Moonshine - The Gift of Gab

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Moonshine Lyrics

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

It's been a long time comin' as well
Lots of rises, lots of falls, lots of stories to tell
Lots of forty ounce session, couch surfin', hotel
Residency, got to pay the rent, fuck it, oh well

Came to a point where a drink meant death
Cold turkey, nerves shook, all the stress repressed
Bubbled up to the surface, now I'm lookin' at me
Face to face with myself, simply tryin' to be

Sometimes it's hard to just be when you're blinded in mist
I wonder if other people go through shit like this
Was about to call it quits then the moonlight spoke
I was sleepin' on life, suddenly I awoke and now I'm

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

Did some wrongs, paid some costs
Skipped out on some roommates, cussed out a few bosses
Explosion of the ego, the power of the source
I guess that I was lookin' for a confidence loss

Somewhere along the road I must have made a wrong turn
But I've come to realize that it's just a long journey
Used to search for the meanin' 'till one dark summer night
A cat told me that my words had inspired his life and now I'm

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

Now it's all about purpose, progress, not perfection
Seein' beneath the surface, faith followed by action
I live it all now with the hunger and a passion
And when I get stuck I let go and keep mashin'

And when I get stuck, I get still and just ask Him
For knowledge of His will then my third eye transcends
Thought and everything now's exactly like it's supposed to be
Channel when I'm givin' and give it back out, over beats

Every now and then I think of how things work
All that's fuel for fire now, it's funny how things work
And when I'm flustered and I find I'm slippin' back in that space
I see that planet, now it's perfect in the middle of space
And I know that I'm

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

Findin' out my way somehow
Heard those sounds up in the sky
Tryin' to find a way about
Darkness will not be my guide

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The Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) is the MC for the California hip-hop duo Blackalicious, and a member of Quannum Projects (along with Chief Xcel, DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef). In 2004, he also released a solo album entitled 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up.

The name seemingly is taken from the personal quality one is said to attain upon kissing the [1] Blarney Stone. This is also interpreted as someone who can talk the talk and is streetwise and can get through life by the way they speak. This would be associated with bargaining a deal etc.

One of his songs appears on the "Roll forever" skateboarding movie and is used by a skater named Darrell Stanton.

The song 'Rat Race' from 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up is frequently used on the highly popular Sky Sports show, Soccer AM.

Discography

* 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up (2004)
* Supreme Lyricism (2006 - limited-edition mix CD)
* Escape 2 Mars (2009)

With Chief Xcel as Blackalicious:

* Melodica (1996)
* A2G (EP) (1999)
* Nia (2000)
* Blazing Arrow (2002)
* The Craft (2005)
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