In 2022, AmoralPhat40oz linked me up with a rock band called Ask An Adult. The resulting track became known as Feedback Loop, a song about maintaining a positive outlook on life no matter what your obstacle may be.

Music: Ask An Adult
Lyrics: Particle Don
Audio Mixing and Artwork: AmoralPhat40oz

Imagine. A savage.
Sleepin’ in the dirt, eatin’ nothin’ but grass shreds.
Roughshod, untamed.
Takin’ mass meds to quell disembodied voices in his head.

This is the man in the next apartment.
Don’t need a reason, he’ll just fight and start shit.
This is the man rootin’ through your garbage.
Lookin’ for a disk or a Genesis cartridge
to pawn at the Record Exchange.
This is a man with a lot goin’ on in his brain.
Goin’ on a monologue like Sami Zayn.

Standin’ near a barrel with a flame.
Warmin up his cold hands, tryin’ to burn away the pain.
A lifetime of battlin’ against the grain.
Just to make what amounts to nothing more than shake.

Nothing more than a stray crumb on his plate.
Many years, clocked in at 9 and left at 8.
But tonight he will eat dinner alone.

Gotta give it to the ones that gave it all they had, just to
get swept under the rug, just like that.
It would truly be sad, checkered like plaid.
It would truly be sad, checkered like plaid.

Take the time to give back some way
to those that sacrificed their days.
Gave what could have been for what we were given.
Thankful for every moment that I’m livin.

Grateful for my family and friends.
Without them, life would be borin’.
I’m explorin’ every possibility I see worthy,
because the things I perceive are

manifested by my thoughts and actions.
Gainin’ traction with every new connection.
Every new idea. Tassels flyin’ in the wind like Rocky Maivia.

Think, therefore I am. Got a plan, man.
Change my world with every thought and action.
Don’t get caught in a feedback loop of
negative thoughts and derogative tunes.

Never get caught in a feedback loop of
negative thoughts. There is more to you.

Brainstorm things you would never pay for.
Picture those that every day wanted more of the
things you could never imagine.
People out there do things that you couldn’t fathom.

That’s why you gotta focus on ways you can
blaze new trails, give well-due praise to
those that raised us, no matter the dangers.
Love rangers make positive changes at

any opportunity. Focus on unity.
Enjoy impunity and active immunity from
poison thoughts that prevent progress.

Draw from experience with style and finesse.
Play chess with your demons, make their cheeks blush red.
Yes, we just said drop the pain and stress, just
breathe deep in the two lungs in your chest.

Take a step back, give it another hack.
Think about what went wrong the first pass.
This time, you will succeed at last. And
if you don’t, you’ll know you gave it your best

You’ll know that you gave a damn. Threw it down and
slammed what you had on your notepad. Every
transaction. Put your thoughts in action.

Take the time to give back some way
to those that sacrificed their days.
Gave what could have been for what we were given.
Thankful for every moment that I’m livin’.

Grateful for my family and friends.
Without them, life would be borin’.
I’m explorin’ every possibility I see worthy,
because the things I perceive are

manifested by my thoughts and actions.
Gainin’ traction with every new connection.
Every new idea. Tassels flyin’ in the wind like Rocky Maivia.

Think, therefore I am. Got a plan, man.
Change my world with every thought and action.
Don’t get caught in a feedback loop of
negative thoughts and derogative tunes.

Never get caught in a feedback loop of
negative thoughts. There is more to you.

Never get caught in a feedback loop of negative thoughts.
There is more to you.
Go explore the zoo known as the earth.
Our planet is worth more than the dearth it’s given.

Now it’s up to us to take back power.
Move the needle of progress.
Vote with your wallet! Vote with your wallet!
Never support those who habitually transgress.