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Paradox/Nazo

Moment Joon, Fisong

Sometimes 믿지 못했어 거울안에 비치는 모습이

相反する I understand 息を吐き吸うように

自分の中にもう1人いて

波に逆らうように泳ぐ

I'm like a paradox

I'm a paradox

Sometimes 믿지 못했어 거울안에 비치는 모습이

相反する I understand 息を吐き吸うように

自分の中にもう1人いて

波に逆らうように泳ぐ

I'm like a paradox

I'm a paradox

Alone at the top of the mountain that I built, going loco

Guess I should broaden my circle

But not when I got few relationships I gotta fucking square up

You suggest I should soften my edge, ok fair enough

I let them in, I invite

I'm scared and I'm thrilled that they make me feel alive

Tho I still hate it when some of them tryna enlighten me

Honestly I wish someone could have guided me

Do I need a scapegoat or a hero

Either way that man is in the mirror

Man, you look like a type of guy who's ready to give the world your statement

Full of visions, yet barely out your mom's basement

But it's not like things are better here over ground

I've met your future heroes, they quarrel over crowns

And seats and thrones

They've been robbing poor souls who just

Seek their homes, in airpods and headphones

They remind me of you, live and die by rappers' words

But now I see it's a pure extortion man, it really hurts

But then again, it is not like I'm against getting yens

I just want look like I don't care, guess I'm worse

Self irony is in fashion

Should I treat this as a pure transaction?

So anytime when they feel like they're deceived

I can flash my Yukicheese and tell them I got receipts

Play the damn game or be played

Either go to hall of fame or be Thanos'ed then you fade

But it wasn't like this at the start

I should rediscover what really moves my heart

In that regard yeah I'm moving forward, though I'm walking backwards

Bumping drill beats while rapping like Wez Atlas

Sometimes 믿지 못했어 거울안에 비치는 모습이

相反する I understand 息を吐き吸うように

自分の中にもう1人いて

波に逆らうように泳ぐ

I'm like a paradox

I'm a paradox

Sometimes 믿지 못했어 거울안에 비치는 모습이

相反する I understand 息を吐き吸うように

自分の中にもう1人いて

波に逆らうように泳ぐ

I'm like a paradox

I'm a paradox

  • Lyricist

    Moment Joon, Fisong

  • Composer

    LUCAS QUINN

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    Way Back/Ne&Kizu

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  • 2

    Robbin' Time/Chou

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  • 3

    Warawasenna/Chou

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  • 4

    Problematic/Waku (feat. DSXTX)

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  • 5

    Enough/Hun

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  • 6

    Blood/Chi

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  • 7

    Waru/Aku

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  • 8

    Japanese Realism/Kyo

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    Paradox/Nazo

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  • 10

    Human Links/Kei

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  • 11

    Too Young/Aoi

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  • 12

    Dreams Don't Die pt.2/Mu

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  • 13

    Light/Ki (feat. DJ FUL)

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A collaborative album by rappers Moment Joon and Fisong, active in Osaka. As immigrants and Zainichi Koreans, they freely traverse Japanese, English, and Korean in their lyrics, bouncing over a soundscape that represents today's hip-hop, encompassing everything from Drill to Neo-Boom Bap, Crunk, Lo-fi, and Detroit styles. The album is a perfect blend of homage to the history of hip-hop and unprecedented innovation, comprising 13 tracks that breathe both the new and the old. It touches on music, roots, anger, politics, Japan, trauma, self-reflection, history, guilt, hope, and the human connections that generate all these elements. The Hip-Hop Album is born out of the connection between two individuals who are different yet similar.

Artist Profile

  • Moment Joon

    Moment Joon (GROW UP UNDERGROUND RECORDS / HOPE MACHINE FACTORY) Born in South Korea and based in Osaka, Moment Joon is an immigrant rapper who has been releasing music in Japanese since 2011. He began performing under the name Moment Joon in 2019. His breakthrough album Passport & Garçon was hailed as the dawn of a new era for conscious rap in Japan, drawing widespread attention. Driven by an ongoing pursuit of hope, he founded his own label HOPE MACHINE FACTORY in 2023 and released the collaborative album Only Built 4 Human Links with emerging artist Fisong. Recent notable works include Survive & Celebrate(with EASTA & hokuto), .K.N.K.R. (with SATUSSY), Cuz I Love (myself), and Blues In My Heart featuring D-SETO, DJ cer0, and 9JACK. He also showcased a new artistic dimension by contributing his track Flowers with the Thorns and its music video to the 30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT). Alongside his music career, Joon is also active as a writer in Japanese. He published the semi-autobiographical novel SANDAI (Three Generations) and the essay collection Nihon Imin Nikki (The Diary of a Japanese Immigrant) from Iwanami Shoten. He is currently serializing a new column titled Gaijin Hourouki (A Strangers Wandering Chronicle) on Web Iwanami.

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    Moment Joonの他のリリース

  • Fisong

    Fisong, born in 2001 in Osaka, is currently active with a crew named B.R.S. In August 2021, he released a mixtape titled 'Ain't no Gone' on Soundcloud. That same year, he featured on 'STRICT' from the EP 'Mixtape My Origin' by producer kptal. In December of the same year, he released the music video 'Art.2021' on the YouTube channel of Japanese Hip-Hop media PRKS9. In December 2022, he released his first single 'For my reason', and in May 2023, he released his second single 'Real Talk', featuring KAMBO from South Korea. His latest release, 'I think', came out in June 2023.

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HOPE MACHINE FACTORY

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