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Reverie

by Da BEATNIK

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Proud 04:17
Homegirl, best friend, second mother until the end learn to fight, learn to write, speak the truth or just pretend bodyguard walking home from school in the hood you knew all the rules watching you fight off three dudes and I'm too young to fight these fools my first example of cool and damn all your friends were cute holding my hands to cross the street and though you tried to be discreet in that drive-by at that laundry mat I knew why you had me on my feet in the days of Malcolm X baseball T's something complex evolved around me the hood is somewhere hard to be but you made sure it wasn't hard on me with bills off, dad in jail, stomach empty, or just mad as hell ain't no secret I'm glad to tell my big sister taught me well first poet I ever respected a lifeline I never expected if by the world I felt neglected from you I never saw rejection from tough love to over protection, thankful for your discretion thankful for every lesson never less than impressive if you ever had a doubt now you'll never worry about this question My first love, my wonder woman, ten months in her stomach second child, your only boy, when life was wild you provided joy can't deny I'm a chip off the old block but you never lied or tried to diss my pops walking us to school when fools threw rocks I know you cried but you made the shit stop never knew why they say you need a man my mama made me a comic book fan I got action figures, not lame niggas, no boyfriend trying to hit ya no weekend granny had to get us cuz you skipped the drama and stayed with us just you, me, and big sister so fuck the world if they don't fuck wit us nothing to discuss with the lustful critics never lose ya trust but i'm staying vicious whether own boss or doing dishes I'd still feel your well wishes asking you for help you never fail in wisdom taking care of yourself and two separate visions my ambition, my intuition, my whole life, my definition didn't know her boy would get this fresh with the breath she'd give him you gave me your best, so I'll express through this rhythm no part of your presence that was never a blessing an unconditional yes to the original question Old man, carbon copy, OG, future me count the dominoes out my hand but there's more to your knowledge I can't see I still can't believe they say that car hit my dude going seventy and when you woke up all you asked is "Where's Crystal and Kc?" I remember trips to visit you, first fell in love with a rear view never held a grudge cuz what tears do, make you live in fear of what's near to you so here's the truth no prison blues or missed years can cloud the proof I'm proud of you, no doubt it's true, on that I'm clear and resolute help from you came through letters in chains you can't do better my name I'll change it never, yet remain your son forever when they claim that I'm too clever spittin game on another level it all came from what you and Beverly Jane put together I know about your devils, stories of you became lessons not every son gets to view his father as a legend so many become martyrs you fought harder to be a presence talkin about who I'm proud of if you bothered by the question
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BEAST 04:18
Arch rivals are for archives a sharp mind with no education I could define conjugation alliteration at acceleration abolishing all adversaries and administering adoration as anticipation anecdotes any assimilation antiquated affectations are assigned anew all appropriate affirmations axing Arian adjudication arbitrating African American appreciation anti aberration amalgamations angelic abrasive affixed avocations a steep around asinine appropriations afro agro asshole acquiring accolades awaiting ascend, accel, apprehend, abatement artful archery attacking board room to basement big Black baby balling bad bitches battle basic give a nigga two letters be amazed at how he lace it Kc ain't playing and I know you tired of waiting Really no reason why you couldn't be this fly you can be in the sky Really no reason why you couldn't be this fly you can be in the sky I ain't got no bullshit to sell em I don't know what else to tell em I just BEAST You ain't gotta lie if you want to rhyme some niggas do it just to kick it I see it all the time throwing shade at yo gradient mad cuz they ain't radiant believing in bullshit be a bully or boss but i'm a beast you call that spitting I call it cunnilingus you just a derelict nigga come be my hook singer but wait, I do that too, better than you insecure twitter fingers on the move every time ya dude, beast Battle Every Artist Starting Trouble ain't no gangster and I don't need a huddle rolling solo James Bond killing shit, online they feeling it getting out my own mind so I can grind and really just beast saying they never been down they lying about it cuz every time you come around, yep, they crying about it whisper talk it out or shout it ain't worried if ya doubt it Really no reason why you couldn't be this fly you can be in the sky Really no reason why you couldn't be this fly you can be in the sky I ain't got no bullshit to sell em I don't know what else to tell em I just BEAST You can reach the zenith or ya zodiac yak yak wit weak shit ya wack xerox the vulva pussy niggas copycat pulverize what you utilize scrutinize what you lack bare back like a beast, so raw so smooth contradicted myself yeah that's just what niggas do through ultimatums and questions my verbatim suggestion is go fuck ya self and count ya blessings lil boy I aint ya reverend i'm just a beast don't think i'm talking devil shit but when you delve in you gotta measure in kelvin or celsius we never been the wealthiest, never been the healthiest bred us like animals so dont guess how a nigga just beast so go ahead keep it rolling if ya motivated clear ya head forget the extrapolating pass the sky there's no limit to ya elevation
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What up, behold what the people say he won't less shooting, she won't equal pay they wanna close the boarder, I wanna reefer blaze we want it right now, but need it yesterday I'll speak of better days when I find a better way see it when you get better pay they divide us up by more than race gone are the days when they would hide they face they sell every brand you chase even got a badge if you thought you had space we protest in place yet run for our lives karma is credit I hope you don't get denied embedded in these streets no sleep he gotta survive she said it's study or sleep man she gotta survive running out of time depends on you run it thoughts on your mind clash with feelings in the stomach if you can't find what you need you gotta become it in your mind in your deeds and every action forthcoming Really though you ain't mad cuz you know they hate they never motivating what you trying to cultivate you ain't tripping, keep it pimpin, you'll be just fine life is living, you might get lemons, or sweetest wine What's good my nigga tell me how you really feel they say edit for radio but I won't lose appeal the foolish will stay independent or chose a deal not dependent on you get it but really how you use ya skill ya favorite loser still so many fools up in my in grill if it's cool we can chill I'll let your bruises heal i'm still cruising through life's interludes trying to find the real an attitude like being nude it aint hard to reveal dude is ill, matter of fact, they say he kill rumor mill, feed em lies, they favorite meal sweetest wine, celebration, same days for real adaptations through situations like matrix pills red or blue if in debt to you make em pay the bill I ain't the one to count dues but I know the critics will keep it rocking until my muse say she lack the zeal when you think the party stopping we gon' crack another seal Really though you ain't mad cuz you know they hate they never motivating what you trying to cultivate you ain't tripping, keep it pimpin, you'll be just fine life is living, you might get lemons, or sweetest wine What's happening lil mama how you handle drama you screenshotting problems or just duck and block em some niggas stalk em, some niggas drop em, some niggas rob em some niggas cuff em, some niggas love em, some niggas got em but if you laughing off the third bar then there's a problem some women contour they scars and they ain't never talking these boys go too far destroying creation walking employing demonization is the vocation often so when that man in the mirror ends up in his coffin without seeing it clearer you see a generation lost it where they can place fear in ya they gon' make a profit it's how the father got his why would the son stop it to shun the topic is so myopic too many women live the biopic in the culture all the vultures would never benefit if they loved ya if they can't get down for ya they gonna try to stay above ya
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Reverie 04:05
Diamond in the rough only God can appraise you say Allah tell me who do you pray to atheist so they say I'm unfaithful didn't know my place so girl I had to chase you and I can see two kids in a safe room truth hid blew a kiss through her perfume days I miss reminiscing dreams of being a groom rubatosis got your heart feeling like a tomb you can cry saying you played your part if you wake up in a river don't lose ya spark give ya lover lies and you'll see from the start you can feed a double life that never dies in the dark bring the truth to the light, everything's alright I hope you live your life and you still shine bright can I get it off my chest and give the girl dap here's a joke to impress my name is Earl rap All those dreams in your heart, you still want it don't ya what you were feeling from the start, you still want it don't ya you were down to play your part, but you'll let it be the peace within your memories getting lost in your reverie A pictures worth a thousand words her selfie would leave you speechless for every new version the ego never teaches that we can let it go and let the ones who love us reach us but she may never know cuz they only love her features tried to give em attitude but you let em download being nude aint the only way to bare ya soul but I know, it's good for the payroll no means no with no privacy control ya life and times you monetized and sold you don't like my rhyme you saying I'm too cold I just want you to know to check these dudes intentions some niggas acting like consent is a new invention so many love to speak before they listen say they want a freak then they wanna start dissin been the lonely geek and a nigga had women so all I know is we act how we get it acting too committed backing out they not wit it then ignore that ass and they tell you come get it had me first and I wanted her last getting in this verse forgive a nigga if he spaz we don't take out time anyway love and let it go for a better way hope for a better day ya know what they never say is where ya soul gravitates is based on past ways never let your love retrograde All those dreams in your heart, there's no love without you what you were feeling from the start, there's no start without you you were down to play your part, fell apart without you the peace within your memories getting lost without you All those dreams in your heart, you still want it don't ya what you were feeling from the start, you still want it don't ya you were down to play your part, but you'll let it be the peace within your memories getting lost in your reverie They say rest in peace for the chaos we live through it's only feat to cloud the love that they give you you can try to find a reason for a rendezvous like the seasons let it all come natural it all comes after you the facts I learned trying to review chapters of a book I burned the looks i earned, the kiss I steal from you i learned love is surreal so I know I'll treat her good want I and I bet you treat him good don't ya feeling too good for it to ever haunt ya reverie for the one you still wanting one time for the first loves still on it two times for breakups still running three times for the single know it's still coming for the one I'm writing girl you know I still love ya All those dreams in your heart, there's no love without you what you were feeling from the start, there's no start without you you were down to play your part, fell apart without you the peace within your memories getting lost without you All those dreams in your heart, you still want it don't ya what you were feeling from the start, you still want it don't ya you were down to play your part, but you'll let it be the peace within your memories getting lost in your reverie
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Be You 03:28
Why yall niggas trippin Why yall bitches crying real ones know the difference from who on it and who lying just because you got it, don't mean you ain't hating if I ain't seen you wit it that don't mean you wanna take it nine to five but she basic, strippers with education nigga said he carefree, really on probation so really don't sweat how I rest on my laurels you can suck a dick bitch gon' change ya morals if you proud to be a ho get loud and on the floor if you all about the dough be quick to let em know you aint gotta lie to kick it, fuck or even smoke I fuck wit ya when ya broke, like you kinfolk aint gotta speak on ya pimpin game recognize game trick it off with the lames or pay the toll in ya lane Some of these niggas solid, some these brothers see through some of these ho's be cool, some of these women lethal some of yo people stay down, some of yo people leave when they pointing fingers, be cool my nigga be you Don't ask about my day ones don't worry about my fam in the past I might have been on one getting down stay in my plans just because they know you, don't mean they out there for you how you telling her business if she not the one you spoke to all you did was make a playlist, fool you aint no dj if you ain't got no hang time, you don't get no replay pick and roll with the flow skyhook to the goal sometimes respect don't come wit money and ho's so you wanna ball like a pro let all the people know fake it till you make till you really going broke they might cut for you or cut ya throat said they got love for you wouldn't nothing but a quote either speak on how you feel or don't say shit to me the more they holla they real the more fake they be Some of these niggas solid, some these brothers see through some of these ho's be cool, some of these women lethal some of yo people stay down, some of yo people leave when they pointing fingers, be cool my nigga be you I know what they thinking whats this nigga thinking rapping or he singing acting like he got the reasons just because I'm rapping, don't mean I'm out here trapping just because you trappin, don't mean you should be rapping you thought them fools was cool, just watch when they don't get paid they know where yo bitch stay, even where yo kids lay get dropped like Rousey or we can kick it like Holly Holm feeling like Boosey I'm just glad to be home smoke a beat like a losey in my zone on a track I ain't sweet brother Numsie don't stab me in the back more like a golden child with an older styke mimosa's and pax ploom or O.E. and black and milds no posters in the room just peace signs and paint black lights and late nights lit mics and dank
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For You 03:44
Wake and bake time to get that cake another day in the life and it's all high stakes niggas know the plan if they wanna lose roll on over and hit that snooze check my phone, check the news, check the haters, check the fools wash my ass, burn some grass, gas I mash, making moves rolling through the streets still the same ol' B a bird I flip if you ain't low key don't wanna trip if you don't know me way too cool to play the fool for a G don't need school to flip a oz better watch them dudes better know ya fee raised without philosphy so fake is what they model be everybody trippin can i get a witness they rather hit a lick than do some business see the side chick used to be other fishes fuckboys used to be other niggas so called friends saying they ain't fucking with ya no love in the city got me feeling like Jigga I got my paper, I got swisher, you got my digits if I really fuck with ya Got papers for ya, I can vape it for ya if I know ya, might even roll it for ya we chillin smoking, no need for provoking if you wanting that fake, I got nothing for ya Been a long day and she made a strong play to get me to her crib like right away boss lady all up in ya face, landlord saying cough up the pay driving home feel like a high speed chase radio said Trump leading the race Black lives matter but it don't feel that way don't burn your flag girl burn this J life's a drag but it'll be ok, work twice as hard just to have your say on her guard then she leaned this way leave yo problems all up in this haze so if the answers don't come today, all our chances up and run away dial me up just to see my face, guaranteed this is what I'll say Got papers for ya, I can vape it for ya if I know ya, might even roll it for ya we chillin smoking, no need for provoking if you wanting that fake, I got nothing for ya Calypso cream on blue dream I like to sip I might lean we not high we sight seeing, you so fly what you like being what yo life is, what yo life ain't fuck what they say and what they can't they wanna pick the color but won't mix the paint disdain from another I can't entertain ain't hard to explain brother get ya own lane they wanna cause you pain I can't tell you why all they have to do is try, don't you let it blow your high keep your head up with your vibe all I ever need to ride, is just me myself and I don't take me low and we'll get high Got papers for ya, I can vape it for ya if I know ya, might even roll it for ya we chillin smoking, no need for provoking if you wanting that fake, I got nothing for ya
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Regrets 02:37
I guess in the mean time there's nothing left to say really you seem fine but I know you like to play if you can't be mine I can walk away but I can't leave until you know I love you babe You say you love me but really you sick of me got you tripping acting ugly i'm wondering why you buggin rubbing you the wrong way we drift another day can't see the gift when the wrapping too shiny not to play you know too much to not say how you feel don't want violent but silent treatment seems surreal some reasons we reveal some wounds we let heal I ain't waiting for a new moon or what a zodiac might reveal kodaks you didn't want to take, promises you love to break inviting your friends every time we on a date a feeling you hate when the end feels inevitable it's incredible how you put more into hypotheticals what if you did this, what if you did that what if you gave a fuck and tried to love a nigga back what if I did this, what if I did that well if you giving up love there's no going back I guess in the mean time there's nothing left to say really you seem fine but I know you like to play if you can't be mine I can walk away but I can't leave until you know I love you babe So who you loving who you wanna be fucking nothing from nothing leads to nothing I hope the reason you cuffin isn't to be codependent some need to check they intentions women use men and men use women so if we all human what's the beef with criticism you learn to read the music but you can't feel the rhythm tried to give it more time but in her heart she walked away she tried to give him space all he did was run and skirt chase to embrace what you don't know, waiting for what may never grow do I love you more than I know you love you more than you know how can I decipher a pain ya pride won't let you show well if you did it nigga you should know, I know well if you love her you should let her go, that's cold not much to it if you love me you stay chillin with her new man lying to my face making sure her life was straight before taking mine away
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Gimme the loot, gimme the loot, nobody breathe, nobody shoot bullets singing love songs and they so into you sike, just playing, but in full is how you paying me got lyrics by the pound run the jewels is what I'm saying B when I drop jewels they come straight from the crown johnny Blaze a lil J when I jam and get down in my DM she can C, I'm revved and running can I kick it more than triplets in a mother's stomach from PM to dawn around six in the morning we can talk about sex or u-n-i-t-y she like the cars with the boom supersonic superfly she want a roughneck with the chronic when the paper get thin the only reason ya doubt ya mind playing tricks agains push it along to the tip of the cliff now check the method too live for a crew k solo with the effort i used to love her till she went diggin for the gold so i told her do you maybe we'll meet at the crossroads went to see a pimp he said don't love these ho's so dont get it twisted i bust a rhyme like a tech nine strictly for my niggas who might learn to pimp a butterfly start from your right to your left to your third eye if I got five on it gon' let me ride Hercules Hercules lift a planet if you please rock the bells from down south to west coast and overseas east coast and up north midwest to OKC AtLiens beam me up if you feel the frequency there is a dark side and from the far side you can see there's only forty water on the roots of my apple tree I can be slim and shady or your dude to the extreme Americas most wanted like a public enemy knowledge rules everything around me underground king if you feel the need to crown me a feeling of the soul my hieroglyphics are astounding ya funny flow is foreign only native toungues surround me too slick with my blueprint if ya future looking odd the biggest punishment is not going deep when ya mob beast on these boys you can say i rap a lot diamond mind grind add funk or add rock oh baby you know the biz might spit or beatbox miseducated with wackness and you need to detox with cash money theres no limit to ya capers dont let party and bullshit leave yo ass with the vapors so F you to the ones only here for the paper I'm Hip Hop by nature, not cuz I hate ya I don't know about they swag but I know Hip Hop I don't know about they paper but I know my shit rock so in love with the haters they would die if it stop throw ya hands up high if you feeling Hip Hop throw ya hands up high if you feeling Hip Hop Hip Hop Hip Hip Hop Hip Hop hooray thow ya hands up high if you feeling Hip Hop Gimme the loot, gimme the loot, I'm just an angry bootlegger a Madvillain in ya queue Mos Def to do right and kill everything that I see getting to it asap and collect my currensy
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Same Days 02:53
Sometimes we get jaded, lost in our ways even our day ones can't see the same days sometimes we get faded, caught in a daze the one's that make it, we celebrate the same days They say to each his own sometimes to reach the throne you can keep the army strong or just go it alone I keep a blunt in my zone a few dreams in my dome through the seasons I roam believing where I belong is right at home in any space that I conceive with no lying lips to speak on what I achieve without thieving hands trying to take what I need if you escape you bleed if you stay you die they pave the road to hell with intentions and tries the ambition of liars and they worlds they create optimism twisted into a means of escape what you mean it's too late, you know demons love to wait absentees procrastinate hustlers pushing fate give it all or give up the only way I debate show out when you show up and tell em save the date for the highs and the lows that we both celebrate Sometimes we get jaded, lost in our ways even our day ones can't see the same days sometimes we get faded, caught in a daze the one's that make it, we celebrate the same days All going through the same story when young but never staying with the one you learned the lesson from you say that stressing left you numb from that presence you had to run no effort you left undone but that blessing it never comes I'm sleeping in don't wake me up when it's time to die so if my dream doesn't end on the other side then hell is just a daydream and heaven might be real life memory lane might be real nice with no fork in the road the pain in the path of what you want and what you chose just a simple turn to a world you'll never know turn the volume level low on regrets and misgiving one day your best could forget that you living just take it and roll with it, embrace no control in it keep chasing goals and placing your soul in it I keep what I kill and give life to the real Da Beatnik, Da Slap Chief, man yall know the deal Sometimes we get jaded, lost in our ways even our day ones can't see the same days sometimes we get faded, caught in a daze the one's that make it, we celebrate the same days
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What's the point in pretending you strong all your motivation came from a breakup song so, to the left, to the left, stage left did you forget your lines or you going deaf you a Halle Berry girl, you a Blanchett I see you crying but your eyes ain't wet now ya lies ain't fresh I know I heard it before but I love it when you on can I get an encore sweep the roses off the floor flash a smile to the spotlight the way you run through it girl I know you taught right so when they strike the props, when the clapping stops no more acting just us in the backdrop it is what it is you can leave for the critics if you check the review it might say it was vicious now you on again saying you can see the vision turn my world into a stage now I need an intermission Lying from our lips like we reading from a script No need for evidence we can feel it in our hips if you want to leave you know you don't need permission tired of all this acting girl we need an intermission Downstage, upstage, tell me where yo passion lays if this ain't for certain, we can close the curtain What's the point in rehearsing you know the lines I know you love to hear me run em like old times another smooth monologue are you hip to me or just plotting revenge in your soliloquy I'm your Denzel girl, I'm your Poitier this is improv, always know what to say before you play that role better know ya reach I'm a natural honey not the one to teach you can roll your eyes you can grit your teeth take all your cries work em in my speech make you wonder why you question me call it pimpin or directing just make em believe if you caught me kissing her it was just practice if you missing what we were it was just acting we can cross each others path till the stage crashes or stop reciting these lines when they say action Lying from our lips like we reading from a script No need for evidence we can feel it in our hips if you want to leave you know you don't need permission tired of all this acting girl we need an intermission Downstage, upstage, tell me where yo passion lays if this ain't for certain, we can close the curtain No heart in a revival we'll retire the script take ya final bow blow one last kiss of course we'll have other parts, in other plays but they'll say that was our best role our best days kind of drama that could fill the whole house let you play yo part i'm just trying to feel you out getting lost in the tease of your burlesque caught up in the ease of how it turned grotesque keep it fresh, learn how to write for yourself even behind the scenes you project your wealth rumors and lies come at no surprise what hurts is the truth in every reprise so break a leg I know you hate to beg beware of close ties that keep the darkness fed so when the narratives won just make the character yours for the way it was done they say we need an award Lying from our lips like we reading from a script No need for evidence we can feel it in our hips if you want to leave you know you don't need permission tired of all this acting girl we need an intermission Downstage, upstage, tell me where yo passion lays if this ain't for certain, we can close the curtain

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released February 22, 2016

Production from Paul Cabbin, Unusual Beats, Da Slap Chief, and Nonsince.

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