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Reimagined

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1.
(My City Glory & Jordan Bink) Read and return here [Read and return here] We say what we see and talk sick daily [Maybe it's time we take you back to the basics] (My City Glory) We used to bleed out.. Nosebleeds on the playground Teacher teacher, high school shakedown Eager senior, trapper keeper, reefer breathin' sleeping lay down, slow. Bask in dreams and flux and flow Looking back with a touch of growth, yo Now I'm grown with nowhere to go, no (Jordan Bink) We used to bleed out Nosebleeds in the back yard Play soldier lost in the war ground Acorn bullets got tossed at my best friend. A neighborhood divided, trapped in the west end. Street lights pop on, hop on my bike rush. We use to love more, now all we love lust. We used to bleed, slow. Now when we bleed, gush.
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My city, my city (My City Glory) I was going 60 in a 35, I was 25 Looking for a life worth living, not a live and lie And yet I had a brief case of paradise; dressed to the nines in a suit and tie But that got wrinkled with time, it lost all it's magic I guess The nightlife meant more than my mattress ever did It's nights like this, I always reminisce When my life was a mess, yeah my life wasn't sh.. It's hard to get through And find some headroom It's time to improve you Got you feeling like it's, So hard to get through And find some headroom When you're stuck missing moves It's time you put your best foot forward For now, you know the choice is yours As you toe the line, line oh It's time you put your best foot forward For now, you know the choice is yours As you toe the line, line oh You always take a step back and toe the line again (x4) My city story started on the day I left Locked in and loaded up all of my sentiment Trapped in a car with nothing but the memories Of the people that I left and what they meant to me Listening to Black Balloon, I was waving goodbye Racing towards the afternoon, with a tear in my eye If you feel the magnitude of your feelings inside Well here's a fact for you about being alive (Some of this) Shit's hard to get through (You gotta) find some headroom It's time to improve you Got you feeling like it's, So hard to get through And find some headroom When you're stuck missing moves It's time you put your best foot forward For now, you know the choice is yours As you toe the line, line oh It's time you put your best foot forward For now, you know the choice is yours As you toe the line, line oh You always take a step back and toe the line again (x4) Take your two steps first You can rest in stride It's all about the way you run your mind Take it two steps first With your left and right You're not about to stay and toe the line You always take a step back and toe the line again (x4)
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(My City Glory) Damn, I don't know what it is Out of all the women in my daily life She get's me every time (My City Glory) It's a Sunday mourning morning sun is forming on the cusp of today like it's clockwork orange In this brainstorm, it rains and pours The pain is coming in waves, let it wane and score Rain ride away on that mounted force with reins, saddle, and all like an engine horse Power be in the mind and downer be in decline And never be in remorse and seek the outer of lines Sunsets on her blue eyes She's a Bella in the night time moonrise My god, I'm a deer in her headlights though She must be thinking I'm someone from the twilight zone. (Fuck it.) Got no time left to walk you off Got me spinning out in circles round your icy lot, She's an icy hot with a mind to back it, got me shaking in my boots with this winter jacket on. (My City Glory & Jordan Bink) I peel apart in the clockwork orange That feeling you get when it rains and pours, never again When I catch my breath bet I'm moving forward (Got me feeling like) Will I get like this Will I get like this? Oh, never again (My City Glory) My heart is skipping a beat due to infatuation Here's a bright white rose and a palpitation Slip on my words, I salivate, recalibrate the mind and de-complicate them. I wish I had the brawn to say this, Saw it coming from a mile I'd be saving face and At least I got a smile and praise but I was bracing myself for some actuation, now (My City Glory & Jordan Bink) I peel apart in the clockwork orange That feeling you get when it rains and pours, never again When I catch my breath bet I'm moving forward (Got me feeling like) Will I get like this Will I get like this? Oh, never again (Jordan Bink) It’s a 2 late night, with a beer stroked ego and AM eyes. Heavy breathing fogging up his vision. Like Rose and Jack in the back of that car, If you look you'll see every scar. Let her down the whiskey. He’s looking in the mirror with too much esteem. A New Breed, New Year, New Me. ahem. But he missed his chance. Let’s go back for a second, Let’s recap where we’re at for a second. Back outside of her car. Stands a man with his heart on his arm. Concerned face but his smile is warm. He walks up kindly taps on the glass. He's not the man in the mirror but his vision is class. Sorry miss but you’re making me ask, Are you safe to drive? I see you’re hurt, can I hop inside? Wanna talk? Can we take a ride? She said yes but her voice was course He drove her home His little clock work orange. (My City Glory & Jordan Bink) I peel apart in the clockwork orange That feeling you get when it rains and pours, never again When I catch my breath bet I'm moving forward (Got me feeling like) Will I get like this Will I get like this? Oh, never again Got me peeling apart, yeah Got me peeling apart Oh, that clockwork orange Got me peeling apart, yeah Got me peeling apart Oh, that clockwork orange
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About two years back, my heart went black and blue Now I'm living in the aftermath after cupid. I'm only lightly lucid In a life illusion Spending time aloof and it's.. It's like I'm half as human Living life on a pass Feeling twice as stupid Suck it up now pass the fluid, past in ruins Pick it up, fuck, put your back into it Dear God, help me slay all the demons From my fall into evil bring me up to the season in mind Spring to life, free the beacon inside Use a little tongue and cheek when you speak and be bright I oughta laugh until I cry And never rest until I die, never waste a breath while I'm still alive And be the best in the eyes of those close to me I guess better get my ass on back to the, back to the.. Brighter aura Cause I'm not alone I'm not a ghost Healing light bring me back to a Brighter aura Oh, I'm not alone I'm not a ghost Healing light bring me back to a Let her coffee brew in the kitchen Gotta let the pot stew and forget it Gotta tune in and listen To a drizzle turn to downpour, listen to the static of the cloudburst tapping a rhythm it's like A sightline for misty glasses But your sitting on the sidelines and feel so average like You lost a little Disney magic When you found another weekend of whisky sadness cause You want, you want love What you're looking for is missing, it's tough to find her If you want, she'll want out You can feel it burn a little bit when caught up in the thick of it now You want, you want love What you're looking for is missing, it's tough to find plus.. If you want, she'll want him, You can feel it burn a little bit it's best to get to living with a Brighter aura Cause I'm not alone I'm not a ghost Healing light bring me back to a Brighter aura Oh, I'm not alone I'm not a ghost Healing light bring me back to a (Bridge) Will you take me under Bathe in water Rain wash over me with grace and honor, my brighter aura Is what I wanna see (x2) Will you take me under Bathe in water (cause I’m not alone!) Rain wash over me with grace and honor, my brighter aura Is what I wanna see (bring me back to a) Will you take me under (brighter aura) (Oh I’m not alone!) Will you take me under Healing light bring me back to a...
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(My City Glory) We are the strangest of things I feel like our universe is upside down it's A nightmare I'm thinking, to much to stomach. We're lost in our introverse, strung up like puppets Oh will you wake me up (will you wake me up) From this night terror, from this night terror (Jordan Bink) Drag me back to my wakening. Cover me in comforters shakily, wake me please. It’s hard to be. When you realize everything you do could be a dream. When you fall a sleep hungry to become a king. Rule a world so perfect It’s too divine To be ripped from reality by morning light Every time. Wake me up. Wake me up inside. Wake me up. Wake me up inside. (My City Glory) We are the strangest of things I feel like our universe is upside down it's A nightmare I'm thinking, to much to stomach. We're lost in our introverse, strung up like puppets (CONTEИT & Jay Wetterling of Manhattan Blockade) Oh will you wake me up (will you wake me up) From this night terror, from this night terror (Jordan Bink) From head to toe my nose is as cold as snow It’s dark. I’m standing in a place I know that light has never been 11 am. Eleven I am. Alone in a world to dark to ever meet a friend In my life time. (All I need when it's night is a friend full of life In my life time.) x2 (CONTEИT) We are the strangest of things I feel like our universe is upside down it's A nightmare I'm thinking, to much to stomach. We're lost in our introverse, strung up like puppets (My City Glory & Jay Wetterling of Manhattan Blockade) Oh will you wake me up (will you wake me up) From this night terror, from this night terror (Jordan Bink) Pull me out of this upside-down right side up From this plane I’m on. Plain disgust. I might throw up. Help me close my eyes Rock me back to sleep. Make my peace while I'm counting sheep till I flat line. (Wake me up!) I swear to god I'm only awake in the night time till I flat line. (Wake me up!) I swear to god I'm only awake in the night time till I flat line. (My City Glory & Jay Wetterling of Manhattan Blockade) Wake me up, oh god will you wake me up Night terror, oh god will you wake me up Oh god will you Wake me up, oh god will you wake me up Night terror, oh god will you wake me up, night terror Oh god will you
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Monophobia 03:43
In times like this When I’m fleeing, feeling all alone I'll lock myself within my bedroom walls It’s a curtain call to arms To grapple monophobia The light outside still burdens me and more It’s the story of my year Feeling so withdrawn, it’s clear I need to take all of this And unpack the lot of it Cause I've bottled up my fears, this year. Ohh, ohh This year.. Mmm, mmm (Whistle Solo) This message floating in A current sea of nervousness I’ve lacked the will to be more than I know Like what’s the purpose of A talent cornucopia If I can’t leave the comfort of my home It’s the story of my year Feeling so withdrawn, it’s clear I need to take all of this And unpack the lot of it Cause I've bottled up my fears, this year. Ohh, ohh This year.. Mmm, mmm (Whistle Solo) This year.. Mmm, mmm (x4)
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(My City Glory) This braggadocio track, So supercalifragilisticexpeaili-that We marry pop in our music with flack that we rap It's not the stacks that we lack or the crap we never had That made us rap in the first place, I'm just an addict for the rhythm of a wordplay Call it a symptom or a birth trait I'm at my work place, writing in the back as the verse plays Hoping I can finish up this track by my birthday (hah) I've come far to far, it's far to hard for me to run far from the sound of this music It's like I'm trapped in a musical illusion Playing at my heart of hearts for your amusement I've got nothing in this world to lose It's a beautiful ability to share it for this world to view Ain't got nothing in this world to prove To you, or you, or you. It's just bad business (Jordan Bink & My City Glory) We all got a little verse in the back of our mind that we rap all the time when we're feeling hurt We all got a little verse in the back of our mind that we rap all the time when we're feeling worse We all got a little verse in the back of our mind that we rap all the time when we're feeling hurt We all got a little verse in the back of our mind, in the back of our mind (Jordan Bink) I’ve never finished in the first place. I’ll never finish thats what hurts me. I needed rap in the worst way like a drunk when I'm thirsty on a Thursday. On My first date. Palms are sweaty. Walking through a mall she wants me to buy her toms already? My knees weak, all spaghetti. The stress is heavy I’m shook. I always feel like I feel beaten I had a dream, wish I was still sleepin Cause the close I wear are still cheap and The shoes I walk are still squeaking. And the bills I have are still needing. To be paid I know I’m late by like a month But I’m still breathing. That’s what this music has instilled in me. I'm just praying people still feel me. I'll say nothin but the truth even if it will kill me. Kid Cudi still illy With the passion and pain. But Chance killin the game when he says Money saved me, so I’ma do the same thang (Jordan Bink & My City Glory) We all got a little verse in the back of our mind that we rap all the time when we're feeling hurt We all got a little verse in the back of our mind that we rap all the time when we're feeling worse We all got a little verse in the back of our mind that we rap all the time when we're feeling hurt We all got a little verse in the back of our mind, in the back of our mind (My City Glory) And I can feel it in my soul (Yo but that's just my business) And I can feel it taking hold (Yo but that's just my business) And I can feel it in my soul (Yo but that's just my business) And I can feel it taking hold And I can feel it in my soul Feel it in my, feel it in my soul Feel it in my, feel it in my soul
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Visualizing 03:07
Have you ever just locked All your thoughts in a box and threw Away all the keys For a chance at release cause it's A little bit of peace, a piece of peace with no pain, no shame Not a single f given, not today and no way cause it's just Me, myself, and I, don't need nobody else Me, myself, and I, and I'm alive and well (Visualizing) My time and my rise to this moment Maybe I'm fine, in control (I'm in getting lost a vision) Sometimes when you're beat to hell Realize all you need's yourself Me, myself, and I, don't need nobody else Me, myself, and I, and I'm alive and well (Visualizing) When you're lost and and you're beat to hell Realize all you need's yourself Me, myself, and I, don't need nobody else Me, myself, and I, and I'm alive and well (Visualizing) They caught me visualizing I guess I forgot All my thoughts in a box when I Threw away all the keys For a chance to be free from me A little daydream, a place of peace with no pain, no games Not a single f given, not today and no way cause it's just Me, myself, and I, don't need nobody else Me, myself, and I, and I'ma love myself (Visualizing) My time and my fight for control and Maybe I'm finally whole (I'm in getting lost a vision) (No, ohh) Sometimes when you're beat to hell (No, ohh) Realize all you need's yourself (Oh) Me, myself, and I, don't need nobody else Me, myself, and I, and I'm alive and well (Visualizing) (No, ohh) When you're lost and and you're beat to hell (No, ohh) Realize all you need's yourself (Oh) Me, myself, and I, don't need nobody else Me, myself, and I, and I'm alive and well (Visualizing) (Ay Ayo) They caught me visualizing
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Slave 03:32
VERSE 1: There's a fight in me that you'll never know If you keep letting me go There's a part of me that can't understand Why you won't give us chance Like we're the end of the road Baby girl, you got my heart on a rope Pull me up out of the cold There's a part of me that can't understand Why you won't give me a hand CHORUS: I'm like a slave to your heart What's mine is yours If only you bought it (I'm sold, oh I'm sold, I'm like a) Slave to your heart What's mine is yours If only you bought it (I'm sold, oh I'm sold, I'm like a) VERSE 2: It was hard enough to see you in town I guess we took a different route There's a part of me that can't understand Why you won't give us chance We're going round and around Baby girl, you got my love here and now And yet you keep letting me down There's a part of me that can't understand Why you won't give me a hand CHORUS: I'm like a slave to your heart What's mine is yours If only you bought it (I'm sold, oh I'm sold, I'm like a) Slave to your heart What's mine is yours If only you bought it (I'm sold, oh I'm sold, I'm like a) BRIDGE: I'm a devotee of progress If I move on I'll be fine Cause the time for being wanted Got tangled in your eyes (X2) I'm a devotee of progress I'm like a slave to your heart CHORUS: I'm like a slave to your heart What's mine is yours If only you bought it (I'm sold, oh I'm sold, I'm like a) Slave to your heart What's mine is yours If only you bought it (I'm sold, oh I'm sold, I'm like a)
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Happy Place 03:18
(My City Glory) I cover my thoughts and I buffer them well until nothing is left to feel But I find some sort of comfort in knowing I’m walking alone at will And I picture myself in a different light, it’s another reality You see I know that I want, to be what I want to be (Jordan Bink & My City Glory) Sometimes I feel, like the whole damn world’s trying to drag me down But I still take part in happiness Show me where happy is Lost in this happy mess still (Jordan Bink & My City Glory) And I’m still in my happy place and I’m as happy as can be And I’m still, in my happy place, in my happy place, in my happy place and I’m still in my happy place and I’m as happy as can be And I’m still, in my happy place, in my happy place, in my happy place (Jordan Bink) And I cover my tracks as I pass cause I know you, I know you don’t want to see Cause our past is our past, it’s the last thing you’ll notice before you pack up and leave But I’ve changed who I was, it’s time to think of myself Is it too late, too late, my fate I hate because, oh because (Jordan Bink & My City Glory) Sometimes I feel, like the whole damn world’s trying to drag me down But I still take part in happiness Show me where happy is Lost in this happy mess still (Jordan Bink & My City Glory) And I’m still in my happy place and I’m as happy as can be And I’m still, in my happy place, in my happy place, in my happy place and I’m still in my happy place and I’m as happy as can be (I’m floating away) And I’m still, in my happy place, in my happy place, in my happy place and I’m still… (Jordan Bink) Floating away (x2) Is it too late, too late, my fate I hate because, oh because (x2) (My City Glory) Sometimes I feel, like the whole damn world’s trying to drag me down But I still take part in happiness Show me where happy is Lost in this happy mess still

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Three years ago to the date,"11 I AM," was released to the world! What better way to celebrate then to release a new album with reimagined versions of some of our favorite "11 I AM" tracks on it. Unfortunately due to us being over a 1000 apart and all of life's little curveballs, we haven't had as much time as we would like to make new stuff for all of ya'll but there are a few, never been heard before tracks on "Reimagined" that we are super stoked to share. Stay tuned for more new stuff later on this year!

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released March 11, 2020

Jordan Bennink - Vocals, Recording Engineer, Percussion, Assistant Producer, Lyrics
Stephen Coleman - Vocals, Mixing Engineer, Executive Producer, Percussion, Lyrics
Hunter Adam - Guitars on Night Terror (Reimagined) & Life On The Run Pt 2 (Reimagined)
Alexander Kolkman - Guitars on Night Terror (Reimagined) & Life On The Run Pt 2 (Reimagined)
Spencer Rabin - Guitars on Monophobia
Jay Wetterling - Vocals on Night Terror (Reimagined)

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Read & Return is a underground hip-hop group consisting of Jordan Bennink (Jordan Bink) and Stephen Coleman (CONTEИT / My City Glory)

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