1. |
Clear My Throat
02:49
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First Verse
I’m sicker than a fifth of liquor straight to the head
Take a shot
Call earl, all I spit up is bread
I turn words into money
Flow into fuel
I’m a 757 jet lining my tunes
Higher
Elevating till I’m walking the moon
Not Earth’s
But Saturn’s
Too many babblin’
Rattlin’ ya traps
Patterin’ your raps
After scatter brain cats
“Suffering Succatash”
Y’all looney tunes
I’m an anamaniac
So I warn a(warner) brother
Don’t make me react
Juice
I converse like bishop in the booth
For coming at me side ways
You might risk a Check Mate
check the double entendres buddy
I'm make power bars
cause the fans are hungry
the beats dope
and I'm a feinding junkie
making Heroine Tracks
and it's Beautifully ugly
yeah, while they rapitty rap
I rapidly wrap my mind around a plan of attack
and then crack your brain open with it staying in tack(
through my flow)
so while you're listening,
let me clear my throat.
Second Verse
I am Hip-Hop 96
Stakes is High
Settlin’ The Score
If you’re Ready or Not
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
This is Hell On Earth
All Eyez On Me
Listen close to the verse
I gotta 2 pac state of mind
With out Death Row
Who you know this thorough spitting straight from the soul
Who you know this under rated quite like me
On the Digital Underground
I Shock G’s
Who have been in the game
Defending they’re lanes
Oh, my buzz ain’t big enough
I have no name
So,
That don’t mean I ain’t one of the truest
Do u fools listen to music
Or just skim through it?
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2. |
The FAME
04:23
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First Verse
I right science like Einstein
On the grind for my bread
My flow so hot it’s like a stove in my head
My words so sharp when I spit it’s like lead
Or legs, cause when I talk they walk through your head
Then recline
Change the channel of your mind
To JB T.V., tuned into my lines
With ink on paper
I’m writing this lightening
It’s striking leaving vapors
I’m a thunderstorm but my words are earthquakes
Each line’s like a crack in the plates when they’re shaking
Consider me, half man half amazing
I should be famous
But I remain nameless
I guess that’s how the game is
I gotta get my money up
I gotta do some promo
I gotta build my fan base
It’s happening in slow mo
Maybe I should give up
And move to Chicago
If only I could just hit the lotto
Man…
Hook
I want The Fame “The Fame”
The fortune
You want The Fame “The Fame”
The fortune
We want The Fame “The Fame”
The fortune
But let’s go deeper, come on.
Second Verse
I go deeper
than a wide receiver
or the sub sonic base in a speaker
flow full of ether
yeah, call me napalm Jon
cause when I turn my rhymes on I bomb like Vietnam
Dawn till dusk, I strike like elephant tusk
Spit truth
Most dudes just embellish and rust
Well, I shine
Like greasy foreheads in summertime
Though life is a witch
Her body’s divine
So I’m a stay in her, for as long as I can
Till I bust and give birth to my marvelous plans
People try to get mo’ green like Moe Greene
And get shot in the eye by a wise guy
I dream and patiently play my hand
Not chasin’ cream
Cause cream come easy when you own the cow
Milk it everyday and make cheese by the pound
Milk it everyday and make cheese homie…
Hook
I go deeper
Than the temperatures’ in deep freezers
Deeper than the scandals in police force
Deeper
Deeper than the black in my skin
Deeper than the look of Charles Manson when he grinned
Deeper than the strums of Jimmy Hendrix
The hums of fallen youth when bullets release their spirits
The fate of the wicked
deeper than the roots of religion
it’s fiction
the same lies that fool Muslims, they fool Christians
deeper
deeper than the truth
deeper than a noose
deeper than swastikas to the Jews
deeper than the flu vaccination
they inject you with a virus for a payment
save it
deeper than The Matrix
CIA agents
UFO cases
Income tax payments
Deeper than racists using Bible translations
Deeper than space is
Face it Man…
Hook
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3. |
OutCast
03:10
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First Verse
Waking up to alarm glocks again
Reminds me of the predicament that I’m in
A "Nigga" in a cage, that’s what they made me
Yeah Jesus Saves? So why he aint save me?
Or my cousin Harold? That "Nigga" got blown away by a double barrel
In a world where the odds are against the poor
It’s survival of the fittest you better get on the floor
Empty your pockets or visit the lord
I’m sticking up the world, cause I have no choice
Now, I’m a criminal but that’s what they made me
A "Nigga" in the cage full of dogs with rabies
And they’re barking man, so I gotta bark back before they bite off my hands
See, the world is a project
Them Boyz In Da Hood about to Set It Off on you if they could
From the cops to the gangstas
Politicians to King Pins
Hustlin’ for blocks trying to build they kingdoms
Huh, trying to box your king in
Check mate to your chess
Stop your breathin’
Game over, there won’t be another season
You should have made the right move last weekend
Now you choking on your blood tryna breath man
This is an ode to America the heathen
Second Verse
See, the world is a ghetto, life is a war
We’re fighting over territory
Hustling for more
Friends betray friends, it happened to the Lord
It’s the cross you have to bear when the kingdom is yours
Judas got Jesus
Brutus got Ceasar
I’m tryna figure out who’s about to get me here
Still you can feel that I’m real glad to be here
Kinda like King David facing Philistine spears
I’ll probably get attacked cause enemy’s scared
You better kill me if you don’t you will be dead
I will torture you, put fire to your head
Put the fire out with acid then bastard your kids
I ain't rappin’, I’m just writing what I live
Then reciting it on mics to strike lightening through your ears
Inciting riots setting fires with my pens
I’m an arsonist with arsenals from fighting all these years.
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4. |
The Mission
02:54
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First Verse:
My mind’s set
My team's ready
A bunch of lions in the grass on the Serengeti
Full of pride, as we ride through the jungle
Hienna’s in the background waiting for the weak to stumble
I’m so focused
I won’t fail
I got a bullet train of though that won’t derail
Let me bring you closer, so you can see hell
And understand that you can find heaven in yourself
Second Verse
Get ‘em up
Get ‘em up
Get ‘em up
If you know you ride with J. O. U.R.N.E.Y.
and you know you Brave
Feeling like, feeling like Nat Turner
Breaking out them chains
Up in your mind
The bottom line is that you making change
Banks
Wells Fargo when I start to think
Thoughts are cash so when I speak
You become a Brinks
Truck
Riding ‘round with that money in you
Brain power is the energy I wanna send you
Listen up
Listen up
I got something new for the game
Well, actually it’s for the people
Cause the game don’t change
Feeling like,
Feeling like, like, like you can not catch a break
The same reason people love you is why haters hate
And I ain’t saying that I’m a make it out alive
That’s foolish thinking
But I do assure you of this one thing,
They will remember me
I might die trying
But my words will remain alive for eternity!
-Hook-
It ain’t over till the music stops
You can do it
When they’re saying that you can’t
Still pursue it
Here’s the mission, motivation, and the Mind Set
Get your mind right, before you get left
In the beginning was the word
And the word became flesh
My words run through your mind like kids on recess
I do it for the rejects
Too close to the edge
Whose mama’s using Kleenex to accompany prayers
Like:
“Heavenly father please help us out this gutter,
too many summertime nights we heard the guns stutter
There’s no butter, but them brothers carry toast
Waiting for the beef,
Holy ghost help us please, Amen”
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5. |
Journey Brave
02:18
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Journey Brave:
-Journey!
-Brave!
This is for every person locked in prison
Persecuted by the law and can’t see their children
We get imprisoned by our minds and the glass ceilings
Felonious thugs with the loneliest loves,
And those acting like they aint sinning
You’s a lie
Cause we all got that snakes venom
If we’re alive
I call on God but I can’t hear Him
Although I’ve tried
But like Job I got faith in Him
Although I’m tired
When I look inside at memories
I clearly see
Every action and non-action defining me
So I stand like a man does
Stand Up!
And keep pushing through this damn mud
Man Up!
With all the fight that is left in me
I battle apathy and lethargy constantly
I’m on my grind
To stay alive in this cold world
I hope in time
With all this grind my dreams will unfurl
I gotta make it cuz.
-Journey
-Brave
This is for every person lacking vision
Not believing you can do it
You ain’t used to winning
Gotta dig deep and shovel through that mental image
Of yourself
And stop focusing on every blemish
Yeah
Change causes pain I know
Yeah
But pain causes strength to grow
-Second Verse-
Yeah
So I’m a fight till I can’t no more
Praying to god while I’m playing my cards
Maintaining
Arranging my thoughts
While keeping my heart from fainting
Weighing the cost
Of raising the bar
While fading
Into the background
now I'm turning up the sound
Smacking down all the opposition that’s been comin’ round
Yeah
Listen closely to words I speak
Life can be a ces pool and it can really reek
But swim through it
Get redemption out of Shawshank
Yeah you’ll be dirty
But alive
Giving God thanks
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6. |
Be Anything
03:51
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Be Anything:
If all I have is a dream, at least I have something.
First Verse
I got my passport, check
My money right, check
My Euros, yep
My tour dates set
I’m there in my mind
In my lines
In my grind
But they hatin’ and they fakin’ on me time after time
And they know that I’m nice
Nick-Name Mr. Rogers
The game is a desert and these rappers are mirages
They won’t really hear me till I’m dead or I’m gone
In the dirt
From the work
In each verse
In each song
And that’s wrong
But it’s real
And exactly how I feel
But I still
Believe I’m rising
I still believe I’m ill
I still believe I’m shinning
I’ll still believe until
I’m oxygenless
Boxed up in a coffin
I’m a feel that…
Hook(repeat twice):
I, I can go anywhere
I, I can be anything
Second Verse
Despite all my haters and all that disbelieve
Despite all the fear and all the doubt in me
Despite wasted time
The grittiness and grime
If I choose to use my mind
I can be anything
See I’ve seen a lot of trouble and experienced pain
Been burned by the sun and soaked by the rain
But excuses are for losers
So I’m not gonna use one
I’m a get my mind right
Get out and start to do something
All that drama that you have you can keep it
I gotta set a goal for my life and achieve it
See some different places
I want to travel abroad
Eat sushi in Japan
Do the salsa in Milan.
Third verse
It’s so simple
No need for a forced punch line
I’ve been dreamin ‘bout this since the school lunch line
We used to beat box and freestyle during lunch time
There were so many super starts
That never did shine
But each and everyday
I rise and I set
My eyes on the prize
My mind is a jet
Flying me to freedom with those monks in Tibet
Meditating out all the strain and the stress
Tests keep arising
But I realize with timing
If I keep up with this grinding
Soon I’ll start shining
Put your shades on
My UV rays will penetrate a rainstorm
Burst through the clouds
With my chin high proud
Saying…
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7. |
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Let me offer assistance.
This is for my little brother and sister,
That get bombarded by images that could get them mixed up
And tricked out.
The industry keeps pulling their tricks out.
Video ho’s got youngins walking round with their tits out.
That ain’t cool princess don’t wear that to school,
Video ho models ain’t role models for you.
Cause you’re a jewel if you wanna be,
Or fool if you wanna be
Your innocence is priceless
Slow down if you want to see.
Make a dude wait for your emotional stability
And when you get grown you can move with sensibility.
Be honest ‘bout your feelings.
Don’t always reveal them,
Some people are hurting inside and they wanna just steal them
Dream killers and your innocence will die like a flower ‘round weeds
Slow down, there’s no need to speed.
Be a leader, don’t believe what you see on T.V.
Cause their just trying to get your money through a marketing scheme.
Hook:
Ooh lord I’m trying to find a righteous way
Ooh lord not tryna grind my life away
Ooh lord I’m trying to find a righteous way
Ooh lord not tryna grind my life away
Second verse:
On city blocks many kids see yellow tops
Some grow to sell them
Some grow to cop
The American hustle
While some kids stay out of trouble
Some don’t they just double it and sign the devils covenant.
That’s an overview
We all aint the same yo
It all ain’t struggle and it all ain’t pain yo
Most people in the world are trying to maintain so
We’re all in the same game trying to make a name fo’
Ourselves and our families
Comedy and tragedy
Unfolds quite naturally
We deal with catastrophe
But smoke and mirrors puts black folks at the forefront
Listen to the news another black robbed a store front
Turn on B.E.T. another black with some gold fronts
The image isn’t balanced
But the attitude is so what
Our lives are affected
by the lies we’ve accepted
We all need to dance in the mirror and start reflecting.
-Hook-
Third Verse (Shred TVT):
"Youngin listen I been in ur position against all odds, living in poor conditions made em a grinch, yall hot, on his hip, small glock, wanna flip, brawl pop whoever, slumin it, rumbling inside, lost Ma, raised
me better than this it gots to get better I wish somebody save me before I get shot or end up on the deputys list, the cops is crazy and shady its death if u slip, no second chance I was destine to dip,
determined to leave, not trying to see prison, sitting next to my kin not resting no peace I'm trying to be chilling but stress was on me so its hard to think rational living where u can't relax yo surrounded by
crack I'm in a trap folk, trapping hoping I stack blow up I needed to grow up I had hope but man I'm so nuts, indeed I woke up, naturally had to leave, get away to see a better day, tied of being mad and weak, everyday, had to meditate say a grace, find myself, get my mind right, started writing about my life that's what helped me find light, now I shine bright speaking truth for the youth, see this life is what u make it, I made it and so can you."
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8. |
D.U.I. Class
04:44
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Sitting here early in the morning
Room full of people tryna get their lives together
Some of them addicts, some won’t say
Me, I caught possession for smoking on a jay
Now I’m here questioning my movements
Watching videos about making improvements
Risk reduction makes since when your sober
But while they’re talking your dreaming of Rum and cola
I can’t wait to puff a jay on Sunday
But if I do I’ll get tested on Monday
See, I know that my P.O. ain’t no joke
So I’m a take a break from the smoke
It feels weird flying low with the average
I like soaring with the eagles cause it’s magic
Through the clouds of smoke I see the future
I find peace, that’s why I call it Buddha
We get high, Just as high as we can
Then we come down, but how hard do we land
I’m in denial, about the problems that I have
So I just smile, while I do the best I can
Second Verse:
Peace to those wrestling with drugs
Even nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol love
It started off innocent, just to get by
Now the urge is permanently a part of your life
Took a turn for the worst
“It couldn’t happen to me, and nobody really cares cuz all they do is preach”
On the balcony wondering, fumbling my lighter
inhaling joy as the fire gets brighter
Forgive me father for living like a heathen.
I’m just, I’m just tryna keep breathin
I guess, I guess this happened for a reason
Rolled up started smoking, then speeding.
Got stopped by the cops and when they breathed in
Called the K-9’s who sniffed out the weed then
I got charged, now I’m stuck for the weekend
I gotta change if I really love freedom
-Hook-
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9. |
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Once in a lifetime u might find that one true love
that'll love u back and take your crap
and hopefully u don't sleep on it
Overlook it, take for granted, or creep on it
Let me speak on it,
Love is so unpredictable and uncertain
I had women say they love me
But I left 'em hurting
Cause It wasn't working
I didn't know if I could trust 'em
I was kinda nervous
That's how it goes
Plus I couldn't see their love bro,
I mean, love is action not hormones
I mean, u gotta live like u speak
Practice what u preach
study what u teach or u might get it wrong
Easily
So many people use the word love
But don't really know what it means
Seeking and searchin tryna find love
But won't give their hearts to receive
So we rise and we fall
We hang up then recall
Tryin so hard just to make it work
When we don't really believe
As I get older it seems to get more complicated
I used to be so excited
Now I'm kinda jaded
If life's a marathon
Then love is the Olympics brah
Enduring every competition with the one love
I'm probably not the best one to come to for advice
Let's call paw paw
At least we know he got it right
60 something odd years with the same girl
Over half a century they made it in this crazy world
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10. |
Hustle Hard
03:27
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Grind it out
Keep it movin
Hustle hard
That's what I'm doin
Grind it out
Grind it out
Grind it out
Hustle Hard
These r not punch lines
But they're real lines
Attached to the movie of my life
U can watch it in real time
I'm not brown nosing so many may never hear
this, The truth will set u free
So many will fear this
But u who Journey Brave, Yeah!
U are the fearless
Marine mentality
ur thinking's the eelist(illist)
Swimming through the sound waves
Lurking through murky waters
For the food that I'm serving up
I cook it to order
So it's fresher than a Kangol
Pants never hang low
I will never trip when I'm running through ur brains yo
For comrades who disappeared in combat
My allies who got shook and chose to fall back
Salute
Although u had no heart
I forgive each and every Judas Iscariot
Just cause I'm silent
Don't mean I've been silenced
I'm stronger, mentally prepared for the violent.
Journey Brave
I ride through this purgatory on soul tracks(huh)
On a railroad of flow to bring the lost back(huh)
Making change like a cashier(cashier)
illmatic with a criminal mind
I'm KRS Nasir(nasir)
Nice to meet u(hello)
nice to speak through the speakers
And have u tweetin bout how I reached u(huh)
It's soul music inspired by life
My heartbeat is the drum
To every line I write
Me + Music= Peace of mind
Divided by struggle
Multiplied by grind
Add faith, endurance, take away doubt
Then you'll start to understand what I'm talking
about. In the school of hard knocks u learn
Geometry
How to stand like a G
I'm a tree
Bending in the wind trying not to break
Overcoming life's hurricanes and earthquakes
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11. |
Sedulity
02:29
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I'm on that Phantom of the opera
Look through ur binoculars
What the hell he doin? Tryna win an oscar?
Naw, I'm just actin out my life on stage
I'm Denzel with a Pencil
It's Training Day
I'm a Man On Fire
No House Is Safe
I'm the Inside Man in ya memory bank
Seizing ya thoughts
Tryna turn pain into power
Brain storming
And it's been raining for hours
That have turn into days
Then turned into years
its hard for me to stop
cause I only fear fear
Failure's not an option
U fail if u quite
"Defeat is motivation if u learn from it...Quick"
Is what I tell myself daily
Gaining strength from my roots
Alex Haley
Show me a hero and I'll write u a tragedy
I'm just a man tryna handle reality
1,2,3,4
Chin up chest out
Have faith endure
4,3,2,1
Gotta press through the pain
till you get what you want
One for the money
yes, ahh 2 for the show
a couple of years ago
to Atlanta I drove
lost most of my stuff
but I save my soul
didn't sell it for the platinum, silver, or gold.
I work at a restaurant
waiting on tables
waiting for the money
trying to stay stable
chasing my dream
balancing on the rail
between good and bad
succeed and fail
that's real
life
as I fight through the hail
giving vision to the blind
like my life was in braille
Seizing ya thoughts
Tryna turn pain into power
Brain storming
And it's been raining for hours
That have turn into days
Then turned into years
its hard for me to stop
cause I only fear fear
Failure's not an option
U fail if u quite
Defeat is motivation if u learn from it...Quick.
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12. |
Journey Brave Atlanta, Georgia
Journey: Passage or Progress from one stage to another.
Brave: Able or ready to face and endure danger, disgrace,
and pain.
"Journey Brave" is a mentality. It is an approach to life. As you journey through life...Journey Brave!
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