Sharp. Eclectic. And completely off the wall. From the viciously fast-paced 'Hustlin Ill' to the self aware reflections of 'Desperado', '16 Bars' gives listeners a look inside the 16 different personas that make Portland emcee Mike Bars one of the most diverse hip hop artists on the rise. Covering everything from R&B and Dubstep to Old School Hip Hop, there is something on this project for everyone. With scratches from the talented DJ Hoppa, and guest appearances from both SwizZz and Dizzy Wright, the presence of Independent record label, Funk Volume, can definitely be felt throughout ’16 Bars’. To compliment the mixtape, an incredibly graphic music video was released on Halloween for ‘There Will Be Blood’, which has already reached over 22,000 views. With 530 subscribers, nearly 81,000 cumulative YouTube views, and having performed with the likes of Twista, members of Bone Thugs N Harmony, Mack 10, Three 6 Mafia, Glasses Malone, and Yukmouth, Mike seems to be well on his way to making a big splash in the underground music scene.

True Dat feat. DJ Hoppa (Prod. by Dr. Dre)

Produced by C. Ray

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LYRICS

Chorus

We activated, (mmm hmm)
you fabricated, (mmm hmm)
she fascinated, (mmm hmm)
and nasty naked, (mmm hmm)
to black I’m faded, (mmm hmm)
they have to hate it, (mmm hmm)
but can’t contain it, (mmm hmm)
we activated, (mmm hmm)
we activated/

Verse 1

Check the power level My form final, everyone wonder who play the chords I do, I thought it was the point to compete with your idols, but they don’t shine anymore don’t let the decor blind you/ set it to cruise and move by prophetic means, got these devils avoiding me like I set the screen, investigate the genetics I am the recipe, you looking for the truth but it’s never what you expect to see/ I work the way they do with amphetamines, don’t activate the malevolence in my pedigree, criminal rip everything around me to get the cream, I get to cooking a line up better than Medellin/ my drip like the seven seas but a few below, freezing I'm nothing like who you knew before, do the dose up the frequency we attract, the rhyming rising like kundalini to be exact I’m.../

Chorus

Shrouded in allegories and metaphors, symbolism and venom in every breath absorbed, respect the lore teleport you niggas to heavens door, somehow I’m not lying but I am not who you checking for/ underground so they count me out til they get the score, you get hit with the pen it feel like you get the sword, you can crown a king but a king will still come to beg the lord, everybody fighting I’m in a higher dimension bored/ lost my fuckin mind from all the time that I spent indoors, still they won’t defy me they dying if I project the force, bite is worse than the bark my dogs in the reservoir, I be with shredder and predator in the megazord/ I got they hearts and minds now I need all eyes too, when I move I only consider what a boss might do, and don’t get tricked into thinking that these frauds might shoot, I show up at the end and kill the whole the squad like Luke/ beat em black and blue when you get banged up like cuz, they gotta hate it knowing I will leave a nigga flamed up like blood, smokin anybody hot like containers of bud, been too high to hear it I don’t feel the hits you’re making like numb/ find me with the vegetation, I don’t give a fuck about your status, I know all you niggas hating, and I’m lookin for you like Atlantis, been infected where the brain is, but I integrated with the damage, fuck the world ima penetrate like I’m finna take advantage/ deep into my meditation, every record is Akashic, what I do can not be emulated when I’m renovated by the knowledge, where negativity gets celebrated but they hate it if you keep it honest, they had me feelin like I’d never make it but I’m elevated like a God is/ lord knows, see about me I hold it down, put em in the morgue cold, sick I really keep the psychos around, muthafuck award shows, they could never put a price on me now, come and see why they like how we sound/ 

Chorus

Activated

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