Alex Zilker is a new hip-hop artist trying to capture a new school sound with a old school feel. 

Cannon (Prod. L.A Chase)

Lyrics:
So there’s one thing that i never understood, if we keep making houses we’ll just run out of wood? things will turn fast lying that it be all good. its not that they’re weak just don't think that they could.  Because if you only look at the bright side of life, then there’s a good chance that you’ll probably go blind, and if you only see the glass as half full, then you’ve never woken up just to get your work to school. A smile’s just a line that sits under my eyes, but it’s a sign that im fine and i sip fancy wine’s, but my thoughts are just interior design for my mind, but forget about money all I want is a dime. Is ten cents enough or is ten cents too much? It’s hard to focus on music with a woman's gentle touch, it’s been ten years since I liked a girl enough to be my crush, and I never told a soul I kept my lips sealed, hush.

(chorus) does that make me an optimist? i wanted to live in the moment so i took the watch off my wrist. does that make me an optimist? he wanted me to fight but i didn’t raise my fists. does that make me an optimist? what makes me an optimist? what what, what makes me an optimist? what makes me an optimist?

I don’t understand what makes me a man, If I wanted to rebel I’d use my words not a spray can, I’m really not that bad like a mid-size sedan, but if i got caught id take the blame while all my friends ran. I’m a good guy stepping up to the plate, I’d rather feed a thousand starving children before I ate, I just hope there’s others like me so i can relate, ones who have a heart of gold because gold feels great. The future’s not today so why am I living it that way, and much to my dismay my days have been feeling grey, but at least i know i wont be a slave to an ashtray, I’m just working up the courage to tip a hundred to the valet. I’m like a mailman i’ll deliver no matter the weather, rain sleet snow or hail the deadlier the better, 92 million miles away but i didn’t even measure, I’m as hot as the sun but you can call me stellar.

(chorus) does that make me an optimist? i wanted to live in the moment so i took the watch off my wrist. does that make me an optimist? he wanted me to fight but i didn’t raise my fists. does that make me an optimist? what makes me an optimist? what what, what makes me an optimist? what makes me an optimist?


Optimist (Prod. Frander)

I was raised my whole life being told to study hard, and when I got a birthday present told to send a thank you card, I was raised to be king prolly see me on a face card, no fence can hold me back raise my sword like “on guard”. I learned about inertia newton’s laws in full swing, that’s why I never wanna be restricted by a ring, try to throw me away ill bounce back like a spring, that whole one life one love, that just aint my thing. If you want to live in the past then you might just die trying, and if you want to live in the future then you might just try dying, the lie dealer’s selling but I know I aint buying, it’s called the present for a reason, open it and quit crying. It’s not a balancing act but im living in suspense, I guess I live for the thrill but that’s just common sense, I’ve got a mind made of gold that’s why it’s so dense, one time I lost a dream and I’ve been searching ever since. Got a few extra bucks? Why not buy a yacht. You think I got that kinda cash? Not by a long shot, I need to use my time to untangle the knots, cuz I don’t wanna send a postcard that’s just my mug shot. They say a troublemaker’s got a harder path to fame, but that’s just a suggestion merely a simple claim, a story sounds better when it’s told over a flame, to whoever wants the last smore, its fair game. You know what they say patience is a virtue, but you’re just gonna have to wait for that late curfew, im sorry let me walk a mile in your shoes, but don’t let me run off cuz that sure would hurt you. We all make mistakes we just put them all behind us, it’s not the end of the world if I make a C minus, my mom was crying she was acting like it was a crisis, this one’s for the girls who think they’re the finest.

(Chorus)
So let me take you back to when the days were never ending, when the postcards were sending and we never stopped pretending, to when I thought I’d grow up to be some kind of king, it’s funny how it is we’re all living the same thing. X2
 
And when I walk on the street people spray painting stop signs, they saying to stop all war and I’m saying to stop all crimes, you think you make a difference just with spray cans to vandalize, you try to change the world but you haven’t even changed by mind. We all grow up too fast it’s kinda making me nervous, I try not to let all my negative thoughts surface, I feel like it’s the whole world and me versus, I try to call out for help but no shoes no shirt no service. I didn’t ask for an opinion but everyone’s a critic, no seriously believe me just look at these statistics, media’s written with a code that seems so cryptic, I wish we could live in a world where our lives were more simplistic. I came through with a dream I gotta cover, this aint astronomy though I aint a star crossed lover, the best way to win big is to be a bluffer, I may not be soaring but at least I can hover.
 
 



(Chorus)
So let me take you back to when the days were never ending, when the postcards were sending and we never stopped pretending, to when I thought I’d grow up to be some kind of king, it’s funny how it is we’re all living the same thing. X2
So let me take you back to when the days were never ending x4
So let me take you back to when the days were never ending,
So let me take you back to when the days were never ending,
So let me take you back to when the days were never ending,
It’s funny how it is, we’re all living the same thing.


Never Ending Days (prod. Empty Beatz)

Prod. THEOPHILUS
Lyrics:

I just want to climb a tree, fly me out to Tennessee, I've got a few friends, but fewer enemies, I just want to live the good life like it was supposed to be, chilling with a few pals start to feel the THC. I've always wanted to visit the coast of cali, I mean I've been there once but that was hardly a formality, I've been having such a good day I can’t tell if it’s reality, to infinity and beyond straight outta this galaxy. Penny for your thoughts but heres a thought we can discuss, we’re just tiny specks of dust on a bigger speck of dust that floats around a speck of dust, with some other specks of dust, and that's the whole universe but we've barely broke the crust. 
but we're, just gathering herds, standing in my backyard shoot down mac millers birds *bird cry*, when we get home we turn on the television, while are bodies are torn apart that's cell division, 
I never really understood what makes me up, but i'm not a martini please don't shake me up,
i’ve set an alarm thats going to wake me up, but this ain't a jewish wedding don't break the cup. don’t bite that hand that feeds you, you’ve had better days? yeah me too, I just spent 4 days of the week in bed, watching one fan blade rotate overhead. damn, i guess im just visiting here, not meant to be a dream, but i'm still a musketeer, and just like magic all my worries disappeared, I accept this new mindset as a souvenir, tie my thoughts down watch me scream and shout, walk off in the corner, continue to pout,  playing with the shark there will be no doubt, but here i’m playing with fire what is that about. 

Penny for your thoughts but heres a thought we can discuss, we’re just tiny specks of dust on a bigger speck of dust that floats around a speck of dust, with some other specks of dust, and thats the whole universe but we’ve barely broke the crust. 
Penny for your thoughts but heres a thought we can discuss, we’re just tiny specks of dust on a bigger speck of dust that floats around a speck of dust, with some other specks of dust, and thats the whole universe but we’ve barely broke the crust. 

six foot seven foot eight foot hut, I got lost in the forest I was following my gut,  I don’t wear a v-neck i rock it crew cut, got it from the thrift shop (what what, what, what).  Do you want a cookie macadamia nut, I don’t play around with rookies and this track is uncut, oops I messed up gotta start all over, why so serious, get it? like the joker? 
ah man thats sick i feel you there, so jealous how you can write, poor hearing impaired. but i'm never scared, all i know is that i got you, moving far away but i still know that i got you. i been savin loose change in a jar on my shelf, savin up for a change gonna better myself, and i thought about your words today, all the lies you told me how its gonna be okay, kept them in my pocket save it for a better day, i'm not making much i wish i had better pay, can barely afford a girl - what she order fish filet, I said I wanted burger king but have it your way. Fast food junky still better than some drugs, but I still get high...fructose corn syrup. everything i eat still put it on repeat, boy school is getting old no wonder people cheat. But back to the beat listen to my soul, I must be eating soup cuz this a pretty good bowl, but thats just how the story unfolds, been making these raps since i was like 8 years old. trudging through the cold just tryna carry on, they said i’d never make it but i found the break of dawn, it’s just brains over brawn still sitting in my lawn, im in the front lines but i dont wanna be a pawn.

  Chorus X2



*talking over the slow part*
“so like what's the deal. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for the majority of the year we’re run by the board of education. all i’ve got to say to that is that it’s  aptly named, because i'm bored of education.







Dust - Alex Zilker

Who is Alex Zilker?

Alex Zilker is a new hip hop artist with old school interests trying to make it. With lots of different influences like: Cam Meekins, G-eazy, Mac Miller, Gang Starr, Souls of Mischief and many more alex has set a mission to try and capture all of these fantastic artists and incorporate it into his own kind of style. If you like what you hear it would be an honor to have you support use and help us develop into the best possible musicians we can be. Thank you.

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