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Tyler The Creator – Where This Flower Blooms (feat. Frank Ocean) (Scum Fuck Flower Boy Album)
[Verse 1: Tyler the Creator]
Ayo
Let take it back to them day
Counting sheep on Sadie Hannah’s floor
Carpet was my baby mama
80 dollar profit from the coffee I poured
Rent-A-Center calling everyday
Nobody home, they’re knocking on the door
Now I skrrt, skrrt, skrrt, skrrt
In toys I only dreamed that I could afford
Now I roll through Okaga, California
[Chorus: Frank Ocean]
I ride to California
These frog oval goggles
I’m leaning out the window
OJ shining on me
Simp Sun shining on me
Slick circles floating
Vro we off this world
Yea yea
Run it run it run it yea
[Bridge: Tyler, The Creator]
Run it, run it, run it, run it
I rock, I roll, I bloom, I glow (I glow)
I rock, I roll (What you say?), I bloom, I glow (I glow)
I rock, I roll (Let ’em know), I bloom, I glow (I glow)
I rock, I roll (One more time), I bloom, I grow
(Let’s go!)
[Verse 2: Tyler, The Creator]
Ain’t nobody fucking with T, but that may just be my ego
But don’t be too cool, you may freeze
Because niggas get stuck in the cold (Man, look at this ice)
Shit weighs a ton, water your garden my nigga and stunt
(Stunt on these niggas)
Tell these Black kids they could be who they are
Dye your hair blue, shit, I’ll do it too
Look, I smell like Chanel
I never mall gup with my manicured nails
I coconut oil the skin
I keep the top low ’cause the follicles thinnin’
But other than that, man, it feels like I’m winning
Went from statistic to millionaire
CNN doubted ’cause my skin is dark
But they forget when I get in my car
[Chorus: Frank Ocean]
I ride to California
These frog oval goggles
I’m leaning out the window
OJ shining on me
Simp Sun shining on me
Slick circles floating
Vro we off this world
Yea yea
Run it run it run it yea
[Bridge: Tyler, The Creator]
I glow (I glow)
I rock, I roll (What you say?), I bloom, I glow (I glow)
I rock, I roll (Let ’em know), I bloom, I grow (I grow)
I rock, I roll (One more time), I bloom, I-
(Let’s go!)
[Verse 3: Tyler, The Creator]
Flower boy T, nigga that’s me
Rooted from the bottom, bloomed into a tree
Took a little while, nigga making leaves
Keep ’em in the branches so my family can eat
Favorite color green, energy is strong
Giving niggas life like birdies and the beez
Dropping them seeds, not what you want
You don’t know what I keep in the trunk…. tree
[Interlude: Tyler, The Creator]
Ah, shit!
[Outro: Tyler, The Creator]
Run it, run it, run it, run it
Run it
Run it
Run it
Chronixx – Legend (Chronology Album)
Some things are just never said
[Verse 1]
Story of my life
Ordinary person just like you
If you take a look inside
You’ll see the great things that people do
Changing lives day and night
But nothing I do ever makes the news
Still I have to do what’s right
To the king of all kings, all praises due
[Pre-Chorus]
Yesterday I was on the train
A little boy asked me my name
He said sir I’ve seen you before tell me who are you?
[Chorus]
Said I am a legend that you never heard of before
I said I am a lion but you never heard me roar
I am a hero that nobody celebrates
But if one person remembers my name, that means I made a change
[Verse 2]
I’m the man who cooks the food and feed the street people in the afternoon
I’m the lady with the broom sweeping the halls of your sons pre-school
I’m the soldier who’s up all night, making sure everything’s alright
And if you ask me I’m quite fine being a ordinary person doing what’s right
[Pre-Chorus]
Yesterday at the football game
A little girl asked me my name
She said sir I’ve seen you before, tell me who are you
[Chorus]
Said I am a legend that you never heard of before
Said I am a lion but you never heard me roar
I am a hero that nobody celebrates
But if one person remembers my name, that means
[Bridge]
I’m the ocean of fame
I’m an unknown sailor
I’m the percussionist playing with the Wailers
The one with the shaker, the mover and shaker
My name wasn’t on the front of the paper
But mi nuh cater
Much more than the work cah the work is greater
Creation glorifies creator
So all deeds done are in the name of my maker
[Chorus]
I am a legend that you probably never hear about
Words from the lion’s mouth
I am a hero that nobody celebrates
But if one person remembers my name
Give praise, that means I made a change
Legend, legend, legend, I am a legend
Story of my life
Ordinary person just like you
If you take a look inside
You’ll see the great things that people do
We out here changing lives day and night, day in day out
BBC don’t show it
CNN don’t show it
Ease out
K.A.A.N. – One Time Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Cold and steady nigga i’m an artifact
Your heart attack but that don’t mean you are living
Harsh reality’s given, put it all in a sentence
Going hard pushing limits
I really do this I’m fluent with it
Right now it’s second nature
I’m just plotting quietly cause
I am more what I am currently not the currency
Speak a piece of mind do you understand
My lingo, bingo, comprende
I’m not materialistic, my vision is seeping in
I see it like CNN
It’s hard to describe I only view it in colors
No other choice but to move on
Allow me to walk by, I swear it’s a short life
My time I will spent it wise
Revise what I want and that’s if I felt it was needed
Never try to intrude
I’m just trying to improve
I want this more than anything
So all this shit that I lose I wasn’t meant to have anyways
It’s sad to see it go away
I’m holding out for brighter days
I’m quite amazed that the turn of my life has made look
I went from manual labor to lacing tracks with the truth
I gave you nothing but love even the moments I hate
No pessimistic involve it’s positive energy boy
I send my praise to the Most High then the blessing received
Shit I am grateful for life I’m content to be
I feel mentally free no longer chain like the weak
Yes lawd
[Hook]
All my nigga’s get hard to this (2x)
One time (2x)
(4x)
[Verse 2]
Look
A true teller that’s all I have ever been
And lately nigga I’ve been feeling like a veteran
A long list other motherfuckers that I’m better than
Never say name though, not in my angle
Ain’t no place I can’t go headed to the top
They try to hold me down like an anchor
The fucking thinking I ain’t saying I’ll survive
My mind is like a Genius and a poet all in one
[?]
I gets it done like lithium [?]
I repeat we shall defeat the evils
Fuck away from us
Nothing you can say to us
We did this shit all by ourselves with no wealth
So my apologies if I’m not amused
But what I do is not for the faint of heart
You’re easily consumed by lies of deceit
[?]
Look I gave you nothing but classic volumes is never archaic
Let me display my talent so you can judge and critique
Tell me i’m not unique and then place me on a pedestal
To sweep me off my feet I realize what I have
My gift of gab is amazing I fade away with the cadence
That’s why i’m leaving for now
The re-approach in a second
Hope my message of kindness has been a kindness reminder
Let me perceive with an act of the game that’s been sold separately lawd!
[Hook]
All my nigga’s get hard to this (2x)
One time (2x)
(4x)
[Hook]
All my nigga’s get hard to this (2x)
One time (2x)
(4x)
Joey Bada$$ – Babylon (feat. Chronixx) (All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ Album)
[Intro: Joey Bada$$]
Yo yo
Badmon representin’
Yo yo
[Chorus: Joey Bada$$]
They say you never know what you got
‘Til it’s all up and away
And it’s so lonely at the top
Sometimes you wanna throw it away
But lately I’ve been talking to God
He told me Heaven is a way better place
So I’m taking everything that I’ve got
And I’m running away, I’m running away
I just can’t cope with the pain
You just won’t understand
Running away (away from here)
I’m running away
I just can’t cope with the pain
You just won’t understand
Running away (away from here)
[Verse 1: Joey Bada$$]
Gone like the wind, I can’t seem to win
I know the end is near, but I just don’t know when
Turn on to CNN, look at what I see again
It’s another black man, died at the white hand of justice
To tell the truth, man, I’m fuckin’ disgusted
I fear for the lives, for my sisters, my brothers
Less fortunate than I, let’s formulate a plan
I’m sick of holdin’ grudges, I’m loadin’ in all my slugs and
Aimin’ it at the judges, fuck the cops
Fuck the system and the government, you fuckers not
Protectin’ and servin’
You more like damagin’ and hurtin’
And letting off shots ’til you motherfuckers certain
He ain’t breathin’, you made it clear
"Fuck your breath, nigga," don’t even deserve air
Don’t even deserve shit, don’t even deserve nothin’
If black lives really mattered, you niggas would do somethin’
Instead we mean nothin’, in fact, we being hunted
They don’t want us in abundance
They know it’s strength in them numbers
That’s why they gave you one
The time is comin’, no discussion
If you ain’t got a gun, then you better start runnin’
[Bridge: Chronixx]
Run to the rock of my salvation (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Run to the stone that the builder rejected (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I run to aboriginal, Christ, Haile Selassie
Hear them call some other name
Them other guy nuh qualified
A long long time mi see ah idiot a try
Tell me America is the land of the free, that’s a lie
‘Cause nobody, nuh free ’bout yah
Bet how we leave Babylon, and go ah Ethiopia
And if you don’t believe we can achieve that
Then you is just another idiot or another
[Verse 2: Joey Bada$$]
Motherfucker, it’s the J-O-Z-I-F B-A-D-M-O-N
Come on, bring them M’s on in
I’m on the upside now, you can turn ’em M’s upside down
We ’bout to win, there’s an L for the other side of him
Most greats that you lost, I invite ’em in
To my soul, don’t you feel the vibes when I’m channelin’?
The innermost of my spirit been engulfed with plenty gold
‘Cause most of them labels throw pennies so
Who you think investin’ in penitentiaries though?
Same owners as them labels, same owners of your cable
Spoon feedin’ you fables, tryna keep your mind stable
Your eyes blind, and your skin’s hazel
The truth is under your nasal but even the air’s all fucked up
How we supposed to see stars? Chemical trails above us
Plus bunch of other shit that’s undiscovered
Detached from the roots since we set sail, my brothers
That’s word to motherland, sold us on stolen land
Visions from brother man, he seen us all holdin’ hands
Fifty years later, still see my brothers choked to death
R.I.P. to Eric Garner, only right I show respect
Nowaday they hangin’ us by a different tree
Branches of the government, I can name all three
Judicial, legislative and executive
Lock your pops away, your moms, then next the kids
It’s all consecutive, I’m just tryna break the cycle
I wonder if I’ll do it all before they take my life, yo
Crucify my image, the Lord is my witness
If them Heaven’s gates closed
I’ma break all them hinges for my niggas
Yes, I’ma break all the hinges for my niggas
Yes, I’ma break all the hinges for my niggas
Yes, I’ma break all
[Chorus: Joey Bada$$]
They say you never know what you got
‘Til it’s all up and away
And it’s so lonely at the top
Sometimes you wanna throw it away
But lately I’ve been talking to God
He told me Heaven is a way better place
So I’m taking everything that I’ve got
And I’m running away, I’m running away
I just can’t cope with the pain
You just won’t understand
Running away (away from here)
I’m running away
I just can’t cope with the pain
You just won’t understand
Running away (away from here)
[Bridge: Chronixx]
As fast as I can to Mount Zion
I’m running away (I’m running away)
I’m running away (I’m running away)
I’m running away (I’m running away)
I’m running away (I’m running away)
I’m running away (I’m running away)
I’m running away (I’m running away)
Running away (I’m running away)
Away, running away
[Outro: Joey Bada$$]
You better start running, running
Babylon boy them ah coming, coming yeah
You better start running, running
Babylon is coming
Babylon get jealous of we, of we
Just because I walk this way
Babylon get jealous of we, of we
Kodak Black – Top Off Benz (feat. Young Thug) (Painting Pictures Album)
[Intro: Young Thug]
Be in your broad
I’m ’bout to be in your broad
[Chorus: Young Thug]
Yeah, top off the Benz (top off the Benz)
Yeah, I done fucked all of her friends (her friends)
I done fucked all of her friends (fucked all of her friends)
Came here to party (skrrt)
Check out the options
I make a moshpit (woo)
I never forfeit (forfeit)
Chanel seats inside the car, dog (I got Chanel seats)
Chanel money, high as the stars, dog (I’m high as the stars)
Chanel outchea tryna [?] the dog (new Chanel)
I’m ’bout to be in your broad, dog (dog)
[Verse 1: Young Thug]
Money in every room that I walk in
I got pigeons in the coop and they chargin’ in
Got the Hermès on my drawers as I walk through, nigga (I walk through, nigga)
If you see me, I got jewels, what it do (nigga, what it do, nigga)
Pull up, hop out a foreign whip
I got some guns in the pool pit
And with my car, got a full kit
Don’t make me go brazy, go ludicrous
Been doin’ for ages, you new to this
I look at the greatest like who is this?
I ball on ’em like I’m Peja Stojaković
I diggin’ your bitch with a lot of dick
I’m promisin’ to God, I’ma ball on you
I do it for the dogs that’s behind the walls too
I ball with your broad, buy her Gucci, Jimmy Choos
Buy the bitch diamonds and the yellow pikachu
[Chorus: Young Thug]
Yeah, top off the Benz (top off the Benz)
Yeah, I done fucked all of her friends (her friends)
I done fucked all of her friends (fucked all of her friends)
Came here to party (skrrt)
Check out the options
I make a moshpit (woo)
I never forfeit (forfeit)
Chanel seats inside the car, dog (I got Chanel seats)
Chanel money, high as the stars, dog (I’m high as the stars)
Chanel outchea tryna [?] the dog (new Chanel)
I’m ’bout to be in your broad, dog (dog)
[Verse 2: Kodak Black]
I fucked the whole crew, yeah, they get exposed too
I call her CNN, yeah ’cause baby, you old news
I hate to say I told ya, yeah but nigga, I told you
Your lady gon’ let me paint her, yeah ’cause that what hoes do
I’ma treat you like a queen, yeah ’cause that’s what royals do
She thinkin’ we pourin’ bread, yeah, I love her like soul food
I eat her like soul food, I’m pullin’ up, foreign coupe
Your man don’t get no loop, Timberland, I’m on the boot
Your rent is overdue, oh my God, I love my Ru’
You think a nigga soo woo, I’m bangin’ on your boo
She follow me like Blues Clue but I be on the move
Say free my nigga Woo Woo, my snipers on the loose
S550 my nig, S550 ya dig
[Chorus: Young Thug]
Yeah, top off the Benz (top off the Benz)
Yeah, I done fucked all of her friends (her friends)
I done fucked all of her friends (her friends)
Came here to party (skrrt)
Check out the options
I make a moshpit (woo)
I never forfeit (forfeit)
Chanel seats inside the car, dog (I got Chanel seats)
Chanel money, high as the stars, dog (I’m high as the stars)
Chanel outchea tryna [?] the dog (new Chanel)
I’m ’bout to be in your broad, dog (dog)
[Verse 3: Young Thug]
Fuck around and hit your broad, dog
Fuck around and hit you ’bout the sauce, dog
Fuck around and hit it then leave her raw dog
Fuck around, sweep her, dig that hoe with that Draco
Go, fuck around, make your nigga brazy (go brazy, brazy)
Fuck around, make your nigga come take me (woo, make your nigga come take me)
We been treatin’ your ball like hoes for ages (oh God)
And controllin’ your bitch like Comcast cable (facts, facts)
We got the top with the sun down
I ride round the town with the top down
I peek out the covers like clowns
My water gon’ drown you, my Bentley truck sound proof, ayy
[Chorus: Young Thug]
Yeah, top off the Benz (top off the Benz)
Yeah, I done fucked all of her friends (her friends)
I done fucked all of her friends (fucked all of her friends)
Came here to party (skrrt)
Check out the options
I make a moshpit (woo)
I never forfeit (forfeit)
Chanel seats inside the car, dog (I got Chanel seats)
Chanel money, high as the stars, dog (I’m high as the stars)
Chanel outchea tryna [?] the dog (new Chanel)
I’m ’bout to be in your broad, dog (dog)