Dark Shapes (feat. Nikki Jean) - Kronic

Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast "Throughout history, It has been the inaction of those who could have acted The indifference of those who should have known better The silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most This, has made it possible for evil to triumph." Selassie Man's limitation, transfiguration Haka dance done at the welcome to the demo Modern man comes to the weddin' in the limo Mixin' doves with the rice rain Uncle Ben's off the rails on the night train And that storm took us to the platform, pushas Back to the bachelor's backdoor, unhook us Hope this track take you back to where the fat girl pushed us And that's very old like Blackberry Bold but the juice Sweeter than where the party at, or Releasing these niggas from the roofs, and Leavin' these niggas on the loose, or Keepin' these niggas in the coops, and Leavin' these niggas on the noose, free! Shamu fan, got a world to see! Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast "Then until the philosophy which holds One race superior and another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned That until there no longer first class And second class citizens of any nation Until the color of a man's skin is no More significant than the color of his eyes." Selassie To the limit, the limit in the Methadone clinic Ridin' with the pack like a Peloton Flyin' with the sack in the trap like the pregnant As it breaks in the backs from the cracks that we step upon If I triple my worth, will it cripple my mom? If I simple my search, will it mental my calm? Will it hurt if I give you my palm? To tell in it, don't put a nail in it How you gonna see the world if you a whale in it And readin' my palms like there's braille in it (braille in it) Is it the trail or the forest? (Forest) Or the forest with the trail in it? That's a sail with a 12 in it, Water coming through from impalin' it (Water come through for me now) Nothin' left of the boat but my holes Still I fill up the world and I float, like Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast "A qualified man with vision, unmoved by daily selfish interests Will be led to right decisions by his conscience In general, a man who knows from whence he comes and where he's going Will cooperate with his fellow human beings He will not be satisfied with merely doing his Ordinary duties, but will inspire others by his good example You are being watched by the nation You should realize that you will satisfy it if you do good But on the contrary, you do evil, It will lose it's hope and confidence in you." Selassie Hydrant open wide, on the side of the colonized Swimmin' in the street, fell asleep on my mama thighs Blockin' out the noise that destroys little boys Living joy, ships ahoy, get deployed by the rock-a-byes D-d-d-deep into the sea of my dreams Lyin' fall asleep at the feet of my queen Hawk, I'ma write to the beat of your wings Song for the Ethiopian King Haile Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast

Pen to the pad, make the flows on fleek Took the words that I heard and I put em' to the beat Press up my tape and I put it in the street Upload my thousands with my link I'ma be upcoming just to see what they think I'ma shoot me a video and put it on the tour I'ma spam IG to get up my views And DM my favorite artist, I'm gonna be huge Book me a show that the blogs gonna cover and they all gon love it The crowd gon turn up Is anybody out there? Turn up, the mic is getting heated out here Hip-Hop, won't you save me? Rescue all your babies Hip-Hop, won't you save me? I am just a baby Said I'm gonna be a rapper when I grow up Not gonna go crazy when I blow up Bet they gonna go crazy when I show up Won't listen to the haters 'cause I know what Said I'm gonna be the rapper when I grow up Said you gonna be slow if I pour up But i'm gonna be poor if I slow up So I gotta keep it going, ain't no slow motion in here Tryna get the tour bus with the studio It ain't no bus, just booty hoes Can't be out here looking like dookie when you're Trying to start a movement that could mop on a movie role Everything's polished, I didn't go to college I was at the conference chopping with the djs Trying to give my single on replay And shit up on the game like colonics Po' phone, take a flick with a fame for me Hit the strip with a brick of the dance money I'm tired, let's switch with the van for me When I make it by, you'll print for the advance money Hip-Hop, won't you save me? Rescue all your babies Hip-Hop, won't you save me? I am just a baby Said I'm gonna be a rapper when I grow up Not gonna go crazy when I blow up Bet they gonna go crazy when I show up Won't listen to the haters 'cause I know what Said I'm gonna be the rapper when I grow up Said you gonna be slow if I pour up But i'm gonna be poor if I slow up So I gotta keep it going, ain't no slow motion in here Hold up Light man, turn the lights on Came a long way from when I was holding the mic wrong Something for the hood and a whole lot of white songs Like I evolved to a whole 'nother life form I'm just tryna make it happen Don't attack that please Can't find a job, you can rap at least 'Cause that's what I did, I was at that leg Right out of high school, tryna stack that cheese You was tryna do what? tryna stack that cheese You wanna flip burgers, wanna stack that cheese Make American singles, wanna stack that cheese Make everybody smile, tryna stack that cheese Tryna do it for a while, tryna stack that cheese Talking frequent flyer miles, how I stack that cheese Tryna bundle up the money, tryna stack that cheese Aye Stack, can we stack that please? Hip-Hop, won't you save me? Rescue all your babies Hip-Hop, won't you save me? I am just a baby Said I'm gonna be a rapper when I grow up Not gonna go crazy when I blow up Bet they gonna go crazy when I show up Won't listen to the haters 'cause I know what Said I'm gonna be the rapper when I grow up Said you gonna be slow if I pour up But i'm gonna be poor if I slow up So I gotta keep it going, ain't no slow motion in here Hip-Hop, won't you save me? Rescue all your babies Hip-Hop, won't you save me? I am just a baby Said I'm gonna be a rapper when I grow up Not gonna go crazy when I blow up Bet they gonna go crazy when I show up Won't listen to the haters 'cause I know what Said I'm gonna be the rapper when I grow up Said you gonna be slow if I pour up But i'm gonna be poor if I slow up So I gotta keep it going, ain't no slow motion in here

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Dedicate, dedicate Uh, this one right here goes out To my homie with the dream Nah mean? He said, "I write what I see Write to make it right, don't like where I be I like to make it like the sights on TV Quite the great life, so nice and easy" See now you can still die from that But it's better than not being alive from straps Agreed, a Mead notebook and a Bic that click When it's pushed and a wack ass beat That's a track that's weak, that he got last week 'Cause everybody in the stu' was like, "That's that heat" A bass-heavy medley, with a sample from the 70s With a screwed-up hook that went, "Stack that cheese" Something, something, something, "Stack that cheese" Mother, sister, cousin, "Stack that cheese" He couldn't think of nothin', "Stack that cheese" He turns down the beat, writer's block impedes Crying from the next room a baby in need Of some pampers and some food and a place to sleep That plus a black cadillac on D's Is what keep him on track to be a great MC One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved me One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved my life Reps Northside so he rocks them braids Eleven hundred friends on his MySpace page "Stack That Cheese" got 700 plays Producer made him take it down, said he had to pay Open mic champ, two weeks in a row Ex D-boy with a B-boy flow Glow like Leroy you should see boy go Got a daddy servin life and a brother on the row Best homie in the grave, tatted up while in the cage Minute maid got his momma workin' like a slave Down baby momma who he really had to honor 'Cause she was his biggest fan, even let him use her Honda, to Drive up to Dallas, went to open up for amateurs Let him keep her debit card, so he could put gas in it Told her when he get on, he gonna take her to the gallery Buy up everything but the mannequins, ya dig? One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved me One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved my life His man called, said "Your time might be now They played your freestyle over "Wipe me down" They played it two times, said it might be crowned As the best thing out the H-Town in a while He picked up his son with a great big smile Rapped every single word to the newborn child Then he put him down and went back to the kitchen Put on another beat and got back to the mission of Get his momma out the hood, put her somewhere in the woods Keep his lady lookin' good, have her rollin' like she should Show his homies there's a way, other than that flippin' yay Bail his homie outta jail, put a lawyer on his case Throw a concert for the school, show the shorties that it's cool Throw some candy on the Caddy, chuck the deuce and act a fool Man, it feels good when it happens like that Two days from goin' back to sellin' crack, yessir One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved me One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved my life One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved me One you never heard of, I Push it hard to further the Grind, I feel like murder, but Hip-Hop, you saved my life Hip-Hop, you saved my life Hip-Hop, you saved my life

Life's full of pain, pain from your birth Pain to the day, that they put you in the dirt You can fell pain from gettin' up and puttin' in the work Or pain for regrettin' all the days that you focused on the worst Pain, pain from your birth Pain till the day that they drive you in a hurse You can fell pain from gettin' up and puttin' in the work I been thru so much in life there ain't much these mana tellin' me Why you call me family you feeling like my enemy Everybody wanna try fuckin' with' my energy Brush that won't stop till I built a legacy I see roads ahead which way do I turn now Man kept it movin' and look how it turned out They got no stamina can't make it through the first round Ya burnt out, I can't see them man unless I turn' round If you can't see the light you better find a way We all got problems gotta face them you can't hide away If you can't see the light you better find a way We all got problems gotta face them you can't hide away I hate the world but im lovin' life Skippin' on the rythm I be hittin' it up just in time If you feelin' this show me another sign Lifes full of pain, pain from your birth Pain till the day that they put you in the dirt You can feel pain from gettin' up and puttin' in the work Or pain for regrettin' all the days that you focused on the worst Pain, pain from ya birth Pain till the day that they drive you in a hurse You can feel pain from gettin' up and puttin' in the work I focus on the better in my life Focus on my son and focus on my future wife Its not easy to focus sometimes your focus will be blind But lifes like a muscle If you practice you will get there in good time I focus on my soul, body and mind Everything must be just how I want it it's my time I feel it in my bones, I feel it when I look it to your eyes Cause' you feel it when u look into my eyes Why do you look suprised So many times them man doubted me fine I honestly don't mind Roll the fuckin' dice Why you sittin' on the side Life is just a game it's just a ride What's the meaning of it all Would do you expect a little boy To stay on the floor if you seen him fall Would expect a baby To give up when time after time, after time, after time, he couldn't walk What im sayin' is inside you there is more They say that when it rains it fuckin pours But i'm dancin' in the thunderstorm i'm not stayin' indoors I'm climbin' to the top, got me diggin' in my claws I been doin' this for years I've literally seen it all I've literally been in the lowest place a person goes I didn't think there was a way back and it burned my soul But you can win, you gotta learn to grow You gotta look at yourself you gotta serve your role Find what gives u joy n find a hobby Partyin' it's cool but your poisonin' ur body You're playin' for your mind, drugs play a major role Only so much you can take till it takes it's toll Now I know that I got bad days to come But I'm getting stronger now so I can be there for my son I didn't think that I'd ever be standin' here when i was young So I'm makin' every day count And yeh im havin' fun cause life's full of pain Lifes full of pain, pain from your birth Pain till the day that they put you in the dirt You can feel pain from gettin' up and puttin' in the work Or pain for regrettin' all the days that u focused on the worst Pain, pain from ya birth Pain till the day that they drive you in a hurse You can feel pain from gettin' up and puttin' in the work Or pain for regrettin' all the days that you focused on the worst

If you draw a line across the sky You can make the shapes between the lights But those lights are not divine And some shapes are misaligned