1. |
Shelf Life
06:37
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I'm unfocused, need to clear my mind
Can't get a hold of my self control
Took a road trip up 10th and Vine
Finally realized......... I! I! I!
(gotta get up)
And I don't care what they say (I gotta get up)
And I don't care why they do (I gotta get up)
We can't lose got the tools
And the groove
Gonna break it down just for you.
(I gotta get up)
What IZ the reason we fight to stay alive?
We got to take some risks.
Leaving your city, your state and your country
Explore the world a bit.
Counterfeit struggle. Technology bubbling.
What is all this Grey?
Matter of falsity. Thoughts in a coffin.
We’ve reached the final plague.
Shelf life
Hangin’ on to superstition
What you’ve given up
Shelf life
Lyin’ down to competition
What you’ve given up
Dealing with life's
Deception got me tainted all the way.
Afraid of the future.
Erasing my past.
I'll never do nothing.
How long will it last?
I don’t need any help.
I don’t need no place to go.
Lost!
In a cage in a hole/home.
<Chorus>
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2. |
Suspicious People
05:02
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Nighttime is when you hear that mumbling.
Before the bite you hear the bark.
Starts with a whisper in the shadows.
Later their screaming in the dark.
How did we get to be so low down?
Why can't we always stay the same?
Next thing you know they're calling for you.
They think they got someone to blame.
Suspicious People
I don't need your trouble.
I can find trouble
On my own.
Suspicious People
I don't need your trouble.
I can find trouble
On my own.
Talking to you just a little bit, little bit.
Won't you listen just a little bit, little bit.
Talking to you just a little bit, little bit.
Getting louder just a little bit, little bit.
I see you read between the pages.
Looking for something in between.
Staying up late into the morning
Watching the static on the screen.
They think somebody must be lying.
You start to spread some of your own.
Instead of bringing trouble trouble.
Sometimes you can't leave it alone.
<Chorus>
Ayo I know these people
They keep an ego.
Try to bring down yaself in 3Fold.
All in your business,
They trying to be close.
But they don't know you,
So how that equal?
Love and friendship,
You pain, no pleasure.
They want you to be insane together.
Some wish you well,
Others wish you dead.
Long as they get fed
Off the space you bled.
Long as they get rest
Off your work and stress.
It's chess
With a few pawns missing I guess.
You looking for the authentic,
Not no Venomous snake
that throw they weight
And put a flaw in it.
Naw baby, that's off limits.
Why keep up with the crawfishes?
Put 'em away, let'em decay.
Get outta my face,
Yo reasonings way outta base.
<Chorus>
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3. |
Standing On the Corner
05:52
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Standing on the Corner
Standing on the corner
Steppin’ on the side
Ain’t no need for trouble
Watching the world go by
Standing on the corner is they everyday thing
Hooping all night as soon as that bell ring.
Every now and then, folks up to no good,
But that’s how it is, and that’s understood.
But then all of sudden, things got violent.
Strong stench in the air,
Way more sirens.
Way more firing. (Them ain't cars there, buh.)
Some kids grew up, some caught unfair ones.
Some got shot
Some got knocked
Some push pills
Others push rocks.
Basketball,
And that evil medicine.
The corner never ends.
<Chorus>
Cops roll by,
Tell you to get to stepping.
Billy clubs and guns
Ain't they only weapons.
Just a bystander,
Guilt before innocence.
Hold them hands high.
You are an immigrant.
You don’t belong here.
Go back where you came from.
Officer, officer,
America made us.
<Chorus>
America made us.
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4. |
Come Forward
02:08
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5. |
Chippin' Away
05:38
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I’m feeling great,
The best I’ve felt my whole life
So whatever lies ahead
I’m ready to fight
They can’t chip my armor
Sunny or rainy days
Turn that volume up louder
And dance the pain away
Make ‘em hear it from Cali out to the greatest lakes
All my folks in NY
Down to the southern states.
But this Missouri made,
Kansas City trained
KCMO!
Hit like a bullet train
Different vibe and flavor
We don’t cater to the outsiders.
Sly trying to persuade us
That’s what makes us
Undeniable spirit
Lying within
Any given arrangement
So the music’s in tune
To get rid of the lunatics
That don’t live by the groove.
Buffoons, your time’s up
So consider this news:
HOD!
Don’t play no games, baby.
Ahh Chippin’ Away
I chips away at your ego
Chips away till ya see-through
Seeking sustenance IZ somewhat illegal
I feed you a five course meal
With the mic I yield
Then keep you
Around for just desserts
IZ justice served?
Man, cops busting first?
Got me worried my whole family gon' touch a hearse.
For better or worse,
I will make my mark on this earth.
HOD!
Don’t play no games, baby.
This that stress relief
Knock that chip off your shoulder
We the recipe
But come a bit closer,
these the better seats.
But get off your ass,
The FUNK will never cease.
We forever bring
The dance music
For advanced users
All we need is a chance.
Clapping ya hands to it,
Get on your bad foot
and break a leg!
KCMO!
Don’t play no games, baby.
Ahh Chippin’ Away
This IZ for your notions preconceived
This IZ for your club and your radio dreams
This IZ for the supporters of what we bring
And this IZ for the bands that say you’re better than we
Or Me, man your style stay stuck in a tree
You’re talking about improvement but that ain’t grooving
Really? What the hell Are y’all doing?
HOD!
Hip Hop on your head
Till the doubt is dead.
It’s the new type of high. Your eyes,
Cloudy red.
Put some soul in your cup and let the vibe spread
Mind fed, now you can’t stop moving your legs
Feet shaking, arms danglin’ around
Like you throwing a fit
When the percussion pounds.
Get down when you come to our town,
Superior sound:
KCMO!
Ahh Chippin’ Away
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6. |
Six Feet
05:18
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Under pressure
Somebody’s gonna try to get himself on top.
Under pressure
Somebody’s gonna think they gotta make it stop.
Changin’ weather
Will we see the sun or the storms about to come?
We can never
Really know if this is the end, or if it’s just begun.
Stuck in time,
Stuck in the same situation.
Drawin’ lines
Only adds to the complication.
Sooner or late,
Everyone’s gonna figure it out.
And we’ll all end up
With the same six feet down under the ground.
In the day time
Everybody waits until they can get home.
In the night time
Nobody ever wants to spend their time alone.
Hard to define
What anybody needs to make it on their own.
Hold the love line
Always holdin’ out for something we don’t know.
<Chorus>
Six feet ain’t deep enough
They gon' have to put me thirteen under.
No matter where I end up,
I’ma be that Muthafuka!
Can’t waste my time
Worrying about minor things,
Ain’t no regrets.
I can’t be stressed,
I’m blessed. My future’s set.
Izmore inject
That raw funk inside your neck.
I get respect
from those that matter.
What you expect?
Under pressure from the sunrise until it sets.
World full of threats, live your life
That’s your best bet.
That’s my philosophy.
Complaining is obsolete.
Folks ain’t got no pot to pee,
No fruit of their labor, just rotten teeth.
Whats hollowing
Follow me down a bloody brick road
Where wars are fought and babies get sold
Trafficking girls around the globe
The game don’t get old!
<Chorus>
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7. |
Round and Around
04:20
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She's so tempted, she's trying to resist it.
She can't help it. Cause she really wants this.
He won't give it up
No matter how hard she works
To make sure he knows what she's worth.
I know, I can't let it go!
Spinning around, this feelings got me in a hold.
I know, I can't let it go!
Spinning around, this world has left me in the cold.
I'm sitting at my table, can't tell if I'm able.
I'm trying to be honest of how I feel about you.
He won't give it up
No matter how hard she works
To make sure he knows what she's worth.
<Chorus>
Why you do this?
Can't figure it out.
Don't let me keep going
Round and around.
You say it's not hard
To make this thing real.
But I know what you know if you just let me show you.
He's so tempted, he's trying to resist it.
He can't help it, ‘cause he really wants this.
She won't give it up
No matter how hard he works
To make sure she knows what he's worth.
<Chorus>
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8. |
Got to Hustle
04:30
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Kansas City mindstate
No matter the time, I’m goin’ in.
World ain’t stopping no time soon,
I might as well take a spin.
What I got to lose?
The order of things do confuse.
If you can’t handle yourself,
How can you handle the truth?
It don’t do a thing,
It don’t mean a thing,
It don’t change a thing,
Wherever you are in the world,
You got to hustle.
Whatever the reason
I chisel my mind
I’m trying to get heavy.
Says a girl named Lucy
Loosely selling loosies in a Chevy.
Regardless of age,
That wage coming steady.
Whole neighborhood lookin’ for her,
All her products were deadly.
<Chorus>
And it seems so crazy
And it makes me holler
Gotta spend my whole life
Reachin’ for that dollar
Nine to nine
Ten to ten
Twelve to twelve
Single mother working hard for herself
And a dollar. Ain’t no man ever there.
Naw naw naw, they don't need that, but it can help.
Situation change focus, so we fast forward.
Twenty more years, a little past autumn.
Graduated Harvard with honors
Used to be a target,
Now she don’t lose or forfeit.
<Chorus>
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Hearts of Darkness Kansas City, Missouri
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