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Taken for Grant​(​ed)

by Machado Mijiga

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Their spirits wake me… Tides of time, a bountiful sea. Rested plainly upon my chin, a golden exhibit glistens and, Fills the skies with rays of liquid Sol Soul full of soulful delight Suddenly, …night Filled with fright The cries of a mother, a child Mild, in comparison to the carnage that laid to rest the best Yes, the best. I said it. I mean it, the best. That laid to rest the best. Not them, not us. We, who’d rather be out at sea Washed ashore to coves laden with a strange kin Is it truly a sin to wonder, yonder. Where doth seals seal the fate of those who abate time. Such a crime, a misdemeanor, a missed demeanor was what befell the perilous god. God of mischief, who laid a hand upon a golden exhibit. Not that of he, but that of she. She, who steals the hearts of many souls of many spirits, broken But what could not be spoken, is, that of which she fills consciousness of. But is she above me? Has she the worth? Merited, deserved, and, PRESERVED by the sea? The sea that I perceive? The sea…bereaves us all of soul. All of Sol. All of everlasting light. A strange light that will soon bring fright to the masses. Swings of swords, hammers, and battleaxes. But before that, I must ask…this: Why did you wake me? Verse 2: Do you stake claim to me? Fake name to, lay in wake a false paradigm Spared of time, a confluence of superfluous structure A frame of mind A frame of mankind A false façade, wrapped tightly round the whimsical sobriety of Established society Pouring amber waves of cray Cray, to prey on a freedom laid upon in strife with the congeniality of, False duality Police brutality, or Illegality of spiritual punctuality We are, truly, a slave to time The, diaspora of co-mingling membranes Vainly and plainly laden with burden that we, Seek to extinguish in our own places, Revealing pale, ghoulish faces, eating away at the fibers of our content of character. Flirtations with the idealistic mind collide with chronological complexes Prophylactic didactic synergy of, time and space, and space and mind, and The, Prime Directive dictating to mankind, and Maybe we just need to unwind Take our…time Stay on our grind, and bind the very shackles that restrain Retrain the impressionable, malleable orifices and cavities Strife with brevity Our, cerebral complexes, tresses to the stresses of, Cosmic occupation Fatigued by the re-orientation Establishment of purpose Place, Time, And Space A space, he, the one who loved and lost, At a tremendous cost, can never replace He must face, The inevitability, The virility and longevity Harmoniously co-existing in a demi-deistic Egotistic, yet, ballistic Stream of consciousness Waves lapping at the golden brown sands of time, Prime real estate to the sublime Laying testament to, the, desolate chasm, of A void, infinite
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Interlude #1 01:57
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Interlude #2 01:45
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Kombucha 06:48
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Courage 10:20
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Interlude #3 01:54
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Outro 01:13

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Recorded September 16-18th at WSU Recording Studios in Pullman, WA

Personnel:

Brian Ploeger- Trumpet, Flugelhorn (1,7)
Bowen Wolcott- Trumpet, Flugelhorn (5,9)
Ben Walden- Guitar (5,9)
Brian Ward- Piano (1,7)
Drew Christian- Bass Guitar (5,9)
Jo Asker- Upright Bass (1,7)
David Ward- Drums, Percussion (1,2,4,7,8)

Machado Mijiga:

Spoken Word (1)
Tenor Saxophone (1,2,3,4,7,8)
Keyboards (3,6,10)
Drums (5,9)

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released September 16, 2014

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Machado Mijiga Portland, Oregon

A Portand native, Machado Mijiga is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, audio engineer, and music educator.

Mijiga's largest current projects consist of:

Leader/Drummer for Djungol Jim, Tour de Force, DoubleDash, and Dingus.

Lo-fi hip-hop production under the alias "Gohan Blanco"

Rap Alias: "Thom Nook"

-Freelance multi-instrumentalist in Portland Metropolitan area.
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