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1. |
Keep Going
01:57
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Second nature, I came back greater
Same formula but the styles elevated
I’ve been doing this a minute and then some
While other cats have given up and been done
I carry on like luggage, hands high
Standby, get fly with no budget
Had everything when I had nothing
Overthink, that's when I start bugging
Breaking down metals like alchemy
I turn bars into gold in the gallery
Never been the type worried about a salary
I made it back running tracks like an athlete
Things change, but some stay constant
Changed my mind at times I could’ve lost it
Grateful that I didn’t, thanks to the all-knowing
Blessed with the strength and love to keep going
Keep going
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2. |
Back To Life
02:52
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Rock the composition like Tomita
Prices going up on the feature
Two thousand, MP the
Weapon of choice, Gilbert Arenas
Peep the technique like wizardry
Unlimited Styles, infinity
What I can control, what’s meant to be
Both sides for the symmetry
Make moves like a satellite
Blacked out with the anthracite
Now I’m back to life
Wyling out, wasn't acting right
A low life like Thurston
Sound like a band but it’s just one person
And no I’m not perfect
Been climbing since the 88 version
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Yo, tired of cats with these dull raps
I’m chopping up long red, skull snaps
We stay making classic joints, all that
Went OD, I had to fall back
Understand I need to work
And keep that mind state til I leave the earth
Hitting notes like G Levert
I speak the verse, heed the word, til my sneakers burst
850s with the royal blue, maize
I already know that your team is fugaze
Talk about him like he might be out the game
Couldn’t picture that, might need some new frames
Try to focus but its pixelated
Try to hold it too long and it disintegrated
I’m trying to take advantage
Of the moments that I have, staying in and out the madness like
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
Back to life
Back to life, bring it back to reality
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3. |
Limitations
03:05
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Creativity’s not worried about your limitations
Peeped your whole style, appreciate the imitation
Flipping through records for the inspiration
New joints for your consideration
Creativity’s not worried bout your limitations
Peeped your whole style, appreciate the imitation
But remember that you’re still an individual
And we’d rather hear something that's original
I’m breaking down the loop, chop it into sixteens
Keep it 12bit, never ever pristine
At the machine, programming the sounds
I spend it when I get it, straight hand to the mouth
Low in the post, straight backing them down
I’ve got so many gems, that I’m handing them out but
Never out of pocket, I’ve got my son watching
Building for the future, I only make deposits
Put my name in the discussion, I been crushing
Watching with your hands out but you get nothing
I sit back just watching the smoke clear
It’s funny after all these years I’m still here
Creativity’s not worried bout your limitations
Peeped your whole style, appreciate the imitation
Flipping through records for the inspiration
New joints for your consideration
Get it started, blowing on the cartridge
Like catharsis, but I’m never full still starving
Carving out a lane in my room like Marvin
Your favourite artist at the centre of my target
Sonics super like Vin Baker, I been greater
Nautica windbreaker that’s been tailored
Impossible, astronautical
Flyer than I ever been, doing what I gotta do
Breaking down the sample like atoms
Time for some action, your whole style's plastic
My joints blasting, all passion
Y’all passive, I want static
Doing laps around the sun just for fun
I do the type of work that can’t be undone
Vocals sound good, I can’t be unsung
Like I am somebody, I am someone
Creativity’s not worried bout your limitations
Peeped your whole style, appreciate the imitation
Flipping through records for the inspiration
New joints for your consideration
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4. |
On A Mission
03:16
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I’ve gotta get it all season
Can’t be slacking for mine, no reason
ACG boots, all conditions
Out here doing my thing, on a mission
I’ve gotta get it all season
Can’t be slacking for mine, no reason
ACG boots, all conditions
Out here doing my thing, on a mission
With the Polo Sport 92
And the Nike boots, yea I likely do
Anorak with the 3M all ways
Looking like fireworks on
Light it up, this is light work
Anytime I write verse, cats giving up and won’t try first
I took my situation and bodied it, you’re a hobbyist
Kick the godly ____
Won’t eat til my team does, give a ____ about a scene buzz
Got it cleaned up
I rock the new balance like Darius
Your whole styles precarious, watch me bury it
Non stop, my ceiling unlimited
One man super team, styles infinite
Mad intricate, stay killing it
Bars ice cold, cold as the winter gets
I’ve gotta get it all season
Can’t be slacking for mine, no reason
ACG boots, all conditions
Out here doing my thing, on a mission
I’ve gotta get it all season
Can’t be slacking for mine, no reason
ACG boots, all conditions
Out here doing my thing, on a mission
Rap styles non sequitur
Only retain the lessons I was meant to learn
Herschel bag with the strap on the messenger
Wind chill plus the sub zero temperature
Got it feeling like the arctic
Only gotta few ones that I trade bars with
In my circle, joints are the hardest
And make fans wanna get involved like Artest
Beats hit hard like Stephen Jackson
Grab the microphone without even asking
Catch a live show you can peep the madness
Speakers blasting, watch ambeez in action
It’s cold in my environment
Step outside and its kinda brick
All the things that I’m trying to get
Gotta go no matter the climate
I’ve gotta get it all season
Can’t be slacking for mine, no reason
ACG boots, all conditions
Out here doing my thing, on a mission
I’ve gotta get it all season
Can’t be slacking for mine, no reason
ACG boots, all conditions
Out here doing my thing, on a mission
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5. |
Everything Considered
03:50
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No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
Long time coming, like years in the making
Respect that I’ve earned now here for the taking
They’re more worried about their own place
Cried tears in the face of some peers I’d mistaken
Somehow I shoulder the weight
Play the hand I was dealt, got hip to the game
It’s a waste only thinking about back in the day
We’ve gotta move forward, it’s a path to made
Made a list of everything I’m trying to get
Submariner, I know what time it is
My watch is an ornament, record the flip
Store the zip, following coordinates
My map is similar to a canvas
Trying to be legend all over the atlas
Check the catalogue, run it back
Staying on the path, I encompass that
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
Played my cards right, peep the cartography
Loading cartridges, do it properly
They can’t equate, aint as hot as me
Prime meridian, rhymes killing them honestly
Locally, globally, everywhere they know it’s me
Keeping it official like a notary
With the plan, understand I’m the man
Each and every way, MP in my hand
Passport getting stamped like a check book
Checks going crazy on the 95s, just look
Travelling man, off of what son composes
Doing shows, making bands like guns n roses
My iron’s maiden the fire, steel sharpening steel
Gone too long, made it harder to feel
All the baggage that I carried along
Continuing the journey, still carrying on
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
No stopping, no slowing down it’s too
Close to the end, to the finish, gotta get through
Navigate all the problems, the issues
Everything considered, the journey continues
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6. |
Side To Side
03:57
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Next time I’ll let it go to voicemail
Cause if I call back it’ll just fail
Next time I’ll keep to myself
Pour something up, dig through a shelf
Self care, different format
Much better than being a doormat
In other words, get stepped on
Moved to the side, read is what you get left on
Then it's on to the next one
So you keep the interior Teflon
Feel it to the bone like sussano
Out for big rings, like Super Bowl
Just a few things you should know
Make sure you’ve got enough space for you to grow
I’d rather just zone and chill
Next time i'ma power down my phone for real
It goes front, back, side to side
Side to side
It goes front, back, side to side
Side to side
Back with the second act of many
With the magic like Shaq and Penny
I don’t rap for every body,
Understand we can get it cracking, send the pack I’m ready
Box of Zip disks, yeah the pack is heavy
Cats hate cause they couldn’t get past the entry
I put my hours in times ten
Defy the odds just to find ends
Kick divine gems, I’m the one through nine, ten
They tried to take me out, uh uh, try again
Rock Alesis, chop records into pieces
Use my brain to make moves, telekinesis
I don’t sit around, but I’m staying home
If it doesn’t work, leave it alone
If it does, keep going, just the essence of time
You’ve gotta get yours, I already got mine
It goes front, back, side to side
Side to side
It goes front, back, side to side
Side to side
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7. |
Step Edit
01:34
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I rap circles like an LP - def jux
It’s not a thing you could tell me - guess what
I’ve got the formula on how to get the check cut
Working on it while the next getting pressed up
I compose like Tim Maia, been flyer
your whole squad expired, I inspire
Honestly it’s not even close
I’ve been voted for the style that you copied the most, look
I get credit for the step edit
While they’re waiting on the drop like a text message
Collect records til it’s excessive
Lets get It, my styles unprecedented, yo
Joints hot but the sixteens cold
Chop the loop down into sixteen zones
Rearrange the puzzle, putting it together
I’m still getting better, on to the next level
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8. |
Say Less
03:08
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Wilding out, you can peep the rebellion
Moving like Evangelion
They got the NERV, dudes is pygmalion
Nine fives slate blue with the gradient
I probably dropped like a million jewels
And after all that God I’m still in the stu
Think I’m fronting but really I do
Thinking I could buy up a building or two
Teach kids how to navigate, make joints that captivate
Middle finger to the magistrate
Tear down these systems that oppress, and say it with my chest
Until then say less
Keep my mind in tact, rhyming facts
Hit the spot then I’m flying back, buying wax
Time is strapped, could never say that I’m relaxed
If I don’t make it then I’m fine with that
I hold it down like second nature
Pushing buttons on the MP to elevate ya
North Face, Goretex for the extra layers
Mint green with the gum sole, freshest flavours
Stupid kicks, pugilist, move and stick
Nobodies cooler than
ambeez not much they could do to him
Making what’s old new again
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9. |
Zips In My Backpack
03:30
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Rhymology, I do the beat then kick the rhyme properly
Get fly off of me
Won’t compromise eff what they offer me
Do the impossible quite possibly
Back to my lab, do experiments
Try to have an out of body experience
Do it for the ones still hearing this
Still gotta lot of years in this
These days I don’t ask for much
Two bedroom apartment, do raps and stuff
That’s not your crown, give it back to us
Or you can take a big L like platinum plus
Hold that uh uh, you can hold that
I’m going all in, I won’t hold back
Futuristic outta control rap
But you should already know that
Let me see where your hands at
I’ve got a few zips in my backpack
Stay rocking the jansport
Push a couple buttons on the transport
Let me see where your hands at
I’ve got a few zips in my backpack
Stay rocking the jansport
Push a couple buttons on the transport
Bugging out like Tip with my eyes scoping
Breeze felt real nice til the sky opened
Back inside, doing all my work
And for that alone, give me what I’m worth
Matter of fact you should pay the God annually
Anything less than that would be blasphemy
Doing work so the muscle won’t atrophy
And that's word to the people that’s in back of me
It’s been a long road but I’m still going
New year, got a couple things in motion
Back for the title, y’all been coasting
Chop it up and the Zip drives been loaded
I rock the backpack like a student
Hands high, I can see them all rocking to it
Dismiss any idea that's not conducive
To the music or the goal as I’m climbing to it
Let me see where your hands at
I’ve got a few zips in my backpack
Stay rocking the jansport
Push a couple buttons on the transport
Let me see where your hands at
I’ve got a few zips in my backpack
Stay rocking the jansport
Push a couple buttons on the transport
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10. |
Free Throws
02:10
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It’s sounding like I cracked the code
My team is solid, I never act alone
Program the drums then I rap the scroll
Tech fleece with the foamposites black and gold
When you say you love me, it doesn't matter
It goes to my head as just chit chatter
You may think this egotistical or worry free
But what you say, I don’t take seriously
When you say you love me, it doesn't matter
It goes through my head as just chit chatter
You may think it’s egotistical or worry free
But what you say, I don’t take seriously
Stay doing this every day
I’ve got heavy crates, something like a heavyweight
Peep the art form, I took it to a better place
Break it down with the science, watch em demonstrate
I’m not trying to preach to choir
I took it even higher to the point of frequent flyer
Rocking team attire, plus the sneakers fire
Destroy then rebuild like Nehemah
Keeping quiet, I’d rather let the beats show
It’s like I’m living life with the cheat code
Nice fits, nice watch, yeah I need those
Take the contact plus I made my free throws
I’m trying to see the whole planet
When I dropped Fragments, I said no average
Pushing up my old glasses
Said if you really want it you should go grab it
When you say you love me, it doesn't matter
It goes through my head as just chit chatter
You may think it’s egotistical or worry free
But what you say, I don’t take seriously
When you say you love me, it doesn't matter
It goes through my head as just chit chatter
You may think it’s egotistical or worry free
But what you say, I don’t take seriously
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11. |
Phantom Power
03:04
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Night time looks luminous
On a quest, best when I’m doing this
Whether or not it’s lucrative
Making moves each day, maneuvering
Been nice since I was coming up
The vinyl weighs a ton, looking cumbersome
Went pro like a one and done
Getting buckets, watch me and Tay run it up
Get it fast like Enes Kanter
Extra bantam, kick the endless candour
Doing work then I bless the sampler
Felt power, I connect the phantom
What’s mine can’t go back to ours
I stood in the booth for like half an hour
I know we don’t talk anymore
But we still will connect through the phantom power
What’s mine can’t go back to ours
I stood in the booth for like half an hour
I know we don’t talk anymore
But we still will connect through the phantom power
Quiet dude, move in silence
You ain’t gotta ask who’s the flyest (who)
Ever since I’ve pursued the rhyming
I’ve been nice with the science, do the knowledge
Formulaic, wore the Asics
Four in the morning, I lace it
The hunger for more, I can’t be satiated
Rock the navy kicks with the gradient
Thought they kept up but it’s not close
Went hard for mine then I got low
Thought about quitting but I'm not though
Drop flows, take it serious, y’all know
What’s mine can’t go back to ours
I stood in the booth for like half an hour
I know we don’t talk anymore
But we still will connect through the phantom power
What’s mine can’t go back to ours
I stood in the booth for like half an hour
I know we don’t talk anymore
But we still will connect through the phantom power
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12. |
Back Where I Started
04:22
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Fold my hands, turn the sampler on
Doing work, kick the dialogue
Warm joints, cold hearted
Going back where I started
Fold my hands, turn the sampler on
Doing work, kick the dialogue
Warm joints, cold hearted
Going back where I started
Won’t bend, they know he’s straight
Keep the face bold like Boldy James
To make it to the top was my only aim
Come to find out the top was a lonely game
I rock the Georgetown like Allen Ive
Get my levels right, balancing the alkaline
Had to use my whole heart like valentines
Then I came clean like I sanitized
Got it on the first take Stephen A
Can’t stop the movement, trying to make a beat a day
Set the example, that means I lead the way
Lost control for a minute, feel like I need to pray
Fold my hands, turn the sampler on
Doing work, kick the dialogue
Warm joints, cold hearted
Going back where I started
Fold my hands, turn the sampler on
Doing work, kick the dialogue
Warm joints, cold hearted
Going back where I started
My crews working on the honour system
No double crosses, no contradictions
Been at it for a minute, gotta long tradition
Of being thorough, heavy with the composition
My goals not the ones that most chase
Compete with myself, I’m in my own race
They move fast, end up going no place
Nowadays I’m going at my own pace
Take my time, I’m not trying to rush
My woman’s fine and lush, Midas touch
Say they’re solid but in their raps they lie a bunch
Loose ends I tie em up a few times a month
Got cream hits on the roll bar
Rock free kicks like it’s Goyard
Rock Lee flips the way I go hard
I’m thankful how it’s played out so far
Fold my hands, turn the sampler on
Doing work, kick the dialogue
Warm joints, cold hearted
Going back where I started
Fold my hands, turn the sampler on
Doing work, kick the dialogue
Warm joints, cold hearted
Going back where I started
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