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How Life Goes
03:43
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I woke up one day
Not feeling the same
I could feel this fire that was driving me insane
It was a desire that I just couldn’t explain
So I grabbed a lighter and blazed a paper plane
To make it fade away but it made way
To my main frame and their it maintained
Then I realized this furnace that’s burning is an ambition
That’s trying to find a vision
To guide me through my mission
The source of the ignition was still unclear
It posed a lot of questions with no answers to hear
I pondered it for years
Faced all of my fears
Put my pen on paper and it finally appeared
Who would’ve thought it was a rap career
(Hook)
When I close my eyes and visualize what’s inside my mind
I see vivid images of limitless arrivals
It’s vital for my survival that I strive for my goals
So I sit, reminisce, and list how life goes
But now I’m confronted with an ocean of possibilities
If I don’t get in motion I’ll sink really deep
With What I want to do I’m headed in the path of Ulysses
This odyssey will probably end up drowning me
But I got time to breath
Eyes to seek
And find Atlantis, buried below the observable planet
I gotta dig it up, plant it my mind, have it in sight, tell you what I find through the mic
What I’ve found so far, apart from gold bars, when I dedicate my time like Mozart, I work hard for myself
Straight for the music nothing else
This brain ima use it for what I feel
These chains that are fusing are gonna melt
Ima levitate and elevate, eliminating all the weight
Of living to assimilate because they tell you that’s the way
Put in a box and stocked away, ima keep my life and let it roam in my own domain
(Hook)
When I close my eyes and visualize what’s inside my mind
I see vivid images of limitless arrivals
It’s vital for my survival that I strive for my goals
So I sit, reminisce, and list how life goes
Too much pressure derived from being measured by how you look on paper
Be an intern and in turn you’ll get some labor
And if you do, things went in your favor
Ask your neighbor, he’s been searching and his effort major
Thanks papi, I appreciate ya
I know these past three years been sloppy
Stirred up a storm and made the sea real choppy
Now I’m not dead in the water, yes I’m still rocky
But I hope you know these sound waves are tsunamis
Engage the engines now time to get off the ground
Make a few people proud, with the product coming out
Your speakers, speaking to the dreamers
Who wanna be the achievers and currently are believers
You know all those plans you speak of?
Join me in the path to reach em
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2. |
Now, The Dream
03:06
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Following dreams is quite illogical
Achieving them improbable
But it's possible so I set out a goal
For gold in records sold maybe platinum
So I can cop a phantom
Thugs will want my fam for ransom
Will be friends with Richard Branson
Old friends will say damn, son
I can't believe you made it
It makes me feel frustrated how you had a dream and chased it
It's the biggest challenge and you faced it
I'm a rat and I'm racing in desperation
While you're chronic cremating and chronicle creating
It must feel so amazing
And it's true, I set out to do what I wanted to
There is no plan two
I realize there is nothing to lose
I reached a point in life where I have to chose
I know what move I have to make
Fuck being fake giving you someone you can relate to
It's a breakthrough in this game I aim to blaze through
Stay true, be thankful, remain faithful
(Hook)
Some people just don't try
Some people live their lives
Asking what if's and why's
That life is not for me
I'm acting senseless and being reckless to suppress the stress
Hopping fences and taking chances to progress
Obsessed with success
Just waiting for my work to manifest and stand up above the rest
I need a reason for this beat in my chest
Like a dream i'll chase my dream to my death
But so far I've barked with no bite
Heated my engines but no flight
A vision with no sight
An unsparked dynamite stick ready to blow up and get big
Show up at a show fans ready to sing
Hand in the air with the energy
Looking at em dance I just can't believe
My life is now the dream
(Hook)
Some people just don't try
Some people live their lives
Asking what if's and why's
That life is not for me
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3. |
Killing Time (pt. 1)
02:57
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I’m over here
Sitting in the corner with the big ass ears
Left hand gripped to a beer ready to cheers
Bro you drunk, oh you have no idea
Any luck? no not yet
Check out that dove? that bird’s fit
Ooo we locked eyes now we challenging
Who looks away first but I’m not givin in
5 seconds go by guess she wants to swim on my waterbed
On my waterbed
Notice she got a friend close to a 10 so I tell my man
I point em out and he says alright let’s go in
So we proceed to creep through the crowd let the people squeeze around
Look back at her and see her smiling at me now what’s that dripping sound
Yes we finally reached, I guess its to meet,
But with this beat I couldn’t even hear her speak
I put my lips near her ear, let’s go outside and talk in the street
But first let’s dance I grabbed her hand
Now we in trance
alright lets start the romance
These are the good times
These are the good nights
Run around wild when there’s no light
These are the good times
These are the good nights
The last hours are never in sight
There are the good times
Theses are the good nights
this how we kill time
These are the good times
These are the good nights
This is how we kill time
Wake up to a text from my friend
It read nowhere near a ten the beer goggles did it again
Laughed
Turn my head looks like she left
Sat up, the floor was a mess
Wait is that her dress?
That’s not my desk this isn’t my nest
…So much for my waterbed
Stand up oh man I feel dizzy
Gather my clothes the socks are still missing
Hear dishes in the sink someone must be busy
In the kitchen…in the kitchen…in the kitchen
Guess I gotta go downstairs to the kitchen
Wave and say whats up head still trippin
Her name is still missing
Helloooo…um misses
Oh thanks that smells delicious
But listen I forgot to mention I’ve got a mission
I gotta go back home, alotta things to do so ima hit the road Enjoy that for food for two
These are the good times
These are the good nights
Run around while there’ s no light
These are the good times
These are the good nights
The last hours are never in sight
There are the good times
Theses are the good nights
this how we kill time
These are the good times
These are the good nights
This is how we kill time
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4. |
Peace of Mind (pt. 2)
03:57
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Got home earlier than usual
Thank someone don’t have to go to the cubicle
I don’t work but I’m still glad I don’t have to punch in any numerals
Might skip a class waste my student loan
Watch some episodes of a show on my own
Until this hangover is all gone
But I do want to do something today
That one thing might just be blaze
But goddamn I want to live my life a different way
For too many years being in the same place
Want to see a bump up in the statistics in the chart of my life
Notice something’s missing a void in this part of my life
You know what, ima go on a walk and clear my mind
This time it’ll be different cause there is daylight
Not night, no shadows so there is no place to hide
I walk through the streets at night
Trying to find some peace of mind
But every time I realize
I’m missing a part of me
Open the door and feel a breeze of fresh air
Take a deep breath, there go my cares with this exhale
I’m bouncing down the stairs
While I get the stares from old men in chairs
Have a nice day! They could tell it was sincere
As they invited me for beers
I replied I respectfully decline a cold beer would be divine
Ill stop by another time
But right now I gotta find something missing
They said something back but I couldn’t listen
Words taken to dance with the wind in the distance
I walk in the speed that pleases me
Run a few steps then take a seat
Where should I go should I let the wind lead me
Like I was a leaf that fell off of one of these trees
And got lost like the old man’s preach?
Man what is it what I seek?
Man what is it what I seek?
I walk through the streets at night
Trying to find some peace of mind
But every time I realize
I’m missing a part of me
So I set sail no set trail
Let’s feel like a bat out of hell
I wanna come back with a story to tell
Or better yet a show and tell
Alright lets head to the pier
I’ll probably find something there
I know there’s where people go to get their mind clear
So I stroll with my mind closed determined to make it my year
A positive mind set’s the idea
I have arrived, the seagulls cry, wind in my eyes, natural high
Look to the left and I just can’t believe my pair of eyes
I’m paralyzed and then I realize
This is what I wanted I’m feeling optimistic this chance I can’t miss it
Forget all the lines Ive got listed
Ill just speak from the heart, excuse me misses
It’s a beautiful day isn’t it
I don’t mean to intrude but I just got to tell you
You’re heaven sent your eyes are so blue and innocent
And in a sense we’ve got to be together
I woke up this morning feeling as light as a feather
Looking for the bird who I’d fly with whenever
I know I stare….
Let me stop you there
You won’t believe your ears
I heard in the wind an old man say find love
I took it to heart and thought of it as a sign of
Destinyyyy
And now youre here with me
And we’re looking for the same thing
I can’t help but believe
That maybe we’re meant to be
So take my number please
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5. |
Between Me & You (pt. 3)
03:38
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(Hook)
As my phone clicks on and off
My mind drifts thoughts evolve
Into scripts and monologues
Between me and you
It was two days ago when you let me know
That our two paths were meant to be one road
So from my hands you gr¬abbed my phone and in goes the number to your home
You looked up and smiled and said let me know
When you find a place you want to go
But can’t escape feeling insecure
Does she still want me to call man I can’t be sure
For two days I’ve done nothing but wait
Building puzzles, pieces on the plate
Waiting for that call to put em in place
Thoughts troubled travel full throttle
But keep it subtle he needs to hustle
What if he’s found another
Will he even bother?
(Hook)
As my phone clicks on and off
My mind drifts thoughts evolve
Into scripts and monologues
Between me and you
Sitting in the dark listening to music
Environment where thoughts become lucid
The quietest but conscious constant usage
This quadrant apartment is way too polluted
I’ve got to get out of here maybe go to the pier
To take in some fresh air and remind me that there
A moment so rare took place I need to go back to the waves
I’ve been surfing for too long; being dragged under
Reach the surface fill my lungs; erase the wonder
Getting urges just to call; I learned your number
Patience suffers, anxious mutters, under the covers,
I need to get out, ima head to the beach step on sand feel the breeze
Turn my brain activity down
(Hook)
As my phone clicks on and off
My mind drifts thoughts evolve
Into scripts and monologues
Between me and you
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6. |
You Serious?
04:10
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Live in a world with misogynistic minds
Living belligerent times
Making money anyway they can find
Even if it means doing time confined
A closed state of mind, realize it’s a prime time in your life
Live it right
Focus on dreams not only at night
keep a focus in mind
I want the lights shining down on me
While my sound is free
For the crowd to scream
Real loud as they’re feeling me
In the clouds while im scheming see
Deep thoughts when I’m lost in this pot
While I plot with everything I got my next stop
Brainstorm in my dome, there’s growth with every drop
(Hook)
Gonna make moves
Break rules
With gold plated tools
Gonna make tunes
Create grooves
That’ll make you move
I’m chasing
Not waiting
You’re hating
And saying
You will never blow
(But) You don’t even know
So are you serious tho? Are you serious tho? Are you serious yo?
You don’t even know
Don’t want to hear your piece of mind that’ll leave you with a peace of mind
This goal in mind is mine
The golden mine is mine to find
I know there’s gold in mine the golden shrine is too divine
But it takes time to find, and more for gold to refine
And even more to acquire shine
But in the mean time we just rhyme line after line to pass the time
Its not the only thing we pass though, tobacco and that grass smoke
Making me broke reaching life’s point of choke
Where you can make it or croak
Coast or take control, drown in a lake or take a boat
Avoid the void of settling down and voyage on the waves of my sound
Absorbed by the crowd of foul childs screaming so loud
You can hear em for miles
(Hook)
Gonna make moves
Break rules
With gold plated tools
Gonna make tunes
Create grooves
That’ll make you move
I’m chasing
Not waiting
You’re hating
And saying
You will never blow
(But) You don’t even know
So are you serious tho? Are you serious tho? Are you serious yo?
You don’t even know
Nothing but surprises on my horizon
This is where my heart lies in
When my mind finds bliss
In my nature’s element
Living sins being judged by reverends
You can find my beginning where the river ends
A predetermined path I was living in
With no wrath was a floating citizen
Time to jump the boat and start to swim
Confronted with the ocean oh shit
Reason why people sipping poisonous potion
While they fight to get their shit in motion
Struggle to find a 9-5 employment
Pulled in by the notion of promotions
Choose a current to join in
But where’s the enjoyment
Tell me the point then
Where are your dreams from when you were young kids
Making most of tomorrow
A young dreamer getting rid of this hallow
Set your sail to the win and follow
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