Living dead
from The Looma (part 3/5) by One Be Lo
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lyrics
Wunda couldn't decide what he hated more.
These daily chores or the Conquistadors
who raided his world?
He wished he never knew this nightmare.
He wished he woke up way before the flames roared.
He wished he never woke up at all.
He blamed himself for how their bodies burned in the blaze
because he was too lazy to wake up and save them.
He even blamed them.
He went on edge for some time
wedged between revenge and regression.
Regret and depression.
A living dead man, with no direction.
There were bamboo holding pens for only men,
and seperate prisons for the women.
Everybody sleeps on the earth,
ankle to shoulder.
In the mornings they are fed porridge,
but in the evenings sometimes, they eat dead rodents.
After many moons separate from the brethren,
Wunda sees a familiar face being threatened
By friends that flock together in their feathering.
Mosnar was accused of rewarding himself
with a huge diamond from a river finding
by another slave mining Mosnar’s business license.
“That's a lie!” He claimed.
The Bird seer's quarantined him for three days
in a small cage under careful eye.
After he finally passed a bowel movement, they examine his stool and traced diamonds and rubies in his waste line. Once the hiding was proved, the Bird seer's didn't waste time having his left hand removed.
Next they tied him to a stake in the open space and let the vultures have their take. After two days of hanging in the same somber state, carnivorous beaks dipped and ripped big chunks of flesh from his chest plate, causing tremendous ache. He was still alive when they picked his eyes from his face.
His skeletal remains still hang,
as a warning to all sticky fingers in the game
that the loss is greater than the gain.
These daily chores or the Conquistadors
who raided his world?
He wished he never knew this nightmare.
He wished he woke up way before the flames roared.
He wished he never woke up at all.
He blamed himself for how their bodies burned in the blaze
because he was too lazy to wake up and save them.
He even blamed them.
He went on edge for some time
wedged between revenge and regression.
Regret and depression.
A living dead man, with no direction.
There were bamboo holding pens for only men,
and seperate prisons for the women.
Everybody sleeps on the earth,
ankle to shoulder.
In the mornings they are fed porridge,
but in the evenings sometimes, they eat dead rodents.
After many moons separate from the brethren,
Wunda sees a familiar face being threatened
By friends that flock together in their feathering.
Mosnar was accused of rewarding himself
with a huge diamond from a river finding
by another slave mining Mosnar’s business license.
“That's a lie!” He claimed.
The Bird seer's quarantined him for three days
in a small cage under careful eye.
After he finally passed a bowel movement, they examine his stool and traced diamonds and rubies in his waste line. Once the hiding was proved, the Bird seer's didn't waste time having his left hand removed.
Next they tied him to a stake in the open space and let the vultures have their take. After two days of hanging in the same somber state, carnivorous beaks dipped and ripped big chunks of flesh from his chest plate, causing tremendous ache. He was still alive when they picked his eyes from his face.
His skeletal remains still hang,
as a warning to all sticky fingers in the game
that the loss is greater than the gain.
credits
from The Looma (part 3/5),
released October 31, 2019
The Looma credits:
Story written by: Nahshid Sulaiman aka One Be Lo aka OneManArmy
Narration: General Subliminal aka OneManArmy
Beat production and fx: OneManArmy (Trackezoids, Autocons)
Audio Recording and Mixing: MVG (Autocons) in multiple cities.
Mastering: ConductorWilliams
Illustrations: Naim ibn Nahshid
Constellation and Map illustrations: Savera Iftikhar and Nahshid Sulaiman
Typography: Cooper Neil
Cover graphic layout: Cooper Neil
The Looma credits:
Story written by: Nahshid Sulaiman aka One Be Lo aka OneManArmy
Narration: General Subliminal aka OneManArmy
Beat production and fx: OneManArmy (Trackezoids, Autocons)
Audio Recording and Mixing: MVG (Autocons) in multiple cities.
Mastering: ConductorWilliams
Illustrations: Naim ibn Nahshid
Constellation and Map illustrations: Savera Iftikhar and Nahshid Sulaiman
Typography: Cooper Neil
Cover graphic layout: Cooper Neil
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One Be Lo Pontiac, Michigan
One Be Lo is a HipHop writer/emcee/producer from Pontiac Michigan, currently living in Cairo, Egypt.
Contact One Be Lo if interested writing, production, performances, book readings or workshops.
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