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The World Is You

by Lou Piensa

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Minha casa e onde eu me sinto bem Onde eu posso ficar Se tiver canção, meu lugar e lá Amor no coração, meu lugar e lá Meu lugar e lá, meu lugar e lá Meu lugar e lá, meu lugar e lá You see I never had a home That's why this whole planet I roam Grown with every step, I've never seen a truth written in stone I'm prone to hit the microphone And make you naviguate away from your comfort zone I had to step out of my own For these words to break out the ozone And see this art full blown Now we're more than freinds Together we're a means to an end Then again, hear the end of an era Now let us free each other from our cages And let this sound last through the ages And blast through, couragous Gotta see these changes And in order to look ahead, we're resurrecting all forgotten pages Give my respect due to an honnest few You wanted something new? Let me remind you that the world is you I don't know where I'm from but here's where I'm at Place me where you wish and observe me adapt Minha casa e onde eu me sinto bem Onde eu posso ficar Se tiver canção, meu lugar e lá Amor no coração, meu lugar e lá The World is here, every step you take has an influence I've been through it and it motivates continuance We got dreams but they pump fear to overcast them They build walls but we got bridges that overpass them Who are they to paint a picture so perfect? We see humanity in it's diversity now is it worth it To beleive in the path that's being laid out Only to wake up when your last sunset fades out? The planet's yours to explore You've never seen your neighbour yet he's living right next door And trust that you got more in common that they told you Now return all that nonsense that they sold you Talking about unity, it's hard to motivate us Earth is feeling the divide but who's at fault like San Andreas Morning haze, social media invades us That's like looking for inner peace on the streets of Vegas Can't look away when the truth infuriates us But negativity will never really liberate us Somehow we ought to keep some more good news on our radars But maybe knowing out potential is what we're afraid of Life can amaze us, so much pollution We point out all the issues but can we be the solution? Sometimes I feel the closest, sometimes I feel the farthest I don't know where I started but home is where my heart is Minha casa e onde eu me sinto bem Onde eu posso ficar Se tiver cançao, meu lugar e lá Amor no coraçao, meu lugar e lá Meu lugar e lá, meu lugar e lá Meu lugar e lá, meu lugar e lá Onde eu me sinta bem! Yea yea yea yeah hey Wooh wooh wooh wooh hooo Onde me sinta bem Onde eu me sinto...
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We landed at Jose Marti, rainy day, misty scene…. Life in Cuba's never what it seems The sky greeted us with thunder We rushed our suitacass in a Lada 1600 The wipers' clearing up the windshield Aguaceros dont last long, soon the streets Black tobacoo, thick gasoline stream Ocean breeze smoothed out like Vaseline cream Caribbean giant, so much stigma Standing on its own, a figment, enigma New house, new life, new faces, new places New latitude, new attitudes, new status that I'm faced with Intense visual stimulation Connecting dots with a continent I was raised on My room facing broken buildings Soviet union collapsed, economy rebuilding No commercials, one TV station Slogans of resistance, controlled information Creative minds, frustration, innovation Polarised, desperation or inspiration New experience, diplomats, affiliates Government officials take themselves very seriously Expats, money, colonial mentality My pops worked in culture and broke the formalities Told be just be yourself, no matter your surroundings We walked on the malecon the view was outstanding Space and time, mind cosmicly expanding Context, immersion, aiming for understanding Me gusta la Habana por sus encantos Por su espiritualidad, por su Y incluso la velocidad de las calles Si, me gustan sus barrios, el malecon Me gusta su gente «me gusta la musica y...» El espiritu de La Habana que esta en mi...esta en mi «me gusta la musica y me gusta la gente a quen mas o menos le entiendo las letras» Speech is held back, freeschool & free healthcare Children always smiling tho their parents’ dreams are elsewhere How many crashed on the shores of opportunity? Or drowned in the straights of disunity? Yet life runs deep in the hearts of all The seafront sings loudly when the night starts to fall Over the skyline, the moon rises Only these waves know what’s beyond the horizon My soul embraced the elements With every step, looking to feel settled in Eyes in the clouds, ear to the streets the rhythm of the drum as heavy as the sweltering heat I once waited for the bus under snow flakes Now I'm biking to school in the tropics with no breaks Slow-motion, silent observation First row seats to the workings of a nation A musical spirit dominates this wild city Kissing the ocean, her oblivious smile's so pretty Unique, edgy, much more than a manequin Havana sings in Spanish but her song is so Africana Artistrty rising from the ashes of modesty My heart was always taken away sonically It the sound I heard digging in the crates of my father’s tapes When I looped it to match the hardest breaks At the library met this MC His name was Pedrito and he easily convinced me Took me to a parc where rappers use to meet We cyphered and I kicked some Spanglish rhymes I used to keep In the back of my head, case this would ever happen Under the palm trees to the sounds of the hands clappin Cats were rappin about positive social change Hearts were full, pockets were empty, no change Like a feeling you cant describe Call it innocence, but where there was struggle there was pride Affirmation of a revolution Pointing out its shortcomings, seeking evolution Musical innovation, exchange of information, endless conversations Obsesion told me I should reach out and see them Then they put me on stage in front of three thousand people Brothers and sisters, Lenguas Locas was the crew though Laughin', makin' mad noise on the M-1 But no pretention, it was clear to me That I was blessed to be part of something that marked history No mystery, I carry that vibe in everything I do today Most left the island, some found it better to stay To this day meditate on every lyrics that I heard Every minute that I've earned On the microphone I stayed
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To my unborn son, will I have you or will I have a little daughter Ought to be something incredible when I hold her For the first time and feel this life in my hands Glance at the future with a different stance, man/ Will I know how to look in your eyes Get hooked and realise how priceless the present is I must say I get intrigued At the thought of filling the days with less angst and more pleasentries Where the mistakes ebd is where the lessons start Will I find the answers to your question marks And know how to mold you to be a strong woman In an world full of week men holding the power looming Grooming you to learn from me, I know u'll teach me even more Thats why heart beats, thats what I'm breathing for Here's a short letter for you my love As I wait for the latest, the greatest gift from up above Unborn sons, unborn daughters Here's some notes from an unborn father Unborn suns, moons and stardust Here's a galaxy from me to you To my unborn daughter, will i have you or will I have a little son? Sure to be something incredible when I hold em For the first time and feel this life in my hands Advance towards the future with a different dance, man Will I know how to look in your eyes And appease your soul's cries 'til your last tear dries What is meant to be will be Bet indeed that any challenge on the way I'll mentally defeat I know you'll be my guide, you have fire, I just have the spark Your heart shines, I can see it in the dark Will I show you how to be a strong man In an world full of those who wish to deal you the wrong hand Grooming you to learn from me, i know u'll teach me even more Thats why my heart beats, thats what I'm breathing for Here's a short letter for you my love As I wait for the latest, the greatest gift from up above Unborn sons, unborn daughters Here's some notes from an unborn father Unborn suns, moons and stardust Here's a galaxy from me to you One time, for your child one time (and that's forever) One time, for your child one time (and that's forever) One time, for your child one time (and that's forever) One time, for your child one time (and that's forever) To our unborn children, Will we have onw or maybe see a set of twins, huh? Gotta be something incredible when we hold them For the first time, feel these lives in our hands Demand more from each other and our plans, damn Will we know how to look into those eyes Redesign and redefine how nice its to share a dream See the beauty in humanity instead of seeing Only wrongs in society, better and higher beings As a father I'll commit and will do my part Hold our babies like I hold these words, close to our hearts And show them how to be strong people in an world where division is king and nobody's born equal Grooming them to learn from us, I know they'll teach us even more Thats why our heart beat and what we're breathing for Here's a short letter for you our loves As we wait for the latest, the greatest gift from up above Unborn sons, unborn daughters Here's some notes from an unborn father Unborn suns, moons and stardust Here's a galaxy from me to you «Waiting for the Lord to rise, I look into my daughter's eyes, and realise I'mma learn through her» (4X)
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released August 31, 2018

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Lou Piensa São Paulo, Brazil

Born in France and raised in Ecuador, Algeria, Canada and Cuba, Lou Piensa is a co-founder of Montreal Hip Hop supergroup Nomadic Massive with whom he has since travelled the globe. As a multi-lingual lyricist, he butters the beat with a deep commanding flow and introspective rhymes. His musicality reflects his eclectic upbringing, finding inspiration in rhythms from around the world over. ... more

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