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I am white - the spitter of the spite I partied with your fears in the middle of the night with the lights turned off I take the blights off I am the sights at which you so unknowingly scoffed unconscious in your blissful sleep of the pissed upon skeet ... whatever your pleasure never take your measure against my pen tipped feather I'm not afraid of the nether I weather the storm no tethers have the strength to defy my scorn I plot against what I have not been born and what I should have been everything that would have been Things are never quite as simple as they could have been no hos populate my rhymes the only signs that you'll find are just shovels and troubles I am crime coalesced into sixteen lines of rage on a pristine page International Criminal is on the mic tonight So get ready for a fright! International Criminal is on the mic tonight Now we're gonna do it right! all seeing, all knowing, gall flowing flaws growing forever never severed from my Id I skidded with Sid I hid out from Nancy bidding on fancy words to disguise my inner demons searching for a corresponding light in the darkness of this starkness long heartless teatime of the soul a few green leaves rolled with a few mean bees stinging me and bringing me back into my sense of right and wrong freeing one from being one fenced in by a song bonging nightmares into pipe dreams life's seams splitting unwitting yet still sitting here being me seeing me as I'm freeing me from this limited vision that is our prison on this schematic given to us one time to live as we see fit sick as it is I skid to a halt Could it be that this is all my fault? International Criminal is on the mic tonight So get ready for a fright! International Criminal is on the mic tonight Now we're gonna do it right!
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Keep it Real 04:05
keep it real keep it all the same keep on singin bout your hos and your bling keep it real keep it all the same I heard it all before don't wanna hear it all again They call me crime cause I'm illegalness personified I keep on livin cause I really just don't wanna die I took those drugs because i thought that i was gonna fly Now I'm horrified to find I wasted all that time and I Ain't buyin in to those lies that you keep sellin me I hear you bleatin your rhymes like it's a spellin bee I'm smellin greed - money worshippin and fellin trees Tellin me your carbon copied lines you're repellin me I ain't got time for all this keep it real nonsense You're jumpin on the train maintainin the wrong tense It's a long fence - just to belong that you been sittin on and gettin conned - and all along the truth's been written on the wall - outside the backdoor of the shoppin mall I seen more interestin thoughts scrawled on a toilet stall- Door - your shit belongs on the floor No use implorin me - motherfucker just stop borin me The other day I saw your video on mtv Big titted bitches bouncin booties, dressin flimsily You really think I'm gonna take you jokers seriously? I guarantee you won't fool me you fuckin brain amputee So when exactly did you sell out to the enemy? I know the facts G you been messin with some alchemy Tryin to change your message from empty and meaningless Into a pot of gold you sold your soul and now you've been posessed So obsessed with gettin dressed up in the best clothes Your style's regressed the better sex into oppressed hoes I guess the rest of us are gonna have to bless you sluts With a kick upside the ass - can't miss with the man's dick up your crack What's with this twisted dealer pimp style anyway? You must be saving your good rhymes up for a rainy day Your just a poser pushin pennies for the system When ya kissed the devil's balls did ya even try resistin? Fuckin bitch on your knees and suck ma dick I got a big gold chain a small brain I'm stinkin rich I got a big car we can do it on the hood In ma neighborhood I'll even let ya drive it if you're good Just keep your mouth shut untill I wanna come inside Don't cry or I'll tie ya up and leave ya lyin by the roadside Me an ma whiggers are so bad we don't do drive by's We got a motherfucking jet we kill on fly bys
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I used to go to church every fucking sunday morning So boring i coulda been in my bed snoring No use in imploring deaf ears and blind eyes mama said you gotta if ya wanna go to heaven when you die So I'd sigh and haul myself outta bed Put on a tie And drag a comb across my head No rest for the wicked This is supposed to be my religion, but what's that? i never picked it They stick you into it just as soon as you're born Holy water on your head and overhead a crown of thorns You're still warm Fresh out of the oven The devil is below and god is rulin up above in love and glory A pretty story For a prehistoric race of nomads wanderin in the desert believin in an omnipotent god with blind faith But that was then - man this is 2010! Preacher man keep your religion, I got no use for it You say you're quoting scriptures but I know you're talkin shit Preacher man keep your religion, it ain't no use to me You say god needs my faith, but I say I need to be free Now I ain't sayin that you gotta think like me You make your own decisions every one of you is free I just like to look deeper and ask myself why Of course I fear the reaper man nobody wants to die But just imagine for a second That humans had no faith No religion Just science and debate And then some dude from outer space comes down and tells us there's a god but he ain't got evidence no reason at all Just a bunch of ancient stories filled with death and glory Written after driftin somethin like forty days and forty nights in the desert under a hot sun with no food and no water Delirious and then some We'd laugh the silly shit all the way back to his home We'd say we weren't born yesterday WE know that the unknown it can't be known There ain't no throne in the sky Or maybe there is... I guess we'll have to find out when we die Preacher man keep your religion, I got no use for it You say you're quoting scriptures but I know you're talkin shit Preacher man keep your religion, it ain't no use to me You say god needs my faith, but I say I need to be free Do you believe? I believe in me Do you believe? I believe in being free Do you believe? I believe in me Do you believe? I believe in being me and being free!
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Here and Now 03:45
enigma code deciphered invisible ink a cigarette lighter Fahrenheit 451 Burning paper, the barrel of a gun Age old dead sea scrolls cracking cryptanalysis code Life unfolds nothin's foretold Transmutation - fool's gold We're all alone in the great unknown You own your own philosopher's stone Hone your sense, look inside Don't rely on some guys who died So Long ago how the hell could they know How the future would go Fear and ignorance led them to god Monkey's awe a fatal flaw The Laws of physics skewed by them mystics Propagandistic, over-simplistic Thor and thunder prometheus and fire percieved as god's ire Just to keep the masses in line No fate, no greater design no divine plan Poor man shammed by a preacher man It all began with those first stone tools All the way up to us modern day fools Still scared to death, still scared of death forgetting that we've been blessed CHORUS: Here and now boys, the rest is just noise All those false hopes and decoys Destroy the chains, employ your brains Pain is life and life is pain Verse 2 Jewish mathematicians Searchin the torah for repetitions Millennia old traditions Truth confused with superstition Christians with their bible Ratzinger wants hell's revival Muslims die in flames Fightin each other but they're all the same Insane son's of cain 3000 years and millions slain Abide by an eye for an eye And pretty soon the whole world's blind God need not exist Despite plethoric apologists Evolution explains man Wake up ye sons of Abraham Verse 3 transcendence ain't dependance Prayers don't equate to repentance Sentenced to this sentience Longing for comprehension Dissention is a way of life Don't fear the fate of Lot's wife Fairy tales to keep you meek Mind game control technique Seek the path don't fear no wrath Of vengeful gods dogs of the past The first shall be the last I ain't never seen that don't make me laugh Forgive me I'm a skeptic Don't tell me just to accept it Life is strife and fright I don't know nothin and that's alright
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I been a long long time sittin on the cold snow and I know I should go back into the house But the wind blows change The game is pain It's plain that this system has no way to maintain So let me explain The way that things are goin The food is runnin out but still the populations growin The banks are now gods The corporations prophets And profits ain't no heaven they lead straight to armageddon By way of opression Unending new possessions Limiting self-expression economic depression It's supression of individual liberty It's time to pay the piper and it's C.O.D. I ain't no saviour but I got my pride And I got 2 eyes both open wide This ride called life is headin right off the rails They put your future in a coffin and you you're drivin in the nails If I could take you back to the faraway past If I could make you see There is no you and me There is no physical There is just energy I am part of you and you are part of me I wish there was a way that I could make you realise But you ain't gonna see nothin with your hands over your eyes Take a look into the skies the energy is flowin Just pick up a brick and stick it in the thick of the sick trick your ignorance is showin It's never easy so don't complain If it first you don't see nothin take a breath try again The answer's in your brain it's contained in the rain The wording of the question still remains to ascertain I feel your pain and I see your fear And I know that things ain't always what they appear to be So let me be me and you can be you But if you're doin what they told you to do then you ain't you you're just a fool
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Concrete dreams in a country paradise I was lookin for some peace but now the quiet's like a vice The hornets and the bees have brought me to my knees The crickets are too wicked they won't let me get to sleep Dirty queen sheets on a rusty metal bed I'm tangled and I'm strangled and the pillow's filled with lead The Spiders and the flies have taken control of the room Like little spies they lie waiting lurking in the gloom An evil owl howls in the middle of the night My blood is running cold I roll over in fright I start to think I've woken up on animal farm I sit up in alarm- somethin's crawlin up my arm A train whistle screams like a furious machine Tanked up on motor oil and bootleg kerosene I can't take it any more so I stand up on the floor Something slimy's underfoot - I'm boltin for the door A black cat hisses giving me the evil eye On second thought i think maybe I'd better stay inside The night's alive with a symphony of creatures Somethins movin in my sneaker my legs are feelin weaker Stumblin and fumblin I try to reach the light It looks as though I'm not gonna be gettin any sleep tonight I'm a city boy I never should come this far from home I can feel it in my bones - I'm gonna die alone CHORUS Voices in the night are calling me into the woods I should not go outside but somehow I have understood Voices in the night are calling me up from my sleep I didn't want to see Death is my destiny At the back of the house there's a room that's always locked I can here somethin movin I wish I had a glock Or a shotgun to keep me from succumbing to my fear I oughta steer clear I oughta get the hell outta here But somethin in my my nature makes me wanna take the risk So I get myself a stick I give the door a kick It squeels on it's hinges like a pig being slaughtered My feet are gettin cold - the air is gettin hotter I keep my cool sweep the drool off of my chin It's like trick or treat with Hitchcock at the Bates's motor inn Somethin shuffles in the shadows sendin shivers down my spine One two oh my god! it's ice-nine And the cat's in the cradle chewin on the silver spoon You won't be comin home son not any time soon Full moon through the window casts a sickly yellow spell On Poe's worst nightmare - my blood starts to gel I slam the door on this abhorent room of horrors The brochure didn't say nothin 'bout angry demon whores or Seein hardcore gore galore It's only half past four but I'm gonna ignore My better judgement's call and get the fuck outta this house I grab my stick I put on my coat I'd really rather face the critters creeping outside Than stay take my chances here with Frankenstein's bride The front door slams behind my back, it goes "BAM" I scram like Shazam my feet a battering ram Cold clams are my hands my brow is drippin sweat I wish I had a flashlight or at least a cigarette I run straight to the trees - fucking S.O.B.! My mind is playin tricks - I meant to hit the street Somethin claws at my pants - I'm kissing ants And then the darkness engulfs me like a gothic romance
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Dream Lady 03:21
Every night when I lie in bed I get images of her swimmin in my head Sometimes I think I mighta seen her before in the street in the park or the health food store Then again it might just be deja vu cause i see her every time I fade into The sandman's grip in the middle of the night ...and it's more than a little bit of fright When I see her standing there at the back of a cave like a dragon's lair Red rubies for eyes and long black hair and a deadly smile like a rabbit snare My mind says run but my legs don't care and I'm feelin excited even though I'm scared She beckons come hither and I'm at her side - her arms open wide The first time that I saw her I went to her like a sheep to slaughter The closer I got the hotter it got and the hotter it got the hotter I got Her skin was white like a full moon night and her teeth we sharp like a racoon bite Her arms enclosed me like a vice I surrendered myself to her despite Knowing that she was danger never accept candy from strangers But I just could not resist the cold sweet kiss of her blood red lips Now at least a year has passed since I first fell into her seductive grasp Every time I say it'll be the last but I know like snow....I'm gonna come back After what seems like an eternity the morning sun comes to rescue me Pullin me back from the land of Nod shadowland facade shattered like a mirage But every time I open my eyes the world seems grayer as the days go by Is that Morpheus at my side standin just out of sight at the corner of my eye Reality keeps on slipping away the dream lady keeps chippin away At my will to mix with the creatures of daylight i just keep wishing it would always stay night Cause I know she's waiting for me at the back of the cave serenading me When I next close my eyes I'll not wake gimme more of that opium I can't wait
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pretty young things in the park sendin that funny feelin to my heart like the flowers in spring, they sing pheremones to my head gettin me outta bed with a smile love that mornin glory All day long i been feelin kinda horny long legs sprout out like buds i'm feelin that urge to fall in love with the first young thing to catch my eye some innocent doe readin catcher in the rye I'm gonna die soon a cold tomb Been about 90 years since i left the womb Flowers bloom fast and die soon after Laughter and tears and bats in the rafters I wanna get laid one more time The younger the better it ain't no crime So gimme a kiss love i ain't so scary One last time before I'm buried I wanna make love I wanna have sex I'm older than coal but i ain't dead yet My body's old but my soul is ageless My bones are heavy but my mind is weightless I hate this graceless old man's face Purdy young thing gimme your embrace I wanna pluck that sweet ripe cherry I wanna bury my face in your hairy Mountain of love bitter-sweet shrub I know a few tricks i ain't no cub I got experience I could show you things You never imagined in your wildest dreams Me I'm the king of the fornication Your time with me will be like a vacation I'm patient and ancient I can be your guide Open up your thighs and let me slide inside Nice and slow I'll keep ya safe from harm My fortune is yours if I die in your arms So gimme a kiss love i ain't so scary One last time before I'm buried I wanna make love I wanna have sex I'm older than coal but i ain't dead yet
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Colours 03:32
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released January 17, 2010

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International Criminal Madrid, Spain

International Criminal is a five-piece funk/rock/groove/soul and occasionally roots dub/reggae band based out of Madrid, Spain. This past year has seen the project expand into it's current formation, featuring Jalex Yestera on bass , Nicolas Martinez on drums, Miguel Verdaguer on the alto sax and harmonica, plus our latest addition, Jesus Perez, on the electric piano and Hammond organ. ... more

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