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Perception is not Reality

by Reality

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1.
Verse 1 I foresee 43 hundred grand in my hand/ No frontin man but please understand, I'll be damned to be another brova with cash & no plan/ Know what I'm sayin?/ I'm wanna roam like Romans/ Take life slow man, enjoy the sites/ Travel different destinies destroying mics/ If turbulence is stressing me, Avoid the flight/ Currency blessing me, employed to write/ My boys is hype/ Giving congrats plus pats on my back/ No jealous cats/ Where my fellas at???/ Believe I got big dreams to succeed thru bug screens/ Behind the scenes, Relying on rhyming means/ The eye of a king, flying to island scenes/ Maneuver, from Bermuda back to Cuba/ Recline the mind sometimes puff a lil buddha/ Mentally stray off, way off play golf on my days off to abandon chaos/ Drinks galore, before & after tour/ Martell on the rocks, cocktails with lime shots/ Forgettabout punching time clocks/ Rhymes got gold diggers hawkin but I checkin my blindspots/ Invest in stock/ Let dinero flip flop/ King of the crop, hit my moms with a green knot/ Lace my gps each with 20 gs/ My main squeeze sees, everything fame sees/ Lifes better just a jetta like my man steve/ Can't believe, I'm sleeping good, eating good italian/ Swinging a, miniature medallion/ Freestyling, still got my raps by the bundle/ Eyes on the prize staying humble.. yea
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The Journey 00:41
Searched for courage found discouragement/ Vision blurry, worries were intense/ Convinced friends chose to ride the bench/ Couldn't understand what was their defense/ Donny caught the vision, Bless him for that The road of success, we were destined to stack/ Guess he caught a flat, Dell passed away/ My world was crushed... The saddest day/ Had to stay strong for my granny & mom/ Just lost big bro, how do i plan to respond?/ I needed to grieve too/ Needed to breathe too/ Felt fam tuggin, trying to be a good husband/ Struggling thru it, Committed to the process/ I know what Fred Douglass said about progress/ Now i'm a testimony/ Learned patience, focus being stressed & lonely..
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Hallelujah 03:38
Hallelujah Verse 1. He was well traveled distinguished/ Mexican, second language was English/ On the run he fled Phoenix to the burbs feeling squeamish/ Ready to purge like bullemics/ They say he deserved his journey, Most knew he'd be dead on a gurney, Or under the jail in need of a suberb attorney/ The wrong side of the law, He fell so easy bc the left side of his face was a glass jaw/ They say in life u only get what u ask for so he collapsed to the asphalt/ Like runnin laps on a crash course... Oh by the way the poor guy was going thru a bad divorce/ Now he's in custody court/ He kept a bench warrant like he sucked at sports/ Summertime he rocked a tight polo tucked in his shorts like a fuckin dork/ Meanwhile fighting addictions from all the stuff that he snorts/ One smarter move & he may have been in South Beach.. laid up at a resort/ uh huh He said he loves his kids, Even tho he never felt love as a kid/ Always said he'd take a slug for his kids/ At the same time felt judged by his kids/ His eldest was 17, A queen named Coretta King/ Did I mention she had a penchant for amphetamines? / Nightlife & gossip sites, A latch key kid just tryin to find out what her pops was like.. under the surface Hook I saw a homeless man in a pair of socks/ A young lady got married just to wear the rock/ Know a kid who's patriotic, but scared of cops/ Said the White House is racist, beware of Barack.. Verse 2. He said let my emotions run/ I'm supposed to come, to some sort of conclusion why I'm not close to some/ And your looking at him for answers like he's the sober one/ I need a moment, let me speak upon it/ It sounds fresh coming out the speakers don't it?/ I digress, I might address quitters who quit at the slightest test/ Until you've been beaten you're never quite the best/ Obstacles seem impossible, The mission at hands the unconquerable/ At the end of the day, here's my response to you/ Put ya blinders on, Get ya grinding on/ Like the old saying 'mind ya own'/ Roll ya sleeves up & pick both knees up/ But when times get tough man, u bet' not freeze up/ That's a note to self/ Do whatever it takes to hold the belt/ Its a heavyweight bout, with only one way out/ That's on my feet, I don't see any other options/ Losings an illusion/ Reduce the noise pollution/ Watch the chatterbox, who moves like that of a fox/ Do it for the love.. it don't matter bout the props/ Making a living doin what u love.. my gosh what a paradox....
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The Voice 04:40
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Trayvon? 01:26
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Sage 03:10
V.1 Todays a special day, i can feel it in my bones/ i saged my apartment got them demons out my home/ im cleaning off my zone/ kasz sent the text, Like whats the meaning of the song?/ Follow the sample & bring my rhyme scheme along/ Then i turned off my phone/ Delve deep within/ When waters get murky somehow u gotta keep a grin/ Close ya eyes & let the Most High creep on in/ hahaahaa Universal law/ the language works for all/ when we galvanize the troops sumtimes were first to fall/ I'll scrape my knee faithfully/ Take a beating for my team/ Thats what leaders gotta do or nobody follows u/ Summa u are cynical cuz they aint got a clue/ How to walk thru desert stoorm without a spot on u/ uh huh.. But u can borrow my belief/ Thru these instrumentals i'll find tomoros peace... yaa Hook. Deeep in my sooul.. Come with me, Be my one & only company/ Time travel , where the spirits run free.. V. 2 got a bowl of Captain Crunch/ put the milk back in the fridge/ Studied my goals before i attack my biz/ (My days started,) So i cant be outsmarted/ by the distractions & (minor infractions/) The PROcrastination ma no (time for relaxin/) I study the miniscule, No doubt, i know its small/ Detail-oriented thats just my protocol/ work hard, play harder like there is no tomorrow/ u gotta shake, the hate from up under ya/ So im planning to skate to (British Columbia/) Friendly skies didnt even have to bundle up/ We took sum losses but never did we crumble up/ Everyone of us, was on that bus in 55/ fightin for our (rights) now we writing (life/) If its freedom ya seeking, T-Man is speaking candidly/ And even if we never met , yall still family/ Hook. Deeep in my sooul.. Come with me, Be my one & only company/ Time travel , where the spirits run free.. V.3 Now im on these streets, Rogers to Wicker Park/ Not ready for the city of wind, get ripped apart/ Hipsters spark erb scent while Herb Kent (whispers in the dark)/ Another dude broke my sistas heart/ So i take her on the town, Brown Lounge buying rounds/ Bopped to Peter Tosh til the scene was dying down/ Flyin out of town, got lost in, Austin/ Bbq was slammin, ambiance was awesome/ my partna in crime, just touched down at Slauson..
9.
I shoulda listened to my lady, when she told me I was off base/ my judgement was cloudy, had too many folks around me/ Who wouldnt throw a life jacket if I was drowning/ just there for the ride, prolly wouldnt care if I died.. welp there goes my pride, I guess its on my sleeve/ so I wrote this my peoples with stories u wont believe/ Unbeknownst to me, we were coming to a screeching halt/ The problems grew complex much deeper than we even thought/ People fought for me i'm at a loss on how to pay em back/ They taught being spiteful, was no way to act/ Fam saw whats happenin, they werent sayin jack Amazing that/ the ones who supposedly have ya back, Unknowingly be the same ones who leavin u layin flat/ & im supposed to pretend like im ok with that?/ Just bc theres no beef dont mean ur my favorite cat/ man lemme chill b4 i snap & have to take it back .. cuz ... Verse 2 February 28, can U relate?/ A dark van drivin slow, im like 'great'/ Im walkin south on ridge/ Saw these kids headin north, The eastside of the street/ Face masked, hidin the heat/ By his waste line.. his partner didn't waste time/ Jumped from the back seat So I ran like an athete/ Its snowing heavy like confetti/ The getaway driver steady revving the engine up like Mario Andretti.. I only had $2, the robbery was petty/ Was jetty til my right foot, slipped, not a bright look/ Its dark & hell is hot/ They took my cell and my watch.. then gave it back to me, my heart was pounding rapidly/ They said were hungry, & wasn't gonna harm me/ The fact that they were so calm, was quite alarming/ They took the wallet but didn't want my life/ Beginners luck, I struck 7 on the dice.... first roll but..

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released September 5, 2013

Rottn n' Rich Records 2013
All songs mixed at Red Cup Studio except #1, 2, 5 & 6
Cover art created by BSiDES DESiGNS & Omar Weatherspoon
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