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the game’s deep peep the rules
you wanna be sheep throw em to the wolves
it’s about time somebody tamed this track with a rhyme
i pied pipe producers wardrobe provided by the boosters
cut the strings like damn Gepetto from a land called ghetto
like the sun don’t shine on the side of town south of the poverty line the same
they might still be in the game if they had just a little bit of aim
spit a riddle and riddle the middle of your mental frame
black eye shattering the window pane
got a look into the soul like what you really know about it
take this truth if they can’t do it then they doubt it
don’t get more right the louder that you shout it
cross the lines and reroute the output
now look how they gonna call it a movement if you still standing still
goin in for the kill the coup de etat in a coupe de ville
let’s build
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DJ
04:22
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functional destruction derby
worthy adversary serving
swerving through the curve tipsy turning topsy turvy
luring murky water misfits to the bottom for a visit
cause to think your caped crusades are saving gotham’s just pretentious
third world vertebrate sundial superlative
emergence of the purpose through the surface of the worthlessness
until they understand the urgence with which i work this shift they ain’t got a bridge to build
salute to the shine lusters turned side busters still
in love with the cluster fuck that have to try to keep it real
i’m already me like it’s all i’ve ever wanted to be
they cage themselves to sing how they long to be free
and this bit conscious shit gets dissed cause it’s dishonest
taint the plot to paint the pretty picture that it’s not
caught in a mexican standoff
like yo atlas the pens only mightier than the sword til they cut your hands off
What you wanna do? You playin? Then make a move.
it’s so simple but we make the fakest faces
for the camera like the muthafuckin lens is gonna save us
told em before face the bass and stay gracious
keep the towel i’ll never throw it and if it’s foul it’s gon’ be flagrant
wake up soldier you fightin to be a placeholder
livin in a blizzard how much colder can it get
this isn’t that shit this isn’t imagery
drunk alone writing friday night this is really me
i ain’t got fans i got friends
whether we’ve ever met of you never see me again
you know me now
mr just did it no one taught me how
innovate to watch these lames try and jock the style
i been in it long enough to know a gimmick when i see it
on that underground slang i don’t talk it i be it
to the roots on the streets or in the booth
you know who to come to for the truth
your move
(Chorus)
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came proper not a name dropper i am not my record sales
check the resume carried enough weight he could tip the scales
stalemate braille fate feel it breaking through your fail safe
change is coming just at a snail’s pace
still bustin and still banging percussion
clutch a mic like i never ran from nothin in my life
love it leave it or just be too blind to see that
the truth is if i want it i really probably don’t need it
use to feel like i was wise beyond my years
then i realized i just had some stupid peers
word to the fear that keeps a big fish in a small pond
he couldn’t swim upstream he never got that strong
ain’t no shuck and jive in the struggle and strivin
shinin not just survivin til i’m dead i’ll be live
I seen a lot of em come in and front and i never been one of em
dumbin it down to numb surroundings when the profound got too cumbersome
I get down eye level with the snakes and as high as you can without wings
pardon me i believe you got a piece of my steez caught in your teeth
cheese youre working it
it’s the cure that’s hurtin em not the disease
flirtin with death one thing certain im getting it
one verse and the vision shifts
rip that sit back and watch the division split
call it bricker brack pitter patter pocket pick battles
we all white at the bone and black at the shadow so who wanna race
lace this on a case by case basis
cause i love cats enough to say i hate it to they faces
place my faith and my bets at the same table
nexus connected fatal as soon as they say go
fuego is fuego miss me with the way they play roles
creatin for them pesos is makin it cause they say so
the whole concept was progress
pop best to leave your flawless goddess looking a hot mess
not so complex but not as easy as we make it look
you either shake or get shook
take or get took
(Chorus)
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Make Me
04:11
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white collar blue collar this one’s for you holler back
when these profits ask where the dollars at
we tell em move side to side ladida with that irey vibe
from the chi to the 415 cause live is live
love is love and heat is heat
visa vi what i see on the street and how it feed a beat
i be that soul rebel with cold levels of flow
my state of grace far from amazin just so you know
if i don’t know your middle name then it’s really not deep
if you ain’t swinging when you see me then it’s really not beef
they hit me like what’s up def
cold crushin the maiden voyage of this dubstep and wonderin what’s next
leave cats buggin tuggin the subtext
like if everybody’s really making it rain then why ain’t this place flood yet
vet in the clutch tippin a cup and givin a fuck
for all my people that just wanna get down until they gotta get up
I hate my nine to five
but I love my people for the way they get live
everybody that came out to the show when
you know damn well you have to work in the morning
either a pea on a plate or a fly in the soup
you’re the first out the gate or get trampled by the group of who’s who
when life’s just a roof and a mattress
the only thing certain is your death and the taxes
relax kid, cause if you add what they subtracted
wall Street said it was sufficient for the back rent
the last cent spent on your gas and the twist is the warmth was supplied but they charged for the matches
man, their aint no such thing as free speech
when the Feds put the cap on the sea cause the spigot leaked
thieves and no named slaves
with no chains enraged theirs no chang
more work and no raise
Its strange how the bailout still wasn’t enough
and in this broke ass economy I still sell drugs
Fuck the Man cause he’s nothing but a thief and a thug
Now repeat after me and turn it up till it bumps.
(Chorus)
I love my five to nine
because there’s something feed the ego when the spotlight shine
but they don’t see half of the work that goes in
when you polishin the coal
no they just see you holdin a gem
so what are you
a firefighter grant writer bus driver
the man who takes the coats the janitor the ceo
no i’m a human being with revolutionary dreams
that doubles as a love machine
everybody has that secretary with ass
that they fantasize about to make a workday pass
and everybody want an escape
I bet even if you love your job you got a boss that you hate
that love of currency will take you to slavery
say i make my money my money don’t make me
that’s why the motto at the end of the day be
i make my money my money don’t make me
(Chorus)
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God Complex
04:29
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today i woke up with a stranger in my head
the devil on each shoulder an angel in my bed
and a god complex
the flesh is weak let the soul manifest
i used to write with more meaning before i learned to write my sixteens
you earn the most we care the least peace
belly of the beast pounding pavement like fallen angels
too busy bleeding through the pen we just step over the bodies
those that don’t have inner peace have inner war but it kills the time
been burning bridges since i realized my heroes were bullshit
whether it’s trash to treasure or treasure to trash
one man’s babylon is another man’s nirvana
electricity God dreams and karma
like its light heat and gravity that come from the same sun
i made it a point not to have one to get to
i’ll jump when i want and not through that hoop
(Chorus)
she hurts like a could’ve been never was does
sometimes when you hear the wrong song with the right buzz
like the feeling in your eyes when the light floods
and the first thing you wanna do is close it tight shut
baby don’t though
this isn’t bright this is normal you just been in the dark
lovely shade of combustible blew the spot with a spark
she starts fires stick around for the finale
hopscotchin’ through the back alleys
tally up the score
went to sleep on the bed so how we end up on the floor
she was love she was sex i was a name on her checklist
discussin life and deathwishes over breakfast
(Chorus)
this isn’t a love song
in fact it’s hardly a song at all
this is just me reading the writing on the wall
call it
sinner or saint based in how they face that temptation
we care that they think we don’t care what they think
so where’s the worth
don’t disturb the surface of our picture perfect little petry dish
with this we need to be free shit
something along the lines of if you have to explain a joke it’s not funny
you wanna get rid of somebody lend em money
you wanna earn a mans respect then beat him half to death
until there’s almost nothing left then give him back his breath
you want everyone to give you their attention
stop talking about yourself for a minute
(Chorus)
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Mechanical Instrumentals
03:24
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mechanical instrumentals
two robots in a drop top rental
fuck a benz i’d be happy in a pinto
as long as it rolls and there’s smoke coming out the windows
the whole steez was ho please
the only question you should be askin is on your back or your knees
there’s a few that believed and even more that doubted
i know i’m doper than you i don’t have to brag about it
see the irony
that’s on purpose for the surface dwellers
ain’t nothing but some story tellers
i mean really fellas
just stop hatin on my shit and come tell me that youre jealous
promoters club owners hella overzealous
like we sell the drinks the drinks don’t sell us
if you caught in the shadow then it’s not incidental
organic ass in the land of mechanical instrumentals
Mechanical instrumentals
2 robots in a drop top rental
on tilt leanin out the window
singin i love my mechanical instrumentals
I bet your flow don’t sound like mine
I bet your dj’s bass don’t pound like Rise
and shine we got a lot
listen fuck the props
i’m coolin even if everybody hates me in the spot
politicin with scholars let the dollars come
keep it true making moves like i’m on the run
it goes dum diddy dumb and dumber
I know what you did last summer
some bullshit that did some numbers
so what
it ain’t hard to be a slut
everybody needs someone to use to get a nut
fuck that ain’t the type to bust back
we like to shoot first ask questions last
we like ante up fucks mashin out with the posse
you could take my liver but you’ll never take my Rossi
west coast fame goin intercontinental
i’ll see you overseas with these mechanical instrumentals
(chorus)
my brain seeks to unleash
psychological disease on your city
tilll your fucking streets start to weeze
i have no steeze
just a desire to murder promoters and owners and agents and lawyers
eat a million mc's
its evil inside my intel ignite
the fire of the lion of zion, it’s jah by my side
i’m calling him me we runnin and free
best to collar your collaboration or we fucking crushing your street
with the weight of the judgement
people panicked and runnin
rabble rousers stopping by just to say that the love it
it’s the gift that keeps on giving
fury is a higher emotion
emersed in emultion
the aristocrats aint got the power to poison the potion
we living off motion and bass, more addictive than freebase
you best be afraid of whats behind these shades
cuz Rise and Anti been lyin awake for days and days and days
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Clownsuits
04:29
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you can’t soundproof your clown suit
you can’t drown it out cause the circus surrounds you
entering center ring shimmering head to toe
she loves to drink for free and she loves the smell of blow
she only wanna ride if you playin at the show
and she ain’t got the time if you ain’t got the dough
now that’s a tight rope and she walk it like she mean it
got her heart on her sleeve and true religion in her jeans
like its all tight with that little black dress game
she complains that vera wang’s passe and has to change
she spent every cent on fashion that she had
to be the baddest bitch dancing
girl get back at your dad
see it don’t matter how much mac she puts on
it doesn’t hide the tears she cries when everybody’s gone
mama walked a tightrope cause daddy was a clown
she don’t know nothin else so what’s a girl to do now
she walks a tight rope and she wears the right clothes
she’s beautiful
tits ass and a big red nose
(chorus)
he’s known downtown this careful clown
doormen part the velvet rope
as the gladiator march plays from inside the clown car
rollin on 20s in 64s
coupes and four doors
filled up with more whores
all bought with dirty dope
he walks a tight rope
he wears the right clothes
he does the right blow
he fucks the right hoes
he’s a trainwreck in a clownsuit, he thinks he is beautiful
brawn balls and a big red nose.
he thinks big thoughts and polyamorous dreams
his religion is in his jeans that cross on his chest don’t mean a thing
he wears it just to bling
blinding his prey with a pinky ring
them rainmakers know he’s the cat that can make it snow
now he got the cut for them guts
never thinking of the damage done
when he ruts her
then dumps her
another night
another challenge
another rope
another rope
another night
aother challenge
g get the rope
ae circus is in town, ha
the circus is in town
all you bozos and classless hos
out for cash and clothes
might got game but you got no soul.
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Counterpoint
02:50
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inhale the stale aroma
hotel
catacomb
home sweet home away from home in my padded cell
swell day to be itchin for a new drug
when something’s out to kill you just you don’t have a clue what
got suited trooped up at the rendezvous cut
raindanced with these robots just to watch they moves rust
bust it sunday mornin easy as shoplifting at flea markets
concrete submarines goin deep talk about hard ships.
I can’t be held accountable i never received shit
but transmissions beyond your comprehension so why mention it
keep your dissention kick
stick and move like i still got shit to prove to you and mr. magoo
about this music that you’re listenin to
please
that’s quite enough from the peanut gallery
still live like a king on a jester’s salary
fuck you and your plagiarized normality very loudly
you mealy mouthed mossback mortals
get your monophonic monologues tapped out like morse code
they slow it down to speed it up
they know the who don’t need the what
you catch the best diseases in the lap of luxury
they slow it down to speed it up
they know the who don’t need the what
all we know’s a buck a beat
and all they know’s the beats are buck
wild style
so they couldn’t see me
kept it hard to read as CTV graffiti
cause the grammar’s hella greasy
and the beat is hella sleazy
and she’s teasin but i never been pleased with nothin easy
ex-squeeze me cheese dick
looks like the motions makin him sea sick
yo homie you’re slippin your board needs regripped
peep it’s no secret that people love that weak shit
so the wolves dress like sheep to disguise where the strength is
they slow it down to speed it up
movin in place to keep it stuck
capitalize on the crux
rows of ducks lined flush
what
you’ll get your mind touched
don’t hide don’t try to define just line up
(Chorus)
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Big Boy
you wanna do big boy dirt wear your big boy shoes
get your game tight before they bust you loose
who’s who...
better learn it concernin the streets
cause out here they feed on the weak
the game’s deep
we keep it moving you know kingdom outta ruins
damned if i ever let em tell me when to go
pursuin it all by any means
watch me give em a taste and make em fiends
dream big but them dreams ain’t shit
if you can’t drop this so they just can’t diss
can’t innovate until you get your mission straight
say it to they face or end up on a dinner plate
demonstrated mindstate elevated heaven through hell
how we made it now they play it
and your dj couldn’t cross me even when i’m faded
you still tryin to make a yacht out a slave ship
meant what i meant dont care how you take it
bent as i get i don’t fake shit
again i don’t talk it i be it
i just call it how i see it
(chorus)
your livin in a big boy crib got big boy rims
on a big boy whip thinkin big boy shit
he told yall the game is deep
that’s why me and DefEye came to slay the sheep
my lines bring pain to beats
so Eyes can open wide man its play for keeps
in time outshine til you’re way too weak
sometimes the crooked signs not plainly seen
come on step up grab the mic
or to the technic 12’s its whatever you like
your freestyle is funny and your timing terrible
your scratches are sorry but the beat made it bearable
my team made kings through our parables
leaned from nth beams between when and where we go
teamed with Rise in disguise Its Eyes
direct and live through your stereo
(chorus)
now i don’t know about you but i know about me and mine
i know that pressure turn coal to a diamond
i know as long as it’s out there to get i’m gon’ grind
one hundred and ten the whole nine
shine recognize shine
lames don’t til you make em go blind
right in the eyes with that always been more than rap
quarterbackin while they distort facts
and any way you wanna pad the stats
that against this is a piss poor match
check my new rogue status
made this song just to make em mad at us
the nexus is batty california chicago to cincinnati
ease back daddy you wouldn’t want it
tell the truth i never been so honest
(chorus)
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been grinding hard like teeth priming star striped beats
rhymin bars quite unique so my par is like 3
so far pissin you off like Bill Mahers speech
cuz most of these stars is weak claim real large feats
its time to move forward, align and motivate
just a sign of the rhymes as my lines go to tape
my mind stays blind the spine holds the weight
inclined to know the fate combined and throw the bait
and try to work the angles over banner star spangled
in line to supersize but my eyes got tangled
in webs Its said that the sky’s my turntable
instead i practice with a pad and a pen
cuz steps lead to movement, movement leads to change
estranged from improvement provin it’s a game
your losin never in tune with the arranged
an amusing endeavor choosing severed veins
you better move on, steady standin my ground, you better move on
move on move on movin, well I aint movin, steady standin my ground, you better move on
and so i'm movin, well i aint movin, i'm trying to move on
i’m servin em up
like cheap whiskey
in a dive bar
watch the sky fall
were dreams grow wings and fly away
or simply wither and die from the poisoning
this aint no hustler’s dream
aint no chrys poppin an if you bring your wrist watch in
you leavin a little lighter in the loafers
no prayin to jehova
i come from the land
of alchohalics and late rent checks man
gutter politics
we shave the truth to fit your preconceived
notion
we serve it up like potion
at seven nine and ten
so of a man that never spared the rod
professed his faith in god and lost his fucking mind
he doomed his only son
to a life of rhyme
so i turn up the vibe
a grown man now standing there with my shoulder’s squared,
barely feeding my clan feeling desperation stand
(chorus)
i'm workin hustlin work when its bubblin
it’s a purse in the consumption mother earths herbal assumptions
i'm searchin for somethin perks in the percussion
in words for what its worth insighting birth on earth for nothing
my bourbon Production a curse and seduction
a formal hearse planned function with come to terms ham luncheon
why serve em? Its custom dispursed into dust
in the first introduction when my nerves purge gumption
im earnin my bucks in vergin on construction
deterring all obstruction from enduring small munchkins
lie wording ya busted perturbing halls erupted
disturbing all that’s subject to the art with artists love met
try turning your musket towards the orange sunset
for awards that’s whore unless the stores can endure gunless
Eyes burnin what he touches reverbin the line on crutches
determined to rhyme and cut this like Bird at the line in clutches
(Chorus)
diodic episodic
rough ride
stepping for a new dawn
how run to do or die
bottom rung be holdin on
workin aint surviving, its just dying slow
swim against the current
but we caught up in the undertow
drowning in compounded interest
bills aint never paid barely alive
yet still I step to this
rhythm that never quits
heated I cant forget that i
feedin focal family
flying out the fucking south side
we be complete neo tribalist
city junglist
understand
on the down beat of this
concrete wilderness
naturally dangerous
openly heartless
center city soulless
break beat sustain us
with nothing to lose
motivated troop moves -
man we feelin the sound come and check the bruise
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