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Room Service
03:56
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Gamer concerts out at the harbor
Hair is nappy. I need a barber
hotel room, I'm recording between the parties
Shubz and Bill are prepping for the stage that we're gonna slaughter
I could use some
Room service
Before the year flipped I had renewed purpose
Focus levels between the shows has risen
Cause winter's here and I'm feeling like Bran with the vision
I see it, then it comes to pass
There are things that haven't manifested but within my path
Tap the keg and grab a pint glass before these flows I draft
I was so afraid to quit the job now there's no going back
Used to get
Room service
Didn't worry bout the cost
But now I'm too nervous
Income dropped drastically
I'm rebuilding I'm rebuilding
I thought they would laugh at me
Like Muttley with Dick Dastardly
This world is too crazy for me to just not go after things
My Dad always taught me to remember that we're black and kings
But he also tried to keep me thinking of security
Risk aversion, but now all systems are in emergency
Economy in surgery
After surgery, with only quick fixes. And murmurings
Of State sanctioned murder scenes
Have me on guard and worrying
Cons become escape when I used to view them as furthering
The path I saw for myself to go perform all my nerdy dreams
I could use a drink
Room service
All the parties here make that a moot purpose
Guess I'll hit the homie's room first and
Ease up these emotions
Sound check's at 2:30
Vibe switch
Still honored that folks who write these reviews feeling me
verses I hear are exercises in futility
I pray that this is never what you hear with me
It's easy to be complacent I just refuse willingly
So I'm in this
Room, serving
Up some heat. Hope you think it's super lit
Used to pander off request and that was cool, surely
But this is new version
I don't have the time try to be some cute, perfect
Image you work with
We're bringing that sound that they've tried to exclude. Purge it
Their efforts prove worthless
I'll stop when I'm bones
This vision is my Philosopher's Stone
Turn me on and see what kind of vibe the sounds concoct in your home
They were at War with my craft
Now I'm Dousing their groans
Cause back then they decried me
Now the same folks who used to diss high five me
I remember
That is why you're going get this
Room service
Doing this without a booth. You're in
For some spontaneity. Vibe is too perfect
3 am and I just got some nuggets
I just took that leap so now I'm ballin on a budget
Terrified but you should know my constitution's rugged
I never expected this to happen
Like my rapping was a magic trick
I just weave these bars of steel call
Me Elric the Alchemist
This grind's the derivative like calculus
Of years being a gamer who was passionate
Then I had epiphanies
This and me are linked like the edges of a zipper be
Wild hunt it like I'm after Ciri in the Witcher 3
I should probably get some sleep
Room service
Find some food that's cheap and snooze, hurry
Ima need that Prince Al Ghoul early
It's either five espressos or that secret pool I'm thirsty
We ain't worried bout the looks. Room's dirty
Cause we Started 18 by making moves. Working
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Glassy Eyes feat. Eye-Q
04:41
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God
Let me take the time to honor you
and glorify you, thanks for what you're gonna do
and all the things you've done already
I'm irresponsible
the weight of my decisions Heavy
sometimes I long for you
and all I'm needing is your presence
my Dad reminds a dude
to be sure that I don't forget you
So I'll take action here
he knows the parties getting wilder and the atmospheres
I'm in to do business get pretty crazy. Im a rapper. Dear
God thank you for ambition rocking my dome
passions got me seeking seemingly impossible goals
So now I'm reading defenses trying to take a shot for 6
Play action, rolling right, drop and cannon fire, hope you caught the pitch
Listen
I just quit my job and I'm afraid
Cause I believe I've hit my calling but I'm not sure how it pays
That's lie.
I know there's a process I create
Now that I'm in the drivers seat, but I have lots stressing my brain
Feels insane
These folks be making hits, I'm one degree of separation
Cause these Homies play my gigs and play their strings for record labels
I'm evoking faith and grit to crush each goal and step I'm taking
I revoke my waiting, pissed from hunger, beat my chest. I'll take it
Had a couple songs go a little viral
But how does that benefit my survival
That dilemma wrecked my mind and had me conflicted
Bummed, sitting
In the office thinking I should run. Wishing
I was brave enough to make a living with my tongue, kidding
Myself (triplets) into believing that safety was better than following convictions
Some vision (yeah)
Dream is not an accurate depiction
Finger jabbing at the mirror
Laughing, asked my fear to
Take a couple seats
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When I was 26 my company's CEO
told me I shouldn't focus on improving the things I know
Are weaknesses
He just said
To maximize my strengths instead
Took those words to heart and one year later I heeded them
left to do just what he told me
7 months later I've got half an ounce of boldness
Improving slowly
As I address these bad habits
Kill them like Lavitz
When they attack me with passion
I'm Hooded man with reactions
I'm only trying to jab back and
Throw a right hook for the market
I was feigning my safety when I set foot in the office
Phone calls and gray carpets
Rolling chairs and 5 coffees
Hoped the data I charted
Would help me hit all my targets
I loved that job and I dug how it paid
But between the office and all the show time I played
I spent well over a year working 20 hour days
Totally worth it but i started making dumb mistakes
I ain't got time to be going broke to chase a dream
I'd rather stay awake and be living what I see
thinking about my right to vote
And the stakes with this regime
Cause lately on my feed
People taken with the tweets
Makes me hit the congress site to scope
They day's new bills and deeds
Seems like it's always something that they're sneaking through
We never notice. We think tweets and memes are evening news
Can't pay attention cause we're way too busy feeding feuds
Keyboard generation we really need a clue
Airing all your business and your issues so that we can view
Lighting up on line so that the peeps can get a Pikachu
Catch all the drama algorithms let them feed to you
Ashes to ashes now the day has passed ya
Any chance of productivity rendered disastrous
Said this was your year but now you're looking for a backup
Clickbait on your feed producing laughter
Guess that's what matters
I just want to be
Better on this day than I was on the last
Consistent. Don't want to touch the sky just to crash
I was wasting too much time it left my heart in chains
If I'm to grow of course it's up to me to start the change
You can't threaten a bite when your bark is tame
So many people I know who could be sparking flames
It seems my peers are more dedicated to calling names
These rap communities are all the same
Quote unquote real emcees who wear their hearts on their sleeves
but not really sleeves
cause thoughts all get imparted with keys
Talk to OGs
and ask them what the difference is
Between you and success
When drive and keyboard passion are not equivalent
spats over nothing get in feuds and threaten violence
Folks who making moves simply view the threads in silence
Told y'all 5 years ago to take less salt
your blood pressure' might drop if the keyboard halts
put that time into your grind and you might see some results
instead of lurking awkwardly in pics with peeps you exalt
Beef and you talk
But I look and don't see any walk
Grind some more and maybe give turn ups on weekends a halt
Talking hard like nothing can mess with you
toxic masculinity
Got you threatening
imaginary enemies
When you're more sensitive
than a recently kicked pair testicles
Instead of letting pride get the best of you
Why don't you set your eyes on what's next for you
Give your best so I can give my best with you
succeed so I can celebrate your success with you
I understand it seems impossible and stresses you
every leap I take freaks me out and has me fretting too
understand that these are things everyone doesn't get to do
there is so much work that I must yet pursue
I am just...whomever I believe I am
it sounds cliche until you say it
'til you internalize it and then affect behavior
suddenly everything you touch you're expecting greatness
Now when I think to make excuses I reject my fakeness
I grew up playing pool. I'll call my shots before I take them
In '14, said I'd live a life of constant elevation
Told everyone close to me I would stop for no occasion
My generation
Takes in lots of motivation
"Rise and grind", "It's my time", hot and potent sayings
I'm guilty of being stagnant while I would post the same things
But I refuse to believe that I'm not supposed to make it
Too many people who inspired me lost the spark
Got ahead of themselves til they were taking shots in the dark
Failed resolutions just ripped them apart
I took note. I was awe struck and wished for their art
They were full speed ahead, took a few hits and they parked
Engine fully functional, just a few dents in the car
You never expect them to do this when they start
Progress at a goal til that first failure strips them of heart
Gym is packed in January, but who's lifting in March
Look I'm sick of hearing your resolutions
Won't you get to moving
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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
Bridge
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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