dope ~ prod. yesa

This is a free piece I performed on my recital! My band was awesome! 

M.H.T

NetFlix has changed the way we watch television for the better. The streaming video pioneer is much more than just an entertainment giant for the 21st century — it’s also a pioneer when it comes to using machine learning. While Justin Basilico, a research director with NetFlix, can’t share all the spoilers, he knows better than anyone how entertainment and machine learning intersect.

Netflix's Justin Basilico on How Entertainment and AI Intersect - Ep. 60

"sunset+bronson"

produced, recorded, mixed, & performed by Licki
featuring Paige Kay Nelson

"giant me: eight feet three
minding what matters
hope what matters minds me
walking the boulevard  
of shattered dreams
before i splatter on the pavement
and all that's shattered is me

(let’s take) a late night walk 
to a dark bus stop
on the sunset block 
i'm prey

subject to stalk
while distress is fraught
it's confession o'clock
i'm praying

compressed and caught
undressed in shock
"arrest him officers!"
i'm rage

suppress the thought
that death could’ve come
let it fester, press it taut
i'm pain
 
savor the sound 
of safe and sound
of city blocks walked topped
in a single bound
he stalks me 'round
"bitch get outta that gown"
and picks a plot on the ground 
to get down

chalk marks the spot 
the birth of punk rock
where some punk rocked me
sunk into the mosh
a sidewalk grave
where i buried my brave
proud posture laid 
in a concrete plot

studios sound away
balk at my frown say
"actors oughta smile babe.
and don’t be late”
i mock their front gates 
where one fifteen pounds
got knocked down and raped

light up the racists
kill all the rapists
the safest places aren't always home
silence erases
rage that can change this
all we really know is where we don't belong

"thank you for your service!"
a veteran victim
fighting my war in earnest but
keep forgetting my mission... 

October
radio plays "born this way"
would you say 
a man should've been sober? 
(no way!)

ain’t no other other way
baby i was born as prey 
baby i was born as prey

fourth year passes
court re-collapses
every good habit
i’d saved 

i pay taxes
get cross-examined ghastly
acquaint with Abraxas
i’d changed

despair i mask it
put myself lastly
right to happiness
i’d waived 

where can wrath live 
but a casket
who is the master 
to my slave

hunters will always win
til lions have historians
i’m not afraid of darkness
'long as i can keep this pen

light up the racists
kill all the rapists
the safest places aren't always home
silence erases
rage that can change this
all we really know is where we don't belong

i was different before
the war
i was different before
the destroyer
i was different before
the difference
i was different before
this admission"

ADMISSION

sunset+bronson (featuring Paige Kay Nelson)

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Often ratchet, sometimes rapturous, always raw: Licki (FKA Licki Ucroj) juxtaposes the swagger and wit of contemporary rap with riveting, chaotic, and wholly unexpected production elements to cultivate a sound best described as "gift rap." Think Nicki Minaj's lyricism + Lizzo's performative prowess, raised to the power of an early-aughts indie rock band.