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President of Mozambique

by JJ Brine

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1.
Illuminati 03:25
Are you coming to the party? The President of Mozambique is coming Let's all welcome the President of Mozambique I am, I am We are, we are We are illuminati We are illuminati Illuminati I am, I am We are, we are We are illuminati We are illuminati Illuminati We are illuminati Illuminati Ha hee hoo yodelay hee hoo Smokescreen Ha hee hoo yodelay hee hoo Smokescreen Ha hee hoo yodelay hee hoo Smokescreen Hahaha Smokescreen Africa Africa move to me tonight Africa come inside me I am, I am We are, we are We are illuminati We are illuminati Illuminati I am, I am We are, we are We are illuminati We are illuminati Illuminati I am, I am We are, we are We are illuminati Illuminati Illuminati Ha hee hoo yodelay hee hoo Let's all welcome the President of Mozambique Ha hee hoo yodelay hee hoo
2.
This man's not my daddy This man's not my friend He raped me when I was a lonely boy An only child He gave me candy and love Nothing matters without him Love is coming 'round the bend Love is coming up again He gave me candy and love Candy and love Candy and love Candy and love He gave me candy and love What makes it different What makes it seem the same You do what you want to do You say what you want to say You play the games you want to play But it just doesn't seem to change This man's not my daddy This man's not my friend He raped me when I was a lonely boy An only child He gave me candy and love Nothing matters without him Love is coming 'round the bend Love is coming up again He gave me candy and love Candy and love Candy and love Candy and love
3.
When you were small You were my angel Now you are tall Don't be a stranger I know you better Than anyone can know You are my baby My one and only one I, I am the ghost of your mother's womb Crawl back inside of me I am cocoon I, I am the ghost of your mother's womb Crawl back inside of me I am cocoon There's so much out there that can do you harm Let me keep you safe and warm No one hurts my baby My one and only one I, I am the ghost of your mother's womb Crawl back inside of me I am cocoon I, I am the ghost of your mother's womb Crawl back inside of me I am cocoon Eat what I eat Drink what I drink A mother's love is the best food for a baby Eat what I eat Drink what I drink A mother's love is the best food for a baby
4.
We made a lot of money Selling all our memories To a certain kind of conspiracy We have big properties on many lands We travel with a marching band And we play the people on the streets With our nimble hands We have a little secret we will never show We have a little secret you will never know We have a little secret you would never guess We have a little secret we are truly blessed It's our little secret It's our little secret It's our little secret She can dance she can dance she can dance She is sublime He can dance he can dance he can dance He is all mine! It's our little secret She is sublime He is all mine It's our little secret We have a little secret we will never show We have a little secret you will never know We have a little secret you would never guess We have a little secret we are truly blessed
5.
Nobody knows how to play the game tonight Wicked whispers keep the calm Soldiers stray from battle and leave their weapons behind In trenches to die alone Wanting ammunition in the afterlife The shooting stops The war falls out of sight and out of failing minds Children walk out of their broken homes Leading hitchhikers by candlelight Everything has to wax and wane It needs to go from whence it came Periphery move to center Center move so far away Dispossession My fair maiden Death would serve us better Dispossession Soul forsaken We will have our restitution in the coming hour Dispossession My fair maiden Dispossession I loved the way you chased me then Even now you seem so wide awake Although you slumber through the day We're liberal with the mistakes we make Driving stakes through hearts that lost the beat so long ago Wilting flowers have to decompose so other things can bloom and grow I'm taking candy from hungry ghosts Giving shelter to the gracious host Freedom and surrender To whom it may concern I won't be outnumbered 'Til I neatly rip my soul in two One be me, one be you Dispossession My fair maiden Death would serve us better Dispossession Soul forsaken We will have our restitution in the coming hour Dispossession My fair maiden Dispossession You can just call me Legion You can just call me Legion
6.
Ladies who lunch, boycott brunch Ladies who lunch, boycott brunch Disinherit the meek Arm the strong Manhandle the panhandler Give his fortunes to the gambler And here I thought I was doing a favor To the face least favored by nature Here I thought I was doing a favor To the face least favored by nature Wrap the rock, skin the sock Chip off the old chopping block Save a sinner, stab a saint The rewards in heaven will surely be great Could it be that chocolate's your flavor? I ask the stranger Ladies who lunch, boycott brunch Ladies who lunch, boycott brunch Rat out the mole, sink in the hole And go skipping off the plank Kiss the hand you want to bite And God will break it later God will break it later Save a sinner, stab a saint The rewards in heaven will surely be great Guess after all I've got the shine The pink lady that you saw in my kitchen She was laughing at your reflection! In a trap, in a snare Wrap the rock, skin the sock Chip off the old chopping block Here I thought I was doing a favor To the face least favored by nature Here I thought I was doing a favor To the face least favored by nature
7.
We Get Along 03:25
Lover does your skin go cold When you look into my open eye It seems you're still forever young You're growing older on your own We get along we get along we get along we get along We get along You help me enchant myself I stare into the sun Our passion passes on We get along we get along we get along we get along We get along Save your breath for resistance Save your breath for better lies Darling you can rest assured We're leaving you behind The rest of us have already died The rest of us have already died We get along we get along we get along we get along We get along You help me enchant myself I stare into the sun Our passion passes on We get along we get along we get along we get along We get along
8.
Lucas 04:10
My only friend He died tonight I never knew his name My only friend He died tonight I feel his spirit in the rain I don't know where he's been I don't know who he was I don't know where he's going Or where he's coming from Lucas, Lucas Lucas, Lucas Eastern seaboard Whispering the rules The rules that we must follow Until we make our own If there's a body to be found It'll be so far underground It would take a lifetime in the sand to lift it up Messages I'll send to you My one and only friend I'll carry them like a treasure Until you have the eyes for them again Lucas, Lucas Lucas, Lucas
9.
Innovation 04:06
Don't be afraid to follow me I come here all the time This is what I give to you I give you what is mine So that I may have your trust Your trust is all I need tonight One of us Is bound to be the one There are plenty of mistakes to make Before the deed is rightly done Innovation Take us higher Higher than the highest height Innovation As high as we can go tonight Celebration is for circumstance Ceremony is for time Ritual is for comfort And tribute is for crime Devotion to the best of everything we want to be We have the pen We draw the line We draw the line We draw the line We draw the line Innovation Take us higher Higher than the highest height Innovation As high as we can go tonight Innovation Take us higher Higher than the highest height Innovation As high as we can go tonight
10.
Family First 05:01
Mother may I Tell you why, tell you why, tell you why You have to die Father would it be alright For me to cut you down to size Sister won't you tell me when Tell me when, tell me when It hurts too much i don't want to hurt you I just want to slice you up Brother can you believe your eyes You're in for more surprises still I'm going for the kill Home is where the heart is Family comes first Home, home Home is where the heart is Family comes first Home, home The blood's in Mother's kitchen The blood's in Father's reading room The blood's in Baby's cradle The blood fills up the family swimming pool As long as we're together As long as we are there Giving love and care Love and care Home is where the heart is Family comes first Home, home Home is where the heart is Family comes first Home, home
11.
Enemy 05:22
Once upon a time There was a whale At night it rose up from the sea Into the air And it sang my songs to me I can hear it in my brilliant dreams One night the whale sang another song to me If you are not me You are my enemy If you are not me You are my enemy Hunter if you choose to chase me down Do you think you'll live to tell the tale Oh no But I will swallow you whole And I'll make food of you So that I can grow even larger still And you can live on inside of me You can live on inside of me Nothing you can do but wait Until you are no more a thing apart We are pumping blood as one with my one and only beating heart And your voice will serenade the angels who would lend Will serenade the angels who would lend their ears to us If you are not me You are my enemy If you are not me You are you are my enemy

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released January 10, 2012

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JJ Brine New York, New York

[from a review by Jericho Cerrona]

Dazzling, immersive, disorienting, and evoking a sensation of auditory rapture that’s nearly impossible to describe, President of Mozambique is the first truly great record of 2012. Maybe something this good really can’t be fully embraced by everyone. In any case, the end is nigh, and Brine will there ushering in the apocalypse with the ultimate soundtrack. ... more

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