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A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later North America, Australia and North Africa.

Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides. The form was often used by poets and composers from the 18th century onwards to produce lyrical ballads. In the later 19th century it took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and the term is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.

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I’m the one who sits out in the crowd,
My presence is felt so low but loud,
Break was took but now it’s back,
Someone’s flip tricks are ready to attack.
Forcing gold’s like pushing out a log,
The journey sucks but the result will clog.
The brain, the john, and all between
The sane, and the con and the bitter mean.
Vicious, fulfilling wishes,
No goodbye kisses without the misses.
This might seem like a BQ ballad,
But broken down it’s just another word salad.
Good luck charms coming from the rock of shams,
Don’t make sense of this ghost rhyme jam.
Black and white keys are played evenly,
So sit back relax so pleasantly.

Ben's up at IUP
We're chilling in the G-Burg

Style and skill yes: that is what you lack.
My rhymes: a synonym for aphrodisiac.
Taking college classes but nothing specific,
Discussing the age of the Neolithic,
Let me break it down for you simple and plain,
Burly can’t be beat and that’s a damn shame,
Do what you must yet have no regrets.
Live the life you dream of but do not forget
About your roots, your fam, and the ones you love,
If you do, you’ll be miserable when push comes to shove.
We’re the cream of the crop, the crème de la crème,
If you step to us, I eat your brain stem.
Nah just joking, I’m non-violent,
While listening to us take notes and keep silent.

Rain falls down in the drains of your brain,
Turbulence is here to bring down your plane.
Remember the titans and get enlightened,
Fear those who try to make you feel so frightened.
Unforgivable like bombing Japan,
The doctrine prescribed by Harry Truman.
Head to head, now there’s two more dead.
Just listen to words that Dr. King said.
High above a kingdom, you seem invincible,
Down on the ground, they’re all still miserable.
Come on down, you’re the next contestant,
They’re used, abused, practically molested.
Singing “We don’t need no education”
We’re taking over your radio station.
Burly Quasar’s here to entertain ya,
Straight out the state of Pennsylvania.

Ben's up at IUP
We're chilling in the G-Burg

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from The Gettysburg Address, released October 7, 2008

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