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Waddup peeps? This is the thing
I cannot act and I cannot sing
I write a rap just to relax
Sprinkle some hash like aromat
Switch up the taste or switch up the pace
I was put in a race and felt outta place
Twenty years later, now I can see
I'm far from what they wanted me to be
Have a degree who gives a shit
A corporate fool with cum on his lips
From sucking some dick to get to the top
Licked in between the ass and the crotch
That's not how I roll and I'm not a phobe
I've done some things that nobody else knows
Now don't go too wild, let's keep it here
Pass me the joint and give me a beer
Life is too much to want to get stuck
Discover yourself and do what you must (x4)
Now let's bring it back, before you get lost
I am just saying I cannot have a boss
There's something inside, that I cannot hide
That just makes me feel like it's worth being alive
Because who am I in the millions of stars
We live on this planet but it is not ours
It doesn't make sense, but it's still worth dollars
Become a scholar and put up your collar
It's for the leash but we not the beast
I've seen it before in the West and the East
These fuckers are smart, you won't even know
Unless you defied and decided to grow
You will feel alone, but it isn't true
It's the feeling of moving closer to your truth
There are many of us, in whom you can trust
We know that walking this path is a must
Life is too much to want to get stuck
Discover yourself and do what you must (x4)
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I can smell it in the air I breathe
I can see it in our daily routines
Lost dreams, inside our television screens
My props goes out to the devil unseen (x2)
Fucking magicians, no I won't listen
I've reached far beyond these bars of your prison
Your cell of hell, from your voice I can tell
You've lost your mind and your sense of self
With these rhymes I spit, you can catch my drift
You can feel it on Levels and you can feel it in The Shift
No I won't stop, because time is running out
Skeletons in my closet and now they coming out
I'm waking up the dead coz they turning in their graves
Burning fire in my cave coz we turning into slaves
This unbreakable hold, in the pursuit of gold
I've unraveled the scroll to watch the story unfold
In the next chapter, you gonna feel our rapture
Breaking this chain with which our soul's been captured
Beats still banging, bodies start hanging
This verse gives you an idea of what we planning
I can smell it in the air I breathe
I can see it in our daily routines
Lost dreams, inside our television screens
My props goes out to the devil unseen (x2)
Who's the leader? I think he needs a breather
I'm throwing stones because my pitch reached a fever
At your glass house, this isn't a fight
Your darkness cannot exist in the light
Despite what you think or whatever you believe
We are ready to attack like we Ninjas in a tree
Taking the place of all you monkeys in power
The sun is going down and this is your last hour
Say your last words and make sure that it counts
I just went back home and closed all my accounts
I couldn't think of what to say other than that
I take pieces of my soul and put it in rap
I trade time for rhymes you trade yours for dimes
I trade lows for highs, you trade yours for lives
The promises you make are only paper thin
When the war to win is against the devil within
I can smell it in the air I breathe
I can see it in our daily routines
Lost dreams, inside our television screens
My props goes out to the devil unseen (x2)
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What I'm sipping or whatever caused the tripping
I won't stop spitting til my clock stops ticking (x4)
You see tonight, it feels more than right
Love, hate and light when I step up to the mic
You know what it is, I see through time
I write these rhymes with a Nebula Skate of Mind
You have to see it to believe it
But I told my son, "If you can think it you can be it"
Coz this world is a result of our thoughts
And if you look up, its like a cult of some sort
We'd rather watch than do, binge on a series or two
Avoiding the news feeling like there's nothing we can do
But you are wrong, I repeat it in my songs
Paving my way like my future's written on my palm
I stay calm so I can weather the storm
Dedicate my life to living beyond the norm
I've been asleep for too long and now its begun
I'm in the Matrix and I think that I am the one
What I'm sipping or whatever caused the tripping
I won't stop spitting til my clock stops ticking (x4)
I started rhyming at the age of ten
Break down my thoughts put it together again
Now I look at the game, all I see is clones
When my mother told me write until I feel it my bones
So I don't understand, this shit is off balance
And I don't do battle rap because I haven't met my challenge
But Homie, who gave you the lines for that?
When I listen, Ain't nobody got time for that
So tell me what's your mission, coz something must be missing
Maybe that's why you sound like a cat giving birth in the kitchen
Those are some bars, these are some scars
I watch your videos and those aren't your cars
You see I do this for humanity to wake up
And those women look beautiful but they put on too much make up
We want the real, tell us the deal
No shots fired coz if I shoot, I shoot to kill
What I'm sipping or whatever caused the tripping
I won't stop spitting til my clock stops ticking (x4)
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Get lit, like when the sun comes up
Don't stop living 'til the sun burns up (x4)
In case you didn't know, the sun's the source of life
I draw the mic like a sword or knife
Yes, I make threats, the situation is critical
I get lyrical when they step into my visual
We need a miracle or we need Jesus
Whichever comes first, I doubt that I will see it
The clocks ticking so I won't stop spitting
You don't listen because your mind's in a prison
I break bars like I break boards
You broke our dreams, so we're gonna break yours
Wanna build a wall but we see right through it
Push me to the edge, and I just might do it
Cliffhanger, call me a spliff banger
Time spanner in a swift manner
We've gone off course and we've lost our way
It's dark so I pray for light of day
Get lit, like when the sun comes up
Don't stop living 'til the sun burns up (x4)
At night is the time when the beast comes out
And I like it coz that's when the truth comes out
Night crawlers, midnight ballers
Claim to be awake, but we're all sleep walkers
Sleep talkers, living nightmares
Hiding from Rah, coz when the truth stares
It's undeniable, it's all we should worship
In my rap verses, I put it so perfect
Life is a riddle with the sun in the middle
It's why I have a tattoo that looks like a nipple
The circumpunct, man this shit's real
The circumpunct, it's a big deal
My explanation isn't just scientific
More prolific, fitted, every time I rip it
It's why I keep pushing and give hope to you
So when you see your kids, you tell 'em God spoke to you
Get lit, like when the sun comes up
Don't stop living 'til the sun burns up (x4)
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Likes (Prod. by Penacho)
03:16
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It's all about the likes, all about the follows (x2)
Here's what I did today, wait for tomorrow
It's all about the likes, all about the follows
Buy a smartphone, even if you won't
Like what I say, even if you don't
Here's what I did today, wait for tomorrow
Everything I share is for a like, view and follow
I don't know why but it seems that's all that matters
Swipe to the right and match with all these backpackers
You don't know me, that's why I don't say much
Unless you give me the mic, then you will get touched
Late at night, when I think and write, think about this life
In the light, I cannot deny that something isn't right
To much time on the screen, dreaming about the dream
Chasing the cream, when things aren't always as they seem
Money talks, so I'm trynna get paid for what I say
But I have to budget how much I wanna spend in a day
No new likes? I guess I'm out of luck
Sitting online and in this traffic jam I'm stuck
It's all about the likes, all about the follows (x2)
Here's what I did today, wait for tomorrow
It's all about the likes, all about the follows
Wake up and face this, update my status
Looking for direction and check-in in different places
Maybe add a feeling, maybe add some colour
Then get a reaction, only from my mother
I have more views than I have likes
The thing is with a screen, you can only picture the hype
Imagine, you can be anyone that you wanna
Get a bigger reach for a few more zero's and comma's
Problem solved, humans evolve
The solution to your pain, read it in my blog
Then I have an offer, that you cannot resist
First give me your email and I'll put you on my list
I'll make it even better if you can follow suit
Just do what I say and forget about the truth
Use the same method, just a different name
Use the same players, just a different game
It's all about the likes, all about the follows (x2)
Here's what I did today, wait for tomorrow
It's all about the likes, all about the follows
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Karma (Prod. by Penacho)
02:59
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Ayo,I said it, did it, think it, live it
I set no limits but you were not with it
The picture vivid, you couldn't see it
Even though you knew it, you couldn't be it
Steps taken, across the moon
Feel my energy from across the room
When my eyes lock, no words to speak
All I really see is your soul beneath
I wish I could explain my dreams and thoughts
But I'd rather just do it coz my life is short
I know it makes sense and I hope it makes dollars
Do it for the likes, do it for the follows
Shit's changed and there's no going back
You wish you could, that's why you keep throwing back
Knowing that, This is my rule of thumb
The Art of War, so Im prepared when it comes
Back to me, it comes back to me
I cannot see to the back of me
I had to be what I had to be
Naturally, it comes back to me (x2)
Verse two because of verse one
A dad for 7 years because I had fun
Live with these scars because I've been hurt
Paint a bigger picture because I've seen worse
Wherever I go, I got my homies with me
The City of Gold way down to the Mother City
The dream is the same, simple and plain
Reflect on the past and acknowledge the pain
The places I've been, faces I've seen
There is no sleep and so there is no dream
They did it to us, so do it I must
Always remember, I'm a speck of dust
With nothing to lose, I have nothing to prove
Shut up unless you have walked in my shoes
I will not stop, until it is done
Attack with my mind so I'll know when it comes
Back to me, it comes back to me
I cannot see to the back of me
I had to be what I had to be
Naturally, it comes back to me (x2)
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Everyday I think about when my time comes
Will I be recognised for all the things that I've done?
Will I find my place or be forever on the run?
Will they know I did it all, just for my son? (x2)
More than rap, this is Rhythm Assisted Poetry
More than that, this is my life without you knowing me
Blowing trees of different kinds from overseas
Then I woke up in the morning to the birds and the bees
My reference, not an insult to your intelligence
My relevance is a refelection of your own ignorance
Limitless, when it comes to sharing what my vision is
I speak the truth so that you know where my position is
Look at this, it was all a dream
I'm really not phased by being in your magazine
Or the fact you put me in the top 18
I dala what I must, if you know what I mean
This is my life, I live it how I choose it
When you claim your power, there's really nothing to it
I've developed my third eye to see who's the truest
So you remain clueless to exactly how I do this, it's just
Everyday I think about when my time comes
Will I be recognised for all the things that I've done?
Will I find my place or be forever on the run?
Will they know I did it all, just for my son? (x2)
I'm Interstellar, you can check it on your cellular
It's Rebel Monk now, forever Nebula
Irregular, when I step up to the scene
Never free, if you act like cash is king
My passion brings, nice sounds and things
To the galaxy from the underground it rings
The echoe will be heard until the dust settles
My mission is clear but you act like I got something special
Let go, of the bullshit that you thinking
You wasting your time that's why you feel your soul sinking
I was lost at sea, the gun and the clip
Saw life for what it is then it put me on a trip
We'll do this on our own if they won't let us
Power by the numbers so they won't get us
They won't forget us, this is history in the making
They hating, coz I stay persistently creating, it's just
Everyday I think about when my time comes
Will I be recognised for all the things that I've done?
Will I find my place or be forever on the run?
Will they know I did it all, just for my son? (x2)
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Travel the world, from coast to coast
And I'm still on a quest to find who smokes the most (x2)
I take it back over a million years in fact
When my gold weighed no more than a million bars in rap
Writings on the wall, writings on the ceiling
I've forever been at war inside fighting with my feelings
My days started to tell stories of superstition
I developed my third eye and followed my intuition
I chose to go without when I wanted to go within
This is how the war between good and evil begins
I was trapped in the dark seeking to find the light
I had to know more, something clearly wasn't right
The urge for exploration, world domination
Economic justification for human exploitation
These are pieces to the puzzle, now you're in trouble
My plans keep growing coz you can't knock the hustle
My DNA carries the definition of a poet
Every rhyme crafted with truth so let it sink for a moment
Travel the world, from coast to coast
And I'm still on a quest to find who smokes the most (x2)
You see what seperates us from an animal
Whether you are a vegan or whether you are a cannibal
Is our ability to completely believe in fiction
Even if we haven't seen it and it's filled with contradiction
It's the only way, we can achieve a common goal
Ideals still remain even though people come and go
Some things don't get questioned, questions don't get answered
Secrets get lost and travel to the hereafter
All we do is adapt and leave it to evolution
Claim to know the whole story but we don't have a conclusion
The end of the beginning, the start of a new chapter
Society has grown and broken up in fractures
Read between the lines or else our story distorts
The future is ours and it's not what you thought
The lies we tell ourselves is the gap between me and you
And if it isn't based on fact then your story isnt true, so I
Travel the world, from coast to coast
And I'm still on a quest to find who smokes the most (x2)
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Cosmic Rayne Cape Town, South Africa
South African born rapper, producer, skateboarder and father of two, my sole purpose is to inspire personal growth and universal consciousness through music.
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