Pete Rock
Ataraxia
[Hook]
Steady waxing, feeling ataraxic
Showing love on every track, now that's sick
Stretch out the feeling fantastic

[Verse 1]
Fuck your nickel and dime
I'm after the nick of time
Like a fiend for the nicotine while I'm feeling sublime
And feeling ataraxic
Relax it's time, I'm bound to be prevalent
Like the villain Ben is bound to be benevolent
Every moment is, it's that simple
Make them happy, I'm conjuring dimples
And dead you will be
But for now we got windfalls of wondrous whimsy
The kids be frolicking in puddles
While you with your Netflix queue is looking muddled and I'm
Gliding, riding and conniving
No fuck just surviving, yeah I'm thriving like the root seed
Don't group me in a club focused on the diamonds
Even the heart don't suit me
Brain's raining verses like Socks and Spot though
Bringing color to the field like Rothko
Inclined to paint in the Universal Mine Blue
Move like the sine do, Report like Ezra Klein do
It's pouring, it's raining
I love running through it I can't explain it
And you won't catch me complaining
Cause I know my crescent here ain't waning
[Hook]

[Verse 2]
I love the change I'm seeing here like autumn
You wouldn't smell the flowers if you fell right on 'em
Or kids with two lips start shouting out wisdom
Crazy days amazed inside a violet kingdom
Yeah why be violent, we throwing parties not punches
We hungry munching on brunches
Care for sheep, free 'em from the shepherds
Make the pawn a queen and get her off those checkers
I'm most artfully rocking it on and off
Between Amadeus, 2Pac, and Rachmaninoff
Orion to Zion to ions
Swinging nebulous phrases, moon and chemical phases
Melting off the frigid and timid
Finally grab a moment, cause I am vivid
I did it, I’m doing and pursuing it
Avoiding Mr. Green and I Clue 'em in

[Bridge]
To measure any weather is a treasure
The present's such a pleasure, I'm dying to endeavor
Let's just bathe in the heat then
Every moment's expanding, not fleeting
Now let your mind groove just like the raps do
Let your mind groove just like the raps
[Hook]