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They Don't Know
01:36
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[LYRICS]
A new day so I'm talking different
You thanking haters really I don't see em that's tunnel vision
Give you all these words for your well-being that's altruism
You call em competition in a minute you'll call em victim
Somebody call the doctor minister dentist somebody
Got more fire and influence than gun lobbies
The government don't rock wit it though it's the opposite
Whatever is the truth is whatever they got a problem wit
Got up in the booth and I started stating the obvious
They took my words as money and went to try to deposit it,
It's universal like American Express get it and invest
Damn I'm on a roll let's interject,
And talk about what these rappers do on the avenue
It's not what you actually do but I ain't mad at you
I read books that trappin do sound cooler
I'm a storyteller you tellin stories like Rick The Ruler
Second thought I am mad though,
It's getting corny and played out they dad jokes
[Talking] But dad jokes can actually be cool depending how you deliver it
They flip flopping ain't that a beach wave of the hypocrites
You ain't know what you needed I had to give you it
The tide turns allow me to be to impetus
Big words in my raps yea I graduated
Not bars back we been here I'm glad you made it
My flow's water to a game over saturated
In the head role this king won't get decapitated
Reign forever that's a balance of power
The crowd [applause] give em an hour so
Whether record or show, got the power of both
Been a minute to build, bout a second to blow
Took the long route, like I'm going deep
I give you that Jerry Rice then give you that Jon B
Don't listen to, what them people say
They don't really know how to MC
They don't give you props then it's jealousy
They don't know how to rip it
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2. |
Black Summer
02:20
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[LYRICS]
When I bet on myself I like the odds
It's not a gamble it's a smart investment in some stock
Safer than a triple combination locked box
8 snipers on the roof armed guards and guard dogs,
A sure thing if I've even seen,
The flow is kerosene to some evergreen
Forever fire you could hear it from the mezzanine
Black summer you gone feel the waves til the end of spring
A life could change in one rotation
Like a doctor bring a sense of urgency to the patience,
Execute with precision keep the world at attention
Hanging to every word I got em anxious,
Feel like a veteran and rookie simultaneously,
Forever growing but already who I aim to be,
I'm a thinker so you know I'm living dangerously
And know I gotta get from A to B to get from A to Z,
Master the steps master the mountain
I got a leg up on a lot but who's counting
I used to run rabid like I'm chasing a belt
Then looked around and realized I was racing myself, WHOA
On a road not paved through a thick forest
Strange terrain but I'm already built for it
The prototype untested but a flawless run
Calm in life or death situation like it's all for fun,
My reputation arrives well before me
And stays forever after,
No fairytale or lesson I'm just dope
And that's the moral of the story
Putting on a facade is all that I do poorly,
And I ain't workin on it, it's out of mind
I'm over zeroes like I'm undefined by design
Rhyme like not being a legend is a crime
You could either give it no mind or give it time
What I call a minimal effort you call a grind
What you call a coveted spot I call it mine,
Every loss I took from it what I needed
Bested on occasion but forever undefeated
Black Summer
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All Day
02:17
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[LYRICS]
Verse 1:
Y'all listening to the wrong people for validation
Y'all stay waiting for likes comments and nominations
Y'all ain't learn nothing, M-L-K got killed by the same who say he inspired a nation,
Now that's a bar four
Hit you like a knee to the chest while doing parkour
I can't even write without living really without reading
Cuz what you gonna say if you don't listen
I keep my ears open and my hands closed
Gripping the wheel in lanes that they don't even know
Existed I don't fit in what you get in like Shaq in a Miata
I execute if it don't look pretty do what I gotta
It's all about the final product it's dope
No kitchen whipping it's quotes
My wrist flick and it's wrote
The beat cook and it's spoke
The crowd listen they roped
The flow tippin the boat
Emerged in dripping in gold
All Day
Verse 2:
Hours alone and time passed
Lookin at myself in the mirror like not bad
The war goin on in my mind and I rack
My brain to make sense of the change and find grasp
I never said I was a better rapper than person
And I get better at both with each verse it's,
Phenomenal man phenomenal plans
New York ahead of my time Osaka Japan
Many time zones they known to rock wit your man
Deal dope on stage I always got me a band,
The weight of my words I breathe heavy
Even worse holdin em in could be deadly,
Speak loud and carry a small ego
Same time equal and better than all people
How you figure, Stay humble, yet I
Got no ceiling, walk skys, Jedi, beast
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4. |
The March
02:13
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[LYRICS]
Verse 1:
A gun could start a war but it's won by the mind
An army only strong as the cause it's behind
Killing in the name of dying by the same one
Served and protected while dying by the same gun,
So morale is getting low
When they value your body but don't value your soul
Safe nowhere when you watch television
Living at home's like living in prison
Told you you should join if you got ambition
Die at home or serving it's a suicide mission
War is in the field but it's stronger in your mind
Once you in it to survive then you better fall in line
(Chorus)
Left, right (repeat)
Verse 2:
Discipline what you do everyday,
Do your habits match what your mouth say
Your desires match up with your actions,
Do you live for happiness or satisfaction
Hamster wheel just going through the motions,
Moved more by convenience or devotion
See the glass half full or you a coaster,
Got game or collecting all the posters,
Don't get dunked on and tea bagged
I'm executing plays everyday please believe that
(Chorus)
Verse 3:
Hunting in the field for a beat that feels right
Kill it take it home eat good that's real life
Me myself then I that's the chain of command
Like Malcolm by the window that's the way that we stand,
Or all black with berets on,
This march not a parade son,
All biz no profanity
It's f'd up when you gotta war for you humanity, it's real
(Chorus)
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Success
02:55
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[LYRICS]
It take 3,000 days to be an overnight success,
Anything less you been blessed,
Anything longer should be an honor,
If you can't see it then why bother
Time is no friend to no man
Try to make plans get erased with both hands
Gotta adjust pivot reverse and gear shift it
If you could just predict and skate then why live it,
I link up with the GOATs because I am one
High octane with the hot sauce and 1
The greatest show but it's more than entertainment
Give bars like you sitting in the court for arraignment,
I give you life, and commissary
Black out a month straight you thought it was February,
4 weeks 6-72 hours
Every moment I'm increasing my power couldn't be prouder,
You know me I peak and then I level up
Half empty half full naw I need an extra cup
I'm not optimistic, I don't hope it goes well I ensure it does
My flow crazy like the news down in Florida
I swear fiction ain't as strange as we thought it was
You see the headlines, The world is on some can't believe unless you witness
Reality about to put the Onion out of business,
It's getting hard to tell
Comedy Central got the best news and Fox News lookin like SNL
I'd rather watch Nickelodeon
Then watch another cartoon politician lie up on the podium,
A bookcase in the crib with no television
I read each book two times that's better living
Very critical to survival
And thus my words potent as if Paulo Coehlo had wrote the bible,
My novel ideas are epic, considering every perspective
Thorough like scientific method
Proven and tested, calculated and never reckless
My output has you convinced I never rested
My moves always look like chess and never checkers
I impress then before you could clap I do it better
I confess any room I speak in, I'm appreciated
My drive decades old never depreciated
Expensive retail to keep not to resell
Value sky high it's justified in the details
My words reach, can't unsubscribe from the e-mail
My flows resonates like the air inside of seashell
Whether or not you in it you can feel the presence,
Before the magazines or festivals you feel the essence
Versatile awthentic any reason you could love us
JSWISS M.Drix it's hot, Black Summer
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