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1.	Last Testament 01:14	lyrics	buy track
...Rappers are mad corny I’d never fuck with em I’ve never been that horny/2 You’d need beer goggles Never been that desperate you’ll wake up next morning like damn they were half-stepping/4 You’re saturday night music Get your friends drunk And they said it was tight music/6 Im sunday morning Wake up to the light music And no it’s not religious i’m just making the right music/8 i flip symbols and dip into my own well you crabs imitate but couldn’t fit in my old shell/10 i pull gems from the deep you pull stems from your weed/ vast difference, this is the last instance/12 that i’ll even address them came from my vast deferens rappers are my sons you’ll pay for my transgressions/14 …my child support is lacing these damn lessons onto concrete tablets i’ve labeled my last testament/ 16
2.	Firewater 03:17	lyrics	buy track
(Hook) I’m water I drip a lot of, Hot shit its lava, Not just saliva Spit the fire The god given honor This is the pyre And it’s lit, lit, lit, lit — (verse) I took my problems face to face No john travolta just the cage I was locked up in a way now Stayed down, way down But then i rose up from the grave I knew i had to make a change You don’t know what i had to pay now (Break) (Verse) From the womb i was ripped And haven’t gotten home since But put a mic in my fist its holy matrimony/2 You couldn’t fuck with my clique Its only natural homie A different category Don’t know what happened to me/4 Whatever it was i’d say it’s habit forming Whatever you love battle for it/6 it runs thru my blood, I know i can’t ignore it, A different category I never have been normal/8 (Hook) (verse) feel like i’m from future Had to kill the old me like a looper I document the culture martha cooper So time im in the booth im goin super My alter ego an alien on my own planet I’ve fallen feeble and failing to meet my own standards Get all cerebral and frail im dealin with old patterns I call my people and wail until they can overstand it (what do they say?) Give it away give it away give it away now You’re giving it space to live in your brain Thats giving it weight now/ What does it take to get to the change Isn’t it strange how We get in the way, livin afraid Gimme the breakdown (Breakdown) (Hook)
3.	Energy 03:04	lyrics	buy track
(intro) I cant get caught up with these people that refuse to be …What they really could be They start confusing me/2 ...That shit’ll pull you down to a pool of disease Like what the fuck i’m doing I choose to be free/4 — (hook 1) When i show up to the spot Im ready to rock/ Cause i Protect my energy From the negative thought/6 And I don’t gotta be on top or Ahead of the flock/ Let em rot, Got something better to plot/8 — (hook 2) Stop, chasing attention, shit we all do it/ You know those people that makes plans that fall through and/10 I know nobody’s perfect, we all human/ And I ain’t trying be nit picking or arguing/12 — But you know what i’m taking about Some people never got the time Can’t talk to you now/14 No call nor text back Gotta drop that kinda shit Like ex-lax Please don’t stress that/16 Yeah, Gotta have esteem for myself like Yeah Cant be chasing no one else’s dream like Yeah/18 You know what i mean, (If) They playin with you, they aren’t on your team like that/20 (Chorus) Verse 2 You got people you follow hoping they see you If they don’t feed you, then they don’t need to/ Its kinda funny how social media’s see-thru But yet this fucked up standard we all agree to/ so we log on every day, Comparison game, That doesn’t spark a fire It buries the flame/ I had to cut it out my diet Im barely the same Protect your energy Dog, Cherish your brain/ Stop chasing attention we all do it You know those people who look great Are all human/ Don’t measure your worth with the wrong units And i aint trying to be nit picking or arguing Why should i let these people up in my space When they would never let em up in my face Why would i let somebody up in my head When they don’t give me time of day And we don’t break bread That shits dead (intro refrain) (hook 1)
4.	Rat Race 02:11	lyrics	buy track
bust the nuance, custom shoe on, the beat thumps/ turn a fuckin rapper to meat lumps with each month/2 … and every day of the week i leak bumps/ out the basement, you cats taste it, but lack patience/4 to replicate, turn this shit up, i bet ya neck’ll break/ respect the great, a check and a mate/ that’s what I get from making/6 classics, your previous attempts get smashed, kid/ infectious with the rap shit a treacherous passage/8 what these cats face/ ya tape is unacceptable like wearing blackface/ this ain’t no halloween festival/12 it’s a rat race, so keep your balance and schedule/ you in last place, my talents untestable, fuck/ (Chorus) You know i stay fitted up, Shit on critics and such I know I’m dope fool Aint no need to piss in a cup/ I did enough work, stages get murked I go berzerk with a verse Put my dick in the dirt and didn’t squirt/ 4 So its still fuck the planet Or at least the people on it Make a hater vomit Hit world like a comet/6 Super sonic, Breakin barriers with phonics/ Trying to see my face up on the paper like the chronic/8 Since the 2 g, i grew to do this with ease, first i heard it as a shorty Now fulfillin the dream/ I still believe Still recording Trying to build me a scheme No longer swimming with goldfish I filter my stream/ Upper echelon cat stretch em on wax Break ya back To the Metronome snaps Catch a long nap/ I keep the pressure on Fresher on tracks/ I don’t smoke But in the lab You’re the one that catch a contact/
5.	Loaves & Fishes 02:31	lyrics	buy track
the most official to hold a fistful of cold initials that drop/2 somethin like throwin fishfood to a bowl of wishful young souls that wish for those golden crystals/4 that loaves and fishes for the starving that cold and miserable with a heartbeat/ that never gave up yet and prolly not gonna be cold day in hell if it’s not our summer/4 no way to tell til your spot got run up rollin thru the city like i’m playin top gunna/ yeah i’m movin slow but at least i’m not runnin/ just a young boy creepin on a come up, run em/ gimme the kicks, i wanna get my thrill/ been in the mix since 06 so chill/ jimminy christmas, that shit so real/ and your shit isn’t shit if i don’t get no chills/ from it started from a spark then i built from it/ i’ma turn it to a fire til the field burning/ feed it with the breath and the will of a/ stressed out villager that Never got a meal from it Givin ya something t’feel This is your monthly meal Listeners hungry still Fishin for something real2 Live in a country where they spit in your lunchmeat And equip you with nothing But addiction to comfort, chill/4d I’ma show how to really build/ Loading up the catapults out here in the field/ Hyping up the front row clattering the shields With a sword tongue sharp enough that’ll shatter any steel/6 Who the fuck said magic isn’t real? Everything I say put the maggots in your meal/c 28 daggers in the grill, One for every day since the savages could feel
6.	This Is Real 03:40	lyrics	buy track
(verse) i’m not a producer my friend/ i’m a hallucinogen people were sleepin for real make them lucid again i make em lose it again/ i’m makin music that blend/ way i be fuckin with words i kama sutra the gems/ i just go shoot and i win/ (swish) im just gon shoot for the win that shit was so good the first time i’m just gon do it again/ Rappers can’t do what i can Music is beautiful man I bring you back in alignment I make you human again/ ——- (Chorus) (Verse 2) You aint got the guts to spill What you feel fuck your feelings dont get offended Im not kendrick, just brendan Just building, on a friendship/2 Cuz I borrowed from the culture and lended A helping hand a couple times I remember Couple weak ass shows I attended Just to be there, for my friends’ shit/4 My intention, to continue Blow the roof off At the venue/ With the real shit What I been doin/ I don’t switch up Like nintendo/ C Let me just say what I been through Rain on a instro Mental plane with a pencil Brain full of issues/ When y’all bust just stains on a tissue/ (Chorus) (Verse 3) Everyone keeping it real everyone deep in the field, nah Really you keep it concealed Nobody speak how they feel/2 Wouldn’t be proper Men must posture Anything else just feels so awkward Western culture, kill and prosper Be a soldier, silkk the shocker/4 Fuck that noise ima burn that gospel Why young boys gotta turn so hostile/ How do we raise em, What’ve we gave em Made that choice now Learn what it cost you/6 Matta fact unlearn what it taught you/ Whatve we learned that is not true/ Growing UP as a boy in this world To survive And you gotta wear a mask but its not you/8 Matta fact that mask is a costume Matta fact that fashion is awful (Chorus) (Bonus Verse) I Don’t wanna write this shit I don’t even really like this shit/ Wanna light this bitch on fire Like a night glow stick at a rave in a cave when the night goes pitch/2 Black, sometimes i get sick of rap Get sick of running my yap/ Wish i could sit, back Talk about runnin trap Talk about gun and a mask/4 Wouldn’t be real tho, Can’t play myself like a dildo I’m white and soft like a pillow When the mic goes off then they will know/6 Might as well be myself At the same time i just wanna free myself Sick of always thinking bout How i see myself Tryina keep it real i cant even please myself —-
7.	Cool With Myself 03:10	lyrics	buy track
(Chorus) Just wanna be cool with myself X2 Don't care bout nobody else X2 Just wanna be cool with myself X2 Don't care bout nobody else don't care what nobody else thinks ... and if you feel this shit X3 you should.. (bop it, bop it, bop it) ... and if you front on this X3 you should... (stop it, stop it, stop it) (Verse) a lot of people yelling at you on the internet/ Trying to tell you how to think and be and give a shit/ Revolutionary fingers on the twitter text/ Before this shit popped off they didn’t have no interest/4 Hey, I’m glad you’re so engaged, so enraged/ so insane posting 20 things a day Quoting everything in range/ nowadays, our reaction so immediate that people post an article before they even read that shit/8 so go ahead and repost everything you see/ (go ahead) That you think fits in with who you think you’re supposed to be/ (that's dumb) If you do it just because you think you’re s’posed to/ You’ll be the first to fall off when it Doesn’t trend in social/ 12 We’ve projected our addiction to anxiety Onto the constant flood of content but the irony/ Is that it makes us a disconnected society/ I’m not silent i just do the work more quietly/ (Chorus) (verse 2) I cant follow everybody trying to say some shit/ Information overload, For me that doesn’t make it click/2 That just makes me wanna crawl inside a hole lace a spliff With some toxic On some permanent vacation shit/4 ...We all put so much pressure on ourselves/ Trying to show we’re with the movement And we’re really down to help/6 But when you’re worried bout What people think about You, then You’re really only thinking Bout you, how true/8 And i don’t think i y me projecting/ I know lots of people out there who don’t feel like they’re connecting/10 Somewhere along the line we forgot how to talk, We form tribes born and died with no critical thought/12 Its all shake fist harder, try to act like a martyr, Don’t even have to look em in the face To tear em apart and I’m not Saying you should let white supremacy slide I’m talking bout the people on the same side! (Chorus)
8.	The Altar 03:33	lyrics	buy track
(verse) Click tight like the metronome/ Never falter, your altar’s my stepping stone// 2 ...Verbal assault with the weapon drawn/ I’m who you cal cause i’m reppin’// 4 All heads to the front Let it bump We be spreadin the funk/ Real gas, not that fake ass Unleaded you pump//6 Into the veins of these fiends, But they know that shit’s weak/ You be takin bout your chain But we know that shit’s cheap// 8 Let me walk em thru my brain Cause you know that shit’s deep/ What i’m rockin on the stage, I just wrote it this week// 10 You can quote it this beat Gets the dopest 16s/ Cause the flow is magnum opus And my focus in extreme// 12 To a T, You can choke on this D, You don’t have to ask who the vocalist be// Bring your dopest emcee/ Let em go against me/ Send ya hometown hero up your local shits creek// 16 (Chorus) bring em up, bring em up to the altar X3 come on and bring em up to the altar (Verse 2) Who said i dont want smoke I was referring to the weed/ As for the rest of you herbs Who get too burried in the leaves/2 In a hurry just to breathe, And leave something fertile for the seeds/ The reason that i’m murdering your team/4 Most of these cats is getting keyed like new whips (They mad) Cause Huff and puff but never really do shit/ 6 About it, i aint here to judge, but dont doubt it If it makes your vision clouded Ima smack the fuckin shit up out em/8 Just for slippin, ritually giving you the most And most of these cats ain’t comin close//10 2 tables and a mic thats the trinity of life And plus the imagery i write I Leave em holy like a ghost//12 (Chorus) (verse 3) Who got problems Come on and bring em up to the altar Set yourself free i absolve them/ 2 Bathe in the blood sweat and tears As i fall from grace just to fill the same space that we all swim//4 The place where the stage meets the crowd is exalted/ This where the brain waves evolved in/6 You can throw your troubles in Just to keep it bubblin Like so many rats in the cauldron//8 All that can hear Let me make this shit clear/ This is our year, cause we breakin that fear//10 Take the first step, Climb the first tier Dreams at the top might be closer than they appear//12 You could find yourself altered Try to lose yourself in the process No longer are you selfish exhausted and Helpless//14 The cost of, holding onto that which is toxic? Colossal/ Come on and bring it up to the altar//16
9.	Have Mercy 03:21	lyrics	buy track
—— verse 1 its funny she seems happy at her job/ as happy as you can be when you’re trying to raise a family/2 as a waitress wait did i say family? maybe, makeshift, far as i can tell baby daddy’s out the equation/4 which is cool with me cause truthfully i’m only trying to smash just another dog thats only trying to roll in your grass/6 there’s no controlling the past you either fold it or crash i need the drama like i need a second hole in my ass/8 that’s funny guess she missed the joke cause she ghosted me/ guess it wasn’t supposed to be, hopefully/10 you get where you’re going, and i’m on my way too/ don’t think you had what i wanted beyond the beautiful view/12 —bridge anyway, any day, i’ma do, what you been afraid to, its in plain view you can’t escape you/14 ain’t it true, I know I shouldn’t be the one to judge you Just because i ———chorus all these people seem like life is moving past em/ they don’t seem to notice, i don’t have the heart to ask em/ Have mercy on the ones that lost their passion But Ima be the one that finds his way to greener pastures/ —— Its funny, He feels at home when at the bar Just needs a couple minutes without stressing on the limits/ Of the paycheck the late rent The shifts with no break, Just seem to chew him up and spit him out the tape deck in his car/4 Used to be enough when we were young and unimpressed with The state of the world Writing verses with cigarettes lit/6 In parking lots, the best shit, You take for granted Nowadays it seems like we Living on separate planets/8 My man, you taught me how to put my heart into my rhyme/ And i ain’t trying to judge but It seems like, You fell on harder times/10 I wish you’d put down the weed Allow your star to shine/ Til then your story is a part of mine/12 ——bridge Anyway, any day, i’ma do, what you been afraid to, its in plain view you can’t escape you/14 ain’t it true, I know I shouldn’t be the one to judge you/ Im only trying to find the missing pieces of my puzzle ———chorus all these people seem like life is moving past em/ they don’t seem to notice, i don’t have the heart to ask em/ Have mercy on the ones that lost their passion But Ima be the one that finds his way to greener pastures/ —— and everybody’s looking for the same thing ah Everybody want change Without changing ah Just wanna make it thru another day And survive There’s more to life Than just standin round waitin to die
10.	Deserve 02:37	lyrics	buy track
I’m not entitled to shit but I do deserve it, I deserve love just like every person, I want it now man that shit is urgent When it’ll come it just isn’t certain/2 Whether daddy was a surgeon or He was servin We all go thru different versions Consider it/ I know bout privilege, i’m not an idiot Thats why im living in service/4 Thats how my flow has been given purpose, Thats how i know i’m a different person Even when i was low never been a serpent Even when I didn’t grow hid beneath the surface/6 In the winter when its cold had to Be unnearthed/ Til the soil, Feed the dirt, Put the work in, feel the hurt But we deserve to Get what we’re worth/ — Do you know the difference Do you get this You wanna know the reason To be persistent Where you wanna get to seems so distant The voice says quit But Please dont listen You deserve it That dont mean that You wont work for Everything Life is hard This world is mean But you wont let it Steal your dreams — — Im not entitled to shit but i do deserve it, Do you know the difference? Its more than wording/ To open your gifts You’re more than worthy/ So go out and get it put the work in/4 There’ll always be obstacles or deterrents/ There’ll always be problems and heavy burdens/ Life is a lesson im steady learning Life is a mess and its never perfect/8 Sometimes I do shit I don’t want to do, act like a person I don’t wanna be/ And that shit is hard because I’m not a fool, I know that it stops me from being free/2 I pray to any and everything out there that might be a source of new energy/ even if its in me i ask it to help me to deal with me/ Ask it to help me with healing these/4 Wounds that i got from my history How it all started a mystery/ But i know one thing for sure It’ll stick with me Just as it has every year of my life/6 I’m not the type to live in the fear of the night, i’d rather pierce it with light Im not be the best that you heard in your life but i meant every word that you heard on this mic/8 —-
11.	Heavyweight 03:00	lyrics	buy track
Chorus Hol up wait, I create, Catch new vibes, elevate/ Even though this world is fucked up You still gotta celebrate/2 Tune into a mellow state Music takes the stress away Making records Pressin plates/ Liftin’ spirits, heavy weight/4 Verse 1 (Wait) Take, that’s what they do Fools always put cash over jewels/ They ain’t mastered the rules of this rap shit/ tools and the tactics, Schooled in the practice/2 Life’s hard but it’s fuel for the matchsticks/ I’m practically drooling with passion/ Write bars Mad stressed but I’m cool when I’m tapped in/4 When I write I’m so in the crease Feels like it’s my only release/ Some nights I ain’t goin to sleep/ Memorized every fold in the sheets/6 No guru, don’t know the code of the streets/ Only thing I know is to me, You only control what’s in reach/ Looked down I was holding the key/8 — chorus — Lift the weight Wish i could smoke this a way/ Or know bliss today, Or know which a way is home, it’s debatable Just the way it goes/2 If my name is called will you play my song When I’ve faded on/ I know I didn’t stay for long did i make a bond Worth the weight of it All/4 The climb as well as the falls I guess time will tell as it al- Ways does, make love Plus time to delve in the flaws/6 My minds a shelf for it, Find the wealth in it Hold the weight of this Old debate, I feel cold and gray But I know the drapes will get Pulled away and those golden rays will Come in,
12.	The M Word 03:43	lyrics	buy track
Ok boy meets girl, boy falls hard with no brakes Shoulda got the cables checked for his own sake/2 Now he on thin ice Trying to hold weight Heavy hearts do sink ships Loves a cold lake/4 Discussing the m word Whats the diff Between partners and friends That like to fuck and kiss/6 Feelings get caught they’re hard to fuckin miss But i was never so dumb To think i’d duck the risk/8 Now here I am, stomach in a knot again/ Caught up in the thought of wanting more than what you’re offering/10 When you call me your friend its gotta sting to it Wanna call us something thats got more of a ring to it/12 Wait, don’t get it twisted, ain’t no tying the knot, I ain’t trying to lock you down inside of a box/14 I just wanna feel like i’m special Like you’re special to me/ Cause if that aint the case Im feeling pressure to leave/16 —— (Chorus) M-o-n-o, g-a-m Y we gotta be just friends? And it tends to get hard/2 Cause i just wanna be yours, And i dont wanna close this door M-o-n-o, g-a-m ...Y i gotta share you with them? And it tends to get tough Cause i just wanna be loved Still i feel like what we got is enough —— I know nowadays the game has changed, Everybody’s solo-poly or some other long descriptive name/ And i can dig it why so many wanna switch lanes Monogamy’s a product of a patriarchal picture frame/4 But still I’m feeling drawn to the image/ Maybe cause i never had it So i long for it’s limits/6 Your a strong independent and i want your attention Trying to put the 2 together like a clause in a sentence/8 Its hard to be complete by myself When i eat by myself Go to sleep by myself/10 Struggle thru my day and face defeat by myself/ Sometimes i think your worried i would cheat, doesn’t help/12 Trying to guess what your motivation is im projecting/ gotta trust what you say cause you know i respect it/ Only question thats left, are my needs getting met?/ And if they’re not, how long can i keep holding my breath? Shit/ —— (Chorus) Ok I’ve thought thru the same shit Nothing is changing/ Anxiety is so high im lying awake, the/2 Only time i feel ok is when we’re lying here naked When you hold me in your arms i feel like i am a baby/4 But, soon as you’re gone i’m tripping This is a true addiction/ Feel like i put down the drugs, Now im just using women/6 I called you up like i might have to make a new decision/ I put it all on the table trying to diffuse the tension/8 Just couldn’t go through with it/ But then i realized that i just wasn’t thru with it/10 There’s something here And I’m not ready to lose that shit/ Guess i can see an unconventional future with/12 (Who?) ...Well it starts with an M I love you as a lover & I love you as friends/14 I gotta tell to you cause its hard to pretend And im glad that i got involved From the start to the end/
13.	Pull Up & Dip 03:55	lyrics	buy track
Hook pull up and dip hop out the whip get this shit lit then i bounce/ deposit the check in my bank account/ on to the next i could make em bounce/2 onto the next invade a town put it together and make a route do until i can make a thou do it until I’m the greatest out/4 ——— Verse1 i be in flex mode, situation is stressful/ Cooped up in my vessel world burning outside like petrol/2 damn, Cant wait til my next show, til i explode til i get dough/ til i get close to my goals/ roastin like coals/ most of my whole life i’ve been cold/4 i’m not the type to do what i’m told/ but i’m warming up, i’m on a roll, i’ma do me, finding my role, might be a little stiff but don’t fold/6 but i’m not a idiot or a troll i’m just considering what unfolds/ people are quick to open they mouths/ i’m just a little bit more disposed/ to 8 keeping it closed speaking to people i’m close to/ don’t think i don’t see what you’re going through/ i’m exposed to it on social/ 10 but i don’t just reach for my phone to add to the noise just cause i’m sposed to/ i’d rather just phone you, that’s even more vocal/12 But back to the way that I’m loco Came up with a workout to go thru For when i can get on the road to Go thru every town and expose you/14 To the sickness not the covid but the writtens with the coldness, you can witness Like its golds gym, with the fitness/ When i goes in —— Hook —— tryina get larger, call me the plug or the charger/ (why?) I been gettin my bars up/ but lately this shit getting harder/ artists can't even perform, venues are closed you can't hit the road—you starving! you dreaming of playing the garden now you really gon' play in a garden (beggin your pardon) but even if it's allowed? how can you rap for a minimal crowd? people are 6 feet away from each other how can you capture the energy now? How can we act like it's anything wild? I be at home, inventing new styles waiting until i can let them shits out you already know what the message about we goin thru it, the choice is whether you'll grow thru it do it or don't, stand up or fold there's no secret code to it well, maybe it's complicated just let go of your shit, don't be constipated just open your gifts and you'll be on your way and it'll all come together like a constellation/ (Hook)
14.	Windows Cracked 03:39	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1] spring days locked up in the crib and such/ but i leave a window cracked just to get a touch/2 of the fresh air, blessed with the snares, get dressed just to wear some fly in the mirror/4 and prepare for my next phase, when i can say oh boy, cause i could just blaze/6 out of my door, hit the store when i get paid/ instead of sitting here indoors tryina catch rays/ through the window frame/8 silver lining is i tend to make,/ a lot of bangers i’ma demonstrate i do it just to ventilate/10 and focus on my mental buildin with my pencil/ layin’ down the blueprint, what i’m doin eventually/12 and you will see, i believe when its time to emcee/ i’m a shine to these beats/ like… [Hook] dark days, even though the sun is out/ make you wish we had another route/ make you wanna run around/ but its a simple fact/ you gotta stay inside but keep those windows cracked/ [Verse 2] Spring days, locked up in the crib and such But i leave a window cracked just to give em a taste/2 Of the bump from the basement I lace with the phrases ...That makes it contagious/4 Whiles Im waiting for my time to shine/ Design the line like contour/ Beyond raw, make me want more/ wishing i was on tour/6 Even in a honda accord Or any kinda four door you’d afford/i’m Lookin forward to it/8 Lets make some more music Its love and war music All’s fair, just use the fuel for the forge, through the Eye of the storm, it got me dyin to go perform/ from the mind of a pawn that could finally cross the board/ no doubt i leave the mics blown out, when the lights go down and the night rolls out/ like a carpet... inviting me to rhyme/ on some Rakim shit… (“it’s been a long time”)/ [Hook] [Verse 3] We been waitin all year for the summer/ Its clear its a bummer Theres been tears by the number/2 Everybody’s getting laid off, Thank god my unemployment benefits are straight, peace to days off/4 But everyone ain’t in the same boat Why some people gotta drown while a couple fools float/6 Its the same old rope wrapped around the same throats/ So jeff bezos can sit back and make toasts/8 But fuck that what about the cat with the bus pass What about the working mom and those that gotta bust ass/10 Who don’t got a trust fund Tell me where the trust at/ Rich people sittin back Lookin hella suspect/12 But fuck it we can make it thru Getting heated in here let me ventilate the room And play the tune/14 For the neighbors and the street/ When we laid up for weeks, I play another beat kick up my feet and make peace/16 [Hook] windows cracked, don’t need an indo sack/ but if you do that’s cool, just let the wind blow thru/
15.	If You Don't Like Me Now 02:20	lyrics	buy track
(Chorus) If yall don’t like me now, When i blow then they try to be down And you know they’ll be like gee wow Try to blow me and bite my style/2 When i make it where i wanna be Honestly I’ma be/ on my knees thanking the heavens they honored me/ But it wont be for presents and property/ Just the pleasure of properly dropping these/4 Gems Treasures I’m offering friends And yeah i wanna ride up in a benz Yeah i wanna win Yeah i wanna date a perfect ten Top down hair blowin in the wind/6 But then, again, I could never be fake, Plus i’m more about trying to create, Trying to be happy Trying to be great I’m on my way I ain’t trying to be late/8 I see people and try to relate/ But they don’t wanna look my way/ Look, my way is a different path Already did the math, if you don’t value that you can kiss my ass (Chorus) But it feels so hard/ When you going to a job and it steals your charge/ And you got no energy, every day everyone feels like an enemy anyway/2 And you just want to medicate Its hard nuff to breathe in here let alone meditate/ You just want a better way/ They tell you you’ll get a shot soon And you better wait/ But i don’t have a shred of faith Took steps trying elevate/ When its my time to celebrate Don’t try chiming in cause you’re hella late/
16.	Higher Power 03:14	lyrics	buy track
Level up now, time to glow/ Design the flow, find the soul/ Mining for gold diamonds from coal Im just defining my goals/2 I keep my eyes on the road Told me to stay in my lane I’m trying to lighten my load Next year im taking the plane/4 But thats what its not about Just put the product out/ fuck what they thought about it You should not have doubted Yourself for a second regression is not a route/6 That leads to some promised But ain’t nothing promised This america, ain’t nothing honest Everyone chasing them commas/8 Everyone making up drama, afraid to get on with/ making some progress, facing our conscience / Like we might awaken our karma/10 we might have paid for this armor But that shit ain’t making us strong/ Thats why our days will get darker Til we learn to wake up at dawn/12 ——— wake up in the morning every day I live/ trying to keep it moving forward while i pay my bills/ I’ll find a way/ even though I may not ever make it big/ ——— Still workin on busted gear But im making more cuts this year Fuck, this weird, don’t touch them squares Them dark clouds must’ve cleared/2 I just appear to have found a little momentum/ some time to finally do brendan/ Some peace of mind if i tend to/ And redefine my incentives / In this rat race, i been cash chasing The wrong way, with no strong pay 24 hours with no inner power’s A long day, let the song play/6 What kept me there, part of me accepts me there, part of me woulda left me there Cause its scared of anything cept be there, lets be clear/8 I still struggle but i will grow Kick in the door with a steel toe/ Got my foot in, Fuck haters ima do what I thought I couldn’t/10 Thats why i stay cookin up Devil tried hookin up But im not quite shook enough Stayed course with a crooked strut/ Been down so long guess i got good at lookin up/12 --- My higher power is inner power Every hero has been a coward/
17.	It's Time 02:37	lyrics	buy track
Ayo its time, son Time to get on with Making strong shit They can bond with take it long dist And beyond with/2 Upon listening, some’ll respond quick While others stay sleeping til the nuclear bomb hits/4 The most poetic, emcees is just so pathetic My steez copacetic so please don’t forget it V fo vendetta The G’s for gepetto I need more than cheddar Believe more than ever/8 I got something worth bumpin in the whip Ima die rich gotta leave something for the kids/ But money ain’t it, I speak of something more valuable Understand that is what they’ll never allow you to/12 They meaning society but its us, too/ Thats why we gotta bust through and adjust who/ We idolize, we could try to rise Our entire lives Only to find that what we bit Was just the cyanide —- I said we gotta rise, I love this rap like a lot of guys But gotta admit hiphop was colonized/2 never swallow lies we gotta do more than just apologize/ To put black artists on the rise/4 But is it authentic saying that now? Its been true the whole time, Are we playing that down?/6 In 2020 every white person making a sound/ Probably wasn’t before, but at least we’re breaking some ground/8 And when the topic cools off will we still be riding? Will the silence that sets in still be violence?/10 Will we hide or will the lessons still be vibrant/ Will we make a little progress and still keep striving?/12 When im a old head And retire and watch I wanna know i struck hard While the iron was hot/ Regardless what happens The time is now Thats why i’m trying to catch the feeling By writing it down
18.	Cover Your Mouth 02:59	lyrics	buy track
trying to write But its hard cause im trying to fight/ The feeling i should know what im saying before i spray it/2 To curb the spread of misinformation This entertainment will be highly vetted And not taken to be prophetic/4 Times is way hectic But Its not about panic/ We got real life concrete problems thats gigantic/6 Restaurants and retail closing they doors, Now workers have no wages Being broke is contagious/8 Im trying to stay focused and patient/ in the basement, Silver lining is i got copious inspiration/10 From these people cause they lack information/ Still they spout opinions not tackling situations/ How they should/12 cutting others down means you’re up to no good/ No time to be divisive its better to be precise/14 In this time/ Before i finish writing this line, Let me cover my mouth/ (Or else the blind lead the blind)16 ————- People like to go with their gut But a diet of (what?) internet bickering has made it defunct/2 The lining is so dissolved, the system is so infected/ no longer do we chew things over before ingesting/4 We only want to be right, not ask better questions/ channeling our anger into asshole projections/6 So prolapsed you kick no facts/ Trying to show we got the gonads Need to go back/8 And check your math, Check your attitude and ask If you really want a solution why dont you kill the pollution/10 The uninformed opinion is so arrogant and stupid/ No wonder its become an American institution/12 —— I know i throw a lot of shade at those honestly deserving it But i would be remiss if I didn’t list an alternative/2 I’m not saying that you should be apathetic/ Nor do i expect you to research everything EVER/4 But pick your battles Decide what you care about And if you disagree with someone careful how you air it out/6 Cause there’s a route, Aggression is a choice, The diff between a lesson And a threat is in your voice/8 And you can choose who you let yourself react to/ Stop showing up for people you know will just attack you/ Once you do that, you’ll probably be less interested/ In gettin into it with every asshole on the internet/10 Start to see them as the victim of the ignorance/ Cause people might react to them but no one’s really listening/12 The difference is, where we’ll be at next year/ Will this message be invested in Or fall on deaf ears?
19.	Still Here 02:41	lyrics	buy track
…one time for your mind/ with the dope beat, me and jonez make it combined/2 as I recline, now we cold shakin your spine, so kick your seat back, and peep the whole sacred design/4 this type of shit is like watching the stars, it makes you wonder/ how many breaths i got left before i’m taken under/6 so much left to do and so much left to say/ I couldn’t say I wouldn’t have it any other way/8 But I’m still here doing my best, Feeling the stress build in my chest Releasing it by spillin this mess/10 An early bird building his nest/ A late bloomer who’s still in his adolescence trying to to build to his crest/12 Who knows its never too late, in fact he’s willing to bet/ He can do his due diligence so bill him his debts/14 He can make it thru the syllabus of militant tests Because he doesn’t want feel he left filled with regrets/16 ———- I struggled for years and still do With some parts of my self/ Meaning mental plus the physical and spiritual health/2 I’m here as myself and thats the hardest person to be Wish i could wave a magic wand And be a version of me/4 That doesn’t need to exercise and get my sleep schedule perfect Every day just to feel a little something like okay/6 Thats why i say that i’m stuck in cage/ Cause ever since i could remember i been stuck in my ways/8 Sensitive and guarded made it hard to be a part of/ So i went and got my bars up to buffer the pain/10 Its hard enough to feel so fuckin insane It scarred me up, Sometimes it feels like nothing has For every time i got it right and felt a little relief/ The other 95 percent i’m feeling buried in grief/ Sometimes hurts to be free/ Like a newborn, screaming cause i’m learning to breathe/16
20.	2020 02:31	lyrics	buy track
For my people with lead hearts On some how you holdin up in this fucker It gets dark We shed sparks And start Spitting infra red darts Son its tragic people losing they heads Like ned starks/4 Aint no prepare Baby, Winter is here Ran into my man serge he said shit is severe/ I acknowledged the truth of It was crystalline clear It was Welcome to america land of missiles and beer/ 8 Welcome to america land of pistols and fear/ Welcome to the terror, now jam a fist in the air/10 People hate the year and wish it would disappear/ But it’s only shedding light on the shit that’s already there/12 ——— Now its 2021 and already the shit begun They breaking into the capitol, makin this shit a national/2 Disgrace, my distaste for goons in platoons baloons/ While they distort reality like shrooms/4 But i’m in tune, This reality has sharpened me up/ We can’t ignore it any more No chilling hard in the cut/6 We gotta deal with it/ Problems are real vivid/ We’re overstimulated But We still need a meal ticket/8 For real, dig it, Who’s fixing hunger for the poor/ covids the only one Thats putting numbers on the board/10 Of course what i record Melt your brain like smores Dipped in carhartt Here to put in work like chores/ 12 ... lord! And thats a reference to the pusha man Think 2020’s over? You better look again

about

2020 was a hell of a year for all of us, and for me, it was a hell of a year creatively. These 20 songs represent nearly all the music I made over the past year, and beyond serving as a vessel for processing that crazy-ass year, they also represent a number of creative changes for me:

1. I started my Patreon at the beginning of the year. If you don’t know, Patreon is a platform for fans to pay artists directly and get exclusive content. While my Patreon fam is a small circle, they’ve helped me immensely this year by serving as a sounding board for new material I’m working on. My big push this year was to be less precious with my music and produce more of it, so I can just start a bunch of stuff and let my Patreon fam decide what’s worth finishing.

2. I started going to school for graphic design in the fall of 2020, and I’ve kind of modeled my approach to making music after a design workflow: create a bunch of rough ideas, get feedback, refine them, and repeat until the strongest ideas become the final drafts.

3. You’ll notice this album has significantly fewer boom-bap beats than past projects. I really pushed myself to make more modern, 808-based beats and to learn how to rap on them. There’s been a real pull away from writing 3 16 bar verses on every song, and a focus on coming up with interesting cadences, hooks, and arrangements instead. I think it really paid off, especially on songs like ‘Firewater’ and ‘Energy.”
I hope these efforts pay off and you enjoy this project! Thanks for listening.

- Gepetto