KRS-ONE & Saul Williams Collaborate in ‘Ocean Within’

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Lyr­ics

Ocean With­in by KRS-One and Saul Williams
[KRS-One]
Word..
Sonja.. you know you saw her in the movie
And my man Saul, he’s like THIS!

[Saul Wil­li­ams — singing]
There is no ocean like the one, within
Look to the moon rise with the tides, and swim
[repeat 4X]

[KRS-One — speak­ing while Saul sings]
Uh-huh, yeah, yeah
KRS-One, com­ing through.. like this
Uh-huh, do it, do it like that, like that
Uh, uh-huh

[Saul Wil­li­ams — sings first two lines]
Saul the road to Dam­as­cus, come fol­low me
The ser­pent swal­low the moon, but it won’t, swal­low me
(Yeah, speak the word!)
Intel­lect is like a major city
Laden with con­crete, metal
Advanced modes of transportation
Shin­ing build­ings, and fenced in parks
Spir­it is the moun­tain’s forest wilderness
and vast coun­tryside that sur­rounds it
Too many people live in the city
Strug­gling day to day for mere existance
Most have for­got­ten how to live off the land
They only exper­i­ence nature on class trips
and short-term vacations
For those that live in the country
Cit­ies are like amuse­ment parks with high prices
and tem­por­al satisfaction
At the end of the day, they are tired
and ready to go home, and relieve their ringing ears

[Saul Wil­li­ams — singing]
There is no ocean like the one, within
Look to the moon rise with the tides, and swim
[repeat 2X]

[KRS-One]
Uh-huh, speak the word
Hyper-accel­er­ated med­it­a­tions talk
The reversal of this word dis­pers­al is thought
There is no dif­fer­ence between thought and talk
like the black­board chalk and hom­icide chalk
they both give outlines
One is designed to out­line the mind
The oth­er out­lines the body after a crime
Could it be that these two chalks are connected;
mean­ing the body gets out­lined when the mind is neglected –
— or poorly directed
Like the teach­er with the chalk
Or is the teach­er the begin­ning of the hom­icide we talk?
Be select­ive in your speech
Cause the chalk of the two tech­nic­al teach­ing has taught each
Know­ledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone
Nearly every daugh­ter, nearly every son
Ignor­ance reigns supreme for some
They chase the sum, invit­ing the I‑R-S to come
Make the con­nec­tion, choose your direction
Use your pro­tec­tion when sex­in AND hexin
Things come back cause they really nev­er left
If the secret to med­it­a­tion is found in the breath
then speech is anoth­er form of meditativeness
Whattya say to this latest rhyme or poem?
Some have been known to quite the mind through
OHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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