Minnesota

Song: Minnesota
Album: Lesser Restoration

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released September 27, 2016

ref: https://open.spotify.com/album/5Wl3nCKB43NyUKz5LGp4L5

She cares for me with cops
Looks after me with laws
Calls me "nigger" when I'm not around

Employs me with a job
Kisses me with snow
Keeps me alive to make the wheels go 'round

And you convince yourself it's ok
Because it's all you've known
Surrounded by white smiles
Waitin' for permission to hope

So, she takes me down to the ballot box
And let's me pray without the cross
Makes my bed and she lays me down
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Chorus
And she says she loves me
She says she loves me
She says she loves me
And I feel nothing
She says she loves me
She says she loves me
She says she loves me
And I feel...
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Met her' back in '86
And she ain't been right since
I suspect somethin' long's been goin' on

I knew she had a past and all
And I believed her when she said those days were long gone
Until I took a good look at the ground

I saw pictures of Mankato
Pictures of Duluth
The video from Saint Paul
The dead spoke the truth

They said, "Old habits die hard,
but this money's one helluva drug.
She's got a dealer named legacy
and a drunk step daddy named America.

Brother, if you want to fight the good fight
Then you'll have to understand that she won't go by fallin' on her own sword
You'll have to reconstruct the handle to the blade, so there's a price to pick it up
'Cos we've all heard it before."
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Well I marched all the way to her front door
Demanded to know what the hell is goin' on
She drew a smile with those big blue eyes
And said, "Why so serious.

They named schools and lakes after murderers
they called masters
They protect my land with murderers
they call officers

They got a prison cell made for ya
and a bullet with your name on it,
and every time I made your bed
was just to measure out the grave for ya.

I wasn't born this way.
Could you help me change?"
She grabs me by the throat
and holds me down
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Chorus

River City Handsome

Song: River City Handsome
Album: NA

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released November 18, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/river-city-handsome

[Mega Ran, Verse 1]
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Now I don't know about y'all
But I'm about to post up at the Oak Hill Mall
My cousin told me 'bout a rumble goin' on
I wish a view from the school rooftop
Livin' like the king of River-City
River-City-River-City
Pack ya brass knuckles this is gettin'-gritty
gettin'-gritty-gettin'-gritty
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[MC Type, Verse 2]
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Chorus
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[Phillip Morrison, Verse 3]
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Chorus

Chase Your Bliss

Song: Chase Your Bliss
Album: Edo

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released June 24, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/chase-your-bliss

All the way from California

She said Mr. Morrison

If ya ever want to find him again

You’ll have to run fast enough to chase down your bliss

So I run and I run and I run

Hopin’ one day that you will be

Runnin’, runnin’, runnin’

Right there along side with me

When it feels like the winter’s won

And the gods took leave to turn down the sun

You can see it’s just all shades of gray

I close my eyes and pretend I can hear you say

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Chorus

This is all whatever you make of it

This world is yours if you want

Time don’t lie, so live it true

Don’t fear the end, proceed with love

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I look my self-destruction in the eye and say, “Is that all ya got, bitch”

It whispers that it could’ve claimed my life years ago, but we can rock right now if ya want

And we go on and on and on and on and on until we’re at the edge

I fear the day this rage won’t be enough and I can’t hear ya sing

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Chorus

Stone Cold Revival

Song: Stone Cold Revival
Album: Edo

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released June 24, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/stone-cold-revival

I don’t count summers, ‘cos they don’t last

It’s been 7 long winters since he passed

It’s the feelin’ that you shoulda gotten over the feelin’ long ago

It’s the shame in that you feel ashamed you can’t let go

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In the land of snowfall, sunshine, and cold sidewalks

There’s a rage swimmin’ thru my heart searchin’ for an answer in an empty space

In the land of snowfall, sunshine, and cold sidewalks

Can’t contain this feelin’ to rip the picture from its frame

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She tells me her adventures with her sister before she passed on

She wears the stories on her lips when she laughs and takes pause

I fathom if our losses were disguised as gain

That someday we’d share that very same empty space

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In the land of snowfall, sunshine, and cold sidewalks

I refrain from ever askin’ if her heart holds that same rage

In the land of snowfall, sunshine, and cold sidewalks

Can’t contain this feelin’ to set fire to the picture’s frame

LeTron Brains

Song: LeTron Brains
Album: Edo

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released June 24, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/letron-brains

They talk about me like my full name’s Akira

But compensate appearance for the less than half fearless

I already hit the button, so I don’t need to steer it

If this is the epidemic, I don’t wanna cure it

This kid goes west; Fievel

Dodgin’ and weavin’ a generation walkin’ dead on arrival

You dreamt as far as a cubicle, it’s game over

Time is smilin’, swan divin’ from the 28^th floor

And it was never a question the hell we waitin’ for

Had you racin’ towards painted doors thinkin’ you were paid in full

Word to Rakim. Rest in peace Baatin.

No need to take it easy tonight. Who’s shot is this?

I slayed the sub-boss, but couldn’t save the city

And somehow these good intentions keep paintin’ a villain

The ghost of ex-girlfriend’s past float the ceiling,

And I only pay’em mind when the PBR won’t conceal it

Lost the feelin’, but the reflex still remains

To set flames to another good thing, but

Good’s relative, I commence with no regrets

Throw my hood back on and walk away from the burnin’ mess

Kid Fresh, they sayin’ he ain’t nice

Steps off the tour bus lookin’ like he robbed a bank twice

I envy him. It’s far beyond pretendin’.

Even the director’s cut couldn’t stretch a happy endin’

I got problems that got problems, man

But trust me, it’s all part of the plan- Yup!

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Chorus

If you got somethin’ to say, then say somethin’

It won’t be long before I leave the ground

Money, I ain’t afraid to give a fuck

And when I go off, trust me, you’ll hear the sound

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And I can hear’em call out my name like the sirens off’a the top of the ambulance

Carryin’ Steve Rogers’ cold body bleedin’ from the neck

In a city full mirrors and no smoke

Milwaukee after-party until 7am; Blow

These mufuckas stay hype with online play-fights

But we, New Revengers, only payback in fatal strikes

But try and pay respect and you won’t even lift the debt

The exchange rate’s too steep from the street to indie cred

Ain’t even into it and lookin’ like we’re givin’ 10

What you were dreamin’ last night, I was livin’ it’

Wylie’s studio turned to a House of M

I cope with my reality versus the one I’m livin’ in.

A revolution away, I’ve been sprintin’ a steep-hill

Watchin’ you give your rage away to a shortcut and a cheap thrill

Strugglin’ to keep still, and I ain’t even on edge

Motherfuck a venue, I wanna see the street’s filled

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Hailey Says You're Out

Song: Hailey Says You're Out
Album: Edo

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released June 24, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/hailey-says-youre-out

Hold your fire

Boy, cool it

This ain’t your fight

Every time the good gets goin’, yo ass wanna come ‘round

I ain’t waitin’ on wine, fuck a schedule

It’s high time to break hell loose

This ain’t the type of party where you want to worry about the “how”

The fill-line

Was long passed

Around 9

Where was yo ass?

Awe hell.

Who is she?

Dressed in red

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Chorus

Pullin’ me in

I could, but I won’t fight back

She’s already in my system

My pulse in her hand

She said, “Show me somewhere

I ain’t never been”.

I said, “Girl, I’ll take you

To the mountain top and back”

That’s when she hesitated quick

And said, “I’m in charge of my girl Hailey,

And when she wants to go, we all gotta dip”

I said, “One more dance, before Hailey leaves”.

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Thelonius or Mos Def or Aerosmith

I’m addicted to sound.

Please tell me you’ll enable me

For one more song before you head out.

Your girl Hailey’s the leader of the pack

And she’s been calllin’ the shots

But hip and eyes got me goin’ thru withdrawal

I’m not one to give up

Oooh Oooh

It’s like voodoo

Oooh Oooh

It’s like voodoo

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Chorus

Casey Jones'n

Song: Casey Jones'n
Album: Edo

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released June 24, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/casey-jonesn

Now, I’m no stranger to Spandex. Skinny jeans, I can handle’em

Shit, I was 15 rockin’ Speedos on the swim team

This New Avengers uniform is nothin’ demandin’

Skin-tight’s the job requirement, don’t misunderstand it

But the plan get got dicey when I ran into her

At the Gwen Stacey Memorial Fundraiser in New York

She flew up on me like, “You must be-“ I said, “Right now, I’m Toussaint

Let’s keep it to government names and you are?”

The conversation continued on and on

Until I realized the fundraiser was long over, now, we’re closin’ bar.

I’m hopin’ for a good night’s smashin’, heavy thunder clappin’

Up that mattress and wakin’ up on time in the morning for the captain

She said, “You ever get the feelin’, bad things are always gonna happen

No matter what we do?

Sometimes I wanna fuck shit up beyond repair just for the hell of it.”

I said, “Excuse me, I think I just fell in love with you”

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CHORUS

Oooooh, oooooh, oooooh

I’d be a villain for you

This city never loved me the way you do

And I don’t owe’em nothin’ but the coldness

I, Aiiiieee, Aiiiieee

Put the charges on me

Ain’t no way they gonna catch us both

I love you to a slow death

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A little bit’a good, a little bit’a bad

A whole lotta in between

I mean, I got love for my hood. I wish it was all I had

Cos’ the rest is disappointment and grief

Now, I’m callin’ out cops instead of holdin’ my breath

We’re all goin’ the same direction, quick or a slower death

Peace and hysteria, survivalist or ruthless

We honeymoon’n hard in a room with a view from Doomstadt

I set a fire and tell her that’s how much I love you

She punched a crater in a planet and said, “I wanna touch ya”.

The balance is fragile, you never know when you’ll lose it

Sometimes we’re not meant to have control. I give into it

With my heart and every artery pumpin’ poison to parts of me

She accepts whole heartedly

Break somethin’ by yourself and they’ll call ya a criminal

But it’s love when you find someone to fuck shit up with you

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