Master Cleanse feat. OldBoy Rhymes, Sage Francis, Rituals of Mine, Alxndrbrwn, Strange Famous Records, 2024, Single

Lyrics: OldBoy Rhymes, Sage Francis, Rituals of Mine Production, mixing, and mastering: Alxndrbrwn

Artwork: ArtByTai

(OldBoy Rhymes) This is a lost Earth People's heads are down but they're pointing up like it's God's turf A synagogue, a mosque, a black rock, or a pop church Playing Christian rock in a concert Whether left wing like Madonna's skirts or the right wing like the John Birch A holy man quotes proverbs while they toss dirt on a toddler In a casket that he's wrapped in like a bratwurst Real monsters where the shots burst from militiamen in their assault merch Where the helicopters sound like cha-ka cha-ka cha-ka cha-ka …Reconnaissance work Where the citizens stop as they're frisking their pockets a kid who's just out on a job search Where a doctor's got post-traumatic stress disorder ‘cause all the gory stuff that he saw hurts Where the people are stuck and the demons amok And they're saying that peace is some treasonous stuff and babies are dying like clockwork I'm having lucid dreams of gruesome scenes Things that humans beings do when we become too extreme Pursue our pray like wolverines, we root for teams But some see troops as a means to an end They salute the marines while funding the Mujahideen Funding coups for a new regime, puppets we move on strings But then there's blowback collateral damage you see on your news feed And we choose to read only one side of the narrative screaming through computer screens Zoom meetings where the truth is reduced to a meme Lunacy we can't find unity instead I'm losing sleep Watching refugee encampment tents turn to blood baths Of punctured abdomens, gashed skin, and fractured limbs While weapon manufacturers are cashing in Flags of neo-fascist men flap in the wind Back in Washington fat, old, conservative chickenhawks act masculine And they act offended like I'm a bigot for even questioning or asking them If hate is a communicable pathogen passed to them Javelin missiles and Apache's blasting This is the psychology of a master cleanse

(Rituals of Mine) How many becomes too much? How many justified then becomes enough? I see the whole becoming hollow But the terrain's still rough Losing ourselves in ego When we should have given up The kingdom failed you Your king failed you To loosen your grip The fear of unknown The fear of being seen I guess it's easier to deflect and revise the history Hold the white flag Give me something to believe in

(Sage Francis) How can I watch all these kids get killed and not speak up? Along with healthcare workers and not speak up? Journalist upon journalist and not speak up? While so many mouth pieces feel the need to keep shut. For what? Is that career suicide to you? Or just the comfortable but scared side of you? Who was thumping their bible when Bethlehem got bombed on Christmas? Did y'all send your thoughts and prayers in whispers? Hoping no one would really listen or hear it and then share their own opinions? Schools and hospitals get targeted, this ain't a difference of religion Nor is it antisemitism Judaism is not the zionist agenda, America funds Israel by the billions Upon billions, upon billions It's all good since they use that money to purchase our weapons and ammunition If you always identify as the victim I guess any form of resistance is an assault on your existence Just remember how the “Won't someone think of the children” contingent Went dead silent amidst all the the indiscriminate killing The apartheid, the genocide, the open air prisons Slaughtered civilians, please spare us the what about-isms This is a 75 year negative feedback loop With an oppressed and an oppressor, a neck and boot For a people who've been brutalized for so goddamn long You've gotta know deep down this shit is wrong

(Rituals of Mine) Give me something to believe in Give me something to believe in

(OldBoy Rhymes) How many men of God are demigods in them synagogues or little mosques? Hypocritical Christians tending to the flock like Chickenhawks squawk on CNN and Fox? How many kids pitch rocks against soldiers with Kalashnikovs? The planet is a tinderbox, humanity just missed the plot I'm not bowing to the Twitter mob, naw, my mind is clear I'm rising to a higher tear, up above the primal fear Up above the riot gear, up above the puppeteers who profiteer like financiers Above the little kids who died eyes wide as frightened deer I'm up above the biosphere, here crying ultraviolet tears Looking at us fighting like tribes with spears on our tiny sphere If you're like Werner Von Braun what's the consequence of murder? They don't take your life away just like some non-essential workers I'm not talking ‘bout your server, I'm not talking flipping burgers I'm talking ‘bout the hate like when the Christians fought the Berbers We know some scars are ancient and they lead to dark places Like the hearts of hardened racists snarling at the Star of the David And I know It's hard to say it, but I'll say it, here's a question Whose in prison? Who's flexing with precision guided weapons? Yo we witnessed 9/11 they monopolized deception Go Ask Julianne Assange if sunlight's a disinfectant Washing bloody clothes in chloride, standing on the lord's side Let's turn em into animals like we anthropomorphize AI and warp drives, baby corpse with horse flies Mordecai, fortify the king, protect your tribe The New York Times, both sides report lies We're watching martyrs memorialized as we justify war crimes

The Ol’ Dirty Octopus piece is today’s #mARTchMadness “Raw” series auction & the #SpongeBobSquarePants & #PrinceOfDarkness framed canvas piece is another last minute clearance add I just put up as an auction. Both are listed now with zero bids. Link in stories. #artbytai #penart #odb https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZsBEus6VB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Greg "Craoala" Simkins speaks with ArtByTai on The DOD45 Show

This masterpiece is the result of my #DOD45 interview with @artbytai Feast your eyes and ears on it now on his YouTube channel. #ArtByTai #KittyThug #StrangeFamous #Youtube #Art #NOW #RVA #WOFTD (at Art By Tai Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXg-qIiPFJz/?utm_medium=tumblr

It’s the last few days of #mARTchMadness & I’ve found a few framed canvas pieces that I left behind at my SLC studio. I’d like you to have a chance to get your hands on some of my framed limited edition canvas work so I’ll be listing them as the last auction pieces. They weren’t really part of the auctions, so the starting bids are higher, but still way less then the price I had’em listed at while the hung in the @OlBlueGNG gallery. So this is tonight’s offering. Auction link in stories & comments. Good luck! #beavisandbutthead #artbytai #artcanvas #strangerthingsart #strangerthings #demagorgon #mtv https://www.instagram.com/p/CqW9Nd8udeo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is today’s #mARTchMadness “Raw” series auction. It’s larger than the others. This one & tomorrow’s are 16x20. Also, in this photo you can see how I choose to usually hang them if you needed an idea for how to hang any that you’ve won. Binder clip. Works with the raw-theme. Good luck. Link in stories & comments. #artbytai #deerhunter #deerart #iamanimal #penart #noretreat https://www.instagram.com/p/CqViT1Zuwhf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

These are the current pieces that are on auction for the final days of #mARTchMadness. A few “Raw” series & a couple real old “Note To Self” series pieces. No bids on any of’em yet. Could be your chance to get a piece this year for only 35 bucks. Good luck. Link in stories & comments. #artbytai #penart #lovelife #crabart #brideoffrankenstein #corpsebride #octopusart #dodo https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTGefGOITK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wip workin’ on a lil somethin’ for a lil somethin’, I’ll have more info about soon. #penart #artbytai (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQHVPrOwi3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The next 5 #mARTchMadness “raw” series pieces to be auctioned, which include both of these, are repeat images of prior auctioned pieces. I found these during our Spring-clean of the @olbluegng gallery. Then the month closes out with some larger pieces, including some that are framed. The frames ones will have a much higher starting bid, as they weren’t ever intended to be part of the mARTchMadness offerings. Okay. You know the drill. These 2 pieces are up now with no bids yet. Good luck, links in story. #artbytai #penart #pandaart #chimpanzee #evolution (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLYb3juhgg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Fight or Flight” is todays #mARTchMadness “Raw” series auction. Only one bid on it so far. Good luck. Link in stories & comments. #artbytai #penart #angelart #mushroomart (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJZMLSOiHP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

These are the latest #mARTchMadness “Raw” series pieces currently on the auction block. Get ya bids in b4 it’s too late. Link in stories. #artbytai #penart #pendrawing #elephantart #ozzy #ozzyart #chupacabra #pennywise (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHtlPNu_ML/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ya have only 11 more days to preorder my upcoming “Under an Hour: Book of Doodles” Vol 1. This #ArtBook is filled with my #doodles, including the #sketches from my one-hour daily drawing exercises, #drawings from my @DOD45w show, drawings from my brown paper bag series, the entire 2022 #inkTaiber eyeball series and the tentacle #PenDrawings that I did for the "Ballers" who helped fund the #ArtByTai “Book of Arms”. Over 100 pages of my #artwork. Don’t miss out. (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGEasWul5P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mARTchMadness “Raw” series piece that went up for auction last night, called “What’s Tom Building in There?” No bids on it yet. Good luck. Link in stories & comments. #artbytai #penart #tomwaits https://www.instagram.com/p/CqDhMCfu_Zs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

These are the “Raw” series #mARTchMadness pieces that went up for auction over the weekend. Most don’t have any bids on’em yet. This could be your chance to get the last of the “Raw” series pieces for as low as 35 bucks. Sorry I didn’t get’em posted until today. I’ve been traveling from my St. Louis studio to my Salt Lake City studio. Good luck. Links to auctions in my stories on IG or comments on FB. #artbytai #penart #elevate #bobafett #starwarsart #frankensteinsmonster #frankenstein #frankensteinsbride #jellyfishart #jellyfish (at Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBBN8NOiHa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is the drawing I did during my discussion with @EarlyAdopted on The @DOD45w Show earlier this week. Have a look or a listen of the episode. Link in bio. #artbytai #penart #pendrawing #earlyadopted #strangefamous #ectocooler #ghostbusters #woodywoodpecker https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7qGvTOch-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

These are the 2 #mARTchMadness “Raw” series auction pieces that went up for auction today. Neither have bids on’em yet. This could be your chance. Starting bids are 35. Link in bio. #artbytai #penart #jeepart #lionart #lydia #beetlejuice #beetlejuiceart (at Ol' Blue Gallery & Guesthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp6aauqO4wC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=