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Truth

by Gen Atem

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1.
Time Can Tell (Lyrics) Please keep smiling and hold me tight Leave I must – you know why Indeed it’s an honor to take the fight Yes it’s hard to say goodbye War is coming we must hold the line Swift attack, surprising move We are ready and right on time First be worse and then improve Tears are rolling and touch my heart Time has come to let you go They can’t kill us can’t take us apart Tensions high and chances low Have come this far We must go to war When they’ll ring the bell Only time can tell Have come this far We must go to war When they’ll ring the bell Only time can tell Holy prayer shall give us some calm Looking deep into the things Bow my head when the battle calls Give myself to safe the king Morning come they will burn to learn Some of them will give their life After the fight they will make a turn Peace will be my sacred wife Mighty soldiers will soon be home No more war but peace instead Flowers purple all clouds are gone Golden sun above your head Have come this far We must Go to war When they’ll ring the bell Only time can tell Have come this far We must Go to war When they’ll ring the bell Only time can tell _ © 2020 Gen Atem
2.
Past This Romance (Lyrics) Can you bridge the distance May you give up resistance Will you deny my existence After we past this romance Can you bridge the distance May you give up resistance Will you deny my existence After we past this romance Can you bridge the distance May you give up resistance Will you deny my existence After we past this romance If you will take this way there is no coming back All points in one direction, this you have to accept No turning around like a mystery train on the track You may not like it but you must deal with the fact But let us be honest now at this point my dear Not for real there could be any train to fear No direction, no goal and no being truly here It had to be stated to be seen very clear Can you bridge the distance May you give up resistance Will you deny my existence After we past this romance Such facts make you feel better for some time To regain your strength to stick to the very line Don’t you worry about nothing because it’s fine In the end they’ll put your remains on the shrine Just keep on going until all doubts are gone Even blinded minds will catch a crack of dawn Afraid you shouldn’t be when going on your own The way of resistance one must face alone Can you bridge the distance May you give up resistance Will you deny my existence After we past this romance After we past this romance After we past this romance Such facts make you feel better for some time To regain your strength to stick to the very line Don’t you worry about nothing because it’s fine In the end they’ll put your remains on the shrine Just keep on going until all doubts are gone Even blinded minds will catch a crack of dawn Afraid you shouldn’t be when going on your own The way of resistance one must face alone Can you bridge the distance May you give up resistance Will you deny my existence After we past this romance After we past this romance After we past this romance _ © 2020 Gen Atem
3.
Today I Lost 10:21
Today I Lost (Lyrics) Today I lost my trust, I can see Because I woke up it came to me So one last surprise it had to be But feeling strange is feeling free Today I lost my friend, I can tell And I can understand it so well Being with me indeed must be hell Nobody here to bear such a spell Today I lost all my traditions, too Crowns without trunks, sky so blue Floating above the world looking new Charming and disturbing such view Today I lost my time on that way Suddenly but properly it swept away A memory hazy and its traces gray Now just an empty vessel to stay Lost it seems to be Once so precious to me Yesterday a hero and today all alone You know I do care but you don’t I do care but you don’t Today I lost my heart my dear It is kindness and love I must fear Frozen and cramped standing here Such an old boy so lost and queer Today I lost my breath, indeed Laced up sack, nothing to feed Only a dark chamber, full of greed Accumulation of doomed in need Today I lost my mind for sure Had to be some slip on my tour How shall a blinded be secure For such arrogant will be no cure Today I lost myself no doubt At least no remains to care about It's the memories they shall scout Glad in the end, time is running out Lost it seems to be Once so precious to me Yesterday a hero and today all alone You know I do care but you don’t I do care but you don’t _ © 2020 Gen Atem
4.
Your First Battle (Lyrics) You were just a child when I handed you your first sword And I told you a true warrior must always praise the lord And you understood it right away Since then you pray every day And today we‘re standing here Two men talking about fear You now have your own son waiting for you to come home And a wife of your own taking care of the land on her own Questions of meaning arise But silence would be wise Wonder if there will be a time When war will be called a crime Stay calm my son All preps are done You want me to encourage you to take your first battle I say you must see in order to become free we must rebel No fight has ever been pleasant But I count on you my lieutenant Now sharpen your blade We must raid raid raid You ask why this terrible violence must be perpetrated You should have asked me before this war was created But now you shall memorize In this battle we will terrorize If we want to break their own will We shall kill, we shall kill kill kill Be free be a rebel And now fight your first battle _ © 2020 Gen Atem
5.
Ready Made Intention (Lyrics) A Ready Made Intention We found a thing to connect the cuts Ah yeah, that’s what happened The more I’m breaking it The more I like the scratches Because they’re rocking my ass Uh-ah I got shape There’s a symmetry in my ass-smacking The two cheeks are symmetrically disposed man Mmh baby, there’s an intention there An extra bad ass intention that I’m not responsible for A Ready Made intention A Ready Made intention _ © 2020 Gen Atem
6.
Wounded 04:34
Wounded (Lyrics) Hasn't enough blood been shed My children, my mother, my father My sisters, my brothers all wounded Good bye old memory For a long time You have accompanied me But now all I see Is an injured and broken And wounded old family tree Hasn't enough blood been shed My children, my mother, my father My sisters, my brothers all wounded _ © 2020 Gen Atem
7.
The Tanks You Role (Lyrics) You must unfold the book just for once my dear And open the secret pages we‘re talking about here This ain‘t about entertainment, you misguided fool We‘re talkin’ sophisticated to be down in this school In digital times of confusion, language will error quick So better inject some infusion, my lost son of a slick But well, should I really talk to a misguided writer Who might not be ready to become a type fighter Observe you shall the impulse that leads to a thought Monitor the results or the observer might get caught The mental formation functions will elevate the sound Without impulse no thought and no tongue to be found Therefore it is always the performer of the notes By catching impulse generating vocals and votes Statements only form the letters defining the order For a vocal sound the letter is its master recorder When letter formation functions are about to shoot The writers arguments shall always be ready to boot From Wild Styles to the Grillers to the tanks you role No oral transmission, no writing tradition, no control You must control The tanks you role You must control The tanks you role _ © 2020 Gen Atem
8.
Lecture On The Function (Lyrics) »GEN ATEM« is A FUNCTION. THE FUNCTION is often perceived or classified as a name. THE FUNCTION has a generating, a preserving and a relativizing aspect. All three of these aspects cause and penetrate each other. THE FUNCTION is driven by the drives – the psycho-physical forces of form and emptiness - also known as the evolution. THIS FUNCTION is creative and generative. The resulting phenomena are called cultural assets. This in turn is preserved by the conservative aspects of THE FUNCTION. The relativizing aspects of THE FUNCTION mediates and meditates the interdependence between the generating and the conservative aspects towards third parties. All explanations, such as the statements in this manuscript, are primarily to be assigned to the relativizing aspect of THE FUNCTION. The relativizing aspect of THE FUNCTION analyzes and conveys the relationship that exists and works between the generating and the conserving aspects of THE FUNCTION. The three functional aspects of the generation, the conservation and relativization ultimately unite in the emptiness of relativity. Meaning that not only are all phenomena, aspects and relations empty but also the performer of THE FUNCTION is crazy empty of inherent existence. The relativity of THE FUNCTION itself is thus empty. This indeed is very important to understand because THE FUNCTION is not bound to ideas, forms and relations. Thus not only the thoughts, concepts, appearances and explanations of THE FUNCTION are empty of inherent existence but also its underlying relativity. All visible, audible, olfactory, palpable, tactile and conceivable phenomena such as sculptures, images, writings, music and sounds, transmedia performances, concepts, manifestos and so on, which generate and conserve THE FUNCTION have the same, superior strategy: It should relativize and, if necessary, destroy and reform all those views, opinions, concepts, habits and their manifestations that negate, deny and misunderstand the ultimate emptiness of the inherent existence of all phenomena. This strategy cannot be understood and therefore is un-understandable and unreadable and known as »Meditated Vandalism«. Conventionally and chronologically, there are three phases of THE FUNCTION: first, the prehistorical phase, second, the historical phase, and third, the post-historical phase. Chronologically the prehistorical phase is located before the scraffito phase. The scraffito culture began 36000 years before 0 and marks, conventionally, the beginning and the conservative aspect of THE FUNCTION. It is the beginning of cultural writing. This phase will last 72000 years and therefore will end 36000 after 0. While the prehistorical phase was already generative but not conservative, the historical phase is both generative and conservative. The post historical phase will be exclusively conservative. Then the cycle will start again from the beginning and the conserved phenomena and concepts will be the material with which the next generating era will generate its prehistoric phenomena until there will be un-unreadable and thus de-describable – as scraffito. THE MENTAL LETTER FORMATION FUNCTION »GEN ATEM«, which was initialized 36000 years before zero, developed over 38000 years until it formed in this actual formation. THE FORMATION FUNCTION conceives, creates, analyzes, represents, destroys, eliminates and negates names and forms. »Name« and »form« in the context of THIS FUNCTION refer to the Sanskrit terms »Nama« and »Rupa«. »Nama« is a more careful and comprehensive paraphrase of the term »name« and refers both to the name of a phenomenon and to the personality or identity that is designated by a name. »Rupa« refers to the physical manifestations or formal aspect. In THE FUNCTION, »Nama« and »Rupa« arise, exist and pass away. _ © 2020 Gen Atem
9.
The Mirror 05:07
The Mirror (Lyrics) When I look in the mirror I see a young man With incredible drive and from a very strong clan And my look is so good and I see like a wiz Trust in the good, have no doubts about this When I look in the mirror I tell myself now What I feel must be true as long as I allow Myself to be embedded in any contradiction Staying away from gods and superstition Come on baby Skip the old maybe Gimme a call Just a call turns it all That’s what I do When you don’t have a clue About me about you Cause I always knew When I look in the mirror I see an old man Who’s miserable life was nothing but a scam And my eyes are so tired I don’t wanna see The doubts that I have are really seriously When I look in the mirror I ask myself this Are my feelings gone or is it you that I miss So lonely I am when I turn out the light Keep calling your name any day every night Come on baby Don’t drive me crazy Gimme a call Yes a call that’s all What can I do When I don’t have a clue About me about you When I’m all the way through Look in the mirror I see an empty shell No old and no new, no direction to tell And no emanation no view no heaven hell No doubt no trust, indeed just a cell Look in the mirror there’s nothing to ask Got rid of my feelings 'n' stripped any mask Lonely or in good hands I better give up Admit my own weakness and give it a shot Oh yeah baby You drive me crazy One last call Just a call to end it all That’s what we do Killing old, killing new Cause both of us knew We don’t have a clue … _ © 2020 Gen Atem
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Most Precious Theses (Lyrics) Socialees Incrematethese Morbidees Cautionthese Cyberlees Macrodees Stepforwardees Tacklingthese Macsmorphelees Stepforwardees Tacklingthese Macsmorphelees Stompswarmofthese Extractorees Exactorees To cease these wannabees We need access to the keys Getting possession of these Indeed most precious theses Cautiondees Cyberlees Macrodees Stepforwardees Tacklingthese Macsmorphelees Stompswarmofthese Extractorees Exactorees… Socialees Incrematethese Morbidees Cautionthese Cyberlees Macrodees Stepforwardees Tacklingthese Macsmorphelees Stompswarmofthese Extractorees Exactorees Any of these Tendencies Areallmyrockindees Somehandlethese Andmakethese Onetwocalloffthese _ © 2020 Gen Atem

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In addition to musical compositions, Gen Atem's work includes political graffiti and paint attacks in public spaces, illegal works on subway cars and buildings, improvised painting actions, fine art paintings and sculptures, art performances and literature. His visual works have been exhibited in museums and galleries in New York City, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich, Bregenz, Istanbul and Tokyo. ... more

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