Here Cometh The Dreamer (LP)

Eponymous is Maneikis' first release of 2021. Visuals drop on Friday!

Produced by Nicolas Azlon
Engineered by Robie Rowland

Lyrics:
CHORUS
[I heard that money ain’t a thang
Still I’m tryna get my cash up
I see people skip the work and call it bad luck
My shovel crushing rubble, I’m here to dig that trash up, 
M - A -N - E - I - K - I -S] 

[I heard that money ain’t a thang
Still I’m tryna get my stacks up
I see people skip the work and call it bad luck
My shovel crushing rubble, I’m here to dig that trash up, 
M - A -N - E - I - K - I -S] 

VERSE 1
I been lost in the stars
It’s been a week since I hit the pillow
I’m bringing smoke to these bars
Just like a cigarillo
I am the flyest, like Ozymandias 
Talking Lord Voldemort shit I ain’t fucking with riddles
I ain’t stuck in the middle, so you better learn the last name
M - A -N - E - I - K - I -S

No alarm clock needed, I’m here to get that worm and eat it
Early bird shit - y’all underfeeding
You’re a Worker bee who lost the pollen
I aint worried bout no boss calling
(Bzzzz)
I got zeros in my loss column

That’s means I’m prepped, I keep it fresh, just like Crest do
My girl impress, she got them curves like an S do
My circle small but the quality will test you
I know it’s hard, but you’re fucking with the best
The name is simple but the game’s complex
M - A -N - E - I - K - I -S

CHORUS

VERSE 2
I found my truth in ambition
And loose inhibitions
I Blew the roof off the booth and shot through what was missing
I Put some juice up in the boosters and refueled up in my rocketship
Played some music for the gods and now they rock with it

It’s cuz I’m prepped, I keep it fresh, just like Crest do
My girl impress, she got them curves like an S do
My circle small but the quality will test you
I know it’s hard, but you’re fucking with the best 
The name is simple but the game’s complex
If I never reach the top still I gave my best
M-A-N-E-I
K-I-S the sky
Make y’all testify
Paper set to fire
I think it’s best if I
Take the rest of time 
Test the limits of my birth don’t question my
Worth and you know that I placed my bet
M-A-N-E-I-K-I-S


CHORUS

Eponymous (M-A-N-E-I-K-I-S)

Candles is the newest release from up and coming band "Black Sheep Optimists" out of Austin, TX. Produced entirely from scratch by producer David Price, his haunting violin solo will bring you to tears. 

Written by vocalists Van Aarde and Maneikis, this song captures the trauma of the pandemic.

Candles - SoundCloud Sneak Peek (Official Release 7-23!)

Let This Echo ft. Bizzurke (prod. Ruler Why and Robie Rowland)

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO available at 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8BBPLIk6mI

Teenager On Drugs ft. Joe Gallant and PK (prod. Ruler Why and Robie Rowland) / War in Mexico

Featuring Herban Warfare's Raquel Llera-stern 

Wishing You Were Here ft. Raquel (prod. Ruler Why and Robie Rowland) / It's Not About You

New EP out now! https://soundcloud.com/blacksheepoptimists/sets/book-one-ep

Summerplace ft. PK (Instagram: @maneikis_music)

Black Sheep Optimists - Skywalkin

A janitor loses his mind during his menial deeds

Janitorial Madness ft. BMC and Raquel Llera-stern

check out the Smash hit Youtube video here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XboddixCRuM

Buy it here! 
https://itunes.apple.com/album/id893247949#

This is the first single off of N/A Hip Hop's RNAtheMESSENGER's upcoming album "Here Cometh The Dreamer"

Recorded: December 2013 at Echo Studios in Boston, MA
Sound Engineer: Robie Rowland
Producer: The Old
Co-Producer: Robie Rowland
Lyrics by RNAtheMessenger

What you hearing is evoking emotion
Will I float in this ocean?
Feeling the fear of the notion: 
The deal wasn't real it was bullshit
Inside your frozen when you decide
That it's time to imbibe the potion
Exposing your soul to be stolen
It's a one-way street on this road to be golden
Eroding the hope of the past.
Can a burnt bridge be rebuilt from its ash?
Will I wilt from the blast?
 this guilt's gonna last
Backlash of ghosts in the glass
Shatter that bitch with my fists in attack
Spit cuz I only exist in these tracks
Making history when I rap
Causing injuries when I'm in the beat
I'm a mystery of Agatha Christie
Edgar Allan Poe yo I'm mad and sadistic
Noam Chomsky said I'm bad with linguistics
In battles I go ballistic
Y'all babble spitting sophistic
My talent's simply statistics
Trial and error I'll die by heuristics.
I think I might be a mystic, science fiction
flow futuristic, I'm a future rhymer
Future drama, Drake on a track and I ooze the lava
Girl so bad say who Rihanna? 
I'm the new Guatama
One of the few who has viewed Nirvana
And it's filled with monsters.
And I spit so I guess I'm one of them.
Even if my scripts in front of them,
They'll say shit I rip is dumber then
But this could be on the SATs
Since I rap you think less of me
Nevertheless I been blessed to be, 
A dope Emcee Inspire hope in a few,
Remove the blinds And I open the view (x7)
Sky ain't the limit, and neither is Mars
I'll hang from a tree just to reach for the stars
Don't test my patience, my ether is Nas
My mind is a beacon and a regent of God
Believing in my dream wasn't easy
Even my close friends called me crazy
Now they're coming to my shows letting everybody know
That's their boy on stage and he made it!
Backstage invitations, never taking no vacations
The music that I'm making is vocation
It was calling, so I traced it.
And I tapped into my imagination
Extracted the passion of Shakespeare
No Macbeth in the King's lair
Smack death if it slinks near
The ring is here to rule them all
Lend me an ear I'll chew it off,
Mic biting unholy fields
Ain't Christ's writing but I hope it heals
This white lightning is the right timing
for my iron kite on this open field
Benjamin to these Poor Richards
I destroy writtens with intelligence...
Marco, Polo, 
Couldn't find me even with your eyes open
Deny me thrice 'fore the cock crows
Never stop flowing, my crop growing
Harvest my Hulk I could drop Hogan
When the bell rings my thoughts focus:
I am not folding.
That's a promise to my father from the heart
And it will not be broken.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo (prod. Theold)

Questions and Lies

Black Sheep Optimists - Questions and Lies

A collaboration between Boston native RNAtheMESSENGER and Austin Blues Sensation Jackie Venson!

Produced by "Theold" and "Evan Audio"
Recorded at Echo Studios 2014
Sound Engineers: Robie Rowland and "Nox"

Lyrics by RNAtheMESSENGER and Jackie Venson
Artwork by Mark McDonough

Lyrics:

JV: 
I toss and turn I've
So much to learn and
So much to give
Dying, renewing
This world is blooming
And the music lives

RNA (JV)
They said one to another (around, around, around, around)
Behold, here cometh the dreamer!
Let us slay him 
And see what become of his dreams (and the world keeps spinning)

They said one to another
Behold, here cometh the dreamer!
Let us slay him
And see what become of his dreams (keep the records spinning)

RNA:

Yo, it's a cold world
These words read like a furnace
Insulate the epidermis 
from the hate and the vermin
Infestations of your verses
Lurking serpents seeking worship
My service is in the sermon
I ain't searching to be purchased.
This song is for the worthless dreamers
Hurt by "Peters," non-believers
And teachers who told them 
they can "keep dreaming"
I told them they can keep sleeping on me
I keep my head in the clouds 
When I'm feeling lonely.
I know that for a balance
I'll be dealing with detractors
Paint upon my canvas
As I sit at home and practice
Performing in front of mirrors 
If y'all don't wanna hear my lyrics
I'm feeling a higher power
Infuse a renewed spirit
In the booth I'm on a mission
This truth that I envision
In this music it's beautiful ain't it?
I can't really explain it.
As my youth it continues to fade
I remain immortal on this page
So i already made it around

JV:
Around, Around, Around, Around
Around, Around, Around, Around
And the world keeps spinning
Around, Around, Around, Around
Around, Around, Around, Around,
Keep the records spinning

RNA (JV)
They said one to another   ( I toss and turn I've)
Behold, here cometh the dreamer! (So much to learn and)
Let us slay him
And see what become of his dreams! (So much to give)
They said one to another    (Dying, renewing)
Behold, here cometh the dreamer! (This world is blooming)
Let us slay him
And see what become of his dreams! (And the music lives)

JV:
Around, Around, Around, Around
And the world keeps spinning
Around, Around, Around, Around
Around, Around, Around, Around,
Keep the records coming

RNA:
Keep dreaming baby





Here Cometh The Dreamer ft. Jackie Venson (prod. Theold)

If Only ft. Raquel Llera-stern (prod. Ruler Why)

Music Video Coming Soon!

Premonitions blinking in these lights in the inky night
Thinking light, sometimes I sip before I rip the mic
But tonight, my thoughts are these constellations
Embracing being lost in my contemplations
These stars are life's scars, just a part of creation
We were only meant to be, not to solve the equation
The mystery of our history breeds misery, 
Don't miss the beat, see victory is sweet
We mask hegemony as liberty.
Our minds are imprisoned, so my art is the ransom
That I offer for the captives as I'm searching for answers
And scream behind these bars as I plead with the guards
The path to our freedom is in the map of the stars

I'm tryna make it out the world baby, I'm tryna make it out the world (x4)
Cuz I'm looking for my grammy and looking for my girl

Grammy and a Girl ft. Evan Audio (prod. Theold)

This is the opening track off of Here Cometh The Dreamer! 

Mechanical Hounds (prod. Theold)

Black Sheep Optimists - Get This High

A new track featuring artists from Boston, San Antonio, and Austin which  calls upon the hip-hop genre to stand in unity with those fighting for equality throughout the world

Lyrics:

(Hook - Modern Day Midas)
It's time to change the game
So much death and destruction
It's time to change the game
New slaves chained to injustice
It's time to change the game
So much pain we endure
And the rich still take from the poor,
So it's time we even the score

RNAtheMessenger:
I wrote this song the morning Hopsin left
There's a prophet down, do we got options left?
Called Zeles told him spit that realness
We rap to change the game swear the people gon' feel this
If there's a silver lining hidden in the Ferguson verdict,
Eric Garner's lack of breath and the rest of these murders
There's a renaissance embryonic
See the mirage and we get beyond it
Demonic nonsense, atomic bomb it
Everyday I see students struggle to balance
Social Darwinism and discovering talents
Hip Hop is culture, it's more than just rap music
Snapback and Tattoos, you listen to that music?
Bull shit! What, you emptied a full clip?
Know this, we the new age poets
Put the POTUS on notice
We're sick of social approaches that hold the hopeless diplomaless
So let's go with this and know that it's

(Hook)

Zeles:
Straight up i got money for the W lobby
but it’ll take a couple mill to go to DC to lobby
Prolly get some attention, when this thang hits YouTube
Just to have the next 3 seconds looped on Fox news

I’m tired of dem saying this happens to white kids too
True, but dude but mark my words
black and brown deaths make up the bulk of the bell curve
and my ears still ringin from the gun shots ya heard,

Thugs in the street, even more in the building
pinstriped up got they fountain pens wit them,
The food kills us and the medicine creates illness,
Let’s ban Chicano studies no need for cultured children

Won’t let the beat breath I’m just being honest
NY politicians discuss what this flow garners
We want justice so how could you oppose it
if you lookin at a timex or a rolex just know it’s

Bridge:
It's time to make a change
It's time to change the game
It's time to make a, time to make a, time to make a change

Bridge - Zeles / RNA (2x)
So lets stop! Judging by the shade of our skin
And let's stop! Perpetuating media myths
And let's stop! And recognize we all human
So Let's start! Today let the new era begin

(Hook)

(Bonus Track) RNAtheMessenger Ft. Zeles and Modern Day Midas- "It's Time" (Prod. By Brandon Bula)

Disposition ft. Ashley Gregory (prod. O Maille)

The Lonely Road ft. Clint Manning (prod. O Maille)

Pillow Talk pt. 2 (Interlude) prod. by Clint Manning

Fuck Morality ft. Samantha Lee (prod. by O Maille)

Songs in the Rain (prod. by Clint Manning)

Ignorance (feat. Louis Pratt and Albert Baez)

Like Ye (feat. Louis Pratt, Albert Baez, and Ivo)

Unreleased track from Texas! Soundcloud exclusive!

Django (feat. Louis Pratt and Albert Baez)

For all of my loyal Soundcloud fans! Here is a early listen to my new music film CONCUSSION.  The groundbreaking music video releases on YouTube tomorrow at 6 PM CT!

CONCUSSION

CONCUSSION (SoundCloud Sneak Peek!)

Maneikis, vocalist for Austin's "Black Sheep Optimists" featuring Daryl Uberoi (Van Aarde) and David Price, is a rapper and educator from Boston, MA whose mission is to use his platform to inspire the next generation to chase their dreams while living authentic, empathetic lives as conscious citizens of the world.  

Growing up, he was a shy child and found himself writing poetry at a young age.  He was fascinated by Hip-Hop during high school, but usually found himself as a spectator during the after-school cyphers.  It wasn't until his college years at BC that he shared his poetry with an audience, and he soon began working with his cousin, DJ Enlyte, to put those words to a beat.  After a few years of struggling to find his voice in the studio, Maneikis moved to Austin, TX and began performing at open mics to hone his craft.  It was at these open mics that he met many of his future collaborators (Jackie Venson, Clint Manning, Raul Ochoa, and Samantha Lee) and also discovered his lane in Hip-Hop.  What started as self-discovery turned into a life mission as Maneikis performed under the name RNAtheMESSENGER for 3 years rapping about love, friendship. philosophy, politics, and the art of writing itself.  After releasing his 2nd project, "Here Cometh The Dreamer", Maneikis teamed up Diego Lozano (www.diegolozano.net) to make music videos for his songs Mechanical Hounds (https://youtu.be/8iOkB4JIROE) and American Dreams (https://youtu.be/lwqspgcpRtA).  American Dreams has been highly lauded as one of the best rap videos ever made in Austin, TX and is the lead single from his album "American Subconscious". 

Maneikis has been compared to Blue Scholars, Atmosphere, Eminem, and Tupac, though his favorite emcees are Kanye West and Lauryn Hill.  His music will elicit strong imagery in the mind of his audience and will take you down a rabbit hole of self-reflection and outward awareness.

CONCUSSION is his third music video with Director Diego Lozano

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