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Kamakiri Klouds 2: California Wasteland

by Mantis The Miasma & Tokyo Cigar

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Intro 00:51
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2.
Black Rain 03:03
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Hook: Black Rain, from a nucleus, split in two Mass pain, pyrocumulus, hitting you/ Rumours of another world war, like 2 Playing like a Truman, but your morals untrue Verse: Impala stalling out, caught a glimpse of fallen clouds Fogging up the streets, with no lights, what surrounds? Dystopian dirt from a fallout on the ground Lived expecting this, never had a small doubt Imperial powers steering our kind to an outage Grids no longer active, cities flat, no longer crowded Sitting in the passenger, fitting for a scavenger Scouting for a meal or a house, we've all gone ravenous Rapacious ravens picking at dead rabbits in the desert Mesmerized by appetite in 100 degree weather All black clothing when I walk out in my heavy jacket My school mascot, you can see the parallels, my actions back it I am not a simple imp, I saw our end was imminent You ignored it like the letters spread and shone along a blimp Good year, terrible millenia, the futures dim I been speaking as a Reaper knowing truth is grim Bridge: Time is repeating, see Hiroshima See Nagasaki, humanoid demons Pulling the trigger, dropping atomics Pray that it's just a dream, wish on a comet
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California Wasteland 03:37
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Hook: Wasteland, Welcome to the wasteland Wasteland, California Wasteland I'm in the boondocks like Huey and Riley California City, it's the wasteland that defined me Truly the high leaf burner, the papal priest of lighting I'm like a Mothman sighting, but it's Mantis, candid writing Santa with a sleigh, I felt like Jack Skellington Tryna gift that way, big bands, Duke Ellington Grateful for the cash I see, and wrapped under Christmas tree I cherish with family, Thankchannumas our charity Secret santa annually, That's how we're always planning things Bet I'm getting coal this year, but cold soul won't be whimpering I'm fat I look like chimpanzee, but new years I've been eating lean I don't mean promethazine this time, in fact I'm getting clean I'm not tryna smoke more weed, since drug tests in my industry And even with Newsom's law, the UCs funded federally That's the shit that's stressing me, and deserts ain't the best for me/ But my friends from these streets, fam there perpetually So welcome to the land of sun and and sand, where Sons of Sam lurk Nighttime with coyotes, got the same smirk Killer intention, so don't get involved in their turf Unsure of my worth, since my debut about my birth Writing on the couch, next to my dad, it was a first Just about kicked out this time around, he got unsure In between these jobs so I don't feel too insured He ensured me I'd be fine, still haven't found a cure Verse 2: It isn't what it seems, but this ain't Waverly Wavy with my homies, loyal, never wavering Tryna put the city on the map, by slaying beats Don't know if I'll ever make it, but c'est la vie Master of the lyrics, fuck what all you say to me Sleeping like cicadas, you might just encounter me Since I'm underground and I'm so fucking proud to be May not last forever, I know what I'm bound to be When the water reaches surface from erosion and unearthing It might be discovered I'm a real person With some contributions to the intellectuals Since a couple records hadn't been effectual Turning up my decibels, that loudness like the shit I smoked Now tryna relive the days where I ain't need to cope Sober up, the sodas for the glutton self, I'm leaving that In 2023, '24 no eating snacks
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Dust Devils 02:29
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Mantis x tokyo cigar 7 Intro: Our city,...is well known for its winds, so heres a story, as old as time,... of me...... walking Verse 1: Salutations to my dad, I'm putting on my jacket 30,000 steps a day outside, made it a habit Practiced my guitar for a class, no Lenny Kravitz Bumping still serving on the walk, 21 savage Offset Metro times, like a late bus arrival When I'm in my territory, wary of survival Lot of people hating me, but they can't be my rivals They can't stand right next to me, they'll feel mini-sized Like Napoleon, I tower while I'm on the rise I'm the Revolution, think I was with Prince's guys 1999 my year of birth, life of the party Turn that shit up rapping even if I'm kinda lardy Thoughts processed as I wander through the desert dust Feeling confident, my homies said that shit's a must Used to look so ugly in the mirror, but I did adjust On path to redemption, but the fiends of hell ain't giving up Winds picking up, I'm like 30 minutes far away Really wish I made it home so I'd be safe while guitar playing Hook:: Dust devils, whirlwinds, all around me and Dirt in my eyes, I can barely see the street then Dust devils, whirlwinds, hear the sound creeping Tryna get home before I'm lost all weekend Verse 2: 30 miles per hour, that's the gust I'm fighting Feel like Boreal is tryna kill me, or Poseidon Winds felt like a tide with the level of resistance Feel like Hercules, cause I gotta go the distance No ohms less I'm listening to Buddhist chants This wind cannot best me, I'm the man, not gonna lose again I made my own blueprint, I'm a druid with the nature So blasts of air won't carry me away today, no way sir The music playing on my airpods all I got Along with the time to stare at screens and start to jot Another creation, one step closer to greatness Seen a lot more people tryna put me on their playlist Mastered all the basics but still train on em like Kobe Miasma symbiote, mantis feeling like Tobey See my crib on the horizon, the last leg of my trial But I love this city, I can't live in denial
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Ectoplasmic 02:31
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Feel like i was Hamsterviel Running manic on a wheel Not off a xanny pill Trazedone instead for real Pain that really had my near Living on a different sphere Stitching soul back from the galaxy often feared The coffin's here with nails hammered Mjolnir with the shocking damage Talking mantis, maybe you can lend an ear Had my villain arc, now I'm antihero, hella weird How they don't see a redemption, till I'm dead, I guess it's clear Insect disrespecting peers heard unexpectedly They don't wanna mention me, they'd rather dodge the density Of the drug dependency, and all of that intensity Analysis of centromeres, they cut off like vasectomy Hook: Till I'm ectoplasmic they can't handle how I'm rapping I can't imagine why, I guess I'm not the latest fashion I may not be a GOAT, may not be the greatest active Bashing myself once again, I figured this would happen Verse 2: Saw reflection in the mirror, aging from my telomeres Get in gear, I'm striving to get past the guilt of living here I don't mean my house I mean the cosmos in entirety Question whether its man or God who had lied to me Stayed that way a decade, now my faith restored a blessed state Smoking a lot less than days of bliss gang blizzard escape Every moment heightened like the mileage on an Escalade I'm still in a trendsetter phase, regardless if I'm getting played I'mma keep on getting paid, living through the escapades Aiming for a better fate, the praying mantis name regained To the lord above although we all struggle to say his name Staring at the Torah next to me, like I should read a page Got that from a psych of mine, he disappeared, I hope he's fine I'm not the type to idolize, nor to burn or strike a shrine Living life assuming it's no lie I was gifted They call it witchcraft since I lean towards the mystics
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Skit 00:52
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Desert Raider 03:22
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Intro: You know I made the desert storm, fucking 2 pens or vape and pen. I put everybody on. Verse: Desert raider weapon loaded for elimination Imitations imminently face disintegration I heard your shit one time, afterwards I never played it Plagiarists who copy my whole style, why you faking? You ain't west as me, certainly not besting me I be in the rye, so nobody's catching me Tell me where's the lie, I stay honest with my language I might black out on a track, but drinks don't get me fainting Powers out? I doubt it you can still feel my vibration Flowers sprouting next to weeds, I feel a relation They're so parasitic, bear witness to them tearing me Probably half the reason I still need therapy And some medication, present day I'm doing greater I ain't scared of ghost lights, you're like Tow Mater I'm david duchovny, constant Californication Files of an ex, I don't regret but left them fading Hook: Desert Storm for a Desert Raider, hella faded Mixed intoxication, but my body elevated Know you kinda scared, but don't you get enervated This a different high, hit 'em both youll feel weightless Desert Storm for a Desert Raider, hella faded Mixed intoxication, but my body elevated Know you're kind of worried, just relax, this shit is safest Just grab a seat and water, we about to take a daytrip Verse 2: Got the nicotine, and raw garden pen on me Breathe the combination, don't cough till you're red on me Lay back, reflect, in a while have a great nap While we're in the city unknown to the state map Vape mad powerful mixed with some sour dro Schizo had me shaky, but don't ever think I'll cower though Even when surrounded by ravens, and the foul crows Checking on your status, you just felt the second hour go I devour gummies, with 10 milligrams a sour chew Hope you're having fun but I'd be doing this without you Fiending everyday, but it's ok in the CA Still this job'll test, so I'll say goodbye one day 2024 all my vice won't get ignored Less gluttonous, spend less for my credit score Not afraid of the day I end up in a morgue I just got some boxes on my checklist for before Bridge: Desert storm, no Middle East Munchies for a little feast Desert Raider, like I'm Tusken Tattooine toting a musket Desert storm, out in public Probably did that in the hundreds You say it made me a beast I must be different or something
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Outlaw 01:49
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Verse: This the Wild West and I feel like Butch Cassidy Fuck who after me, I'm an outlaw crafting masterpiece Feel like I'm Lance with dragons, trainers tryna challenge me I'm not talking Toothless, but ya'll mumble just like Happy Feet Makaveli, ride with me, ambitions of a shattered priest Prince among a dozen thieves, martyr-like they labeled me Based on a true story, ain't a fake or fabrication Yeah I had a goal but I just passed the destination Overlapping like tectonic plates, converge at greatness Slapping myself sober while away on a vacation Dodging provocations, they don't know me but they hate me Maybe since my musics always saying that I'm crazy Tried to stop, I'll probably be like this till pushing daisies The web broke me, feel like a male Gwen Stacy Nobody can save me, keep your savior stories Aviator fly as fuck, directed by Scorsese I was born inside the cave of Plato's allegory New concerns of Icarus, the sunlight doesn't faze me Sundance kid or John Wayne, minus the Gacy One chance in this corporeal plane, they tryna chase me Not my bank account, but they say that I'm indebted Hard to say the breads already spent, my payment method Was getting rejected, declined at the register Now I'm living better, off lettuce they said I ain't deserve
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Sandman 02:15
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Intro: A deep respite Hook: Sandman you can't, keep your eyes open Runes in the dunes, tombs of unspoken Forbidden chants, of the next homeland After this realm, when your skulls broken Verse: Sprinkled on your eyelid, drifting but no pilot/ Swimming through subconscious mire, wishing I was flying Skyline diving, into what's most private What no one can see, but they all hear the silence Clockwork ultraviolence, Ludovico diet Orange juice and coffee, so I'm constantly defiant Scared of the bottomless pit staring back at me Paired with a golem who sits, we're all crackling Prepared for degradation most inevitable Cackling while sinking in the sediment rows If sleep is the cousin of death, this some fam drama Mantis been at brinks of death, since I lost my grandmama I ain't scared to hold a stance, I'm known for pushing boulders Sensing motives, for the culture like an agar plate That's my fate Sisyphus or Atlas weight of worlds on my shoulder Paralyzed in darkness, dormant demons get discovered
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Fanfare 02:56
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Verse 1: I'm the main attraction like a lion's sexual selection Met rejection but I never truly learned the lesson Hellish specimen, developing my exercise regimen Nike frees hit sediment, 9 miles a week, it's evident The slender mantis posted notes like Martin Luther, reverend And the theses, plan to seize your freedom and expensiveness Tendrils which unsettle growing from the shadow realm Dark arts, Robb Stark, red wedding, at your helm Miasma for a reason and as winter fell this season The white walkers gave me a reason to stop my freezing Even with this ice on me, I feel like Bran the warg Slipping into minds, sure of what I'm standing for Mounted with two blades, why they call me bannerlord Treat potential paramours like carnivores, who's scared of more? Staring forward at my reflection, who even cares, lord?/ Only got myself in this world, you know it's manticore Hook: Fanfare for a chance with a fair maiden I don't look back, now the future is my haven Fanfare for my last words as I say them I might freestyle it, no sign of premeditation Push those thoughts away through meditation, I felt so impatient Went from working graveyard shift to recognizing my own greatness I might set it off like Queen Latifah pressing detonation Sometimes I still think I'm one the greatest of my generation Verse 2: Shredder agent fighting teenage mutant ninja half-shell heroes Past the zero on my energy, replenished by the diesel Addiction is most feasible, it makes me more agreeable Dead sea scrolls made God more believable My body as a vessel and I treat it like a vehicle Consciousness is just a steering wheel, had to keep control Fight my schizophrenic voices, try to make some better choices Desert storms I stopped, still got the pen for when I hit the poison
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Fire In My Eyes 02:48
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Intro: Welcome to Cal City motherfuckers! Also known as Bal Bity to some Know that. Aye lets show 'em Verse: I'm friends with a coven, they tend to be cunning If I see the 12, only time that I'm running Felt like the Hanged Man, the gallows arcana So many paths to help me reach Nirvana Block hot, might get wetted just like a sauna Cold-blood iguanas might smoke you like ganja Sweat lead off chronic, you anxious, they cock it Everywhere I live got some danger, that's honest So used to west coast, no plans to relocate Where I'm from we don't waste food, eat the whole plate No waste unless it's the vodka at my place Getting us trashed so we still needa hydrate Wonder if y'all notice my pupils dilate Wonder if she want a date on a Friday Lately I've been in a different mindstate Golden state, built like a bear, can you see my fangs? Hook: Fire in my eyes, dang Danger where my guys hang I'm not into crime But to law I don't abide,aye Opposite Lebowsky, whats under the couch seat? Probably an o-z Tucked cozy inside Verse 2: Flame in my sight, it's the pack I'm gonna hit Tryna reach the heights of a modern monolith Fuck Israel and Zionists for treatment of the Gaza Strip I may be a Jew but you're all genocidal hominids Not tryna demean but I'm just saying what I mean Y'all just set us back like 80 years to Hiroshima I'm a rhyme schemer, with a deceiving demeanor I'm not tryna claim that type of hate inside my genus Some say I'm a genius, others say I'm just a demon Teleported through a wormhole, like I'm Morgan Freeman Half life I've been through decay, like Gordon Freeman Trapped inside the boonies, so I feel like Huey Freeman Took the route a million times, progressively less scenic Banality is all I have besides the stars I'm seeing Reach for constellations, occupationless but breathing Tryna be a legend, but without a Chrissy Teigen Bridge: Look like bowser with a crimson iris I feel like the wounded Scarlet Ibis But I won't back down until I'm finished Need to see the end of this vision
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Infinite Plains (Feat. Myka 9) 02:48
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Hook: In an infinite plane, tryna prove a point Heisenberg, uncertain of momentum, what's the point? I should hang the mic up, I just texted Myka 9 Now I feel like my life is fine Bitch, I don't recycle lines Gold in veins but you can't strike the mine I'm the one contrary to the faces that they idolize Pint-sized mindset, clogged up my pipeline Highlights of my life bowls lit at all times Verse: Revel in the sunshine, guess I've been done crying Undine made from teardrops, underwater unkind She's stuck in my head, fated to perish from my faithlessness Never been a plagiarist, they thought the accusation fit Used to keep me caged, till I found a way like Faraday Never fairweather, blocking electromagnetic waves All invasive thoughts away, I'm on a Goddard rocket Fueled by liquor liquid, get withdrawals but no deposit Broke fiend, no steam left for an effort Come clean, hid a lot of things like I'm Zephyr Tales of Arise, I birthed the law of the west wind I'm still a pedestrian, but I'll have my redemption Climbing to the precipice from crevices below Intrepid, I'mma hit the peak and deliver this message Attempts from you are tepid, see you as expendable Like Stallone, shouts out to LUNAR, the abyss still beckons Hook Verse 2(Myka 9): Upon the canvas of expanse Where stars like gems in velvet sky enhance Unending boundless glance in areas of math its wonders to comprehend Seek the secrets in its vast design intellect and curiosity combined Theorems prance equations cosign A puzzle most divine in euclid's vicinity straight lines stretch afar Geometric par excellence polygons and angles interlace Mathematical grace calculus unveils its hidden place Derivatives and integrals in space a glimpse into the grand show As limits vanish where equations grow in fractals of complexity Self-same patterns never-ending insights Mandelbrot's set chaos and order unite Topology reveals mystic art open to impart connectedness and compactness chart Cantor's graph to hilbert's grand hotel The cardinalities and tales they tell Uncountable dimensions swell numbers never quell Ponder endless concepts rule in beauty with knowledge to attain on an infinite plane
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Desolation 01:57
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Refrain: Desolation x4 Verse: Hey God, can you hear Miasma praying? Barren land, I'm forever laying In my last breath, I make a final wager Beige tan skin burnt if I don't find a wafer Grinding for my paper, unwinding with tree acres Wizardry cures misery, brings company creations Money ain't the main goal, but I'd like to make more While dropping art, dank rolled, aged scroll I'm fried like some chicken with Panko Katsu curry with Vermont sauce and egg rolls All I can survive off these days, too dang broke But I came up since then, guess I changed folk They say I'm never lacking when it comes to brainfolds And eyes look like they came from motherfucking Bengals Was a fallen cherub in City of Angels Migrated to wasteland, the present Sheol Hook: I can't stand this, you can't stand here You can't handle, you can't manage This path solo, let no one know To the unknown, leave no echoes
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Nighttime Session (Feat. Tokyo Cigar) 02:52
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Hook: Never seen a jail, but one right by where I hail Nighttime sessions everyday, feel evening gale So high felt I almost found the holy grail Monty Python, laughing through halls, lets make a deal Verse 1: By the porch lights, had the foresight To get a pre-roll, mini torch lights Stargazing hazed where the smog don't leave a stain Off a new strain, galactic crusade Cassiopeia floats above me with the zodiac Formation of constellations, what a holy act Crack open a soda pack, relax where my stoners at? Bonafide benefactor, ask S.T.O.N.E. wheres the pen he packs Feel like the men in black, the flash wipes away all the past I aint in to cover ups, or magazines ever, facts I'm weathered like I'm Dallas Raines, I'm tethered to a ball and chain For which I didn't ask, if I did, dismiss the past I feel so accomplished already, lifes a victory lap Whiplash like a drummer, rushing you'll get bitch-slapped JK Simmons, Omni-Man, I'm off the rails Global guardians get gutted, grotesquely frail Verse 2(Tokyo Cigar): Buried friends And set trends Stoneface mend Never bend Seen a stranger in a friend Legacy ends Life tends To surf waves We rolled haze Navigate the maze Chick kept telling me There's drama with her family Motherfucking Bonfire of the vanities Mushroom candy Kept it handy Spilling the brandy On a portable cemetery The occupants are legendary The fact they gone kinda scary Keep me weary Stone sanctuary Cobblestone roads. Tiger vs the toad Wide load Days explode Nights reload Fuck my lady to depeche mode Staying on code Past corrode Present showed Stop the implode Call my sister to build Call my fam to chill Exercise my will Siren song shrill Pay the till Kill the iice grill BBD was ill Smoke a lot not the type to pop pills Follow drills Gotta build Destroy what's revealed To be poisonous laughing boisterous Roses and thorns was in store for us And that was enough Life don't owe us Living plush We owe life whatever the fuck We scrape up With the days that it grace us Matter change form and replace us Time traced us Brutus and ceaser karmas a diva Life's bitch I believe her Pipe it down jungle fever She caught a seizure Encyclopedia Multi media Satellite receiver
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Outro 02:32
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released March 14, 2024

Written by Mantis The Miasma
Produced, Mixed, Mastered, and Arranged by Tokyo Cigar
Art by Tokyo Cigar
Additional Vocals on Track 12 by Myka 9

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A musical artist who explores the many themes of life and death. Mantises are often depicted at the intersection of this transition. UCLA 2021.

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