Ephemeral Moments - Takashi Ohmama

We can see but we are blinded We can hear but our ears are deaf I can barely get to taste the salt in my tears The salt in my tears For fear has settled in Spreading agony The ability to feel has vanished and decayed Loosely tied so we could be undone That's how we keep our ephimeral bonds We're so afraid to open up How long can we afford to keep intact our sanity If there's no empathy behind, our destiny to fail Betrayers of our own nature Murderers of our own kind The truth that makes men free is, for the most part The truth which men prefer not to hear We can speak but we are voiceless We can move but we keep motionless I can barely get to think with any reason With any reason For fear has settled in Settled in Spreading agony The ability to feel has vanished and decayed Loosely tied so we could be undone That's how we keep our ephimeral bonds We're so afraid to open up How long can we afford to keep intact our sanity If there's no empathy behind, our destiny to fail

Obscure reflections stare back at me Through the tainted water Neglected exposure I am the product of this distorted culture Eclipsed by my antic disposition I'm merely an illusionary shell fed to chimeras Fragmented constructs of a fluorescent realm Incept a twilight and destruct the elms A collective myopic gaze entrances us all Oh how i pity this despondent existence The lustrous phantom; Speaks of tongues obscured The pale lumiére; Speaks of eyes deluded My innocence was stolen by the birds who couldn't see Singing sonnets as the earth stood still and screamed And at the end of it all I was torn from my soul Begging that one day I might be whole And at the end of it all I might be whole I set my heart ablaze and watched it flare nihility But then the gateway appeared to me And showed me the path That would reconstruct my life That would purge this condition And understand my disdain This world is nothing more Than the quintessence of dust Show me how to rid myself of the shadows that lurk inside of me And at the start of it all I was torn from soul Begging that one day In time I might be whole Show me how to rid myself of the shadows that lurk inside of me

Ohmamama, Ooohmamama. Ohmamama, Ooohmamama. Bitch, why you wanna love me? 10 months ago you were betting my defeat Thinking I was too crazy for the shit that I'm in Now you're sendin' me snaps of you and your tities Talking to me like "Wassup, wassup, wassup Rilès! I need an instrumental, can I record my text?" They wanna be friends, personnal interest But my hustle ain't free, and my talent is less Wanna be me, they don't fuck with themselves Wanna beat me, yeah I've tried but I failed Trust me. "Whaat? He French, he rappin' in English? Who the fuck he is, what is this?" And I say: Ohmamama, Ooohmamama. Ohmamama, Ooohmamama. Haters, turning into friends And friends turn into enemies Problems come along with the fame And It's just the beginning If you see me less It's 'cause that I'm doing more I'm different I don't need your labels Move on, I don't waste time anymore No more. Bitch niggas sayin' "it's luck" I'm making it worth 'cause I'm putting in work 'Fore I be the best, I was probably the worst Gotta thank all of your wack rappers raising my thrist Saying shit like "Listen, listen, listen I know" But you know the least, why you're talking the most? Afraid of my dreams cuz you gave up on yours So go talk to my advisor if it is for pesos Hmar. "Whaat? He rap, he produces and mix? Who the fuck he is, what is this?" And I say: Ohmamama, Ooohmamama. Ohmamama, Ooohmamama.