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My favorite type's the type to stick around
Sick of clowns quick to quit and ditch when sitches get you down
What now? I'm flipping hits like bricks and spitting style by the pound
Lotsa sticklers tryna push, but I don't foul
I don't know who's bout to cap, I watch my back like an owl
Keep a gap, like diastema smiles, away from rest
Do you! I'll do me til my day of death
Niggas say that I should act my age, bitch I'm ageless
Say less
My heart's in every move
I'm the product of my pain, can't barter with the truth
I know trauma bring us strength, been taught the hard way since a youth
Back when momma hit the station for cartons of them newports
I cherish all I got to lose, aware of lots I got to gain
Carefully watching for mistakes
I ain't shit yet, but I improve with grace
Been raising my own bar like I'm bench pressing
Heavy as my grin lets me, I can see a Benz already
Got me some ends, I just need a friend
Most of y'all ain't been ready, blame the internet
But for me and mine, it's a far way that we go back
Pete and I remember days when we were praying for a check
I don't have a clue, mad confused at how we managed to pay for boof
The eighth abusers, nowadays I'm way more lucid
Tryna save dubloons, praying to the music
You ain't my momma, so it's zero fucks what you think
I stray from drama, don't care what's in the cup that you drink
Okay like Lama, except there's fewer bucks in the bank
But I'll be up in his ranks if not stuck in a grave first
Yeah, baby
Getting rich later, or just having fun now?
I think I'd really rather have a middle ground
I'm chilling when I can and selling sounds to my crowd
Working shifts and getting........
I'm just reaping all my perks for the now
I been sleeping good, back ain't really hurt in a while
I been trying best to laugh since I learned how to smile
Killing beats fast, they be dead on arrival
Dead like my rivals
Sometimes I feel like I'm ahead of my idols
One mind healing in a bed, tryna write notes late nights up at three
Bout to birth some rappers but I don't want their custody
I don't want their company, just kidding, I love being inspiring
If you as well, I'm hanging round like a tire swing
I'm tired of snakes, no time to waste
'Cause I'm tryna make my empire a thing
And I just might take you with me, if you're with me right now
Throw away all the doubt, dip your face in the clouds,
Get a taste of life!
And I just might take you with me, if you're with me right now...
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2. |
Lemonade (feat. P-Tree)
02:51
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I don't really give a fuck, that's the way
People don't have the skill to love, I mastered faith
Keep the light shedding, diamond in the rough, no acetate
Life's heavy, plus a little tough, I match the weight
Tryna ready up for bigger stuff, slashes wait
Mind steady, never giving up, leave that to fate
I be getting farther from their ugly plastic taste
Yo, things change...
Used to have a buddy, but he's catching cases now
Used to get my stuff for free, but i'm past the age of child
Tryna escape the sad, I'd love to ask a lady how
I can't evade my past, trust the fact I faced my trials
Trash on my name you howled, that's a flagrant foul
And I know you hate my laugh while you fake your smiles
I'll just take my path, nigga go get a bag
Iphone percentage low, made raps today
Life gives you lemons, make lemonade
I miss some women, I'll be okay
I'm on a mission, give the fam some aid
People stay, people go
People change, people won't
People hate, people love
People fake, people don't
People wait, people grow
People can't, people won't
People fake, people don't
People fake, people won't
Lost so many partners, loss will make you want
Never lost what's in my heart
Possum-playing Johns watch and pray to take my job
Preying on my art
Praying on my downfall with a basket to catch my talent
Try snatch it up like Ray Allen
I'm half a chug from tracking a gallon jug
Anytime I rap on one, I'll make a medallion
You're praying for bronze, I'm making it happen
I play it like Madden, you play a facade
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3. |
Intro! (Nothing)
02:38
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Nothing's the same!!!!!11
Imagine if this shit was the same, nothing's the same
Imagine if this shit was the same, nothing's the same to me
Imagine if this shit was the same, nothing's the same
Imagine if this shit was the same, nothing's the same to me
I'm a person of many colors, pretty unique just like any other
We just getting started with these pennies
Past left a bad taste with me like Dasani
Lessons in my cache really can't be copied
Almost got TMJ 'cause I said TMI
I wait for the cash to flow like blood in my body
I'm grateful that the past's weight lessened on my mind
Stress pressed it to a diamond
Sessions getting high had me questioning my life
They want him on a leash and sick, he's on that Mona Lisa shit, sketching all the time
Colors outside the lines tryna guess and paint the answers
God did it's thing, now my momma's missing
Vodka fifth in me got me tryna keep busy
I be riding with the flow until I'm dizzy
Life's thrown me for a loop, I'm just wondering what's next in the plan
'Cause nothing's the same
Imagine if this shit was the same
Nothing's the same
Imagine if this shit was the same
Nothing's the same to me
Imagine if this shit was the same
Nothing's the same
Imagine if this shit was the same
Nothing's the same to me
Hi! I'm a person of many styles
I know that I'm fire, thanks for the reminder
Momma used to tell me whenever we watched the wire
Lady's been telling me I'm sick, I need Pfizer
Taylor Swift level, Kanye ain't this heavenly
Payment's been relevant since 18
So I chase the green medicine, tasting blue dreams
Money ruined my life, let's hope it saves me
I'm surprised if you heard my rap name
And still passed the time away to ask if I'm okay
Pals know if I had to hide this pain, my massive mind would weigh
So bad my spine would break
I miss the Vinewood days
I heard there's brighter days
I wait for lighter rain at least
I made the dreams I chase for me, they rarely understand
Certainly other ways, I play the long game though
'Cause my tone's great, don't want any other plan
Nothing's the same...
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4. |
High Definition
02:57
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I live in deplorable conditions
Room is looking horrible but life has got me smitten
I know that there's more to go, that's my definition of living
I live in perpetual revision
Haters act like they don't know my name is the mission
I'm so unrelatable but praying for connection
I don't want perfection, just no more exes
I don't have a bucket list, just a bunch of setlists
Got a lot to wish and I keep it all tucked
At the moment, mode's just focused on the small stuff
'Cause if I can't help myself then we all fucked
I want a crown on my head til hipsters think I'm starbucks
At that level, wins outweigh the losses
Some got ammo, all I got is cards to play
'Cause I could have every gun and still not feel safe
Shout out to black women
Shout out hispanic women
Shout out to white women
Shout out to trans women
Shout out to women, I can't fuck with bitches
I remember one, his name was _____ always dissin'
Difference tween me and him is when I hear hate, I can listen
It's just some criticism and I see myself in others
Admissions in the mirror then I tell my self I love him
As music plays in the rear of my thoughts
I live in deplorable conditions
Room is looking horrible but life has got me smitten
I know that there's more to go, that's my definition of living
I live in perpetual revision
I been sittin', bummin'
Sipping on some gin and rum and getting hungry
Reminiscing shit I've won and shit that numbed me
Effervescent chicks that left a mess of me I had to clean up on my lonely
Tired of the same old loop,
People's brains on mute,
Face you saying no truth,
I can tell by the way they look at those in cahoots
How to make a nigga feel alone in a group
Gets me hotter than a bowl full of soup
I just cool down by putting notes to a tune, doze off confused
Dream of new styles I can show to the crew
I don't need you now
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5. |
America's Heartlands
02:00
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Blood's laced with USA's mistakes, mother ain't okay
Tryna escape this racist age while Reagan's on the chase
Sacrifice is made on black lives for the paper
Then the crackers lie with no apple pie on their faces
I think I realized what the heartland is
Fucking Kansas?
This land simply wasn't planned for a man like me
Watch how the police so anti-peace
Strangers in my face thinking they know me
'Cause what they seen on TV, they think they know my rap
Memes on Instagram think they know how I'm black
People try predicting how the token's gonna act
I see it pretty different from the hope I used to have
Hard to even try to live without them holding on to masks
Folks act like they finished with the rap shit
When they never even started listening to rap
They only know the market's image of the game, I can't relate
To me it's art in all sizes and shapes
I used to think the USA was mostly like New York and LA
With Trump supporters but support for every race
Then I realized what the heartland is
Fucking Kansas, center of the map
The farther from the middle, the more democrats
But you can only go so far until the coasts stop your tracks
'Cause America is haunted by the ghost of it's past
And Gen Z's the first wave to hold us to the facts
But even most of them ain't black, so... fuck
Even tryna make woke a term is pretty tough
So I barely have the words to describe my struggle
Hope you understand why feminism's in trouble
Isolated man but I like the skin I have
I hear you say we're seen the same but that is not a fact
We got people tall as basketballs and small as giraffes
We got old and young, we got skinny, we got fat
We got red and we got blue, bitch of course there's white and black
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6. |
Unicorn
03:48
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I don't think I said it enough
Locals ain't messing with us
I heard their shit from five years ago, it doesn't hold up
Hear my gold from nine years ago, kid is like a miracle
Talent's quite a variable, in some eyes I'm rare
But I just wish you guys were here, life been spinning like a merry-go
Fate just ain't been caring where we go, shit be hysterical
Raising stakes, I'm taking aim to raze the game
They gon hate the way I play, I'll stay as sweet as tasty strawberries though
Life's a scary flow, but there's lessons learned after all
Like maybe you're just an asshole if you're an asshole off the alcohol
Maybe go on vacation if you're hating on a stranger on the daily
Be honest, people ain't that mad that often
Lessons lead to lessons constantly
Kinda like the times my bonds with people led to modesty on both sides
But I don't think I said it enough, the lesson for scrubs
Their most hi-fi beats can't beat my lo-fi
Their most viral soundpiece can't beat my unreleased
A thousand-seven bucks, says they'll never fuckin' step to us
But I don't think I said enough, the horse ain't dead enough, nah
I've always been the same, I'm always gonna change
I've always been the same, I'm always gonna change
I've always been the same, I'm always gonna change
I've always been the same in the fact that i'm always changing
But waiting for the day I win, got me caving in sometimes
Contemplating if I'm the same that would save a friend of mine
Pontificating how much will change by the fateful end of time
Honesty stays, so you may catch me with the mirror
In a match that's like a deer in a cage-fight with snakes and rats
I state facts, like the times I behaved bad
And relay that to the parts of my brain that makes class
Relay that to your circle in hopes that they adapt
'Cause I'mma blow the cap like Mr. Tibbets in the bitch
My ambition ensnares my vision in the kick and snare
What I want is scarce, 'cause there's villains in the mix
And the past can't be repaired but my future's getting fixed
We all got dreams to catch but most ain't lucid as the kid's
Got you looking stupid, you should lose your expectations
I've been moving towards greatness since birthday, learning patience
I'm a stand-up guy with feet glued to the floor
Who was rude as a boy but had a plan to arise
Doing what I want now, grew up pretty poor
In this land of time where we viewed so many losses
It be random when I touchdown, you were worth a lot
But we can't amount to much now, truth never rots
I got blue and black blotches on my hands from the ups and downs
You're jaywalking when you cross my mind
I'm a person of many colors
Pretty unique just like any other
Tryna beat life like I'm Kenny, brother
Kung-fu practice off the henny, sis
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How accessible are you supposed to be to be successful?
I woke up today thinking "what if I grow up today?"
It's a wonder I'm not wandering in something stressful
Every day another bump, I'm learning so many lessons yo
And I could give a damn if you ever catch em
I do gotta do my best out of respect for each session
I'm doo-wopping and two-stepping 'cause I love myself, it's self-expression
You dummies doing impressions, ventriloquist up your rectum
Your melodies are irreparable damage to the special deeds that I be doing to the canvas
I'm painting pictures daily while each February you can barely manage
To be making 6 or 7 tracks, they rarely slap, you're clearly wack
But that's just my perspective
Ever since a kid, I had my vision set on making this, so it was destined
Ever since I did, it gets harder each step as a perfectionist
Turbo since genesis, bitch
I'm quite unusual, I don't need no funeral
Don't need no Wedding Thing to prove that you're my everything
Don't need a birthday to show you I'm alive, right?
But we still celebrate, 'cause I know we might die
We made it to the fire, make sure it stays bright
I play shit to inspire
This curse be waning like the night-light in the sky
Wide eyes show my high,
Lower like lo-fi, my fight or flight enclosed
I try to pry your prose, but you're inclined to hide with code
I see the child in you though, i hope you know
Closest by know my pride gets blinded by the snow
Hope you see the five-year-old that I suppose was me one time constantly in redesign
Words tween you and I redefined as we take the next climb
Wall's written lines on call 'cause it's all cliche
But he may just live life
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8. |
Feelins2
02:08
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Whole world scared of looking evil to themselves
Old girl barely get the memo I mean well
So my dome hurt tryna spit the message to myself
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
Whole world scared of looking evil to themselves
Old girl barely get the memo I mean well
So my dome hurt tryna spit the message to myself
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
Music's the only thing about me think I fully love
Money's the only thing I keep around that I hate
Music's the only thing about me think I fully love
Money's the only thing I keep around that I hate
Whole world scared of looking evil to themselves
Old girl barely get the memo I mean well
So my dome hurt tryna spit the message to myself
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, tryna spit the message to myself
"I feel you, I got feelings too"
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
I feel you, I got feelings too
Music's the only thing about me think I fully love
Money's the only thing I keep around that I hate
Music's the only thing about me think I fully love
Money's the only thing I keep around that I hate
Whole world scared of looking evil to themselves
Old girl barely get the memo I mean well
So my dome hurt tryna spit the message to myself
I feel you, I got feelings too
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The supreme court should be aborted
Saying you love the lord can't redeem your morals
Big brother, big pharmacy, why you so chum?
We're raised by giants like fee fi fo fum
Rest in peace Ma, blessed be thy ovum
The next step ahead for me, I'll never know
But Tyler, Childish, and my own mind keep replying "go"
I been raised by giants like fee fi fo..
I've met peeps like Pete and Nao
Some people wanna fight me, some want me to fight though
Life is the sun, the moon and the deep sky
We're raised by giants like fee fi...
On this wretched earth where predators can sleep at night
And hiders never seek, maybe have no time to speak...
While water's locked behind walls and cops keep the safety off
Giants save you from dying for a fee.
Listen, I'm a person of many colors
Pretty unique just like any other
You’re so much closer to me
When you know how I feel
When you know how I feel
That's how I was raised, I was raised that way
I want a crown on my head til hipsters think I'm Starbucks
Still won't fuck with police 'cause the law sucks
Legalize freedom, legalize all drugs
Shout out to Snug's, shout out to Art Club
Raise your hand if you've heard of religion
...
It's quite a theme, one of life's biggest
Like love, family, honor and tradition
Even a lack of these things contribute to your eyes
People see life in black and white, but it's rainbow
You've been colorblind if you ain't know yet
Time to tune your mind like a radio...
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10. |
Just Like A Memory
02:17
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You're just like a memory!
Why you tryna wait til i'm gone to really show you care?
I was waiting for a response, then I felt like my mom
I put the sound of doves crying on and roamed to where
You niggas got no sights on me smoking up with Yogi Bear
Here to be your Obi-wan, hope you want emotions shared in open air
I'll be the homie there when no one cares
Showed you clear, the golden rule's my only social skill
I'll hold you down when I can tell you know me well, I toast who will
Much love to my niggas laying still finally
RIP to my niggas in the field
Like peace to the ones who can't live this life
But resting in it should be those who gotta miss those guys, right?
I love my current girl 'cause she's like looking in the mirror
I'd love for you meet her, as well as pal Peter
But you don't hit me up or ever call
I get it, there's few I trust too but you would love em all
As the days get colder
Sure your life's over, but you still get older
You're just like a memory, helping me sober
Fuck what they pretend to be on, you need exposure
Why they always wait til you're gone to really show they care?
I say "rest in peace" to the ones that we be holding near
You been on my mind yo, you been on my mind
You're just like a melody
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11. |
Outro!
02:03
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"Hi, yes, this is, um, your mom.
I love you and I called Salvation Army, I still have the job. She just has to do all the background checks, I told her... You know, I di- I didn't want her to have any surprises so she already is aware of everything in my past, and she still wants to, um, have me on to work with them... at the Salvation Army.
I know it seems like it's never gonna happen but I did call- talk to the- my bo- my new boss, and she said that she's gonna try to run the paperwork as soon as possible. So I just have to wait. Sometimes, uh, life can gi- gives you a lot of games, but your gains will end up giving you a headache. So we're gonna step ahead!
Once I don't have to ask- keep asking for money, you can save your money. Um, how I'll have enough money for our little bills and stuff, y'know, after the rent. Anyway, um, things gonna get much better. I know you suffer from depression. I think you suffer from the same type of a depression that I have... and, um, I think we need to pick ea- pick eachother up.
W-where- When one is up and the other's down, the other one can keep the other one up, you know what I mean? And I'm gonna try to keep you up because I think I brought you down with my spirit.
Um, I love you. Bye."
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Solace Bowden.
Born 11/12/99.
Artist since 2012.
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