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1.
charlie moonbeam: kickin’ it off, spittin’ out the shit that i’m gettin’ forgettin’ to mention that i’m the king of thought comprehension charlie moonbeam is the name, the alter-ego, and the moniker The world without me is like the snoop without the chronic-a born a star with an Outer Space mentality i’d like to welcome you to my Aurora Boreality galaxies away from the fallacies today “he’s a malice!” they will say, i like the challenge, ok: to all my cynics i’m in it to win it like dennis kucinich in a matter of minutes the fresh squad’ll be spinnin’ and we’ll be grinnin’, collecting up our winnin’s i’m the new mccartney and big nick’s john lennon we’re the new Beets, we need more allowance, Doug Funny bangin’ on trash with Patty Mayo, my honey so get with the sound and whip it around and sip it down skippin’ the crown and hittin’ the town and listen now (ope)n yer ears and let the sound into yer soul it’s a world of color let yer body take control! whysowhite! we’re kickin’ it off the Fresh Squad! we’re kickin’ it off Chicago! we’re kickin’ it off right now cuz we’re kickin’ it off d-pop fantastic: pass that mic around like monkey in the middle like, “yo, who is he?” “i think he play the fiddle…” fiddle me this or fiddle me that or just play the cello Yo-Yo next time you see yer Ma, please tell her i said, “hello” let go my legos, i’m playin’ with ‘em, homie some people think i’m heady cuz i Love to get dome-y dome-y from chloe like i was David Bowie is there really Life on Mars? he never told me. ha HA, D-Pop the mic like a bubble i Love to play board games, it’s fun to get in Trouble! twister with yer sister cuz yer mommy wants to cuddle cougars think i’m cute cuz i’m known to rock the stubble doublemint gum from the doublemint twins you can stay at home i’ll go bowlin’ with yer friends. you can stay at home i’ll get dome with yer friends and now i shout it out ( . )( . ) open yer ears and let the sound into yer soul it’s a world of color let yer body take control! whysowhite! we’re kickin’ it off the Fresh Squad! we’re kickin’ it off Chicago! we’re kickin’ it off right now cuz we’re kickin’ it off big fat nick: if you give me a beat that bumps like hydraulics, you can call sprite cuz i’ll quench yer thirst for knowledge a seasoned vet on the m-i-c, i’m b-i-g n-i-c (and i see) kadences, kick snares call me visionary organize words like a dictionary, my diction’s scary there’s a spark. oh! i’m flynt like larry hustlin’ mcs, pickin’ on ‘em like cherry don’t dare me, cuz i’ll go there: butter rhymes, milky hits, creamy beats, yeah, we got dairy tryna make cheese off the charts straight to the point like quickstart comin’ in with a bang like poppin’ a balloon with a dart pullin’ out of the dock, fresh squad’s on deck, so this boat’s about to hip hop study music like like stocks, but don’t think with yer wallet cuz art’s mute when money talks open yer ears and let the sound into yer soul it’s a world of color let yer body take control! whysowhite! we’re kickin’ it off the fresh squad! we’re kickin’ it off chicago! we’re kickin’ it off right now cuz we’re kickin’ it off
2.
the approach 06:40
big nick: girl I been eyein’ you and I think you been eyein’ me so where do I start my approach if I don’t know if you dig a fella like me? i ain’t no superstar and, baby, I sure ain’t rich i don’t drive no fancy car but I hope I’m the fella yer dancin’ with checkin’ yer signals now i try not to misconstrue cuz babe if you do what i like then i know that you’ll know that i like what you do and don’t feel it as a misconnect when i’m standin’ here at the bar don’t hear it as a disrespect when i say, girl, that you are the finest by far (oo-wa-oo) oh, yeah baby come in closer so that I can feel the way yer sexy body moves oh, yeah baby the way we’re dancin’ makes me wanna tell you somethin’ so emotional baby, the way you move yer body it’s like an endless party so you be the coke and i’ll be bacardi the way you dig yer hips oo, i wanna kiss those lips we’re gonna take it slow. i never lose control, and baby girl i won’t lose my grip please slide to the floor with me oh, it’s so important you see that i’m not yer average guy but a fly one whose main grind is social theory forget that now cuz i just wanna get down i wanna have boogie nights all across chi-town so hop on with the freshest sound and after that, all i can ask is that you stick around. (oo-wa-oo) oh, yeah baby come in closer so that I can feel the way yer sexy body moves yeah baby the way we’re dancin’ makes me wanna tell you somethin’ oh so sexual
3.
exhale 05:26
let it all out with yer body let it all out let it all out with yer body let it all out let it all out with yer body let it all out let it all out with yer body let it all out big nick: i like to get creative indigenous lyrics call my tongues native always complex, but never complicated i’m fresh-slated, you know, clean-plated exceeding limits but my overdraft is always understated i flex rhymes ‘til they’re dilapidated, deteriorated never abbreviated, alleviated, or deviated previously stated lyrics are braided with some raw shit that’s graded like the usda did dood ay kid, you been jaded, hatin, baited, by a system outdated faded, keeps ya waitin’ until yer mated and then yer fucked with some kids so breathe this in and breathe it out if ye listens then ye will know what i’m about flood flow never drought luck low? think it out. seeds grow up, sprout just take a little sunshine in and let it all out. let it all out with yer body let it all out let it all out with yer body let it all out 2x charlie moonbeam: b-b-b-breathe me in, sip me up and swallow me my Love is yer life-force, you couldn’t help but follow me wallow up all of me, ecstasy is callin’ me violatin’ policy, like she never heard me speak the Truth the truth is ruthless like yer toothless grin i was given the option so i choose to pen listen as I make sense again of how the world remained hostile in 2000 and when i slip between the cracks of the snare and the claps in yer ear til you act like you care i’m off to take my head straight to space while i contemplate my face my he(art) chillin’ its pace i feel like shit’s startin’ to get real, the boys in the back and big nick at the wheel we ride into the sun like gunslingers, hearin’ prophecies from durga cuz you know we had to bring her let it all out with yer body let it all out let it all out with yer body let it all out 2x inhale. exhale. repeat. we do it how we do to get you movin’ on yer feet inhale. exhale. repeat. we do it how we do to keep you groovin’ to the beat 6x let it all out with yer body let it all out let it all out with yer body let it all out 2x
4.
charlie moonbeam: i was born with the gift of impeccable pitch but the words that i pick seem only to itch me the wrong way, it’s always a terrible game so, hey, would you be my muse? whenever i try to be quick with my tongue it’s like a disease my brain just goes numb i just need someone who knows what to say so, hey, would you be my muse? this morning i woke with you by my side and somehow i spoke and to my surprise i asked for yer hand and i asked you to stay so, hey, would you be my muse? you’ve lifted the curse my ideas now flow free and i know it may hurt but that’s all that i needed baby, yer crazy, i’ll be on my way but, hey, at least you were my muse… big nick: so it goes.. and so it goes.. when fire burns spirits are present.. listening and we can only listen to them - to see them.. feel them.. to experience life. to free the chains of ancestral manipulation misinformation of what lies beneath beyond lies lie in belief. so believe in the liar not his lies love equals belief love equals belief love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love love sir jove: whysowhite? whysoblue? whysome? whysoyou? why the Lovers undercover looking for the colored brother to tell ya that you running from ya motha fucking other/ i didn't meant to bring the guns up/ out on you ones up/ when ya done crunching ya numbers/ i got you with the suns up/ segregations cause the funds up/ ninja turtle cowabunga/ pure imagination willy wonka top hat sucka/ i say this all with Love/ because you know you was did rainbows mess you up/ well, color's relative/ cause you's my relativity e equals mc naw, my name jove please check ya knows bleed k-now ha ha did you see? not me see 3D in the middle of the beat cuz i'm so rehe(art)ed we gon restart it/ whysowhite calling the stars in those barses/ and they calling this one the martian/ i knew marvin/ ask him what’s going on/ we all tryna be one/ tryna be human/ in america/ corporatizing all my loves/ oh god! the last one got the gun goons and lennons whiles martin's on the run malcom's is muslim marcus african/ i'm going back to the future check my sun well when my verse is done universing on this one you new like a virgin to this young tongue lizzie izzie really can’t make em dumb when the colors of the love is the rays of everyone and funk!
5.
too much 06:22
big nick: crazy lazy, my spirit’s hazy undone fun putting clouds over my inner sun no one relationship should shake shit so much so that i must shapeshift in my own life must fake my smile and in a while my mental turnstile gets crammed in and jammed up and compliments like dollars i tried to feed that shit broken memories so naturally shit didn’t make sense so intense, the dense consensus that there’s greener fields on the other side of the fence and with the thought that you feel that i hit and run my heart starts to darken like the setting sun there is nothing i can do to make you feel like our love’s alive the thought of losin’ you just never star-crossed my mind baby, if you lie, then we’re through d-pop fantastic: you think i’m crazy oh, i know i’m crazy you kissed me so you really can’t blame me they said you’d be the only one to tame me i gave you my he(art) and you became me “why did you go?” you always try to ask it but you always don’t know we’re in slow-mo i could say a thousand words like you a photo ( ) my he(art)’s on Pluto and yers is on Saturn ( ) we break up, you break down, i break through this pattern please... please just pick up the phone… ‘cause i’m tired, and i’m sick, and i’m scared of being alone with the thought that you feel that i hit and run my heart starts to darken like the setting sun there is nothing i can do to make you feel like our love’s alive the thought of losin’ you just never star-crossed my mind baby, if you leave, then we’re through charlie moonbeam: i realize what you meant you said you’d rather Love from afar with yer head buried in yer bed instead of frettin’ i’m buyin’ records of Madvillain that mad masked man makes my bad sad attacks chillin’ i’m feelin’ this beat and keep my head noddin’ to it ‘til my feet are asleep i keep my mind on my destiny effortlessly cuz sexlessness is hellish and you were a heavenly angel it’s strange, how Love calls you to her chest then cuts you off and makes you fight for the rest i been tested, just like the rest did i been bested, i guess i coulda guessed i expressed it when we were standin’ in yer kitchen: our dreams are still real but the reality we dreamed isn’t so once yer finished, wipe the tears from yer cheeks cuz nothin’ is perfected in a matter of weeks with the thought that you feel that i hit and run my heart starts to darken like the setting sun there is nothing i can do to make you feel like our love’s alive the thought of losin’ you just never star-crossed my mind baby, don’t give yer Love away
6.
get busy 04:41
my momma done told me, “don’t waste yer life, get busy!” big nick: i’m not known for my spectacular flow but my empirical lyrical just got planted like some miracle gro and i’ll attack, but ain’t no need to take a step back when you react to my didactic syntax oh, don’t get me started on this odyssey, you gotta see i gotta tendency to mouth off periodically and logically, i discuss philosophies i’ll mold yer ass like play-doh, i’m a gadfly like socrates big fatty: certainly you look at me with a q-u-e- s-t-i-o-n on yer mind like, WHO IS HE!?!? so allow me to reintroduce myself i like fat beats call me grey goose cuz i'm top shelf turn the lights a lil lower and listen up cuz yer spittin ground level shit and i'm the top floor the mind blower always thinkin forward so lemme take a quick breath while d pop gets closer d-pop fantastic: back in birmingham they call me D-Pop Fantastic i’m here to soothe yer soul and blow yer mind iconoclastic i’m classic, my mommy says i’m Humphrey Bogart my brain is kinda nuts so if you want, i’ll make a flow chart i’m so smart, i used to go to school but then i dropped out Now i’m droppin’ trou’ in a band that’s ‘bout to Pop out she got that magic look, HerEyeOnMe like Granger witches on my wand, i’m getting’ busy with a stranger big fat: it's time you head to the dance floor with a purpose i keep the party lit with my hot rhymes call me furnace i need a thermos i know yer nervous but i'm bout to teach a good lesson listen so you learn it if you got a blunt burn it i'm the next page so just turn it but not yer cheek it's a new leaf hop out yer seat start movin yer feet and keep the beat runnin like a track meet are you ready to get busy stand next to yer honey and get friendly grab a few more drinks just past tipsy believe it er not, it's kinda like ripley's believe the hype you got the fresh squad with whysowhite with the sound so cold bout to freeze the pipes wake up chitown cuz the time is right now
7.
renegade 06:12
big nick: that’s it i’m through no more a part of it this rat race life i’ve lived i’m makin’ my breakthrough i’ve run my circles and found my dead ends played the routine that’s allowed some bends a twisted ride it’s time to end do you hear yerself talkin’ don’t you ever see with yer eyes? i break down these walls of lies and here i stand: a renegade 2x a storm is rising a thunderous pulse that builds in my veins cold winds they kept me numb heavy rain brought days of pain do you hear yerself talkin’ don’t you ever see with yer eyes? i break down these walls of lies and here i stand: a renegade 2x for me, the world is not enough took until you called my bluff a thief’s he(art) is what i had a shameful face i can’t erase look into my eyes see for yerself i feel what i have done take it from me, you reap what you sow a heavy toll to pay for my fun do you hear yerself talkin’ don’t you ever see with yer eyes? i break down these walls with cries and here i stand: a renegade 2x
8.
13:22
charlie moonbeam: i slip into yer veins i think you like it... i slip into yer veins i know you like it...

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released February 8, 2013

all songs written and performed by whysowhite
recorded and mixed at engine co. 86 by chris “dngr” miller - chicago, il
additional recordings by steve rashid at woodside avenue music productions - evanston, il
mastered by tom tierney at spaceman sound - brooklyn, ny
album artwork by devin soisson
management: patrick ‘pwelbs’ welby

big nick : vocals
charlie moonbeam : vocals
d-pop fantastic : vocals : congas
dngr : lead guitar
uncle funk : rhythm guitar
custom sumberg : bass
fatphlams levine : drums
brahmz : percussion
the shef : keys : vocals

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whysowhite Chicago, Illinois

can ya hear me in the front, can ya hear me in the back? ya gonna get smacked with a big ol funk attack. stay crunchy.

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