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Been a while since the kid went blank.
The scars are a trade, puff the dumb shit like my own
change of heart, beat steal my thunder.
This that thoughtful head nod, that underground lover.
Spark for the blunted. Steal a smile from the drugs that I plundered.
It's a fallout, I'm over encumbered.
On the clock now, like my days are numbered.
I can fix this blunder. Yeah.
I'm tryna keep the line thin between me and the avatar.
Gotta sleep at night, if I can drink and let me drift that far.
On facts never lost on the block or the festival
changing channels, how I feel up in this vestibule
I stay sure of myself, but caught up in depression flow,
you know how it goes.
Let's just say I don't want to stay this age forever.
Don't want to read the same pages of pain and pleasure.
I'm just tryna keep it together.
I'ma work all day just in case there's no heaven.
Who am I? I'm just like you.
Searching for me, that perfect blue.
Memories of the past in foreign cities
roll through with a team and a squad of some sinners
we wouldn't play the set and just dip
I'm into this shit, that honesty drip.
I'm low key pissed at the quality of these "top commodities"
some of y'all just honestly shit.
Talking like they know how poverty hit.
They played a lot of these kids.
They bought their way in, or they're somebody's kid
Grandfathered, they win. Congrats on the nepotism
Art gone commercial, lost sight of the mission
That's why I don't hold back in these raps, don't need your permission.
Memories of four scores and fuckin' any tour ago, just listen.
Plenty of your scores from looking at my notes, no vision
It's hopeless. Guess it's my fault for not keeping focus.
Well here we are, cannot be stopped now.
Let myself grow in the year of the lockdown.
Let's get weird, and keep it real every song.
Something will catch on.
I'm set to prove the neck-beards wrong. Fuck 'em.
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Scum World
02:54
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Fuck it all if it's all fake. Wish we'd evolve past old ways.
I talk to your ghost from the old days.
Even if you're gone, I don't let it go to waste.
You've been moving on. Hope we on the same page.
I really did it, thought I'd never change.
Numb to the world, little Novocaine.
Still I would prefer a better role to play.
I will admit I used to be useless. Now I can review this,
make up for lost time. That's why I'm doing this.
Every day a new moment to pursue
why would I ruin the rhythm I'm on?
I fluently visit newer dimensions whether the intention
party or lesson, imparting every section
Sometimes I replay sessions, needless to mention
I've made mistakes. I'll retake any test to mend them.
I'm living with intention 'til the day I'm wasted,
party at my wake and keep it real.
Fuck it all if it's all fake, shit.
I'm at my own pace but I'm always racing to produce this shit.
Daily, whether broke or paid yeah, I'm your future favorite.
Underground kid from New York, a mutt of a thug, hippie,
metalhead, dork...
Forest or city, seen shots, kept busy.
Lift shops, break bread, hazy push weight in mailers
bottle full of script for the folks in the messes.
Shit, I wasn't living with a message.
Then, it was underhanded wonderland.
Trip Alice in the garden of madness regardless of actions,
regarded as savages, my crew broke youth
users and bastards and shooters. No runners.
Some of them left that way. I guess I've been around,
and earned every grey.
Determined to stay on the right path
passionate laugh to shed the weight
the best obsession, the need to create.
Get up early, no need to be late
for the wave I'm on now, it's an ocean, not a lake.
Both sides of the water, fuck it all if it's all fake.
Only the real can relate.
I'm doing it all in a day. Get it all in a take.
Spit raw sacred shapes. Rap game primo
inching toward the truth like Zeno.
Fuck it all if it's all fake, Wish we'd evolve past old ways.
I talk to your ghost from the old days.
Even if you're gone, I don't let it go to waste.
You've been moving on. Hope we on the same page.
I really did it, thought I'd never change.
Numb to the world, little Novocaine.
Smoke in my lungs, feeling fit to blow an O today.
Faded but my cavalry with it, not only my word is a weapon.
Ready to be on the offensive, but the anger stay in the past
where I left it.
Transformative bars, y'all level 1 rappers stink, take a breath mint.
Pay attention.
I'm about to ghost, coast to coast, expel the host like I got a Silph Scope.
I see it all go postal in a moment
I adapt to every moment. Waking, I'm never half baked
it's all the way.
Fuck it all if it's all fake, you know what the fuck I'm saying?
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Let Things Die
02:38
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Things are changing, can you feel it?
The way you make me come to you and...
I'm thinking lately I've done all I can do and
you will face me, but it's all an illusion (in effect)
Come with me, might want to leave this all behind
like clockwork, the passion will turn into a grind
I need to chase it, here I'm wasting all my time
We play complacent and I need more than just "fine"
I came from the bottom but this isn't the top
I waited for something but the fate don't stop
Barely smile 'cause I'm not a liar if I'm not happy
keep your friends close and watch them turn into enemy
Swagger-jack, use my lines but never ahead of me
You're not yourself, how pathetic can it be
There's a different side to Key that you're gonna see
I know you're not ready but the problem is you better be
The problem is I see red and then you'll plead for me to stop
this shit pent up, and fake love I'll never need
You lie through your teeth so I'll break them happily
I said I let this part of me die but it's waited inside of me
The side of me that's struggled, something you don't see
The side that hustled, the side that's trouble, you don't know me
The lines are never cap, I live it or lived it
When I'm livid you pivot to feign being civil
I see through you, you're a nothing. Friendship, I'll end it.
My friends have died in my arms, so your loss can be mended.
My life is so much more than what you saw, you pretender.
I've been through it all, no gauze, so just send it.
You try to copy or top Evil Key and I'm just not impressed yet.
It crossed my mind I could be crossed by someone so close.
It's not the first time, friends and lovers all walk the rope
They all want something so titles change, it's all for show.
The change is in effect always, break the chains but I'm on my own
I'm keeping it real and keeping it my own, let it be known.
You can fuckin' let it die, you can let it be known.
You can love and let it die, you can let yourself grow.
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I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard, create love in depression.
I don't need accolades, it's all for the message.
No acting, it's all in the method.
I tear through the fences, nary a preface
I'm in it for the love and for my setting.
This place looked big when we first connected
now we outgrow the original flow we presented
Never plateau, the view will leave you breathless
Never seen this shit before, what is the metric?
Can't be rejected. Shit, we kept progressing
every step bigger than expected, not to mention
I came out with vision perfected
tried to address all I resented, facing death with a new breath
equipped to reconnect and work not relenting.
I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard no matter the weather
I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard, no matter the weather
I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard, create love in depression.
I don't know what's next but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure.
[Blaque Alex verse]:
Dicaprio.
Diamond status and you know that I ain't average
I can feel the pressure coming but I know that I'm the baddest
motherfucker, and my pockets ain't the fattest
but I'm still the fuckin' classic. It's Dicaprio, you ignoramus bastards.
Never fold 'cause I'm way too cold. Never stressed 'cause I'm way too old.
And I'm way too bold for fear living
my homies is here giving me the codes
game winning shot straight to the dome
Peace God, I need to release God so I'm penning these bars
to manage the peace, God
See, I'd rather use a pen than carry a piece, God
'cause the crime rate is blowing up, getting obese, God.
The journey's hard, so you stay on God/guard
Meditation, masturbation, man whatever, evolve.
Disregard all the stars, man
the universe is ours, man
I conquered all the odds, man
you should see the scars, man.
Vibrating higher as fuck is my desire as fuck.
Give it up to lady luck, I got a good relationship with her
so I stuck it in her butt. Yeah, I got it. What what?
What the fuck? Where the fuck you comin' from?
Condescending energy and I ain't really wanting none.
So bring it back to where you brung it from
Evil Key and Blaque Alex baby, you know we brought you another one.
I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard no matter the weather
I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard, no matter the weather
I don't know who sent you but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure
That's why I smile, work hard, create love in depression.
I don't know what's next but motherfucker I breathe water under pressure.
Despite all the love and even if I'm drowning
I can't account for the faces around me
the water's taking all and you can't hear me shouting.
On the glass I'm pounding, my last shot.
I am the man in the box. Every night.
Are these even my thoughts? No, we are past this.
Breathe in the water, I become the past tense.
Tomorrow I'll write about it and speak to the masses.
Or, anyone who hears me.
Until the end, whoever I am, I'll be the one who steers me.
So you know no matter who I am today,
I come at you sincerely.
I'd rather try it all, test every theory.
No fear of reappearing from the water undead.
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Replicant
02:34
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I would never leave this without a reason
but my head's cloudy evading the meaning
gloss over depressive seasons
unprotected jester motherfucker said "seize him!"
Little did they know, I'm deceiving
Let's kill the king and make him swallow the pill he is dealing
keeled over and reeling
I smell it in the air tonight, blood is spilling
Go ghost Like I'm losing the feeling
turned around like the floor is the ceiling, run it up.
The system is silly, who's really in power, puff they chests,
okay buttercup.
Bottom's up, last drink.
Enjoy it and savor the taste 'cause we closing up.
Models of past life, in fabric an aperture
got under a spell lack of self, and forevermore
fought for dollars, yeah.
Bottom's up, last drink.
Enjoy it and savor the taste 'cause we closing up.
Did you ever want anything more in your cup?
Did you come in because you already give up?
You say it is what it is and take all the stuff
they make for the chumps to regurgitate and eat it all up
the homogeneous bastards manufactured
for monotonous cattle, nothing but rabble
maybe you in the wrong place cowpoke, skidaddle.
Your time and money ain't good here
if you're just another asshole
sucking up air and polluting the mind
You fall right in line.
I hope at some point you try to smile without lying inside.
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New Body
03:05
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I really want to say goodbye.
But I don't know how. But I don't know how.
I want to run away.
But I don't know where or why.
But I don't know where or why.
I really want to say goodbye.
But I don't know how. But I don't know how.
I want to run away.
But I don't know how.
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Love Me
02:31
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Do you want to love me?
Do you want to love me?
Things went by unsaid.
Left ringing in our heads.
Loving so carefully.
Things go by unsaid.
Sheltered in our bed.
And for what it's worth, I'm sorry.
Do you want to love me?
Do you want to love me?
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The love was not just a side effect. I could never forget you.
But your drug had a high that kept waning. Felt disconnected.
Enough is enough, I guess? Waiting felt like a sentence.
It's all temporary, no matter how long it is.
I used to know you. Let's just put that away.
I want to tell you, I like to know you're the same.
Enough was never what I had. I can only suppress you.
And the drugs had a high that kept fading. Felt less collected.
Feel pain to notice the progress. Aimlessly, I'd wander. Breathless.
It's all temporary no matter how long it is.
When I'm up early to see the sun rise, it looks different.
Don't feel the light or the poetry, the heat, none of it hits me.
It's a different sky. It feels better, and now I can see
Just because something isn't right, doesn't mean I don't miss it.
I just have a thing for noticing when I'm stuck, and break tradition.
Even if I don't speak, I will always listen.
Even if it's all bleak, you will always glisten.
Even if I'm too weak, I can always pretend.
And if the taste gets too sweet, it'll all end.
I used to know you. Let's just put that away.
I want to tell you, I like to know you're the same.
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Ooh, I want you, where I am. I lost you, where I stand.
Funny all the people who left when I put in work.
I can only try so hard before I give you too much of my worth.
Words don't hurt like you think, the actions are worse.
You're a different type of person, this is where I am.
Be careful who you call family.
Your homie pull something slick and leave you motion sick,
get the Dramamine.
It's just drama if you ain't with me or a fan of me.
I'm done giving support or tips doing the same shit is insanity.
Pick if you want to be up on this shit with me or
worthless if you need vanity.
It's all love on my end but you can cut the mind games,
I ain't with the pageantry. Why would you even be mad at me?
Guess I didn't understand your faculties until I lived through all the casualties.
I refuse to give in despite all the tragedies.
Despite being angry.
If I fuck with you, it's for life.
You can still take my hand and see.
Sometimes it feels like nobody really has got your back.
When the chips fall they all just scramble for a stack.
I lived life calm but ready to react.
Nice guys finish last so I guess now I'm on attack.
I didn't mean for that, but it's true.
What makes you think you know what I've been through?
From the outside, it looks like you never knew.
We're all jaded, whatever dude.
If it's divided we fall, just know I tried to keep it all together too.
I'm just ready to cash in on all the credit due.
There's no regret, I still see a great friend in you.
Come with me, I'm tryna make all these better moves.
Expect the worst, work for the best. Whatever that proves.
Connect with the hearse, with every test some other bad news.
To hell with all the selfish, I'm replenished and wealthy
with vehemence. Been down and up like the lives of a phoenix.
Been through it, but never Bale like Machinist.
I'm committed to what I love and that's far from a weakness.
I wish you were around to see this, not just when it's convenient.
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Leeches
02:34
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You asked me to see my secret weapon.
I never had one, I just keep pretending.
Voices in my head mining leave a mess and
everyone wants out, you don't get the message.
Bloodsucking net worth, cheap seats. They vex, coerce
am I unwelcome? Something terse? If you can before I submerge
as I've rehearsed. Seedling wasted, obverse and dwelled in.
You don't know if it makes sense. I'm hellbent.
Some things are more beautiful in death.
Said the leech, "well, then. Bold of you to think I don't feel deep."
Deep fake motherfuckers wear a different face to see.
It looked me in my eyes and let me bleed. Well I can still breathe.
What if I'm really gone? Breathe in the water like I'm moving on
Drop in the bucket. Fuck it, 'cause I felt it.
Unsung character, rain check on rebirth.
Am I seldom even fucking heard? It was just an overture.
And I've never needed anything. Vacant but dwelled in.
You don't know if it makes sense. I'm hellbent.
Some things are more beautiful in death.
Said the leech, "well, then. To the depths of the ocean, I'm in."
It looked at me with an eye on the vessel.
Well, I'm not on your level.
Leeches.
Born in a blizzard, had a storm to attune with.
'93 'til insanity. Ward of the inward, laughing at a port all-consuming
Well I guess I'll never make it, but I'm sure glad as fuck I never faked it
Its all so gloomy, fuzzed up, fucked up, lotta time wasted.
Glad I stopped pushing, but fuck I miss the paycheck.
What if I'm really gone?
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One more time. With feeling, concordantly but a force that's killing me
maelstrom of an identity. Stay the course with everything in between,
no meta game.
I like a 3 part story arc, where will it lead?
In a galaxy farthest away, smoked like charcuterie.
On the loveseat alone at 5 AM, laughing at the stars in my head,
cruisin' hard like the car Elon shot in space
that's the ride we on in the mess
What a fuckin' weirdo.
It appears to me clear though, recollect.
Steer clear of the fake shit I ain't chasin' paper
I'm taking my shot full taste no chaser
turns out I'm a beast, displacer
Lets feast, and savor the peace if able.
Not some Molyneux, no Fable.
Stay true, accrue favor. I'm timeless like cable.
I'm talkin' the mutant, fuck TV.
Never commercial for none, fuck with me.
Evil has won no matter who holds the key.
I guess I'll just flex on bitch-ass humanity.
Laugh at the tragedy, comedic in packaging.
I'm sure of myself but I'm still not a fan of me.
I guess there's levels to this insanity,
unsound salvage ground from the fallacy
and walk and embellish in my palace features,
it's not selfish even if we're selfish creatures
to decorate your mind's reaches with pieces of
the aether and and memories of your teachers, or
class cut in the cloud of the greenest importance.
Again in concordance, I'm back.
I'm on it, like Baggins, been there and back.
One more time, with feeling. 'Til I let it drift.
I'm trying to keep the faith. In what? Something.
In myself, in what I love, and what I'm becoming.
Nothing I can't take. Keeps me flowing, no numbing.
Better health, the difference is stunning. Wow..
It's easy to think you'll never get out.
I wish I couldn't not give a fuck.
Every time I do, I let them in and they
take me back.
Yeah. Take me back.
I'm willing to bet none of you that claim that you facts, just chasing a fad
It's lazy and bad, I came with the pack, got faded and passed
a crazy new track. Decimated a bag last night chasing the snare sound.
A spliff and a pipe and mixing the hype like you pre-ordered it.
Music is my motive, rap I cut through and cornered it.
Worldstar and recorded it. More importantly, true to myself.
I'm a performer, see. Act 3 in my universe.
every genre felt, stay true to words.
I'ma do what I want, you can do your worst.
If you dig, there's plenty more gold for the kid to unearth. Let's work.
Expanding the circle again like a search.
Trying not to be a loner on my perch.
But I don't fuck with people like I did when I was a perp
pushing purp to the jerks in the dirt.
Just feeding the hurt off the turns, it's all fake.
That was lives ago, and just wait.
The shit in '19 was just a piece of the cake.
One more time, with feeling. 'Til I let it drift.
[Biggz verse]:
One more shot before I blow my brain out.
My old lady told me I should let that pain out.
My bandmates told me never put that flame out
but I descend slowly like droplets from a raincloud.
I never feel safe/sound, always kinda weighed down
15 bricks all tied to my waste, drown
tread water like a beach 'til a fucker’s face down
now, is it a cry for attention?
Yeah we engaged in this mental sex, mind fucks, eyes shut
Echoes into your emptiness
Warm and fuzzy in secretions of static
It only means a little when the homie has had it
2 months in a hole, and he’s back like it's magic
bone through the nose, a different type of savage
Ape that evolved, pure and tragic
Full of fuck it all, live life in Tantric
until he can't stand it, then
one more time, with feeling.
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a f t e r l i f e
03:03
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Evil Key Syracuse, New York
Evil Key, beat producer and rapper.
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