I wrote "Eyes Closed" when I first moved to Florida. I am releasing it to you now.

Eyes Closed

I wrote this when I was depressed and I really thought I had nothing left. One of my best friends used to tell me "...when you've hit rock bottom there's only one way to go, and that's up!". And what encouraging words. I wanted to put that expression into a song. Never give up, and never stop believing in yourself.

Keep the Faith

LYRICS: As Real As It Gets



V: the hate is real
They wait for me to fall off like kids ridin they bikes with no training wheels.

Chill, keep it real, and homey keep it trill

Im Haunted by a past thats unwanted boy forreal

Its dumb, Dreams bout a deal cuz my rhymes ill

No sitcom, wonder how being "seinfield"

Smoke one for my homies who past on 

Kids in the early hour, watchin rocket power never that thought we grow up and get blast on

Mamas told us bring that ass home

Before them street lights on

And If we didnt, see mama set yo shit straight

Thought she was trippin when she gave us whippings felt like kunta kente

My nigga Tre hustled for the presidentes

Ever since the 10th grd, gettin paid, yea the quick way

And got to cut all the bitches just like a switchblade

Til they took aim at his game and fucked up his ribcage




Hook: i kept going, never quit. 

Take a look at this right here, this is as real as it gets


i kept going, never quit, now im legit. 

Take a look at this right here, this is as real as it gets

(Take a look x3) this is as real as it gets

(Take a look x3) it dont get no realer than this







V: Woke up today with alot to say

Had a lot on my plate like i was at a buffet

Burned two blunts with Dre, just the other day

Talked about life and trials and these tribulations

Cuz life's a game you GOTTA play, aint no simulations

They study me and always wanna test a nigga's patience

Situations get hairy just like chubacca

They wanna test my "patients"  but i im far from a doctor

No checkups, Told Vanessa

i wasnt tryna oppress her just impress her.

Lies i tried to sell her, But she wasnt buyin it

Wanna score like the endzone got stuck in the friendzone

My confidence was dyin quick, So fuck That lyin bitch. 

This the movie that im starrin in.

Called my life where everybody 2-faced like Harvey Dent

Yea, this the movie that im starrin in. Called my life where everybody 2 faced like harvey dent




Hook




V: Thoughts ran thru my head during lock up

CNN said most blacks go to jail or get shot up

Its unrealistic. 

It was painful and shameful to become a statistic

Thought i'd never tell the tale of MY trip to jail

$45,000 just to make bail??

And im thinkin "Damn, ima be stuck in this cell"

Cuz where the hell, is we gon get that kind of paper??"

Made bail, lord knows ian going back to that place

It was nothing but God's grace that i beat that case

So Look me in my face, you forgot me nigga??

Call me the juggernaut, who gon stop me nigga??

Grew up where watchin Uncle Phil and Bill Cosby nigga

Was the only time i saw real father figures

Whats the point of applyin for a job my nigga?

We apply just to get denied, man let that shit ride




Bridge: Came a long way look where im at

Made it this far, i aint turnin back

So Take me back to the good times when things were the same before it all changed.. (x2)




Outro: And i want you to know that

Its all good even though they did me like that, but i aint mad




And i want you to know that

I wont forget that day, but everything's ok...




As Real As It Gets

Prod By AL GENO 
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FALL IN LOVE WITH DRUGS

Told YA - Fall In Love With Drugs

You The One

Come Up (feat. DNY Blaze)

The Intro (feat. B3Poetic)

Seeds Don't Grow No Rain..

cover art by Antonio Carone
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sober - Phebs x davidvinci

Drink in one hand, something lit in the other

Fast

Things Just Hit

Sometimes I feel like I boarded my spaceship to leave Mount Olympus to start my own journey & crash landed in Birmingham.  

Influences- OutKast, Kanye West, Bob Marley, Jon Bellion, Lil' Wayne, Big K.R.I.T, Miguel, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, and Kid Cudi

Styles: I honestly just make whatever I'm feeling

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As Real As It Gets

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