Lyrics & Interpretations
east winds
Yeah
Watchillie
Passport stamped
East winds callin
Come to land where dynasties run
Five thousand years beneath the sun
Every stone got story spun
Xia and Shang the early ones
Bronze cast fire kingdoms rose
Silk road secrets traders know
Wisdom lives where rivers flow
Truth grows slow but always grows
Yellow River shaped the grain
Yangtze carried wealth through rain
Empires built through joy and pain
Still the echoes all remain
Walk these streets and feel that calm
Temple smoke like healing balm
Chaos fades when minds stay strong
Ancient drums still beat along
Come
Be free
Walk through living history
Come
Be free
Find who you were meant to be
Experience one China
Where the old world still can breathe
Experience one China
And the soul learns to believe
Great Wall crawling mountain high
Built by hands that would not die
Every brick a warning cry
Strength is built one stone at time
Confucius spoke with clarity
Honor truth sincerity
If you govern inwardly
Then the world finds harmony
Lantern markets burn at night
Tea steam rising soft and light
Dragon dancers moving bright
Past and future both unite
Beijing stone and towers new
Skyline dreams in silver hue
Every road can alter you
If you let perspective through
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Qin
Han
Tang
Song
Ming
Rise East
Move deep
Breathe now
Become complete
Medicine before its time
Compass helped all humankind
Paper let the thoughts survive
Powder changed the war design
Porcelain and painted art
Calligraphy from mind to heart
Discipline became the spark
Turning dark to works of art
This ain't just a place to see
It's a mirror inwardly
Every traveler leaves with keys
Hidden doors inside the psyche
Come
Be free
Walk through sacred legacy
Come
Be free
See the world differently
Experience one China
Take the wisdom when you leave
Experience one China
Now your life got more to breathe
East winds
Still callin
Watchillie
East Winds was inspired by the idea that wisdom often arrives quietly rather than dramatically. The song reflects the internal voice that guides us through difficult seasons of life, offering direction when certainty is impossible to find.
The title references the eastern winds often associated with change, transition, and new beginnings. Rather than focusing on external events, the song explores the subtle shifts that occur within us as we gain perspective through experience.
This piece serves as a reminder that growth rarely comes from comfort. The lessons that shape us most often arrive through challenge, loss, reflection, and perseverance.
East Winds can be interpreted as a conversation between the conscious mind and the deeper self.
The wind becomes a metaphor for intuition, wisdom, and unseen forces that influence our journey. While storms represent chaos and uncertainty, the east wind represents movement toward understanding.
The song also explores the tension between control and surrender. Much of life is spent attempting to predict outcomes, yet true growth often comes when we learn to trust the process and remain open to change.
At its core, East Winds asks whether wisdom is something we discover or something that was quietly present all along.
ELEVAte - bessie coleman tribute
Watchillie
They told her stay low
Keep your feet on ground
Dreams like yours
Don't make a sound
Brown skin child
Cold hard land
But the stars kept calling
Take my hand
No runway waiting
No open gate
So she crossed that ocean
To challenge fate
France in sunrise
Hope in her chest
The sky saw Bessie
And gave her its best
No refuse
I fly
No chains
I rise
No ceiling
Above me now
Only endless skies
Fly Queen Bess fly
Lift every child denied
Rise Queen Bess rise
Write your name across the sky
She first
She flies
She first
She flies
Leather cap shining
Goggles in hand
Crowds stood frozen
Could not understand
Jenny roaring
Across the fairground air
Silver Nieuport dancing
Like freedom wasn't rare
Deep turns
Steep dives
Looping through pain
Every barrel roll
Broke another chain
No refuse
I fly
No hate
I rise
No limits
Hold me now
Only open skies
Fly Queen Bess fly
Lift every child denied
Rise Queen Bess rise
Write your name across the sky
If they close the gates
Build wings
If they hide the road
Sing
If they say not you
Climb
If they steal your light
Shine
Shine
Can I fly too?
Fly Queen Bess fly
Fly Queen Bess fly
Now the whole world knows your name
Rise Queen Bess rise
Nothing ever stays the same
She first
She flies
She first
She flies
Queen Bess
Queen Bess
Bessie Coleman
Watchillie
Elevate was written as a tribute to pioneering aviator Bessie Coleman, the first African American and Native American woman to earn an international pilot's license.
Her story embodies courage, determination, and the refusal to accept limitations imposed by society. Faced with barriers because of both race and gender, Coleman pursued her dream by traveling abroad when opportunities in the United States were denied to her.
The song celebrates not only her accomplishments but also the mindset required to rise above adversity and pursue a vision others may not understand.
While the song tells the story of Bessie Coleman, it also serves as a broader metaphor for human potential.
Flight represents freedom from expectations, prejudice, and self-imposed limitations. The sky becomes symbolic of possibility itself.
The repeated theme of elevation operates on multiple levels:
- Physical flight
- Personal growth
- Spiritual transcendence
- Social progress
The song asks listeners to consider what dreams they have abandoned because someone else told them they were impossible.
Faraway home
Watchillie
I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people
or any other generation
the energy
the faith
the devotion
White America right now spending millions a day in Asia
Black and white boys dying unjustly
Faraway home
believin
The other side tries
the other side dies
Faraway home
to Da Nang
Second of a kind
The strongest of its day
Faraway home
adventures
The face of poetry
Confliction lives in me
Faraway home
A distant foreign land
Mama broken wreck
Illusions of respect
Did not expect
such beauty in your eyes
So clear
like diamonds in the skies
A land infected
with our pride
Untruths
deception
LIIIIES
Faraway home
Martyrs
First ones to the line
The tokens made to die
Faraway home
Perception
The color of my skin
Not guaranteed a win
Faraway home
Chess piece
More of us to try
More of us to die
We are oppressed We are exploited We are downtrodden
Faraway home
Resistance
Pollution and unrest
The pounding of my chest
Faraway home
Another time is coming
Exhausted from running
Tormented from the gunning
Come and see this culture
You and me
the colors of the wounded
(repeat, building intensity)
Come and see this culture
You and me
the colors of the wounded
Faraway home
s not my destiny
No benefit to me
My people aren
t free
Faraway home
The promise
The bullet to the vest
The words were never kept
Faraway home
Failures
This land not my own
No place where I belong
Faraway home
Pride
The voice hypocrisy
The truth that set me free
Did not expect such beauty in your eyes
So clear like diamonds in the skies
A land infected with our pride
Untruths
Deception
LIES
WATCHILLIE
Ask not what your country can do for you
ask what you can do for your country
Watchillie
Faraway Home explores the universal search for belonging.
The inspiration came from the feeling that home is not always a physical place. Especially during that time in history for Black/African American people. At that time there was a war raging and while overseas fighting for American Freedom, there was no "home."
Sometimes home only exists as a memory, a dream, a person, or even a future state we continue pursuing.
The song reflects the human desire to find peace while navigating uncertainty and change.
Faraway Home can be interpreted as both a literal and spiritual journey.
The "home" referenced throughout the song may represent:
- Displacement based on race during racial strife in the United States
- Saftey
- Emotional security
- Inner peace
- Purpose
- Connection
-
Self-acceptance
The distance between the narrator and home symbolizes the challenges we face while trying to become who we were meant to be.
Rather than focusing on arrival, the song emphasizes the value of the journey itself.
free dive
Immersed within tidal sands—
Swallowed by misted currents—
Pummel dry land—
I dive
Slipping further from the shallows—
Through abrasive coral reeds—
Blood drenched—
I dive
Past the palm-lined safety—
Past the eel—
Into the mouth—
Of the cave—
I dive
Pressure rising—
Lungs tighten—
Moonlight fading from my eyes
Heartbeat racing—
Current pulling—
Still I dive beneath the tide
Captured ocean wide—
Released where currents guide—
As I ride
Beneath the moonlit glow—
I hear the whale echoes—
I ride the undertow
The depth consumes the pride—
It’s here I feel alive—
As I ride—
The undertow
Choking slowly as each breath—
Burns the hollow in my chest—
As I dive
Humbled I beseech—
Before night—
The surface reach
But the dark—
Calls my name—
So deeper still—
I dive
Down
Down
Down
The pressure bends—
The spirit breaks—
The ocean knows—
What fear can’t take
Captured ocean wide—
Released where currents guide—
As I ride
Beneath the moonlit glow—
I hear the whale echoes—
I ride the undertow
The depth consumes the pride—
It’s here I feel alive—
As I ride—
The undertow
My life offered—
Judged before—
A starlit council washed ashore—
As I rise
Juried by the orca’s pride—
Ancient wisdom in the tide—
As I dive
Black seals resound the song—
As I rise
I feel the sunlight drift from sight—
This journey inward is the plight—
As I dive—
Inside
Beneath inverted fallen stars—
The storms consume my ancient scars
I swim far—
Travel wide—
A chance to feel—
A chance to see—
Commune beneath—
The endless sea
As I fly
I rise
Captured ocean wide—
Released where currents guide—
As I ride
Beneath the moonlit glow—
I hear the whale echoes—
I ride the undertow
The depth consumes the pride—
It’s here I feel alive—
As I ride—
The undertow
Swallowing this square pill slowly
I’m brought forward from the deep
The warmth
The blue hue
Within this breath—
I see
Within this exhale—
I am
Watchillie
Free Dive was inspired by the idea of surrendering fear in order to fully experience life.
The song explores moments when logic and certainty are no longer enough and we are forced to trust ourselves despite the risks involved.
Whether in relationships, creativity, personal growth, or faith, every meaningful transformation requires a leap into the unknown.
Water serves as the central metaphor throughout the song.
The dive represents commitment.
The depth represents uncertainty.
The ocean symbolizes the vast unknown that exists beyond our comfort zones.
The song examines the conflict between safety and possibility. While remaining on the surface may feel secure, it also limits discovery.
Free Dive suggests that some truths can only be found by fully immersing ourselves in experience.
HELLO - Chadwick Boseman tribute
Chadwick Boseman
Oooooohhh…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
Oooooohhh…
We remember…
Shockwave when I enter, I speak grace over the land
Standing never demanding, still I offered out my hand
Kings and queens my kinfolk, elevation was the plan
I gave you truth
Wisdom
And stand
Styling never profiling, my presence would command
No posing, only purpose, sacred Ankh within my hand
Pressure made me diamond, I crushed stone back into sand
To fear I rebuke
To lies
I stand
Can you feel me?
Oooooohhh…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
(Chadwick Boseman y’all)
Can you hear me?
Oooooohhh…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
Exacting and precise, my blade was sharp, I never missed
Jealousy and envy, weak weapons trying to dismiss
Intensity meant nothing, even resting I resist
Disciplined
Brilliant
Never switched
With wisdom I was humble, still had fire behind my eyes
Every role I carried showed the sun was bound to rise
Transparent in my living, no disguise inside my stride
Your mind
I lift
I guide
Can you feel me?
Oooooohhh…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
This day…
We pray…
Stay… with me…
This day…
We pray…
Stay… with me…
I came into this world to share a purpose that was deep
Benevolent and eloquent, gave people strength to keep
I carried pain in silence while the world was fast asleep
Still I rose
Still I taught
Still I reached
The price was never fame to me, the mission was the flame
To honor every ancestor and magnify the name
If one child walks with pride because they heard me, that’s the gain
My life
My gift
My aim
Can you feel me?
Oooooohhh…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
(Black Panther forever)
Don’t be sad, don’t be mad that I cannot hold your hand
I left you tools and blueprints if you follow through the plan
Let ancestors surround you and provide what you demand
Walk with pride
Soul steps
Stand
Time has never bound me, I breathe courage in your ear
So you live loud in your truth and never operate in fear
Eternal, immortal, in the shadows I am near
My gift to you
Was love
I’m here
Oooooohhh…
This day…
We pray…
Stay… with me…
Oooooohhh…
You will see…
It’s me…
Still leading…
Soon you’ll be…
High and free…
Still breathing…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
Hello… hello… hello… hello…
Hello was inspired by the life and legacy of Chadwick Boseman.
Rather than focusing solely on his accomplishments, the song reflects on the strength, dignity, and grace he displayed while privately battling illness.
His ability to continue creating meaningful work while carrying unseen burdens became the foundation of this song.
The piece serves as a reminder that we rarely know what battles others are fighting beneath the surface.
The title Hello functions as both a greeting and a farewell.
Throughout the song, duality exists everywhere:
- Presence and absence
- Strength and vulnerability
- Public image and private struggle
- Mortality and legacy
The song challenges listeners to reconsider how they view success and resilience.
True courage is not the absence of suffering. It is the ability to continue moving forward despite it.
NIGHT SHIFT
Watchillie
Eighteen hours deep, dark dust, comin out that mine shaft
Twenty-hour run, still haulin over Grants Pass
Wont see relief till they bring another crew chief
Ten oclock smell second shift cook that roast beef
Regulars, irregulars, diggin for that loose change
Boss ridin high, chain-gang whippin with that mood swing
Call ten-sixty-five, guess I wont be home third day
River risin fast, grab a shovel, aint no delay
Grab another cable, tie it down, brace that car now
Grab another ladder, hear em holler from the top now
Planes overhead callin towers with they call signs
Sick from this system sinkin slow in this quicksand
Pulled by the night
Down
Pulled by the night
Down
Pulled by the night
Work now
Just another drug
Pulled by the night
Just another job
Owned by the night
Blood pressure risin, grab the needle, bring the crash cart
Three dudes leave the store pockets full but bought nothin
Bleachin tubs, pullin sheets, cleanin all the mess back
Cash on pump three, fill it up dont scratch the Maybach
ID to the light, nah this fake wont work now
Waterfront reflection lookin at downtown
Shelves backed up, had enough, clockin out slow
Back givin out from pushin that mop floor
Money for the toll, watch em roll and pass by
Couple in row six tryna join that mile-high
Waves crash hard, lights flash on the shoreline
Sick from this system trapped again in this quicksand
Pulled by the night
Nightshift
Pulled by the night
Nightshift
Pulled by the night
Nightshift
The ruler of my life
Headin home at dawn, rooster tell me its my sleep time
Twenty-four the number, but twelve years done slipped by
Another shift callin, bloodshot, aint home yet
Two called out sick, no backup, guess Im stuck yet
Lady gettin angry, all I do is work now
Pain pills in my pocket just to keep alert now
Cant stay awake, darkness closin in on me
Sun risin high, still these chains wont set me free
Always feel invisible, I work but they dont see
Another fourteen-hour week bendin up my spine deep
Cracked another Jameson bottle on my knees
Car swervin vision blurrin no lights behind me
Doin what I can just to feed the whole fam
Sick from this system drownin slow in this quicksand
Pulled
Down by the night
Pulled
Down by the night
Owned
By the night
Nightshift
Watchillie
Night Shift was inspired by the often invisible workers who keep the world functioning while most people sleep.
The song acknowledges those who sacrifice normal schedules, family time, and personal comfort to fulfill essential roles.
It is also a reflection on loneliness, perseverance, and the unique perspective gained from living outside conventional rhythms.
Night serves as both a literal setting and a symbolic landscape.
Darkness represents:
- Isolation
- Reflection
- Sacrifice
- Hidden labor
The song explores the idea that some of society's most important contributions occur when no one is watching.
It asks listeners to consider how many unseen individuals contribute to the functioning of everyday life.
Resting within hallowed ground
Beneath the arms of ancient centurions
Silence broken by the whispering Boobook owl
Staring breathless into whistling silhouettes
Feeling each pulse radiate
Through tightly clenched fingertips
Watching circles of glowing yellow eyes
Surround me as the wind kissed my lips
Ahhhh…
Goodbye…
Bringing darkness closer
Closer and closer
Closer with each labored breath
Nearly hyperventilating
From the moon’s overwhelming splendor
I recall…
I remember…
Moonlit rays revive a soul once constricted
Move slowly… achingly…
Hearing self-acceptance
Forgiveness in each careful step
Releasing guilt
Anguish
Last chance
While the stars keep raining down
You see me
Light years far away
Yet you see me
Calling my name…
I’m not the same…
While the stars keep raining down
You see me
Light years far away
Yet you see me
Calling my name…
I won’t be the same…
Focusing inward
A calling sound finally answered
By the dingo’s howl
Echo waves pulse upward
Through every trembling exhale
A low-brow throbbing rhythm
Beats in perfect sync
Gripped
Intense yet reassured
Crawling closer toward the moonlight
Hands dampened by fallen tears
A grief not born from sadness
But from years left festered
Underneath the stars
A birth
Moonlit reflections ripple in pools below
Shaken by the dingo’s distant calling
A lighthouse beacon
A direction
Guiding me ashore…
Home…
While the stars keep raining down
You see me
Light years far away
Yet you see me
Calling my name…
I’m not the same…
While the stars keep raining down
You see me
Light years far away
Yet you see me
Calling my name…
I won’t be the same…
Here where centurion arms reach
Here where dingoes preach
Here where constellation lights teach
I find my way
I find my way
Once an inferno raging
Now extinguished
Renewed muscles
Renewed mind
Oxygenated and cleansed
All impurities abandoned
At the valley’s edge
Where I once stood overlooking
Cleansed mind
Forward I race through moon rays
Unknowing of the path
Yet certain in each step
Branches splitting before me
Forward I move
Forward I achieve
Toward that sacred place within
A sanctuary
Replacing old insecurities
With sagacity
While the stars keep raining down
You see me
Light years far away
Yet you see me
Calling my name…
I’m not the same…
While the stars keep raining down
You see me
Light years far away
Yet you see me
Calling my name…
I won’t be the same…
Here where centurion arms reach
Here where dingoes preach
Here where constellation lights teach
Feel…
Heal…
Reveal…
Watchillie…
Sagacity was inspired by the concept of wisdom earned through lived experience.
Unlike knowledge, which can be taught, wisdom often emerges through hardship, mistakes, reflection, and growth.
The song celebrates the lessons accumulated throughout a lifetime and the humility required to continue learning.
Sagacity explores the distinction between intelligence and wisdom.
Knowledge answers questions.
Wisdom determines which questions matter.
Throughout the song, experience functions as a teacher, while adversity becomes a catalyst for growth.
The piece encourages listeners to view challenges not merely as obstacles but as opportunities to gain deeper understanding.
THE TOWER
From the tower
I watch
Rain Down
Rain Down
Look up you'll see me
Look in you'll see me
Be still and let it be
Looking from this tower
Overwatching is my power
While I watch you move and cower
Third eye wisdom that we shower
High above the clouds and proud
Stately forms that cast shadows down
Vibrational with waves of sound
Like ants you dance across the ground
Move between the walls below
Life indigo and so it goes
All unique among the streets
With feet that beat, we hear you speak
Rain Down
Look up you'll see me
Look in you'll see me
Be still and let it be
Search for immortality
Consumption of reality
Image is the fallacy
Blindness dressed as majesty
Efforts made to learn and earn
Pursuit the loot, achieve your turn
Currency in fire burns
Still consume to fill your urn
Dreams of grandiosity
Cloud truth and reality
Conquer and destroy unique
No desire for harmony
We watched for centuries
Watch you claim
That right is destiny
Time gon wait
I watch your great debate
Feeble words
Attempts to demonstrate
Look up you'll see me
Look in you'll see me
Be still and let it be
Rain Down
Rain Down
Individuality
Motto of society
New designed realities
Hide the shared humanity
Chasing every tomorrow
Builds a life of hidden sorrow
Living underneath your shadow
Drifting with no course to follow
Pointing fingers as you tattle
Every day another battle
Never seeing from the vantage
Solution placed right in your hands yet
We see you
From the tower
Still waiting
For the hour
This the truth, it is our design
Help you grow and free your mind
Illuminate with warming light
Split the dark and grant you sight
Life is but illusion
Choice creates the true conclusion
Nothing static, all is moving
Every pain becomes a proving
Time is but a paradigm
Chance to move among the sine
Gift of soul and not the mind
Pathway to the true divine
Rain Down
Look up you'll see me
Look in you'll see me
Be still and let it be
Rain Down
Look up you'll see me
Look in you'll see me
Be still and let it be
Rain Down
Looking from this tower
Rain Down
Watchillie
Rain Down
The Tower examines the structures we build around ourselves for protection, identity, and success.
Over time these structures can become prisons rather than shelters.
The song was inspired by the realization that growth sometimes requires dismantling the very things we once believed were essential.
The tower functions as a multi-layered symbol.
It may represent:
- Ego
- Career achievement
- Social status
- Emotional defenses
-
Personal beliefs
The higher the tower grows, the greater the separation from others and from authentic self-awareness.
The song asks a difficult question:
If everything you've built were stripped away, who would remain?
The answer becomes the foundation for genuine transformation.