Expert: Randy Wood - 11/16/2007

Question
I have been trying to figure out the name and artist of a christian rap song I heard years ago on one of the 7-Ball Gas Collections (the orange or yellow one, I believe).  Maybe you could help me out.  The lyrics (or some close semblence to them, with parts I can't remember _____ed out).
I was put in the mix 'bout 86 and ever since,
I ran from his plan toi further mans understanding
through expansion of mind, heart body and soul controlled
by the deity of me, formed as when the son of prodigy speaks.
Bonified BMC, ____________
Of my location, operation, formation, completion.
Maybe my mental release is down pieces still,
Nashville, _______, where I chill on the real and I
ponder the thoughts, all the money spent on
useless things I bought, afro wigs and courtney cox dolls,
framed pictures of richard ____ robinson,
how could I be so thick?
You could drive a trolley through my folley.
_________________
I glimpse to open hands instead of reprimanding, fed me.
Said "we can journey to places distant and far off"
__________ "First I need to drop my car off.
(Hook)
I'm coming home daddy.  Make sure you keep the gate open,
I'm loosing from my earthly pleasure daddy - coming home.
I'm coming home daddy, meet me outside,
Meet me with your arms extended daddy, I'm coming home.

The smell of seals, a bird and a monkey,
mixed with the stench of junky best describes my kinda funky.
Spunky spastic, your life can't recycled why you living plastic?  Your insides are all dirty why does the outside look fantastic?
Devil couldn't wait to get his hands on you.
Conformed you, turned your gold to ore on you, now shame on you.
Made a dame of you, you say whatever, well the same to you.
Splittin' like an atom, I got things to do.
Do who, you?  Me too? my desires expire.
Dismiss my richest days in heavenly interest.
Swiss account type interest, no mans hands can touch.
Uncorrupted, with the purest of innocence and such
mindset.  Not in agreeance with all of my piece.
Absence of scams, _______, no merchants heeped knee deep.
They cram to understand the faith of this man,
Until then, with comprehension of a sin free lifestyle, lil' child. I'm coming home, where I know it's gonna be easier pleasing you daddy, I'm coming home.
(Hook)

Answer
I couldn't find anything with that title. Here's the only info I can find on the now defunct 7-Ball folk; hopefully something "clicks" and one of these is it. Metal (since Iron Butterfly's "Inna Gadda da Vita" -- and I'm really dating myself there) is not my strong suite. You can ask again, if you want, and I'll kick it into the pool of experts to see if someone else can help.

7-Ball Gas Sampler Vol. 3

Tracks: 18
Total time: 62:58
Year: 1997
Disc-ID: rock / 060ec812
 
 

1. Sixpence None the Richer / Love 3:54
2. Common Children / Eyes of God 3:22
3. Every Day Life / Pushing 2:35
4. Fold Zandura / Deep Surround 3:19
5. Model Engine / Scarred But Smarter 4:23
6. Value Pac / Nothing 3:04
7. Rose Blossom Punch / A Step Into The Dark 4:01
8. Blackball / All God's Children 2:49
9. Jennifer Knapp / Undo Me 3:21
10. Ghoti Hook / My Bike 3:18
11. Soulfood 76 / Heavy 2:40
12. Havalina Rail Co. / Twilight Zone 4:33
13. The Corbans / Claim 3:28
14. The Huntingtons / Alison's The Bomb 2:32
15. All Star United / Bright Red Carpet 3:50
16. Dear Ephesus / Portrait 4:38
17. Living Sacrifice / Reject 3:33
18. P.O.D. / One Day 3:38


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7-Ball Gas Sampler Vol. 4
(Yellow One)

1.Sucker Punch - Five Iron Frenzy (3:48)
2.Someday - Plankeye (2:30)
3.Crimson for Downy Flake - Eager (4:39)
4.Save You - Broomtree (2:48)
5.Let's Go - Ruby Joe (3:36)
6.Lip Service - SHeeSh (3:07)
7.Either Way - Satellite Soul (3:51)
8.The Pretender - Quale (3:24)
9.Another Ten Miles (live bootleg) - Caedmon's Call (5:22)
10.What I Got - Zilch (3:06)
11.Whirlpool - The Merabies (3:08)
12.Prodigal Son - Rick Elias (4:28)
13.What Happens Next - Slick Shoes (2:22)
14.Jar - Send the Beggar (4:01)
15.Last Train - Holy Soldier (4:42)
16.There's No Christmas On The Moon - Thee Spioies (2:56)


Includes enhanced CD-ROM demo of Actual Reality
Total Run Time: (57:18)
Date: 1997
Label: N/A
Catalog #: N/A
Media: CD

Info: This is the sampler CD that comes with 7 Ball Magazine. It was packaged
with the November/December 1997 issue.
Vocals/Guitar: Scott Silletta
Guitar: Eric Balmer
Bass: Luis Garcia
Drums: Adam Ferry

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Number 5 - Black on right half, red colored
picture of screaming fan on left:

Gas Collection 5

Track Listing:

The Choir
"Yellow Skies" [Tattoo]
Jesus Music
"3-D" [Organic]
Chris Taylor
"Good Thing" [Rhythm House]
Tragedy Ann
"Waste" [Organic]
Symbiotica
"Chemical" [Graceland]
The Channelsurfers
"So Far Away" [Organic]
Speck
"Brilliant" [Bulletproof]
Sappo
"Taxidermy" [Organic]
Dime Store Prophets
"Soothsayer Speaks" [SaraBellum]
3 Car Pile-Up
"Parents" [Narrowpath]
Hokus Pick
"Faith, Hope, & Love" [Freedom]
Kyle Knapp
"I'll Wait" [Narrowpath]
Gotee Brothers
"Poetry, Prose, and Other Sundry Items: [Gotee]

Skatman Meredith
"Wrecking Ball"
Farewell To Juliet
"Seconds Count"

c 1997

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7 Ball - Gas Collection 6 album mp3 download

http://musicforum.org.ua/viewtopic.php?t=034db0f0c0f

1     Big Tent Revival - Rivalry mp3
2     Bon Voyage - Honeymoon mp3
3     Tim Taber - God Of Mine mp3
4     Joy Electric - Monosynth mp3
5     Dale Thompson & the Kentucky Cadillacs - The Road Less Traveled mp3
6     The Dingees - Bulletproof mp3
7     Reflescent Tide - Leaving mp3
8     Pep Squad - Angel mp3
9     Lloyd - Vapor mp3
10   The Electrics - Get to Heaven mp3
11   Send the Beggar - Matter mp3
12   Dryve - Thrifty Mr. Kickstar mp3
13   Cloud2Ground - Face 2 Face mp3
14   Outsiders - Everybody Get On Down mp3
15   Waterdeep - I Know the Plans mp3

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7-Ball Gas 11

Tracks: 15
Total time: 51:54
Disc-ID: misc / cf0c2f0f
 
 

1. The Insyderz / Paradise 3:20
2. Galactic Cowboys / Ants 4:05
3. Pep Squad / On That Day 4:34
4. Polarboy / I'll Try 2:24
5. Soul-Junk / May My Tongue Be Stuck Up On The Roof 2:40
6. Big Dog Small Fence / Rikki Fake 3:33
7. Daniel Amos / The Pool 3:49
8. Tasty Snack / Run Joseph Run 3:22
9. Redline / Confusion 3:36
10. Worldwide Message Tribe / Hypocrite 3:00
11. Martha's Wake / Razor Blade Girl 3:13
12. Officer Negative / The Fence 3:43
13. Project 85 / Pipedream 4:36
14. Just Visiting / Incense & Tie Dye 4:30
15. Tricycie / Enoch 1:29


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7-Ball Gas 12
Tracks: 15
Total time: 56:27
Disc-ID: rock / d40d410f
 
 

1. Five Iron Frenzy - All that is Good 3:23
2. Cross Movement - Cypha Next Day 4:59
3. Dumpster - Whose Sorrow Now 4:41
4. One Eighty - Tick-Tock 2:57
5. Ty Tabor - The Truth 4:31
6. Jesse and the Rockers - Fired Up 2:01
7. Stir - Little Love 6:02
8. Adam Again - Deep 4:17
9. Knowdaverbs - The Syllabus 4:05
10. Huntingtons - We Don't Care 2:03
11. Freeto Boat - Where Do We Go 4:21
12. Glisten - Mothership (Album Version) 4:12
13. Blah - 145 2:12
14. The Primroses - She Said 3:59
15. Rainchildren - Evergreen 2:44

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7-ball Collection (no # given)
Tracks: 15
Total time: 56:17
Disc-ID: rock / db0d370f
 
 

1. Slick Shoes / Angel 2:18
2. Johnny Q Public / Move 4:14
3. Broken Cedars / Station 3:30
4. John Reuben / Do Not 4:07
5. Ghoti Hook / Lullaby 4:02
6. Soul-Junk / Ill-m-i 3:31
7. Deitiphobia / Humanifesto 3:34
8. War Rocket AJAX / Don't Give Me That 2:45
9. Furthermore / Are You The Walrus? 3:32
10. Relient K / My Girlfriend 2:49
11. Thousand Foot Krutch / Supafly 3:40
12. Calibretto 13 / High Five 3:20
13. Mirakul Mafia / Plava of Da South 5:02
14. Tourniquet / Microscopic View 6:14
15. Superchic[k] / Barlow Girls 3:39

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7-Ball 1

Tracks: 17
Total time: 62:36
Disc-ID: blues / e00eb211
 
 

1. Smash Hit - All Star United 3:28
2. I love the Radio - Silage 3:06
3. Crazy - Plumb 2:54
4. Ode to Chin - Switchfoot 2:14
5. Fistful of Sand - Five Iron Frenzy 4:13
6. Everything I Hate - Smalltown Poets 3:12
7. Angel - Curious Fools 3:20
8. Life, Life, Life - Miss Angie 2:57
9. Just Say It - Kosmo Express 4:00
10. Break Hard the Wishbone - Sarah Mason 4:29
11. Nervous - Dryve 4:25
12. Everybody Please Join Hands - Say-So 3:56
13. Yeah, Sure, OK, Monet - Dime Store Prophets 3:33
14. New Years Day - Carolyn Arends 3:44
15. Mirage - Grits 4:07
16. After the Rain - Mancy A'Lan Kane 3:59
17. The Lord's Rest - Danielson Family 4:59

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7-Ball 18

Tracks: 15
Total time: 60:26
Year: 2000
Disc-ID: misc / d50e310f
 
 

1. Stavesacre / Sundown Motel 5:13
2. Jennifer Knapp / Into You 3:05
3. The Frantics / Not With A Bang 2:29
4. Sup The Chemist / Is This A Dream- 4:54
5. Stereo Deluxx / I Don't Know 4:04
6. Philmore / Our Finest Hour 4:21
7. Lost Dogs / Diamonds to Coal 3:44
8. Raiderz Of The Lost / U Will Know 4:34
9. Ultrabeat / Pure Heart 3:42
10. Thread / Misfits 3:43
11. Model Engine / Hang You Upside Down 4:09
12. Sick Of Change / Torn in Two 3:13
13. Jah Word / Heaven or Hell 3:39
14. Forty Save One / Something Fierce 5:29
15. Stickman Jones / You Will 4:07

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7-Ball 2

Tracks: 16
Total time: 69:37
Year: 1997
Disc-ID: misc / 01105a10
 
 

1. Jars of Clay / Flood (Electric) 3:13
2. Supertones / Resolution 4:41
3. Third Day / My Hope is You 4:16
4. Starflyer 59 / Harmony 4:21
5. Squad Five 0 / What I Believe 1:34
6. Brainwash Projects / Good Time Hotel 5:13
7. Circle of Dust / Chasm 4:14
8. The Electics / The Whole Shebang 2:20
9. Insyderz / This I Know 3:31
10. Staresacre / An Eclipsing 2:58
11. Christine Glass / Crazy All Around 4:30
12. Zilch / In The Sky (Ohio Mix) 3:30
13. The Altered / Low 2:04
14. Velour 100 / Clouds 3:15
15. Lounge Freak w/John Jonethis - Flood (7 Ball Mix) 6:07
16. Data 13:50

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7-Ball 9

Tracks: 16
Total time: 65:49
Year: 1998
Disc-ID: rock / d80f7510
 
 

1. The Electrics / Party Goin' On Upstairs 3:58
2. Skillet / Hey You, I Love Your Soul 3:00
3. Soulfood 76 / Get It Together 3:25
4. Poor Old Lu / Sometimes Cry 4:10
5. Echoing Green / Power Cosmic 4:40
6. Curious Fools / I Didn't Know 3:28
7. Flynn Adams Atkins / Sea Breeze 4:03
8. Morella's Forest / Separate 2:56
9. Rick Altizer / In L.A. 3:58
10. Wyrick / I Fall 3:36
11. Puller / Wishing 4:47
12. The Call / Criminal 4:21
13. Lil' Raskull / Wonder Years 4:34
14. One 80 / Climb a Tree 5:10
15. One Hundred Days / Sandals 5:41
16. unlisted / Hidden Track 4:02 (Same as 7, but music only)

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7-Ball 19

Tracks: 15
Total time: 57:47
Disc-ID: rock / e10d940f
 
 

1. Five Iron Frenzy / The Phantom Mullet 3:01
2. Philmore / Together 2:35
3. Ill Harmonics / Will I 3:59
4. Dicky Ochoa / Please Don't 4:49
5. Spark / Beyond the Sunset 3:28
6. MG! The Visionary / Compliments Of ... 3:44
7. Chris Taylor / Secret of the Universe 4:17
8. Project 86 / One-Armed Man 3:46
9. Room Full Of Walters / Snowfort 3:48
10. Jamie Rowe / Beautiful 4:33
11. Noggin Toboggan / To The Castle 1:36
12. Frankie Cutlass and the God Squad / Y2J 5:06
13. Atomic Opera / WinterLand 4:02
14. 100 Portraits / I Will Not Forget You 4:57
15. Edmund's Crown / Where You Find Love 4:06


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7-Ball 7

Tracks: 15
Total time: 54:32
Disc-ID: rock / b00ccf0f
 
 

1. Adonai - Supertones 3:28
2. See Through Me - Skypark 3:05
3. Potty Mouth - Danielson Famile 3:35
4. We're Getting Nowhere (Fast) - This Train 3:46
5. Jackie is an Athiest - Huntingtons 2:42
6. Journey - My Friend Stephanie 4:01
7. Pride In His Face - Spoken 3:07
8. I'll Be The One - Mancy A'lan Kane 5:25
9. It Must Be Wonderful - Outer Circle 2:31
10. Ballad of the Invisible Man - Johnny Respect 2:34
11. Strength - The Corbans 4:40
12. Love Eternal - Altar Boys 3:57
13. Hazel Would - Starflyer 59 2:55
14. 30 Seconds - Eden Regained 4:57
15. Load -Stellar Jets 3:49


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7-Ball 8

Tracks: 15
Total time: 56:26
Year: 1998
Disc-ID: rock / d60d400f
 
 

1. The Insyderz / A Good Sailor Knows 4:07
2. Sixpence None The Richer / Bouquet 3:07
3. Grits / Comin' Home 4:31
4. Terry Taylor / Mr. Flutter 3:49
5. The W's / The Devil Is Bad 3:42
6. The Halo Friendlies / Safe In The Cradle 3:57
7. Human / Read Your Mind 3:57
8. Room Full Of Walters / Laughing At The Ground 4:14
9. Scaterd Few / Twinkling of an Eye 1:56
10. Pocket Change / I Have Decided 2:16
11. Sierra Hart / Dance My Song For You 4:50
12. The Miscellaneous / Redemption 2:56
13. Bloodgood / Eat The Flesh 4:08
14. Miranda Stone / Nevertheless The Dog 4:31
15. The Plain Janes / Something Familiar 4:25


Blessings,
Randy