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Back Home EP

by Brian Bars Burns

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LA_B truly a diamond in this game’s rough. He is definitely someone to watch for in the future. A young man at his age spitting knowledge this deep? keep your eyes peeled on this guy, he’s going places.
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Verse: Universal mind, divine presence, infinite ways/ people dying in this intricate maze I'm born and raised/ in a country that'll never do anything for me/ witnessing right before our eyes The American Horror Story/ moving mountains making magical music/ magnificent musicians mastered this art to spark a monumental movement/ hear the improvement through meditation raise my vibration, do it all with ease/ tap into the higher frequencies/ in a wicked world that you should know/ you could get killed by your own fam just like you was Marvin in 84/ they feeling the flow from here to Japan/ just to think it all started in New Orleans now the mic in my hand/ I want your mind to expand don't stay stuck in a box/ I'm hungry like Tommy Buns when he met up with Ox/ I'm so sincere remember when no food was in my belly being homeless/ rose out of those life changing moments/ now spitting lyrical verses reverse the curses/ and evil that try and come your way in this tricknology circus/ said I was worthless but I followed my heart and see it feels good like when you recognize your calling and purpose/ I'm still pushing positive vibes its the truth that you heard/ I'll never let you down like a J Ivy spoken word/ that system gon leave you twisted and tangled/ my homie couldn't wrestle with it never thought he would take that Kurt Angle/ that Cobain flow flame check our current condition/ its deeper beyond human existence so just listen/ music taking me places so that mean nobody stopping me/ Brian get deep as Bruce Lee's philosophy/ got's to be shining yall only in it for instant gratification/ really sparking the nation like Black Panther formation/ the inspiration and motivation, manifestation, self actualization keep this music in rotation
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Verse: Sacred geometry I travel while touching different realities/ wisdom from those who aligned them pyramids with galaxies/ other tribes wanna see me slip though/ to see the foundation of my empire crumble like its Apocalypto/ no destroying my kingdom feel the euphoria last/ I was born inside a different world where warriors clash/ kept it together like Betty Shabazz after her husband was assassinated/ return to the essence knowing what you created/ last for ages I'm lighting up all them candles with this energy I channel/ anyone who lying will be exposed like political scandals/ I move across them desert sands like the Scorpion King on his white camel/ I'm united with everything inside the universe they say that every human cursed how they divide us/ until we realize what we have inside us/ boy they could never defeat you/ with this Higher Infinite Power that's been Healing Our People/ gave em the message on my album I had to spit it out of me/ and reveal to the world they lynching us psychologically/ break free from the technology your future's the brightest/ I'll still lead us into this war like I'm King Leonidas/ feel the vibrations incarceration still at high percentages/ something minor have the judge throwing you life sentences/ I grew up round Blacks and Hispanics they use to teach me Spanish/ crazy seeing years go by all of them vanished/ this be that analytical approach while I analyze/ he coming for number one like he was Afro Samurai/ so stay prepared, bring something innovative to the table and fuck a label when they try to make you compromise
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Verse: Speaking life through these dark shadows many battles are fought in these wars/ my heart pours I'm never lost in the art/ things in existence born from our thoughts, our own immaculate conception/ blinded to what really sparks this connection/ between us in these times where many people are broken/ stimulate the minds with conversations that are thought provoking/ we wasting time lying about our lives through a computer screen/ when the beauty of life around us can always be seen/ through the eyes before our people perish memories we cherish dearly/ through the mist I still see it clearly/ shining because the flow is heavenly/ inspired from Jazz music created by musicians back up in the 70's/ found that inspiration on days when I was down/ looking at the ocean waves while I drown with the sounds/ profound thinker asking where did all of this begin/ back in the darkness where we still hear the whispers in the wind/ see colors blend while life changes/ they think the ignorance is cool so at the minds is where I continue to aim this/ the type of music that could never be rushed/ I paint pictures with a beautiful touch until I'm one with the dust/ get well familiar with this message I share/ I feel everything from the trees to the energies put in the air/ but no one cares yo they'd rather be on simple/ my mind's deeper like knowledge from inside the ancient temple/ destiny's manifested, eternally blessed/ before born I saw the angel of death/ until I take my last breath/ I walk this path with a fire in my eyes/ ahead just like the wise who took time to strategize/ put myself in a place beyond the skies I provide/ listeners with real music from this lyrical high/ you start to see it differently when looking on the inside/ now free yourself from the illusions when them thoughts collide/ methods applied by wicked men is what keeps me from resting/ mysteries of life unlocked metaphysical lessons/ becoming one with the universe self discovery/ divine balance inner peace will set you free/ now see perception is key unknown angles I'm trana find/ planets align I strive through these struggling times/ it's continuous elevation spitting these rhymes/ dark clouds follow but I'm a real artist who forever shines Hook 2x: Peace, love, and prosperity knowledge of self/ this music never dies when I'm gone my presence is felt/ appreciate this real artist and the message he gives/ plant seeds that grow forever so my legacy lives/ Peace, love, and prosperity knowledge of self/ so focused on wealth but what about our personal health/ its time to create a positive change for better things/ rise up cause we descendants of the Queens and Kings
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Verse 1: I'm lifted off the sounds of the jazz tunes/ reflecting like the light that always shines for many moons/ flowers bloom seeing nature in its beauty moments we capture/ flooded the canvas my whole next chapter/ now this is something they could never take from me/ there was a time when I was only just seeking revenge like Chung Li/ but now I find peace through the music whenever I hear it/ don't cry he'll live forever like Ali spirit/ channel this power through this microphone really learn from me/ now they play me in U.K, France, Greece, and Germany/ and Australia and Italy what a blessing/ ya boy building like Rae and Ghost striving for perfection/ prepare for the final lesson whenever I'm spitting this/ I'm better in tune with the infinite who getting with/ these lyrical flows you know how it goes when I'm spazzing/ the lyrical Duke Togo articulate assassin Hook 2x: Come get lifted off the sounds of this underground hip hop jazz/ I still smash any emcees who wanna clash/ get yours before your time pass Verse 2: We're being eliminated cause they always have feared black/ you know it's me when you hear it like a Premier scratch/ I'm ill over wax say peace to the young God/ loyal like D Roc taking that gun charge/ its no biggie so follow me while I paint this/ they mad cause they aint this my lineage ancient/ spiritual solitude for self evolution/ moving independent see I'm my own distribution/ no major label backing so lyrically I just come out shooting/ my people still seeking restitution/ now educate yourself see how dumbed down these schools be/ remember knowledge is king like Kool Moe Dee/ and they never listened when I told em that I was the next man/ pushing this truth like Poor Righteous Teachers and X Clan/ the artist who expands really unlocking this infinite consciousness/ still meditating while plotting this Hook 2x: Come get lifted off the sounds of this underground hip hop jazz/ I still smash any emcees who wanna clash/ get yours before your time pass Verse 3: No more Mr. Nice Guy when I Step in the Arena/ my Daily Operation continuous elevation/ of the mind Hard To Earn when you don't apply yourself, face your Moment of Truth/ we The Ownerz of this art emcees step in the booth/ I'm the rap Guru/ vibrations what I'm into/ lets put an end to/ the nonsense shout out to Detroit bout to turn the Royce up/ classic like Hov telling Guru to turn his voice up/ this a different type of energy all the way tapped in/ trapping out of them trap houses keeping us trapped in/ taking a Big L not seeing The Big Picture/ life flash before your eyes emcees should recognize/ this is real emceeing the game he overseeing/ moving with knowledge of self becoming supreme being/ remember behind my back they just doubted and laughed/ took it Back Home like we on Sedgewick Ave Hook 2x: Come get lifted off the sounds of this underground hip hop jazz/ I still smash any emcees who wanna clash/ get yours before your time pass
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Hook: Real music always heals the pain/ it's a feeling I just can't explain/ at times you might be dancing in the rain/ the real music always heals the pain Verse 1: Create something that's everlasting for my future son's and daughter's/ this for my people who died and rose from those Katrina waters/ many changes that it brought us they called us refugees/ people on top of their roofs saying send us some rescue please/ water rising by the minute, my father was swimming in it/ grandparents at the airport almost died before she ended/ bodies floating this really happened so on it I shall speak/ I went to Saint John Lutheran right off of Canal Street/ the memories I'll never forget/ they tore down the projects then put them condos gentrification in full effect/ going back in time wishing for longer and though this did make us stronger/ I still hear them Jazz sounds on them corners/ in the same city where they won't hesitate to raise AK's/ jambalaya with shrimp po boys and benyays/ pour some out for my cousins who was hit by them showering bullets/ this my city New Orleans we gon represent to the fullest Hook: Real music always heals the pain/ it's just a feeling I just can't explain/ at times you might be dancing in the rain/ the real music always heals the pain Verse 2: Dealt with reality young a lot of pain we had to carry/ every morning saw Miss Rose and Miss Mary many brothers got buried/ it's rough out chea in the NOLA/ many end up catching cases, end with a life sentence up in Angola/ the system hold ya now will we see brighter days/ we still getting down miss watching people second line at all the parades/ I'm getting blazed every day for us it gets deeper/ that's why I give it to em raw like Soulja Slim through the speakers/ and at night them creatures coming out they show you no mercy/ count my blessings cause I made it out just like I was Percy/ as a Juvenile some C-Murder, some wanna B.G/ its war up in them streets and people die for that Curren$y/ I came up in that Cash Money, No Limit era some real southern classics/ r.i.p to my brother best friend Travis/ and here's something you should already know/ they call us the Big Easy, but life hard in that 504 Hook: Real music always heals the pain/ it's just a feeling I just can't explain/ at times you might be dancing in the rain/ the real music always heals the pain
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Verse 1: Still spitting who ready for verbal combat/ artist steady selling their souls when signing them contracts/ not realizing they bout to take everything that you done/ the music now just needs that heart like John Q son/ hear I come with a new one/ I made a promise to keep it honest and I won't break it like inspector Lee to Su Yung/ lyrical bullets flew from the south where it all started/ knew it would be cold days since best friend departed/ them cold hearted cops still brutalizing and killing us/ knew it would keep happening because they never feeling us/ I know they fearing us that's why they lock us in prison cells/ for prison sales see main targets are the Black and Latino males/ still at it I'm fully awakened/ stepping up while weak rappers still scared to make a statement/ while critics debating tell em sit back while I devour this/ they say he nice but talk to much of that Black Power shit Hook 2x: Swinging my lyrical sword/ no emcees who do it for the art anymore/ they want the money and the fame but the message is what I'm in it for/ cause my people at war music of the mind Verse 2: Kick it over melodic and rhythmic patterns/ stayed number one while they the second largest like Saturn/ destroying our brains dumbed down music for dummies/ became a lion now roaring like 1920's/ feeling like Mitch after they took Sunny so giving up I refuse/ brutally honest more beats I abuse/ these infinite jewels showing artist how to be a light through the mic/ just play your cards right like Yu-Gi-Oh duels/ I never follow industry rules still I'm excelling/ they call you crazy when you give em that realness like Ye on Ellen/ yall on radio glorifying drugs you be selling just telling on yourselves/ record labels letting talent sit on the shelves/ never under media spells I'm non robotic just iconic with these verses I deliver so well Hook 2x: Swinging my lyrical sword/ no emcees who do it for the art anymore/ they want the money and the fame but the message is what I'm in it for/ cause my people at war music of the mind Verse 3: Intentionally they shifted the paradigm/ left our minds paralyzed promoting negative vibes/ I've been in meetings where label executives come around/ and say you'll be a star just water your message down/ kill your own kind while we resorting to crack pedaling/ this how we shaped in the environments we're embedded in/ word to Wise Intelligent we could go far/ there's certain groups in this society who really want us right where we are Hook 2x: Swinging my lyrical sword/ no emcees who do it for the art anymore/ they want the money and the fame but the message is what I'm in it for/ cause my people at war music of the mind
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Verse 1: You know I'm sticking to The Roots spitting this lava I gotta show the world how ta/ conquer their Black Thought like Tariq Trotter/ I came outta New Orleans every day had to be a fighter/ very poetic like I'm a Somali writer come get inspired/ by the true emcee who still takes it much deeper/ now I'm reaching Next Levels like King Geedorah/ I still seek the truth with every breath in my lungs/ real ones they see the obstacles he overcomes/ rappers get rich then spend all their funds/ they don't care about being mentioned with the Pac's, Biggie's, and Pun's/ legends hesitate on passing the torch/ cause they don't see any emcees who could block out the negative force/ never off course notice that he's real/ emcees got no drive so they crash hard like running out of NZT pills/ I'm still ill-matic like the classic/ this generation vocab stuck on fleek and ratchet/ they feed your brain all of the nonsense to stay distracted/ we giving things more power just by the way we reacted/ I build with women who never age like Angela Basset/ share wisdom til we laying in caskets/ breaking down these walls yall barely cracked it/ didn't come this far to say that I failed I rebelled against the system and attacked it 2x Hook 2x: I've seen many soldiers die in the field/ to be a emcee really does require much skill/ we taking it back to when all the music was real/ taking it back to when the music was real Verse 2: Spectacular lyricism my mind expands the prism peace to RZA/ dropping science on em like I'm the GZA/ the technique is immortal blend different styles and flavors/ influenced by them influential sounds like the Jazz Liberatorz/ pay homage to the creators of the culture all the elements/ south got bars and here's the evidence/ I mastered every angle on hard level/ I really came up in something rough like it's City of God ghetto/ demanding yall to step up like Carmelo enough is enough/ the architect of these bars I construct/ you never moving up when you just stuck in your ways/ so free your mind or stay in the inextricable maze/ we gotta raise these babies they think it's cool to be disrespecting these ladies/ we bringing something different like Rakim Allah in the 80's with Eric B DJaying/ from an era where lyrically every emcee spraying/ no playing up in this game you better know what your worth is/ don't even speak if you don't know who Kool Herc is/ and other pioneers been doing this here for years/ blood, sweat, and tears now I'm the emcee they fear/ forever one of the nicest on these microphones/ see it's all science I gotta break it down like lysosomes/ and just to think most of these verses was off the dome/ you know I had to take you all Back Home Hook: I've seen many soldiers die in the field/ to be a emcee really does require much skill/ we taking it back to when all the music was real/ taking it back to when the music was real

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Back Home EP takes you on a journey back to my city New Orleans, but it also takes you back to the essence of true Hip-Hop. This project mainly focuses on staying true to the art form, elevating the culture, and paying homage to those who paved the way for emcees like myself to be here. Blessing you with thought provoking lyrics over jazzy instrumentation, Back Home EP is filled with deep messages that inspire listeners to stay true to the art. Salute to all the real emcees, DJ's, graffiti writers, b boys, b girls, and that last element that holds it all together, the knowledge.

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released December 1, 2017

All songs written by Brian Bars Burns
Recorded at Midnight Studios in Los Angeles
Mixed and Mastered by Kevin Gayle
Features singer/songwriter Brie Marie on track six
Production by promethafiend, Zane, Case-g, $wedo, AP, Thovo, and CD Moura

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Brian Bars Burns Los Angeles, California

An emcee born and raised in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Uses thought provoking lyricism to elevate and educate the minds of his listeners. Employs various lyrical techniques in his songwriting while using his voice to spark positive change through music. Rhyme style influenced by Black Thought, Andre 3000, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Guru, Nas, and Jay Electronica. ... more

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