[verse:]
Had the mattress on the floor, couldn‘t sleep still
You‘d show right up at my door when it‘s needed
You look better than your phone could‘ve pictured
Girl, your smile is of a goddess
It can’t be helped but I’m feeling blue
Nothing‘s something if it ain’t with you
I’d clip my wings for you to fly away
When your mind is caged, I’m your sweet escape

[hook:]
But you gon‘ feel when I opt out
When I opt out
Feel uneasy now? 
Said you gon’ feel when I opt out 
Uh, when I opt out
Say you don‘t need me now
I‘m severing all our ties
Things won’t be undone
Undone, un-uh
I notice when you lie 
I’ll never be the one

[bridge:]
Why you set me up?
I‘m down on my luck 
Why you push me back?
Hate to feel like that
Why don‘t you trust your feelings 
All we got‘s a minute 
Don‘t hold back, I‘m with it 
I’m on call for you 

Why you set me up?
I‘m down on my luck 
Why you push me back?
Hate to feel like that
Why don‘t you trust your feelings 
All we got‘s a minute 
Don‘t hold back, I‘m with it -

[hook:]
But you gon‘ feel when I opt out
When I opt out
Feel uneasy now? 
Said you gon’ feel when I opt out 
Uh, when I opt out
Say you don‘t need me now
I‘m severing all our ties
Things won’t be undone
Undone, un-uh
I notice when you lie 
I’ll never be the one

The Space Between

I'm Different When I'm With You

IGUESSWENEVERKNOW FREESTYLE

„Fight the Feeling" feels like a revolution on audio, serving as a reminder of one‘s own royalty.

Fight the Feeling

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Lyrics:
[verse1:]
Late at night I’m wide awake, wide awake 'til the sky turns blue
I hear you calling out my name, out my name
Can you hear me too?
My wilder days were troubling, my peace was overdue
Too used to keeping it all in though I ain’t wanted to

[bridge:]
When it’s darkest the moon will shine behind you
Free my locks from the noose they’re holding onto
And this autotune keeps finding ways to mend my sorrows
This autotune transcends the limits of tomorrow

[interlude:]

[hook:]
Your perception is all that matters
It’s all that matters, oh woah
Your perception is all that matters
It’s all that matters, oh woah
Under pressure, apply pressure
Tara-tata
Under pressure, apply pressure
Tara-tata
Your perception is all that matters
It’s all that matters, oh woah
Your perception is all that matters

[verse2:]
Late at night I‘m wide awake, wide awake 'til the sky turns blue
I’m working overtime again and again, breaking chemicals
It’s taken a toll on me to seek out the truth
It’s when you think you’re lonely that you’ll find the proof

[bridge:]
When it’s darkest the moon will shine behind you
Free my locks from the noose they’re holding onto
And this autotune keeps finding ways to mend my sorrows
This autotune transcends the limits of tomorrow

[hook:]
Your perception is all that matters
It’s all that matters, oh woah
Your perception is all that matters
It’s all that matters, oh woah
Under pressure, apply pressure
Tara-tata
Under pressure, apply pressure
Tara-tata
Your perception is all that matters
Your perception is all that matters


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Perception

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Have you told someone that you love them today? 

Lyrics: 
[Hook:]
I just seen too many girls get lost in words
I just know too many guys that‘s insecure
But what is love if it‘s not you?
Or am I claiming too much?
We both know this is overdue
But I don‘t want us to rush

[bridge:]
Prends ton temps mais ne traînes pas
Parfois la chance tarde mais elle viendra

[verse1:]
Aye, rollercoaster ride, aha
if you love me don’t spare me
Show me all the signs, aha
if you with it I‘m ready 
I’m steady drowning in despair, no fair
I need you here, show me that you care

[verse2:]
Send the flowers in while I can smell them, wait, alright, yeah
Bury me alive or as a legend, wait, no lie, aye
My heart is open, it pours out
I lose myself in the bull’s eye
Then ask myself if I hit the fan is you still a fan or a goner?

[Hook:]
I just seen too many girls get lost in words
I just know too many guys that‘s insecure
But what is love if it‘s not you?
Or am I claiming too much?
We both know this is overdue
But I don‘t want us to rush
Yeah


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Roses

[verse1:]
Confessions
Don’t give them enough to you
Yeah, I’m not stressing
No more, got rid of it all, I learned my lesson
Now you (now you) got out of my system
And I thought you’d keep me alive, yeah
But I had to to lose my fear of dying, oh oh
Ever since all my problems have solved themselves
I know for you it’s hard to understand
Cuz I was the one to give you what you need
But I needed to feel me again
You know I ain’t no liar, no I can’t pretend
For something to begin you need one thing to end
Speaking of us in the past tense

[hook:]
It can‘t be that easy to say you love me
Easy to break me off
Tearing down my walls
Everytime you keep on saying you love me
knowing I can‘t shake it off
Still in disbelief that it‘s so easy to say you love me
Easy to break me off
Tearing down my walls
Everytime you keep on saying you love me
knowing I can‘t shake it off

[verse:]
Ok, penetration, no foreplay
Got me thinking "there‘s no way"
Thoughts are streaming in 4K 
I remember you saying it‘s over
Took a lot to be sober
things I had to heal, my achille‘s heel
Is you and you know precisely how to get to me
The things I did for you it‘s time I do them for me
You’re making it hard to believe in relationships
How you expect the grass you don‘t water to stay green
Patterns that I’m breaking

[hook:]
It can‘t be that easy to say you love me
Easy to break me off
Tearing down my walls
Everytime you keep on saying you love me
knowing I can‘t shake it off
Still in disbelief that it‘s so easy to say you love me
Easy to break me off
Tearing down my walls
Everytime you keep on saying you love me
knowing I can‘t shake it off

[Outro:]
I‘m at a stage of balance
Different challenge, done recovering
Focused my lens, finding my sense 
Owning my well-being
stage of balance
Different challenge, done recovering
Focused my lens, finding my sense 
Owning my well-being
Oh-oh, I‘m owning my well-being
Oh-oh, I‘m owning my well-being
Oh-oh, my well-being
Oh-oh, I‘m owning my well-being

HEAL (with Azuma)

Don’t care bout anything you say
Cuz lately you ain‘t been a fit for me
And I’m running, I’m running 
Running out of things to say
And silence has been a release for me
And I’m running, I’m running
I hear you and see what you saying
But lately we ain’t been a fit for me
So I’m running, I’m running 

Regrets on your mind too
Traces of my blood on your hands too
Caught you when you tripped
Where you flying to?
Different point of views, got a handful
Seeing through the games that we both playing 
Saying I wasn’t real is a bold claim
Pull a Lemonade like Beyoncé
Thought we had agreed we would both stay 
How come we can’t talk straight
Shouting on the phone, let it all out
Poking at each other to see how far we go
How we in so deep in the roll out?
Smoke is in the air but I meant what I said 
Living life at a high pace 
Tad bit too much for your taste
Too caught up in the frame of who is to blame
I‘m running away, yeah 

And lately you ain’t been a fit for me
And I’m running, I’m running 
Running out of things to say
And silence has been a release for me
And I’m running, I’m running
I hear you and see what you saying
But lately it ain’t been a fit for me
So I’m running, I’m running 

I’m done for sure 
You can’t change 'less you want to
I gotta go
If you ain’t gon’ hold me down

Come Alive (2019 Demo)

[verse1:]
And I heard 'em say 
Nothing’s ever promised tomorrow, today
Solace from a chalice, pour out the pain
Having my heart plummet when contemplating
"What‘s in for me?" Yeah
This city got a hold of me, let go
At hand and yet so out of reach, yeah
Imagine being told you’re seeing ghosts

[Bridge:]
But who’s my competition?
Competition, competition
Should I abort the mission? nah nah
This life is unforgiving 
Unforgiving, unforgiving
Alive but barely living, nah nah

[verse3:]
Ok, hold on wait a minute
Hard to see beyond my field of vision when I’m in it
Praying for a blessing, let alone a pot to piss in
Reminiscing on the days when we could barely make a living
But that shit is in the past now 
Young nigga make it glisten with no bussdown
Looking at me, I might really be a cash cow
No debating, put a bid up, I‘m the best out
All you lots can rest now
If you wanna do it, gotta put your mind to it
Only hit it if it got a little bounce to it
Cutting loose ends, ain’t afraid to lose friends
Either way they coming back around like some loose change
That’s why you gotta let it go when it’s gotta go
If your folks ain’t got no goals then it’s adios
Margaritas by the load when we crack the code
Showing you all that it really takes to be considered goats

[Bridge:]
But who’s my competition?
Competition, competition
Should I abort the mission? nah nah
This life is unforgiving 
Unforgiving, unforgiving
Alive but barely living, nah na

GENESIS (feat. MAKUFEEL)

[hook:]
I think most you niggas don’t know who y’all dealing with 
If I say it then I mean it, you know everything legit
I mix rebel with the sensual, how I come up with a fit 
Shawty say she think I’m sexy, babe you don’t know half of it

[verse1:]
Posted in Berlin, I’m singing eulogies 
Ducking the routine and rotten energies, no news to me
Shades on to conceal the vision, so much for the irony
Finger on the trigger for the opps that keep on eyeing me, it’s tiring
Drowning in muddy water, 
Some months ago I felt like quitting, needed to recover 
The feel of giving everything and not move up the latter
Lastly, I had to face my fears and let go of my traumas, me no want anymore drama
Grew up in conditions where a good news only last a day
"Negativity in my genetics" that‘s what momma say
Can‘t believe what she ain‘t never seen but she keep the faith
I just aim to make her dream again before the pearly gates
My new ambition sounding more efficient, yeah
Reactivated like I‘m New Edition, yah
It feels the same but it be hitting different, yeah
Y‘all hear me, yes but do y‘all really listen? Cuz really

[hook:]
I think most you niggas don’t know who y’all dealing with 
If I say it then I mean it, you know everything legit
I mix rebel with the sensual, how I come up with a fit 
Shawty say she think I’m sexy, babe you don’t know half of it

[verse2:]
Just got home from Lisbon, felt like a completed mission
Uber bill could pay tuition, way I’m tryna go the distance 
Only trust my intuition, turn it to my ammunition, ah
How you hate the guy but think that he‘s original?
They keep shutting doors but we know where the windows at
Had to take a minute just to live and then proceed with rap
Index on my pulse to feel if my integrity’s intact 
Yeah, I guess a nigga back
I see everything but I just stay in my lane 
Went from chasing hits to letting all the hits come my way 
Though we ain’t no siblings I want you all to relate
Cuz if this don’t change a thing then it is more of the same
And really I just wanna feel it
If I make it then it’s gotta hit my spirit
On these verses I might turn into a menace
And this one ain’t "Picket Fences", this that vengeance with a message, yeah, my nigga really

[hook:]
I think most you niggas don’t know who y’all dealing with 
If I say it then I mean it, you know everything legit
I mix rebel with the sensual, how I come up with a fit 
Shawty say she think I’m sexy, babe you don’t know half of it

RESURRECTION

It‘s an Eval world we live in
I wanna know, wanna know
Wanna know
I wanna know, wanna know
Wanna know
I wanna know, wanna know
Wanna know
I wanna know, wanna know
Wanna know

[verse1:]
Yeah, why
Do I feel like every single action’s do or die?
Running from myself and now I wonder "who am I?"
Insecurities that I’ve been harboring from time
Searching my subconscience, gotta save my inner child
I been looking for the "why"
Got so many shadows and they keep dimming my light 
Until I can address them they won’t leave me for a while 
They say you grow through pain but either way you’re crucified
My excuses and my lies
Tell you all about them, I’m confessing to this mic 
Diluted my potential, Holy Water with the Sprite
Love is still a concept I can’t wrap my head around, you said "I love you" with your chest,
But does it mean your word is bond?
Temporary highs through the lows
Feeling like I’m Kobe playing every 24
I’m exhausted
Tired of being tired of being tired, it’s obnoxious
Why is it I want a "ride or die" but they keep dying? 

[chorus:]
I wanna know
Wanna know
Wanna know (why)
I wanna know 
Wanna know 
Wanna know (why)
How could you be enlightened if you barely ask yourself the reason why
I wanna know
Wanna know
Wanna know (why)
I wanna know 
Wanna know 
Wanna know (why)
I wanna know

[interlude:]
What the fuck is love?
Love is an imaginary thing
I know fam
That’s some bullshit
I understand
I get you
I understand you don’t…you don’t
You don’t wanna like admit that like love is the best thing that’s out there cuz you’ve been hurt so many times
And people have abused your love
And so that’s why you’re angry
I get you

[verse2:]
Look, yesterday I wrote "Y." a letter
Another love story I ain't know how to settle
So used to letting go whenever things unravel
And burying the broken pieces with a shovel
Put up a mirror now I’m staring at myself
No way around it cuz I did it to myself 
Not honest with you, I’m dishonest with myself
I’m lying cuz I’m terrified that when you see me, you might see somebody else
The coping patterns from a kid that knows the struggle
of growing up seeking validation from adults 
The same ones too busy fighting their own battles
Then fail to notice the projections on their offspring, tch
I digress, moving on with love instead of moving playing chess
Surrender to my past so it won’t keep me from my best
Knowing that mistakes don’t ever mean I’m any less 
Worthy of the love inside and 'round my silhouette, yeah
That’s a fact
Pat on your back
Little boy keep healing, you’re alive and beyond blessed 
Yeah
Yeah

Prelude to My Ascension

[intro:]
Saw you, I saw you
Saw you, saw you
I want you
And you know, yeah

[verse1:]
Everything you want, you know I want too
It’s obvious for the both of us
I can hear your body calling out my name like Abel
A weekend couldn’t be enough 
Hours on the phone like we’re binging on a season, damn 
It’s so easy to fall when you keeping up the teasing
Up until now, I was sure that there’s no such thing as wrong timing 
Said you’re done experimenting, we should be for certain

[chorus:]
So, release me
And keep all your clothes on tonight
Cuz me, I go skin deep
Once I take your clothes off at night 

[verse2:]
You said you saw another side of me
I became someone you confided in 
That one late night at your parent’s crib
When you took me out just to sneak me in
I told you the truth, let you see my hand
(Uh-huh ha ha ha)
We all got a past we got better than
(We all got a past we got better than)
I just wanted you to be understanding
Raised some concerns cuz it sounded heavy
Called off the deal, ain’t no settlement
Said you’re scared to end up an experiment

[chorus:]
So, release me
And keep all your clothes on tonight
Cuz me, I go skin deep
Once I take your clothes off at night

EXPERIMENT

[intro:]
The way it gotta go is you gotta give me a 100% of the money 
That‘s how the contract was written because I made the beat, I wrote the song
Y‘all ain‘t do nothing
So I get all the money 
It’s an Eval world we live in

[verse1:]
Aye, coping mechanism, I don’t wanna link
Told my therapist I’d rather be a motherfucking bully than a casualty, yeah
Everything is everything but all of you is something I would never wanna be
Heart froze: cryotherapy
Let my hair down like I’m rocking weaves
Tell 'em I don’t give a damn bout what they label me, fucked up, uh
Young King and I’m up top
Lack of father figures, so you better call me pop pop, yeah
Late night at my mom’s spot
Scheming on a way to cop me every single drop top, yeah
How you gon’ blast for me?
I’m tryna show the youth there is no roof for real
Yeah, I own my masters, see
So if you’re reaching out to me, it’s B2B, aye

[hook:]
Business to business 
Yeah, we keep it strictly business to business
Might be gone for a while but I’ll be back in a minute
Cooking up so you know I mean business (2x)

[verse2:]
Uh, and it’s scandalous
How many other records 'til you dance to this?
I mean, who else you know could make it look so effortless?
Might take a rapper girl to dinner and it’s candle lit, hahaha
They never hating on the flow though
Chip upon my shoulders, why I walk like Quasimodo
Until we seeing green, the middle finger’s up like Ceelo
Pray to make a change but we ain’t praying to a c-note, huh
The confidence
I do it for the fam, I swear it’s all for them
I’m a community constructor
Beloved brother’s keeper 
To each and all my sisters
A safer place to linger, yeah
How you gon’ blast for me?
I’m tryna show the youth there is so much to be
Yeah, those are the ones I see
With everybody else I keep it B2B, aye

[hook:]
Business to business 
Yeah, we keep it strictly business to business
Might be gone for a while but I’ll be back in a minute
Cooking up so you know I mean business (2x)

"THE PRESSURE (FREESTYLE)"

[verse:]
I told my girl: "Don't wait up for me, you might never see the sun
By the time I hit my pinnacle, your feelings will be gone
If I ain't the one to make it out then tell me who's the one?
All this pressure on my shoulders and it's hard to brush it off"
Took my ass out of the city, told my niggas buckle up
This for all the ones who feel me, feel like you ain't done enough
Reason why my thoughts are spinning and my pen is bleeding out
All my demons reappear as soon the sun's settling down, ahh
Pedal to the floor, I'm doin' 90 on the highway
Who'da thought that boy with nappy hair could get this far by writing
All his feelings on a napkin, still I'm fucking underrated
Always home but hardly reppin', shouting out to Berne my city
How you feel when they keep saying that your good ain't good enough?
Still, you killing every feature and the ones that put you on?
Yesterday, Ben told me:"CK, stay committed to the music
Cuz we do it for the love and you don't need to put tags on it
Told him:"Brother, I been slept on for my whole damn life
And I don't mean to say you wrong because you goddamm right
But I want all of my respect cuz in this game there ain't no ties
Either you the best or noone's ever giving you their time
I told my girl: "Don't wait up for me" she might never see the sun
By the time I hit my pinnacle, her feelings will be gone
If I ain't the one to make it out then tell me who's the one?
All this pressure on my shoulders but my heart is beating calm

This track was recorded, mixed and mastered at SoundCorner studio

The Pressure (Freestyle)/(Prod. by Bandit Luce)

"NIGGAZ AND BITCHEZ"

[intro:]
Yeah yeah yeah
Ladies and Gentlemen
Boys and girls
Niggas and bitches
Hope you had fun so far man, man I just wanna have fun man, I mean this shit is fun to me 
It's like, I don't even...*rubbish* *rubbish*
Uh, I don't even know what to say it's like, I just wanna spit some hot...shit man, I don't know, maybe I should just start and...fuck it let's go

[verse:]
Uh, CK on the road to the riches, got my Karma up, Kamasutra with them bitches
Burn like bonfire, man it's been a long time 
Under pressure cuz depression was a vulture in my brain sells
Man, I been told that your game's frail, everytime I hear you spit I end up brain dead
Let me clear your mind up, listen up there, uh-hum, let me start then; oh yeah
All you do is fucking wack, nigga
Matter of fact you shouldn't have jumped on wax, nigga
Too many rap niggas on the map, rather step back, I blast with the gat and I bet they won't get back up
Backing up my gun talk; Peaceful, but they'll like you more when you talk guns, hmm
Or maybe in a coffin, six feet deep with the prophets, rather stay alive making profit

[chorus:]
Huh, niggaz and bitchez, yo this for my niggaz and bitchez
The snakez and the snitchez, shouts go out to those that be skipping after 35 seconds, hey! (2x)

[verse2:]
"Oh, damn he fine for a black guy"
Stereotyped but hot, right?
I be out in Moscow with a black tie, now them white girls on back like a rucksack cuz they think that my wallet, like a black cock, may be real fat, told them back off, hmm
Why they only love you when you famous?
Why they only calling when they need some' for their pockets?
Why is that, that when it rains I never miss a droplet?
Why the hell am I asking so much? I guess I'm tweaking, whuu
Let me do some breathing, cardio, this my season, running like a champ, I'm a King, no Kingdom
This my game, I'm the KingPin, wrote this verse with a King's pen
I'm getting way too good at this, kiss the palm of a King's hand, blaow

[chorus:]
Huh, niggaz and bitchez, yo this for my niggaz and bitchez
The snakez and the snitchez, shouts go out to those that be skipping after 35 seconds, hey! (2x)

[interlude:]
Man y'all niggas aint even listening to my songs, man
Y'all niggas been listening to like 35 seconds of that shit and then just skip it
Y'all are breaking my heart man, y'all are hurting my soul
This shit is even worse than what my ex did to me
Man, why you do this to me, like...
I mean, I hate y'all, all of y'all...but at the same time I love you too, man
I mean, listen to my shit I be spitting some straight fire, let's go

[chorus:]
Huh, niggaz and bitchez, yo this for my niggaz and bitchez
The snakez and the snitchez, shouts go out to those that be skipping after 35 seconds, hey! (2x)


Niggaz and Bitchez (Prod. by CM)

"PALM TREES"

[verse 1:]
Trapped in the city I'm in
With the urge to break out, make it to the city of dreams
Looking for that pot of gold, in search for prettier things
Cuz I been here too long, dreaming bout what's next to achieve, yeah
But I will never get it, it seems
If I stay much longer then I'm doomed to end up deceived
And so I pack my bags, hop on a plane
Anywhere, it's fine with me
Take me to Jamaica, rolling swishers, bumping Bob and sing
All along the way, eating good, no fish filet, meeting women that'll make my heart thump like it's heavy bass, yeah
And do you see the waves? 
If not then close your eyes again

[chorus:]
Chilling under palm trees
Smoking on a blunt and feel the cold breeze, ay
See, I know it's your pet peeve, but baby I got issues weighing on me (2x)

[verse 2:]
Miss me with the shit that happened last year
This time around, I put my faith in God's hand
Cuz real friends are seldom, people you
pour your heart to
Next thing you know, they draw a pistol and aim it at you
I want myself back, my happiness and all that, lately I've been feeling like my heart is turning pitch black
I got too many problems that I can't solve cuz the money missing but money's the biggest one of all
That's why I need to grow now, paint a bigger picture, let me go now
Chasing paper for a better future, tell my mama that I love her, I'll be back before the sun down

[Chorus (4x)]


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