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I need to be
What I'm meant to be
I got to be
What I'm finna be
yea
(great)
oh my God
Oh my God
Oh my
Oh my God
Thank You God
Thank You God
Thank You God
Thank you God
Oh my God
Oh my God
Oh my God
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The canvas was shaken but never taken
paint with honest chitter chatter
used a diamond handled paintbrush speckled in bloodsplatter
war stories never matter
til you paint the whole town red
good times, glory
anguish aint here
a lot of growth drippin everywhere
there's an ocean full of oppurtunity
you can sink or swim, try to float or build a boat
either way don't be giligan
inhibitions really aint a friend of him
ay shit
whatever i do i go hard
great fortune i claim ours
breaking bread, no lo-carb
connecting the dots and we bridging the gaps
God pullin the strings
i merely react
reach to everything from shallow ports
to the mountains' map
remember when my embers timid
now a nigga rapidash
slide like im james brown
big payback, gotta brand new bag
trumpets triumphantly play
erasing out all of the stress
prosper in perfect timing
patience pays me checks
peace progress prayer understanding the power respect
diligence opens up doors connection creating the steps
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oh my God
Oh my God
Oh my
Oh my God
Thank You God
Thank You God
Thank You God
Thank you God
Oh my God
Oh my God
Oh my God
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I got what you need
I got what you need
what you need
I got what you need
I got what you need
what you need
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I've been coloring out of the lines
since I was raising my hands
at gunpoint twice in my life
before even teenager damn
both times by cops while having clean record and
trauma was on a timeline before it hit your timeline man
momma, i thought we was born innocent?
dad can you tell me just how im so different?
grandma from the south but Harlem where she started the fam
reminded me, black boy dont u ever forget
gentrification is genocide of neighborhoods that we couldn't own
maybe only if it's the other skin tone
honestly on the other hand
I cant really speak for another man
when I was little my best friend went by the name Dan
different complexion
never noticed til society would try to force my hand
I'm not a fan of long division cause you know
the homies be the homies
so i close any divides
always my niggas, thats for life, thats no lie, get it right
we dont die we multiply
and i sure don't live for pretend
i mean i learnt most this of shit by the time i was 10
word to all men, amen, this the beginning of ending all that shit
for now still standing inside of this circle
like maestro
breaking all the cylces
bubba wallace
nascar, gas card
unlimited mileage nigga we can go far
i can ride my bike with no handlebars, still
BLACK PEOPLE DON'T CALL EACH OTHER COLORED, WHAT THE FUCK YOU REPRESENT
throwing in my 2 sense
we been to hell and back
singing songs of this land
crosses aint nothing but throwback lynchings
2020 and some scum of the earth still that wicked
now where the fuck they do that at
I ain't even see color, til mothafuckas brought it to me
pardon my tongue
FOR A LANGUAGE I DONT FUCKING KNOW
KNOW GOD IS LOVE AND ALL THAT WORKS AGAINST ME LET IT GO
breaking all these curses at heaven's gate
Harriet Tubman once walked through where niggas used to stay
Lawnside where I was at
the grass surely getting greener
passing through these train tracks
wait a minute bring it back
bring it back, bring it back
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wiiiiiiiiiiii
sh-sh shake
i've been earneset
i been learning
wat it yeild
step into the light (bling)
(GAHH-LEE)
move around
i was chiefing
i was bleeding
i was really in da field
hear that sound
i will pray
i will
lay it down
sophisticated
playa one
and you CANT
SHOOT ME DOWN
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run it up ay, run it up ay
run it up ay, run it up ay
100 rounds x5
dodge it like im pootie tang
damn
plug me up ay, plug me up ay,
plug me up ay, plug me up ay
A 100 rounds x5 HUMMINNNNNNNNN
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verse:
jumpin' out the water with the sharks
funny folks really went from bait to megalodon
front seat, lucky locomotive tracking train of thought
backseat, used to ride, radio full of soul
(OK)
abundantly drippin' I'm innovative with the sauce
Gotta monster menu repotoire - Me je ne se quai
made several swords out of my flaws
one of the few out of bookoo that can truly cut a diamond with the bars
Pardon my French sharp yung bruva
Thought it was safe but the safe was just hidden
Vaulted virtuoso vigilante was a villain
got free then a nigga Turn hero
She give me academia (((deku)))
jedi with the force ((bless you))
Rolling up meganium ((right))
and little venusaur ((thank you))
I'm Metal gear solid, no snakes in my court (snake)
finna ball like the rucker
you can't play with the team if you ain't of the sort
you gotta have a code atcha core and some more
its something like morse
tap tap tap
I'm the pulse I'm the voice
back back back up 6ft it's the boy
man, oh god wiii cuttin' through the noise
ay watch out I'm groovin' manifesting open up the doors
through the road less traveled, fortunately, I'm with god!
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sh-sh shake
i've been earneset
i been learning
wat it yeild
step into the light (bling)
(GAHH-LEE)
move around
i was chiefing
i was bleeding
i was really in the field
hear that sound
i will pray
i will
lay it down
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run it up ay, run it up ay
run it up ay, run it up ay
100 rounds x5
dodge it like im pootie tang
damn
plug me up ay, plug me up ay,
plug me up ay, plug me up ay
100 rounds x5
HUMMINNNNNNNNN
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YoAstrum:
melancholy messages
vessels full of messages
cup runneth over where (there's)
mutual trust, advantage us
shoot the shot my lense see
captured in my camera
from picture me golden to albums fully filled with miracles
redirect the energy,
connection on centipede
buggin if i dont keep it a hundred like 2 Virgils be
pictures worth a thousand words
love smells of lavendar
the finer things just keep coming from the challenges
(ooh) (ooh)
waterfall, waterfall
blessings like a wave move
whippin' whippin' whippin' whippin'
whip it through a whirlpool
riptides collide and i surf it like a pro do
your move
your move
sweet spot, sweet spot
dictate the rhythm like a mothafucka beatbox
balance out the scales, might be lucky as a libra
ambitious aires baby i wont mislead ya
ying and yang swimming, peace flows like a pices -
the mood set
sentimental, just as the right beat
good sex, complex
not like the magazine
i digress, digest
all of this food for though
simple as the roadmap to destiny, but who'd of thought?
follow the path it's crystal clear
rerouting us both from all our fears
navigating through all of the doubt
see truth in you with no doubt
so I'm dodgin' a spider's web
bird's eye view we up ahead
hesitation's definition really be a lack of confidence
and the finer thing's rarely ever said
wherever value is I'm all in
im all in
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Hook:
Need what we need right now
want what we want right now
the finer things
fulfill that, feel that, uh-huh
need that, need that, need that
Need what we need right now
want what we want right now
the finer things
bring it back, bring it back
need that, need that, need that
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Charley:
What's mine is yours, share my body and soul,
We won't go far if there's inhibition and...
Acquired taste, of the finer things,
It's a lot more than a diamond ring,
Bring a new meaning to my cup of tea,
I think this is bigger than you and me.
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Hook:
Need what we need right now
want what we want right now
I been finding forever
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Changing Winds Interlude
00:50
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You're too all over the place
you need a bit of space
you need a lot of light
you need to know your pace
great fortune is on the way
you need to know your great
you need to know enough
you need to say your grace
i need to make a change
i need to make a way
i need to pray more
correct a couple things
we can make a way
we can do anything
it was needed for you
now see
what comes your way
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I put U before I to spell geniuine
intention got me taking flight - action be the landing strip
(we swimming tho)
no ///apprehension
cut the tension
(knoowwwww dat)
these ///dimensions
seem to mention
(what!?)
what im fixing
fix the stitchin
(yea)
home improvement
im the building
(tool time)
see i don't fit in
but i got rooms
(space)
lonely spirit healing roots
(pace)
earth old tunes heard anew
trees of pain, growing fruit
no more pain, i'll give too
times im red
or im blue
sleeping so sweet,
at the beauty of things
the american dream
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tap tap tap tap tap
tap tap tap tap tap
tap > tap tap
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i quarantined in the hyperbolic time chamber
slid from the jungle gym to swing forward flippin' paper
a fishtank all around me don't fit my nature
a fishtank mindset will never drown my making
and glass arguments are something that aint in my favor
remove poison vaccinate it through an operation (take ya time)
surgical with pollination
smell the roses while they fragrant
dont step on small buds
played games long enough
can't be a jellyfish dog
that's bitch trait
envy manmade
pass the test or repeat missed steps and mistakes
either matter
was only ever jealous of the ocean from a fishtank
till the glass break
then the glass breaks
til the glass broke
grow
woahh
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tap tap tap tap tap
tap tap tap tap tap
tap > tap tap
i need love muthafucka maybe more than i really had
need love muthafuka , let it go if it dont help what was bad (let it go)
i need love muthafucka turns out i got just what i neeed
we need love mothafucka there grows another seed
when i breathe i feel my life is fluid
when i stop is when i seem to lose it
til that last bell dings aint nothing really to it
i went wilder with the fury
but that only made the fury louder
a cross to bear has false conclusions
moments to spare
my spare change is sparkin new movements
writing the story
grateful glory
conquered the levels
omw
reconnected
see last December, unexpected
too, one moment coulda been my last
coulda made me a toast
2020 i celebrated with ghosts
on my birthday
coronavirus claimed family
on the same day
wait
thoughts flying at an intersection
conversations with God longer than a couple of seconds
and a couple days
perfect time for reflecting
reconnected with the message
ima whale
finally broke out of the fishtank
was never even one time a fish mane
whale
finally free from that fishtank
as never even in a fuckin fish tank from the very beginning
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Used to overthink over analyze now a nigga understand
Dont complicate it
it aint neccessary, really simple man
With a complex cause most of my thinking's complex
enigmatic with the static lightning in my mindset
they underwhelm
shorty told me drop bombs, funk flex
paid my dues, raising the bar like fitness goddamn
Rock Paper Scissors
loser cuts off they fuckin hand
Daredevil seen the devil
made em do the running man
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Hook: 2x
Rolling rolling rolling
Feeling like the shit
Bad lil baby with me
said i'm too legit to quit
Need a 100 on my wrist
Yiddy yiddy yizzay
A lil trouble really tryna get me
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Reaping what I sow
To get pizzaid
reaching higher than an angel floating in the midday
I don't really care for the he say she say
any weapon formed against me get up out the wizzay
until we on I'm going off
and I aint ever falling nah, Alicia Keys
time to get the bread now, Swizz Beats
take your breath with melody, let it breathe
let it breathe
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Rolling rolling rolling
Feeling like the shit
Bad lil baby with me
said i'm too legit to quit
Need a 100 on my wrist
Yiddy yiddy yizzay
A lil trouble really tryna get me
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Okk
Hol' up
whats the deal
I aint tryna vibe if you aint tryna ride
sooner or later we need to feel
feel something real
feel something real
think i done got something real
gotta get some-something real
gotta keep-keep something real
Feel something real
Feel something real
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Rollin' rollin'
Feeling like the shit
Bad lil baby with me
said I'm too legit to quit
Need a 100 on my wrist
Yiddy yiddy yizzay
A lil trouble really tryna get me
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she so sweet she probably sing the sun to sleep
bonne to my clyde ride out on enemies
monsters in my head rarity to keep the peace
trials and tribulations only test me
i testify to truthfully kill the pretty pink
diplomatic when im at got immunity
prey on those that be praying on my downfall
lord have mercy on my soul
God body 'til infinity
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Hook:
Rollin' rollin'
Feeling like the shit
Bad lil baby with me
said I'm too legit to quit
Need a 100 on my wrist
Yiddy yiddy yizzay
A lil trouble really tryna get me
Rollin' rollin'
Feeling like the shit
Bad lil baby with me
said I'm too legit to quit
Need a 100 on my wrist
Yiddy yiddy yizzay
A lil trouble really tryna
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YoAstrum:
word to my nigga keylin -
i just wanna find the key to this life
open the door
just do it like mike in some nikes
or air to a lung
it was needed
so i breathe in and breathe out
no bullshit, just needed to let the weakness out
these
letters envelop a message that i do indeed deliver
it don't mean a thing if you don't sing
sunshine in my pocket beats a diamond ring
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Bemata: Hook
read between the lines
see the grooves inside of you
from the jungle gym
watch me swing and slide to you
through the thuderstorms
sun shine through and through
through and through
through and through
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in a world full of voices something lead you to me
classic case of the right time, right place
like summer nights in a great space, nice wine
i aint mr nicewatch and you aint ms no nombre
our names, our first beautiful promise
in a world written of letters of scarlet
no more fear i dare say balance
being a target more power for you to harness
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YoAstrum:
I roll the dice with a heavensent charm
ring the alarm i go beyond saying beyond
love in my heart
weapon in arms
sword in my hand
going for large
turnt a little to a lot
abundantly swarm
buzzing
Vibrate higher than subwoofers in attics
angel on my line ima answer this second
first things first
and two things for certain
never could i ever put a price on connection
or my purpose
nah
yizzay
compound interest
my favorite investment
once from the block
now we flipping the stock
now im walkin' with a lot
knowledge talks, wisdom listens
can't see shit without a vision
if you giving up game ima listen
on my pivot (uuMMMM)
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Bemata: Hook
read between the lines
see the grooves inside of you
from the jungle gym
watch me swing and slide to you
through the thuderstorms
sun shine through and through
through and through
through and through
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YoAstrum Jersey
YoAstrum is a rapper-singer songwriter hailing from New Jersey. The South Jersey native began during high school as a producer, however, began piecing his first songs together while living in Harlem, New York 2012. After a long hiatus gathering inspiration through life and his musical predecessors, he continues to create and share his perspective through an atmospheric feel and expressive lyrics. ... more
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