I know your name,
you're not the same,

Does it even matter?
Will it ever matter?

I know we'll never be the same....

Oh, you don't care,
you're never there...

Does it even matter?
Will it ever matter?

I know we'll never be the same...

You ride me then you go,
I'm not your rodeo....

Whistle Britches [5th Anniversary Edition]

Rodeo

Even as I feel,
Man, I swear I feel better
Yeah, even as i fail,
Swear to God, I fail better
Yeah, remember who you are
Who you were, who you’re meant to be
Everything was hard fought
Nothing here was sent to me
Everything comes back around, yes, eventually
Mention everything I’ve said but please never mention me
Oh you thought that I was done? Bitch I haven’t started
I’m avant-garde, I don’t even know what Avant-garde is
Always landing on my feet and I don’t like cats
i don’t know who’s talking right now, I didn’t type that
Christ took me over, see you later, I’ll be right back
think I’m shittin’ when I’m spittin’ but it’s really like that 

[from the BAD CHRISTIAN mixtape, out December 30th, 2022]
[mrjonbanks.bandcamp.com]

Bad Christian

I Pray For You [Remix]

( I knew the truth when I was young....
knew the truth when i was young....
when i was young....)

When I was young, nobody had answers for my questions
I was countin' on my friends should've been countin all my blessings
these confessions are not confessions, these are my life lessons
feel his presence, the Bible's not suggestions, that's my essence

they told you he wasn't real so you could do whatever you feel
but i can't stop you in the end cause you will do whatever you will
i just hope your truth is real or when you die, you wont be thrilled
just remember i tried to tell ya and I'll pray that you'll be healed

The devil had my heart...swear to God, he tried to sell me
Mama knew it from the start and she tried to tell me 
Some things you gotta learn by yourself 
the hard way, without help 
Wiped the dust from The Bible on my shelf

[produced by mo rice]

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ACCEPT CHRIST BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
12.30.23

I Knew The Truth When I Was Young

I've lost each friend that I've had
just cause I follow the path
I feel like I'm being tested
I don't wan't none of them back
We in a war for our souls
it's finally time to attack
We were put here for one reason
We were put here for one reason

You can keep all your emotions
You can keep all of the culture
y'all wanna nigga to fail
Ya'll just be waitin' like vultures

I ain't got no more opinions
you can just look up the Word
I ain't got nothin to  tell you
cause these were never my words
if i don't sound too familiar 
then you might wanna pray
all our time's running out
i would do it today

When He come to your door, tell me  whatchu gon do?
You ain't lookin at Him but He's lookin' at you,
stop playin' with God, you better say it with heart,
before the house burn down like Isaiah Rashad
you ain't playin the odds, if you wrong about this
you might get cash but you won't get bliss

So, I'm prayin for ya dog...
Prayin' for ya dog...
Nah nah--I'm prayin for ya dog,
prayin for ya dog...

Tonight, I'll be praying for you
Tonight, I'll be praying for you
Tonight, I'll be praying for you
I hope you feel it.

I hope you feel it...
I hope you feel it...
I pray you feel it...

Lay some hands on 'em!
Lay some hands on 'em!
Lay some hands on 'em!

Lay some hands on 'em!

[mrjonbanks.bandcamp.com]

Appraise God

[prod. by greek]
[mixed by brainfellout]
[single art by high lord tek + jon banks]


Some say that I sucked back then and that i suck now,
if i didn't give a fuck back then, why give a fuck now?
gimme your hearts, but I ain’t lookin for a lover
I want y'all to love me like you love ya grandmother
I saw a man crying  on the steps of a church 
man, that hit me so hard in the chest that it hurts￼
I don't understand all of God's plan but it works
let your whole soul grow with His love til it bursts
I'm free from the pestilence, hangin' with the best of them,
but this is old news no its not a new testament
God saved me, now he's lookin in your direction
when the judgment comes, hope your soul pass inspection
sorry everybody, we can never go backwards 
sorry everybody, this is really my rap verse
I'm walking off the movie cause I'm sick of the actors
this a long time coming, there were multiple factors



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Lifted [feat.  Ano & High Lord Tek]

I gotta dumb it down, nobody likes an intellectual
using big words these days is ineffectual
instead i gotta talk about my dick and keep it sexual
switching styles every 2 songs, I'm perpertual
hyperdrive activated, got the crowd captivated
never drank coffee but I'm rappin like I'm caffeinated
yeah we know they have to hate it, just because they cant debate it
jerkin off on all the haters like i never masturbated

I do it all pro-bono
for the group,  no Yoko Ono
every picture is a promo
hit this blunt, we talk in slow mo

suck it bro, no homo
i'm a cowboy yeah, no Romo
every song that we drop got 'em jumpin like a pogo

I'ma do it all for the ring like I'm Frodo
a black dog on a long road, call me Toto
ya ticket price is what we all charge for a photo
We comin' real soon, hold the door for us, Hodor

Conquest

the Beast comes out when you open that cage, /Young at heart, can’t act my age,/ read my mind, just turn that page,/ coming up fast like minimum wage,/Ain’t heard about me, I’m talk of the town /city on my back when I’m walkin around,/People love gossip, yep that’s true,/staring at me, I ain’t lookin at you,/eyes on the prize, feet to the road,/hands to my sides, clear my throat,/fans to the left, hoes to the right,/coulda lived wrong, but I chose to be right, /don’t be fooled by the jokes I tell,/shit gets real, man, I been through Hell,/can’t you tell? No? Oh well,/I guess I hide my demons well. (damn)
my flow so money, I just struck oil,
there will be blood on american soil,
ya'll want beef, I cook flame-broiled,
slum dog millionaire, call danny boyle



[produced by dee]

You [EP]

Paranoid Negroid

Yeah I Hit her with the hammer, down in Alabama, She Do it while I’m sleepin’, still in my pajamas, boy, Listen to my grammar, never stutter, never stammer,  I do it for the glory and you do it for the glamour, Yeah, You do it for the camera, but the rest is mine, Fuck livin’, in Heaven everything is fine, yeah Please remind me, who designed me? I Can’t stop, I got hip-hop behind me, perfect timing yeah When shit changed, I never used any nicknames, Except when I slapped you, they was callin’ me Rick James,  I play tired just so I can stay wired, I'm playin’ no games, set the arcade fire, Nah, You can’t touch me, admit it, it’s true, because I do what I please, and I please what I do, it’s very evident that we all think that we’re intelligent, Despite the lack of relevant, undeniable evidence, My benevolence has fought with my malevolence, Ever since evil’s prevalence made better sense

 that's right, gave ya baby mama that act right/ and left stains you can still see under blacklight/ it’s better when it hurts, from the chorus to the verse/ my nights are getting better but my days are getting worse/ i’m the tip of a sword and I’m in your gun’s chamber/ underneath the trigger when you’re aiming at a stranger/ anger, shoot will robinson, danger/ i’m as harmless as Jesus sleeping in the manger/ one for the money, two for the dough, three to get paid and there aint no fo

produced by myklo

Laminar Flow

produced by godzay katana
photography by morgan montgomery
written by jon banks

SHEEEEESH [Mixtape]

Time Is Leaking

Man, you don't know better than God give it up
you wanna do drugs, have sex, live it up
remember what comes up, gotta come down
you making fake friends but they wont stick around
i was  straight livin this in a bando
then i found my deliverance, no banjo,
had to stick to my guns, felt like Rambo
me against the whole world, pass me the ammo

YEAH, CAN I  GET A WITNESS? 
(HELL YEAH)
CAN I PLEASE GET A WITNESS? 
(HELL YEAH)
Y'ALL THINK I'M GONNA QUIT THIS?
(HELL NO)
Y'ALL TRYNA GET WIT' THIS?
(HELL YEAH)
THEN PRAISE GOD

Jon Banks lost friends, yeah, what's new
who's crying over spilled milk, just you
I trust God, I will never ever trust you
fightin for the Word every day, one-two

God gave me a gift, now I know why
all my haters just drowned, now they float by
all my friends just left, now i know why
no i never feared death, now i know why

YEAH, CAN I  GET A WITNESS? 
(HELL YEAH)
CAN I PLEASE GET A WITNESS? 
(HELL YEAH)
Y'ALL THINK I'M GONNA QUIT THIS?
(HELL NO)
Y'ALL TRYNA GET WIT' THIS?
(HELL YEAH)
THEN PRAISE GOD

Accept Christ Before It's Too Late (Mixtape)

You Don't Know Better Than God

If you don't like what I like, that's a hate crime
Unless you livin' outside of the state line
Never took their advice, but they take mine
A great soul that's attached to a great mind
Great find, if you just found this
Cause I'm bound to go outta bounds, I'm boundless
Yeah I'm down to the underground, let's pound fists
Yeah, people 'round town always think I sound pissed

But

That's passion
That's action
Can't get no
satisfaction

Dropped to my knees, prayed to the Lord
at this point, what can i say to ya, lord?
I'm right 99 times out of one hundred
but I was wrong when I tried to run from ya

Now I'm back and black, call it ac/dc
plus I'm light-skinned so they hate to see me
...It'll make sense but it takes time
what heals your heart kinda breaks mine
Yeah, it'll make sense but it takes time
So for now, we're the victims of a hate crime.


Real talk, you a sheep, I’m a black one
Couldn’t act dumb truth told I’m that one
I feel superior, flowing like a Great Lake
A One take Jake with a buncha fake Drakes
For Pete sake, I keep winning like a sweepstakes
but these stakes about as real as a deepfake
hold God close to you like a keepsake
keep praying nonstop til ya knees break

[produced by magsweister]

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ACCEPT CHRIST BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
[12.30.23]

Rodeo

Jon Banks

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