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breadline
02:13
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Tek time, watchin your name on the headline
Comes when your head’s right,
They thought I ate just to get by
They couldn’t stomach my next line
Wasn’t All That till I said why
Saw from the right with my left eye
Against the grain is the necktie
Moving on up from the breadline
Tek time, watch-in your name on the headline
Comes when your head’s right,
They thought I ate just to get by
They couldn’t stomach my next line
Wasn’t All That till I said why
Saw from the right with my left eye
Against the grain is the necktie
Moving on up from the breadline
Retconned,
Was the dream you told
But slept on
Ain’t got the key to the code
Like Epson
Defeat in your tone
It might leak through the phone
Even when you’re alone
As the next one
Breaking familiar holds
With a question
Are you your pain or your blessings?
I will em’ to being
Don’t care who da foe is
A fork in the road on the M1
I’m the one feeding the rope since back then
Now that I reap what I sow, I’m tapped in
I only speak what I know, like accents
Only time that I lack, is in practice
I slide on the sheet like it’s satin
Ain’t in a band, but I’m making a band
Every time I’m supplying, demanding
From this plane I depart off the landing
Walking this path, still prior to transit
Capture me now while the fire is candid
Could never keep me in line, I’m a tangent
I do not need to arrive when them man did
Some of these guys, they really were handpicked
I like to speak in the old, like Sanskrit
Where I go Is where my people know when I’m absent
Tek time, watch-in your name on the headline
Comes when your head’s right,
They thought I ate just to get by
They couldn’t stomach my next line
Wasn’t All That till I said why
Saw from the right with my left eye
Against the grain is the necktie
Moving on up from the breadline
Tek time, watch-in your name on the headline
Comes when your head’s right,
They thought I ate just to get by
They couldn’t stomach my next line
Wasn’t All That till I said why
Saw from the right with my left eye
Against the grain is the necktie
Moving on up from the breadline
Tek time, watch-in your name on the headline
Comes when your head’s right,
They thought I ate just to get by
They couldn’t stomach my next line
Wasn’t All That till I said why
Saw from the right with my left eye
Against the grain is the necktie
Moving on up from the breadline
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2. |
and?
02:18
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Uh, so you don’t like me
Your words are heavy but I’m taking em’ lightly
I learn to listen to those who can sightsee
Through the lens before the vision is looking pricey
If I ever fail, I’m starting again
People wishing you well, that’s an arm and a leg
Feel what I said like braille
Rather chase your tail
Than to chase your tale
I’ve come to collect
From the start
Had a few of them eyeing me in the dance,
You don’t rock with me only
Because you can’t
If you want honesty
When you’re looking for company
They’ll be playing be the part, it’s true
Big chat about all the things that I can’t do
Or say, but it’s parle whenever they pass you
Not one of dem’
I don’t need to pretend
I proceed where you end
I’ll take a seat in your castle,
Got my loved ones asking what’s the matter?
A couple tried to boy me
So I had to man up
The rich in disguise
We might pull your mask off
Moving like Bruce with the green
I ain’t talking Banner
Something I’d say, if I cared enough
Peeling back the layers now you’re tearing up
Prepare to fail if you ain’t prepared for such
Vicariously living
You can’t bear to be a witness
To yourself
It’s either think or swim
Before you touch the scene you better think you’re him
Or think you’re her
‘Cause we’re not dem
And they’ll say we’re crossing lines
Just ‘cause we came first
‘Cause it’s deep within
Hear me through the speakers
When I speak about the peace of things
Some will keep it secret
When it’s easier to teach it
These are notes I’m only leaving for myself
But we both needed it
Uh, so you don’t like me
Your words are heavy but I’m taking em’ lightly
I learn to listen to those who can sightsee
Through the lens before the vision is looking pricey,
If I ever fail, I’m starting again
People wishing you well, that’s an arm and a leg
Feel what I said like braille
Rather chase your tail
Than to chase your tale
I’ve come to collect
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3. |
stay up
02:44
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We’ve been on the ball, can’t lay up
We’ve all heard it before, can’t play us
Waan’ talk us to death, no seance
There’s no shortage of breath
Till it’s talk of a cheque
Then it’s shhh
Scale don’t weigh up
Best you apply that pressure
Life moves like a diamond tester
No jester
No joke (no joke)
To go far, best keep it close
I won’t change, gotta keep my clothes add
Like bro, have you seen this coat?
Like bro, don’t I speak in quotes?
Postpone what I’ve seen in scope!
I got range, brother
Shelling it down, better take cover,
I never claimed I could save summer,
‘Cause why tell a lie with your eyes to the sky
if you know that you can’t sell it,
You’ve got a line of mine in your mind rent free,
Like David as Kilgrave, I’m a tenant,
It’s either you feel pain then dispel it,
Or feed the concealed rage, it develops
And nobody sees that you’re holding it in
Only hope for relief is to
Let that, let that go
Them man can act, no action
Everyone cut when the scene gets active
Never been one on smoke, just blunt
When it comes to the passion
The lack thereof, like they’re facing sanctions
They wanna claim my tactics
I had to pace myself
I couldn’t wait for help
The bottom need green like Bottega
From the same cloth cut short, no tailor
Hop out the jeep, same way out the trailer
What I mean is either way I’m a sailor
Jamaican man with his hand pan’ the paper
Holding receipts like he handles the culture
We’re all part of nature
And I guess so are the vultures
Stay up
We’ve been on the ball, can’t lay up
We’ve all heard it before, can’t play us
Waan’ talk us to death, no seance
There’s no shortage of breath
Till it’s talk of a cheque
Then it’s shhh
Scale don’t weigh up
Best you apply that pressure
Life moves like a diamond tester
No jester
Come again?
How you mean you put down the pen?
How you mean you reject what others express
How you mean, never ask but still expect what others might never get?
How you mean your cards aren’t on top of the deck?
Are you mad?
Those at the front came way from the back
Bask in the sun, then reap what you plant
Love what you’ve got and seek what you lack
And it’s done.
And it’s done.
And it’s done.
Stay up
We’ve been on the ball, can’t lay up
We’ve all heard it before, can’t play us
Waan’ talk us to death, no seance
There’s no shortage of breath
Till it’s talk of a cheque
Then it’s shhh
Scale don’t weigh up
Best you apply that pressure
Life moves like a diamond tester
No jester
No joke (no joke)
To go far, best keep it close
I won’t change, gotta keep my clothes
Like bro, have you seen this coat?
Like bro, don’t I speak in quotes?
Postpone what I’ve seen in scope!
I got range, brother
Shelling it down, better take cover
I never claimed I could save summer
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4. |
you know?
01:48
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Way too heavy
Lines takes time as the weight’s too steady
They’re not ready
I’m inclined to relay what’s mine, not a child
Or a Saint, I don’t play with Teddy’s
Yeah, yeah
Rise your spine when you bargain with them
Their fair price is an arm and a leg
But I can’t turn into Vader
Turned it down like I turned in a paper
Examined the world like we made it with shaders
What’s done now, we’re not doing it later
Calling me frugal while you live in Vegas
Looked in my blood, they took it from Lagos
Now that we know we’re one as Jamaicans
Hm, okay
Now we’re the one’s with the motion,
My people stand tall, Gary Coleman
Came with the grease, they came with the lotion
1 man deep, never needed the trojans
I can do this because
So we’re backing it up
Done with the chat, close that
MSN days now how we’re wrapping it up
I need my space, the camera shutters
The stars might align, am I standing amongst
The greats? No
What if that was the case? So?
What do you want on your plate? Enough
I gotta raise the stakes, it’s tough
And I’m rare
They couldn’t bus me, came with a fare
And it was costly, felt like Kakashi
Beating Itachi, he wasn’t there
That couldn’t stop me
Or my ideas
Now that I’m here
I’m glad I had something to fear
We act like we’re tough till the damage is done
And that’s just a common affair
Breathing
Same way I’m touching the ceiling
They say they wanted to see him
Just ‘cause they couldn’t believe it
I’ve been here before
Ball on the court
Taking the shot
No, I don’t drink
So if I miss
Know that’s on me
Pick it back up
And go for the free
I’m playing my luck
Then look to the team
If I get stuck
I’ll figure it out
‘Cause it’s up to me
To bring me relief
It’s up to me
To bring me relief
You know?
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5. |
halo 3
01:49
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A man can’t step where demands not met
Either cash your cheque or invest in the zone
1-6 is what we call home
Boba Fett how they came with the clones
Run the red and only then are we prone
To check the self out the place you know
I’m eclectic, checking methods
Less detection, more progression
Setting tone
Set alight like I swiped your ting off your phone
I’ll close my eyes when you lift up your own
You know not the prize, you’re sitting below
You live in your prime, your ribs take a blow
You put that aside, then take up the notes
So that the next time you think you’re alone
You’re not
At times I’ve spoke like a broken clock
I’m right, twice
Making a movement
Multiple choice, the way that we’re choosing
The way to see
I’m on the way from A to B,
Like the missions of halo 3
One day I might break bread for free
But until then it’ll take a fee
Believe
Ain’t gonna miss that moment
Ain’t gonna miss, they’re hoping
Taken a list of omens
As ways to predict the motion
My guy, I call him the arbiter
The rest have been calling me Chief
But my name has never been John
And yet, it’s all up to me
Stepped out the box, no custody
They’re not on top, must be underneath
They never came with a recipe
Letting them cook, a catastrophe
The man I examine, before interaction
I’ll never know why they’ve been testing me
All of this talk and yet nothing was said
You cannot address me as enemy
You cannot address me, you’re lacking a home
Surrounded by people not backing the growth
They’re happy to keep you in lack and it shows
You know?
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