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Mum-ra is the main villain of “Thundercats.”

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“This is one of those end of the album songs that sound like church.”

A bonus track on Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes, and so is technically untitled.

Some discrepancies between the album version and the live Youtube version, both of which were used for transcribing.

Album Version (Skip to 6:20):

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This sort of hearkens to the Muhammad Ali quote

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

and other quotes like it, but holds on to that idea from a pessimistic view. Even if things are generally okay, grasping on little issues can end up ruining contentment.

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http://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/track/doug-stamper-advice-raps-feat-hannibal-buress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ONZSz-y8w

Doug Stamper was Francis Underwood’s Chief of Staff in Netflix’s hit show House of Cards. He is known for the advice he gives to Frank when in times of duress.

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Sung in a way similar to the spiritual “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”, compare with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9eiZHOhsMU

This also may be a callback to the song ‘No Body Nose’ off of his past project Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5QtMrQdbA

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This song was first performed, and with an extra verse, on KPFK Radio’s ‘Breakbeats and Rhymes’ show on January 5th, 2014 (about an hour and a half in if anyone out there stumbles upon this and wants to dig the archive).

The instrumental is a Doc ILLingsworth produced beat titled “Dolphin Legs” from his project ‘Swift and Sullied’.

http://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/track/thirsty-ego-raps

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This song samples “A Horse With No Name” by America.

http://hellfyreclub.bandcamp.com/track/geometry-and-theology

There’s a good chance that the title of this song is a reference to John Kennedy Toole’s novel “A Confederacy of Dunces,” which is about an obese medievalist named Ignatius Reilly and his travails throughout his home city of New Orleans.

Ignatius is incredibly well-educated and, at the same time, woefully impractical; his implacable adherence to the ideals of the Middle Ages make it impossible for him to live or function as a regular adult, which results in most of the book’s humor/sadness. One of his most oft-repeated criticisms of modern times is that they lack – you guessed it – “geometry and theology.”

In general, the image of the hapless pedant fits in with a lot of Milo’s other songs; Ignatius' famous announcement – “I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make the occasional cheese dip” – could fit in next to a lot of Milo’s lyrics.

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Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew made by the native peoples of Peru and Ecuador for healing purposes. The brew consists of various plants found in those regions, some containing the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine or DMT.

It’s not known for having the most pleasant taste

Learn more from this TED Talk by Graham Hancock:
The War on Consciousness

Now imagine Killer Mike and El-P being your spirit guides during a psychedelic journey… It’d be one hell of a ride.

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This is a response to the world that we live in especially how it relates to pop culture and the effect that it has on our children. As a father of three boys I see these effects close up. The problem is that we feed into what society tells us is normal. We feed into how society tells us we are supposed to act and what we are supposed to like and we pass these things down to the generations to come. I hope to leave a legacy of love and individuality to my children. I hope to show them that being your own person and thinking with your own mind is something to take pride in and be cherished. We can’t let society raise our children we have to take the responsibility to do it ourselves. If we don’t we can’t complain about how they turn out.

-Illogic

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Many of us choose to walk through life blind to the fact that we are not alone. This is all by choice. No matter what your spiritual beliefs are, this song is a testament that we keep our selves ordinary by choice when we are created to soar. It’s difficult to try to stay in that mindset when life smacks you in the face over and over again, but if you keep your eyes on your dreams and your purpose in life then you can be what you are called to be. Make the choice to see your greatness and you can fly without fear.

-Illogic

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