Autobiographical Blues

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THE BLUEPRINT OF DEM JUJU XOUND: THE REMIX Black Rhythm & Xoulful Blues, Rewired Edition Juju's Magnum Poetrium, Autobiographical Blues, Re-Stacked [INTRO: SPOKEN WORD / GUITAR WAKES SLOW] Hear the string, the sting, the thing wey the heart go sing, Juju's Guitar don bring the spring, the ring, the whole life's swing. No fable, no fake, na the truth wey I take, the ache, the wake, the break, the stake, the story wey the soul go make. Before the sound get a name, the memory strike the flame, the frame, the aim, the claim: Juju dey testify, the same, the same. [VERSE 1: NEW BENIN, THE ROOT RUN] New Benin, I know, the seed dey grow, the slow, the below, the first to show, the home, the loam, the poem, the road wey I roam come back to the home. Faces in places, the traces, the graces, the spaces, lessons in seasons, the reasons, the weaving, the believing. Ground, found, sound, bound, the roots go round and round, foundation, creation, narration, no imitation, na lived translation. No shortcut to the origin, no cut, no shut, no strut, the past na the root, the root na the fruit, the fruit na the proof. [CHORUS: THE GRATITUDE ANTHEM, REMIXED] THaNk YOU, BABA GOD! The nod, the broad, the laud, for the road, the load, the code, the blessings wey flowed. THaNk YOU, BABA GOD! The grace, the space, the pace, the place, especially for those wey kept believing, achieving, receiving, when the vision still dey breathe, the world no see am breathe, but dem believe. Oh Baba GOD, we dey testify, the sky, the why, the by-and-by, You dey in the Work, the Work, the Work, Afro-Juju no go lurk, no go shirk, till the morning light dey perk. [VERSE 2: THE FORMATIVE YEARS] Classroom to crossroads, the loads, the codes, the roads, the modes, discipline, the win, the spin, the begin, the kin, the skin I'm in. Question meet reason, the season, the weaving, the believing, life dey write a chapter, the after, the laughter, the master, the faster. Mind, find, kind, bind, the signed, the designed, the refined, some lesson dey arrive late, the slate, the wait, the weight, the fate, and the pain turn to gain, the gain turn to chain, the chain turn to train, the train go again, again. [VERSE 3: AUCHI TO LASGIDI, THE MOVE] Auchi to Lasgidi, steady, ready, the move, the groove, the prove, the smooth, way, day, say, stay, the pay, the sway, the play, the delay, every town na a page, the stage, the age, the gauge, the wage, courage in the cage, the rage turn to sage. Commotion, the motion, the notion, the ocean, the devotion, the promotion, no exaggerate, no inflate, no fabricate, no deviate, na the truth wey I narrate, I narrate. [VERSE 4: THE ONES WEY KEPT BELIEVING] Belief, relief, the brief, the chief, the grief wey turn to leaf, heart, part, start, art, the chart, the dart, the smart, the work of the heart. Dem see the vine before the wine, the sign before the shine, the line before the line, the dream before the stream, the beam, the team, the gleam. One word restore the courage, the porridge, the forage, the storage of the heart, one gesture renew, the few, the true, the dew, the view, the through, one faithful soul remind you say the dream still hold, the gold, the bold, the told. Chain, remain, explain, sustain, the gain, the pain, the rain, the grain, una no just watch the road, una carry the load, una change the code, una be the link, the chain, the chain, the ones wey keep the flame inside the rain. [CHORUS: REPEAT, GUITAR LIFTS] THaNk YOU, BABA GOD! Juju dey remember, September, December, the ember, Juju dey appreciate, celebrate, document, the moment, the testament, especially for those wey kept encouraging, the nurturing, the stirring, Juju dey remember, Juju dey remember. [BRIDGE: THE BLUES OF GRATITUDE, SLOW & LOW] Low note, slow note, soul note, whole note, the throat, the boat, the quote, the wrote. Every vibration carry a sensation, a revelation, a destination. When the night dey long, You dey know, the glow, the flow, the show. When the road dey bend, You dey know, the send, the mend, the end. When the seed dey sleep, You dey know, the deep, the keep, the leap, the reap. When the flower go bloom, You dey know, the room, the loom, the boom, the perfume. I no know tomorrow, but I thank today, the way, the stay, the say, the pay, no claim say the battle don disappear, but the grace dey here, the clear, the near, the cheer. Mercy on mercy, blessing on blessing, the pressing, the lessons, the confessing, inside the waiting, gratitude na the choosing, the using, the never-losing. [VERSE 5: THE JING & BING ARCHITECTURE] JiNG dey bring the WHY, the sky, the fly, the sigh, the high, the poet's eye, BiNG dey bring the HOW, the now, the vow, the plow, the build, the skill, the will. One dey dream, the gleam, the beam, the stream, the theme, one dey frame, the claim, the aim, the same: imagination plus implementation. Proudly sponsored by SolidMove Entertainment... For Di Juju & Di Blues....