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Zone Doubt

by Niko

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1.
[FritzyBeat] Another day, has passed you by. The tired sun sets like your tired eyes. The play and fun, is all but done, So to the night your thoughts and dreams will run, And in the dark, may you find peace As you rest so sound asleep, And through the dark another light will rise, Just wait to see it with your own eyes! [FritzyBeat, Chi Chi, & Niko] So hush now, and quiet now. I'll be there soon, so don't you worry, Rest your head, and don't you cry, I'll be there by your side, tonight. [FritzyBeat] Oh, tonight... Tonight. It's time to rest your sleepy head. [FritzyBeat & Chi Chi] It's time to go to bed. [Niko] Hush now, quiet now. Rest your sleepy head. We'll find you someday Cause we know you'll shine right through the haze. Through your days you'll be kind and gentle, In a way that even a Siren settles Down when you drown them in smiles and honest eyes. Honest, I see it all inside You. So keep your friends right beside you, You'll find that those that try to fight you Won't stand chance as you find the right tunes To help them through hard times and smile too. So keep striving to go and live the ever- Yday life we couldn't provide you. Remember The time we spent, parents and child together, But it's time to say goodnight. [FritzyBeat, Chi Chi, & Niko] So hush now, and quiet now I'll be there soon, so don't you worry Rest your head, and don't you cry I'll be there by your side, tonight. [FritzyBeat] Oh, tonight! [Chi Chi] Tonight...
2.
[Niko] Waking up to the break of dawn. I'm aching all Over and shaky from... What am I shaking from? What am I saying? Why am I at the bakery front? And this button? It's vaguely familiar but, I can't recall it. I'm barely all there. I'm scared, And honestly, I'm lost here all because I.. Don't know where I'm going to finally jog these Memories straight, but I'd rather ride on a car. See On to instrumental matters. Why do I got this mental clatter Just after I stand, cause I'm banged up and I'm tatters, But it'd be easy to ask if you remember What happened in September. This can't be all I ever Grew up with. Everything's busted, Dancing in the embers of this mass destruction. Past the junction, looking around, inside and out. Despising how even a woman and child could die and drown, Buried in cries and shouts as lives of thousands Burn up in the sky and clouds. Ignite the mounds of Bodies just lying 'bout in a pyre as a final respite. Pay my respect, but somehow, my face is stuck wide with a smile. My mind isn't made up, but why can't I really make what I'm thinking hide My excitement, cause right now, I think I might feel like I'm alive again! [Niko & Ditherer] I can't remember What happened in September, When everything is gone, When it's dark and I'm alone. It's been forever Since I could have remembered. Where the hell is everypony? I just want to know the story Of what happened right before I became so alone. [Ditherer] Stuck in a fugue state. Winter comes and he’s functionally too late. He remembers his true fate. Ghouls stay creeping, soon he’ll lose face, soon he’ll lose face. Under his eyes, you can plunder his mind For the memories of running, abducting supplies To construct a device to help ponies leave Springtime and summer behind. It’s a punch in the eye, And now sounds in the dark ask why. He looks up at the char-blackened star-lacking sky. It churns with dust, he don’t yearn for much. Answer what voices in the dirt discuss. He only shoved ‘em to the deadline. What ponies needed was an usher to the next life. And now he wanders the wastes to find holdouts. Even one prosperous place is too bold now, Cause nopony really likes life in their core They just forget getting frightened of finding the door. Once he has enough to format the parts, he Dictates his story like Cormac McCarthy. No laughs or parties, soul-black safari Death’s a museum that tore back the art piece. [Niko & Ditherer] Still can't remember What happened in September, Back when everypony died, Trails of blood during my stride. I just discovered The ponies were defeated By something really strong. It seemed very weird and wrong. It just doesn't belong Like it came out of this world. [Ditherer] This is your redemption day everypony! Go away from me... Stay away from me... Go away! You can't touch me now! You see this button here!? I'm gonna press it! I just remembered What happened in September. [Ditherer & Niko] I'm the one who killed them all! I survived after the fall!
3.
[Blitz] You better watch yourself, you’ve dug down To the sub-ground settlement, canines are what’s found. What’s up now? Hold on, gimme the gems Before we get ahead of ourselves, we must now Look around, underground, and find what we can, And somehow, you can hunt down what we can’t. So you’re gonna hunt for gems, Rarity. Though we let you live, I suspect that you’re scared of me. I’m fairly keen, given time, you will know fear. We don’t sympathize, we don’t need to go there. It’s no fair? You can save it till you’re done. I'm'a say it till the sun comes up that we don’t care. We know there’s a cache where this mine ends. We being nice, we ASK you to find gems. Am I clear? You might like your life here, But if I hear whines tonight, you might die here. We the diamond dogs, our dog diamonds Glimmer underneath the dim of the earth and keep shining. So keep an eye on your rocks, or you'll get rocked on. These dogs are off of the leash, and you'll get dogged on. Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? We let the dogs out! Better climb if you find yourself lost here. We the canines that dine upon raw fear. We the diamond dogs, our dog diamonds Glimmer underneath the dim of Earth and keep shining. So keep an eye on your rocks, or you'll get rocked on. These dogs are off of the leash, and you'll get dogged on. Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? We let the dogs out! Better climb if you find yourself lost here. We the canines that dine upon raw fear. So get to work cause time rests for no dog. The show’s on and we work till the bone raw. So no thoughts on running or that faux pas. Those thoughts tend to cause us to show claws We show raw gems off to let The henchmen get a clue on which dogs are best. In all this mess, you crash through, all upset, And expect us to show you our respect? Nah. [Niko] We are Diamond Dogs. Greet us and die on the spot. Feel the heat of the beat that we ride and we rock. Yeah. Come on! Speaking of rocks, it's time to roll out, You dig, we're Transformium, ride like robots. Spitting lava, subterranean royalty. Volcanic canine kings in a loyal team. We're rough, raw, and tough, got the stuff y'all Thought were dumb bluffs and all just talk. Tick-tock, your time is running out, And by the time you notice, you'll find that we're running out: Precious rocks and gems dug right out under your snout. We'll get the loot raids done when the true canines run. Chains undone, fury unleashed, Hurry up son, cause we wanna finish up here. You wanna leave, that's fine, because so do we, But you're going empty-hoofed, cause we won't be! Let's go. [Blitz] We the diamond dogs, our dog diamonds Glimmer underneath the dim of Earth and keep shining. So keep an eye on your rocks, or you'll get rocked on. These dogs are off of the leash, and you'll get dogged on. Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? We let the dogs out! Better climb if you find yourself lost here. We the canines that dine upon raw fear. We the diamond dogs, our dog diamonds Glimmer underneath the dim of Earth and keep shining. So keep an eye on your rocks, or you'll get rocked on. These dogs are off of the leash, and you'll get dogged on. Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? Who let the dogs out? We let the dogs out! Better climb if you find yourself lost here. We the canines that dine upon raw fear.
4.
[Niko] Yo. Buffalo Brony keeping it true in MLP clothing brands. Especially Ditzy Doo hoods. I'm repping the OG's in The hood. We're original Gummy's with this old school street crap, Like we ain't got no teeth; spit straight up real rap. Heh. You're rather flawed compared to a brony. Got other shots? No? I'm open to rocks you throw at me. Nah, you won't land a pop, bro. You think that you're hot? So what? You ain't got me on ropes. The ones hanging around are all you haters like a cockroach. It's hard to kill you, but until you die, I will continue to write murderous lyrics in my Ill mind like pesticide, but I'll also step on you nonstop. We bronies stomping on you squares like it's hopscotch. Been here for a bit. I'm legit, so my print and my spit is like symbols of Ra. I'm fresh, got their awe, like Ursa, I roar. I'm fishing for all the spitters who are raw. Egyptian hieroglyphics in my talk. Ancient, like in the time of the gods. I'm bringing it back with Alicorn magic under the title of Pony Rap God. [Vylet Pony] I think it's time you understood what we're all about. All this love and this tolerance crap? No, don't even run your mouth. Damn, you can't even keep peace in your neighborhood, And you really expect adult men to practice the greater good? Well good, cause not everybody can teach you about honesty. You wouldn't have enough of that loyalty. All the things you've been talking about saying that we so desperately shout In our efforts to keep haters out? Well then Zaya, show them out. [Korupt] It might be time for me to touch wack, but fuck that. When the haters start talking, it's time to bust back. I shouldn't say it... but I'ma say it. Screw the love and tolerance when it comes to playing My rap game. Haters still trying to tap fame. Dark night to the pony haters; call me bat-mane. A bit harsh, but I've got some screws loose. Just know you fuckers can't hang like a loose noose [Aoshi] Bet you're talking garbage, trying to steal some of our thunder. Some of you prey like a demon; I pray that you get pulled under. Darkening path like Everfree. Don't fucking turn your back on me With Chrysalis arts, dark arts, all your spells are just sparks. Feeling like you cracked. Your Mirror Pool's gone black. "Go on, stare." We say. See if I ever come back. Yeah, you can call me a fag; I rep pastel colored ponies, But I ain't gonna be your bitch, bitch. Motherbucker, blow me. Yeah, I tolerated the guff. Stuff it, cream puff and get rough. Keep us out of your mouth. Yeah, enough is enough. This is a Spitfire glare from a guy twice your size About to kick your ass from that dirty shit you rationalize. Look at these blank flanks, man. You get down and you tease. You make them cower, learn the world on their knees. You keep playing that stage. Truth I'm telling, "Nah, but get good." Keep your damn hate out of my motherbucking hood. I'm out. Alright.
5.
[Niko] Years later, nopone's gunned down. Ran around, but nopone's run out. Great, but each show knows sundown, Like a rainbow pone who's once crowned Queen of Speed. First in the race, But it seems that weak hurts and pains Add up. Weeks and years worth of aches Built up. Now I'm burned out an break- Ing down. Taking downers all just to fake I'm fine. And I feel the way that ponies do when they can't find A way. I wanna belong, so I must, go and take away Myself and find somewhere else cause I know I'll break someday. So, no! I don't know what I want now. All I know is I'll go, cause I'm not proud Of what I am, of what I've done, Of what I can't do cause I can't run; I can't climb; I can't fly! I can't live without that so I can die, I can't tie myself cause I'm so scared, but one thing I know for sure is that had I Listened to my friends and taken a break Once in a while I would've been okay, but I didn't, now I'm paying in pain... The lesson is that if I had been a much better friend, I'm sure we would've made it together until the end. [LilyCloud] I am here today, and I am here to say, "Over ten years late, in you heart I will remain. No matter what you do, I will be here for you. Through the storm and seas, be here for me." [Niko] Ten years, still fear, yes, sincere, when I get near friends, I get weird. Don't get near my career's business: keep off like a clearance. Pinkie peers into the boutique. I'm thinking spears sink in my own meek Emotions. Overflow like an ocean so I freeze up: frozen tongue in cheek. I think, "Queer. Pinkie's never come to the shop." I drop my cloth just to greet her. She's not what Pinkie once was, so she probably thought she could lock and conceal her- Self in a boutique stock full of mirrors, case she was caught and opted to flee when A cop came to knock her unconscious to a hospital doctor for her shock treatment. Was it a shock to me? No, she'd used to visit here constantly. Though I'm glad she thought of me, but I already called the cops to be on and keep low. So goes the story of Pinkamena Diane Pie. Deoxyribonucleic acid dianti- Stimulants were delivered desperately as she ran by. I never saw her till her funeral time passed by. As I thought back to the promises we had made when We were younger, what would've happened if we had made them. [LilyCloud] I am here today, and I am here to say, "Over ten years late, in you heart I will remain. No matter what you do, I will be here for you. Through the storm and seas, be here for me." [Niko] Ten to the tenth thousand years later, when I think back to the times we'd say that Friendship is magic, well that shit went out of fashion and faded. Bring it forward once more, onward to the future where I shoot from one star Up onto using pens on rosters, but I think stupid things in my thoughts are Bothering me, starting to be cognitively Dropping to me: Jaw-droppingly Bad. But I do think that Stopping to see facts probably can heal the sad- Ness. Life is a game, a Game of Thrones: I won it. "I'm the world champ, ya'know!" The Game of Life, I'm just a piece but I want it To end in a tie, more specifically in a knot, Cause who knew a noose wouldn't do, but in actuality it's just cause I'm practically mad at the fact that I cannot back up To the past but I can attack a pack of dragons, Only packed with a couple of bags of apples, but I can't crack my back, or I'll fracture a black hole up upon Canterlot, in the Capitol Castle. I wanna say I wanna go, but I think of the Queendom. Look at the thing I've become, like a beacon Of hope. So I guess I just can't go without leaving a closing statement... "Why am I alone when we were supposed to make it..." [LilyCloud] I am here today, and I am here to say, "Over ten years late, in you heart I will remain. No matter what you do, I will be here for you. Through the storm and seas, be here for me."
6.
[Niko] Hey y'all~ Can you feel the heat, cause I'm kind sick of it, Making me sweaty and making my body reek, and it Bothers me that I speak of it lightly, but I can dream that it Might be the reason I'm tired of trying, can't I be at rest? Would I be the best? Would I do the apple bucking? If I'm not caught, probably not tackle nothing. Honestly, the lot of us are acting tough and Shoving all your love in something can actually add to nothing. But that's another thing, never been my bell to ring, Clever little sister can handle just about anything, I'm gonna go slack off, back off heading in The bend of the river cause I don't ever gotta pack stuff~ The lack of work is worth it, picture perfect, curving With the river; swerving per the turn of measures in the music And learning to treasure. Using the body forever as a tool And putting pressure will never ever be the way that I do~ It may be wrong for you, but Applejack' can handle that, Lazy like an albatross, but dependable after act- Ing wack and stacking work on others, asking brother for a hat. In the end, I'll come a-running, but other than that, I'm singing- [Dr. Dycer] Well, it’s hard, But, hey, that’s just how life is from the start. Just know, These bonds, like seeds to stem, will grow! Just take a little honesty, and you’ll see, These roots will dig down deeper Than anything you’ve ever possibly seen. Woah~ Just take a little honesty and, you know, These fruits you reap will be sweeter Than any of the hardship that you sow! Woah~ [Niko] It's pro'ly time now, Granny will come looking in my hideout, Time to sign out 'fore I'm found out, It's a little rundown, but it's sundown, And I don't wanna work on anything right now. Wake up in the morn', moan more, sleep, snore, Circle through cycle and slip away just to dream more, Quit bein' a big bore, Big Mac, big bro... What? I gotta get away so I can sleep more! I'll hear the news later! I'll get the newspaper, But I just gotta detour to this new cedar, But I'll be right back promise of a crusader! I just gotta take a short nap, so see you later! And later it is, I'm heading to the house now, But why is everypony dressed up in their blouse gowns, It's true that while I was around town, there wasn't a crowd, how Did everyone end up in my house- Ow! Sorry! Hold up, I gotta push through! There's and commotion and I got rush to whatever it is that's such news! Applebloom? What's that, is that a new food? Wait, is that...? [Dr. Dycer] Well, it’s hard, But, hey, that’s just how life is from the start. Just know, These bonds, like seeds to stem, will grow! Just take a little honesty, and you’ll see, These roots will dig down deeper Than anything you’ve ever possibly seen. Woah~ Just take a little honesty and, you know, These fruits you reap will be sweeter Than any of the hardship that you sow! Woah~ Just take a little honesty, and you’ll see, These roots will dig down deeper Than anything you’ve ever possibly seen! Woah~ Just take a little honesty and, you know, These fruits you reap will be sweeter Than any of the hardship that you sow! Woah~ Just take a little honesty, and you’ll see, These roots will dig down deeper Than anything you’ve ever possibly seen! Woah~ Just take a little honesty and, you know, These fruits you reap will be sweeter Than any of the hardship that you sow! Woah~ Just take a little honesty! Woah~ A little honesty! Woah~ Just take a little honesty! Woah~ A little honesty! Woah~
7.
[Niko] When I'm feeling the heat like this, My inner beatbox' beat speeds up and it feeds on it. Keep talking to myself to keep calm; con- Fident, but deep down, I feel awkward. A deep breath and a beat chest can feel like your King Kong on the beach of Skull Island! But me? Keeping it real, I'm still real childish, Cause I meant reel, as in real nauseous! Though I fear I'm three cautious. Two isn't enough for me on this. One second can seem like eons when They all stare at me to get started, But it's part of how I am, and I can't Part with what I have. In the end, All of it stops and I'm calm like... it's alright... So, watch while I walk in the spotlight! [Flittzy] So follow me today. I'll show another way. Don't need to run too fast. It's okay to finish last. I know there's something out there. I know that life's just not fair, But keep on hoping, that's how You'll find a way make it right. Can't stop to run away and hide. This dream's about to hit the spotlight! [Niko] Now, I’m in this, and I’m thinking Maybe this was a bit crazy 'Cause just jumping in doesn't fix Something itself, but now it’s A little bit too late to back down. So I gotta go on, make the first sound. When I breathe in and they all hear it. I’m feeling I’m about the pass out. But I keep at it! Every note’s another beat added, And I feel the melody passing Through me, and, afterwards, hear clapping. Even though… It's part of me. I still fear It’ll always be, but I’m here With dreams and an audience all night, So watch while I’m in the spotlight! La da da~ da da da da~ [Flittzy] So follow me today. I'll show another way. I know there's something out there. I know that life's just not fair, But keep on hoping, that's how You'll find a way make it right. Can't stop to run away and hide. This dream's about to hit the spotlight!

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