1. |
That Too Shall Pass
02:32
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My grandfather told me this story. He told me he was on his way to work and nothing was working. One of those days where not a thing goes your way, but you need to get paid. So you deal with the pain; almost needless to say. So away, he’s was on the elevator, stationed, patiently waiting for his floor and the opening doors. And for a brief minute, he started to curse up a storm as if he really couldn’t take it no more. It only took a minute to get it out of his system, but did I mention the residual tension? There was a lady in the elevator; happened to listen, to the negativity my granddad was omitting. The rage was gone in an instant. But instead of pretending like it didn’t happen, she approached with compassion. Just as the doors would open, cause they move that fast. Before the door closed she said, “That too shall pass.” Man…That story stuck to me. It help to illustrate at an early age things won’t always go your way. Not even a minute, you can sit and complain and start finger-pointing, looking for somebody to blame. You live and learn, getting hit then you pivot. And when you get pushed down you simply change the position. Stop blaming the system for every single decision. And if the bristles are brittle, you wash it out with precision. And paint a picture that’s vivid! Still fighting to make a change and know conspiracy theories only add fuel to the flame. Don’t deviate without knowledge. Create your own lane. Sometimes it feels as if the world is going insane, like watching action movies and people say they turn off their brain. Grandma always quoted what Kenny Rogers would say:“You've got to know when to hold 'em...Know when to fold ‘em” You know...from the the Gambler!” We’ve all dealt a different hand, whether you’re Black, White, Gay, straight, woman, or man. We are the shrinking middle class, the poor, the stressed, the blessed; the disenfranchised masses. Titans on Mount Olympus, ready to clash. Even Zeus had a hard time handling that. Apollo’s chariot would rise until the sun would set. That means the ups and downs can come around so fast. For every high there’s a low and that too shall pass.
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2. |
Where You At
03:34
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Maryland mindset
With a DC influence
Listening to music
That would groove or start a movement
Grew up around drugs
in the hood and burbs;
Hustlers on the corner
and bullies in the school and
Sounds a bit redundant
But I gotta speak my truth and
Didn’t want attention
So I did my best to duck down
Or bustin loose; Chuck Brown,
Cul-de-sac to uptown
Went to high school. Wasn’t cool,
but I don’t give a fuck now!
...round here...
When you really don’t care
Be prepared for indefinite stares
...Wish I had a time machine
So I could tell a younger me
To keep those middle fingers
Waving up in the air!
...But now we’re in the present
And my past is filled with lessons
For a highway to Hell
Or stairway to Heaven
It’s really all depending how the
Pendulum swings
But one thing: I’m done pretending
I don’t want a happy ending.
Where you at? Where you at?
Where you at, son?
Where you from? Where you from?
Where you from, son?
Where you at? Where you at?
Where you at, son?
Let me break it down
So, I can tell you where I come from!
I’m from the 80s. I’m from black music.
...I’m from the Middleton Family Reunion
I’m from the influence of
Saturday morning cartoons eating Cookie Crisp until the afternoon
Cleaning the gutters from the roof
And anytime I was ungrateful
My mom would whoop my ass
And then send me to my room
And the kids at school
Would treat you like shit
Because they’re probably
Just as insecure as you...
I’m from the county where Blacks
Have the most success in the U.S.
But honestly
They still treat you like you’re useless
When color’s not a issue
They find new ways to divide
And take pride in trying
To make you feel stupid
Like, “Why you draw so much?”
“Why you so bright?”
“Why you don’t basketball?”
“Why you talk White?”
Here’s a question!..
....Why don’t you mind your business
Instead of telling me how to live my life?
Where you at? Where you at?
Where you at, son?
Where you from? Where you from?
Where you from, son?
Where you at? Where you at?
Where you at, son?
Let me break it down
So I can tell you where I come from!
I’ll be damned if dedicate
12 hours everyday to a job
And no time for my passion!
What exactly are you asking
Me? If I Netflix & Chill
Right now, I don’t really have
Time for distractions.
Break it in fractions.
Full time, Part time, her time,
..Reggie Noble, time for some action!
My environment pushed me
To be proactive
It’s not about where you’re from
It’s where you at, kid!
..I’m Black, I’m White,
I fall, I fight,
Lion-O of the flow
Give me sight beyond sight
Keep it moving all night
Keep it moving all night
Don’t worry about a thing
It’s gonna be all right!
...an average dude,
but cure for the common cool
I’ma keep pushing like I’m gonna lose
but I never do.
Where you at? Where you at?
Where you at, son?
Where you from? Where you from?
Where you from, son?
Where you at? Where you at?
Where you at, son?
Let me break it down
So, I can tell you where I come from!
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3. |
Rise Up
03:48
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[Hook]
When all you have in your life
Is your word and your pride
And they try to take that away
You try to play the game
Like it ain’t no thing
But it means much more to me.
...How to keep your guard up
When you’re knocked around...
...How you gonna rise up
When they knock you down?
It’s time for bars spitting hard lyrics
Give you what ya’ll missing.
Did ya’ll miss me?
I’m here to make history.
least lift up your spirits...
when other rappers are having hissy fits!
Chirping on their adlibs
when Missy already did that shit! (Skrt)
...Let me show the wickedness
of my Penmanship
Narcissist! BoJack Horseman
Of the apocalypse!
Wesley Snipe you like Blade
Conveying the sharpest artist
No garbage I’m on it
Until the day they cart away my carcass
Honestly...being modest
Is hardly the way to profit
Ancestors picking
tobacco and cotton…
Until they rise up and suddenly
there is a problem. Not shocking
Because you’re gonna fight back
When you’re all out of options
Think of this as a message to stop it...
You tripping balls not bars.
Last I checked to my knowledge.
That Molly prolly get you bodied
Hardly making money moves
Unless you be Cardi B in the party
Sorry but not sorry!
[Hook]
When all you have in your life
Is your word and you pride
And they try to take that away
You try to play the game
Like it ain’t no thing
But it means much more to me.
...How to keep your guard up
When you’re knocked around...
...How you gonna rise up
When they knock you down?
No one..
is gonna keep on growin'
Unless you’re related to me
Like X-23 to Logan
I see your blurred speech
Needs to get back in to focus
Don’t block the current
Currently I think that we are flowing
They try gentrify our city
But we’re still on our grizzly
I show what I got like
Like Rick & Morty when they get Schwifty
Community is everything to me
Rest In Peace Nipsey...
Hustle harder and connect
With people that will feel me
— If not...go ahead and get got
We don’t tolerate shit on this block
Cause in the real world you’re not talking tough
You’re a target acting like a big shot
...Don’t get pissed off
if a I call you out and you feel shocked
I hit hard and you get popped
With more punch lines than Chris Rock
And this is not about an ego
...It’s more about fighting evils
...Who are jealous of the notion
Of us growing as a people.
Now it’s time for that challenge
Playing the game with no cheat code
It doesn’t cost a lot
So pay attention to where we go.
[Hook]
When all you have in your life
Is your word and your pride
And they try to take that away
You try to play the game
Like it ain’t no thing
But it means much more to me.
...How to keep your guard up
When you’re knocked around...
...How you gonna rise up
When they knock you down?
Flow baptized me
the water had to bless me
Find me in Bermuda
With a pair new Jet skies
crowd gave an “Aye”
If you ever wanna test me
In this league the great one
The rapping Wayne Gretzky
get it on the floor
(Get it) Get it on the floor
(Keep) Keep you head rocking
Til you can’t no more
Kill it now lyrical
Salute me like a general
If you knock me down
I’m gonna rise up for another round!
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[Night Train's Verse]
Now I could make it rain, the way she shake that thang! // I could balance my savings and put like half away. // Four O One Kay! Transfer money to the IRA // Or I could waste it at the club every other day! // ..pay some bills Save the the rest. Let it sit With in-te-rest // Think about it Re-access. Stock, bonds And re-invest // Raise a bottle to the sky as if I am not impressed. // I just had a double take, so I think she’s worth a second guess. // ...If she lookin’ fine...Feeling kind of blessed. // ...Working day and night...So I can pay the check. // ...I’m hoping all the stress...Will lead to success. // Motivating millions like I’m Gary Vaynerchuk. // When I make that money. I’m the man. I’m the man. // I like to get my deposit in advance...in advance. // And have some bread save up for the fam...for the fam. // To quote Bomani Armah, “Buy some land. Buy some land!”
[Hook]
...Man make the money
Money don’t make the man
...Women make the money
Money g’on make em dance.
...If you’re making money
Raise up your hands!
Like this? Like that that!
Like this? Like that that!
[Ethan's Verse]
Ain’t nobody move unless that money move! (Yea!) // Super ideas in my mellon of what your hunny do! (Yea! Aye!) // She g’on make some money too, I’m telling you see revenue. (Yea!) // Her and her friend a better two than any of you. (Ooo yea!) // She just like to toot it, then she toot then re group.(Yea!) // Then back to the money to recoup, yeah, recoup yeah! // Bass line steady kickin’ with a boot
(With a boot!) // And an ass that make you call off all the troops like what you fighting for? // I don’t know. But it had me dance on it like Michael. // Moonwalking Billy Jean! That summer dress is killing me. // Ooo she got attitude! Boo boo, I ain’t mad at you. // Shake it shake it (yea). You’re juicy like some passion fruit! // Ooo! I’m bout to drink you with my absolute! // Curve in the back, whip appeal, super phat. // It’s a deal. She looking back now! Gotta stack now. // It’s a wrap now! No backing down now; A cash cow!
[Hook]
...Man make the money
Money don’t make the man
...Women make the money
Money g’on make em dance.
...If you’re making money
Raise up your hands!
Like this? Like that that!
Like this? Like that that!
M-O-N-E-Y! // Got me feeling fresh, no got me feeling fly! // I work my 9 to 5, then I work my 5 to 9! // Got my whole damn family out here on the grind. // Got my ole lady working, my little baby working. // If your short with the cash than you know we straight kirking (Rone sound)! // Rone! Just stick to the plan. Walking in the bank like, “Put the money in the bag!” // The teller screaming, “What?” Put the money in the bag like I got a ski mask, and I gotta gun in hand. But I don’t. // I just hustle and I flow, like Its Memphis ’94 (Mane!) // And I need some money like I'm Chuck Brown, honey, run Joe... // And you do this for the ‘gram. Man, I did it for the dough… // Bought a castle on the hill, now I'm saving for a moat…And a boat. // Saw a billy by the goat…Got the kid so inspired that I'm trying to do the most…
[Hook]
...Man make the money
Money don’t make the man
...Women make the money
Money g’on make em dance.
...If you’re making money
Raise up your hands!
Like this? Like that that!
Like this? Like that that!
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[Hook]
What y’all gonna do? (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
We’ll cruise among stars (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
No matter what you do (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
Get your back up off the wall! (Yessir)
Life is full options
... switching all the time
But the quickest way from A to B
Is still a straight line.
I ain’t lying. That’s science
And I’m trying to explain
If apply determination
You can do anything!
...you can put your mind to (mind to)
Give me the audio cord
So I can find something to ride to (ride to)
We’re about to fly to...
Another planet like it’s magic
Or warp speed like it’s intergalactic
— The way you make me feel
Let’s dip.
Cause we could fly in my star ship
Like Han Solo by the Kessel Mines
Like the Cowboy Bebop with Jet and Spike
Like Captain Kirk on the Enterprise
We will travel far...
Like Adama did in a Battlestar
I’m flinging haters like a catapult!
You feel the heat take it off...like
[Hook]
What y’all gonna do? (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
We’ll cruise among stars (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
No matter what you do (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
Get your back up off the wall! (Yessir)
Your windows down
breeze hitting
You didn’t know but you know now
I not kiddin’ there ain’t no stoppin’
...Bullshittin’ is not an option
I just want to see...everybody rockin’
I wanna see you getting
higher than a rocket!
Land the spacecraft
With Neil and Buzz Aldrin
She in the cockpit...
Cruising at an altituuude...
Up there right where all the stars live
— Take the TARDIS back to Gallifrey
We’re the Guardians of the Galaxy
Like Superman and Lois Lane
Go to Cybertron on the Astrotrain
I just want to see you do your thing
If don’t know now then you’ll learn
From the Earth to the Moon
Influence by Jules Verne
...I’m not concerned bout..
[Hook]
What y’all gonna do? (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
We’ll cruise among stars (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
No matter what you do (Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh)
Get your back up off the wall! (Yessir)
I get in trouble sometimes
You make me wonder
Where we’re flying to this summer…
I get in trouble sometimes
You make me wonder
Where we’re flying to this summer...
What ya'll tryin' to do?
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6. |
Until I'm Done
04:25
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[VERSE 1]:
I don’t really care
what you think about me!
Let’s go a little deeper
on the subject while we’re on it.
You need what I offer.
Sporadic like Jackson Pollack.
Got reach like an Apostle
but my Creed is Adonis!
My daily routine would
Make most of you so exhausted
You’d probably vomit or pass out
Around seven o’clock-ish!
But I gotta keep rocking
No stopping...
Any interruption to my process
Could quickly hinder my progress
Congressional Black Caucus,
To stages with Craig Robinson
Rapping with Traprock
And for hall of fame martial artists
I do it all for my mother
RIP to my father
Used his name Night Train
To pay homage and take it farther
If you’re not paying my bills
Don’t comment or bother
Iron sharpens iron
And I’m trying to get even sharper
And if you’re not about solutions
Then you are part of the problem!
And for everyone that’s with me
Prepare to do it up proper!
[HOOK]:
🎵I’m on my own
Must be strong
And I know
What’s going on
And if I don’t
I play along!
And I’m not finished
Until I’m done!
🎵Til I’m Done
Til I’m done
And I’m not finished
Until I’m done!
Til I’m Done
Til I’m done
And I’m not finished
Until I’m done!
[VERSE 2]:
Build it up then burn it all down
with Gasoline and matches
May sound sporadic but there is
A method to the madness
Let go of my attachments
like a Jedi Masters...
But adaptive like Sith Lords
switching up the tactics
The simple fact is
When you’re young life is magic
But then reality strikes back
And causes disenchantment.
You may feel stuck
But don’t ignore all your advances
The lie we tell our kids
Is that adults have all the answers
Take advantage
of all the information granted
And seek out more knowledge
Than a lot of folks can manage!
Too many are okay
With being below average.
Do it up then do it big
Then do it Supermassive
Stop asking! Stop being passive!
Life is how you make it
But also a game chances
A mixed bag of madness
Try keep your sanity
Advancing to success
Pass the bruises and the scratches!
[HOOK]:
🎵I’m on my own
I Must be strong
And I know
What’s going on
And if I don’t
I play along!
And I’m not finished
Until I’m done!
🎵Til I’m Done
Til I’m done
And I’m not finished
Until I’m done!
Til I’m Done
Til I’m done
And I’m not finished
Until I’m done!
[VERSE 3]:
You gotta move a little closer.
Get it done!
You gotta get lower
Get it done!
And it ain’t over till it’s over.
Get it done!
You’ve got a weight up on your shoulder, but you get it done!
And through the struggle don’t forget
You’re not the only one.
You have to get aboard
Before the mothership gone.
Although the world is full of problems
And the list is long
There’s someone out there working
Just as hard to keep it going.
—-
A.S.D.T. and me are like besties
specially when we rhyme with best beats
Wreck it like Ralph.
What were you expecting?
Well...(I don’t) care and stuff, but I care enough to set an example of how ample I trample the track. Take it to the max! From the front, to the back, to the side, to the lady with backstage pass. Ya’ll don’t know how to act! ......Brace for the attack with shoulder pads like you’re playing Madden with the Green Bay Packers!
from Maryland but I’m Barry Allen
I’m from DC but I’ll B-More faster
...Melody..telling me..F all the jealously.
Stick a fork in me. I am D-O-N-E! (done)
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[Verse 1]
Every generation...talks about their generation with rose colored glasses
But actually the way masses act feel so redacted to avoid certain facts that obscure acts that may have happened in the past.
I see it all the time don’t know if I should cry or laugh.
But if I stop to reply
That’s like wasting time and a half.
...Too much hatred weighing harder on my patience
Wishing one day I can change the rules of engagement.
But until that day comes
I must avoid you like the plague
If not, the negative
is too quick to invade.
Wish there was a better way
But when you open yourself up too much
It’s too easy for someone
to leave you in disarray
I keep my circle smaller
because really at this age
I’ve learned who has my corner
And who keeps up with my pace
As for everybody else
There’s only so much I can take
if I dare try to engage
already know it’s a mistake.
[HOOK]
Our Mission
To live in harmony
Is undercut but our ambition
[The victim of the human condition]
You want success
At someone else’s expense?
Will it change up your decision?
[The victim of the human condition]
Are you truly alive
Or do you justify
your suffering through existence
[The victim of the human condition]
The truth is in the foundation
Pay attention
Listen to the definition
[The victim of the human condition]
If I say something in error it’s
Pretty much imperative
To find a way to flip my words
To twist and fit your narrative.
Sometimes you want to fight it
Not to live with this embarrassment
They banter and they bicker
As to challenge your intelligence
It all stems from arrogance
Ego is the evil that consumes us
Divides us all and causes
All disparagement
I don’t need the negativ...ity
I have my own demons
And energy and attitude
Really is not helping it.
Don’t comment, don’t post,
Don’t troll, lose your soul
Ain’t nothing new to bitch about
It’s really getting old.
Even complaining about it now
Seems a bit hypocritical
But still have explain
Why I’m tired of it all!
Everyone’s a naysayer.
You use to give us layers
Shoot the schools and legislators
Now just give us thoughts and prayers
.....
All you wanna do is shout a bit
...Post share criticize
Just please leave me out of it!
[HOOK]
Our Mission
To live in harmony
Is undercut but our ambition
[The victim of the human condition]
You want success
At someone else’s expense?
Will it change up your decision?
[The victim of the human condition]
Are you truly alive
Or do you justify
your suffering through existence
[The victim of the human condition]
The truth is in the foundation
Pay attention
Listen to the definition
[The victim of the human condition]
I am love. I am life. I am death. I am everything have when you have nothing left.
I’m anxiety. I’m rage. I’m compassion.
I am sympathy and understanding.
I am positive and negative reactions.
I am the cause of the grand illusion.
I’m limitless creative range...
I’m cause of climate change...
But all I want’s the finer things...
I think I’m above the law...
I’m an angel. I’m the devil. I am GOD.
I am everything below
and I am all of the above.
I am the problem and solution
The shackler of chains
and the cause of revolution
The loss and gains
I am the healer hear to help
and the cause of all the pain.
....I am greed. I am corrupt.
But I do it all for love.
I am the holder truth and creator of fiction
I am loudest in the room
I am the last one to listen
I am a walking contradiction
the victim of the human condition
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8. |
No Sleep Over You
02:45
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[Verse: 1]
Such a beautiful moment
In time and space
Can be replaced;
twisted and disjointed
Cause you made the wrong connection
And it’a time for atonement
I’m living life
And keeping it rolling
And too many are on the side of annoying
...That means they’re negative intentions
Are definitely an extension
Of their built up aggression after failing on the testing at the end of life lessons that lead with so many questions.
mere presence gave me the message
To get more involved
through it all wasn’t your fault
But you setting me off
So in that way...
I probably was seeing
Through you, an example of
What I shouldn’t believe in.
You need to settle down, Beavis
Cause when we butt heads
I rethink if the anger was
Necessarily needed
At end of the day
I’m not losing sleep and
Rest easy
Peace of mind is my kind of achievement
[HOOK]
Keeping it moving
But lose no sleep over you
Winning and losing
But lose no sleep over you
Keep up what I’m doing
But lose no sleep over you
Avoid the confusion
And lose no sleep over you
[Verse: 2]
If you don’t like my tone
You need to move on
You like how I’m living
You need go home.
When I was young
I use to mow lawns
Shovel snow; Got to work
This and that and so on
Years later here you come
To tell me what I do wrong
didn’t live your life so your advice
could probably do harm
But in your eyes you only see
Words as new law.
I appreciate you
But don’t talk to me like a newborn
I make mistakes
and pay for it
Every day Hindsight’s 20/20
I think about a differently
approach every situation
I’ve been force to face
So I don’t need your two cents
That you’re giving away
by the time that you decide
To intervene or scrutinize
I can confirm 9/10th the time
I’ve already overanalyzed.
To no surprise I live my life
And always self-criticize
To self-improve another night
Just before I close my eyes.
[HOOK]
Keeping it moving
But lose no sleep over you
Winning and losing
But lose no sleep over you
Keep up what I’m doing
But lose no sleep over you
Avoid the confusion
And lose no sleep over you
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[Verse 1]
I use to party all night
But nowadays the bars lights
Turn on..and I’m home
But everything is alright
All aboard the night train
Like I’m Mr. Dynamite
J.J. to Janet Jackson
Only talking Good Times
If she’s fine, pay her own bills
And over 25
I don’t see nothing wrong
With a little bump and grind!
I’m getting ahead myself
not trying to get with em
I just generally more enjoy
The company of women
...gotta dime...give me ten
...you wanna bet...we get in
...flip a coin...let it spin
Heads you lose; Tails I win
The music gotcha moving
Wine coolers got you loose
Get your bathing suit
Take off your cool and hop in that jacuzzi
You’re on the straight and narrow
But we still can be unruly
And we can still kick it more
than Jim Kelly movies
[HOOK]
🎵All...these...ladies
Drive...me...crazy
Drive...me...crazy
But please...don’t...save me🎵
[Verse 2]
Shout out to Caitlin, Karina,
Diana, Paulina
Alaina, Kristen, Jennifer,
Chelsea, and Lisa.
Cinthya, Ceceilia
Jade, Brit, and Asmita
Brigid, Ivis, Ashley
Maurielle; Tamika
-Erica, Candi,
Britney, Sara
Fabiola, Murielle
Rebecca and Lara
Alison, Lauren
Britney and Amanda
Qres, Cat, and Rosé
Grace, Nat, & Blanka
-Niloo, Pooja,
Shilpa and Laura
Amber, Serrin,
Nicole and Isha
Dana, Gayatri
Kelsey, Janice
Miniesha, Patrice
Claudia and Donece,
Joy, Claire, Johanny
Jess and Atera
Faye and Micheline
Mia Lone and Mana
Tiffany, Jamie
Emily, Reshada,
Michelle, Alyssa
Nikki, Tanjil and Briana
[HOOK]
🎵All...these...ladies
Drive...me...crazy
Drive...me...crazy
But please...don’t...save me🎵
[Verse 3]
Make em move...
Make em cry...
Make em put they’re hands up
In the sky!
I wanna show
Let me know
Wanna see how low
You can go!
[HOOK]
🎵All...these...ladies
Drive...me...crazy
Drive...me...crazy
But please...don’t...save me🎵
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10. |
Chicago Waddup
03:47
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[Verse 1]
Everyone on their social channels
Posting places they have traveled
But sometimes all of their travels
Start really making me baffled
Seems a little finite
But Sonnying the bright light
Taking selfies; pretty pics
We only see the highlights
Well might I try
To see a few sites ‘fore I die
So that’s why I decide
To leave it...behind
Even briefly but for me I
Know that is a challenge
Cause I’ve had a bit of struggle
With the Work to Life Balance
The hustle’s always standing
But the world is steadily passing
So now it’s time for action
Grab the bags and start packing
be more proactive
plans to travel distant lands
Wanna see what’s out there
not getting any younger, man.
Did some podcasting
Blue Brother flow was happening
I booked a flight over the sky
Looking down like goodbye.
significance to this trip
I needed a break
something I don’t often take
But I couldn’t stay (Chicago waddup!)
[HOOK]
A simple trip what some would say
But it mean a little more to me
(Chicago waddup)
I’m calling it my happy place
When reality’s too much to face
(Chicago waddup)
Sometimes you need a special space
Where the bad thoughts can’t invade
(Chicago waddup)
Gotta use my vacation days
So it’s time for me to get away!
(Chicago waddup)
[Verse 2]
Some of you are wondering now
Why Chi-Town
It’s not about the place
More bout what it represented
I rarely would mention
Without apprehension
Vacation or breaking
In a statement or sentence
And then when I sat down
And made a decision
I heard about a nerdy
Transformer convention
I pushed it back to the side
Like a side mission
And I had some friends I swear
I said that I would go and visit
Now for most of ya’ll that’s nothing
But me it’s life while
Working day and night
Other keep their frequent flyer miles
I could finally take a trip
And pay my rent
And still have money to spend
A small accomplishment
An experience that makes you
Wanna go again
Minus the winters
of Lake Michigan
DMV’s metro system to the CTA
The blue line and I will find my way (so Chicago waddup!)
[HOOK]
A simple trip what some would say
But it mean a little more to me
(Chicago waddup)
I’m calling it my happy place
When reality’s too much to face
(Chicago waddup)
Sometimes you need a special space
Where the bad thoughts can’t invade
(Chicago waddup)
Gotta use my vacation days
So it’s time for me to get away!
(Chicago waddup)
[Verse 3]
The lesson is to have a place
or a frame of mind
Where you can de-stress
And leave all of your cares behind
Have a spot by O’Hare
Or the middle of nowhere
Like Jake and Finn’s
Adventure Time...
...And I can take you with me
A whole new world
Like a magic
carpet ride
Ardamus is on the track
Dale and Eric are jamming
I’m on the mic
with you by my side! (with the purple light)
[HOOK]
A simple trip what some would say
But it mean a little more to me
(Chicago waddup)
I’m calling it my happy place
When reality’s too much to face
(Chicago waddup)
Sometimes you need a special space
Where the bad thoughts can’t invade
(Chicago waddup)
Gotta use my vacation days
So it’s time for me to get away!
(Chicago waddup)
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[HOOK]
We’re talking bars forever!
We’re shooting for the stars forever!
...We need it now more than ever!
...I got bars...
Forever and ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever and ever
Forever and ever and ever and ever
[Night Train’s Verse]
Let the gloves off...
Let go the power restraints.
Microphone or brush stroke
you’ll see the picture I paint
I ain’t...taking it light
I’m heavy weight
Drinking protein shakes
And eating T-bone steaks!
Savagely murdered Milton Bradley
And the Parker Brothers
In my insane attempt
at killing the game
Simple way to illustrate
That I ain’t playing
Plain and simple saying
You shall not pass to the Balrog
Like I’m Gandolf the Gray
Or pretty much any other bearded sage!
Hi stamina...
You’re telling lies like George Costanza working for Vandalay
Turning up the volume
in your Hyundai Santa Fe
So you can clearly hear
everything single work I have to say
I’m far beyond bars for days
Bars forever all together!
A visual for my mind is like
A Frank Gehrey architecture
I go to great lengths
to make my lyrics hard to measure
And if you’re not feeling me
Then you will feel the pressure
Congregate with demigods
divinity!
Continuously 8 on its side
Into infinity
Wars until my end game
Which marks the transition
Into phase four!
Why make a few moves
if you can make more?
So what you wanna hate for?
All I got is love and peace
Energy is lovely
Whether you’re hating or you're loving me.
I love making music
Grab a brew and call the crew!
Say some witty shit on wax
and I don’t mumble when I do it! (I got bars)
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Hook:
I’m winning
Trying to making a living
But I keep hooking up
With these crazy women
They drive me crazy
Please don’t save me
I’m winning
Trying to making a living
But I keep hooking up
With these crazy women
They drive me crazy
Please don’t save me
[Verse 1]
She liked to party all night
But nowadays the bars lights
Turn on..and she’s home
And everything is alright
All aboard that night train
Like I’m Mr. Dynamite
J.J. to Janet Jackson
Only talking Good Times
Wait!....................
Let take it further...
Smooth it out for remix
The the beat is practically murder.
I think I got your attention
And now you’re making me nervous.
Screaming for my savior
Like I was in Sunday service.
...Keep it calm
Like you’re not even bothered
Gotta be strategic
So we can last longer.
This is not about tonight
I’m feeling something stronger
Trying to grow with you
And teach the youth like the Obamas
Without you
I would probably be a gonna
It don’t matter she’s
On my mind! Straight jacket. Padded room
How could I be mad at you?
Gordon Lu, Bruce Lee
Still wanna kick it more
than Jim Kelly movies!
Hook:
I’m winning
Trying to making a living
But I keep hooking up
With these crazy women
They drive me crazy
Please don’t save me
I’m winning
Trying to making a living
But I keep hooking up
With these crazy women
They drive me crazy
Please don’t save me
[Verse 2]
She’s driving me crazy
But I don’t think I may care
Please don’t save me
Au contraire ma soeur
Why you gonna lay there?
She don’t even play fair
Temping me with mysteries
Of Daria Mayfair
Feel it in the night air
I don’t wanna be bad
Power that she has
Could simple drive me mad
Praying like a heathen
With an extra pair of knee pads.
Looking round the corner
For a Bowie knife and ski mask
Obsession and this sensual
tension making me feel like
She was sent from Heaven
Or a darker dimension
Got me pleading and beggin’
But she leave me a mess and
This is more a confession
Than a tale with a lesson
That your lady friends can
Drive you wild if only you let them.
That’s the power that they have
Like some kind of possession.
Frank Sinatra witchcraft
(Every time I want to get out
She keep dragging me back in)
...But I’m okay with that.
I’m winning....
Hook:
I’m winning
Trying to making a living
But I keep hooking up
With these crazy women
They drive me crazy
Please don’t save me
I’m winning
Trying to making a living
But I keep hooking up
With these crazy women
They drive me crazy
Please don’t save me
[Verse 3]
Make em move...
Make em cry...
Make em put they’re hands up
In the sky!
I wanna show
Let me know
...Relax yourself and sugar Lo flow!
Make em move...
Make em cry...
Make em put they’re hands up
In the sky!
I wanna show
Let me know
...Relax yourself and sugar Lo flow!
Nicole, Christina,
Tren, Tausif
Trudi, Courtney
Cecily & Prowess
Dior, Annie
Shannon, Shali
Addi, Tonya
Akemi, Periii
Rabihah, Jaunice
Maggie, Amy
I love everybody
Even if you drive me crazy
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Night Train 357 Silver Spring, Maryland
Night Train 357 is a creative emcee that enjoys infusing wordplay with unique subject matter not often touched upon in the Hip-Hop community. He tells stories with a twist, constantly reminding the listener how the average can become above average. He's a breath of fresh air, a change from the mundane, and the cure for the common cool. ... more
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