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Live The Life
03:01
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Woke up this morning and realized that I don’t know nothing
Ain’t got no ibuprofen fuck it take a shot of bourbon
I been swerving mo and mo and my goals get mo uncertain
I been so depressed all I can do is sleep close my curtains
I go out with the homies after a day of workin
We pop a pill and snort a gram and females get to twerkin
I been goin ham mo and mo I’m not sure what happened
I quit my job cuz I was too turnt now I’m only trappin
We throwin house parties every other night it’s crackin
And if I didn’t have a habit I know I’d be stackin
Fuck it, chop out another one for me and my brotha
Bring a bottle over turnin up so don’t interrupt us
We gone die anyway so I’d rather go buzzin
The homie died the other day so for him we po up another’n
Why do we live this way because life is nothing but pain
And if I had it to do over I’m sure I’d live it the same
We live the life we don’t wonder why
Take our chances under the sky
Fleeting dances with we die
Six feet under we’re not surprised
pistol in the glovebox, always thinkin fuck cops
cuz I’m always breakin the law
bitch ridin in the back need a subox
but she ain’t finna to detox
we only keep her round for her jaw, can you feel me
I been livin reckless just like you
Snortin powder skippin breakfast now I’m on day 2
Dare message it effected us like opposite day
Told me walk the straight and narrow went the opposite way
The homie next to me skinny like a scarecrow
And he don’t care no mo
We ridin hella dirty seven thirty sellin mo blow
Am or pm it don’t make a difference
I’m feelin paranoid and I see johnny in the distance
Bend the corner pull over duck in the corner bar
I do housecalls mane I ain’t no corner star
And I been going too hard and I been doin too much
And every mufucka in this verse cept me got touched
We live the life we don’t wonder why
Take our chances under the sky
Fleeting dances with we die
Six feet under we’re not surprised
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Falcon A Flyer
02:57
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Sun gonna shine I’m a wake it up
Mountains to climb I’m a make it up my my
Makin my take and I’m cakin up
Falcon a flyer falcon a flyer
Dare to be different
This might be our only earthly visit go and get it
Push limits
Live it cuz I love it, say it cuz I meant it
"I'm" a true love potion
a big bang explosion
a tidal wave in motion
a whole entire ocean
Although I feel the fire encroaching
I feel no fear as I feel the winds of change blowing
I feel that I'm no longer afraid to feel emotion
I feel the fire forging the steel I feel potent
I feel hope, I feel the scope of it all
I won't fall this moment I'm so tall
The stars made eyes to you and I we saw to the end of the milky way
All is intended today
Everything in the galaxy is an infinite ray
mortality's intricate ways are a simple display
Sun gonna shine I’m a wake it up
Mountains to climb I’m a make it up my my
Makin my take and I’m cakin up
Falcon a flyer falcon a flyer
Am I afraid of dying?
Nah never mane I seen the drama in this game we return from where we came
Am I afraid of flying?
Ahh, I’d like to say not
But I been eyein the top and it’s a hell of a drop
I put in nearly everything that I got
What if I lose I’ll be destitute abandoned to rot
In the back of a bando without a pisspot
Or reshackled into the system three hots and a cot
Relegated to oblivion as the pendulum swings
But I got move forward can’t be chained by change
Can’t stifled by idleness no man is an island
If I don’t make it to dry land first I gotta try again
If I don’t end up dying of thirst I gotta lend
A waterskin to my family and friends so we can work
put in work what’s point in trying to score
If we only putting points up on the board what we really working for?
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So many situations that sneak up behind us here to remind us
That time is indifferent about us
and won’t reminisce when we’re up and outta here no matter if
we viewed ourself as the catalyst or let it flow around us
no amount of knowledge that I know or gain
can ever stop the growing change around me I’m constantly feelin growing pains
holding onto to older ways like stones in the river
my stationary body causes waves it’s cold and I shiver
a form of movement, am I ever congruent
harness what is electric how did Edison do it
was it even for the better or form disastrous movements
the general view is what causes cash to accrue is an improvement
I must politely disagree
But only from a bird’s eye view and not for me
We don’t live in trees build nests or have a hive mind
And when I gotta go I’m pretty sure it’s only my time
So who the fuck do you think you are? Somebody special
In the newest model car flexin diamonds in ya bezel
Climbin up a level but our past it’s hard to shed it
I spend my cash as soon as I get it
And didn’t know what a credit score was till I was 25
Moved to the Sco and found it hard to survive
Could only rent in the ghetto it’s hard to stay alive
So many let go before they hit their prime
Time out crossin the hall serraños beatin fools in
In my apartment building that was job recruitment
And it might shock you like electrocution
If it is not an environment that you are used to maneuvering in
I’m boozing in the morning tootin in the evening
And I can’t make sense of all the views that I’m seeing
Now at the time I didn’t realize it affected you and me in
Ways our unprotected minds we’d have to deal with it in future days
Thought I was desensitized but it was internalized
I tried to burn my mind cuz I couldn’t turn my eyes
Now I’m living in a nice place
And I know they can’t relate I see the judgement in they face
And I feel like I don’t deserve to be here
Feel like I’m screaming and nobody hears
Or even worse they do and nobody cares
Cuz these squares don’t feel I deserve to be here
**hook** (MOTHER HOOD)
I CAPTURE LIGHNTNING RIGHT INSIDE MY MIND
KEEP ME SHINING WHEN THE WORLD IS BLIND
MY TWO FEET THEY KEEP ME RIGHT ON TIME
WALK RIGHT BY YOU AND I’M FEELIN FINE
How are you feeling then
It’s a different era that we’re livin in
The measure of collective stress has risen as the covid tests are given
And I got a feeling we’ll never go back to old traditions when
The level of the existential threats grip your chest
Leave you short of breath (breath)
I won’t even lie, I been losing sleep at night
Thinkin bout who’s gonna die
We oversized, now the earth ain’t on our side
As we feel the sickle slice to cull the herd check your pantry
We oversized, now the earth ain’t on our side
As we feel the sickle slice to cull the herd can you feel me
We oversized, now the earth ain’t on our side
As we feel the sickle slice now the earth ain’t on our side
Lightning bright inside and it flashes as it catches fire
Burning in a beautiful blaze of my desire
**hook (MOTHER HOOD)
I CAPTURE LIGHNTNING RIGHT INSIDE MY MIND
KEEP ME SHINING WHEN THE WORLD IS BLIND
MY TWO FEET THEY KEEP ME RIGHT ON TIME
WALK RIGHT BY YOU AND I’M FEELIN FINE
KEEP IT DECENT IF YOU WANT ME TO
KEEP COMPLACENT I KNOW HOW YOU DO
TALK THAT SHIT IT ONLY FUEL THE FIRE
MY MIND OPEN YOU STEP RIGHT INSIDE
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Cry A River
03:27
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I see how you move, thinkin we can be fooled
Sneak dissin but pretendin it’s cool I paid attention in school
I learned how to read books and feel moods
Slimy presence presents itself as real smooth
People pandering to those they think they appeal to
ulterior motives thinly coated and see through
easily decoded by the code that we keep true
I live the kind of life I can sleep to, don’t need to
Put on airs, hoping somebody cares
If you need to impress em when you need em nobody’s there
I been taught a lot by the products of consumer culture
Anything of substance just gets ate by the newest vulture
Pick your bones clean remodel condos from your sepulcher
Collab with Supreme drop a t shirt to show they love ya
Diluted memories for the highest bidder
All we seem to value is the highest figure
Cry a river, it’s a deluge
Of people so delusional it’s like they’re poppin qualudes
They do, and I do, and you do, and why do
We lie to ourselves,
We love being lied to.
Peace out wsup
Peace out, wsup
Oh hello (hello) if you didn’t then now you know
Predictive text shaping your thoughts still you think it’s original
Everybody feel like the finta be next to blow
Talkin bout their ice and that girl with the melted snow
Borders between music and life US Mexico
Going back and forth so much the truth nobody know
Lack of transparency apparently status quo
Making it appear from thin air a magic show
Judges gavel hit you with years, a tragic blow
Oh NOW you tellin, you ain’t a gangsta no mo?
It’s fun to play on the IG but when you get hit in the head
Layin in the hospital bed with an IV
Cry me a river, it’s a deluge
Of people so delusional it’s like they’re poppin qualudes
They do, and I do, and you do, and why do
We lie to ourselves?
We love being lied to.
Goodbye everybody, I’ve got to go away
(go away, go away, go away)
those who really listened to me the only ones that knew me anyway
and I’m out!
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How does it feel to sink to the bottom give up and stop tryin
My options are all exhausted I’m tired of constantly fightin
I’m sinkin, afloat in the ocean without a beacon
And my lifeboat is leakin and I don’t think I’ll be reachin
I’m sinkin, deeper down I can’t see the surface now
Can’t see the purpose how will I reverse this
I self medicate, tryin to fix the problems inside and
I think I’m over prescribing to hide from the skin that I’m in
Sinkin, I climb the ladder on my fire escape
But that can’t even break the water’s surface
This lake makes me nervous, I’m wondering if I can touch the bottom
And live to tell the tale before I exhale all my oxygen
I’m Sinkin, hard to swim with your eyes open
some friends stopped blinkin preferred to permanently close em
sinkin, it seems as if the top has frozen over
the temperature’s droppin, getting colder
I scream for help, no one hears me through the chunk of ice
Fuck my life, all it was ever worth was nothing nice
I based it more on rolls of dice than solid plans
The vultures in the night are not your mans
Love is not measured in grams but it feels like it
Makes sense feel type a ways when cake comes and weighs in
Real psychic I can predict my next
Move until they run out when there’s no time left
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6. |
This Ones For You
03:25
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I guess you’re probably wondering why I ghosted out
I had to step off the train I would’ve just continued coastin the route
Ironically, me wants me dead
And me was in love with the games that you played with me head
Shit.. stuck out on a limb
Had to jump ship if I hit water I can swim
put you through a lot of fuck shit you did the same to me
I don’t think I can pretend to be the friend I claim to be
What’s to gain
Too much bad blood shed between us and circled down the drain
Hurt so much, cursed in the rain
Was I even in love with you or just in love with the pain
Hard to say, it’s so hard to say
And when these feelings get involved the truth slips away
Like my grip slipped away and I almost died tryin
Blamed it all on you but I wasn’t holdin up my end
While I can see that, and rationalize
That we should be able to be friends my heart won’t abide
The part that died, the spark that lit and burned me inside
Current events start to make sense I’m turning the tide
I’m just trying to do well by myself
You’re part of a chapter in my life that’s best left closed on the shelf
I’ll say I wish you all the happiness and possibly I do
But even if it’s not true
This one’s for you.
I distinctly remember you saying you didn’t care
And that you probably won’t make it another year
Hard to hear it for real cuz we were drinkin and snortin
Trying to ignore the real shit and make pettiness important
Never moving forward, only droppin deeper
Chucklin to hide a tear and brushin with the reaper
I remember when I first got cleaner
You told me you were so proud of me, doing what you dream of
We love and lose
Sometimes it bruise our heart so hard it’s hard to stand in our shoes
We accrue hurt, move and abuse work
Anything to avoid the truth the fuckin truth hurts
Hide behind a line intoxicated state of mind
jaded mind faded all the time I hate it
and the only way some of us escape it
is when you’re found by your homie in the bedroom or the basement
your kid ain’t got a father to play wit
I swear I won’t get stuck doing the same shit
And we won’t leave out with most of the friends we came with
I won’t repeat out the cycle it’s too dangerous
Anguish can get a grip on us and taint our soul
Flip the script on us so all we feel is pain and cold
I’m a break the mold, I’m a see it through
I’m sorry that you gone
This one’s for you.
LP. JR.
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7. |
No Quarter
03:29
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I’m getting older so hopefully I’ll be getting wiser
the world felt cold to me found myself compulsively feeding fires
I imagined there was a map to the prize
I had to open my eyes up nothing in life is clearly defined
I try to keep my curiosity maintain an open mind
I’m still searchin for my purpose tryna keep the hope alive
But anyway, I simplify, take it day by day
Everybody getting high until they take it away
I miss my homie JR, he reminded me of LQ
He wasn’t my closest friend, but he was someone I knew
I used to want to be famous, now I don’t have a clue
Of what my goal or my aim is the changes we go through
Oh lord, trying to hold my head above water
Tell the devil he gets no quarter
Can’t even follow the doctor’s orders
Cuz he’s supported by opioids
Everyone is sponsored
By the seven headed headless monster always in our pockets
From the doctors to the lawyers to the popstar politicians
No one makes their own decisions anymore it’s all derivative
Of what they thought the others did before them that brought profit
It’s a runaway steamroller how are we to stop it
The best most manage to do is divert blame
and say I’m not it, PLEASE don’t let me do the same
trapped inside of my mind, like it’s the place to be
trying to make the most of this time, it slips away from me
I’m searchin for forgiveness
For myself first gotta get my self worth up
Years of doin hella dirt sellin work snortin work fucked me up
Watchin people that I loved getting murked getting cuffed
Get betrayed by the person that I trust
On a highway to my grave and it’s feelin hella rushed
Never say it never discuss
Trappin to support a habit d boy magick in the dust
Pills crushed like my spirit outta touch
Getting money outta bitches breakin hearts and burnin bridges
Tunnel vision I can’t see, take me out my misery
Between white girl and the whiskey I’m burnin thru currency
And I always gotta have more I can’t be alone with me
Trapped
I self medicate
no escape
I have no time
Trapped
I can’t get away
Medicate
I have no time
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Can’t worry bout what the others will say about me
They doubt themselves so they doubt me through the word of mouth
I’m more concerned how the crowds scream when I turn em out
My six eight Mali is a sleeper I’m burnin out
My love is deeper than words the fakers say to me
My advice to you, don’t live a life of complacency
Lower the latency, we can entertain
But I’d prefer that you acknowledge I have a brain
Used to the best of my abilities request you do the same
And let’s counteract the misery and put em up on game
I’m a cold piece of work with a solid chain
Collectin knowledge, flushing garbage down the drain
Had enough pain for forever
I’m on some upward mobility, exploring new endeavors
Whichever test you decide to address
I wish you all success and all the best
I wish you all success and all the best,
give me a call up if you're feeling hard up, life is too short to live with your face balled up
I wish you all success and all the best in all you do.
I wish you all success and all the best,
We gotta use what we got or we convalesce
Entropy builds as the problems are not addressed
Having discussions with my lawyer the topic was my arrest
(damn.) Nothing is promised,
Want somebody’s critique they’re rarely honest
Hard to keep your business out the street and untarnished
You’ll get run through the ringer for bringin unique responses
Starships and rockets, head amongst the comets
If you gotta read the news I wouldn’t scroll down to the comments
Vomit, it’s hard to swallow this tonic
The trolls get their tolls, propagating nonsense
I’m trying to up the level of the content
Refuse to stay silent not the Devil In A Convent
I’m better honest a veteran of hardships
Wanna lend a helping hand to help us all accomplish
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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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