I. Kensa I'm going all the way, make it the most out of faith The ride may take me to a fragmentary place Where the darkest alleys converge with a broken glass world Like a bright kaleidoscopic swirl We cut ourselves deep, swear to make it bleed together Wounds shall heal but there's scars beneath forever Heart strings burned and snipped to free the tether You're the only girl I've let inside my abandoned theatre A dusty section of my subconscious Where all the darkest corners and the skeletons are hauntin' The ghosts of the past, the guilt of the conscience Damn it, I would show it all to you altogether Intoxicated with the delusion of a certain romance You played the systematic heart to the perfect program Decoded all that's left with nothing else to learn I was your favourite but I'm just another bridge to burn I see the agony and hell inside your eyes Blind from the light of heaven, punished by the devil But it was your hand that pulled me back to the circle When I thought that I was falling then, hope springs eternal Child of the moon, I ascend upon you As an aspiring astronaut of the next Apollo mission The phoenix resurrected on a modern-day mythology I'm going past the Luna all the way to Aphrodite II. Soupherb Complete, already winning in life Then he met her, felt incomplete for the first time Wrote his first rhyme since the freshman days Thought it would be sweet and have her amazed A heart's race with no finish line Never mind if he falls behind Haven't been the kind to reach with his punchlines Often times, he landing none Good lord, his struggle has begun Now, setting up anything to keep her around To the point of rolling with her just to buy takeouts Locked in now for every second can make a difference Especially he's longing for something more than her presence Always lost in her eyes and smiles Her hypnotic voice, he has no choice But to have that in his life and hopefully forever It's only been days but man, whatever H. Both Oh he knows he can't control Feelings and screams of his soul He does not know how long he'll hold Oh he's wishing that she won't go Complete!

I. Soupherb Caught in traffic, in the bus, stress then Bumped my head, woke up all of the sudden Stood up, looked at all the people standing In the middle of that hell, there's a spotlight of heaven Started getting curious 'bout the lost-looking lady Offered my seat, didn't mean to look shady Wondered if she would at least say maybe If I ask her to enjoy beer and music with me Attacked without a plan, there is just something about her That I couldn't understand, like there was a greater power I just wanna take her hands, make the night about us In the middle of the crowd, singing the chorus No lust, but I had to ask first Started with a coup' of laughs, engagement turned serious Convinced her to be partners, got lost searching corners Searching through my plans again, wished I prepared another Got it covered, told her to cut off the deal and wonder Instead through the streets illuminated By the outdated streetlights, just a couple isolated From the harshness of the real life Went on to ask real nice, she hesitated Something about tonight just feels right 'cause it really felt that we connected So we stood under city lights In a few seconds later, she accepted, it was magical II. Kensa Driftin' in the cityscape lights Savour the saccharine sunset with cotton candy skies Pretend we don't exist for a day Baby, all we got's a city where we don't have names The clocktower's tickin' so we had to carpe diem Caffeinated conversations in the local cafeteria We were never graced with day-to-day tête-à-têtes But we're lucky with the chance of being dressed for the occasion Just one night, we waltzed to the music Bathed in a drizzle of the arrows of Cupid I was magnetised by your gravitational pull You've been holding me together like Jupiter's moons Just one night, we attained supernova A flash in the sky: intense copulation We didn't care about the world's complications Every variable completed the equation A pillow conversation is a poet's daydream But the narrative we played in was better than fiction Shared a cigarette and kissed the night away Lost count of how many times I melted in your gaze We exist in the opposite ends of the planet The day and night distinction was perfectly dramatic And as the sun rises in the coast of the skyline We promised to be reunited in the next lifetime

I. Kensa Once upon a moment, there's a rag and a rich She's a true mademoiselle and I'm a master of wits My lasting impression is I'm taken for a fool By an out-of-league lady born with a silver spoon I won't ever be in one of your fancy dinners I was born with the disposition of a juvenile sinner You got a steady life while I attract chaos You'd probably hate the stench of my self-induced napalm Different planets but we met in one place Found me worthy of your time, the distinction was erased Pretended we had nothin' goin' 'cause you were conservative But when we're alone, sweethearts in the wilderness I beg your pardon for my tattered skinny jeans But I hope your fam approves of my capabilities A decent human being with proper discipline I won't ever be elite, but I'm better than the super rich kids H. Kensa I'm still working for my needs, she has everything she wants Except for me, worth more than what she has on this earth Found myself a treasure that can't be measured If she would let me take her hand, it'll be my pleasure II. Soupherb Never thought that simplicity would best him Was simply distracted 'cause she found her so different For all his life he wore the popular kid label Deep inside, he's looking for something more special He got tired of his riches The same old drinks, fun, and flirting ith women So he went soul searching, found her right away but hard to obtain For he wasn't trained to connect to those who're not the same as him Realised she's been there all along But he was too busy at the other side Decided to walk across, brought roses with thorns And prepared a song to sing while looking at her eyes Not easily amused, got him confused willing to tear himself apart just to be the guy Barely gaining her trust, pushing as he tries Looking like he's literally reaching for the sky H. Soupherb She's still working for her needs, I have everything I want Except for her, worth more than what I have in this earth Found myself a treasure that can't be measured If she would let me take her hand, it'll be my pleasure

Yeah We are Kensa and Soupherb Writers' Block, Latent Labrats Romantic tales This is our daydream dalliances I. Kensa Even the loneliest soul can overdose in jubilation An arrow to the heart plunges me in rumination I was spellbound by her fluent cadence Illuminated with a luminous radiance We walked in dreams together like we're astronauts in space Lucid dreams gave us a pair of wings to play So we zoomed into the sky and sat on top of the moonlight Stared as the sunrise split the two skies I was a whippersnapper, just your average student While she dazzled on the top, glowing in the translucence Brilliance of the mind, the desire for coalescence Scintillates like a firefly's bioluminescence Graced with the body language of a constellation Every moment we embraced was a neutron star collision Stargazing lightyears away when we were dust I pray the stars gaze back once the light reaches us H. Both I don't believe in destinies and petty meant-to-be's Fantasies and memories, it's ecstasy like mescaline A frenemy to spend with for eternity The feminine premonition tends to bring the best in me II. Soupherb No idea how she remains ideal Lullabies or humming tunes to rock our cradles Speaks with conviction for our awareness Living so she can reach out for the unfortunate Don't mistake this for obsession But a need is felt to watch her save this world and blossom Her presence forces me to give an impression Inspires me to work, be her inspiration It's impossible But feels like I'm winning to scream anything is possible I'll be her champion, questing with her guiding me She's my trusty lantern radiating like the sun's rays Reason why my heart stays warm Her principles has kept me alarmed Helps us to keep ourselves safe from harm So at the end of the day, she can sing me another song A way to rest during the calm before storms H. Both I don't believe in destinies and petty meant-to-be's Fantasies and memories, it's ecstasy like mescaline A frenemy to spend with for eternity The feminine premonition tends to bring the best in me

I. Kensa I'ma take us all back to the golden summer chapters Drifting back to when we craft origamis of oleanders Getting drenched in the pitter-patter of the drizzle Dibble-dabble with the games and tittle-tattle on the trees Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers and some pebbles We all made a mess of puppy love and kitten litters Architect our neighbourhood's map with hidden treasures But the best of all was how we fell in love beyond measure II. Fossils Like intuition, our situation in abstraction An attraction of soul mates integrated by fate Day to day, we radiate, runnin while intoxicated Laughing maniacs aggravated Them folks and we got scolded Talkin bout what he said, she said Smell of green grass touchin our heads Sunrise to sunset isn't when our day ends III. Soupherb Remember paper night or should i say the green light To cherish our lives, couldn't afford to spoil the good times Moonlight to sunrise, with bottles or warm cups Toasting eye to eye, out of fear of bad bumps We always never had enough so add the speakers turned up Then stargazing 'til we doze off, Get awakened by the sunshine, greeted by smiles Small things that took us miles away IV. DB I'm staying with the riddles and the happy meals and giggles Riding bikes, singing holy night and other christmas jingles Gumamela bubbles and dirtcakes, a checkmate Running coming home to closed gates, I'm home late My childhood memories my favorite to reminisce In love, and faith, and hope, we're nothing but generous All smiles like the world was full of cameras It's just family and friends, no etceteras V. Kensa The rusty old swings and the little kept secrets The ghost stories and the jump scares in that sequence The toy box and red balloons in the air The bullies and the crushes, the fostering of care VI. Fossils Circling on the merry-go round Crying in laughter was our dear sweet sound It's been all fun and games, nights were our days Glistening gaze on grins upon the summer haze VII. Soupherb How did it feel like? I have to remember Living as sixteen or younger Pockets filled up as we grew older Wish to drop the now and stay young forever VIII. DB The innocence is evident, there's beauty in every element Seeing symbolisms in the rhythm is the sentiment Sitting through collisions and missions now I'm grown Take me back to timezones, a silent glimpse to my home

I. Soupherb Stares at beams of city lights, familiar Night got darker, walks quicker Recognises face passed by, bit older He gives her a light tap on the shoulder Knew it, it's the woman who granted his wishes Halley returned so he could make a wish again Handshakes, hugs and kisses It took ten years to reunite distant friends Or more, he desires to settle the score Intends to move forward to see what's in store For them, took a deep breath for a second Then started, how you doin? She said, changing the world for a living How about you? He replied, been writing Both felt something still existing Missing, they began asking each other If one of them went back ten years ago Girl held by tragedy, he tried denying Couldn't handle her, ended up to show No hard feelings, they're not apart anymore To infinity and beyond, he loves to be taken Her tail of stardust, he be following Clearly trying to forget about everything But everything changed when she noticed the ring II. Kensa Just one night was a decade ago She was the incandescent comet that was gleamin in the afterglow All the daydreams that he put to rest Came to view him in the face, all vivid, picturesque Once a blurry photo, she's a painting in the flesh Middle-aged yet a lot more exquisite and finesse Feelin reminiscent, he expressed an interest To have the old flame rekindled, their tails intersected They're a match made in heaven but the timing wasn't perfect There's a ring on her planet that signified commitment Two poles of a magnet, it's the attraction Of a pulsar and a black hole that collapses all that matters They can't be together, she's like antimatter Barricaded 'til death torns them asunder Still, they held each other 'til they reached the ending of the road He'll go to war like Eros for her erogenous zones Lost all the wisdom to sense what's erroneous She's the empire, he's Shakespheare's Andronicus The god of man who stole her fire like Prometheus The light that was the center of his world like Copernicus A magical encounter with an evolution Their orbits coincided after many revolutions And as the sun sets in the coast of the skyline The promise of unity was granted in this lifetime

H. Both Smoke and mirrors I hope it's clear that I ain't over here To play games with you and pull your triggers 'Cause we're supposed to steer the boat and stay afloat 'Til the coast is clear But you got me craving for your whole figure I. Soupherb Love turned into a daily routine Missing them as teens like a grass lost its green They have nothing new to bring, lovebirds stopped singing From a single to two beings, but still living Together, just that he had to find his heart new shelter For his can no longer handle stormy weathers Always trying to remember the spring and summer So he tried to look for it from another Called her everyday and always acted like it's their last day Slowly swaying away from the reality he plays Each day is eating him bit by bit A rollercoaster ride down to the jaws of his conscience Kicking in is man's science but he can't justify this A sudden change of perspective of what love is First time feeling is timeless So he replaced the old with new promises H. Both Smoke and mirrors I hope it's clear that I ain't over here To play games with you and pull your triggers 'Cause we're supposed to steer the boat and stay afloat 'Til the coast is clear But you got me craving for your whole figure II. Kensa I met this daffodil one night on occasion I couldn't exhale out of exhilaration We both didn't have friends at the party So we ended up conversin 'bout jazz and the art scene Left together without sayin adios Blast De La Soul on the way back home The heart skipped the beat of the drum break 'Cause this is where the "que paso" becomes "te amo" I'm a sober fella who didn't want the toxic But you insisted that we get a glass of gin and tonic With the sativa blendin our saliva in the chronic We had a mealy-mouthed kiss, shit, I could swear it was platonic Down to sin a little bit despite our own commitments But we refused to listen to the whisper of temptation We ended with a friendly kiss Now I ain't gon kiss and tell, the opposite of it: I tell a girl before I kiss them H. Both Smoke and mirrors I hope it's clear that I ain't over here To play games with you and pull your triggers 'Cause we're supposed to steer the boat and stay afloat 'Til the coast is clear But you got me craving for your whole figure

H: Kensa Dear little little miss daredevil Let me slice you up quick and have a bite on your cherry I know you hate them insecure kids Well understand that I ain't the least bit selfish and romantic 'cause I ain't the type to objectify Plus I bet that I can serenade you with the sweetest lullaby So dear little little miss daredevil I'll be an angel if you let me taste your own skin I. Kensa I'm in a crazy rollercoaster ride Upon arrival, I was captivated by this social butterfly She had the eyes of the devil It was needless to say I was enticed by the peril That she posed, wanna see beyond her clothes From the lack of adipose to the magic in her bones But I don't wanna be painted as an elitist So I'll pretend and use the wisdom of pretentious feminism To get into her pants, maybe I can appreciate the intellectual vanity of a strong-willed lady Didn't wanna be enchanted by the pheromones But I'll return the trust if she allows me to take her home Overloaded serotonin, froze unopposed Vulnerabilities exposed A little too late to step back and reconsider The fact that she's a killer lady who would kill a ladykiller H: Kensa Dear little little miss daredevil Let me slice you up quick and have a bite on your cherry I know you hate them insecure kids Well understand that I ain't the least bit selfish and romantic 'cause I ain't the type to objectify Plus I bet that I can serenade you with the sweetest lullaby So dear little little miss daredevil I'll be an angel if you let me taste your own skin II. Kensa Quicksilver hair, fixation on drugs Pixelated eyesight, a pack of pixie dust A table full of ashes of the cigarette butts And the touch that would activate the long suppressed lust Convert the lack of sex drive into nymphomania My little man started craving for the labia Magnified intensely by the buzz of the booze To hugs and to smooch 'til I smash on the cooch I'm a lowkey misogynist but she don't have to know I done it with the rest, this ain't a challenge to a pro My confidence won't shatter at the heat of the moment Got that bitch locked down, it's a breeze in the ocean So I took her to a love how-tel to make a song Write a composition that completes the beat's overtones Arithmetics of rhythm spliced into the tempo So in one full swing, the eruption crescendoes Now the mood is all set for the show The curtains have opened, it's time to play roles She opted to be master while I'm scorned to be the slave She never was the type to be the princess to be saved So we entered the arena without an ounce of reservation It's an all-out war declaration Flaunted my sword but she seemed unimpressed Deflected my offence until I'm openly undressed Now we started fencing with our tongues and our blades Upshifted my gear to go faster in the race I was about to come around and finish first place When she pulled a knife and...

I. Soupherb Do you appreciate the beauty of these vibrations All over you, setting you in motion? Let your soul ride the waves, close your eyes and escape From the craze brought by this world's chaotic maze I took the road back in '11 and I wasn't wrong My desire to be strong fuels the same waves Embarked on a never-ending journey To share music across every frequency Found my right kind of heaven, I flee And stay high, smoke-free, whenever im writing Found peace in isolation with the beats Repelling the demons that I have to keep on facing But every now and then, I have to wake up Get off the ride just for a moment And put the volume down to face this tangible world So I tap to keep playing music its movement II. Kensa They say life is meaningless but music doesn't make it futile A picture's worth a thousand words translated for its beauty But these words create worlds that a picture can't fulfill So imagine the magic when sounds and stories are fused The symphony induces a recurring dreamscape Of infinitely floating in a reverie to deep space Evoking the impression of the dilation of time In which the mind simulates a skydive to cloud nine Addictive than all kinds of smoke-high like cess, Stress-relieving cigarettes and self-depleting crystal meth Best believe it's medicine administered For us to replenish the energy lost in servitude and serfdom It encompasses all ranges of emotions A concentration of the most insane form of madness The paradox of melancholic tunes uplifting moods Offering prismatic views to a colourblind world III. Soupherb Wasn't always about money, girls, and killing Others picture stories of how one is living To encourage you to understand different ideas Perspectives or actions done at a moment in time You can hear it in the rhymes, surrender to the vibe Both encased in the sounds that travel in free space Float with what you hear, imagine what was written Decrypt the message, the essence of the music I live in a world where there is life in afterdark My mind ran by a lab rat looking for a spark Trying to add scenery to what I call my paradise A sandbox filled with my imagination It exists for the purpose of writing tales Ready to set sail 'cause I'm about to deliver My truth, one that I believe would set one free From the blindness inflicted upon by this reality IV. Kensa Rap's an instrument to be expressive vocally Hip hop is far from dead, just look around your local scene From the jazzy instrumentals influenced with trap To the left-field lyricism paired with somber boom-bap I remember the good times when I was a student Saving just enough to cop the latest album set And coming home with just a torn twenty-peso bill But with food for the soul that compensates for every skipped meal All sharing their stories, each a colour in the palette Whether art for its own sake or a purpose, it's valid My ultimate intention is to empathise So it's enough when one listener approaches you for being mesmerised Art creates balance in relation to science Like the relative theory of space and time being unified Where space is consumed by the canvas of the painting And time is spent zoning in to the richness of the soundscape

I. Soupherb Looking like he's staring across the street One hand in his pocket, other holding cigarette Rubbed his head on his forearm, mind on regret Trying to figure out when they started losing steps Spending his night flying solo How many bottles more? It felt like a chokehold Haven't stepped home since hours ago But how is it home if love goes when heat blows? Took flights to readers and hoes, how did she know? Didn't give a damn anymore, she stormed off and he just let her go Like the wife and kid replaced 'Cause one thought he needed a happy place But it's still the same old phase in a different case with an older face Definitely not like a few or twenty years back Forced to squeeze out what's left in their tank Sweeties, don't worry, take a rest Mommy's still there struggling to do her best She's taking them to grandma, too much stress Instinct running on what to do next But most likely too busy Painfully reminiscing to pay attention Missing that young guy with the sweet aggression Well, guess those two occassions were trying to say something else One, you're not meant for each qother Two, I said you're not meant for each other Thought of moving somewhere far with her mother To rip the old and move onto the next chapter Hoping that he won't come after her Down on one knee to beg while playing father Wondered why he didn't think of their daughters Feeling too numb to show face, give closure II. Kensa Blood in the flowers of a perfect love abandoned Passion's in the twilight zone of a night ocean Broke apart when she pulled the intravenous drip Now the prospect of forever is a broken pinkie finger He contemplates his end, knowing he'd never get better Penning a suicide note in the form of a love letter Reconstructin all his bad patterns 'til she left It felt the same as mourning for the loss of a friend Consumed by the frenzy of his own codependence She learned how to abandon when she's constantly abandoned Now he's back to smoking away a pack and half a day And he embraced the alcoholic daze as his default state Just one night lost all of its magic They were destined to be incinerated sungrazing comets Burn the photographs 'cause I don't want you in my head If the full eclipse is matrimony bleeds itself to death I know that you're exhausted to love and be unloved And I confess to the crime, I know it can't be undone I'm sorry that I lacked the needed courage to accept What I took for granted, now you had the courage to reject The language of romantics is lost in translation We only said "I love you" as a way of our tradition Exploited all my sorries 'til you got accustomed with apologies That it's no longer an essential part of me Leave me in this rotting condition that I deserve I'm not supposed to feel alive at the mercy of your words Spoken tragedies turned taciturn Now the photographs are burning to the point of no return I am setting you free into the moonlight Take flight with those angelic wings, forgiveness ain't divine And as the moon rises in the quiet of the night sky The promise of eternity vanished for a lifetime Don't resuscitate me with your cryogenic lasers Let me plunge into the realm of my psycho-fatalism All remaining light is snatched away by the shadows I can no longer hear the singing of the dead sparrows Forsaken by the universe who never gave an answer As to why I shouldn't be the victim of this cancer It's the first stain since our immaculate conception The little demons in my head declared an insurrection And I'm trapped in despair with pain and affliction So suspend me in the air and execute my crucifixion Set the cross on fire 'til the ashes turn black There is no final revolution that'll end in getting her back Now I'm all alone in what was once a happy home Ten years of marriage, no shit is set in stone In the end, I'm just a name scribbled in her death note What was once a livewire, what is now a dead ghost