Written + Performed by: SmokeyTheBearr
Produced By: TheArbiter

BACKLIT

95UGLY - PEACE BREAD EARTH

DAWG! These Reddit competitions keep getting better and better! This time around, I got matched with the amazing Mister Salmon (@user-319249476) for this absolute BANGER - the theme for this edition was "having a talk with your past self". A fuckin' cake walk for me 'cause I got A LOT to say to my inner child. No cap... this might be my favorite song I've ever done. Completely unexpected. I hope y'all enjoy it as much as I do!

LYRICS

[Intro]
keep your head high (head high)
gotta keep your head high (uh huh)
gotta keep your head high, gotta
x4

[Hook]
keep your head high for them blessings in the gray
‘cause sometimes, it’s sunshine in the rain
I know it seems hard dealing with them cloudy days
just know it gets better, keep it pushin’ through the pain
gotta keep your head high for them blessings in the gray
‘cause sometimes, it’s sunshine in the rain
I know it seems hard dealing with them cloudy days
just know it gets better, and never change a thang

[Verse]
they diagnosed me with depression in the seventh grade
was probably fine but they weren’t used to children of my shade
they gave me every anti-depressant that you could name
put me in counseling, but really, it ain’t help a thing
they had the nerve to teach us drug resistance education
yet every day creating addicts all around the nation
I went from making honor roll to in and out detention
which had them questioning my supervision
all of a sudden, DCF start coming around and asking all these questions
like “where you mama at?”, and I ain’t have the slightest guesses
I didn’t tell ‘em, but she had been gone for seven months
and left me stuck in a family she ain’t never want 
but I just bottled my emotions, dealt with ‘em alone
homies knockin’, I just acted like I wasn’t home
took me twenty years to love again
If I could talk to that younger me, I’d help him understand, gotta

[Hook]
keep your head high for them blessings in the gray
‘cause sometimes, it’s sunshine in the rain
I know it seems hard dealing with them cloudy days
just know it gets better, keep it pushin’ through the pain
gotta keep your head high for them blessings in the gray
‘cause sometimes, it’s sunshine in the rain
I know it seems hard dealing with them cloudy days
just know it gets better, and never change a thang

[Verse]
back in the days when I was young, I’m not a kid anymore
but if I could have a talk with that lil kid again
I’d let him know it’s nothing wrong with being different
don’t worry bout whether or not you fit in with your friends
be vigilant of where where you are and who you choose to follow 
that girl you live that mean the world won’t be around tomorrow
don’t let nobody count ya pockets, in the end, you’re all broke
them road trips can wait, one day you’ll live in Colorado
remember when you thought your pen would have you poppin’ local?
I got some news for you buddy, yo, we took it global
even opened up for Jadakiss and Styles P
if you don’t hear it from nobody else, I’m proud of me
I know you’re young and full of cum, but take care of ya body
even if it means you gotta miss a couple parties
and most of all, keep your bond with your kin
If you don’t remember nothing else, I hope you part with this, gotta

[Hook]
keep your head high for them blessings in the gray
‘cause sometimes, it’s sunshine in the rain
I know it seems hard dealing with them cloudy days
just know it gets better, keep it pushin’ through the pain
gotta keep your head high for them blessings in the gray
‘cause sometimes, it’s sunshine in the rain
I know it seems hard dealing with them cloudy days
just know it gets better, and never change a thang

[Outro]
keep your head high (head high)
gotta keep your head high (uh huh)
gotta keep your head high, gotta
x3

keep your head high (head high)
gotta keep your head high (uh huh)
gotta keep your head high

killyourdarlings.

Bokey Bluez (prod. Mister Salmon)

Sample:
What I'm Here 4 - Gang Starr

Made before I really knew what I was doing. Done in a single take.

Oni Boy EP

Here For

Ali Baba

This is Hip Hop For Misfits, a love letter to hip hop, rap and indie bits right where the rhyme, kick, hi-hats and snare hits. Just something I felt like doing with a bunch of friends, but in the end, it became much more than that. It's the culmination of our authenticity, self expression and complicity.
Silent Force: Hip Hop For Misfits on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1uPvOaHF3c4BDzstIxWfrD?si=W7jJoBM1TfabpMJqHfXdaA

Enjoy!

Make A Move

track 15 
[prod. @jesse-974212323]

im going down in the stairs
Im terrified to
see troop deaths
were listeners of
your false promise
to see 
to see
doves fall is my sadness
but value will respect


nailed head to head for being enriched
yall the corn was the trick
jaded they to be prey
the war has begun
they fight with hard stick
I ask that my causas breathe again
like Maik, Pafh and Jordy 
we did
the chance never gonna fail
sometimes chuchu say
don't assume
just love the air, inspirit him to deserve


mamma always to the heaven
sending strenght
to blessed on the
waves
papa told me to
spit and i used my defense
and believing on my word
show it to the rays
Causa, i don't doubt
just pray (x2)

tryna stay a
shining space
your hands answer it with peace
not with fist
fingers freedom
it's my quest
those sky grey
is my hapiness
i lived in a insane
it's a longer hard phase
turnin 20
I start the change

i lived in a insane
it's a longer hard phase
turnin 20
I start the change

15. FF (Fingers Freedom) [prod. yung skeleton]

Big Bawd N Evy

For the full beat and other inquiries :
www.instagram.com/lomarkprod/

THERAPIST

"THERAPIST" // Snippet (Prod.LOMARK)

Realm Of Mind - Veiled Pt.2

thComdwn-25

This is a collaboration with my buddy here on soundcloud. This is a link to his page: https://soundcloud.com/nssasonics

"THERAPIST" // Snippet (Prod.LOMARK)

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