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Sun Indigo
03:40
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Sun Indigo
Struggles, but we comin back
He felt the changes in the belly of his city
Burnt down buildings rebuilding on solid vision
Working day and night tryina to silence his ear critic
Tryina find some light that’ll stay when his gears shifted
To paint the sun Indigo
Put wisdom on top of optimism it’s not a given it’s the higher road
Transmute the pain in the painting to make it solid gold
The holy grail on this trail I needed to find was hope
And never did I think I wouldn’t turn to ash and fade away
For months because I needed space
And never did I think I’d have to heal from cuts and scrapes
Given to me by some people that I trusted but were fake
But that’s on me to some extent
And I repent for idol worship in these verses
No one’s perfect so it’s settled then
I’ll be moving forward from the circus tent to worthy friends
Who love me like I love them and will struggle with me to the end
If we try we can shine we can make it if we
Put love over all of our hurt
The only thing I can promise that works and it works and it works
If we try we can shine we can make it if we
Have faith while we’re walking this road
It’s not a race don’t be afraid to ride slow
Dear father I wish you were here with me
Instead of dearly departed to show me the way to harvest
Cause lately I felt a target on me hit then was discarded
The scars on my mental fresh but I know I am more than flesh
And I’m bigger than what they said
I’ve been digging within a nest of these hornets that want to sting
Because they’re lonely and depressed
Feeling tired of our government
How their voice is repressed
When we’re fighting for real change
So they give us their two cents
And lately I think they’re fake and don’t listen to what they say
Politicians are bought with money
I’m feeding whoever’s hungry I’m seeing a truth that’s ugly
Stay filling my own cup no longer free to take it from me
No you can’t take it from me
I am my rock now out on my own
I won’t be knocked down I will be known
I am sunwise I am indigo
If we try we can shine we can make it if we
Put love over all of our hurt
The only thing I can promise that works and it works and it works
If we try we can shine we can make it if we
Have faith while we’re walking this road
It’s not a race don’t be afraid to ride slow
To all the people that supported me I love you
To all the family in my corner bet I love you
To those opposing what I bring I still love you
Cause hate don’t drive hate out like love do
To all the people that supported me I love you
To all the family in my corner bet I love you
To those opposing what I bring I still love you
Cause hate don’t drive hate out like love do
Gold and ultraviolet rays bring comfort to me in spite of pain that lingers
But I will not give in
And lonely evenings won’t hold me back
No treason won’t hold me back
I see it I see my path
If we try we can shine we can make it if we
Put love over all of our hurt
The only thing I can promise that works and it works and it works
If we try we can shine we can make it if we
Have faith while we’re walking this road
It’s not a race don’t be afraid to ride slow
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2. |
Where We At Now
02:53
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Where We At Now
Where we at now
Can you tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at where we at right here right here
Where we at now
Can you tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at where we at right here right
When I was aiming up with arrowhead to pierce the sun
I lost some vision just for staring at a light I couldn’t comprehend
Might have had a dirty lens
Might have had some clouded eyes
Might have held some rain inside
Fighting something you can never touch can make you angry
I can sympathize
We should write a symphony
And add a little simple rhyme
It’s nothing but some time
Now tap to the rhythm get back to a space in your mind
Can you listen to voices and choices you make
Make noise rejoice I am warm I am safe
I got through a storm and a swarm of a hate
I choose to ignore at my core I am great nah nah nah
That beat starts buzzing the words keep coming
If you’re bout it I’m about it
If you love it I love it
The beat starts buzzing the words keep coming
If you’re bout it won’t doubt it
What I really wanna ask
Where we at now
Can you tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at where we at right here right here
Where we at now
Can you tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at where we at right here right here
I’m in them moment I’m present stay showing up
For me instead of waiting for some strangers I don’t know enough
To dictate the way that I lay down my track
Tell em imma just be me no matter what believe that
I wish someone told me I could be a metamorphosizing freeform of art
Making light from the dark
And I wish I could know a humble village of support
Could mean a tree grows regardless of the value of it’s bark
So I’m creating for me you and anyone whose vibing
With anything we do now let the beat ride and
Take you to renew the way you feel inside
Sit back what I really wanna ask my friend
Where we at now
Can you tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at where we at right here right here
Where we at now
Can you tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at now
Tell me where we at where we at right here right here
Wake your mind right up
Don’t hate spread love til your time is up
Make friends make noise make rhymes to bump
Only got one life one light keep shining
Wake your mind right up
Don’t hate spread love til your time is up
Make friends make noise make rhymes to bump
Only got one life one light keep shining
Keep shining
Keep shining
And we vibing we vibing we vibing
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3. |
Beautiful Day
03:10
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Beautiful Day
Hey hey hey
It’s your boy psj
On another beautiful day
I’ve got so much that I’m grateful for
Nothing can get in my way
And I look outside and even when there’s a storm I say
Oh what a beautiful day
I woke up lazy wasting my days
So many times before until my back was sore
Complaining bout the lady that had given me the slip
Or feeling like an island stranded here without a ship
Skipping my breakfast think I need my head fixed
Think I need to open up and see a new perspective
Call a friend and see what’s going on with the collective
Meditate then educate a brain more receptive to
Light love patience cant skip the basics
Eat more clean more green for your brain kid
Staying up late with your pain make a painting
See a gray cloud go dance in the rain then
Make a rainbow see the rays glow bright
Wear a halo you gon feel alright
And you can say no if it isn’t your vibe
But tell em this song here is mine
I’ve got so much that I’m grateful for
Nothing can get in my way
And I look outside and even when there’s a storm I say
Oh what a beautiful day
The dream killers say be realistic
Til their dreams dead and they’re sad bout existence
Heard from mom and dad bout their past well lets fix it
Show em going for the moon will heal the feedback within us
No one needs to be the next cult or new religion
Some just wanna be more vocal with their own opinions
And talk about their struggles working hourly for pennies
Thinking do I really make a difference
And some will say well If I don’t do it then there’s no movement
And it’s easy as adults saying we just late blooming
Where’s the seeds in your garden
You just harvest more excuses
I’ve been there look in that mirror say prove it
Maybe that’s harsh or maybe that’s truth
But tough loves needed now see with my view
Someone told me so I thought I’d tell you
To reach for the stars cause you got it
Your peace is so important
And practicing self-love every day isn’t always easy
But it must be done
And I’m here to remind you to take care of yourself
To fill your own cup
So you can feel comfortable being the you that shines for all to see
Endlessly
Just reach for the stars now
Just reach for the stars now
Just reach for the stars cause you got it yeah
Reach for the stars now
Just reach for the stars now
Just reach for the stars cause you got it yeah
I got so much that I’m grateful for
Nothing can get in my way
And I look outside and even when there’s a storm I say
Oh what a beautiful day
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4. |
I Wanna Be Your Friend
03:41
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I Wanna Be Your Friend
Alright
I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your friend
Well let’s go
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinkin bout your heartache
We could make it simple
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinkin bout your heartache
We could make it simple
I know it’s not my place
But I heard that you’ve been down for a minute
Way down
Just day dreaming away the day
No matter how you could spin it
It never seems to change but
We could run away to after all the waiting
Someone never said the cities overrated
I wanna lead with a heart more alive than dead
When I said to her
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinkin bout your heartache
We could make it simple
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinkin bout your heartache
We could make it simple
No pain no gain
It’s a hard way of living but the balls gotta dribble
If you wanna get rid of that melancholy
If you wanna see me holler I’ll be there waiting out back
I made a song and I filled up all the pages
I skipped town to a city made of a nature
It’s hard to keep up but kick your feet up
And get down to the rhythm when the summer heat up
I want that feel make you chill
Outside with a vibe at a park or field
I want that real love that heals
Real deep where the pain and the angst are still
Are you ready for some change and some movement
Aww yeah
The same wave where the bass on the groove is
Guess I’ll maintain I’m the new kid
Clearing my doubts for a minute
Man I told you get down
We could run away to after all the waiting
Someone never said the cities overrated
I wanna lead with a heart more alive than dead
When she said to me
Tell me are you lonely staring out your window
Thinking bout your heartache
I wanna be your friend
Tell me are you lonely staring out your window
Get down Get Down
If you got a broken heart in the club let me hear you sing
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinking bout your heartache
We could make it simple
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinkin bout your heartache
We could make it simple
Tell me are you lonely
Staring out your window
Thinkin bout your heartache
We could make it simple
Tell me are you lonely
I just wanna be your friend be your friend be your friend
Tell me are you lonely
I just wanna be your friend be your friend be your friend
Tell me are you lonely
I just wanna be your friend be your friend be your friend
Just wanna be your friend be your
I wanna be your friend
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5. |
New Pavement // You Say
04:34
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New Pavement // You Say
I’ve been right here before
And nothing’s changed except my wonder wonder
Left my hearts fear exposed
And they took my head and pulled me under
Underneath my serious cracked exterior oh
I know I’ve gotta pull myself back up oooh
In my experience no one’s hearing it
If I’m inside my room with words locked up I
I’m stepping on new pavement
Tryina turn my pages
Burn up my complaining
Even when the rain hit
I’m stepping on new pavement
Tryina turn my pages
Burn up my complaining
Even when the rain hit
I’m back to where I was
where I was
Back to closed mouth open eyes and broken lungs
broken lungs
I went through hell and needed help but few were showing up
So what’s up
I need to take apart the structure
Clear out all the snakes in the rain with my thunder
Though my pain isn’t numbing
Novocaine couldn’t cover up mistakes and the blunders
I’m ashmed that my love was so displaced
From the ones who made space for me
It wasn’t their fault I let the others take from me
I need to make some amends
To get this chapter filled with action after breaking some bread
I love my family friends acquaintances awaiting what’s next
On my journey know I’ve learned to put some faith in these steps
I’m stepping on new pavement
Tryina turn my pages
Burn up my complaining
Even when the rain hit
I’m stepping on new pavement
Tryina turn my pages
Burn up my complaining
Even when the rain hit
Ooooo
I’m stepping
I’m step I’m step I’m stepping
You Say
Oooooh ooooooh oooooooh
Dreams
Sunlit eyes still filled with hope
Moonlit sky smell of bonfire smoke
I’m not tired of this place I know
Tell me that I’m lying
I don’t care what you say
I’ve held dreams too big to hold
Let the doubt of some people control
Get me out it ain’t feeding my soul
This is my zone and I don’t care what you say
Oooooh
Ooooooh
Will he ever learn
I don’t care what you say
You should know your worth
I don’t care what you say
This is planet earth
So show em what you’re worth
Your flow within will pull you in
So only care what you say
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6. |
Faith
03:42
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Faith
Oooooooooooooooooooooh huh huh huhhhhmmm
We gon take em home with this one
As long as I dream I will chase it
If there is still hope I’ll embrace it
I know the lows hurt
Tell em I will face it
It’s my path my road my way
And I got love
And I got faith
Tell me that I won’t
Tell me it ain’t safe
If you step on new pavement then the ground it bound to break
But I tell em they can save it for the person that they were
Before the risks that they took were more dangerous
And here i’m aging gracefully embracing beats
That’s taking me to mountain ranges
Pure times of music making
Hit the brakes on being famous
You don’t really need that Phil
You just sing that track you feel and reach as many people you can hold
Through their lows like
Somethings coming for me and I know this well
I’ll just tell my story find a home that’s felt
I’ll take in the glory now I know myself now I know myself
Somethings coming for me and I know this well
I’ll just tell my story find a home that’s felt
I’ll take in the glory now I know myself
As long as I dream I will chase it
If there is still hope I’ll embrace it
I know the lows hurt tell em I will face it
It’s my path my road my way
And I got love and I got faith
They wanna know if I’m this color that color
It don’t reall matter if we vibe then you’re my brother
Sister auntie nephew whats a label if we have each other
Family stretches to connections we can skip the lecture
I’ve accepted who I am cousin
And that’s all because my dad had never fit in
And I had never fit in
Til I made my own table where the freaks are all sitting
And we’re seeking sound to lift you up
You need a hand I’ll lend you one
You need a light I’ll be the sun
Ascending high to feed you love
I know it now I am enough
Tell em that I’m coming from a place that no one’s coming from
I’m feeling down I’ll be right back to hear my friends and children laugh
To be the only me I need to be with no re-runs
I’m just tryina write my way out to freedom
Replications of me I know there will be none
Even if I can’t rap it’s my season I was born to heal the people as a leader
Unh sun indigo we shining
In the dark from the heart
It’s Phillip saint john let’s go
As long as I dream I will chase it
If there is still hope I’ll embrace it
I know the lows hurt
Tell em I will face it
It’s my path my road my way
And I got love and I got faith
Got faith got faith
Got faith got faith
It’s my path my road my way
And I got love and I got
Til next time we out
It’s my path my road my way
And I got love and I got faith
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Phillip Saint John Minneapolis, Minnesota
Phillip Saint John is a Mixed-race Minneapolis based hip hop artist that bridges other genres together in tandem with rap in order to uplift and inspire the spirit. 1/4th of the artist collective PACT
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