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Chasing Highs

by Higher Education

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I can't stay sober and I try to forget so light me up another cigarette I ask myself when did it come to this when did I let it come to this we're all gonna pay for this in the end I still believe that we can start again children at war in the land of the grim temptation wins high or low rain or shine you'll get yours and I'll get mine meet me on skid row with all the dope fiends and the speed freaks gotta tell me what you want I'll give you what you need at your local street pharmacy I've got the sickness and I cannot fight it it's on my arm and I cannot hide it we'll all pay for this in the end I still believe that we can start again children at war in the land of the grim temptation wins chasing highs finding lows all I find what's mine is yours meet me on skid row with all the dope fiends and the speed freaks it's kind of hard to relate when I'm in this state I've got addictive personality one hit is never enough to keep me through the day some things just never change.
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Amnesia 03:21
Take one more shot of amnesia wash it down forget where you came from never come back around you gotta give me something that will fill my void when the bottle's almost empty far from paranoid last call for alcohol and I'm out the front door how did I end up here face first on the floor you know I made made my heart your home nova cane, numb my pain so I can stand to be alone look at this mess I made unpleasant in this haze as pale as my complexion been so long since I've seen a sunny day I'll fend for myself then I'll send for more help so I can find my altered state of mind strung out on my cloud surrounded by the sound my altered state of mind wont save me from myself there's nothing you can give me that will bring her back but still I take these pills hope for heart attack get me off my knees get me to my feet I aim to please 'cause you know my will is weak that's where I made I made my heart your home nova cane, numb my pain so I don't have to sing this song gotta give me something worth living for three more drinks then I'm out the door I'm making rhymes just to pass the time so I find my altered state of mind.
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tear down the walls and you fight til you fall bow to the system when fear is law see all these people and they all look the same follow the leader just a pawn in their game stigmatized by the public eye criticize all your war torn crimes and you try to heal the wounds of this forsaken land try to tell the people make them understand I was unable to remove my label conform to norms my other plans were unsuccessful if you're with us jump in the line if you're not then don't waste our time I feel the need to seek approval from the common kind don't buy in to the competition mind control over those who oppose narrow minded people with such strong convictions shall see the way into the under toe I got courage in my veins strength in my mind love in my heart and a fire in my eyes I've seen the nights full of pain and all the days seem to never change I was unable to remove my label conform to norms my other plans unsuccessful if you're with us jump in the line if you're not then don't waste our time I feel no need to seek approval from the common kind.
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Ganja Girl 05:03
I'm makin love with Mary Jane I'm makin love with Mary Jane marijuana, sensimilla oh, Mary, Mary, what makes your garden grow a necessary recipe to get me stoned and then I put you up to my lips fill up my lungs as I inhale your kiss take all your lovin roll it up in a spliff she sends my worries away I'm makin love with Mary Jane makin love with Mary Jane marijuana, sensimilla my eyes so low she moves so slow in the background, my ganja girl my eyes so low she moves so slow she's the keeper of the reefer I know I'll never leave her stoned to the bone but she's the one to cure my fever and I get high in the middle of the night the green from the bong matched the green in her eyes my ganja girl marijuana, sensimilla Mary Jane, I'd like to feel ya get on over here girl i'd give her up but she gives me more she's locked away in my dresser drawer just when I thought I had enough she sparks one up I take a puff of that sensimil just when I thought I had enough my ganja girl, we smokin sensiherb marijuana, sensimilla Mary Jane I like to feel ya dubstyle, Bradley run to the rude boy rhyme hit this spliff one more time northern lights high in the sky smokin herb is not a crime end this hypocrisy that governs all our lives I'll say it twice smokin herb is not a crime I'm makin love with Mary Jane she's my one and only she's my Mary, Mary set your mind free set your mind at ease
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Addict 03:57
I'm a liar and a thief I will never amount to anything please help me believe 'cause I don't believe in anything some say the grass is greener on the other side some day I'll have to tell them it's just a lie well now I sit here inside my head recalling every word that you said and no matter how hard I try I won't change that until I die I swear I'll never come back down please tell me this is just a dream because this can't be my reality sometimes I feel like I hallucinate even when there's no more drugs to take my friends say maybe I should take it slow I say what the fuck do they even know I really should learn my tolerance but to be sober doesn't make much sense lying burnt out on the bathroom floor before I go can I get just one more I swear I'll never come back down.
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what are you running you running from now the lawmen they're coming with their guns they try to take me away from my home they try to take all away that I own and so it goes things they didn't always used to be this way I grew up in a small town by the city gates now I spend my livin off of other peoples pain they call me the outlaw best remember the name I never even ever had to kill a man I was decent just don't give me a reason cause if it came down to the truth if it were me or you it'd be you I wouldn't hesitate to shoot there's a special place in hell for people like me where I'll be forced to burn for eternity go on now save my soul from below but God, oh God help me please violation of probation no time to fit the crime for the laws that we're breaking violation of probation no point to walk the line with the years that we're facing aiding and abetting and I'm letting go of everything I love and used to know lawman took me from my home threw me in the hole with no parole I bleed allegedly put me in shackles but they can't chain me mentally I'm no accessory the plan was my own after the fact condemned to flesh and bone now I spend my nights at the local penitentiary counting down the days until I can see my friends and family seven years to the day since I gave my freedom away oh the thugs the drugs are the ones who really got me here I'm responsible when you live by the gun you live in fear I've served my time my actions never justified but it's not what I've done but what I do on the outside.
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Sometimes the worst things for yourself are the things that you can't help feed the fire burning desire this flame from within conquered mountains and men this flame in my heart burn from the start now my ego takes over united we stand up divided we fall emerge from this world my spirit it calls and I think I failed to mention pride comes before the fall gonna ease this bitter tension gotta feed your ego after all now we're sailing on onward into the dawn jah gave me a right to say it ain't too late for me to change my ways but no matter how hard I try can't change the world but I can change my life but I digress lay to rest the troubled thoughts racing through your head but the language used instead transforms dialect into words that mend now we're sailing on onward into the dawn I'm not alone disclaim my heart and soul two realms are played out in the world I choose the spirit yes I choose myself.
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One Day 04:11
Well there might come a day when it's time to change your life let me tell you boy you better think twice don't let it weigh on your conscience a word to the wise don't let them try and fool you son it happens all the time when they come for my soul I and I alone and when they ask why I stay I reply one day a life long metaphor a taste of imagery she drags down through my core she steals my energy don't let it weigh on your conscience a word to the wise don't let them try and fool you son it happens all the time take a second and breathe it in you're living moment to moment wait a minute you're giving in don't let them try and fool you son how many times must I follow waiting for my time to come I'm not ready I'm not done.
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Johnny, 45 he knew one day that he would die until then he packed his pistol and he testified on all that he did wrong in his prior life he pulled the trigger prayed his God be with him but what he didn't know there were plenty other people that were just like himself one shot through the head now he's dead from the lead probably could've done something different instead one shot through the head now he's dead from the lead probably could've done something different instead I'm wearing thin I'm sinking in farther than I've ever fallen and when the dead are talking must be walking through the valley of the shadows Mary Lou caught a case of the blues overdosed on loneliness one day in her room they said they couldn't help her there was nothing they could do sent her on her way and now she's on the evening news she was pill poppin' there was no stoppin' another lost soul another story untold awake in her bed with the tools in her hand swallowed all her fear she'll never wake up again I'm wearing thin I'm sinking in father than I've ever fallen and when the dead are talking I am walking through the valley of the shadows a liability, daily deficiency synthetic medicine to force them into normalcy and sign on the dotted line and leave the rest behind 'cause come judgment day we're all gonna pay for each and every sin we sent somebody's way another piece of my soul who'll be the one to go but it's so wonderful here in the underworld I made a deal with the devil in fact I made several as we wander through the underworld together he said 'take my hand' as I walked away from him I'll walk forever in the other direction.
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feel like I'm gonna die get up and chase the sky walk around inside my mind locate this parasite nothing in this life is given you take take take got to live a lie willing to fake fake fake I'm in love with her she's in love with him I'm stuck between caught inside of the web I've been waiting for my chance to say well I've been told that some may know come to realize what the future holds and there ain't no shame in what we seek as it gravitates away from me possession obsession.

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released March 5, 2013

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Higher Education College Park, Maryland

A unique blend of psychedelic reggae with riotous rock ‘n’ roll makes Higher Education a high-energy crowd pleaser for many musical tastes.

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