Africa 2012/2013 Traveling Book Of Rhymes

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Gonna be posting some rhymes inspired by my recent journey to the beautiful West Africa!   I was blessed to receive a lot of inspiration from the motherland and it's all been converted or in the process of being converted to rhyme.   From my 3rd floor apartment patio balcony I experienced one epiphany after another...



Many nights staring at the moon from this location, brought peace of mind and tranquility.  Also creative intelligence to right more and give more of myself to others to make this world a better place.  As Phil Collins says on "Land of Confusion" this is the world we live in, these are the hands we're given, USE THEM AND LET'S START TRYING TO MAKE IT A PLACE WORTH LIVING!!

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Experiencing dramatic energy shifts
Remind myself to open my eyes, just exist
but my thoughts drift
highs and lows
life was so slow
now it's sped up tenfold
"Just open your eyes" I keep reminding myself
Try not to think because thinking doesn't help
Just want to exist, feel life in it's fullness
Can't react with boldness
Just trying to keep up
Eating large meals to keep me gassed
Sometimes I don't even know where I'm at
But if I can trust these eyes
then they bring me up so high
I can thank God as I fly through the clouds
James Taylor sings "He's Going To Carolina"
Guess I know what he means now
Life is beautiful when your eyes are above your thoughts
Instead of trying to tell your psychee things are what they are not
Lost in a sweet transition to another coast
Feet don't fail me now as I step in the boat
Discordination need to grab hold of something to keep me steady
Mama Africa I'm here now even if my mind isn't quite ready!

[Will_B]

Experiencing dramatic energy shifts
Remind myself to open my eyes, just exist
but my thoughts drift
highs and lows
life was so slow
now it's sped up tenfold
"Just open your eyes" I keep reminding myself
Try not to think because thinking doesn't help
Just want to exist, feel life in it's fullness
Can't react with boldness
Just trying to keep up
Eating large meals to keep me gassed
Sometimes I don't even know where I'm at
But if I can trust these eyes
then they bring me up so high
I can thank God as I fly through the clouds
James Taylor sings "He's Going To Carolina"
Guess I know what he means now
Life is beautiful when your eyes are above your thoughts
Instead of trying to tell your psychee things are what they are not
Lost in a sweet transition to another coast
Feet don't fail me now as I step in the boat
Discordination need to grab hold of something to keep me steady
Mama Africa I'm here now even if my mind isn't quite ready!

Good to read u on that positive vibe instead of that 'my life is not what I want it to be' or 'out of your control' type thing I'm used to seeing.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Good to read u on that positive vibe instead of that 'my life is not what I want it to be' or 'out of your control' type thing I'm used to seeing.

It's not really me being more positive.  It's just that different places bring different vibes, different people have different vibes.  It's going to be a challenge now adjusting back to being here in America but at least for some time my mind will be fresh and I can look at things with a fresh perspective.  How long it will take to get contaminated again?  Not sure, sometimes it takes a couple months, other times I can make it several months.  I'd like to make the good vibes permanent one day, eventually.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

One way, has to be better than another way
Is my mantra to make today better
be a good person no matter the weather
there is always one way that's better
just have to be clever and find it
to be reminded what equilibrium feels like
It feels like a night of good sleep
When I can wake up and just think
And just pondering the African cultural life,
things like; their never giving specific times, for anything?
Does that inspire them to cling more faithfully
unto Allah and their destiny?
Just some pleasant thoughts I can get lost in on carefree mornings

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

What language does the traveler dream in?
What world does he sleep in?
Three weeks into my new world
and a funny occurrence occurred
My first truly Gambian dream!
There I was at a lively venue
spending freely without looking
at the prices on the menu
Till finally after a timeless night
amongst my treasured friends
My bill was due - when just then--
I was informed a faded face had picked up the tab!
...One of the best dreams I ever had.
 

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

The competitiveness of my youth
At some point all got confused
when stressed mounted up
enough to derail me
I lost my good mind
Until their good words brought me back
These words that can be a shield
be a blanket, be a happiness in fact
The good phrases that bring context and meaning
and elevate you to higher states of being
It starts with the train of thought and then manifests
Next thing you know your in a West African sunset
Under the "red" sun, and walking on "red' sand
Still challenged by life but rising to the challenge
Cause the sounds your hearing bring about balance
Kind words of a friend, harmony and melody of a song
Till suddenly you can do no wrong
and everything is everything, just life going on and on...

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

In Western life,
time is an enemy,
every conversation is rushed
every interaction preoccupied with time
the clock is our lord and master
In Africa there is no time
sometimes you just sit with others
no conversation
nothing to be done
nothing more to be said
just sitting
in the way the sand sits on a beach
for no other purpose
but to know your alive.

[MUHFUKKA]

not too sure about the rhyming part

[Reef]

Like this alot. You feel the different styles and different moods in each verse. The pics are cool too, put a bit of context to everything. Liking this..

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Most people take long solo trips to find themselves and come back a better person. Shit clearly ain't working out for you when you have to do it over and over.

[Indecisive]

Like this alot. You feel the different styles and different moods in each verse. The pics are cool too, put a bit of context to everything. Liking this..

I agree, realness.

[Sccit]

real shit

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Most people take long solo trips to find themselves and come back a better person. Shit clearly ain't working out for you when you have to do it over and over.

Don't know what you mean... I do it over and over because it works.  There's an African proverb that says something like, "If you try your luck and it works, don't try it just once.  Try it a second time, third time, (and so on)." 

Every time I come back a better person.  But there is a problem, in that I always come back to the same situation back home, if not worse.   So therefore as my life away is working for me, my life at home is working against me and they end up battling each other.   But we can only do what is within our means, we don't have an endless amount of resources to pull from.   So you just thank Allah for what you do have, and pray and work so that Allah can one day give you what you don't have.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Like this alot. You feel the different styles and different moods in each verse. The pics are cool too, put a bit of context to everything. Liking this..

Dope.  More and more coming throughout the year as I have time to reflect.  I still have a lot I wrote down during the trip that I haven't been able to look back on yet.