1. |
THE AWAKENING
03:56
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life is a shadow
i'm entering the shadow realm
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2. |
YOUREGETTINGCLOSER
03:58
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closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
[yo chad hit em wit dat illuminati shit]
the track hits your ear drums like a
punch to the throat, decimate ya like Syria
up in smoke,
ya rhymes are OK, my shit’s insane
off the chain Bob Dylan ghost
blowin ya brains
he flow futuristc, Marty McFly
get ya headphones on, it’s time to die
[he means slaying the listener by performing so well]
ribbit, rabbit, flip it, smack it
back yo ass up then drop it, drop it
that one’s for the ladies and the freaks in the house
all you fellas stand tall, let your inner swag out
[before all the kids teased you on the playground
he used to dance like Michael Jackson in the goalie net]
they pointed and laughed so i kept it deep on
play it cool wear a mask like circus freak clown
[aww that's sad never happened to me]
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
[ballin on these honkeys is a full-time job]
stuntin in my baby white ventador Lambo
plush red seats with the dark tinted windows
got a baby mom in evry city, from here to Milan
[i spread my seed more widely than Genghis Khan]
got a mil in the bank, Def Jammin record deal
Rick Rubin in this bitch, producin my shit
i get more money than Elon Musk
ball harder Bilzerian from dawn to dusk
[MLK Speech]
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
closer closer, youre getting closer
[uh closer to what exactly]
you’ll know it when you feel it cuz ya
can’t even try. rip out ya heart bleed it
out til it dies. yer darlings gotta go
the way of dino, clingin to ya ghostly past like a rino
when the student is ready, the teacher appears
get all caught up in my headlights, scared little dear
you aint foolin nobody with that hatoraid ish
i’ll be the new Nickelback just gimme them chips
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3. |
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Yeah I know you won’t give me
That authentic Hip Hop card
But I don’t give a fuck man
I’ll rock this mic
Til your motherfuckin ears bleed
motherfuckin ears bleed
Caught in a ravine
The chasm between
Two cultures that are seen
With a stereotype
Fuck that shit
Young buck do your own thing
And if the haters wanna hate
Cuz my skin’s too white
Let em hate and when they hate
chips are gonna stack high
And if the haters wanna hate
Cuz they think I’m a wigga
Let em hate and when they hate
chips are gonna stack even higher
See I grew up listening to Tupac and Biggie
But also Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder
I used to dance like Michael Jackson in the goalie net
Done and got older
Got a chip on my shoulder
Now I shine with my off-white, fake teeth
Started havin problems with obesity
Yeah these demons wanna, wanna sabotage me
But excuses are like assholes
[ everyone’s got one ]
So I watched my idols on YouTube for a week
Wish I coulda been there
When Queen played Wembly
The way he swayed the crowd, Freddie Mercury
Felt like some kind of spiritual release
I remember seventh grade
Those Mussissippi Nights
Superdrag screaming
[Who sucked out .. the feeling]
We made our own Weez3r tees
And hit up the show
I remember thinkin “damn this guy’s a nerd, just like me”
In my early twenties I pushed my dreams and my love for music
Deep deep down
I played it safe
Took the well-worn path
Stuck in a cubicle staring at a screen
But something inside was [Haunting Me]
I guess it was my idols and the songs they sang
I always kinda wondered
Maybe me one day?
Failure’s an illusion
You just haven’t done it
Bigger, badder, more you, less them
Better, better, getting better every day
Honing your craft til you’re so good
They HAVE NO CHOICE
They Cannot Ignore You
A friend of mine, we’ll call him Ryan
Opened up my eyes
When I couldn’t see
I’d lost my path, lost my way
Lost most of my dignity
Then one day things got so bad
I was headed on a one-way track
About to drop off a steep ravine
Took a look at my life
The failure I’d become
Decided to say .. fuck it man
Imma do it my way
Fuck it man, Imma do it my way
Fuck it man, Imma do it my way
Excuses are like assholes
[ everybody’s got one ]
Fuck it man, Imma do it my way
Excuses are like assholes
[ everybody’s got one ]
Fuck it man, Imma do it my way
Excuses are like assholes
[ everybody’s got one ]
Fuck it man, Imma do it my way
Excuses are like assholes
[ everybody’s got one ]
Fuck it man, Imma do it my way
Excuses are like assholes
[ everybody’s got one ]
fuck it
Imm do it my way
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4. |
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cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
met a fine girl had quite a ba donk a donkey
took her back home played a little hiden da salami
rip rip rip goes the ribbit of a frog
in a long lost jungle in the middle of the fog
back to the girl with the junk in her trunk
started blingin on my hotline, slowin down my crunk
the frog was a chillin like a villain til
the Big Oil came started drillin and spillin
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
bong to the bong to the bang bang bing
started blingin like a king when he yin yang yinged
your lookin for the message in the ding ding dong
but the dong to the ding got the ding all wrong
he stepped to the mic and he spit his verse
the white Tiger Woods makin shit so diverse
yappity yap i can't rap like that
my skin color's white and ya gotta be black
or from the hood .. ahh fuck it, i'll say the
n-word ... n______nihilism is bad for you kids
life has meaning, until you hit the skids
Anthony Bourdain and Kurt Cobain
eatin tacos in heaven with Jesus and the Saints
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
cracka ass cracka, redneck honkey
slow it down baby, get that gucci good stuff
the girl from the first verse moved away in a huff
really can’t blame her cuz i have dark side
don’t worry i’m not a psycho like some of these people out here
by the way
the frog died
the frog from the first verse uh he's died
the oil companies killed him
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5. |
Battle Ready
02:46
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So you wanna battle?
Get battle ready
Yeah I’m heavy
Cuz I like to eat
Just dined at the buffet
Last night, munchin on ya girl’s vajayjay that’s right
I’ll assasinate ya
Character, 360 no-scope rifle
Speaking of course metaphorically
I don’t bring heat nor start beef
I end all time with my rhymes
Like Creator, One and I
Jesus in the streets
Rick James in the sheets
I’m the boss of all Based Gods
The Caucasian Hope
Started from the country club
To the cubicle
Now I rock shows
With them Instagram hoes
Kids goin wild
A hometown hero
Put it down for 314
To the 503
Reppin my sets
Like a Jewish agent
Countin them shekels
Leave ya ass on the pavement
You’re nothin to me
You aint worth my energy
Cuz the opposite of love
Isn’t hate, it’s indifference
Ya rhymes bore me
Jibberin and jabberin
About how ya dealt drugs
Like Escobar
But yer barely even Poncho the janitor
You only speak lies
I’m the motherfuckin truth
Callin my shots, Baby Ruth
Rockin the mic
In pink polos
They call me Professor
Break ya nuts on the dresser
I’ll split yo head
Brains on the concrete
I didn’t choose the Based life
It just chose me
Maybe one day
You’ll graduate from
A hater wannabe
to Junior VP
Society, Dead Poets thereof
You’ll never touch me
I’m C-E-O
Raised on the words
Of the classic minds
Shakespeare, Eliot
Yeats and Frost
Lennon, Hendrix
Cobain and Morrison
Killin em softly is how we do
Yer frontin for the cameras
I’m Legendary like Big Foot
Or Santa
A mythological beast
And when I pass
Press F to pay respects
While bumpin these anthems
Up in the streets
Ya lyrics are stale
Like rancid guacamole
Check ya expiration
Cuz the time has passed
A new team is in town
And we run this thing
So you wanna battle?
Get battle ready
Heard you wanna battle
Get battle ready
Heard ya talkin trash
Get battle ready
You only speak lies
Get battle ready
I heard you’re even frontin like Vanilla Ice
Get battle ready
Battle ready
Battle ready
Battle ready
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6. |
Be My Sunshine
03:38
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they can have the cash and the cocaine
i just look into your eyes do it slow thing
they can have the cash and the cocaine
i just look into your eyes do it slow thing
be my little sunshine, no rain delay
get into my Honda, vamos ondelay
head out to the coast, no rose
post up in our spot on the beach so cozy
you got the “je ne sais quoi” a dulce
those baby doll eyes te amore
gettin lost in ya lips increyible
chill at home netflix defineetle
be my sunshine no rain delays
shelter you from the storm til brighter days
be my sunshine no rain delays
shelter you from the storm til brighter days
be my sunshine, no rainstorm
got yo umbrella on the cloudy days
i can be yo icon, take you to church
on Saturdays … late night in the sheets
Hozier, let it play, hit the skins n back again,
kill me with that sweet death
i’ve been waiting .. all .. day
be my sunshine no rain delays
shelter you from the storm til brighter days
be my sunshine no rain delays
shelter you from the storm til brighter days
lookin hella fly in the benz i might
riiide
lookin hella fly in the skins i might
diiie
she got the moves that i need
open up and set me free
you're a bad bitch, miss independent
no Starbucks, yo hella fly
nothin basic. about you
that’s why i want
you to ride
be my rider, ride or die bitch
i’m a fly super high pimpified hella manwich
be my sunshine no rain delays
shelter you from the storm til brighter days
be my sunshine no rain delays
shelter you from the storm til brighter days
lookin hella fly in the benz i might
riiide
lookin hella fly in the skins i might
diiie
she got the moves that i need
open up and set me free
i’m a hella fly pimpified kind a guy
ride or die
be my sunshine miss ten-piece dime
rain or shiine
i’m a hella fly pimpified kind a guy
ride or die
be my sunshine miss ten-piece dime
rain or shiine
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7. |
Demons
04:55
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demons
can’t run from us
can’t hide from us
demons
every city, every town
every village, every hamlet
demons
every nook, every closet
every corner of your mind
demons
there we lurk .. inside
cuz we’re
demons
can’t run from us
can’t hide from us
every city, every town
every village, every hamlet
every nook, every closet
every corner of your mind
demons
there we lurk .. inside
this is a metaphor
i don’t believe
in ghosts and shit
demons don’t actually
[talk to me]
i mean
i’m not .. crazy or anything
i don’t
[hear voices]
shit, what the fuck
[ damn son
you’re scaring me with
all this talk of Demons
worship the Lord
and the heavens above ]
[ let me talk to em]
for far too long
i took the easy out
i took the easy A
this time i’m confrontin em
starin my Demons in the face
this time i’m confrontin em
starin my Demons in the face
demons
can’t run from us
can’t hide from us
demons
every city, every town
every village, every hamlet
demons
every nook, every closet
every corner of your mind
demons
there we lurk .. inside
back with the pen and paper
in my hand
for five long years my head
was in the sand
with the help of my friends
i’m back up on the grind
motherfucker i’m the man
motherfucker i shine
get my swerve on
they were livin rent-free
in the prime real estate
in the back of my mind
so i kicked em to the curb
battled em with the spurs
confronted in the hearse
finally stood my ground
told em to do their worst
but you know how they do
they come back cuz they’re
demons
can’t run from us
can’t hide from us
demons
every city, every town
every village, every hamlet
demons
every nook, every closet
every corner of your mind
demons
there we lurk .. inside
i feel Slim, when he wrote Stan
take a clue from Axel Rose, kill yo idols
if ya can, ya never really know
if this day’ll be yo last
tentacion got shot today
i don’t start no beef
i don’t want no trouble
i do this for the love
not the money or the fame
and if I ever disappear
it’s because of my ....
demons
can’t run from us
can’t hide from us
demons
every city, every town
every village, every hamlet
demons
every nook, every closet
every corner of your mind
demons
there we lurk .. inside
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8. |
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Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
i wanna mashup, mash that shit up
take two sounds, add my shitty rounds
mix it up, lock it down, bring it round
if the sound makes ya .. ear-gasm
then . i lifted a frown
doo doo brown come on man
i know you wanna
[come on outta ya cage and
you’ll be doin just fine]
Mr. Brightside where ya been
most of my life. as i .. try not to tear up
when i
think of all those nights i
teared up
thinkin God had forsaken me
you don’t have to believe
call it what you will
but i believe
we are more than just complex collections of molecules
uh. through my rhymes and sound
you and i intertwine
lyrical ghosts flow through me
i sure hope they don’t
[haunt you]
tell it to em
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
[drop knowledge]
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
spit bars son
drop knowledge from the shadow realm
immortal vampires
suck yo blood with their lyrical mastery
i become thee
Tupac, Biggie, Cobain and Morrison
Jimi, Joplin, Winehouse and Lennon
their spirits flow through me
a river
i’m on that Bruce Lee shit
[i said empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water]
alan watts in this bitch
the self, an illusion, we all
part of one thing
distributed intelligence more powerful than AI
reboot The Matrix I’m jackin
out of the real world
and into a Higher Plane
catch ya on the flip side for now let the Choir sing
i said let the Choir sing
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
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9. |
The Hurt Fades
04:36
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this goes out
to anyone who’s
struggling out there
anyone who’s
lost someone
someone they
truly loved
or who just
put a smile
on your face
i remember
gettin the call
thought it was a
sick prank
you always had a
smile on your face
crackin a joke
the life of the party
i guess the pain
was just too deep
so you took
that permanent
solution to a
temporary problem
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
i don’t blame
you man
you gotta do
what you do
i just wished
you’d have picked up
the phone
one last time
then i coulda learned
how to save a life
now i’m stuck
here playin
Adam’s Song
on repeat
i miss you man
i miss you man
i miss you man
when i went to
your funeral
i tried to hold it in
but the pain
was too much
for me
whole church packed
giving honor to your memory
honor to your memory
i miss you man
you were the shad0w to my l1ght
d1d you feel us
an0ther st@rt
you f@de away
afra1d our a1m is out 0f s1ght
w@nna see us
al1ve
where are y0u now
where are y0u now
wh3re are you now
i’ll be honest with you
when the pain is too deep
i don’t even wanna
get out of bed
let alone make a sick beat
my world turns dark
it’s groundhog’s day
each one a little
worse than the last
when i’m stuck in that mindset
man i relate
but why did you have to go
and buy some duct tape
and a tube
drive your car
out to some
abandoned field
so i think of all the sadness
that takin that
permanent solution
to a temporary problem
would cause to my loved ones
yeah i don’t have many
but they mean the
world to me
i guess that’s what gives me
all of my strength
you were the shad0w to my l1ght
d1d you feel us
an0ther st@rt
you f@de away
afra1d our a1m is out 0f s1ght
w@nna see us
al1ve
where are y0u now
where are y0u now
wh3re are you now
i know you don’t believe me
but i’ve been in the darkness
there’s light
at the end of this tunnel
you gotta believe me
let me spark it for ya
if you can just get through
one more night
i guarantee the sun
gonna rise up tomorrow
don’t take that
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
permanent solution to a
temporary problem
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life if pretty strange
man i coulda sworn
just the other day
your ghost was still
haunting me
i guess time heals
all wounds
let’s take em back
i remember
lyin on the floor
cryin from the pain
broken heart disease
deep inside of me
you cut so deep
the pain was so real
i could feel it like a knife
slicing through my veins
i guess that’s what i get
for falling so hard
believing your lies
when you said this was forever
now my black heart’s a little scarred
thank you for the stitches
but i’m doing just fine
i truly hope your happy
and living out your life
the dreams we discussed
on those dark stormy nights
but the promises we made
fade like dreams in the night
i remember
riding in your car
the mixes that we played
a neverending summer
of vanilla sky haze
those blackout nights
tequila-filled days
i was under your spell
those puppy dog eyes
had me hypnotized
side to side, lost and feeling
broken inside
cuz i never truly felt
like i deserved your love
so i masked my insecurities
with all those lies
thought money and fame
would make it alright
but i had to kill
the buddha
to see the light
i remember
sitting in my car
outside your place
like a crazy stalker
checking up to see
if you were with some guy
i know it’s wrong
it wasn’t alright
but i missed you so much
felt like dying that night
the pain cut so deep
felt like my broken heart
was bleeding out on the scene
you cut so deep
the pain was so real
i could feel it like a knife
slicing through my veins
i guess that’s what i get
for falling so hard
believing your lies
when you said this was forever
now my black heart’s a little scarred
thank you for the stitches
but i’m doing just fine
like i said i’m doing better
hope you’re alright
if this finds you one day
know i’ve said my piece
i apoligize
for the lies
the asshole in me
deserves a broken heart
but i’m making amends
tryin to be a better man
i truly hope you’re happy
hope you’re happy with him
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12. |
Immortal
03:45
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i got the call, got the sign of a lifetime
pinch me am i waking from a dark reality
my body turns to rust, my soul cannot expire
i will live forever in the back
of your mind
i'm killing my idols in my sleep
i become immortal when
when you kill
i'm killing all my idols in my sleep
i become immortal when
when you kill me
another dope chad track
with the clap back
makin that mumble rap
seem all whack
when i go
on the attack
Hit Em Up
Tupac said
but my strap is
a lyrical whip that cracks
our generation’s
Billy Shakespeare
with a big black mic
and a bigger nutsack
Cloudlines dope beat on the track
as I ascend the throne
one based rhyme at a time
no my shine will not decline
until some kid hears these lines
wants to know what it is like
[to be immortal]
wants to know what it is like
[to be immortal]
know what it is like
[immortal]
you really wanna know what it is like
[to be immortal .. immortal .. immortal]
i'm killing my idols in my sleep
i become immortal when
when you kill
i'm killing all my idols in my sleep
i become immortal when
when you kill me
take em out take em out
yeah we put them on a pedastal
as if they aren’t blood and bone
Indian Jones, Last Crusade
so you want to be immortal?
man i really hope you don't
burn yourself at the stake
in the lights of the fame
i'm killing my idols in my sleep
i become immortal when
when you kill
i'm killing all my idols in my sleep
i become immortal when
when you kill me
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13. |
Outro
13:21
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