New Eardrums

By Mal Devisa

On Palimpsesa

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I lift the bass up like Mingus Ah Um

You gone have to listen with new eardrums

Suit and tie when I step up to the bandstand

Young Sarah Vaughn when I spar vocal avalanche


Feed e ritalin when I hit the mixolydian ionian I own the sin

I set the precedent for hits

Like Wonder Stevie I could see you third eye ain’t legal

Spread eagle I fly so regal


Young Ms. Devisa gonna run up on ya feelings

I get by with a little help from no one

Stuck in heaven where is hell

Making records with the fucking others who discover what they

Need to fucking tell


Kill your idols but salvage the high shit

I’m high class like a smooth modulation

Making kissy faces at the whole population

Mal Devisa is a new generation


Per capita I’m capitol capping capacities of cabin fever ass having rappers

Scared of fucking me


Everybody wanna rush into everything

I take it slow Marvin Gaye in the sentiment

Resonant body bent African American I think I can I can I deja vu you and your friends

I double back like a middle aged heart attack and heart break the rhythm like it’s Malcolm in the Middle

Are you settled?

Suavè mènte on the instrumental then rompe I break the mold like this album will


I hit the blue note on purpose

Augment the audience like spiritual sermon

H20 murk it, too old for purpose, too young for working, my dreams they are certain


Why I oughta but I’m Frank like Sinatra

I’ll build you an altar of all that I kill for

Running fast I’m the thrive meant from nowhere

I get high on the snap of a snare drum


History only repeats what is fate I am a vessel of all that I know I am from struggle but still I will rise

My music will honor all of my life


When I can’t sing I will give up my throne

Call up my father and hang up the phone

Black classical you have raised me throw down

Get loose like a misfitting crown


Turn up the treble like Jaco

Best kept secret is the heat found in my flow

Rouge when I .wav shout out to the valley folk

Creme de la creme like I’m sporting L.Kendall

Render me blind I’m bending my spine

I grab hold of myself and ride solo (in) life

Marco and I make bangers from boredom see I am sly? (stone)