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Beard For Days (FF 26)
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I let my muthafuckin beard grow long as fuck
now this muthafuckin song is stuck
in ya head, you got kids better put em to bed
this ain't for their ears yet they can't grow no beards yet
drive my muthafuckin beard around on a truck
it's a Chevy so it's strong as fuck
it can carry the heavy load that nary a face has growed
or grown, you need to borrow some I'll give you a loan
I got beard for days, start a bearded craze
might rock my beard in a bearded braid
one time my beard nearly got me laid
til she saw James Harden and said I'm merely startin
my beard adventure that I clearly entered
way before you amateurs in No Shave November
it's a beard race and I'll be the clear winner
and even save a little taste for after dinner.
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I came to peel the paint from the fake facade like acetone/ and make a lot of magic happen between now and when I'm passing through the catacombs/ adding up the bones all alone/ feeling satisfied to sing the saddest song/ Catch me if you can come along we won't go quietly/ on some positivity but there's a shadow side to me/ lost souls that ride with me wherever I travel won't let it unravel/ on this uphill battle I won't be cattle/ my higher power is my shepherd not the leopard in a suit/ who's terrified that we'll defy the lies and find our inner truth/ & I can't justify rockin violent nonsense/ in the midst of all the conflict people that are targets/ we're victims of a pervasive mentality that glorifies the causer of the casualty shit!/ our mental faculties are actually lit/ that's the secret we can never forget/ I question the intentions of my creative inventions/ try to make the best of all the gifts that I've been given/ will my ambitions amplify or remedy division/ as long as I'm alive I'ma try and make a difference.
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All this fame it’s not appealing People will say they’re being honest when
really they just wanna hurt your feelings Condescend and give you a ceiling
The mediocre path does not equal humility my ability
Should be pushed to the best when I’m put to the test Gotta battle my ego’s fragility
I’m ouchea walkin on a thin line
Between the hard times that shaped me and letting my light within shine
Reachin for my spiritual top, climbin a incline
And it’s a trip that’s never gone stop, sealed signed
Delivered truly got homies out here unruly
But we’re all god’s children glad I grew up fore it caught up to me
Shit I was ouchea doin could tell that a storm was brewin
Got do it movin, big love and props to all my humans
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828 OG (FF 57)
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Logically, I might be a bit of a crazy person
The way I’m urgently creating when I spit these verses
possibly OCD
Even chop my own beats on my old SP
404, I’m a 828 O G
Emcees know the score and know they can’t see me
The most consistent, operation
I don’t make it too complicated
My lyrics burn like Ancient Age
Skills stay sharp as a serrated blade (Philo)
My style is positive change
Seemed like nobody was drivin so I took the reigns
My brain is a powder keg contacting flame
Massive explosion exposing the lame
Claim it’s in the name of entertainment
But what’s entertaining if you always say the same shit
Think a minute on that, I’ll bring it back
Called a lot of people out but it was all facts
built to last tall stacks palm itcher
lotta cats’ll get forgotten like y’all contract dementia
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Number One (FF 58)
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What’s important in your life, the big question
Your profession, is it your family’s affection
Sugar, confection, your block, your section
Rockin at the function, romancing, sexing
Feeling the respect when you enter an area
Enjoying a sunset with the people that care for ya
Getting out in nature
The sounds of thousands of people under shadows of skyscrapers
Placing high wagers, making high wages
Running highways, playing fly stages
I do it my way I’m a trailblazer
Outpacing haters they can’t hold my pace up
Had to face the music and get right with God
Build with my squad when the times get hard
Never doubt yourself cuz without yourself
All the wealth in the world can’t help
Hold onto health and the trust of your loved ones
Trust in yourself, go with your gut, one
In 7.7 billion
Give it up for the life that you’re livin
I’m a stay with a message (Philo) stay driven
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Consistency (FF 59)
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Consistency, what is life if not a fight
Against constant encroachment of entropy ending in eternal night
When I was young I used to wanna be like Mike
But now the confines of a court seem to severely hinder sight
Of my mind’s eye, time flies, but I’m a catch the draft
And ride it to the top above the clouds honing my craft
My moment of truth is now and every instant after
Livin in the present chapter spreading smiles and laughter
The evils try to capture us media here to baffle us
Telling us look thataway while every day they gaffle us
And tough is not killin ya brotha, fuck that
Tough is standing up to the people that created the trap
They hijacking our thought process, gaslightin us
Tellin us we wrong so long that we can’t see the right in us
But you are powerful and beautiful
And will only continue to grow as you embrace the truth in you
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Miss A Moment (FF 60)
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Little things turn to big things you’ll never be broke if you know how to fix things
I risk things contemplate what this means
Try not to miss a moment in the midst of this dream
Try not to complicate what it is to be me
Peace to the people who were there to teach me
If it was easy then I wouldn’t get the feeling of accomplishment
Breaking through another ceiling give me confidence
Cmon let’s walk a bit
We can hike up the mountain break bread at the top of it
I’m positive cuz fuck the dumb
We’ve all lost someone I almost ended my run
Before I got momentum but I got a second wind &
I done took off sprintin I got gifts I’ll give em
Share em till the world pay attention
I ain’t scared of the mirror I got faults I’ll admit it
But the only mistake I can make
At this point is to quit before I see it all shake out
It come and go quick as ordering take out
Thank god I didn’t drown that day at the lake house
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Junkyard Fonk (FF 61)
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I got this old style I ain’t flipped in a minute
From days when I kept my source of income omitted
We were poor and pay was intermittent
So I worked on some ways to increase my bank digits
On tests as a Young lad, I scored terrific
But I was more impressed with how Young Lay was livin
I know that’s rather vague I can’t be more specific
We’ll continue this discourse through the course of the visit
The forces that shape us or hold us back
Are running races like horses on oval tracks
You gotta know the ledge cuz the colder facts
‘ll smack you upside the head like the jake’s blackjack
Life is like a Laundromat, it all comes out in the wash
Everybody wanna live posh
Running like rats on a chase for fromage
Reach the finish line and find it’s all a mirage
My gosh, cause and effect
and everybody got they sticks out shoutin threats
I just wanna keep it real cool
Raise up my self esteem here’s to you
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Bonus Round (FF 62)
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Sittin on a milk crate up in my chicken coop
Thought it would look entertaining and great for Ricky to shoot
My photo in said setting and I’m on number 62
Of Freestyle Friday as if I ain’t got other shit to do
I do, a journeyman with any skills necessary
To pay my many bills collections vary
Progress energy kept changing my draft date
Which in turn was makin my bank account overdraft great
Now Wells Fargo takes some food off my plate
For moving my money from my savings they charge a flat rate
Reappropriate from my plate to theirs
Full of shrimp and fat steak baked medium rare
I’m a little bitter I wasn’t invited to dinner
Desire to live in a world where services delivered
Are not intended to leave my finances upended
Or I can wish for water while I’m crying a river
Navigating upstream without a paddle or map
They speak in riddles it’s difficult to communicate back
Does anybody read before they click agree to contract?
I once had a dollar and I turned it to four
That didn’t seem like enough I needed a little more
Stole a pack of cigarillos out the corner store
Sold em for a higher price that tallied nice for my score
I liked where this was headed felt everyone was indebted
My fingers got sticky I’ll pick it up where you set it
The golden rule I mighta read it felt a fool made the message
Cuz who gone gauge your efforts with praise if you ain’t breaded
In the land of the brave and the free the only thing respected
Is money I make or take from the weak, check it
How you gone speak to me about morality
When our country was founded on a moral fallacy fuck outta here
You probably still think Elvis was the king
Singing songs that’s written by Otis he stole his style and no one noticed
And that’s exactly how they rig the thing
With trickery diverting our focus while they eat everything like locusts
The system is as slippery as soap on a rope is
Watch em all the time can’t let em catch you with low lids
I never sleep, cuz death is the cousin
And cleaned my act up too easy to slip when you buzzin
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Procrastination (FF 63)
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I created a hard and fast limit, then wait till the last minute
To take the necessary steps towards getting the task finished
In a way I bask in it
Let the pressure gain critical mass
Pressure cooker push me harder to fill the food in my larder
This never worked with homework always said I’ll do it tomorrow
My art is always different, I gotta push it farther
I’m my only competition in this discipline like parkour
Keep the snakes exposed like a lawn mower encore
Conjure up concerts clap till ya arms sore
I hope you want more I plan to keep on lacin it
Lend your ears to listen a symbiotic relationship
I’ve learned that patience is nothing like complacency
Want people to notice grab their focus til you make em see
Bring em up to speed, low latency
Make my way I don’t plan to stay no vacancy
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Take a moment to breathe (breathe)
Be mindful of my life between now and when I leave
Easier said than done so much information received
Give into temptation too often scrollin the feed
There’s so much outside devices and vices
That hold us ransom put prices up on our head our head is priceless
It’s hard to see calamity from deep inside a crisis
Holding on to all we know in hopes that it suffices
I done lost a lot of homies dead and living
rather us grow apart than sacrifice part of our vision
decisions must be made as forks in the road appear
and you gone hit a mufuckin tree if you don’t steer
I love you hope you got love for me, don’t fear
The change that’s gone come with the passing of each year
My passion is so clear it pushes me into action
I pray that following your path brings you satisfaction
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I been chillin, psyche, I been getting hype
I been going hard for mine nearly every single night
What’s it really like to get more than a little bite
Had big dreams of flight since a kid on a pedal bike
Set my sights high believe what my minds eye
Sees raise my talents up to higher degrees
A jack of all trades, took a minute to get wit it
But finally learned how to act my age
Transparent, seems like everybody masquerades
You’re only lying to yourself at the end of the day
And when I lay down, whether for tonight or for the last time
I don’t want a bunch of regrets trapped in a sad mind
Used to think I was born under a bad sign
But I just had to reach out for help, someone’ll cast a line
time ain’t wasted if we learn from our mistakes
Get out there in the ocean catch your wave before it breaks
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I cracked that fortune cookie, read it
It told me take the chance now pessimism dead it
The golden ticket surely won’t ever be hand delivered
I’ll manage to get a sliver of success if I stay driven
If I compromise intentions in the name of fame and riches
I’m a sucka, but that ain’t how I’m livin
The world can be a prison or a prism
The lens that we’re viewing our reality through can make a difference
I surely thought I wouldn’t be in my current position
But life has funny way of showing us our mission
We can blow it off, call it coincidental
Nah into that good night I will not go gentle
keep it so simple in this world of complexities
open up my ears to the people that’s next to me
strive to be the best that I can be while staying grounded
& hope to leave this world a better place than how I found it
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Pushin uphill but I got the ball rollin
Been climbing to the top from the bottom of lo totem
You could feel the chill my heart was so frozen
Made a deal with the devil but didn’t get through the closing
My Corazon is now thoroughly thawed out
I pause now, think of my cause now
I’m all in bare my soul secrets are all out
No time for pussyfooting around with small amounts
Of effort when the best are only separated
By the demonstration of ability to fail then get back up and make it
Happen again, trust your vision and stay creative
Find a solution on a case by case basis
I will never portray stasis until I’m interred
In my final resting place smile on your faces
No matter what that date is
Life is a gift that should not be wasted
I try to do my best,
Pin my heart to the sleeve of my vest
Feel my blood as it beats in my chest
See the peak as I’m reaching my crest
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I might be a muthafuckin mathematician
I know I can’t stack no money up in active addiction
People ask a question but don’t actually listen
To the answer if it don’t fit in with their current traditions
I used to work in the kitchen, then I worked in the front of house
Then worked overtime to discover another route
My line of work is furnishing mental furniture
My only regret is it didn’t occur to me earlier
I persevere to the edge of the earth’s curvature
Percy Sledge, stirring inner emotions up
If you gone cook a ham we gone roast a duck
That’s a easter egg throwback for folks who know my older stuff
I’m old enough to know better but young enough to try it
Being jaded is overrated remain excited
I’m ultraviolet until the day that I go silent
Embracing destiny, there’s no other feeling like it
Tryna spread the fire inside while I’m alive
Feeling psychic I know I’m in for a wild ride
I hope it ain’t a time trial
I hope I find the time like a sun dial
One vial life’s a trip so get to travelin
Hittin my target like the tip of a javelin
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Weekly Check In (FF 69)
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How you feeling today
Did you lock up your feelings so no one can steal em away
Ayo, there’s living to do
Who better to experience it than you
I can’t live in the zoo, I moved outta the city
I’m a wild animal, shout out to Cellski
On a quest to be independently wealthy
But if my spirit ain’t healthy than the money can’t help me
You can’t really pull people along
Gotta do your own exercise in order to get strong
So many decisions I made objectively wrong
Succumbing to my peers when the pressure be on
I had to learn to think for myself first
And think of my self worth it took hella work
I had to ask for help, and asking for help hurts
The pride of the heart that I’m wearing on my shirt
And I’m not making excuses
Navigating our society’s many elaborate ruses
How do I blow up, without blowing my fuses
And make the people jump without straying from what the truth is
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Just Business (FF 70)
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I’ve heard it said it’s just business
As if that excuses bad behavior in the face of the witness
Alleviates any pressure felt for making a difference
Go ahead say it in a sentence
It’s just business, separating action from the concept
The people from the profit
Laborers from the labor market
Loan sharkers from the waters, as they hunt for their next target
I’m trying to build a brand without being branded
And keep the people entertained while still remaining candid
Learning to accept responsibility
And that I can’t fix all the problems every person dear to me faces
But maybe I can fix some of my own
And you can crash on the couch every once in awhile in my home
It’s a line between enabling and helping
It’s hard not to blur the lines they usually end up melting
I’m a line stepper, spicy cracked pepper
Broke the fourth wall to share my heart I hope you felt it
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I like to say wsup when I write my raps
Aloha, Nihao, shit like that
Extending out my hand for a friendly dap
Collaborate with people all across the map
Any hate implied is a mufuckin trap
I got a sunroof top with a diamond in the back
And I may feel like Curtis when I’m laying down a track
Digging on the scene like a gangsta mack
Relax, you’re in good hands
You are the architect of your plans
I don’t sweat people’s petty demands
But I stay motivated always ready to dance
Taking every chance necessary
To enhance the expanse that my thoughts can carry
Add another book to my library
Taste the fruits of a juicy berry
I’m a literary visionary
Let you know you can survive coal mine canary
I got my own shine tomorrow don’t scare me
Staying in the moment while I’m also preparing
Doin my thang give a fuck who’s staring
Breaking our bread comin up we’re sharing
Airing out so we can breathe
And make our world from make believe
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Ghosts (FF 72)
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Ghosts, I see ghosts
I don’t even believe in ghosts but still I see ghosts
People that’s dead to me we used to be close
People I’m close to they dead can’t let go
I don’t wanna stay stuck in the past not that retro
And being a sad bastard’s not part of my manifesto
That’s why I’m bouncing thoughts off the glass just like an echo
Hoping you can offer something of balance just like an escrow
Are people an archipelago?
I assume we’re more connected than it’s possible to ever know
Mental rigidity is the enemy
I navigate life with finesse and flexibility
Everchanging is my current arrangement
Gotta pay my rent daily to make and maintain it
It’s precious and finite
When I’m old with no eyesight did I find gold or pyrite?
The joke is probably the first is the second
And precious minerals really ain’t all that precious
The joke’s on me but damn it looks fresh
And hopefully I’ll be laughing on my way out the exit
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Incredible Sauna (FF 73)
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I track money, I track time
I try stay on track without a one track mind
I don’t mind waiting but I hate waiting in line
I circumvent the status quo shape my fate and design
Understand the importance of understated delivery
Amidst despots waving heavy artillery
Searching for tools to help alleviate the misery
Broken the rules hope they abbreviate the sentencing
School of hard knocks system is so menacing
My alma mater hope I won’t be revisiting
Inquisitive minds strive to understand the mystery
Time flies in the new era that we’re entering
Refill your medicine chest
With something easily digestible in 60 seconds or less
Pressure, we jump through hoops that’s irregular
Watch out for feedback loops and juke predators
ambivalent, careful who I put up on the pedestal
The temperature’s rising but the sauna feels incredible
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The Story (FF 74)
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Everybody got a story
I tell mine as an allegory of a spiritual journey
Simply learning, discerning what’s important
Living a parable, the hare versus the tortoise
Sometimes facts can hold you back and fiction lets you believe
You can achieve goals rationally far out of reach
Chisel a sculpture carved out of speech
Shining stars that can carry as far as our heart beats
And past that, amassing all the good
Relearning truths forgotten once universally understood
I’m a kernel of the universe
I’m born from and one day will succumb and return back into the earth
It’s not grief I should feel but true peace revealed
Once the veil is peeled back we can see what’s real
A meal for my soul
It took a while for me to find the dinner table hope my food ain’t get cold
Hope I follow the light that glows within side me
I find the gift of life so inspiring
Die with a smile on my face and still trying
My feet rooted deep to the ground my mind flying
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Im trying not to utter trivial syllables
Silence is golden but communication is critical
Attempting to process my emotions when feelings are visceral
But usually end up acting from the gut not my occipital
I’m a work in progress like all of us but I’m learning
See my faults as points for improvement and not a burden
That’s the goal, it’s not always necessarily workin
My self doubt lurks in the shadows like some nefarious person
What you covering up, velvet merkin discovery
What we hide behind closed curtains sometimes is certainly ugly
I got memories from the past that fuck with me
My first instinct is to suppress em nothing to see
Could probably use my fair share of therapy
But something bout opening up to a stranger is scaring me
Fahrenheit 451 while you watching on my tv
I got problems since I was a Juvenile 400 degreez
Bubblin hot, growin flower arboretum
Trouble in the spot they got em after that you never seen him
Came back but his story don’t add up so don’t believe him
Got damn ain’t it tough just to be a human being
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Ode To This Beat (FF 76)
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This beat got legs
It might walk to the abyss and peer over the edge
It might contemplate the risk of jumping over the ledge
Then show up to your crib and fix some bacon and eggs
Breaking some bread, making some friends
This beat got years ahead of it I’m merely breaking it in
Never feeling out of place it’s comfortable in it’s skin
Never frontin actin fake it doesn’t have to pretend
Got a passion for making things happen magic begins
The instant this beat meets up with an emcee’s pad and a pen
This beat is ballin, runnin up a tab and it spends
Like Diddy in ’98 with a charismatic grin
When I’m rappin on this beat I get sad when it ends
A little sappy but I’m happy just to know where we’ve been
We’ve had a lot of good times together memories and rhymes I’ll treasure
This beat let me down easy, nothing lasts forever
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My Process (FF 77)
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I take it back in time with my process
Slow it down in the midst of technological progress
Chopping with a two decade old machine
Might seem arduous but nah it’s just flavor to me
A labor of love making money is not the motive
Say it was I would’ve never have made it up to this moment
I create for the sake of creation
For my it’s like taking a breath, I’m never scared there’ll be no oxygen left
The vinyl makes a mutation
Once it’s sampled in it’s new food for creation for future generations
Under the tutelage of greats that came before us
Music is as ancient as the roots that make a forest
It’s always changing like the seasons are
Get stuck in your ways it pass you by just like a speeding car
And that’s just fine until my time run out
I’ll be strolling down the roadside of life with my thumb out
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I can’t give you my password and login
We all access the same pages but customize our options
Try to steer clear of the debris and the toxins
What I fear is right here in my head fulla monstaz
Make believe water moccasins put poison in my thought stream
Energy vampires suck the life outta dreams
I can’t have em round my team
I’m gonna shine bright and do the next right thing
All that chaos, I still find it enticing
But only got a finite time til my life ends
The evils trynna knock me off my game like a tight end
If life’s a bitter pill my resolve is the icing
The winter chill hits us all as we remember fall
Hope you build a fire within insulated walls
And keep that spark within you as you continue
Doing what we’re sent to learn from what we’ve been through
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Listening to an interview with Leonard Cohen’s son
And I wondered how we know if the show is ever done
When the sun is setting and the shadows run long
Will you remember my catalog or only one song
The questions that beg no answer
The world is a beach that I bring my sand to
Romantacize life and I live my fantasy
Can’t you see there’s nothing that I can’t do
And you the same true game
The spark to ignite our dreams like butane
Burn hot blue flame I’m shootin my shot with true aim
Open to embrace the new change
It’s a new version of him, don’t use a pseudonym
Mix the old style with the new the two will blend
Rewrote this verse three times I never mail it in
Force of energy I’m a sail to wind
My life was in a tailspin thankfully it righted itself
Or one of y’all would have to write of my death
But my heart beats strong in my chest
Make the most of every day and each breath
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For Pops (FF 80)
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Everybody got a cross to bear
You might come up when you at a loss for air
The thoughts that I think when I’m off the air
They be hard to share, freak out, toss a chair
Stressed out, loss of hair
Checked out as if I don’t care, not all there
Been ghosted by folks who didn’t deserve my time
Afloat in a ocean of feelings of heart I died
A tiny bit on the inside but then rise
Love and hate is a thin line the incline
Of my life has pitfalls and windfalls
It’s all intense it keeps me enthralled
I’ve been in walls and felt emotions
That had me open, but still it’s hard to open up
And I don’t know what keeps me shut
It’s like I can’t speak of what
I for real feel in the feelings of my gut
This is real spill I’ve been sealed up long enough
But I’ma take time to grow
A lotta new tools that can help me navigate the roads
The more I learn the less I’m sure that it stops
I dedicate this rhyme to my Pops
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Styles, styles, so many styles
I keep it Casual surpassing tribulations and trials
Travelling many millions of miles
A country or city mouse I’ll come and sit in your house
Bit off more than you can chew? Then spit it out
If I don’t like the looks of where I’m headed time to switch the route
Got a lot to figure out, I don’t chase clout
Wonder what is that race about
Pull a ace out the deck and it’s all respect
You get locked up, you can call collect
I’m all ears 2020 the future is here
Rewind this in five years and view it as a souvenir
I’m sure there’s a lot to see
I gotta decide what is and what is not for me
A hot commodity I’m ecstatic
Ex active addict, had to learn the power of habit
With a clear view looking through the rearview
I might be closer to objects than I appear to
Be, or maybe they’re closer to me
than I’d like to admit real sneaky
keep my composure and keep my rhymes cheeky
know the time from my fresh time pieces
let’s find love find happiness and get paid
I wish you all the best in the next decade
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Four Friends (FF 82)
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Seeing old friends, that’s a good feeling
As the world spins
Two decades worth of rotations a lot gone change
Is the only constant gotta act my age
And I don’t mean slowing down getting frail and weak
I’m talkin bout growing up in the driver’s seat
I’m in my prime work and learn till I reach my peak
And hopefully then I’ll plateau
But we all know that’s not how that go at least we pretend
That life lasts forever then act all surprised at the end
Four friends stand on the same street
But it’s twenty years later though it feels like four weeks
The illusion that time weaves
There can be a disconnect from what the body feels and what the mind sees
Separate but connected, Siamese
I wanna die my best death when it’s time to leave
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I Share (FF 83)
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I’m not content with the same
It’s a long way to where I went from where I came
I share my pain I share my hope
I share my dreams I share what it means for me to cope
Close is not enough we die if we relapse
Can’t live as if detached we bleed just to see that
My knee jerk reaction is just jump back in again
Burn it all mixed with the ash of my innocence
I had a flashback to when I was out there
You could feel the desperation in the clouded air
We all runnin outta air and feel the need to air it out
Feelin left alone like we the ones that no one cared about
Pair this with a lack of impulse control
And the snowball gone roll as the entropy grows
Til it breaks and disintegrates, breaks our soul
I’ma pump my brakes, I’ma break my mold
I don’t need to mimic other people’s bad behavior
I can plant a seed and it will grow to something major
Esteemable acts bring self esteem back
And I know I’m worth something that’s a muthafuckin fact
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31. |
Positive Dad Rap (FF 84)
00:57
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I might be running out of things to say
I don’t wanna be that dude that gives a PSA every 7 days
Sounding like somebody’s square dad rappin
Lookin in the mirror like “damn Phi, when the fuck did that happen
You used to be a lot of fun and run the streets
But then you grew a beard and turned into the weird fun police
I’m unimpressed with your sophisticated consciousness
69 out of 80 times you merely state the obvious
We get it, you’re positive
Why don’t you start a rap group with Logic while I unfollow this
You bandana t-shirt modeling
Wrong demographic for the culture muthafucka why you botherin
Are you hiding a receding hairline?”
Nah that’s just my widow’s peak dude be careful when you speak to
Your great uncle, cuz I need help too
And next week I got some more advise to tell you
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Can we be friends? I’d like that very much
Hike up on the mountain watch the sky and share a lunch
I hope you care a lot I care a bunch
We make a bright pair like a pair of gold fronts
You make my air light and breathable
I got your back in a fair fight or even one that’s unreasonable
But we ain’t tryin to quarrel with other people
We’re cruising, maximum mileage like it’s a diesel
My watch don’t have time for the evils
I’ll treat you with respect after all we are equals
And when it’s all said and done our kids will see the sequels
Of what we do in our lives so I strive for peace
Slide like grease out of pride I teach when I speak
Cooking food for the soul and I share what I eat
You don’t have a place to rest I’ll give up my seat
We’re all in this together I’ll see you next week
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33. |
Start Anew (FF 86)
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Start anew
Before you get shook, it might not be that hard to do
Do the negative looks fall in the margin of truth
Or do you let too many cooks attempt to barge in the room
The kitchen they tell you listen but their words don’t harbor proof
Serving nutritional deficient food then come to harvest you
Since I was an awkward youth I been digging through the rubbish
Trying to get to the root of it and finally find some substance
But there’s a lot of moving parts
Sometimes I feel I’m treading water in a pool of sharks
And I’m not bred from oligarchs so I don’t get the benefits of nepotism
But I hope to impart wisdom before I depart
Perusing searching for clues in the dark a lit spark
Paying my dues and I’m assuming it’s art
Since it don’t zoom up the charts can I illuminate hearts
And still accumulate racks and put some shoes on my cart I’m flossin
My vanity masking insecure anxieties
Secretly hoping honesty will increase notoriety
It feels good to tell my truth to the earth
Look at myself with love and recognize my true worth
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Thumbtack (FF 87)
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You could call it a comeback my life was in circles stuck runnin laps
Repeating all the same mistakes now where’s the fun in that
I couldn’t catch a break
I kept straight bangin on the hatch it wouldn’t come unlatched
Stuck in the same place thumbtack
Had to embrace a change of pace it’s not a muthafuckin race
I know that’s the information put in front of our face
Open my heart to inspiration it’s like cracking a safe
I take action today without plan continuation bias
Continue plotting out my plans to get my fans the flyest
Music I can, in pursuit of the perfect essence
Part of which is subjective to your personal preference
When yours and mine align it’s a beautiful thing
Married to the music time to find a suitable ring
Forged from work that the dirt under my cuticles bring
And I promise to never ever say the usual things
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Don’t follow me, follow your own odyssey
True genius is usually dismissed as oddity
I try to place people above material property
But to a point honesty is the rarest commodity
Live by the gun, perish by policy
More accurately perish by poverty inequality
Paradoxically the biggest crooks run monopolies
Money stretched out with commas and apostrophes
Sonically, I’m trying a few things
I do it every day as if I’m tying my shoestrings
I won’t align with a ruse, I paid dues
Follow my muse and keep my gold tooth clean
Teeth. They say death is the cousin of sleep
Truth be told I hope to grow old and go counting sheep
Unique soundwaves from the depths of the deep
Treat our goals like mountains hope you climb every peak
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36. |
I've Got To Earn (FF 89)
01:02
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Issues can rise up right outta the blue
Can’t nobody tell you how to be you with any accuracy
Dealing with feelings from times I thought were in back of me
Stretching my mental faculties testing my simple strategies
The obvious lesson is I still have a lot to learn
Still ouchea blessin em I’ve got to earn word up
Show up first to the course and I’ve been training of course
Monday to Sunday with force they lookin Hyundai I’m Porsche
Been all bent up and out of sorts getting wrecked
Over events that seem trivial once seen in retrospect
And on the other side of that I must confess
I had some major things that happened I simply didn’t address
It’s all perspective when avoiding altercations
And maintaining a propensity to take in information
These are simple iterations of my thoughts
No contractual obligations all gratis never bought
Strive to be worth my salt
And have humility to take responsibility at fault
Don’t take it too heavy if I slip in the process
After all my life’s an imperfect work in progress
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What do I got to say mane, been showin up with my A game
I gotta stay on it cuz people they want it I keep it one hunnid to stay sane
Lies they never did sit right even on nights I was gone off that get right
Know how I’m living the scope of my vision expanded see it through big sight
Growin up listen to Big Syke, comin of age in the nineties
Where we were all up on that Thug Life, pitchin and keepin it grimy
Some of us never grew out of it, some of our lives got cut short
Some of us took a lengthy vacation at a state sponsored resort
See my life how it looks now is not how it looked then
I’m on some positive change now, I was somewhat of a crook then
I was never ever square like a book end
I’m extra rare like a good friend
I’m doing something right my heroes have become my homies
Life can be whatever you want Tony! Toni! Toné!
And that’s a Bay shout out where they known to weight that out
The code never rat out just another slap I spat out
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Philo Reitzel Asheville, North Carolina
Rapper, producer, videographer, illustrationist. Enigmatic man of the woods. World traveler, esoteric thinker, fitness enthusiast. Thanks for stopping by.
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