Ohm

Saul Williams

("ohm" is chanted in long drawn out syllables throughout the song)




[Saul Williams]



through meditation I program my heart



to beat breakbeats and hum basslines on exhalation



*Saul beatboxes* "ohm"



I burn seven day candles that melt



into twelve inch circles on my mantle



and spin funk like myrrh



*Saul beatboxes* "ohm"



and I can fade worlds in and out with my mixing patterns



letting the Earth spin as I blend in Saturn



niggaz be like spinning windmills, braiding hair



locking, popping, as the sonic force



of the soul keeps the planets rocking



the beat don't stop when, soulless matter blows



into the cosmos, trying to be stars



the beat don't stop when, Earth sends out satellites



to spy on Saturnites and control Mars



cause niggaz got a peace treaty with Martians



and we be keepin em up to date with sacred gibberish



like "sho' nuff" and "it's on"



the beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes "ohm"




and I roam through the streets of downtown Venus



trying to auction off monuments of Osiris' severed penis



but they don't want no penis in Venus



for androgynous cosmology sets their spirits free



and they neither men nor women be



but they be down with a billion niggaz who have yet to see



that interplanetary truth is androgynous



and they be sending us shoutouts through shooting stars



and niggaz be like, "Whattup?" and talking Mars



cause we are so-lar and regardless of how far we roam from home



the universe remains our center, like "ohm"




I am no Earthling, I drink moonshine on Mars



and mistake meteors for stars cause I can't hold my liquor



but I can hold my breath and ascend like wind to th