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Relative
01:22
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Lyrics:
Why are you bringing me down
My loss is your loss, that’s the way
I could never not make a sound
I rise and I’ll rise anyways
Get the hell out of my way
Get the hell out of my way
Get the hell out of my way
Get the hell out of my way
I loved you, I love you
And that’s for no reason
I see no use in me staying
I couldn’t be you, don’t want to be hateful
That ain’t for me, don’t want to be lost
Get the hell out of my way
Get the hell out of my way
Get the hell out of my way
Get the hell out of my way
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2. |
Running Lines
02:48
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Lyrics:
Praises to your highness, queen mother
That's Mama, Afrika, haven't ya, heard the news
We are magical, imagine that, spread the truth
Learn the cues, know your plot, play what's hot
Live the views, light it up, solar power
Sunkissed, tongue dipped in a golden
Bowl of, molten silver, never to be broken
Coast to coast, catch me going boat to boat
I learned to float, same time that I learnt to breathe
Otherwise I would've drowned in the sorrows of the older bros
They were colder those, days, no lows
Only highs when we come to vibe
Shaka boy, never come to snipe
Rather look you in your eye when I use the knife
I ain't used to hype, but I'm used to life
It's cut throat, like how I lost a buddy to a faulty cop
They mistook him for another guy
One tear streamed down in a salty drop
I wiped away truth for another lie
Seeking maximum, candidness, fabulous
If we are made in His image then, killing us must be blasphemous
Ooh, scandalous, can you handle us?
This black joy , with a candle on
Burning night, earning mine, channel on
Tell the crew and the fam to put the angle on
Melanin, melanin
The melodies are medicine
The rhythm is pure life, pure life
Drumbeat yellin', "secure five"
Goals, at the very least, I'm very pleased
To score the basics, but my net can catch oceans
I wrote this, knowing well that a heavy beast
Runs at my, achilles heal
But it's cool, I eat a steady meal
Wash it down with some, ginger tea
Call it fate, call it trust, it is, heavenly
That's the vibe, best believe, I won't be counting sheep
I just shed the weight, sheer force you can't relate
And, that's fine, it's a different world, no hate
But me living a worse tomorrow? No way
They tried to enact a dieback, within the fam like Kauri trees
And it's only three, who fight back
The hell is that?
Trauma. Plain and simple, I play it nimble
Just to catch these curve balls, running lines
For those who get the code, dozen signs
Just for your iris, I risk - it all, and the love is timeless
Praises to your highness, queen mother
That's Mama, Afrika, haven't ya, heard the news
We are magical, imagine that, spread the truth
Learn the cues, know your plot, play what's hot
Live the views, light it up, solar power
Sunkissed, tongue dipped in a golden
Bowl of, molten silver, never to be broken
Man, de tin dey mad
Nnaa ehn, see, person don dey try detox by turning off social media
But even if you succeed turn off all the sources of all the horrific news wey person dey hear since
We no fit really switch off our memories
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3. |
Sô Rite
02:52
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Lyrics:
BLEKSEM
Why would you go run, if they never give up
BLEKSEM
Many nights with them names on your mind
BLEKSEM
Same time they watch your whole world go down
BLEKSEM
They wanna cut ya tongue
Seems that they wanna keep me waiting
(ah, sô right)
But I got big things in the making
(wait there, wait there, sô right)
Real power every hour, that’s the statement
(ah, sô right)
And I really wanna stand with some patience
(wait there, wait there)
The international child, Botswana national pride
They see radical mind and see it laughable mind
I couldn’t say they were kind, or had me radicalised
Cause maybe that was the pain, or maybe that was the shame
They build you up just for something to break
I guess happiness is something you make
And destiny just something you take
Or possibly just something to say
Put irrational mind on to flammable time
And that’s a notable sight of us never aligned
With all the gold that we mined, and maybe that was designed
That’s the classical rhyme, from well before we were primed
I went lookin where the truth is
But came upon where the youth is
Food for thought bringing on a toothache
Tomorrow be where the proof is
BLEKSEM
Why would you go run, if they never give up
BLEKSEM
Many nights with them names on your mind
BLEKSEM
Same time they watch your whole world go down
BLEKSEM
They wanna cut ya tongue/
Seems that they wanna keep me waiting
(ah, sô right)
But I got big things in the making
(wait there, wait there, sô right)
Real power every hour, that’s the statement
(ah, sô right)
And I really wanna stand with some patience
(wait there, wait there)
Ba nkitse ke le ngwana wa go lora
Molora mo matlhong, le ne le re le ka nkgona
Sutlha digalase, ke boraii, le tlaa itshola
Ha maduo a le shapo, lea re "mthaka o o tla nkgotsa"
Nxl... (haish) le ska mpora
Monwana o gana morogano, mme molomo oa ikuella
Ha ke tlhoka kalafi, go molemo ke tlaa ituella
Go bua nnete, le tswa kgakala le ntlhoile
Diphiri di dule, nne le re le loilwe
Mme ke le lona... ei- tlogela
Lesedi le teng, ene nna ga kea bopelwa
Go tshela ke ila batho, tseo ke tsa lona
Mme ntwa le tlaa e bona ha le sa buse tsa rona
Morena a le tshware le ska jewa ke manong
Re soka dikeledi, re tshela ka thapelo
Go molemo, karabo e tla ka jeno
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4. |
Respek
03:02
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Lyrics:
I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Them run go vex on the name
Spin em thoughts pyt, we can talk about it
Like minds remember the time, they can clock about it
Made some enemies and now they wanna come around me
Bad energies run run, tryna shut me
Team run strong you could never cut it
Umbilical cord, I’m a cynic of course
But I tire spin, never brakes of sorts
All these fakes never trace the source
Of what it takes to force
The darkest of thoughts and turn em into a fun time
Got these kids tuning in for the drum lines
Throwin ass, imitations never one time
Used to hate it now they’re soakin in the sun shine
Real blessed for a mother like mine
What’s a Jordan to a brother like Mike
What’s a Courtney to a Chimamanda
Or a Karen to the sis Ayanda
I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Dem run go vex on the name
Couldn’t claim riches in my youth, but I got stitches
I been smiling in the faces of the snitches
I was forced to keep fighting, but they chose to be leechin
I pray they been stretching, for the times they been reachin
This is a warm up, I intend to incinerate
Scorchin up the booth, and bust out your tooth
Hold it in the air to the skeem, I dedicate
They thinkin I be smoking every time I levitate
This ain’t no scooby dooby, ain’t no sneaky mystery
Gifted by the motherland, plus I don’t hesitate
If you a true G, ain’t nobody gonna regulate
I come from a place where everybody steady cakin
So every time they play this, it’s gonna quakin
And that is what is shakin, shouts to the kinfolk
Life be feelin cagey, really what you in for
Tell the Lord a slice of joy, is really what we sin for
I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Dem run go vex on the name
I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Dem run go vex on the name
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5. |
Springfield
02:24
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Lyrics:
Electric slide in her DM’s
And when we met, kinda recent
We were tearing up the d-floor
She like, baby you are Seymour
I’m like maybe you are Edna
We supposed to be together
Ooh, whatcha doin with my saxophone
Steady groovin tryna snatch my soul
One dollar for the boi putting in work
Let it rise if ya body do a quick jerk
Shake it swift like you were covered in dirt
Slap a fool in the face, that's a nice perc
That's why I keep them in the booth, for these drumlines
Got a few of these dummies just for one line
If you be negative I-
turn the slap into a punchline
Everybody makin moves looking rusty
I two-stepped thru the door, real icy
I’ll be smooth till I die better trust me
Your man a fool, he a clown, real Krusty
Shea Butter make him stop looking dusty
You a snake from the start don’t touch me
I be in the sun - feeling all good
I like taking my time, don’t rush me
Ya amigo headin out, bout to take off
We'll chat real soon, on the lay over
Wanna see these other lands, get these Pesos
Buy land and expand till I say so
Got the crew coming through, wanna take over
One time for the ones who never play sober
Bumpy rhythms all the time but we stay cold
Turbulence is the vibe better letdem know
Yea, we always keep it fire, like a Jalapeño
And I like to get down with my neighbourino
To every mission, I’m okilly-dokilly
And it stays locally focally
Milly rock a Millhouse n Meek Mill em
I’m the main act, not a Side Hoe Bob
That Bonnie & Clyde, we snipe yo mob
Do a photoshoot, that slide show Bomb
Everybody makin moves looking rusty
I two-stepped thru the door, real icy
I’ll be smooth till I die better trust me
Your man a fool, he a clown, real Krusty
Shea Butter make him stop looking dusty
You a snake from the start don’t touch me
I be in the sun - feeling all gooood
I like taking my time, don’t rush me
Everybody makin moves looking rusty
I two-stepped thru the door, real icy
I’ll be smooth till I die better trust me
Your man a fool, he a clown, real Krusty
Shea Butter make him stop looking dusty
You a snake from the start don’t touch me
I be in the sun - feeling all gooood
I like taking my time, don’t rush me
Yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah
I been talking to clowns everyday
You are krusty
I been talking to clowns
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