Xoulful Becoming — REMIX

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BURG CITY RECORDS in Poetic Collaboration with tHE JB StUDiOs Presents: THE XOULFUL BECOMING Afro-Juju Continuum Edition · Benin Bounce · Sonic Architecture CYCLE I: GROUNDWORK LOGIC — FOUNDATION POUR Steady cadence · Deep log drums · Low-register elder voice · Gradual instrumental build Steady-aligning-me, heavy-combining-me, Ready-defining-me, continuum-mining-me. No-more-scattered-pain, pattern-gain-through-rain, Step-through-shattered-strain, make matter know my name. CYCLE I: GROUNDWORK LOGIC — FOUNDATION POUR Steady cadence · Deep log drums · Low-register elder voice · Gradual instrumental build Steady-aligning-me, heavy-combining-me, Ready-defining-me, continuum-mining-me. No-more-scattered-pain, pattern-gain-through-rain, Step-through-shattered-strain, make matter know my name. They-wanted-lyricism, we-gave-them-prism-system, Breaking-cynicism, unlocking-mysticism. Ancestors-ordered-it, Juju-breaded-it, Burg-City-fortified, blueprint-embedded-it. Street-cannot-swallow-me, future-must-follow-me, System-hollow, destiny-calling-me. Rhythmically-healing-it, digitally-sealing-it, Spiritually-feeling-it, sovereignly-dealing-it. We-are-architecture, built-beyond-their-conjecture, Ancestral-intelligence, cosmic-direction-vector. No-be-just-melody, this-na-remedy, Curing-jeopardy, guarding-legacy. From-the-drum-to-the-code, clear-debris-off-road, From-the-voice-to-the-law, make the truth stand tall. Vocal-saturation, total-restoration, Global-activation, tonal-reclamation. CROWD: NA-RECALIBRATION! LEAD: Who dey build am? CROWD: WE DEY BUILD AM! LEAD: Who go carry am? CROWD: WE GO CARRY AM! CYCLE II: SONIC INFRASTRUCTURE — THE BLUEPRINT AWAKENS Code-in-vocal-cord, strike-with-sonic-sword, Lineage-restored, every memory stored. Blood-in-battery, past-no-be-flattery, Shattering-fallacy, building-galaxy. They-thought-rhythm-fled, see-where-signal-led, Straight-to-the-fountainhead, waking-what-they-left-for-dead. We-are-monument, sovereign-dominant, Permanence-prominent, culture-resonant. Concrete-testing-me, asphalt-arresting-me, Pressure-investing-me, history-addressing-me. Iron-sharpening, dark-rooms-brightening, Thunder-and-lightning, infrastructure-tightening. No-dey-dilute-strain, no-dey-filter-heavy-rain, Channel-ghetto-pain, make the people gain. Burg-City-engine-room, blasting-sonic-boom, Clearing-native-gloom, forcing-seed-to-bloom. From-chant-to-charter-sheet, grid-on-city-street, From-trance-to-balance-book, own-every-path-we-took. We-write-clause-again, challenge-laws-again, Correct-flaws-again, let the work explain. This-no-accidental-vibe, this-na-governing-tribe, Deep-drums-inscribe-what-no-system-can-confine. GOD on road, drop the code, bless the load, make we go, From the roots to the routes, let the whole world know! SECTOR VIII: CONTINUUM SPEED-OVERLOAD Maximum Compression · 110 BPM · Triplet Flow · Full Percussion Spiritually-mending-me, endlessly-extending-me, Tenderly-defending-me, mentally-bending-me. Quietly-gracing-me, spiritually-placing-me, Endlessly-raising-me, destiny-praising-me. Horizontally-storing-it, vertically-restoring-it, Spiritually-pouring-it, eternally-exploring-it. Mentally-bracing-me, ancestry-tracing-me, Future-facing-me, sovereignly-placing-me. Foundation-deepening, frequency-steepening, Old wounds-releasing, new pathways-opening. Memory-guiding-me, technology-riding-me, Culture-inside-me, tomorrow-inviting-me. From-the-drum-to-the-data, from-the-roots-to-the-router, From-the-voice-to-the-vision, make the whole thing louder! From-the-chant-to-the-charter, from-the-prayer-to-the-plan, Afro-Juju Continuum — make we do wetin we can! No-dey-dilute-strain, no-dey-filter-heavy-rain, Channel-ghetto-pain, make the people gain. Burg-City-engine-room, blasting-sonic-boom, Clearing-native-gloom, forcing-seed-to-bloom. From-chant-to-charter-sheet, grid-on-city-street, From-trance-to-balance-book, own-every-path-we-took. We-write-clause-again, challenge-laws-again, Correct-flaws-again, let the work explain. This-no-accidental-vibe, this-na-governing-tribe, Deep-drums-inscribe-what-no-system-can-confine. GOD on road, drop the code, bless the load, make we go, From the roots to the routes, let the whole world BAR FIVE: GOLD COUNT — FULL CHOIR Fold. Told. Sold. Gold. Pain been fold, tears been told, Doubt been sold, now we hold gold. Not just gold for the hand to hold, Na wisdom, na freedom, na a future controlled. Reload. Road. Code. Abode. Blessing reload, meet you for road, Confirm the code, make the good work show. From the street to the system, from the seed to the home, Build a future we fit call our own. NA-RECALIBRATION! (Recalibrate the nation!) NA-REACTIVATION! (Reactivate foundation!) NA-RECONSTRUCT-AM! (Reconstruct with passion!) JUJU-CONDUCT-AM! (Let the work become action!) NA-RECALIBRATION! NA-REACTIVATION! NA-RECONSTRUCT-AM! JUJU-CONDUCT-AM! [Beat cuts. One talking drum answers. Elder voice, dry and close:] GOD is in the Work as Afro-Juju Continues..