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Different Strokes
02:52
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I had the chance to commit
and do my enigmatic dance
I’m shaking it
with such an optimistic force
I must admit
that even if it isn’t righteous
you must acquit
I’m falling victim to the outside
inside, my time, blindside,
and I can’t find love in this line
it took a moment when the panic hit me
I could see it when the darkness turned to light
expose the picture forming clearly
dodging the point that’s brewing
burning the edges so it’s nice
pinned up emotion on display
so the words don’t fade away
falling onto loose rope net
in suspension out of breath
mind your manners getting bold
still so young but growing old
expecting the world to move
in tandem with my convictions
I hide inside my room
like those in this position
we are in control of the immediate
I guess
I had the chance to commit
and do my enigmatic dance
I’m shaking it
with such an optimistic force
I must admit
that even if it isn’t righteous
I cannot quit, but I’m over it
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2. |
Run the Ghouls
03:18
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ay ay ay ay
ay ay ay ay
it’s pulses. baby
come with it now
they don’t think it be how it is, but it do
it wasn’t supposed to be like this, but it is
uh hey, they got me running out of breath
I had enough, hey
the FitnessGram PACER test of life is tough, hey
we make the routes, we get the clout
don’t make a fuss, hey
ain’t let those hurdles slip you up
we on another ting
and we producin’ a solution to the brain freeze
energy to the max
it’s in the game, Steam,
or EA, you know we do and don’t play
don’t delay or you lookin like you Wee-Bey
they tell you “fake it ‘til you make it”
well, l found my place
and I been knowing not to fold em
‘cause I drew that ace
you see, I followed the directions
but I left one piece
baby, don’t got time for that
because I made my peace
ohhhh, caught a vibe out on the middle of the floor
if we keep on rockin’, we ain’t gotta go
ain't bringin’ all that (all that) to the show
TL, TL, see you, we about to glow
knock it off, and when your glass is looking low you
top it off, been working, working, working, now I’m
kinda hot, one, double two, L, so I’m
at a loss, keep runnin’, runnin’, runnin’, and I’m gone
they tell you “fake it ‘til you make it”
well, l found my place
and I been workin’ on my fitness
just to run the race
you see, I followed the directions
but I left one piece
baby, don’t got time for that
because I made my peace
you all know what time it is, do not play with me
you in your car, turn it up, you at the club
they got pulses. on at the club
well, alright then
if you should ignore the funk
you might just not be waking up
and when you hear the punches three
your butt better be out your seat now
if you should ignore the funk
you might just not be waking up
now take a chance and shake your bum
ay, don’t be dumb let’s have some fun and
if you should ignore the funk
then get your junk up out the club
that ain’t the kind of vibe we on
you scaring those up at the front
it’s two sides to every coin, baby
heads up, 7-up, Miles “Tails” Prower down
you can keep running with sonic speed and knuckle up
or you can get stuck in your own stuff
the choice is yours
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alright everybody, make some noise
it don’t matter, just don’t curse
yeah, alright man
alright, good vibes only in the spot with us tonight, you know
we got nightlife in the house
we got belle in the house
we got gavin in the house
you know it’s pulses. in the house
yo, we keepin’ it classic on you
loafers with the white socks
do not play
waited for this for much too long, ain’t givin it up
kickin it back, don’t chase, never relax
dubs in the chat, cranked up having a blast
keeping focus, do what we want, we livin it up
sending it up, lifestyle trickling up
looking at us, everybody wanna be us
ohhh, this is the moment
(a silly goofy mother for ya)
to let your inhibition wash away
‘cause I’ve had enough
(the superficial ish’ll get you)
I’m loving me, loving me
I’m leaving it all to give all my love
so you wanna take up space,
(but you never wanna pay for it)
don’t believe in time & place
(why you always tryna say somethin’)
livin’ in an artifact, a masquerade
yeah, you always tryna rain on my
rain on our, rain on my parade
you will come to think of me
in the changing of the trees
the calming chill up in the air
make you wish my warmth was there
pulses. baby, but don’t forget the period
it be the third drop so something getting serious
make your mind up, are you down or delirious
hit after hit ‘cause we fast and we furious
tryna pop the saints, yeah, shoot the breeze
run between the feds, live a life of ease
not posed to do nothing ‘cause we are not some mannequins
if you gotta problem then you take it up with management
it’s the metal in the things you know
gotta meddle with the fiends to show
that you leveling and trained to go,
danger close, break the mold
nightlife in full effect
and belle in effect
and gavin in effect
it’s pulses. in effect
big timers, none finer
ain’t minor, just major
key players, move faders
block haters, see ya later
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4. |
Ain't Got No Ceiling
03:29
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even looking back
the comfort comes from an unrelenting
sense of understanding
that I’m never going back
when I look ahead
my lasting image of the past behind me
distorts accomplished earnings
and I just can’t have that
rich in my own currency
but I’m poorer in their worth
the giant peers above the clouds
rooted firmly on the earth (I’ll go out on my own)
and even if the scripted scene
don’t go exactly as I planned
I can improvise a sense of pride
to find the truth within a lie
(I know, I know, I know, how to make it home)
Optimus illusion
there’s more than meets the eye
loose and I’m losing
more than just the owed in time
bet you think I’m jaded
and I just might be mistaken
either way I’m here to stay
this card can’t be traded
if life’s a gift, don’t let it be stolen
it can’t get any worse once you control it
bet you think I’m jaded
and I just might be flawed
either way I’m here to say
Yoshi committed tax fraud
he’s a liar, he’s a cheat
you can hear it in his squeak
he got a different job
every day of the week
no matter what the hat
he try to put on today
they gonna round him up
and send him away
he’s a liar, he’s a cheat
you can hear it in his squeak
he got a different job
every day of the week
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conscience holding on
it’s right in front of me, making sure I can see
consequences from
my inner enemy, one that I never see
upside down on some stranger things
inside out, I’m looking Kaling green
and on my mama I know I just can’t go out like that
put on my jacket and slip out the back
I wanna let go of everything I know
but in the end I just keep mocking me, haunting me
just tryna get by, can’t help but wonder why
I never honor me with honesty, honestly
panic holds my heart
arresting me from sleep, up late like Toonami
panoramic thoughts
consume reality, ruin my destiny
ill-intentioned towards myself,
seal the tension off in hell
though my eyes are steady open
in oblivion, this oath I'm keeping
how the hell did i get here?
i miss the world on days like these
the genesis of my malevolence
a wave of silence is my recompense
the consequence of my worry
hold tight, a boa constrictor
shed that, take a step back
ain’t a laugh track
I might’ve frozen the fury
an accident of the pressure
push through, see the whole truth
you can’t consume you
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6. |
Ask A Unc
02:58
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don’t got no sympathy and
you owe me an apology
for all the time you took from me
I’m about to rough you up ay ay ay ay
cause a commotion
the unrest in my Sunday best
my dogs are barking
because they fed up with the same old sin
change is in, chains are loose
pulled the pins and flew the coops
we want the airways clear
no other people ending angels here
don’t got no sympathy and
you owe me an apology
for all the time you took from me
I’m about to rough you up ay ay ay ay
don’t got telepathy but (so what)
you owe me an apology (better run it up)
for all the time you took from me (no luck)
I’m about to shut you up
I never wanted it to be such a misconstruation
my message was true
but it never fit right with you
you can say peace to my love and call me the guy
I don’t wanna pick up when you finally dial
find another way to jack my style
but you might have to wait a while
‘cause we on right now
(I break it off, let’s go)
and when the opps are heavy
make sure you wash the berries
then turn to face the sun
make all the pieces one
all these lonely thoughts won’t keep me up, we up
all these lonely thoughts ain’t never gonna keep me up,
‘cause we up
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it goes one for the money, two for the show
tree to show toes, Doja Cat, yo Sprigatito
keep it running cuz I’m ghoul like dat
think it’s time to activate it so let’s lace the track
it’s pulses. baby, so get in the replies
United in our Spirit cuz you know we still fly
go hard in the streets like we started a riot
seen people in heat, seen a Lexus on fire
move along with us if ya got some spunk
and if you don’t know where we goin better ask a punk
it’s a fantastic voyage that we been on
a run-on sentence but we got a dot on
the name of the game is to groove and stay sane
take off the top, just cruise and catch waves
when a dude talk like a starter on the roster
emergency meeting, you’re the impostor
I know we all fam, but don’t lie on our spaghetti
you might got some flow but you def not ready
cause they waitin on pulses. like the 1st and the BeReal
it ain’t a movie dawg but you’d be in the b-reel
come on over y’all, we gon’ have fun tonight, yeah
lemme see some action, for me
rockin’ til the sun come up, yeah
come on over y’all, we gon’ have fun tonight, yeah
lemme see some action, toot sweet
we rockin’ til the sun come up
rizz on dynamite, I said rizz on dynamite
rizz on dynamite, I said rizz on dynamite
I see ya footsteps baby
look like a work of art
do you like the ways I walk
do you like the ways I talk
I see ya footsteps baby
I’d like to move along
if you like it then make the call
if you like it then make the call to get down
do you like the way I talk, do you like the way I walk
am I running through your mind baby
yeah, I can see it, I can see it
I could never be the one to waste a second of your time, baby
yeah, we just going with the flow, what I really wanna know
is if you’re rocking till the sun come up
and if you really gotta go, you don’t gotta walk alone
night’s young, we can run it up
uh ,rizz on dynamite
vibe is up and it’s feeling like the time is right
shooting star, I didn’t know could shine so bright
come on over y’all, we gonna have some fun tonight
I’ve been thinkin’ ‘bout you so call me up, call me up
I’ve been simpin’ for you so call me up, call me up
(come on over take a look, ay)
(gotta copyright the book, ay)
(you need to hold on and let ‘em cook, ay)
(come out the office with a new outlook, ay ay ay)
them promoters gonna call me up
BV gonna call me up
Fantano gonna call me up
Pitchfork gonna call me up
Granite gonna call me up
So What gonna call me up
AP gonna call me up
Coachella gonna call me up, hello
know we got the vibe right, ‘cause we rhyme tight
reliable fellows, running yellows at the stop light
you know it wasn’t ‘posed to be like this
but we coming to ya loud so we gotsta hit
still got the vibe right, ‘cause we rhyme tight
reliable fellows, running yellows at the stop light
you know it wasn’t ‘posed to be like this
but we coming to ya loud so we gotsta hit, ok
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Them Phones (feat. JER)
03:58
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ran that on the preview
got the coin, ghost post up for review
Black Cat in the rearview
leave the smoke for the blokes on the debut
they just wanna see it comin’
‘cause they love when we confrontin’
but they hate it when we stuntin‘, uh
just wanna know how much the key cost
if you know me, call Zay Zee tell her we ain’t lost
we ain’t lost, go tell ‘em, tell ’em, tell ‘em
what it cost, go tell ‘em, tell ‘em, tell ‘em
playing pretend ‘til everything feels right again
misapprehend and fall into the latest trends
word to the wise, there’s no surprise
bid you adieu, we take to the skies
every now and then it all goes according to plan
LL, see me winnin’
corporate content got you sinnin’
bad scent in the kitchen
4 outta 10, we still eatin’
I don’t wanna hear you frontin’
‘cause the money you’ve been huntin’
has been lookin’ at me funny, hold up
just wanna know how much the dinner worth
did the waiter serve the bread to you or Jay-Z first
share the bread, wait hold up, hold up, tell me
what he said, now speak up, speak up, speak up
brush it off, what it cost
catch the worlds shortest attention span
let me surmise, this plot device
summarize and outline
that none of us know what we’re doin here
nothing to hide behind the veneer, yeah
the bird app told me that I had to go and rough it
shove it, I’ll rise above it (haha)
the clock app told me that I had to overload it
ain’t got time to bloat it (no we don’t)
Zuckerberg told me that he’s always out here watchin’
a meta nod he’s speaking (wait ‘til ya see my ads)
tell me, is it time to be BeReal?
hold up, caught me slippin’
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Kupo!
02:08
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I’m all out of mana in a manner of speaking
I can’t take the ether, the meters are peaking
the blasphemy, my devotee
of apathy, tranquility
I’m an absentee, present me
attendee, ahhh
doing donuts in the parking lot because I’m going nowhere fast
swerving tail past a traffic cop because this wasn’t made to last
so raise a white flag (raise a white flag)
the glass is clouded and my feet feel like cement
cut the toe tags (cut the toe tags)
the tables cold but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
caricature of a character from a movie critics panned
taking cash from the register, that’s paper on demand
cash the big one (catch a real one)
take your time so you reel it in just right
thoughts weigh a ton (delete the wrong ones)
cut my brain out and give it a good rinse
you bend over backwards to take me out
(on the come up, I’mma run up, murph is law)
I’mma pick up another life
must be some chiropractor, I have no doubt
(got the one up, I’mma sum up, all the parts)
wiser the medic, the sicker the game
I’m self aware, still don’t know what I need
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Heaven or Helvetica
03:32
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they don’t hear the boy at the end of the line
enigmatic and erratic and cacophonous at times
a c-c-coffin in the end or a home in the dark
steady pulling on a string that ain’t connected to no heart
we are not the same, we never could be
born of different time, different milieu
equal fabric, suit the learner
indignation
we are not the same, we never could be
understanding why, is it in you
not forgiveness or recompense
resignation
sick, sick
it all comes down to ego
you want to have the upper hand
I admit I should’ve let go
never got the chance
it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter
it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter
and it never did, but you wouldn’t know it
knew I had to cut the loss way before they could revoke it
glorified calamity, subject to insanity
self inflicted burden bare, flip the toxic love affair
empty your mind, let us undo
inconsequential contentious views
we are not the same, we never could be
steady, shoot the shot, we ain’t no ops
block no blessings, thinking clearly
adaptation
we are not to blame
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we were sitting at home, just bored
what for, pandemic in the outdoors
late night on the Discord, down bad, talking bout what could’ve been
it is what it is, what it be, what it do, there was nothing that we coulda did
take 5, another 5, another 5, another 5
caught up in a loop again
can’t just lay in bed
closed mouths don’t get fed
‘cause I don’t want another, waste another second for you
no other action will do
you gotsta see that thing through
it wasn’t supposed to be like this
it wasn’t supposed to be like this
it wasn’t supposed to be like this
but it, but it is
everything we wanted wasn’t simple
now it seems the difficulty’s tenfold
least the journey’s definitely eventful
ain’t gon’ live my life up on the nickel
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speak now
speak now
speak now
speak now
speak now, forever hold your peace
so loud that all the rest will cease
navigating what I never known
keep on walking roads to home
sit back, enjoy the spoil
the innocence of luck and toil
ambivalent to what’s to know
I’m waiting for what I am owed
a piece of gold, y’all control
so cold, the winter’s nothing to me now
abandoned the practice of mental entrapment
we broke the mold
an evolution
to feel the truth in my soul
hey man, the bottle’s empty
it’s time to wrap it up and leave
I need the energy
to keep the message ringing clear
I’ve listened to my elders
to pen rule 4082
be what you want to be
not what the old dogs tell you to
I’ve got the best intention to listen
into my heart and become whole
ditch the curmudgeons, ignore the judging
live in the present, drive like you stole
I wanna believe it, I’ll look in the mirror
speak my affirmations and never stop running
I’ll never stop running, but not just away
approaching the finish and starting again
we decided to give ourselves the flowers to start
before we truly existed, before we knew what voice we spoke with
and here we stand at the crossroads
like if any of this is for real or not
but it is
and it’s been more than we could’ve imagined
it wasn’t supposed to take us here
it wasn’t supposed to be heard out there, out that far
but it is
when do we convert the dreams to realities
when the idealism merges with the realism
when the doubts become clout
it is for me to define, but not to decide
to derive the placement of worth
to invite the heavens to earth
we rejoice in the distances traveled
despite being in familiar spaces
the range might not seem large to you
but it is
ending with some wisdom
to help us move on
it can’t just be like this
so I’m moving on
those who undercut progress and manipulate the journey
who spread poisons and attempts to control
have been removed through the antidotes of anecdotes
through the encounters and allies and loved ones
the enablers of positive movements
it may seem like they aren't omnipresent
but they is
so we must give you the flowers
give thanks to the ones who provide context to our unmarked maps
for wherever we are lead from here
whatever the future entails
it will be because it was willed by all that we encounter
it will be the way it is because it is right
so let’s go
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pulses. Dumfries, Virginia
post-hardcore type beat
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