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iLLUMINATED

by O'hene Savant

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iNTRO 02:04
Uh uh uhn Uh uh uhn Uh uh Uh uh uhn Uh uh uhn Let me get my mirror straight Hold up Haha Ahh... It's another one I think... I know... Verse 1 Welcome to iLLUMINATED, Illuminati killer up in this consumer nation Christ rumination, Burbs to the basement Weary soldiers this is your rejuvenation Battle time, Babylon falls to the Avalon rap a line I rap a lot long as I am aligned to the Source Not the mag or rappin' blog Co's what I am to rap we'll leave that aside With that aside I'm sick of the rap facade I'm gettin' tire that ignorant rap is tired I prayed to God I wouldn't have to get signed to get my message across of course he did provide Emerald city rap the rap wizard of Oz Using illusion the music open up your eyes Surprise surprise The industry lied said they broadcastin' live But they already died Hundred thou is the new platinum Now them labels wishing they ain't kill Michael Jackson now execs wish they ain't make Prince mad and it's lookin' tragic Tryna recreate the magic is madness
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iLLUMINATED 04:10
Yeah...I think we're winning Verse 1 This ain't the ILLUMINATI fool this the illuminated fresh outta the orthodoxy and the back pack dudes from basements let's face it, this game was screwed up before it got chop n' skrewed up Most popular rappers and dudes suck and they producers will never move us Why? Co's we're the enlighten ones From the land of the rising sun Writing from our souls instead of for the gold and the monetary fight we've come From the depths of slavery Jim crow him no can phase me that's slave talk outta the grave see translation eff you pay me trans human epics lately I spew that infect mainstream a revolution and a movement that you ain't seen all I gotta do is sit and day dream seen? Homie that's pa-twas my raps got y'all mad why? cos co's I ain't talkin that crack rhyme and that jaguar and that crap huh? Hook This that revolution music Rebel youth and movement That evolution blueprint Now you devils gon lose it That revolution music Rebel youth and movement That evolution blueprint Now you devils gon lose it Bridge Left right Soldier stance turn around Do it again 4x With time I've learned a valuable lesson and so now my enemies no longer exist to me from now on they shall rest forever in warfare's purgatory end of story Verse 2 I'm a lyrical terrorist here to show you what terror is as compare to this eras kids I'm a terrific experiment Made in the lab of righteousness That's right this Isis' kid Life is just an illusion and so is death and that's the reason that I write like this Why I'm here ain't obvious? I'm here to change your consciousness// Most of ya'll've become monsters and got rid of your moral compasses medias your accomplices via the Hip hop and dis-functional junk don't you know what you see on the screen is godlessness My country tis of thee, the sweet land of misery police beat blacks in the streets elite act like they don't see, gun shots in the theater,run that in your P A sir much sadness and grief they come now run back to your creator Hook This that revolution music Rebel youth and movement That evolution blueprint Now you devils gon lose it That revolution music Rebel youth and movement That evolution blueprint Now you devils gon lose it Bridge Left right Soldier stance turn around Do it again 4x
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This tomorrow rhyme, geniuses die young so I'm on borrow time I aspired to be what I see all the time ending up in tragedy feeling like I lost my mind And this is what you call Savant He who lives in the future but in the present dying here's a speech on the future that they will never mind, It's hard to teach you the future I feel like never mind I have a never mind, Which means there there will be many clever minds, yet they are never mine I invent divine phrases with lexicon, expressive mind on a page they have yet to sign You think Dr West was lyin' bout the epic lines? what I invest in rhyme bout to start a renaissance though the devil tries poisoning the rebel's eyes If he succeeds I will see through the third one The holy iris giving by the bird from the true holy writing Christendom was birthed from Be iLLUMINATED don't buy religion, African-ism I give em not Zionism Jesus is the bible isn't, the bible is indoctrination from politicians listen Hip hop is no different it started with the rhythm, children of the ghetto who fought against system what at a point used to be the artisans wisdom turned school of greed to teach hell's curriculum brrr trick em ha ha ha trick em Herds drifting, watch the plot thickens if the food in this rooms to humid get out the kitchen rappers lie to pacify for me that ain't the mission These rappers afraid of Viacom they in submission I won't be afraid of Babylon cos God has risen rather be a child of the truth with a modest living' than to teach lies to youth for a lot of riches Sisters you are queens and no longer bitches Sisters you are queens and no longer bitches sisters you are queens and no longer bitches I repeat you are queens now may you be lifted I am the shift that got your consciousness shifted You're not slaves from Elmina who was shipped in You can be different, but now you must be born again the ancestors wisdom has to be taught again The industry don't worship the devil they worship the dollar But the worship of the dollar is the worship of power morality devoured in this business of cowards You prayed for Napster to come yet still scared of the tower The tower has fallen, the tower has fallen no more tower records the power is yours then The universe gave the music to the artist the hardest part is not planting the seed, but the harvest So I ask Horus, how do I iLLUMINATE?, how do I chose to bring love where they chose to hate How do I not get lost in this confusing place, surrounded by beast who least seek to use their brains? Hypnotized by a strobe light, and fire works put shackles upon they souls right? Right. This the other side of duality, spirituality, lyrics you follow me? unintelligible.....
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v1 Yeah, O Savant, listen to me I'm soul brother number 7 son of Fela the game's new Stevie Wonder O Savant there's no sleep or slumber, I feast on beats plus eat your lunch up Cadence, clarity, dexterity I flex lyrically catch you cats spiritually Hold up, I don't think they hear me listen Y'all don't know my status in ya basements tryna quote my madness Dope for addicts addicted to cooked coke and crack it's not needed black folks so just pass it These dudes making beats on Acid What the hell our babies on acid? That's backward Listen I'm a reenactment of the era where a brother made classic stuff that's what's up to the Philly jawns in the back what's up, when the rhythm hit em they'll be actin up the illuminated on the track get up lend ya ear to the seer out of Africa cos O'hene got soul These dudes humor me All they wanna talk about is jewelry Tom foolery not true emcees like it used to be black face rat race straight coons to me Plus musically y'all losing me sounds like a 9 year old produce ya beats damn Hook: Now put ya hands up higher if you is a survivor My music makes em rise up To start a new uprising' Now put ya hands up higher if you is a survivor My music makes em rise up with fire like Elijah v2 I'm a survivor, able to make this verse tighter than the verse prior Words fire, like ya burn Kaya I pray for he that conspires Come try us, truth apostles my gospel'll topple deceptive castles Castles, chapels cancelled, and what have you I would have you know I have you corrupt police in my scope I grasp you Camera snap you, catch you in the act you better have concrete facts before you accuse Black dudes, in the ghetto, where they trace hate crimes with the yellow tape and it don't take time for the devils, to appear with the cameras to let it echo Oh, y'all needed a dance song? I believe you are seeing my stance wrong what I write are freedom and act songs those people keep you in fashion They deceive and mislead you with bad thoughts selling our kids these devious ass songs Co's they ain't got no souls man Y'all might be more global but I'm noble y'all prey on teens that are hormonal I pray for teens and what they go through 30 plus year old dudes who coach you on how to have sex and to smoke too say it ain't for kids but who do they promote to? I mean really, 106 and park? ha. Hook: Now put ya hands up higher if you is a survivor My music makes em rise up To start a new uprising' Now put ya hands up higher if you is a survivor My music makes em rise up with fire like Elijah (repeat) Ladies and gentlemen, you are tuned into Ohene Savant the illuminated I come in the name of the ancestors people like Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, Tupac, Michael Jackson, anybody that came and fought for love and died for it, that's who I represent. See I came to this country to make a difference. I got fresh off the plane from out of a tropical climate and had to live in a place with no sheet rock, in the winter time can you imagine that? Well this is what I am willing to do for love and I feel like this is my year. So all the people that are iLLUMINATED, stand up.
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Tupac speaks 00:28
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Caterpillar 04:19
Hook: (In order to evolve there has to be loss// I had to take this to the heart, even though it's hard) Co's I don't wanna be a caterpillar// had to grow a set of wings because that was realer,realer (Had to evolve, had to see loss) Said I don't wanna be a caterpillar// had to grow a set of wings because that was realer, realer// Verse 1 Say I can't rhyme about the hood no more (why) Co's I ain't living in the hood no more Got a good home so, what I know of the ghetto plight? you be in the burbs toastin' up with them devils right? Nah I be siting on my porch step thinking why brother Jamal ain't got a porch yet? Yet got more dept, stressed and poor yet affords tech nines so now he courts death? The news knows more somehow reports less more or less The system don't show to care for us you try to buy a car and the roads'll tear it up insurance is high our endurance is tried on a daily basis we faced with more of the crime I could've stayed but it changed when my boy was shot in front of my home when none of my doors was locked thank God Sheda B was home, my daughters inside I'm later thinking to myself can we afford us a glock? the ghetto is rubbing off on me these thoughts have arrived man I came to change this, almost became this ask my man Marcus the hood is dangerous man I hate this I'm relocatin' cos Hook: (In order to evolve there has to be loss// I had to take this to the heart, even though it's hard) Co's I don't wanna be a caterpillar// had to grow a set of wings because that was realer,realer (There has to be loss in order to evolve, because) Said I don't wanna be a caterpillar// had to grow a set of wings because that was realer, realer// Verse 2 You wonder why I'm not rollin' with the same crew? cos to evolve is something some people can't do You can't change dudes, no matter what you show em their faith ain't a mustard seed that's why nothings growing so many times I offered food to the multitudes talked to you spent time dropped all them jewels and all you do is smile eat and drink then later gossip that I ain't as deep as I think you ain't as smart you think,you all talking same you all rat each other out and you all say the same till I finally figure out I'm in a whole with some snakes that's the moment it changed I began to evolve asked myself why I'm claiming you as family at all? Do you love me as a person or you tryna get on? that was when I made decision to not even call let me sit and take a minute see if I hear from y'all but nobody responds cept them "I need a calls" I need a this, I need a that, no how are doin'? Till I buy this new house now it's WOW you on" "I'm just calling to check in man How're you doin'?" Everybody wants to reach me now they can't reach me now it's all peachy now they all need me I ain't gon dis and be all vindictive I just wanna assist so you'll more consistent You the one who made the distance I don't see the difference, I'm lying I get it, my life just switched quick and you was just down with me how did you miss this? I spoke about trains, I should said planes cos I grew wings Hook: (In order to evolve there has to be loss// I had to take this to the heart, even though it's hard) Co's I don't wanna be a caterpillar// had to grow a set of wings because that was realer,realer (There has to be loss in order to evolve, because) Said I don't wanna be a caterpillar// had to grow a set of wings because that was realer, realer//
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iMAGINEER 05:15
Hook: So many have fought and many have died We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Though many have failed, so many have tried We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Verse 1 Ayo I'm like a rap Walt Disney I want you to walk with me I'm here to talk Michael,and also to talk Whitney Incredible thoughts wit me I'm reminiscing ripping dudes on Whitby ave, they got a whipping// How did I thrive from the bottom? so many problems remember dudes from the block, and how they shot em? How bullets flew through the block, and how we dodge em? better you don't try them stay in the house and listen to rhythm of a Ozzie till it becomes groovy and gangstas try turn you to groupies, murder snaps you out of it this is not a movie what it is, is a bunch of coufies and houpties (and this is not a dis to the ones on they true deen) what it is is a diss to the ones shooting they made a routine out of killin' human beings Yet I got out like I'm Houdini imagineer Hook: So many have fought and many have died We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Though many have failed, so many have tried We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Verse 2 These rappers make a lot of clutter from what I discover lacking imagination and passion I got ya numbers matter fact let me find it now dial it now, all you real intelligent people should jot this down First of all let's start with how you name yourself, it says a lot to me the way you people rate yourself, Mine is O'hene Savant it has meaning O'hene's a king and Savant means genius I took time to look for mine, to distinguish me from the probably millions of dudes emceen' you chose a name I can see in any quick Google search cos you following and not leading Secondly your ryhmin' style is so common you have no i.d except your no Common My flow got me exceptional comments, that's cos I'm me not just some ol novice that's cos my beats reflect I know Bach and yours sound like rejects from the top ten when, you ready to learn then have a chair I can teach you how to be an imagineer Hook: So many have fought and many have died We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Though many have failed, so many have tried We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Verse 3 This is the spark notes generation more technology less information Get in formation, now march to the web lose your identity cos democracy's dead You are slaves a modem cyberspace hierarchy unengaged minds in the era of piracy Meanwhile social media steals your privacy some eye can see where lo-gin at privately Some eye can see that I'm talking that prophecy doesn't coincide with garbage that I can see On the hellivision hoes constantly No fatherly figure figure demonstrably You are not afraid of death than you should rock with me I got God Tupac and even Bob with me Illuminati talk don't even bother me Spirit of MJJ living inside of me, Imagineer with the vision to imagine clear I see the world in a state where we master fear create a world ever state we would have it here I know for sure I'll be there Imagineer Hook: So many have fought and many have died We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the... Though many have failed, so many have tried We live it cos we know it deep inside we do it for the...
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Verse 1 My grandmother was a primadona and so my mother had to be Madonna in the pew praying hoping to see nirvana the real messiah spit fire on streets of Ghana Eatin' cassava and wache' getting agape from those asantes my mama Ga adangbe name Sellasie I am the next pillar in the dynasty happy healer of youth I spit iller than you I am the stone that the builder refused my real dad is an enigma left me with a stigma it became stigmata gave me my charisma now I'm jottin' scriptures, with my my mama picture on my mirror because of her honest wisdom She told me about the things that she never did, said I am the best thing that she ever did Gues what? Hook:My mama don't lie to me, even though this world lied to me 4x Verse 2 My mother was a saint to me in the darkest hour angel that came to me I remember Wilson Goode killing youth it was M.O.V.E she illustrated it in this picture that she drew I really hated it, it was vicious and was cruel wished ill fate for them for their wickedness to M.O.V.E that was the day mom said "this the golden rule, never wish death on a man no matter what he do". I carry that to bury hatchets in midst of madness even though the world is full is wicked assassins That was a early seed though I could barely see later would evolve into me spiritually This is why, cos she wasn't good at kickin' lies, and she spoke to you straight with the biggest eyes She told me the things that she never did said I was the best thing that she ever did Hook:My mama don't lie to me, even though this world lied to me 4x Verse 3 My mother was a high court judge prestigious preacher so I caught love mixed with authority This what she taught to me Work hard and be true to God and his prophecy There would always be guest taking refuge in our home the family would except you We were not separate from the ones desperate no matter what she made sure I remembered it I used to go to the court sit in her chamber watched as she reviewed cases remained prayed up part of the reason I create much, revolution music instead of the same stuff Plus them days fasting mornings at service, she used to smile at me as I played organ at church and it felt good, not too many things she never did I became the greatest thing that she ever did Hook:My mama don't lie to me, even though this world lied to me (repeat)
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Verse 1 They say love is not a promise not a lot of promise in a world where it's hard to find anyone that's honest This is why I suffer lately feeling like Vincent just trying not to cut my ear off over this business I wasn't bout to cut my ear off for business I'll cut my ear off so as not to hear that ignance(ignorance) For instance, everything's a stripper track Everybody's in the trap no one's given back How the song go? Beez in the trap, Anything for a buzz bumble beez in a trap Many times I sought to teach with the rap cos the books ain't doing it and our seeds need it bad Why do I care when they streaming my tracks and I see the emcees rep the beef and get stacks? Co's I love you and I gotta get the knowledge to you even though if up to them it isn't promised to you Hook:They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you Verse 2 Yeah You know love is not promised to a true emcee These kids never heard of Rakim and Kool Moe Dee So they absorbing that corporate rap They say I'm too complicated where the chorus at? I sound foreign? dang Well if it's foreign you ain't used to being challenged I say your bound or you ain't used to seeing talent How could I be too musical or too lyrical? Isn't that like claiming a monk's being too spiritual? It's hard to blame you cos radio maimed you they trained you to like novelty over brain food Shysters paid under the table, you think you playing them in your car but trust me they playing you Same songs different channels on every station Y'all clubin' while congress change legislation sorry laws...I forgot you don't like education maybe next time I'll keep it basic okay then Hook:They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you Verse 3 I been in meetings where people treat you like a number Label heads talk that talk and they to try and crush ya tell you ain't doing it right if you ain't copying cos they ain't got balls to vouch for some one Godly and it's really all politics A bunch of scared blacks Worried massa might flip when he hear raps About the revolution and black evolution so they promote stereotypes and devil music then got the nerve to try and speak down on me why? because you gave your soul for a salary huh? How do you sleep with the kids that you sacrifice? Better hope that's suffice in the afterlife Hell is hot, hope you have your ice and no backstage pass is allowed in the paradise I have to write what is real like a Nazarite cos I love y'all yup that is right aight? Hook:They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you they say love is not promised to you to you Huh They say it never was promised They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you But you know they lied and I know they lied Love IS promised Just go to the SOURCE So what you got more money than me? You walking round with your pockets swole meanwhile you ain't got a soul. So you can go to the bank as many times as you want but we know what's up you are morally bankrupt. (laughs) I have true riches, I'm iLLUMINATED.
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Right now you might see me as just this, but in the future it's very much possible that you will have these records, based on my studies of Mozart and Beethoven and Bach and Monk, and all of the people who came you know, before me. You'll be able to have this music, and I'll live on... Verse 1 You only live once, I live forever that's the i life of cybernetic endeavors not to get too deep but listen to my message, my orah got cemented when documented on records 200 years from now, in a museum I bet you see em next to the true genius they wonder why I wanna do all this, because legacy is what matters to true artist all these half ass rappers that use it as a hustle I take pride in knowing later no one will discuss you it's no myth at all and I don't need a crystal ball to give a summary of what the future is for y'all try explaining at the door to a bouncer who you are and him telling you "Nah", all because you was sub par them favors at store ain't what they used to be no more the difference is I was the sun you was a star Your light goes dim I got a psycho pen I illuminate minds then they eyes open as sure as I'm open to behold, those that wanna roll let's go The Museum of my soul Hook: The museum of my soul Where these artifacts are the facts to behold There once existed a man that you should know His story is one that's gotta be told (Museum of my soul) 2x Verse 2 They can't believe that I do this for the love that a man can exist who don't do this for the bucks I'll never be a Judas to the music though it's tough rather lose it than do it to do it I will give it up the moment my ideas aren't ahead by light years and I don't see that happening any time near I been a pioneer God's lips to my ears Why do you care if a label asked me to sign here? Look at my catalog and the way I design rare concepts my mind set is kinda weird That's why these rappers always sampling you better think about the clearance when you sample me you want a track for free without collabin' fees in the studio posin' like your ass is me But if you asking me it's really sad to see you pattern me and base it on my past release It's like a bad disease,that you try to live with them crowds you get can only calm the symptoms We both know the difference, you are gifted but I'm the gift that will forever exist in Hook: The museum of my soul Where these artifacts are the facts to behold There once existed a man that you should know His story is one that's gotta be told (Museum of my soul) 2x Verse 3 When my kids are old enough then they'll know what's up and why sometimes studio monitors woke em up and why they pops be at the house hardly Kid n' Play here but it's not a house party Partly Co's I stay artsy the other part be the fact that I play Marley think smartly Fore thinking, while you on the porch drinking and wondering why I'm growing and your shrinking linking with genius men, Dr.James Peterson the elite of them guess I'm elitist then we all dying but when I die I'mma leave a dent even then I'll be living in a deeper sense less than 3 percent know what I represent my real fan base ain't until the reaper sent not to be morbid I need to vent No need pretend like you get it, you steady comparing me to them Well, here is the answer to your question, some are infatuated with this I've an obsession you have a job or profession I strive to be a legend a writer with a message so I'mma hang this sketch in Hook: The museum of my soul Where these artifacts are the facts to behold There once existed a man that you should know His story is one that's gotta be told (Museum of my soul) 2x So in a way that's my...you know I said it to Allhiphop, music is the museum for my soul. You know what I mean like, I'm writing knowing that I am preserving my essence Play question:Why do you still need to be here in someone's mind after you're gone? Why? Well that's just my version of, of, of, of salvation outside of my "christian" understanding of it...(laughs) REAL RAP that's the salvation of Ohene the physical person. I mean, like, through my kids m my genes survive and through my music my essence, my emotions, my voice, my character, my personality survives through that. So that's why it's important. Self preservation is part of who we are so, yeah I do want to remain, I do want my music to live on and that's what Michael(Michael Jackson) said, Michael said before he died he said, uh "We all want eternal, eternal life, he said, "so like Michael Angelo I bind my soul to my work".

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This is for the movement of love and righteousness

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released October 28, 2012

All songs written, arranged and produced by Ohene. Engineered by De-Carlos and Dj Simeon.
Mastered at Emerald City Studios in Black Hollywood.

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