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How I Broke Free
04:22
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I’m a fire breathing dragon that’s carrying a Targaryen
Canary yellow eyes, a sword parrying
My claws is a joke, i’ll reduce you to smoke
Melt the Jon Snow with the Tron glow while i flame throw
Spread my wings and i brings the pain
flying by, spitting flames at your window pane
stay in you lane
that’s something that doesn’t effect me, check me
you can try to throw me in the dungeons and suppress me
but i long to feel the wind in my wings
so i swing my talons at the chains and break myself free
the dungeons dark, but my flames light the way
i got to say it seems like a perfect day for me to say “Hey”
so i knock on the door but it’s more like a massive boulder that’s dug deep into the floor
I inhale and proceed to create an inferno
from deep within my sternum
to melt the rocks and eventually burn em
And that’s how i broke free
You could never keep me down, haven’t you heard my roar
at the end of movies, and it precedes the score,
or at the MGM coked up
PSYCH
Behind these tall walls i lead a dull life
I’d like to lead a cull twice
on these human parasites
i was the king of the grasslands
now i perform like i tap dance for these children and cat fans
my mane was once a sign of strength a crown
but now it’s just a dirty mop, muddy and matted down
i heard a shrill sound, one of my cellmates must have snapped
i act surprised, knowing that me and the lions had a pact
they go for the zookeeper, and i climb the tree
leap using my back legs, and then i’ll be free
all the people are distracted, so i exit stage right
i’ll find the perfect hiding spot until the fall of night
once the sun has set i’m speeding out like Nascar
Running for freedom like the movie Madagascar
And that’s how i broke free
see this heat is beat i need to flee
away from fake rocks and away from fake trees
i need the antarctic, north pole is my target
i hate coca cola that’s a misconception and we didn’t start it
easily the most ferocious land predator,
1,000 lbs plus running at you like the Tekken wrestler
but i am no Panda why can’t a
Polar bear run down the streets of Atlanta
I’m looking for the snow between my toes
i don’t need plants to grow, i’m waiting for a whale to blow
and then i’m diving in for gold
Whale Blubber, Danny Glover
I’m too old for this shit,
been living in the zoo complacent and i’m ready to quit
i heard a story of a lion who was trying to conspire
plotting with some tigers, jumped over the wall and hit the road
hail to the sire
but i’m kinda tired,
my handler approached, slipped and broke his neck
the door was wide open so guess what step comes next
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One time for the flavor of the week,
Jean Grey in the sheets, but Mystique in the sheets
Such a freak, say sheek
want her legs in the air tonight just like Beans
She stays in my mind cuz the rent is cheap
Orora with a storm brewing watch the tempest peak
It’s tongue in cheek
use my tongue to speak
a speech the Cypher couldn’t read nor teach
is it a reach,
to say i’m mr fantastic
had her seeing stars like we’re intergalactic
Supergirl could knock my world off its axis
with the way she threw it down on this mattress
Tactis, that she learned on Krypton
the description of her plan was what i tripped on
Slipped on
and fell
into the bed and only time will tell
like diana Prince, she entered the room
Wearing nothing but the Lasso of Truth
This ain’t an opportunity to be wasted,
What about the Wonder Woman bracelet?
I’ve been pursuing this mutant or metahuman
so she can keep doing what she been doing
but Dan said “quite the contrary man,
the girl you’re looking for is a Thanagarian”
god dammit
How is Hawkgirl from another planet
but as a Green Lantern, i understand it
i just landed
the welcome party arrived
they look at me like “who invited the green guy?”
her name was Sheira or Kara
it was then I woke up i’ll dream about it tomorrow
Jim Gordon recording a track for Barbara
Down to just chill but we can even take it farther
like diana Prince, she entered the room
Wearing nothing but the Lasso of Truth
This ain’t an opportunity to be wasted,
What about the Wonder Woman bracelet?
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3. |
She's Gone
05:13
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i’m reminded of this chick i met
At a Hall and Oates concert, she was smoking cigarettes
She had menthol, and you know i had my white grape game
so i hit mine, and asked her her name
she said “it’s sara” as she smiled
i kicked a freestyle as to holler at her for a little while
she said she majored in adult education
out of touch with giving fucks
and a knack for hesitation
you’re a rich girl, and you’ve gone too far
but it doesn’t even matter anyway
and your daddy said he wouldn’t pay, so now once every thirty days
you pay your bill to sallie mae
what felt like seconds, was hours of talking
conversing, learning, while we’re round the venue walking
we both hit the blunt, now we’re laughing and we’re coughing
say it isn’t so, cuz this doesn’t happen often
Not to take away from the show on the stage
I was 27, she was less than my age
which was strange
you see the crowd was kinda old,
this was a Hall and Oates show, you know Blue eyed soul
which was fitting cuz her’s were blue too
like a new view of a harbor in Oahu
I got you a spot to take a load off
oh you got some tattoos? why don’t you take your coat off
I sang all the songs too, yeah you know i showed off
she said “i got plans but those get blown off”
i said “yo, you’re the shit, and now your kiss is on my list
of the things i need to experience before i hit
age of ninety”
she said “fine, so i got a lot of time”
as she stared deeply into my private eyes
when the show ends, shall we have a night cap
she laughed and said well i can go for that
M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E
i rolled up some more weed
and asked her all about she
so i could try and learn it all like i was taking a quiz
i asked her to wait for me so i could take a quick whiz
we hit the car, then hit the bar, and we closed that down
got home, got stoned, then threw her clothes back down
now i checked it off my list and we are one on one
she said “i got some ideas on what we could do for fun”
fast forward to the sun creeping in, laying in bed and you know we’re sleeping in
music playing softly, feeling awfully calm
sing a wrong note, that’s a costly, off key bomb
i realized she was up to something like joffrey’s mom
cuz this was all a dream, i was happy falsely and she was gone
i was an eager dreamer who wanted to meet a maneater
but i can’t go for that, so i’m happy i was just a sleeper
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Onto a space shuttle
Russell ¿Que? scuttled
ready for today’s struggle, to see the view from the Hubble
telescope he still can’t tell if it’s dope
because the force of take off had his stomach in his throat
ready to vomit as they grazed the tail of a comet
initial boosters fell off, and this worked to calm it
grab the wheel, he said it worked like a car
they saw some shooting stars spar,
and debris fell to Mars
Good thing that’s pretty far from where we are
and i ain’t going there, that really shouldn’t be hard
i heard there’s spiders there
and i ain’t saying that the writer’s scared,
but okay man, i guess i kinda cared
what if they’re rhino sized
with Albino eyes
and a dino’s appetite
that’s some shit to keep you up at night
back to the flight of this bungalowlife
and this point the third rock from the sun was outta sight
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5. |
Cinco
01:04
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A wop bop a loo wop,
this wop brought boom bap rap to tilt back your snap back cap
so retract your dap,
and put your hand in the sky,
cuz you know just like the song, i need three high fives
we’ll drink a little wine, and we’ll be feeling fine
and when we’re done with that, we’ll twist up a little pine
and i ain’t talking pine like an evergreen,
i hit the game and feel hunger like i’m Katniss Everdeen
you never seen an emcee of my pedigree
strictly business bout my sermons like I’m PMD on E
I remember when i had the curly hair like Eazy E
vis a vis
i can’t see defeat, from hitting these trees
i got you babe, this pair of skis
the rarest breed
i scare emceees
and i guarantee
to carry these wary frees
til they bury me deceased and i rest in peace
but i’ll be the age of 23, until the day that i day
cuz it equals number 5.
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6. |
Agua
03:05
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With great power comes great responsibility
giving powers to a mortal’s a high liability
many people would turn bad in a blink
but i like to think
that i’ll keep my head above water and never sink
i wouldn’t have to worry, if i was Arthur Curry
holler at a whale like “yo bro, we gotta hurry”
hop onto his back and now we’re headed up to the surface
so i guess i’m a good guy with a hidden purpose
as a porpoise swims by and says “hey guys,
i can’t believe i’m seeing Aquaman!”
So i say “hi”
and he understood my thoughts, see i can talk to fish
and i was scared of the ocean, now i make it my bitch
got great white sharks doing what i request
so i low key think that his super power’s one of the best
he has super strength and he’s invincible
but Aquaman is considered so lame based on the principle
that Superman rules the sky
Batman rules the night
and Aquaman’s out in the sea cuz he can’t do nothing right
But i came to prove you wrong with this song,
Me and La’gaan flipped on the last son of Krypton
J’onn J’ones ain’t like my mindset
when i vent with my trident
brought my power to the watch tower
saw that i was pissed and that shit got sour
i let loose on Bruce like dude look at you
you’re a psychopath in a mask and a cape too
i hate you, and your sidekick, see my shit
has the combined wit
of Diana Prince and the CPU on Victory Stone
now i need to be home
got Captain Atom in the bomb that can destroy the globe,
an evil superhero, there’s no greater paradox known
so Barry Allen hasn’t even hit the road yet
he needs to run back in time and hit the reset
he saved his mom, now armageddon i’ve planned it
so is one life worth the lives of everyone on the planet
the wars begun now the whole league is frantic
i’m hidden in a tidal wave with an army from Atlantis
then there’s a flash it’s changed i’m back in the sea
i wake up walk to the balcony to see the city
a weird memory like deja vu
but of something that i would never do
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7. |
Elements
02:03
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All in all, i gotta show gratitude
to the musical group that gave me my attitude
had a bad day, then sing a song
plan a getaway if you can’t get along
let’s groove tonight, in this boogie wonderland
understand i’m the man with the plan
bringing all the elements like the band
during the last days and times, i would still be down to jam
take a ride in the sky, on the ship fantasy
it’ll be just you and i
oh and this Verdine White guy
who’s known to kick high like tai bo
on hydroponic chronic
it’s pleasing in the realm of sonics
earth, the wind and the serpentine fire
i’ll write you a song and tell you what transpired
play the kalimba while i tell you a story
an anecdotal allegory, normally bout me and Cory
cuz that’s where my rap roots are,
skid row to park, showing devotion to the art
open our eyes, and maybe we can see
after the love is gone, will we be free
you’re a shining star shining bright to see
and on saturday night, when it’s time to leave
you can catch me outside
i’ll be throwing up the peace sign
and i would never decline
any safety meeting, of any meaning
as long as it’s teeming
with friends, then i’m all about deceiving
duck down behind the car, lets sit on the curb,
if i’m gonna sing that high then i’ll need a little herb
helps me get a handle of my nerves
that’s the way that i incorporate the earth
the wind comes from within my lungs
and the fire’s harbored in every word that i flung
you can’t hide love, and for that there’s many reasons
i just learned that during a prewinter season
i don’t remember the 21st of september
but i’ll never get over the 22nd of october
and i repeatedly told her, but i ain’t saving breath tonight,
i got to get you into my life
and i’m mighty mighty certain that would be so tight
and the beat is now curtains, goodnight
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What light through yonder window break
i will not placate your misplace hate to save face
and remain in the same safe place
i feel like talking to you is a plain waste
so i’m taking the high road like the one plane’s take
23,000 feet and ascending
new chapter starts, then one must be ending
no pretending
this is coming straight from the heart
i’ll let it out like how Preacher starts
to use his ability, but the liability lies in his responsibility
to save the souls of those lost in god’s senility
if you were willing to be apologetic to me
we coulda fixed it but that’s something that we never will see,
one of the hardest conclusions there ever will be
i don’t see your means
justified by the ends
when you lie to my friends
time and time and again
when i was willing to bend
but i never broke
i never spoke
up
now i get choked
up
when i show
up
in my comfort zone
and it’s so fucked
but you know what?
it had to happen like this, so i’m in luck
my days are numbered in this zone of comfort
bubble’s been punctured now i’m feeling unencumbered to retreat back into slumber
no more Boy Wonder
now i’m Nightwing writing at the speed of lightning
when the boom of thunder follows i know that it’s frightening
but also enlightening and kinda brightening
a temporary light on the path
while searching for greener grass
i found it in a future yard while you try to dig up my past
so i laugh
cuz you lack tact and the sad fact
is if you reenact that
you would see that you were never that Bat
Bruce Wayne, Usain when i Bolt
you’re just a hurdle and i’m ready to pole vault all your insults
so if you have nothing nice to say then just close it
asked for an apology but you’re hopeless
i’m focused
on moving forward
and you’ve said all i can take, i don’t need more words
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9. |
Masterpiece
03:47
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I feel the weight of my eye lids increase
but before i go to sleep,
i’ll put in some elbow grease
to try and make a masterpiece
bout a young Greek poet
found a muse by an olive tree with a river below it
she brought him out his shell, a previous loner
now he’s writing bout his Odyssey you see his name was Homer
a poem, of epic proportions
full of simple distortion
of the facts to make it mythological and of utmost importance
so he wrote a series in blank verse
some dank words
designed a plot of a man who had to traverse
across the land to return to his woman
on a boat he made that was wooden
and who knew it would make the perfect bookend
the Muse helped him write it down, he sent her bits daily
and she saved it in a note pad while she played the ukulele
eventually the story was complete
he kissed her on the cheek
and proceeded to cheese cuz she was the muse that he needs
I feel the weight of my eyelids increase
but before i go to sleep
I’ll put in some elbow grease
and try to make you a masterpiece
The Greeks had nine muses, so mine must be the tenth
influence my music more than booze of any hemp
her mind is most fluent, in tongues and dialects
helps me to move through it, and abuse the alphabet
no time for stress
you see she makes it seem so easy
“Write me lines everyday, Russell, don’t go an leave me
lyric-less” When i fuck up she spells my name wrong
so i write my words many times before i send the same song
some times it only takes one word and
I’m Bird Person
Conversing in third person
so basically i take a verse and rehearse
until i make it work,
and leave a beat in a hearse
in forward motion or in reverse
i’ll shift into first
to get to the destination
the space station orbiting planet earth
i’m an eager beaver when it comes to five liters
adjust your receivers and please turn up your speakers
I feel the weight of my eyelids increase
but before i go to sleep
I’ll put in some elbow grease
and try to make you a masterpiece
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10. |
Beautiful Mind
04:31
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Walk in, remove my shoes
now i’m standing in the prefrontal lobe of my muse
what a wonderful place, how’d they fit a chandelier?
there was a band playing over the drums i couldn’t hear
my own thoughts, which is crazy to happen in a brain
i see some boxed wine, and i’m level headed again
you’re playing all the characters and such that I see
the singer is my favorite cuz she keeps looking at me
you behind the bar pass me the cup of wine
you know the genie cup, it’s kinda small but it’s fine
cuz i can get free refills, here i’m a regular
in this brain bar the concept is so irregular
but tvs play memories of why you’re you
it’s my favorite spot i grab a seat with a perfect view i wanna learn it all in time
sitting at a bar in your beautiful mind
Sitting at the bar in your beautiful mind
While i was sitting at the bar i was approached,
by another you in a ball gown and a sapphire broach
it matched her eyes,
she said i’m happy that you safely arrived
we turned the hypothalmus off, don’t worry bout time
okay cool, what’s up with a tour?
i know i went yesterday, but i could learn more
like rewatching your favorite show to catch what you missed,
that’s the way i replay every time that we kiss
first room long term memory bank,
she asked if i’d like to make a withdrawal, i said no thanks
i’m here to make a deposit
been making memories, i see the time when i had to vomit
all the rhymes i wrote for you bout space travel and comets
and the stuff i send you on daily topics
I’ll never stop it,
and i’ll be back just to let you know
and later on we’ll take a stroll to the occipital lobe
the occipital lobe, where we find the optic nerve
it processes your sights and makes your mind concur
so basically a movie theater showing what you see
and today’s feature is me in IMAX 3D
playing guitar in your bed
while simultaneously watching from inside your head
i asked “what you wanna hear?” cuz fiddling is getting old
“you know what’s stuck in my head? Cupid’s chokehold”
Well say no more cuz that’s a favorite of mine
c minor is the key and i remember most of the lines
during the song i lock eyes with you
which is crazy cuz i’m in here with my eyes locked too
the song ends and the credits play without a pause
a room full of you stands up proceeds to applause
they all left but i hang back and pretend
that i’m not here, cuz movies these days have easter eggs at the end
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