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Thought the winning streak would
never subside
Now you left with only
traumatized pride
Wouldn't dare to meet the
mirror's two eyes
When the stakes were so high,
and you still couldn't cut it

Thought this fight would have the
easiest prize
Feast on arrogance,
dessert's humble pie
In the pit of your stomach
they having riots
And nobody is safe
from cleansing fire

What's next?
What next steps?
Otherside's boots were
designed for necks
You cannot catastrophize enough
for these tests
When the fate of of the world's
still ours to protect

All our tactics
cast to four winds
We keep fighting bout
what's important
They want excuses to put
us in the morgue
So we cannot afford,
to do their job for them


find a way to survive,
and find a way to exist
find a way to survive,
then find a way to resist

the People need you alive
so strategize for your life
cuz being willing to die
just isn't good enough

find a way to survive,
and find a way to exist
find a way to survive,
then find a way to resist

the People need you to thrive
so keep your eyes on the prize
cuz only staying alive
still isn't good enough


Feels like a suspect win
All hail our new suspect friends
They insist now all is different
Well except the one that keeps
saying nothing's gonna change.

He's only right if we
wait on the top
To keep coming to the aid
of the bottom
We must keep pushing til we've
captured the pot
Let us sow what we've reaped
shoo the pigs from our plots

Diversity of arsenals
pack em and loadup, all you got
Ballots or the bullets or
maybe even the Molotovs
Act like I'm hysterical
while we watching another George
Apathy's the only weapon
formed that never won a war

You think these beasts
evaporate if ignored?
You think unbotheredness
redoubles your score?
Every morning's a new
world to explore
We can be so much more
i only need you to


find a way to survive,
and find a way to exist
find a way to survive,
then find a way to resist

the People need you alive
so strategize for your life
cuz being willing to die
just isn't good enough

find a way to survive,
and find a way to exist
find a way to survive,
then find a way to resist

the People need you to thrive
so keep your eyes on the prize
cuz only staying alive
still isn't good enough

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from Be Brave Stay Safe Love Yourselves and Each Other, released December 1, 2020

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Khemmeta San Francisco, California

Khemmeta's music strives to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, or are shouted down when they do. His upcoming EP "When I Get To It" produced by Stephonathan (1/3 of both Pride City Purpose & Chedda Guap Boyz) is silly, nerdy, romantic, anti-nihilistic and defiant. He can't wait for you to get to it this [December]. ... more

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