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1. |
You Don't Have To
03:24
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Rap Astronaut
Rap game Elon Musk
Verse One
New life, new beginnings, fresh chapter
Create a feeling, God-willing
That's what I'm after
It's been my mission to have all my people listen
If you don't see my vision, it’s your decision
You don't have to
My soft credit in this game yeah it’s past due
I'm lookin’ forward to it, I'm looking pass you
I'm even more influenced, just let me pass through
Like I was born to do it, like we attached
If we bond then we solid
Or we fluid, be like water
All that gas yeah it toxic
Need that fuel for my rocket
Place is doomed, check the optics
On the moon we got options
We got food and deep pockets
Zoom zoom I'm in the cockpit
This the destination, not a getaway
I was gone for a minute but yeah I'm here to stay
To see a brighter day, I'm on the dance floor
I'm out of this world, I work at NASA
Chorus
I would beg you to listen but you don't have to
Here after, you don't have to
You don't have to, you don’t have to
I would beg you to listen but you don't have to
I would beg you to go but you don’t have to
Here after, you don’t have to
You don’t have to, you don’t have to
They bettin’ on you to stay but you don’t have to
Verse Two
Yes I'm back, hi I'm home
Welcome to my highlight reel in the twilight zone
This me at my baddest, no cappin’
This is permanent status, no campin’
Full moon no brandy
Gold mouth, no candy
Money talks, no actin
What's happnin’, alotta lost of life
Whats crackin’, alotta flashin’ lights
Smoke some weed to cap the night
So I can calm nerves and I don't have to fight
Way too handsome right, fly romantic type
What suits me better, action camera flight
What I'm talkin’ bout, what I'm rappin’ like
You don't have to listen, you don't have to like
Been flippin words since Vanna white
Gotta wheel of fortune, mad appetite
Chorus
Kool & The Gang excerpt
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2. |
Steel St.
02:48
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Sometimes I wonder why I go at this
It's my reminder to stay proactive
I been comfortable, I was doing more with no mattress
No map, no traction and they saying go Blaksmith
Gotta good life, good wife, I can't go backwards
Yo I’m faithful to the end, I need mo action
How do I stack up, am I the ringa’
I'm at my tipping point like jenga
God emcee, or just another talk singer
I wanted this ever since I could remember
I told my cousin Teara at age eleven
I wanna to rap for a living
I saw The Oakland press
Headline Subterraneous Rec
It read Hip Hop outta Pontiac
Fresh outta highschool, I drove a pontiac
A little rap nerd I put my pen to the test
Black boy from the burbs, they highly impressed
Hit the open mic scene and I found my true essence
Microphone check, microphone check
I been here before, yo my style just resurrected
Made my first tape in the dorms Wayne state
Heavy with the bars, heavy like i gained weight
Bubblin bubblin bubblin, talking to strangers
Now my shit doubling
Connecting with talented people
Collaborate and showcase it in public
For a minute I thought I was done with it
Cause exposure ain't paying no rent
I’m tryna get knowledge but dropped outta college
It's funny it dont make no sense
In the heat of night, I was smokin stoner
A shot to head hit like Adriane Bronner
My spirit got fight show me my opponent
Still wonder what happened to Flint
Sometimes I wonder why I go at this
A crazy summer yeah mo madness
The street is narrow, yeah it's more traffic
My head is up, stay on my toes balanced
Cause I gotta lil family, and I got a lil Brent
It's all a new challenge but I gotta lotta sense
Got cousins round the corner
They would pull me out the ditch
I been underground with it but im still up in the mix
I'm on a higher plane, got a house that's made of brick
I married Netta Lane and I made her Mrs. Smith
We gotta good thang and I pray we never split
Yeah we built this up legit
Would hate to walk away from this
Let me park my thoughts, we here and now
Live from the crib on the west D-Town
Guess we on our like Bobby Brown
Without the white, yeah wipe me down
Lights is out you won't hear a sound
Baby sleep dont too get too loud
This is home, I got lost then found
I know you watching us Mr. Brown
I got sharp on Steel street...
I let it heal me…
Sometimes I wonder why I got at this
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3. |
Different
02:51
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I remember playing dominoes in basement
Back when I didn’t even tie my shoe laces
Mama always said it’s easy to show yo ass
So I kept my pants up right over the waist
Hopped up outta bed, didn’t wanna be late
Tied a durag on my a head, that’s 360 waves
Drove a old Buick that my Grandaddy gave
Thought I was the man, it was nothin’ you could say
Heavy on my style was my dog Dre
More like a brother, more than a teammate
After practice yo we hit the 2K
In the middle game, my phone rang
It was Cici from back in the day
She was like what you doing today
Tryna see if you free
You can take me cross the border to get my tongue ring
I’m tryna front like I don't got school tomorrow
I said we can skip, we can cruise belle
I was already ready
Out the door before she said it
Nothing needed to be vetted
She was on my mind heavy
Chorus
Yo she made me feel different,
Yo that day I felt different,
She made me feel different
She made me feel different
I ain’t tell nobody bout it, it was like our little secret
She opened up the door and she had my mind tweakin’
Thinking in my head what's about happen later
Her momma was Domican, she had a lot of flavor
On the way Windsor, we was on that 50 Cent
P.I.M.P so we drove over the bridge
Went straight to the parlor, yo everything was cool
Before she get some metal, she wanted to get food
We hit the burger joint, I gotta BLT
I ate it fast, I really want some TLC
I played it smooth, in about she ready to move
Thought I was slick, it happened so quick
She stuck out her tongue out, gave it a little prick
I'm ready fasho, I hope she ready for this
Sun beamin’ on the way home
I’m scheming how we bout to get to freakin
That’s when engine light started blinking
I keep driving, I ignore it the timing
I’m what now she like uhh the car smoking slow down
Pull over on the side I was hurt
Threw some water on my engine made it worse
Ima let it cool off just chill for a minute
She on the phone with somebody like it ain’t my business
That’s when I hear her say
Um hello Dre…
That day I felt different
I felt different
That made me feel different
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Feels good don't it...
Chorus
Let me get this off
Baby let me send my thoughts
When I send this off
Hope you catch it w your heart yeah
Let me get this off, let me get this off
Let me get this off
Verse 1
Pretty face with the long hair
Light a rocket in the car yeah
Baby kiss the stars
I'm not a snake, I'm the lawn care
You a boss, you need a armchair
I'm the horse in the barn yeah
In the sack, I'm the bomb yeah
Ima sing my song
So soft, going back and forth like it's lacrosse
Ms. Bonita, she was hot like a fever so I cooled off
Look at you, I wanna do some things that I shouldn't do
I wanna help you move in and cook for you
We don't gotta talk cause you can read my thoughts
Chorus
Verse 2
Baby let me set the scene, presentation everything
I'm not saying anything, you just gotta let it breathe
Yeah yeah got loop just right, song gimme future vibes
We in the future huh, that's super tight
Runnin' wild we supa fly
Give me your love get stupid high
That's me and you, that's you and I
I don't do this a lot but I Ima shoot my
Follow me like the north star, 'til you like boy stop
Chorus
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5. |
Chicago Quarantine
02:17
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Verse 1
Its freaky in quarantine, cinematic photograph a porno scene
Like I'm in a sleazy dream, I'm seeing things
It's been a earth shift, birds chirp in the evening
Upside-Down this Purgatory, I'm in between
Waiting patiently at DMV
Country open up, numbers blow like TNT
All approved by the approved by CDC
They put the Poison in the playlist like BBD
Better have yo CCW, better have yo PPE
In these days I’m just getting what I need
Yo I’m blessed my windows roll up with ease
And when they stuck, gimme me so grease
Nipsey Russell from The Wiz, ah-teeeee
Candy rain on the seats, at the drive in
Kill the lights, Mike and Ikes I like to eat
I fight my sleep, I'm on some bullshit
I'm on repeat, the flow is deep
Cole G. on the beat
I can't believe my brother was born three pounds
Now he in a three piece
Chorus
Same day everyday
Rain rain go away
It be sweetest thing
Like 86 degrees
Sunshine and a breeze
It be the sweetest thing
It be the...
Verse 2
Hol' up, sticky like a fruit roll up
Roll ya own up, not tryna catch the rona
This is hell right, almost lost my life
Over a busted tail light, it don't feel right
They wanna kill over a $20 bill
No chill as my Iced Tea spills
Land of the free maybe someday
Them bullets going one way
Coming for you one day
Any Given Sunday, crack ya head
Now you drippin' like a Ice cream Sunday
Oversee the dice games and gun play
Pop ya Bubble, how the gum taste
Outro
Dutch apples, swedish fish
And they wonder we black licorice
It be the sweetest thing
It be the...
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Dolla feat. Wrcklés
02:34
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8. |
Destination Earth
02:28
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Verse 1
Hello sun, I woke up feeling hopeful
This summer had distractions, I'm just getting back to focus
I missed yo mama call, I didn't mean to blow her off
I’m moving slow today lemme roll over and get this folgers
I let bill roll over, currently im without service
She just wanna talk and she may think I'm that avoiding
The walls is up like the kitchen's open
I'm up to it, like this dishes soakin
Not enough water, yeah I’m too busy with copin’
I love that brown sugar man, get too dizzy I’m floatin’
Cried in tub up to my head, man I was choking
On my own tears, I was scared I was broken
Depression is a bitch to keep myself up I be jokin’
Get up out the bed, I grind to keep from mopin’
Showboatin’ and being boastful in the world of being social
Really I was feeling penny with a hole in it
Was does it mean, losing teeth in a dream
I lost myself like my joy was stolen
Man I was sick, hope I could recover quick
My mind cloudy and my thoughts was getting thick
I'm only half crazy, half baked that's it
Name Legend, that's pressure game 6
Yo name is yo name and it's nothing different
Yo mama had this on repeat so you could be infinite
So I let it be, you just wait and see
You gonna be better than me
What, what you gon be betta’ than me
What, what you gon be betta’
Verse 2
Like a hampster in wheel, I was on that bullshit still
Had to let that shit go, had to move up outta Steel
Change of scenery, change my energy3 (yup)
Im sippin water (what)
Im drinking Plenty
Got my weight up for the winter
far from skinny
You like a wild seed,
Yo growth ain't got no ending
I pray you keep yo shoes tied
And you never rock a Timmie
Fresh from your Head to yo toes,
Skys the limit
I'm working it out
Be a minute
Im tryna be more optimistic
I'm working off my intuition
You learning this all from a distance
Things gon be good
I'm hopeful
That's why I be wishing
Really I hope that you listen
Feeling like Will Smith
My interpretation of hope is
I'm feeling better not hopeless
Blessing, blessing
You remind me in an instant
That's you, that's you
My essence, my essence
Be you, be you
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9. |
Young Legend
02:31
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10. |
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