1. |
I Swear (feat. Bijoux)
04:40
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Hook
You swear it aint a problem when you talking, but we know that aint true
I swear we need a coffin if we off and then put faith into you
You sca-a-ared cause you knowing if we grow then it’s through
So...I aint even trippin cause look listen we don’t do like you do
Verse 1
Arguments with my audience
The problem hits w/ the politics / Still they be applauding Piph
Prolly gets a lil rough for them to ride
They just came to kick it / He talking bout some black pride
He talkin’ ask how we can do better in communities my dude we just came here for these raps, right...
Chill bruh, I’m just knowing what I’m throwin, plus I’m hoping that these poems mean summin when I quote em
And I stil wrote em w/ the hand chillin scrotum
Moms looking to her friends like, “Sorry girl, I told him.”
But who said we can’t drink and think?
Who said we can’t laugh and do math when we link?
Who said we gotta mean mug / Just becasue they dreamed up
Dirty situations and they hating when we clean up
Who said broke's keeping it real?
Who said you gotta be rich and then code switch to deal?
Who said that my best aint come?
Boy, I bless these yungs
Hella successes for a rest these lungs
Who said what we is?
Who says what we aint?
Who’s lifiting up our brothas and our sisters if we can’t?
Who said that by black aint sexy?
Skinny boy, ouchea flexin, I swear...
Hook
You swear it aint a problem when you taking, but we know that aint true
I sear we need a coffin if we off and then put faith into you
You sca-a-ared cause you knowing if we grow then it’s through
So...I aint even trippin cause look listen we don’t move how you do
Bridge
And they be like ride-ride-ride with your folks yeah
You aint even gotta worry cause we gon’ steer
Vibe-vibe-vibe with your folks, yeah...yeah...yeah...yeah...
Verse 2
So gon’ ride witcha folks
Catch a vibe witcha folks
You on your 9-to-5 / Suit and tie witcha folks
At the job witcha folks / You done mobbed witcha folks
The fly biz class / Been a playa / Why coach, but
Tell me, killa, where them $ at?
You claim weight on the Gram / Here’s a lede / Follow back
Gon’ nix that doubt / You got chips in route
Mr. Acrobat Man / Gon’ flip that house
Skip that car / Ya done got 2 on park
Depreciates to quick / Gotta equip these blocks
Get these stocks / Heal minds that hit these knocks
Can’t forever climb up if past pain aint stopped
Aim these shots / Mane, we just spraying a lot
Praying summin hit a goal / Boy, train yo’ glock
Stop following stars / They Aint remodelling ours
‘Less they invest in neighborhoods that be feeding they parts
And don’t listen to me / I don’t know what I speak
But a read a book bwoy... / Library gottem for cheap, cause look
Who said that our minds aint sexy?
Nerdy boy ouchea flexin’ / I swear....
Beat Switch Chant
They got the trouble in the air
Blocks moving around
They love it when you scared
But no- fooling us now
We coming in prepared
Cause ooo...we bout to clown
Knowing that when things blow up...
They got the trouble in the air
Blocks moving around
They love it when you scared
But no- fooling us now
We coming in prepared
Cause ooo...we bout to clown
Knowing that when things blow up...
We’ll hold you down
Verse 3 (Beat Switch Verse)
I’ll hold you down, youngin
I’ve been working on summin for awhile now
Trynna get it moving for these clouds crowd
Round here / Seen too many drown from no help
Cause underwater screams aint a loud sound
This round / Went from solo to fo’ do’
To please scoot back / There’s more to hold in the photo
The units in the movement
They confuse it / For just music
Don’t be stupid / But this here is just a banger, don’t you kow they got the
Beat Switch Chant End
They got the trouble in the air
Blocks moving around
They love it when you scared
But no- fooling us now
We coming in prepared
Cause ooo...we bout to clown
Knowing that when things blow up...
We’ll hold you down
You swear it aint a problem when you talking
But we know that aint true
I swear we need a coffin if we off and then put faith into you
You scared cause you knowing if we grow then it’s through
So, I aint even trippin cause look listen we don’t do like you do
Arguments with my audience
The problem hits with the politics
Still they be applauding
Prolly gets a lil rough for them to ride
They just came to kick it
He talking bout some black pride
He talking ask how we can do better in communities my dude
We just came here for these raps, right
Chill bruh, I’m just knowing what I’m throwing
Plus I’m hoping that these poems mean summin when I quote em
And I stil wrote em with the hand chillin scrotum
Moms looking to her friends like
Sorry girl, I told him
But who said we can’t drink and think
Who said we can’t laugh and do math when we link
Who said we gotta mean mug
Just because they dreamed up
Dirty situations and they hating when we clean up
Who said broke's keeping it real
Who said you gotta be rich and then code switch to deal
Who said that my best aint come
Boy, I bless these youngs
Hella successes for a rest these lungs
Who said what we is
Who says what we aint
Who’s lifiting up our brothas and our sisters if we can’t
Who said that by black aint sexy
Skinny boy, outchea flexin, I swear
You swear it aint a problem when you talking
But we know that aint true
I swear we need a coffin if we off and then put faith into you
You scared cause you knowing if we grow then it’s through
So, I aint even trippin cause look listen we don’t do like you do
And they be like ride, ride, ride with your folks yeah
You aint even gotta worry cause we gone steer
Vibe, vibe, vibe with your folks
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
So gone ride witcha folks
Catch a vibe witcha folks
You on your 9-to-5
Suit and tie witcha folks
At the job witcha folks
You done mobbed witcha folks
The fly biz class
Been a playa, why coach, but
Tell me, killa, where them dollas at
You claim weight on the gram
Here’s a lede, follow back
Gone nix that doubt
You got chips in route
Mr. Acrobat Man
Gon’ flip that house
Skip that car
You done got two on park
Depreciates too quick
Gotta equip these blocks
Get these stocks
Heal minds that hit these knocks
Can’t forever climb up if past pain aint stopped
Aim these shots
Mane, we just spraying a lot
Praying something hit a goal
Boy, train your glock
Stop following stars
They aint remodeling ours
Less they invest in neighborhoods that be feeding they parts
And don’t listen to me
I don’t know what I speak
But a read a book boy
Library gottem for cheap, cause look
Who said that our minds aint sexy
Nerdy boy ouchea flexin’, I swear
You swear it aint a problem when you talking
But we know that aint true
I swear we need a coffin if we off and then put faith into you
You scared cause you knowing if we grow then it’s through
So, I aint even trippin cause look listen we don’t do like you do
They got the trouble in the air
Blocks moving around
They love it when you scared
But no fooling us now
We coming in prepared
Cause ooo, we bout to clown
Knowing that when things blow up
They got the trouble in the air
Blocks moving around
They love it when you scared
But no fooling us now
We coming in prepared
Cause ooo, we bout to clown
Knowing that when things blow up
We’ll hold you down
I’ll hold you down, youngin
I’ve been working on summin for awhile now
Trynna get it moving for these clouds crowd
Round here, seen too many drown from no help
Cause underwater screams aint a loud sound
This round, went from solo to four door
To please scoot back
There’s more to hold in the photo
The units in the movement
They confuse it, for just music
Don’t be stupid, but this here is just a banger
Don’t you know they got the
They got the trouble in the air
Blocks moving around
They love it when you scared
But no fooling us now
We coming in prepared
Cause ooo, we bout to clown
Knowing that when things blow up
We’ll hold you down
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2. |
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Intro
Hey, I wanna try out something new
Cause sometimes you gotta
Step outside your comfort zone
To figure out who you really are
So this is just me
Taking a chance
Speaking on the situation at hand
With you
Kinda hoping you feel the same way too though
Yuh
Hook 1
I’ve been feeling foolish
Knowing that you is on my mind I’m going through it
I’m feeling some type of way
I’ve been feeling foolish
Knowing that you is on my mind I’m going through it
I’m feeling some type of way
Verse 1
I’ve been feeling foolish, foolish, when I spend time with you
Hoping that our lives don’t get confused
Knowing that our time aint much it’s true
Aint yet say what it will or won’t be
Could look away, but we’re still gon’ see
Plus we’re at the age when we aint gon play / Trust each other with our feelings reason that we feel free
But got forever on my mind though
I’m in this day in
Knowing you aint got no time fo’
A brotha playing
So, I’m trynna keep it mindful
Of what’s displaying, but
If you been praying
Gone - tell me what you been saying, cause..
Hook 2
I’ve been feeling foolish
Knowing that you is on my mind I’m going through it
I’m feeling some type of way
I’ve been feeling foolish
Knowing that you is on my mind I’m going through it
I’m feeling some type of way
Verse 2
I aint even say nun’
But I thought about it
Say something when them thoughts gets cloudy
Reasons for bliss when it cheese hits the lips, but
Seems you the spliff, I need in a miss
Say summin with you boy then / No recording
No social me-dia-you / me-to-you is really more important
I get gon’ when you hit next level
That’s any one you on from stillettos to your Jordans
Hit the store in the mall try 4 fits
Looking good in all / Get em all / We don’t forfeit
Encore to them haters / Middle fingers four flips
Two for each of us / Reaching up, of course gets shoulders on the tired
[But] holding up our ends / Gets us moving through miles
Never losing in them trials
When the court hits / Lawyer gets tapped leaky faucets,
Checking out our drip / They slipped / We gripped, cause
I know this came the hard way
And you’ve been working all day
You wish I wasn’t far away
I’ll meet you in your hallway
Cause you aint gotta call [and] say
You think I’m putting on game
You think I do this always?
[suck teeth] Nah, girl this Yahweh, look
End Bridge
Come through some time, some time, some time
Come through some time, some time, some time
Come through some time, some time, some time
Come through some time, some time, some time
Come through some time, some time, some time
Come through some time, some time, some time
End Bridge 2
Cause every day’s a blessing if you want it
And every day’s a lesson if you want it
Or every day’s for stressing if you want it
It’s all perspective / Hey, it’s all perspective
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3. |
No Filter
01:54
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It’s the return of Mr. Never Left
I write hooks / Connect punchlines / Due time maybe break a neck
Grind cause I aint gotta check
Rona killed it / On the 3rd day / Wordplay made me resurrect
Judas oughta get respect
Bet you feel good
Tired of rappers out here talking choppas so they feel hood
Tired of critics hating though / They know it still could
Be a situation where they placed and it gets uhhhh...
Feel like I’m healing summin
Fake friends flip sides that aint really nuttin
I don’t makeup w/ clowns when they back around
You was never the first down, boy you been punting, look
I run it back w/ a stunning rap
Not a gun or strap, but the clap back make em move summin
A hunnet raps like a hunnet packs
Hail mary / Boy been dope / You pray / We huntin...
The predator got the better score
Plus, I edit more just to perfect what my genetics store
At the core, I aint trippin off rap, but perhaps
Could flip it into lifting up some Blacks, cause
Many jump when they holding out a plate
Running like a slave / Coming for that master - bait
But wait...Ya’ll know we smarter than that
Said we built the pyramids / Culture is our mirror images
Now the scrimmage is / Tween our blemishes
Don’t diminish quick, but we knowing that the soul gonna replenish it
I, g, go mo’ realer
But flow mo’ pure when I roll no filter
They said that my skin hold me back
But I’m in the league officially, so guess I’m Pro-Black
Plus, I’m pro Kaep it's a new era
See the beauty in the hue, that’s a true mirror / I’m through
It’s the return of mister never left
I write hooks
Connect punchlines
Due time maybe break a neck
Grind cause I aint gotta check
Rona killed it
On the third day
Wordplay made me resurrect
Judas oughta get respect
Bet you feel good
Tired of rappers out here talking choppas so they feel hood
Tired of critics hating though
They know it still could
Be a situation where they placed and it gets uhhhh
Feel like I’m healing summin
Fake friends flip sides that aint really nuttin
I don’t make up with clowns when they back around
You was never the first down
Boy you been punting, look
I run it back with a stunning rap
Not a gun or strap
But the clap back make em move summin
A hunnet raps like a hunnet packs
Hail mary, boy been dope
You pray, we huntin
The predator got the better score
Plus, I edit more just to perfect what my genetics store
At the core, I aint trippin off rap
But perhaps could flip it into lifting up some blacks
Cause many jump when they holding out a plate
Running like a slave
Coming for that master bait
But wait, ya’ll know we smarter than that
Said we built the pyramids
Culture is our mirror images
Now the scrimmage is
Tween our blemishes
Don’t diminish quick
But we knowing that the soul gonna replenish it
I, g, go mo realer
But flow mo’ pure when I roll no filter
They said that my skin hold me back
But I’m in the league officially, so guess I’m pro black
Plus, I’m pro kaep it's a new era
See the beauty in the hue, that’s a true mirror
I’m through
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4. |
So I Fall (feat. Bijoux)
05:27
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Hook
Lordy, Lordy help me find my way
Can’t hide my pain
So I cry some days, ohhh...
So gone hold me then let go so I fall / Fall / Fall...
They done told me that the sky aint grey
But my eyes say
That it is today, soooo...
Gone hold me then let go so I fall / Fall / Fall...
1st Verse
-So much on my mind
Feeling like / Feeling like I’m slowly dying
To all else, I’m seeming fine, but I swear I gotsta go-
I know it’s all on me-
Though I read the script, still falling for the plot twists
Now I’m in a scene clip surrounded by actors
How they roll / I don’t know / Guess I aint practice being fake
Well, that’s a lil judgemental
All gotta plate to eat / Some just digest it better
Plus, I aint see the letter written (scribbled) to themselves
That smile that they gave / Could really be a cry for help, so
Lordy, Lordy help us find our way
But it’s too soon for the hook, so I aint falling for the bait
Just b/c you thinking I'm good, aint gotta stay
Til that gets addressed / I aint sharing my new address, look
2nd Verse
And it aint just me though
Talked to sis and she’s on the same free throw
Shooting bricks
My man’s fam’s jammed gotta plan to get his change up
Other wanted wtfey, but unlikely when she changed up
Same strut-
Other bortha pissed cause the miss that he picked steady trips and gets flamed up
Blame huh? [sucks lips]
Nah, he on the same stuff
Friends losing fam / Now damn...they getting drained up
Homey’s child slanged up / Praying for his pain
Other mentally banged up / Praying for her brain
Bosses / Divorces / Praying something changed
Faith on different courses got me praying for my praying
Xanax to Zoloft
Panics to yo loss
Sorry for it, but you know how many that you better off, then-
That’s an argument I hate
Aint sayin life sucks / Just saying life’s rough sometimes...
3rd Verse
I was speaking on this phone call to a known doll
Who I swear I just met, but yet...she was knowing all
On there going off / Showing off I do that
Charismatic with jokes / When she asked if I knew that I was blessed-
The answer...yeah, but the quest / For progress
On my chest / Gets the best of me
Aint much for destiny
Swear I had the recipe
But he aint even feedin em when missing key ingredients
Believing in my mind / My kind should move mountains
Spend more time trynna dodge my accountant
So many gambles to choices to bets
Give a brotha greif taking pieces from my peace
To beef up the stress though I know they’re both proud
Paused a sec / A tear rolled down
Realized my parent’s lives rise off of mine
Felt like I failed em / A brotha started crying
My crime being since college / Know I had a dream
That they’d see me on the screen like, “My boy, yeah I see him!”`
Slight flex / Move the world w/ my schemes, but they getting a lil older
Moving a lil slower
That’s life
Do it long enough and it rolls up
But I wish I did some more they could hold up
But hol’up / Bigger problems perhaps
Reflected
in my homeboy whose lung just collapsed
Used to sit up in the studio
Him on Don Julio
Me on water fluid, but I still was talking stuipd though
From rhyming to ballin’ to womens
Even joked about death, now I’m praying that his time stretch
I was quiet...
Heard a breath...
Silence kept then she said it’s alright
No reply / I’m knowing what she meant
Should learn from my past and remember why I’m sent
So long as my parent’s double-A R P fly
My boy’s bed ridden, but every day he try
And I’m never blinded by the vision in my eyes.
We going for it all, but please let me go, so I...
So I...
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5. |
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Ooooo, you better show my g...
They don’t respect it when it’s so low key
Stay cool, but show’em you hold heat
Let em know
[Let em know]
Let em know
[Fa sho]
From ab work to jab work
Crunch time to punch lines
I chef whatever / It’s day party brunch time
Black bougesie / In any hood I be
They take threats in vein, til I go IV
Roman numeral / I’m for [four] any funeral as pall bearer, ya’ll gear up, God fearer / You should know
I gotta crucial Glow
I produced the show
Summin, summin, summin, summin Metamucil flow
Look, you gotta know what you want
I’m trynna be the shoulders that my folks standing on
It starts w/ the legs / Pledge that you’ll gettem strong
But your calves (Cavs) to weak boy, you aint got the brawn (Bron)
I be knowing that, so I keep my focus like (aye)
She be strolling back, knowing when she poking that (aye)
I be holding back, hoping for a moment, but I aint gon’ fall for it ya’ll I’m too grown
Flaw of a dog is always choose bone
Muffle the sound / Cover up them hormones
My knees hurt and she acting like she 23
Holla at me when that number turns 20 g’s
I got kids to feed and none of ‘em of mine
My lungs on the line
My ex hell [exhale] cause she dumb all the time
Really I’m lying / Just needed a line
For a lil wordplay / She aint gonna listen anyway
That’s rough, but this aint naan cuffin rap
Enough of that / Let’s discuss where them bucks at
I greek freak for dolla’s, bahts, yen / Rands in hand til it’s franc that my pounds up
This rounds us / From drinking to brawlin
Think we sparring, huh? / Nah, bruh, we all in
So hey...send a call to a g
Golden moves w/ the Droid / Star Wars CP3-oh
You thought I’m talking bout the point guard
Cause the way I travel you would think my life was har-
Den I stepping back and making room up for applause, then
Rocket to the moon / [My] a cappellas is a tune
I know that is outdated when a player’s getting traded
But look mama I made it, now to chill up on some acres, Never-
Gambled in Vegas, but I promise I go Sega
Genesis to revelation placing hands up on the table
And it’s Ace, Ace, King, Queen, chuncking ya’ll the deuce
Say that aint a winning hand, man I am the proof
Boy from the Bluff hit the Cali sands
Lil Rocking overseas when I land / Damn I am the truth
Yeah, it’s International P
Suited for this / It’s just fashionably me
Gatekeepers wanna cut us out the plan they won’t lend a helping hand...God bless the amputees
I ask em all said what you know about me
Sometimes they don't respect it til you showing out
Y'all okay games til that lesson gets taught
Hard heads don't change til that pressure gets plues
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6. |
So I Fly
03:18
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Hook
I sit alone in my room w/ my lady overseas
I would roam, but dear a brotha to breathe
Cause the Ronas in aroma / We under siege
At least that’s what they say, but still a brotha’s at ease, cause look
Ya boy aint built for fear
Some done wilted here
But aint no guilt to heal
And so I rise...
At times the burns are clear
Gotta relearn to care
Still I yearn the air
And so I...
See, I could take it back
Sitting on the laps
Way before the Lacs / Or the Benz
In the big ole van
Cruising ‘cross the map
I relaxed in my momma’s hands
Cause I know she can / Heal the world in her arms
Her calm was my strong, but
That was then / This is now, got some gray hairs
Simple joys of a child / I aint stay there
And I don’t even care / Kids are stupid
Playing kinda sorta cause I’m knowing that the truth is
That the youth is got perks and privileges
But Earth done give the kid
A purpose and perspective what this reall y is
A day type grind
Incite some inds
I like to climb
So I fight for mine
The plight gets tiring
So I might recline
I write sometimes
Gotta get right in the mind
There’s some things I wanna see
If not, gotta still find peace
That’s on me...
Verse 2
I used to be less scared of death than the stress from my next step
Now they’re kinda even
So I’m cool w/ breathing
I aint cool w/ heathens
If your pressure is oppressing me and mine than I less than kindly decline
Good ole boys like to stereotype
Fighting not to obituary your life
Then bury your wife
My arial sights keep peripheral in digital
Plus a rearview / History is critical
E-R / See scars plus wounds
Aint hiding em from ya’ll
My mirror aint appalled
It’s clear I’m on a call and mission for the fall edition of a brand called REAL
Ya’ll still wear the art of wishing
Put BIG on the front of my name
I’m talking bout the range it aint never been a size thang
Room to grow w/ the FAM in tow
Headed to a place everybody won’t go
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