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You’re the only one,
Who could make the twilight zone fun
You’re the only one,
Who could make the end of the world fun
Yeah, you’re the only one
Who could make the apocalypse fun
You’re the only one
Yeah you’re the only one
Lately it’s been feeling like the twilight zone
I mean I think my life’s highlight is home
Which in the past prolly never woulda flown
With the little smart ass whose history’s my own
And I know the goals to learn from it
But the butterflies arrived in my stomach
When I met your eyes, the sky could just plummet
If the world would end tonight, then I would love it
Cuz I found my forever in you
Amidst a bevy of views
That would shock and astound the most heaviest dudes
But when I’m with you,
I feel lighter than a cloud with a violet hue
So when the airborne toxic event
Is starting to vent
Into the upper atmosphere, we’ll pitch a tent
But prolly keep in the basement to be safe
Got the garden out back to feed your pescatarian tastes
Six months later, the apocalypse
Has eclipsed and it started to switch
Back to eden, the food that we’re eating Is fresher than a thresher who just got through feeding
Got two meanings, I got two loves
Got my one true, and we both got our son
Still got the moon being lit by the sun
And the roads are so empty that driving is pretty fun
It was then I stopped, locked eyes with the pretty one
Big L’s taking a nap, so should we get some
Shut eye or touch thighs and add another one
I mustn’t lie that I will get the job done
Apocalypse kiss like a soccer kick hit and I got a hint
That we’re the last of us for a stint
But the past is just a flint that never got the spark lit
I got your heart to bring the light to the darkness
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(Russell ¿Que?)
There's a place I like to go
it's not a physical place, it's a state of mind though
Where all the finest winos I know
get together just to listen vinyl
(bavisdavis)
Marvin or Lionel
you name the title
record collection is vital
to the party's survival
(RQ)
Sleep's rival, Aerosmith, I don't wanna miss a thing
and I'm gonna cherish it, got another song to sing
(bd)
Swing Swing!
(RQ)
All American Reject
I detect on your breath that the Jello is fresh
(bd)
Please bless Phil Lesh with a grateful death
(RQ)
Please bless Phil Lesh with a grateful death
(bd)
Set the table
more than able-bodied and high minded
finding simple living
catching a thrill, just chilling
(RQ)
with a License to Ill on twice for thrills
(bd)
Lights for the quills
(RQ)
to write of the nights full of all types of spills
(bd)
backyard wedding no frills stage built
full tilt
(RQ)
the cups for the toast
(Myke Glessner)
BRONN IS THE PUP WITH THE MOST
(RQ)
From the Rabbit Hole to the Cooches Nest
out to Bucharest
Who contests Newark's best is losing bets
(bd)
best selection,
check the collection
thought we needed more
now we own the record store
(RQ)
so follow the rainbow and the yellow brick road
take the yellow submarine down to where you were told
(bd)
FLOW'S COLD
(RQ)
and you better run or face the NERF gun that I hold
(bd)
Jeremiah was a bull frog, but I'm living like a toad
(RQ)
and does a better yard exist than the one that you behold
(bd)
find the meaning in the season, everyone is in the fold
(RQ)
and the reason is you, I'm told
Melissaa and Felicia: gold
Terrible Bearable, incomparable
made a place for all who to dare to care a lil
Precious Medals with the mettle for the meddle
put the pedal to the metal take it to another level
(all)
2Wash is where the heart is
(RQ)
where artist harbors artist from the darkness
(all)
2Wash is where the heart is
(MG)
For the bands that would command the hands of fans back yarding
(all)
2Wash is where the heart is
(bd)
It's all in the fam like Partridge
(all)
2Wash is where the heart is
Two Jello Shots will get you started
2Wash is where the heart is
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3. |
Number 3. The Answer.
02:59
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Prepare to be gobsmacked while god gets whacked
Hot raps packed back to back with facts
Back in black I’m Agent Que here to ruin you day
Got a noisy cricket for the wickedest strays
In all the wickedest ways ive seen man play god
Try to make dinosaurs, like aint a damn thing odd
Aint a damn thing god could do to stop the crew
They’re watching you to see your moves
To make computers who act just like you
To work in the factories with olfactory sensors that can smell their shit
That’s the plan that’s it
I understand that it’s
A lot to grasp when you really wanna ask
Will a bot qualify for a platinum plaque
Cuz really I ain’t having that
We gotta keep art with the hearts of our pack
We live with man made pain
In man made houses, and man made planes
For when men make plans to make man made reigns
To make men stop, aint a damn thing changed
They said god made man in his own image
Just to make a new god using his visage
Now AI’s gonna build the next prison
To keep down the folks who are out there living
Driving cars or planes? Are you a pilot?
The first bold move made to stop the change of climate
Would be to neutralize the infection
This ain’t the last of us, we’re all the infected
A new directive would be great but we’re stepping
Into a weird pool that’ll teach it’s own lessons
Catch up
You gotta take the wheel
If you want to make the real
Just try to make them feel
A little bit of something if it’s real
It’ll cut through, and appeal
To like minded folks in your field
Use that to play shows, make foes with your bros cuz a common enemy will make all lights glow
I suppose
I propose
To limit what grows
Before a Terminator shows up and I’m froze
The toy soldiers even bolder
Archer doesn’t stand a chance with no boulders
Or crossbows I’m across from my foe
Writing in my phone, and of course it’s an iPhone
Decepticon? maybe, but it’s still my phone
Either way I know that I’m not alone
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4. |
Imagine 4 a Second
02:58
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Let’s make a daring escape
Me, you and Big L at the cape
Which cape? not sure but have a feeling
We’ll hit more capes than a super villain
Whatever place that’d make your face
Into the beautiful smile I await to face
Face to face in a place where space
Looks so close, in the middle of no place
Nowhere not a care in the air
Preparing to tear into a lounge style chair
Right there, where the ocean seems aware
Like when you look out, it’s looking back
Just like the ocean in your eyes to be exact
Kept intact is my heart since the start of our pact
To always have an eye on one another’s back
And like that, I can buy the family pack
Of Oreos and not get any flack
Back to travel of the imaginary
The kind that’s fun and non scary
No large crowds, no loud sounds
Actually there’s really no one around
Cuz it’s us laying down
Visualizing different spots in a town
I’ll describe a view to you
You describe the vibe to me
I’d prescribe that we try a new way to fly
Cuz a plane seems lame to me
Just hold my hand and feel the weight be lifted
Feel our feet floating, start to create distance
Between us and the ground, us and the sounds of the bustling town
Rushing around, touching the ground
Good luck, now we’re bound for a touchdown
Back home we’ve been gone too much now
Cuz the thing about us now
Is a staycation would be so clutch now
So tell my boss I’m on pto, the hours that they owe
Cuz we got absolutely nowhere to go
I’ll call this part nap time
Play the curse filled raps time
Fill 2 glasses with red wine
But I’ll probably finish yours after mine
And after that I’m fine
It’s so funny looking back in time
No box was safe from the vine
To the time it was chosen to shine
Sunset blush, oh what a rush
Back to the first time we touched
All so quick, voices hushed
I just love you so much
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5. |
Mama Da 5
01:17
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6. |
Pretty 6irl
03:45
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Another day, business as usual
I have to say that life has been beautiful
I work away, to keep the brain straight
A member of the team, and everyday is great
Each has a job, each has a certain task
I come up with the questions that he’ll ask
He’s staying busy, his band is playing shows
He often lays low, sings with his eyes closed
So it’s not often we approach
A pretty girl, no tippin of the boat
I tip my hat, as my coworker lets me know
That the time for me to shine has finally shone
Oh no
Will my training work?
Should he be feigning jerk?
Or should the question be pertaining to the zanier
Side of things, I’ll try to think
As he’s just thinking of the songs he has to sing
So then I’ll sound the alarm
This is not a drill
This pretty girl is real
I’m running through a list of questions just to see her deal
Ask about her day
Get her a drink and you can pay
Do whatever takes, just so she don’t walk away
But she seems engaged
Yeah she seems she’s game
She seems to smile every time your nerves get in the way
Now it’s time for you to play
You have to go and hit the stage
no you didn’t get her number, but I think it’s okay
Cuz there’s countless ways today
To fix the last mistake
And maybe she will make that first move and send a message your way
But for now it’s time to play
And front row you see her face
Now every time that they’re closed you’ll go right back to this place
And it’s odd just like the bar
But in the sky there’s not a star
Cuz they’re all up in her eyes, shining right where we are
I said it’s odd just like the bar
But in the sky there’s not a star
Cuz they’re all up in her eyes, shining right where we are
Switch it to manual
I am now manning the mandible
Jawing my jaw up with jawns
She’s pawing my arm
Confusing my awkward for charm
And that’s a maneuver of art
Who woulda thought
That you would come to a new part
Of moving the heart
With dude in pikachu, she can do better than he could do
But when it’s we could do
We could do miracles,
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7. |
'07 Joe Flow
01:55
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07 in the Glasgow stadium
Joe blows through with a steam filled cranium
There’s no containing him
So we Unleashed the beast there’s no restraining him
But let me keep explaining him
Kept a smile on everyone’s face
Always delivered a joke at the right place
Maybe not the right time, but the right pace
Was always trying to do whatever it takes
And he could hack it like the coach
Had an immaculate approach
To play attack and hanging back to smash another goal
He’d make you laugh, then take it back, and play another joke
And when his folks were in the crowd, you would know
Family dinners for winners and losers all the same
Cuz we would eat before the games
Then at night we’d drive our parents insane
But wait let’s get back to the game
A crosstown rivalry, egged on by social bribery
Take down Goliath, if you aim the rock righteously
Overtime, and the minutes count til finally
Joe scored the game winning goal, exclaiming mightily
We went nuts, that nights burned into my brain
I had to text pale for fact checks, but we recalled the same
It had been a little while since I seen Joe last
So it really messed me up when I heard that he passed
I remember causing problems in drivers Ed class
Then real fast, we aged and split paths
We saw each other a few times since then
And every single time you showed love like my friend
You saw me play music at the bar with Matt
Mojo Main in 13 in fact
I guess i never imagined that that
Would be the last time we brought it back
And there was something bout the way he told the story
And I’m sad I’ll never hear him do it for me
Yeah there was something bout the way he told the story
And I’m sad I’ll never hear him do it for me
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How can I move the crowd
First of all no mistakes allowed
Even when it’s loud
And when you’re in a strange town
If you’re ever up on stage be prepared to put it down
And when it’s down keep it there
As long as possible, to get em up outta their chairs
Feet clamor on the stairs just to stare
And be amazed by the bands flare
But we’re just 4 dudes tipsy, playing for tips see
So drop whatever in this bucket for some tricky
Rhymed lines on time, but time must be learned
Here are some basic instructions before leaving earth
Killah Priest, kill a verse
I’m trying to rhyme like Masta Killas first
Which means I’m putting in the work
I’ll stay up all night to write
Long as my baby’s alright
That’s my baby from my baby so I’m saying it twice
I know it’s crazy, so crazy that I’m playing tonight
The Lindanator’s got it on lock, so we’re good til midnight
Cuz with age, the thing I find the most strange
Is we still our parents permission for us to rage
Every microphone could eventually explode
Feel calmer than the unibomber when I’m in the zone
Studio set up in my home
So if you wonder what the bass meant, that’s the rabbit hole
With the band, or with my guitar all alone
I’m prone to let it flow and I’ve shown from show to show
That I can really go
So if you’re thinking it’s no, that’s really none of my business though
Cuz I do it the way that I like
And the way that I write
The stream of consciousness is finding honestness while looking for the light
And also finding detours along the way is pretty tight
So while the light lights the white rhino type in the pipe
I’m thinking that tonight is probably turning out alright
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(Yukki_Yoda)
Is you lost in the sauce
Or caught in wave
So many dying be the boss
But who finna pay
Same ones lie when they see cost
Ain't got it today
Fuck it it's here for the take
You niggaz scared of a loss
That be ya biggest mistake
Put all ya fears on the cross
Now you afraid of your fate
I'm here to conquer it all
Scary niggaz stay in ya place
Know you role
You a npc in this life
But Ill inspire your growth
So stay close
To the action
It's the law of attraction
Boy it's all in the passion
And I'm past due actually
In my spaceship coup
Passing you casually
Turning everything you claim love
Into a casualty
Ya my boy issa new era
You see how the world turn
Fam issa new terra
Embrace the plan
We dont do errors
Just take the L and do better
Yukki_yoda
One of few pharaohs
I took the oath
Pledge alliegence to the stars
Not the stripes or the frauds
But the floating fire orbs
And I had to leave my corpse
Just to finish the course
Its why they call me yoda boy
Cause I'm blessed by force
It's only gravity
I know it feel a little heavy
But compared to the weight on my shoulders
It's petty
Take a tulip to the heady
Don't do it for a penny
Bro i do it for the creddy
And I needs that
Feedback
On the microphone
Like i relapsed
He that
Boy you could never check
Off of another list
I move in curves
So the plot always got another twist
Play me thrice
Still cant peep all the bars you missed
(Russell ¿Que?)
All these NPCs need to let me be
Got a game I’m trying to play, hmm let me see
Browse through my inventory
Pack packed to the gills but the MVP has mad DLC
Bought and paid for
From the game store
So if they pay more
I shouldn’t stand a chance, even if I play more
That just sounds wrong, need I say more
And this happens in the real world too
Just to show the simulation clear even from your view
If the planets like 8 bills
We can all have the great builds
We can all have the same wills
We have to shine in our own way to make chills
Align the spines of something fine, and combine with the hate filled
Masses, just a mass of classless acts
Impact like a phantoms axe
And heads will roll as we plan to pass
The rock back and forth in this champions match
I’m handy wit raps
Don’t get caught sleepin like snorlax
I came through to conquer like I’m Garguax
Gargoyle perched with a plan of attack
In the span of a rap I’m back mic brandishing so handle with tact
Cuz if you step up, I’m sending you right back to the back
And that’s that
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(Russell ¿Que?)
I love you like it’s my job, and I’m trying to be employee of the month
No need to cook the books it ain’t a front
Tell me what you want, I’ll make sure you have everything you need
Doing everything to provide for you and my seed
We’ll plant seeds in the garden to grow,
It goes to show
That old dogs can learn new tricks on the go
You’ve made me such a better man, and I’m not sure if you know
Who am I kidding, of course you know cuz it shows
You’ve made it work to play shows
You and Big L front row
We’re and unmatched match I suppose
it’s never go fish, cuz I fished my wish
You always find the one when you’re not looking for it
Don’t get yourself down when you see the good times
Cuz through the dark light shines til it’s finally your time
I never felt like I was prime until I seen her light shine
And when it shines well it shines so fine
(2x)
(DIggz Sentences)
It all started off as a fad that ended as a habit
when the next fresh cassette dropped I had to grab it
in the Walkman with mega bass my headphones blastin
led to me leaving my "prints" on the mic like Aladdin
fast forward to my favorite lines
rewind it 100 times
polish the craft, memorize every rhyme
puttin scotch on the top so I could dub Power 99 mixes from Doc at 9 o clock
just the way I grew up, cassette tapes littered my back pack,
and I would get so mad when a case got cracked
Read the thank you's on the in-flap
tried to keep em in tact
lent em all to my friends didn’t get the shit back
missing the creativity that made its way into me
a smidgen of the energy would replenish tremendously
until then, it’s just another sad love song, written Intentionally
from Diggz, dispensed lyrically
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When I first met you you
I knew knew
Just what I had to do
Hit you with some new moves
A little vroom vroom
Then we’re heading back to my room
Heart going boom boom
There was magic in your kiss like voodoo
Got my hands on your hips like a tutu
I was born for this like prince Khufu
Falling in love got a booboo
I was never trained for this, choo choo
But I still said hi like yoohoo
And it mighta felt like deja vu vu
Now six years in and it’s too cool
Big L’s doing great in school school
And I’ll always be your April fool fool
To celebrate your birthday as usual
Unusual as I can be
Unsuitable and unfriendly
Just kidding but see that’s what I’d be
If there was a time you weren’t beside me
So ghosts can try me
And even saint beasts
I ain’t the type to go around just slaying beasts
But saying beefs
Really anything is giving it the power it needs
So if we nip in the bud then it’ll never grow leaves
And if we nip a little bud then when the kids all leave
Well have a meeting outback I’ll be right by the trees
But I’ve been right out of these
Appropriate rhyme schemes
And I just write em with ease
But there’s a fire that’s inspired by you you and me
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