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PARTY IN A PYRAMID

by MENES the Pharaoh & Golden Mask`

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[MENES the Pharaoh] I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY HAND... IN A WARM GRATITUDE... AND COLD RESERVE... A WELCOME OF SORTS, A MOMENT OF ELEGANCE. A FROZEN GLASS RAISED TO A GOLDEN MASK. YES, WELCOME EVERYBODY, TO A PARTY IN A PYRAMID, GO AHEAD BOW DOWN IF YOU WOULD, GO AHEAD. OR NOT. I HAVE ALL MY CLOSEST PHARAOH'S AND LORDZ WITH ME.. I HAVE IT ALL... I WHO HAVE NOTHING.. BUT THE COMFORT OF SANDSTONE AND DARKNESS.. A SLIGHT GREEN GLOW FROM THE EMERALDZ AND UNBEKNOWNST SOULZ RADIANT... EVERLASTING ... TIMELESS... WE ALL HOLD COUNCIL TOGETHER... WITH AURIC MICS.. ITS I...! ... A BROKEN SPARROW, GLIDELESS ON THE WIND, EXTRACTING SILENCE, YOUR HIGHNESS GRINS.. WINE SPILLING FROM UNDER FILLED CUPS.. DICTATES HOW MUCH WE TRULY STIR THIS SHIT UP. CORPORAL.. REMORSEFUL... THE MASKS DECODED MORSELS MORLORIAN REHEARSAL TO A DREADFUL DISMAL REVERSAL.. THE PHARAOH! HES GOLDEN. AND RESOURCEFUL THE VESSEL .. ORBITAL AURACLE .. COSMIC STOREFRONTS SELLING TICKETS FORCEFUL BREAK ARMS AND BANKS, WITH YARN AND SHANKZ MY PYRAMID IS TRAPPED WITH HARM AND THANKS SAY HOOO! AND RAISE YOUR HANDS HIGH I RESPOND LOW AND CURDLING, THE TIME IS NIGH PREACH THEY SAY! ... WE WANT ANOTHER SPEECH THEY SAY... AS I TEACH THE WAY. IT ALL SEEMS OBSOLETE AND GREY SKIES ... NEVER TO BE VIEWED AGAIN. EXCEPT THROUGH JAGGED TEARS OF MY PEN ASTRAL-LOGICAL, CONSTEL-PRODIGAL MODERN MARVEL AND MASK OF OBSTACLES LEERING, DISCERNING AND VEERING, MOSTLY TO A SERUM STIRRED IN A CAULDRON, OF A LOST AUTUMN THE NILE FLOWZ ONLY ONE DIRECTION, SO YOUR LIMBS GO THE SAME WAY, IN THE MINDS EYE , OF A MINDFUL LIE I MINDLESSLY COMPLY CAUSTICALLY DIE, ITS THE BEGINNING OF VERY FEW ENDS, ITS THE DESCENDENTS OF EVERY SINGLE SCENT COME ONE, AND COME ALL, COME ON EVERYBODY LET US FALL LET THIS BE THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR DOOM, LET ME BE THE ONE TO DIRECT YOU TO THE ROOM ... ONE OF MANY IN MY PYRAMID... ONE OF FEW IN APPEARANCES THE PHARAONIC TEMPLE, REHEARSING CHANTS TO THE MENTAL THE UNDEAD WALK AND UNWRAP THERE SELVES, OLDEN MINDS COLLAPSE AND BEAR NEW FRUITS... ITS THE REVIVAL, MY SURVIVAL, ITS THE TITLE OF THE UNWRITABLE .. UNSPOKEN UNBORN AND UNLEARNED... ITS MENES, AND ALL MY GUEST ARE WITH ME ITS A PARTY IN A PYRAMID, THE DOORS ARE FILLING QUICKLY 4 ENTRANCES, ENTRANCED MISTRESSES ARE PLOTTING DEATH WISHES... AND I SIT.. ON MY GOLDEN THRONE, WITH THE MASK BESIDE ME... ITS THE MYSTIKZ
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Of The Mask 02:27
[MENES the Pharaoh] STEPPIN THROUGH... IN RUGGED BOOTZ SPITTIN CHEST BLOOD, LIKE WHO THE FUCK IS YOU. CARRIED A RUCK OR TWO, HUNDRED POUND ARTILLERY, BUCKIN TROOPZ CATCH THE FLAK FEEDBACK, MICROPHONE E-VAC, HOLDIN CASUALTY NOTEPADZ ROTTEN EMCEES, PUKING UP GARBAGE, PUTRID DARTZ THATZ SWEET REGARDLESS TWO DAYZ IN THE JUNGLE GOT TONSILS I GOT SYPHILIS FROM FUCKING THE DIRTIEST OF WOMAN IN THE DARKEST OF HUTZ, AND THE FOULEST OF CONDITIONZ RICEHATZ AND ALL, NAM TATZ ON SKULLZ SHRAPNEL, FROM WOOD METAL BONE I DIVULGE AS SCARZ STAND AT ATTENTION, NEED I MENTION HOLD PROVOKING THOUGHTZ AT BAYONET ENDINGZ AND PUSH THROUGH WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY STATEMENTZ DESTINED FOR GREATNESS, I SNATCH OUT VERBATIM AND ASK FOR MY OWN PLACEMENT 1ST PLATOON FIRST INFANTRY ASK THE MASON, AIRBORNE DIVISION, WITH DOOR GUNNER POSITION AND SCOUT LIKE PRECISION, NEVER MISSIN A MISSION UP EARLY LIKE I WAS FISHIN, AND IN THE WATER LIKE A CHRISTIAN NO MEDALZ TO PROVE WHAT IVE DONE
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[MENES the Pharaoh] ALL YALL BETTER STAND UP... AND YOUR MANZ? HE BETTER PUT HIS HANDZ UP AND YOUR GIRL KNOW SHE GETTIN WHAT WHAT WE DO IT FOR DAYZ THIS AINT A HOBBY KID, I NEEDA GET PAID... I PUT MY BLOOD SWEAT... AND TEARZ IN THIS ART EVERYDAY I SWEAR TO YOU AS IF I ALWAYZ TELLIN THE TRUTH, AND I DO.. HOW BOUT YOU? SMOKE A CIGGERETTE KICK IT TO THE KIDZ LIKE THERES NOTHING LEFT AND THERE REALLY ISNT, TRAPPED UP IN THE PRISM BUILD ANOTHER PRISON, CAUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM WHY WONT YA'LL LISTEN? UTTER MY WORDZ, LIKE A MOTHER TO A HERSE ..."SILENT ANSWERZ" THE SILENCE IS DISQUIET EVEN FOR PHANTOMZ WHO MOVE AROUND MY SOUL.... WITH WELL LIT LANTERNZ I SINGGG THESE SONGGGZ, TO SEND KNOWLEDGE TO MY GRANDSONZ... WHO... I WILL NEVER MEET, AND I KNOW THAT FO SHO, YOU HAVE TO PAY TO COMPETE THINGZ YOU WILL NEVER EARN BACK, MY LUNGZ ARE MY BLACK, MY MIND IS BLEAK, PREFER SOLITUDE, DONT CARE WHO YOU BE, I FEEL LOVE IN MY LIFE, BUT NOT THE SAME LOVE YOU FEEL FOR YOUR WIFE WHEN I HOLD THE MIC AND DIVE FOR LINES TO RECITE I FEEL THE MOST ULTIMATE LIGHT, I WAS BORN TO WRITE AND I WONT DIE, YOU JUST HEAR MY MUSIC FOR EONZ AT NIGHT ME AND ZEN STUDENTZ? WELL.. YOU BETTER LISTEN UP PRUDENCE CHECK YOUR MOVEMENTZ... BE PRECISE... THATZ ACCURATE, WE BUDDHAS ASLEEP IN LIFE ONLY BORN AFTER THE FACT, BLESSIN A TRACK HEAR OUR VOICES ECHOING OUT FADING TO BLACK ACCEPTING ACTUAL FACT, ANYLESS THEREZ NOTHING MORE TO LACK I'M IMMORTAL SUN REMEMBER THAT
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[MENES the Pharaoh] ON THE BACK OF A-TRAIN, I WAS SNIFFIN COCAINE DIRECT SUBWAY TRACKZ TO THE RAILZ OF MY BRAIN SO I NEVER DOSED OFF, NEVER MISSED MY STOP WHEN IT CAME TO THAT TIME, WAZ ALWAYZ HIP TO HOP = YO I STARTED THIS BACK WHEN THEY HAD BACKPACKS BUT NOW... ITZ ABOUT.. HAVEN GOLDEN PLATED WRAPZ HOLDIN TOGETHER THA WORDZ THAT YOU KNOW BETTER THEN TO SERVE YOU COULDNT EVEN ROLL THAT SHIT UP IF IT WAS HERB BONE DRY, AND IM NECESSARY.. READING THE GAMES OBITUARY UNDER THE EYE OF MOTHER MARY.. JAAANE... WHO WAS BORN FROM THE FLAMEZ OF MY NAME SENT BACK TO WHENCE WE CAME YO PUFF PUFF PASS TO THE LEFT OF THE CYPHER BRONZE FEET GOT MY BACK LIKE THE SCOUT OF A SNIPER NONE OF YALL HYPE MAN CAN GET ANY HYPER THE ARCHANGEL GOT YOU IN HIS SITES LIKE A HOLSTER FIGURE 4 RICK FLAIR, CAN YOU FIGURE YOUR THAT WITH YOUR HALF ASSED COOTIE CAT BOOTY FLAT RAPZ WHEN TRUDY COME KNOCKIN, BOOTZ BE COCKING 45.CALIBER STRAPZ DOO WOPZ BE DROPPIN YOU RHYME STYLES ARE WEAK YOUR TEKNEEKZ ARE BEAT YOU TRACKZ SOUND LIKE TRASH IN THE STREET ... YOUR MANZ CANT RAP AND HE FLAPPIN HIS BEAK HE BOUND TO GET SLAPPED, WRAPPED UP, AND PUT IN HIS SEAT YOU WANNA BATTLE WITH ME? YOU GOTTA BATTLE WITH 3 PUT ON SADDLEZ, AND PADDLEZ ARMED LIKE A CHEROKEE AND A WHOLE LOT MORE I DONT JUST KILL FOR FAMILY ARMED FOR FOR WAR, MI AMOR, DRIVEN BY HUMANITY
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[MENES the Pharaoh] ALL I NEED MAN, I LOVE THIZ THE GOLDEN GROOVE, ROLLIN THRU THE GROVE SUN I BEEN SMOKING SINCE I WAS 9 YEARZ OLD NEVER DID WHAT I WAS TOLD, I STOLE HOLDIN WHAT I NEEDED, IF THE SITUATION GOT HEATED WHO GOT MY BACK? WHOLE FLEETZ RETREATED LEFT THEY WOMAN, AND ALL THOSE BITCHES GOT SEEDED MAN IM FOUL BUT ONLY WHEN IM ON THE ENDO AND MOVE CROWDZ MIKE TYSONZ PUNCHOUT ON NINTENDO YA WANNA DANCE, HEARZ YA DAMN CHANCE SWISS CHEESE YOUR WHOLE CREW, THE REST GET THE CLAMPZ SWINGING BARZ, IN CLUBZ WHERE YOU STAMP THE FUCK AM I EVEN DOIN HEAR SOUND LIKE A VOODOO CHANT MUSHU YA KNEW SHOEZ GIVE YA GIRLY A GLANCE WIT THE YELLOWEST PEARLY WHITEZ I ADVANCE MARCHING ARMY, KID YOU NEVER HARM ME. IM LIKE GHANDI... WITH A BULLET PROOF, SPILLIN TRUTH, GONNA STEP THERE SOON NOT TO THE MOTHERLAND, OR THE HOME OF MOTHER EARTH [ALREADY THERE] JUST TO ANOTHER PLACE, WHERE A MOTHER GAVE BIRTH TRUTHFULLY OF THE MATTER, IN SPEAKING OF THE LATTER I AM GOING SIMPLY TO SEEK DATA THE BASEMENT DWELLAZ WE HEAR NOW MOVING THROUGH THE COSMOZ, YOU STUCK IN THE CLOUDZ SALUTE THE GENERAL... WITH THE GOLDEN MASK SHOOTS YOU IN THE FACE, GIVEZ THE MASON A BAT [The Mason]
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[MENES] UNDERWATER MYSTIK, SIREN CALL MISSED IT, CAULDRON WALL CRYPTIK CUL-DE-SAC OF WITCHEZ, I LIIIVE WITH IT , IN-TRIN-SIC, WITH PENZ, SCRIBE INTRICATE THROUGHOUT LION DENZ WITH ZEN TRIOXIDES, BOMBIN MY NAME LIKE THE PHARCYDE, WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKZ LIKE THE ARTIFACKTZ GOT MY... STAX OF WAX.. BLACK RELAX, BOOMBAP MOVE BACK BEFORE YOU CATCH A HEART ATTACK MAY HAVE THE MASK BUT HE AINT STANLEY IPKIS, YOU TOILET PLUNGERZ IZ SCRUBZ.. BUNCH OF DIPSHITZ I MOVE ON YOU, LIKE BOWELZ AND FEET, OR 100 THOUSAND ANGRY CIVILIAN WALKIN THE BEAT IN THE STREET, YOU CAN FEEL MY MUSIC, DRUG ADDICTZ LOVE IT, USERZ ABUSE IT ->>UNDETERMINED WETHER ITZ CALM OR UPLIFTING, MADNESS AND ADDICTING THE SMACK OF A GIANT TURNING FACT TO FICTION I GET BUSY WITH IT AND WE BACK AGAIN YES WE BACK MY FRIENDZ AND SO IT BLENDZ AND WE BACK AGAIN YES WE BACK MY FRIENDZ DONT REMEMBER I PRETEND AND WE BACK AGAIN YES WE BACK MY FRIENDZ HOPE IT NEVER ENDZ AND WE BACK AGAIN YES WE BACK MY FRIENDZ SO HEAR WE ARE THEN THROUGH THE REEFZ OF THE SEA THROUGH THE SUN AND THE BREEZE THROUGH THE MINDZ OF THE YOUNG AND THE OLD AND THE WEAK TO THE STRONG AND THE WRONG, TO THE RIGHT, PASS TO MIC TO THE LEFT PAS THE BONE WITH THE CHROME CLUTCH COUGHING OUT CLOUDZ, THINKING OUT LOUD SIFTING THROUGH SOUND EATIN WITH CROWDZ SINKING IN NOUNZ, TAKING-LEAPZ-AND-BOUNDZ THROUGH STREETZ AND TOWNZ END UP IN YOUR CITY WITH MY FEET IN YOUR MOUTH IT COULD BE A WHOLE LOT WORSE, PROMISE YOU THAT AND A WHOLE LOT OF CATZ, WONT PROMISE YOU JACK? QUARTER INCH MANG, GET ME THE XLR, ATLANTIS HEADPHONEZ AND MY SPECTRAL CAR ROLLIN DEEP SUN-> LIKE THE VIBEZ ON THIS TRACK, FEEL LIKE IM SLIPPIN FALLIN AND CANT COME BACK QUESTION MARK BESIDE MY EXPIRATION DATE, THAT COULD BE FOREVER, THAT COULD BE TODAY
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[MENES the Pharaoh] NOT THE SMOKING HOLOGRAM, NOR THE LIVING HOLLOW MAN, GIVING FORTH MORLORE TO THE PROMISE LAND SPITTIN COPENHAGEN, THA BLACK TAR BENGAL SPENDING MONTHS OVER SEAS COUNTIN RUPEES IN SHACKLEZ THE ALL RIGHT JACKAL, ONLY HEARD YOUR CATTLE REFUSE TO ACT ON SENSES, THIS LIFE IS OH SO FRAGILE... ...SHED A TEAR? REFUSE TO MY DEAR KICK A COUPLE ROCKS THEN I CRACK A BEER PYRAMID BLOCKZ. MY SURROUNDINGZ DISAPPEAR A FIGURATIVE SHOCK, ONLY I LOOK ON IN FEAR 100 TIMES IVE DONE THE SAME THING IN MY DAYZ AND THIS TIME I LOOK UPON A COLLAGE OF GRAVEZ A SICKNESS, A MIRAGE OF BLADES, A TEMPTRESS, HELD BY A SEA OF SWORDZ HELPLESS, HELD CRIES TO HEAR HER LORD ITZ LIES SNAKE TONGUED THE PATH IS FORKED OASIS,HELD MY SOUL LOCKED IN STATIS BUT CLEAR WATERZ LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN, REALITY ITZ HARD TO FACE IT, NEPHILIM... IN RIGHTEOUS SIN BEAR THE BURDEN OF HEAVY STONEZ WHEN I COME IN ROCK THE MIC,OCELOT, REVOLVER OSCILATE, CONCENTRATE, THE CYPHER, HEAR TO MOTIVATE JUMP WIND, PERCUSSION, IS MY LIMB, IM BUSTIN, NOT BLUFFIN, FREAKING THE WHOLE FUNCTION TO KICKS AND HATZ, THRU SNAREZ AND BATZ CARRY DRUMKITZ ON MY BACK WHEN THE BEAT IS LACK AND THE RAIN POUR, NOT A MIRAGE NO MORE YOU IN FOR SOME TERRIBLE STORMZ WHEN ME AND SEA SOAR [MENES the Pharaoh] NOT FORGOTTEN HOLLOW LANDZ BUT THE GIVING FOLLOWED MAN DRIFTING UP THE STAIRZ WITH A BOTTLE IN MY HAND POURING OUT WINE? NO MY FRIEND THE VINE -> GIVEN FORTH TO GROW, SLOWLY OVER TIME WHAT YOU REAP IS YOURS, WHAT I SOW IS MINE LET US LIVE TOGETHER SWORDZ AT OUR SIDE IN A SEA OF NOTHINGNESS YOU SEEK TO HOLD EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IS SOMETHING IF YOU BELIEVE IN ITS ENTITY SINGULARITY, BUT IVE NEVER BEEN STRUCK WITH EMPATHY EVERYTHING YOUVE EARNED, YOU GOT, THERES NO SYMPATHY SING ALONG SEEDZ, IM SORRY IT WAS MEANT TOBE AND A LIFE SENTENCE OF TREACHERY IS LIKE LEPROSY BE AROUND THOSE WHO SICK? ITS SETTLING NEVER ROUND THEM IN YOUR LIFE? THEN ITS DESTINY I BELIEVE FROM WHAT IVE SEEN, AND NOT WHAT IVE HEARD THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE MUCH GREATER NOT UPON THIS EARTH
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[MENES the Pharaoh] ITS A PARTY IN A PYRAMID, YOU HEARIN IT IM COMING THROUGH KID,CHANGING MY APPEARANCES THE GOLDEN MASK, WITH A DIRTY OLD GROOVE I KICK THE TRUTH... OVER THESE DUSTY LOOPS I STOOP LOWER THEN A COFFIN OF THE SUNKEN NOAH I GET HIGHER THEN BUSHEL OF YOU FREQUENT FLYERS WINDY CITY BE POLLUTED WHEN IM DISTRU-BUTED IMBUED IN MY FLESH LIKE ST.MICHAELS LEFT WHEN HE HAND YOU THE RIGHT DAMN RIGHT IM DOWN TO FIGHT GET EM SUN BASHING EMCEES, STRAIGHT IN THEY FACE BROKEN RAPPERZ, JUST ANOTHER ONE COME AND TAKE THEY PLACE WITH THEY BAKED ON BEATS ITS A FUCKING DISGRACE CAUSE WHEN WE RHYME SUN, ITS LIKE A PAIR OF POCKET ACES WITH A CPL BLUNTS BLAZN AND A FEW MORE CHICKS CHASIN IT DONT MEAN NOTHING TO ME JUS A 3RRRD.. DEGREE MASON COLD AND CALCULATED WITH MY STATEMENTS WHEN IM WAITING, BUT IM NEVER WAITING FOR ANYTHING ITS LIKE IM JASON COOLIN; SUBTERFUGE, UNDERNEATH IM FUELING GAS YOU UP AND THROW THE MATCH, YOUR WHOLE TEAM BE FUMIN-> UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARDS, WE PREPARED FOR WAR SO WHEN YOU APPROACH US, BETTER KNOW WHATS IN STORE CAUSE WE HERE FOR MORE AND WE HEAR TO STAY THE BASEMENT DWELLAZ, YEAH, WE NOT HEAR TO SAVE THE DAY MAYBE FUNK UP THE NIGHT AND FIND A NEW PLACE TO LAY ASK ANYBODY, SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY CAUSE THEY AINT HEARIN US
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[MENES the Pharaoh] GOD ASKED ME WHERE THE PARTY WAAAAS PYRAMIDS .. IN TOMBS, WITH NO GLOWING SUNNZZ SCEPTERS BOBBED WITH HEADS N CHANTING DANCING , IN EXOTIC CAVES ENCHANTING WOMAN AND SCYTHES , TOLD HIM ITZ NICE HIS GOLD SKIN SHONE LIGHTING... DARK IN THE NIGHT ..... WINE WAS PASSED AND VATS OF BLOOD DRINKING HEAVILY... MORTALS MAKE LUST NOT LOVE... TOWERS AROUND, PILLARS OF SOUND JARS WITH HEARTS, FLESH IN THE MOUTH LIVE OR DEAD COBRAS SHOOK, RUBIES ON WALLS IN THE EYES OF THE LONG PAST, DRUNK IN THE HALLS FALL DOWN SOMETIMES, AND CHOOSE NOT TO GET UP DAYS PASS BLOWING SAND WITH THE DUST WHEN I FINALLY MOVE NOTHINGS CHANGED AT ALL CLEOPATRA HANDS ME A DRINK IN A SKULL RE-ROBED IN FINEST OF WEAVES BATHED IN THE WATERS OF LIFE... THE CLEAREST SEAS WHATS REAL IS THE REALEST TO ME REALITY SETS IN AND ALL THE SPIRITS LEAVE
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[MENES the Pharaoh] LIVE IN THE WILDERNESS, KID WHATZ LIVING? EVERYDAY A TURKEY SHOOT, LIKE ITz WAS THANKZGIVIN I MEAN TO SAY, EVERY STEP YOU TAKE COULD BE THE LAST ONE i HOPE GOD DAMNED YOUR FEET TODAY BLEEDIN FROM THE NAILZ, WITH HOLEZ IN MY SAILZ SEVEN SEAS COASTIN, EMCEE IN MOTION WITH REAL LIFE POTIONZ, GOLDEN INTUITION THE MASK IS A CASK OF YOUR FINEST INHIBITIONZ MAGMA COVERED, SEPARATE MOLTEN ROCKZ MOLDED TO THE CORNER SIDEWALKZ ON YOUR BLOCKZ TEST ANATOMIES, BEST ACADEMIES, BURN SOME CALORIEZ THROUGH RUGGED BATTERIES ASSAULT...THEN CHARGE WITH THE CALVARY DEBUNK YOUR SKUNKY NATURE WITH FUNKY TECHNICALITIES AND DUMP YOUR SLUMPY FRAME INTO THE VEINZ OF ETERNITY HAVE THE DOCTORZ SAY THIZ MAN NEEDZ MORE THEN SURGERY
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[MENES the Pharaoh] ITZ BEEN ALONG TIME... I SHOULDN'T OF LEFT YA IN THE TAPE RECORDER AND FOR THE RECORD! I WISH TA... WISH TA WRECK IT. BUT HOLD ON FOR A MINUTE JUST 60 SECONDS ... OKAY... THATS ABOUT ENOUGH NO MORE DELAYZ! IM ABOUT TO TEAR IT UP! ITS A PARTY IN A PYRAMID, ALL AH YOU INVITED BIG BOOTY HOE TO THE SOLEMNLY DIVIDED WHO RECITE IT, WHO GONNA BITE IT! MY TREES GROW UNKEPT IN A SOLITUDE OF SILENCE QUICK, MOVE THRU THE CHAMBERZ, AND FIND YOUR NECK IN THE NOOSE OF THE STRANGE STRANGLER ALL WRAPPED UP, DUMB STRUCK, NO LUCK, WHATS WHAT? COLD LOOK, BONES BREAK, OLD POEMS, FROM OLDER DATEZ GOLDEN PLACE, FIND PEACE IN FATE MAKE NO MISTAKE WHOS THAT KNOCKING ON MY PYRAMID THERES A PARTY INSIDE I KNOW YOU HEARING IT COME ON IN, AND GET AQUATINTED GET HIGH, GET LIFTED, GET FADED WHOS THAT KNOCKING ON MY PYRAMID THERES A PARTY INSIDE I KNOW YOU HEARING IT NO WINDOWZ MEANS THERES NO PEERIN IN - ONE GLIMPSE SEERS AN IMAGE TO THE REVERE KID WHO IS IT? KNOCKING ON MY PYRAMID.. WHEN ANSWERING DOORS, ALWAYS CHANGE APPEARANCES THE SNAKE SKIN SLITHER THE RHINESTONE GLIMMER THE SKIN TONE WINTER THE MIND GROWZ BIGGER . ASTRONOMICALLY SO... BUT IF YOU STUDIED MY TIME, YOU'D SAY ITS TIME TO GO... YOU JUS GOT HERE, THOUGH, OH... YOU DONT SAY? ALRIGHT, WELL I GUESS HAVE IT YOUR WAY LEAVE ORGANZ IN JARS ON MY BAR FOR DISPLAY SEE FOREIGNERZ FROM FAR.. THE STAR AH DECAY ENERGY WALKS WITH THE SUN UP OUR STEPS AND SINKS WITH THE MOON, ENTERING THE DEPTHS ALL WRAPPED UP, DUMB STRUCK, NO LUCK, WHATS WHAT? COLD LOOK, BONES BREAK, OLD POEMS, FROM OLDER DATEZ GOLDEN PLACE, FIND PEACE IN FATE MAKE NO MISTAKE WHOS THAT KNOCKING ON MY PYRAMID THERES A PARTY INSIDE I KNOW YOU HEARING IT COME ON IN, AND GET AQUATINTED GET HIGH, GET LIFTED, GET FADED WHOS THAT KNOCKING ON MY PYRAMID THERES A PARTY INSIDE I KNOW YOU HEARING IT NO WINDOWZ MEANS THERES NO PEERIN IN - ONE GLIMPSE SEERS AN IMAGE TO THE REVERE KID WHO IS IT? KNOCKING ON MY PYRAMID.. WHEN ANSWERING DOORS, ALWAYS CHANGE APPEARANCES THE SNAKE SKIN SLITHER THE RHINESTONE GLIMMER THE SKIN TONE WINTER THE MIND GROWZ BIGGER
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[MENES the Pharaoh] YOU EVER BEEN TO PURGATORY? SEEN THAT WHITE LIGHT YOU EVER ASKED CHIRST, TO PASS THE CRACK PIPE? YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU WAS DEAD INSIDE? A NECROMANCER WITH A HELLISH VIBE YOU EVER LOOKED IN THE EYES OF SOMEONE ABOUT TO DIE YOU EVER CAUSED THAT LOOK IN SOMEONE ELSES EYES YOU EVER BEEN FREE? NO, NOT EVENTUALLY CONFINED TO THE CHAINS, BUILT YOSELF NAMED DESTINEY I SLEEP WALK, BECAUSE I CANT STAND TO SEE AWAKE IN A FUNERAL PARLOR, I TAKE A SEAT THE GOLDEN MASK SHINES, LIKE SUN THROUGH THE PANES STAINED GLASS IMAGES OUR LIKENESS IS ORDAINED COULD IT BE, I'VE BEEN HIM ALL ALONG? AND EVERYTHING YOU ASSUMED, TURNED OUT TO BE WRONG NAH, REALLY, YOU EVER BEEN GREAT? AND HAD SOMEBODY FAKE TRY TO COME AND TAKE YOUR PLACE I STEP DOWN, AND HOLD MY SPOT ON THE SQUARE EARTH IS JUST A PHYSICAL REALM, NONE OF US IS THERE INFRONT OF ME. SURE BUT WHATS TO BECOME OF ME A PARASITICAL ANALOGY OF GREED OR GLUTTONY ITS PURE FUCKERY, AND YOU DESERVE LESS BUT MENES DESERVES SHAME TO DIE IN PAIN AT BEST RAISE THE DEAD, WHILE HOLDIN A RIFLE MY CANTEEN WAS EMPTY, BUT BULLETS NEVER STIFLE STRIKE YOU, AS I WOULD ANY OPPONENT, I DONT HATE NOBODY, JUST THE MOMENTS YOU EVER ASKED THE DEVIL, FOR ALITTLE HELP? AND WHEN HE SHOWED UP, IT WAS GOD HIMSELF HAVE YOU WONDERED WHAT HAPPENS THEN, \ IS THIS HELL? WILL THE ORDER PUNISH YOU, FOREVER ON ASWELL NO MY SUN, WE ALL GO THE SAME WAY, TO THE BLACKNESS WE RETURN FROM WHENCE WE CAME, MELT IN THE FIRES OF LIFE FEEL NO STRAIN, THE OUTCOME OF LIVING, IS UNDOUBTABLY STRANGE I BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE, BECAUSE I BLIEVE IN YOU AND EVEN A NECROMANCER MUST DIE ONE DAY TOO
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[MENES the Pharaoh] KID I LIVE FOR THIS HIP-HOP! SUN I DIE FOR THIS HIPHOP YO I LIVE FOR THIS HIP-HOP GONNA DIE FOR THIS HIP HOP YOU QUESTIONIN WHEN? WHEN THE TURNTABLE STOP WHEN THERES NO MORE BOOMBOXES WHEN THERES NO MORE TUNES ROCKIN WHEN THERES NO MORE GOONS MOBBIN WHEN THERES NO MORE WU-BANGAZ WHEN THERES NO MORE SOUL ASSASINS IN BANDANAZ WHEN THERES NO MORE SCRATCH BASTARDZ WHEN THEREZ NO MORE X-MEN ZULU CLAN CLASHIN WHEN THERES NO MORE LOVE IN THE ART THATS WHEN WHEN THERES NO MORE, HIP-HOP, THEN ITS DEAD WHEN THERES NO MORE, NONE OF US, AND ALL OF THIS CEASE TO EXIST, THATS WHEN.
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[MENES the Pharaoh] long standing withstanding demanding caskets golden monkey temples in canyons companions in tangent with all understanding branding the name across sanctums to sanskrit feared loved the same in the end the mask sit beside me laughing my treacherous pen insidious art committee of wraiths who live in the dark my towers high across them electricity spark power the innermost regions of the dismal ark regardless the season snow and ice cover these parts cold north kings emperors and frozen barbarians roam wearing wolf heads and necklaces of bones carrying stones my physical grow crush pitiful homes of foul residents who belittle my throne little else is known in the middle of ohm interrupted another head for a pike destruction calm and peace is like dead and deceased eyes turn yellow when you cry you wept disease leprosy cover your head to feet white silk to a sheik and when i pull my dagger who standing next to me none no more..i shout the only serenity found is when i don’t dream at all empty my skull like it was hit by a shell and when they bury me better be twelve feet deep in hell again my castle still stand again this is my land again it shall be taken by no man forever to be damned skeletons in the dungeon roam around with maces in their hands paintings always watching you shelves always changing seems like the same place but slightly rearranging and when you smell decomposition i am back for the claiming return for what is mine full payment it’s the curse muttered in a verse eating mutton on a table that also holds your corpse outside a sea of swordz inside mirage of bladez and all ends of fate i must state musty walls covered by banners blood red spat fat on the floor with no manners old hammers clank in the background and any king who’s anything revels in that sound [sea/swordz] i move between shadows and breezes intangible in nature bizarre i make impressions at all footprints fade as they’re made phantom energy strings golden mask an ululant laugh endlessly rings i walk the path that won’t be determined i roam a planet burdened by burgeoning clones in search of birds that go where birds shouldn’t go where a single immortal flame is subversive to snow more dphiant than joph i awoke many moons ago sheath blade i look like a pin cushion with swords humans are all for nothing like a wolf named gmork only evolution is capable of pushing them forward off the edge wings must be formed on the fly no pun intended but it’s fitting if you want to survive odd how imprisonment is the primary characteristic of a chrysalis before naruto summoned a toad jiraiya shoved him off a cliff and shit and he summoned the biggest toad he could summon with that specific trick it’s like nonchalantly walking on a cloud despite the fact you’re gaining velocity falling down disorienting swirling frenzy your skull is drowned but this is a pleasant form of not being able to breathe you explode through a hole reintegrate when you leave streams of photocode manipulate what you see shifting patterns with shadow syncopation of speech the repositioning of atoms restructures their shine the architecture of a darker spectrum dimming the glow frequency determines how a shimmer is honed eyes adjust when you diversify the flux of what they swallow up the length is based on the contrast of what they gain knowledge of that’s just something to stay mindful of when presented with a perspective that threatens your understanding of what an object was
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[MENES the Pharaoh] THE GOLDEN MASK, SHINE THRU THE NIGHT VISIBLY AUDIBLE TONES of MUSICAL MIGHT THE FREQUENCIES, FREQUENTLY, FREAK WITH ME THE 404 AND SP BASS HERCULIEZ FITTING... SO DOES THE MASK STONE SLABZ , RAIN ARROWZ LIKE APOLLO DIOMEDES LAUGH, REAP ACHILLES WRATH SEEK FOR EONZ TO FIND THE ORACLEZ LAB WHICH IS A FOLDABLE PAD THROW THE PEBBLE, ROCK, IT TURN TO A PALACE ENTER UP THE STEPZ ZEN DRIFTING FROM A CHALICE THE SAND RAT CELLAR CASK OF FORTUNATO RATZ THE SIZE OF BATZS, AND BATZ THE SIZE OF RINOZ DEAD WINOS, CASCADING BRICKZ EAP IN THE MIX AS A RAVEN SITZ THE FINER THINGZ IN LIFE SEEM TO BE BLUNT MONSTERZ OF THE POND, ROLLIN UP SWAMPWEED SKUNK
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Cymestone 02:36
[MENES the Pharaoh] FOR ALL - YOU SUCKAH DUCKAH LIARZ ALL UP IN MY FACE FOR ALL YOU STANK HOES, THAT DONT KNOW YO PLACE, ACTING REAL FOUL AND TRIFILING, MAKE ME SICK YO, NO NEED TO EXPLAIN MY ACTIONS YOU SUCKAH DUCKAH LIARZ ALL UP IN MY FACE FOR ALL YOU STANK HOES, THAT DONT KNOW YO PLACE, ACTING REAL FOUL AND TRIFILING, I DONT GIVE A FUCK BITCH, I'LL STRIKE YO ASS LIKE LIGHTNING THIS DONT MEAN IM A BAD MAN, MOSTLIKLEY IT MEANS YOU A ROTTEN TRICK AND THATS THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION YOU FLIP ASKIN MENES, WHAT IS THIS, A BLOODY LIP? NAH IM BLEEDING WHAT YOU CALL THAT IS SWOLLEN AND ITS HER STOMAC I MEAN-, THATS MY QUEEN, LOVE HER LIKE DRUGS. SO REALLY NOTT SO MUCH BUT WHO THE, WHAT THE UCK? MY TEETH IS FALLIN OUT ANYWAYS, WORD IM STRUNG OUT OR STRUNG UP, BITCH LOVE MARIONETTES IM SPEAKING AND NOT THINKIN DRINKING WHISKEY, DOIN 50 NOT MPH OR SHOTS, I DONT KNOW WHAT , IM JUS DOIN IT TRIP IN MY MIND, STILL MOVIN FLUENT KID, LIKE A BELUGA, TURBETTE CANT WAIT TO BE STICKIN THAT, ITS A WRAP, I GOTTA LEAVE, CAUSE THEY JUST CAUGHT FOR A FUTURE MURDER ACT OR SOMTHING LIKE THAT. I DONT KNOW THAT STYLE IS FUCKED UP WHEN YOU ALL IN THE PLACE WHEN WE CAN SEE YO FACE WHEN LIES ARE UNEXPECTED, YO THATS WHEN IT HURTS WHEN BROTHAS AINT BROTHAS NO MORE, AND THATS FOSHO PUT IT ON MY MICROPHONE, MY CLIQUE AND MY DOME HOW YOU GONNA GO? HOW YOU WANNA LIVE? HOW YOU SHOULDA WHAT? ITS TOO LATE FOR THAT HOW I IS IT I KNOW? WELL A BETTER QUESTION IS...X2 WHY LORD?-PLEASE FORIGIVE FOR MY SINS WHY SUN? I SLEPT WITH THE MOON AND THAT WAS IT WHY GOD, WE ALL DID THINGS THAT WE REGRET WHY NICK? WELL WHAT LESS PAINFUL THEN DEATH. WHO THE FUCK YOU THINK IAM? WHO THE YOU THINK YOU IS? WHO YOU TRNYA FOOL WITH THESE HOODRAT TRAITS YOU CLUCKIN SKIZZ WHO AM I TO SAY THESE THINGS? WHO AM I TO SAY THESE THINGS? THE ONE WHO SAID EM YO, YOU JUS WONT ADMIT IT BITCH WHAT WAS ON MY MIIIIND WHEN I WHEN IWROOOTEE THESE RHYMEZ AND WHERE, WAS ALL MY TIME OF DAY, IT SEEMS TO SINK INTO THE NIGHT AND WHEN I QUESTIONED WHAT WAS LEFT IN ME, I REALIZED IT WAS 2:53 AND IM THIKING CYNICALLY
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The Cauldren 08:28
[MENES the Pharaoh] TIMES CHANGE SUN... GREY SKIES TO GREAT ONES EMBRACE THE CLOUDZ CAUSE THEY NEVER REALLY FAKE YO YOU COULD TELL WHATS HAPPENING, UNDERNEATH... NO ONE KNOWS WHATS REALLY HAPPENIN ITS A CRAZY PLACE, IM LOVE LORN OF A HELL SPAWN. LUST RAINED THAT NIGHT AND NOW MY DAYS COME I SHAKE UHH.. DISPERSING ALL THE PATHOGENS, SMALL DROPS FEIGNT WITH SOME OXYGEN A STORM GATHERZ, A FORM OF MATTER, THE BODY OF LIFE IN WHICH IS USE TO WRITE ALL MY DATA SCRIBED, SO IT DISSAPEARS WHEN IT DRIES, BUT CAN ALWAYS BE SEEEEN WITH TRAINED EYES WHEN MY TEARS FALL IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING DISCOENT WHAT IT IS, MY INTENT, TO SHOW YOU HOW WATER IN MY MIND IS SPENT FROM ALL THE FLOODS, THATS RUNNIN IN MY HEAD, BUT ITS REALLY JUST THE DEPTHS IN WHICH WE FUCKIN DISRESPECT, I CANT TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS IM BOARDERLINE, ON THE EDGE OF A DROUGHT, BUT YO WATERS OF LIFE I COULD DO WITHOUT DROWN ME NOW OR HEAR ME OUT GREY SKIEZ, AND WE BREW EM IN A CAULDREN OUR WITCHES CHANT AS THEY BORN OUR CHILDREN ACROSS THE SANDS OF TIME, HOW YOU LIVIN! I WONDER, BUT KNOW I NEVER BE FORGIVEN CONTIMPLATED... FOR MY MENTAL STATE, ACCOMIDATED AND THE BASEMENT, SOLID FOUNDATION NO CRACKS IN THE PAVEMENT, OR LACK IN OUR SEDIMENT ALL SENTIMENT, WHEN I SAID IT I MEANT IT KID WE HEAR TO REIGHN, 40 NIGHTZ N 40 DAYZ STROLLING THROUGH THE LAKES OF OUR TRECHEROUS WAYZ SIRENS SING SUBTLE, SUBLIMINAL PUDDLEZ WHILE IM DODGING MIRACLES N HEAD STRAIGHT TOWARDZ TROUBLE MAYBE YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE WINDZ ALITTLE MORE, AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD VISIT THE CENTER OF YOUR CORE THE MOMENTS CAN BE PEACEFUL, YES, EVEN IN A STORM BUT MOST OF ALL THESE MOMENTS SHOULD FEEL VERY CALM WHATS FUNNY IS IM ANXIOUS, WALKING UP EMBANKMENTS N' THE EYE OF WAR, THE RAIN IS A GODSEND, THOSE GREY SKIES, HAVE ALWAYZ BEEN MY FRIEND AND WHEN I'VE LOOKED UP TO THEM, ALWAYS CRIED BACK WALKED ACROSS OASIS MY STATE WAS FACELESS MY STEPSSS.. TRACELESS MY END? NEARING.. MY FRIEND? MOURNING. THE DAWN? COMING THE HEAT, UNBEARING. THE TIME, UNCARING SO... WHAT WAS I SPOSED TO DO... PRAY FOR THE GREY SKIES AND DEMISE OF TRUTH FOR WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE IS AS CLEAR AS THE BLUE... LIQUID THAT I SEEK AS THE CLOUDS START TO BREW.. PATTERNS ACROSS STRANDS OF MATTER BEGIN TO PARTAKE IN THIS PORTRAIT OF MY MADNESS WATER STARTS TO POUR FROM A SKY BOUND OF ASHES AND FALLS TO THE GROUND IMPACTING WITH GREAT SPLASHES SO MUCH THAT I CAN DIG A HOLE AND ITS MAXIN SO MUCH THO, 100 WATER MATRESS THAT REMINDES ME, I'D LIKE TO GOTO SLEEP IM NOT THIRSTY ANYMORE, OR FEELING VERY WEAK JUST SOMEWHAT TIRED, NO LONGER PERSPIRE THATS A GOOD SIGN THO RIGHT? OH WELL STRAIGHTZ IS DIRE SO I TAKE A REST, FOR THE REST OF MY PEOPLE THE ONLY ONE WHO MADE, NO I JUST DIE PEACEFUL WHATS REALLY REAL? YOU OR ME? WHATS REALLY REAL, I CANT SEE... IM BLINDED BY... WHAT I MIGHT DEFINE... AS THE TRUE NATURE OF US KID I AINT KIDDIN, MOMS I AINT LEAVIN IM JUS GOIN FOR A SHORT STAY AT THE PRECINT YEAH I HAD TO PUNCH SOME BITCH IN HER FACE BUT I DIDNT DO IT THO, NOT AS BAD AS I BEAT THE CASE LORD HAVE MERCY! ATLEAST ON ME... YOU WOULDA MET THIS TRICK, YOU WOULDA DONE THE SAME I'M TELLIN YOU, I WOULD HONOR YOU MAKE A TOTEM POLL OUT YA BONES THEY ALL LOOK AT YOU. THATS WHAT YOU WANT, ISNT IT? THE MIND BEND LIKE TIME SPENT IN A PRISON BID, THE SYSTEMS SYSTEM DIGESTING TIME SPENT WITHOUT WALLS OF RELFECTION IN A BAD SPOT! WONDERING HUH, CAN I MAKE IT OUT OF THIS PLAAACE LOOK TO MY COMPETETORS FAACEEE AND I DIDNT.... SEE A TRACE OF WHATS REALLY REAL. RUGGED RAW STEEL. THROUGH THE PARADOX PIERCING ARMOR TO SHIELDZ CREST TO CHEST, VEST TO THE FLESH, MINE TO YOURS THUS DEFINE MY SWORDZ.. THE GREY SKIES, IN A WICKER BASKET CASKET COLD CACKALIN IN THE BACK IM LOUNGIN LOOKING LIKE A VILLAIN, LIVIN ON A MOUNTAIN

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‘Party in a Pyramid’

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An Odd series of events took place inside the bottom of a Pyramid. A long standing Pharaoh by the name of MENES unearthed a cold sarcophagi dusty like the grooves of a record. Without any strain he removed the lid and out flooded a luminous white light, followed by a Golden Masked fellow. A rhythmic conversation ensued, followed by barrels of finely aged wine and snare drums compressed by the SP-404. Feeling the overbearing and resounding importance of this meeting, MENES decided to no longer rebury the Golden Mask. “Together, we shall have a Party, Right here in this Pyramid!” MENES exclaimed. The response, although underwhelming, did not deter the almost old Pharaoh into less enjoyment of the task.

Golden Flasks! Golden Food! Golden Pharaohs! Golden Servants! Golden Statues! Golden Mics! Golden Turntables! Everything was glimmering with the unmistakable aura of Gold. But what is a Party without guests? Once his throne and tomb were in order ; emeralds and falcons oscillating, MENES sent his most treasured bird all across the lands with a note attached to her leg : TO ALL WHO WISH TO REVEL FOR ETERNETIES , COME TO MY PYRAMID AT ONCE!

To the COLD NORTH for the Basement Dwellaz, To POSEIDONs Den for sea/swordz, To a Dirty NY Slum for 7rinth, To the FOREST FORTRESS for Purple Dialect, To a CORPSE LITTERED TRENCH for Maximus Da Mantis, and To the BRICKS for El Da Sensei, the bird flew with unquestionable accuracy and speed. Gathering as many beautiful woman and blunt wrapz as she could along the way.

The day finally came ; and the Party goers began to arrive one by one. Slowly but surely the “Party in a Pyramid” had begun. And the rest is written in soundwaves that are bouncing around our universe right now.

Enjoy the new album by MENES the Pharaoh and Golden Mask. It has been along journey for all of us, but we always prevail. Thank you to all my brothas, sistas, and overall family for always holding me down. Eternal Love. My shout-outs and thanks are in the album liner of the CD. But raise a glass for ESQUE RECORDS, Kurt Travis & Lo, Sorcery Orc, Golden Mask and MARS GATE [artwork].

I would like to dedicate this album to everyone, but at this moment specifically to my brother ROCCO.. I’ll see you soon big homie, hold down the Pyramid until I get there. We got down here covered for now.


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released August 22, 2017

MENES the Pharaoh [ Emcee ]
Golden Mask` [Producer ]
Mars Gate [ Artwork ]
Esque Records [ Label ]

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