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High Chieftain

from MC Rises by Mad Conductor

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HIGH CHIEFTAIN

Stab my trident into the sky, I am the King
Test my skills against any style that you may bring
No, you never did stand a chance
I've always been light-years ahead

Once I was lost in an Ausable Chasm of thought
A desolate place where a battle was fought
I was just a kid not long ago
with some administrator telling me, “son, you better flow to the status quo”
To my death I would not row
I swam upstream and against the current
Beheaded the lecherous demon serpent
I manned up quick as my name was engraved in the mission
Kicked in the door and was assured a position
High Chieftain, there I stood
Fighting for all that's good,
in the name of chivalry and brotherhood
Convert those who became persuaded by ways of evil
Alert foes that I won't submit until they place the people
Above wealth and material gain
Distribute cereal grain
I seek to end famine with imperial reign
I once raced in tangled ways, now my battle is righteous
I won't be defeated, even if lifeless
The next generation will spawn my likeness
To carry on my fight with might for the bound and flightless
To death you thought that I would plummet
But I've persevered, and I'm rising toward the summit

There is no match for the ever-victorious king
I shine like a bright full moon a'center a glorious ring
Golden shackles have been opened
Locks of jade pulled asunder
Boundaries in the mind destroyed
Countless stars across the daunting void
to compliment the many styles that I've employed
A turbulent river snakes an icy mountain
Hungry badger seizes trout from raging rapids
Select a delectable stew chock full of tender chunks of prawn
Then I enter the beyond...
...Where in flames you hoped I would meet demise
But I survived and I'm forever on the RISE!

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from MC Rises, released June 26, 2013

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