1. |
Epiphany (Intro)
03:07
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Black on Black
Verse 1:
This that anesthetic flow,
You don’t wanna feel it,
But real feelings,
Do reveal,
Themselves,
You ain’t gotta let me know,
You got amnesia?
Oh, let me just remind y’all
I’m not typical,
Like niggas skipping readings for the centerfold,
That’s Jet talk,
Not Jackson
RIP to that brother though,
Not sure I wanna be famous,
But I’ll damn sure stack residuals,
This is your reality,
Sorry I can’t stop the show,
Period flow, heavy and non stop
I always Go,
With Common sense,
Over simple mindedness,
There’s a difference,
You talking flossing,
I’m talking investing,
Keep the difference,
Timeless knowledge for 99 cents,
You may not get it,
Never benefit folks like Julius,
Cuz y’all money pinching,
Hoping that y’all get the message,
I don’t mean to be so aggressive,
Rather not be passive,
Like y’all,
I’m laughing,
God damn I’m wreckless
Stay flexin’ cardiac arresting beats,
Taking the right steps,
Like I’m born with two right feet,
No left,
I must confess,
When this joint dropped I geeked,
Nothing but DMV in this lingo,
I steady speak
I can hit up my homies,
Just know, all of us eat
Knock one of us down,
We rise together in sync
Bye bye, to the past
The Present is where we meet,
The future is within reach,
I’m ready to shake the scene,
Before,
I go any further,
It’s important for me
To take you to my Epiphany year of 2016
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2. |
April 12th
02:14
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Verse 1:
Black on Black
6:00 in the morning
Gimme a little while longer to get my rest,
I set my alarm for 10 more minutes
Then I forget,
To get up when
It goes off,
Sleeping too good,
Rather stay awake than doze off
Maybe then I'll finish
This whole list I gotta do,
Cause this 9-5 is interfering,
Giving me the blues,
This won't last forever's
What I tell myself
But I can choose
To keep getting distracted
When I'm focusing,
Or put my full
effort in it,
It's simple,
The armed services looking good,
Got big dreams for my legacies,
Like black men should,
But I still fight everyday with this music,
It's no way God gave me this gift just to lose it,
I refuse to believe it,
But I get squeamish thinking about the chances,
Of making it big,
My aunt and uncle kept telling me
Chances
Are you won't make it so stay safe,
It hunted me forever
Locking this fear inside my brain,
Man...
Verse 2:
So on this new day of April 12th, 2016,
I'll get rid of the fear that's plagued my mind since 16,
Before I went to Bowie State,
And pursued something
That wasn't in my heart,
Just to keep my folks jumping,
For joy,
If I deploy,
I'll leave you with this one thing,
Never give up your passion
Life is passing,
It seems,
You'll will be young forever,
But by the time you're reaching 25,
Your months slowly turn to days,
And you'll be left wondering why,
You let another convince you,
That your dream is not quite valid,
If it's not conventional,
You're better off just looking past it,
And you don't want to do that,
You would hate driving in traffic,
Working your menial job,
When your creative mind could be grasping onto something worthy,
Of time
Cuz with every rhyme,
I feel like I'm in heaven
Living on a cloud nine
This feeling is how life should be
Don't get so caught up on tryna live your life so properly,
That you lose sight and possibly,
Your dreams
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3. |
My Perspective
05:01
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Verse 1:
See from my perspective,
Been thinking about this election
Wish we could've had more selections
Wish they saw from our perspectives
Being scared of guessing
What the future of our country holds
Y'all already living large
We gotta stay on our toes
See from my perspective
I get on IG
and see another chick around 23 about to drop a baby
Don't wanna see from that perspective
But Im still acting reckless,
Skipping out on contraceptives
See from my perspective,
I'm fucking around and fucking around
By the time I settle down
I'll be a step dad
Now,
I'm seeing Jon's perspective
I understand why he wants to wife quick
Nothing like having your own crib with your own kids
See from my perspective
As a black man
With his head on straight,
Im a target everyday
Y'all haven't had a way to get us out this country
Since slavery
So you gave us war on drugs, prison cells, and poverty
See from our perspective
Hook:
Yea, then see from my perspective
See from our perspective
Yea, then see from my perspective
Verse 2:
See from my perspective
I saw a white girl
Walking through Anacostia
In the night time ,
Back in the 90's that'll be costing your
life
They didn't see from our perspective
Kicked us all right out of DC
With no conscious effort
Used to be chocolate city
Now there's a Starbucks sitting
On every street corner,
Y'all fucked up traffic, I hate taking the hike to Waldorf,
To visit my mama
And now the fucking suburbs are infiltrated with drama
See from our perspective
Having to worry about being 10x
better
Or I'm losing my cheddar
To a white man, white woman
Or a race that's a level
Still higher than black
We're at the bottom
I fail to
Understand,
Why y'all people want to be like us,
Rock the braids, do the dances, speak the slang like us
Our perspective isn't a thing that you can ever adjust to,
Y'all don't fuck with us anyway,
Y'all want what we produce,
Excellence
See from our perspective
Yea,
Hook:
See from my perspective
Yea, then see from our perspective
See from my perspective
Bridge:
Y'all ain't go through the oppression
But y'all go through the obsession
Biologically speaking,
You can't see from our perspective x2
Dave Chapelle:
DC's different
Oh my God man, it took me years to do this show,
Boy DC has changed! It's different now
It's a lot of white people walking around isn't it?
I mean, I left DC in the 80's,
It was not like this in the 80's
When crack was going on,
Remember when crack was going on?
White be looking at DC from Virginia with binoculars,
"Well that looks dangerous, not yet!"
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4. |
Uncle Sam
03:30
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Interviewer:
As you know, the Heavyweight Champion of the world
has just made his decision.
He has rejected induction into the United States Military forces,
it is also his personal choice at this time,
To issue no statements,
To talk to no one,
Black on Black x2
Verse 1:
Uncle Sam looks like the plan,
Can't find another route,
Don't understand how God could stand me,
I feel I'm selling out,
How will my niggas understand my choice,
I feel I’m well endowed
with visions and talent,
Can't believe that I am tapping out
My cousin asked me,
"What about your black power?
They don't give a **** about your life here
They will devour you there"
My stubbornness keeps my mind clear of biases
“I don't want your advice *****”
Started being defiant
My biggest clients
Were beats when I was younger
Got off work in the summer
Jotted down thunder until i slumbered
It was religion
Now I'm dismissing my own mission,
For white visions,
Not comprehending
Where God's sending me
Life's given
Everytime I think about lifting my brothers up,
Nobody can stand the weight
We carry
On our backs
Our lives are tough,
But y'all could never relate
That's why I ask,
Are these benefits are as good as they say?
There's another way, I'm sure
Uncle Sam been calling me
Been thinking bout responding back
But I said I’d never leave here x2
I said I'd never leave here x2
He’s saying that he’ll pay my bills
Give me a bright future,
but honestly to keep it real
I still said I’d never leave here x2
I said I'd never leave here x2
Verse 2:
It's just that tryna find my way hasn't been harder,
So I figured I'd follow my father,
Already got the degree,
So I'd go in as an officer,
Shit, I'm much safer there than here,
With these ******* officers,
Right?
"Right,
But brother you never struck me as the army type,
You're meant to be here with us
Contributing to our fight,
Use your intelligence,
Uplift brothers that's settling,
No, I'm not your pops but close enough,
Yea I'm meddling,
Last thing that I need is for your face to pop on CNN,
And be another statistic"
Yea Kay,
Your Pops words of wisdom
Live inside me today
And as the days move on and we inch closer to election time,
I get kinda nervous,
Find myself searching for peace of mind,
Tryna keep an Obama mentality isn't easy
Especially when you keep seeing 45 on the TV,
Tryna find another way to piss another country off,
Praying he doesn't win,
Or a war will not be TOO far off
Ending:
Are these benefits are good as they say?
There's another way, I'm sure
I'm just trying to feed my family
Muhammad Ali:
I will say here boldly, now and on television,
No!
I will not go 10,000 miles from here,
To help murder and kill
Another poor people simply to continue
The domination of white slave masters
Over the darker people of the earth
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5. |
By Any Means
04:34
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Black on Black
Verse 1:
Yea, tired of waiting on the sidelines
Has to be a point when I say
"**** it man, it's my time"
Life is short as ****,
Please excuse my French,
But Napoleon knew that,
So he conquered that ****,
Gotta little sis in school,
Grinding hard for scholarships,
Mama working two jobs tryna help out and pay rent,
Once upon a time,
Had a chance I could've moved bricks,
Or that loud,
But my moms louder,
When pissed,
So I chilled quick,
I gotta rep,
And do this **** for the DMV,
They banking on me
No PNC,
To bring the trophy H-O-M-E
Been a minute since 14th,
Connecticut,
And U Street,
Or Fells Point
In Body more,
With the homies wilding tryna get a piece,
But eventually you gotta eat,
Junk food won't last forever,
Eventually you'll have to do better,
Success comes to those who are clever,
Gotta make my sis proud,
She been waiting on this for years now,
Brag Tee, I'm here now
Hook:
Gotta grind so I can keep a stack,
I ain't getting younger that's a fact,
So a brother gotta get it by any means x4
Verse 2:
I don't wanna be here,
Any more than you want me to,
I'm so sincere
And yea I get tired of hear-,
-ing, All your gossip on the phone,
About me living in the basement,
And how I need to find my own,
Like I don't pay my bills on time,
Get up every morning to go grind,
Then come back home and work some more on my life,
But,
I promise if I keep feeding my mind
And I keep stacking this bread
I'm gon leave this house in time
It won't be no hard feelings when I make it though,
When I come home with the stack,
My vision will be clearer,
Though,
I'm quiet about my business,
I'm always tryna plot a master scheme to grow my digits,
To make sure that you're good,
And make sure I fulfill my wishes,
It's barely bout me,
I can be selfish,
But how else am I gon make sure we breathe?
In a world, where people like us are not supposed to succeed,
But I'm here when you need me
You just gotta believe in me
Hook
Verse 3:
Not many people match this grind,
Been rapping this real **** since 05'
I stay live,
All I know is grind
Folks think I'm Jamaican
Multiple ways to stay caking
Many ****** be hating
But it's only cause
They be waiting
For a brother like me to give a handout like
They paying
Or like I witnessed Jehovah
But y'all bugging me worse
Than a mosquito
Bruh,
I told ya,
I don't do this **** for y'all
I do this for yungins at home,
So they can learn to ball,
I don't do this **** for the broads,
Gotta keep that space,
In place in case I ever fall
I do this **** for the streets,
****** with degrees,
Do this **** for the culture,
What others wanna be,
I do this **** for Lateef,
Homie RIP,
My homeboy new talent
Way before the Shanghai streets
Hook
Black on Black
Yea, got it by any means x5
Ay, this track mean x5
Ay, yea
But you know it's hard to balance this shit with a relationship
It's always two sides to a story
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6. |
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Verse 1:
Stuck between loving and promiscuity
Wanna be a lover
But I'm scared for ones pursuing me
I can be a handful
I'm full of inconsistencies
One day you're my heaven
Next week you're stuck with missing me
I'm serious about the grind
Frankly I don't have the time
Seen so many come and go,
It's been the cycle of my life
That's why when you cry
I sigh,
I don't know what to feel inside
Do I stay and settle?
No, I'll add a detour to my life
Now I'm back to sipping Tangueray
With the homies,
At Bliss night club
When this chick came and approached me with this nice ass
Her intention was getting to know me,
Took her to the crib,
Did the biz
The next morning
She hit me up,
I never hit her back, she texted me "you're foney"
Never gave a damn, back to grinding cause y'all know me,
Told my best friend about the story,
She just shook her head
And told me "one day you'll be lonely"
Damn
Hook (Heyse):
Even when I’m not around
She wanna hold me down,
I’m not ready for that now,
She gon find out x2
She been calling all day to see if I’m gon answer my phone,
But money’s calling now,
She gon find out
Verse 2:
Im numb to the pain I used to feel (so numb x2)
But best believe
I understand your grieving,
It kills
That little ounce of hope that you possess,
You want it to live on
Instead of living with regrets
But I'd rather tell you leave
Another would be good for you
I am such a wreck
Financially I'm not the dude
And you can say the money doesn't count,
All that amounts is the love
But where is the love if I'm unfaithful?
And I know that I'm unable
To be there when you need me
You call me and get upset
Cause I'm busy you wanna see me
The whole time I get pissed
Cause you're acting real needy
Threatening to leave me cuz I don't make time for we,
I don't understand, (Understand)
Maybe because,
I'm not yet a grown man,
I am still young
But it is in my plan (In the plan)
To be there in time
Currently I gotta handle mine
I hope you're here in time
Hook (Heyse)
Verse 3:
2 years passed since we broke up
Living the life I always spoke up
Money for days,
Enough to go nuts
So why am feeling like I am so crushed?
I got chicks now
But I don't trust them, (You can’t trust them)
They only want the rewards
So I don't cuff them
I pull out quick soon as I bust them
Then dip out quick, cuz I'm not cuddling
Truthbetold, I really miss my friend, (Do you really?)
I reminisce often,
About when, (I don’t think so)
You would trip out, I wouldn't listen, (You never listened)
Now I'm learning real loves close to non-existent,
I wanna hit your phone,
But I'm a tad bit,
Embarrassed
How we ended,
Not hopeful we'll be rekindling
This is exactly what I didn’t want to happen,
Though it’s hard to tell by my actions (yea, it’s hard to tell)
And it only makes it harder
Cause I’m seen as a role model
How can they follow me?
When I’m fucking up
Just as bad as folks that admire me
We all human though,
I never judge a man for his decisions,
Only how he grows after,
Never longing to be perfect,
I’m not an actor,
But I’m director of my life,
No looking backwards,
Gotta keep it moving forward,
Like I’m Ford tough,
And keep these lessons
Instilled mentally,
Love
Hook (Tiffany Bostick):
Now that I'm not around,
He wanna hold me down,
I don't want that now,
That's what he found out x2
He been calling all week to see if I'm gon answer my phone,
He learned his lesson now,
I bet he found out
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7. |
Solid Ground
02:56
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Black on Black
Verse 1:
What do you do
When you're distracted by temptation
This generation is
Numb
We don't feel no more
I'm chasing maturity
In fear they will get bored with me
So I straddle the line of
Disorderly
Conduct
I'm stuck like many
But many won't get to heaven
Recklessly
A recipe for failure
Telling your dreams that they can rest in peace,
No we're not perfect
But our worth is,
And cops don't really understand our purpose,
So we're hurting
Every time we see another brother,
shot down
We're not feeling that pain,
We're rioting for change to come,
How
Do we expect to come to a solution
When we keep causing pollution
On the other hand
We're whites right for rioting just for losing a game,
It's all stupid
But double standards do exist
They expect us to co exist
When Billy's crimes just get remised
My homie Andre got some time
When I dropped his ass a line
I learned his crime's not justified
Coming up
I Learned that I
had to submit
When pigs arrive
Never knew that I had my rights
Now that I'm grown
And learning more
I'm eating pigs like carnivores
Please leave your ego at my door
Even in these rhymes
I ask for more forgiveness
From the Lord,
As I try to keep it censored
For the church
But I gotta speak my heart
Not beat around,
Life's a roller coaster
I'm just trying to find some solid ground
Now
Hook:
Life's a roller coaster
I'm just trying to find some solid ground
Now x3
Solid Ground Now
Verse 2:
What if I told you
If we boycott Instagram they would give a damn,
Give us much more time to devise
A plan to defeat the man,
I swear we're exposed to these distractions,
A generation of talkers
That don't know how to take action,
While you're snapping
They're chatting
Amongst themselves
About how
To invest, so their youngins are living well
And start their family businesses,
So the cycle continues of white wealth,
While we're fiddling,
Thumbs on our screens,
You think Bill Gates gives a fuck about a hashtag?
You think they care about the 800 we just had,
In our pockets?
These tech leaders understand
Hands on learning
Brings profit,
The REAL prophet,
And God knows,
They won't let their kids get hooked,
They keep their kids outside,
And in books,
I don't care about your Jordan's or
Red bottoms
And fuck your beef, niggas solve them
Focus on real problems
SHIT!
Life's a roller coaster
I'm just trying to find some solid ground
Now
Solid Ground now
Black on Black
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Black on Black
Hook (Tiffany Bostick):
Sunny days don’t come easy,
I want em too, I want em too
Please believe me,
But can you stand the rain,
Can you stand the pain,
Can you stand the rain
Verse 1 (Heyse):
This chick got me feeling Army strong,
Stiff arming niggas
Every time they try to pull her arm,
She's pulling their legs,
So It's no reason for me to be alarmed,
I be pulling the charm
Out my arsenal
Everytime she's in town
Make her stay around,
When she realizes that what she found,
Is rarity,
I always give her clarity,
So she's never feeling scared of me,
I got a past,
She's aware of it,
She's tried hard to be celibate,
Tryna wait three months,
Man, Steve Harvey had me hella pissed
Ain't that some shit,
Been wanting to break the walls down like proverbs
Im 25 but I know, she is worth the wait
So I learned
To be a man,
And try to follow Gods word
This chick stay with umbrellas like she's Fonsworth,
Cuz pipes bursting, is a norm
She always need a plumber willing to go under,
Ain't in the business of bringing thunder,
Like many others
In her past,
I keep her close like we're distant cousins,
Stay in the covers, but every once in again I wonder...
Hook (Tiffany Bostick & Heyse):
Sunny days don’t come easy,
I want em too, I want em too
Please believe me,
Can you stand the rain,
But can you stand the rain,
Can you stand the rain
Say, you know that you fine, right? (Right!)
You know that you mine, right? (Right!)
No matter the issue, everything is gon be alright
Yea (Yea)
Can you stand the rain x2
Verse 2 (Heyse):
I often wonder can she hold out
I told her she got a smart mouth,
I like feisty girls,
No doubt she's worth my time
And babygirl is nothing less than a dime,
She really blows my mind,
I'm tripping,
But she helps me when I'm limping,
She's the super woman type,
And hell yea we fuss and fight,
But like real couples we make it right,
By the end of the night when she's
Biting my lip and scratching my back,
She turns that,
Pain to pleasure,
Then it's right back to loving again,
She don't get confused,
She knows I'd rather blow my fuse on her,
It's been plenty times she thought of leaving,
It's been many reasons,
I'm so not perfect,
But she understands perfection,
Won't come from always searching,
And I understand ain't nothing better than a loyal woman
Hook (Tiffany Bostick):
Sunny days x4
Can you stand the rain x2
Bridge (Tiffany Bostick):
Sunny Days
Can't appreciate them without the rain,
I won't doubt you baby
I won't bring you pain,
Forget the arguments, I wanna keep you sane,
Stand in the rain with me babe,
Can you hang in the rain?
Hook (Tiffany Bostick):
Sunny days don’t come easy,
I want em too, I want em too
Please believe me,
Can you stand the rain,
But can you stand the rain,
Can you stand the rain
Say, you know that you fine, right? (Right!)
You know that you mine, right? (Right!)
No matter the issue, everything is gon be alright
Yea (Yea)
Can you stand the rain x2
Heyse:
Black on Black
Sometimes you gotta try hard for the one you love,
No matter the consequence,
No matter the situation,
If she's yours, she's yours
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10. |
Where Do We Go From Here
02:22
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11. |
Black Talk
03:03
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Verse:
I'm seeing many of my brothers winning
Now,
No DJ Khaled,
We've ran quite a few miles
From the days of being a panther
To these days of Cam Newton,
They don't want to see us this far,
Only wanna see us shooting,
On the court or at each other,
Giving heart attacks mothers
Every time we leave the house
Afraid to be another Trayvon Martin or Mike Brown
I refuse to remain Bland
Sandra told me that I can,
Demand my rights,
I fear no man,
See our plan should be targeting black economy
Set up shop
Build up another Black Wall Street
One less hot
So they won't burn it down
They were jealous to see us make it without them
Used to us slaving for them
But I'm not Slavic
Fill up our pockets
Invest in youth
They are the future
Only way to change the present lane we had to get so use to,
Teach them to self defend
So pigs won't have to keep abusing you,
Give them education,
So they will not make a fool of you,
Rid our mind of complexion,
Either way they're arresting
Us the same way,
Making money every time our people
Check in at the state,
Prisons
Or federal
I had several brothers do time for the medical,
Before legalization
At least for them
Giving us time for the same crime
We been doing for years
To make a living for our families
Now they capitalizing
While we still got brothers in the pin,
I’m wondering when will it end,
This unfair treatment that we get
It’s up to us to make a change
Go head and break those mental chains
Put our brains to work,
Get rid of division between us,
Even if Willie Lynch isn’t true, he’s true enough,
We’d break each other down,
Before we bring each other up,
Ain’t no use being mad at me,
Crab in a barrel mentalities,
Won’t bring us together, it’ll keep us weak
I’m tryna drops gems,
So we can work it out,
And running our mouths,
Will not water the drought
We can work solo,
But I’d rather not go without,
My people,
Do like the Jews and pull together,
Like a vice grip,
Fight with each other, instead of fight against
It’s hard though, cuz lately I’ve been kinda convinced
That building our own here almost feels like it’s impossible,
Recently being international
Seems logical
Is it possible for me to leave the soil
I’ve grown on?
Just to open the mind of my people
Here at home?
I
Gotta try,
Even if I die,
And to my Hispanic brothers and sisters,
We gotta unite,
We got way more similarities than differences,
In Amerikkka,
We gotta spread the love
This is black talk, we gotta unite x4
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12. |
The Present (Outro)
01:49
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Verse:
Thunder lives in my eyes,
No rain left,
Used to wake with night sweats,
From being lost,
Threw on my sweats,
Then wiped off,
The perspiration,
Go outside,
Stopping my mind from racing,
Ran a few laps,
Around my hood,
Became impatient,
Couldn’t fight the fear of being complacent,
Rightfully so,
Have a duty to show that chasing dreams,
Not so obscene as what they make it seem,
And now it’s bigger than me,
I’m tryna shift the scene,
Ery, of what we’ve been,
Accustomed to,
Came to change our point of view,
Only a,
select few of our 12% here,
Phew,
Honestly, I didn’t think I’d make it here,
In the back of my mind,
I just knew something
would steer,
me off the track,
And I’d be back to thinking small scale,
In a mental jail,
But all in all
I know my pops is smiling down,
At the progress that I’ve made,
And I hope y’all understand
That I been tryna pave the way,
Of thinking more globally, than we do today
Yea
I hope y'all been reading between the lines,
Our opportunities are endless now,
Become global
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13. |
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Hook:
We do it for the district x4
District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia,
Gotta show em how we (break down)
Don't give us chances, so it's time for them to (break down)
Always forget us, man it's time for them to (break down)
This is history you're witnessing,
So right now I hope you're listening
Heyse:
Taking it back to 07,
TCB steady cranking through my stereo,
Chicks hitting me up on sidekicks,
And flip phones,
Niggas had the Bonidacci gear on,
Solbiato or Shooters,
It's obvious where you from,
Back when Nike boots was the wave,
Around the time I started rocking waves,
And getting brain,
I had the mambo sauce,
Game was on 1,
Always repping hard, where I'm from,
We been the underdogs of this rap game,
Now I'm here to change thangs, slide over Wale
Shout out to the Bowie State Fam,
On my momma,
Always gotta put it on for my alma mater,
From HU, to Morgan, and Coppin,
It's nothing like an HBCU,
We popping,
From stopping at Showplace Arena for Go-gos
To hitting up Adams Morgan
With my bros,
Kill moe,
But whole time,
It ain't nothing like my hometown,
When somebody got something you want,
All you gotta say is (break down),
That's where the hook come from,
I'm tryna shake the DMV with this one,
Shoutout to the homie FlyKid, BWA,
I told you back then, I was gon' do this shit eventually
Hook
Sir Roc:
Lemme tell you bout the story bout that District,
Wild yungin,
Chillin' with the Misfits,
On Georgia Ave. with the OG's
Hustlin' NW down to PG
Shoutout my peoples in SE
SW, NE
You know where the parties be,
Don't get caught in Langley Park,
Where the n**** snipe you when it's after dark,
Having barbecues in the front yard
WPG crankin' that Backyard
Chicks checking out your Rare Ess,
Holla at that slim with the black dress,
Found out she was Maryland,
Chill in Emory Park so we can spark then,
Chillin' in the corner with the Bushwicks,
What's up Bubu Cow, White Stone shit,
Damn, I miss those go-go days
Junkyard had me looking for a better day,
Northeast Groovers always fucking slayed,
Knuck if you Buck when you want the Huckabucks,
You can hate on my city we don't give a fuck,
RIP Chuck Brown, we gonna hold you up.
Hook
Seth Stone:
We was raised off our own genre,
On God on muva, never on fava
And we speak so unique,
But when it comes to business,
You know we do it ji proper,
Kill Bob, slim, moe,
Old heads still crank run joe,
TOB used to crank up at the Thai,
Now it's New Impressions at Martinis,
Reaction really dropped the greatest crank of all time (Gucci Bandana)
Thats the sounds of the DMV
Lemme get the five wings, salt pepper ketchup on the fries,
I don't like the mess, put the mumbo on the side
Hook
Jay Steph:
DMV please stand up,
Lemme get the mic,
I'm about to get your hands up,
Home of the Moses,
Flow is cold,
About to get zero below,
With domino,
We at the Go-go about to beat our feet up,
Foams on lemme get me heater,
We build athletes from the bottom of the feet up,
Read all about it,
Boy, you better get your read up,
You sun kissed with the sunglasses
Back of the classes, craps and dice dances
DMV girls, they slim with nice asses,
Let's bring it back to the coast,
I don't mean to boast but this damn Helly is froze,
Got the pockets at the chest like I'm going afold,
Man I'm out the door, ski mask they coming real bold,
DMV, better watch who you know
This place damned, they don't make it real old
I just feel like I speak from the soul
Niggas know that we bleed mumbo,
DMV stand up, now I gotta go
Ohhhhh!!
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14. |
Wendell Brown
03:12
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Verse:
I ain’t gotta know you brother to feel you,
Once you show them your power,
They’ll try to kill you,
They’ll Willie Lynch you,
Take your pride and your mental,
It’s instrumental in breaking down,
What they don’t understand,
Their minds are simple,
Reminds me of the shit those white folk kept us going through,
All these years,
The fears they have, kept us in bondage
It just proves,
The reason why, it took so long for them to come and get you,
The reason why I’m just seeing Fox coverage on the news about you,
It’s been almost two years,
I saw your family in tears,
Working hard to get you back there,
They gave you four more years,
Shit,
Two times as hard to swallow,
When folks know you’re innocent,
But I admire your optimism,
And fearlessness
Last year before I became a product of this China,
Living,
I was still in awe,
Back in America,
Because what I saw
Was opportunities,
That most brothers would never get,
Exploring the arts, teaching sports,
pursuing entrepreneurship
Shit,
That’s a place for me,
Sign me up, ASAP
I’ll come by way of teaching English,
Just let me plant the seed
Let me see what the world has to offer me
I know this probably sounds familiar,
Bruh,
And honestly,
I’m not one to generalize,
I know you’ve seen your share
Of good people
Surrounding you in life,
Over here on the East side of the world,
Just like I’ve seen them too,
But of course you get the ones,
That make you wonder,
Why the hell you came to do what you do
It’s never been easy for us bruh,
You know as much as I do,
But you’ve been strong up to now,
Tryna maintain good moods,
I’m just be tryna figure out,
How you be keeping your cool,
Writing LOL’s in letters,
Making sure God shows through
During those moments,
When you’re down, feeling hopeless
Just remember,
That you got people on the outside keeping their focus,
Tryna get you out
This worlds cruel,
But stay sane bruh
I hope this letter finds you well
Sincerely,
Heyse
And that's it,
Hook:
From a brother to a brother,
I ain't gotta know you,
It's all one love, one love
From a brother to a brother,
I didn't have to know you prior,
It's all one love, one love
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Heyse Washington, D.C.
Heyse is a hip-hop artist, songwriter, and poet from the DC/Maryland/Virginia Area.
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