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Single #2 from the "Black Materia" album.

lyrics

chorus

got Money on my mind no fear in my eyes
Avalanche the squad, so its time to rise
im just goin forward, no time for going backwards
the mission destroy the mako reactors

they brought it on themselves, we gotta take em out
all in, but we might not all make it out
ending the shinra and closing the chapter
the mission: destroy the mako reactors


I never got their names, and I didn't really care to
I just want the money so the mission I adhere to
is simple, join some resistance click
blow the reactor, then we split, that's it
they go on about savin the planet
all the precious resources we been takin for granted
I'm doin me It not that i dont understand it
but im tryna carry the job out just how we planned it
and in my line of work theres no time for softies
these treehuggers better wake up and smell the coffee
i been around the block im far from a beginner
been in reactors back when i used to work for shinra
they dont trust me, and I dont like them
cuz I don't know them, but I aint like them
war? they aint built for it, trouble's like my wallet
i only find it when I'm neverlooking for it
as i set the bomb i start to get some premonition
some kinda feeling like this shouldnt be part of the mission
but i do it, 10 minutes remain
before reactor one goes down in flames
so we out, we escape to the train to rest
and part one of the mission is a complete success
So for now it seems that the good guys are winning
but this aint the ending, its only the beginning

got Money on my mind no fear in my eyes
Avalanche the squad, so its time to rise
im just goin forward, no time for going backwards
the mission destroy the mako reactors

they brought it on themselves, we gotta take em out
all in, but we might not all make it out
ending the shinra and closing the chapter
the mission: destroy the mako reactors



we get back to the hideout later on that day
and the boy Barret's actin kinda shady wit the pay
I dont need this, fam, yall can go on without me,
halfway out the door when Tifa comes up and stops me
tells me bout a promise that I made back in the day
that if she was in trouble i'd be there without delay
and now here i stand with walking out on my chance,
so I agree to take the mission, and
we're leaving town I bump into a dude named Johnny,
childhood friend who found the need to remind me
to take care of Tifa, and I willingly oblige
next on the agenda is reactor number 5
we hop up the train begin to take a ride,
but not long after we in for another surprise
i see something suspicious, they locking down the train cars
makes it exciting cuz i know its bout to pop off
but we run to the first car and decide to hop off,
near miss but we escape unscathed,
unharmed so we continue along on our way
gotta move fast get it done, I dont have all day
inside the reactor and heading to the core
the layout is the same as the reactor before
and again when i reach it i feel another light flash
im on the floor weak, paralyzed right fast
set the bomb the we break out of the premises
until we get surrounded, by soldiers and the president
he's monologue-ing about taking us under
then he summons a robot, that he calls airbuster,
we triple team it and eventually defeat it
but the explosion ripped the ground apart between us
I'm hangin in the balance, and i hear Tifa's screaming
i slip, and that's the last thing i remember seeing...

credits

from Black Materia: Final Fantasy VII, released January 31, 2011
Produced and mixed by Lost Perception for The Council Productions.

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Mega Ran Phoenix, Arizona

“Mega Ran's proven he can excel in storytelling, punchlines, poignancy, freestyling and, well, pretty much any other way you can measure an MC.”

— LA Weekly

An incredible impromptu "freestyle" MC, Ran's unique combination of fantasy and introspective hip-hop has found its way all over the world, into leading press outlets and most recently, into the Guinness Book Of World Records.
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