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Instructions For ShapeShifting

by Ish the Stomach

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you want the mahogany that you can't have hardened fell to the floor thin porcelain cracked take the teak and polish your skin is simply sack inflated with the winds you keep forever at your back drugged out to the shack where we stack them bodies she love like that must be trying to build an army tossed around and spun more than a frisbee the cost media weeping she drowns her kids be sitting on fire escape keys stuck girls gold pulled wire blaze heats up plug spark perspire girl please raise up they stay looped inside patterns built from shame we'd touched the level where she settle filled with devils who don't eat they'll burn the flesh press the coal test the diamonds with they teeth skip the rotten putrid stench bench the standards she would mark what they call done and broken i call a decent start When i'm split in half my answer is i'll smash me further blast the heart particulate starved a shattered murder glass to sand now dust and charge the voltage martyred burdened atomic weight could only count the chorus must disturb her faint jab hook and thread needles blurting cinch deserter lynched abandoned post confessions no one's heard of cause every taskmaster here who was dishing out the torture is warped and punished fear disdain for meating out their verdict forced her verdant cherry blossoms wilting maiden perfect refraining from adjustments coursing through vein channel nervous we're now reduced to plank length where we waddle over sharks razor teeth and hell pits helm a sliver we depart if misery loves company why's my depression try and isolate down without the miserable anger don't have time to wait isolation in the interest of maintaining public health crowns a viral sentiment subtle stubbling our wealth the heart of the american steam engineers pistoning pressure past point of combustion consumed accustomed to customary consolidation conditioning air fare flamed rearranged form and function now maybe it'll get hot enough around your equation equity equated equilateral occupation when the love tries an angle initiated vertices extracts exquisite strangle extricated from emergency singular vision sing every voice in the chorus yearns circumventing precision blurs a harmony churns departed dreams nearly as far as we could chart the meme flown to glow with heart and means that provided the vital nutrient and nourishment encouraging more than any words could mint a certain pitch tremolo embers of her voice reminds him of a time when thought and word were meaningless murmur ghosts who echo choice
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covering scratch cross fade close shave shadow changes coming sooner than the stereo could handle picture getting live more deminsion than we measure speaking of whitch be where clear throats kool whether let it be noted intention online sent notice mentions when friends worry all's fine but we know it's imatation a proxy, face put on just for show he changes them like gallery walls pain-ting sold to the highest bidder convinced more solid than gold the alchemy preformed confides shine to the role of always be the guy whose toll is fined southern soul error assunddry sun beams and money singe skin define invited us in to mirroring lends hand despite both his broken arms simply proffers a cast i ask my reflection what is it you hope to accomplish like that change modes then i gotta change again execute first i enter with my pad and pen unique ID when they flex they degree universal like understood through simplicity the humility is bonus here's a weapon first entreat then we own this honorary honorifics kick horrific might of spit quick slipped disk carrying the dish needle of the vinyl platter matter starts to split i'm the atom getting at 'em explode then go mad blend styles from every era even speaking to the future reform your tierra terra form dead planets wear an olive branch tiara it didn't scare the paranoid first deployed mad b-boys & girls head spinning on granite never damned it breaks demand it matter faxes RAM ripped your DIMM'ed night light so let me begin i came write tight at the end i win lasting for ever with a squad so bomb when they get together make ya scream oh my god bring the noise (Sköl Föshay) the world is getting louder I feel periodic tremors I have to remind myself that I don’t always have to remember I’m scared of being a coward I make histrionic errors and try to find myself in some daunting creative endeavors perception’s overpowered all my topics cause me terror I don’t date anymore cuz it’s not really fair to scare her I can be alone for hours and all my myopic measures makes it harder than it needs to be has me losing my temper I know that I’m intense and always on the defense I rarely leave the house I know that I’m kind of a mess But, I’ll never try to convince you that I think I’m the best I only want to be honest that’s nothing more nothing less Death by a thousand cuts and we hold the switchblade slice ourselves in silence and that’s what our fears made our purity is masked by insecurity as we fade forever dismayed when we see the prices that we paid every single failure talking massive and cascade scan the system’s model or we’ll find that it’s too late reactor’s overloading it’s powered by how we portray our days are just charades and our fixes are all just band-aids (Ish the Stomach) rockin heads ringing bells breaking dawn rebel yell EPMD'n'these FX let you see ABC is 123 Jackson raddest pedigree baddest to the bone bugging out harmony educated thoroughly good enough for surgery murder mystery don't cower like shaggy scooby snack emergency can't hide that little baggy authority you heard of me covert like i'm taggin alternate ID Arthurian round table caddy authoring the thieves of your nights legend teller leaves scripts for casual flights stripped of actual might believe in fact-you-will sight still visionary dysentery digestion a'ight stomach suggestion hold tight read meditate get your exercise straight don't schedule habituate prioritize & habitate safe reference sections head of the state what was sentenced instead said the stone with the sword in me i bled
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thought i saw eden's gate now worth's not sure heaven heaved holy static ecstasy then hell crashed earth door maybe those weren't cherubim the opening a crucible cause now merrily i go around and can't get out this circle purple thought was honestly a signal to divine but each go around rearranges meaning i mean every single time and the faces that i thought i loved sneering belching at me hatred sayings scrapped me sacrilege and swear to feed upon my patience speaking inflicts injury can't be treated any further hell i'll just have to sing and dance while chains escort me to my murder here's the crow's rook corvid senses third optic brittle nerve were iridescent morbid eyes'll spy shackle opportune disturb couldn't cackle crackle noise is white hallucination auditory tackled me to show the light brooding station allegory something in me told me rite till i can't keep writing anymore then broke my finger stole the type face can't book a single tour perhaps then time for slip streaming live never shook this performer not before but i've grown old ashamed & won't fight that chiming spinal core tap 11 witching hour power love will fig-to-reed echo wind through devil horn i mean they might just like the sax on pillaging a pauper's corn they took the hint from Rome in tract let me collapse out side your storm drain windows spin coats of wool and cozy mittens i been froze in fact twice and back this time i wanna stay ice warm ice warm eye aye i swarm before falling in love pride oughtta take a walk about cain an his brother earther tools eats birth were fool in rain pocked an sour burden mules yoke plow chew stocks criminals displayed while villagers talk about a certain awkward howl slinked slouched sloshed around awful found noxious sound wound wounded crossing & bounding hertz reverber-incensed-salsa'sly renounce the grounds such pronouncement clowns & twists flaunts & flouts ensconced with mouths snarles whisp shanked sliced sopped in jowls gnashing gnaw screech scqueeze caught members ripped shred tossed & growled for a scrap of fat skin & sweat salt bit of flesh modest cull bitter'd dinner pack coven's easing position teething pecking raptor caw beaking order cracking stound wrapt terse tattered taught knotted wheezed breathe in sputter coffin drought appetize were not appeased little monsters lilith leaves impressions lessons learnt professions jesters trauma bound confess predatored & drenched in dirt
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the difference between time travel and shapeshifting is 90% perspective 10 remainder division whole number chain definition heroic zero incision pray together collective clever like time lorded a fez upon the head, we can all make appearances like Shirley Bassey said it's all history repeating but on this scale both sides of the serpent get fed mother scaring dragon limb feast or feminine raft begin casually cloanning wings of angel let me grin the pair with swords aflame stand sentinel the gates arguing demerits hoarding Dante Milton Yeats set sail byzantine out come form the brail texture fine fiddle dotted tongue busy cleaning out your Gotti gun i gotta run to jail look and listen we have not begun knife knife duck goose i'mma feed the pale hound saved a major play around gagged sound found drown battling a noose truths barely ever speaking to me still fill pails water sand and feeding tubes we chart Lot salt daughter knots slay ship pillar head a bobbing needle solution made of coffee trade and that compulsion that you feel no we probably won't get caught today we're gonna take that bigger boat and bet on black top display boast our bleeding lemmerick spot betray the way the bottom rhythm chooses not to rot away weigh me down the yellow brick around your island listening to eyelids breeze a stack of lonely pirates private gunner brigader listen hear make it clearer than your pistol smoke will power out your frigid ear closer i said bring her here now who wouldn't notice we're the motive that could not be fear topple sphere around jaded hum steer is bound the stake is done that little sizzle is the signal break this sun bright ball gone dark look bite all bark no hands lawn darts to and fro and close enough this hand grenade is small parts if each is every equal god is talking to herself lost inside a mirror reflections caustic mental wealth rebellion yelling stealth is not a good option seeking solice health intered sneaking mother's soft grin carried away cross talking chain exclaim solipsism dulled matrix cage box frame stating cases basic basment breaks and takes it's rival warning statements say the final form is facelessness exploring chaste and hastened wanting nothing more than taking nothing less none the less it's been impressed upon the time you've spent in tomes and poems, tombs and soon the womb will have you vacant saying things like can't escape it's just for shame or blame or doubt we're shaped by rules spools with wax gillded lily thread reacts suture feathers to our spines as wind tickles down our backs (Bex) body of work just another body body of water just another body body of light just another body body of water just another body just another body
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i'mma snap back clack cap type popped thanatos tryna finda dimes reminder crime is taboo's average hope member when you tried to call me savage though avarice adopted meaning echo like a cavern's note you in the captins cabin certain pulling rank is suiting your advantage masquerade first kit in some laughter panic lantern green yellow red dot chasing makes a certian pattern & that means every last one of you laser poked a chamber made of brain wire funny shoe rile me up a Stetson hat I'll slap his shame in front of you the clown better drop the hatchet act insane is not becoming you i am teeth shred gnash tear bear grimace pull twist wolf is only matted hair loud voice drool shit's crumble down the hungry parts tantalizing cruel shifts rips pelt scalp starts releasing tension nerve grip viced a lonesome fire hydrant vinigar & risk portioned potions pacifing alabiless stinging dirty wrists wake up wear the fur suit skin is cured and tanned see full moon howl become vision let the man speak (Def-i) decoded in a lab defeat COVID 2020 a beast in sheep's clothing next year proceed & keep focus if ya livin in hindsight you're wishing ya rewrote it dance around fire pass around cyphers in a land of enchantment chant & howl higher all nighter staring at the high moon beware the werewolf will arrive soon running through the forest til the skies blue silver bullet loaded so they won't bite you not even ya style could be taken sunset it's time to reawaken from the caverns to canyons and riverways Wolfman Jack has to battle his inner rage couldn't fit him within a cage now his skippin days flippin trays in different ways looking grim through the wolfskin sheep herd shear wool give a bush trim rap cannibal half man half animal rap cannibal half man half animal hunting a nilgai yea that's an antelope no ho pocus see him in slow mo focus wildin' out while most won't notice blood running through the vein fang salivated wolf skin transform yea activated
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(Blueprint) I write raps to accent my passion never following whack trends to cash in spent a lot of time in the south as a kid but I never had an accent like them the east coast was running rap back then when I decided I would grab pad and pen so from the very start I spoke from the heart my voice was a reflection of where I lived Hip Hop was the tool to communicate and got the inner city youth to participate making music instead of being in a gang but it's foolish to think things ain't change we used to take great pride in our spoken word now almost every single word is spoken slurred we used to spit raps now we just mumble 'em say what you will I find that troublesome (Both) what happens when the message disappears from the greatest culture of the last 50 years rain or shine I'mma be right here raising the bar for the few that wanna hear (2x) Let's Go (Ish) we stand on the shoulders of giants in all human endeavor strange tongues divided let music bring us together fusion producing this movement truth refusing illusion pursuant to uprooting & undoing confusion babbel on can't hour for ever my parents used to see it when i would dress punk rock they'd chalk it up to rebellion yo i dug the mohawk tattered jeans, worn shirts made it feel authentic never bothered to consider who might think me pathetic i wrote them off assumed closed minded perspective reaction gut shot hindsight more reflective i figured they bigoted don't like anyone different the dividend of the symptom all that's left is belligerent the opposition and defiance didn't scream mental health couldn't guess, in their eyes was a kid with no esteem for himself i'mma credit synaesthetics hearing color seeing sound that eureka moment seeing mumble gurgle and drown plain and simple sounds like it lacks self respect or worse harbors fraudulent purpose calm on the surface confidence comes correct what can we expect welcoming every accent wether anxious or medicated malicious actors found their way through the cracks & let me step back cause I need to take a second to go in on those who celebrate trap we know they named it for a trickster who steal our hope battery in back trappers holdin remotes cause those bastards sold they cousins to a white man with a boat I came to this through the poets what happens (Both) when the message disappears from the greatest culture of the last 50 years rain or shine I'mma be right here raising the bar for the few that wanna hear (Ish) slam loved hip hop trap raped slam I didn't see what went down but I think crunk had a hand mumble ain't rap no matter who understands no over arching standards formula's written in crayon the mutteres they fumble childish insulting at best brush off a style war no battles longevity's ultimate test won't judge the facial tattoos or the way that you dress I'm proud of all youth who show their elders respect that's the heart and central thesis of this verse real recognize real respect means acknowledging worth (Both) what happens when the message disappears from the greatest culture of the last 50 years rain or shine I'mma be right here raising the bar for the few that wanna hear (Blueprint) lets go
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DefendHer 04:21
We will reincarnate Elysium mist here ease hear we speak and sing and drum percusive maintenance main line spine & cerebral intersections wander round ahnk head & it isn't only for the days your subjective experience calls happy slap me sideways but I've been there before cravings for novelty even if it's composed of ingredients my pantry currently stores broke down from the castle & the sentence no crown dirt grasp earth move fence is just another boarder cell walls dependence chemical adjacent neighbors recall sequencing events everybody gather now place bets post goes social choke hold slept media attention seekers heated reading mentions analytics television conveniently forgets dinner a pliable metric from micro waved menus balanced homicidal intentions customer service and sooner than later centers inner bidder hitter mark eye bull full of flies his disciples would ply the trade with confidence darting past the pardon slips the metal of spark A stark cry shattering a sun set is an eagle's young bet digested the best who contested or nested investment in sentence and word birthed or hatched bonded with tracks rhythmically driven to linguistic axe chopping a rung lattice & drum nerve is determined where learning is strum plucking and shucking the ears and the bell horn and the spell normal is fell pride of the tree bough of the break vinyl arrival survival the steak style described by the scribe of all fate shedded the snake scaled the weight the tongue that we fork is the road that few take boarder is fake it's motive is hate crossing the spirit the sun and the state minded defined by the sign of our change talk with the sawed off body of the shot he took overturn with soil so he'll disgust away and turn the naked education pedigree the pedagogy n toil stowyed away beneath the latrines and the sea sick seen the kinda shit that make your utters scream itch bite shake twitch and hurdle cursive tongues underneath scheams and reams paper stacked against anxiety of these perverted nuns son's who'll never know their father's trails or the places that tested bloodline of they mercy's sty'll just have to wait our fucking turn for the reflex in our nerves is just and blind and scaled with our mother's curve fork roads toads tongue lash you stuck where rudders churn the seed's a cream then it becomes a steam next a rubber worm chicken gizzard is the dinner when the winter stern after we whisper in a dream that we should remember let it all burn wreck hell bent to da door of the tomb Strange weightless waiting list to hate this issues take with meds frame of the room built bottled from the floor dust discuss must ignore combust a dozen score more than 40s here to go When near to rome kill your crush rust crumbled on linoleum my closest friend ain't folding sun no fix Saint sinners mixed winter and the zoo art of scent sure hold control warranting a broom clean sweep hop til ya smelling hipper than the groom kick a goblet can I shatter moshpit mazel tov tip wings a freshly polished shoe & halos poking fables writ on pages come unglued their leaves are poking through their leaves are escaping ink spine timing steps two march a departure a starboard promise tailed comets sailed wind and art works their leaves are pages and their starting poking through

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Instructions For ShapeShifting. Ish the Stomach verses recorded at The Stone Lock Asylum on 3/23/21.

Mixed and Mastered by Stone Lock Productions.

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released July 3, 2021

All lyrics by Ish the Stomach except features on tracks 2, 5, & 6. Tracks 3, 4, & 5 Produced by RuelloViva.

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Instructions For ShapeShifting
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