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Eat (Dennis B​-​Side)

from Dennis (Single) by Forefeather

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INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:
Numero Deux - The Dining Rooms

This beat is not my intellectual property, and I don't permit you to give me any money for the song I made out of it. That said, I hope you enjoy the song.

3Rhythms is an album inspired by and built with sounds from a trip to India, as part of a collaborative multimedia project with Summer HB.

More information on 3Rhythms the album and project: www.forefeather.com/3rhythms.html

lyrics

Yo.
(Alright, what's this? This is gonna be silly.)
This song is about... uhh... the internet.

We are distracted from distraction by distraction,
And that's a quote from a 1930s poet (T.S Eliot: http://www.coldbacon.com/poems/fq.html) but what's happened between those days and these has got me considering how much more a sense of presence for us might soon be completely absent.

Let me explain.
So, for example, the next time that you listen to this song make sure that you've got an apple,
And right now is the moment you'll take your first bite out of it,
And then focus your intention on the internal battle-
Between the mind's unexplainable gravitation away-
From the present experience of chewing-
Whether it's tasty and the thoughts are already on the next bite-
Or maybe the mind has gone to reminisce on the other night.
Alright so maybe you're just distracted by listening to me.
Just take a moment to notice wherever it's off running.
Because there's something kind of funny in how much effort it takes to try to keep ourselves from time traveling.

So take a bite, again, and keep on bringing the inner vision on back to feeling the sensation.
That's something that we can all benefit from; presence.
So enjoy it. And then maybe swallow,
And then bite, again, and keep on bringing the inner vision on back to feeling the sensation,
And that's something that maybe we should all practice.
Bite, and chew, and enjoy, and swallow, and bite, and chew, and then be present.
And then bite, and chew, and enjoy, and swallow, and bite, and chew, and enjoy.

When life's like that, (you know just what I mean by "that"? It's like "yeah...") we've all been there... we know that.
Remember that? Back when you said "I'm never coming back"?
It's just like that sometimes, we understand.
(I understand.)

So take a bite, and then take a moment only to feel like you can be at pease with what you bit off,
and find if the mind's decided to categorize what's inside you right now as all wrong, or alright.
(Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, now ladies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw)
So just notice, and then hold this close, as you commence chewing,
and really see if you can focus on whether the judgement is that it's negative or positive.
Is the sensation fixed, or is it broken?
(Is this shit broken?)
So find exactly what the mind says, and then don't judge.
Only let it be what it is.
Maybe notice if the judgement shifts from something in control of the self to purely emotions.
Because you see emotions are nothing but a thing we have.
Like a bentley, or like a crockpot, or an iPad.
And they're created when the mind says "This is good! This is bad!" but if I feel mad, why should I have to be that, you know?
So maybe I will judge this experience of using my mandibles,
But I'm not controlled by it when I relinquish time travel,
Bring my conscious to the present, and acknowledge how it feels to be smack in the middle of my life, omnommin' on this apple.
(OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM)

So I bite, again, and keep on bringing the inner vision on back to feeling the sensation,
And that's something that we can all benefit from; presence.
So enjoy it. And then swallow,
And bite, again, and keep on bringing the inner vision on back to feeling the sensation.
That's something that maybe we should all practice.
Bite, and chew, and enjoy, and then swallow, and bite, and chew, and then be present.
Bite, and chew, and enjoy. (And swallow and-)
Bite, and chew, and then be present. (And then swallow and then-)
Bite and chew and enjoy the present moment.
A little presence.
Carpé diémin'.
Carpé diém, bitches.
(Bite and chew and enjoy and swallow and bite.)
And then just swallow and just bite,
And then be present.

credits

from Dennis (Single), released November 25, 2014
Written, arranged, and performed by Forefeather.
Recorded by Forefeather at BVLC studio.
Instrumental: Numero Deux - The Dining Rooms

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Dedicated to infusing hip-hop with the art and practice of skillful living, Forefeather creates conscious rap music that is danceable, mindfulness-oriented, and celebratory of hip-hop’s lush history.

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