New Midwest music featuring Canadian rap icon Moka Only.

Like Us (Ft. Moka Only)

(Verse 1)
Hello world my name is Danny Epic/
Born a 90s baby skin color is black and ethnic/
My parents refugees of war so they planned there exit/ 
mom and dad selected canada to have a family present  / 
Second born to a to a city feelin mad neglected/
runnin home from school, pops know im sad depressive/ 
He'd say dont let them bring you down son, and pretend it/ 
Doesn't bother you and even till this day I'm glad he said it/ 
Adolescent with objection and anxiety/
Met a homie with the same intention and desire see/
Bonded off the hip hops connection in entirety/
N Elected that the music was the method to inspire me/
Syndicated with a click and it meant everything/
Last Ones Standing im a Red City King/
It's not the name that matters it's the progression I bring/
So learn ya lesson from this session cuz Midwest is the team..yah dig/

(Hook)
I grew up a fucking screw up/
we was young and we was dumb but we had heart/
a product of their environment/
grew up a screw up, they aint do nothing but doubt me/

(Verse 2)
Whats good people my name is Travis O/
born in 89, premature, had to grow/
by 95 the say im smarter then the average joe/
told me i talk to fast, but maybe yall just ramble slow/ 
coming up always signed up for the talent show/ 
standing in front of the crowd just felt natural/
by middle school, hip hop was the path i chose/
i never thought that it would land me on a track with Mok…O/
somehow it happened though..now my past goals/
seemin’ smaller then a rabbit hole/
from battling foes, to managing shows/
im just happiest  to be part of a band with my bros..so yo/
we toured vancouver’s coast../
wish we could make back the money that our manager stole/
but no…we’ll keep travelling roads/
Until the gas tank empty and we back in our homes..lets go/

(Hook)

(Verse 3)
Yo whatup, my name is Berkley Roth/
it all began strumming 5-strings, summoned in a worthy song/
…and that was early on/ 
ever since i’ve been synthesizing music for an earthy cause/
always labelled as an emo kid a nerdy goth/
what i failed in school made up the art that i was working on/
god paid working music stores and mowing lawns/
now i’m trying to rock a show from coast to coast to go get props/
…it’s fun to look back and laugh at it/
cause sticking with my passion, has me on track, tracking this/ 
session in the studio, with a crew who knows it’s happiness/ 
my life is long nights, song-writing, band practices/
…educated maybe/
philosophy refined my thought, i meditated daily/
it’s obvious the garden grew, the plants will start to take seed/
i live for making music, don’t forget the music made me/

(Hook)

(Verse 4)
let me kick for a minute i’ll admit it/
that the kid inside is still alive spittin never quit it/ 
did it ever matter if I had a stage to raise cents?/ 
Nuh-Uh…BenOfficial was born in the basement/ 
wasting my time's what they told me then/
but no control of my drive they couldn’t hold me in/
ya the cold it sting, but  my motive bring/
a warm breath to the lungs son I’m old within/
u could learn a thing, if ya listen to the wind/
see a vision if ya stare at the record when it..spin/
been ten short years on the mic/
best believe ima rhyme till i see that light/
ya I’ve dreamed my dreams no more time to sleep/
stay sitting on the edge or grow a spine n leap/
i never mind to keep my mind worried bout the past/
cause the paths we take, make the journey last/


Hello World

(Verse 1)
Mindset of a Tribesman, divising a plan/
to inspire u to stand, holdin fire in yo hand/
clan..better check who you siding with/ 
mine’ll silence ya minor clique/
mind over matter..mileage/ 
Diamond Standard we Mining it/
..so welcome 2 the rain forest/
we reign foremost/
arranged  for it/ 
now u in my range while im aiming at your…TRYBE!

(Verse 2)
There's no escaping it manifested as sacredness/
My patience is at a breaking point we need to raise our fist/
Whatever Faith you live Muslim Christians or Atheist/
It don't make a diff we need to break away from it and pray for this/
Metamorphosis  for the dead an misfortunate/
Plead and said this recording is meant to lead the subordinates..Our TRYBE/

(Verse 3)
We put in work for this earth a purpose  you can’t escape/ 
the system nervous, our nervous systems are outer space/ 
set a verb into motion, emotion animate/
so every animal and plant will grow without the hate/
our goal is vivid, it’s time that we’ve really risen/
our trybe is defined in vision, come visit us all/ 
cause we come outta/

(Hook)
Midwest Canada…above amateur/
the focus…the rhythm…the vision…the stamina/ 
I ride with a trybe mentality…define your reality/ 
so come get lost in the jungle/
before your culture will crumble/

(Verse 4)
Better catch yourself before ya time be lost/
a hostage to clockwork ya lives been robbed/
We climbing to find the lining silver silence/
but high ground never keep you from violence/
in the elemental for essentials you won’t find/
ya we fitting for survival rivals never seen our kind/

(Verse 5) 
Trybe is the mindset, mind set on trybe/  
defined what the rhyme said, find the divine/ 
divided we lost, each loss unified/ 
Trybe is the mindset, mind set on trybe/
so get in line..we forming to join minds/
the formula fortified…the form of a foreign time/
u can...tear it down, whenever u hear the sound/
till everything fair is found, we bound to our TRYBE/
so hit the block, with everything that u got/
the enemy never thought, it could stop with your TRYBE/

(Outro)
so come get lost in the jungle/ before your culture will crumble/ this game will stop when you undo/
exhausted thought brought upon you/
there is no god you can run too/
our reign is hostel above you/


TRYBE

(Verse 1)
Another set down, nothing to show/ 
the sun is set now its tougher to grow/ 
we in the dark witha thunderous glow/
illuminated while u fumigated..under control/
breathing beats but im losing my breath/ 
seen defeat, now im choosing my step/ 
reaching dreams, seems lucid, i slept/
now scenes soothing instead of seeing u in my death/
Denied followers, rhymed defined dominance/ 
inside sombreness, sighing to sign sovereigns/ 
combine politics lies with high knowledge/
in ur minds wallet, save it then pay it to buy solace/ 
when the sun rise on us, the tides of the waters/ 
alive soon''ll dry, you and i will die martyrs/
confine borders, but we gon fly like a locus/
the lens trying to focus..till zen's eye is upon us/

(Hook)
Rise up put ya hands high (higher than the sun)/
It's one love to my people out worldwide (fighting for the love)/ 
When Darkness collides with the spark that flies, a stars shines/ 
And we gon light it up like all night/
But sometimes  we blinded by the dollar signs/ 
(tryna get above) No distractions The musics in our bloodline/ 
(write it in my blood) No matter what happens, what obstacle comes I..Must shine/
from the nightfall to the sunrise/

(Verse 2)
Pen to the page and I'm stuck in my home/
As I get on the stage I'm in a comfortable zone/
When I'm stressing and pacing with nothing to show/
Music made me recognize that I wasn't alone/
Misconceived as malicious thieves..But when u listen deep you'll be in disbelief/
Because The riffs and keys mixed with sick emcees/ 
Guarantees they want our presence  like its Christmas Eve/ 
Let me…open ya eyes to lows and highs/
Emotional rides of trying to make the most of these rhymes/
A roller coaster I'm suppose  to put my own shit aside/
and put my focus on this moment.. In hopes to get signed/
I'll.. Send my blessings to those that tried/
To make their dreams turn reality but choked and dried/
I know it seems far away but is closely tied/
The nightfalls but the sun will approach  in time/ cuz we rise.

(Hook)


Nightfalls

(Hook)
Midwest in yuh area, protecting the barrier/
the rest been infected, neglected and burried what/
wake up, till yah fate’s done, shape up till yah fate’s done/
ingesting their poison, we strepping  our voice when/
they check on our set, so it’s best we avoid them/
they don’t wanna make love wanna hate us/
but we on our way up, wake, wake up!/

(Verse 1)
Too nice to diss, cuz we precise with riffs/
I aint Nas but all I need is one mic to spit/
I’m the top gun pilot going sky high with this/
Final countdown we got one night to live/
Start accepting  the truth, no objection and rules/ 
No authority in line when mindsets in the booth/ 
Put ya drinks up cuz ya names now anonymous/ 
The politics do not exist and this is our apocalypse/
I aint stopping this my music is my confidence/
Releasing zero oxygen with lyrics as my prominence/
If you got a gift better say it now/
Cuz the worlds turn to shit and we on our way down/ 
Hey now just don’t break down this our playground/ 
Better stay awake before you take that safe route/ 
One night to live and it’s as great as it gets/
And if I live to see tomorrow then today is the test/ 
to get live

(Hook)

(Verse 2)
Put ya lighters up, it’s time to light one up/
and tip your bright blood cup, we here to hype yall up/ 
don't wanna fight, one punch, could put ya life on crutch/ 
so put yah protest down, and use your mind for once/ 
violent times have come, we gotta make a choice/
silent rhymes cant fund, we gotta make some noise/
crime is rising up, they’ll never take my voice/
buy some prime ass bud, it’s time to make life hoist/
Get high, like pilots but..these red eyes, won’t fly its cause/ 
the end times, have finally come..pretend I, am l lying son/ 
but when you just realize, they fed you..surreal lies/
then you, might understand, it’s time to take these drums to another  land/
now let’s fly/ 

(Hook)


Wake Up

(Verse 1)
We can never take a break with this rap shit/ 
Spent too many days and days making classics/ 
when I hit the stage and play I stay attached with/ 
The surface of the lane we paved can you imagine/
A scene full of emcees that got to be a friend of you/
Soon as you turn your back then they try and get ahead of you/
Methods to , marketing ploys to gain revenue/
Jealous dudes got to pretend to bring in plenty views/
It's incredible How men will react/
When they just get a bit of confidence to brag in there raps/ 
Cuz last week I heard a rumor that you said I was whack/ 
now you tipsy’d up begging  me to get on a track/
The run around same shit in every other town/
this for the hotheads telling me to dumb it down/
This for the leaches only going where the money's found/
But I bet that when we make it same people gon' come back around/

(Hook)
U dig deep but nothing found…here/
U can't keep. On solid ground..yeah/
Another town, the sun is down..They give me/
The run around the around…yeah/

(Verse 2)
It's like every time we come around/
we lost like the new kid from another  town/
..slept on in the underground/
But shut it down up above they gon hear us like the thunder sound/
Another day another  dollar/
But before its done another  payment  notha caller/ 
Once u start the race, no escaping till u quali-fied/ 
U will find no one waitin with the water/
Meaning theres no relief, meaning nobody's gonna come and help yah roll yah sleeves/
People will tell yah there's a million ways to hold yah dreams/
Till u awakened see em fakin watch em go to sleep/
..now they giving yah the run around/
Tell yah that they following but end up on another  route/
They act proud but they love to doubt/
But they be digging dirt on common ground, so put the shovel down/

(Hook) 

(Bridge)
Dig deep / nothing found
Cant keep / solid ground
Another town / sun is down
Run around

(Hook)

(Outro)
Dig deep, you dig deep / But nothing found
Give me, they give me / The Run Around


The Run Around

(Verse 1)
I Guess my life, yes my life is a guessing game/
Which way do I go to avoid the shame/
It Never came with a map in hand
I'm feeling trapped and man I need to plan to scram/
Monogram on the wall wanna forget moment I thought my path n destiny met/ 
if not yet I'll get my time..Fly u a cheat
get respect using steps to climb/
Let it shine thru the canopy  n That'll be my guide
love the challenge of a journey n the  battle it provide/
I'm alive, feeling better than ever
I leave the drama behind and stay ahead of the weather/
N you could Neva (nah uh) Neva trip my feet The music in my blood man it Neva skip a beat/ 
But We'll see, yeh its me against the clock/
no time to talk, push play n i walk/

(Hook)
Only you can take them foot steps/ 
(stand up) Only you can break them shoes In/ 
(hands up) And only you can chase that feeling/
Lace up ya sneakers, gotta race to achieve it yeh/
Even when your soul is broken/ 
(let’s go) Even when ur all alone n/ 
(don’t stop) Even when almost defeated/
face all ya demons, gotta chase what yah dreaming uh/

(Verse 2)
Busy roads on your own, can you cross slow/
or Do you take a step back cuz you’ve lost hope/
can you say what’s on your tongue, when they talk low/
or tie it up, mouth shut, tho u got soul/
ever heard foot steps when you all alone/
and turn around, nothing found on ur walk home/
and when you get there, ever wanna stop so/
u don’t have to carry the weight that only god knows/

(Hook)

(Verse 3)
I fell asleep after celebrating last night/
and had a dream that the pressure faded fast like/
My self esteems decimated on this packed flight/
hard to take a step when you trying to make that cash right/
But that’s life gotta pull back the throttle/ 
they can say they paved the way but never could hit the lotto/
I persevere even if I fell trapped and hollow/
I can learn from their mistakes and make my own path to follow/ 

(Hook)

(Verse 4)
now i can see ur foot prints and i follow/
u carry stress but every step feels hollow/
them shoes worn, and that pair match ur sorrows/
hitting rock bottom in Air max Apollo’s/
..no more trippin, homie listen, time to lace up/
the road u pick is just a vision, what u make up
could never walk in them shoes, but i could say run/
only you can chase your dreams then wake up thinking/

(Hook)

(Verse 5)
Is there a drive in me, is there still a piece of relevant desire in me/
Cuz one minute I’ll be on the stage rhymin frees/
The next minute I'll be begging  for some privacy/
I climb and reach to something that I should of left/
Ma path divine so there's nothing that I could regret/
I fantasize about the fame but honestly this is as good as it gets/
So all the tracks that I've laid contains my footsteps/


Footsteps

(Verse 1)
Screens all I see, seems so obscene/
screams of a seamless scene, s’all a dream/
we’ve seen solace leave, through  these solid streams/
still breathe off the steam, of the raw machine/ 
they feed on our need, to fiend off the schemes/ 
of greed god and keys, they sheen polish gleam/ 
till we sough to be, what we ought to leave/
but these autumn  leaves, got me falling asleep/
these z’s following z’s, sheep following sheep/
we lead, call it bo-peep, still seem lost in a theme/
of green collared fatigues, who flee, bomb and retreat/
for peace, all of us bleed, less we part of their team/

(Hook 1)
I’m erasing my mind, changing it’s ways/
it’s all exhaust in these thoughts full of haze/
i’m erasing my mind, changing it’s ways/
it’s all exhaust and im lost in this haze/

(Verse 2)
The music is why I refuse to be blind/
To the proof of abuse that the news has designed/ 
Through my roots I can groove to these tunes and apply/ 
All the tools I subdue to produce and provide/
See the truth is a lie the excuse is your rights/
It alludes you and coupes you from using your mind/ 
Revolutions shootings, pollution and crime/ 
Executions, seclusions of humans online/
I’m ruthless in trying to recruit and advise/
all the youth to contribute or kiss the future goodbye/
I'm black so I don't forget my roots and my pride/
But we're all becoming slaves so the nooses are tied/
..cuz were wasting our time/
trying to find a place where our faith is aligned/
cuz somewhere between racism bigotry terrorism, crime/
there’s still no way to escape and survive so I'm changing my.. Mind/

(Hook 1)

(Verse 3)
You’ve had your mindset robbed  of a thought/
raw plot brought,  crime and abolished a lot/
not fought bought, grime and demolishing rot/
prob not taught, time to resolve what is lost, hot not stop/
Pop pop sound of crying Its affecting all our lives/
It's objective is to mess with your concept of dollar signs /
Don’t be blind, better get that sight, never let their might dead infect your life/
let em match your fight, pull it back and strike, feel the path of light for the track i write..right?/ 
I'm breaking new grounds changing my life I ain't waiting around/
Play for the crowd then I'm taking a bow I head for the exit embracing the sound now/
State what your faith is, or what for the stateless,  erasing yah statements away from yah mouth/ Change yah arrangement and aim for the bailiff, or lay on the pavement and stay on the ground/ Paving a way to escape an amazing relating sedation Satan’s allowed/
Creating a riff to attain em at risk but the drums so quick so scream out loud/

(Hook 2)
I’m embracing my mind, changing it’s ways/
rearranging it’s faze, it’s all exhaust in these thoughts full of haze/
i’m erasing my mind, changing it’s ways/
it’s all exhaust and I’m lost in this haze/


Erasing My Mind

(Verse 1)
I see them talking behind my back/
I know they mockin me on my track/ 
And then they awkwardly try to act/ 
Like they ain't copying off all my plans/ 
They see me rockin it with my band/ 
And think hip hop never been so bad/ 
Then see the profit I spend this cash, Now they wanna get get with this fast/
..see me stepping up, they see us...now they second up/
Repeat us, wishing death on us, Believers, not the messengers of Jesus/
Say we secular and heathens, think Midwesterners are demons/
This the exodus, 13:13, repent to us, we yo leaders/ ahh
They say we blasphemous...and our rap exist/ 
To lead yah kid into the pit of deep blackness/ 
We speak fact in this, but deemed sacrilegious/ 
Deepak in mix with street rappin vision/
Yall can't admit, that our talents sent/
From none other then the blood up under baphomet/
Need to guzzle holy water take a bath in it/
Or Hold us under little longer, Till we lackin breath/ (Huhhhh)
Resuscitated...back from the dead/ 
Three sons I've waited/
Passion is bled, weak love to hate it/ 
Magdalene bred, deep blood debated/
Back 2 the whip, Jesus related/ 
How can they vent we under satan/
Half of the band, seek trust in pagan/ 
Other half stand with abundant faith and we...

(Hook)
Speak of the devil, they talking under they breath.....how/
They seem so jealous, we In the building they left...out/
It seems like heaven here. They telling me we hell...bound/
But u can tell em our souls not for sale now…
Speak of the devil they talkin under their breath…Now/ 
They seem so jealous they’ll never get the respect… How/ 
can we be mentioned so easily unconventional/
But you say I’m the Devil so keep my name out ya fuckin mouth/

(Verse 2)
Speak of the devil as He enters the room/
He hears them whispering, objecting cuz his head is consumed/
Paranoia lingers bothering his every move/
Theirs either haters or there's people that pretend to be true/ 
This shit is crazy why can't yall be real and say you hate me/ 
Instead of LYING through  ya teeth like "epic is amazing"/
My brain seems to recognize the difference between faking/ 
And making attempts to hear my music and embrace it/
So face it, love the music you find respectable/
if the buzz ain't Midwest then bro carry on bumpin what you want/
I find it unacceptable when these people pretend to show/
interest in me and then they go talk behind me so SHUT YA MOUTH/

(Hook)

(Verse 3)
I can hear you talking about the way that I change/
look at how he’s living as if it was all a mistake/
as if luck was given, with the decision i’ve made/
to sacrifice and have a life, rocking up on the stage/ 
see every plan we plotted  fell perfectly into place/
(And Midwest thought of it, property of the greats)/
see every time you talking behind our back it’s a waste/ 
(Mindset brought of it, the thought of it can’t erase)/

(Hook)

(Bridge)
when u walk into the spot and all the conversation stops/ 
huh-aah huh-aah…(Midwest)…Speak of the Devil/
when u hating on our click, but we we banging on your chick/ 
uhh-ahh- uhh-ahh  (moan)…(mindset) speak of the devil/ 
when u mugging us at home, but u loving us at shows/
say oooh-ooh-ohh…...speak of the devil/
now we always on your mind, and we never hard to find/
we appearing every time that u speak of the devil/

(Outro)
Burn in Hell (scratching)


Speak Of The Devil

(Hook)
There's no reason I can love you again/ 
There's no believing you can change/ 
There's no pleasing you so this has to end/
My heart grows cold as days go Grey/
It would be much better if you.../

(Verse 1)
Disappeared..like my vision cleared/
And woke up to realize that I don't miss u dear/
We had a lot of good times, till u shifted gears/
And left me in the dust, sipping on this Liquor n beer/ 
Somehow this crippling fear, used to get In my ear/ 
Telling me what usually would take the wisdom of years/ 
yeah.. so if-it-ain't clear I'll whisper it here/
That I ain't listening so u can run yah lips to the mirror/
Lotta exes, haunted vexes, on my simple life/
It brought me sex and lots of stress/ So Should we kiss or fight/
I'm not impressed with how u left, U been a bitch tonight/
Yeh you a trip, so if u lifted hope u miss Ya flight/
There's no reason, to leave u home grieving/
Except I ain't possessed by U no more, I got my own demons/
And my suggestion is U need to do some soul seeking/
U want the O's feelings, but ain't no more dealing/ 

(Hook)

(Verse 2)
Get lost! Can’t you see I give props/
Can't you see I'm brainwashed ever since when I met you, “fuck you hip hop”/
Picture this an adolescent with a boom box/ 
A pair of tube sox listening to 2pac/
reminiscing this is true talk music was my fuel n NOS/ 
inspiration set when I heard Snoop and Nas/
boom baps 808s and a sample track/
Jewels and Cadillac’s had me thinking I can master that/
Now I'm approaching 25 now/ 
and to be honest man my motivations died down/
I'm at a crossroads of thinking is this really what my life's about?/
Trying to find a route to fame or am I drying out /
It's my addiction So let me get my fix in/
Since 15 this shits been a part of my existence/
There's no reason I can love u but I still do/
our bond is something special So at least u know the deal too/

(Hook)


Be Much Better

(Verse 1)
Cal city in my rear view..Skyline looking clear blue/
Silhouette, the sunsets near too/ 
As i steer through..so many veer move/
Spinning out, making tracks like a deer hoove/
We on our way to la deer rouge/
Got another  show tonight,  Broken lights Interfere view/
Adjust mirror cool...We'll be there soon/
Three Hun divided, plus a rider with some beer too/
We made it here through, the love and the hate/
So many try it, but they idling and running in place/
If you riding with us, fly n never pump on the breaks/
And if u tryna beat our drive its like a bus to a stang/
I mustered up the muscle, to switch gears and ditch peers/
had to leave my city for this year cuz it’s clear/
im in the driver’s seat, destiny is dynasty/
so eff the police entirely arresting me for tryna speed/

(Hook)
Staring at the world through  my rearview/
From T-Dot to Van City/ 
Cause you never know where yah gonna go/
Ah yeah, let’s take a trip/ 
just sit back, and light a spliff/
0-60, so fast it’ll make your eyes spin/
do you know…know where the midwest is/

(Verse 2)
Hometown in my rearview,Sunshine in my mirror too/
Reflected off the paint as I gear through/
A drink or two on show nights can appear smooth/
Till you driving home and ya clothes smells like beer n puke/
Should of bounced when I left the stage last night/ 
Instead I pounced on gin, got straight smashed right?/ 
Now I'm rollin with some Tylenol to pass the fight/
Of battling this hangover I'm drained from this rap life/ 
Driving past I’m like damn this is hella pretty/ 
Reminded fast of my fellas man I miss my city/
Look at the dash and I'm maxing at a hundred fifty/ 
Hopin I don't crash I got a stash of cash comin with me/ 
Get to Calgary I'm back to my reality/
My plans of massive fans put on pause by my salary/
actually I use this 9-5 shit as my strategy/
To balancing the cash I need for gas in driving back next week/

(Hook)


Rearview

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