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ups and downs mixtape

by Twisted Optiks

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1.
Intro: (Twisted Optiks) Yea, Twisted Optiks CD, keep it rocking Yaw know, we keep it locked in It's how we drop it Let's go, yea c'mon, heyo Verse 1: (Twisted Optiks) Got my feet on the ground And head in the clouds, so now I'm daydreaming Pondering on thoughts from early morn' to late evening Beyond cloud nine, I'm on a spiritual high Sort of like an airplane, ya boy be feeling so fly Fresh pen, fresh pad, fresh ink, fresh paper Blessed beats plus blessed rhymes, the best flavor The best way to elevate us Pass the top floor to the highest skyscraper The feeling is so contagious Far out like the outterspace family, its outrageous Better than a bowl of Lucky Charms Where you took one bite and got your bowl swiped by a leprechaun Who left behind a pot of gold, hershey's Except to find out it ain't chocolate, dirty But anyways, let's get back to the subject I'm higher than a kite on supernatural substance Chorus: (CD) Life is an open door, unlimited possibilities to explore Open your wings, get up and just soar It's time to fly higher than you have before And don't you worry about a thing at all He stayed up by the clouds so you will not fall Nothing is impossible so get ready for so much more... Verse 2: (Twisted Optiks) You are high and lifted up, in true excitement My eyes are now open into a new horizon Realize my writing radiates reality Reproducing rhythms and rhymes that rock radically Whoo! It'll leave you breathless just like casualties What goes down must come up, defy gravity Sharp and on point, you can call it a cactus So high up feel like I'm walking on an atlas At last, I'm living life with a purpose What a beautiful feeling looking past the surface I am on a mountain higher than Mt. Everest Surrounded by love in a life that's forever blessed Wouldn't trade this moment for any amount of money Life above the physical, no longer am I hungry You see this is the result of tasting the Most High Love that fills up my heart, now we gotta let our souls fly Chorus: (CD) Life is an open door, unlimited possibilities to explore Open your wings, get up and just soar It's time to fly higher than you have before And don't you worry about a thing at all He stayed up by the clouds so you will not fall Nothing is impossible so get ready for so much more... (x2) Outro: (Twisted Optiks) Spread your wings like eagles and fly (and fly) Spread your wings like eagles and soar on high (to the sky yaw) Spread your wings like eagles and fly (and fly) Spread your wings like eagles and soar on high (to the sky yaw) Spread your wings like eagles and fly (and fly) Spread your wings like eagles and soar on high (to the sky yaw) Spread your wings like eagles and fly (and fly) Spread your wings like eagles and soar on high (to the sky yaw) With the Most High, yea
2.
Chorus: (Maria McNeil) You're all that I need to help me proceed To get through this fire and set me free I've been through it all and only You know So please hold my hand on this lonely road This lonely road... Verse 1: (Twisted Optiks) Yo I hope You get the glory Lord 'Cause I'm having a hard time trying to follow directions on the story board Feeling it more and more inside this corridor Dealing with doubt like what should I even move forward for? Heavily horrible, and heaven only knows I'm walking on a path that is leading to a lonely road Feel like a broken stove, I'm only going cold Perhaps I lost my chance to advance and now I'm growing old Opportunities I had could've been wonderful But now its like cards I'm dealt, I just wanna fold Hurting and grieving uncertain of receiving Any person to heed this cry of relief my heart is needing I'm speaking, but I don't know if You can hear me I'm reaching out but I don't know if You are near me I'm nearly out of strength to stand my own ground Down at rock bottom, all alone up in this ghost town Chorus: (Maria McNeil) You're all that I need to help me proceed To get through this fire and set me free I've been through it all and only You know So please hold my hand on this lonely road This lonely road... Verse 2: (Twisted Optiks) You see it's hard to hush the heart and let the spirit speak But Lord I'm trying, please forgive me for the moments when I'm feeling weak Seeking You should be my most important priority Instead I let my thoughts overwhelm me and torture me I want to find peace I want to salvage what's left of my spirit and just let my mind ease Lord I am on my knees 'cause I am honestly At a point in the road where all I'm hearing is my heartbeat I need Your guiding hand to lift me up to stand And help me walk across this valley into the higher land My knees are buckling, I'm weak and struggling My tears form a puddle with a reflection of ugliness Please Father remove my sight im needing blind faith And most of all remove my pride let me be unashamed You brought me out of pain, lonliness and heartaches I am never alone.. You're right here with me always Chorus: (Maria McNeil) You're all that I need to help me proceed To get through this fire and set me free I've been through it all and only you know So please hold my hand on this lonely road This lonely road... Verse 3: (Twisted Optiks) Lord I ain't mad at You, You've always been around You put my feet upon the rock and firm solid ground But what I don't get is when You put me down Left me to walk this lonely road alone and in my tears drown Times I dealt with despair it almost buried me I looked down those footprints of Yours I would barely see It took me so long to realize with clarity The times that I was hurting the most is when You carried me Chorus: (Maria McNeil) You're all that I need to help me proceed To get through this fire and set me free I've been through it all and only you know So please hold my hand on this lonely road This lonely road... (x2)
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Chorus: (CD, Judy C.) Let it rain, let it rain Open the floodgates of heaven (x2) Verse 1: (Twisted Optiks) Through the thick and the thin, you start to develop the thick skin In these times that's uncertain if you'll get the win Fast pace life, your heart rates quickening Sickening, how everyone is quick to sin Intimance replaced by lust where living in Reminisce of days when we used to live for Him But then again, we are far from innocent Ladies and gentlemen we are now, here, near the end Look.... we're here and we're living the last days There's a price on your head just for living your past ways, and Can't find heaven, if ain't meeting Him halfway Getting put out like a cancer stick in smoke ashtrays On the outside you shining like a glass plate But inside, your heart's a landfill, where all the trash lay But don't despair, just know that He cares The good race that you running, you don't wanna be in last place Chorus: (CD, Judy C.) Let it rain, let it rain Open the floodgates of heaven (x2) Verse 2: (Twisted Optiks) Life seems dry, feel like you've been deserted in a desert Without a drop of water, now you're feeling all the pressure You really wanna quench that thirst you have in your heart So far nothing seems to work, and got you falling apart You went to money and drugs, people with fake hugs Many who say they are down, but never help you up Now you running on empty, opposition is plenty Problems hitting hard, physically, spiritually and mentally Striving to find a answer, looking for a solution You needing something better in life, more than you're use to Well the answer is near, matter fact it's here There is an abundance of hope, no more drowning in tears Turn to that living water, you will conquer your obstacles Even when times are harder, overcoming is possible The thirst that's holding you down, is now extinguished Through the blood of Jesus. Welcome to true freedom! Chorus: (CD, Judy C.) Let it rain, let it rain Open the floodgates of heaven (x2) Verse 3: (Twisted Optiks) Let it rain, pour down drenched in His love Overflowing your heart spilling over your cup Let this river of life flow down in your soul Bringing joy to your heart, filling these empty holes Leave you feeling complete, ready to face the day Nothing feels impossible following God's ways Nothing is impossible if you living in God No matter what you're facing, nothing is too hard Whenever problems come, you now have an answer The power to be fearless facing any circumstances Holy Spirit will hold you, help you and heal you Giving you the truth, bringing out the real you Makes the lame to walk and blind to see Open prison doors, set the captives free Passion inside your heart, God will set the flame Evil spirits will drown if you Let... it... rain... Chorus: (CD, Judy C.) Let it rain, let it rain Open the floodgates of heaven (x2)
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Intro: (Twisted Optiks) Ayyy, it's a party over here So everybody listen clear It's time to get on down With the music, let's do it! (ohh oh ohh) Ayyy, it's a party over here So people open up your ears It's time to get on down With the groove, let's move it! (ohh oh ohh) Chorus: (Maria McNeil) I got this beautiful love of mine And I just can't wait to share it all with you (ohh oh ohh) It's something wonderful, so divine And it'll change your life and you'll be renewed (ohh oh ohh) Verse: (Twisted Optiks, CD) Love is in the music Love is getting through it Love is how you open up your heart Love is in the spirit Love will bring you near it Love will bring the light into the dark (x2) (ohh oh ohh) Chorus: (Maria McNeil) I got this beautiful love of mine And I just can't wait to share it all with you (ohh oh ohh) It's something wonderful, so divine And it'll change your life and you'll be renewed (ohh oh ohh) Verse: (Twisted Optiks, CD) Love is in the music Love is getting through it Love is how you open up your heart Love is in the spirit Love will bring you near it Love will bring the light into the dark (x2) (ohh oh ohh) Chorus: (Maria McNeil) I got this beautiful love of mine And I just can't wait to share it all with you (ohh oh ohh) It's something wonderful, so divine And it'll change your life and you'll be renewed (ohh oh ohh) Outro: (Twisted Optiks) Ayyy, it's a party over here So everybody listen clear It's time to get on down With the music, let's do it! (ohh oh ohh) Ayyy, it's a party over here So people open up your ears It's time to get on down With the groove, let's move it! (ohh oh ohh) Freestyling Outro: (Maria McNeil, CD, Twisted Optiks)
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Chorus: (Twisted Optiks, Maria McNeil, CD, Judy C.) The time is now, it's time to stand Time to fight for what we believe in So raise your voice, and take this chance 'Cause we are crying out for freedom (x2) Verse 1: (Twisted Optiks) Now I gotta stand free as a man that is confirmed To live life for God, and no I won't burn I ain't letting the world try to bring me in this back Trying to pull me down having me holding me down that, nah I'd rather stand strong and keeping in track Make an impact in life and knowing where I'm at From the mission fields, I just gotta reach every heart and soul To know the hearts of God is the way to flow We gotta just keep it in connected in perspective Trying to find my way and I'm moving this direction Is it left or right? But I know when I bless the mic I better give it to the Lord because you know He blessed it right In the words that I'm speaking, many times that I'm reaching Trying to find my place and my time, and now I'm speaking Into the holy water living 'cause you know its spitting Better than what I ever could ever give it, Holy Spirit get it! Chorus: (Twisted Optiks, Maria McNeil, CD, Judy C.) The time is now, it's time to stand Time to fight for what we believe in So raise your voice, and take this chance 'Cause we are crying out for freedom (x2) Verse 2: (Twisted Optiks) I stand tall I will let nobody hold me down I've been through enough struggles, this time around I'm gonna take my focus and just stay in aim And rock rhymes for the Lord with the passion in flames Heart and the soul, when I'm sparking these rhymes it's real I've been through enough hurt, I know how I feel I got God in my heart, so now that I can smile Peace and love is what I feel and Imma show you right now And these words are not even written upon a paper It's just God showing me how to download the greatest Rhymes that I be spitting right now, it'll be the latest Creative way just to spit it from my heart and now I take it To an earthly realm, and matter fact beyond Give it to heaven to feel it, these sounds that are strong And it's God giving the breath, the life that I have til the death It's even better than that, I'm gonna wreck yea! Chorus: (Twisted Optiks, Maria McNeil, CD, Judy C.) The time is now, it's time to stand Time to fight for what we believe in So raise your voice, and take this chance 'Cause we are crying out for freedom (x2) Verse 3: (Twisted Optiks) You have a choice to make in life, so understand Everybody is free, there is a plan You'll look to the Lord, He will hold your hand Never letting you fall, you know He can Anytime that you feel you're in the dirt Just look to the Lord, 'cause He'll bring you out the worst And He will only make you, get it in the best That's the love, that's the life, that's the reason that I'm blessed, yes! Chorus: (Twisted Optiks, Maria McNeil, CD, Judy C.) The time is now, it's time to stand Time to fight for what we believe in So raise your voice, and take this chance 'Cause we are crying out for freedom (x2) Outro: (Twisted Optiks) The world is in need, you have to open your eyes Give God your heart, He will show you freedom (He will) He will break the oppression, break you free From the bond of addiction, of hatred, of greed, of lust Of the ways of the wickedness of the world And will bring you to a brighter place There's so much grace, and all you need to have is faith The salvation of Our Lord will bless you, and thats real

about

Dr. Frederick Martin of His Servant Ministries of Ferguson, Kentucky allowed me to spend a week in Ferguson, with all expense paid, food and shelter and 24/7 access to his recording studio. He even reimbursed half of my flight. All is asked is that I be a blessing to someone the way he was for me.

Of course, this wouldn't have even came to be if it weren't for connecting with Judy Chanthalangsy at the SEAC conference in March of 2010. She told me a little about Dr. Martin and his ministry that serves in the fields of Laos and about his recording studio. I took it as a nice gesture but she held her word and in May I flew to Kentucky.

That's where I had a chance to connect with CD (Judy's cousin) who was also aspiring to record music. He sings, plays the guitar, lead worship and even helped on my tracks. It was a blessing to get to know the brother in Christ.

I also met Maria McNeil, who happened to be in town to visit her family. She helped on the album with incredible vocal talents along with her dad helping out by adding some violins to the tracks.

With only one week to work with, you can tell I had to put in work and sacrifice much sleep. At one point that I can recalled, within 72 hours I had only 7 hour of sleep. But the project did get to be completed and this is the result.

I hope you enjoy it and may it be a blessing to you.

credits

released July 10, 2011

Special thanks to Dr. Martin, his wife, His Servant Ministries, Judy, CD, Maria, Bill, and those that believe in my ministry. God bless yaw! I love yaw!

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