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CaliforniaFree 02:23
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California Free Free to the beach I got the sand in my feet The summer sun shining bright through the canopy’s teeth A slight breeze through the palm trees pampering me I sight see from the mountain peaks the camera beeps I wanna go with flow, I wanna flirt with the tide I wanna float on a boat, I wanna surf when I slide I wanna open my soul, and find my purpose inside I know it’s in there, but I really just don’t know where it hides It was kinda bizarre When I got in my car And left it all behind I thought I’d lost mind But I just closed my eyes And hit the road to drive No clock to watch So I aint know the time I was so surprised I felt so alive Oakleys polarized So the sun don’t roast my eyes On the open road I’m feelin like Dolemite Even though I took a gamble And just rolled the dice So now I’m feeling free Cuz its where I wanna be And between me and you I don’t never wanna move (4x) If you gotta dream You better follow it If you fighting pride You betta swallow it If you have a doubt Just acknowledge it It’s cool to be afraid But don’t be a cowardice (2x) So when I did arrive The time change my life Now I can say I really did it And it made me like A pioneer on the frontier Native like I7iu7e was a Sioux chief, amazing right Maybe I’d Find a babe, with hazel eyes Make my wife, have babies, live a lazy life That aint happen But the point I was makin, guy Is you can do anything if you make ya mind
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iLLsubliminaL '17 03:38
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ILLsubliminaL (Hook) (i) Baby, don't believe the hype Baby girl, I probably not even ya type And I know this might be a surprise But, You know I’m leaving ya right And yea, I know it hurts that its true But I don’t see a future with you Boo (Hook) Ill-su-bli-minal (Break) I have dreams I have thoughts If you do Then you know too That one things clear This just sometimes Doesn’t feel like love If it did it would show in the cards And would show in our hearts But we going too hard Our heart broken with scars And we growing apart Now baby girl, I don’t mean no harm And I, really hope this doesn’t leave a scar But this, ship has set sail, well, free of charge And really, the love we had kinda seemed a farce And it, doesn’t mean that our love was lost But uh, real talk, you know this love was off And if, you ever think you might need to talk Just maybe, baby, I might receive the call Naw (Hook) Ill-su-bli-minal (Break) I have dreams I have thoughts If you do Then you know too That one things clear This just sometimes Doesn’t feel like love If it did it would show in the cards And would show in our hearts Instead we going too hard Our heart broken with scars Now we growing apart (Hook) Ill-su-bli-minal
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TroubleHouse 03:30
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Trouble House Why you waiting For what you waiting for So lets break it down, all the way to the ground til a crater found from the rubble in the trouble house Girl, I know you wanna dance, C’mon girl, take my hand So what you gotta man Work them hips into a trance Work them thighs until you cramp It’s so hot my shirt is damp Tell the DJ up the bass and blow the mutha fuckin amp Running game, on a dame, get her name, spark a flame, Spark a change, in the scene, I’m in her ear, then in her jeans You can’t intervene cuz we livin in a dream You aint never seen this innovative parody I spit it exquisite with illustrative clarity Epistemic metaphysical integrity What I spit is sick acidic liquid kerosene Hella metaphors for better terraforming Hella hype crowds when I'm there performing Telling empathetic therapeutic stories That they can take for later to better their core being Developing better characters age fourteen Overzealously meritorious or heroic themes So incredulous it’s imperative that we always be Why you waiting For what you waiting for So let’s break it down, all the way to the ground til a crater found from the rubble in the trouble house Oooooh, girl, damn you so fine I can’t getchu out my mind I know you like me too I can see it in your eyes Little miss cutie play so hard to get Cuz most dudes trash, like a garbage can But my love is butter baby, aint no margarin This aint a flea market bargain that I’m offering It’s a one of kind, kind of a time share So come and unwind, consign your lion share I provide a sublime moment of fantasy Verily carefully I decided you’s a rarity Its apparent you embarrassed by brevity Secondly, yes indeed, you are lethal weaponry So I gotta frisk you, before I take the risk boo This is not an act boo, so no won’t be miscues No you won’t be misused, I aint mister rick rude So c’mon baby girl, come and get it, get with this boo Why you waiting For what you waiting for So let’s break it down, all the way to the ground til a crater found from the rubble in the trouble house Oooooh, Its getting hot in here You done sweated outcha hair This crowd is getting kinda weird Girl, lets get up outta here Racing down broadway Til we get back to my hotel, oh yea, making out, jaw break Netflix and chill, yea I love ya sex appeal But fucking on the first night really kinda wrecks the deal Aint’ looking for a ho Ain’t looking for a slut Ain’t booking for a show Ain’t looking for a nut I’m looking for classic lady Old fashioned like the 80s Baby making, dirty dancing, Patrick Swayze So let’s get a lil crazy, faded maybe Til Sunday morning come and we feeling lazy all daily I’m into you like laces in ya tennis shoes So don’t be a skeptic or even cynical So let’s take it to the heavens, to the pinnacle Let’s take it to forever, baby, just me and you Why you waiting For what you waiting for So let’s break it down, all the way to the ground til a crater found from the rubble in the trouble house
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FameMachine 03:47
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Fame Machine Oh, so you got talent You know you got the illmatic so you know they gotta have it Can’t give it free, gotta charge a fee, make believe it’s a need They buy it automatic Now, all eyes on me Gotta sacrifice time and privacy Me and Paparazzi playing hide and seek Ghost in the Rolls Royce phantom driving streets So, now, the money’s in play Keep a hundred in case Feeling sly, wanna buy the whole place Now the honey’s in a daze The hataz constipated looking funny in the face Wait, he expresses excessive taste He’s moving too fast, he exceeds successes pace Smith and Wesson just in case Lunatics lose it, gotta keep my family safe Hook** It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, its changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, its changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, its changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Changing me Oh, so now you got fame Now they know ya name, but you swore you’d never change But that was all vain Cause now they know your name And now that has all changed Ironic how I’m honest St. Thomas Aquinas Until Judas ruses with pirates Accusing i7iu7e of defiance Trying to knock him off his feet, cause he peaked the highest But my mystique’s messiah Supreme ethereal being, pleading peace and quiet I beseech thee liars Who can’t reach the pyre I’m gone meet the fire But we need the needle cuz We love the fame, we need the drug We need the fix, we need the buzz I’m a fiend, it seems I need it cuz Hook** It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Changing me Can you handle pressure Can you motivate yourself, to channel extra effort Or will you Heath Ledger Living in heaven having to watch your own legend Cocaine with Cobain No pain but more prone to throw thangs Cuz of anger that flames like propane If I die out of the lime light with no fame No name for fans to cheer No gain when antsy pansies feign to fear Can you tame the beast Shit I know I can, man, I came to feast Porsche with suicide doors, Parked Amy Winehouse, but do I die for it Truly I’m foreign It’s all bad apples, like fruit and I’m orange Hook** It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Changing me Will you sell your soul Or ass like the Kardashians show Or go for fame like a pro And have the masses follow your actions around the globe Either way the blade favors none Ask MJ, why change ya face, son Ask Mike Tyson, if they played him dumb Yo, ask O.J., aye, who made you run Fame Running plays for scum Moneys pays, for some A hundred ways to stunt I know I done it as favor, like maybe once Back when I wasn’t born in 1981 Call me crazy, but I’m paid upfront A flight to Beijing, for an Asian lunch Private planes, trains , on the way a blunt Lamborghinis in Dubai, my favorite, son, one Hook** It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Taking over, it’s changing me It’s the fame machine I can feel it in my veins Changing me
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GrimeInc 03:45
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MikeTyson 03:42
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Mike Tyson You took the bass I kept in the cupboard Don’t feel safe, I’m gone getchu sucka You took my woman, you took my money And you kept the change, you mutha fucka Imma chase you down the street Boi imma chase you up the river You can run, but you can’t hide from me And don’t look back, I’m jack the ripper Imma get it plus the extra fees Boi it ain’t no sense running from me You shoulda known never mess wit me Cuz boi, you bout to get, bout to get what’s coming BreaK Im looking for the KO, looking for it now If he a glass jaw joe you know he going down (4x) And he don’t want it with these fisticuffs I wish the mutha fucker would try to test his luck His ass gone need plastic, they way I mess him up And aint gone be a safe passage, when I catch his butt Cuz You took my gift and you took my glory I’m bout to end you and end yo story This ain’t lie, swear to God I’m honest This aint a threat, you can bet, I promise Boi you bet not let me catch you sleepin Cuz I’mma be the nightmare that you dreamin I know yo fate, I've sign and sealed it Cuz boi its bout that time, I know you feel it Say boi I hope you said them prayers Cuz I’m about to send you back to yo maker On that cliff, it ain’t gone be no jumpin Cuz you bout to get, bout to get what’s coming Im looking for the KO, looking for it now If he a glass jaw joe you know he going down (4x) Boi, I can see it now I’m dropping bombs on that face like Vietnam And ain’t nobody gone be around The way I beat him down and leave his ass bleeding out You gave me every reason, hoe ass clown So when I see you, best believe that when it’s going down
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RAF (RichAF) 03:03
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GuitarJones '17 02:40
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Guitar Jones (Hook) I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it when it hear that guitar jones (i) I do it for the love I feel it, get a buzz Amigo, it’s an epidemic, you can get it cuz The misses only think all im hitting is clitoris My style is rough, tough when rugged, vigorous I’m zonin I’m jonesin I’m focused I’m lotused I’m potent I’m flowin I’m slowin I’m frozen I’m open I’m closin I’m only The chosen I’m owning The moment I own it I’m on it I keep my totem so that I can always know the world I keep my soul in it so I can always get the urge Writin the whole story, I gotta keep it thorough Icing diamonds, the baby girl, she can keep the pearl Impossible, unstoppable Unblockable, improbable All things, its probable I probably conquered dude Infallible, incalculable Unfathomable, a hazard truth I’m grabbing fruit Pass to you Like Eve and Adam do Jumpin guns I’m the one On the run I’m the sun Im the moon I’m the light I’m the stars I’m the sprite I’m the quark I ignite I’m the spark I’m the night I’m the dark I’m in flight I’m the lark (Hook) I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it when it hear that guitar jones (ii) I’m never letting go You gone have to pry it from my dead, cold fingers, in the winter when it snow Even then it’ll still never leave my soul Thus I will never ever, ever lose control I’m zonin I’m jonesin I’m focused I’m lotused I’m potent I’m flowin I’m slowin I’m frozen I’m open I’m closin I’m only The chosen I’m owning The moment I own it I’m on it My heart was born, nourished, forged from the art of war A sage of martial arts, a samurai, I brought a sword The wisdom I impart, high in smart, you should not ignore Another level, upper decker, hit the higher chords Critical, lyrical Full empirical mirrored truths Clearer views, you hearing dude I’m nearer new, thus never nearing you I don’t fear the truth, I cheer for the news Here for the few Don’t fear what I do A new school, fusion of cool Jumpin guns I’m the one On the run I’m the sun Im the moon I’m the light I’m the stars I’m the sprite I’m the quark I ignite I’m the spark I’m the night I’m the dark I’m in flight I’m the lark (Hook) I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it hard yo I really feel it when it hear that guitar jones
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Can You 04:02
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Can You I wanna love you girl so hard But I worry you won’t play you part For protection girl I stay on guard And this space probably breaks yo heart I try to change I try to open up I know it’s lame But inside I know I’m broken up Cuz when I gave it all before they just tore it up Just talking bout it now got me choking up And I don’t wanna re hash those feelings Cuz then all those scabs start peeling I get mad and talk bad bout people Curse the world, call it trash and evil And just cause I might have to leave you And not care, I don’t have to see you All these feelings, I don’t even try and fight’em Cuz real talk girl you probably just like’em Hook Can you even stand to love a man like me I ain’t never gonna change, why can’t you see Do you really think that you can even handle me You aint never even really seen me angry I’m a wild animal, ain’t no taming me I’m too far gone, aint’ no sane in me Do you really think that you can be the answer key Would you really even want to take on chance on me And yea, it might be cool for awhile You might be the reason i7iu7e choose to smile And it might even seem like you calmed me down And it might even seem like i7iu7e falling, wow But it’s a matter of time before I doubt you I’m so paranoid, I swear the noise clouds truth And now your presence is just developing foul moods And all I wonder is when you leaving and how soon This jealousy overzealously rages It’s a felony definitely vagrant Whatever you telling me, better be amazing Cuz otherwise this love will die and turn to hatred I feel where my heart was is now vacant And now my bad attitude feels flagrant I’m sorry girl, this love, I can’t take it Cuz when I expose myself I feel naked Hook Can you even stand to love a man like me I ain’t never gonna change, why can’t you see Do you really think that you can even handle me You aint never even really seen me angry I’m a wild animal, ain’t no taming me I’m too far gone, aint’ no sane in me Do you really think that you can be the answer key Would you really even want to take on chance on me In the end, yea we just might make it And our bond will go far beyond breaking And this match might be heaven in the making Matter a fact, this covenant might be sacred And I imagine that would pass as something special I always fathomed that love could be the vessel I feel a calm peace in me starting to settle I’m letting go, and letting love, unless you Start losing your grip on what you promised Cuz breaking up will awaken the caged monster I tried to warn ya, girl, I tried to stop ya But you swore you could take whatever I brought ya Now you can see why I pushed you away It wasn’t a game, but you just kept pushing play I tried to leave, but you just begged me stay You shoulda left me where I laid, but now it maybe too late Hook Can you even stand to love a man like me I ain’t never gonna change, why can’t you see Do you really think that you can even handle me You aint never even really seen me angry I’m a wild animal, ain’t no taming me I’m too far gone, aint’ no sane in me Do you really think that you can be the answer key Would you really even want to take on chance on me Can you even stand to love a man like me Do you really think that you can even handle me Do you really think that you can be the answer key Would you really even want to take on chance on me
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Who Knows 04:20
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Who Knows Gimme all the fame and the glory, yea I want that Trailblazing flames, from my launch pad Shopping in Frontenac, jack, I flaunt cash Hataz talking shit, but they taunts trash I go the distance, persistent, I finish every inch I never pop from pressure, whenever I’m in a pinch I’ll never wake from this lucid dream I’m living in Never mention submission, I’m never givin in You’ll never see me, cuz I’m speedin in a tinted Benz Cruising Missouri, St. Louis, I’m a billiken This music is a revolution, truly, militant Accusers stupid, looking foolish, cuz I’m innocent Damn right, and I’ll never show’em caution Fighting right through fatigue and exhaustion Until I get the fame and claim a fortune I want it all, I won’t settle for a portion And I don’t give a damn whatever man hoards it I’m holding the game ransom for extortion It won’t exchange hands, unless I force it Not even if I’m dead and gone pushing orchids HOOK Who can know Who can know Who can really know, what the future holds I don’t really know, when truth be told But I’ll let you know when the scoop unfolds I got this feeling, I don’t really see it stopping So I’m bout to blow the ceiling, get it popping Tune ya TV to TMZ, if you watching Cuz i7iu7e bout to be balling probably obnoxious Like girl, oh you think I’m actin funny I ain’t frontin, I’m just stuntin, we got money I got a buzz, and it bee like we got honey So quit trippin, get in the Bentley, is you comin Oh you feel weird, being bourgeois Honestly dear, I feel it too, ma Nevertheless, lets hit Hawaii tomorrow And peep the marine life, Hoo Rah You better know, I’m investing in my future Cuz when I get it, I won’t lose it being stupid The FameMachine is a psychopathic guillotine And I admit, the addiction, it might make me a fiend And best believe I aint dying for a stupid cause And I ain’t playing victim cuz of my human flaws And I aint bugging, I aint drugging, I aint screwing broads I’mma just take this fame and be a shooting star HOOK Who can know Who can know Who can really know, what the future holds I don’t really know, when truth be told But I’ll let you know when the scoop unfolds I’m going hard til I’m buried in the grave yard Unscarred by the fame, or a rape charge No prison walls, or slander, even if hates hard I’m only being known for spitting great bars And hell no, joe, I never sold out Cause I expose my soul every show sold out I got what I asked for, wanna know how Praying to God, got what asked for, no doubt HOOK Who can know Who can know Who can really know, what the future holds I don’t really know, when truth be told But I’ll let you know when the scoop unfolds
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Paranoia 03:45
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Paranoia Hook Why I feel like this Yo, why you feel like that Man I feel like crap I feel paranoid So the first verse goes bout a girl Who could have any dude she wanted in the world Now you might think I’m exaggerating But I swear she got every man straight salivating She the broad on pause that’ll have you waiting And at first cause, you’s acting mad patient Investing time and money, we call that dating You even have a good time and think the match made it But, she a player, heart slayer, like Darth Vader You was unaware, dumb and cared, heart aching She had side niggaz, lies triggered, sly wit it Her disguise was hiding in plain sight, nigga Now she got you lookin foolish with a dunce cap Pussy whipped, trippin, wishing she would come back She got ya balls on the wall with a thumb tack Never again, I been there and done that They say, Hey i7iu7e, dude how you living I say, aye, I’m cool when I’m really trippin Man I really think I need a vacation Cuz this paranoia gotcha boy straight anxious And this feeling is getting old, way ancient It’s a violation so I gotta make sanctions I gotta go against the grain and make changes Cuz this annoying paranoia is dangerous Hook Why I feel like this Yo, why you feel like that Man I feel like crap I feel paranoid Now the second verse is about the world The current state affairs, they make me wanna hurl They running the education system like business The kids listless, social media the only interest Racism, oh racism The pain of slavery and segregation stay with them But I see so many bi-racial babies, how’s hate in them I guess our core beliefs are poisoned with snake venom We fighting wars on terror, but the error Is that we really fighting a war against ourselves Take a peer in the mirror, it becomes clearer How money has America like a whore getting nailed Politicians villains, stealing from people like bandits And God is missing like the secrets of Atlantis If you like me, you a praying mantis But don’t sway, cuz I aint got the answers Hook Why I feel like this Yo, why you feel like that Man I feel like crap I feel paranoid And I don’t give a damn if I get called out I still wanna live crisp and ball out I don’t want the world like the game fallout I guess we just better call Saul now We can change up, like a curve ball And get it crackin or strike out, ending worse off We gotta flag infractions, so ill make the first call So when I do, don’t go soft on me, like a nerf ball Its our best choice And it’ll feel good like when the sex moist Yea boy So I’m hoping for the best Like going over on a bet Im just blowing over stress Like yoga poses for a stretch I won’t go for phony steps Like goalies holding over nets Posers focused on the neg Yo lets choke’em all to death No, I’m jokin more or less Just throw’em overboard unless They go and vote for more of yes Hold ya head up for success
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The Last Time 03:28
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The Last Time Every time I close my eyes, is this the last time... Is it the last time I’ll ever see you again I shed a tear with every inkblot, dropped from my pen I wonder were you really ever my friend Because of how easily you let it all end We all make mistakes, sometimes over again Some of us are stubborn never making amends I know its hard thinking outside of our skin I know its easy to just justify all the ends I’ve never been one to break, but I do tend to bend Changing my shape, in case, I ever need to fit in But then again, maybe I won’t, maybe I don’t Cuz in the end, I never followed the trends Dear mama, thanks for giving me birth Lovely Diana, thanks for being my first Aunt Judy, truly thanks for showing my worth And Grandmama, praying, thanks for all of ya Church Uncle Tracy, thanks for showing me strength Grandpa, and Rose, I’ll never forget Pop, thanks for finally coming around Big bro, thanks for never letting me down All my homies, thanks for me being my friends All my other fam, nothing but love til the end To my neph and sis, I wish you the best of the luck If you ever need a thing, I’ll come in the clutch
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StaringAtTheSun 02:22
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we wanted to make this record after watching the Amy Winehouse documentary. Fame shouldn't be deadly, but it can be. It's our first collaboration with rapper/vocalist i7iu7e! (pronounced zeus)

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A global collective of musicians and artists based out of St. Louis who have come together to be The Culprit Manifest. They had a vision and I promised to help make it a reality. We have been asked to "name" our members but, respectfully, we will decline. They don't want to be divided and conquered. We refer to them as Agents W, X, Y & Z. Thank you for your support. Dream Big. Why you waitin' for? ... more

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