Prowess

First Person Shooter
The Final Encounter
Zolt Energy Serum (for Doubletime goodness!)
The Bear Hammock 29-F (leaves No Snares unturned)

I’m so amazed it’s the final stage, the rain has been on for days, so make way,
I’m on a mission, locate the villain position than its good riddance!
Get the lost players and I’m dipping, So spacious, gloves come with navigation,
Being patient, I pinpoint the destination, It’s an old train station, two dots in the Basement,
Mike and Sabrina, good their adjacent, 
I came prepared, weapons come with the software, guile anti-airs to the solar flares, all there,
Open palm blasts for the accuracy, cause the site is flooded by all the Valkyries actually,
An organization with such powerful means, with Major calling the shots  “promo team”
Made a vaccine intervene with a clever scheme, that racism has been wiped clean, 
The pipe dream is a different route, exploit human differences and transformed any amount into clout,
So, without a doubt camouflage for the right occasion, throw a couple ‘nades and break they concentration, 

Enter the building,  uncomfortable Feeling,  ads written all over the walls and the ceilings not appealing,
No signs of life or the villains, but there a flight of stairs straight ahead in the dark bone chilling,
Move down the stairs, very cautious, then I overhear the OFFERER in the office; its MAJOR!
Stated that if they don’t find me in the next 5-minutes, Massacre Mic and Sabrina are finished later, 
Past major there’s a pad lock door, I found ‘em both, I could hear feet slide on the floor, 
already use 2 grenades only got 3 more…Semtex for the lock, flash-bang under the door, 

I’m toe-to-toe with the creator, against light sabers, blocking every blast sharper than a razor
By nature, he’s not making mistakes, teleports right behind me, I feel my shields break…
Took Damage and I could hardly respond, no abilities left, and the ENERGY is gone, 
Players watch in distress as I push limits to the test while MAJOR moves through all these attempts with such finesse,
Then throws me across the room, throws me by my arms; constant chest punches that cause definite harm.
I collapse to the ground his foot to my stomach; set the record of who is King, and he wasn’t…
I thought it was over and I let everybody down, but then I felt my heartbeat coming now,
The gloves started glowing the shields coming back, took advantage on the ground to relax,
Now back to the match, giving ‘em everything that I had, we started traded blows; then he started getting mad; like wowzers…
“How could you obtain this power I’ve been beating you to a pulp for an hour”
Then it clicked, now that you finally understand, why player one was the perfect name for the plan,
I wasn’t trapped in the game I was trapped from uncovering the person that I am,
I’m the man that will destroy you. 

I see the stagger in his stance, it’s my only chance, ki blast to the face, tIme to lay the hands,
Give ‘em the little Mac give em the Ryu, give ‘em a flash kick that frames can’t fight through,
I make a dent, left with a huge bruise, but he was still grinning definitely missing a few screws,
Need a clue? I own the game I decide who’s meant to lose, so give up and cruise, 
You thought this was a gimmick? I’m destroying the world and I plan on taking you with it,
 Better player, I will admit it…but run as fast you can, starting now you got 5-minutes  

--Cut Scene--
I get a message from the Skygodd; 
“You gotta make to Rushmore, I’m installing your shoes to now enable the sprint form, 
And when the kicks get warm they turn into Liu Kang’s so every spin kick turns to a fire storm”

But they’re both unconscious, I can’t carry them above,
Nothing [but] a thing you can store them in the glove,  understand 2 inside keep one glove occupied,
So, you got one glove to keep you alive, I can provide a portal all you need is drive,
I would call fluff for a ride but you gotta through all the Valkyries outside,
Wait I just don't want you to die…

VPC 7 Round 2

Fireproof [Mark Cooper, Prowess The Testament] -Offerer - League of The Lost Players

Hook (all/layered) 
The Nerds Come Out At Night x 8 
(The nerds come out)

Verse(s):
Mark FKN Cooper
Since stranded here been bored to tears like I don't got things to do
I got places to go and people to see, man I need to get rescued 
The X marks the spot, now here comes a yacht, hop aboard and meet the crew 
Approaching the lobby, I see Tia & Bobby, plus the VPC came too  (that's you) 

Bobby Aarsen 
Its a literal whos who of the nerdiest catch 
Taco's on the mash snackin with Smokee and An
SLLVN got a hold scissors and now they're sleeveless
Tia's droppin a throw back like sweet jesus  

Prowess The Testament 
How egregious, these teams should check the features
We 1-up competition, head first like a fetus
That's a .5 fraction, like Ardamus captions
I'm laughing with the captain, scribing rhymes on a napkin

Hook (all/layered) 
The Nerds Come Out At Night x 8 
(The nerds come out) (voiceovers from Bobby/Mark Cooper)

Verse(s): Bobby Aarsen x Prowess The Testament
Twilli playing Pictionary with the 'Spandex Moose'
And 'Beaker' slaying shuffleboard, sippin Metamucil
They never had a clue, found the green on the steamboat
Now, we ‘SOLO’ L's, rock bells with Lex Lingo 
Light it up like casino, Deshko with the Cheat Code
Wetter than Pellegrino, thirst where the freaks go
Little did he know, Shawn Solo, received mo', C-Notes, it’s GROSS, just peep the keynote (winks)

-Lower 3rd Beat Transition: Salute to Deshko-
Mark FUKN Cooper
Look at me now, K-9 growl, Vick is sick, he cant even keep me down,  
More lines spin than a deep down burned cd rounds, see these rounds are a wake up call like coffee grounds 
Royalty with the crown profound, got the pedal on the metal like I'm Logan...
Wow, so marvelous, Scarlet  Witch towards all the risks, life is a game til you get blown out like the cartridges, 
and that’s common sense, so obvious, shake 'em up like Parkinson's with an etch & sketch in a turtleneck and a baphomet 
  
Hook (all/layered) 
The Nerds Come Out At Night x 8 
(The nerds come out)

Mark FUKN Cooper
I never skip a beat, my moonwalk is sleek
The way I spin move through the groove
The Lamar Latrell that turned Patty LaBelle 
Giving nerds new attitudes 
Keep it hippoty hoppity, nobody "heir" is stopping me, I'm prepared to put your hands in a air like robbery, 
So, you dare to copy me? Blank stare cuz probably, you thinking, I dive bars…that's an anomaly 

Hook (all/layered) 
The Nerds Come Out At Night x 8 
(The nerds come out)

-FADE TO BLACK-

VPC7 Round 4

Fireproof [Mark Cooper, Prowess The Testament] – Nerds Come Out Art (ft. Bobby Arsen)

"Right Where I Left It" EP | August 2016 
Available for sale at prowessthetestament.bandcamp.com
Courtesy of Delegation Music
Features: Ardamus, Matta Fact, RNL, Enoch 7th Prophet
Producers: Grussle, P-Tech Santiago, RuffianKick, DubLohSkytzo 

Blood in the Water - ALBUM EDIT [prod. by P-Tech Santiago]

CLIMB feat. RNL [prod. by Grussle]

--Verse 1--

I’m having dreams of making the greatest memes, to be a legend remembered up on the screen, a little cream makes it even more delicious, if I cut these scenes, they gone get these fire pictures, I’m making days a bit brighter, light the night up, Kermit on typewriter, my type righter, left of the write up, when I ignite these macs, the mics (mikes) is magic, putting Mobb’s in Havoc, prodigy fabric, cut from a different graphic, creature of habit, pulling rabbits out of a hat trick, surpassed it, distract ‘em like boyfriends looking backwards, facts is, I’m Iverson lacking practice, “I verse sons” and birth puns, on the swing of the drum, it’s big fun, who wan’ some…

--Chorus 1--
My milf shake brings all the buoys to sea, and their likes are currency/
They like these fire ass memes, I could teach you but you gotta pay a fee/
(Repeat twice)

--Verse 2--
Now I’m Reddit credible, a professional, count the decimals, going viral from American idols, Simon Cowell’d, leave no options, like Lebron fleeing a conference…listen misfits, frisk the witness, got bars like planet fitness, enough to put an angry bagel guy on the wish list, left defenseless, arms to short to box the temptress, I’m here to put you on notice, quote the POTUS, its all fake news in showbiz, the goat is here, please rejoice, It’s Yeezy, if slavery was a choice, I can teach you, but I have to invoice, choose death before dishonor, she keke’d when I palmed her

--Chorus 2--
My milf shake brings all the buoys to sea, and their likes are currency
They like these fire ass memes, I could teach you but you gotta pay a fee
(Repeat twice)

Sleeping Dragon - Sweet Memes

Verse 1

Designed by the pride of a divine countryside,
Sypha takes the lives of those who dare stare in the eyes,
in the wrong way, Sypha spits with a strong blade,
grips on mics with fang shaped knives,
scimitar marks left on the minds of mankind
the ascent of Autumn brought, a most devious scholar of thought,
and as Winter commenced, the words i sent put dents in the cement,
right thru the layers of ice, aiming my hate at earth, the relentless pricing of life,
I buy into the hype, selling my opinions to the minions of evil vengeance, but they still tell me that I’m the greatest…it’s not even debated…my fate demonstrated
A hero and a legend, destined, see you can hear it when he beckoned
I crush a soul in mere seconds…send 'em to the heavens…

You peasants…every time I’m in a session



Chorus (repeat)

Where you gonna run....

When Sypha comes...when Sypha comes



Where you gonna go...

When Sypha comes to take your soul...



Verse 2

Verbally with urgency, unfurling murderous wordery
my hyperbole surgery
Dropping whopping bombs, third degree onto your perjury
Words’re heard to scream emergency
These vamps want to eat, I’m a vegan to burger beef
And a virgin to defeat…but still they wanna compete…
Steal on crews and leave jewels, without the burglary, heard a me?
I ain’t even gotta spit a verse, I let the fire burn fervently and…
Cause an insurgency, Serving these beasts on beats that feast eternally
When Sypha starts reciting, Poseidon grabs his triton, it starts thunder and lightning, life lines get tightened…When my tongue slur, it be like death becomes her, Leaving ‘em unsure, who they even came for, or who they came with, portraits painted with blood stains, I take names from the shameless, and leave craniums brainless, don’t try to attain this…

with the aid of the blade, I invade your blockade

Save grenades, persuade a tirade

Did y'all sharpen your weapons?
Mines is steady prepped, whoever wanna step in,
I intercept em', I like the sound of cracking necks and…I reckon,
42 plays of power, I throw grenades at the tower, till bodies cower,
Helios in Tuscany, a gift of the Maggi, 

Shifting ‘dimes in pairs’ as I cross the finish line

Counting ‘nickels' with my kinfolks, never seemed so sinful

Now I leave signatures in end quotes that the pen spoke…
[END]

VPC6 Round 2

Sleeping Dragon- Symphony of Lost Souls

PLACE YOUR VOTES NOW!
CHALLENGE:
Just like hip hop has its Four Elements, a certain musical festival that is most assuredly not a donut (^_~) has elements of its own.

(Some of) those elements are: chiptune, video game music (VGM), visualism and nerdcore hip hop. This challenge will have teams integrating these elements into one track.

To start off this alignment, we bring you three videos, brought to you by none other than visual artist Pixelseed!

Crave: https://youtu.be/jnDDc_0CvJ4

Droids: https://youtu.be/YKvSww3lEhw

Mosquito: https://youtu.be/ZMfCpci01G4

Your job, as a team, is to pick the video you like the best, and then create the soundtrack to it! 

Seems easy enough, right?

Well, producers, your challenge is to tie in chiptune elements into your song.  You can go as minimal or maximized as you’d like, but the element(s) chosen need to be clear and identifiable.  Oh and if that wasn’t enough, we’re going to need you to build the hook of your track around an arpeggio. You can flex your muscles and write a completely original one yourself, but if that seems like too daunting a task, then you can borrow one – but it must be from a video game.

Vocalists, you’re here to represent nerdcore hip hop at it’s finest.  We want to see you whipping out your finest multisyllabic rhymes – at least 50% – to be precise.   Oh, and we need you to really get your point across by including some fire adlibs. 

So that’s it, really.  Not too bad huh? All you need to do is pay homage to your sister scenes. 

Oh, and don’t stress too much if you’re unable to edit your song to the video you choose, while you’re welcome to do it yourself to achieve perfection, we will also do it on behalf of anyone who isn’t able to.

VPC6 Round 3

Sleeping Dragon - C'est La Vie

VPC6 Round 4

Sleeping Dragon - Light Up the Cannons (The Hunger Games - A President Snow diss)

Sleeping Dragon - Crossfire

Welcome back to Lady Blerds Sing the Blues! This week Prowess the Testament joins Kylie Toosmart and Sometimes V as they discuss Gamestop, eating the rich, and preserving spaces for black creators. We honor the life and works of Cicely Tyson, may she rest in peace. This weeks nerdy and dirty topic is all about Sapiosexuals and avoiding fuckboisms. MAGfest is getting a much needed facelift, hopefully we will see some more diversity! HeroicInnerKids is now offering personalized letters from Daredevil in BRAILLE! IAmProwess has dropped "A Tale of Two Masters" the DELUXE version! Big Move Monday goes to Black.outreach.sj on Instagram for their continual fight against injustice, most recently being their involvment in stopping evictions in Santa Clara County. Thank you for listening to Lady Blerds Sing the Blues. You can find us on Spotify, Apple pods, & our original home Soundcloud. Follow us on Instagram @LadyBlerdspodcast. For questions questions and suggestions about the show email us at dontcastndrive@gmail.com spelled Don'tCast N Drive. **Update: All Dont Cast n Drive interviews are now available within the same playlist as Lady Blerds Sings the Blues!!! Any podcast starting with "Dont Cast n Drive" is an interview segment of artistic folk near & far.

17. Preserving Nerdcore Spaces feat. Prowess the Testament

1up Funk, Nerdy Swag Wizards, 2 lyricists, Hook Shot and Bobby Arson. Hooky's on the beats, and Arson's on the cuts. Jazzy, Funky, Synth Heavy Nerdcore,  from the West Coast of Canada.