Equal / Opposite

by Zenrei

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Test Explosion Urgent words over washed out percussion. Proud to know this man and be among his earliest listeners. Much love

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"Equal / Opposite" is about the energy you give into the world and the energy you receive - for me, it's the inspiration, love, light and lyricism that I try to show in my music and in my life. It's also a reflection on what brought me to this moment and this approach - the pain in my life, the love for wordcraft it bore, and the need to write and share my experiences, and more recently to take it more seriously and perfect the pattern. For anyone listening, I hope it's a moment to reflect on your journey, assess and hopefully appreciate what energy you're putting into the world and getting from it.

lyrics

I'm speaking within the boundaries of what these frequencies allowed
And steady wondering on the low of whether my dad would be proud
Sometime reflecting with the loud, I got the music bumping loud
The pain made it hard to meet their eyes but never had me bowed
At least it gave me soul to reason and reflect my soul in rhyme
Was never into taking pictures, writing words down to save time
It stays slipping through our fingers whilst we're living in our prime
And that's a penny for your thoughts but Lord knows if it's worth a dime or a nickel
Changing lanes is for the fickle, stay perfecting patterns till the man come with the sickle
Obsessive over hip-hop but never compulsive
Bring together people through music as if it were emulsive
Pattern flows to counteract powers and ivory towers
I build sentences to count hours and plant flowers
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
Inspiration breed inspiration till necessity gone
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
I show her love everyday, I hope our love's never gone
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
I thank the people in my life for all the light that they shone
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
I have to thank myself, cos in a way I put myself on
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
Barring on beats from cross the borders, you know they're the best bar none
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
I show my love through this music so that my love's never gone
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one
Every action's got an equal and an opposite one

credits

released October 15, 2021
Beat production: Anirudh Arunkumar
Executive producer: Leopold Wilde
Vocal engineer: Alvin Storm

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Zenrei UK

Zenrei, hailing from a small corner of the English north west, is a rapper inspired by poetry and a love of hip-hop to make music that sits within the boundary of the two, combining poetic lyricism with explorations of himself and the world around him.