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Soul Tramp

by Psyfye

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1.
Psyfye So what makes a man a Soul Tramp? No barcode upon the back of my neck Just stepping' one foot before the next that followed then lead the other With some loose leaf shreds in my hand and a borrowed pen from Mother Earth She said to treat it with respect and document life's many aspects and From the outset I kept that in the back of my head Fixed my vision upon the horizon Bypassed the short-term and thought in terms of lifespan and beyond With strength to go the length so yes my rulers rather long when Measuring success Cause arts an end in itself This hermit couldn't handle popularity I'd rather be that solitary melancholic yogi battery that never dies With relevance that extends Further through the span of time than a couple of clever lines I followed the path inside Side-tracked many times But a piece of me was mesmerised by the mountain climb and now I'm Higher up Although I've seen the peak I know it's way too much For my feeble earthly feet to reach But still I'm on track eyes glued to this tattered old map And thats the just of a grown man soul tramp. Pauly B I'm a Vagabond stuck packin' bags with a name badge on And selling' irony and goin' home to pack a bong n Write another song that never hits the radio My mates will play it though maybe press like and comment way to go n I'm like yo cheers homies for ya sympathy I'm only rappin' for my satisfaction cheers for listening ha So it's all good the fact I'll never go platinum Just happy rappin' on a crappy mic because it's my passion Camera action on the fashion show that music's become Visatchi carseats in a Maserati and Bicardi Rum Gimme a Tallie and a hammock by a crystal clear creek And I will live the rest of my days far away from the bullshit they seek Because for me this lyrical poetry that I be openly spreading' around from when I'm buskin' in my town or drivin' around observing the clowns Springs forth from the same source from which I draw my creativity And dollar signs behind your eyes are all that you appear to be ha Krishnamurti You are asking a question to yourself and finding the right answer without accepting any kind of authority
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Still a snow globe, still an oddball Roll like a lone wolf, hold like a lock jaw To the path staff in hand cast a spell, Yeah Many say I'm Barkin' mad but ahhh well, Yeah A few loose screws I'm that cute super trooper Black boots camo pants peeking through a burka Now I could murder a fresh vege burger Serve it up organic or just feed it to the birds brah Stumblin' through this concrete jungle in an earth suit Knew I was alien from the day I cut my first tooth Now I'm not saying that just to pursue a status that is anything greater than being human. So put this weirdo up in your earhole Keep your beer cold soul warm walking like a hero Pick p the trash or just kick them cans While I write my name with a stick in the sand Psyfye It's more than just a name, I got a ball you wanna play man Im shooting' for the moon And I aint ever calling' it a day I guess all I wanna say is make room for these loony tunes Where Science fiction turns fact And higher wisdom is served on tap We learn and adapt puttin' Earth on the map of the universe verse verse verse man So here I am abracadabra alakazaam Had a map to this labrynth on the back of my hand As I pull my Catamaran up to land on the sand I dangle my wanger and empty my bladder Then I'm free to hang like an orangutang Swingin' throughout he trees like Tarzan Above the stampede of the cars and Livin' tax free like a martion on mars man Carvin' this art into tree bark and parchment Upgrade horse and cart to a starship But on our way to Saturn can we swing past the markets Travellin' at light speed fast harnessed Jackin' up our vibrancy via catharsis And practicin' Tai Chi with the masters Relaxin' with Chai Tea afterwards Chewin on the fat with the high priests of our parliament Thats free of the childish arguments
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I'm a naturalist, but I aint anti science I'm chillin', but i aint anticlimax Roll tunnel vision though it's only down the sidetracks Perpendicular to all the jumpers off the cliffs Middle finger to the next trend, dead end smasher Passion in my soul built like Incredible Hulk Skinny frame on the physical plain I walk nothin' to lose or gain, a lone flame Wandering the inferno internalise the outsides Images on the projector wave hi as they fly by Slide into no mans land snap the rubber band That ties to the lies contrived in my mind Dust on the surface, muddy waters my headquarters And buddy I warn ya If ya feelin' me it's all chameleons and transformers From dusk to dawn it's all brain bouncing' of the four walls like pinballs YES YES YALL I'ts that treasure chest The reason Blackbeard would never rest until he possessed When he finally got it wasn't really impressed So I snatched it, unlocked it, embedded it within my chest SO blessed balance it with the curse Wanna be a bit more than talented with a verse I wanna challenge the Earth and put it on the map of the universe Life out there? call off the search Aint much to do but follow the plan as I wander the land both eyes on the life-sized span becoming to being because I am I am A free spirit, but I aint super loopy I dig ya lyrics but nah I aint a groupie Don't mind a bit of television or the odd movie But i'm usually picking' nuggets from my head to roll a doobie Blunt raps laced with fun facts Make impressions on the peasants give em presents to unwrap I'ts all water off a ducks back in the grand scheme Me I'm just a great oak grown out a bad seed See it for what it is, feeling anonymous As I ponder the meaning of dreaming while sleeping or wide awake A state of psychedelic revelatory momentary enlightenment To see the peak of the mountain and why I'm climbing it I'm eyeing it up, no flying fuck to give Outside of this is inside of that All connected at my solar plexus the nexus that emanates the manifested being that I am GOD DAMN YES YES YALL I'ts that centre point At the centre of the universe inherent poise Hear a noise yeah I heard it I made, meditative Refer to this state as a human service station So fill er up and keep the change Exchange time for peace a piece of cake, clean the slate Breath intake the main fuel to feed the snake Increasin' forces in this tortoise shell abort the cheetah race A DREAMERS SPACE
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I just can't seem to control myself But I ain't lookin for nor accepting nobody's help You say the word discipline I crack a little grin Upon my spittle ridden chin And slip a cigarette right in between my lips and puff Just a touch of that good stuff My lungs kick up a stink but I'm the one that rules this kingdom And sure a little liqour to pour My liver quivers at the sight of it but I'm all like more More more A little shoddy but my body endures Play the life game like lottery on monopoly boards Takin risks like it dont really affect me Talkin bout the years I got left mother fucker I got plenty I keep goin till I'm runnin on empty Especially since noone knows how comfortable that deathbed be Not sayin that I'm gonna jump off a cliff But if I did I probably land with a thump in bliss I'm Living in the moment from addictions and impulses It's Conflictin and corrosive And right now it's hitting home with Just the notion of cirrhosis of the liver N lung tumours from these cigarettes im smokin smokin No joke man It's my list of addictive habits That follow one after the other in a never ending flow of desire and temporary satiation of that petty trivial avoidance of the non ability to cope with the moment. See It's these little things that add up N life is a collection of habits and the fact is mine are bad ones From the moment I wake up late and to the time I go to bed way after when I said It's one coping mechanism after the next My spider legs spinning a web into a prison of regrets Its all these red lights I run And all this mounting debt on borrowed time That I've spent on wasted breath I guess it's just a ride So why join the rest in a desperate attempt to get ahead When in the end your health is what will get left behind Put the yolo in my yoyo state of mind N straight define the present moment as the only place I can get high Am I chasing the dragon or my own tail Afraid of failure so I don't even try I need to find the reasons why But I'm too busy with my demons feeding time Open wide to satisfy the moment Till that fiend dies
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We're all gettin outta here alive No need to Save face when the Truth is on our side Where individuals are reduced to bite sized sound bites Over muffled cries Chloroform in a wipe over mouth goodnight Sweet dreams where the hell have we been Expanding the galaxy from inside our PC screens Chewing through evolution overload And hardly know the ropes Haunted by unholy ghosts Just Floatin in our heads above an ocean of unknown terrain Broken homes line the streets for the parade Of pissed off misfits sticking blades in the dead horse twist it Killin this charade like the grinch of Christmas To Shift this planet giz some nails and a hammer Man I'll crucify myself but only do it for the pageant Snake oil don't boil down to ease my disease Or to keep it entertained or quarantined so I'm leaving the screen CHORUS Cause I got to free my spirit From the screen First You got to free your spirit Right on N now we learn to feed our spirits So let's bleed this gimmick N put the meat in a skillet And feast Open the door to a room Ive sort of been before To See from angles outside of the web im weaved in all done By comin clean off the screen and it's dream like drug effect By tugging at the lead of this fiend That devours each n every mediocre meme And morsel of awfully hollow filler for the inbetweens Geeze Many parts of I are intertwined with the hive mind That I can't disconnect in wet cement on my timeline Check Were all attached by a psychic tether Tying us together like spirals of hyphened letters Tuned in round the clock like never nothing to digest Megabytes for supper and gigabytes breakfast Excess Down it with a grain of salt But instead of (getting ) a pot belly the brain gets clogged Who knows when to put it down Take a fuckin look around Everybody's hooked Time i learnt how to go without Awhile
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CHORUS MR QIZARD Approach the classroom of my second life I fuck it up again man you only live twice 2wo Blind Mice PSYFYE Yeah I heard the lunch bell sound But I'ma hang out in the playground who's down MR QIZARD Hell yeah dope hop scotch to a place to cope Fuck this wristwatch tied round my throat PSYFYE Yeah I know bro nobody wants to choke Knew that I could count you in So i'll meet you out there in the concrete jungle gym VERSE MR QIZARD This direction I'm heading' Is straight for the funeral and skipping' the wedding' Cause life's gotten old so these lips I'm spreading' Wide yawn as I dwell on the idea that I'm here for the long haul Stand tall but feel small Learnt how to walk but forgot how to crawl At the disco not havin' a ball at all The worlds vast just tell me how fast I can go with my bus pass In contrast to how everyone else is gonna curse Yo driver do this trip in reverse Let's face it what's true now is bullshit later on But it happens for a reason yet tomorrow thats wrong So holla with a bottle of I'll help you carry on Some find comfort in commodities All the way to pornography A wide range of the consumption philosophy CHORUS PSYFYE I don't know where I'm going Don't even know where I am And there's no sign of slowing I Hold the reigns in my hand But this horse seems to follow its own course I'm just along for the ride Between the sky n the floor it all happens Eye eye captain your the boss I'll Take it as it comes adapt to what I come across On the road Prefer a lighter load to a pot o gold And me I'm more I dunno than a know it all Keep ya barcode Id just scrub it off Plus all I need is enough to just cover costs Cause lord knows 2wo Blind Mice aint blowin up So catch us rappin on the back of a garbage truck Or curb side with cardboard sayin will philosophise for loot food Or a dartboard Cause all I wanna do is practise my aim And if it's all the same to you I be back on my way ay CHORUS
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Do Shit 03:19
CHORUS Do the best you can With what you have You did the best you could With what you knew Was any of it perfect Don't be stupid Ain't workin off blueprints But still you gotta do shit Do the best I can with what I have Did the best I could with what I knew Is any of it perfect Don't be stupid Ain't workin off blueprints But still I gotta do shit Step into my head Excuse the mess I'll get to it man I'm doin my best Brewin words in a couldren from silence that's golden Into a verse to be dispersed across the cosmos Words become a ladder that is Aimin at the heavenly I Scale it while paintin a trail for the rest o me Cause each steps a present Unwrap it then wrap it in a sentence And deliver the gift like Saint Nicholas Here the same brush i paint my pictures with We do it a bit similar but with intrinsic differences Mystics wizards white picket fence kickers Healers wheelers n dealers and bullshitters All the same Just parts to play on the world stage Don't hate the player hate the game And fold a hundred notes into some paper planes throw em in the fire Just to make the flame inside burn higher and brighter CHORUS It ain't all grim graveyards and stormy nights But to say it's all gravy well then i ain't told the story right Step into my soul watch out for the hole To be honest Could be bottomless I dunno how deep it goes A rose outta concrete a Phoenix from the ashes Well I guess that's the theory that I try put in to practice Or charcoal to diamonds all it takes is time n The right conditions to carve out the next rhyme with conviction It's the missin puzzle piece as a purpose When I'm finished I'll put up my feet and be of service by request In the end Its my own process Of unlocking the knowledge from the bottom to the top step Before I drop dead I wanna clear the cobwebs And greet the grim reaper like an old friend but not yet I Got enough time left on the clock To use what I have even if it's not a lot
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Keeps it reserved behind a smile Though The right word could turn him back into a child His fingers just inches from his triggers And all of em cut like scissors Warring for peace in the mirror making misery Lowly his shoulders shrug out the cringes Out of character behaviour swear it isn't me storm blowin the door to his core off the hinges Which costume to slip into today Well that's dictated by who's in his face Walkin in shoes with loose laces To change quick just to suit the occasion Puts a brave mug on just a phase he says But the colours gone and these shades O grey Surround him with a cloud o doubt Waitin for the sun to come back out Riding on the waves of highs and lows Can't attach to either cause they come and go Come and go x4 Deep need to grow With no seeds to sew hopes one o these days he has somethin to show x4 Yeah he sorta had big dreams Like a lot of us lived life split screen Compared his insides with others outsides Though he knew deep down beauty's more than skin deep Waitin for the day his bubble gets bursted Or at least his curse gets revoked Feels like a freak show in circus school Top grades seem worthless to note now Hates having to sell himself Add another notch of hell to his belt They say stay hunched over that wishing well And pray one day you may see health Like ya soul is diseased But The goal aint livin the dream The whole worlds outta whack but perfectly intact And he's just slipping Inbetween through the cracks
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WreckedShip 03:42
A ship lleft the harbour a so called pilot charter It's been a solid decade since it's departure Notified his Mother the father the brother the friends They say he was headed to where the world ends Our prayers be with him to find his way home And we hope to god he knows that he's not alone Wind blown him off course, last words heard upon the radio I told you so I got a tad lazy with navigation of this relationship Patience wearing thin wondering where the wind is taking it With fake grin fading to a blank stare I stand here Hand on the helm nowhere near the realm of land Air clear as a crystal be another lost ship at sea Message in a bottle bobble on the waves within the deep waters To be swallowed by the Lochness Or bermuda triangles vortex so what next? what now? Shooting prayers in the air like a flare To a god who either doesn't know I'm down here or doesn't care Everywhere my eye sees oceanic wasteland 10 years deep tryna mosey back to mainland Runnin' low on rations of passion and patience Plus the flag I fly don't evoke the same courageous Character traits that made Columbus scout for land And the Titanic crusade sunk before it really swam It's been a solid decade since my departure Notified my Mother my father my brother my friends They say I was head to where the world ends Your prayers be with me to find my way home And you hope to god I know that I'm not alone Wind blown me off course lat words heard upon the radio I told you so Tear in the mainsail, nowhere to drop the anchor Split into Cain and Abel, no way to stop the banter Went off the painted trail then lost me off the radar To float alone upon this ocean waiting for a saviour To pass time I envision back on dry land And hope my sea legs don't extend across my lifespan Cause I am a mere shadow of the former me Traumatized by the wide jaws of this enormous sea Now I call it normalcy, talking with the cloud and sky If anybody was around they'd probably think I'm out my mind And I am outta hope to the bone and deep down know The mast on this boat will be my tombstone Cabin walls closing in, entire solar system outside No one to share my view with on the downtime Not that I have any, sorta preoccupied With comin' to grips of living life kind of not alive.
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No rush Just hush We havnt missed the bus Have a bit of faith n trust Lost time we can make it up World view What the hell we gonna do Well I'm doin shit for me Not for you What I got to prove No point I spit a whale o wishes Throw it among the fish Who'd prefer to stay off dishes too These itches Are like a never ending scratch On the blackboard sittin in the back of the class Half assed and full O shit Pull the other tit The other leg The other head trauma all of it I got a grip Hangin by my finger tips Just enough to pull myself up To see it for what it is Beautiful Couldn't create it better myself Something did though This Let's me know that I am not alone Don't have a plan But I'm following in footsteps Know where not to look next But when I look im shown A sign A puzzle piece to the grand design Man aligns with nature Signs of the times Whisper from the wilderness A slight of hand guidance pushin lessons in bioscience And reliance On the process Dropped to the depths On a bungy cord Scoopin up as much of what I'm hungry for my hands can hold A delicate delicacy Walk a tight rope Over an ocean of lost souls Only god knows Where I'll end up When this benders over As i topple over sober I still gotta hold my head up Above the flood Think it's rainin birth pains Some say we in the last I think We livin in the first days Of great change The sands shift under us With the emergence of something wondrous it's up to us Misunderstood If only I could understand Taken the wrong way When it was right when it left my hand Under the radar Over the bullshit In the middle Of out there And I'm cool with it
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Psyfye The futures never certain and I'm certain of that man Who knows if we will get to put this earth on the map Of the universe There ain't no way to turn us all back And this titanic planets got an iceberg ahead But It ain't my fault It's nothin I've done I'm not the captain Nor the crew I'm barely considered a passenger I'm more the steerage Trapped in the hull The little head that pops up when you whackin them moles right stuck in this lump in the back of my throat When Im feelin the only option is a massive revolt Back to the bolts and nuts of it all Fuck money make currency love Man Now who wanna ball Yeah N knock the god damn clock off the wall With it's rigidity N Find stability in flexibility Were born with freedom till its torn from our clutch Then gagged n hogtied by time what's the rush You ain't ahead of the curve you catchin up The world has no qualms with leaving you in the dust Whether you a rat racin for a crust Or scoffin sandwich platters With fat cats for lunch man One mans luxury Hundreds more are suffering for it We ignore it cause they're foreigners Become wise to the worlds ways Don't hate nor assimilate just elevate in the face of this imminent Collapse
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No Regrets 03:44
First impressions ain't my thing so let's leave it at that I live a simple life the mrs n i n two cats Workin part time I'm On the grind for just enough To keep us all afloat and the flame of hunger snuffed She had a Bun in the oven now we got a kid to raise And I h ope to see happy families within our future picture frames Sorta got my shit sorted though From where you sit My life might look boring but its just the way I like it A strange life hey bro so how are you doin Cause lately I guess ive become somewhat reclusive But I'm cool with it workin on my quirky raps Ain't got much time between work and tryna relax But am I doin it right bit late in the game to be askin this Pushin 30 still slide upon the same banana skin From way back surf the sidewalk searching for the side door Cause the line at the entrance is way too long At least a couple times week i find peace Struggle with my soul till I relax n release What keeps a man like me Rollin outta bed I live just to see what's gonna happens next No apologies and no regrets I Always try to watch where I step And Yet I only really notice discrepancies when I reflect Guess ill keep goin untill my batteries dead Can't act like I'm mr positive cause I ain't Just take it a day at a time and then deal with the state Of mind I'm in when I'm in it nothin lasts forever And I guess this can only either get worse or better We pray for the latter though how could we measure it Movies are only enthralling cause you get to edit em Look behind the scenes you got deleted scenes A multitude of takes and prewritten lines that they read But this is real life a faint echo of a dream Where nothings what it seems n it's hard to believe All day long its daydreaming n distractions Searching for some meaning dwelling in amongst the madness The fact is It's no secret I been searching And it sure as hell ain't no secret I ain't found shit if there's one thing I've learned worthy of of your ears to hear Life's always in the air so stay grounded One foot In front Of the other Don't look to far my brother No apologies and no regrets I Always try to watch where I step And Yet I only really notice discrepancies when I reflect Guess ill keep goin untill my batteries dead
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It's my little slice of heaven sure it don't look like much But it's enough and it's somethin I can smell taste and touch Plus it's right there every morning when I wake up n stays with me all day n remains when my eyes a shut At night quite alright thanks for askin Now if you would excuse me dude I'm only passin through N its true if you follow your heart it Dont mean your gonna end up where you thought when you started Cause things change and scenes change You can't remain teenaged in ya brain for the rest of your days But hey everythings a phase Seen many a dead end within this epic hedge maze So Who's followin who's footsteps? Who knows best and who just follows the rest? If all men are born with a compass pumpin in their chest How come alot of us are all strung out n stressed Every decision that I made had a consequence And sometimes i played it safe by sittin on the fence Other times you got no choice but to act And a lot of times you cant take it back But Whatever the case I gotta take it as comes Got me this far and so far I've had a good run Ups n downs yeah we all know about that So Lets keep it simple I remained intact overall Could say ive had luck of the Irish But It doesn't add up with all the bad stuff that I did I was a good kid not such a bad boy An average adolescent And now I'm just a man You offered me a break I wanna say thanks And I promise to pay you back By staying on track See This little slice o heaven It's all I need A little slice o heaven And it's mine X2 It started when I was a young fella Developed incrementally and Eventually popped up like an umbrella To shelter me from the storm keeps me warm Security within the purity of purely keepin on Don't needa be strong or stand my ground The foundations sound and I'm homeward bound Neither lost nor found and I'm proud of my perspective A simple sentiment and it regulates my regiment Truth self evident bathing in my element Tryin out a few new things just for or the hell of it My best i can better it if I just put the effort in It's progress whether evolution or development I may be out of touch but I am in tune Try to life without a crutch to cling to Bullshit abound n I can just see through Surround me with an aura that wards off evil Cause Yesterday is gone it really really is Last weeks a lifetime ago so on I go with this And Pick up where I leave off yellin from the treetops Heave n a ho throwing out everything he's not Swallow pride and spit a positive note No rocking the boat cause all in all we just wanna float With head above water take the vital breath in As I try to make the most of my slice of heaven
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Tenzin Clearly you need more training to grasp the depths of your spiritual connections Would you be satisfied With living in the moment Right until the end of time The garden needs tending The weeds never quit The weathers always changing We all eat and shit Your whole lifes a blip Like the ad skipped on YouTube You 99.9% empty space The whole of time n space flows through you And me we are simply the residue of Tao an the more we let it through We're forever new Sheddin skin of ego to free flow Concentrate then forget And keep goin The skill to remain content With each moment A deep inhale of breath And speak slowly It's all holy Each divine second And infinitesimal segment Is begging for attention No matter what happens I come back to this Just observe this reality as it is As it is As it is Observe this reality as it is Don't colour it or shape it With your imagination Or wish to change it Just be patient And Observe As it is As it is Observe this reality as it is Every presentation Every sensation A tool for meditation Observe I go to the source for reality The here and now If you receive it through a medium it's watered down And distorted But My experience is what's important All of it From The exciting to the boring bits Ignoring none the dirt covers jewels And the jewels shine blinds you to the dirt Only fools misinterpret this balance As an abstract concept But I observe nature And tap that knowledge To live it Attempting to mimic her cycles There ain't no eraser so i live with the typos Evolve and Update with each new discovery Of the something's missin like a mission not hurriedly though Walk calm pace talk with heart in right place All dark viewed from light space Nah View all the dark and light from a high place With the truth right in front of my face
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Psyfye is back with 15 tracks compiled over the last two years. "Soul Tramp" is a concept album entailing the quest for enlightenment as well as the pending Utopia that mankind may potentially manifest. Psyfye's intention is to encourage deep thought and self reflection by highlighting social issues in the present age of a hyper stimulating, fast paced technological environment. From the enlightening residue of DMT revelations in "A DREAMERS SPACE," to the wandering lost souls featuring Mr Qizard in "Concrete Jungle Gym," to feelings of isolation in "WreckedShip" to the tangible euphoria and assuredness after 10 days of meditation in "Grasp the Depths". Psyfye uses unusual themes, production and rhyming to explore his psyche in order to deliver a unique experience to the listener. Hope you enjoy the journey. Thank you for listening.

Big thanks to Pauly B, Mr Qizard and Foster for featuring. Y'all are special human beings.

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released July 7, 2016

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