1. |
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I started off the undercard, now I’m the main event
A prizefighter, it’s money on the floor, you know I play to win
It’s something bout them franklins make me take great offense
You take it there, you take it there, I ain’t the type to make amends
God bless the plug, these nugs look just like Invader Zim
I’m in the clouds, staring at the scenery, tryna take it in
Then I look down and see you niggas tryna play pretend
Like you can line them niggas up, but trust, they ain’t the kid
Like we ain’t been the underdogs, go head and place ya bid
Like we ain’t whip this pen and sending bodies back in droves
Get a June stimulus package when you book me on the low
Boy every song a nigga drop sound like I cooked it on the stove
I’m a rookie with the time, but ain’t no rookie with this flow
Boy you a rookie in ya prime, should call you Kwame on the low
If shit get sticky, see how far ya body go
When my back against the wall, can kiss yo posse adios
It's the kid nigga
(Righteous Emcee)
I'm old school like them pliers on top of the TV
When I heard Hip-Hop, had to stop, it intrigued me
Now I feel I'm top five, you ain't gotta agree but
I know my city love me like Compton does Eazy
I heard these rappers throwing shots but it's not gonna reach me
My momma raised a soldier, like Pac and Afeni
I should rock Thug Life on top of my beanie
All my niggas got open cases like they copping a CD
This that razor blade in your mouth, buck 50 flow
Slit your throat, the wind hit your shit, I heard the whistle blow
This is Jason out in Crystal Lake, it might get wicked bro
Ace producing slasher films, he must want me to rip the show
Bars go over heads like I been doing chin ups
Way too many bars like you inside screwing pinups
Every verse is like you're having sex doggy style
Fuck around, in that bad position where you gon end up
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2. |
FORBES (ft. Knucky)
03:59
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Food for the soul, I’m serving it hot
I got it ready, it’s fresh off the stove
You threw out your morals, all just to flop
Ain’t even surprised, I know how it go
You either born with this flow or you not
Won’t find a nigga like me getting sold
I’m breaking the mold and scraping the pot
We ain’t gon stop, till we reading Forbes, with me in the quotes
Cause it ain’t been that long since the world had on the ropes
And it ain’t been that long since my world was screaming for hope
When it’s all said and done have the greatest story ever told
Ain’t no prophet or nothing, just a man with a dream on the road
You know I’m a dog, I’m fresh out the kennel
Come hang with the stars, get the pick of the litter
Came from the bottom, was out of the picture
Now we at the top, & the lord is my witness
Hop on a beat and do magic, it feel like I’m platinum, she said this wrist Give her the shivers
Real dope man when it come to the writtens, I give them withdrawals when I don’t be penning
Round of applause when I walk in the building, treat me like a star cause I give them the feeling
feel like survivor’s remorse when I’m in it, when you keep on winning you feel like a villain
I done learned a few lessons while walking this path, you can’t miss them, but this one the biggest
Friendship is friendship & business is business, as soon as you cross them they end with the quickness
YA DIG
Now I was raised to be a gentleman
On the right day I turn to a gremlin
Be done did buddy in bout my dividends
Was I right or I wrong? Shit it depends
Is it wrong to fold under turbulence?
Is it ever wrong to go for the win?
All I know is the flow is magnificent, every time
Food for the soul, I’m serving it hot
I got it ready, it’s fresh off the stove
You threw out your morals, all just to flop
Ain’t even surprised, I know how it go
You either born with this flow or you not
Won’t find a nigga like me getting sold
I’m breaking the mold and scraping the pot
We ain’t gon stop, till we reading Forbes, with me in the quotes
Cause it ain’t been that long since the world had on the ropes
And it ain’t been that long since my world was screaming for hope
When it’s all said and done have the greatest story ever told
Ain’t no prophet or nothing, just a man with a dream on the road
(Knucky)
I'm just a kid from the snow, scribbling shit in his notes
Low and behold, a nigga been getting these shows from shit that I wrote
My subpar shit be them niggas goals, I guess it was written I'm chosen
I'm hanging these niggas by clotheslines, in that case I won't do no folding
Treat every verse like a magnum opus Knucky is fast approaching
These rappers are bad you know it, we living in tragic moments
This shit a gamble but everyday I'm betting all on it
Flow is so dirty make you clean the bottom of your feet if you ever walk on it
Doggonit
I used to say that success would come to me, these days I fucking demand it
They saying my bars cold, but mine be the type where you don't need to scan it
I'mma keep working on shit until every bank account look like I'm scamming
I'm taking off where there's no landing. I'm floating where most niggas cant swim
The bottom. Once I reach the pinnacle promise my niggas I got em
And if I can help it I hope all of my niggas get dollars and live with no problems
Continue to prosper and fuck all of those who want opposite
I'mma forever be rocking shit
Me and all of my conglomerates
Food for the soul, I’m serving it hot
I got it ready, it’s fresh off the stove
You threw out your morals, all just to flop
Ain’t even surprised, I know how it go
You either born with this flow or you not
Won’t find a nigga like me getting sold
I’m breaking the mold and scraping the pot
We ain’t gon stop, till we reading Forbes, with me in the quotes
Cause it ain’t been that long since the world had on the ropes
And it ain’t been that long since my world was screaming for hope
When it’s all said and done have the greatest story ever told
Ain’t no prophet or nothing, just a man with a dream on the road
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3. |
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My niggas got reach like Webanyama in the paint
They jogging all in place, tryna squabble with the greats
You reach and I teach, I’m flip Saunders with the plays
Our balling ain’t the same Cause they all fall below the rank
*ya dig*
Yeah they all fall below the rank
It’s a difference in the faith, it’s what you can and what you can’t
I’m tryna run it up - tryna fill my plans up with this pape
Making million dollar music off these stanzas everyday
(Juice Lord)
You can't be the type to do it if you ain't had influence
Looked in the mirror and realized that I'm really more than music
Everything come off the break just like the lake show
Sometimes you really gotta show niggas just how your great go
Plan to plant seeds now I'm really watching the worth rise
If you blind then be blind go ahead dog drown in your pride
Everything still for the fam we really in stride
And everybody can't go, only the freak hoes
But one thing's for certain my kids ain't for free though
On my Ye shit, copping head on a speedboat
Stupid
Same June you used to know but now I’m elevating
Painstaking patience tryna make my next steps amazing
Dodging snakes and chasing faith, with every step we taking
And stay on course when in a world where dope ain’t celebrated
That diamond that shined and rose from the rough
Every shot I ever got, if I could, I was showing up
I was throwing em up, They know the boy the goat from the jump
Still moved like the main attraction when I was opening up
I’m tryna go platinum off of this rapping my crew established
Designer fabrics, we cut from, - I’m living lavish
Pretty women with standards, look like she came out a pageant
She like how I make the south of the Ap feel like Calabasas
End of the chapter my name gone be in the rafters
Legendary status, my collaborations benefactors
My name hold weight - everywhere I go, I been a factor
From the basement to the stage, we move the masses
My niggas got reach like Webanyama in the paint
They jogging all in place, tryna squabble with the greats
You reach and I teach, I’m flip Saunders with the plays
Our balling ain’t the same Cause they all fall below the rank
*ya dig*
Yeah they all fall below the rank
It’s a difference in the faith, it’s what you can and what you can’t
I’m tryna run it up - tryna fill my plans up with this pape
Making million dollar music off these stanzas everyday
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4. |
REBEL INTERLUDE
02:37
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I'm a rebel like Pac but I got the soul of biggie
The streets say I’m hot cause I got this flow within me
Was raised on a block I ain't never drove in a Bentley
The cream of the crop and we got the culture shifting
My growth different, I done studied the GOAT scriptures
The OGs showed me the ropes now my poems is prolific
I took the onus to the show opponents, my scope different
I hear these niggas songs but the problem the soul's missing
I don't feel a thing, taught to get it by any means
But was privileged to enjoy childhood and not triple beams
On christmas mama made sure my stockings was full of dreams
Ya pops was a janky nigga, it's flodging up in ya genes
The bases loaded, my squadron up in the lead
They think im 'luminati way I'm mobbing with the elite
I'm off the top godly, don't bother me for a feat
'less you offering me some cheese, astonished by my prestige - nigga
Head of my empire, I'm Ghazi in my league nigga
Them boys fodder and I'm fathering you dweebs
Put in pain for two years, now they acknowledge I'm the king
I do all the dirty work, I'm Dennis Rodman in my team - nigga
Knew I was the best at this, it's definite, I'm heaven sent
I done seen the best of men, get thrown off of that precipice
Dope got me high enough to have Jesus bless the piff
Looked me in my eyes and said you got a gift, so represent -
I don't like going places I can't get a weapon in
Not cause I'm some gangsta, cause I know shit can go left in here
Drama breeds trauma and that stays with you indefinite
That's why me and this F&N the best of friends
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5. |
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(Knucky)
Pantry empty with a stomach full of hope
Hand me downs I think my uncle wore this coat when he was my age
I wanted to hoop and have the AI braids
My dreams were distorted by coke residue on my plate
The razors traumatized me when they used them for my high fade
Cause I seen what them people would use them for when the night came
Monopoly was used cause they needed dice for the dice game
It was at that very moment, when my life changed
I had the choice to go work a corner or seek employment
When my backyard sound like soldiers gearing for re-deployment
I stayed inside writing rhymes thinking I could avoid it
Thinking of buying all the shit I want, but couldn't afford it
It's too close in the game for a nigga to forfeit
Last shot I'm like Robert Horry when it's time for performance, nigga
Couple streams couple fans still the same nigga
Couple dreams couple plans know the gang nearer
Gave Tha Kid a shot I pulled up hit the game winner
Went from Mary Jane to using music as my painkiller
(Bushido.Chop.)
Making moves below freezing, I see my breath
Heart beating beneath my chest
Hard seasons done seen me pressed
How I beat it
Still asking questions, this road I travel the quest
Peep the message
All that weight got me flexing, I'm on the ledge
Don't push me
Tried to bully, giving nuggies, I'm on ya head
Y'all the feds
These bars ain't up to par, left on read
Y'all a trend
My dogs raise the bar till the bar bend
Went bar for bar every song made me sharpen my swords edge
Don't believe their hype - I just do my thing and they can see the light
I beat that vice - it had a hold on me but had the steepest price
I need this life - I won't let my daughter have a sleepless night
Hold my nina tight while I'm dreaming I seen them creep like mice
The game cold blooded, my soul flooded with no budging
10 toes touching on my own - shit was soul crushing
No trust in my system, still had to overcome it
But all that pressure got my flow like a soldier drumming
You see it
Couple streams couple fans still the same nigga
Couple dreams couple plans know the gang nearer
Gave Tha Kid a shot I pulled up hit the game winner
Went from Mary Jane to using music as my painkiller
This that pain in ya body, pain in ya soul
I made it from riding shotty and now the gang on the go
I see images of fiction, it’s really taking its toll
Cause most of your favorite artists be out here playing a role
They love my cooking, I soufflé it for ya soul
If you was ever next to all this greatness, you would fold
The know the jewels I drop the greatest, next to gold
Stay up in ya lane & focus on the pavement in the road, ain’t no traffic there
Praying for the homies who circumstances weren't half as fair
Odds stacked against you when you growing up in that despair
They can’t leave the block because their mindset got them shackled there
I pray they make it out, when we look back some years
I pray we make it to the point where we don’t have to share
Where everybody’s pockets full of presidents, that’s stacked in there
A man can dream if you don’t trap him here
Ring or the cream, the team gone make them double back this year
Couple streams couple fans still the same nigga
Couple dreams couple plans know the gang nearer
Gave Tha Kid a shot I pulled up hit the game winner
Went from Mary Jane to using music as my painkiller
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6. |
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I heard some nobodies all up in their feelings bout the growth
And them same niggas imitating the flows
They play and smile in ya face but they denigrate on the low
Im here to throw round my weight and come demonstrate I’m the goat
I’m out my mind - resemble a mental patient with flows
But, I know my worth and that’s why you paying a toll
I suppose - I could lower the entry for folks
But - really my shit worth it, I’m pure cocaine for the low
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
Fuck is you on nigga?
(Bushido.Chop.)
I just had to keep running through pressure I keep drumming
I know niggas gon hate, only thing is if we love it
Strive and pave a way, watch them fade away ain't talking jumpers
All this big motion jumping, rolling spliffs, twisting dutches
Now I'm reaching peace, I just hope I ain't close to the summits
Cooking beats up in the dungeon, now my wrist'll whip an onion
They whole budget like pocket change, so they gotta lay low
Still hot the block, just not my pocket, operator KO
Don't need no diamonds how I shine, this radiates from my soul
What made me great what made them hate, I can't relate to them hoes
Hands off my plate if you ain't cook, don't get a taste till it's cold
I'm breaking codes, their motherboards ain't up to date for these flows
Just wasn't easy, me and my people been grieving these loads
I can't believe I spent like four seasons with devious hoes and meaningless goals
And these song skeletons leaving in droves
Still got the drive, watch me glide riding clean with the spokes
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
Fuck is you on nigga?
($aiku)
The way my words holding the city is off the Richter
They gave your boy just a sliver, I filled that gap with the quickness
At first they slept on the kid, now that wakeup call getting vicious
We turned some flows to a business, made motion out of the stillness
My woods mistaken for fingers, that's purely off of the thickness
For weeks I've been feeling listless - had to focus on purpose
Losing my sleep gaining purchase, praying my work leads to surplus
We on the verge of the mountaintop I believe that for certain
The very least I need some dollar bills for all of this working
Built to last ain't even get a scratch from previous skirmishes
Raised the price again need double for the previous services
Turn a track to a tournament, competition get merciless
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
Fuck is you on nigga?
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7. |
MAN IN THE MIRROR
04:47
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Man in the mirror, you look so different thinking back on them years
When you was stuck in your comfort zone and wasn’t facing ya fears
When you were struggling to find yourself and was chasing your peers
When you was searching for purpose, but now I’m seeing it clear
Went and peeled back the curtains - self reflect on them Ls
When everything wasn’t working, but that just landed me here
I fell in life with the music, They say the flow give them chills
It’s coming straight from the soul, that’s how they know it’s the real
that’s how they know it’s the real
Ain’t stopping till I’m etched in stone, with the goats in the field
With copious zeal, I’m tryna go broke with the skills
I’m riding till the wheels falls off the spokes and the steel
Sometimes you gotta turn ya back, I’m tryna grow in this field
But it’s discipline that’s needed, when patience get to weaning
This road I chose to follow is a lonely one and scenic
Cause It’s a different thing to believe and actually achieve it
Get to spazzing out for no reason
When you know that you the one but gotta make the world believe it
Gotta hold yourself accountable every evening
Cause you know if you don’t put in the work involved, it’s treason
Yeah it’s treason
Ain’t no one worse to let down than yourself believe it
But at the end of your journey is the meaning
On a mission tryna make it out the region
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
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8. |
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I started off the undercard, now I’m the main event
A prizefighter, it’s money on the floor, you know I play to win
It’s something bout them franklins make me take great offense
You take it there, you take it there, I ain’t the type to make amends
God bless the plug, these nugs look just like Invader Zim
I’m in the clouds, staring at the scenery, tryna take it in
Then I look down and see you niggas tryna play pretend
Like you can line them niggas up, but trust, they ain’t the kid
Like we ain’t been the underdogs, go head and place ya bid
Like we ain’t whip this pen and sending bodies back in droves
Get a June stimulus package when you book me on the low
Boy every song a nigga drop sound like I cooked it on the stove
I’m a rookie with the time, but ain’t no rookie with this flow
Boy you a rookie in ya prime, should call you Kwame on the low
If shit get sticky, see how far ya body go
When my back against the wall, can kiss yo posse adios
It's the kid nigga
(Righteous Emcee)
I'm old school like them pliers on top of the TV
When I heard Hip-Hop, had to stop, it intrigued me
Now I feel I'm top five, you ain't gotta agree but
I know my city love me like Compton does Eazy
I heard these rappers throwing shots but it's not gonna reach me
My momma raised a soldier, like Pac and Afeni
I should rock Thug Life on top of my beanie
All my niggas got open cases like they copping a CD
This that razor blade in your mouth, buck 50 flow
Slit your throat, the wind hit your shit, I heard the whistle blow
This is Jason out in Crystal Lake, it might get wicked bro
Ace producing slasher films, he must want me to rip the show
Bars go over heads like I been doing chin ups
Way too many bars like you inside screwing pinups
Every verse is like you're having sex doggy style
Fuck around, in that bad position where you gon end up
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9. |
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Food for the soul, I’m serving it hot
I got it ready, it’s fresh off the stove
You threw out your morals, all just to flop
Ain’t even surprised, I know how it go
You either born with this flow or you not
Won’t find a nigga like me getting sold
I’m breaking the mold and scraping the pot
We ain’t gon stop, till we reading Forbes, with me in the quotes
Cause it ain’t been that long since the world had on the ropes
And it ain’t been that long since my world was screaming for hope
When it’s all said and done have the greatest story ever told
Ain’t no prophet or nothing, just a man with a dream on the road
You know I’m a dog, I’m fresh out the kennel
Come hang with the stars, get the pick of the litter
Came from the bottom, was out of the picture
Now we at the top, & the lord is my witness
Hop on a beat and do magic, it feel like I’m platinum, she said this wrist Give her the shivers
Real dope man when it come to the writtens, I give them withdrawals when I don’t be penning
Round of applause when I walk in the building, treat me like a star cause I give them the feeling
feel like survivor’s remorse when I’m in it, when you keep on winning you feel like a villain
I done learned a few lessons while walking this path, you can’t miss them, but this one the biggest
Friendship is friendship & business is business, as soon as you cross them they end with the quickness
YA DIG
Now I was raised to be a gentleman
On the right day I turn to a gremlin
Be done did buddy in bout my dividends
Was I right or I wrong? Shit it depends
Is it wrong to fold under turbulence?
Is it ever wrong to go for the win?
All I know is the flow is magnificent, every time
Food for the soul, I’m serving it hot
I got it ready, it’s fresh off the stove
You threw out your morals, all just to flop
Ain’t even surprised, I know how it go
You either born with this flow or you not
Won’t find a nigga like me getting sold
I’m breaking the mold and scraping the pot
We ain’t gon stop, till we reading Forbes, with me in the quotes
Cause it ain’t been that long since the world had on the ropes
And it ain’t been that long since my world was screaming for hope
When it’s all said and done have the greatest story ever told
Ain’t no prophet or nothing, just a man with a dream on the road
(Knucky)
I'm just a kid from the snow, scribbling shit in his notes
Low and behold, a nigga been getting these shows from shit that I wrote
My subpar shit be them niggas goals, I guess it was written I'm chosen
I'm hanging these niggas by clotheslines, in that case I won't do no folding
Treat every verse like a magnum opus Knucky is fast approaching
These rappers are bad you know it, we living in tragic moments
This shit a gamble but everyday I'm betting all on it
Flow is so dirty make you clean the bottom of your feet if you ever walk on it
Doggonit
I used to say that success would come to me, these days I fucking demand it
They saying my bars cold, but mine be the type where you don't need to scan it
I'mma keep working on shit until every bank account look like I'm scamming
I'm taking off where there's no landing. I'm floating where most niggas cant swim
The bottom. Once I reach the pinnacle promise my niggas I got em
And if I can help it I hope all of my niggas get dollars and live with no problems
Continue to prosper and fuck all of those who want opposite
I'mma forever be rocking shit
Me and all of my conglomerates
Food for the soul, I’m serving it hot
I got it ready, it’s fresh off the stove
You threw out your morals, all just to flop
Ain’t even surprised, I know how it go
You either born with this flow or you not
Won’t find a nigga like me getting sold
I’m breaking the mold and scraping the pot
We ain’t gon stop, till we reading Forbes, with me in the quotes
Cause it ain’t been that long since the world had on the ropes
And it ain’t been that long since my world was screaming for hope
When it’s all said and done have the greatest story ever told
Ain’t no prophet or nothing, just a man with a dream on the road
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10. |
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My niggas got reach like Webanyama in the paint
They jogging all in place, tryna squabble with the greats
You reach and I teach, I’m flip Saunders with the plays
Our balling ain’t the same Cause they all fall below the rank
*ya dig*
Yeah they all fall below the rank
It’s a difference in the faith, it’s what you can and what you can’t
I’m tryna run it up - tryna fill my plans up with this pape
Making million dollar music off these stanzas everyday
(Juice Lord)
You can't be the type to do it if you ain't had influence
Looked in the mirror and realized that I'm really more than music
Everything come off the break just like the lake show
Sometimes you really gotta show niggas just how your great go
Plan to plant seeds now I'm really watching the worth rise
If you blind then be blind go ahead dog drown in your pride
Everything still for the fam we really in stride
And everybody can't go, only the freak hoes
But one thing's for certain my kids ain't for free though
On my Ye shit, copping head on a speedboat
Stupid
Same June you used to know but now I’m elevating
Painstaking patience tryna make my next steps amazing
Dodging snakes and chasing faith, with every step we taking
And stay on course when in a world where dope ain’t celebrated
That diamond that shined and rose from the rough
Every shot I ever got, if I could, I was showing up
I was throwing em up, They know the boy the goat from the jump
Still moved like the main attraction when I was opening up
I’m tryna go platinum off of this rapping my crew established
Designer fabrics, we cut from, - I’m living lavish
Pretty women with standards, look like she came out a pageant
She like how I make the south of the Ap feel like Calabasas
End of the chapter my name gone be in the rafters
Legendary status, my collaborations benefactors
My name hold weight - everywhere I go, I been a factor
From the basement to the stage, we move the masses
My niggas got reach like Webanyama in the paint
They jogging all in place, tryna squabble with the greats
You reach and I teach, I’m flip Saunders with the plays
Our balling ain’t the same Cause they all fall below the rank
*ya dig*
Yeah they all fall below the rank
It’s a difference in the faith, it’s what you can and what you can’t
I’m tryna run it up - tryna fill my plans up with this pape
Making million dollar music off these stanzas everyday
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11. |
REBEL INTERLUDE [P-MIX]
02:45
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I'm a rebel like Pac but I got the soul of biggie
The streets say I’m hot cause I got this flow within me
Was raised on a block I ain't never drove in a Bentley
The cream of the crop and we got the culture shifting
My growth different, I done studied the GOAT scriptures
The OGs showed me the ropes now my poems is prolific
I took the onus to the show opponents, my scope different
I hear these niggas songs but the problem the soul's missing
I don't feel a thing, taught to get it by any means
But was privileged to enjoy childhood and not triple beams
On christmas mama made sure my stockings was full of dreams
Ya pops was a janky nigga, it's flodging up in ya genes
The bases loaded, my squadron up in the lead
They think im 'luminati way I'm mobbing with the elite
I'm off the top godly, don't bother me for a feat
'less you offering me some cheese, astonished by my prestige - nigga
Head of my empire, I'm Ghazi in my league nigga
Them boys fodder and I'm fathering you dweebs
Put in pain for two years, now they acknowledge I'm the king
I do all the dirty work, I'm Dennis Rodman in my team - nigga
Knew I was the best at this, it's definite, I'm heaven sent
I done seen the best of men, get thrown off of that precipice
Dope got me high enough to have Jesus bless the piff
Looked me in my eyes and said you got a gift, so represent -
I don't like going places I can't get a weapon in
Not cause I'm some gangsta, cause I know shit can go left in here
Drama breeds trauma and that stays with you indefinite
That's why me and this F&N the best of friends
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(Knucky)
Pantry empty with a stomach full of hope
Hand me downs I think my uncle wore this coat when he was my age
I wanted to hoop and have the AI braids
My dreams were distorted by coke residue on my plate
The razors traumatized me when they used them for my high fade
Cause I seen what them people would use them for when the night came
Monopoly was used cause they needed dice for the dice game
It was at that very moment, when my life changed
I had the choice to go work a corner or seek employment
When my backyard sound like soldiers gearing for re-deployment
I stayed inside writing rhymes thinking I could avoid it
Thinking of buying all the shit I want, but couldn't afford it
It's too close in the game for a nigga to forfeit
Last shot I'm like Robert Horry when it's time for performance, nigga
Couple streams couple fans still the same nigga
Couple dreams couple plans know the gang nearer
Gave Tha Kid a shot I pulled up hit the game winner
Went from Mary Jane to using music as my painkiller
(Bushido.Chop.)
Making moves below freezing, I see my breath
Heart beating beneath my chest
Hard seasons done seen me pressed
How I beat it
Still asking questions, this road I travel the quest
Peep the message
All that weight got me flexing, I'm on the ledge
Don't push me
Tried to bully, giving nuggies, I'm on ya head
Y'all the feds
These bars ain't up to par, left on read
Y'all a trend
My dogs raise the bar till the bar bend
Went bar for bar every song made me sharpen my swords edge
Don't believe their hype - I just do my thing and they can see the light
I beat that vice - it had a hold on me but had the steepest price
I need this life - I won't let my daughter have a sleepless night
Hold my nina tight while I'm dreaming I seen them creep like mice
The game cold blooded, my soul flooded with no budging
10 toes touching on my own - shit was soul crushing
No trust in my system, still had to overcome it
But all that pressure got my flow like a soldier drumming
You see it
Couple streams couple fans still the same nigga
Couple dreams couple plans know the gang nearer
Gave Tha Kid a shot I pulled up hit the game winner
Went from Mary Jane to using music as my painkiller
This that pain in ya body, pain in ya soul
I made it from riding shotty and now the gang on the go
I see images of fiction, it’s really taking its toll
Cause most of your favorite artists be out here playing a role
They love my cooking, I soufflé it for ya soul
If you was ever next to all this greatness, you would fold
The know the jewels I drop the greatest, next to gold
Stay up in ya lane & focus on the pavement in the road, ain’t no traffic there
Praying for the homies who circumstances weren't half as fair
Odds stacked against you when you growing up in that despair
They can’t leave the block because their mindset got them shackled there
I pray they make it out, when we look back some years
I pray we make it to the point where we don’t have to share
Where everybody’s pockets full of presidents, that’s stacked in there
A man can dream if you don’t trap him here
Ring or the cream, the team gone make them double back this year
Couple streams couple fans still the same nigga
Couple dreams couple plans know the gang nearer
Gave Tha Kid a shot I pulled up hit the game winner
Went from Mary Jane to using music as my painkiller
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I heard some nobodies all up in their feelings bout the growth
And them same niggas imitating the flows
They play and smile in ya face but they denigrate on the low
Im here to throw round my weight and come demonstrate I’m the goat
I’m out my mind - resemble a mental patient with flows
But, I know my worth and that’s why you paying a toll
I suppose - I could lower the entry for folks
But - really my shit worth it, I’m pure cocaine for the low
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
Fuck is you on nigga?
(Bushido.Chop.)
I just had to keep running through pressure I keep drumming
I know niggas gon hate, only thing is if we love it
Strive and pave a way, watch them fade away ain't talking jumpers
All this big motion jumping, rolling spliffs, twisting dutches
Now I'm reaching peace, I just hope I ain't close to the summits
Cooking beats up in the dungeon, now my wrist'll whip an onion
They whole budget like pocket change, so they gotta lay low
Still hot the block, just not my pocket, operator KO
Don't need no diamonds how I shine, this radiates from my soul
What made me great what made them hate, I can't relate to them hoes
Hands off my plate if you ain't cook, don't get a taste till it's cold
I'm breaking codes, their motherboards ain't up to date for these flows
Just wasn't easy, me and my people been grieving these loads
I can't believe I spent like four seasons with devious hoes and meaningless goals
And these song skeletons leaving in droves
Still got the drive, watch me glide riding clean with the spokes
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
Fuck is you on nigga?
($aiku)
The way my words holding the city is off the Richter
They gave your boy just a sliver, I filled that gap with the quickness
At first they slept on the kid, now that wakeup call getting vicious
We turned some flows to a business, made motion out of the stillness
My woods mistaken for fingers, that's purely off of the thickness
For weeks I've been feeling listless - had to focus on purpose
Losing my sleep gaining purchase, praying my work leads to surplus
We on the verge of the mountaintop I believe that for certain
The very least I need some dollar bills for all of this working
Built to last ain't even get a scratch from previous skirmishes
Raised the price again need double for the previous services
Turn a track to a tournament, competition get merciless
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
I’m Franklin Saint on a stroll
I’m Jon jones, in the octagon, throwing them bows, like
What you want? A bargain or dope? Fuck is you on?
Fuck is you on nigga?
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Man in the mirror, you look so different thinking back on them years
When you was stuck in your comfort zone and wasn’t facing ya fears
When you were struggling to find yourself and was chasing your peers
When you was searching for purpose, but now I’m seeing it clear
Went and peeled back the curtains - self reflect on them Ls
When everything wasn’t working, but that just landed me here
I fell in life with the music, They say the flow give them chills
It’s coming straight from the soul, that’s how they know it’s the real
that’s how they know it’s the real
Ain’t stopping till I’m etched in stone, with the goats in the field
With copious zeal, I’m tryna go broke with the skills
I’m riding till the wheels falls off the spokes and the steel
Sometimes you gotta turn ya back, I’m tryna grow in this field
But it’s discipline that’s needed, when patience get to weaning
This road I chose to follow is a lonely one and scenic
Cause It’s a different thing to believe and actually achieve it
Get to spazzing out for no reason
When you know that you the one but gotta make the world believe it
Gotta hold yourself accountable every evening
Cause you know if you don’t put in the work involved, it’s treason
Yeah it’s treason
Ain’t no one worse to let down than yourself believe it
But at the end of your journey is the meaning
On a mission tryna make it out the region
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
Only got one life to live, I’m tryna live it up
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JuneThaKid Minneapolis, Minnesota
I make music for confused twenty-something year olds pretending to be adults.
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