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The Mourning Dawn

by T-Squared

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[T-Squared] My name is Terence Harris But you can call me T-Squared From the fame that I'm daring to aspire and climb to I'm there as an inspiration, motivation A voice of dedication that has been Constructed up from the lyrical pavement I see you trying to deface the name of Hip Hop But let me tell you something that the real shit won't ever stop man so Just conquer the flow, don't ever slow up Cause the cup that you're trying to hold is never half empty Tempting to fall into the darkness and let it consume you Though you're doomed to, desecrate its culture You'll turn into a vulture, repulsive in its nature Your fate will be nothing but second best Negativity inside your self respect So elect yourself as your own boss and glow And grow into something that will always be successful Only you have the right to claim your own happiness No distractions kid So when you're on the mic, make sure that the voice is yours The voice and message may be coarse But it's worth it, if you wanna spit the truth Uncouth or not, be ready to rock steady When the bass and treble are heavy Yours thoughts are all you've got They'll lead you to the land of promise To make everything beautiful and timeless You can be anything you want, don't let anybody ever tell you not Amazing in every sense of the word, blazing, never derailing A source of brightness despite what spite may come your way You can reach heights like a floating leaf in the wind, yeah [Zero Lyrics to be added later]
2.
Achieve 04:13
[Intro] There's no limit to what I can achieve There's no limit to what you can achieve So just take my hand, you can follow me There's no limit to what we can achieve [Verse 1] Achieve, is to perceive To believe in your dreams To achieve is to succeed To deplete all your energy And push down all your enemies Feelings, vibes, that make you complete And force the real you outside Achieve, to cross the finish line Or when you've finish your first rhyme A feeling like no other To spend lifetime of happiness with your destined lover To see your mother off to heaven, to grace the people with a message Inspiring the world with your presence To become what people wanna see Like, you're the next level of what they should be Aspired till you're tired of being top tier No fear in your eyes, even when you're ready to die Cause you've changed the world so you show no pain For all the boys and girls, they all have something to gain You just wish that could happen But it can, even through rapping We just need to work together and push for a goal that we can really achieve [Chorus] We can achieve peace, if we believe it (x2) It's never over, unless you give up (x2) [Verse 2] Love is a terrible sickness Cause, even is I spit this I witness, what may be a distance Something twisted, a miscreant Of my former self but that's on the backburner Cause I'm a learner, I grow my doubts Earning something special A medal covered in full metal to prove that I tested my mettle Ready to battle any foe that comes my way To speak the truth, every rhyme that I say To settle the inner demons and devils A rebel without a plausible cause Because of every pause That I get that hinders my career A spear through my heart, a lone tear that trickles from the zero talent Strikes fear into the eyes of the heroic rappers Cause the game has become less than desolate Transparent flows, no more of anything but temperate So get with the real or stay off the block Knock off the fake and take back the truth cause... [Chorus] We can achieve peace, if we believe it (x2) It's never over, unless you give up (x2) [Bridge] You know you want it, you know you gotta have it The truth is something that we all need To bring us out from the shadows to the light What we can really achieve To become true legendaries (x4) [Chorus] We can achieve peace, if we believe it (x2) It's never over, unless you give up (x2)
3.
Kingdom 03:38
[Chorus] This promised land, it's mine now I'm building up my Kingdom Building up my Kingdom It's standing strong for me Our voices can't be silenced You're apart of my Kingdom Apart of my Kingdom And soon they all will see [Verse 1] Hip Hop, true music Loosened the shackles to defeat the foolish People underestimate the lucid messages But people are dejected from the low level educated Artists that are lucent without really being talented False fallacy adding one terror after another A lover, not a fighter but I will speak my peace So that pieces of you won't be a part one And I don't mean death by a gun or a sword I mean, death by the pen or a chord Because without music, you won't feel whole Lost and cold, weak or old, Pointlessly bold Ancient void without a soul to call home Nothing should hold you back Black or white, act like you can break it No more control [Lyrical Bridge] So we gotta reach for Reach for Reach for those bright lights [Chorus] This promised land, it's mine now I'm building up my Kingdom Building up my Kingdom It's standing strong for me Our voices can't be silenced You're apart of my Kingdom Apart of my Kingdom And soon they all will see [Verse 2] Beginning to end Truth into those lies you bend Fake over real you depend (on) Disrespectful commands Order turns into chaos Jobs turn into lay-offs (offs) Friends turn into foes (bitch) Women turn into hoes (switch) Hate turns into love Broken wings turn into doves Destruction to construction Disagreement to formation Defeat to victory Teamwork over trickery The hearts of the Kingdom will be bringing forth the forefront of the force That will open each of the doors, that will towards the light Away from darkness, away from spite [Lyrical Bridge] Gotta reach for Reach for Reach for those bright lights (x2)
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[Intro] Uh yeah All the way from Seoul City To North Carolina Epik High shout-out, uh T-Squared, yeah [Verse 1 - T-Squared] The rebels come back, we got this You got whack, we cut slack We make tracks Burning truth into your tiny little eye-sacs No fast flow, we grow wiser as we go higher Lyrical killers, so we'll only become iller, uh Cause you know I got skills when I stay true to the art Resurrect the game straight through the heart Cause I'm hotter than a rocket-ship engine Denizen of the Terra, Aqua, and Ventus No sensors on my lines But people making gibberish instead of rhymes Too bad I'm past that At last, I've amassed a vast rebellious craft Slashed, dashed, and smashed any hope of your trashy rap Oh snap, G-Dub back up on the track, oh no! That's right cause you know we killing it, screaming die slow! We're here to take back the truth from the skills that you lack So fall back, it's all whack! [Chorus: QJ & T-Squared] I'm the Top Gun, Drop another hot one (Designed to blow minds) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm the Top Gun, Competition got none (No you really can't deny) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm the Top Gun and it won't stop son (With these ice cold rhymes) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm on top-top-top-top of the game I'm on top-top-top-top of the game [QJ] Its QJ, yeah Word is Bond, pinky promise with goldfingers Hot passion like I rap with the voice of a soul singer Spitting fire, so chill, yeah the flow is a cold heater Did you haters think I'd make it this far? Me neither I'm the Top Gun, competition got none Rhymes turn golden every time that I drop one Never gonna stop son, never won't be not done Fuck swag, think I be worrying if I got some...shiiiit Got an ill mind like Hopsin Fake rappers posing with guns but never shot one? No way, done with that, doomsday, Watchmen Let the message travel the globe from here to Scotland Shooting for that spot one number, now say that shit backwards A worthy emcee among these wannabe rappers Truest in the art, from the heart, this is hip hop No more delays, traffic, or pit stops, baby, I'm the Top Gun [Chorus: QJ & T-Squared] I'm the Top Gun, Drop another hot one (Designed to blow minds) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm the Top Gun, Competition got none (No you really can't deny) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm the Top Gun and it won't stop son (With these ice cold rhymes) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm on top-top-top-top of the game I'm on top-top-top-top of the game [QJ - Bridge] That's how we do it Its G-Dub Goliath Warfare Oh Yeah T-Squared QJ Keep It Classy, yeah! [Verse 3 - T-Squared] Eradication, when I erase the lies The microphone is mine So I devour it whole Rhymes mean nothing unless they come straight from the soul Unwise from the start, no growth from the heart The beat and rhythm to add to the art Fly enough for me to depart This world needs truth at its peak Get me wrong, well you get gone Lost your mind with the loss of your kind, uh There is no defeat Believe that we speak With the need in mind that will help out our peeps So I suggest that you haters begin to retreat Cause every microphone that is blown In your ozone, shuts everything down, turning it bleak If you feed the virus, escape and delete Deplete the thing that you thought had somehow increased Your skills have become tired, it's old and weak! [Chorus: QJ & T-Squared] I'm the Top Gun, Drop another hot one (Designed to blow minds) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm the Top Gun, Competition got none (No you really can't deny) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm the Top Gun and it won't stop son (With these ice cold rhymes) Show me what-what you got (uh) I'm on top-top-top-top of the game I'm on top-top-top-top of the game [Outro] I'm the Top Gun, Drop another hot one I'm the Top Gun, Competition got none I'm the Top Gun and it won't stop son I'm on top-top-top-top of the game I'm on top-top-top-top of the game
5.
Heaven Scent 02:24
[Intro] Yeah It's T-Squared The Mourning Dawn Heaven Scent Brand new aroma of Hip Hop Yeah [Verse] The beauty of a rhyme is in the brain of its beholder I think over my rhymes in the blink of an eye But if these words weren't meant to be I wonder why, I would begin to dye my words in different colors Maybe for my mind to bloom Like a flower, the power that I hold inside my mind Leaves most people with a sour thought in their brain It's like they're going insane cause everything I say Sets their minds ablaze from most anything In this day and age, the poison is music And the more you let it seep into your veins The more you'll lose touch with what's real and it'll fade From your memories, cause there is no symmetry The imagery of me, bleeds for the ones I care about But the side that everybody doesn't see Is the side that physically feeds off the poison wafting through the air But yo, wait a second Let me reconcile for awhile cause I reckon that every wretched record That we recorded is a symbolic way of saying that we ordered You guys to break the borders of music and fuse it together To create the diamond in the ruff So when the going gets tough, we'll be able to call your bluff And protect from the lies of the world and Watch peace, love, and harmony unfurl cause It's our timeline, lyrical hang-time Seeing the flow wash into your mind Rhymes with the ultimate intensity Mentally, spitting like snakes on the mic Words full of toxicity Always a message, forever a vestige Vessels essential to quench the thirst Of the comparison of who's on first Questing for our ultimate question Checking for our message to see if it's checkered Already seeing the game change from what we've seen before So we won't stop, we won't ever be done Cause this our time, we don't have no time to crawl Hip Hop leaves no room for you to fall, uh [Outro] Dreams within our reach All we have to do is pull it down (x3) Nothing that can stop us Now, now, now, now, now
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[T-Squared & Mz-T] The dawn, it rose Through the mourning sky My breath is gone As I watch you fade away from me I'm singing my blues Used to the pain in this lonely world Singing my blues Time will never heal these broken wounds, oh oh [T-Squared] (Eh oh) The pain of my bleeding soul is just too much to really bare I want to end this love story tonight But you don't really care how I feel when I say goodbye Our love is lost, teary eyes Trying to wash out these bad feelings and sadness I feel so hollow There's no tomorrow without you Under the same light, breathing the same air But spare me the pity cause I'm all alone now everyday Picking up the pieces of the pen, once again Writing about your absence, past tense Words full of acid, cause my hopes were dashed and Plastered on my wall of shame, to aim for the top Was my number #1 goal, without you there, how can I truly feel whole? Like separation of church and state, there's a difference Without your care, baby girl, I just can't stand this distance (yeah) [T-Squared & Mz-T] The dawn, it rose Through the mourning sky My breath is gone As I watch you fade away from me I'm singing my blues Used to the pain in this lonely world Singing my blues Time will never heal these broken wounds, oh oh [Mz-T] You're biased with no basis, baby You overdramatize One day I hope that you realize I'm a human too Looking back in retrospect May not have always shown it Think you've always known it All I ever wanted was respect You wanted me to play by your rules One time we were silly fools Come down off your high horse And just accept the divorce I feel so hollow without you For me there's no tomorrow, ooh Under the same moon Breathing the same air Spare me the pity Cause I'm alone now everyday [T-Squared & Mz-T] The dawn, it rose Through the mourning sky My breath is gone As I watch you fade away from me And again tonight, under the moonlight I will fall asleep alone Tomorrow begins anew I will miss you but I must move on with my life... I'm singing my blues Used to the pain in this lonely world Singing my blues Time will never heal these broken wounds I'm singing my blues Used to the pain in this lonely world Singing my blues Time will never heal these open wounds, oh oh
7.
No Place 03:26
I fade to black And I listen to the sounds that emerge from around me They shroud me Ground me to this world Curled me into an endless whorled Mapping my entire life for me It almost blinds my vision But my decision that I make Becomes more clear than ever The music and its existence Are the only things that matter to me To be truth or not to be Because with that I’ll be able to help Those that are whelped into this place Without any direction and have to suffer the infection And so I fade back in And speak all my truth and hope that people will listen Or I’ll wither away and you’ll lose the one who always delivered With a slither in my flow, you’ll find that everyone else gives you… No place beyond, no place beyond (x3) You’ve got no place beyond, no place beyond No place beyond, no place beyond (x2) This realm and the next My guess is that you’ll fall into a mess Void in your chest cause you’re disputed like the rest It’s consuming your mind and binds all your joints There’s no point to even go on No choice but to fail and sulk To give up and choke But nope, you can’t soak in your own ailments Don’t follow your tailwind Just keep moving on Cause, even if you’ve got no place to go You’ve got to keep flowing Showing everybody that you can keep going Never showing ‘em, you’re slowing down at all Believe in yourself and you shall see It’s all your call and if you fail, it’s only your fault, because of you That’s why it feels like there’s… No place beyond, no place beyond (x3) You’ve got no place beyond, no place beyond No place beyond, no place beyond (x2) My heaven, is me Your heaven, is you
8.
[T-Squared] I need an Airbag Don't let the darkness take me, no no no Don't let it eat me up [QJ] Ravens gather every morning right across the street Somewhere close to 6:30pm Every time without fail, the only way I know Is cause I always stay awake just long enough to see them Now breath out and breath in, don't have a reason Yeah, I'm sure they don't either They just follow the leader No code of ethics Yeah, I guess that's what I'm blessed with But cursed by this analytical charge, so electric Eclectic in my taste, let it soak through night owl prowess Sleep through the day and then at night, I just stay up for hours Allow us to have it to ourselves, and now its ours Just me and my imagination Wish I could find the patience To distinguish the sacred from the naked But both are so beautiful in their own right I can tell this is going to be a long night Dry your tears, grab on to something, and hold tight [T-Squared] I need an Airbag Don't let the darkness take me, no no no Don't let it eat me up I need an Airbag So I can survive this incoming fall [QJ] Its an eternal struggle, rich versus the commoners Battlefield stretched over four thousand kilometers So ominous, and no one can even tell what we're fighting for It can't be peace cause that only leads to us fighting more Not freedom cause eighty years is too short a time to earn this Blades of shrapnel, sharper than any word is Want to set fire but got nothing to burn with No wonder we talk about how fucked up the world is Pearl lips and sunrise eyes Essence relative to steam and smoke on the rise It's barely there, the face of my fantasy Only truly there when I'm fast asleep Cause its a harsh reality to wake up to Sometimes hoping that the Grim Reaper will take us too Me and my imagination Hoping I can leave some for all of you before I finally reach the train station [T-Squared] I need an Airbag Don't let the darkness take me, no no no Don't let it eat me up I need an Airbag So I can survive this incoming fall [QJ & T-Squared] I guess I'm all alone again I guess I'm all alone again I guess I'm all alone again Once again (x2) [T-Squared] Not you too You left my heart (x2) You don't understand [QJ] Democracy and Tyranny Heroics and Villainy Vanity and Nobility So black and white, its killing me Tight grip on every memory Double reflection mirroring Endless cycles of if, ands, and maybes No lies left in my supply to satisfy your cravings Misunderstood conscience that everybody loves hating And though there are many roads in the mirror that I see when concentrating I only follow the one that I'm paving Drive slow homie [T-Squared] I need an Airbag (Drive slow homie) Don't let the darkness take me, no no no Don't let it eat me up (uh huh) I need an Airbag (yeah) So I can survive this incoming fall (Me and my imagination) [T-Squared] On this night where I long you, The rain comes down and my heart slips away I Need You Yes, I Need You My Airbag (Airbag) [QJ & T-Squared] I guess I'm all alone again I guess I'm all alone again I guess I'm all alone again Once again (x2) Not Again
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[Verse 1] They say to believe in love is a fool's game No can be lonely all the same But that's why I spit the truth so I won't feel shame My heart becomes heavy because I feel its pain A void left my heart a stain, a scar A mark to remember the pressure that it once had back in the day From bad experiences to playful appearances I can't take it all away and so my mind, kind in its wake Stopped being stupid, it was foolish and I knew it Cause I blew it every single time It was maddening to be a saddening loser Developing cruiser off of love's peak A geek without a cause A rebel in disguise, eyes wide open but couldn't see the tears inside I'm crying for a reason but I'm seething for a reason that i thought I denied But everything comes to a halt when she manages to force my love to vault Outta my system, vision clears up and my tears no longer overflow in my cup Destiny, honestly promising you That I'll be by your side forever Yeah, baby girl [Chorus] From dawn to dusk I will never let you go You and me, until the end of time If you're near or far No matter where you are I will be loving you till the end [Verse 2] Careless love, airless lungs Flightless flower that gives me the power To tower over everything and keeps me alive Revived my heart from its slumber Rumbled the inner sanctum To lengthen the amount of time that we'd both survive Cause without someone to hold as you grow old Coldens a once passionate soul, sending it die Through the lies and the fallacies The hypocrites and the false allies You gotta push through it all to get that feeling inside cause You'll be scared, dangerously unstable A loose electrical cable Savagely unable to control your emotions And you'll label everyone as your enemy No peace, even at the ending of your calamity (uh) A disease waiting to be released So you gotta find happiness, the promised land And do whatever your calling tells you To soothe your mind, grind through your passion Full throttle to make your dream a reality Control your whole galaxy and that's why... [Chorus] From dawn to dusk I will never let you go You and me, until the end of time If you're near or far No matter where you are I will be loving you till the end [Verse 3] Girl, you are my Final Fantasy My Kingdom Hearts, similar anatomy So we must be intertwined like the dark and light We'll ignite our love to the greatest heights No more black and white, in our line of sight Our love to launch a preemptive strike On the doubters that berated us from the start Way too smart to take those things to heart My mind aches for you while we're apart Cause you're my only muse That brings out the views That I use to amuse the most hurtful bruises I can't let you go nor can I lose you If you leave me, I will never be free of Your touching embrace and love So take hold of my hand Cause you know our love is dreamed of Believed of, and schemed of And there's usually a degree of pain and blame From the same descent from happiness to depression Into a recession of love Turning it into a collection of hate But wait, we've changed the pathway Overflowing into something beautiful, true and full Simple times timelessly crossing into existence Love can't be wished for, you can only be patient and listen Single is trouble, double, you'll have a conscious to guide you Ride through, forever yeah [Chorus] From dawn to dusk I will never let you go You and me, until the end of time If you're near or far No matter where you are I will be loving you till the end [Outro] I will be loving you till the end...
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[Verse 1] I spit the truth I'm confident I always try to inspire While igniting the fire Always try to be positive But I'm not I'm caught up in my own destruction Loneliness eats up my own functions Except for the one that makes me write About the feelings that I always feel about life I boast about being awesome I'm really kidding myself, yeah So I really feel dumb I act like I'm fine Like I'm kind But everytime I try to write a rhyme It always feeds back into my depression And every question that involves it Is answered with a no Like I don't want my friends to know And I don't so I'll just stretch the truth I know from experience that if I act mysterious The people that care won't ever be curious [Chorus] Knew that this would happen, just hoping that the truth will save me Knew that this would happen, just praying that the truth will save me (x2) [Verse 2] Yeah I'm awesome (yeah) Straight up fly dawg Flows deeper than a lake or a bog Damn, we always killing it Filling your cup half empty to a cup half full My fans pull and jerk my emotion Thinking that they care when they really don't And making me bare the turmoil When I know I really won't But whatever, I bounce back Cause I know I'm talented And you're all just haters, I just blow you away with my skills Thrills from the coldest rhymes that I chill For real, and if you can't deal You can go fuck yourself, uppercut yourselves Into the sun cause I'm done I'm trying to be somebody, achieve something close to number one And to prove to everybody that I'm second to none Spun your minds with G-Dub The dreams within our reach, all we have to do is pull it down Be supportive, while we bring it around, come on [Chorus] Knew that this would happen, just hoping that the truth will save me Knew that this would happen, just praying that the truth will save me (x2) [Verse 3] Who do I write for? Me or myself? Or do I write for those stuck in the same hell? My mind is torn between thinking that when I'm blinking Will I be sinking into depressing aftermath Or will they be sinking that knife into my back? Between the dreams that beam from my brain Disappear in a lucrative pain That stabs me wherever I sever the ties With both sides of me, fighting for a place to be To see new heights, to rise to a whole new level To dissipate or rather dishevel An overcomplicated mix of emotions To cause ten times the commotion To further the locomotion of the rebellion To turn my muse into the girl These useless thoughts, rocking back and forth Till they can't be caught, will ultimately be the end of me Forever falling in between the dark and light In spite of both disappearing from my sight, uh [Chorus] Knew that this would happen, just hoping that the truth will save me Knew that this would happen, just praying that the truth will save me (x2)

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The Mourning Dawn, T-Squared's debut album, featuring such talents as Zero, Mz-T, and Q.J.. is, in many ways an introduction to T-Squared, not only as an artist but also as a person. This album details many things that he has had to deal with in life such as love, depression, happiness, and his thoughts in every day life. As a debut album, this record serves to lift people up from where they've come from. It will help them have more self worth or possibly even relate to T-Squared when he speaks of such topics as depression or lost love or gaining a new love; All things associated with life. The Mourning Dawn, as most may not know this, was originally thought up to be a "really chill album with a lot of different elements within it". As the album does just that, it also seeks to establish T-Squared's view on the Hip Hop industry itself. The "mourning" part of the title represents that T-Squared is mourning the loss of a past era that has died because of the lack of talent among rappers lately. But the "dawn" revitalizes that, showing that, even though an old era has fallen, a new era seeks to claim the spot in which T-Squared is apart of and advocates on the regular. Please enjoy T-Squared's debut album, The Mourning Dawn.

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released September 1, 2012

All songs written and performed by Terence "T-Squared" Harris with additional writing credits and performances by Quentin "QJ" Garriett AKA Q.J. Goodwin., Malik "Zero" Hicks, and Tonia "Mz T" Harris. Production by QJ Goodwin. Beats by Stardark Music, Greg Booth, Jairstheshadow, Epik High, Tablo, HaasMixes, Ray-K, and Big Bang.

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Consisting of two musical powerhouses, Quentin "QJ" Garriett and Terence "T-Squared" Harris, the two perform music both solo and together as the cohesive hip hop duo, Goliath Warfare.

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