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A Different World January 6th attempted coup & Insurrection Trump followers successfully crashed the capitol building had congressional members all crawling helplessly Police officers with terrorists! They taking selfies! Lord help me I'm a black man that's double Jeopardy Black plus a man that's black ALL of that in white supremacy We've already known America's not our home we're just citizens with no representation of our own But we pay taxes, some as soldiers for the chief While the commander in chief's a proud boy wearing sheets leading goons in the streets Having no accountability There can’t a civilization without Civility If I was pale I can be above the pale My blue eyes is a passport to the blue skies In my disguise as White, the way the cultures set up I can get the best in life A superior law And what we just seen on TV we seeing it all B boys B girls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world So Whatever history unfurls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world We can make a different world We can make a different world Dwayne Wayne, Lisa Bonet Jasmine Guy Characters in a narrative Went to college to thrive It is imperative cuz we was left to die I don’t think they understand we couldn’t even vote til 65 There is not a Black alive without a relative at the family gathering or barbecue, talking about the suffering and harm and all our drama dude So when you got these dudes climbing the capitol walls, shouting all throughout the halls Police must have FORGOTTEN how to use guns and all? It don’t escape us that this was racist There is still some BLM peaceful protestors with some pending cases We protest cuz we’re getting SLAUGHTERED by those who supposed to be law & order These Whites do insurrection cuz they lost an election? We done lost GENERATIONS dog get some perspective And even if a few of y’all get arrested and the president gets a little correction that’ll be the start of some good repentance! Yo! B boys B girls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world So Whatever history unfurls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world We can make a different world We can make a different world Hard Working Are we on the air Remember the Black sista Miriam Carey? In 2013 she struck the Capitol barriers with her car, that led to chase with officers opening fire 26 bullets in her head and heart! Her 13 month old baby was in the back seat That is how capitol police treat us Black people We cannot forget our memories are FULL! And we’re triggered all over again when triggers ain’t pulled with the same EASE as it is with BLACK bodies and in every single degree We are not decreed with rights to LIVE So when TRUMP incites dudes to go to the capitol Some POLICE open the gates and let HALF OF EM THROUGH You got us wondering if the system is REALLY in cahoots? We’ll see the length of these sentences then we’ll know the truth! Meanwhile EVERYONE that loves a hip hop tune. Black, White, Indian, Asian Latin whatever the roots We can create new roads and new routes! B boys B girls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world Whatever system unfurls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world We can make a different world We can make a different world
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Too Cold By: Speech, Daunta, Mrk Sx, Danny B Chorus: I don’t mean to, to impose But my God I’m just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Just too Cold Just too Cold Yall know that its godda be Cold If we Say it to ya Just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Speech Verse: Yo stop tripping The whole air about yourself is conditioning Do you even hear yourself? - are you listening We have all got to try some new positioning Yo My crew blew huge - All Natural And I'm a Piece of the bomb like Shrapnel Dudes spreading rumors When they Need to get the facts tho So many big fat liars - I Call em fatso's Y'all are hassles - You really can't be dat slow Gators in the mote, and I'm the bro dats in the castle I don't front with with nobody like a back door And Aint sleeping on ya dudes like Rachael Maddox Getting rid of em Stopping all the Pretending then Making some lemonade with whatever You putting Lemon in Living inside the tenements All family and friends and them Focusing on the hood And it’s not Like George Zimmerman Challenges and balances Filling out on my Calendar Traveling round the globe My soul knows some Woes And my heart knows it grows Thru victories and I even get hotter when there’s less degrees cuz I’m cold! Chorus: I don’t mean to, to impose But my God I’m just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Just too Cold Just too Cold Yall know that its godda be Cold If we Say it to ya Just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Danny B Verse: Ice box, Why not, Black caps, White sox. Cold world, Rain drops. Pen pad, Pain stops. Even when it's cold I remain hot. Steady saying go when they say stop. Gotta get low, hit the road, Fill my soul, money gone but I still rock (ah!) Steppin stones broken bones in the field hot. Mental chains got us gone make us feel locked. Why we was brung on a real box! Mama gone daddy gone sista filled spots It's a long way home tryna build blocks. Rocks, sharp needles, getting pill popped. Still kill or be killed drug deal or be a deal. Tryna switch sides. Wakin up without a vision on a mission, fell in love with a vixen They put us down now we up in da business Say we was clowns baby boy who you kiddin. A hunned rounds boy you know that we Spittin. Breakin da vibe man you know that we with it. Its my time gone shine man you know ima get it. This all came from them times we was up in dem visits. So i stay on the grind got something to finish money stay on my mind so I'm coming to get it Cause I'm cold Hook: I don’t mean to, to impose But my God I’m just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Just too Cold Just too Cold Yall know that its godda be Cold If we Say it to ya Just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold
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First Time Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time Speech She said her heart was heavy I said I lift weights She said she wanted a family I said I can't wait She said she needed security I said I'm ADT She said she wanted monogamy I said I'm ADD You lost me there I'm kidding You found me That cross I'll bear because You ground me Times We share I really want you Around me Your fingers bare - will you allow me? New doors aren't opened up by old keys And a New me can't be simultaneously be inhabited by the old me. There's new survival tools for the new grind the new moves For the new times and new views I see signs of new jewels Photos captures the life of a person but the death of a moment That's why some times I'd rather just live in the moment Try to own it without people trying to clone it for real Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time Speech Reaching all of my aims - no Still showing a little gains - yeah People knowing my name - yeah World travels on these planes - yeah Many battles - overcame yeah many matters - I'm still stay praying yeah Check list for my goals - yeah Cuz I'm Reckless - a free soul My poppa stands about 6'4 and my momma 4'6 My Napoleon complex is complex There's Yoruba tribe & Irish up in the mix Life's a box of chocolates and a Bowl of Trix We should never feel defeated Any room with any famous names that have succeeded I belong within it til I'm finished and completed If I'm the only one that sees it - so be it - that's all that's needed. For real... Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time Xstatic It's a wild feeling/ Feel like you got me all read with some mind reading/ I think I gotta invest in some time with ya/ you see, I'm just rarely impressed, you found the right digits/ I mean, you found the right buttons to press on/ Maybe we like butter and bread love .../ The way you got me stuttering and, um ... (giggly)/ wasn't searching for no next one/ Got my butterflies up, but all stress gone/ but you is worthy, I done gave my time to people undeserving/ And I'm glad that you putting in the work n'/ you never understand what you need to from the surface/ You really got me, serious ly thinking about this thing wid us Tease me out and give me love. Eaze me down, eat me up Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time
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Chorus Nights like this feel like I  can follow the starlight drips on my way home  It's my decision to guide my healing  And choose whatever problems I take on So you don't get to get to me  You don't get to get to me  You don't get to get to me You don't get to get to me ooh Speech My love hasn’t lessened for you But My patience has so you really need to bask in that truth The sensation that we once had has been thoroughly dashed and its bruised Worldly habits that we once shared I been done left back in my rear view I don’t remember us being born with the same placenta or umbilical cord I’m your friend nothing more Trouble you get in - you got in before My path is my own Your path is your own Yet sometimes we shared a common zone To where we both roamed And I love that. some things I’m above that I ain’t above you I’m above traps Ima — run my own laps you play too much I don’t Condone that Ive been carrying so much weight That I can barely walk and its frustrating Most of it ain’t even mine got diabetes & heart decline And I’m relatively a skinny guy now who gonna be there to Heal my mind Is it you? Naw boo you posted up like Blog a do I’m a hop like a Frog do I am too busy solving me to be Solving you Truth Chorus Nights like this feel like I  can follow the starlight drips on my way home  It's my decision to guide my healing  And choose whatever problems I take on So you don't get to get to me  You don't get to get to me  You don't get to get to me You don't get to get to me ooh MRK SX Well alright yeah yeah I read your message and I did not reply to It said nothing bout money so I could not see why to not that I don't like you or maybe I don't Either way I'm unavailable And putting you in front of me I just am not capable I'm busy writing rhymes hard as barbers trying to cape a bull Or arguing with the wife over which restaurant to take her to why do you always have to taste my food anywho Second off all its early and I'm looking at silly memes Unless you my offspring and yo mama look Billy Jean to me Another way of saying he he is no kin to me Wind up round house to rousey that is no chin to me My cup is half full today and  you you  want it empty Yall after paper I'm trying to own the ink it needs for printing Bother my woo sah and get to know my shoe size Should you hit my line again Well all you can do is try right? Chorus Nights like this feel like I  can follow the starlight drips on my way home  It's my decision to guide my healing  And choose whatever problems I take on So you don't get to get to me  You don't get to get to me  You don't get to get to me You don't get to get to me ooh
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Dance alone CHORUS Your body moving like the Ocean (Yeah) And I’m tryna see where I can jump in (Yeah) You ain’t gotta give me no lessons Don’t act like you all outta chances Girl I’ll never run out of dances (Yeah) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone! Rambo Oh my your body moving like the way you use it oh you speak my language Oh you speaking fluent Must be in the water I see it everywhere I go you can be my Doctor baby you my antidote. Might need to check my temperature (Aww Yeah) Oh girl no im no amateur (Aww Yeah) Oh all on that melanin (aww yeah aww yeah) Watching you like an episode (Crazy) Convo but we never spoke And im not gonna let her go But I dont wanna dance alone dance alone CHORUS Your body moving like the Ocean (Yeah) And I’m tryna see where I can jump in (Yeah) You ain’t gotta give me no lessons Don’t act like you all outta chances Girl I’ll never run out of dances (Yeah) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone! You don’t know? I done peeped you out on IG, seen you up on Youtube peeped you out on Periscope I know that you frequent here Yes I guess I’m a creep to peer Into a world you present to peers Cheers BABY you do it well ha Whatever you’re selling I wanna know more - please do tell Im not naive though you get my Blood flowing you need to be knowing IG is not my IV So tonight is more like - car lights on high beams My dear don’t be a deer caught in em I have fantasies of you and its true I wanna augment em Yo body like ocean waves - I crave to fall in em CHORUS Your body moving like the Ocean (Yeah) And I’m tryna see where I can jump in (Yeah) You ain’t gotta give me no lessons Don’t act like you all outta chances Girl I’ll never run out of dances (Yeah) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone! Speech Since Tennessee You're basically the only Ten I see you are my masonry To the highest degree She said she don't waste sunsets with those who will be gone by sunrise - well wudda ya know. I am here to the afternoon I got late check out. I'll be in the Back of the room... dancing alone Til the twilight would you join me in my zone Please make my night Magical moments like these are always Finite Fires in Brazil's rainforest is killing oxygen And you bringing so much fresh air to me on this floor again She said She not into conscious types And I should know that I said girl - don't you know that The SUN is even pro black. Because I am for Blacks I'm also against faux blacks They not the same as faux locs all of this is my foreplay. I've been investigating you like I am Kojack trying to win a court case. Into it like a Toe tap I don't really dance but I wanna be closer These other dudes don't get the picture - They only are Posers You gotta turn some different knobs for better exposures We can follow different laws - I'll show you what's kosher. CHORUS Your body moving like the Ocean (Yeah) And I’m tryna see where I can jump in (Yeah) You ain’t gotta give me no lessons Don’t act like you all outta chances Girl I’ll never run out of dances (Yeah) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone (Oooohh ooooohhh) Just don’t let me dance alone!
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Expansion Yeah expansion I don’t know what you intend to dop with me I intend to prove investing in us was a great thing I remember times I was blind and I couldn’t see Now I’m ready to fly and I want you to fly with me Oh you know baby decisions are everything Building a life together for us is everything Building our own empire is everything And everything that I will build I want you to build with me Yeah Chorus expansion expansion expansion expansion expansion expansion Making our empire Making our empire Hey Were making a life yeah Were making empires We kings and we queens we Were out to inspire Taking it higher higher Taking it higher I remember times I was blind and I couldn’t see Now I’m ready to fly and I want you to fly with me I remember times when my lines were so blurry Now I’m ready to fly come fly with me Baby we got plans put em all in Gods hands Many won’t understand how we still stand Staying in demand how we expand They’ll never know what hit em Baby we arrive with a chariot outside Kings and queens on rise everybody locking eyes And I can't even lie we always knew that we would get em Were making a life yeah Were making empires We kings and we queens we Were out to inspire Taking it higher higher Taking it higher We’re right now on the heels of greatness And I feel elated as we face the nation yeah Melanin we pour it on til there’s nothing to our it on What’s ours is ours and theirs is theirs and They will never stop our glare no No No no Chorus expansion expansion expansion expansion expansion expansion expansion
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Rome can fall Chorus And I know that the world will live without me I’ve been fishing lost I’ve been written off and people doubt me But I won’t worry about em all and all of Rome can fall when I’m with you If you were the last person in the world I would be happy If you were the last thing that I seen I would die happy When I’m with you When I’m with you I’m really in this Im really trying Do you bear witness to all my science? When what I give to you is small And what I miss for you is giant When you magnify the falls it increases your defiance I don’t know where to go when the going is a tough road But all I know is that our souls have no threshold Times together is like heaven God has blessed those Times when our hearts are bigger than what our chest holds When I was feeling unattractive you were unfazed by my phases When you were feeling so depressed I was still impressed When our checks and balances was less balanced and less checks I told you not to stress you relied on my best and I loved that Chorus And I know that the world will live without me I’ve been fishing lost I’ve been written off and people doubt me But I won’t worry about em all and all of Rome can fall when I’m with you If you were the last person in the world I would be happy If you were the last thing that I seen I would die happy When I’m with you When I’m with you I were never a groupie You had never heard of me Lets not let this industry Define for us who we’ll be Chorus And I know that the world will live without me I’ve been fishing lost I’ve been written off and people doubt me But I won’t worry about em all and all of Rome can fall when I’m with you If you were the last person in the world I would be happy If you were the last thing that I seen I would die happy When I’m with you When I’m with you And I know that the world will live without me I’ve been fishing lost I’ve been written off and people doubt me But I won’t worry about em all and all of Rome can fall when I’m with you If you were the last person in the world I would be happy If you were the last thing that I seen I would die happy When I’m with you When I’m with you If you were the last person in the world I would be happy If you were the last thing that I seen I would die happy When I’m with you When I’m with you
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Virgin Cris Acosta, Speech, Rambo, Twan Mack She was a virgin & She wasn't hurting no She was a version of love I wasn’t searching for She believed in worlds unseen She believed in different things and I Never forgot that woman In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Speech: To make love sometimes sex just gets in the way To have sex sometimes love is burnt at the stake And Baby I have never been one to care what others will say And I love when we have Affection in Public displays On tour ladies out in full force (yeah) Backstage doors close and open It's hard to keep score High skirts and low morals That's how it works Sensual Oils, incense - so intense Are the Flirts Sign my breast, sign our guest List Please me with such ease Its easy to be Greasy Then you walk in with a different tune It's just you What am I to do? I'm diving Into the mind of you Virgin so encouraging- I'm splurging loose A certain something that's bumping just Like an Urban groove I diggin u I'm Certain to What's waiting when I'm getting you In perpetude Virgin She was a virgin & She wasn't hurting no She was a version of love I wasn’t searching for She believed in worlds unseen She believed in different things and I Never forgot that woman In fact I went and got that woman Rambo: Now I know what you want Cuz I know you are the one And I know just what i want Cuz I know you are the one This time I know I know I know I know I know Cuz This Time I know. Cuz I know you are the one Cuz you dont have to go there If you dont want to. Ooohh...Yeah In fact I’m ok if you don’t to. We can hold out if ya wanna We don’t even Have to go there to make love I believe in love Even if we don’t touch Baby we don’t have to go there If we don’t want to Baby we can go any place you want to Ain’t nobody business What we do or don’t do Ain’t nobody business What we do or don’t do She was a virgin & She wasn't hurting no She was a version of love I wasn’t searching for She believed in worlds unseen She believed in different things and I Never forgot that woman In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Twan Mack: Presence imperial Wifey material  She necessary like oxygen  That’s my theory yo She in my head when I wake up  And eat my cereal  I want her with me through life  Until my burial Womanhood personified  She got me losing foolish pride My one and only ride or die  It’s never easy gotta try  We tied at the hip  We sorta Siamese  Dominican Kenyan or maybe Guyanese She was a virgin & She wasn't hurting no She was a version of love I wasn’t searching for She believed in worlds unseen She believed in different things and I Never forgot that woman In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman Ohh Yeah In fact I went and got that woman
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Way Down here Chorus Reaching from way Down Here From way down here (2x’s) Feel like a Movie Star Though I can’t see that far I’m gone believe my way til I can go that far Though I’m way down here I get a better view of this boundless world I’m going through. I’ve gotta find my way. We gon’ go now ain’t gone stop there (Yeah) Tho I’m Way down here Im so much more We gon’ go now ain’t gone stop there (Yeah) I’ve Window seat with this perfect view And I can see it all from Way Down Here Chorus Reaching from way Down Here From way down here (2x’s) Ke’Andra I gotta Jump if I’m gonna Learn how to fly I know that anything is Only possible If you try if I get lost I’ll just have to find my way And I’ll keep reaching From way down here Pre Hook: Cuz from way down here I’m so much more Ain’t no stopping No limits to what I’ll explore I feel like a Star And I shine so bright Even from way down here Chorus Reaching from way Down Here From way down here (2x’s) Speech fear to even try sometimes it slips and gets in my mind And even when the skys open really wide sometimes I fear the wings that make me Fly C’mon Uh the devil is lie MY domain is everything that reaches to my eye I’m a take it Up & up up my odds cuz since when do odds stop me and my God? c’mon No! I am not restricted to the ground gravity inflicted Bout go air bound! NOW! Imma take my peoples with me too rub noses with those who once opposed My whole crew Cuz we NOT Ever gonna doubt fitna Give into to lies, saying we can’t get up and change things from inside And Remember the folks & representing them with pride from way down here we gonna fly ! Bridge: Oh I know I know that My life has a purpose No question I am destined For something Eyes have yet seen Oooh... Magical unexpected Wonders On this ride Oooh.... Not gon’ let the world be bigger than me Cuz of my size Chorus Reaching from way Down Here From way down here (2x’s)
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Whateva Chorus What Eva What Eva What Eva Rambo I’ll be the one who holds the mirror up so you can see Truly there is a king or queen that lives inside of you and me Just dont fgroet your crown you never put it down Or never burn it down You’re not whatever they say You’re more than whatever they say Your thoughts can be your anchor or wings You’re not whatever they say You’re more than whatever they say Your thoughts can be your anchor or wings Chorus What Eva What Eva What Eva Speech I know its hard to keep things together Sacred life but folks feed us whatever As long as monies being made its like whatever As long as people still getting paid its whatever The environment is whatever Being inspired is never required whatever so Being famous is what the aim is trendsetters yo Influencers and go getters they make cheddar and its on It’s like whatever and its on Nothing has changed nothing is better but you on it So everything LIT everything spanking everything bomb You are legit - legitimate what is it all? And if I have a moment just me and you To sit and have talk just speak some truth Cuz id really like to know what you’ve been through Cuz me and you could really do… Chorus What Eva What Eva What Eva Speech Like the elders used to say what’s the Latest? I tell em I’m an elder now what a turn of pages even those who don’t perform will still be living life in stages Trying not to lose patience little kids is locked in Cages who can claim greatness? heroes falling like Dominos the beat goes on - but who’s reading the Liner notes Everyones an open book - we check you out on Audible Underage scandals, prostitutes Just like Rob Lowe YEAH I’m going out a lot Change transform thangs just like an Auto Bot Patrice Rushen taught us all about Forget me nots Help us to remember - LOVE seeing how far we got Uh Many Running from our Shadows hard to defeat something when it goes with you to Battle Yeah I know the spirit has a lasso To rope us in when we begin to go beyond the shallows I need you And In a nation where hit records means more than a hit Marriage that’s so backwards Everyone is in the mirror not asking who's the fairest And just to be seen is what they cherish for real In a nation where inanimate objects like Guns have more rights than kids Im speaking out loud just a little bit The worse it gets the more spirit is more legitimate Chorus What Eva What Eva What Eva
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Do It Lyrics I been fed up With a lot of things in my life See, there's a war going on And it's in the corners of my mind Every time I take one step My hearts beating out my chest And I'm still fighting with myself I don't see anybody else Cause I'm in the ring with the invisible But it's still real so I feel all the kicks, Ooh But I've got dreams so I stay on the road And I'm gonna do it even if I gotta go alone I'll go ahead Even if I get scared, I'm gonna do it Do it, do it I gotta do it, do it Even if I gotta do it alone Do it, do it I'm gonna do it, do it Even if I gotta do it alone That “it” I’ve been chasing Unknown facing it Patiently Pacing myself - along the line My Nice guy Won’t suffice or fly cuz I’m once bitten and Twice shy I can’t deny Man, I’ve never had my clique mates I guess I’m really not click bait anxiety is my home state Whether outta state or at home base I’m Inspired to chase my own thangs Doing it Like a hot pursuit - I’m Pursuing it Man I gotta lot to prove and making lots of moves & paying lots of dues and who can ruin it? Nobody Everything I touch is better after it get a track in a Rush and I master it Engineer my career to the last of it Until the Sun finally fades I’ma Bask in it Yeah, do it til it’s done - Run My own race my own stunts - uh - i’m on Pace to be that one you don’t front on Facing me is love I want it all Do it, do it I'm gonna do it, do it Even if I gotta do it alone
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Too Cold By: Speech, Daunta, Mrk Sx, Danny B Chorus: I don’t mean to, to impose But my God I’m just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Just too Cold Just too Cold Yall know that its godda be Cold If we Say it to ya Just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Speech Verse: Yo stop tripping The whole air about yourself is conditioning Do you even hear yourself? - are you listening We have all got to try some new positioning Yo My crew blew huge - All Natural And I'm a Piece of the bomb like Shrapnel Dudes spreading rumors When they Need to get the facts tho So many big fat liars - I Call em fatso's Y'all are hassles - You really can't be dat slow Gators in the mote, and I'm the bro dats in the castle I don't front with with nobody like a back door And Aint sleeping on ya dudes like Rachael Maddox Getting rid of em Stopping all the Pretending then Making some lemonade with whatever You putting Lemon in Living inside the tenements All family and friends and them Focusing on the hood And it’s not Like George Zimmerman Challenges and balances Filling out on my Calendar Traveling round the globe My soul knows some Woes And my heart knows it grows Thru victories and I even get hotter when there’s less degrees cuz I’m cold! Chorus: I don’t mean to, to impose But my God I’m just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Just too Cold Just too Cold Yall know that its godda be Cold If we Say it to ya Just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Danny B Verse: Ice box, Why not, Black caps, White sox. Cold world, Rain drops. Pen pad, Pain stops. Even when it's cold I remain hot. Steady saying go when they say stop. Gotta get low, hit the road, Fill my soul, money gone but I still rock (ah!) Steppin stones broken bones in the field hot. Mental chains got us gone make us feel locked. Why we was brung on a real box! Mama gone daddy gone sista filled spots It's a long way home tryna build blocks. Rocks, sharp needles, getting pill popped. Still kill or be killed drug deal or be a deal. Tryna switch sides. Wakin up without a vision on a mission, fell in love with a vixen They put us down now we up in da business Say we was clowns baby boy who you kiddin. A hunned rounds boy you know that we Spittin. Breakin da vibe man you know that we with it. Its my time gone shine man you know ima get it. This all came from them times we was up in dem visits. So i stay on the grind got something to finish money stay on my mind so I'm coming to get it Cause I'm cold Hook: I don’t mean to, to impose But my God I’m just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold Just too Cold Just too Cold Yall know that its godda be Cold If we Say it to ya Just too Cold No Chain, No Range And no Gold But my God I’m Just too Cold
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First Time Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time Speech She said her heart was heavy I said I lift weights She said she wanted a family I said I can't wait She said she needed security I said I'm ADT She said she wanted monogamy I said I'm ADD You lost me there I'm kidding You found me That cross I'll bear because You ground me Times We share I really want you Around me Your fingers bare - will you allow me? New doors aren't opened up by old keys And a New me can't be simultaneously be inhabited by the old me. There's new survival tools for the new grind the new moves For the new times and new views I see signs of new jewels Photos captures the life of a person but the death of a moment That's why some times I'd rather just live in the moment Try to own it without people trying to clone it for real Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time Speech Reaching all of my aims - no Still showing a little gains - yeah People knowing my name - yeah World travels on these planes - yeah Many battles - overcame yeah many matters - I'm still stay praying yeah Check list for my goals - yeah Cuz I'm Reckless - a free soul My poppa stands about 6'4 and my momma 4'6 My Napoleon complex is complex There's Yoruba tribe & Irish up in the mix Life's a box of chocolates and a Bowl of Trix We should never feel defeated Any room with any famous names that have succeeded I belong within it til I'm finished and completed If I'm the only one that sees it - so be it - that's all that's needed. For real... Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time Xstatic It's a wild feeling/ Feel like you got me all read with some mind reading/ I think I gotta invest in some time with ya/ you see, I'm just rarely impressed, you found the right digits/ I mean, you found the right buttons to press on/ Maybe we like butter and bread love .../ The way you got me stuttering and, um ... (giggly)/ wasn't searching for no next one/ Got my butterflies up, but all stress gone/ but you is worthy, I done gave my time to people undeserving/ And I'm glad that you putting in the work n'/ you never understand what you need to from the surface/ You really got me, serious ly thinking about this thing wid us Tease me out and give me love. Eaze me down, eat me up Chorus Under Georgia's beautiful blue sky's I'm Finding my new high I'm blinded by this light That I'm seeing for the first time
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A Different World January 6th attempted coup & Insurrection Trump followers successfully crashed the capitol building had congressional members all crawling helplessly Police officers with terrorists! They taking selfies! Lord help me I'm a black man that's double Jeopardy Black plus a man that's black ALL of that in white supremacy We've already known America's not our home we're just citizens with no representation of our own But we pay taxes, some as soldiers for the chief While the commander in chief's a proud boy wearing sheets leading goons in the streets Having no accountability There can’t a civilization without Civility If I was pale I can be above the pale My blue eyes is a passport to the blue skies In my disguise as White, the way the cultures set up I can get the best in life A superior law And what we just seen on TV we seeing it all B boys B girls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world So Whatever history unfurls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world We can make a different world We can make a different world Dwayne Wayne, Lisa Bonet Jasmine Guy Characters in a narrative Went to college to thrive It is imperative cuz we was left to die I don’t think they understand we couldn’t even vote til 65 There is not a Black alive without a relative at the family gathering or barbecue, talking about the suffering and harm and all our drama dude So when you got these dudes climbing the capitol walls, shouting all throughout the halls Police must have FORGOTTEN how to use guns and all? It don’t escape us that this was racist There is still some BLM peaceful protestors with some pending cases We protest cuz we’re getting SLAUGHTERED by those who supposed to be law & order These Whites do insurrection cuz they lost an election? We done lost GENERATIONS dog get some perspective And even if a few of y’all get arrested and the president gets a little correction that’ll be the start of some good repentance! Yo! B boys B girls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world So Whatever history unfurls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world We can make a different world We can make a different world Hard Working Are we on the air Remember the Black sista Miriam Carey? In 2013 she struck the Capitol barriers with her car, that led to chase with officers opening fire 26 bullets in her head and heart! Her 13 month old baby was in the back seat That is how capitol police treat us Black people We cannot forget our memories are FULL! And we’re triggered all over again when triggers ain’t pulled with the same EASE as it is with BLACK bodies and in every single degree We are not decreed with rights to LIVE So when TRUMP incites dudes to go to the capitol Some POLICE open the gates and let HALF OF EM THROUGH You got us wondering if the system is REALLY in cahoots? We’ll see the length of these sentences then we’ll know the truth! Meanwhile EVERYONE that loves a hip hop tune. Black, White, Indian, Asian Latin whatever the roots We can create new roads and new routes! B boys B girls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world Whatever system unfurls hip-hop is from the school of Hillman So We can make a different world We can make a different world We can make a different world

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released February 5, 2021

Copyright 2021 Vagabond Productions
Photographer: @rafael.avcioglu Rafal Avcioglu
Model: @justcallmekish
Stylists: @adreain.j @andreaa_montoyaa

Thanks to God. Jesus Christ, Yolanda Thomas, Vagabond Productions, Arrested Development, The Vagabond Family: Rambo, Christian, Dara, Ke”Andra, Arabiah, U.Will, Otis Mensah, JJ Boogie, Will Montgomery, Casey Graham, Jamie Estalella. Thanks to Zoe Renee, Sage Koi, Rafael Avcioglu & Black Existence.

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Speech Fayetteville, Georgia

Leader of the 2x Grammy Award winning hip-hop collective, Arrested Development. A ground-breaking force in Hip-hop culture since 91.

Speech has continued to be a trailblazer with the group and as a solo artist sharing
stages with Nelson Mandela, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Hilary Rodham Clinton and
Barack Obama, he is the categorical definition of legendary.
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