Sicktracks

Below: Eye of the Storm ⊙

by Jeremy Soule. ⚜

Guild Wars ⚔️ soundtrack.

"What's going on in our world today is not something we can run away from. Therefore the calmest place is the eye of the storm. (...)

Chaos may be swirling all around us but if we stay in the center, obviously also metaphorically the centre of our own Being, that's where we're going to be able to handle everything that's going on, no matter how chaotic it gets. (...)

In the eye of the storm we're not tossed about by what we see." ― Darryl Anka

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Jeremy Soule (/soʊl/ SOHL) is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television, and video games. 🇺🇸

He has composed soundtracks for over 60 games and over a dozen other works during his career, including The Elder Scrolls, Guild Wars, Total Annihilation, and the Harry Potter series. 🪄✨

Guild Wars is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. 

[Intro: Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre] Yeah, nigga, we're still fuckin' wit' you Still waters run deep Still Snoop Dogg and D.R.E. '99, nigga, guess who's back Still, still doin' that shit, huh, Dre? Oh for sho' 👍 Yeah Check me out

"Still waters run deep" is a proverb of Latin origin now commonly taken to mean that a placid exterior hides a passionate or subtle nature.

Formerly it also carried the warning that silent people are dangerous.

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PROVERB OF THE DAY:

Still waters run deep 🏞️

This beautiful proverb means that quiet or calm people often have deep thoughts, strong feelings, or hidden talents.

Just because someone isn't loud or talkative doesn't mean there's nothing going on beneath the surface !

Like a peaceful river that's actually very deep, some people keep a lot inside.

🔹 Example: "She doesn’t say much in meetings, but when she does — everyone listens. Still waters run deep." 🔹 Example: "He’s quiet, but don’t underestimate him. Still waters run deep !"

Takeaway ?

Don’t mistake silence for emptiness — some of the calmest people have the richest inner worlds. 🕉

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Below: Still D.R.E. (feat. Snoop Dogg)

by Dr. Dre 🩺

Full Lyrics of Still D.R.E. on genius.com

Ice Cube⬆

Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper 🇺🇸, record producer, record executive, and actor.

He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of Death Row Records.

Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1984, and later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A, which he formed in 1987 with Eazy-E, Ice Cube ⬇︎ and Arabian Prince.

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, songwriter, and actor. 🇺🇸

A key figure in West Coast hip-hop, he helped define G-funk and gangsta rap, and is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time.

Known for his signature drawled delivery and melodic flow, his lyrics frequently address social issues such as recreational drug use and gun violence.

Below:

Official Music Video of Still D.R.E.

A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body that emerged in the post-WWII, 1940s–1950s era. 

The exact origin of the lowrider is debatable, but it was probably birthed in Southern California, with many people claiming that lowriders really started in Tijuana, Texas, or New Mexico.

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🎁 Bonus:

Note by Sicktracks:

Still D.R.E. starts at 11:49

The intro (with Dr Dre playing the piano) starts at 11:10

Limbo is a game, based on traditions that originated in Trinidad and Tobago. The aim is to pass forwards under a low bar without falling or dislodging the bar. 💥➖

The dance originated as an event that took place at wakes in Tobago.

Below: One Touch One Bounce

by Senser 📡

Senser are an English rap rock band, originally formed in South West London. 🇬🇧

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WARNING:

The following content may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

― Henry Ford

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Fall six times, stand up seven. ➆⬆

Fall down seven times, 𓀒

stand up EIGHT ! ⬆➑

Alcoholism is different for everyone, but one thing remains the same, the disease can be beat.

"You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step."

― Martin Luther King Jr.

⬆➀ 𓊍

"Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there." ― Robert Downey Jr.

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Below:

Darken The Attic🪜🧠🥃

by Cannibal Accident🍴🫀

Death metal/grindcore band from Turku, Finland. Formed in 2007. 🇫🇮

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Along with the increasing mortality rate, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) found that 12.4 million women aged 18 and older suffered from alcohol use disorder. Women have been steadily closing the gender gap in alcohol consumption over the last few decades. 🥃🥃🥃

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Satanic nations and thrones reign and slay But solid is super-souls love and righteous pathways ☮︎ Asking me why I ain't down with the bloodshed Wicked fool we approve of lies as eternal truth

Deep in the soul fool you know you ain't right Running around with them eyes shut tight! Deep in the soul fool you know you ain't right Eyes shut tight!

No "geed-up" rap anywhere up and on me Strictly KRS, Public Enemy, Bob Marley Mad ups to MLK and the infinite Ghandi Doom to the demons that dominate all around me

Below: Eyes Shut Tight 🙈🪞

by Downset 👊

Full Lyrics of Eyes Shut Tight on genius.com

Downset (usually stylized as downset.) is an American rap metal band from Los Angeles, California. 🇺🇸🌴🌊

Originally called Social Justice, the band's music blends influences from rap, funk,  hardcore punk, and metal with "socially aware lyrics."

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"Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it." ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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"Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land." ― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

"Denial is the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations. It is beating within us." ― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"I protect myself by refusing to know myself." 🙈🪞❌🙂‍↔️ ― Floriano Martins

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Note by Sicktracks: Floriano Martins has nothing to do with these violent images coming from the movie American History X.

"The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy." 🪞― Floriano Martins

🎁Bonus:

Live of Eyes Shut Tight

Yo, promoters don't want us in clubs because we spaz out Who is these righteous motherfuckers with they flags out? Stapleton Project, recognize you're lookin at Allah's best Puttin' on the hits, it's no contest Now, who the hypest in New York City? Wu-Tang, radio stop shittin' on me 🫵

Below: Cobra Clutch 𓆗

by Ghostface Killah ☏🔪👻

Full Lyrics of Cobra Clutch on genius.com

Dennis David Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. 🇺🇸

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The song is named after a wrestling move commonly associated with Sgt. Slaughter. Ghost has the rap game in a stranglehold.

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Below: Cobra Clutch 𓆗

Live at Tramps New York, NY 1999

🎁Bonus:

Note by Sicktracks: Be careful with the volume; there's an excess of bass in this video.

[Intro: Long Axe & Buda Love]

Okay, god, it's like this, y'knowhatmsayin'? If we don't manifest our power to the fullest (To the fullest) 💯 Man, you know what I'm saying? Nothing will become of everything that we plan, God Understand and understood, God See we goin' show 'em the strength in what we doing And this for the babies (Indeed) That's why it's on the strength Everything is on the strength

Below: On The Strength 🧠💪

by The Beggaz 🤲

Full Lyrics of On The Strength on genius.com

Tha Beggas (misspelled on "The Swarm" as "The Beggaz" and "Wu-tang Collective" as "The Beggarz"), is a collective of hip-hop artists and groups that was featured on "RZA Presents: Wu-Tang Killa Bees - The Swarm Volume 1", on a song titled "On The Strength". This song was re-released on a separate Wu-Tang compilation album called Wu-Tang Collective in 2003. 🇺🇸

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What are the Wu-Tang Killa Bees?

[Chorus: Long Axe, Dragonfly, Buda Love & Sammy Bravo]

On the strength! Time is money and gain On the strength! Math is one and the same On the strength! Whining is something for pain On the strength! Beggaz forever remain

﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌⛰️﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

Oh, misty eye 𓁿 of the mountain below Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke ঌ Keep watching over Durin's sons

﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌〇﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

Now I see fire inside the mountain ᨒ I see fire burnin' the trees ↟𖠰↟ And I see fire hollowin' souls I see fire, blood in the breeze ༄ And I hope that you remember me

﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌〇﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

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I See Fire 🔥 by Ed Sheeran 🧑🏻‍🦰🎤🎶

Full Lyrics of I See Fire on genius.com

꧁ Peter Jackson’s daughter was a big Sheeran fan and met him after a show.

She suggested to her father, Peter Jackson, director of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies, that Ed Sheeran record the theme for the second movie, which Peter Jackson agreed to.

They recorded the song in studio together, which was documented as part of the making of the second Hobbit movie. ꧂

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Edward Christopher Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. 🇬🇧

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. 

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Below:

Official Music Video of I See Fire 🔥

Below:

Live of I See Fire 🔥

Note by Sicktracks: I dedicate this post to the good memory of someone I met and who looked like Thranduil.

The name "Thranduil" means "vigorous spring" in Sindarin. 𖥸

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﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌𖥸﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

"May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!"

(To Gandalf) ― Thranduil

﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌𖥸﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

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Below: 🌡️Heat Waves ♨️

by Glass Animals 🥤🐶🐱

Full lyrics of Heat Waves on genius.com

Glass Animals are an English indie rock band formed in Oxford, England in 2010. 🇬🇧

The band's line-up consists of Dave Bayley (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, songwriting), Drew MacFarlane (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Edmund Irwin-Singer (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), and Joe Seaward (drums).

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Their song "Heat Waves" reached number one in Australia in February 2021 and was voted number one on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020. The song surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.

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Below:

Official Music Video of Heat Waves

Below: Don't Let Me Stop You 🙅‍♀️

by Kelly Clarkson♀️🎸

Full Lyrics of Don't Let Me Stop You on genius.com

Kelly Brianne (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. 🇺🇸

Rising to fame after winning the first season of American Idol, she has established a multi-decade career in music and television and is credited with having a lasting impact on televised talent shows. 

Known as a vocal powerhouse and versatile performer, she was ranked one of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.

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Below:

Live of Don't Let Me Stop You

"Ayo, young children, the guns are the villains 🦹‍♂️ Or the ones behind the guns are the ones that are something villainous" 😈

"If America does not get rid of her guns, her guns will get rid of her. Where there are gunners, there are goners." ⚰️⚰️⚰️ ― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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"It takes one second for your life to vanish"

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Long Time Coming  ♾️ 🎯

by A-F-R-O 🪮 & Marco Polo ⚓🧭

Full Lyrics of Long Time Coming on genius.com

James Dean Santiago-Gutierrez (born August 29, 1997), known professionally as A-F-R-O (short for All Flows Reach Out), is an American hip-hop emcee, actor, and producer from Fullerton, California. He is a protégé of R.A. The Rugged Man. 🇺🇸

Marco Polo (real name Marco Bruno) is a hip-hop producer and beatmaker from Toronto, Canada, known for his hard-hitting boom-bap production style. 🇨🇦

⬇ One of the perps of the Columbine High School massacre

He gained recognition in the mid-2000s, working with underground and established artists alike. His debut album, Port Authority (2007), featured collaborations with legends such as Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, and Buckshot.

⬇ Footage from the Columbine High School massacre

Over the years, he has continued to craft beats for artists like Pharoahe Monch, Torae, and Large Professor.

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Nothing in the world is softer than water, yet nothing is better at overcoming the hard. ⛰️🪨

Lao Tzu redefined strength.

While the world admires force and dominance △ , the Tao Te Ching teaches that the greatest power lies in what appears weak — water, silence, yielding.

This quiet strength 👍 outlasts all brute force.

The Strength of Water ﹏

Water is the softest element, yet it shapes mountains and carves canyons. Lao Tzu used water as the ultimate symbol of strength through persistence and adaptability.

When facing a tough situation, ask yourself how water would handle it — by flowing around 🪨, not crashing through.

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Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S.

Guns kill more than 48,000 people a year, and firearm injuries were among the five leading causes of death for people ages 1-44 in the U.S in 2022, according to CDC.

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༺ Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

― Zhuangzi ☯

Below:

Confucius🧧by 603short 👲

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༺ Zheng is one of the oldest string instruments in China, with a history of more than 2000 years. Hence it is known as "Guzheng" (ancient Zheng).

༺ With an extraordinary range and powerful expression, it is also known as "the Chinese piano". The most famous Guzheng music pieces include "A fishing Boat Song at Dusk" and "High Mountain and Running River".

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༺ The zheng or guzheng is a Chinese  plucked zither.

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Confucius (born 551 BC, died 479 BC) was an important Chinese educator and philosopher. 

"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." ― Confucius, The Book of Rites

༺ Below ༻

Orchid 🌺 Parade (幽蘭操)

By Faye Wong (王菲)🏮

Faye Wong (Chinese: 王菲; pinyin: Wáng Fēi; born 8 August 1969) is a Chinese singer-songwriter and actress. 🇨🇳

Confucius (Chinese: 孔子 Kǒng Zǐ) is a 2010 Chinese biographical drama film written and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher.

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The zheng or guzheng is a Chinese  plucked zither. 🎶

༺ "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." ― Confucius ༻

༺ "It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs." ― Confucius ༻

༺ "The gem 💎 cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." ― Confucius ༻

༺ "Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others." ― Confucius ༻

༺ "To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it." ― Confucius ༻

༺ "Silence is a true friend who never betrays." ― Confucius ༻

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Below: Orchid 🌺 Parade +

Footage from Confucius 🎞️🎬