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White Beard
01:43
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Another of day of life another day escaping death
Made it an artform of making a way with less
If you wanna discourage us you can save your breath
We never back down from comp yo we play the best
Ain’t no safe zones we lay stones
And make it known making it out to the throne on our faces is shown
Yo we ready for the shit and all it’s consequences
We thirsty for that win we get it on to quench it
They might a started it, but we taking up arms to end it
We do it for the underdogs and those that’s hardly mentioned
They wanna muzzle us the way they try to do it’s suss
Don’t know what to do with us, we still here we doing us
Worked a lifetime for this one feat
You can catch a two piece I’m out for the "One Piece"
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2. |
Luffy (The Will of D)
03:08
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Back like I never left, carried enough regrets
I learned to live with it, trained to rise above the rest
My moms left the US she went back to the islands
Now I’m off the races I’m bout to max the mileage
We used to cut! Demos post! Up in front of labels
Y’all be treating fans like customers, I said fuck! The fables
M’y stories unedited more like a directors cut
They had y’a chance to shine, it’s they fault they messed it up
It’s been a journey everything I got I had to earn it
I was determined.. I took the wheel without a permit
I had the courage to see it through I built a véhicule
As if I was just gonna quit/ what else you wanted me to do?
Rubbed shoulder with stars… and iconic figures
Ran into all types of niggas, seen a trail of victims
Caught up in the web the games not!fainted Heart
It got me looking like the prime version of James Harden
Now I’m ready straight focused my sleeves up
When you step inside the court, things start to speed up
Producers hurling beats at me, rappers throwing beef at me
Acting like the police, shorties throwing cheeks at me
You’ll sell yourself short! Trying keep! Everybody happy
You gotta learn how to say No! keep the replies snappy
I got saavy thru the meetings, and the conferences
You can’t succeed when you surrounded by incompetence
Kept the circle real thorough no dead weights
Let em speculate riding the bench! While they spectate
Dropped mega heavyweight tapes I’m off to the next phase
They see my name associated and they press play
Steamroll em see the chosen in the scene holding
Watch out for them thieves so many got their dreams stolen
Il durable money account buzzing While I sleep money
That solid as rock nothing you can seize from me
A walking contradiction living in a violent system
Still smiling… thru the wickedness with a child’s vision
Surf the algorithm NFTs thru open seas
Crossing oceans, I recruited the coldest team
Values from the older school that still hold strong
I’m the truth so fuck y’a debates cause u both wrong
The New Wu, we form Voltron
Transform like Gohan, focus our energy in both arms
Soldier in arms still focused and calm
Getting big I feel like I can hold the world in my palm
The journey was long, but well worth it at the end
A terrible chapter end, now we laughing with friends
The ends justify the means, we alive so we can dream
Trying to right! Some of our wrongs, we strive to be redeemed
Whether face to face, in person or live stream
Thru trials, we persevere! Till our tribe succeeds
Make the world shocked with something to remember us for
Lock in in the winter hit the road when the temperature warm
Heart pounding thru my chest I can feel it in my person
Intimately learned my inner workings beneath the surface
And if it all! Came easy then it would defeat the purpose
On a herculean feat, till I reach my peak version
My eyes to the East cause the sunrise there
Hard rocks alumni, we not run by fear
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3. |
Dragon ft. DJ TMB
02:15
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Remarkable how can I be innocuous ?
I got an arsenal that nobody can argue with
Motherfuckers a be lost if they didn’t copy shit
This is high caliber standard of calculus
Strategic dominance
Knock the elephant out of the room with hippopotames
I carry weight like a diplodocus
Knocked him out cold, his body flew a few kilometers
Nicolas the Second, ridiculous with the weapon
You feeling lucky? spin the wheel you can pick ya death wish
FedEx and ups, I make sure they get message
Shooting session that a put him a suit in seconds
When the grim reaper come these sinners shoot to heaven
Got half my enemies looking for a new profession
Channel my animosity had to remove aggression
So if you have a problem I suggest you used discretion
If we on a different page I’m a close the book
Uppercuts to the face are followed by explosive hooks
Im a ghost em look, easy like sunday morning
Drop classics like the commodores when I’m performing
Easy target, roll his carcass up in carpets
In the back of his apartment dump him in the garbage
Time to pay homage to this legendary shaman
Im all action without unecessary comments
The emperors back
Bringing ice grills attitudes and tempers back
Enter the trenches, like a private Ryan scene
Fuck is that? You ain’t showing me nothing I ain’t seen
This is science got the fam and no I in team
A chimera I was born with a lions gene
A soul of defiance, get dead if you step over the line
It’s game over so, don’t let it go over y’a mind
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4. |
Trafalgar Law
03:34
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My ceremony grand serenaded by the morning band
To make a name we travel foreign lands
Wine spills we laugh watching our competitors try
Passions a prerequisite my drive made predators cry
The chairman of board, carrying the torch
Serious swordsman catchin a body in every assault
Dropping bombs take flight like aerosols
Barry Gordy my songs I carry myself like a boss
Heads get tossed in basket, death is a right a passage
I cut off all attachment I’m just about the action
And that’s worth a thousand words like a picture without a caption
How they trick us to proud to have the psyche of a fascist?
Success is elastic it can snap back at any moment
You can be basking in light, not knowing it’s already over
Fortune and fame misfortune and pain
Sometimes the only path to victory’s to forfeit the game
Lost in a reverie a day dream
I'm a make it cause I’m crazy to believe that can
Everything ain’t always what it seems
Gazing at the ocean with my feet in the sand
Formally as Napoleon my soul is transforming
Sandstorms in the desert hesitation is a coffin
Keeping my balance while walking on sharp blade
Watching em blockade the block in front Barclays
I'm like Bar-Kays
I make instruments talk it be just him and his thoughts
A lack of patience is my infamous flaw
Gaze in the infinite, like James Webb these zombies is brain dead
In a place where you learn to curse and to bless in the same breath
Couldn’t be chained to a desk, I needed more
Everytime I think I seen it all
I see even more
Thats why I dream some more, cause the treadmill ain’t for me
The irony of life is even for freedom you pay a fee
When going from A to B, you still gotta go through the "why"
X marks the spot missing out on Z's to get the prize
And that’s the one piece that’ll make the whole puzzle connect
Play your card and then reshuffle the deck
Lost in a reverie a day dream
I'm a make it cause I’m crazy to believe that can
Everything ain’t always what it seems
Gazing at the ocean with my feet in the sand
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5. |
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Setting sail on the grand line
We got sustenance muscle to stand for the test of time
Kind of hard to find the right words to best define
The game is treacherous and it’s a mental exercise
Yo set up a base and built
Takes courage determination Will
If being eager doesn’t kill being too patient will
Who else can take you to the apex with a basement feel?
If your bars don’t get you killed then your statements will
If it ain’t your hypocrisy your fakeness will
They tried to divide to conquer us break our defense down
Gems turn to "legend" like we straight out Trenchtown
We on starting five, no longer on the bench now
We just here to dish out the punishment that was send down
Po Nej we got it lit like this
When you go for kings throne best not miss (don't miss)
Hit em wit a two piece rose to a new peak
These cats is like two sheets in the wind trolls & groupies
I’m like a Sioux chief turning a whole new leaf
Ever evolving always changing this my new league
Sometimes I let the hair rule free or rock a kufi
Open throat chakras I’m wearing lapis lazuli
You ain’t gon’ get what you need by not asking or being too meek
I’m too street to let people play me or talk loosely
My life is a movie light a cigar in the jacuzzi
Reflect upon the failures and wins and let it move me
If you knew me then you knew how far I’ve come cuz I do me
Another doobie in the air just to soothe me
The truth is a hard pill to swallow it got me woozy
We like mirrors to each other like the sky and the blue sea
I never lose me even when things threw me
I just got back up nursed my wounds and found the beauty
Yours truly, y’all know how we do under pressure
The connector swinging sword lecture
Out to find the stolen treasure, in the colonized sector
Don’t apologize we ride with an improvised temper
The palette cleanser, the terrestrial life ender
You type tender wallets get swiped likeTtinder
Damage ya agenda with Nejma, the bet hedger
The top trender they be trying to befriend us
Forever an apprentice who surpassed the master
Right off throne yet I’m proned to smack bastard
Like in Alabasta, thru the hills of Calabasas
You probably maladapted to my caliber of chatting
Talons in cannon, what I’m telling you is cannon
Hand over fist like this, blows landed
It’s how it be, Rest In Peace to Malik (Malik B)
In reality throughout the galaxy unchallenged
Took back the palace most of these dudes childish
In they own wonderland but not as smart as Alice
Crush they phallus Po pass me the chalice
like a Maoist
We steady uprising they just slither with a loud hiss
The catastrophic mad atomic like classic comics
Galactic cosmic get ready for a massive bombing
We astronomic iconic like Dre & The Chronic
Napoleonic & NeJ modern day Nostradamus
The colossal prolific when we slay apostles
Watch who you model megalithic don’t wait for tomorrow
Demon slayers the ether layer we cease a player
They cheaper labor we lethal nature a sweeter flavor
The incomparable rare a miracle there
Finish each other’s sentences like a marital pair
Pharogamo the Great Nebuchadnezzar NeJ
Always take it further never settle for less
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6. |
Gol D. Rogers
03:07
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It’s always good to build
With ya true friends we rotate who foots the bill
Keeping ya karma good, building up your goodwill
Thinking back at what you didn’t do, thinking that you could still
Arguments and angry words thinking that I could have chilled
Wasn’t there mentally, at that time something I couldn’t feel
Facade of toughness like a mask on a scared child
Your greatest fear will always be there, that’s the real trial
So many say vows in vain, clouds and rain
No accountability walking round with a proud frame
Always remember that the poor shall reign
Promoting narcissisism as if it’s a normal thing
I cherish my friend, I ain’t too proud to say it
The thing with universal truths, they’ll never be outdated
Many times rejected and I often felt shaded
When I saw the world’s true colors like cell shading
Fresh out of favors when it’s unappreciated
No time, life can be so quickly abbreviated
Inherited the Will of D like Luffy and Rogers
When we say "peace" yhat means it’s beautifully acknowledged
Chill never panic
Take nothing for granted
The sky is not the limit
The mood swings be wild during these times
I keep my focus on the prize and make a bee line
How can I even think of freeing minds? I gotta free mine
P90 on the waistline guess I’m a need time
And in the meantime I’m a need some "me" time
Hard to leave behind the beef and drama in the meat grind
I had to learn to read signs
Reevaluate the contract with myself before I resigned
Change my direction like Kyle Irving
Had to learn to fix myself up while I’m hurting
I made a vow to greatness
Excellence is a feeling I can’t explain it
The world belong to the courageous
Not promised, tomorrow could be your funeral arrangement
Now I’m taking every breath, like it’s beautiful and sacred
And every single step I take is a movie in the making
And every interaction could be better than imagine
Surfin past days that are ugly in fly fashion
If life’s really a bitch, then I’m a try smashing
Shoot my shot, aiming at the basket
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7. |
Kaido
02:15
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Killing it who the kid getting it bloody
Getting money
Then bouncing out the scene like some silly putty
Going to war with a vendetta carrying a 92 beretta
I set it on enemies for proper measure
They need an order of protection when I caught em stepping
Important to mention who Jordan is within the session
Sporting a gorgeous weapon they mortified of the legend
My appetite for the fights like I ordered a side of breakfast
Muy Thai method multi-dimensional essence
I hit the bulleyes everytime i squeeze a desert
Roanoa Zoro Dorohedoro
Hirohito don’t compare the god to a mere mortal
Goro with extra limbs the excellence an expert in
Wrecking the competition it’s effortless how I’m deading them
And leave the scene without even a shred evidence
Po the legend is the best, they know it already
When it's time for the business got a trophy for petty
Ghostface and Rae shit you know it get heavy
Turned anime to rap and my fanbase clapped
Yo gods the creator fuck the man made crap
And you can lambaste that, on y’a wall at home
You know the number, you need me, call my phone
Hard work blood sweat and
Trust the process, and
Day in, day out, shine
Never let ‘em see you sweat …
Bam Adebayo with the deadly audio
Ride or die yo I’m bound to get a body though
Body blows and uppercuts, when we knuckle up
Decouple a couple of bastards, when we fuck em up
Hustle to actions, I run with a bastion
Tussle with a bunch of em thumping with a passion
Dump in a casket the captain it’s no capping we capping the co captain The habit we both have it
An addict of war, they fabricated info is flawed
They aggregated all your prints, man I been there before
You a fraud, wild pussy but y’a slick with the talk
My default setting, is to beat you to the floor
Beat down ya whole team then I’m beating y’a boss
I'm putting paws on they heads with unbelievable force
Then it’s peace, Fuck signing a treaty just get lost
Pharoahgamo I don’t play around I told you before
I got the C4 and artillery for the beef
They gonna beg the UN for military relief
Hard work blood sweat and
Trust the process, and
Day in, day out, shine
Never let ‘em see you sweat …
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8. |
God Usopp
02:47
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You gotta love that, trouble gotta brush passed
Used to struggle I would hustle off a bus pass
Duffle bag with my gym clothe off to Dundar
Street ball put pressure on my lower lumbar
Had dreams of going dumb far
Would get it done par, would get it in until the sun dark
Ankle injury career in ball was done Paul
Off to craft a rap career without a jump start
We was dumb smart also super dumb Paul
Hitting dumb walls, that’s how you learn when you young Paul
T, Doogie and John Paul we would hit the club Paul
Super ambitous and refusing to be subpar
Legendary recordings that was the upstart
Before you get success you gotta go through mud Paul
I rubbed shoulder with the stars I guess it rubbed off
Taking chances 50 Cent it's death or going up "North"
See the way I think…
I only play to win
See the way I think
I only play to win
See the way I think
I only play to win
See the way I think
Let the saga begin
It’s a process, looking passed the nonesense
And getting all the negativity out of my conscience
Self doubt stayed a little bit
I prayed a little bit facing my inner self-hate a little bit
Thoughts of quitting I can’t lie I considered it
I used to dream about it, today I’m living it
It’s rocky road slippery like hockey yo
Concentrate my "haki" mix Cobra Kai with Miyagi Do
Now they pulling up soon as I hit the lobby bro
Room service menu pasta with the lobster bro
What a blessing, this morning I slept it
Woke up in a foreign city that I dreamt of
Remember at the same time last year I was stressing
Waiting for my distribution check to hit my checking
Now it feels like thousands more are checking
Takes time to get there, that’s the thing they hardly mention
Life can change fast
See the way I think…
I only play to win
See the way I think
I only play to win
See the way I think
I only play to win
See the way I think
Let the saga begin
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9. |
Soul King
02:32
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Marvelous porngraphist poverty novelist
Private economist probably rather stay anonymous
Theme ominous, the heats on on the thermometer
The conqueror common denominator not a commoner
Brush shoulders with icons, they brush my shoulders
The sub-culture Soul King paid by the club promoter
Prolific acrylic idyllic how I build it
Take for granted at times fans convince me that I killed it
Anderson Silva in his prime, before the tibia
Darth Sidius, after his face turned hideous
Smash the criteria, Syth Lord dark side
Witnessing the world turn shit show apartheid
Saavy with a sharp vibe, loving fries at Popeyes
Louisiana sauce is psy-ops we got knives
We got bangers, around clock counter clockwise
Counter-culture for the flock this is Mack 5
I make a movie everyday
Violate put the cutie in her place
Attitude with me like I’m moody everyday
They wanna cancel never trip I’m cooling anyway
Self-doubt murderer, with fervor without further ado
Their career stagnant like, house furniture
Blacked out like Picasso when he did Guernica
Been known to travel, around the earth's curvature
They can’t see or CC me, my style menacing
Got like soul like Cece Peniston,
Fitting to winning again, it’s too late to call for reinforcements
You wanna see him perform, the fee is too enormous
And if we going to war my crew is in the forest
If you blink, my fist is in ya jaw like George Foreman
Do the knowledge, I know more than know it all
Collecting gems throughout the years, now I’m showing off
Tense, king's crown on top my head
Stand my ground, with the pound now I got my bread
Profound, more techniques than pronouns
Give you lowdown… I’m a lose how?
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10. |
Ace
02:13
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The road of excellence holyness enveloped in
Flesh and gelatin around the skeleton
Ropes made of velvet where they sell us a dream
And many times I fell in it
The selfishness inside of me could'nt see the hell in it
The soul tethered to the body held by gravity
Traveled to hell and back couldn’t let it unravel me
Will I ever get that beat from Premier
That feature from Nas, theses questions is deeper than God
It ain’t corny to dream… I’m a dream till I die
And I’m a keep praying for what I wanna see in my rhymes
This climate is tough for everyone, Covid fucked a lot of plans
We go against the odds with pride like my father’s land
The world big gotta get it how you live
It ain’t about what you earn it’s about what you give
The soul of J Dilla in me prophecy fulfiller
The exposition the ancient philosophy revealer
How can anybody possibility, give it to you realer?
I stop providing you with fish, I took you to the river
Ignored the side talk, keep that on the sidetalk
I sharing my thoughts it’s potent when the god talk
Very focused kept my mind the game
As I’m saying this.. I’m seeing Putin bombing Ukraine
You still debating A.OT.Y. who’s the T.O.N.Y.
But what the endgame? The other day my S.O.N. died
My Operandi… rooted in realities fact
You dudes is kneejerks reactors don’t know how to react
Reactionaries full of outrage dowsing the flame
Without doing the proper knowledge of what you crop in the frame
So think before shouting my name, cause I’m a give you what need
And that’s about a half hour of fame
A quick two piece, Monkey D Luffy type ass kicking
Stop dropping information with the facts missing
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11. |
Katakuri
02:19
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We not bashful we tear down statues
Cash moves everything if anybody ask you
Money on the table if you got it than we match you
Crack you these doctors won’t be able to patch you
We bad news, astute
Attitude is ass too
Fist in your mouth, we extract you like bad tooth
Blast you with hollows bullets pass thru
Organs, Swiss Army knife a leave a stab wound
So unfortunate
They only understand violence
We put the word out there and so we stand by it
Military slang giant, caught ya mans lying
Smashing alliances with deadly force, and science
Franchise Steve Francis
They throwing up some hands signs
I fuck em up with both hands tied
Grendizer level up while your brand dies
Grand rising, watch out for the land mines
Sending out a javelin, missile to y’a abdomen
I'm just adlibing admit it
I'm just tad different you keep the tab running
Mad hundreds my attacks keep the bags coming
I'm the last coming going off on beats like a bad drummer
Leave you hanging like a bad number
Knowing what you did last summer on a fast come up
You gassed up, I just make the math run up
NapGeo Po
Geopolitical bars
Spiritual fists can’t be blocked by physical guard
Unorthodox out the box style, you can kick rocks
We hit the block with the glocks out
And you can get shot, just for moving in an odd style
Get out dodge it’s getting hostile
This mob style classic shit, blasting shit
Take what we want without asking shit
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12. |
Zoro
03:26
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Idealistically? Nah I deal with life realistically
I took risks and now my name ingraved in history
A single epiphany can change your whole direction
At the right place and the right time, you make that one connection
You can make that one song or draw that one picture
Write that story that encapsulates all of human existence
Capture lighting in bottle, inspiration from a breath
An emotion from a tear, a note that laying on your desk
A text from an ex, or a friend you haven’t heard from
A door of opportunity opens for you to earn some
A weather change a change of perspective for better aim
You make ya luck only those stuck are people who never change
The soul Etta James resonates throughout the corridor
Hate can be the needle that broke the camels back
And took him overboard
In an orgy of thoughts, these trophies come at cost
Feeling a quiet night breeze sowing seeds throughout the morgue
Memories are stored all of my deeds in my pores
Watching time fly hard to cease and press pause
There a cause and effect we appreciate or ignore
Hard to look up in the mirror, and face my own flaws
I wasn’t chasing her, I was replacing her
I didn’t want her back… I was afraid of her
I wasn’t faithful but.. she wasn’t faithful too
The constant disrespect, I wasn’t able to
Tolerate the mouth, and inconsistencies
The non-backing of the talk throughout our history
People are like magnets, but they can change polarities
The same shit that attract can you repel back eventually
Same shit in friendships sometimes you gotta end shit
It ain’t worth it gotta cut out that energy dependence
Reflecting off my solar panel, receptive to some new vibes
When new doors is opening it’s always like new high
Enriched by our experiences like the sultan of Brunai
Skin getting dryer how time just flew by
Are we living or we watching?
Contemplating or shaking
Living for the moment, tonight your soul awakens
Memories are stored all of my deeds in my pores
Watching time fly hard to cease and press pause
There a cause and effect we appreciate or ignore
Hard to look up in the mirror, and face my own flaws
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13. |
Nico Robin
03:10
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The world devalues you
So you can prostitute yourself to feel valued
Mind eyes kept sleep like pills of Valium
We seek asylum in drugs, cheap thrills with an outcome
Often deadly, stressed from work we live without fun
Hating on ya neighbor no love... we live without some
Thinking we can avoid our fears we fail to outrun
The fate and the destiny that’s written for us
Out of tune and harmony singing a different chorus
All around the world same shit different forest
Consuming till our brain fried like shrimp tempura
Already tried the straight and boring route it wasn’t working
My name was arrogant, as if ambition was a person
I left the day job, then I started writing more
Jumped in it without caring what it might involve
Breaking the fourth wall, taking y’all behind the curtain
So you can see the inner workings of the game in person
Slowly made a name day by day by slaying verses
Some people saw the greatness early and made me nervous
The music industry is set up like a Ponzi scheme
Many people cynical dead inside like a zombie scene
Never accepted, many meetings weren’t followed up
Swallowed my pride spit on wax what I bottled up
"Steal this mixtape" I told y’all to get it free
I illustrated what I would sound like on better beats
Bryan Winston introduced me to Madlib and Dilla
That’s when I stepped into beast mode like a mad gorilla
Several manager I went through but it wasn’t clicking
I had to chalk it up to the game, I wasn’t tripping
Secret competitions, rappers chasing clout
Acting hollywood in other words that ain’t my route
Realize my love for this was real deep in fact
Few years later, found myself knee deep in rap
Dabbled in French maximizing my strenghts
Random messages from strangers idolizing my pen
Made my own trends, pressed it on the vinyl myself
Took ownership my own narrative, defining myself
While I was seeking my goals was really finding myself
It got way realer, when I would no longer, lie to myself
Proud of myself, meditate and bow to myself
Validation starts from within, shout out to myself
I know great I’m just reminding myself
You should do it too…
It feels better I’m surrounded by the truest crew
And everything they said I'd never do I’ll do it twice
This catalogue of mine a living documentary
I gave you insights on my life complementary
Giving space and energy only for the things that’s meant for me …
And if you praying I appreciate vibes you send to me…
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14. |
The Search
02:12
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We’re all searching for the "One Piece"
That one missing piece to make us feel complete
No pharmaceuticals needed this music can help heal for free
If no one’ll speak about your greatness then you’ll hear it from me
The journeys been long, I got lost many time
Had to reevaluate where I was going had to pause many times
Crossed many lines, some people didn’t like it
We live in boxes when you think outside of it…
People gonna fight it
Does that mean I’m a stop? Hell no
I'm a go harder than a shell toe
I'm a stick to it like Velcro
I'm a still maneuver through a hellzone
As my eyes fixated on the prize I also realized
How great things materialized
How many real connections were serialized
How many smiles and laughs diverse like styles of raps
I made a vow to act on my dreams
Pumped up arms bursting out of my sleeves
Kept going even when I felt out of my league
A crew of pirates setting sail, searching the holy grail
In between times we got so many stories to tell
The growth was evident you all seen it
Took the scenic route you were there side by side with me
Through all the meaningful bouts
While some were feinding for clout
We search for meaning
Something we weren’t leaving out or leaving without
Cause it wouldn’t be the same
Years pass and seasons change
Events made me mature I don’t even speak the same
Oda knew where he was going since the first episode
Same way I knew where I was going before I had a record sold
If you see me just know I’m same guy, perhaps with better clothes
No need to over do it cause less is more
Many nights were stormy while other days the blessings poured
They ask me, "What would you have done without hip-hop?"
I guess we’ll never know….
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Napoleon Da Legend Brooklyn, New York
Napoleon Da Legend Bilingual MC & Producer artist from Comoros, living in Brooklyn, New York.
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