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The night fell upon us
Like it had something to tell us informative
Some advice that we'd be fortunate to get
Like how to torch your weaknesses and forge them into strengths
Find a way like it's my forte
Steering my thoughts straight continuing on as long as the Lord say
Saw the light like a gorgeous face
Found more faith and swore I only felt mortal in the day
But I didn't dread the morning like a court date
Soaked the sun rays like I'll take every element I can incorporate
Soak up enough love that I can afford the hate
Write it off like tax breaks on a sprawling estate
Shoes had to be laced for the type of ball I'ma play
This is town shit
But I ain't out the way I'm on the way
Say my name like you talkin' weight
And only the ones that dealt directly with the plug is gon relate
Who took the nervous rides
Who name was in the books and certified
Who took the risk for that vertical rise
Who swerved candy for your third eye curbside
Who set the lofty goals and manifest what they verbalize
Soil was fertilized this was certainly a vibe
This was the juice they was immersing me inside
We quenched the thirst and we imbibed
Fluid like we knew that you gotta do it or slide to the side
How many times did you wake up
To the day you thought you'd never see
Never see
Ayo
How many times did you wake up
To the day you thought you'd never see
Never see
Chase your dream
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Sturdy Feat. Beety
02:35
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[Verse 1: 1st Verse]
I hold the scroll like it's my rite of passage
Write a passage calm in the eye in spite of the madness
Vices enticing but frightening how they slice gashes
If you lose sight of what matters or might happen afterwards
Before the debt incurred I like to ask myself what that shit worth
And will it last longer than taxes for the purchase
Throwin solid investments at your service
Dig in I don't scratch the surface
I'm at the cervix
No bad connection I need every word heard crisp
Palette prepared picture perfectly plated when I serve the dish
Dessert fix
Munchies for your love with the herb twist
Nourishment
Curing that inertia or I'm curving it
For certain surfing on the rising tide we couldn't turn against
Where stories told a stirring account of current events
My vision wasn't blurred when encouragement turned to contempt
I'm tryna see it all and stand tall on something sturdy as shit
[Verse 2: Beety]
Thou preparest a table for me in the presence of my enemies
Went out my mind tryna find my inner peace
You don't know what I seen or what it did to me
The difference is I turned a negative into a posistve
The problem kid investing every dollar spent
Beware of dog I heard this beat my collar ripped
Break it down like bought a stick
Break it down like bought a brick
Cold world roads is slick but the salt always seem to stick
From a city where niggas leave you stiff, shit the crackas too
The type of spot you gotta back into
Just in case you gotta flee the scene when niggas drop the roof and pop the deuce
My nigga died in front of 30 people they ain't got no proof?
Why the fuck would I talk to you
When you wouldn't get out the car in most the places I'm walking through
Eye contact but they won't talk to you
It's hot the devil stalking you
My nigga if you after cream I got the scoop
No squares in my circle never out the loop
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[Verse 1: 1st Verse]
I been a hypocrite enough to know one
If it's inconsistencies time gon expose em
They showed us better than they ever would've told us
So all that we believed is when they said trust no one
Seen the value inherent in holding your tounge
Where your mouth can open wounds it ain't no closure from
If something was in the air then we inhaled it with our own lungs
In the throes young in a landscape that loathed us
Out of it we grown up
Reminisce on those times like hindsights beauty in the mind of the beholder
Like the memories mechanisms for closure
Was it the good old days or the days we didn't know so much
Or comprehend the weight of the load that we shouldered
Tryna go up and over like a floater
Since they hatched me in that cool California October it's been growth spurts
And may they continue 'til I'm lowered in the dirt
[Hook: Lo Heem]
I've done things that I can't take away and things that you can't take away from me
Pray before the pixels fade away I can create the world I wanted to see
I laid all my fears to rest and may they rest in peace
I prayed all my years connect the person that I've become with who I wanted to be
[Verse 2: St. Domonick]
The most inconsistent but still dependable
Tendencies reprimandable and commendable
Many emotions to manage no one to listen to
Truthfully sometimes talking to family is like an interview
Optimistic and cynical vanity mixed with insecurity leaving me just confused
But don't get it misconstrued
I'm still the big homie even when paying dues
Vuelo gang got your city liver than breaking news
Breakin' old habits like maggots breaking out of cocoons
My self esteem is my wings I'll be flying soon
Bape on my wrist and it's telling me the time soon
Reminiscing stealing cds out my mom's room
Tryna find that real now my jobs to inspire
And revitalize that energy that I used to feel
Trying not slip over the passion I spill
Steady moving we ain't got no time to chill
All or nothing because
[Hook: Lo Heem]
I've done things that I can't take away and things that you can't take away from me
Pray before the pixels fade away I can create the world I wanted to see
I laid all my fears to rest and may they rest in peace
I prayed all my years connect the person that I've become with who I wanted to be
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24
01:36
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How many times you wake up to the day you thought you'd never see
Thought we had seen it all but all of it wasn't everything
Are we ready for the flooding breakage of the levee brings
Sign off if that don't take your mind off petty things
Had to be a better me
Felt that shot of medicine sting like alcohol in a wound that never been cleaned
I'm thinking help for Dawari and Erefaa a wedding ring
Giving Erin a world they say black girls never see
Legacy like historical registry
Humble I remain while I wrote my name legibly
If ever we need the water I will find whatever stream
Can't control what I don't but a boat with a head of steam
I centered fo I entered to defend her
From the shoulders like suspenders since we was rolling them pinners
Had to drill deep inward to the oil for the embers
Budget change once you reevaluate what your sins worth
This is soul cleansing
These was throwed lenses
Composed clarity of vision on the road bending
For all the times I had a smoking engine
And if you stayed down with me I'm riding with you like my co-defendant
Even if they tried to pull us over and end it
The episodes continuous let's roll a show of strength again
For everything stolen and the fact we still holding
Like stashes they could never confiscate full of gold and riches
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5. |
I-44 Dreams Feat. Jabee
03:02
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[Verse 1: 1st Verse]
I can't depend on one basket of eggs
Can't tell you sit at the table if I ain't gon pass the bread
Call ourselves paper chasing since we was after shreds
Plotting how we could run the town like the last leg
Hillside dipping with the swisher in my ash tray
Quiet spot on the other side that couldn't catch a break
Setbacks to acclimate
Where they ain't tell you that you could make it
Or that survivor's guilt come with the accolades
But if I could encapsulate the feeling that this gave me
I'd put it in a bottle and give it back to my babies
So they could save somebody else, I know somebody saved me
Never take this shit for granted, thats the takeaway for me
Done things I can't take away and things you can't take away from me
Embraced it, found myself to fill the vacancies
Faith for what I ain't percieve
Thankful for that daily bread and daily breathing
Spreading love like it's everything we needed
[Verse 2: Jabee]
They like 'Jabee, when you running for office?'
I dont know
All I know is I’m tired of running from officers
Not that I do it often
I’m often offered no options
I ain’t read the book I authored it
Tryna see the prophet and the prophetess
The prophecy is profit hypothesis
Tryna fill my pockets got me acting out of pocket
Got the sermon you can cop it
Don’t like it, don’t knock it
If it’s popping you can knock it in your ride
That’s the gospel I provide, provisions I decide
That's Colossians verse 5
Peace be unto you and the courage be under fire
Devil be undermined
God sent me a sign he turned my water into wine
And anytime I rhyme I cast my pearls before swine
I stay aligned but got these hoes on my line
Got mind on my money and my money on my mind
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