Part 2 of the 4th project by Calgary rapper Monarch. HE/\RT is a Double EP meant to capture and greatly expand upon the musings of Monarch's previous projects: Before December Ends: The Freestyle Files and The Black Butterfly Mini-LP. Part 2 of this project is tailored to the more introspective and experimental energy of the Mini-LP by the rapper earlier this year. With hard hitting electronic and jazzy beats, and lyricism that packs a punch, Heart Part 2 is not one to sleep on.

The deluxe edition of the double EP HE/\RT, with a bonus song each and the un-remixed versions of the tracks added also.

HE/\RT|ESS

I have been listening to Unlocked by Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats nonstop lately! In the final song, 'cosmic'.m4a they call it drip hop and I wanna widen the frame. Make it not just the cool vibe of Unlocked, but a subgenre of it's own combining elements of old boom bap, cloud rap's hazy production, electronic/modern sounds and a little trap to make a rather timeless, past-yet-future vibe. Drip hop.

Heightened Consciousness (Prod. PODNA)

I figured my last song was a bit rough and a bit dark. I'm really not that edgy, I'm actually a pretty happy guy honestly. Lets mend those ties and chill.  When I heard this beat I knew I HAD to make a track. Chxse got mad beats! 

Update 2020-07-23:
I really last minute decided to put this on \RT because Quarantine Music is now the main inspiration for \RT rather than The Black Butterfly Mini-LP. Though both are still present within \RT, songs like this are much more akin to  the image I want to have moving forward.

Better Now (Prod. Chxse Bank)

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘺_𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘚_𝘗𝘵_2.𝘮4𝘢(Prod. Balance Cooper)

You know that one song about that dude who sees that girl on the subway that he doesn't talk to and makes a song for her? I'm out of things to talk about so I made this fictionalized account of myself seeing a girl like that and making a song similarly but instead of fawning over her, our fictional butterfly instead sees that there's more to life than the lady that caught his eye.

Lyrics:
Lookin' back at me is when I saw her in the street
Bookin' back to see a friend that gone on trip to Greece
Took a path to meet her but now Blondie's in my dreams
Coulda gone n seen her when she calmly looked at me

Sight so light wit her eyes so bright /
So the rhymes I write are for her tonight
Y'all have caught my plight while she fill me up with hype
Totin' all these lines that I shoulda said with pride

I was on the bus just to go for a ride,
I would feel the bumps when I try to clear my mind
Took a look outside, is Blondie on a bike?
5'10" frame in the pale moonlight

Bus drives by but she lookin in my eyes
Caught me by surprise, heart looks like a fire
Taught me just to size all the things that I admire
Never play the victim out to all the world's Desires

That's the takeaway, takeaway, takeaway
Please don't fade away, fade away, fade away
Baby girl ain't nothing wrong
You could be with me is all

Baby girl ain't nothing wrong
You could be with my is all
That's the takeaway, takeaway, takeaway
Please don't fade away, fade away, fade away

That's the takeaway, takeaway, takeaway
Please don't fade away, fade away, fade away
Baby girl ain't nothing wrong
You could be with me is all
Baby Girl ain't nothin' wrong
You could be with me is all

I was in my home while my mind was out to zone
I was going gold while my time was going broke 
Then it, had o, -curred to me
I need me some nourishment, spiritual encouragement

I don't need a girl or a 24k chain
I just love this world pumping virtues to the mainframe
Big body Benz that these rappers try to maintain
Moral dodgy lens is the way they choose to gain fame

This is not the end but the state of the gateway
You wanna be in then you better feel the same way
Tired of these tame plays that'll taint the waves grey
That is why this mane sings, try to change your wavelengths

Go to all the great lengths just to sing the same thangs
Switch it up, switch it up, switch it up, switch it up
Give my love, give my love, give my love, give my love
Give it all, give it all, give it all, give it all
When the water rises up, know that you gon' rise above

The Takeaway (Prod. Marow)

Some of the New Wave's finest have come together for a track to be remembered.

The Lineup Ft. Vincentizer, Ghettobirds, Tragik (Prod. TheSkyBeats)

I really miss my childhood friends. I let too much time pass without seeing them and to be truthful its one of my few regrets in life, but I'm really setting out to reconnect with those people that were there during my craziest days, because they're all deserving of love and even if not all of them are friends with each other anymore, they're all still friends to me and I'll love them till the end of my days. If any of my friends are personally reading this that were mentioned, I'm sorry I let things get out of hand, and know that all these years my heart has been with you.

LYRICS:
Ranchlands Calgary, the crescent boys are proud'a me 
Callin' on my Block Boyz they the ones I'm boutta see
Say dat I'm a prodigy and thats because I gotta be
Ain't nobody stoppin' me, distance won't be blocking me

Erin hope you proud to see, 16 years you down with me
Y'all have been around to see my life change like resounding leaves
Leland you empowered me to put in all these hours B
'member skating down the street summers feeling flowery

Alex got the power see? Telling jokes all while we eat / 
Godzilla on the TV screen, know just what you mean to me
Simoun ain't just here to please, from my mind he cleared unease
Got the creativity to take it from the C to screen 	

Riley and Jarret, differences apparent,
Friendship in impairment but either way I'm carin'. 
Noah and Charlie there when, everyone was starin'
Cooky Block Boyz we a truly perfect pairin' 


They my Block Boyz and I'm standing wit em all
They my Block Boyz that get me through the fall
They my Block Boyz and I'm standing wit em all
They my Block Boyz that get me through the fall


Those the golden years of my whole damn life
Got a new career outta holding on this mic
Roaming with my Block Boyz is what I dream tonight / 
Used to go and hit the gym like erry Friday right?

Roll up to the Wendy's to grab ourselves a bite / 
While we Load the games up and the tunes are set tight
Wish this ain't my dream but my new reality
Barely in my teens when I moved to Airdrie

There up on my screen were the best of friends I need
Mean the world to me but I drifted off the scene
One of my regrets that I've never broken free
It's why I wrote this set cause I'm coping on a beat


They my Block Boyz and I'm standing wit em all
They my Block Boyz that get me through the fall
They my Block Boyz and I'm standing wit em all
They my Block Boyz that get me through the fall

They my Block Boyz and I'm standing wit em all
They my Block Boyz that get me through the fall
They my Block Boyz and I'm standing wit em all
They my Block Boyz that get me through the fall


Used to take the 37 down to the Mall
We would have an early session down at McDon's (McDonalds)
Talking dirty Dungeons as we drag in (Dragon) to the morn / 
Then we Hop in nerdy classes till we gunning out the door

Those the mad days that I pray to see again
I dun stayed away but this mane's about to change
Life is on display just to color grade the grays
Take me to the days when we careless what we say

damn my heart has ached throughout all these lonely days / 
Cause the Distance separates but the love it mends again
Please don't dissipate into memories that fade
See your face again yeah before I hit the grave 

Distance separates but the love it mends again
Please don't dissipate into memories that fade
Memories to make, Remedy the hate
Memories to make we could Remedy the hate

Block Boyz (Prod. Sample Cat)

Every day I wake it seems that all I see is pain
World that stands outside seems too dangerous to stay
You know what it say, what it do, what it ain't
Need a getaway I been thinking all day

Thoughts all on my brain but they play me like a game
I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade /
But, Let's just talk the game and a rapper's plays to make
Wish they entertain for the crowd to go insane /

But instead they makin' plays that are spiraling the drain
Round they neck's a chain that'll keep 'em all restrained /
Tell me how you entertain if you a victim to the game?
Got this mental strain from how they speaking all in vain

Nothing left to gain I just get down and I pray
World is full of pain when you stoppin' in the shade
Walking down the lane just to see a sea of grey
I know past my shades? It's nightmares in the day

Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
I know past my shades that it's nightmares in the day
Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
See through all the pain and it left me unrestrained

Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
I know past my shades that it's nightmares in the day
Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
See through all the pain and it left me unrestrained

[Verse 2] - VINCENTIZER
Nightmares in the day
I think I might just go insane
When I carry all of these clouds
They rain straight poison on my brain

Ain't tame with that dark shit
Got me pullin that light whip
Killin demons in my cockpit
Till they fuck off and jump ship

I dont care if I get pushed now
Just as long as I dont stay down
My leash wont be pulled underground
Soul will only bark as gods hound
Soul will only work for gods house

Nightmares in the day
I think I might just go insane
When I carry all of these clouds
They rain straight poison on my brain

Ain't tame with that dark shit
Got me pullin that light whip
Killin demons in my cockpit
Till they fuck off and jump ship

Gonna be makin a new revelation
Gonna be freein you all from enslavement
Start in your mind and you feel displacement
Then all the sudden your makin replacements

Planting the seed of your own interlacement
007 shoot baddies like agents
Got some dark energy needing some patience
Gonna be runnin a marathon

Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
I know past my shades that it's nightmares in the day
Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
See through all the pain and it left me unrestrained

Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
I know past my shades that it's nightmares in the day
Nightmares in the day, Nightmares in the day
See through all the pain and it left me unrestrained

Nightmares In The Day  (Ft. Vincentizer) (Prod. Balance Cooper)

Simmer simmer down as I slickly pick the crown
Crowd is all around while we bodying the town
Y'all like fallen trees going timber timber now
Fall like rapping thieves that just quiver quiver loud /

Y'alls equivalence is frowned I equate you to the ground
Bending on the sound check ya speakers it's surround /
Recommending if you down that you repping on the crowd
Send you to the clouds wit the way I'm steppin now

Maybe all one day you'll see I'm playing all around
Okay call me crazy because you don't need to pay me,
Words is what I'm painting while there's emsee's that I'm slaying
Grateful that I made it while the flow sounds like some gravy

I don't hate who hating, I ain't second placing
Racin' for the graces of the paper that they chasing
I ain't change my phrasin' cause I made it how I say it
Y'all just have to face it, Monarch the new Favourite

Unexplainable Interlude (Prod. Bailey Daniel)

(((WHISPERED)))
You know cause it's just another day
Yeah it's just another day
Just another day

See the world is spinning now, Words from out my grinnin' mouth
Lately got me thinkin' how, All my patience thinnin' out
Thats why I be chillin now lazy on the couch
Maybe if I'm patient I will get some inspiration

Crazy my vocation maybe made me feel amazin'
Hazy at the station yeah I'm barely operatin'
Coffee in my hand I call it some recuperation
Thoughts are gon' advance as we pass the population


You know cause it's just another day
Yeah it's just another day
Just another day
Just another, just another

You know cause it's just another day
Yeah it's just another day
Just another day
Just another, just another


Look inside my mind you know I ain't gon' be shy
I don't mess with pride but inside you'll find a prize
We could take a flight to escape all out of sight
Chillin' all the time never lonely you and I

You know cause it's just another day
Yeah it's just another day
Just another day

I don't play pretend if you need yourself a friend
I remember when I had nobody to depend
Hand that I extend lemme take you through my head
All the nights I spent that I grind away instead /

Then I'll wake up after 10 just to do it all again
Grind for my percent like it's all I ever meant
I won't be content till they hear what I express /
and they'll get it through their heads so they never gon' forget

You know cause it's just another day
Yeah it's just another day
Just another day
Just another, just another

Just another just another
Just another just another
Just another just another
(((MUMBLED)))
Just another Just another

Just Another Day (Prod. Marow)

Hate cause I'm straight out the gate I be carryin' weight and it ain't no debate 
Splittin' n rippin' this page / inflictin' invincible limitless rage cause I'm here to stay this drip is insane
listen you're trippin' I'm different persistent you know dat I hop out this cage
got All the systems engaged when I kill the stage you know what I say 

Maybe I'm stuck in my ways, prayin' and hopin' for change but now I'm thinkin it's prolly too late yo / 
My vision is out of this frame. Alla the distance is tame you come to my city I show you the game
Know I be rhyming insane, Rap myself straight to the grave while alla ya ballers can wait, lame 
comin' from minimum wage, still say no thank you yeah please keep the change, know that we keep it this way

Heard dat you call yourself fire but I looked and there's barely a flame, damn. 
K now dat I'm spittin' the gas like I got it all up in these tanks, man 
I be out makin' them gains and grinding my way just uppin' my name so / 
stay in your lane cause I don't got time to stop on a dime if y'all are just tame

You know I be pavin' the way as I'm painting a maze on this page, ayy
You know I be pavin' the way as I'm painting a maze on this page

Painted Maze (Interlude) (Prod. Fantom)

My childhood friend, Dylan Ingham, sadly passed away this year from a drug overdose. I wish we didn't drift as far apart as we did, although I'm lucky I have so many good memories of him to keep me going. Let him be remembered.

Ingham's Lot (Freeverse Pt. 9)(Prod. Be Franky)

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