They said "Papa was a rolling stone"
Mine was a boulder keeping a strong tone
He taught me many things without any words
Actions spoke louder and his yelled at me onto the curb
Observe how his turn made mine straight from a swerve
He was born and burned his curse and made it work
Curved every fastball he was pitched to a home-run
And with megatons sold he gave and raised 4 sons
Me being the youngest the most susceptible of the bunch
Last picks at lunch, always getting asked if I want a fruit punch
But these men showed me how to behave rationally
Ignited the flame in my heart and to give passionately
I learned more directly from the Dang brotherhood
But without my father they wouldn't have known what was good
He embed onto us and projected his traits and morals
He hustled and toiled so hard he deserves an angel choral
More over he's a blue collar man with oil stained hands
Worked on those machines despite us telling him we can
He didn't want us living a life of back breaking labor
All of his capers provided paper. He never took from the neighbors
Go to school and get an education is what he told us
Our mind is the gold rush, our thoughts will make girls blush
It was our greatest asset and we shouldn't ruin it
We want to make him proud so damn it, we will prove it!
Hiep Dang gave me my blood, muscle and grind
My entire genetic make up: I'm a genius by design!
His clever genes fit me well as I've gotten bolder
Work harder now so you can relax when you're much older
Coming home late at night I don't see him much
But trust, my father is the kind with the Midas touch
Of course not Superman, he's had some bad luck
But every single time he fell he managed to get back up
Tenacious, fought racists, a life of amazement
He gathered enough money to rise us up from a basement
Now it's my turn to get us into a spaceship
Fly high in my placement, I would never trade this
With him and the love of the family, I'm in the right alignment
It's obvious my assignment is rated at diamond
Before time wind down like the Mayans I get grindin
I'll take after his example of tragedy turned triumph
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Temptress
[Chorus]
A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am
I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man
I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right
Come here, closer, closer, closer
This girl is a temptress
I just need a sign on what I should do for this
Caught in her eyes I can't let it go
Whether it's right or not I'll have to know
Here goes something.
[Verse 1]
I remember the first time I saw you a couple years back
This girl so cute about to give me a heart attack
I retract, heart locked down in cardiac arrest
And it's not too embarrassing for me to confess
I digress, she was a temptress so seductive
Despite her graceful nature, making mine so unproductive
But firing my soul in places I didn't even know was real!
This right here was something different, had to seal the deal
Regardless of the outcome, it had to be right now
Despite our differences, it was all just lifestyle
Could we make it together? What'cha doing tonight?
Doesn't matter now. It's set in motion alright
[Chorus]
A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am
I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man
I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right
Come here, closer, closer, closer
This girl is a temptress
I just need a sign on what I should do for this
Caught in her eyes I can't let it go
Whether it's right or not I'll have to know
Here goes something.
[Verse 2]
Now let me paint you a picture so you can apprehend
For her I'd take drastic measures the way a ballot can
Caution ahead because she has dangerous curves
And a witty banter that would make a bumpkin slur
I'd swerve my direction every time she walked by
Having a guy like me try to play it cool and sly
But my magnetic fly almost didn't attract her
So I switched it up genuine and didn't play like an actor
Surprisingly enough she started to enjoy yours truly
I got her melting when I laid down the charm so coolly
You could have fooled me! I was doing it so smoothly
But in fact my heart was erratic and acting so unruly!
[Chorus]
A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am
I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man
I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right
Come here, closer, closer, closer
This girl is a temptress
I just need a sign on what I should do for this
Caught in her eyes I can't let it go
Whether it's right or not I'll have to know
Here goes something.
A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am
I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man
I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right
Come here, closer, closer, closer
This girl is a temptress
I just need a sign on what I should do for this
Caught in her eyes I can't let it go
Whether it's right or not I'll have to know
Here goes something.
[Verse 1]
I remember the first time I saw you a couple years back
This girl so cute about to give me a heart attack
I retract, heart locked down in cardiac arrest
And it's not too embarrassing for me to confess
I digress, she was a temptress so seductive
Despite her graceful nature, making mine so unproductive
But firing my soul in places I didn't even know was real!
This right here was something different, had to seal the deal
Regardless of the outcome, it had to be right now
Despite our differences, it was all just lifestyle
Could we make it together? What'cha doing tonight?
Doesn't matter now. It's set in motion alright
[Chorus]
A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am
I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man
I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right
Come here, closer, closer, closer
This girl is a temptress
I just need a sign on what I should do for this
Caught in her eyes I can't let it go
Whether it's right or not I'll have to know
Here goes something.
[Verse 2]
Now let me paint you a picture so you can apprehend
For her I'd take drastic measures the way a ballot can
Caution ahead because she has dangerous curves
And a witty banter that would make a bumpkin slur
I'd swerve my direction every time she walked by
Having a guy like me try to play it cool and sly
But my magnetic fly almost didn't attract her
So I switched it up genuine and didn't play like an actor
Surprisingly enough she started to enjoy yours truly
I got her melting when I laid down the charm so coolly
You could have fooled me! I was doing it so smoothly
But in fact my heart was erratic and acting so unruly!
[Chorus]
A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am
I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man
I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right
Come here, closer, closer, closer
This girl is a temptress
I just need a sign on what I should do for this
Caught in her eyes I can't let it go
Whether it's right or not I'll have to know
Here goes something.
Monday, December 27, 2010
A Meeting
[Verse 1]
Girl got a man and he just doesn't understand
Short days, long nights and he doesn't comprehend
Insecure mind that clutches to the porcelain
Parents got divorced and she doesn't feel important
Pitch black night, can't sleep, can't even eat
Barely making it in school, now she has to cheat
Trying to keep up an image of perfection
Friends backstab her, everyone has deception
Planning for her future but it gets way to stressed
Drinking it all away, still, she's a beautiful mess
Bruises represent abusive but she's making up excuses
Doing everything so she doesn't feel useless
Queen: you deserve the title
But here you are shooting me down with your rifle
Cruel and unusual world
She writes all down. Diary of a young girl.
[Chorus]
Somewhere I went wrong but
I'm trying to a bit strong
Right now I'm down and out
Just trying to belong
I don't know why but I
Just sit down and cry
Wish I could shed all these tears
Get me out of here
Somehow.
[Verse 2]
Living just to die, spending it all to quickly
It's a pity a girl so pretty living in a world so gritty
More make up to cover her face from the hurt
Cuts on her wrists so she's wearing long sleeved shirts
Shades hiding her eyes filled with pain and sorrow
Looking forward ahead knowing there is no tomorrow
Scarf around her neck to block hand prints
Deep inhales of the cigarettes, posing for a candid
Every night crawls into bed and looks at the ceiling
Extremities numb and cold but her heart still has feeling
Tears stream down her cheeks. They leave a path
Picks up her lamp tosses it and it feels her wrath
Breaking down, meltdown, no one around now
Parents out of town, boyfriend creeping around wow
Doesn't know what to do, her head starts to swirl
She writes it all down. Diary of a young girl
[Chorus]
Somewhere I went wrong but
I'm trying to a bit strong
Right now I'm down and out
Just trying to belong
I don't know why but I
Just sit down and cry
Wish I could shed all these tears
Get me out of here
Somehow.
[Verse 3]
Walk into a coffee shop late at night
I tell him keep the change as I slip a five
Glance at the counter and I notice her
5 foot 4 pure beauty and I know she's hurt
Sitting all alone, ran away from home, bag at her side
Frail and delicate, at moments, tears on her face dried
Writing in her notebook, into her own thoughts
I sit right next to her and drink my coffee while it's still hot
She stops sets her pen down and takes a drink
Compelling to exchange words, this is what I think
I talk to her and we converse for hours
4 am and we're still up. This cafe is ours
She gets up and I bid her a long farewell
Whispers in my ear, and something's changed I can tell
Hands me her book, she'll call when she's out and up
Rehab it says in her diary. Young girl, good luck.
[Chorus]
Somewhere I went wrong but
I'm trying to a bit strong
Right now I'm down and out
Just trying to belong
I don't know why but I
Just sit down and cry
Wish I could shed all these tears
Get me out of here
Somehow.
Girl got a man and he just doesn't understand
Short days, long nights and he doesn't comprehend
Insecure mind that clutches to the porcelain
Parents got divorced and she doesn't feel important
Pitch black night, can't sleep, can't even eat
Barely making it in school, now she has to cheat
Trying to keep up an image of perfection
Friends backstab her, everyone has deception
Planning for her future but it gets way to stressed
Drinking it all away, still, she's a beautiful mess
Bruises represent abusive but she's making up excuses
Doing everything so she doesn't feel useless
Queen: you deserve the title
But here you are shooting me down with your rifle
Cruel and unusual world
She writes all down. Diary of a young girl.
[Chorus]
Somewhere I went wrong but
I'm trying to a bit strong
Right now I'm down and out
Just trying to belong
I don't know why but I
Just sit down and cry
Wish I could shed all these tears
Get me out of here
Somehow.
[Verse 2]
Living just to die, spending it all to quickly
It's a pity a girl so pretty living in a world so gritty
More make up to cover her face from the hurt
Cuts on her wrists so she's wearing long sleeved shirts
Shades hiding her eyes filled with pain and sorrow
Looking forward ahead knowing there is no tomorrow
Scarf around her neck to block hand prints
Deep inhales of the cigarettes, posing for a candid
Every night crawls into bed and looks at the ceiling
Extremities numb and cold but her heart still has feeling
Tears stream down her cheeks. They leave a path
Picks up her lamp tosses it and it feels her wrath
Breaking down, meltdown, no one around now
Parents out of town, boyfriend creeping around wow
Doesn't know what to do, her head starts to swirl
She writes it all down. Diary of a young girl
[Chorus]
Somewhere I went wrong but
I'm trying to a bit strong
Right now I'm down and out
Just trying to belong
I don't know why but I
Just sit down and cry
Wish I could shed all these tears
Get me out of here
Somehow.
[Verse 3]
Walk into a coffee shop late at night
I tell him keep the change as I slip a five
Glance at the counter and I notice her
5 foot 4 pure beauty and I know she's hurt
Sitting all alone, ran away from home, bag at her side
Frail and delicate, at moments, tears on her face dried
Writing in her notebook, into her own thoughts
I sit right next to her and drink my coffee while it's still hot
She stops sets her pen down and takes a drink
Compelling to exchange words, this is what I think
I talk to her and we converse for hours
4 am and we're still up. This cafe is ours
She gets up and I bid her a long farewell
Whispers in my ear, and something's changed I can tell
Hands me her book, she'll call when she's out and up
Rehab it says in her diary. Young girl, good luck.
[Chorus]
Somewhere I went wrong but
I'm trying to a bit strong
Right now I'm down and out
Just trying to belong
I don't know why but I
Just sit down and cry
Wish I could shed all these tears
Get me out of here
Somehow.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
The Road of Trials
I'm traveling on this dusty road of existence
My skin is rough and taut, but my eyes glisten
Hands scarred deep with the tasks of yesterday
Walking for a better day, polishing my life's resume
Legs have been weakened by thousands of steps
My heart reps and lets the body do the rest
Don't mind me, honestly not looking for trouble
But a magnet to this madness, look at it bubble
I arose from the rubble and made it to a hustle
Grind to a science, refined but still have to tussle
Not trying to scuffle but I do more than rebuttals
Smuggled and struggled, dents in my knuckles
Taking broad steps and strides, no longer a shuffle
But taking this path will provide problems, a couple
Nothing in my possession, not a bag nor duffel
This sword edge is doubled, similar to the muscle
[Chorus]
I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind
I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
I'm transforming into something I can't understand
Adversity has raised the stakes to a higher level
I see him glancing and laughing, eying is the Devil
Sign a contract he asks, my problems disappear
But it appears that my fear can never be cured
I feel the ordeals and the appeal of it being released
But the real zeal of this can never be peeled or appeased
Living on threads and fumes, all guts and spirit
My heart and soul, these ghouls are trying to kill it
I'm second guessing myself. True grit and grind
I've got to do it myself. I'm a conqueror by design
Resign the lines because this will make me stronger
All you war mongers will have to wait longer
For my demise and death, I've got extra lives
I'll survive when others died and strive the jive
Where others faced harsh conditions I will thrive
On this Road of lies I'll be the one to open our eyes
[Chorus]
I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind
I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
I'm transforming into something I can't understand
If you want to see what I've seen, use your ears
Listen to the continents and travels right in here
I'm embedding into this track the tracks I've walked
Do you feel the scorching sun on my back along the rocks?
Taste the bitter dust on your tongue blowing by
Feel blessed by the breeze in the clouds flowing high
Golden sun and a silver moon
Pause for a second, enjoy the scenery, then resume
Emerald tree tops that shade the protagonist
Not lacking in this blasphemous rapper spit, grab a bit
Warm yourself around the fire I've created
Twigs and branches ignite the pyres. The warmth gated
A hunger deep in my stomach, be acquainted
Unless feeling jaded, don't elate this. It's all related
Any problem handed to me becomes diminished
Tan-skinned and and second winded, anything I'll finish
[Chorus]
I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind
I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
I'm transforming into something I can't understand
My skin is rough and taut, but my eyes glisten
Hands scarred deep with the tasks of yesterday
Walking for a better day, polishing my life's resume
Legs have been weakened by thousands of steps
My heart reps and lets the body do the rest
Don't mind me, honestly not looking for trouble
But a magnet to this madness, look at it bubble
I arose from the rubble and made it to a hustle
Grind to a science, refined but still have to tussle
Not trying to scuffle but I do more than rebuttals
Smuggled and struggled, dents in my knuckles
Taking broad steps and strides, no longer a shuffle
But taking this path will provide problems, a couple
Nothing in my possession, not a bag nor duffel
This sword edge is doubled, similar to the muscle
[Chorus]
I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind
I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
I'm transforming into something I can't understand
Adversity has raised the stakes to a higher level
I see him glancing and laughing, eying is the Devil
Sign a contract he asks, my problems disappear
But it appears that my fear can never be cured
I feel the ordeals and the appeal of it being released
But the real zeal of this can never be peeled or appeased
Living on threads and fumes, all guts and spirit
My heart and soul, these ghouls are trying to kill it
I'm second guessing myself. True grit and grind
I've got to do it myself. I'm a conqueror by design
Resign the lines because this will make me stronger
All you war mongers will have to wait longer
For my demise and death, I've got extra lives
I'll survive when others died and strive the jive
Where others faced harsh conditions I will thrive
On this Road of lies I'll be the one to open our eyes
[Chorus]
I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind
I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
I'm transforming into something I can't understand
If you want to see what I've seen, use your ears
Listen to the continents and travels right in here
I'm embedding into this track the tracks I've walked
Do you feel the scorching sun on my back along the rocks?
Taste the bitter dust on your tongue blowing by
Feel blessed by the breeze in the clouds flowing high
Golden sun and a silver moon
Pause for a second, enjoy the scenery, then resume
Emerald tree tops that shade the protagonist
Not lacking in this blasphemous rapper spit, grab a bit
Warm yourself around the fire I've created
Twigs and branches ignite the pyres. The warmth gated
A hunger deep in my stomach, be acquainted
Unless feeling jaded, don't elate this. It's all related
Any problem handed to me becomes diminished
Tan-skinned and and second winded, anything I'll finish
[Chorus]
I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind
I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand
This road of Trials. This road of Trials.
I'm transforming into something I can't understand
Monday, December 20, 2010
Belly of the Whale
Where am I? I ask myself in this dark room
Take a match from my pocket and light it through the gloom
I look around and try to observe my surroundings
An entirely blank room, yet somewhat astounding
I find a door, painted crimson directly in front of me
Walking slowly toward it but see shadows suddenly
Grab me and sit me down in a chair from nowhere
Tied down, wrists confined, my vision impaired
The tiny flicker of the match goes out and poof
I feel the room close in, from the walls to the roof
Out of the black, another flame is born
Instead of me, who's holding it, hold up, I must be torn
It's me holding the match, am I dreaming or what?
He or I lights a cigarette and then holds it up
I look straight into my eyes and he starts laughing
My cuffs are undone. I feel stuck. No time passing
He or me, is dressed in an all black suit
But it is me isn't it? This fact I can't refute.
He takes another drag and blows three smoke rings
Calmly he pulls a chair and a light from the air and then he brings
Forth a table and sets his feet on it
Out from the ceiling comes down two gin and tonics
Drink up he tells me, pushing the glass forward
No thanks, I tell him, I don't drink. My head lowers
He laughs and gulps his in the blink of an eye
I'm sitting looking at myself wondering how and why
He says You need to come to face the fact I'm real
I feel! I breathe! And I cheat, lie and steal.
Here I am! I am your long lost brother
I am your demons and monsters. Like no other.
He pulls out a gun and he points it at my face
He smiles a devilish grin. Bullets fire and I lose grace
Bleeding, panting, losing blood and confused
He tells me that he is everything I refused
Do you know what I am? He asks me maliciously
I am all that is wrong with you! But, curiously
You acted like I was all wrong and vicious, please.
He grips his jet black gat and yells furiously:
You can't destroy me, you can try to quell me
He shoots and shouts I'll engulf you into the belly
Of the beast and yes you will become this!
He points at himself and clenches his fist
Slams it against my skull. I collapse into the ground
I'm looking around, I only hear the thumping sound
Of my heart beating wildly like a bass drum
Then I realize all along I've been so dumb.
Look! I said to him, trying to get his attention
I'm sorry I've ignored you. I feel my muscles tension
Instead of killing me and taking my body
Join with me and we'll work together. Just stop me
If I'm wrong, but you know this as well as I do
That us together is too powerful. I swear it's true.
He contemplates and nods his head in agreement, yes
He sets his gun aside and gives me his left
Hand so I grab it and I feel so at rest
I wake up in my bed and I feel so blessed
Take a match from my pocket and light it through the gloom
I look around and try to observe my surroundings
An entirely blank room, yet somewhat astounding
I find a door, painted crimson directly in front of me
Walking slowly toward it but see shadows suddenly
Grab me and sit me down in a chair from nowhere
Tied down, wrists confined, my vision impaired
The tiny flicker of the match goes out and poof
I feel the room close in, from the walls to the roof
Out of the black, another flame is born
Instead of me, who's holding it, hold up, I must be torn
It's me holding the match, am I dreaming or what?
He or I lights a cigarette and then holds it up
I look straight into my eyes and he starts laughing
My cuffs are undone. I feel stuck. No time passing
He or me, is dressed in an all black suit
But it is me isn't it? This fact I can't refute.
He takes another drag and blows three smoke rings
Calmly he pulls a chair and a light from the air and then he brings
Forth a table and sets his feet on it
Out from the ceiling comes down two gin and tonics
Drink up he tells me, pushing the glass forward
No thanks, I tell him, I don't drink. My head lowers
He laughs and gulps his in the blink of an eye
I'm sitting looking at myself wondering how and why
He says You need to come to face the fact I'm real
I feel! I breathe! And I cheat, lie and steal.
Here I am! I am your long lost brother
I am your demons and monsters. Like no other.
He pulls out a gun and he points it at my face
He smiles a devilish grin. Bullets fire and I lose grace
Bleeding, panting, losing blood and confused
He tells me that he is everything I refused
Do you know what I am? He asks me maliciously
I am all that is wrong with you! But, curiously
You acted like I was all wrong and vicious, please.
He grips his jet black gat and yells furiously:
You can't destroy me, you can try to quell me
He shoots and shouts I'll engulf you into the belly
Of the beast and yes you will become this!
He points at himself and clenches his fist
Slams it against my skull. I collapse into the ground
I'm looking around, I only hear the thumping sound
Of my heart beating wildly like a bass drum
Then I realize all along I've been so dumb.
Look! I said to him, trying to get his attention
I'm sorry I've ignored you. I feel my muscles tension
Instead of killing me and taking my body
Join with me and we'll work together. Just stop me
If I'm wrong, but you know this as well as I do
That us together is too powerful. I swear it's true.
He contemplates and nods his head in agreement, yes
He sets his gun aside and gives me his left
Hand so I grab it and I feel so at rest
I wake up in my bed and I feel so blessed
Crossing of the First
I'm in a totally new land, I can't understand
Are they really injecting fat into their glands?
Cars and jewelery is translated to whips and chains
Refrain from this lifestyle to keep my brain
But that's what in right now, what's hot and popular
I've gotta examine it faraway, give me some binoculars
I'll dissect this thing and look through a microscope
I hope the Pope doesn't hear about this, nope!
Thousand dollar outfits, shunning all the misfits
Outcasts out classed, drop plastic to be really fit
Tailored this and that, customized Gucci hats
You really wearing that? That seems a little wack
But they tell me it's hot in the game, rock for some fame
Act bolder and get yourself a diamond studded cane
Citizens of this world are Ego powered
I'll get crushed here if I don't look out: miso shower
A dangerous realm where the top are jets
No souls around here, the Devils' been making bets
I'm venturing into something totally unknown
I'd like to phone home, can't breathe in this warzone
Avenues of revenue, princess cut diamonds in it
Rose all day, thousand dollar champagne: try a sip
Retirement funds are blown in a matter of minutes
These people know no limits and never finish
The party don't stop and no one knows when it starts
So they end up living it until the last thump of the heart
The water here is priced at an arm and limb
What pays is sin, that's whats in, implants: no gym
Am I really trying to get mixed in with these kind of people?
My wealth is little and feeble and theirs too regal
Will my attempts in this world seem so jocular?
Or will I get eaten by what's really popular?
Them boys don't know how and why I'm so clean
Give me a full cover to cover special edition magazine
You feel my VIBE, so I gotta Optimize
I've got SmartMoney so I maximize
So upscale with ambition double X L
The details of this well, simply I excel
Multi-national man, call me a Cosmopolitan
I make it hard to breathe, damn, get you some Oxygen
That's just LIFE! I'm such an Entrepreneur
I'm a Highlight Premiere with Fortunes galore
A Visionaire so rare with the commissionaire
They stare like I'm a Vanity Fair, I'm up there
In the Penthouse with a hunger Ethiopian
With a classic style that's priceless: Smithsonian
I'm an Esquire since I require a higher wire
Call me sire, hot and out of the dryer, never too tired
Are they really injecting fat into their glands?
Cars and jewelery is translated to whips and chains
Refrain from this lifestyle to keep my brain
But that's what in right now, what's hot and popular
I've gotta examine it faraway, give me some binoculars
I'll dissect this thing and look through a microscope
I hope the Pope doesn't hear about this, nope!
Thousand dollar outfits, shunning all the misfits
Outcasts out classed, drop plastic to be really fit
Tailored this and that, customized Gucci hats
You really wearing that? That seems a little wack
But they tell me it's hot in the game, rock for some fame
Act bolder and get yourself a diamond studded cane
Citizens of this world are Ego powered
I'll get crushed here if I don't look out: miso shower
A dangerous realm where the top are jets
No souls around here, the Devils' been making bets
I'm venturing into something totally unknown
I'd like to phone home, can't breathe in this warzone
Avenues of revenue, princess cut diamonds in it
Rose all day, thousand dollar champagne: try a sip
Retirement funds are blown in a matter of minutes
These people know no limits and never finish
The party don't stop and no one knows when it starts
So they end up living it until the last thump of the heart
The water here is priced at an arm and limb
What pays is sin, that's whats in, implants: no gym
Am I really trying to get mixed in with these kind of people?
My wealth is little and feeble and theirs too regal
Will my attempts in this world seem so jocular?
Or will I get eaten by what's really popular?
Them boys don't know how and why I'm so clean
Give me a full cover to cover special edition magazine
You feel my VIBE, so I gotta Optimize
I've got SmartMoney so I maximize
So upscale with ambition double X L
The details of this well, simply I excel
Multi-national man, call me a Cosmopolitan
I make it hard to breathe, damn, get you some Oxygen
That's just LIFE! I'm such an Entrepreneur
I'm a Highlight Premiere with Fortunes galore
A Visionaire so rare with the commissionaire
They stare like I'm a Vanity Fair, I'm up there
In the Penthouse with a hunger Ethiopian
With a classic style that's priceless: Smithsonian
I'm an Esquire since I require a higher wire
Call me sire, hot and out of the dryer, never too tired
Supernatural Aid
And so it goes like this, swagger beats for your soul
Listen to the gold that swallows you whole
The chimes provide a very surreal experience
Ruling over you so massively you perceive it's tyrannous
But you enjoy the extreme control it has
No puff puff pass, because this is a high that lasts
This treble is edible, I feast it's metaphysical frame
Devouring these treats creates and I've became
An alchemist of great powers and abilities
Silly me, this is just supernatural remedies
On the contrary, it's unleashing my potential
Practicing on instrumentals is increasing my mental
Every now and then we need a tiny little push
Thank God that mine is the sound equivalent of kush
Light it up, take a hit, roll it up, make it switch
Lift your cup, bake a bit, slow it up, this is it.
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, the way you carry yourself
I put on myself, call my shoulders and back a shelf
I feel strengthened, empowered, like I am needed
No tedious tasks ahead, importance, I really feel it
Abstract tracks and stressed quests are handed to me
But I don't lack valor or zest, I am Takumi
Let me handle all these things being aided of course
Let the beat drop and I'll still have made it smooth not coarse
There's an angel on this journey that I'm taking
An ethereal form to keep my back from breaking
She provides me with muses and refuses to let go
She inspires me and fuses what loses so I know
Swims through my veins, whispers in my ears
Embraces my pains, tempers me right here
Beyond belief, out of this world visions been made
This is normal given my supernatural aid
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, the way you carry yourself
I put on myself, call my shoulders and back a shelf
I feel strengthened, empowered, like I am needed
No tedious tasks ahead, importance, I really feel it
Abstract tracks and stressed quests are handed to me
But I don't lack valor or zest, I am Takumi
Let me handle all these things being aided of course
Let the beat drop and I'll still have made it smooth not coarse
There's an angel on this journey that I'm taking
An ethereal form to keep my back from breaking
She provides me with muses and refuses to let go
She inspires me and fuses what loses so I know
Swims through my veins, whispers in my ears
Embraces my pains, tempers me right here
Beyond belief, out of this world visions been made
This is normal given my supernatural aid
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
And so it goes like this, like this
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Refusal
You can't do this as well as you think you can
You can't overcome all this adversity young man
You can't flow as expertly as the professionals
You can't expect us to like these confessionals
You can't really imagine yourself doing this for a living
You can't picture all the work you'll have to be giving
You can't be able to deliver something marketable
You can't write or create a piece claimed as remarkable
Refusal. Refusal.
You won't actually go through with all of your plans
You won't go to the booth and record your quote on quote jams
You won't release a mixtape ready for purchase
You won't because you're afraid it's worthless
You won't put yourself out there on any stage
You won't share any of the lyrics you've written on the page
You won't think of anything that's everlasting
You won't give up your comforts for this rap thing
Refusal. Refusal.
You don't possess the necessary skills to back it up
You don't construct heavy hitting songs, just a hiccup
You don't like hearing any kind of criticism
You don't grow as an artist without cynicism
You don't try out new and different things
You don't sound like a crowning sound, this isn't King
You don't represent the struggle or poverty
You don't have street stories or credibility
Refusal. Refusal.
You shouldn't do this, your efforts are laughable
You shouldn't do this, all of the damages are collateral
You shouldn't continue, stop while you're ahead
You shouldn't think you have skill, your work will end up dead
You shouldn't want any fame. This music is not a game
You shouldn't have this ambition. Your parents are ashamed
You shouldn't contain this brain to write stupid raps
You shouldn't keep writing this song. You know it's crap
Refusal. Refusal.
You can't overcome all this adversity young man
You can't flow as expertly as the professionals
You can't expect us to like these confessionals
You can't really imagine yourself doing this for a living
You can't picture all the work you'll have to be giving
You can't be able to deliver something marketable
You can't write or create a piece claimed as remarkable
Refusal. Refusal.
You won't actually go through with all of your plans
You won't go to the booth and record your quote on quote jams
You won't release a mixtape ready for purchase
You won't because you're afraid it's worthless
You won't put yourself out there on any stage
You won't share any of the lyrics you've written on the page
You won't think of anything that's everlasting
You won't give up your comforts for this rap thing
Refusal. Refusal.
You don't possess the necessary skills to back it up
You don't construct heavy hitting songs, just a hiccup
You don't like hearing any kind of criticism
You don't grow as an artist without cynicism
You don't try out new and different things
You don't sound like a crowning sound, this isn't King
You don't represent the struggle or poverty
You don't have street stories or credibility
Refusal. Refusal.
You shouldn't do this, your efforts are laughable
You shouldn't do this, all of the damages are collateral
You shouldn't continue, stop while you're ahead
You shouldn't think you have skill, your work will end up dead
You shouldn't want any fame. This music is not a game
You shouldn't have this ambition. Your parents are ashamed
You shouldn't contain this brain to write stupid raps
You shouldn't keep writing this song. You know it's crap
Refusal. Refusal.
The Call to Adventure
I woke up in the middle of the night
Midnight, that's when I gained some sight
High like a satellite, discovering my plight
Fist up like the might, and I strike down tight
Lace up my kicks: Chun-Li style
Ready to run these tracks, code red dials
Went to to the booth, pen and pad in hand
Understand that my mind is grand not bland
Excitement running through my fingertips
Imagination examination lingers, this
Is it, Michael Jackson documentary
Except it's about my life, I won't pretend to be
Hard or a superstar, just an aspiration
To make it for my entire stay and duration
Face it, you racists, check my pedigree
And family tree: Chinese and Vietnamese
[Chorus]
I hear it calling: 1, 2, 3, 4
I hear it beckon: Give, me, some, more
I hear it shouting, 5, 6, 7, 8
I hear it yelling: Ad, venture, can't, wait
My mind's bursting at the seams it seems
Thoughts reigning supreme and my dreams
Become realities, ideas amounting to become new strategies
No salary but I'm good in the hood: Applebee's
Rattle me and shake my head, ineffective
My directive is locked in, respect it
I spit 16s at 16 so magnificently
That you will see eventually I am ready to be
Known here and there for my inner strengths
This winner ranks high on your memory banks
Brain storm so thoughts may weather together
Whether feather or heavy weight, it's clever
Tornado process, torpedoes no rest
Volcano thoughts hard press, Saints call this blessed
I feel it in my gut, I know it in my heart
Something is calling out to me, but when do I start?
Midnight, that's when I gained some sight
High like a satellite, discovering my plight
Fist up like the might, and I strike down tight
Lace up my kicks: Chun-Li style
Ready to run these tracks, code red dials
Went to to the booth, pen and pad in hand
Understand that my mind is grand not bland
Excitement running through my fingertips
Imagination examination lingers, this
Is it, Michael Jackson documentary
Except it's about my life, I won't pretend to be
Hard or a superstar, just an aspiration
To make it for my entire stay and duration
Face it, you racists, check my pedigree
And family tree: Chinese and Vietnamese
[Chorus]
I hear it calling: 1, 2, 3, 4
I hear it beckon: Give, me, some, more
I hear it shouting, 5, 6, 7, 8
I hear it yelling: Ad, venture, can't, wait
My mind's bursting at the seams it seems
Thoughts reigning supreme and my dreams
Become realities, ideas amounting to become new strategies
No salary but I'm good in the hood: Applebee's
Rattle me and shake my head, ineffective
My directive is locked in, respect it
I spit 16s at 16 so magnificently
That you will see eventually I am ready to be
Known here and there for my inner strengths
This winner ranks high on your memory banks
Brain storm so thoughts may weather together
Whether feather or heavy weight, it's clever
Tornado process, torpedoes no rest
Volcano thoughts hard press, Saints call this blessed
I feel it in my gut, I know it in my heart
Something is calling out to me, but when do I start?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Figures 1 through 3
[Verse 1]
Before we explain this, let's lay down some foundation
Have a little patience and let's do some preparation
Inertia means things want to keep doing what they do
If something is sitting down, it'll keep and continue
Until something moves it out of the way with force
It'll only move when it's hit with unbalanced of course
With that being said, we move onto law number uno
The law of inertia, similar to the one said by Galileo
So, let's teach about the way things go and flow
Then the more you know, the more you'll be pro
A ball sitting on a table, very stable and able
It's sitting still and quiet, unmoving, that's it's label
Because the forces acting on it is balanced
It'll be as steady as a rock with no other challenge
But send another ball flying it's way
Unbalanced force hits it, demonstrating it today
[Verse 2]
Second law of motion might seem to cause commotion
But it's not magic and potions, it's easier than a quotient
Remember this, the holy grail equation
Force equals Mass times acceleration
If you're moving a 50 kg mass at your full potential
It'll move pretty fast, that's just instrumental
But add more mass to make one hundred kilograms
It'll go slower than molasses covered ham
Each of those things are all proportional
Remember F=MA and you'll end up venerable
Mathematically, you can solve for missing variables
It's all elementary, it's simply charitable!
This law is one of the most powerful and fundamental
A large component of physics, very elemental
The quantitative calculation of dynamics
One of the hugest cogs in the world's mechanics
[Verse 3]
See it all around you, yes it is true
All of these laws, 1 and 2, happening around you
Including number three, let me help you see
This is the last one to learn, go ahead and breathe
Third law of motion is a simple statement
But the things it influences will have you in amazement
For every action an equal reaction
For ever small fraction, an equal transaction
Look at the world, and you can spot an example
A sample: the flame and flicker of a candle
The fire reacts with the chemical on the wick
And with the air around it, yeah, it's pretty slick
How about the majestic blast of a rocket?
The gasoline from the engine, no don't knock it
Now you know all of these things, so you can profit
Of having these laws pat down, snug in your pocket
Before we explain this, let's lay down some foundation
Have a little patience and let's do some preparation
Inertia means things want to keep doing what they do
If something is sitting down, it'll keep and continue
Until something moves it out of the way with force
It'll only move when it's hit with unbalanced of course
With that being said, we move onto law number uno
The law of inertia, similar to the one said by Galileo
So, let's teach about the way things go and flow
Then the more you know, the more you'll be pro
A ball sitting on a table, very stable and able
It's sitting still and quiet, unmoving, that's it's label
Because the forces acting on it is balanced
It'll be as steady as a rock with no other challenge
But send another ball flying it's way
Unbalanced force hits it, demonstrating it today
[Verse 2]
Second law of motion might seem to cause commotion
But it's not magic and potions, it's easier than a quotient
Remember this, the holy grail equation
Force equals Mass times acceleration
If you're moving a 50 kg mass at your full potential
It'll move pretty fast, that's just instrumental
But add more mass to make one hundred kilograms
It'll go slower than molasses covered ham
Each of those things are all proportional
Remember F=MA and you'll end up venerable
Mathematically, you can solve for missing variables
It's all elementary, it's simply charitable!
This law is one of the most powerful and fundamental
A large component of physics, very elemental
The quantitative calculation of dynamics
One of the hugest cogs in the world's mechanics
[Verse 3]
See it all around you, yes it is true
All of these laws, 1 and 2, happening around you
Including number three, let me help you see
This is the last one to learn, go ahead and breathe
Third law of motion is a simple statement
But the things it influences will have you in amazement
For every action an equal reaction
For ever small fraction, an equal transaction
Look at the world, and you can spot an example
A sample: the flame and flicker of a candle
The fire reacts with the chemical on the wick
And with the air around it, yeah, it's pretty slick
How about the majestic blast of a rocket?
The gasoline from the engine, no don't knock it
Now you know all of these things, so you can profit
Of having these laws pat down, snug in your pocket
Sunday, November 28, 2010
[Untitled]
I'm almost famous so I aim this
I'm not nameless, ignoramus, please play this
I've got checkers not gameless, and even the lameness
Claims that everyone loves me so call me Raymond
Not trying to be pretentious or too conscientious
But when I rep it they don't wanna mention this
And that right there is preposterous
Elemental rhymes, phosphorus droppin this
From the esophagus of this metropolis of consciousness
My rhymes in the prime, roll out, call it Optimus
My posture sick and monstrous: loch ness
I call my wrist Rick Roll, people keep viewing it
This is the truest influences that provides nuisances
I've already proven this that my ruler wit
Is measured beyond the mind of mortals: it's ludicrous
I do this not foolish or stupidness and I don't loosen it
I've got a super spit that makes even lugers trip
Seen a lotta stress, I confess and yes seeing to much fresh
When I walk to my closet it's like a fest of dress
That would impress the less and rest because
My prepped gear from the bottom to my chest is best, yes!
I stay fitted and I rip it in a minute kinda like Mr. West
But I'm Mister East, not a mystery, but this beast
On beats rises like yeast to a certain degree not the least
Slick like I'm greased, fresh to death like I'm deceased,
But I increase the peace like Priests and even flyer than Geese
I've got this in abundance, my subsistence, comeuppance
I rubbed this, so love it, baked and shipped out like muffins
My words electric in a metric ton son, not dyslexic
Or eccentric, it's synthetic and has power like kinetics
And I'm never done son! So you pathetics call this a conundrum
I'm not nameless, ignoramus, please play this
I've got checkers not gameless, and even the lameness
Claims that everyone loves me so call me Raymond
Not trying to be pretentious or too conscientious
But when I rep it they don't wanna mention this
And that right there is preposterous
Elemental rhymes, phosphorus droppin this
From the esophagus of this metropolis of consciousness
My rhymes in the prime, roll out, call it Optimus
My posture sick and monstrous: loch ness
I call my wrist Rick Roll, people keep viewing it
This is the truest influences that provides nuisances
I've already proven this that my ruler wit
Is measured beyond the mind of mortals: it's ludicrous
I do this not foolish or stupidness and I don't loosen it
I've got a super spit that makes even lugers trip
Seen a lotta stress, I confess and yes seeing to much fresh
When I walk to my closet it's like a fest of dress
That would impress the less and rest because
My prepped gear from the bottom to my chest is best, yes!
I stay fitted and I rip it in a minute kinda like Mr. West
But I'm Mister East, not a mystery, but this beast
On beats rises like yeast to a certain degree not the least
Slick like I'm greased, fresh to death like I'm deceased,
But I increase the peace like Priests and even flyer than Geese
I've got this in abundance, my subsistence, comeuppance
I rubbed this, so love it, baked and shipped out like muffins
My words electric in a metric ton son, not dyslexic
Or eccentric, it's synthetic and has power like kinetics
And I'm never done son! So you pathetics call this a conundrum
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Beautiful
[Chorus]
Ain’t no question if I want it, I need it
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
I’m on the edge, so why you playing? I’m saying
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
Not for nothing I’ve forseen it, I dream it
I can feel it slowly dripping away from me
No more chances if you blow this, you bogus
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
[Verse 1]
The mood is pensive, my mind is reflective
Soaking up the entire world and it's tension
The world ugly and the world is beautiful
Trying to catch it from the window view of a cubicle
Experience the fumes of the daily commute
Details astute and resolute in all my roots
Glance at the gasoline rainbows on the sidewalk
Enjoy the little side talk, c'mon let's rock
With no money in our wallets if you've already called it
Starving artists that go the hardest, still polished
Let the guitar wail through the wires and fire
Let it be the desire that all the mortals require
Smell the roses and let's live it very vivid
No room for livid, let's get em high and rip it
Hop aboard a spaceship, let's touch the sky
Tonight we forget that us humans can die
[Chorus]
Ain’t no question if I want it, I need it
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
I’m on the edge, so why you playing? I’m saying
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
Not for nothing I’ve forseen it, I dream it
I can feel it slowly dripping away from me
No more chances if you blow this, you bogus
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
[Verse 2]
Never losing focus is a hopeless task
It's asking for the daily people to take of their masks
We trip and fall, break our hips and all
Hit a brick wall and face blackmail and balled
So we grow untrusting and we never forget
But sad because we don't remember past regrets
Snap judgments made in a pungent way
So if I must stay, it'll be a redundant day
Every now and though, we lose, no stopping it
But sometimes from there, we gain consciousness
Our eyes opened along with our arms and heart
The human race is still at the line trying to start
In the scheme of things, it sure seems backwards
But if you lack words, afterwards it'll seem absurd
When we lose, never lose the lesson
6 chambers can change everything, ask Smith & Wesson
[Chorus]
Ain’t no question if I want it, I need it
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
I’m on the edge, so why you playing? I’m saying
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
Not for nothing I’ve forseen it, I dream it
I can feel it slowly dripping away from me
No more chances if you blow this, you bogus
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
[Verse 3]
Lock me up and throw away the key, well
I'll make straightjackets look dope on me, hell
Brand me a heathen and a scapegoat?
I'll walk on water, just give me time to escape the boat
Lecture my performance and turn your back on me?
Then you'll see that I never front, I think wonderfully
Call my mind a shallow pool of of nonsensical letters?
Then I'll go to a deeper level and show you I get better
Point out all my flaws and say they're my downfall?
I'll make them rise and I will astound all
Just analyze me until you finally succeed in my demise
But surprise, call me a Blazer for my uprise
Kick me out from your inner cliques and circles?
Then I'll just stay verbal and more universal
Speak all about me and how my tracks aren't musical
Calm down and I'll carry on beautiful
[Chorus]
Ain’t no question if I want it, I need it
I can feel it slowly drifting away from me
I’m on the edge, so why you playing? I’m saying
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
Not for nothing I’ve forseen it, I dream it
I can feel it slowly dripping away from me
No more chances if you blow this, you bogus
I will never ever let you live this down, down, down
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Alexander
Look, look: gander gander!
The boy came down to the land of landers
The land of Portland, the important imported dopeness is too much, don't snort it
Hit the spotlight and stage: dancers dancers
Tools of the trade: hammers hammers
Pronouns profound, grammar grammar
But chill with the quill: candor candor
Hit the track like heart attack: cancer cancer!
Got a question? I've got the answer
See everything like a band of Santas
So make some noise, clamor clamor
I'm up on a higher plane but this is standard
Your mud can't reach here, don't try to slander
Caught you red-handed: stammer stammer
Louder louder, grander grander!
Cuff them and tell it to them like Miranda
Got you endangered: pandas pandas
Poetic soliloquies, stanza stanzas
Teach you some lessons, manners manners
Life isn't always about the glitz and glamor
But depends on who you've got enamored
So you gotta switch it up, Adam Sandler
Orders to reporters: pan the cameras
Nuts with this cane, Planters, planters
Adjust the frame, tamper tamper
Treat it like newborns, pamper pamper
Talking about nothing: George Castanza
This song is like the Ku Klux vs the Panthers!
Slam dunk with the funk: slammer slammer
This is all so intense, campers campers
Flow like h2o, damper damper
Hope this song isn't getting any blander
But I've taken charge of this barge: Big Commander
Spit fire like Dylan or a salamander
Takumi or if you want Alexander
Never will I ever propaganda
Just leave you in a extravaganza
An incredible festival of wordplay bonanza
I've rapped circles around this like bandanas
And did you catch everything? Joe Montana
This is all impromptu, no need for planners
Just post some giant banners
All for this dude's witty banter.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Favorite Song
Let me be the one that you listen to every night
I'll be the reassuring constant telling you it's alright
I'll massage your brain and settle your mind
If you let it find I'll be more than kind
Unwind your thoughts, I'll help you get there
And I'll share the rare occasions and be fair
When you're riding the bus on your way home
I'll be there talking to you, wherever your roam
I'll help calm you down when stress arises
And provide compromises when there's a crisis
Not lifeless or worthless, let me play my purpose
I'll melt away the nervous, that's my service
Put your presence at ease, it's all at peace
My essence believe will let you fall asleep
We'll go back and forth like a game of pong
C'mon, let me be your favorite song
When you fall apart
I can make you strong
When it all goes wrong
I'll be your favorite song
When you lose your way
And the road is long
Let me come along
I'll be your favorite song
Romeo and Juliet without the tragedy
I'll compose poetry and be with you passionately
In actuality, we're not star-crossed, different galaxies
But despite our differences this is happening
Individually unique, but together astounding
Different techniques for the love that's amounting
I can't give you 20 karats or a trip to Cancun
But you enjoy my merits, I'll serenade you with tunes
Hand-made crafts, telling jokes to make you laugh
Collect go and pass, I'll save all my cash
To spend it on you, even though you don't need it
So receive and perceive it, and not even conceited
A classic tale of the boy meeting the girl
And his whole world upside, let it unfurl
Let me express all my emotion and devotion
Never we'll be divided, you're my quotient
When you fall apart
I can make you strong
When it all goes wrong
I'll be your favorite song
When you lose your way
And the road is long
Let me come along
I'll be your favorite song
I'll be the warm coat you slip on in cold breeze
That tingling hot that will have your frigid skin appeased
I'll be your mark inside your favorite book
Keep your place where you want me, never mistook
I'll be the covers and sheets on your bed and pillows
Holding your body and keep you sleepy like a willow
I'll be the light bulb inside that lamp you use the most
Always bright, always shining and always at my post
I'll be your trusty worn in sneaker shoes
Be right there at all times, step by step, with you
I'll be your diary that you write in late at night
Tell me your thoughts in full color, not just black and white
I'll be your lucky coin that you keep inside your pocket
So you can get an A on your test and your projects
I'll be your home-cooked meal on delivery wheels
Hot and fast, in a flash, this is how home feels
I'll be the reassuring constant telling you it's alright
I'll massage your brain and settle your mind
If you let it find I'll be more than kind
Unwind your thoughts, I'll help you get there
And I'll share the rare occasions and be fair
When you're riding the bus on your way home
I'll be there talking to you, wherever your roam
I'll help calm you down when stress arises
And provide compromises when there's a crisis
Not lifeless or worthless, let me play my purpose
I'll melt away the nervous, that's my service
Put your presence at ease, it's all at peace
My essence believe will let you fall asleep
We'll go back and forth like a game of pong
C'mon, let me be your favorite song
When you fall apart
I can make you strong
When it all goes wrong
I'll be your favorite song
When you lose your way
And the road is long
Let me come along
I'll be your favorite song
Romeo and Juliet without the tragedy
I'll compose poetry and be with you passionately
In actuality, we're not star-crossed, different galaxies
But despite our differences this is happening
Individually unique, but together astounding
Different techniques for the love that's amounting
I can't give you 20 karats or a trip to Cancun
But you enjoy my merits, I'll serenade you with tunes
Hand-made crafts, telling jokes to make you laugh
Collect go and pass, I'll save all my cash
To spend it on you, even though you don't need it
So receive and perceive it, and not even conceited
A classic tale of the boy meeting the girl
And his whole world upside, let it unfurl
Let me express all my emotion and devotion
Never we'll be divided, you're my quotient
When you fall apart
I can make you strong
When it all goes wrong
I'll be your favorite song
When you lose your way
And the road is long
Let me come along
I'll be your favorite song
I'll be the warm coat you slip on in cold breeze
That tingling hot that will have your frigid skin appeased
I'll be your mark inside your favorite book
Keep your place where you want me, never mistook
I'll be the covers and sheets on your bed and pillows
Holding your body and keep you sleepy like a willow
I'll be the light bulb inside that lamp you use the most
Always bright, always shining and always at my post
I'll be your trusty worn in sneaker shoes
Be right there at all times, step by step, with you
I'll be your diary that you write in late at night
Tell me your thoughts in full color, not just black and white
I'll be your lucky coin that you keep inside your pocket
So you can get an A on your test and your projects
I'll be your home-cooked meal on delivery wheels
Hot and fast, in a flash, this is how home feels
Monday, November 1, 2010
Do It!
I do it for the MCs stuck with me in a row
I do it for the deadly Bruce Lee water flow
I do it for my heritage and the marriage of lyrics and beat
Not for the percentage or for a diamond treat
Doing it for the clever puns and zany wit provided
Louder, never quiet, doing it because I've never tried it
I'll do it for the beat breaks and for soulful samples
Example: coupled with ample words is a gamble
But through the brambles well arise a stronger man
I do it for him, I crawl so he may one day stand
I do it for the unsung heroes of decades long gone
For the Neville Longbottom's and all the Rons
I do it for Nerdfighteria and the area of excellence
Do it to end malaria and the gall of pestilence
With an iambic pentameter in my mind cabinets
I do it for the amateurs and for a classical lavish
For bleeding pens and broken graphite in my pocket
I don't claim to represent the projects
But in facts rhymes and rockets all in the same class
And to make sure I do more than pass
I do it for the rhyme-addicted and gifted honor roll
And for the bottom of the barrel with way much soul
I do it for communications in all words
And even for my antithesis, but maybe 2/3s
Hell, nevermind that, I do it for the whole rational
Just make calculus a little more fashionable
I do it even for projectile motion and physics
Put it together and we've got moving poetry and lyrics
Let's all do it for the love and the pursuit of greatness
Excuse my lateness, but would you rather me fake this?
Doing it for the procrastinators and lazy neighbors
I'll get back to you, I promise, just maybe later
For the threads and clothes laying on me so classy
I do it for the sake of looking good and never ashy
Never get past me because I'm time traveling
I'm doing this for all the future I'm unraveling
A matrimony of freshness and old school presence
I do it for the future, past, and present
For all the hip hop heads rocking any gear
I do it for all my people that helped me get here
And I do it for the haters, despite the cliche
But hey, I want to prove you all wrong, so press play.
I do it for the deadly Bruce Lee water flow
I do it for my heritage and the marriage of lyrics and beat
Not for the percentage or for a diamond treat
Doing it for the clever puns and zany wit provided
Louder, never quiet, doing it because I've never tried it
I'll do it for the beat breaks and for soulful samples
Example: coupled with ample words is a gamble
But through the brambles well arise a stronger man
I do it for him, I crawl so he may one day stand
I do it for the unsung heroes of decades long gone
For the Neville Longbottom's and all the Rons
I do it for Nerdfighteria and the area of excellence
Do it to end malaria and the gall of pestilence
With an iambic pentameter in my mind cabinets
I do it for the amateurs and for a classical lavish
For bleeding pens and broken graphite in my pocket
I don't claim to represent the projects
But in facts rhymes and rockets all in the same class
And to make sure I do more than pass
I do it for the rhyme-addicted and gifted honor roll
And for the bottom of the barrel with way much soul
I do it for communications in all words
And even for my antithesis, but maybe 2/3s
Hell, nevermind that, I do it for the whole rational
Just make calculus a little more fashionable
I do it even for projectile motion and physics
Put it together and we've got moving poetry and lyrics
Let's all do it for the love and the pursuit of greatness
Excuse my lateness, but would you rather me fake this?
Doing it for the procrastinators and lazy neighbors
I'll get back to you, I promise, just maybe later
For the threads and clothes laying on me so classy
I do it for the sake of looking good and never ashy
Never get past me because I'm time traveling
I'm doing this for all the future I'm unraveling
A matrimony of freshness and old school presence
I do it for the future, past, and present
For all the hip hop heads rocking any gear
I do it for all my people that helped me get here
And I do it for the haters, despite the cliche
But hey, I want to prove you all wrong, so press play.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Ascend
[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Verse 1)
Crawling at the bottom: street rat, weak rap
Sewage, disgusting, un-trusting, meek crap
Only wearing rags, bags, and tattered gowns
Lags, sags, tears of a sad clown
Struggling and surviving to make a little scratch
With this kind of garbage no one would attach
A poor beggar and pauper, nothing is less proper
A prince to a servant, what can I offer?
We're all in the gutters, but I'm looking up
Drinking dirty tap water from a Styrofoam cup
Glancing at the stars, mirroring my ambition
Raise my position, paid the tuition
Knowledge at my fingertips and my disposal
So prepare yourself for my decent proposal
I'll never be the best, and I know that for certain
But it's a brand new day, open your curtains
[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Verse 2)
Ascension, pretension, let me have your attention
I'm the pension mentioned with every detention
Imprisoned decisions provide provisions
Mine, just glisten, with vivid, intentions
Lifted to the utmost degree of revisions
Please visit, the timid, limit, of pistons
Fired up on each cylinder, I am blazing
Half-man, Half-supreme, it seems I'm amazing
Rags to rubies, rocking Gucci to Louie
I'm the wealth you seek, just try to pursue me
Paper chase, flavor race, if this is the final case
Buy face, purchase grace, embroidered in silk lace
A platinum Saturn, symbolize a monument
A golden Poland, cover the plates and continents
Hungrier, lovelier, more I'll start conquering
The following is brought by the sponsoring
[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Verse 3)
Opulence has brought me this, statuettes
Fifty of the palace set, deliver it to me in jets
Mercy me, mercialago, toggle the goggle
Marvel at the rumble of the throttle
Soul not sold to the devil, on the contrary: Diablo
Pablo, dope flow, Rob Roy, bravo!
Ego bolstered and cultured even more grand
So please stand, give a hand to the diamond band
Riding easy, prosperity, nary a rarity
Nay to charity, I spend less than sparingly
A prosperous rocket ship represents myself
The heat I seek bubble the shuttles and melt
An Einstein on the grind and in the mind
But lost to the divine dimes of rhyme
Time is currency currently buy a moment
But if it all dries up, will it be as potent?
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Verse 1)
Crawling at the bottom: street rat, weak rap
Sewage, disgusting, un-trusting, meek crap
Only wearing rags, bags, and tattered gowns
Lags, sags, tears of a sad clown
Struggling and surviving to make a little scratch
With this kind of garbage no one would attach
A poor beggar and pauper, nothing is less proper
A prince to a servant, what can I offer?
We're all in the gutters, but I'm looking up
Drinking dirty tap water from a Styrofoam cup
Glancing at the stars, mirroring my ambition
Raise my position, paid the tuition
Knowledge at my fingertips and my disposal
So prepare yourself for my decent proposal
I'll never be the best, and I know that for certain
But it's a brand new day, open your curtains
[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Verse 2)
Ascension, pretension, let me have your attention
I'm the pension mentioned with every detention
Imprisoned decisions provide provisions
Mine, just glisten, with vivid, intentions
Lifted to the utmost degree of revisions
Please visit, the timid, limit, of pistons
Fired up on each cylinder, I am blazing
Half-man, Half-supreme, it seems I'm amazing
Rags to rubies, rocking Gucci to Louie
I'm the wealth you seek, just try to pursue me
Paper chase, flavor race, if this is the final case
Buy face, purchase grace, embroidered in silk lace
A platinum Saturn, symbolize a monument
A golden Poland, cover the plates and continents
Hungrier, lovelier, more I'll start conquering
The following is brought by the sponsoring
[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Verse 3)
Opulence has brought me this, statuettes
Fifty of the palace set, deliver it to me in jets
Mercy me, mercialago, toggle the goggle
Marvel at the rumble of the throttle
Soul not sold to the devil, on the contrary: Diablo
Pablo, dope flow, Rob Roy, bravo!
Ego bolstered and cultured even more grand
So please stand, give a hand to the diamond band
Riding easy, prosperity, nary a rarity
Nay to charity, I spend less than sparingly
A prosperous rocket ship represents myself
The heat I seek bubble the shuttles and melt
An Einstein on the grind and in the mind
But lost to the divine dimes of rhyme
Time is currency currently buy a moment
But if it all dries up, will it be as potent?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Brother
[Intro]
I had to do it myself
I had to do it myself despite what they thought
I mean, if I didn't, who would?
You gonna love me man
Whats up man? (Whats up.)
(Verse 1)
As if we were villains by necessity
Maybe I gotta work on my broliloquy
Because even if we past every tragedy
There's always going to be a little comedy
Periodically I'm in my element: Bromine
So keen with not gangster lean, just gleam
Self-esteem through the roof, here's the proof
I'll have you broken, aloof, and gone like poof
Brocabuluary knowledge, street-smart polished
Like the fingernails on the punk rock logic
Brobust and vibrant, a fresher vibe
Inside I ride with pride that's less than snide
So ask me a question, and I'll answer passionately
If you're waiting for the brotation, wait for eternity
Because I'll be here permanently
Broting these words so fervently
[Chorus]
I'll be that bro on the go
Scrambling up in the know
Laying down tracks and flows, and oh, so whoa
I be posted on a whole other globe
And show, I'll be that bro on the go
[Interlude]
A lot of people question my brotives
Saying that being an Asian rapper is ridiculous
But, I'm thinking that music is all over the world
And if they did it, why can't I?
Dream on.
(Verse 2)
Broasted and flamed up by instant hate
Let me sign for the rebate for a better future state
Emails for the retail leave my detail
Analyzed by the guys saying I am female
But regardless I got the bromo that makes em so blown
Not rocking brolos but rocking up in the brozone
Solo, chill glow, like a brozen lightbulb
Meaning, my ideas are freezing as they take hold
Broperation is necessary, but force will be used
So conclude that in another mood I'll be crude
Brocially networking across bandwidth and wires
Through a universal language of heart and fire
Burning, learning, earning my stripes
Yearning, turning, observing this life
Let me rephrase if you don't understand
I'm the kid, the bro, standing up to the Bland
[Chorus]
I'll be that bro on the go
Scrambling up in the know
Laying down tracks and flows, and oh, so whoa
I be posted on a whole other globe
And show, I'll be that bro on the go
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Lance Uppercut
I went to the hospital, got checked out
Two specialists decided to have a personal bout
Diagnosis, prognosis, prescribed a different dosage
Both doctors gave me a different result, stamp and postage
Each argued with each other when my results returned
A strange pair of docs is all I had learned
A few more lessons I've recently discovered
Peer pressure will only have you land-lubber-ed
So I get bored of their games, I'm not in mood to play
Either way when I roll, I'm here to say
Collect go and so, if you already know
I'm designed like dragon boats, I'm ready to flow
Ready to row, steadily stack up columns every Autumn
Meaning I make em fall in the time allotted
But I still build them up, I don't sky scrape the rest
Instead, I dreamt in fact I was an architect
But also a republic that keeps rappers in check
Meaning my signature is big money, no need to inspect
Put my pen to the pad and the tracks get glad
Came to box, left in a bag, my raps maximum rad
Max power to the hour, take shots, Hennesey
XOXO, frequently glance at the pedigree
A Titan like Tennessee, they shout, Hercules!
Different trials and styles, verdict: I murk with ease
Perfectly, reportedly I stole this track: burglary
So that means the crime is in the nerd degree!
Nintendo crescendo, a classic rise
Cut by the boot in the booth call it Levis
Not big or small, but with two pockets in the back
Blasting off without the aid rocket packs
Drinking out of a juice pouch, never do I slouch
Spit it from the mouth and you reply with ouch
Take water, I'll make wine, take words, I'll make rhymes
Been shipped up like I'm coming outta Shanghai
I'm flyer than what's below your belt
I deck you jokers if you didn't get what's dealt
And then I'll smooth you out so it gets felt
So don't hide, because then I'll have to pelt
Ambidextrous flow, so you get left, right?
Reading from the left-right, I'll defend my right
Haters say "I'll have left" I say, "Is that right?"
You get left behind because I do more than write
And I've already left every passage of rite
Jab with the left and finish a straight right
Confusion occurring, but I already got you hooked
Line's in the water, go fish if you want a book
At this point, I'll be brief like Boxer's butts
This is what's up, what's sharp: Lance Uppercut
Two specialists decided to have a personal bout
Diagnosis, prognosis, prescribed a different dosage
Both doctors gave me a different result, stamp and postage
Each argued with each other when my results returned
A strange pair of docs is all I had learned
A few more lessons I've recently discovered
Peer pressure will only have you land-lubber-ed
So I get bored of their games, I'm not in mood to play
Either way when I roll, I'm here to say
Collect go and so, if you already know
I'm designed like dragon boats, I'm ready to flow
Ready to row, steadily stack up columns every Autumn
Meaning I make em fall in the time allotted
But I still build them up, I don't sky scrape the rest
Instead, I dreamt in fact I was an architect
But also a republic that keeps rappers in check
Meaning my signature is big money, no need to inspect
Put my pen to the pad and the tracks get glad
Came to box, left in a bag, my raps maximum rad
Max power to the hour, take shots, Hennesey
XOXO, frequently glance at the pedigree
A Titan like Tennessee, they shout, Hercules!
Different trials and styles, verdict: I murk with ease
Perfectly, reportedly I stole this track: burglary
So that means the crime is in the nerd degree!
Nintendo crescendo, a classic rise
Cut by the boot in the booth call it Levis
Not big or small, but with two pockets in the back
Blasting off without the aid rocket packs
Drinking out of a juice pouch, never do I slouch
Spit it from the mouth and you reply with ouch
Take water, I'll make wine, take words, I'll make rhymes
Been shipped up like I'm coming outta Shanghai
I'm flyer than what's below your belt
I deck you jokers if you didn't get what's dealt
And then I'll smooth you out so it gets felt
So don't hide, because then I'll have to pelt
Ambidextrous flow, so you get left, right?
Reading from the left-right, I'll defend my right
Haters say "I'll have left" I say, "Is that right?"
You get left behind because I do more than write
And I've already left every passage of rite
Jab with the left and finish a straight right
Confusion occurring, but I already got you hooked
Line's in the water, go fish if you want a book
At this point, I'll be brief like Boxer's butts
This is what's up, what's sharp: Lance Uppercut
Monday, October 4, 2010
RE:
Remix!
Rising out of the flame like a phoenix
You might think you've already heard or seen this
But put my pinky to my brain and I'm a genius
Deemed the self-esteem as steam since I dreamed it
Back pack on the track to respond reflectively
Redundantly I respect the previous props over and readily
Over and over again on it's respective axis
Rebel tactics got the world spinning all the way to Braxis
A toast to a ghost and return to the roots
A higher Templar absolute igniting lighter fluid
I lay down the tracks so I must have a diamond back
Response to that requires an attentive knack
Cause I Thor over more than previously expected
Ending wars with pours of knowledge redirected
Are you ready for this? Prepare for the swarm
It's always more real in the eye of the storm
RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely
Revenge of the nerds is never as absurd as you think
Return of the Jedi, Bet I, more sly than a wink
Relevant intelligent, I reign with decadence
Coupled with resident precedents, rule checked events
Reboot if you don't shoot for the stars and galaxies
Last time I remembered, rejects are in galleries
Van Gogh didn't listen to one thing they said
Immortalized reverently though he's far dead
Many things am I, but none of them defines
Put it all through a filter, purify and even refine
Than perhaps, a solution created unequivocal
But more confusing than literary versions of reciprocals
The battlefield of my mind grows wearier each day
But the requiems and ballads flow clearer each way
Renowned and hated, a clown and regraded
Congratulate me eventually, even if belated
RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely
Regenerate and reiterate the previous status quo
Zephyr weights lifted less than great on lattice glows
A product of my habitat, listen to the rat-a-tat
I made nothing out of something like a rabbit in a hat
So reply and recall the messages spoken
Poetically regrow pentameters battered and broken
Relish on the remarkable and priceless statements
A resplendent take from the basement to a spaceship
Feel the relaxed grip around the circumference of the mic
Heal the attacked Hip Hop in abundance alike
A righteous kung-fu, see if they come do what I do
Shoyuken like Ryu, I typhoon like isles in the sapphire blue
Never restrained, uncensored and revving the engine
What the game is missin, see the mission, reposition
Responsible and influential on instrumentals
All elemental when I rhyme from a released mental
RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely
Rising out of the flame like a phoenix
You might think you've already heard or seen this
But put my pinky to my brain and I'm a genius
Deemed the self-esteem as steam since I dreamed it
Back pack on the track to respond reflectively
Redundantly I respect the previous props over and readily
Over and over again on it's respective axis
Rebel tactics got the world spinning all the way to Braxis
A toast to a ghost and return to the roots
A higher Templar absolute igniting lighter fluid
I lay down the tracks so I must have a diamond back
Response to that requires an attentive knack
Cause I Thor over more than previously expected
Ending wars with pours of knowledge redirected
Are you ready for this? Prepare for the swarm
It's always more real in the eye of the storm
RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely
Revenge of the nerds is never as absurd as you think
Return of the Jedi, Bet I, more sly than a wink
Relevant intelligent, I reign with decadence
Coupled with resident precedents, rule checked events
Reboot if you don't shoot for the stars and galaxies
Last time I remembered, rejects are in galleries
Van Gogh didn't listen to one thing they said
Immortalized reverently though he's far dead
Many things am I, but none of them defines
Put it all through a filter, purify and even refine
Than perhaps, a solution created unequivocal
But more confusing than literary versions of reciprocals
The battlefield of my mind grows wearier each day
But the requiems and ballads flow clearer each way
Renowned and hated, a clown and regraded
Congratulate me eventually, even if belated
RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely
Regenerate and reiterate the previous status quo
Zephyr weights lifted less than great on lattice glows
A product of my habitat, listen to the rat-a-tat
I made nothing out of something like a rabbit in a hat
So reply and recall the messages spoken
Poetically regrow pentameters battered and broken
Relish on the remarkable and priceless statements
A resplendent take from the basement to a spaceship
Feel the relaxed grip around the circumference of the mic
Heal the attacked Hip Hop in abundance alike
A righteous kung-fu, see if they come do what I do
Shoyuken like Ryu, I typhoon like isles in the sapphire blue
Never restrained, uncensored and revving the engine
What the game is missin, see the mission, reposition
Responsible and influential on instrumentals
All elemental when I rhyme from a released mental
RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Drumroll Please
{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
[Verse 1]
The air before a speech given is filled with static
That magic moment that's so potent: fantastic
Anticipation with complacent thoughts tonight
Inflation and durations ought to fly with flight
Because the main event has arrived, here I am
I have survived every disaster, fear won't stand
Battle scars like avatar and I rattle bars to prove it
Isolated like Cinnabar, I split a star less than prudent
Not just a student, I hold a black and a white belt
I pelt the knowledge that's been dealt so it's really felt
Triple threat, I write and act, but I think I talk to you best
Lest you forget, I am the MET of this set, never regret
Not talking baseball, but I am a new era like a fitted cap
So with my vivid raps I finish that so we can all hear it back
Raise the bass and repair the snare
Tonight we're making the whole world stop and stare
{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
[Verse 2]
Fingers tapping like drum sticks against the hi hat
E-r-s, I'm e-r fresh, you like that?
Piano flow that flips the script like a dyslexic actor
I hold keys to the city but money isn't a factor
I'm the secret chord that pleased the lord
Stronger than any sword or army or savage horde
I orchestrate in a violin mind, not a violent grind
But it's off the chain like of the rottweiler kind
Deeper than a baritone, so let it be known
If I've got space to roam, I'm a Caesar almost grown
Like the change of the channel, switch to a soprano
Blackout to nothing and start an instant scandal
Musical vandal, playing from an iPod nano
iTune into zunes and resume on a new panel
We're major like scales, but no need to salute
Just pretend I'm at the awards in my suit and...
{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
[Verse 1]
The air before a speech given is filled with static
That magic moment that's so potent: fantastic
Anticipation with complacent thoughts tonight
Inflation and durations ought to fly with flight
Because the main event has arrived, here I am
I have survived every disaster, fear won't stand
Battle scars like avatar and I rattle bars to prove it
Isolated like Cinnabar, I split a star less than prudent
Not just a student, I hold a black and a white belt
I pelt the knowledge that's been dealt so it's really felt
Triple threat, I write and act, but I think I talk to you best
Lest you forget, I am the MET of this set, never regret
Not talking baseball, but I am a new era like a fitted cap
So with my vivid raps I finish that so we can all hear it back
Raise the bass and repair the snare
Tonight we're making the whole world stop and stare
{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
[Verse 2]
Fingers tapping like drum sticks against the hi hat
E-r-s, I'm e-r fresh, you like that?
Piano flow that flips the script like a dyslexic actor
I hold keys to the city but money isn't a factor
I'm the secret chord that pleased the lord
Stronger than any sword or army or savage horde
I orchestrate in a violin mind, not a violent grind
But it's off the chain like of the rottweiler kind
Deeper than a baritone, so let it be known
If I've got space to roam, I'm a Caesar almost grown
Like the change of the channel, switch to a soprano
Blackout to nothing and start an instant scandal
Musical vandal, playing from an iPod nano
iTune into zunes and resume on a new panel
We're major like scales, but no need to salute
Just pretend I'm at the awards in my suit and...
{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Footsteps
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
[Verse 1]
Follow the leader, listen to the speaker
At ease for you tweakers, time to reaffirm the believers
March through the swamps marshes and jungles
If you're ready to rumble and tumble get back and huddle
Thoughts confused and muddled, so concentrate
Tai Chi masters and Zen scholars will reiterate
Enter the dragon and re-enter the monasteries
36 Chambers of danger, be one with the killa bees
It's been years since one has learned the ways
11 more lessons have been added since those days
We took up the torch, we added to the scrolls
We lit the passageways and published our souls
The fire never extinguished and words etched in stone
This is the only way we've been taught and known
Chinatown nouns provide a pathway for the profound
It resounds in the deep mounds of spirit, lost but now found
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
[Verse 2]
It's in chinese....
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
[verse 3]
A multitude of languages pelting your mind
A divine rhyme inside every single delivered rhyme
Ascending to the heavens, striking down the earth
This gift and curse has been handed down at birth
My brain contains insane flames from emperors slain
With range deranged and unphased by the lames
The words I speak know no bounds and limits
The life of the MC are in my words, I really live it
Dynasties primed me as the final general
Meaning every action I perform is less than venerable
Ancient elders have passed down their secrets
I don't speak it or keep it, I breathe it
Five elements of the universe in my palm
A phoenix calm mixed with a tiger balm
Lions den meeting and dragon send greetings
All reside inside me, none of it is fleeting
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
[Verse 1]
Follow the leader, listen to the speaker
At ease for you tweakers, time to reaffirm the believers
March through the swamps marshes and jungles
If you're ready to rumble and tumble get back and huddle
Thoughts confused and muddled, so concentrate
Tai Chi masters and Zen scholars will reiterate
Enter the dragon and re-enter the monasteries
36 Chambers of danger, be one with the killa bees
It's been years since one has learned the ways
11 more lessons have been added since those days
We took up the torch, we added to the scrolls
We lit the passageways and published our souls
The fire never extinguished and words etched in stone
This is the only way we've been taught and known
Chinatown nouns provide a pathway for the profound
It resounds in the deep mounds of spirit, lost but now found
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
[Verse 2]
It's in chinese....
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
[verse 3]
A multitude of languages pelting your mind
A divine rhyme inside every single delivered rhyme
Ascending to the heavens, striking down the earth
This gift and curse has been handed down at birth
My brain contains insane flames from emperors slain
With range deranged and unphased by the lames
The words I speak know no bounds and limits
The life of the MC are in my words, I really live it
Dynasties primed me as the final general
Meaning every action I perform is less than venerable
Ancient elders have passed down their secrets
I don't speak it or keep it, I breathe it
Five elements of the universe in my palm
A phoenix calm mixed with a tiger balm
Lions den meeting and dragon send greetings
All reside inside me, none of it is fleeting
{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Flawless
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
[Verse 1]
Sitting on public transit, everything I've already planned it
Nothing coincidental, play my cards right like Gambit
Everything fresh, not rancid, snap a couple candids
I don't do jogging, I ran this, not entry level: I manage
Devour planets like Galactus without any practice
I swallow beats whole and still it comes out attractive
Study every night just to make sure it comes out right
First amendment I'll defend it with my life and plight
Flying against high winds so you call your boy the kite
And if you feel slight against me then your business is trite
Perfectionist flow, percussionists know
Keep it steady and ready I got a mentalist glow
I pulled out all the stops, pressed the button and go
Green light on, push through the door, feel the wind blow
Brush off the dirt and debris and you will see
None are as flawless and clean as me, the MC!
Say my name, T-A-K-U-Mi!
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
[Verse 2]
Maximum potential whenever I rhyme on instrumentals
This is just perpetual, such a constant consistent mental
I go in to own, this is no rental, call this parental
And if you try to recite in my light you're gonna need dental
Obsessing and blessing every song I create
Caressing and dressing every wrong I make
Cause mistakes are just lessons further down the road
So remember each failed session and don't sweat a bad episode
My ambition wasn't overnight, but the transition polite
Since the mission was in sight, my new position is bright
Everyone can see I'm a rebel with a cause, and pause
Toying with a monster in the clutches of his jaws and claws
Is unadvised. What you provide is trying coincide
The best of both worlds: this hasn't been done or tried
So let's make history, we're starting right now
If it's not perfect the first time, we've got an entire lifetime to wow
Stand back... Ka-plow!
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
[Verse 3]
Supremacy, delicacy, this is definitely
I've got the recipe on how to create the best of me
Flawless, lawless, continue to get polished
Drop this rawness and make an example of the novice
Impeccable, respectable, going past incredible
Boring comatose flow so I rename foes vegetables
Effective, corrected, this is a good investment
If I get tested I'll just come out far more rested
Absolute, attribute, they are just about to shoot
Deeper than palace roots, I just wear immaculate suits
Definitive, unlimited, I told you I would finish it
Take it for the benefits and I will remember this
I continue to pursue till I go out blemishless
Started ever since December Twenty-Fifth
1993 I'm the representative!
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
[Verse 1]
Sitting on public transit, everything I've already planned it
Nothing coincidental, play my cards right like Gambit
Everything fresh, not rancid, snap a couple candids
I don't do jogging, I ran this, not entry level: I manage
Devour planets like Galactus without any practice
I swallow beats whole and still it comes out attractive
Study every night just to make sure it comes out right
First amendment I'll defend it with my life and plight
Flying against high winds so you call your boy the kite
And if you feel slight against me then your business is trite
Perfectionist flow, percussionists know
Keep it steady and ready I got a mentalist glow
I pulled out all the stops, pressed the button and go
Green light on, push through the door, feel the wind blow
Brush off the dirt and debris and you will see
None are as flawless and clean as me, the MC!
Say my name, T-A-K-U-Mi!
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
[Verse 2]
Maximum potential whenever I rhyme on instrumentals
This is just perpetual, such a constant consistent mental
I go in to own, this is no rental, call this parental
And if you try to recite in my light you're gonna need dental
Obsessing and blessing every song I create
Caressing and dressing every wrong I make
Cause mistakes are just lessons further down the road
So remember each failed session and don't sweat a bad episode
My ambition wasn't overnight, but the transition polite
Since the mission was in sight, my new position is bright
Everyone can see I'm a rebel with a cause, and pause
Toying with a monster in the clutches of his jaws and claws
Is unadvised. What you provide is trying coincide
The best of both worlds: this hasn't been done or tried
So let's make history, we're starting right now
If it's not perfect the first time, we've got an entire lifetime to wow
Stand back... Ka-plow!
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
[Verse 3]
Supremacy, delicacy, this is definitely
I've got the recipe on how to create the best of me
Flawless, lawless, continue to get polished
Drop this rawness and make an example of the novice
Impeccable, respectable, going past incredible
Boring comatose flow so I rename foes vegetables
Effective, corrected, this is a good investment
If I get tested I'll just come out far more rested
Absolute, attribute, they are just about to shoot
Deeper than palace roots, I just wear immaculate suits
Definitive, unlimited, I told you I would finish it
Take it for the benefits and I will remember this
I continue to pursue till I go out blemishless
Started ever since December Twenty-Fifth
1993 I'm the representative!
[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that
It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Dear Year
Dear Spring, I just got my wings, fresh sprouted
Like your flowers, our first hour, undoubted
We're both new to this world, unassuming to danger
But if we resume the unknown anger, we'll become strangers
So let's keep it nice and neat until again we meet
Let's hope we don't change so much, please stay sweet
Bathe me in your gentle sunshine while I sit and relax
Let me imagine tracks while I recline back and perhaps
When I return, you'll blossom just a little more awesome
Your lush scenery is my muse, so don't stop em
But you told me you needed me to be less conceited
And I couldn't believe it, so you got a little heated
Now Summer, I'm just trying to survive this
Other guys approached you, but they called quits
As for myself, I'm right here if you need me
And truthfully, your new found fire emotionally
Has left our relationship openly revealed
Pulled back and peeled, so much squabbles and zeal
And now it just feels different
You've left a vivid image of my want for a stipend
Now you're fueling my lust for a certain need
The devil's favorite weapon with no second is greed
You got me sweating bullets and fabricating fiction
For that fascinating depiction, I becomes Nixon:
All scandal, but what happened to the depth?
I refuse to stoop down to this level, but what's next?
Now you're leaving? Oh, that's real great
Autumn, you should know I've got a lot on my plate
You're just going to let me drop dead and cold?
C'mon, quit with the act, it's getting kind of old
Sweeter than candy, and now you're giving thanks
Quit with the lies and games, no need for the pranks
I told you from the beginning, I'll be right here
As soon as you realize it and get over your fear
I know you didn't like me because of my lower stature
But you read my brief introduction and my chapters
And now after all that, we've returned to laughter
That's good, you've already got me enraptured
You're changing again? Well that's fine, by all means
I hear rumors that you've become an ice queen
But not you Winter, cause past all the glitz and magazines
You can still make a teens fantasy and dreams
Become reality, having me defy gravity
Floating down like snowflakes falling out of the galaxy
You've finally become a little more chill and collected
You've accepted and finally respected my perspective
I'm glad after all this we've finally did something right
So after all the darkness, it comes back to light
But strange enough, it goes full circle
Laws of nature require this to be all universal
You've warmed up to me and crowned me king
This isn't deja vu, is it now Spring?
Seasons have changed but I haven't stopped
The metaphor is reasoned to be Hip Hop
This is genuine, so use that letter opener
Read this parchment, I'll never be gone (when it's over!)
Like your flowers, our first hour, undoubted
We're both new to this world, unassuming to danger
But if we resume the unknown anger, we'll become strangers
So let's keep it nice and neat until again we meet
Let's hope we don't change so much, please stay sweet
Bathe me in your gentle sunshine while I sit and relax
Let me imagine tracks while I recline back and perhaps
When I return, you'll blossom just a little more awesome
Your lush scenery is my muse, so don't stop em
But you told me you needed me to be less conceited
And I couldn't believe it, so you got a little heated
Now Summer, I'm just trying to survive this
Other guys approached you, but they called quits
As for myself, I'm right here if you need me
And truthfully, your new found fire emotionally
Has left our relationship openly revealed
Pulled back and peeled, so much squabbles and zeal
And now it just feels different
You've left a vivid image of my want for a stipend
Now you're fueling my lust for a certain need
The devil's favorite weapon with no second is greed
You got me sweating bullets and fabricating fiction
For that fascinating depiction, I becomes Nixon:
All scandal, but what happened to the depth?
I refuse to stoop down to this level, but what's next?
Now you're leaving? Oh, that's real great
Autumn, you should know I've got a lot on my plate
You're just going to let me drop dead and cold?
C'mon, quit with the act, it's getting kind of old
Sweeter than candy, and now you're giving thanks
Quit with the lies and games, no need for the pranks
I told you from the beginning, I'll be right here
As soon as you realize it and get over your fear
I know you didn't like me because of my lower stature
But you read my brief introduction and my chapters
And now after all that, we've returned to laughter
That's good, you've already got me enraptured
You're changing again? Well that's fine, by all means
I hear rumors that you've become an ice queen
But not you Winter, cause past all the glitz and magazines
You can still make a teens fantasy and dreams
Become reality, having me defy gravity
Floating down like snowflakes falling out of the galaxy
You've finally become a little more chill and collected
You've accepted and finally respected my perspective
I'm glad after all this we've finally did something right
So after all the darkness, it comes back to light
But strange enough, it goes full circle
Laws of nature require this to be all universal
You've warmed up to me and crowned me king
This isn't deja vu, is it now Spring?
Seasons have changed but I haven't stopped
The metaphor is reasoned to be Hip Hop
This is genuine, so use that letter opener
Read this parchment, I'll never be gone (when it's over!)
Friday, July 23, 2010
For Paper Equations
[Verse 1]
We're all in this world looking for something
Before we vanish and waste away to nothing
Some want fame, others wants only pleasure
People want a name and refused to be measured
We're all looking for something, that part is true
And we've all felt lost, that part is not new
So we envelope ourselves in different enigmas
Trying to craft character and charisma
We search for meaning and we start dreaming
We learn, start reading and soon begin beaming
Devising tactics that require much practice
Finding our own cracks and if we lack this
And then we fill the holes with whatever we need
Into our demons we feed and we lose our creed
Until one day it bleeps back on our radars
We get into our cars and we drive away far
[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows
Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible
[Verse 2]
Lips whispering words too inaudible and silent
Nothing is longer plausible: only violent
The world on it's a axis, spinning like a dreidel
We get out of control and are no longer stable
Find your ambitions in a hearse plagued by a curse
Ripped like a paper purse and that's not the worse
You're heart is now inside torn into 19 parts
Where to start? You now see new things in art
Seeing words that aren't there like an anagram
Analyzing like a diagram, graphing like a pentagram
The numbers no longer blunders: gives you definition
New wonders to discover: strengthened intuition
You can find you're path out of the maze and haze
Give praise to who are close and follow your ways
Thanks to pranks, no division amongst ranks
Inside libraries for life there are only think-tanks
[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows
Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible
[Verse 3]
Let them watch your moves: they're like eagles
Acting like regal royalties that are above the people
But they are equal because we all have abilities
Just withstand their aim for your head like guillotines
Drink deeply and eat hearty: this is your one chance
In a mental trance keep steady and assume a stance
A last stand, a last dance. Your last breath?
With little time left, what do you say before death?
Do you assume everything is simply inedible?
Or do you create relationships that are unforgettable?
Tie strings that connect us from one to another
Rise from the gutters and have on-lookers stutter
Have them in awe of what you have done with yourself
There's no equation in the world that will help
Just know that you can do anything you think is real
Because it tastes exactly like how hope feels
[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows
Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible
[Radar (Jake Bisuut) Bonus Verse]
These days seeing things a little bit closer
Noticing the cracks within makes us bolder
Who knows what kind of people we were before
Whether we were the ones to adore or abhor
Every single one of us in our own shoes,
Central to our universe, your news is no news
Going on forever, stuck in our labyrinth
Own little world, no one notices absence
The world says you need a reason to live
But a reason to die, Lord, Heaven forbid
Except everything we do sends shivers down our spines
And down to the roots, where our lives intertwine
There I know I'm tangled up in kinks,
Pulling just one string brings us close to the brink.
Looking over, each time I get pulled back down
By those that matter most, declaring my soul to be found.
We're all in this world looking for something
Before we vanish and waste away to nothing
Some want fame, others wants only pleasure
People want a name and refused to be measured
We're all looking for something, that part is true
And we've all felt lost, that part is not new
So we envelope ourselves in different enigmas
Trying to craft character and charisma
We search for meaning and we start dreaming
We learn, start reading and soon begin beaming
Devising tactics that require much practice
Finding our own cracks and if we lack this
And then we fill the holes with whatever we need
Into our demons we feed and we lose our creed
Until one day it bleeps back on our radars
We get into our cars and we drive away far
[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows
Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible
[Verse 2]
Lips whispering words too inaudible and silent
Nothing is longer plausible: only violent
The world on it's a axis, spinning like a dreidel
We get out of control and are no longer stable
Find your ambitions in a hearse plagued by a curse
Ripped like a paper purse and that's not the worse
You're heart is now inside torn into 19 parts
Where to start? You now see new things in art
Seeing words that aren't there like an anagram
Analyzing like a diagram, graphing like a pentagram
The numbers no longer blunders: gives you definition
New wonders to discover: strengthened intuition
You can find you're path out of the maze and haze
Give praise to who are close and follow your ways
Thanks to pranks, no division amongst ranks
Inside libraries for life there are only think-tanks
[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows
Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible
[Verse 3]
Let them watch your moves: they're like eagles
Acting like regal royalties that are above the people
But they are equal because we all have abilities
Just withstand their aim for your head like guillotines
Drink deeply and eat hearty: this is your one chance
In a mental trance keep steady and assume a stance
A last stand, a last dance. Your last breath?
With little time left, what do you say before death?
Do you assume everything is simply inedible?
Or do you create relationships that are unforgettable?
Tie strings that connect us from one to another
Rise from the gutters and have on-lookers stutter
Have them in awe of what you have done with yourself
There's no equation in the world that will help
Just know that you can do anything you think is real
Because it tastes exactly like how hope feels
[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows
Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible
[Radar (Jake Bisuut) Bonus Verse]
These days seeing things a little bit closer
Noticing the cracks within makes us bolder
Who knows what kind of people we were before
Whether we were the ones to adore or abhor
Every single one of us in our own shoes,
Central to our universe, your news is no news
Going on forever, stuck in our labyrinth
Own little world, no one notices absence
The world says you need a reason to live
But a reason to die, Lord, Heaven forbid
Except everything we do sends shivers down our spines
And down to the roots, where our lives intertwine
There I know I'm tangled up in kinks,
Pulling just one string brings us close to the brink.
Looking over, each time I get pulled back down
By those that matter most, declaring my soul to be found.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Day of the Dead
Welcome to the land of the descendants of darkness
Descending into pitch black with chests that lack, we're heartless
Pardon the different demons, heat and ice differ in seasons
We've stole, lied, cheated, defeated and repeated treasons
And the reason is because chaos rules (In this world)
And nothing else.
The place of giants stomping grounds, parading around
Harpies fly in the sky and fire rains down and pounds the mounds
Loud vibrations of the different situations provided by regiments
Of the sentiments of gremlins and goblins patrolling the residents
Stuck in the muck, out of luck, and so corrupt (In this world)
Day of the dead.
[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)
You might think I don't belong in this palace of malice
That I fell down like Alice into this realm, but I lift the chalice
This is as much mine as any of the other fiends in this nightmarish dream
I'm a monster of self-esteem, stress and steam with no team
But unlike the others I can actually gleam (In this world)
They scorn my shine.
And that's also why I've get to stand up and shout
I'm a monster of clout and they're monsters of doubt
They're monsters of stout and are monsters with gout
I'm what every monster talks about, capable of being out
Without scouts or lost bouts, I have my own route (In this world)
They still don't get it.
[Sample]
In this world
What's happening to love?
I'd like to know
[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)
Legions and armies got nothing on me, black perpetual
I am Legend and it's all because of my superior mental
I'm a shadow hiding in the gallows of the shallow materials
I cause burials of warlocks and strike fear in the imperials
No one can get near me though (In this world)
Ghoulish creatures gain goose bumps when I get nearer
And even creepers cannot sneak upon me, I see clearer than a mirror
The ghosts boast and toast my appearance as the well-dressed host
I get the most, so take notes, and memorize my every quote
Brainless fools against me, is past murder: autopsy
Every foe I go against down here are mindless zombies
I've gained control of this abyss because this is the purpose
Every single component of yourself can never be worthless (In this world)
[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)
Descending into pitch black with chests that lack, we're heartless
Pardon the different demons, heat and ice differ in seasons
We've stole, lied, cheated, defeated and repeated treasons
And the reason is because chaos rules (In this world)
And nothing else.
The place of giants stomping grounds, parading around
Harpies fly in the sky and fire rains down and pounds the mounds
Loud vibrations of the different situations provided by regiments
Of the sentiments of gremlins and goblins patrolling the residents
Stuck in the muck, out of luck, and so corrupt (In this world)
Day of the dead.
[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)
You might think I don't belong in this palace of malice
That I fell down like Alice into this realm, but I lift the chalice
This is as much mine as any of the other fiends in this nightmarish dream
I'm a monster of self-esteem, stress and steam with no team
But unlike the others I can actually gleam (In this world)
They scorn my shine.
And that's also why I've get to stand up and shout
I'm a monster of clout and they're monsters of doubt
They're monsters of stout and are monsters with gout
I'm what every monster talks about, capable of being out
Without scouts or lost bouts, I have my own route (In this world)
They still don't get it.
[Sample]
In this world
What's happening to love?
I'd like to know
[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)
Legions and armies got nothing on me, black perpetual
I am Legend and it's all because of my superior mental
I'm a shadow hiding in the gallows of the shallow materials
I cause burials of warlocks and strike fear in the imperials
No one can get near me though (In this world)
Ghoulish creatures gain goose bumps when I get nearer
And even creepers cannot sneak upon me, I see clearer than a mirror
The ghosts boast and toast my appearance as the well-dressed host
I get the most, so take notes, and memorize my every quote
Brainless fools against me, is past murder: autopsy
Every foe I go against down here are mindless zombies
I've gained control of this abyss because this is the purpose
Every single component of yourself can never be worthless (In this world)
[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Hit The Lights
They say whatever must come up, has to come down
And every great musician has to compose his last sound
I've known this from the beginning, from the very start
I just hope I'll past that line and get out my art
Despite my best intentions and thought up strategies
I'll failed to be mentioned and become a travesty
A horrific future that I pray doesn't become reality
If these premonitions come true, it'll still be sad to see
Because the truth hurts no matter how long you prepare
I've looked it hard in the eyes, exchanged glares
Traded stares and glances, and in return backward looks
"Am I mistook that this Asian Kid has got a rhyme book?"
Not at all, it's just a dream of mine, but let me ask
Wasn't it yours to bask in the glory of a superhero mask?
Or to fly with the birds past the clouds and onto the moon?
We landed, look at the footsteps, it's getting dark soon, so...
[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright
It took 5 years to create what you're listening
Building and destroying just to begin my christening
So much bickering and fights along the way, believe me
Negatively received, but in the end it still relieves chi
Positive flow to go from the intro into the studio
Will I ever blow? I hope it'll be known in the outro
My first rap as a 6th grader, it's steadily become greater
I'm finally being fixed and mastered along cross-faders
7th grade hiatus: I was ridiculed by my family
But my adolescent mind needed a remedy, this is my therapy
8th grade lit a spark, a light in the dark, set a new mark
My final performance left a good start to embark
Freshman year started feeling myself a little better
Style a little clever, getting it together, flying like a feather
Battle of the Bands featuring the MC to rock melodies
That moment on stage will continue to peddle me then it's...
[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright
My future looks a little unclear at this moment in time
My mixtape ready to drop and purchased for 30 dimes
But will my rhymes help me steady my climb?
Or will it turn out that my luster wasn't ready to shine?
I'm sitting alone in my room bumping my own tracks
Don't react like it's my ego intact, just checking my craft
Pinpointing what I did wrong on every single song
I'm not perfect, I know there's something that doesn't belong
I came hard on this one, but some weak rhyming going on
It's already sunset and I've been at this since dawn
Obsessive, excessive, I've said it, and this is the message
Please bless this so I can rep this and prep it
Properly. So then one day there will be no stopping me
I'll have to end obviously, but won't be tomorrow, probably
It's already midnight and the tape is ready for flight
There's nothing left to fight, so hit the lights
[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright
And every great musician has to compose his last sound
I've known this from the beginning, from the very start
I just hope I'll past that line and get out my art
Despite my best intentions and thought up strategies
I'll failed to be mentioned and become a travesty
A horrific future that I pray doesn't become reality
If these premonitions come true, it'll still be sad to see
Because the truth hurts no matter how long you prepare
I've looked it hard in the eyes, exchanged glares
Traded stares and glances, and in return backward looks
"Am I mistook that this Asian Kid has got a rhyme book?"
Not at all, it's just a dream of mine, but let me ask
Wasn't it yours to bask in the glory of a superhero mask?
Or to fly with the birds past the clouds and onto the moon?
We landed, look at the footsteps, it's getting dark soon, so...
[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright
It took 5 years to create what you're listening
Building and destroying just to begin my christening
So much bickering and fights along the way, believe me
Negatively received, but in the end it still relieves chi
Positive flow to go from the intro into the studio
Will I ever blow? I hope it'll be known in the outro
My first rap as a 6th grader, it's steadily become greater
I'm finally being fixed and mastered along cross-faders
7th grade hiatus: I was ridiculed by my family
But my adolescent mind needed a remedy, this is my therapy
8th grade lit a spark, a light in the dark, set a new mark
My final performance left a good start to embark
Freshman year started feeling myself a little better
Style a little clever, getting it together, flying like a feather
Battle of the Bands featuring the MC to rock melodies
That moment on stage will continue to peddle me then it's...
[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright
My future looks a little unclear at this moment in time
My mixtape ready to drop and purchased for 30 dimes
But will my rhymes help me steady my climb?
Or will it turn out that my luster wasn't ready to shine?
I'm sitting alone in my room bumping my own tracks
Don't react like it's my ego intact, just checking my craft
Pinpointing what I did wrong on every single song
I'm not perfect, I know there's something that doesn't belong
I came hard on this one, but some weak rhyming going on
It's already sunset and I've been at this since dawn
Obsessive, excessive, I've said it, and this is the message
Please bless this so I can rep this and prep it
Properly. So then one day there will be no stopping me
I'll have to end obviously, but won't be tomorrow, probably
It's already midnight and the tape is ready for flight
There's nothing left to fight, so hit the lights
[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Higher
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
[verse 1]
She had her high heels, I had my high tops
They have to fix their sight, get some eye drops
Get off your high horse, or your fast Porsche
This is my course so I use my blast force
I've got a higher education, call it High School
Put you in dire situations, don't try fool
They've got a high pitch, I'm just low key
They're in a wide ditch, I'm riding coach, see?
I'm going sky high, with those higher ups
Past that high life, not a liar, yup!
Switch into high gear, I've got a fly cure
I'm cleaner than my peers, by even lightyears
They've gone high and low, I just rhyme and flow
I make them shy and woe, I'm too prime as a foe
I leave them high and dry, they can't even try
I've got a less then gentle mental: just say oh my.
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
[verse 2]
Hello, greetings, salutations, plainly it's Hi
The reply is bye-bye, that implies you shouldn't try
I'm on the high rise, meanwhile they're pinned down
They call us wise guys, cause we just grin, no frown
Statistics are filled with my high scores
Taking over, kick in the door and get on the floor
Stuck inside high fidelity with superb melodies
Rocking over mellow beats, where hip hop and cellos meets
Your boy has got high speed ambition, but I take it slow
No need to rush, go with the flow, see my whole body glow
The high point of their career is my origin on the axis
Keep in check, Nikes on deck, take it to the Maxes
Stay on high alert because my inertia lays twice the hurt
But I remain pristine and clean, no stains on my shirt
High and mighty some say, as I lounge on my throne
But put in your headphones, get your mind blown
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
[verse 3]
The verses are submerged two thirds in high caliber
Smashing you fruits, sir, call them Gallager
Tracks aren't high calorie, they've got what you need
Out of this galaxy, healthy portions fit for his majesty
With a high definition without any repetition
The messages are heard when even the giants listen
Jumping off the high dive is nothing live
With my drive I can survive, matter fact, I thrive
A high frequency is what I produce quite frequently
It reaches all the way to heaven quite secretly
And what it means to me that it requires high maintenance
Because the radiance it creates is perfect like Valences
I'm in high orbit, so you can call this high noon
Strike like a typhoon, and my reign will not end soon
This is high quality, nothing novelty, just mind boggling
Give me a high five for all this high-flying toggling
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
[verse 1]
She had her high heels, I had my high tops
They have to fix their sight, get some eye drops
Get off your high horse, or your fast Porsche
This is my course so I use my blast force
I've got a higher education, call it High School
Put you in dire situations, don't try fool
They've got a high pitch, I'm just low key
They're in a wide ditch, I'm riding coach, see?
I'm going sky high, with those higher ups
Past that high life, not a liar, yup!
Switch into high gear, I've got a fly cure
I'm cleaner than my peers, by even lightyears
They've gone high and low, I just rhyme and flow
I make them shy and woe, I'm too prime as a foe
I leave them high and dry, they can't even try
I've got a less then gentle mental: just say oh my.
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
[verse 2]
Hello, greetings, salutations, plainly it's Hi
The reply is bye-bye, that implies you shouldn't try
I'm on the high rise, meanwhile they're pinned down
They call us wise guys, cause we just grin, no frown
Statistics are filled with my high scores
Taking over, kick in the door and get on the floor
Stuck inside high fidelity with superb melodies
Rocking over mellow beats, where hip hop and cellos meets
Your boy has got high speed ambition, but I take it slow
No need to rush, go with the flow, see my whole body glow
The high point of their career is my origin on the axis
Keep in check, Nikes on deck, take it to the Maxes
Stay on high alert because my inertia lays twice the hurt
But I remain pristine and clean, no stains on my shirt
High and mighty some say, as I lounge on my throne
But put in your headphones, get your mind blown
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
[verse 3]
The verses are submerged two thirds in high caliber
Smashing you fruits, sir, call them Gallager
Tracks aren't high calorie, they've got what you need
Out of this galaxy, healthy portions fit for his majesty
With a high definition without any repetition
The messages are heard when even the giants listen
Jumping off the high dive is nothing live
With my drive I can survive, matter fact, I thrive
A high frequency is what I produce quite frequently
It reaches all the way to heaven quite secretly
And what it means to me that it requires high maintenance
Because the radiance it creates is perfect like Valences
I'm in high orbit, so you can call this high noon
Strike like a typhoon, and my reign will not end soon
This is high quality, nothing novelty, just mind boggling
Give me a high five for all this high-flying toggling
[Chorus]
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Sit down and listen, I'll take you higher
This music right here will get you wired
Spark your ear drums, set it on fire
This is what you need, not just desire
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Clever Fox
All black everything, ninja mode on this abode
So, I blend in with the road with a flow that'll have you towed
No games, no frogger, I just hop around, and so hip
So if I blip on a radar, must be a slip, a glitch
I can't be read, can't be analyzed
I have beats terrified, petrified, paralyzed
Thunder Shock on the drop of the block
So not even Brock could rock this Clever Fox
It's not very effective and these genes are selective
Like exclusive, stone-washed, eclectic respective
But less than or equal to alligator signs, biting my style
I just file and lie down bars like tiles or Dial
And now the measures are cleaned up like soap
Bleached and nope! Mean: opposite of the pope
I mean, I'm vicious, cruel and ferocious
Focused, and notice, I'm cool, not hopeless
But the dopeness is protruding from my whole
Everyone's the concrete underneath, you feel my sole
And the goal is to reacquaint old school with the new
Which would do what Lu has brought to you
Blue dues I've payed and hued to shoo a cue
A view in which I flew to simmer and Stu
Give it time, no brine, no pickles, not baby dill
Still, you know I will fill the quill with lines so ill
Grandpa Flow no one believes but all receives
And none perceive my truth so it falls like leaves
Dear Autumn, I just thought 'em, might be awesome
I'll have a follow up letter when you blossom
Hey Spring, been quite some time, like the rhymes?
Shine through grime and the dimes still crime
Lady Summer, you know that I'm paced on LEGOs
I run these blocks, got good ideas, see my brain glow
Mrs. Winter, I know you know I go out of order
But doesn't matter now, cause we're in the 4th quarter
Winter flow, Splinter Mode, master of the mortar
I petal blazing treble, and it never falls shorter
So, I blend in with the road with a flow that'll have you towed
No games, no frogger, I just hop around, and so hip
So if I blip on a radar, must be a slip, a glitch
I can't be read, can't be analyzed
I have beats terrified, petrified, paralyzed
Thunder Shock on the drop of the block
So not even Brock could rock this Clever Fox
It's not very effective and these genes are selective
Like exclusive, stone-washed, eclectic respective
But less than or equal to alligator signs, biting my style
I just file and lie down bars like tiles or Dial
And now the measures are cleaned up like soap
Bleached and nope! Mean: opposite of the pope
I mean, I'm vicious, cruel and ferocious
Focused, and notice, I'm cool, not hopeless
But the dopeness is protruding from my whole
Everyone's the concrete underneath, you feel my sole
And the goal is to reacquaint old school with the new
Which would do what Lu has brought to you
Blue dues I've payed and hued to shoo a cue
A view in which I flew to simmer and Stu
Give it time, no brine, no pickles, not baby dill
Still, you know I will fill the quill with lines so ill
Grandpa Flow no one believes but all receives
And none perceive my truth so it falls like leaves
Dear Autumn, I just thought 'em, might be awesome
I'll have a follow up letter when you blossom
Hey Spring, been quite some time, like the rhymes?
Shine through grime and the dimes still crime
Lady Summer, you know that I'm paced on LEGOs
I run these blocks, got good ideas, see my brain glow
Mrs. Winter, I know you know I go out of order
But doesn't matter now, cause we're in the 4th quarter
Winter flow, Splinter Mode, master of the mortar
I petal blazing treble, and it never falls shorter
Monday, June 21, 2010
Powers
Tear off my shirt, reveal what's the real worth
Been gifted at birth, fly away from this Earth
This curse, this ability, available in mutants such as me
I've got super strength to carry the 47th century
Laser vision and can listen on a scale with ladybugs pivot
Shatter rivets and destroy divots, lifted million number digits
Mental proficiency, telepathy, and there's still the rest of me
No rest for me, none for the wicked, and they attack messily
I breath fires and summon lightning spires, never tire
They take pliers to my eyes, but I just fly higher
Gone in a flash, psionic blast, toss villains in the trash
Twice as fast, twice as daft, I finish them all in a dash
Ultra to the infinity, incredible to the next level
The only winner is me, destroy any alloys to pebbles
Rearrange the molecular structure without puncture
I could have the whole universe in my hand ruptured!
No one man deserves so much power
This entire world is not owned, it's ours
Lock away corruption inside a tower
No rest for the weak, so don't even cower
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, ding, the World is ours.
Mathematically I reach infinity without any errors
Compared to me, graphing calculators are ring bearers
I'm the real spectacle, no receptacle, just respectable
My genius is celebrated in world-wide festivals
I do the impossible, I divide by zero, no sweat
No regrets and no bets made against me, turns into their debt
No syntax, the tracks I make stack like factorials
Never had tutorial, learned on my own, flew like an oriel
And that's how the story goes, I've got no domain
And I remain in my brain's flame that renders me insane
But I'm not crazy or lazy, just flat out in the next degree
I see shapes not in 3D, geometry is just elementary
The calculus of this realm is child's play in my process
Bless the stress that causes my mind to work it's best
Graph me and I'm off the charts, none equal to my start
Check the art, the power limitless comes from my heart!
No one man deserves so much power
This entire world is not owned, it's ours
Lock away corruption inside a tower
No rest for the weak, so don't even cower
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, ding, the World is ours.
1st rate, and my competition is 3rd world countries
No flow, nothing shocking in the world BUT me
Poverty stricken and the bickerin of the sicken
Is unrelated to me, it's a big game of chicken
I've got weapons on my arms, I can destroy and harm
I wage a mental war, my citadel versus their farm
The foundations my core was built on is gold
So bold, untold, I put the entire nation on hold
Never mold, bury me in the ground, don't wait till it's old
Because I'm so ahead in ways I'll be oil, so just fold
Fire deadly weaponry, this is past rock paper scissors
A wizard with bombs, break the calm of the blizzard
Nuclear winter is what I foresee in this prophecy
None will profit but me, there is just no stopping me
Fire missiles, spit out bullets, all sorts of ammunition
Verses repetition of a world superpower's definition
The shield and the hammer, bad guys stammer
A master of numbers, phonetic, arithmetic grammar
An envy of the world, I hold it inside my hands
I am the grandmaster of this whole band stand
The shield and the hammer, bad guys stammer
A master of numbers, phonetic, arithmetic grammar
An envy of the world, I hold it inside my hands
I am the grandmaster of this whole band stand
No one man deserves so much power
This entire world is not owned, it's ours
Lock away corruption inside a tower
No rest for the weak, so don't even cower
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, ding, the World is ours.
Been gifted at birth, fly away from this Earth
This curse, this ability, available in mutants such as me
I've got super strength to carry the 47th century
Laser vision and can listen on a scale with ladybugs pivot
Shatter rivets and destroy divots, lifted million number digits
Mental proficiency, telepathy, and there's still the rest of me
No rest for me, none for the wicked, and they attack messily
I breath fires and summon lightning spires, never tire
They take pliers to my eyes, but I just fly higher
Gone in a flash, psionic blast, toss villains in the trash
Twice as fast, twice as daft, I finish them all in a dash
Ultra to the infinity, incredible to the next level
The only winner is me, destroy any alloys to pebbles
Rearrange the molecular structure without puncture
I could have the whole universe in my hand ruptured!
No one man deserves so much power
This entire world is not owned, it's ours
Lock away corruption inside a tower
No rest for the weak, so don't even cower
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, ding, the World is ours.
Mathematically I reach infinity without any errors
Compared to me, graphing calculators are ring bearers
I'm the real spectacle, no receptacle, just respectable
My genius is celebrated in world-wide festivals
I do the impossible, I divide by zero, no sweat
No regrets and no bets made against me, turns into their debt
No syntax, the tracks I make stack like factorials
Never had tutorial, learned on my own, flew like an oriel
And that's how the story goes, I've got no domain
And I remain in my brain's flame that renders me insane
But I'm not crazy or lazy, just flat out in the next degree
I see shapes not in 3D, geometry is just elementary
The calculus of this realm is child's play in my process
Bless the stress that causes my mind to work it's best
Graph me and I'm off the charts, none equal to my start
Check the art, the power limitless comes from my heart!
No one man deserves so much power
This entire world is not owned, it's ours
Lock away corruption inside a tower
No rest for the weak, so don't even cower
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, ding, the World is ours.
1st rate, and my competition is 3rd world countries
No flow, nothing shocking in the world BUT me
Poverty stricken and the bickerin of the sicken
Is unrelated to me, it's a big game of chicken
I've got weapons on my arms, I can destroy and harm
I wage a mental war, my citadel versus their farm
The foundations my core was built on is gold
So bold, untold, I put the entire nation on hold
Never mold, bury me in the ground, don't wait till it's old
Because I'm so ahead in ways I'll be oil, so just fold
Fire deadly weaponry, this is past rock paper scissors
A wizard with bombs, break the calm of the blizzard
Nuclear winter is what I foresee in this prophecy
None will profit but me, there is just no stopping me
Fire missiles, spit out bullets, all sorts of ammunition
Verses repetition of a world superpower's definition
The shield and the hammer, bad guys stammer
A master of numbers, phonetic, arithmetic grammar
An envy of the world, I hold it inside my hands
I am the grandmaster of this whole band stand
The shield and the hammer, bad guys stammer
A master of numbers, phonetic, arithmetic grammar
An envy of the world, I hold it inside my hands
I am the grandmaster of this whole band stand
No one man deserves so much power
This entire world is not owned, it's ours
Lock away corruption inside a tower
No rest for the weak, so don't even cower
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, in the 23rd hour
Tick tock, tick tock, ding, the World is ours.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
No Pass
On my report card it reports my grades in ways
That I didn't think mattered but to them it's grave
So I remade the page into different levels and a new stage
For the mage and sage to reiterate the gauge
But the fact of the situation is that I get no make up time
They're trying to break up rhymes and shake up lines
So I push back and try to prison them behind my bars
Hindering one's progress won't get you very far
And the car pulled up with their reinforcements
Ready to fire and leave me chopped and screwed in different portions
So I fled to Portland where the thoughts roam free
Where Takumi the fox can stop fleeing and be
Even though the fox can never be caught, here is a breather
To take a rest and find some believers and find some "me neithers"
The people who would quote the last passage less passive
Become massive hip hop fiends listening to classics
They say Silence is Defeat so I repeat the greets
Intertwining science and feats to create heat
People agreeing with this beat is sure to meet
Expectations past and present, pay attention to this treat
Neurons at the speed of light, tonight's an exception
Breaking the laws before us, doubt is no longer inflection
The reception of reviews rave that this is pure undiluted
Undisputed, not booted, well-suited, a shoo-in
Quintessential tracks. How to MC 101s are laid out
Nothing played out, or stale, it fades out and takes clout
Gaining momentum uphill, still a difficult battle
The gavel of judgment is shallow, no mistakes or tattles
Our playing field shelled out and hollowed with barriers
Endowed goes on backs of carriers, looks scarier
My microphone shatters the walls that been erected
So stand directed and be affected by my method
No directive, going up like a one-way elevator
Elevated and restated to made it to levels even greater
The sky's the limit, 15 minutes for an impression
Rap profession, jam sessions, and mental confessions
They say Silence is Defeat so I repeat the greets
Intertwining science and feats to create heat
People agreeing with this beat is sure to meet
Expectations past and present, pay attention to this treat
That I didn't think mattered but to them it's grave
So I remade the page into different levels and a new stage
For the mage and sage to reiterate the gauge
But the fact of the situation is that I get no make up time
They're trying to break up rhymes and shake up lines
So I push back and try to prison them behind my bars
Hindering one's progress won't get you very far
And the car pulled up with their reinforcements
Ready to fire and leave me chopped and screwed in different portions
So I fled to Portland where the thoughts roam free
Where Takumi the fox can stop fleeing and be
Even though the fox can never be caught, here is a breather
To take a rest and find some believers and find some "me neithers"
The people who would quote the last passage less passive
Become massive hip hop fiends listening to classics
They say Silence is Defeat so I repeat the greets
Intertwining science and feats to create heat
People agreeing with this beat is sure to meet
Expectations past and present, pay attention to this treat
Neurons at the speed of light, tonight's an exception
Breaking the laws before us, doubt is no longer inflection
The reception of reviews rave that this is pure undiluted
Undisputed, not booted, well-suited, a shoo-in
Quintessential tracks. How to MC 101s are laid out
Nothing played out, or stale, it fades out and takes clout
Gaining momentum uphill, still a difficult battle
The gavel of judgment is shallow, no mistakes or tattles
Our playing field shelled out and hollowed with barriers
Endowed goes on backs of carriers, looks scarier
My microphone shatters the walls that been erected
So stand directed and be affected by my method
No directive, going up like a one-way elevator
Elevated and restated to made it to levels even greater
The sky's the limit, 15 minutes for an impression
Rap profession, jam sessions, and mental confessions
They say Silence is Defeat so I repeat the greets
Intertwining science and feats to create heat
People agreeing with this beat is sure to meet
Expectations past and present, pay attention to this treat
Monday, May 17, 2010
Elementary
A is for atrocious because this flow is halitosis
It goes near your nose and everyone would notice
B is for broken which is the reason why I'm smokin'
Machinery scenery fierce like a Hadoken
C is for confidence which is just competence
Compliments of the radiance that I brought to this
D is for defiance because I've got no alliance
Just a reliance on my craft that's basically a science
E is for excellence because that is my preference
The essence of my being is as fresh as a breath mint
F for figuration because my infinite duration
Forms many apparitions, this is my occupation
G is for gamma with this radiation candor
The standards of my grammar is met with absolute manners
H is for harmonics because my sound tonic
Is similar to verbal chronic that goes supersonic
[Chorus] x2
Alpha Beta Gamma, ABC
Yi Er San, 1 2 3
Back to the basics, just let it be
This is nothing new: elementary
[Verse 2]
I is for Illmatic that's less than static, automatic
The tactics that I still practice less than sporadic
J for jabberwock which they believe what I talk
But knock on the block and know the tic tok is stocked
K for killuminati, represents my different theories
Purely, merely a shield yield, call it Nick Fury
L is the luminescent descendant before your eyes
The resident of precedence with sound that multiplies
M is melisma mastering microphone melodies
But the charisma is plastering monochrome MCs
N is for notorious with this glorious story kid
I end up victorious, back to M for meritorious
O is for ovations even octaves partake in
Clefs in amazement, notes in wrong placements
P is for poetic because I write an Iliad Epic
The tales and legends are all awesomely aesthetic
[Chorus] x2
Alpha Beta Gamma, ABC
Yi Er San, 1 2 3
Back to the basics, just let it be
This is nothing new: elementary
Q means quartic because I'm past the next degree
Past three, Takumi, even if you square root me
R is the rationalism of my radial lyricism
360 degrees of literary symbolism
S is for soliloquy because I unusually speak to me
Indefinitely I'm irritably reciting wonderfully
T is the transcendent tracks I create apparent
That's not transparent nor is it very arrogant
U is urbicide I decide is for my mics to try
I annihilate cities that makes an Apocalypse cry
V is the verses versus voltage that are so vibrant
That the tyrants and pirates would be equally silent
W is the way I make songs wirble in circles
This verbal purple I make is universal with more brain than Erkle
X is for a xenolith that lifts and shifts the rifts
Into different levels of gifts that don't actually exist
[Chorus] x2
Alpha Beta Gamma, ABC
Yi Er San, 1 2 3
Back to the basics, just let it be
This is nothing new: elementary
[Outro]
Y is the yare because it's unfair how I pair
The flares together so I dare you to stare
Z is for the zephyr that ensures a good finisher
Cause sir, I've most certainly put in 100% effort
It goes near your nose and everyone would notice
B is for broken which is the reason why I'm smokin'
Machinery scenery fierce like a Hadoken
C is for confidence which is just competence
Compliments of the radiance that I brought to this
D is for defiance because I've got no alliance
Just a reliance on my craft that's basically a science
E is for excellence because that is my preference
The essence of my being is as fresh as a breath mint
F for figuration because my infinite duration
Forms many apparitions, this is my occupation
G is for gamma with this radiation candor
The standards of my grammar is met with absolute manners
H is for harmonics because my sound tonic
Is similar to verbal chronic that goes supersonic
[Chorus] x2
Alpha Beta Gamma, ABC
Yi Er San, 1 2 3
Back to the basics, just let it be
This is nothing new: elementary
[Verse 2]
I is for Illmatic that's less than static, automatic
The tactics that I still practice less than sporadic
J for jabberwock which they believe what I talk
But knock on the block and know the tic tok is stocked
K for killuminati, represents my different theories
Purely, merely a shield yield, call it Nick Fury
L is the luminescent descendant before your eyes
The resident of precedence with sound that multiplies
M is melisma mastering microphone melodies
But the charisma is plastering monochrome MCs
N is for notorious with this glorious story kid
I end up victorious, back to M for meritorious
O is for ovations even octaves partake in
Clefs in amazement, notes in wrong placements
P is for poetic because I write an Iliad Epic
The tales and legends are all awesomely aesthetic
[Chorus] x2
Alpha Beta Gamma, ABC
Yi Er San, 1 2 3
Back to the basics, just let it be
This is nothing new: elementary
Q means quartic because I'm past the next degree
Past three, Takumi, even if you square root me
R is the rationalism of my radial lyricism
360 degrees of literary symbolism
S is for soliloquy because I unusually speak to me
Indefinitely I'm irritably reciting wonderfully
T is the transcendent tracks I create apparent
That's not transparent nor is it very arrogant
U is urbicide I decide is for my mics to try
I annihilate cities that makes an Apocalypse cry
V is the verses versus voltage that are so vibrant
That the tyrants and pirates would be equally silent
W is the way I make songs wirble in circles
This verbal purple I make is universal with more brain than Erkle
X is for a xenolith that lifts and shifts the rifts
Into different levels of gifts that don't actually exist
[Chorus] x2
Alpha Beta Gamma, ABC
Yi Er San, 1 2 3
Back to the basics, just let it be
This is nothing new: elementary
[Outro]
Y is the yare because it's unfair how I pair
The flares together so I dare you to stare
Z is for the zephyr that ensures a good finisher
Cause sir, I've most certainly put in 100% effort
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Continually Reign Supreme
[Verse 1]
Lifestyles of the broke and the ambitious
Raise up suspicions and the superstitious
Why is he so confident and such an optimist?
Soy sauce heritage but he wasabis this
No photoshop, he doesn't even crop this
He remains with flame like H E double hockey sticks
His pocket is in a perpetual state of emptiness
But his instrumentals are a rate of exemplariness
Not temporary, it seems quite permanent
But his apartment still has yet to be furnished
Top of his dome is improvisation less common
And the bottom of his stomach chillin is top ramen
Chanting like shamans, this dude recites all night
He rewrites and rewrites and no end in sight
He doesn't know if he'll make it and get signed
But all in his mind, his rhymes are just fine
[Chorus]
Ever tried, ever failed, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
It's no matter, it's no matter, it's no matter, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Try again, fail again, try again, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
Just fail better, just fail better, just fail better, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
[Verse 2]
Lifestyles of the blessed and the gifted
Everything in his thought process has been shifted
So much ahead of his environment
Everything he touches turns into diamonds
His watch turns at his own pace of intelligence
With no negligence he makes obscure relevant
Bury him in the ground and he's so ahead in ways
The next day you strike oil where he lay
His head is concocting crystallic fusion
And they deal with installment improvements
4.7 and his world is in 0.9
So in the grind, it might not be his time
Some may perceive he's quite peculiar
Or raving mad. But still somewhat familiar
Somewhat behind and yet somewhat ahead
And instead he turns gold into lead
[Chorus]
Ever tried, ever failed, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
It's no matter, it's no matter, it's no matter, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Try again, fail again, try again, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
Just fail better, just fail better, just fail better, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
[Verse 3]
T-A-K-U-M-I the fox
Everything I do will never ever stop
The previous verses were detergents
And the insurgents cut things up like surgeons
Generally warned and professionally formed
I'm definitely sworn with a chill state of warm
Honestly, my honesty is put onto every beat
It might seem obsolete but it fits perfectly
I speak serpents. Just the master and the servant
Watch this at work, the surface has lasting purpose
Less than worthless, the deep end equivalent
Like an ambulance it has first lane privileges
Reminisce and provide grander gifts
I create like a chemist that is blemish-less
So I render this with no clear paradigm
Wrong place, right time with this original design
[Chorus]
Ever tried, ever failed, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
It's no matter, it's no matter, it's no matter, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Try again, fail again, try again, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
Just fail better, just fail better, just fail better, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Lifestyles of the broke and the ambitious
Raise up suspicions and the superstitious
Why is he so confident and such an optimist?
Soy sauce heritage but he wasabis this
No photoshop, he doesn't even crop this
He remains with flame like H E double hockey sticks
His pocket is in a perpetual state of emptiness
But his instrumentals are a rate of exemplariness
Not temporary, it seems quite permanent
But his apartment still has yet to be furnished
Top of his dome is improvisation less common
And the bottom of his stomach chillin is top ramen
Chanting like shamans, this dude recites all night
He rewrites and rewrites and no end in sight
He doesn't know if he'll make it and get signed
But all in his mind, his rhymes are just fine
[Chorus]
Ever tried, ever failed, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
It's no matter, it's no matter, it's no matter, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Try again, fail again, try again, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
Just fail better, just fail better, just fail better, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
[Verse 2]
Lifestyles of the blessed and the gifted
Everything in his thought process has been shifted
So much ahead of his environment
Everything he touches turns into diamonds
His watch turns at his own pace of intelligence
With no negligence he makes obscure relevant
Bury him in the ground and he's so ahead in ways
The next day you strike oil where he lay
His head is concocting crystallic fusion
And they deal with installment improvements
4.7 and his world is in 0.9
So in the grind, it might not be his time
Some may perceive he's quite peculiar
Or raving mad. But still somewhat familiar
Somewhat behind and yet somewhat ahead
And instead he turns gold into lead
[Chorus]
Ever tried, ever failed, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
It's no matter, it's no matter, it's no matter, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Try again, fail again, try again, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
Just fail better, just fail better, just fail better, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
[Verse 3]
T-A-K-U-M-I the fox
Everything I do will never ever stop
The previous verses were detergents
And the insurgents cut things up like surgeons
Generally warned and professionally formed
I'm definitely sworn with a chill state of warm
Honestly, my honesty is put onto every beat
It might seem obsolete but it fits perfectly
I speak serpents. Just the master and the servant
Watch this at work, the surface has lasting purpose
Less than worthless, the deep end equivalent
Like an ambulance it has first lane privileges
Reminisce and provide grander gifts
I create like a chemist that is blemish-less
So I render this with no clear paradigm
Wrong place, right time with this original design
[Chorus]
Ever tried, ever failed, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
It's no matter, it's no matter, it's no matter, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Try again, fail again, try again, c'mon
(The more you try to erase me)
Just fail better, just fail better, just fail better, c'mon
(The more that I appear, oh)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Make Believe
[Verse 1]
Let's pretend that all of the success really happens
Let's pretend and say that I make a career out of rappin
And not even just spitting words through the radio
Not even watching the videos and disregarding my flow
Let's pretend my music leaves a real lasting impression
And the musical depression turns back into jam sessions
Let's pretend that the lyrical content was deeper than that
Deeper than quote on quote rap, deeper than the sale stats
Let's pretend my album generates worldwide buzz
Have generations pondering and wishing they could do what I does
Let's pretend I start a movement, more than improvement
In the mental home front, now everyone is less prudent
Seeking knowledge like students, we constantly are aware
And right there, from my music that I handled with care
Let's pretend that I actually make it and I do it till the end
How wonderful it would be, c'mon, let's pretend
[Verse 2]
Let's pretend that the ink in my pen ran dry already
That I never even attempted to make rhymes steady
Let's pretend I had no ambition to continue this dream
And we can pretend that I already had that self-esteem
Let's pretend that I already had all the girls I asked
And I never had to keep my emotions bottle and masked
We can pretend that I didn't write to release deep secrets
Nor did I have problems rooted in myself deep seeded
Let's keep pretending that I never liked music all too much
That I never once heard a chord that had my heart touched
We can say that I always had my way and never had problems
That I was entrapped with what were goon to goblins
Let's pretend I had no desire to recite my writtens
And failing twice bitten left me more than frost bitten
We can pretend that I just didn't ever have that passion
Let's pretend that I never even dreamed of it to happen
[Verse 3]
Now let's pretend that a kid from Portland tried to MC
And we can pretend that his stage name was Takumi
We can pretend he got it from one of his favorite books
We can pretend that he worries his moniker gets mistook
And then let's pretend he instills in his raps his upbringing
Which does not include good singing or crack flinging
Let's pretend he tries to do real good at school
And we can pretend that he hopes he comes of real cool
And that around his friends, he is maybe well-liked
But he never knows because pretend he's worried bout spite
Because let's say his confidence was never very high
And he was wondering if his competence was just a lie
Pretend he wanted to make music so he could be heard
Pretend he embraced his brain and his aura of nerd
Pretend his words over tracks had people head bobbin
Pretend his first mixtape was pow like Batman and Robin
And we can keep on weaving this fictional tale
But I bet you're getting bored listening to this kid wail
But if we can pretend one more time, if you will
That you wanted to hear the quill and if this kid's ill
Or if you wanted to listen to his hustle and struggle
And maybe see this boy rise and see him start as a bubble
Then maybe for once you're in for a surprise
You don't have to pretend, just open your eyes.
Let's pretend that all of the success really happens
Let's pretend and say that I make a career out of rappin
And not even just spitting words through the radio
Not even watching the videos and disregarding my flow
Let's pretend my music leaves a real lasting impression
And the musical depression turns back into jam sessions
Let's pretend that the lyrical content was deeper than that
Deeper than quote on quote rap, deeper than the sale stats
Let's pretend my album generates worldwide buzz
Have generations pondering and wishing they could do what I does
Let's pretend I start a movement, more than improvement
In the mental home front, now everyone is less prudent
Seeking knowledge like students, we constantly are aware
And right there, from my music that I handled with care
Let's pretend that I actually make it and I do it till the end
How wonderful it would be, c'mon, let's pretend
[Verse 2]
Let's pretend that the ink in my pen ran dry already
That I never even attempted to make rhymes steady
Let's pretend I had no ambition to continue this dream
And we can pretend that I already had that self-esteem
Let's pretend that I already had all the girls I asked
And I never had to keep my emotions bottle and masked
We can pretend that I didn't write to release deep secrets
Nor did I have problems rooted in myself deep seeded
Let's keep pretending that I never liked music all too much
That I never once heard a chord that had my heart touched
We can say that I always had my way and never had problems
That I was entrapped with what were goon to goblins
Let's pretend I had no desire to recite my writtens
And failing twice bitten left me more than frost bitten
We can pretend that I just didn't ever have that passion
Let's pretend that I never even dreamed of it to happen
[Verse 3]
Now let's pretend that a kid from Portland tried to MC
And we can pretend that his stage name was Takumi
We can pretend he got it from one of his favorite books
We can pretend that he worries his moniker gets mistook
And then let's pretend he instills in his raps his upbringing
Which does not include good singing or crack flinging
Let's pretend he tries to do real good at school
And we can pretend that he hopes he comes of real cool
And that around his friends, he is maybe well-liked
But he never knows because pretend he's worried bout spite
Because let's say his confidence was never very high
And he was wondering if his competence was just a lie
Pretend he wanted to make music so he could be heard
Pretend he embraced his brain and his aura of nerd
Pretend his words over tracks had people head bobbin
Pretend his first mixtape was pow like Batman and Robin
And we can keep on weaving this fictional tale
But I bet you're getting bored listening to this kid wail
But if we can pretend one more time, if you will
That you wanted to hear the quill and if this kid's ill
Or if you wanted to listen to his hustle and struggle
And maybe see this boy rise and see him start as a bubble
Then maybe for once you're in for a surprise
You don't have to pretend, just open your eyes.
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