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1. |
The Process
03:13
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Verse 1:
Please don’t confuse me with these other dudes
they want the rhythm and the moves but they don’t want the blues
I only schmooze with the top tier rhymin' crews
who regulate and communicate through nonverbal cues
can tell the real from right off the rip
from the way they move they hands and they stance when they spit
these other rappers snitch on themselves when they talk
but a fish with his mouth closed don’t ever get caught, so
move in silence do ya dirt and disconnect
talkin bout it only make it worse, 'Streisand Effect'
got a lot of years in this I’m a man of respect
this a cash only business please don’t hand a check
can’t do nothin with that don’t try to connect us
I got a show in Paris France, they got a show in Paris Texas
big difference, my schedule hectic, you’ll get neglected
nobody busier than a person uninterested
Terrence highly requested my time is more sought
they Black is more Kodak, mine is more Thought
full price is a fools price with everything you bought
when you great it's just naturally innate it can’t be taught
Hook:
First they gonna ignore you
then they laugh at you
then they wanna fight you
then you gonna win!
In the beginning they gone be all resistant
then they gone realize you the most consistent
just when they think that you won’t dog show up
stay ready, go time, man show up
first they ignore you
then they laugh at you
then they wanna fight you
but then you gonna win!
Verse 2:
If your beat don’t knock like this I can’t listen to it
might have to pour me a shot just to get me through it
everybody rap now, 'me too' movement
I’m talkin Clipse and Pharrell before the 'Happy' music
if they swimming in money I watch'em drown
then reinvest they dividends and let'em compound
better get some etiquette you tryna stick around
stand up!
never shake a man hand sitting down
It’s a code, you ain’t volunteer you was voluntold
no say in it, freestyle ain’t no pay in it
time is worth way more than money don’t play with it
cause you can’t get it back when it’s gone no saving it
had alotta cats tell me T you inspire me
when I stop doin it I prolly be a retiree
content stay forever fresh ain’t no expiry
this rhyming just another way of me keeping a diary
shorty had the make up with the smoky eye fiery
throw you off ya game get in ya head like psychiatry
I ain't interested I ain’t making no inquiry
nose to the grind I’m fully focused entirely
Hook:
First they gonna ignore you
then they laugh at you
then they wanna fight you
then you gonna win!
In the beginning they gone be all resistant
then they gone realize you the most consistent
just when they think that you won’t dog show up
stay ready, go time, man show up
first they ignore you
then they laugh at you
then they wanna fight you
but then you gonna win!
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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2. |
Bounce Back
03:27
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Hook:
Bounce back and stay fresh with it, let's get it
left with it, came back, still blessed with it
blew your budget tryna add on and move the public
easy when you a student of it and truly love it
Bounce back and stay fresh with it, let's get it
left with it, came back, still blessed with it
blew your budget tryna add on and move the public
easy when you a student of it and truly love it
Verse 1:
See this that high level grown upper management tone
got the vantage point sewn when I damage you clones
canvas the zone, look like aerial shots from the drone
probably miss it, too busy staring down at your phone
can't condone, y'all terrible for real unbearable
should be doing clerical cause your skills ain't transferable
cause when you hear these, my series in binge worthy
you and your friends, your little hymns, is cringe worthy
man this pen will singe off your skin, heard me?
it's like a needle to your eye with the syringe dirty
torturous methods, take off your head while we pawning your necklace
flow hotter than some scorpion peppers
boy your face look like a firework accident
each bar like Hacksaw Ridge when I be rappin' it
man listen, can't teach no ambition
thought you was the boss got caught up in the acquisition
average spittin' from these dudes if I had to choose
I'd rather listen to my doctor give me bad news
cheesy rat blues is what y'all gonna be rappin soon
do ya Googles just to find out what happened to'em
Hook:
Bounce back and stay fresh with it, let's get it
left with it, came back, still blessed with it
blew your budget tryna add on and move the public
easy when you a student of it and truly love it
Bounce back and stay fresh with it, let's get it
left with it, came back, still blessed with it
blew your budget tryna add on and move the public
easy when you a student of it and truly love it
Verse 2:
Man I miss y'all cats, y'all might make me shed a Jordan tear
been in the field, how bout a Denzel Glory tear
just over here gettin' cheese, how you livin'?
I been, creating content to please the algorithm
you know, cult rap, niche specific, grown adult rap
watching them baboons fall for the salt trap
can't let it go, never, find a better way
if beats the cover letter, rhymes is the resume
fly candidate, fresh with the poise
hustle while it's quiet, let success make the noise
silent parade, still I'm marching to the drum
celebrate with lemon pepper wings, she's lickin' on my thumb
bul stay nice, don't care if there's two or ten of you
whether you old school or a tech savvy millennial
I put this pen to you, shots never subliminal
these imbeciles no rank for this think tank general
no more albums, you too quick to forget it
treat the game like a spigot, turn it on and slow drip it
one song a month, give you time to live with it
appreciate and digest it, then Boom, here comes the next shit
Hook:
Bounce back and stay fresh with it, let's get it
left with it, came back, still blessed with it
blew your budget tryna add on and move the public
easy when you a student of it and truly love it
Bounce back and stay fresh with it, let's get it
left with it, came back, still blessed with it
blew your budget tryna add on and move the public
easy when you a student of it and truly love it
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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3. |
Before
02:37
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Verse 1:
Yo I used to be that dude in the front row of your show
no time to talk, too busy yelling out hooooo!
got shirts? I purchase your merch then go to work
bump your CD like you's the best rapper on this earth
ultimate supporter, I was always in your corner
positive reinforcement, yo you gotta hear this bul spit
I would tell people, word of mouth street team
before the internet was poppin' off with the live stream
I was hand to hand passing flyers out with promo stickers
these dudes good? I cosign you like, 'I know them niggas'
they the truth, worth your money and your time
he be saying this, then I even quote your rhyme
now I done did a complete 180
I'm alot more shady, borderline lazy
basically I don't have a damn left to give
made a mixtape about it called Grown Man Grizz
Hook:
I don't do the things I used to do before
Hip Hop I love you, but I love my fam more
what you say bul? I'm not gonna be able to do it
I don't leave the crib unless I'm bringing money back to it
I don't do the things I used to do before
Hip Hop I love you, but I love my fam more
what you say bul? I'm not gonna be able to do it
I don't leave the crib unless I'm bringing money back to it
Verse 2:
Paid dues I don't feel like I got much to prove
I see you out there Beating the Street tryna Krush the Groove
networking, tryna get noticed with what's approved
I remember Philly dudes told me I was nuts to move
used to live around snake niggas, now I live around snakes nigga
real rap, I'm good though, do I miss the hood? No!
can I be a proud papa?
and still rhyme like my trunk got a loud choppa
I try to speak for those that's hustlin' to hold the fort
where the weeks are too long and weekends are too short
where work-life balance is one of there top goals
keep they sons off the block, and their daughters off the pole
you feel me? maybe not, okily dokily
oh you got a show for me locally?
hopefully you also got some doe for me
if not, I be awkward socially
and unfortunately, I have to decline woefully
Hook:
I don't do the things I used to do before
Hip Hop I love you, but I love my fam more
what you say bul? I'm not gonna be able to do it
I don't leave the crib unless I'm bringing money back to it
I don't do the things I used to do before
Hip Hop I love you, but I love my fam more
what you say bul? I'm not gonna be able to do it
I don't leave the crib unless I'm bringing money back to it
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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4. |
God Give It feat. D-Russ
04:20
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Hook:
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
Verse 1: Terrence Wood
See that's the truth that I give'em in the interviews
abuse grooves dudes use for their interludes
you tryna eat but you could never fill these dinner shoes
reinvent myself, enthused, emerge new improved
these ain't rhymes, this is me catching moments in time
thought fragments that go through my mind
capture data in word docs and spreadsheets
I crunch numbers, then spit'em out over beds of beats
they be, bursting with flavor, beautiful presentation
it's independent, no contractual obligation
no rappin' occupation this is more therapeutic
brings me back to my center, helps to keep me rooted
for me it's a sick dream, for them it's a get rich quick scheme
some 5Linx hijinks Side thinks differently
don't mistake my quietness for dissin' you
I just know the less you talk, the more you're listened too
Hook:
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
Verse 2: D-Russ
Truthfully speaking I just wanted a ill nine to five
providing for my family more than barely gettin' by
a fly ride, sippin' wine with my dime
while relaxing and unwinding, maximizing our time
but God had a plan in the grand scheme of things
cause honestly, who needs the drama doing music brings
I am that change, you can call me the Potter's clay
his vessel, put here to show the people that there's a better way
say what you say, but we all have our appointed time and day
music is what he's using, and using me to relay
better he giveth than taketh away, so become a good steward
I give'em the glory 'til I die, so go ahead get used to it
I SuWoo it, for the blood that he shed on the cross
he's my compass, accomplice, my company, I'm never lost
got double-crossed plenty of times like when he was crucified
haters truthfully lied, but DR is much obliged
thank you
Hook:
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
Verse 3: Terrence Wood
Rest in peace to the deceased, and God bless the living
see where I'm from the crowds a lot less forgiving
they can see it in your face, they ain't impressed with what your spittin'
so I'm used to under promising and over delivering
it's just in me to naturally rock differently
the bul sick, check levels of toxicity
y'all ain't close, not even in proximity
all out of proportion and lacking the proper symmetry
no chemistry, probably can't do math at all
fishbone or pareto, homie I can graph it all
graphic raw, chisel perfect rhyme sculptures
that combine the real with a little overindulgence
for entertainment purposes only, y'all clowns just a circus of phonies
see the reason why I'm curt with you homie
you underestimate the bul, but can't ignore what
once was an afterthought is now in the forefront
Hook:
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
Yeah I wrote it and I said it, but I can't take the credit
when they ask where you get it? I told them that God give it
wish I could tell you that I thought I was that talented
I take the good with the bad and balance it
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5. |
Off the Grid
03:20
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Verse 1:
Let's get it clear, you, you're little team up in here
you're working hard to be seen, I'm working hard to disappear
off the map, magician rap, my next shit
I'm sawing rappers in half, but this ain't no trick
it's for real, if you're corny with rhymin', I can't do it
hit record, bang your head on keyboards like Don Music
I know they love it, underground with no budgets
busy catching all these blessings, no hands to hold no grudges
nah, stay woke in these streets, I'm tryna tell you
cats would rather record you gettin' stomped then come and help you
that's why I'm antisocial when it comes to the media
my virtual assistant is more efficient plus she speedier
and she be booking me flights on Expedia
my toes in the sand where it's breezy taking it easier
hands off with it, still I'm bettering the quality
you're working like a dog, I'm leveraging technology
Side stay killin' it, you? every now and then
expert with it, got my 10,000 hours in
black business I financially empower them
I spend, circulate, it compound, and come around again
Hook:
Only a chosen few gonna catch it
the rest I let it fly overhead they never get it, nah
see, I don't mess around or kid with it
I'm inaccessible, dig it, I'm off the grid with it
Only a chosen few gonna catch it
the rest I let it fly overhead they never get it, nah
see, I don't mess around or kid with it
no jokes, elusive, I'm off the grid with it
Verse 2:
They say yesterday is ashes, tomorrow is wood
only today the fire burns so gotta get it while it's good
I've lived in alotta hoods, I've soaked up alotta game
but tell my son father 'hood' is the only one I claim
for real, I gets mine, while they're gettin' their money
they write in the studio, I write out in bear country
compose a banger, nasty with it, Carlos Danger
doing this since y'all was crushing on Topanga
manage anger, I would start out serene
but it would end like a Final Destination death scene
stay inside, stay safe, it's a better way
you chasing two rabbits, both of them gonna get away
get it how you live, hustlin' or legit
the harder you work dog the luckier you get
I was just a little tyrant that was splashing in the hydrant
now I'm tryna hit the right side of the cashflow quadrant
test the waters, I'll be out here making waves
promise not to drown you in the deep end I'll behave
believe that? then you as doofus as clueless sheeple
smart bul, I sound crazy to stupid people
for real
Hook:
Only a chosen few gonna catch it
the rest I let it fly overhead they never get it, nah
see, I don't mess around or kid with it
I'm inaccessible, dig it, I'm off the grid with it
Only a chosen few gonna catch it
the rest I let it fly overhead they never get it, nah
see, I don't mess around or kid with it
no jokes, elusive, I'm off the grid with it
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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6. |
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Verse 1: Mirage the Gr8
I'm real, true like the tag on me
I stay in the front, never lag homie
I'm Breaking Bad, Walter White
homie act a fool, well homie die tonight
metaphorically speaking of course, right
no evidence for them people stay out they eyesight
peace to that cat Trilly out in Arizona
we coming with some potent, we had to warn ya
my pedigree is tested solid like the words of Christ
don't talk what I don't do, my principles in life
yeah, the opposite of fiction
I'ma do it my way but carry on tradition
I blend well, but I'm such a contradiction
slow Texan in my stroll, chest full of ambition
peep the struggle in my flow
keep my mind on green like go
and I'm so..
Verse 2: Terrence Wood
So natural you can feel the emotion
ain't hard to differentiate the real from the hokum
ain't no magic snake oils or a potion
that's concocted together to mislead'em or coax'em
they flock to it intuitively, I ink it
but ain't got nothing to do with me, it's instinctive
people tired man, they wanna hear a rougher joint
and this is fire, y'all should gather at the muster point
take attendance make sure y'all accounted for
I can't be held liable when it sound this raw
you too busy worried bout whips and fly clothes
while I'm tryna flip these two fish and five loaves
something out of nothing, this is why the pen's drawn
sometimes I feel like a whisper in a wind storm
nobody hear me, if you blink I probably been gone
immortalized through this music, this the real jawn
Verse 3: D.O.S
So real, niggas do real things
so trill, we the microphone kings
so ill, bear arms when in the field
no frills
I gotta be the first up for that paper baby knowledge that
so tell them average rappin' cats D.O.S is back
let you have it for a sec, thought you had it set
I'm back on deck, R.I.P to your rep, uh
I'm so hard like the banger in my sweats
you ain't gotta like it, but you will show me respect
you go left I put the Nikies on your neck
I do this shit for laughs so you better come correct
this is five element rap, that's stronger than crack
the five finger snap with the elegant stats
better get yourself a nap the piranha's on attack
it ain't safe out here no more, that's that
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7. |
Heard It From Me
03:30
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Verse 1:
I'm just living in the moment homie learning on the fly
leave a trail of art in the sky to be remembered by
cause the music live forever so that way I never die
you look me up in fifty years I'm right there by your side
the bul say he okay, not the voice of today
but the path I helped to lay, dog I moistened the clay
stay away from those quick to borrow and slow to pay
watching their candlestick patterns cause they're traders everyday
no loyalty to y'all, that's some of their core flaws
gotta learn the hard way, not all classes got four walls
that's no surprise, I'm Steve Jobs in the garage
the apple of your eye, I'm just rappin' on the fly
improvise, they try to document what I said
content creators, Go Pros is on their head
tryna capture the rapture I record on these tracks
they said the Thong Song almost slipped between the cracks
no pun intended, I just understand the urgency
the only black dude at work searching for diversity
weird feeling, like Tommy Smith with the raised fist
gold medal flow, Olympic, hard to appraise this
Hook:
I'm in my own lane homie, word play is unique
alotta talk but you ain't heard it from me
I ain't gotta speak about it other people tell you how it'll be
a quiet beast but you ain't heard it from me
if it ain't about my family or my friends, then it ain't concerning me
move in silence, you ain't heard it from me
never killed nobody I just murder the beats
heard'em talk, but you ain't heard it from me
nah you ain't heard it from me
Verse 2:
they surprised when I tell'em I don't do it for the money
shed a tear like Cryrese "what more do you want from me?"
beg your pardon, I'm chillin', writing jams on the lovely
watching Martin, his old shit, that ain't no damn puppy
if you starting, ain't no stroll in the park made for walking
this a full on attack, I don't do the bluff charging
tough sergeant, barking orders at the squadron
burning hot, scalding, don't fall into my cauldron
y'all talking, from behind a computer
but keep in mind that critique line is always longer than the doer
and I'm a mover, a quiet beast
I get the crowd excited like riot police and make'em lie in the streets
in protest, flow grotesque, it's like a botched face lift
flow crazy, rappin' with a hospital bracelet
one rhyme'll disassemble your ensemble
leave you and your mongrels flat on your back horizontal
fronting like you got the worst bark
but you harmless as a nurse shark
I come through kill it, outside we got the hearse parked
reality verse art, start before you're ready that's the first part
Hook:
I'm in my own lane homie, word play is unique
alotta talk but you ain't heard it from me
I ain't gotta speak about it other people tell you how it'll be
a quiet beast but you ain't heard it from me
if it ain't about my family or my friends, then it ain't concerning me
move in silence, you ain't heard it from me
never killed nobody I just murder the beats
heard'em talk, but you ain't heard it from me
nah you ain't heard it from me
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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8. |
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Intro:
They say the music comes natural if you, get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
they say the music comes natural if you, get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
Verse 1: Terrence Wood
Sometimes the words don’t come as easily as I would like’em to
be waiting on’em for months, meanwhile the lights is due
but then the wife is due, kids need shoes, fridge needs food
so I’m in the streets with these fools
I know the common man can understand
life is what happens to you while you tryna make these other plans
that’s what Lennon said, no time to write it down
I pen it in my head, dinner fed, then I’m in the bed
early rise to go and dive in the deep end
trying not to drown while I’m funding my weekends
and brothers know it’s a juggling act
I'm not a Juggalo, but dealing with these clowns tryna rap
I ain’t got alotta rap, I just keep to myself, silent dude
living in the sticks, enjoy the solitude
that’s what I’ma do, keep pushing if you can relate
yeah I fell 7 times, still I’m getting up 8
Hook:
They say the music comes natural if you get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
I’m busy juggling time and money, and ain't got enough of either
trading one for the other while I’m tryna catch a breather
They say the music comes natural if you get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
I’m busy juggling time and money, and ain't got enough of either
trading one for the other while I’m tryna catch a breather
Verse 2: Terrence Wood
See I don’t know how many times I told my lady I’ma make it girl
I must've lost focus doing concentration curls
on the treadmills talking bout I’m making moves
running in place, going broke, paying dues
in the studios, yelling out 'record this fresh shit'
the more investment though, the more risk
da bul pissed? nah this ain’t no ice grilly
I ain't angry man, I’m just from Philly
we all look like this
just letting you know a brotha here and he try y'all
but people got too many options for their ears and eyeballs
so I don’t judg’em when they don’t come out
see everybody fighting a battle you know nothing about
me too, came a long way from gettin' this thing working
recording in ghetto cribs with smoke detectors chirping
in the background, that’s all I had the budget for
once I stopped tryna do it for a living I started to love it more
Hook:
They say the music comes natural if you get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
I’m busy juggling time and money, and ain't got enough of either
trading one for the other while I’m tryna catch a breather
They say the music comes natural if you get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
I’m busy juggling time and money, and ain't got enough of either
trading one for the other while I’m tryna catch a breather
Verse 3: Dris
Listen,
one wife, one crib, two cars, three kids
all that come first before daddy can live
early mornings, late nights, midnight sessions
red eye flights across the globe homie that's my life
ducking cops tryna dead mine
the hood been on what y'all reading in these headlines
I pray I survive, to tuck my son at bedtime, daily
memorize my lawyers jack in case the system fail me
keep money in the tuck in case she gotta bail me
but my steps are ordered so I ain't worried about these corners
I'm out here, gettin' this money crossing these borders
hopping all obstacles from tallest to shortest
I digs in so my youngins' can stand on my shoulders
go further than I ever could, struggling ain't never good
teaching my boys to be chumps, something I never would
around suckers, I never stood
feel me?
Hook:
They say the music comes natural if you get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
I’m busy juggling time and money, and ain't got enough of either
trading one for the other while I’m tryna catch a breather
They say the music comes natural if you get out the way
but real life be getting in the the way
I’m busy juggling time and money, and ain't got enough of either
trading one for the other while I’m tryna catch a breather
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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9. |
Zone Out
04:11
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Verse 1:
Sometimes I wish I had more time to listen to the music
appreciate the art, hop in the car and push start
cruising through the mountains while listening to albums
or vibin' to the bassline when driving down the coastline
road trips where music was the soundtrack for summer
but now soon as you drop one, they ask me for another
sorry brother, can’t make the music fast as you need me to
gotta live a little, slow down, can’t be speedin' through
these intersections and lights
I’m tryna make connections and include some reflections of my life when I write
plant something evergreen that’s seen every season
Gotta find your 'Why' that warms you up when you freezin'
regardless, we some artist, we creators, if we takers
then we adding something to it, give it back to the makers
gotta freak it different with a twist so it’s fresh
love when rhymes show up like some unexpected guests
I’m so hospitable High and Mighty 'Hot Spittable'
non-negotiable for me Hip Hop’s not quittable
when I was just practicing y'all found me by accident
clappin' for my rappin' when I thought I was inadequate
Hook:
Yeah it’s cool if you zone out
live in the moment put your phone down
turn the music up instead
bounce to the beat of your own drum
don’t worry bout what they say
yo live your life everyday
man it’s cool if you zone out
live in the moment put your phone down
turn the music up instead
bounce to the beat of your own drum
don’t worry bout what they say
yo live your life everyday
man it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
said it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
man it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
said it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
Verse 2:
It keeps flying, I’m busy tryna slow down time
look at the calendar, been in Texas almost a dime
I’m a simple man really, nah my wardrobe ain't silly
in my closet like damn I'm still rockin' clothes from Philly
throw on a dad hat still I'm clean as a mutha
for my dream I’m like the mouse that turned cream into butter
beat so loud that I can’t hear ya whispering
dance like nobody lookin', rhyme like nobody listening
like a freestyle, tryna live a laptop lifestyle
click and drag, mailbox money and get the bag
sittin' back analyze what's difficult to interpret
but the bass is universal, worldwide it short circuit
they ask how you fresh with no stress?
I pray bold prayers, I expect God’s best
ain’t super religious still these beats get blessed
they ain't messin' with us, see you too easily impressed
they say it can’t be done they tryin ruin it
tell’em shut up, you interrupt the ones doing it
between family life, working and sleeping
I’m pursuing my dreams in in a 4 hour evening
Hook:
Yeah it’s cool if you zone out
live in the moment put your phone down
turn the music up instead
bounce to the beat of your own drum
don’t worry bout what they say
yo live your life everyday
man it’s cool if you zone out
live in the moment put your phone down
turn the music up instead
bounce to the beat of your own drum
don’t worry bout what they say
yo live your life everyday
man it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
said it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
man it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
said it's cool like that, yeah it's cool
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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10. |
The Beginning
03:05
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Verse 1 :
When opportunity present itself to do something greater
just say yes and learn how to do it later
gotta step in the name of love around a few haters
kill’em with kindness and send’em to meet they makers
and that could be by way of gators or incinerators
either way you ain't stopping my accelerator
I’m full steam you tryna chalk me out a line
gave up on your dreams and tryna talk me outta mine
but you was never spittin' always the wack version
playin' the victim they treatin' me like a black person
yeah they is, I don’t know what else to call that
you opened up for who? Nah my dude you gotta pause that
say it different find another way to word it
maybe its just me I hear everything perverted
try to play it cool like a tank top
but laugh every time somebody says they went to Bangkok
oooooooh!
yeah I can be a bit of a goofball
with the word play I’m fly I can’t lie I’m the truth y'all
break out the pens if you doin' it for spite
success the best revenge if you the vindictive type
Hook:
gone at the beginning
show up at the end
smiling in my face
I see through the grin
pay attention to them dudes
that act like ya friend
cheer when you lose
never clap when you win
Verse 2:
Over years I wrote alot of rhymes that never seen the light of day
backseat had the drive now I got the right of way
had my hand out thought we could do it the United Way
older now wiser beard fuller with a slight of gray
I plan to ride is you movin' or you coastin'
this is music, this is amplified human emotion
Holy Ghost rap from a power above y'all
poetic with the wordplay Darius Lovehall
funny how I get more support from strangers
even my own peoples don’t repost my bangers
no retweets they want me 6 feet in the dirt
I ain't fail I just found a million ways that ain’t work
I don’t hold no grudges beloved no burned bridges
my Renee Zell-wiggers and my Arnold Schwarze-niggas
we cool but put in some work if you wanna see some paper
cause you ain’t eating none of the fruits of my labor
they ain't haters they competitive I understand the factors
maybe they haters that’s just the nature of rappers
don’t expect too much and you’ll never be disappointed
just keep pushing the line soon they get behind and join it
Hook:
gone at the beginning
show up at the end
smiling in my face
I see through the grin
pay attention to them dudes
that act like ya friend
cheer when you lose
never clap when you win
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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11. |
Round and Round
04:11
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Hook:
See my goal is to,
make music while feelin' like a million
live life and leave somethin' for my children
I’m well rounded
I plan to aim high but stay grounded
leave this place a little better than I found it
and stay moving round and round, round and round, round and round
I’m tryna keep the karma goin' for my peoples movin'
round and round, round and round, round and round
and keep that money circulating with my peoples feel me?
Verse 1:
Catch ya eye like a fire in the sky
like you got abducted by something flying unidentified
I ain’t lookin for a when, I ain’t tryna find a why
what’s my long term goal? to retire when I die
'til then recite these ill hymns, the choir I provide
oh you a rapper rapper? what they tell me when they hear me live
cause I ain’t rappin' over vocals lip syncing like I’m high
on some pay to play show performing with 25
grown men scared to show each other love yellin' no homo
Peter Pan Syndrome plus they gotta case of FOMO
fast forward the night wish they could replay it slow-mo
wondering how they woke up next to a chick that look like Momo
that’s why I roll dolo through these areas I’m walking through
when I hear you rap I gotta wonder who you talkin' too
It don’t resonate with me maybe the folks you market to
probably buss out laughin' if I ever rapped in Autotune
use to send my songs to DJ’s beggin' to play it
and want a record deal now gotta giggle when I say it
imagine that? use to record it on cassettes and a DAT
youngin' ask me what is that? I said don’t worry bout it scrap
keep doin what you doin flood the internet with music
make sure the quality match the quantity when you do it
stay true to yourself own your publishing and masters
long as it feeds your soul then that’s all that really matters
Hook:
See my goal is to,
make music while feelin' like a million
live life and leave somethin' for my children
I’m well rounded
I plan to aim high but stay grounded
leave this place a little better than I found it
and stay moving round and round, round and round, round and round
I’m tryna keep the karma goin' for my peoples movin'
round and round, round and round, round and round
and keep that money circulating with my peoples feel me?
Verse 2:
For me I need more than the beat just to be good
you gotta be saying something these requirements from T. Wood
man only if these walls could talk the way these streets could
seen some fools turn to old mules like Clint Eastwood
don’t trade 2 years of ballin' for 30 years of jail
that math don’t add up I don’t care if you learned it at Yale
having ya mama sell her house so you can make bail
you know them cameras can’t wait to capture your epic fail
keep pressin' no stressin' forget mistakes and learn lessons
you got possession block obstacles and keep receiving blessings
ain’t no participation trophies in this profession
some my songs might advise parental discretion
ain't no resting keep moving with aggression
avoid my idols, so they don’t ruin my perception
and my focus, "ain't nobody comin' to see you Otis"
no Temptations, I ain’t in no rush to make no quotas
y'all rap for quarters chump change outta sofas
drink tickets and sodas, pay to play to be the openers
don’t need to be the dopest in this race whatsoever
I ain’t much a runner but I keep walking forever
Hook:
See my goal is to,
make music while feelin' like a million
live life and leave somethin' for my children
I’m well rounded
I plan to aim high but stay grounded
leave this place a little better than I found it
and stay moving round and round, round and round, round and round
I’m tryna keep the karma goin' for my peoples movin'
round and round, round and round, round and round
and keep that money circulating with my peoples feel me?
Copyright: Whitmore Skillz Music (2020)
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