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Fig
03:01
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Just watch me
bet it all set the stakes tall
Get a bag n ride it out until the engine stall.
I Couldn’t count the takes it took for me to get the gall
You wanna get it how I live you gotta build resolve
This life a trip shout timber if you see me fall
It ain’t without a fight the tumble bound to break some walls
pound for pound i’m at the top they couldn’t fit the drawls
20 somethin’ rounds I need a break but duty calls it’s hounding me
makin light with the quill bro it’s alchemy
tell just by the cut of my jib what i’m touting heat
No frills, Chakra from the stomach stuffed up to the gills
I keep a mic just to catch some residue when it spills
True to this and the proof in the stills
as a youth I knew to juice up the skills cuz on the route it’s only
you n your will why i’m aloof to all the practice n drills
It hit different when the pressure is real
like you walkin through an escher how the city feel
no reservations I be apt to deal Rollin wit the
punches got a hunch it’s only up from here
Just watch me bet it all
I set the stakes tall
Get a bag n ride it out until the engine stall.
I Couldn’t count the takes it took for me to get the gall
You wanna get it how I live you gotta build resolve
Never slackin’. known to keep the systems active
orchestrated all the moves there wasn’t room for tacets
calm n collected in the stu but in another facet
willing out n calling down the lightning like i’m billy batson
Come correct or get a clue I can’t afford distractions
what i’m throwing in the spliff you bring n the piff to match it
It’s automatic finding substance through the static
second nature to ya boy I get to hunting when it’s stagnant
on the fixie for the sun rise, weaving through the traffic
You can miss me with the havoc it’s fish to fry n I need all the
fixins with the haddock dishin lines tryna grab it
n some semblance of the shit I took for granted
hope there’s comfort where i’m landin’
for now i’m cuttin’ through the stanchions
carvin’ out a way wit just the cards that I was handed
Partin wit the change come what may i’ll be standin tall Yeah
Just gotta Bet it all
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2. |
Semtex
03:49
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I channel all that juju n
blast it over sonics from enugu
this a tonic for ya blues a bit odder than the usual
But who that lobbin’ truths with more fire than you used to it’s chukwu
No troop. Dolo with these chants of mine
say em wit my chest it’s no pantomime i’m
rippin’ shit that get ya ship aligned with tides
It’s light work, off the strength, never by design
Don’t pass me nothin less some fronto in it chiffonade
Find me By the bay smoking strong on my promenades riffin
to the wake n tryna beat the odds
toe to toe wit em, never outta dodge.
jonesin’ for my space(uh) in 4k was
caught moving mountains a whole range
boasting no chains, muscle n brains
powered off collards n pork shanks
My forte spittin’ brash n i been the captain
hip n happening since the first foray It’s all amore
less you short change just stick to the quote n don’t pull a sage out his flow state
It’s thoughts i’m tryna collate
i’ll turn ya boat to flotsam like a shore break n
Laugh while you scurry round the cape
I channel all that
I channel all that juju n
blast it over sonics from enugu
this a tonic for ya blues a bit odder than the usual
But who that lobbin’ truths with more fire than you used to it’s chukwu
I channel all that juju(4X)
same 24 that ya clique get
Novels they pennin really couldn’t match these vignettes
The skill set, kin to Macgyver’s no light spread
know I need it 20X when all’s said that’s a long stretch
Why I keep a cherry red miyata for them big treks
pull up make a hit out your cantata for them big checks
Just be wary when you load it in the decks
You press play it’s blowin up like semtex no jest
I Wont be there to get the coals swept
Floating on the clave
my pocket like clyde on cold sweat
riding through the squalls no stress, big grin
stifling qualms, along wit the headwind just
light the cylinders n get wins i been feelin
bolder since I stuck to that regimen
careful who you meddle with
Pen honed to the hilt its Pressure when i’m at the hit
Off the tone alone make your timbre shift
I channel all that
I channel all that juju n
blast it over sonics from enugu
this a tonic for ya blues a bit odder than the usual
But who that lobbin’ truths with more fire than you used to it’s chukwu
I channel all that juju(4X)
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3. |
Other Hand
02:39
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oh my days
really made it from the glades to the palisades
lotta blood sweat n shoes weathered long the way
need haul em’ off n get a cobbler mortgage paid
Still I sport ‘em, stretch the dollar till I up the wage
On the page dealin how I know often fazed cuz it
Seems you Get to grips or you don’t, either float or you choke
Least I know my brother richard there to hold the gate
I own my Case I Keep my faith do what the chase demand
What’s on the other hand? I’m unequipped to kick it off the
land n with the quips still scalin’ cliffs I’ll eat a clip before
you see me switch brain in a ditch
n still got twice the wit of half the spits that all the seniors pitch i’m
in the pit rocking rooms as soon as the tweeter twitch
For dopamine when I need hit ain’t a lot to
glean from it still I posture up n take the stand
What’s on the other hand? Don’t know the answer needa
phone-a-friend its been a long volley wit myself i’m tryna
reach the end like what commodity could help you gotta
let me in i’m Clearin hoops n that’s just to make the
Stay extend yeah N through it all I tried to play pretend
I pulled my pride off the shelf
I’m out here for this mission at the cost of my health
How i’m advising my bro n can’t provide for myself.
Cast the line n keep fishin’ need to change the view
for the fire starts dimming’ but i’m
tied to the pursuit even when it’s not hittin’
What’s on the other hand
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4. |
Petrol
02:39
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I stick with what I know,
pedal through the grime n try to hold it in the road
Work the hymn till it shine in and out the throes
Patchin up the WIPS while i’m pressin to the goal
n either way it goes
i’mma stick with what I know
pedal through the grime n try to hold it in the road
Work the hymn till it shine in and out the throes
Patchin up the WIPS while i’m pressin to the goal
Niggas barkin just to hop in the mix
I barrel through like I was dipped in the styx
been movin’ solo chipping stone since a jit out in the cut where I lived.
Learned enough to know you get what you give Just hope the returns
Same as the toes, ten fold nothin to lose
i’m cruisin’ gung ho like god gave me the 10 fo’
it’s been aight this prose holding the tempo
n keeping shit straight between my temples if the work state
my name on it, know it’s petrol
premium certified like a can of cento
never novice served upon the finest instrumentals
do it for some solace Changin tides was incidental
It’s wild times, so throw some ries’ in my glass for I sip
toast to my niggas maintaining tryna polish the craft
N pour a lil for my kin that passed. it’s one n then I gotta dash
I kicked a couple habits since you seen me last ones that hit me
when I Wasn’t prepped for things to move as fast
Couldn’t pull the brakes so I Consumed the stash blew a grip a cash just to
perfume the pad. When things ain’t
click I still held quick to the plan
Just patch it up n then i’m off again
I stick with what I know,
pedal through the grime n try to hold it in the road
Work the hymn till it shine in and out the throes
Patchin up the WIPS while i’m pressin to the goal
n either way it goes
i’mma stick with what I know
pedal through the grime n try to hold it in the road
Work the hymn till it shine in and out the throes
Patchin up the WIPS while i’m pressin to the goal
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5. |
Dream 7
04:13
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No comparing’ wit the rest
best ever my baseline
Hard gettin down the path n
leaving nothin’ by the wayside
pickin pieces where I can for
Processin but it takes time
to a fault tend to guard mine
i’m selfish I need it all for this
dash gunnin But I couldn’t
peg what i’m after
just gettin my steps in n that’s even if
some of em backwards
I been dodging the rays i’m in the shade pen n pad for the capture
catching words to fill the room
packin em’ up to the rafters
My Brother hit me for a few of ‘em muted n told him i’m out for the day
truthfully anxious communication seemin the hardest to make
My Fam is buzzing me too telling me I gotta work on the same
I been runnin on fumes outta the loop Who i’mma ring when I got it made? who?
it’s enough on the plate for two maybe more than I can chew
louder still you buck then you fade so what do I got to prove?
I been Up n away my home ain’t the same, got different when i flew
the scene changed or I grew standstill couldn’t bloom soooo
it’s hand in hand wit the loops jumpin’ the broom
loose ends in the rearview, more than a few
I oughta attend too my hands at the 10 n 2, stavin’ it off
I Don’t wanna deal but gettin’ the strength to for now.. I gotta
I gotta…. go
don’t meant to…. ghost
been on my… toes
to wound up to coast
I gotta…. go
don’t mean to…. ghost
Lookin for… home
Makin’ my… Own
I gotta go(4X)
I gotta rock to stay sane
Mud fly n I maintain
every new day bring the same straits n i’m
done sweating what I can’t change goin
Dumb tryna hold pace kept the
subs hummin till the roof caved
off crumbs makin new waves
Do the math, round it to a full tank still I
Move quicker when the heat cranked
was dipped in the thick of it made a way
many couldn’t make weight
Do it all for the namesake n these
lil doubts that I can’t shake
When Pride tell me show face
but the heart know I gotta hold space
I dish it out till I can’t take really
bet the house with the soundscapes
Grin wide when I waged it
For the mic been toned
from the crown down to the Asics n I
been low but a bag get me
bright eyed on occasion
n It’s plenty more for the takin’ so the sails up let em’ take wind
It’s hand in hand wit the loops jumpin’ the broom
loose ends in the rearview, It’s more than a few
I oughta attend to my hands at the 10 n 2, stavin’ it off
Don’t wanna deal but gettin’ the strength to for now.. I gotta
I gotta…. go
don’t meant to…. ghost
been on my… toes
to wound up to coast
I gotta…. go
don’t mean to…. ghost
Lookin for… home
Makin’ my… Own
I gotta go(4X)
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6. |
Altitude
02:30
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N Peace to my
opps they staged it got the flame lit burn what we
build n my guild spark the torch up off the same wick
face it you couldn’t run adjacent i’m too
smooth getting double what you getting of the same lick
uhhh and that pace quick with the
basics I get the spot hoping cop the payment n
gang dip ya tunes not popping what’s to gain from that
lame shit you came with really it’s a shame nigga
I be pulling’ rank by the time this hit you know
promotion come with shade but it ain’t uh issue all that
talkin keep me paid. so they can cut the beef it’s only
more for me to plate just tell em’ mind the blade no
secrets to the formula it’s all strength
no catch get the proper ammunition then you dispatch
It’s quick math Path lookin’ somethin’ like A Briar Patch
then Chukwu no machete that’s a mismatch
Heady but it’s big facts tact what ya shit lack
Take my time with it yeah i’m patient with the drip jack
Ever since the cradle I been chilling kicked back
seated at the table ready wit my chips stacked peepin
every angle ‘for I move well-regarded with the tools
got the groove locked, it’s knotted like bantus
if you snoozin on the clock, i’m sorry we can’t fuse.
i’m not into playin hookie I spit and I pay dues on my Ps Qs
get your frequency tuned
N don’t confuse me with the next man tweakin’ loops
Speak my truth to the mountaintop my goggles are glued
I really Heard we sittin pretty at that altitude
you see me there you know the stacks accrued
i’m on the move. either hold the fort or tap me if you in the mood
miss me in a blink it’s swift how i ride
gotta get it on a dime my nigga i’m on a different time
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7. |
Distance
02:52
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with precision
jumpin all the hurdles in my vision
was built to go the distance
No caveats react the same in any instance
been partin with my inhibitions, n feeling lifted
i’m on a rocket to the moon
you on the block n gettin grifted
That Gap is gettin wider by the minute
I’m Breakin through the sky like what’s a limit?
no tellin’ when i’m on route
i only double back show and prove
For the groove it’s trane with the pursuance
know these rhythms beauty in the truest
while I was in the books too nerdy to play the truant
nabbed the blueprints.
Feel the shit no matter what your creed or hue is
brimmin wit the hubris,
always do the most cuz i got to
Par for the course Chukwu turn a mic
to an armament of sorts
loadin’ Jewels in the clip n slingin’ em by the scores
blowin’ speakers for sport
for rich or for poor
long as there’s beats to adorn I’m in it
either strikin’ out or strikin’ chords
out the gully I soared seen the globe
No playing coy to gulliver they liken ya boy
setting up shop in ya city n makin noise.
yeah things gritty, still gettin poised
Flip ‘em till they pretty it’s been the ploy
lotta muscle requisite for the voyage you
Can’t cut the mustard then stay employed Me I got
hip to them strats
no sittin with the woes niggas wilt like that
you get flustered then you get right stat
lotta trouble but we build like that.
go the distance cuz i’m built like that
ya I’m built like that
Never sittin with the woes niggas wilt like that
you get flustered then you get right stat
lotta trouble but we build like that.
go the distance cuz i’m built like that
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