infinite loop it's disturbing
Niggas aint putting that work in
That is for certain
I'm bout to leap off the earth
I'm bout to Takeoff life Quavo and Offset my Future with all mi amigos
Cause we know the beat go berserk
GAIAAAAA
[Verse 3: GAIA]
Oh shit!!!
We in Tha Undaground
Blame the gold, gold chains, fame
Fuzz tryna give us the run around
Hands up when they come around
I aint saying you gotta love em now
But we been through a lot
So it's time that we tried
Something new like bringing a new life in to do right
People say you look just like your mother
Left you in that alley
Cause the sins of a father
Left a single mama
And you love that woman
And you love them commas
You dont know grammar
Raised by your grandma
Till they offered you a million dollars
And you never had shit
It's hard to not sign over your last wish
God damn.
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4. |
BATHESDA
03:37
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[Verse 1: GAIA]
K, Grandpops, welcome to Bathesda
This is the world that yall left us
How do we learn when all the questions
Being asked but
No one answers
Vest up, cause all we got is just us
They see us as beta testers
Lock in this game
Just push one button and play
Trapped on this world like for days
No memory card, you cant save (me)
Locked in arcade with no change
Just trying to shatter the simulation
I wish my niggas was beside me
We could've did this shit co-op
Now I'm sitting by myself in the hallway
All day, I swear yall niggas play too much
I aint even gotta say too much/
I'm trying to not say too much
Cause if I say too much they might hang me up|
And I dont condone in hater stuff
I'm tryna lead by example like an angel does
The angel dust they left inside our neighbourhoods
This real life, but they treat it like a game to us
Hell nah we aint playing along
And if you had a song, we aint singing along
All in all yall all wrong
For taking the fathers out of the homes
Leaving the mommas to fend for they own
And you just a todler you dont even know like
Where is my momma?
Where is my momma?
Where is my momma?
She gotta work nigga
She gotta work nigga
She gotta work nigga
Momma been working making ends meet (She gotta work nigga)
Momma been making sure the kids eat (she gotta work nigga)
She gotta work nigga
UH, UH
[Verse 2 : TR3S]
So she dropped you off at arcade?
You know momma got work, she got bills to pay
But I been here all day
I'm starting to feel some abandonment here
Cause this a fucking arcade not a daycare
Hit the jackpot gone by the A.M.
And I do not give a fuck what they saying
What they sayin?
What they sayin?
It's dangerous, just to hang with us
Tre why you always starting shit?
Honestly it's not my fault my nig,but
This shit perilous
And I'm tryna be so honest
But this shit confidential
Momma we was monumental
But why you always starting shit tho
Now it's hectic
This shit startin to get electric
Final fantasy no tetris
Big red button dont press it, dont test it, select it
This aint a game it aint no tetris
Yes its, yes its
[PART 2: TR3S & GAIA]
Go head tell me right now
Do you want my respect?
Tell me right now (right now)
Just want a check? then tell me right now
Do you want my respect?
Tell me right now (right now)
Bout to say something so inapropriate
A lot of yall niggas got halitosis
God damn they twist you up
Don't ever let a motherfucker twist you up
Go head tell me right now
Do you want my respect?
Tell me right now (right now)
Just want a check? then tell me right now
Do you want my respect?
Tell me right now (right now)
Everybody down the party's all around
Everybody down the party's all around
God damn they twist you up
Don't ever let a motherfucker twist you up
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5. |
RAIN DANCE
02:42
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6. |
AMEN IN THE CHURCH
04:36
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[Verse 1: TR3S]
First things first
Amen in the church
Please respect the word
I'm the first nigga ever had to put you boys to work
Yeah, you heard, I been here before
So don't get on my nerves
And since birth, I been through the worst
So I'm tryna go see Perth
See the world
I know my worth
Niggas aint never been heard
Put us first for once, and then
Maybe we'll make shit work in this bitch
You nervous?
Then I advise that you slow down
Go down to that money, and get what we owed now
Known that, we been racially profiled
Since '09
When I was a Child, that was 90 years ago now I see
They tryna turn us to AI
B.I.G. still alive
He just reincarnated as me
Let nelly tell it
They been hoarding the dinero
So endale endale
We need what we are owed
Like heat, infrastructure, and crops please
Yall think it's a lot, but
It's the bare minimum see
Okay, wait, I lied, cause the bare minimum be
A couple of white tee's that remind me
That my life means something
Imagine living in the mother world aint got to sight see
And Imagine understanding the ones who look just like me
Instead of a test telling you who you might be
Go to the source and see for your own eyes B
Time these, motherfuckers apologize for thier crimes be
Cause we been hurt but it's quite unlikely
That I see
Yall being held liably
I mean, it's probably, high-key a pipe dream
That's why it's hard for a nigga to have hope
The promise of equality we've been here before
And niggas tired of running from fucking Jim Crow
& the five-o this shit starting to feel like martial law
And I hate you niggas
A lot of yall fake as shit
A lot of yall appropriating tryna fake this shit
Without permission from adequate beings like me
Who see through that bullshit and all of them damn smoke screens
I'm finna take your ass to church
Boy you need to word
Now sit there and analyze and tell me what's worse
Columbine or calling mines the N-word
Or tryna colonize the whole fucking world
In other words
Yall the curse of mother earth
We been on this road before
We past the point of no return
So many times yall aint put us first
But the race still going
Hit the finish line with killer timing
Yall be lacking urgency
So you already know who in first because
Yall thirsty
For any validation given to you by the culture
That you aint really living
Writing in the third person gotta make it emergent
First things first is you gotta put that work in
Work in?
Work in.
Now go ahead and tell me is it worth it?
Work it
Flip it. flip it, flip it, flip it, flip it
Then reverse it
Only thing they good for
Cutting checks to line their pockets
Don't ask about your percentage
And that's when shit worsens
Tell em how they made you feel denied on this earth kid
Tell em how they hurt you
Tell em how they made you feel inside's not a virtue
Tell em all that shit that they did finna get unearthed too
Tell em we're out
No more record deals now
No more kids in cages
Time to take them fucking kids out
No more being part of the plan
No more getting paid off of the art of the dead
[Chorus: TR3S]
SAY AMEN IN THE CHURCH NIGGA
AMEN IN THE CHURCH NIGGA
[Verse 2: GAIA]
Ok so pass it to Gaia the rock then
Grandpops took us to the top so it's time that we shock these niggas
And stop all of the gossip and lies
that revolve around time
Cause I been in the cockpit driving
Back to them days when Wu-Tang played
Tryna go back in time and meet my granny today
She gave me my name grandpops
So what do you say?
Wont you push that red button and we'll be up and away
In a couple of days
And I'll be on the run it's ok with me
Play with me if you wanna come and chase me then.
Run it
Don't think they really want it
Well go ahead and touch em
They told me
You dont need nobody, but you need scripture
They tryna make you vulnerable
Develop an addiction
Pour out your heart and soul, but no one's there to fuckin listen
If you listening then you would see the bigger picture
The big picture is
That you not the only kid
Who thinks you can travel time
Without any consequence
You need to get out of this world
Back to your own time
And back to your girl
[Chorus: GAIA]
Say amen in the church nigga
Amen in the church nigga
Amen in the church
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7. |
DELOREAN
01:48
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[Chorus 1]
Hey there baby
I only got two seats
I beep beep beep beep
I want you next to me in my Delorean
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
I'll never look back again
Ah-ah, ah
Hey there baby
I only got two seats
I beep beep beep beep
I want you next to me in my Delorean
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
I'll never look back again
Ah-ah, ah
[Verse : TR3S]
Flashback how we get here in the first place?
Wanted stardom but I did it in the worst way
Wanna see the family tree, product of you & me with hella leaves on it
Now work it, you been working but so have I
You aint bringing in no money, that aint no god damn job
So listen here now boy
Fuck all them stupid excuses
Fuck what ya said now boy
You say you working on music?
Dont wanna hear that boy
On the computer making tunes aint bringing no bills in boy
And all you hearing now is
[Chorus 2: TR3S]
Oh yeah now boy
Fuck what you said now boy
I don't wanna hear that shit
From no one else (Dont even front homie)
Oh yeah now boy
Fuck what you said now boy
I don't wanna hear that shit
From no one else (Dont even front homie)
Oh yeah now boy
Fuck what you said now boy
I don't wanna hear that shit
From no one else (Dont even front homie)
Oh yeah now boy
Fuck what you said now boy
I don't wanna hear that shit
From no one else (Dont even front on me)
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8. |
THINKIN BOUT YA
02:50
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[Verse 1: TR3S]
Been tryna tell these niggas
The future aint been bright, just hot as hell my nigga
The hermit had to go get out his shell my nigga
had to stop at the jail my nigga to bail my niggas out
And that's the plan for me because yall failed my niggas
So now a nigga gon die for the district
Like Katniss
Yall lucky I aint gon drag yall like Mistress
Been thinkin bout it yall niggas bitches
But what can I say about that shit yall done way way back in the day
You fuck with my gang and it's pop pop pop
Through the back streets
Born this way, lady ga-ga-ga
I gotta
Take my ride to the chop-chop-chop
The chop shop, now we in sync and it bye-bye-bye
So that's why
A lot of niggas wanna test my might
But whenm they see me roll they windows up when I drive by
Screaming hallelujiah god for the car I drive
Oh my my
No town car, it's a delorean but
[Chorus: TR3S]
But I been thinkin bout ya
Aint had the time to bang ya line
But I been thinkin bout ya
I been battling father time
But I been thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
And I can not get you off my mind
Yeah, I been thinkin bout ya
And I'm sorry I cast you aside
But I been thinkin bout ya
Promise that I apologize
But I been thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
It's hard to tell what's on my mind
But I been thinkin bout ya
And I'm sorry I'm always grinding
But I been thinkin bout ya
And I'm sorry I traveled time,
But I been thinkin bout the future
Bout the future
Bout the future
Bout the future
Bout you
And you could never pay me nothing to never think about you
It aint enough aint taking nothing to never think about you
And I can admit it was selfish
But I'm thinking bout the future
Bout the future
Bout the future
Bout the future bout you
[Verse 2: TR3S]
So look, uh
It's hard to ride like this
You going fast and now you going off on tracks like this
Going back to your past wont ever get you past that shit
Hit the future to override that shit
Cause I'm the catalyst for this shit
Imma hold a tribal counsel talk about the mission
Let's talk about that instance
I missed an opportunity, cause crackers lack taht vision
But this is Hip Hop, them contacts wont fix it
But hey what can I say?
I miss the family today
Imma say goodbye to Gaia let her know
That she got what it takes
Imma hit my momma on the phone
I miss the family today
No matter what it takes
Imma get home & not an hour late
When I get home hallelujiah
And i just dont know what to do here
And i just dont know what I'm doing
and I just dont know what to do here
And I still dont
[Chorus: TR3S]
But I been thinkin bout ya
Aint had the time to bang your line
But I been thinkin bout ya
I been battling father time
But I been thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
Thinkin bout ya
And I can not get you off my mind
But I been thinkin bout ya
& I'm Sorry I cast you aside
Promise that I apologize but I been thinkin bout the futrue
Bout the future
Bout the future
Bout the future
Bout the future, bout you.
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9. |
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[Verse 1: TR3S]
Missing the family today
I can admit that I havent been acting the same
So how was you feeling a way?
When I been the one that was filling the void with the pain
And we dont even talk anime
I mean anymore
Dont got shit in common I guess
I need get this off of my chest
Went back to the future to skip all the stress
And met my own granddaughter momma
And we bonded all because of the trauma
The generations going dumb every summer
With no one to love em
They dont know no better but
This for the family tree
Whole lotta branches but what does it mean?
Wont go out like Steez did
He was only nineteen, he aint realize what he'd mean to me
Need to be teaching
Like my old lady
It's ironic, I always felt that they was out for me
Used to be the lil nigga with the beedeebee's skateboard and some skinny jeans
Please believe im sorry for that energy
But from now on it's gon be what it needs to be
The family tree need to shade me fromt he heat please
I aint never fucking leavin (leavin)
[Verse 2: Loana]
Hell been up under me, I been above it
Dont gotta judge it, but I dont get the point of it
Forever we rise above it
Gotta stay covered
I'm raising hell for my brothers
Just got a few, not another
The hospitality's southern
Raised so abundently, God bless the coven
Raised by the bun in the oven, covered with love
Protected by those up above
Gone but they still trust in us
Heart rate we gon feel the buzz
I'm breathing nothing but love
Gratitude apple tree budding
Fruits of our labor they bussin
Family Tree the most important
[Chorus: TR3S & Loana]
We doing right by the timeline
We doing right by the timeline
We doing right by the timeline
We doing right by the timeline
March to the top of mt. zion
March to the top of mt. zion
March to the top of mt. zion
March to the top of that bitch
DAMN.
[Post Chorus: Loana]
Stumbling out the bank
These pockets heavy
Abundance, High rank
Do it for the family
Love bound by the berry tree
[Refrain: TR3S]
We doing right by the timeline, we doing right by the timeline
Wanted to travel through spacetime
Now I march to the top of mt. zion
[Verse 3: Loana]
When I'm gon speak, know my words really mean a lot
I shine this light from the tippy top
Of the family tree that I pity a lot
Narcissist cause I work hard for my gots
Niggas be all bark but heart really cocks
I gotta take a shot
This shit be stressing me out
My past been slowed down enough
Tired of life I was dragging it out
Now I stand ten toes, abundant god
Started my life with a lil cha cha slide
strumming my own chord for God
I gave it all that I got
I gave it all that I got
Sometimes I don't got a lot
But I still light up the block
[Outro: TR3S]
FAMILY REUNION
A FAMILY REUNION OH
WHO WE INTRODUCING
WHO WE INTRODUCING
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10. |
OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE
05:02
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[Chorus: TR3S]
It's a lot of shit that has been left unseen
I been rolling with my granddaughter
She just like me
I was traveling through spacetime
Tryna find nice things
But soon as I got to the other side
She was waiting
And she tried to show me
[Verse 1: TR3S]
She'd been paying for bad decisions made way way before her
It's good to know that your heart burns hotter than super nova for ya
Grandpops who himself aint even a grown up
At least not mentally
That motherfucker was a soldier for us
And I don't know if
We can even call that shit culture
Cause all I know is
A lot of this shit for the vultures
Stand up, put your hands up
Grandpops cant always protect you
But I want you to promise me, that you gon keep your head up
[Pre-Chorus: TR3S]
& It's a lot of shit that been left
A lot of shit I'm tryna get off my mind
But is you ready or not
Don't care if you ready or not
It don't matter if you ready or not
Cause nigga I'm not hiding
[Chorus 2: TR3S]
It's a lot of things that been left unseen
I been rolling with my granddaughter
She just like me
I was traveling through spacetime tryna find nice things
But soon as I got to the other side she was waiting
and that's when she told me
[Verse 2: GAIA]
K, grandpops Imma miss you
Don't wanna press the issue
But I cant lie, yeah, I been crying think I need a tissue
Is you
really walking
Out of my life forever?
I thought that we was trying to
Keep all the fam together
Oh me, Oh my
A lot of people call you OG, but not I
Cause you my grandpops
I aint know shit, but you really taught me a damn lot
Know you told me keep my head up
But man I cant stop
But is you ready or not?
Ready or not?
I'm not hiding anymore
& I'm not hiding anymore
[Outro: TR3S]
I'm not hiding anymore
I'm not hiding anymore
& I wont hide
If you wont seek
I wont hide anymore
Anymore
I wont hide
Don't seek
Don't seek
Don't seek me out
Don't do that child
Gaia, Gaia
I'll see you next time around
Grandchild
Wanna be found
I don't wanna be found out
Wanna be found
I don't wanna be found
So don't seek me out
I
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