1. |
Game Over
01:55
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Praying daily... But what I'm saying ain't the Gospel
All I know is people follow me like they apostles
Known for gassing up my whole city like I'm Costco
Wanna trip, like a rocket ship, I'm the Cosmos
Ain't no filter, when I kill it with a raw dose
Really wanna go against a pro, oh you got jokes
Raised in California, I should warn ya it be hostile
Shot for some rocks, meet your maker down at Roscoe's
Everybody loves ya once ya gone and that's some real shit
But when you on the planet over the smallest shit they will trip
Love me but they hate me cuz they ain't me making em feel sick
Even Jesus had a Judas, niggaz will flip
Aura coming out me and I'm glowing that's some real drip
Schooling 'em with music, I'ma take 'em on a field trip
Like Ferris Bueller, when they showed up, I was still sick
Game over nigga... like Lil Flip
Ain't no where to run, no amount of guns,
No amount of funds, spent shopping gon be stopping what's in store
Shadow work hurts and they calling it a war
Cuz it' similar to slipping after mopping up a floor
Ain't nobody know, where ya gonna go,
When it's time to go, and the Grim Reaper knocking on ya door
Already living with regret, chop-chopping at ya core
Plus the problems keep coming, cuz there's always something more
Ignorant, they uninformed and illiterate
Can't even read a situation like they idiots
My faith lacking, still I'm back with all my minions
Killing shit... with an army small as Gideon's
Or Leonidas, if I gotta die, I'll do it righteous
Sacrificing like the Mayans industry of giants
They so Goliath, going David, on you holy Titans
Right in the middle of DEF, but you don't know Elias
Everybody loves ya once ya gone and that's some real shit
But when you on the planet over the smallest shit they will trip
Love me but they hate me cuz they ain't me making em feel sick
Even Jesus had a Judas, niggaz will flip
Aura coming out me and I'm glowing that's some real drip
Schooling 'em with music, I'ma take 'em on a field trip
Like Ferris Bueller, when they showed up, I was still sick
Game over nigga... like Lil Flip
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2. |
Never Front
02:57
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I never front, but I been in the back
The under dog, that's been under attack
They tryna... Keep me down, but I ain't stressing the fact
Cuz on my worst day, I do it for the love of the rap
I never... front, but I been in the back
The under dog, that's been under attack
They tryna... Keep me down, but I ain't stressing the fact
Cuz on my worst day... I still slay
Tour life, on the road, I be rocking these circuits
Cuz I was made for the globe, got all my thoughts on my purpose
Still been depressed and been low, but I'm always returning
Cuz this fire in my soul, it be constantly burning
Not a virgin, but I'm 40, watch a prodigy serve
The nigga to never say sorry, if no apology's earned
Half Rick and half Morty, my dichotomy works
Never sloppy, or too cocky when slaughtering words
So swallow ya pride, before you call me aside
With problems and lies, that you oddly flaunt like a prize
Hop in ya auto and slide, then hit the throttle and fly
Don't want a surprise, but sorry! you gon fall in demise
An audio monster with eyes, so all you goblins best hide
You just a hobbit in size, and all your thoughts are unwise
I followed the cries... that you got bottled inside
You wannabes, must be high, cuz you don't wanna it with I
I never front, but I been in the back
The under dog, that's been under attack
They tryna... Keep me down, but I ain't stressing the fact
Cuz on my worst day, I do it for the love of the rap
I never... front, but I been in the back
The under dog, that's been under attack
They tryna... Keep me down, but I ain't stressing the fact
Cuz on my worst day... I still slay
Murder competition like I'm Jeffery Dahmer
Bringing beef... you'll be my feast, and my guest of honor
Death is karma, DEF davyne ain't common though cuz Des is calmer
Kermit, but I'm sippin' Arnold Palmer, while commencing drama
I'm no Obama though, anyone with threats a gonna
I'll palm ya face for flexing harder, while you check ya armor
Sex ya daughter... nah, but go head get ya momma
Like Jason Martin, in my own Lane, I been a Problem
Always loved knowledge since before I rode a school bus
Momma made sure, that I knew, what a fool was
So I'd never be one, by tryna be a cool cuz
I'm beyond, these peons, and noobs who, be too sus
I'm Ruthless, like Eric Wright, and don't get scared at night
If there's a type of rapper that I don't like, it'd have to be parasite
Killers like a kilobyte, I'm terror, a terabyte
Get yo weight up... you playa hataz ain't prepared to fight
I never front, but I been in the back
The under dog, that's been under attack
They tryna... Keep me down, but I ain't stressing the fact
Cuz on my worst day, I do it for the love of the rap
I never... front, but I been in the back
The under dog, that's been under attack
They tryna... Keep me down, but I ain't stressing the fact
Cuz on my worst day... I still slay
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3. |
Simmer Down
01:48
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You ain’t got heat...
Simmer Down
You don’t want beef...
Simmer Down
You ain’t got heat...
Simmer Down
Better take a seat
Simmer Down
Whole city got my back cuz I been around
Your favorite rappers favorite rapper never lets em down
Hoping that they would catch up while I'm gone so I left the town
But I'm back and I'm... even better now
Like a caterpillar turned into a butterfly
Cut and dried, I could fuck ya wife cuz she love the vibe
Run and hide, listen to yo momma betta come inside
Put ya gun aside, and pick up a mic
You don't really want it with a nigga that be hotta than the sun, I'm the one that'd be dumb if ya come for
Smoke like chronic, and it's so ironic, cuz I flow like water, but my lungs should be done for
One man krew, but ya boy can't lose, want more bad news, I'ma show up at ya front door
No tattoos, like a brother brand new, but I'll act a damn fool, cuz I'm cool, but I love war
Simmer down...
You ain’t got heat...
Simmer Down
You don’t want beef...
Simmer Down
You ain’t got heat...
Simmer Down
Better take a seat boy
Simmer Down
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4. |
Just Saying
02:58
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If ya owe me... Ya betta pay me
Give a fuck if you my homey I got babies
Got game like Kobe, but I ain't playing
Disrespect me I'll be going super Saiyan
Just saying...
That if ya owe me... Ya betta pay me
Give a fuck if you my homey I got babies
Got game like Kobe, but I ain't playing
Disrespect me I'll be going super Saiyan
Just saying...
I don’t want the world, I’m aiming my for my galaxy
Taking the energy, from every star, then letting it out thru me
I am just a bridge, sparking light up in the darkness
But I’m far from heartless, this love is pouring out of me
My words are elements and I combine em all like alchemy
Turned em into gold, but it was cold from my balcony
Looking down on them, but still they higher, looking down on me
Been to Hell and back, now my faith can’t take it out of me
Doubting me, feeling like I’m Kermit, when he’s out of tea
Got something up on my mind and you gon hear it, cuz it’s loud in me
If you have a voice, you gotta use it for the ones who don’t
Why my kids love me, and my, my family proud of me
Not obsessed with money, but homey I got some mouths to feed
Rather bounce to pounding beats, then bounce for pounds of weed, I'm free
Fucking up my salary, reality, this how it be
There's an extra charge for chasing, when you pay me count the fee
If ya owe me... Ya betta pay me
Give a fuck if you my homey I got babies
Got game like Kobe, but I ain't playing
Disrespect me I'll be going super Saiyan
Just saying...
That if ya owe me... Ya betta pay me
Give a fuck if you my homey I got babies
Got game like Kobe, but I ain't playing
Disrespect me I'll be going super Saiyan
Just saying...
Ain't no monopoly, ain't no monopoly
But coming for all of my property, promptly
Better be paying me properly
I am a God, so come with an offering follow me
What can you offer me, that I would want or need
Bring me some dough, or don't even talk to me
Got some weed no? sorry you gotta bleed
In this economy, I'm like the lottery
1 in a million, word to Aaliyah
Comfortable feelings the devil'll bring ya
Reaching my ceiling, before I put feet up
I'll swing from the chandelier just like I'm sia
Slowly but surely been stacking tortillas
Decadas y anos y meses y dias
Got so much game I could pimp in a Prius
But all that saying is we made agreements...
If ya owe me... Ya betta pay me
Give a fuck if you my homey I got babies
Got game like Kobe, but I ain't playing
Disrespect me I'll be going super Saiyan
Just saying...
That if ya owe me... Ya betta pay me
Give a fuck if you my homey I got babies
Got game like Kobe, but I ain't playing
Disrespect me I'll be going super Saiyan
Just saying...
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5. |
One Bad Man
02:53
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What you got if ya clique ain't loyal
Like a brand new whip no oil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
What you got if ya babe ain't loyal
Like a brand new vape no coil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
Like Jane Lynch you the weakest link
I'm Brother Lynch Hung, how I eat a beat
I skee skee skeet then repeat in a freak
Y'all watch Netflix and then beat ya meat
I'm old Grogu, y'all Jar Jar Binks
Assed out like leggings, I'm Carhartt jeans
I'm the sun, you my son what a dark heart brings
Still tryna figure out what ya star chart means
I got the juice, and y'all thirsty as hell
Baby shark doo doo, tryna murder a whale
Y'all got small dicks like conservative males
I'm a Libra and a liberal, serving em well
What you worship is stale, all my thoughts are fresh
Ain't hard to guess, why these rappers are perplexed
The northwest is mine, nigga y'all the guest
I'm the boss, wanna test, I would not suggest cuz
One bad man, fuck up ya whole life
Yeah... That's word to Christ
One bad man, fuck up ya whole life
When ya come home early and he dicking yo wife
One bad man, fuck up ya whole life
Yeah... that's word to Christ
One bad man, fuck up ya whole life
When he act wack, stab you in da back no knife
What you got if ya clique ain't loyal
Like a brand new whip no oil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
What you got if ya babe ain't loyal
Like a brand new vape no coil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
Foil like aluminum, bending over lubing 'em
Rappers stupid dumb, advances no recouping 'em
Been up in the streets, in the booth, like a bum
Bringing da heat in any weather, wear a suit in the sun
Who the fool, who the punk, this is not a diss
Deadly as a hungry bottomless... hippopotamus
Gotta watch who you trust, that's a lot of a risk
Glitch in the Matrix, living in the oculus
Popular, got it all, really no stopping ya
Cops on ya jock as they watch with binoculars
Opps see you setting up shop now they plotting to
Come at you with drama, pop pop get the drop on ya
Sidewalk chalked a body like hopscotch
Cops saw it all... now you got a hot spot
Got popped now ya whole team in the cop shop
One bad man talk, Akon locked up
What you got if ya clique ain't loyal
Like a brand new whip no oil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
What you got if ya babe ain't loyal
Like a brand new vape no coil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
What you got if ya clique ain't loyal
Like a brand new whip no oil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
What you got if ya babe ain't loyal
Like a brand new vape no coil
Can't grow if ya got bad soil
One bad man leave ya plans all foiled
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6. |
Won't He Do It
03:37
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Won't he do it, won't he do it
Favor all on me, watch me pull up in a new whip
You can't reach my mind, you's a Judas
So much blessings I don't know what to do with
Won't he do it, won't he do it
Angels all on me, I am not the one to fool with
You can't reach my mind, you's a Judas
So much blessings I don't know what to do with
So many blessings, I feel like a King
Mayne I came, so far from a peasant
My art is a present I'm living my dream
Leading my team with the heart of a reverend
Preaching to reach 'em I'm teaching 'em daily
Whenever they put on my music and play me
I care 'bout my fellas and not just the ladies
Respected by elders and good for the babies
Crazy to think that they told me to"stop
Get a real job and go follow ya pops
Swallow ya thoughts" but I dropped like I'm Earl (DMX)
Shut em all down then I opened up shop
Provoking a God ya'll smoking on rocks
Get broken like laws tryna go for Allah
Exposing ya flaws I don't show for applause
I flow for the cause making ya hold up and pause
Wait....... what?
I'm barely a buck and a half
But my name it holds weight a soldier of fate
In more than one way I run with a staff
Humble and never had trouble with math
Come with a bag and I'll double yo cash
But money that's dirty gon' crumble and crash
Facts... that's why ya'll fumble the pass
On the right path and Jesus steering
Answer to God don't need yo clearance
Look at me deeper than my appearance
Death... see why I don't fear it
My swagger something fearless
My mana that's my spirit
Your drama I won't hear it
His level you'll never be near it
Amen!!
Won't he do it, won't he do it
Favor all on me, watch me pull up in a new whip
You can't reach my mind, you's a Judas
So much blessings I don't know what to do with
Won't he do it, won't he do it
Angels all on me, I am not the one to fool with
You can't reach my mind, you's a Judas
So much blessings I don't know what to do with
So many blessings I'm paying it forward
Don't need attention so save the award
Flexing on me either brave or ya bored
I'll bring 'em ya head and won't take the reward
Pray to my Lord till I lay in the morgue
I'll be thanking him for making me more
Than a negative slave when they take me to war
Tell me what would I be atheist for
Favored I got pride
I got neighbors on my side
I got angels down to ride
Ain't no fables ain't no lies
I got favor I got pride
I got haters switching sides
I got gangsters down to die
Ain't no fables ain't no lies
Yeah I seen em searching for deeper truth and
If you feeling depressed the lies inside of yo mind you need to lose em
Cuz neither working and neither proven
Either win or learn a lesson, I do not believe in losing
Confusing demons, cuz I'm a heathen bumping Jesus music
Gun up on my bible I be praying I don't need to use it
No gaudy cross but betta not cross me if you see me cruising
Cuz God he got me I be on that ready to lead a movement
He gon do it...
Won't he do it, won't he do it
Favor all on me, watch me pull up in a new whip
You can't reach my mind, you's a Judas
So much blessings I don't know what to do with
Won't he do it, won't he do it
Angels all on me, I am not the one to fool with
You can't reach my mind, you's a Judas
So much blessings I don't know what to do with
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7. |
Old School
03:47
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Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
This is for my ancestors
Building pyramids
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em the old school
Are you hearing this
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
This is for my ancestors
Building pyramids
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em the old school
Are you hearing this
A loose cannon, like Bruce Banner, when turning green
Chest full of chess moves, been known to murder kings
And bring giants down like Jack when he serving beans
Hot as jet fuel, on 9/11, burning beams
A demolition, my premonition, on exhibition
All I know is cook dope, and hope, for a better kitchen
Wisdom like a grandpa, with better vision, check my mission
Energy attracting energy, that’s a blessed collision
A Ford no Expedition, can’t afford to travel far
But I seen cats, in my hood, with stripes like battle scars
Police they poach us, take our ivory, and snatch our stars
No fancy cars, cuz they kill us young, on handle bars
They paid for chattel, now we on a mantel, raise the candles
Cuz the grass is greener... after they slay the cattle
Technology’s our only chance, to persuade the battle
But if we want to advance, gotta change the channel
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
This is for my ancestors
Building pyramids
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em the old school
Are you hearing this
Came a long way from a studio in my closet
I speakeasy, but my bars, like a mosh pit
Hella clutch, like a broken clutch, I will not shift
Whole squad drip, no tripping, when we all drift
Low key... we lyrical like The Locksmith
Welcome back to MySpace, I'm on my Tom shit
Take it back further, underground, like a hostage
Shit you never heard of, this is murder, like I'm Godless
No dark force, but my, lines imperial
Check the source, I'm 5 mic material
Guns don't kill, but my mind is serial
"Ah hell, here he goes" bye bye to cheery hoes
Still get em wetter, than dry types of cereal
But when it's time to go I won't die by, venereal
Weiner, keep it cleaner than a beamer with a stereo
But DEF davyne, flying, cuz my rhymes ethereal
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
This is for my ancestors
Building pyramids
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em the old school
Are you hearing this
More people sleep on my properties, than a hotel
It’s like Monopoly, I’m selling flow for wholesale
Go ahead and call police, I’ll stay right here and won’t bail
Bars like an old cell, you would think I'm pro-jail
Not Hindu, but got hands, like Vishnu
Libra not a Pisces, but I'll turn you into fish food
Not a rich dude but I'll make a bitch switch moods
In the cut, pull out my dick, like it's a ginsu
A rude villain to newbies who flaunting opulence
A truth dealer, that's fluent with the Apocalypse
Killingthey character with no eulogy, like a novelist
Cuz ain't no thang as a gain, if it was not for risk
And true healers, known for looming in ya consciousness
Rooming in with confidence and ruining with consequence
A pillar in my community, like an obelisk
I can show ya unity, but only if you watching this
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
This is for my ancestors
Building pyramids
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em to the golden era
The reign of lyricists
Take em to the old school
The old school?
Take em the old school
Are you hearing this
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8. |
Confession
03:46
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Confession... I don't like most of these locals
Tired of these lying ass rappers being bogus
Always stay the brokest cuz they got no focus
On my King shit though, I don't fuck with no POTUS
Why lie, they be full of envy green as ogres
Autotuned vocals and they think I won't notice
We both higher than a kite but they a fiend and I'ma stoner
Only Aces and Queens, I don't fuck with no Jokers
Debt'll leave ya feeling like you got no value
Even when you made it, haters still gon doubt you
If they weren't so negative then I could show 'em how to
Come up like the summer sun, with numbers like a dial do
Fans sticking to me, without glue, and they down too
Ready for whatever ain't no telling how the crowd move
Love... from the quiet elders, and the loud youth
Catch me slipping only once you going down in round 2
Tell me... what the fuck are they smoking
Thinking they on my level, but they'll never be as a potent
Homey you would know what's coming if ya eva seen the omen
Keep my third, eye open, always knowing what's approaching
Slowly going to the bottom, let em follow if they wanna
Only growing, never caught up, like The Rock, and his mana
So emotional, but logical, like Spock, and his momma
Why I chose rap... when I could talk like Obama
Born into the drama, the author, was almost comical
Like flooding the Earth, then bringing a rainbow with no pot of gold
No game plan, swear my life, was an audible
3, baby mommas, I been doing what I gotta though
Feeling like Jonah, on a boat, getting swallowed whole
On a roll, next thing I know? whale! all alone
Momma's voice in my head, "should have never brought her home"
Tell me why I feel like I'm in prison, when I'm on a throne
...
Tell me why I feel like I'm in prison, when I'm on a throne
I been trapped heavily in my own mind
Made it out the trap blessing beats with these dope rhymes
Acting like I'm all that, even with no coke lines
But if it wasn't for this rap I'd be so blind
Still the illest rapper that you'll ever see no lying
Hater I could never be, rather be a better me
Steadily, I been rhyming cleverly the whole time
Longevity cuz I'm all about the slow grind
Confession... I don't like most of these locals
Tired of these lying ass rappers being bogus
Always stay the brokest cuz they got no focus
On my King shit though, I don't fuck with no POTUS
Why lie, they be full of envy green as ogres
Autotuned vocals and they think I won't notice
We both higher than a kite but they a fiend and I'ma stoner
Only Aces and Queens, I don't fuck with no Jokers
Debt'll leave ya feeling like you got no value
Even when you made it, haters still gon doubt you
If they weren't so negative then I could show 'em how to
Come up like the summer sun, with numbers like a dial do
Fans sticking to me, without glue, and they down too
Ready for whatever ain't no telling how the crowd move
Love... from the quiet elders, and the loud youth
Catch me slipping only once you going down in round 2
If you really real then we would never have a problem
If you feeling disrespected though, then my job done
Got funk? Nah bitch, you ain't brought a Bop Gun
Coming with a beef, disbelief when the shots rung
Smoke you don't want none, gotta pay the cost son
Gossiping be bad, for business, talking lost funds
Follow my advice nigga, when you see the opps run
Bet ya homies loyal to their freedom when the cops come
Confession... I don't like most of these locals
Tired of these lying ass rappers being bogus
Always stay the brokest cuz they got no focus
On my King shit though, I don't fuck with no POTUS
Why lie, they be full of envy green as ogres
Autotuned vocals and they think I won't notice
We both higher than a kite but they a fiend and I'ma stoner
Only Aces and Queens, I don't fuck with no Jokers
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9. |
On My Job
03:16
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(Snoop Dogg on The Pivot Podcast)
I ain't even tryna make it if my bros don't
But most my homies they just sit around and smoke dope
Feeling like the only with oars, in our row boat
While they sawing off boards for their own floats
Tryna hide from my demons but got no cloak
The holier I am, the colder they get, like an old coat
Blood sweat and tears for years, left me so soaked
Started out poor, ain't nothing for me to go broke
I go for broke like suicide with every note I wrote
Never doing drugs cuz I refuse to die from overdose
Or live my life like a zombie always comatose
A rabbit running 8 miles but I ain't gonna choke
That's word to Marshall, facing bars for my perfect marvel
25 to life of hard flow... never serving partial
Sentences on sheets of paper wrapped like I work with parcels
Through word embargos, still forced to carry this burning cargo
A Jack of one trade, that could murder Harlow
When it comes to war though only thing for certain's further sorrow
Like a clown wearing Polo while I search for Marco
But who's the mark though... cuz I still got more gas than Arco
I wish a hater would {wood} burn me... dark as charcoal
Aura still glowing, I don't need a slave chain to sparkle
I pray tomorrow comes, before this ancient star is done
Turning my back on wack traditions for my Meghan Markle
Only type of woman that I'd marry doesn't need diamonds
To keep shining through the night until we reach Zion
Bleeding greedy tyrants, defeating giants, in secret silence
But never seeking violence, only breeding highness
No Prince John, he lying, like a weak lion
I never rest, like Everest this is peak rhyming
Fans, got they hands, in the air like I teach signing
But any day could be my last, why I preach timing
I ain't prayed in a while, I'm thinking God he missed me
Still tryna make it out the getto take my momma with me
Told these hoes I know I'm broken, you ain't gotta fix me
Told my bros if you ain't flowing with me, ya'll against me
Staying in my dogs mouth, like they caught a frisbee
Not as frisky, they probably just popping shots of whiskey
Talking risky, praying that I fall, God forgive thee
But why they deserve what I got, they have not convinced me
(Snoop Dogg on The Pivot Podcast)
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10. |
Molasses
04:08
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Everything I do is for the grand finale
Moving like the tortoise, through the fastest rally
Walked, thru blocks, full of ops, never ran in Cali
But hopped a couple fences, in the baddest alleys
Momma asking how we, feel bout relocating
Down, cuz I had some things I thought it'd help me keep from facing
Building a table, tired of hearing, that this seat is taken
Practicing patience, even if it means I leave em waiting
I seen the blatant, disrespect of those with expectations
But still I pause for clarity... like meditation
Helping others like a charity, never hating
I'm half an angel, to my maker ain't no separation
My other half a stray demon this a demonstration
Des is aiming for a better nation though no segregation
Resignation, we need the leader in Revelations
Until then... I'm here to give you an education
DEF davyne, the definition of self made
...Went to college, got the knowledge of a master
I done came a long way... since the 12th grade
Went and spent 100k, on some classes
Debt, like a chain, on my neck, I'm a failed slave
Independent though, even own, my old masters
...Every move, like my songs, well played
...Easy come, easy go, this molasses
DEF davyne, the definition of self made
...Went to college, got the knowledge of a master
I done came a long way... since the 12th grade
Went and spent 100k, on some classes
Debt, like a chain, on my neck, I'm a failed slave
Independent though, even own, my old masters
...Every move, like my songs, well played
...Easy come, easy go, this molasses
...I still remember age 12
Throwing papers after school, just to make mail
Never been a snake, but I always made a great snail
Broken home... growing slow, in a fake shell
Meeting, with my demons, keep my thugs, all in harmony
No blood, just art in me, like drugs in a pharmacy
Thinking of harming me, my angels coming with an armory
Kulture, Wave, coming up out of my body like I'm Cardi B
Longevity... that's how I keep the crown
Opposite of brevity, I'll aways be around
Flawed heavily, but you've never see me drown
Cuz God cleverly left me the biggest seat in town
Buried on a throne, under 6, feet of ground
Why I jest with jesters, but never speak to clowns
Castle walls standing tall, bridge, leave it down
No more beating round the bush, they believe me now
DEF davyne, the definition of self made
...Went to college, got the knowledge of a master
I done came a long way... since the 12th grade
Went and spent 100k, on some classes
Debt, like a chain, on my neck, I'm a failed slave
Independent though, even own, my old masters
...Every move, like my songs, well played
...Easy come, easy go, this molasses
DEF davyne, the definition of self made
...Went to college, got the knowledge of a master
I done came a long way... since the 12th grade
Went and spent 100k, on some classes
Debt, like a chain, on my neck, I'm a failed slave
Independent though, even own, my old masters
...Every move, like my songs, well played
...Easy come, easy go, this molasses
In my own lane, going slow, as molasses
Picture, a picture vs. paint, on a canvas
Haters wanna hate, let em go, let em pass us
Real ones know, we showing strength, with our manners
Not a joke... or a hoax for the cameras
Never dropped out, always showed up in classes
Let's make a toast, raise up ya glasses
To our growth, this a whole, different chapter
In my own lane, going slow, as molasses
Picture, a picture vs. paint, on a canvas
Haters wanna hate, let em go, let em pass us
Real ones know, we showing strength, with our manners
Not a joke... or a hoax for the cameras
Never dropped out, always showed up in classes
Let's make a toast, raise up ya glasses
To our growth, this a whole, different chapter
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11. |
Realize
02:31
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I realize, only real eyes, see real lies
But shaking the fakeness of this Matrix, I still try
Writing raps, perhaps, my kids can heal by
Treating everyday like it's my last knowing that I will die
If I can't make myself happy, then I can't make them
If I could I'd be like poof, homey say when
Always acting fine, but even actors gotta take 10
While doing everything I can to escape trends
Broken child inside of me asking, how I'm gonna make ends
Angels pray for me, while demons prey on me like Amen
Introverted extrovert and both my sides hate fake friends
But if you keep it real with me then we gon be okay then
Cuz I... realize, only real eyes, see real lies
But shaking the fakeness of this Matrix, I still try
Writing raps, perhaps, my kids can heal by
Treating everyday like it's my last knowing that I will die
Tomorrow's never promised, and once that's been acknowledged
Everything they say about me's either, disrespect or homage
How I keep on winning, without sinning, has them all astonished
Cuz I been to college, but it was poverty, that taught me knowledge
An anomaly, but oddity's what brought me solace
Ego, pride, and greed, my peace, it cost me all this
Grounded like a tree... but what I want's beyond us
I used to lie to me... but now my thoughts be honest
Cuz I... realize, only real eyes, see real lies
But shaking the fakeness of this Matrix, I still try
Writing raps, perhaps, my kids can heal by
Treating everyday like it's my last knowing that I will die
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12. |
My Dreams
04:24
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It be nights like this, and times like this, when I done prayed a lot
I Can't find my way, so I get faded, down I'm feeling lost
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
I try to be like Christ, when I'm under a crisis
But I always pay the price, got too much love for my vices
3 strikes then ya gone, I'm ducking thunder and lightening
But if you think that you can see me, that assumption is blinded
Tryna give my children options, why I doubled my prices
So both my son {sun} and my daughters, can stay above the horizon
Cuz I know how momma felt when all my brothers were fighting
And every parent's made mistakes, that's even the struggle of Titans
All I ever wanted was a stable and a happy home
Put it all on the table, so no I can't be wrong
A lyrical Zorro, for my people, why I rap my song
But this sorrow, that I borrowed, always tags along
3 baby mommas, one kid each, I love em dearly
In different cities, I can only keep one of 'em near me
Barely drinking still rarely speaking, or seeing clearly
So I pray to God, but sometimes I feel like he can't hear me
It be nights like this, and times like this, when I done prayed a lot
I Can't find my way, so I get faded, down I'm feeling lost
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
I have a nightmare every time I use the wrong pillow
That's some first world problem shit
Life is like a bitch with a long dildo
I'm just laughing thru it all like a comic skit
Used to sleep inside my Lincoln thinking God I've had it
But even at my lowest, never talking shit
Jesus took the wheel on autopilot, automatic
Knowing he won't let go, so I can do the opposite
Like a method actor, still playing my part backstage
Only break to pray ...but I prefer it that way
Cuz I still feel my feelings I just let em know they can't stay
Why my closest friends think I've never had a bad day
Never wanted fame but look at all the fans I manifested
I came to change, the game, that's why my plan's aggressive
On this level, gotta be a pro, why I'm so damn selective
If you ain't here to help you gotta go... that's the exit
It be nights like this, and times like this, when I done prayed a lot
I Can't find my way, so I get faded, down I'm feeling lost
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
They don't wanna see me run
They just wanna see me fall
Even if I couldn't walk though
Homey I'ma crawl
When it's all, said and done
Bet that I'll be standing tall
#1 spot, coming for the top
I'ma have it all
I been... running on tracks, like Hayward Field, to pay my bills
Fulfilling the dreams, of all of my team, somehow we made 'em real
Done kept it a buck, that never changed, since God he gave me skill
Been way too real, to fake the deal, with flow I slay and kill
Using slang that's ill, ironic though cuz what I say it heals
Push play and chill, forgive the haters cuz they weren't healed
They probably listening to this... feeling jaded still
Too ashamed to kneel, they'd rather run in place, than face a hill
They don't wanna see me run
They just wanna see me fall
Even if I couldn't walk though
Homey I'ma crawl
When it's all, said and done
Bet that I'll be standing tall
#1 spot, coming for the top
I'ma have it all
It be nights like this, and times like this, when I done prayed a lot
I Can't find my way, so I get faded, down I'm feeling lost
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
My dreams turn to a nightmare
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13. |
Never Give Up
04:18
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I been down, cuz life's been rough
Thought I found love, then I got fucked
Yeah I been around the country and I still felt stuck
But I never gave up, I'm a never give... up
Never had a silver spoon, more like plastic utensils
Cuz everything was temporary, why my past had me mental
Always me, versus me, tryna match my potential
But inorderto really do that you see cash was essential
Some things I'd like to erase, like the back of a pencil
Tough times I had to face, why my swagger is gentle
Homelessness I had a taste, but you won't catch me avengeful
Cuz karma's not my place and revenge, it comes back to you 10 fold
It's better to better yourself, this a reminder to check on ya health
Cuz yes it can get ya to wealth, but stress is like jail a weapon of hell
Begging for death, the cells in ya body in prison cells, they'll never get bail
Friendly reminder take care of ya mind or you're destined to fail, I'm getting you well
Yeah... It's better to better yourself, this a reminder to check on ya health
Cuz yes it can get ya to wealth, but stress is like jail a weapon of hell
Begging for death, the cells in ya body in prison cells, they'll never get bail
Friendly reminder take care of ya mind or you're destined to fail, I'm getting you well
I been down, cuz life's been rough
Thought I found love, then I got fucked
Yeah I been around the country and I still felt stuck
But I never gave up, I'm a never give up
I been down, cuz life's been rough
Thought I found love, then I got fucked
Yeah I been around the country and I still felt stuck
But I never gave up, I'm a never give... up
Been down on my luck and I'm feeling so stuck
But never gave up, I'll never give up
Been down on my luck and I'm feeling so stuck
But never gave up, I'll never give up
Been down on my luck and I'm feeling so stuck
But never gave up, I'll never give up
Been down on my luck...
But never give up...
Fortune favors the bold, and I'm out here breaking the mold
Taking negative flow, reverse it, change it and grow
No mistaking me tho, still came to make me some dough
With the aim of a pro, and veteran game like a coach
Choke on marijuana smoke instead of my pride I'm high
Moving forward even, when I'm walking slow and dying inside
Knowing that I ain't, really broke just cause my pockets low, watch me grow
No obstacles can stop my flow, so sorry I gotsta go
I been down, cuz life's been rough
Thought I found love, then I got fucked
Yeah I been around the country and I still felt stuck
But I never gave up, I'm a never give up
I been down, cuz life's been rough
Thought I found love, then I got fucked
Yeah I been around the country and I still felt stuck
But I never gave up, I'm a never give... up
You'd think I stay up in college, the way I've paid for this knowledge
Cuz ignorance is bliss but listen without faith I'd be Godless
Why I pray for honesty and all it takes to acknowledge
That I am him and he is me, and we both made out of comets
Never did it for the fame, still I made a few fans
Never did it for the money, still I made a few grand
Didn't do it for friendship, but I been in a few bands
Made some solid connections and even shook a few hands, yeah
Knowing that this is my destiny
And God he done gave me the recipe
This feeling inside me so heavenly
A failure I swear I could never be
Knowing that I am my only real enemy
Still I feel like I been battling 10 of me
Living in poverty takes so much energy
Away from the prophet I'm meant to be
I'm sure that I'll profit eventually
Before my dead grand mama send for me
Cuz ain't no one matching my pedigree
Soul is like ivory, body like ebony
My voice it be soothing like ketamine
Me being slept on the crime of the century
Fire inside of me glowing in effigy
Going to heaven, if I ever leave
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14. |
Don't Look Back
02:19
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Don’t look back just keep on going
Don’t look back just keep on going
Don’t look back just keep on going
Going
I’ve been rapping over half my life, rapping that’s my life
Tryna get my craft right, why I never had a wife
If you ain’t 'bout sacrifice best not even ask the price
On a path of ice watching others slip from bad advice
When you living for survival every plan is strategized
On ya darkest day they gone you on they basking in ya light
Saying damn it must be nice like I was handed a prize
Still I’m out here tryna help 'em with compassion like Christ
Never looking back twice...
Don’t look back just keep on going
Don’t look back just keep on going
Don’t look back just keep on going
Going
I ain't looking back like I'm Lot and his daughters
Always moving forward just like constant marauders
Given free will and a conscience upon us
That's a curse to a Libra getting lost in the options
That's why dropping some dollars and popping my collar
Never really did it for me cuz of the cost of the drama
Plus I've always been an author with the thoughts of a scholar
Always living in the moment 'til I'm gone or a gonna
Ain't no coming back
Don’t look back just keep on going
Don’t look back just keep on going
Don’t look back just keep on going
Going
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DEF davyne Eugene, Oregon
DEF davyne (pronounced divine) is an Oregon based Hip Hop artist that is known for his verbal dexterity, gymnastic delivery, intricate rhyme schemes, and emotional storytelling.
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