The Present - Intellectual

[Verse 1: CFB Flobare]

Four bards, spitting hard with conviction

On a quest, embarking on expedition

No time like the present for presence to be presented

With power in numbers seeing our force augmented

Ready to defy the tide

With every last ounce of strength and mind applied

Committed to the cause in every line supplied

Sublime required to vie for our space in time

[Verse 2: NAT]

Age slower when I’m moving faster

My mind’s moving so fast thinking past disaster

Getting busy with business, my musical interests

Invest in the quest, all dressed, know my time’s pressed

Eliminate limits and gimmicks every take

Make day-drinks to daydreams through to daybreak

Step out the shadows I’ve eclipsed in phases

Focus on the basics and staying evasive

[Verse 3: Jay Zhidao]

I rise to the occasion like the sun at summer solstice

Rise to the mic as my hand demands hold this

Don't drop this, you're going to need it

To enter the mind of this metropolis and free it, so be it

Within the depths of me I converge qi centrally

Merge it with the verse and disperse it instrumentally

Incidentally, lids get lit mentally quick

It was now or never, now never doesn’t exist

[Chorus: 25th Parallel]

We got to take it to the top

Four minds, combined you can’t stop

Embracing lucid schemes

Wake up, disrupt those elusive dreams

Pushing off from the past

Fuck it, I’m done putting myself last

Aim for better days

Be in the present, engage the next phase

[Verse 4: NAT]

The motivation, euphonic elation

For sake of creation without hesitation

Best tracks on rotation, equipped in my station

Celebrations of the last generation

On to the next bet, the present set in retrospect

With respect, four minds combined and intersect

Stay undefeated, complete it in the pull of resistance

In time with life’s limited existence

[Verse 5: CFB Flobare]

The bar I want to be setting

Taken many years, blood, tears, a whole lot of sweating

Forgetting regret and betting on my own ability

Affinity creating a mind-body synergy

To advance, taking a chance, optimistic

Misfit, persevere with what I love ‘til the bliss hit

Persistent exertion and mental immersion

Versed in subversion, ‘cause we’re the leaders emerging

[Verse 6: Chen Qilin]

Disbelieve the fallacies, mocking our mortality

Giving a smack back of reality, a fearless mentality

It’s tempting to quit, but if you focus on the quick fix

You might trip, slip, and fall back into the mind-tricks

Stop for fear you’re feeling near to reaching your limit

Admit it you’re in it too deep, it could all end in a minute

Infinite and beyond skipping over the backtracks

No escaping the present, thought we’d already passed that