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Blue Lotus - The Awakening

by Mau Power

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    Rising from roots gripped into the sands of the Torres Strait, Mau Power is telling stories of strength, power and resilience through his music.

    A proud Torres Strait Islander Dhoebaw man from the Guda Malullgal nations, Mau Power is the first rapper out of the Torres Strait to rap in language.

    His angelic ability to stitch together a tapestry of Indigenous storytelling and hip-hop culture led to the production of his second album, Blue Lotus – released earlier this year.

    “It’s good to finally have it out there in the universe, it took some time to build it but I’m so thankful it’s out and getting the reaction it is,” Mau Power said.

    Blue Lotus draws from his personal journey after releasing his first album, The Show Will Go On in 2014.

    “I wanted to be more spiritual on the album, work on different arrangements and collaborate with people that are outside of the world of hip-hop,” he said.

    “The album asks the question, where does the journey go? It’s a journey of growth and that’s in the title; Blue Lotus.”

    The first single from the album, Arrived, encapsulates that feeling of starting a journey.

    “It speaks to that manifestation of creating that work – it’s all a process. Recording that song was really what the album was about.”

    Mau Power’s cultural connection is a key factor in the process of creating his music.
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The Awakening Lyrics: Chorus: Believe me it’s real, what You see/
 In my world/ Let em Watch me baby, never stop me baby/ It’s my world/ The Awakening/ Vs1, Uuh, Silhouettes In a dark chamber/ The hidden image of the dream chaser/ The smoke clears and old fears, of broke years/
 Are weapons to the spoken Poets birthed with a righteous nature/ The Curtain raises, you hope they greet you/ The silences is deafening, hope they still can hear you/ The orator begins to welcome you to the sequel/
 And in that moment what you say Illuminates the people/ Uuh, Stage a climatic re-opening/ The golden pen, an open lens re-focusing/ Cyphers of my origins, ancient drums to bring it back/ A mind blast with hieroglyphs, of Parables in notepads/ Like diamonds through this hour glass, precious are the moments that/
 Raised me out a world of pity, put on that Lotus path/ Left it all exposed, the stairway to my soul/
 On everything I wrote, question everything you know/ Chorus: Believe me it’s real, what You see/
 In my world/ Let em Watch me baby, never stop me baby/ It’s my world/ The Awakening/ Vs2, Uuh, A movement pulled back in focus/ The metamorphous theologies of the lotus/ You are facing the artist radio called aggressive/
 Since “Freedom” became the anthem I live to represent it/ Carry that creed relentless message to my descendants/ Since the curtain calls the ignorant felt the presence/ Constantly pursuing heavens stairway to greatness/ Wisdom of our hero’s imparted within My Cadence/ Spawned from the depths of Zenadh Kes archipelago/
 A manifestation this nation just wasn’t ready for/ Offspring of Poseidon, this optic trident, un-censors me/ Raging of the energy ready for what is meant to be/ Patiently waiting in a world that can’t contain me/ Breaking mental chains in prisons that can’t enslave me/ Welcome to Utopia let this moment take it in/
 “The Show” brought them the vision, the Lotus is the Awakening/ Chorus: Believe me it’s real, what You see/
 In my world/ Let em Watch me baby, never stop me baby/ It’s my world/ The Awakening/ Outro: Ready or Not/ The time has come/ We won’t Hide/ MP: Bout’ to put the kill on a Nation! Ready or Not/
 The time has come/ We survived/ MP: Bout’ to put the kill on a Nation! …..
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Control Me Lyrics Vs1, Uhu, Awaken from a class disorder/ The rage to get my life in order/ Can’t write about a tale of failure/ That lingo’s foreign to ambitious monsters/ The content a story of wit/ Success like a lycanthrope/ Considered a myth/ We moved through the underbelly/ Birthed from the grit/ Out the reeking shadows/ We emerged through the filth/ Like kings/ Bridge: Heaven let an angel come/ And rescue me/ My soul screams/ Breath/ Chorus: Living like my reign will come/ Life will only give you one/ Knowing I will make it something/ But I keep begging you to come and control me/ Vs2, The capsules of a myth/ Realities of a monster/ High on the essentials/ Mastered minded honours/ God like complex/ It’s complex ingenious/ The genesis source/ Is relevant if obedient/ Searching laws of everything/ Uncut it’s menacing/ Define the laws of power/ Power the law of everything/ Running to the top/ This movement will never stop/ Rep is all we got/ You either reppin’ or you not/ Like kings/ Bridge: Heaven let an angel come/ And rescue me/ My soul screams/ Breath/ Chorus: Living like my reign will come/ Life will only give you one/ Knowing I will make it something/ But I keep begging you to come and control me/ Vs3, Blueprints of conglomerates/ Effortless with every breath/ Matrix like an architect/ Created from the intellect/ Destitute to excellence/ Self-belief replenished it/ From this single vision/ My future re-invented/ Now I’m on my Pavarotti/ Raging the Maserati/ Strictly Kamikaze/ Failure will never stop me/ Rep my creed – Rocky/ The Paul Giamatti/ None will ever stop me/ All of them can get bodied/ We kings - RRRRUGH!
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Arrived Lyrics Melody Intro: Heeeeeyyyyyy Ooohhhh Vs1, Grace in the flow/ Illuminate like city lights/ Like I lived for this moment/ I rose to this life/ Light flashing/ Pictures of grand stage area’s/ Word to a believer/ This has never been more, realer/ Picked out this vision/ From a moment in my dream/ Turn scripts of Paulo Coelho/ Alchemy can be real/ A fugitive of my past/ Living life on the run/ Sacrifice what I am/ For what I’m about to become/ In a birth of this moment/ The only opponent my mind/ We, going down to the wire/ Put it all the line/ With every fibre of my being/ I come to claim what is mine/ In my race against time/ It’s my will to survive/ I’m inspired more than ever/ To keep dreams alive/ The criticism has no value/ So, I pay them no mind/ And If the divine can take time/ To turn water to wine/ Then I can take the time/ To turn my darkness to light/ Chorus: I talked to time/ For many days and many nights/ I’ve seen the sun/ Danced with that goddess of night/ Yes, I know/ I’m finally found/ Yes, I’m here/ The son has arrived/ When you arrive/ Vs2, From enclosed prison cells/ Manifested this mind/ The plans were of G.O.D/ A Grand Organised Design/ It’s something cosmic/ When rhyme captures time/ The past and the present/ Defining each line/ In the universal state/ Possibilities awaits/ Those who don’t awake/ Greatness will forsake/ Put faith in all mistakes/ Aligning with the great/ The only question worth asking/ Do you have what it takes/ Every day is savage/ Battling challenges/ May passion be the catalyst/ To resurrect a Lazarus/ The hustles deep/ In this complex Labyrinth/ Just trying to survive/ Brings a whole new madness/ Maybe this is vanity/ Confused with shine/ Maybe too complex/ To be put into rhymes/ The only thing we know for sure/ We expire in time/ So, what will be the story/ That you leave behind/ Chorus: I talked to time/ For many days and many nights/ I’ve seen the sun/ Danced with that goddess of night/ Yes, I know/ I’m finally found/ Yes, I’m here/ The son has arrived/ When you arrive/ Outro Adlib:
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Desire Lyrics Vs1, Tell the world I am ready for success/ Out the slums cut my lane from the rest/ Face the doubt, I’ll put it to the test/ From a different vain, so blood clot the rest/ So focused, let life through its best/ Harness the reactions, on pure intellect/ Respect boy, I put it on the percussions/ These blood, sweat and tears ain’t raining out for nothing/ Greatness comes with the journey of the rise/ Motivated, running against the grains of time/ To say I didn’t pay the cost, would be a lie/ I’d rather die, then say I didn’t try/ Crawling out the bottom, all I saw was the sky/ Plots to break bread, in leagues of the most-high/ Hustlers ambition focusing on my rise/ A legacy’s defined, with the passion of this fire/ Chorus: Desires/ To set the world on fire/ Inspired/ To burn it all/ And when we speak amongst these halls/ On bended knees pray I don't fall/ Deep into asylum walls/ Where the dreams mean nothing at all/ It's desire/ To set this world on fire/ They can't hold me down/ Vs2, I broke free from the stigmas and the myths/ I broke free, and my world took a shift/ From broke dreams, to immersed in this ish/ Hell, in crisis kept my ink lit/ In this telekinesis art became the reasons/ We rose with seasons soul of the legions/ Don't prey on Jesus pieces for hope to believe us/ Chains of heavy burden my consciousness is freedom/ The untamed out-weighs the price of fame/ You can't lock, Ideas up in a cage/ The great urge to purge the great stage/ I came to bring the change within the game/ Spit words that births a great Sage/ One with the people moving through this maze/ Diamonds under pressure we shine we don’t break/ Ain't bound by no chains I can never be a slave/ I'm free/ Chorus: Desires/ To set the world on fire/ Inspired/ To burn it all/ And when we speak amongst these halls/ On bended knees pray I don't fall/ Deep into asylum walls/ Where the dreams mean nothing at all/ It's desire/ To set this world on fire/ They can't hold me down/ Vs3, Here I come possessed by the drums/ took in on myself to build my kingdom come/ Still with that warrior heart to overcome/ Don't sleep on the kid my work is far from done/ I’ll admit I been working on that bank flow/ On that ill with mic, he nice flow/ My state of art be a maestro on Nitro/ I'm James Dean, James Franco/ Thrills/ Outro adlib: Oh, they can’t hold me down/ Nh, they can’t hold me down/ Desire, Yeah Set the world on fire/ Set the world on fire/ Oooooohhhhhh Oh Yeah/ MP: They Can’t hold me down/
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Tree of Life Lyrics Intro Poem: I can’t do it anymore/ The pains too strong/ This is the end/ I feel I can’t go on/ I don’t want to die/ But I can’t fight no more/ I just want the pain to end/ It’s time to knock on heavens’ door/ Intro: I pray, I pray/ I pray, I pray, I pray/ Forgive us all, please/ No more pain/ I pray, I pray/ I pray, I pray, I pray/ Vs1, The haunting sounds wails/ From a mothers’ cry/ Looking to the heavens/ Father asking why/ Community state/ Forever petrified/ From this common/ Lifestyle accepted undenied/ Through a child’s eyes/ Death got you hypnotise/ The world will never/ Hears the tears from a silent cry/ the pains disguised/ Hidden behind the sweetest smiles/ Absence of hope alone/ Can leave you paralysed/ Broken masses/ Lost faith in this madness/ When a child is laid forever sleep/ In closed caskets/ Only then you stop to think/ How could this happen/ Parents burying the children/ More often then, they should/ It’s like the spirits of broken graves/ Speak the pain of lost saints/ It’s like the hanging rope/ became the new chains/ Polluted views/ consume the youth today/ It’s time to unite/ To save those who lost their way/ And I pray/ Chorus: The rain will fall/ Where the rainbow forms/ And the howling wind Will teach you warmth/ I pray, I pray/ The fallen Rise again/ In the tree of life/ Vs2, I’ve seen a youth/ Confirm his proof/ Adamant in his views/ Convinced beyond a doubt/ He’s destined for the noose/ A lifeless puppet/ Elevated far from angels/ Could understand the fractured mental psyche/ As he dangled/ Another holding a blade/ Smiles disguise her pain/ Conflictions’ of identity/ Overshadowed by shame/ The symptoms of oppressive/ Abusive constitutions/ Mark of a lifetime/ Being raised in institutions/ What is our state/ If this is our great escape/ When youth mortality dissipate/ At alarming rates/ Standing at a wake/ Wishing they would awake/ From this ugly vicious cycle/ How much more can we take/ Blood on the roots/ bring bearers of bad news/ Silencing the truth/ We numb to the blues/ Polluted views/ Consume the youth today/ It’s time to unite/ To save those who lost their way/ And we pray/ Chorus: The rain will fall/ Where the rainbow forms/ And the howling wind/ Will teach you warmth/ I pray, I pray/ The fallen Rise again/ In the tree of life/ Outro: See people Judge me/ Call me selfish, they call me weak/ But do you realise how broken/ And how silenced you feel/ When you can’t speak/ Suicide isn’t weak/ Leaving the one’s you love/ Is the hardest choice that anyone could ever make! / You see when the pain is so strong/ So terrifying/ The only way for it to end/ You feel it’s your life you must take/ But suicide isn’t the answer to end this pain/ The answer is in each other’s eyes/ In our minds, It’s in our hearts/ The answer is love/ The way to end our pain/ Is love/ Chorus: The rain will fall/ Where the rainbow forms/ And the howling wind Will teach you warmth/ I pray, I pray/ The fallen Rise again/ In the tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/ The tree of life/
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Serenity Lyrics Intro Serenity Pray: Grant me serenity/ To accept the things, I cannot change/ Courage to change the things I can/ And the wisdom to know the difference/ “No, I ain’t losing my mind” Chorus: I’ll give you all I have/ I’ll give you all I’ve got/ Everything/ Everything/ Vs1, Emerge to the light/ Knowledge reborn/ The meaning of life/ Uhh/ Confess to this mic/ writing these stories of what/ Life was like/ Uhh/ Became my role models/ drowned in the potions/ On pills and bottles/ Uhh/ Crawling the bottom/ Discovered a mind/ They thought was forgotten/ Seen life in recession a new Armageddon/ 15year old, and I’m speaking depression/ Stare in the mirror to kill my reflection/ Scream if you want didn’t care what you selling! / Telling you, you were the problem that caused me, to hate what you got/ So, we got them rebelling/ Preacher keep preaching deceived to believe/ your saving our lives, no Question/ This shit ain’t right/ Searching this world for something to comfort my life/ Playing my part praying I walk to the light/ Trapped in this cage, but willingness force me to fight/ Lost in this darkness screaming this is my life/ Chorus: Save me serenity/ Show me the love of life/ Until I see the light/ This is my life/ Vs2, In face of my death/ create them a world the future respects/ From prison to palaces built from the test/ The blueprint is set from the word of my breath/ The lotus emerges through murk & the dirt/ Embraces the dawn and takes what it’s worth/ Truly deserve to live & to serve/ Life from the sun inspire these words/ Pray Ghandi come show me true growth in my wisdom/ Mandela come guide me through iller convictions/ Study the words of a young Chicka Dixon/ Knowledge became a true source of my mission/ On my Napoleon Hill I’m a will/ The strength of my focus and courage to build/ Revealing in time a powerful mind/ Sharpen with steels with the skills/ This is what’s right/ Searching my heart for something to comfort my life/ Playing my part praying I walk to the light/ Placed in the path of a battle I’m willing to fight/ Tell them my struggles, I’m putting it all on my life/ Chorus: Save me serenity/ Show me the love of life/ Until I see the light/ This is my life Outro: My Life/ Ooooohhhh My Life/ Ooooohhhh Until I can see the light/ Ooooohhhh Whoa oohhhh Ooooohhhh Hey-yeah Ooooohhhh Ooooohhhh Ooooohhhh Ooooohhhh
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I Am Worthy Lyrics Vs1, I’ve seen the ancient writings/ Scriptures of times survival/ I’ve seen a journey etched in stone/ Lyrics of times arrival/ Modern prophets healed me/ Future scholars hear me/ Peace is search of righteousness/ Mother earth come feel me/ Music to free me/ Poet of a modern lingo/ I came from the oceans/ On ancient trade roots/ Trading knowledge we wrote/ Lore when they spoke/ The cultures Griots/ Sung in existence / Wisdom of a native tongue when we spoke/ Chorus (Language chant) Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Vs2, The story/ Is something that we speak/ Spirit of the movement/ It runs so deep/ The future is calling/ The past to speak/ From the peaks of the valleys/ To the heart of the streets/ Universal spirit/ Let the healing come/ Children still following/ The beat of your drum/ Defined in a purpose/ Defined am I worth it/ And beat on this track/ Till my kingdoms come/ Thank God! They can’t bury me now/ Kept me in deep/ But I battled it out/ Still breaking down/ These wall of doubts/ Till me last breath/ I’m a battle it out/ Hey Mother, look at me now/ Mother has your son made you proud/ Mother these cages are closing/ Father give me strength/ To tear it all down/ Come On/ Pre-Chorus Breakdown “Spiritual Chant” Chorus (Language chant) Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Vs3, Let me reign on this madness/ Break the chains of this madness/ In search for the answers/ Survival the only thing that matters/ feel the pulse of the streets/ hard times to find inner peace/ Put my faith in these words/ Let it be the essences of me/ see I am what the world made/ I am what the world play/ I am what the world gives/ I am what the world takes/ I am what the world needs/ Love and hate/ Battling this madness/ To make the world break/ Make no mistake/ I am a revolution/ Make no mistake/ I am the revolution/ Put it down twice/ So, there’s no confusion/ Going in hard/ now embrace the movement – Rrruuhh/ Pre-Chorus Breakdown “Spiritual Chant” Chorus (Language chant): Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ngay Kedha Mawa Kedha/ Ina Kedha Mawa Kedha/
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Koiki Lyrics Intro - News report The civil rights movement swept across Australia in the 1960’s. Many people fought for their basic human rights. The right to walk into shops, cinemas’ , try on clothes, swim in a public pool, to buy a cuppa from a local cafe & of course the right to vote. They are part of the movement changing the world. One man, Eddie Koiki Mabo took the fight to the highest establishments in the land. He challenged the most powerful laws of the country. The legacy of a courageous man, a freedom fighter, a deep thinker, a free spirit, a father, a son and brother, a person connected to the history, and a visionary that saw long into the future, he knew that things must change, for his people. Chant: (Meriam Dialect) Malo Tag Moki, Moki Teter Moki, Moki Vs1, The Messenger breath, his truth with the native tongue/ For the future, the journey an important one/ His story was one about Birthright/ History will remember this great fight/ That moment Terra Nullius abolished/ Planted a seed for our people to be Acknowledged/ Inspire minds with missions of sovereignty/ Reclaim our Heritage, Reclaim our Identity/ A warrior stands for its beliefs/ What is a chief if he never learns to lead/ Carrying the flag Bernard Namok created for us/ And tell our story so our children believe/ George Mye said we deserve the best/ The time for change is here, stand proud & show our strength/ And in this moment may we never forget/ Those who fought the battles for us to get respect/ Chorus Koiki Koiki Koiki Vs2, His name brings a strength upon sight/ A legacy endured a great fight/ Let’s not forget, David Passi who shares this moment/ That spear that broke a system so heroic/ They are the leaders of which the future will remember/ History is the story we speak/ Their Names runs deep in your veins/ Speak of a world where culture remains/ June 3 let us march in unity/ A single moment that defined our identity/ Carrying the flag Bernard Namok created for us/ And tell our story so our children believe/ Maluwap said we deserve the best/ The time of change is here stand proud & show our strength/ And In this moment let us never forget/ Those who fight these battles for us to get respect/ Chorus Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki Koiki
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Warrior Dance Lyrics Intro Astro Adlibs Beat kick intro Freedom music/ Let it heal your soul/ Freedom music/ Rhythm take control/ Vs1, Yo, yo, yo, Yo, yo, yo, yo Welcome to the mind of a rebel for the cause/ I got them flags high and the radio on Pause/ They caught me on the rise the rock standing tall/ I hail from TSI golden mic from the North/ Heard them in the streets, they vibe a different beat/ A talk of revolution and It’s scary when we speak/ With blood upon this red dirt, its vein is running deep/ And now they beds are burning a nation scared to sleep/ A song of redemption, I came to wake the free/ 500,000 Strong marching to a single beat/ And the drum rolls, the drum roll is mean/ A battle chat to dance, a warriors’ theme/ We take it to the streets, rounding up the fleets/ Until the people free there can never be no peace/ This a Pro black renaissance, lost languages of kings/ I and I, battling to win, And the horns go!!!/ Bridge When music is freedom/ A new life unfolds/ In the book of the teachers/ A new story is told/ And the voice of the people/ Will move you soul/ A new rhythm is coming/ Chorus AB - And we’re dancing through the street Yeah/ MP - Warriors, Warriors/ AB - Let the rhythm take control/ MP - Warriors, Warriors/ AB - Hear them dancing through the street Yeah/ MP - Warriors, Warriors/ AB - Let the music free your soul/ MP - Warriors, Warriors/ Vs2, Verse two warrior salute/ Motive of this rage is the hunger for the truth/ The future is confused, time to change the news/ Colour people’s thoughts. change their world views/ A microphone - sire, build an empire/ Zenadh Kes will rise off the words of Desire/ Go higher, higher, pound for pound raise your fist/ The roots from Jamaican bloodline connects/ From Guam to the Philippines, Fiji to the South Seas/ Papua New Guinea my One Tox we one seed/ Power to the movement in Brazil/ Canadian Pow Wow the movement is real/ I can see it in your eyes a warriors’ pride/ The music be the power that will make my people rise/ Watch the many nations stand an unify/ The universal virtues one personifies, and the horns go!!!/ Bridge When music is freedom/ A new life unfolds/ In the book of the teachers/ A new story is told/ And the voice of the people/ Will move you soul/ A new rhythm is coming/ Chorus AB - And we’re dancing through the street Yeah/ MP - One time for the mind/ AB - Let the rhythm take control/ MP - Two time for the pride/ AB - Hear them dancing through the street Yeah/ MP - One time for your mind/ AB - Let the music free your soul/ MP - Two time for your pride/ Outro Astro Adlibs
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Legends – Featuring. Radical Son “Legend” definition: a particular story sometimes regarded as historic but not authenticated. This song is about walking in the footprints of our unsung heroes’ that have left a legacy for us to follow. It is a song of understanding that there is a responsibility we have to honour as voices of our people. Featuring the soulful vocals of “Radical Son”; this song takes you on an emotional journey of appreciating those who have laid down the foundation for us to walk on.
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Blue Lotus Lyrics Intro, Ooooo, Ooooo, Chorus Where do all the people go/ Do they Just fly away/ To ends of Days/ Where do all the hero’s go/ Do they just drift away/ To where the legends play/ Vs1, I put my Island on the map/ Put a nation on the map/ Zenadh Kes/ You know exactly where it's at/ Show you the world that I built/ Leave my soul on this track/ Put my pain on this drums’/ That’s everything that I have/ Understanding where this life is leading/ Questioned what I believed in/ We’re all here for chosen seasons/ So, I chose my dreaming/ Searching life for different reasons/ In my state of being/ Compositions so revealing/ Battling angels & demons/ Confessions of how I/ Gave the Straits the Mic/ beyond the shining lights/ I brought this music to life/ While they sleeping I was crafting/ These designs into life/ Living on the road alone/ A rogue of the night/ But they heard me I was worthy/ To live life on this quest/ Like That saltwater cowboy/ Sailing into the West/ Searching for the sounds of Gaia/ Desires to live the best/ My world is my creations/ The word of every breath/ Chorus Where do all the people go/ Do they Just fly away/ To ends of Days/ Searching for the Lotus (whispered) Where do all the hero’s go/ Do they just drift away/ To where the legends play/ Dreaming of the Lotus (whispered) Vs2, I’m So focused/ Poems that we seed heals the broken/ Omnipotent when divine laws/ Intervene in my opus/ Raw emotions got my mind exploding/ Laws were coded, rules were broken/ Karma told me, Love November Rains/ With Guns ’n’ Roses/ It’s insane, art bleeds of the love and the Pain/ From a stroke of a pen/ You can create a change/ walk the path of the lotus/ The missions to empower/ Grow from our understanding/ Turn muddy waters to flowers/ These are the written/ Stories of journey’s I never Spoke/ Looking at life though a broken kaleidoscope/ Distorts hope/ Faith alone was the reason/ That locked me on this road/ Now I’m on that final stretch baby/ I’m coming home/ Longing for the better days/ A quiet Island life/ Waiting for that day/ Where I could hang up that Mic/ But for now, we keep it moving/ One more song to be sung/ Laying down that foundations/ For a kingdom to come/ Chorus Where do all the people go/ Do they Just fly away/ To ends of Days/ Searching for the Lotus (whispered) Where do all the hero’s go/ Do they just drift away/ To where the legends play/ Dreaming of the Lotus (whispered) Outro Adlib BW: Ohhhh, Ohhhh, Ohhhh/ MP: Searching the Lotus (whispered)/ BW: Ohhhh Ohhhh, Ohhhh Ohhhh/ MP: Dreaming of the Lotus (whispered)/ BW: Ohhhh, Ohhhh, Ohhhh/ MP: Searching the Lotus (whispered)/ BW: Ohhhh Ohhhh, Ohhhh Ohhhh/ MP: Dreaming of the Lotus (whispered)/
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Better Life Lyrics Intro, Uh, FT Adlib: Ooooh MP: I ain’t No Casanova, I ain’t no Romeo/ FT: Come On MP: But I hold it down Vs1, Hustle night & day/ Time flies on the grind/ Pause for the moment/ Pay my gratitude to time/ I’m scheming hard trying to leave/ This life behind/ 100 plus hours/ What’s a 9 to 5/ I’ve Seen more planes then most/ Living out of hotels more than home/ Rolling up and down this coast/ I can tell you this life ain’t an Instagram post/ And when I’m not around/ I know You holding it down/ Trying to keep it calm/ While I’m rocking out of town/ This rolling stone life/ Ain’t as cute as it sounds/ Trying hard not to let this life/ Tear us down/ Changes we both went though/ Not many could have seen it though/ Let you know I want to build with you/ Take a moment to appreciate you/ Chorus Dreams of a better life/ You and I ride into the night/ Everything that you ever need/ Come here and share it with me/ Vs2, Another day in the life/ Build this world over time/ Dreams of a future/ Of my grand designs/ I’m rhyming hard trying to leave/ This life behind/ 100 plus hours/ To perfect each line/ Whoa, let me kiss the sky/ Hold on a moment let me testify/ Don’t know why your acting surprised/ I can see my future in your eyes/ Like the sun needs the moon/ Me plus you/ Let us play on this earth/ And discover the truth/ Your, not just my muse/ My moment of youth/ A reason for the grind/ In everything that I do/ Your the definition of a dream/ The star of this movie scene/ Your the inspiration I need / Let you Every king needs A Queen/ Can you be mine/ Chorus Dreams of a better life/ You and I ride into the night/ Everything that you ever need/ Come here and share it with me/ Vs3, This is the dreams of a better life/ You and me in a world full of sunshine/ A castle on the Island live a quiet life/ With nothing but love and a peace of mind/ This is the dreams of a better life/ You and me in a world full of sunshine/ A castle on the Island live a quiet life/ With nothing but love and a peace of mind/ This is the dreams/ Outro - Adlib singing This is the dream of a better life/ This is a better life/ For you and me/ For you and me/ MP: This is the dreams/
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Dreams & Nightmares Lyrics Vs1, - My Opus See the world
through a child’s eyes/ Images of big dreams from a child’s mind/ Imagination is god but it’s child-like/ Young Einstein’s the relativity of life/ Started out with nothing but a mic and dream/ Writing ‘bout the colourful enigmas I’ve seen/ Never thought in this life I’d make it to the screen/ Not knowing that each line was writing my destiny/ Faith guided a misfit addicted to the mischief's/ Grew up in this gravel pit made my skin thick/ Boulevards of shattered dreams the story was vile/
 Dusty dirt tracks walking a broken mile/ Wide eyed and jaded just biding the time/ Hoping for that sunshine holding a crooked smile/ Lessons came in blessings poetry in its essence/ Life’s gifts sweet lady, yes, I finally get it/ Nanas prayers answered yes, we saw heaven/
 That serenade just beautifully playing/ And then in time I watched it all play out/ Blueprints of my legacy created the layout/ The knowledge of youth in my moment of dawn/ In those single moments when my daughters were born/ Keep my crowns of thorns worn on every song/
 So, the children may never have to live this life torn/ Those pretty pedals are poetry on a sainted heart/ So, I thank you with my opus to share my heart/ Thank you for the moments that made my start/
 I am grateful in this life I could play my part/ I am grateful in this life I could play my part/ Now watch this movie fade to black “Black....Black.....Black.....Black”/ Vs2, - Slave to Success This when dreams become nightmares the drama it brings/
 See emotions oscillate like when the pendulum swings/ The sin when popularity is the core of the saga/ Pray that your karma bring order to the drama/ the line is finite between success and fame/
 In the game of broken thrones even kings become slaves/ It’s hard to elude in this Rubik’s cube/
 Who’s the shark and who’s the food/ Who is prophet, who is fool/ Mr Soul repo altering your cerebral/
 Kill my own ego rebirth as the Eagles/ The answer to the mystery fittingly an Enigma/
 With that oxymoron I leave you the clear picture/ “Fade to black - Black....Black.....Black.....Black” as a sample “Fade to black - Black....Black.....Black.....Black” as a sample “Fade to black - Black....Black.....Black.....Black” as a sample END……

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Rising from roots gripped into the sands of the Torres Strait, Mau Power is telling stories of strength, power and resilience through his music.

A proud Torres Strait Islander Dhoebaw man from the Guda Malullgal nations, Mau Power is the first rapper out of the Torres Strait to rap in language.

His angelic ability to stitch together a tapestry of Indigenous storytelling and hip-hop culture led to the production of his second album, Blue Lotus – released earlier this year.

“It’s good to finally have it out there in the universe, it took some time to build it but I’m so thankful it’s out and getting the reaction it is,” Mau Power said.

Blue Lotus draws from his personal journey after releasing his first album, The Show Will Go On in 2014.

“I wanted to be more spiritual on the album, work on different arrangements and collaborate with people that are outside of the world of hip-hop,” he said.

“The album asks the question, where does the journey go? It’s a journey of growth and that’s in the title; Blue Lotus.”

The first single from the album, Arrived, encapsulates that feeling of starting a journey.

“It speaks to that manifestation of creating that work – it’s all a process. Recording that song was really what the album was about.”

Mau Power’s cultural connection is a key factor in the process of creating his music.

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released November 7, 2019

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Mau Power Cairns, Australia

Mau Power (born Patrick James Mau) is a hip hop artist from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait and is the first Australian rapper to tour from this region.He is also the founder and executive director of One Blood Hidden Image, the first Torres Strait independent record distribution label, film production and media company. ... more

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