1. |
Who Got The Blues
04:10
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You better take it in stride
Cause there's a whole lotta snakes looking to break in your pride
And I wouldn't wanna be one of em who catches the side
Of one of those ready to die for the sake of their high
I'm sayin, this ain't even rap no more this is good times
Jimmy Walker's out on the street throwing hood signs
People need to relax and stop the hating, but fuck it
Hating's fun and I'm bad at harlem shaking
I mean, I dance a little bit and I can keep up a step
But I ain't banking on my moves or getting by on my rep
Shit, yo this is harder than I thought it be
I'm 20 years deep in this game and no one's calling me
Who got the blues? Who ain't fitting their shoes?
Who ain't paying dues? Who addicted to booze?
Who outta luck? Who out there feeling stuck?
Only out for a buck and ain't giving a fuck
Who got the blues? Who ain't fitting their shoes?
Who ain't paying dues? Who addicted to booze?
Who outta luck? Who out there feeling stuck?
Only out for a buck and ain't giving a fuck
You think it's a joke, I'm here to provoke hope
Instigate hate learning love through rote
I gotta go to school on cats that don't know
They either don't care or it just don't show
I'm on some slow your roll if you step up
Cause your dome might get swole if you ain't got respect cuz
Simple and plain I'm sunshine and rain
Everything is everything I gain through pain
And I ain't trying to stay the same
I want a range and a chain
I want my girl proud of her man who be doing his thing
And if I can't make it bang I got no one to blame
But myself so I'm hustling for wealth and a name
Who got the blues? Who ain't fitting their shoes?
Who ain't paying dues? Who addicted to booze?
Who outta luck? Who out there feeling stuck?
Only out for a buck and ain't giving a fuck
Who got the blues? Who ain't fitting their shoes?
Who ain't paying dues? Who addicted to booze?
Who outta luck? Who out there feeling stuck?
Only out for a buck and ain't giving a fuck
I bake the format so emcees will fall back
I'm all that, rings of fire in all black
I'm out for cash and won't stop til I get it
Cause living check to check come on I'm not with it
I want security like presidents, yeah
80 acres and a gate in front of my residence
I want respect like World War 2 veterans
If rap goes to court I wanna be evidence
My eloquence represents my intelligence
I'm living off these elements riding on backs of elephants
I'm in the zoo, Brooklyns always on top
Influential to the masses we just can't stop
This ain't a game it's the same thing as working the chain gang
We spittin out hymns but we never see our change gain
It's bout the dollars, we don't care who hollers
People rape for pape including politicians and scholars
Who got the blues? Who ain't fitting their shoes?
Who ain't paying dues? Who addicted to booze?
Who outta luck? Who out there feeling stuck?
Only out for a buck and ain't giving a fuck
Who got the blues? Who ain't fitting their shoes?
Who ain't paying dues? Who addicted to booze?
Who outta luck? Who out there feeling stuck?
Only out for a buck and ain't giving a fuck
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2. |
World of Darkness
03:31
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You don't need defenses if your world ain't got no fences
And you're free to be your truth but still you choose to be offensive
I'm just trying to find that balance between the atmosphere and trenches
In a world that's never fair you better care bout your intentions
See I make my own luck, I don't give a grown fuck
I still do this for the heart, I don't care bout no buck
Shit, I'm 20 years deep my peoples think I'm so stuck
Been arrested in this world yet it's what made me grow up, yup
I'm bout my faith and making people feel loved
Or maybe that's just me projecting and I just need a hug
I swear to god I'm on the path that I'm supposed to be cuz
I can feel it in my heart, I'm my art, in my blood
There's a fire in my soul and it's saying tell everybody
That it's gonna be alright if you look in and see what's godly
We all here for a reason and it's not to fuck and party
It's to get your soul right before the light leaves your body
Lord knows, I'm living in a world of darkness
Lord knows, I'm living in a world
The more you pay attention the darker the world can seem
And I vacillate between what I'm seeing and what I dream
And I know that lines thin still I'll snort it like a fiend
I just wanna make the things that I do be what I mean
And it's hard to see the difference we been blinded by the cream
What was once an act of heart is now a fight for self esteem
I just want a little truth for that I'd even hail a queen
If her corona was for good and not controlling human beings
But it's clear to get some truth we gotta dig a little deeper
Cause that crown is now a virus and we all hiding from a fever
Me I ran into the fire begging make me a believer, but
All I found were lies that's why I'm now a truth seeker
Truths my money speak that shit or be gone
Cause fuck the new normal I ain't trying to belong
Keep your betters from your worse I know my right from a wrong
I'll turn the darkness into light and alchemize it through song
Lord knows, I'm living in a world of darkness
Lord knows, I'm living in a world
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3. |
Shame
03:16
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Yo, I raise the bar every minute
Then jump over that shit like what bitch I'm wit it
And I'm not joking I'm still hoping I can win it
But deep down know better than to even fucking think it
I ain't quit drinking or smoking
My liver lung and heart been broken
Still I'm on my two like what here come a new cut
Yeah, and you'll be on it like a new drug
Then off it just as quick as some true love, fuck
Cause in this game ain't no shame in getting chewed up
And spit out just to try again and tie another noose up
Why so serious yo Epick you should loosen up
I swear you coulda blown by now if you'd just choose your luck
I want it all but I don't wanna watch it fall
It's a pattern of destruction and I author every call
Every line that I write's begging me to stand up tall
Either paint a better picture or be happy on the wall
What's worse feeling ashamed or regret from it
Where's your hearse quit your pain or place some bets on it
First things first be the change you wanna get from it
And then maybe you could complain about the stress from it
What's worse feeling ashamed or regret from it
Where's your hearse quit your pain or place some bets on it
First things first be the change you wanna get from it
And then maybe you could complain about the stress from it
I killed my love and told my life it wasn't worth shit
And thought I'm just a psychopath in need of idle worship
I grabbed a bunch of pills and a bottle and went to bed
Thinking maybe if I'm dead then my life will become perfect
Sent my ex a text saying sorry I'm so worthless
Love you more than life you and my fam don't deserve this
Please forgive me and I pray you see my purpose
If I go underground then your spirit could resurface
This is for you and I hope that you can accept the gift
And wish that when I had your heart I honored and respected it
Think I hate myself your love had me second guessing it
My heart was dead for years then you came and resurrected it
Showed me I got goodness that I'm more than a depressive dick
You became my moon my raison d'etre most definite
But had to prove you wrong show you I'm my own detriment
I'm buried in my shame and I can't ever forget that shit
What's worse feeling ashamed or regret from it
Where's your hearse quit your pain or place some bets on it
First things first be the change you wanna get from it
And then maybe you could complain about the stress from it
What's worse feeling ashamed or regret from it
Where's your hearse quit your pain or place some bets on it
First things first be the change you wanna get from it
And then maybe you could complain about the stress from it
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4. |
Crazy in Love
03:02
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Crazy in love, no I'll never get enough
Crazy in love, no I'll never get enough, of you
More than just a crush, obsession or a crutch
A whisper from a skinny love telling me to hush
Listen love you hear that sound that melody is us
Said I do I hear it too that song just made me blush
Sing it with me hold my hand love's never enough
Squeezing on your fingertips I'll never miss your touch
As long as you got hands one will be inside my clutch
I don't plan to miss a thing me I'll be around too much
You might, need a break from me I'd understand and such
But I won't need a break I'll just wait up on the bus
Til you're ready for forever and forever til we're dust
I'm not crazy I just love you but some people call me nuts
Crazy in love, no I'll never get enough
Crazy in love, no I'll never get enough, of you
I look into their blank stares and see a little me there
Helpless, hopeless eyes telling me to beware
There but for the grace go I we all need care
Someone to hug tell we love and help us breath air
Someone we can trust show our lust and give our cares to
Someone who will tell you when you're lost that love there's you
Someone who will show you truth and wrap their arms around you
So when you're feeling down and out you're grateful that they found you
Someone you could kiss, someone to tell you miss
Someone to hold you down, someone to give a lift
Someone that gets you hot always giving you fits
Somebody who won't stop, somebody who won't quit
Crazy in love, no I'll never get enough
Crazy in love, no I'll never get enough, of you
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5. |
Get Off
02:24
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Yo she hit me in that fine line
Right between where you dream and where you keep your fine wine
I poured some cups in her guts and made her mind shine
Made her laugh, even ate her ass when it's prime time
I put a lot in it but couldn't put a stop to it
Cause she had other brothers and I was just some old stop and git
And one of these fellas had her locked on a chain
And guess I couldn't be enough to make her hop off that train
But get off
You deserve a lot better lil mama
Even if it ain't from me
You could take all them cuffs off
And put other cuffs on
Write you a love song
You could be free, yeah
But get off
You deserve a lot better lil mama
Even if it ain't from me
You could take all them cuffs off
And put other cuffs on
Write you a love song
You could be free, yeah
Get off
Yeah I shamed her, projected my anger
Turned a sweet cuddle into holding on a stranger
Blame is a game where the one pointing the finger
Is really just the person who be pulling on a trigger
Love is a war, I love you I love you more
I'm more than your mi amor is something we can't afford
I'm just trying to be chill but still offer something more
I'm on a different train if you wanna get aboard
Get off
You deserve a lot better lil mama
Even if it ain't from me
You could take all them cuffs off
And put other cuffs on
Write you a love song
You could be free, yeah
But get off
You deserve a lot better lil mama
Even if it ain't from me
You could take all them cuffs off
And put other cuffs on
Write you a love song
You could be free, yeah
Get off
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6. |
My One and Only
03:20
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Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only, yeah nono
Watch the sky fall, a tear from her eyeball
Could make you lose pace in the race for survival
Call it love call it war call it libel
He say she say, love is like the bible
We all interpret it different, some people die slow
While others get the job done quick flying high low
Up down side to side is how that ride go
Hold on tight or you might let your piece of pie go
And I don't wanna lose, I swear I wanna win this
Made it my business to get this I'd be damned if I'ma quit this
Be a president or crackhead, yeah them scorpio rules
They got me acting a fool walking round half dead
Got bad facts and a sense of entitlement
Backpacks filled with crap and other vitamins
We all just shapes of our environments
So I won't be surprised when these skies come flying in
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only, yeah nana
We don't see things as they really are we see them as how we be
And most people hypnotized and programmed by the TV
So when they look around the town and see people who acting greedy
They compete and try to win and don't see that they being needy
Perspective is a mother be conscious of how you see things
You could love the honey and still be traumatized by bee stings
If everything's an option and everything's always three things
Nothing's ever sacred, are there three stars or three kings?
I see GOD in every movement we make
In every moon and each shape
In every broom and each rake
You could be a fucking witch and summon dooms and mistakes
Or you could rake a little sand and learn to groove and create
I'm a student of boom bap and native tongues on the tape
Speak your love into existence, watch that frequency fate
And be careful what you wish for, hope it's truthful and great
Cause intentions under blood could reap a future you hate
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only
Could've been my savior, my one and only
But it's just as simple as a love if you ain't got it for me
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7. |
Love Food
03:13
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I want that good if what you got is bad then don't even bother
Unless that bad is on some bad meaning good cause that's that bad I can honor
I want that heart attack, start to crack make my arteries a flutter, yeah
I want that love that gets all up in your blood then makes you shake and then stutter
I need your lovin like it's food
I need your lovin like good good good good good good good good food
I want that hot if what you got is cold then that ain't my business
Unless that cold is on some cold like old soul cause thats that cold I bear witness, uh huh
I want those leave you froze freeze your toes make your teeth start to chatter
I want that cold that gets all under your clothes but gets you hot where it matters
I need your lovin like it's food
I need your lovin like good good good good good good good good food
I can't get ya no matter how hard I try, no no
Nothing I do seems to satisfy, no no
I grill you dinner but you want it fried, no no
And then complain about what's on the side
I need your lovin like it's food
I need your lovin like good good good good good good good good food
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9. |
Symbolism (ft. K-Rino)
04:15
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Symbolism’s my graffiti, got an eye out for the needy
Been awake since the American-Morrocan peace treaty
It ain’t hard to tell, we on the teet of Neffertiti
And the history we got ain’t even history believe me
I been on my J O B’s with this, pots and pans and grease with this
Everything ain’t lies but holy Jesus this some evilness
And no one wants to face the truth so most won’t even see this shit
Then point a finger at you for not eating what they feeding us
Please this the disease, they get you by repeating it
Saying it again and again, but this time meaning it
And once more cause why not, it’s everywhere on my block
They say yours ain’t gone work unless I go and get my shot
And now I can’t shop or get a beer at a bar
Unless I prove I’m vaccinated and show a bouncer my card
I swear to God I think I know how the Jews felt back in Germany
It’s the most insecure folk trying to poke you with their certainty
And everybody’s full of shit, the politics of doctoring
Big pharma’s big hands the only thing they honoring
I’m trying to paint a picture so that maybe you could see it clearer
It’s not about your health, it’s bout what you be eating in the mirror
And careful what you snacking on, got good people acting wrong
The hubris of being right mixed with a fascist song
And a hook so catchy got you singing in your head
I can’t wait til the people I disagree with are dead
Hook 1
Put me in a box and try to label me as anti
Am I anti sky because I walk the ground and can’t fly
Try to make some sense of all your thoughts cause I just can’t guy
I’m trying to eat my piece in peace but y’all poisoned the damn pie
Epick 2
You’re putting us at risk by not complying with the narrative
For all of us to be safe cooperation’s imperative
Yet you think that you’re special as if you don’t got a care to give
And you could give a shit about whether your grandparents live
I never met a soul who’s as selfish as you appear to be
Acting like the mask I wear somehow shows that there’s fear in me
I wear it cause I care about the health of those who near to me
While you act like you’re too good and then say it’s all conspiracy
You and all those Trumpers are the reason that we’re where we at
Saying it’s all fake denying science and that there are facts
People catching sicknesses and spreading them is fairly tracked
Yet you say germs a theory and terrain is what is staring back
Don’t even get me started on comparing this to Germany
You’re nothing like the Jews you get to choose in this emergency
And you chose not to vax knowing damn well there’d be consequence
No-one’s segregating you, you chose this route with confidence
We tried to give incentives to show you what we were facing
You then called it coercion and said no to half the nation
So own it and be honest this is not descrimination
You’re not allowed where we are now you chose your destination
Hook 2
Put you in a box and then I’ll color you as that guy
Five year old mindstate where all you doin is ask why
Try to make some sense of all your thoughts cause I just can’t guy
There’s slow and steady truths while you just believe the fast lie
Verse 3 (K-Rino)
The climate has got eerie so what is the plot really?
Clearly once a conspiracy is proven it’s not theory
The people have grown weary of weak inferior images
They used to insult our intelligence now they diminish it
Baiting and switching history to infinitely condition us
And finish us with viscous degenerate initiatives
Disable programming enslave you is all that they do
Then you let em take over the flesh the creator gave you
Create laws to incarcerate your offspring and make yours
Fall on their face like a drunk person riding a skateboard
A cruel agenda smoothly executed by the true offenders
Bend the rules and tell a two year old that they can choose their gender
Hold up, it gets deeper black, how?
Cause we’re the only people that get forced to publicly apologize for speaking facts
Blinded us with clever deceit, cause we were never taught
The history they told us not to ever repeat
Hook 3
Put us in a box and try to label us as theorists
Attached to your body denying the soul and spirits
Try to make some sense of all your thoughts and why you fear us
We think outside the box while you just follow where they steer us
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10. |
Higher
03:00
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Funky as the juice dripping out of her cooch, I'd still slurp it
And I'm a feminist, ain't nobody here perfect
I get as high as the roof but stay surfaced
And grounded in my search for the truth like it's got purpose
Cause, life's a cruel joke and I'm not sure it's worth this
But I tried and suicide's not something to flirt with
So take a five, cause if you're here then you deserve this
And who am I to try and get by on these universes
This is what we make of it, make it great or make it shit
Keep on writing songs, right or wrong someday you'll make a hit
And even if you don't at least you tried instead of faking it
Cause everybody here lives in fear of never making shit
So take a number, get on line and keep your head high
Cause sometimes we confuse blues with trying to get by
And then we get angry, get drunk and get high
When all we had to do was stay focused on how to get live
We could get higher
Yeah we all need, trying to be more free and then we feed our greed
Yo we could get higher
Trying to G O D, but motherfuckers gonna just OD
Yo we could get higher
Trying to find some love, and looking for it in a bottle or a garden above
Yo we could get higher
Trying to be more free, shit I'm just trying to be more me
Check it, I'm not somebody that you heard about
I'm not like herpes, I ain't spreading round by word of mouth
I'm barely trying shit I'm walking with the curtains out
I think I'm in a rap club living in Tyler Durdens house
All I do is get high and make a mess of shit
But deep down know there's something better on the precipice
I want true love, one that's almost effortless
I'm sick of playing Tinder, always looking for a better fish
I know I need to love myself to see those benefits
But that there is hard and my self love's erectionless
Real talk I'm trying to get my self love's dick up
So I'm not just a slave to these emotions and these hiccups
I know this ain't a game, I'm overcoming my shame
Not just pointing fingers looking for someone to blame
I'm looking deeper inside, past my ego and pride
And think that what I'm gonna find is gonna help me break chains
And get higher
Yeah we all need, trying to be more free and then we feed our greed
Yo we could get higher
Trying to G O D, but motherfuckers gonna just OD
Yo we could get higher
Trying to find some love, and looking for it in a bottle or a garden above
Yo we could get higher
Trying to be more free, shit I'm just trying to be more me
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12. |
Wednesdays With Love
03:25
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I took my love upon a roller coast, said I'd hold her close
And I did I squeezed her so tight I broke her nose
Wrote her love songs but couldn't write her hopeful prose
Every poem ending with a look at all these broken bones
Mother goose said she's flying with the hopeless crows
But we loved the feeling of feeling beyond our broken homes
So we made our own, tried to play we grown
But we were just kids trying to live off of making songs
Made a couple tracks drove em passed a riverbed
And drowned in the ocean near the hamptons out past riverhead
She tried to save em but I said let em live instead
We can't be the songs that we sing or we'll be living dead
Made a choice for us but then I couldn't live in debt
I owed her the world but I took her world and slit it's neck
I didn't wanna choke but still I couldn't give us breath
And when I left I just walked us right into our death
Said you'd never let me go then you kept walking
Then you left me all alone like a little orphan thinking
Why can't this just be easy like it's a sunday morning
Maybe you're just wednesdays with love
Mourned for years so I guess it's time to date again
But the internets an ugly place to try and make a friend
Swiping right where every night it's like we play pretend
And try to act like we ain't a mess and in a state of zen
We have our lists of what we want and we won't break or bend
Until we find that perfect little piece that fits and makes us blend
Perfect height perfect smile at least an eight to ten
And won't settle for nothing less than better than a naked gem
Turning stones I found a couple shining bright for me
Took em out for drinks bought em dinners living wild and free
Making love we'd adventure through the island breeze
And spend our afternoons drenched in sun out at Lido beach
Feeling safe again we made a little pile for three
Where we'd roll around go to town and just smile in skeet
But then I woke up and they told me it was time to leave
I was just a play thing and they walked off waving bye to me
Said you'd never let me go then you kept walking
Then you left me all alone like a little orphan thinking
Why can't this just be easy like it's a sunday morning
Maybe you're just wednesdays with love
Said you'd never let me go then you kept walking
Then you left me all alone like a little orphan thinking
Why can't this just be easy like it's a sunday morning
Maybe you're just wednesdays with love
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13. |
Just Jam
03:03
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Yo listen for the funky revolution, it's coming
We ain't gonna have our fists in the air
We just gonna be walking and hummin
Hmmmm hmmmm
You know the deal, funky drummer drummin
Always into something whether for money or just for funnin
Cause I been running round doing this for nothing
It's the fact of it that keep me so passionate, always huntin
For a better way to go, a future more fortunate
A balance that can see through the challenge, staying proportionate
To what I am and sposed to be, never take the easy road
Know yourself, know your speed, that's how you gone heave your load
I got hope by the hopeload and if hope floats
I'm a be a part of a movement that helps some po folks
I got money on it, pour a lil honey on it
Staying serious but put a lil funny on it
Just for giggles and shits, cause if you wiggle your hips
I did my job in the face of those who fronted on it
Don't just do it for the money, just jam
Stand up, be a man
Don't say maybe say you know that you can
Don't just do it for the women, just rock
Not for paper or stock
Putting your heart in it's what making it hot
Don't just do it for the money, just jam
Stand up, be a man
Don't say maybe say you know that you can
Don't just do it for the women, just rock
Not for paper or stock
Putting your heart in it's what making it hot
I'm on some one two and don't do anything you can't undo
Cause one shoes gotta fit before you get the other shoe
And you better not worry bout what all the others do
And focus on yourself cause if you don't then you gonna lose
And you better get better and you better get on
Not just to say you made it and prove competitors wrong
You owe it to your dream to your team and your moms
To your self esteem and to the fiends for the songs
You know that it's true and you know you deserve it
So stop waiting and being patient go take it like you reserved it
And make it more than your bitch, make it scream like you hurt it
Make all the people doubting say they sorry when you earned it
This is you baby, better play it for keeps, you better
Control and own it like you're making your beats, you better
Hop up on her like she's naked in your sheets, you better
Know it's for you but still go make it for me
Don't just do it for the money, just jam
Stand up, be a man
Don't say maybe say you know that you can
Don't just do it for the women, just rock
Not for paper or stock
Putting your heart in it's what making it hot
Don't just do it for the money, just jam
Stand up, be a man
Don't say maybe say you know that you can
Don't just do it for the women, just rock
Not for paper or stock
Putting your heart in it's what making it hot
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