CARTER IS DOPE

enough

Produced, written, and recorded by Carter Powers.

LYRICS:

[HOOK 1]
Lately I’m grinding a lot
Just like my dad i’m a soldier
Steady I work for my spot
I don’t need help I need closure

I don’t tell no one my plot
Been that way since I got older
I know success isn’t bought
You hustle and work til it’s over 

Ever since I left the west I haven’t been the same
Called my older sister say I’m different and I’m changed
Nothing that I do feels right it’s driving me insane
So I shut my eyes wake up make every same mistake

[VERSE 1]
I been going through it I don’t think they understand
And I’m losing hope like I’m swimming through quick sand 
Keep my head above the water looking out for land
Think I need another savior or a helping hand, like

No matter what, I’m losing focus
Been hard to stand, when you feel hopeless
I’m losing touch, in my emotions
My bones are sand, my mind’s an ocean

these feelings I feel,, they weighing a mil, i’m feeling em still, like king of the hill, my body was killed, and now it is floating

Anxiety real,, nauseous I feel, my bottle refilled, 
I’m taking a pill, right straight to the gill, and that’s how I’m coping 

Time is running out like my prescription on the couch
Everyone around, only looking for some clout
I thought the one was found, thinking that she’d held it down
But now I swear I’m headed up I’m looking to the clouds, cause

[HOOK 2]
Lately I’m grinding a lot
Just like my dad i’m a soldier
Steady I work for my spot
I don’t need help I need closure

I don’t tell no one my plot
Been that way since I got older
I know success isn’t bought
You hustle and work til it’s over 

Ever since I left the west I haven’t been the same
Called my older sister say I’m different and I’m changed
Nothing that I do feels right it’s driving me insane
So I shut my eyes wake up make every same mistake

Permanently Blue (@iamcarterpowers)

Written and recorded by Carter Powers.
Produced by Aksai Beats.

LYRICS:

[PRE-HOOK]

She say that she love me, but she never did
Never got a warning, she just up and dipped

[HOOK 1]

She say that she love me, but she never did
I knew she was lying the moment left her lips
Never got a warning, she just up and dipped
I'm still feeling helpless I can’t live with this

She say that she love me, but she never did
I knew she was lying the moment left her lips
Never got a warning, she just up and dipped
I'm still feeling helpless I can’t live with this

[VERSE 1]

Okay pop, then I choke, lately my life been a joke
I’m always so nauseous I don’t know what I don’t know
I can’t seem to get a grip or figure how to cope
Like how she say she love me then she left me for my bro

That’s how I knew, it wasn’t you, all I wanted was the truth, yeah yeah
Fiending hard on demon youth, yeah yeah
All the hurt you put me through, I don’t wanna hear from you, never happy when I do 

Why you have to play me like you thought of me as nothing but a joke,
I’m still picking pieces from this heart that you broke
Insecurity is taking over and I know,
That I’m on my own because I’m anxious and alone 

Why, do I even, try?
keeps me up at, night
insecure all the time

[HOOK 2]

She say that she love me, but she never did
I knew she was lying the moment left her lips
Never got a warning, she just up and dipped
I'm still feeling helpless I can’t live with this

She say that she love me, but she never did
I knew she was lying the moment left her lips
Never got a warning, she just up and dipped
I'm still feeling helpless I can’t live with this

Insecure (@iamcarterpowers) (Prod. Aksai)

Written and recorded by Carter Powers.
Produced by Aksai Beats.

LYRICS:

[HOOK 1]
Lately I haven’t felt like myself
I take my pills never mind my health
The doc said they’d work saying that they’d help
But I still feel worse yeah I feel like hell

Lately I haven’t felt like myself
I take my pills never mind my health
The doc said they’d work saying that they’d help
But I still feel worse yeah I feel like hell

[VERSE 1]
Most of the time I wonder if I’ll make it
The problems that I have always leave me anxious
I don’t wanna die but my life won’t face it
Stuck inside my mind and my body can’t take it

The doctor gave me pills for the pain in my body
I throw up every night and every day like it’s my hobby
Forgotten and alone like my life is just a copy
Remember nights I cried when the mirror didn’t want me

Tell me do you really know how I feel?
I don’t know the difference for what’s right and what’s real
I don’t know the cure to this nausea that I feel
It’s been 3 whole days since I had my last meal

Anxiety makes me feel so worthless
I just stay in bed cause I’m always hurting
“You’ll be okay” yeah I’ve already heard it
What did I even do to make me deserve this?

[HOOK 2]
Lately I haven’t felt like myself
I take my pills never mind my health
The doc said they’d work saying that they’d help
But I still feel worse yeah I feel like hell

Lately I haven’t felt like myself
I take my pills never mind my health
The doc said they’d work saying that they’d help
But I still feel worse yeah I feel like hell

[OUTRO]
You could stay here forever, if you want to. 
Really?
Sure! We’ll sing, and play games, and mother will cook your favorite meals.
There’s one “tiny” little thing we need to do.
What’s that?
Well, it’s a surprise.

Cursed Child (@iamcarterpowers) (Prod. Aksai)

Written and recorded by Carter Powers.
Beat produced by JabariOnTheBeat.

LYRICS:

[HOOK 1]
just let me know how i’m in the flow, in the flow
hoping you’ll save me
just let me know if you wanna go, wanna go
i’m losing patience

just let me know how i’m in the flow, in the flow
hoping you’ll save me
just let me know if you wanna go, wanna go
i’m losing patience


[VERSE 1]
life is moving on
doesn’t take breaks, no
and i’m moving on
won’t hit the brakes, no

i might have friends but i'm on my own, on my own
why do i feel alone?

life is moving too fast
i’ll never know what i had
now i’m stuck in the past
nothing good ever lasts


[HOOK 2]
just let me know how i’m in the flow, in the flow
hoping you’ll save me
just let me know if you wanna go, wanna go
i’m losing patience

just let me know how i’m in the flow, in the flow
hoping you’ll save me
just let me know if you wanna go, wanna go
i’m losing patience

check up on your friends (@iamcarterpowers) (Prod. Jabari)

MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/4TzTMKWssxw

Written, recorded, and produced by Carter Powers.

LYRICS:

[INTRO]
yeah they know i’m the one
yeah she knows i’m the one
yeah they know, yeah they know
yeah they know, yeah they know
yeah they know, yeah they know that i don’t need no-


[HOOK 1]
oooooh
i keep a glock i ain’t talking no gun
when i pull up they see me and they run
they look at me and they know i’m the one, yeah they know i’m the one like

oooooh
i keep a glock i ain’t talking no gun
when i pull up they see me and they run
they look at me and they know i’m the one, yeah they know i’m the one like


[VERSE 1]
i can’t keep friends cause they letting me down like
say they got my back on their life then they switch sides
if you think i’m crazy stick around and i just might
make a song about you on my momma i don’t think twice

i don’t think twice
shorty want me back
told her blink twice
that’s how long we had
i don’t take advice
cuz it’s always bad
no i’ll never miss
what we never had


[HOOK 2]
oooooh
i keep a glock i ain’t talking no gun
when i pull up they see me and they run
they look at me and they know i’m the one, yeah they know i’m the one like

oooooh
i keep a glock i ain’t talking no gun
when i pull up they see me and they run
they look at me and they know i’m the one, yeah they know i’m the one like


[OUTRO]
i’m the one
yeah she knows i’m the one
yeah she knows i don’t need no gun
i don’t need no gun, i don’t need no gun, i don’t need no gun

No Gun (MUSIC VIDEO OUT NOW) (@iamcarterpowers)

indie hip-hop artist.
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