1. |
RS2
03:57
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I feel like I’m working all the time now
All I’ve got is moves on the mind now
I am high key, working so much I was scared I’d die alone
But I got blessed with a rider she’s a boss. I am zoned
I am prone
To rock for 50 and then play for likea thousand
Shout out Mega Ran. Had to get my travel miles in
Used to be harder for us to be here, now it’s wild, kid
We the ones they’re watching took that mantle up like Miles did
Look where our Morales
They been said we had the talent
But we had to fight climb and grind
Til it was us holding the chalice
Got a long way to go
didn’t come here to be average
People tried to slow me down
But I don’t operate from malice
Listen I been in the studio
With some people you would know
They be on the radio
On the screen with movie roles
I don’t kiss and tell
I’m just saying that I’m moving, though
Thankful for the mentors kicking game
Look they groomed a pro
I’m working all the time now
Yeah yeah
All I’ve got is moves on the mind now
I said
I feel like I’m working all the time now
All I’ve got is moves on the mind now
I am high key, working so much I was scared I’d die alone
But I got blessed with a rider she’s a boss. I am zoned
I am prone
To be watching greats spread and grow waves
Feel like Brady throwing signals watching Bledsoe play
Everything has changed
Way more people know my name
I can finally pay my bills off my hustle and my play
But Look I am still afraid
Don’t know how I’m getting paid
Half the time I start the day
Look at this mess I have made
Plus I stress my lady out
Moods swinging like a pendulum
*Insert rapist here*
Y’all. Still. Out Here. Defending him
I just had to say
As a monster in the game
On my demagorgon wave
Bet you’ve seen stranger things
Thought my ambition was cute
Until you see me eating rappers up
It’s room service 2
I’ll slow it down, you’ve probably had enough
I feel like I’m working all the time now
All I’ve got is moves on the mind now
I feel like I’m working all the time now
All I’ve got is moves on the mind now
I am high key, working so much I was scared I’d die alone
But I got blessed with a rider she’s a boss. I am zoned
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You know that I can keep you satisfied
Bae, you sleep?
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
Desh
Aye
I won’t call it a letdown
Way you rubbed my shoulder had me expecting a get down
Out the shower with your affection and a caress now
I understand you’re tired and traveling’s been a lot
I can cuddle you until you’re annoyed because it’s too hot
Guess this isn’t an evening I’ll be hitting your spots
But give me a little more sugar and I’ma vacate the room
That’s the backup plan after I say to you
Can we get cozy?
Been a long day
But I got you so it’s okay
And baby girl you know me
We’ve got a lil time to unwind
You know I can keep you satisfied
Bae, you sleep?
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
Ohm-I
Laying in the bed, I was contemplating conversation
Thinking 'bout what was coming next, you had my mind go racing
I don't think you really know how long that I've been waiting
My mind's frustrated by the length of time I know that I've been patient
So please just go to sleep cause I'mma tryna rock on my Playstation
But I ain't leaving you until I see that head drop
Go and count and some sheep you want me to console you with ya hand held
But I might switch the game up and go and hop on my Xbox
I know you're mad when I turn on the PS4 and the 5
And that is why I wait till you're asleep so I can handle my
Stress relief. It's more than playing with myself cause my hands and I
Fantasize playing around with random guys but you know I can keep you satisfied
Bae, you sleep?
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
CMF
The second that I catch you dozing, I’mma whisper off, like that ‘ole riff (Careless Whispers)
Already handled business no stressin’, so softly grab the knob that I’m caressin’
Enter the room of a collection, of other sticks that bring you joy I hope you get it
Lay it down, throw the covers on, dexterity means that I know where to put the touches on
Getting it in that’s without a doubt, always turn you on unless the power’s out
You know I can keep you satisfied
Bae, you sleep?
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
Oh Oh
Playstation go “beep”
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3. |
Useless
03:46
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I feel useless
I don’t know how to do this
It’s seeming like my baby doesn’t want me anymore
Staring into space
Everything’s a waste
Every time I push ahead, my efforts are ignored
Feelings of power don’t exist these days
Plays are suspect and we don’t get replays
No flags to toss. Now just history says
That the pass was incomplete. Each case
Of defeat
Leaves me flatlined on the sideline though
Time does not exist so I don’t have time, yo
Every day stretches out like Simone Biles into the next
Swear I’ve checked my Facebook like 1000 times. I feel obsessed
IG stories
And hours of Tik Tok videos
Content I consume
But I’m supposed to be creating those
Swear I’ll be productive, then I start and think nerves just froze
Bae is on the couch. I’m in the basement. Feel absurd alone
Deep in emotions reality doesn’t validate
Powerless from decisions
folks above my position make
All of them are trash
And it’s got me in a morbid place
Staring at my screens wishing I could escape
Right now I feel useless
I don’t know how to do this
It’s seeming like my baby doesn’t want me anymore
Staring into space
Everything’s a waste
Every time I push ahead, my efforts are ignored
So I feel useless
I feel so useless
I feel so useless
I just don’t know what to do
Moping at home
Can’t put down my phone
I’m stuck. Feels like I just can’t move
People swear it could be worse
Like thanks I should be giving, man
Right now feels just like a curse
Head’s spinning like a ceiling fan
Plus this was my year for sure
I promise I could feel it, and
What I did was being heard
No one consuming tryptophan
Felt like lots of people had stopped sleeping on me
Now I’m depressed and my response is sleeping, homie
Or digest too much Whiteclaw tequilas homie
Up til 6 AM addressing Hunters that I be controlling
PS4 became my confidant
Til moment I dropped
Trying to not get booted from my job
And not live like slob
Felt like I was on the brink
And circumstances got me robbed
Imagine grinding for so long just for something microscop
Ic to come knock off your top
Now I’m way back tracked
like I just got stiff armed plus a facemask grab
And then everybody saw it but the stripes
So my target hits the end zone
While all of my fans gripe
So I feel useless
I don’t know how to do this
It’s seeming like my baby doesn’t want me anymore
Staring into space
Everything’s a waste
Every time I push ahead, my efforts are ignored
So I feel useless
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4. |
But Hope
04:30
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Gotta look at life from a different lens
When your world is shifted from provision to revenge
Family always said that I was different. In the end
I just carry legacy my anger, shift it to defense
Never believed that things could go this way
But listen no dismay or tragedy
Can keep me from the endgame I’m tracking, see
Determination and persistence keep me on the path to reach
A place of healing. I pursue cause I have the audacity
To hope. And believe in something better than this
I had to resist
The urge to fall and settle for piss
I’ll never forget
The way it felt to learn I’d lost everything
Everything
Except one person I love. Now together we
Push forward despite all the trauma and the scars
Crazy how a past wound can become how you are marked
Recognition of position
As you’re playing your part
To change the world around you
It’s just start
But
That’s how it goes
When you’ve got nothing to lose but hope
Feels like your sprinting along a tight rope
Cause you’ve got nothing to lose but hope
Cause you’ve got nothing to lose
Only option’s to improve and to succeed
That’s why I gotta move with super speed
Little time to waste
I see my people now I must deduce their needs
And take action cause sometimes you might be too subdued to speak
What I do could be perceived
As a super human feat
Single punch could make you think you took a Rueger to the spleen
I have just become the water as if Bruce Lee tutored me
Have to channel have to use it I consume it and I breathe
Maybe you’re pursuing peace
But these are trying times
Slipping up is like an ingestion of cyanide
So I am constantly training. No time for useless diatribe
Longing for the day when I’m happy and am flying high
But now is not the time
We putting in work
Rising up every time my face is pushed in the dirt
You see me smile every time it looks like I’m hurt
That’s the process and I’m good with the perks
Cause
That’s how it goes
When you’ve got nothing to lose but hope
Feels like your sprinting along a tight rope
Cause you’ve got nothing to lose but hope
Cause you’ve got nothing to lose
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Long day, long night
Tell myself it’s okay, it’s alright
Hoping that I can make today right
But I started in the worst way
Cuz there’s whiskey in my coffee
I look forward to better days
It's been so hard to get up, k?
So I guess I'll let that sad trombone play
Long day, long night
Tell myself it’s okay, it’s alright
Hoping that I can make today right
But I started in the worst way
Cuz there’s whiskey in my coffee
Y'all know how times been hard
Thankful that we've made it this far
Aye Trevor, hit with some more bone bars
Long day, long night
Tell myself it’s okay, it’s alright
Hoping that I can make today right
But I started in the worst way
Cuz there’s whiskey in my coffee
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7. |
Destiny Becomes Me
04:00
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8. |
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There’s so much I wish I could take back
High risk high reward. Shouldn’t have embraced that
I hate that I ever listened
To myself
I’ve been on a bender
Bae had some words
I replied absurd
Things I don’t remember
Was hoping July
Would see this pass by
It could be December
Now I feel dismantled
How can I handle
What we’ve been rendered
What does my future even mean
Right now
This stress load has me doing crazy things
I bow
Out. So close. Bookings 10k in a week
Wiped out
Feeling deflated
Heavy depression
Goes unabated
This was obsession
Now insulated
I’m going crazy
Can’t satiate it
I wasn’t resting
I had to make it
But what does making it mean
Now that my living’s been stripped away
That question’s obscene
I can’t forgive
Myself for obeying
My tendencies
Could’ve been safer
But my behavior
Has me reeling
Could’ve been safer
But my behavior
Has me reeling
There’s so much I wish I could take back
High risk high reward. Shouldn’t have embraced that
I hate that I ever listened
To myself
Trombone solo/riffing
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9. |
Forgot About Me
03:42
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When I was only a sprite
They called me the future
I knew they weren’t used to
Seeing that much promise so young, they were right
They knew when the time came the kid, he would fight
Everything anyone threw at me
Did not inhibit
But did give me life
Occasionally I might complain or might cry
But look at the way in the moments my stride
Would be hit. Out the park like a Mike Trout swing
Anyone who’s going after clout might think
That all I ever cared about was the glory and the fame
That I only ever lived for the bouts life brings
But my passion’s always been academic
Creative
The violence I hate it
But know that I’ll get it
And wreck any peon who dares to try stepping
To anyone I love. I train to protect them
Protect
Mama always tried to keep me in the books
She’s effective but I needed to double up on the looks
All the homies had to praise my versatility
I could hit a Masenko ha right after she was drilling me
On multiplication tables
Division and Aesop fables
You know I can save the planet
At least can I make a wager
You know dad is on the way and
You can’t even take out take out a kid
That’s how I’d be talking now look what I did
They expected me to be up next. I could quote em
Had me acing tests but still decking these soldiers
strongest nerd in the world it’s definitive
Swear I went Super Saiyan while thinking bout derivatives
When I went 2 I hated the way planet was giving in
Afterwards studied logarithm returns and dividends
You and I are not synonyms
I'm earning victory bumps
While repping for durag history month
We all go through phases
That’s why I’m living my best life
You be twisting that
I might take an L but I’m bouncing back
Put respect on my name yeah
Don’t you think that I ain’t got it now
But I figured out
You forgot about me
You don’t remember
You don’t remember
You forgot about me
You don’t remember
You don’t remember
Aye
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about
Word to Videl
Get you one that can do both
I’m talking bout me
Still got the drip though I lost my gi
Looking like I roll with the Sopranos
You might get clipped, better go out on a high note
Got a lot of power in my fist, call me Thanos
Might’ve gotten scrawny flipping books like bricks
But you know my favorite wind instrument
Gonna get me back on fire
Like Lavos
You been doubting the potential
Housed inside my mental
That despite my fact my father’s mentioned
How my ceiling’s non existent
Like my pop in law’s credentials
Once I stopped pretending
My career would ever top my wish to
Train to let my inner power lift me
To the heights they always thought I’d get to
I become unstoppable. The issue's
Never 'bout ability
Ability
Those who came before me conformed to the idea
That only one discipline could be their proclivity
Proclivity
I can land degrees and be downing mountains and trees
As part of my training. Why would you try to limit me
Limit me
I could win a Nobel
Or hit god mode fury
I could pull a Videl
Or a Cocoa Amaguri
Rescue heroes from hell
Or present a case to jury
My people do well
Doesn’t matter what we do we
Are not monolithic
When I try I climb to the top
Cuz I’m gifted
Growth in power’s not gonna stop
I’m prolific
Need help? I’m the guy for the job
Don’t forget it
You remember when the “microorganism” came
Stood and waited for someone to run his fade
And I ran that
We were down and out but overcame
Like the Camback
Those are just the damn facts
Look
We all go through phases
That’s why I’m living my best life
You be twisting that
I might take an L but I’m bouncing back
Put respect on my name yeah
Don’t you think that I ain’t got it now
But I figured out
You forgot about me
You don’t remember
You don’t remember
You forgot about me
You don’t remember
You don’t remember
Aye
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about me
Who did
You did
You forgot about
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Gonna enjoy a little blue sky
Feel the grass between my toes
I’ve been sad, now I feel bold
Why, you ask? Well I don’t know
But these days the world stands still
I’ve been sad, now I feel bold
Why, you ask? Well I don’t know
Porch shows and outside festivities
Just sold one out, glad to perform and get some green
Artists and trade show markets looking shoddy
Income vanished like Michael’s body
I’m out here like Laurie checking the window
running to find the shottie
Dr. Lumis or Dr. Fauci. What’s the difference
Ugh
Knowledge exuded. When they spout it no one listens
Ugh
I’ve been secluded. Wanna be out enjoy my city
Ugh
It’s so rude that you assume that all your doubts are fitting
Ugh
Dogs on leashes for a walk and some air
Smile when I feel the breeze but my thoughts are despair
Check the book and see people swearing it’s lies and then deception
I roll my eyes. Y’all just don’t get the scientific method
But nevermind. Now I’m outside. I feel electric
Munching on grass like Les Miles in his prime
I gave me life to the grind
But now it's time
To go
Enjoy a little blue sky
Feel the grass between my toes
I’ve been sad, now I feel bold
Why, you ask? Well I don’t know
But these days the world stands still
I’ve been sad, now I feel bold
Why, you ask? Well I don’t know
But the world stands still
Day 346
Journal entry for Colonel Miserable
It got worse
A lot worse
Abysmal
Everything is Zoom and gloom
Outlook is dismal
Reality is
Virtual and remote
Open all my windows
Still dont feel no wind blow
Slackin but I’m
Picking up the slack in all the slack calls
Itchin to move
Scratching at the glass like cat claw
Back lawn
Grass inside my backroll
Outside with indo
L to the head
Still win though
They say this too shall pass
I’m like when tho?
Workin on my kenpo
Stackin up my Venmo
Same old same old
Chasin gold and rainbows
Floating lightheaded
But it ain no, halo
I ain stressin with depression weapons
Fresh air and AirPods
Pullin up my SoundCloud
To hear god
He tell me fear not
We on track just veered off
Enjoy a little blue sky
Feel the grass between my toes
I’ve been sad, now I feel bold
Why, you ask? Well I don’t know
But these days the world stands still
I’ve been sad, now I feel bold
Why, you ask? Well I don’t know
But the world stands still
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11. |
Cry For Me 2
03:18
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You were there when I decided
What will I do when I can’t find you
To grow together. Can we try to
Once more
And who’s gonna cry for me
Who’s gonna cry for me
Who’s gonna cry for me
When I can’t cry for myself
Who’s gonna cry for me
When I’m bad at crying for myself
You think that my future’s looking bright. Said you can tell
Won’t you go with me
Hard journey, but you said that you know it. See
I been chasing this thing for long long minute
Keep coming back to you with my arms all dented
You’re so brilliant baby and your charm’s authentic
Wanna stay right here but you discern harm in it
I know you’ve got a craft that you
Working
Say you’re
Certain
I’ve been
Hurting
Mind is turning
Watch you
Burning
Up the road as you run away
Deep down I know it too. I don’t need to stay
Here with you
We both have things that we need to do
I just hate that I might be losing you
And you want to be lost to me
Girl, why’re you choosing, too?
You were there when I decided
What will I do when I can’t find you
To grow together. Can we try to
Once more
And who’s gonna cry for me
Who’s gonna cry for me
Who’s gonna cry for me
When I can’t cry for myself
Who’s gonna cry for me
When I’m bad at crying for myself
You think that my future’s looking bright. Said you can tell
You don’t want it though
We could build together but I’ve gotta go
How many people do I have to leave behind
to go and get what’s mine yeah
That’s not to say the problem isn’t mine, yeah
Been obsessive I don’t spend enough time with
Those who love me. And you swear our love is dying
Won’t you
Drop it
Baby
I been
Taking
All this
Patient
Time to
Make this
Partnership more than just words
Now we here and you don’t wanna work
Is it that hard to deal with me
Walked through so much pain
Thought we had a chance for an equivalent exchange
Guess we can’t go after us and our bond remain same
Baby You decided
What will I do when I can’t find you
To grow together. Can’t we try to
Once more
And who’s gonna cry for me
Who’s gonna cry for me
Who’s gonna cry for me
When I can’t cry for myself
Who’s gonna cry for me
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12. |
Never Give Up
03:19
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My road to success isn’t paved yet
No map for this walk I create that
Borderline obsessive I been training for days
No option. They don’t make a graveyard for strays
Don’t gawk at me cause I work with less
That’s what happens when you come up from the dirt, contest
Ing every social norm that says you don’t belong with the elite
But what you’ve overcome is beyond any feat
That they earned with their childhood trophies
Aye
Typecast me. Listen you don’t know me
Aye
Came gearless
But I’m not fearless
I embrace the uncertainty that I’m approaching
Aye
You get stuck if you take no risk like
Aye
Pathways open up for you in this life
Aye
Shouldn’t be true but reality is vicious
Glass ceiling on my hit list
I see the way
You look at me
Like my brain
Contains
Some vacancies
Look I’m not crazy
I just won’t take these
“No”s you parade
In my face
With glee
I will never give up
I will never give up
No I don’t know
Where this could go
And the going gets tough
But I’ll never give up
I’ll never give up
Struggling gets old
But I keep on my toes
And stay lifted up
I’ll never give up
First they tried to say that I don’t belong here
Aye
Looking shocked cause I came out of “nowhere”
Aye
Came up broke so I started out with no gear
Aye
See me move, you will notice I have no peer
Aye
Too many of y’all doing the most
You’ve been propped up for people to consume while you boast
And you grasp for your clout. But I’m sweating in the trenches
Trenches
Let me show you something, pay attention
When you’ve got heart and you’re consistent
Aye
Put some brilliant people round you and you listen
Aye
No one’s ever gonna keep you off your game
Cause you maintain
Grit with a foundation of persistence
Aye
Look at the ground where the blood and sweat’s mixing
Aye
I remember when I would throw my lots
Aye
Scrape for pennies when my soul was the cost
Now I’m in the zone and own all my shots
And I
I see the way
You look at me
Is like my brain
Contains
Some vacancies
Look I’m not crazy
I just won’t take these
“No”s you parade
In my face
With glee
No I will never give up
I will never give up
No I don’t know
Where this could go
And the going gets tough
But I’ll never give up
I’ll never give up
Struggling gets old
But I keep on my toes
And stay lifted up
I’ll never give up
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13. |
Mirror Talk
03:20
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I put everything on the line
But tried to stay safe in the process
Made no sense
Resulted in losses
No sleep I’ve been tossing
Trying but all of this cost me
hope was too gone
Anxiety can Spike like I gambled away my Wulongs
And I did in my darker days
Nightmares from the moment they towed My car away
Wondering if I had the Guts to persevere
Or have Casca moment when mind and heart would break
I've been so afraid
Despite a life where I'm walking into the goals I've made
And I'm celebrated
Whenever making
A tone or take
This is what I wanted! Momentum from microphone and stage
Growing despite global crisis that kept all hope at bay
How do I cherish level ups
When now I'm alone, awake
Weeping as I think of the homies still as stone in graves
She just ripped my heart from my chest. I feel like Itadori
Dead on the inside, but you know it shouldn't end my story
All curses fade before me
I get EXP from adversity!
Level up cuz it's still working out for me!
Infuriated cuz I didn't start sooner. Feel Vicious
Channel my inner Sukuna, rage Dragon me with it
Desperate to get through
But too much power pulled from desperation can wreck you
Motives get disrespectful
I remain Deku
Became special
Then recognized it
Look at my fear, how I fought to the forefront despite it
So why would
I let the setbacks and the pain define me
And leave the passion with the flames that remain behind me?
Who told me to give up
Who told me it's all over just because this year sucked
Who convinced me no one will ever love me for me
That committing to me would be too much to handle. It's a future no ones willing to see
Who made me think the art within my heart was a burden
I'm growing stronger, of course I'll be hurting
But when doubt tries to grapple like Baki
I've got the moxy to curve it
The good and the bad, all of its worth it
When I win I deserve it
I get EXP from adversity!
Level up cuz it's still working out for me!
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Kadesh Flow Kansas City, Missouri
"A propulsive emcee, a bold songwriter, a skilled trombonist, an auspicious producer and an enterprising artist" - 90.9 The
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Rapper with an MBA, a trombone Super Saiyan, and a Billboard Charting recording/ performing artist.
Tromboned on tracks with hip hop stars like Jidenna and underground stalwarts like Strange Music's Ubiquitous and JL.
Opened for Janelle Monae, Tech N9ne, Rakim, etc.
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