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BRIGHTNESS SPARKS by ESOLIGH

by Esoligh

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Whyte Rushan so good, and thats why we are here Favorite track: Sunny Side Up feat Pakkz Tha General, Rizván & Scizzorhands.
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hrs22 Love this album :)
Favorite track: Get Rhythm feat Brian G., Shaqles & Scizzorhands.
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MASTER SPLINTER feat MUKPUDDY Konnichiwa my turtle charges, you boys and girls are all wonderful people. On this ‘Brightness Sparks’ LP, Esoligh has brought his best and brightest ideas, with some of the best and brightest artists he’s had the opportunity to be in contact with. I feel as though the universal balance within this art is good. My turtle family, soak up the heart in his work and feeel the aroha like a hug from a faithful friend, hmmm my ninjas. Break apart the rocks around your heart and love everyone who crosses your path, we are us, there is an “i” in team but it is in the “A” hole. Repetition is the mother of skill, and love is a muscle that needs developing, walk tall and hone your craft, you are wiser than you know.
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HIPPY GURLS by ESOLIGH featuring MATT HERD. Introducing, the one, the holy, ESOLIGH!! (MATT HERD) 1st Verse (ESOLIGH) Out at a club, nah I was on Facebook, Had about as much money as a homeless dude with his face shook, Lost in the game, like bukarking chicken’s .. looks, Wanted to develop the friendship but got harshly roadblocked Girls look at me, and they see mental illness, Mauiui becomes much more important than stillness, They, don’t seem to care bout what I’ve achieved, They more, seem to care about shit they don’t see in me Yo I’m seen as this lame horse and a fake has four legs, Integration my issue, like lentils and eggs, I wish I could be an integrated free form human being, To be honest, the guy you’re seeing has nothing on me I get brutally bro’d by every single wahine that knows, About the pain I have felt, the medical paradigm blows, It’s the one that they follow, a bunch of chumps, Are my emotions not, the most important of bumps? Chorus (MATT HERD) And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl, She said yo, Won’t you come with me girl? She said bro, no, no, no, I won’t go, wherever you go And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl, She said yo, Won’t you come with me girl? She said bro, no, no, no, I won’t go, wherever you go 2nd Verse (ESOLIGH) Placing my faith in the Goddess, and the heavens, My heart reads the oneness like snowboarders at Methven, Riding the lightning without drugs in my veins, Know the Master within and let him take the reins No fear, that’s the message, I say to myself, Down with the arrogant self, up with the inner wealth, For the world seems to turn on some invisible shit, Some big pharma, makutu, up in this bitch I rhyme for the wahine who need a light by day, A rhyme by night, shining brightness leading light, I rhyme for that street kid, I gave my old skateboard to, Even though some other streetie, stood over and robbed you, of it Cos I do my best to do righteous deeds, I’m a fully unknown quantity tuned to my own station, Like, Pass the Dutchie this generation rules the nation, Like my, Uncle Dave working up on the sheep station Chorus (MATT HERD) And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl, She said yo, Won’t you come with me girl? She said bro, no, no, no, I won’t go, wherever you go And I say hey to the hot hippy gurl, She said yo, Won’t you come with me girl? She said bro, no, no, no, I won’t go, wherever you go
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COMMUNITY by ESOLIGH feat SHAQLES & DJ SCIZZORHANDS CHORUS (Esoligh) Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi, Like a taniwha VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH) What up, to Legal Money Mike! Yea yup, that brother is maddd tight, Had my back since I appeared from thin air, Disappeared to a ward then I reappeared! Thanks my bro, mad puawai to you g! The one like Marcus Delic reminds me, Of the homie, the mythology, Legal Money, A community walking upright on the daily James Delic spits mantras, spiritually, Bringing the Indigo prominently, MC Bjorn I met at the clubhouse Arcade, One of the greatest, Iwi of Aotearoa made A blessed moment, that keeps going on, The people I love, walk upright, walk on,
 Arohanui to my tuahine Ally, and her fiancee Johnny, Straight to you in Germany to bless your reality CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi, Like a taniwha VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH) Sitting here in Birkdale liveily, The community is felt here on fb, The community pages tell me more, About who lives around me y’all Than any other interaction, in the street, Cos we just walk by everyone we meet, Or drive past each other ignorant of we, It’s tv land like k-os said believe me We all together kept apart by the television screen, 1984, unnecessary buying is the mainstream, Stay free be yourself only, Not someone elses' putty The freedom is yours if you let it be, It’s not mine to give away, But yours to find for yourself, Free them dope rhymes from the shelf Yo! Free like Gandalf and all the elves CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi, Like a taniwha VERSE THREE (SHAQLES) So I be here on step one, Sitting near a wall where, My thoughts give the less-on, On one of them days I feel less on I think about my fam in return, I put my best on, knowing i could I press on, Uh, gather round, candy in a bag, I'm swinging the bat around And I got a batarang, I'm sending it outta town, In other words, I'm steady holding it down And I dun came long way from it, Things I dun seen that make it hard to stomach, And I'm all about chillin' and working towards a better life, Past friends keep telling me the wrong advice.. And if you be the one to try and impress on, Know that inside you got a weapon. It's set on the real, Instead of postin' up being headstrong, Try to be the only one living, not slept on CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi Community, means everything to me, Everyone together working kotahi, Kotahitanga is the way of my mahi, Like a taniwha
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*LOVE* by ESOLIGH featuring RIZVÁN & DJ SCIZZORHANDS CHORUS (Esoligh) YOOOO YO YO YO YO I LOVE YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! (repeats four times) VERSE ONE (Esoligh) On this real atmospheric tip of reality, Bless your temples, bless your soul, Let’s roll towards our goals, Bless you and yours constantly Let there be peace, let there be peace, Throughout reality, throughout the land, Let us be free, live in positivity, Shaq Gavet paints pictures With this beat, he sets me free, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, We are universes orbiting each other, Some nasty goodness, we like to eat Some extreme people out there, Trying to mainstream all of us, From our personal pathways, Fuck ‘em, be yourselves my gees Live on for days, Stay alive, be and thrive, Hug your Mum everyone, Life is in this moment yeah Set your guns to stun! CHORUS (Esoligh) YOOOO YO YO YO YO x 4 I LOVE YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! (repeats four times) VERSE TWO (Esoligh) I lie here early in the morning, typing, This beat repeats only one minute long, I summon the Holy Spirit from within my heart, The energy lifts, as I spit this gift Rise from your slumber, Realise you need to cut this lumber, REALL, REAL, REAL, Like Cappadonna and ODB I light your fire from within me, These raps a phat light of freedom gee, Haters gon hate, religiously, While my freedom reigns righteously Fuck everybody that doesn’t understand, Fear and ego are the enemy, Like Earl said (SK La' Flare said it on the track but Earl rapped it on stage when I saw him and that's what I was referring to), crucify them to death, The Rugged Man raises the dead And I shed, the, devils from within me, What I read, The words I read, In the Gnostic gospels set me free, The Gospel of Phillip will deliver me CHORUS (Esoligh) YOOOO YO YO YO YO I LOVE YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! (repeats four times) VERSE THREE (Rizván) I wanna be me, I wanna be free, To share my truth when I speak, You better believe, for the mountains peak like a breeze, But clouds down to the sea Just be, myself and not to worry bout the judgements of nobody else It's hard enough, living this life to receive love, When your guard is up, Sorry tryna cover scars and harden up Insecurities, the deepest fear in me, Acceptance, don't wanna be all alone and left neglected, No cellphone, no internet, feeling so disconnected, But putting up a front, a facade of just the best bits We all see through the veils, But nobody else wants to fail, hell, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, That's just the truth, I love you, I love you, I love you I love you, I love you... that's just the truth
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GET RHYTHM by ESOLIGH featuring SHAQLES, BRIAN G. & DJ SCIZZORHANDS CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Johnny saved my life, Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE, Like CHRIST Johnny saved my life, Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE, Like CHRIST VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH) 'Get Rhythm', like Johnny Cash, I smash the enemy's negativity energy, Give it the bash, agash, rewash, All you evil ones get smashed Fiddling with kids, get rashed, Monsta mash rehash, tiggy tash, I’m flash, enter shikari, enter goku, I slice thru like my nephews Here I go, bringing the heater, Not like the one Mum bought tho, The shit’s pre broken so it’s cold in here, The warewhare gear not that shit yeah! Like the legend Tom’s, shit year, I lie here daring like a double dare, Listening to the remenants of Everclear, Bought circa ’96 from the old G’field mall Fuck yeah!! (oh, fuck yeah) CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Johnny saved my life, Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE, Like CHRIST Johnny saved my life, Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE, Like CHRIST VERSE TWO (BRIAN G) Knee deep in the waters at my adolescence' twilight, Recognise a 9-5 could leave my mind finite, Primed with a plan I'm on the first flight to freedom, It's a blossoming effect I'm branching off into season Catching, wind in my roots on the path less travelled Tongue, built like a helix so the words unravel, Pray my soul stay pure knocking wood like gavel, Disposition of possession branding me like chattel Thank the seven stars for Andre, Sean, Lauryn & Chicago If the cadence wasn't there I'd fall victim to Iago Yo amplified excellence left stretches in my skin, Same scars now validate the decadence within, me CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Johnny saved my life, Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE, Like CHRIST Johnny saved my life, Like CHRIST, LAO TZU, RUMI, and MAITREYA BUDDAH GEE, Like CHRIST VERSE THREE (SHAQLES) I'm what they wanted, never the one to want it, But someone got me to follow through, collar blue I'm on it, And they been the past on the weekend, So I dun threw the trash in the deep end, I thought about it Why you tryna condone, messages in the air, I be sitting alone, with nuttin' up in my ear, With something that I could hear, something telling me no, Energy in my square with circles I should've known, and I'm Pro Am, I go HAM, youngin's in this game, But the focus ain't the program, poetry in motion, Celebrating nothin' feeling broken, Reaping what you sew, got a blanket I dun Woven. broham They say there's two people in life, Those who got it, and those who wanting to get it And I feel I'm kinda both in a way, so i'm kinda winning, Season in the pocket and I ain't spit in a minute, I'm kidding
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DECIMATE FOES by ESOLIGH feat ESOREX1 and RAIZA BIZA CHORUS (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1) Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually, Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps, We be we, we be free, Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually, Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps, We be we, we be free, Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby VERSE ONE (ESOREX1) Yo I 'Decimate Foes' with flows, Breaking nosebones, wise knowledge knows, Metaphorically splitting, heads as I said Break beats, break legs, break minds, divine ensigns Knowledge reigns supreme, over negative I told you so's, Busting down doors, with the flows, Righteous rhythms written, rhyme schemes worn like mittens, Dissing fools that are lost in the matrix Lighted steps lift feet over foes trait tricks Despited steptoe tricks lost to my picks, Speak truth and not folly, foolish words, manure lorry, Spitting this fight at night, much tight The sight I see is dear an' clear as beer To an alcoholic skating like Peter Smolik, Grinding, flipping, ruling, oh yip sick tricks, Bru the vision is undissable, kissable Gotta sight the beautiful within and around us, Light up the lamp with the truest of trueness and soundness, Say yes to best, in the west of the nest, Staying in Birkdale, haere ra to Blessie Wack eggs do wack things unbesty, Tear down the ugly with the lighted, Right best sights we're knighted with, Rise up like the lost children find yourself Hands are dealt to smelt your pelt to armour with, Paying the piper like ya karma disarmer, Boom bappin' harm like a shwarma, Eat a nana like Shanna banana Sent to ya, meant to ya, These words spoken are written clearer, Hear the ones you hold dearer to ya A new one like a massive tackle from a rugby centre, Bless ya, represent to ya CHORUS (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1) Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually, Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps, We be we, we be free, Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually, Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps, We be we, we be free, Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby VERSE TWO (RAIZA BIZA) Wah wah, wah wah, wah One of the most defiant, Flow close to the heart, Like the song Lauryn Hill wrote for Zion, Feel it all combine Inside these thoughts of mine, When innocent lives are lost like Columbine, I'm on my grind, Studio all the time Going against the grain, I never did fall in line, This is a style I made I call it mine, The only shit that I rap is the shit that is on my mind Left it all behind, Put 'em all in a line, Sacrifice is necessary, Leave it all behind Got these rap critics backflipping with these rap writtens, Couple rap spitters in the spot with some bad women, Lose it all just to fall at the Devil's gates, Tatted tears like Kevin Gates Mumma said that I never wait, I'm just trying to catch a ride up to level 8, Better get it straight, Young Biza voice of the young people Mouth piece for move makers, Voice of the true shakers, Seen it all I'm just tryna get a few acres, Couple chains got me trapped up in some new cages CHORUS (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1) Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually, Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps, We be we, we be free, Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby Smashing skulls of the negative, spiritually, Lighting fires in the bellies of the beautifullest peeps, We be we, we be free, Peace to you, you gotta be, you gotta be, baby, baby
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SAID LOVE by ESOLIGH feat BRIAN G. CHORUS (ESOLIGH & BRIAN G.) Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what? He doesn’t exist like my partner, So he steps not and says nothing, Puts nothing above loving Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what? He doesn’t exist like my partner, So he steps not and says nothing, Puts nothing above loving VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH) I love women hard n fast, These hard n fast women, yo they never last, Love you ladies but don’t got you at all, I see so much lostness in this whirled Brokenhearted David P lost sight doesn’t see, I’m a hurt man women don’t love me much, But I sleep, peacefully sometimes, without sedation, On my probation, from the space station, In full effect, laugh if you want, to it, But life is not that funny, sometimes, is it, A hug from Marvin is like a word from Liz Arden, The type of thing that’s not too often that margined Pashing stones is my past time, I pashed sandstone like last time, Well my love song isn’t yet written, I try to stay smitten with the love of living CHORUS (ESOLIGH & BRIAN G.) Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what? He doesn’t exist like my partner, So he steps not and says nothing, Puts nothing above loving Sammy Lightfoot steps up n says what? He doesn’t exist like my partner, So he steps not and says nothing, Puts nothing above loving VERSE TWO (BRIAN G.) Sick as this Auckland weather, Love is ever-changing and estranging, Dipping through different phases where emotions keep you caged in, But even the most veteran street walker knows You can't escape Cupid's scope, You ain't outrunning these arrows, So in the search for a perfect companion, We travel through canyons and mountains None of us fathom the brutes and the cannons of thousands, A battle's promised over the horizon, No matter how you plan it there will always be surprises, My point of view was always skewed Because of past relations, Made me cold to the idea of a butterfly sensation, But when you least expect it the universe will direct it, So suffice to say I shortlived the lonely and neglected, and much affected My perspective derives on record, Denounce my past and now you see the madness to my method, The reason I'm respected is the woman on my team, Yeah I paired my Martin Luther King flow with a Queen
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5 MINUTES feat SCIZZORHANDS VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH) Yo, lying here in the Den, it’s 4:33am, I just awoke thinking’ about another girl again, Ya, 2001 since I last had a wahine toa, Odd vibes, like at Earl Sweatshirt you knowa I lie back vibing to this Haz instro, Laying back in the cut like a pro hoe, But I ain’t that way yo, chillin’, Red light district at my Mum’s Got ejected from her house last night before last, Awoken, yelled at, put on blast, I held, on, to my strength to not fire back, And got kicked out in the street, like fitted caps My stepdad a rough tough old man, Broke a young mans nose for steppin' to him, Whanau amazing’, but don’t step, You’ll get smashed by the Tohunga tone deaf, yes, yes I bless every single person around me, I chillin’ and I do it like mutiny on the bounty CHORUS (ESOLIGH) 5 minutes to write this here verse, 5 seconds for verbals to ring out, Goodbye to the serpents within me, Send your blackness deep into outer space VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1) Prayer meeting yo I was at one, Seen as a pariah for my experience, Fundamentalism the only way for these men, Losing sight like falling leaves in Heaven Wide ranging knowledge, Of different religions frowned upon like a weakness, It hurt so much to be shat on like my thesis, I only got a B- for three years hard graft Such a fucking bummer I can’t grasp, I tried so hard, I gave of my soul, I starved, for these words and that art, Just to get the shaft from the boss Urban Design can suck my arse, I’m sure you can’t live my craft, Your ideas are major arse, I blast, Lying back here writing this, in the dark, yea CHORUS (ESOLIGH) 5 minutes to write this here verse, 5 seconds for verbals to ring out, Goodbye to the serpents within me, Send your blackness deep into outer space
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JEWEL HEARTS feat HEEFHAKABOOGIE & SCIZZORHANDS VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH) Grandma Rowena passed away yesterday, Sadly but not so, sadly, sure to me, Grandma was a brilliant example true-ely, Smashing raps out 1 2 3 to be free Yo death is a part of life, Like ‘Eternal Grower’ outlined to every life, Breaking badness with the radness see through the sadness, We are everyone, badness beckons not the one Rowena Isobel Patterson nee Duxbury was one in a million, She was a billion dollar hearted puawai, Knew Stephen Pawai of Rangitane, Righteous rhymes I set these free What is your favourite lightfully? There’s more of me that Grandma sees, 98 years young a favourite bee, KIndhearted wisdom is who she be CHORUS (ESOLIGH) E Kuia, E Koro ... E Kuia, E Koro ... E Kuia, E Koro ... VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH) Grandpa reunited with Grandma, Big hugs in heavenly situations, yah Free your strength of love to the motions, Your light gave me life elevations Leaving left sided lefties alight, My Grandma an artist so nice, Here I am as I write no bite, Left over right tai chi might Mighty Mos Def and Andrew Patterson, Eccentric geneii with much in common, My heart is throbbin’ out flow, I let the kind hearted know A once in a lifetime show, A Grandparents love just goes, Flight to the sky is thine, Embracing the divine ensign all the time CHORUS (ESOLIGH) E Kuia, E Koro ... E Kuia, E Koro ... E Kuia, E Koro ... VERSE TWO (HEEFHAKABOOGIE) Tautoko Manawa, ain’t no English equivalent for what you are, Our sun and stars for you close yet you’re so far, The other side called you home and you responded, And all you ever wanted for us was the best standard 
 Only you could melt the cold hearts of your grandkids, The city school of hard knocks gave us harsh lessons, Still just pitbulls with puppies in your presence, At age 9 I didn’t even know your first names 
 Didn’t need to, Nana koro e ro meant the same, Love, unbiased and unconditional, Earliest memories I recall sitting there listening to, You playing trumpet and singing up in the living room 
 Me and Veronica with tambourines to join along, Staring up in awe, kids lost in song, I swear you still hand me melodies from up above, This music is in my blood 
 And when you left I wouldn’t believe it, Yeah they say the first cut is the deepest, Though it was the second to me it still felt the same, Different circumstances, still the same pain 
 Yeah I miss you Koro knew that things would change, Worried bout Nan, how would she maintain, I was young but couldn’t bear the thought of only you up in the house, Never wanted to see you lonely 
 Still each year you'd send a card on my bday, With the sweetest messages that I would relay, Years when arthritis would make your hands shake, I teared up watching your handwriting deteriorate 
 Ink smudges from the times I let em fall, I'd Curse Gods, curse time yeah fuck ‘em all, Held it in thought it was being a man, I was still just a boy who loved his Nan 
 And though we always told you I hope you understand, We’re all just your mokos who loved you and, Pass the message on to the rest of the fam, Ka tutaki ae ki te ao te arai Miss you, love you, good bye, for now
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RECONNECTION by ESOLIGH featuring SWIZL JAGER CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Sights within lead up to understanding, Leading to futures unreprimanding, Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending, It's what I'm seeing! Sights within lead up to understanding, Leading to futures unreprimanding, Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending, It's what I'm seeing! VERSE ONE (Esoligh) Yo I’m a Maaori, through and through, A Danish, Scottish, Irish, English, Welsh Maaori that’s the truth, Who are you? Do you even know? Letting your ancestors inform helping you to define you? I went to Maketu in February 2002, Seeking healing from my disconnected whanau, A broken man with psychotic symptoms, Struggling through each days glimpses Stepping into the hui with Paul and Quentin Tapihana, Demons were dancing in my mental, sucking out my mana, I sat barely holding on waiting for change, Anzac and Piripi Tapsell, one love, saying kia ora, welcome, as I sat flattened by by madness, The defest matatuhi seeking ahi kaa gladness, My great kuia Bertha Te Arani Warmington beckoning, This te ao Maaori world graspable, reachable, needing intersectioning Unsectioning CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Sights within lead up to understanding, Leading to futures unreprimanding, Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending, It's what I'm seeing! Sights within lead up to understanding, Leading to futures unreprimanding, Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending, It's what I'm seeing! VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH) Hetty and Quentin helped me out, And this whanau connection wasn't in doubt, Clout, of the holy sanctified bout, This person I am my own walkabout I haven’t been back to Maketu since, My karakia include it, like spears to mints, Whakaaro naturally wander to awhi me, Righteous strength of whanau, in I & I you see I’m a Viking of the sunrise and a Viking of the icy sea, Blonde haired, blue eyed Danish Maaori soul to see, Go over to the pain inside of me, Finding the flipside of shadow, insights I see When whanau realise I'm a Tapsell they awhi me, Something shifts, something changes, instantaneously, I felt myself begin to grow to further activity, The energy, chi, mauri gives me hunger to be CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Sights within lead up to understanding, Leading to futures unreprimanding, Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending, It's what I'm seeing! Sights within lead up to understanding, Leading to futures unreprimanding, Poetic paths of powerful lights I’m lending, It's what I'm seeing! VERSE THREE (SWIZL JAGER) Who dat! Who dat! Bitch I got that ahi kaa, Spitting flames from the centre of my wairua, They wanna know, ko wai au? So I tell 'em whakarongo and you best to take notes I'm a mix of love and violence, Not a psycho, just a product of environments, I still recite though not wanna succumb to silence So play your violins, cos it's a sad state of affairs what them Simon Says You wanna know my whakapapa, Get the fuck up off my nuttas, You're muppets, I shrug 'em off, Cos they just sucka luckas I'm a child of the universe culturally identified as Maaori, But that doesn't define me, I've got that Chinese blood in my veins, Irish as well as the Danes, English too, but the fact remains I am me and you and I will never be the same, We are our own self and that will never change, No matter what I still give love and thanks to my Tupuna, Because without them there would be no us
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VIBEZ feat STRAHAN COLE VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH) Yo, I’m wandering down the street, Down by the beach, F-R-E-E, Untouchable like I just smoked good weed, Shouts to Taila in the green bus baaby! I hit the probiotics to avoid the pus, Walking with my wiz-dom as I does, Gotta avoid being a cunt, sorry munts, If I was a egg, I need frying to realise I’m a good guy but I need to realise, Can’t go on that way, shed this disguise, Good people get together like 'Into the Dojo', I flow yo holding on like Holyoake This Pine Tree Meads type flow, Keeps on like Sid Going, I’m knowing like Chey Ataria, Like Warriors legend Stacey the cuz Jones I eat boil up like pork bones CHORUS (STRAHAN COLE) Vibez is on, Like sport and art, Vibez is on, Like fits and starts, Vibez is on, Like beers and weed, Vibez is on, Like raising seeds VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH) When I was young I played rugby, For one season at 15, It was mean, a 4th grade team, Birkenhead College the dream I had the fear of God put in, When facing massive island brothers, On the green, got ran over like a steamroller, Crushed like the moa Monster mashed like potato n kumara, Winded like I ran into a wall and it buckled me, It don’t stop at the bottom of a ruck, That’s why rugby players hard as lady luck Concrete though, that’s more rough love, More unforgiving than an Island brother, Or a cricket ball to my astral eye, At St Pauls in 1993, my hands were broken through And I felt that G! CHORUS (STRAHAN COLE) Vibez is on, Like sport and art, Vibez is on, Like fits and starts, Vibez is on, Like beers and weed, Vibez is on, Like raising seeds Vibez is on, Like sport and art, Vibez is on, Like fits and starts, Vibez is on, Like beers and weed, Vibez is on, Like raising seeds
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I KNOW I JAM feat VAJRA GOD VERSE ONE (VAJRA GOD) Last night I didn’t sleep that deep, Watched porn and wrote songs deep, Made sure I healed my sexuality, My sexuality incredibly scarred in duality By what must have been, Intense and prolonged hurt I mean, I can’t remember the cause of it all, I just know I’ve been blocked to y’all For a very long time the wahine, Would smile but I n I unable to do anything, With my sexual energy sadly, That included a woman unbelievably Every time I was keen as a bean, Nothing actually happened to my team, Now see the light brightly shining in front of me, With plenty of the finest of pussy offered to me God is great, Goddess is sensually esoteric, The best vibes felt through my phallic, As we jammed that night in Matakana, I felt my vajra getting larger like a Charger And I charge her and I kick my fucken dick into her poon tang, She loves it she swing swing she happy VERSE TWO (VAJRA GOD) The only time a woman has touched me, In recent memory sustainably, I paid 300 bucks for the vibrations, Of love and sexual energy I was so grateful for this, The rising kundalini, the healing, the synergy, The energy of pure universality, It was amazing, I would like more sensually Yet the Goddess doesn’t email a reply, To my inquiries for another chapter, And I’m poorer in fiscal lore, Too poor at the moment for that score It is a grand memory, vibrationally, Contacting, my inner sea, healthily, Of kundalini energy, sacredly, hornily, And blissfully, experiencing myself orgasmically Arohanui for people like that, Who can offer experience to people that, Have a broken sexual position, Helpin’ reinvigorate the hurt fission So they can hit the pussy all the time and jam it, Reham it, kick in the satanic, And be Goddess, Godly love everybody VERSE THREE (VAJRA GOD) At the cusp of something extreme, It might be, like a dream, A flurry of sexuality, functionality, A flurry of women exploring me The joy of sex times 93, Going only for the pure ladies, This may be a journey, of ecstasy, Beyond and free, eccentrically Of contemporary society, I’m embarking on my waka, On the journey of re-discovery, Of human life on Gaia’s green The Goddess pure sexual, energy, Backwardsness needs to be ceased, Love increase, to love and peace in this time Of have much mores, and have much leasts, no feasts The weather buffers my soul in the seas, I sit here with bare knees, While winds swirl and blow around me, I know this is like the wahine Emotions fluctually moving me, I sit centred in my seat, Beautiful babes I love ya, I hug ya, Give me a tug ya Suck my vajra all damn day, And thank ya, jam it, kablamm it, Kick you in the nuts if you're a wack kid
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SUNNY SIDE UP feat ESOREX1, PAKKZ THA GENERAL, RIZVÁN & SCIZZORHANDS SAMPLE PERFORMED throughout CHORUSES (RIZVÁN) My life, my life, my life, my life, In the sunshine (x2) CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid VERSE ONE (ESOLIGH/ESOREX1) I bust these rhythms through my rhymes, Draw from the vine these intra signs, Shine the mind from inner lines, Nines on nines the baby’s timed Who are you but who you are, Silently praying up to stars, Shaqles drops this funky jam, I hit land, like internal tans Keeping my inner sight glued, Righteous rhyming, dopest dudes, Soulfood, wholefoods, good n true, Defining words like dictionaries Playing inside minds, like Pictionary, I sire entire discographies, Ripping minions apart like muscles atrophy, Spitting clarity with trained barbarity CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid VERSE TWO (ESOLIGH) Bustin’ out these words from within, I rhyme insightful bringing out the wind, Flatulence not the one I mean, change, Like a changeling, state I dream People, people, people yes! Scroobius and Sage on stage with Def! Life to life flowers and flower pots, Light to living like Sasquatch It’s a choice we all must make, Elate our hearts deny the fake, It’s a boom bap swing set down the lake, Tight the fight is freight on tape We must light the fire inside a snake, And deftly base our walk on fate, Karmic debts state a case, We must rise up escape the space CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid VERSE THREE (PAKKZ THA GENERAL) I see things through the ‘Sunny Side Up’, Hard is how I came up, but not everything’s rough, Some days go good, some of them is bad, Don’t feel isolated cos, everyone’s mad Everyone’s sad you just gotta keep headstrong, Tomorrow ain’t promised, not everybody’s here long, Do your thing in the cold world, stay warm, Even when shit’s tough homie, keep form Hip Hop is our release, Put the beats on box and let them calm down the beast, Keep it a hunnid even more cos I’m dead broke, Never walked in my shoes grind for years in the big smoke If one of us make it, then we all do, Read between the lines, and look for the small clues, Tautoko and Manaaki, Those are two keys to keep your life hearty CHORUS (ESOLIGH) Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, And rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid Yo! here I come, sunny sunny side up, Chin up, dimples showing, we rowing, We're rolling, we strolling, forward, oh lord kid
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JACKIE CHAN feat ESOREX1 CHORUS (ESOREX1) Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn VERSE ONE (ESOREX1) Free to pages, the skilful sage engages, Scripting these lines, on 12 gauge pages, My mind skips, over events staged vagueness, Learning things that never before got made kid Reflecting understanding, the man I am, Growing slowly into myself, like eating jam, Learning to know about, the holy ram, About what to do and where I staaand Being free in this time of, plenty, Held by a few mentally unwell g’s, A necessity to share freely, every piece, Minds need to be freed and food shared freely Not enslaved, by economy just walking, We’re not digits, but sanctified spirits, We’re people walking towards, the liquid, Truthfully the sea where we converge with it CHORUS (ESOREX1) Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn VERSE TWO (ESOREX1) Smashing these lines, on internal rhymes, Down on pages, like the rock of sages, Virtual like dungeons and dragons, mages, Seeing the light inscripted, on sages pages Like Dick van Dyke I pick up the mics, Mighty might I light up the lights tight, Mighty Mouse, I drink from glasses yeah, That glass is grouse, it had mad nouse hee My sisters gave it to me in about 01/03, In my parents house, that mighty mouse be, I know not now, how to walk about gee, Finding where it is now, it’s hidden to my brow Not living with folk, who take for granted me, My goodness, and who aren’t anointed with the WEEE, Ever again, make a pact with my ngakau, To ever see the light in women and men my friend, yheah CHORUS (ESOREX1) Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn VERSE THREE (ESOREX1) Martial arts mastery the tightest thing, Is knowing who I be when I take a swing, No periphery just hitting, the demons within, Just clearly seeing the energy trying to kill me Seeing my me beyond all negativity, As unique and free, like Jackie C, In a world of peace, I wear black fleece, False ideas everywhere I don’t need these Whereas we are all free to walk away G, Just choose our way forward today baby, By positivity and light that shines boldly, Or negativity that drags us away I love my Maaori tangata who make up me, The strongest beings are some of these, All of us true and we need the seed, To realise we are uniquely us to walk free CHORUS (ESOREX1) Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn Teaching is not action, it’s just words, Thinking is not reality, it’s just burns, Application is action, the world turns, Doing is reality, that’s where we earn
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Reconnection 2 (Written transforms into freestyle) Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 1 On Tapsell Rd in 2002, i met my whānau, A Mātua Keke who showed me Waikato, The Chiefs playing, with the cuz the captain, Dion Muir he was leading the team and I was tripping out, couldn't focus, On the rugby 🏉, hocus pocus, In my minds eye, eating a Māori spud, Black one raw to reconnect to home 🏡 The Mātua laughed at me immaturely, Though playing rugby with Chase, Made me feel accepted Gee, The demons, the paedophiles put in me Made me dangerous to my cousin, And the Mātua keke took him away from me, Evil Whiro trying to get me to hurt he, Like the bastard muthafuckas hurt me Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 2 I’d like some whiskey and a box chevy V, Like Yela i wanna ride n go crazy, 600 horses 🐴 pulling me free, Down streets full bore ecstatically I miss Maddy who Mona calls crazy 😜, [beat changes] She ain't crazy, she's a Gee, I love ❤️ her madly, cos she loves ❤️ me, People call me crazy 😜 commonly But they can't write no prose like me, Try being, a Bogan Genius Lawnmowing man, In a tall poppy hater society, With the Tongans next door watchin' me [new mellower beat drops] Māori have mana whenua I'm sorry, not sorry aye!? Why you gotta constantly compete with me, It's not your uncle sitting on Victoria street, Asking me for all the change i have on me, do ya feel me? Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whāāānau [sung], Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 3 It went one of two ways unfortunately, Some whānau rejected me, Many tested me, many accepted me, My Kuia used to visit in her holidays Before her mother Bertha Te Ārani passed away, I am of this land and she is of me, Just like i am of Europe so far over the sea, A white nigga, Irish 🍀 makes up some of me I'm like Bugz was, an EMCEE RiP, Miss Toni, and the love of Rōtoiti, I'm from Maketū in the sunshine, For years i walked so Pōrangi Now my scarred being, I stare skyward and ask to be free, Like the old whare Couldrey, And the painting of the O.G. Tangihanga which i did see. Ends with just under 1 min 40 seconds of freestyle off top.
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Reconnection 2 feat SeventySeventhWonder & The CDG by Esoligh Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 1 On Tapsell Rd in 2002, i met my whānau, A Mātua Keke who showed me Waikato, The Chiefs playing, with the cuz the captain, Dion Muir he was leading the team and I was tripping out, couldn't focus, On the rugby 🏉, hocus pocus, In my minds eye, eating a Māori spud, Black one raw to reconnect to home 🏡 The Mātua laughed at me immaturely, Though playing rugby with Chase, Made me feel accepted Gee, The demons, the paedophiles put in me Made me dangerous to my cousin, And the Mātua keke took him away from me, Evil Whiro trying to get me to hurt he, Like the bastard muthafuckas hurt me Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 2 I’d like some whiskey and a box chevy V, Like Yela i wanna ride n go crazy, 600 horses 🐴 pulling me free, Down streets full bore ecstatically I miss Maddy who Mona calls crazy 😜, [beat changes] She ain't crazy, she's a Gee, I love ❤️ her madly, cos she loves ❤️ me, People call me crazy 😜 commonly But they can't write no prose like me, Try being, a Bogan Genius Lawnmowing man, In a, tall poppy hater society, With the Tongans next door watchin' me [new mellower beat drops] Māori have mana whenua I'm sorry, not sorry aye!? Why you gotta constantly compete with me, It's not your uncle sitting on Victoria street, Asking me for all the change i have on me, do ya feel me? Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whāāānau [sung], Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, is a laughing matter Verse 3 It went one of two ways unfortunately, Some whānau rejected me, Many tested me, many accepted me, My Kuia used to visit in her holidays Before her mother Bertha Te Ārani passed away, I’m of this land and she is of me, Just like I am of Europe so far over the sea, A white nigga, Irish 🍀 makes up some of me I'm like BUGZ was, an EMCEE RiP, Miss Toni, and the love of Rōtoiti, I'm from Maketū in the sunshine, For years i walked so Pōrangi Now my scarred being, I stare skyward, and ask to be free, Like the old whare Couldrey, And the, painting of the O.G. Tangihanga, which i did see. Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter {SeventySeventhWonder, The CDG, and Esoligh [sing, singing rap, and rap]} Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter.
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Reconnection 2 feat SeventySeventhWonder & The CDG by Esoligh Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 1 On Tapsell Rd in 2002, i met my whānau, A Mātua Keke who showed me Waikato, The Chiefs playing, with the cuz the captain, Dion Muir he was leading the team and I was tripping out, couldn't focus, On the rugby 🏉, hocus pocus, In my minds eye, eating a Māori spud, Black one raw to reconnect to home 🏡 The Mātua laughed at me immaturely, Though playing rugby with Chase, Made me feel accepted Gee, The demons, the paedophiles put in me Made me dangerous to my cousin, And the Mātua keke took him away from me, Evil Whiro trying to get me to hurt he, Like the bastard muthafuckas hurt me Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric, like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter Verse 2 I’d like some whiskey and a box chevy V, Like Yela i wanna ride n go crazy, 600 horses 🐴 pulling me free, Down streets full bore ecstatically I miss Maddy who Mona calls crazy 😜, [beat changes] She ain't crazy, she's a Gee, I love ❤️ her madly, cos she loves ❤️ me, People call me crazy 😜 commonly But they can't write no prose like me, Try being, a Bogan Genius Lawnmowing man, In a, tall poppy hater society, With the Tongans next door watchin' me [new mellower beat drops] Māori have mana whenua I'm sorry, not sorry aye!? Why you gotta constantly compete with me, It's not your uncle sitting on Victoria street, Asking me for all the change i have on me, do ya feel me? Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whāāānau [sung], Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, is a laughing matter Verse 3 It went one of two ways unfortunately, Some whānau rejected me, Many tested me, many accepted me, My Kuia used to visit in her holidays Before her mother Bertha Te Ārani passed away, I’m of this land and she is of me, Just like I am of Europe so far over the sea, A white nigga, Irish 🍀 makes up some of me I'm like BUGZ was, an EMCEE RiP, Miss Toni, and the love of Rōtoiti, I'm from Maketū in the sunshine, For years i walked so Pōrangi Now my scarred being, I stare skyward, and ask to be free, Like the old whare Couldrey, And the, painting of the O.G. Tangihanga, which i did see. Chorus Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter {SeventySeventhWonder, The CDG, and Esoligh [sing, singing rap, and rap]} Hetty and Quentin laughed at, and abused me, Treated me like a freak, not from the whānau, Called Pāora, an eccentric like he don't matter, Like my reconnection, was a laughing matter.

about

Tēnā koutou katoa!!

I made this out of a desire to create a connection between the parts of myself that were sharded by life.  It sucked going through the things that fucked me up but you know, after all is said and done a hard lesson well learned is all good in my books.  I wrote these songs in the vein of the legendary Johnny Cash, and his understudy and modern day counterpart, Yelawolf, in the vein of the Man in Black, an attempt to speak to the downtrodden and broken amongst us.  The guidance of good energy has been behind this from the beginning as it always is in my life in general.

I love this.  I love art.  It’s something special, to try and offer a good vibe to people who usually feel mad stink.  I spent a lot of time solo in my room at my parents house doing that so yeah, you’re in good company.  Uplift your vibe slowly, on the daily, it’s not an end, there’s an upper level that seems unreachable at times when we’re at our low points, but we gotta try and climb the jungle gym like when we were kids.  It’s that view on the world that offers upliftment, kids are pretty much always happy unless you steal their ice cream or make them go to bed.  haha

So yeah, I didn’t end up going to bed last night, but I feel like I have created so much value in being up that it’s been a very valuable experience.  Tonight I will sleep like an absolute log safe in the mātauranga that my purpose here on this Earth is being fulfilled a step at a time. “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better”. Or like the Japanese concept of kaizen outlines “ the process of constant and never ending improvement”.

Thanks to all of my collaborators who came together to create this wonderful art, and my family and friends for being there for me during all the storms of this life. I’m glad we can share a laugh and a smile while we all “struggle in this life down this rugged road”. I’m so grateful for everyone who offers me time and acceptance, aroha and friendship as I know I can be a difficult friend at times.

May the Universe bless your every movement and may your enlightenment and admission to Heaven’s contentment and joy, that is your birthright, occur while you still walk on this beautiful being that sustains us.

Arohanui nei Mauri ora!!
ESOLIGH. 27th January 2017

Tracks 1-14 released digitally June 24, 2018 when on weekend leave from He Puna Wāiora, Mental Health Unit, Takapuna, to lift my spirits from a dark space
Track 15 released digitally winter 2020
Track 16 released digitally 4th December, 2020, my 42nd born day
Track 17 released digitally summer 2020
Everything released together with the deluxe cover art, physically, January 2021 from ‘The Bridge Side Villa’ Te Ōnewa, next to the Waitemata, on Ngāti Whatua mana whenua.

credits

released June 24, 2018

Voice acting on track 1 by Ryan Cooper of Mukpuddy Animation Studio.

'Said Love' and 'Decimate Foes' recorded by Mikey ‘THE MIC SMITH’ Rockwell at Rockwell Studio.

All guest verses excepting Brian ‘BRIAN G’ Gashema's recorded at the guest artists personal studios.

Brian ‘BRIAN G’ Gashema’s verse for 'Said Love' recorded by Mikey ‘THE MIC SMITH’ Rockwell at Rockwell Studio, and Brian's verse for 'Get Rhythm' recorded by Jesse ‘IMAGÉ’ Magrath at a section of the Doq Life Studios.

Matt Herd's vocals on 'Hippy Gurls’, and Strahan Cole's vocals on ‘Vibez', recorded by Jesse ‘IMAGÉ’ Magrath at a section of the Doq Life Studios.

David ‘ES0L1GH’ Patterson's vocals on most waiata apart from 'Said Love’, 'Decimate Foes’, ‘Reconnection 2’ and ‘Reconnection 2 Studio Version’, recorded by Jesse ‘IMAGÉ’ Magrath at a section of the Doq Life Studios. Eso's vocals on 'Community' rerecorded by Rizván ‘RIZVÁN’ Tu’itahi at Renaissance Music Studio. David ‘ES0L1GH’ Patterson's vocals on 'Reconnection 2' recorded in Pete ‘TAPE OVER TAPE’ O’Grady's, Garage Studio. Eso's vocals on ‘Reconnection 2 (Studio Version)’ recorded by Luke ‘DJ ORPHAN’ Berryman at Kai Zen Studio.

Production on 'Hippy Gurls', 'Community', '*LOVE*', 'Get Rhythm', 'Said Love', 'Reconnection', 'Vibez', 'I Know I Jam', 'Sunny Side Up' & 'Jackie Chan' by George ‘SHAQLES’ Gavet.

Production on '5 Minutes', 'Jewel Hearts', 'Reconnection 2' & 'Reconnection 2 (Studio Version)' by Harry ‘HAZ’ BEATS’ Huavi.

Production finishing touches on ‘Reconnection 2 (Studio Version)’ by Luke ‘DJ ORPHAN’ Berryman.

Production on 'Decimate Foes' by Mark ‘THE AUDIBLE DOCTOR’ Woodford, with tweaks and adjustments by Rizván ‘RIZVÁN’ Tu’itahi.

Scizzorhands scratch sentences recorded by Elton ‘DJ SCIZZORHANDS’ Noyer at Scizzorhands personal studio.

Mixing and mastering of the vast majority of the project done by Rizván ‘RIZVÁN’ Tu'itahi at Renaissance Music Studio. 'Reconnection 2' released unmixed, unmastered like Kendrick. ‘Reconnection 2 (Studio Version) feat SeventySeventhWonder & The CDG’ and ‘Reconnection (Studio Version) feat SeventySeventhWonder & The CDG [Acapella]' mixed and mastered by Luke ‘DJ ORPHAN’ Berryman at his Kai Zen Studio.

Front cover & CD decal created by Natalie del Villar at her studio in NYC. Booklet and the rest of the cover created by Shamatha One in the AKL, ACHILLES on Papatūānuku, and Jarad Bryant at his studio in Grey Lynn. Shoe photography by Jarad Bryant.

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