Declaration Of Persistence

by Quite Frankly

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1.INTRO (free) 00:21
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2.SUICIDENOTE (free) 01:27
MY INTENTIONS WERE NEVER FOR IT TO BE THIS WAY/PROBABLY HERE CAUSE I NEVER PRAYED/CAUSE TO ME/GOD WAS ONLY A METAPHOR FOR MY SUB-CONSCIENCE/TALKIN TO MYSELF WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH/THINGS GOT A LITTLE ROUGH/GOD NEVER BLUFF SAID IT LIKE IT WAS/DEATH WAS SO PROMISCUOUS/IF I HAD TO CRUMBLE UP THE COOKIE/I WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING DOWN A SNUB-NOSE/WHOA WAIT.../JUST TAKE A SECOND TO THINK FRANK/WHAT WOULD MOM THINK/WELL THATS TRUE/BUT WHO KNEW/ THIS SON WOULD GROW INTO ONE OF THOSE/UHM/SUICIDE-NOTES/MAN I HOPE I DONT CHOKE/CONTEMPLATING ON DECISIONS/STAYING FOCUSED ON THE WRONG THINGS/PAINT A PRETTY CANVAS WITH THE COLOR OF/BRAINS/WHATEVER REMAINS/IS ON MY BELIEF/ I JUST HOPE I FIND PEACE/REST IN PIECES/LOOKING OUT THESE WINDOW PANES/HOPING I CAN FIND SANE/AT THE SAME DAMN TIME/IM FLIPPING DIMES/BEST TWO OUT OF THREE/NO WAIT../THREE OUT OF FOUR/FOUR OUT OF FIVE/YOURE OUT OF TIME/
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3.DHARMA (free) 02:47
THE DAY JUST BEGAN/IM ALREADY FILLED WITH ANXIETIES/THINKING BOUT THAT ONE TIME YOU DIDNT NEED ME/THE TWO OF YOU KEEP BITCHING/ABOUT MISTAKES YALL CREATED/I ALWAYS FELT LIKE/A/ HALLUCINATION/YOU COULD ALL SEE AS I GREW MORE INDEPENDENT/THEN YOUR TWENTY YEAR OLD THAT ACTS LIKE A FUCKIN INFANT/DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/YEAH YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW/ DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/YEAH WERE ALL DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/OH SHIT IM DELUSIONAL AS FUCK X2/BUT SEE/DAD SAYS I SHOULD START GIVING A FUCK/THE SAD PART IS THAT I DONT/THE SAD PART IS I WONT/AND THE SAD PART IS../THEY HAD TO SEND ME TO THERAPY/TO TEACH ME HOW TO FUCKIN COPE/BUT SEE/I EVER HAD A HOPE IN MY PURPOSE/ STRESS ABOUT A CUNT THAT /MADE THIS WHOLE MESS/YEAH/SEE/SHE DID A COUPLE DRUGS WITH A COUPLE ARROGANT FUCKS/YEAH THEY WERE ALL DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/NOW IM SITTIN HERE LISTENING TO DHARMA GO.../ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON/ON HOW SHE NEVER FELT A DECENT SYMPATHY FROM THE START/BUT WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU/IVE MADE IT THIS FAR/IVE HELD MY SELF UP DECENT/EVEN WHEN YOU TALKED ME INTO FEELING/A FATAL UNATTRACTION/TO THE/REACTION OF THESE FUCKIN KIDS/I NEVER CARED ABOUT/I JUST ALWAYS WANTED YALL TO SEE THE ME /BUT/IM DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/IM DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/FUCK/IM DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/ QUIT.QUITE.QUITE GIVING ME/SYMPATHY/DHARMA/YOU AND I ARE GONNA BE/JUST FUCKIN FIN/DELUSIONAL AS FUCK/AND I/HAVE MY FINGER DOWN MY FUCKIN THROAT/WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO KNOW DHARMA IMA,,/DELUSIONAL AS FUCK X3/
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4.MEDUSA (free) 02:27
AS IM/STARRING AT YOU FACE TO FACE/NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE IN THIS PLACE/SOME WOULD SAY/THAT LOVE CONQUERS HATE/BUT AT TIMES/I LOVE TO CONTEMPLATE/MARRIED AT THE 12TH GRADE/KNEW HER MANY YEARS BEFORE/WOMEN I ADORE/SO I ALWAYS KNEW WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR/EVEN IF THE SCRIPT FLIPPED/I WOULD NEVER REALLY DIP/THEN AGAIN/SHE CAN TAKE SO MUCH/BUT ITS ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU TAKE FROM IT/WITHER YOU CAN RISE/OR YOU CAN PLUMMET/WHEN ITS ALL SAID AND DONE/DID YOU REALLY DONE IT/INSTEAD OF TRYNA BE ANOTHER STUNTMAN/PULLING RABBITS OUT YA/ABRACADABRA,STAB YOU WITH A DAGGER JUST FOR THINKING THAT THE ART DIDNT MATTER/BUT SOME WOULD SAY THAT ITS HER PAPER THAT IM AFTER/BUT ACTUALLY/WE SITTING IN THE BACKSEATS LAUGHING AT THE CRITICS/WHO GOSSIP AT OUR LYRICS,COMING FROM A PERSON CANT DEPICT THE IMAGE/BUT I/HOPE YOU COME TO CONCLUSION/THAT IM STRAIGHT CRUISIN/DONT APPROACH WITH NO SIGNS OF CONFUSION/TUNNEL VISION AND PRECISE WITH INCISIONS/METAPHORS TO REPRESENT DECISIONS/REPETITION IS THE KEY/WHEN I MENTION QUITE FRANKLY/YOU HEARD IT IN MY VERSES/BUT YOU REALLY DIDNT UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE/NOW YOU MAKE CONNECTIONS/NOW YOU SEE THE PICTURE PERFECT/FELLING PERFORATED/WHEN IM ON THE MIC IM HEAVILY DEBATED/TAKE A STEP INTO MY NIKES/NOW YOUR MIND MIGHT BE.../DILATED..
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5.TAXI (free) 03:58
IM WAKING UP WITH NO/RECOLLECTION/OF THE MOON FROM THE PREVIOUS/ANSWERING MY OWN QUESTIONS/SOME WOULD CLASSIFY I AS DELIRIOUS/BUT IM REGULAR AS FUCK/OR SO I THINK SO/BUT THEN AGAIN/WHAT THE FUCK IS NORMAL/LIVING WITH A PURPOSE TO SOCIETY/SOUNDS LIKE SHIT AND OBVIOUSLY/IM JUST A SELF CENTERED INDIVIDUAL/STRIVING FOR A COUPLE BUCKS OFF THE LYRICAL/SO I CAN STOP WORKING FOR THESE DICKHEADS/READING MY BOOK COVER THAT MISREAD/NOW THEY MISLEAD/BUT IM A YOUNG BUCK/WITH THE MENTALITY/OF AN OG/LIKE I WAS SOCRATES/LIVE MY LIFE BY MY OWN PHILOSOPHIES/ OVER MY TIME/RE-COPING THE M\IND/REOPEN THE EYE OF MINE/SO YOU CAN SEE INSIDE/IM FEELING SO IRREVERENT/CAUSE MY VOICE INSIDE IS SO COMPETITIVE/STRIVING FOR A BIT OF ELEGANCE/ FOREVER SCARES IN MY REMEMBRANCE/ FOREVER SCARES IN MY REMEMBRANCE/OF ALL THE FUCKING TIMES I SCRIBBLE OUT THESE SENTENCES/ THIS IS WHAT TENSION IS/SO PAY SOME/IM PAYING UP MY LUMP SUM/BUT IM WONDERING WHERE THE FUCK THESE CHUMPS COME FROM/IM CRAWLING OUT THE DARKNESS/CAUSE I SPARK THIS/IM LAYING OUT THESE BRICKS/IM BUILDING PYRAMIDS/FOR AS FAR THE VISION IS/SO INVISION THIS/DEPICTING IMAGES/CRISS CROSSING/YA JAWS DROPPING/LIKE DRAWERS/ON BITCHES THAT PUSSY POPPIN/NEVER STOPPIN/BUT STOPPIN AINT REALLY MUCH AN OPTION/WHAT THE FUCK I LOOK LIKE/SIT AROUND WATCHING/MY WATCH CLOCKIN/SO I AINT CLOCK WATCHIN/MORE LIKE OPPOSITE OF GRID-LOCKING/IM MOVIN UP/COME TO DISRUPT/LIKE WAKING NIGGAS UP/TRYNA CATCH SOME Z'S/BUT SEE/IM COMING AFTER YOU LIKE THE LETTER V/SO LET IT BE/CAUSE TWO IS FOR THE SHOW/LIKE THE LETTER B/AND HONESTLY/YOU PROBABLY COULDNT IMAGE THIS/EVEN IF YOU TOOK A FUCKING CLASS ON PHOTOGRAPHY/ LIFE IS FEELING LIKE A PARADOX/WHERE THE FUCK IM AT/FRICTION STRIKES TO IGNITE LIGHT ON THE SIDE OF MY MATCHBOX/JUST MY INFERENCE/TO DESCRIBE MY PERSISTENCE/FROM A COAL/TO A DIAMOND THAT WILL GLISTEN/BUT FOR NOW IM PISSIN OFF/CAUSE MY LYIRICS FEELING LIKE THEY GETTIN SOFT/BUT FUCK THAT/BRUSH MYSELF OFF/IM GOIN ALL IN/LIKE BALLS DEEP/THEN I PROCEED TO REPEAT/SO FUCK WHAT YOU SPEAK ON/JUST BE GONE../HOCUS POCUS ON ALL THESE BOGUS LOCUST HOPING THEY COULD SPOKE THIS BUT YOU COULDNT NOTICED CAUSE YOU AINT FOCUSED/STICK TO FEELING HOPELESS MOTHAFUCKER/CAUSE YOU PROBABLY COULDNT EVEN COPE THIS../
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6.SHOES (free) 01:35
FUCK WHAT YOU REALLY GOTTA SAY/WITH YO ANALOGY/ON MY ANATOMY/I SEE YOU YAPPIN ON THAT BLASPHEMY/ITS ACTUALLY/A SELF DEFENSE MECHANISM/TO PROVIDE CRITICISM/WHICH EQUALS OUT TO DIMINISH SELF DOUBT/SEE/I KNOW WHAT ITS ABOUT/PUT YA KICKS ON MY FEET/JUST TO SEE WHAT YOU ABOUT/I STUDY MIND ROUTES/DECLARATION OF PERSISTENCE/MUSIC BE THE PROOF OF MY EXISTENCE/SO WHERE IS YOURS../ OFF THE TOP/IM AWESOME DOG/NEVER LOGGING OFF/HERE TO STEAL YOUR MOONSHINE/BUT AINT NO BARKING DOG/WE CAN PROBLEM SOLVE/AWFULLY PROBLEMATIC/ FRICTION CREATES STATIC/MY SAFE HAVEN IS MY ATTIC/IT CONCEALS MY MADNESS/BUT ILL SKETCH OUT A BLUEPRINT/AND GUIDE YOU LIKE AN ATLAS/SHIT IS ADDING UP LIKE MATHEMATICS/ DIVIDE IT/SUBTRACT IT/IM ROCKING SNAP-BACKS/BUT IM TALKIN BOUT THE SPINES THAT I CRACK/SOUVENIRS/ LIKE TRAVELS WIT BACKPACKS/OF ALL THE ONES THAT CANT RAP/I DO IT FOR THE LAUGHS/HAHA.../ SEE/THEM OBSTACLES/ THEY OBSOLETE/FUCK CRITIQUE/BY ANYONE WHO WANNA RUN THEY TONGUE AND BRING DISBELIEF/BEST BELIEVE/THAT IM CAPABLE TO BURN AT A HIGH DEGREE/LEAVING AFTERMATH CLEAR TO SEE/BLOWN UP/LIKE SUPERNOVAS/I THOUGHT I TOLD YA/FUCK A BLIND MINDSET/MINE IS TELLING ME ITS NEVER OVER.../
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7.THIS IS HEAVY DOC (free) 01:13
ITS TIME TO EXERCISE THE MIND/WITH THESE CONTEXT CLUES/GETTING INTO BAD SHIT LIKE BABY BLUE/ READING CONTEXT FROM COMICS/LIKE BRIGHT COMETS/I ILLUMINATE THE MIND/WISH GREAT UPON I/AS I BURN AT A HIGH DEGREE/TO THE MELTING POINT/BUT NO NEED FOR HELPING POINTS/UNLESS WE'RE PERSONAL/BESIDES THAT/YOU DONT EFFECT THE FLOW/LIKE A PLUGGED UP DRAIN/SHUT THE FUCK UP MAYNE/DO YOU EVEN KNOW/WHAT THE FUCK IM SAYING/I PRACTICE WHAT IM PRAYING/I MEAN PREACH/CAUSE THE ONLY GOD THAT I REACH OUT TO/IS THE GODLINESS/OF MY CONSCIENTIOUSNESS/ITS OBVIOUS/IM NOT MAKING ANY SENSE/BUT ADD THAT SHIT UP/I COME TO DISRUPT/LIKE UGH/CAN I GET ABOUT/5 MORE MINUTES PLEASE/WITH THE EXTRA CHEESE/ADVERTISING BURGERS ON THE TV SCREEN/IS LIKE SLOW MURDER/ONLY USE FOR THE TUBE/IS TO WATCH GOOD BURGER/AND BACK TO THE FURTHER FUTURE/COMPUTE ENCRYPTED CODES YOU SLOW COMPUTER./DAMN THAT SHIT WAS HEAVY DOC./
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8.THE DEFINITION (free) 03:00
IM JUST/CONTEMPLATING MY LIFE/TRYANA SET THE BALANCE RIGHT/IN ABYSS/IM JUST TRYNA FIND THE LIGHT/ BUT I/SEEM THAT I CANT/GET A GRASP ON MY/WORDS/COMPLICATIONS START TO LOOK IDENTICAL/LATELY EVERYTHING IN GENERAL/IS PUTTING DAMAGE ALL UP ON THE MENTAL/YOU CAN HEAR IT IN MY PEN-STROKES/I GET THOSE/BUT USE YA VISUAL/CAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE THICKNESS IN MY PLOT/BUT POT/DONT EVEN HELP THAT/SOME WOULD USE IT AS A CRUTCH WHEN THEY GET STUCK/SO THEY REALLY OPEN UP THEY MIND/BUT MINE/DONT ALWAYS NEED IT ALL THE TIME/CAUSE ON A DAILY/IM JUST TRYNA ORGANIZE MY MIND/I WALK A THIN LINE/BETWEEN PERSISTENCE AND CONFINED../ -CHORUS- I GET THIS FEELING INSIDE AS YOU ENTER MY MIND I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINES AS YOU LISTEN AND DEFINE FLIP A DIME/PICK A SIDE OF YOUR MIND/LEFT OR RIGHT.WRONG OR RIGHT/DARK OR LIGHT/LOVE OR DESPITE/FOR THESE CURRENT TIMES/CAUSE TOMORROW NEVER PROMISED ME A NIGHT/AND THE MOON NEVER PROMISED ME TO SEE THE DAY LIGHT/GOODNIGHT/SEE THE REAPER TRIED TO GET ME TWICE IN ONE DAY/HAD A HOMIE/TOLD ME WASNT MY TIME TO GO AWAY/'AY FRANK/STAY SAFE WHEN YOU CRUISIN IN THEM STREETS/CAUSE IT JUST MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU BREATHE/' WHICH MADE ME REALIZE/THAT I NEED TO MAKE SOME MEANING IN MY LIFE/CAUSE IM NOT REALLY TRYNA DIE IN SILENCE/SO IM LOOKING FOR THE DEFINITION OF WHAT MY TIME IS/WHILE THE OTHERS LIVE SO TIMELESS/BUT ITS TIME TO OPEN UP YA EYELIDS/' CAUSE WE LIVING IN A FALSE DREAM/ARE WE REALLY CHASING OURS IS WHAT I MEAN/SOME OF US ARE /LIVING SO OBSCENE/IM JUST BEING REAL ON THE TOPIC/FACE THEM DEMONS SLEEPING IN THE CLOSET/GOT A LOT OF DIRT BENEATH MY BED/ BUT THAT DONT STOP ME/IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK/THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAUNT ME/CAUSE EVERY PASSING MINUTE IS ANOTHER CHANCE TO TURN IT ALL AROUND/YA GOT ME../ -CHORUS- THIS FEELING INSIDE AS YOU ENTER MY MIND I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINES AS YOU LISTEN AND DEFINE
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9.SYNOPSIS (free) 03:38
ANOTHER ONE TO YOUR MENTAL/IM SENDING TO THE PENAL/ REPEAT NOW/SO THERES NO DENIAL/AND CERTAINLY NO DOUBT/IN ANYTHING I SPEAK ABOUT/WITHOUT MEANING IS SOMETHING AGAINST MY TRAIN OF THINKING SO/I DONT FUCKS WITH THAT/LIKE RATS IN THE MAZE CHASING QUESO/IM JUST TRYNA GET MY PESOS FROM THE GET GO/I LET GET/DE LA/SOUL/ SO PUT YA DUKES UP/ITS THE NEW H-TOWN UHH/ LAYIN OUT THE NEW MAP/FORM OF 90'S BOOM BAP/BUT NEW RAP/YOU SEE THAT/SI/MY RAP IS/ACTUAL/FACTUAL/MATHEMATICAL/LIKE THE ANSWERS TO THE UNIVERSE/YOU AND I ON EARTH/INCOMPATIBLE/ IM THINKING LATERAL/GRAB THE ADDERALL /POTENTIAL ENERGY LIKE CATAPULTS/BREAKING DOWN SUBLIMINALS LIKE THEY WERE CASTLE WALLS/HERE TO CONQUER ALL/RAISE THE FLAG WITH THE THIRD EYE BALL/NOW WE CELEBRATE IN VICTORY DESPITE THEY FALL/I SEE IT ALL LIKE/WHAT THE CRYSTAL SAY/FUCK WHAT YOU CONTEMPLATE/I DISINTEGRATE/LIKE/FLAMES TO AN OBJECT/IF YOU CANT BEAT'EM/JOIN EM/BUT THATS NOT AN OPTION/TO EACH IS OWN/YOU DONT STEER CLOSE/TO MY SYNOPSIS/YEAH IM BACK ON THE TOPIC/WHEN IM ON THE MICROPHONE/I ROCKET/THE ATMOSPHERE WILL NEVER STOP ME/SOME WILL SET BOUNDERIES/BUT SEE I BREAK MINE/CAUSE THE STAKES IS HIGH/I GOTTA GOTTA TAKE TIME/GOTTA MAKE MINE/QF BE THE ACRONYM/THAT I DEFINE/SO DEFINE/SORTA LIKE PEN LINES/HIP-HOP IS LAW/COMMIT CRIMES/DONT DO I/DECIPHER WITH THE THIRD EYE/PERSPECTIVE FROM A BIRDS EYE/ ..IF YA FEELIN WHAT IM SAYIN/GET TO PRAYIN/BOB YA HEAD../
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-CHORUS- YEAH WE PAINT THE PERFECT IMAGE FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE THE DISTANCE WRITING LINES WITH NO SIGN OF RESISTANCE RESISTING AGAINST THE SYSTEM HAS DONE BUILDING THIS INNER AMBITION SEE WE PAINT THE PERFECT IMAGE/FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE THE DISTANCE/WRITING LINES WITH NO SIGN OF RESISTANCE/I PASS THE LINES OF SCRIMMAGE/SOME WOULD CALL IT VINTAGE/BY THE WAY IM RAPPING/TOO MUCH NAPPING GOT YOU SLACKING/LYRICALLY WE PACKING/WE GON MAKE IT HAPPEN/HEARD IT FROM OUR PEERS/IN A COUPLE YEARS/WE GON MAKE IT LIGHT YEARS/BUT SO CLOSE TO HOME/LIKE WE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO YA DOME/HOUSTONS VERY OWN/A BLESSING IN A CURSE/WHEN WORST COMES TO WORST/WE SPIT ANOTHER VERSE/LIKE A BULLET TO THE BRAIN WE DISPERSE/PERFORATION IN RELATION TO THE HOLY GHOST/WHEN RHYMES ARE BEING SPOKE/WE GET DOPE/BUT NEEDLE IN THE VEIN NOPE/IM TALKING BOUT THE LYRICS/DESCRIBING HOW IM LIVING IN A WORLD IM TRYNA COPE/YOU GON NEED A MICROSCOPE/TO CRACK MY CODES/BELOW YA NOSE/MOVING UP THE TOTEM POLE/BUT SO D.T.E/WHEN IT COMES TO R.A.P/AND THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HELPED ME GROW/GROWING UP SO QUICKLY/I MOVE ACROSS THE BEAT SO SWIFTLY/SO WHOS WITH ME/IM JUST TRYNA SHED LIGHT WHERE IT NORMALLY AINT SHOW/THE UNDERGROUND/WE MORE THAN HEAVEN BOUND/IM PICASSO WITH MY SOUND/ABSTRACT RAP/LIKE A KIT-KAT/BREAKEM OFF A PIECE/REAST IN PEACE/ MY CONDOLENCES/TO WHO MY OPPONENT IS../ -CHORUS- YEAH WE PAINT THE PERFECT IMAGE FOR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE THE DISTANCE WRITING LINES WITH NO SIGN OF RESISTANCE RESISTING AGAINST THE SYSTEM HAS DONE BUILDING THIS INNER AMBITION
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12.(UNKNOWN) (free) 01:26
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13.JACK NICKELSACK (free) 01:52
MY ONLY FRIEND/IS LURKING IN THE CREVICES/ GROWING OPPOSITE OF HEAVEN SENT/PROPHESIZE WORD TO OEDIPUS/LOOK HOW PATHETIC THIS IS/MISDIRECTED HE IS/BUT THATS JUST THE HALF OF HIS STORY/AS HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF/HE TAKES NOTES ON THE HAND THATS DEALT/THERES A CHANCE THAT IT MIGHT SHOW ITSELF AGAIN/HES A VOICE/THAT/TALKS WITH NO CHOICE/THE TYPE OF FRIEND/THAT JUST SAYS IT LIKE IT IS/NO BOUNDARIES/JUST BOUNDED BY A BUNCH OF MYSTERY/CURIOSITY MMADE THE CAT BLEED/JUST PUT HIM THROUGH HIS MISERY/IMAGINE ME/GETTIN LOOSE/TO A COUPLE SIPS OF GOOSE/WATCHING YOUTUBE/ON HOW TO TIE A FUCKING NOOSE/ SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE/WHERE I RESIDE /IN PARADISE/ THROUGH RELIGIOUS EYES/BUT IN FACT/IM JUST LAYING ON MY BACK DECAYING/WHILE MY FAM IS PRAYING/SAYING THAT IM IN A BETTER PLACE../

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released July 31, 2013

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