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I'm alive, I can feel the blood
Rushin' through my veins
An' that's all I need to know
'Cuz I'm not lookin' for a change
'Cuz I got friends and enemies
But it just don't bother me
'Cuz as long as I believe I can breath
Metamorphosis, Battle Axe fortress
Four hundred horsepower, full moon the sorceress
Swollen Members and my girl NF
The Predators and the Terminator, the track's called 'Breath'
Why hurt 'em later? We can do so much damage, now
Come, track 'em when I hit 'em so much garbage around
Yells, bells and whistles like the carnival sounds
Phenomenal adrenaline from the words of my mouth
How did Shane manage to rap with brain damage?
I'm fat, remain famished and stacked
You're playing with a praying mantis

In fact you're gigantic, you sink like Titanic
Panic attack act up and I'm a masta
Crash is a disaster, smash like Master Blaster
Punka, rankle monster wants to stop ya
Crush 'em 'cuz I'm vain, crush 'em, none remains
Will tomorrow be the same? Blood rushing through my veins
I'm alive, I can feel the blood
Rushin' through my veins
An' that's all I need to know
'Cuz I'm not lookin' for a change
'Cuz I got friends and enemies
But it just don't bother me
'Cuz as long as I believe I can breath
I know this before I knew how to
Now we are on this point to do
What a deeper subject to do
Better it be easy or not to do
I know this before I knew how to
Now we are on this point do do
What a deeper subject to do
Better it be easy or not to do
I savor the mouth
I'm like the Krispy Kreme conveyor belt
With the synth notes Swollen like a lympth node
We went from instro to intro to in-store
Coincidentally, messin' up your mental state
We making pens blow as if I'm sent to pay
Me and my kinfolk pretend to
Nobody can do it like your man, Mok
My band's dope the tracks flow
I'm beautiful, that's for sho
The Harmony Queen, the Decibel Kings
Never knew but we were born to do incredible things
I let a ring like freedom swings letters from my jaw
Twenty six in the mix and we do it better than y'all
I'm a Neanderthal, you're bound to fall
I'm born to brawl, we warned you all
And sworn to y'all, it's wonderful, the underworld
Beautiful minds tryin' to keep it independent in recruitable times
I'm alive, I can feel the blood
Rushin' through my veins
An' that's all I need to know
'Cuz I'm not lookin' for a change
'Cuz I got friends and enemies
But it just don't bother me
'Cuz as long as I believe I can breath
I'm alive, I can feel the blood
Rushin' through my veins
An' that's all I need to know
'Cuz I'm not lookin' for a change
'Cuz I got friends and enemies
But it just don't bother me
'Cuz as long as I believe I can breath
We crashing through you, feel the magnitude
We crashing through inside of you
It has to do with how you do your thing
Be true to only you
Moka always telling you
Just take your soul and talent to
The next plateau and balance who you try to think
No time to lose
I'm alive, I can feel the blood
Rushin' through my veins
An' that's all I need to know
'Cuz I'm not lookin' for a change
'Cuz I got friends and enemies
But it just don't bother me
'Cuz as long as I believe that I can breath

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Swollen Members was founded in the mid-1990s by Vancouverites Mad Child, Prevail and Moka Only. Having begun a solo career while living in San Francisco, California, Mad Child returned to Vancouver for some work. There he met Prevail and Moka Only, working as partners and making a name together on Canada's West coast hip hop community. The trio saw each other's abilities, thought they heard opportunity knocking, and joined together under the name Swollen Members. Soon after, however, Moka Only decided he wanted to pursue a solo career and left the group.

In 1996, Mad Child and Prevail went to the B-Boy Summit in San Diego, California, where Mad Child won several rap battles and was initiated into the Rock Steady Crew, legendary to the hip hop/b-boy scene. The Crew is held in great respect as hip hop's highest collective - to join one must win a contest of skill against one of the highest ranked members. Swollen Members is one of only three rap groups affiliated with Rock Steady.

That same year, the duo began recording their first tracks, with help from many of their friends from the scene - MCs, DJs, and producers, including Rob the Viking. Rob would continue to work with the group through the years, eventually joining them later. From the praise they were receiving, they decided it was time to release their material as a group. With the subsequent release of three 12" singles on Mad Child's record label Battleaxe Records, the group quickly established themselves in the scene and built a respectable following. The next logical step was to release an album, which was titled Balance and released in 1999.

Balance received wide critical acclaim and has been claimed by the band to have sold in excess of 50,000 copies. Featuring collaborations with artists such as Everlast, Divine Styler, and Dilated Peoples, the album also netted Swollen Members the 2001 Juno Award for Best Rap Recording.

Following Balance, Swollen Members recorded and released Bad Dreams, which successfully dodged the so-called "sophomore curse" many artists suffer upon their second release. Bad Dreams was released on November 13, 2001, featuring guests such as Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Son Doobie, Joey Chavez, and former member Moka Only. Like their debut, Bad Dreams was surprisingly successful for an independent rap album and brought Swollen Members global acclaim. Surprisingly, it appealed to both underground and mainstream audiences, with several singles reaching platinum status in Canada.

The album also earned Swollen Members their second Juno Award, and four MuchMusic Video Awards. The group continues to tour, visiting every major market possible and performing hundreds of shows a year; some with nearly 15,000 audience members. The media continues to give their music and live shows excellent coverage around the globe, and both new and old singles receive solid airplay on college and commercial radio. Their tracks have also been featured in a multitude of films, television programs, extreme sports videos, commercials, video games (especially games produced by Electronic Arts, which has a studio in their hometown of Vancouver), and compilation albums, the sales of which total in the millions when combined.

Swollen Members have appeared on numerous television shows, in addition to having several of their live shows televised. Like their singles, their music videos have been heavily played on both the Canadian MuchMusic and the American MTV, as well as on many independent video shows.

2002's Monsters in the Closet, their third release, brought them greater fame than ever before. Where Moka Only and Rob the Viking had only peripherally assisted the duo before, they now became official members of the group. Monsters included several unreleased tracks and remixes, as well as collaborations from fellow British Columbian Nelly Furtado and Saukrates of Def Jam. Production credits included Evidence from Dilated Peoples.

2003 brought Heavy, released yet again to critical acclaim and powerful sales, despite dismal video play time on MuchMusic. The band considers it the bridge between their underground origins and their potential for fame. Unfortunately the album was controversial among Swollen Members' fanbase. Many fans claim that Swollen Members have removed many elements of their style which had awarded them in the past. The lines were drawn between fans who began to listen to Swollen Members when Monsters in the Closet came out and fans attracted by the earlier two albums (especially Balance). They continue to tour, playing both local and international shows to the delight of their hometown fans.

In 2005 Moka Only decided to break off from the group for a second time and continue work on his solo career.

In 2006 Swollen Members released their fifth full album, Black Magic. It is understood that Mad Child and Prevail made an attempt to return to their previously critically acclaimed style and method. Their previous album Heavy was seen by the band as a disappointment, and isn't listed on their official site discography.

In August 2006, Swollen Members released their new single "Put Me On - Feat. Everlast" off of their new album, "Black Magic".

Their next CD is scheduled to be released at the end of the summer of 2008. According to the band's website, Mad Child will soon release a solo album.

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