Writing Challenges

Writing Challenge #74
Topic: Lies Beneath The Surface
Artist: ZST
Beat: @Pap - Untitled 18

Beneath the surface, secrets hide, a world untold,
Where lies unravel, darkness thrives, and truth rarely unfolds,
People are digging beneath the earth's surface, they don't see how much this hurts us,
All for our greed of the dollar, Mother Nature, well, she's she's about to bust

Fossil fuels and gas, they preach, are the way to survive,
But behind the smoke and mirrors, their fuel production continues to end lives,
Fracking the ground, destroying  earth, our beautiful home,
Leaking poison in our water, ignorance is their M.O.

With slick words and fake smiles, they weave their deceit,
They drill through our planet's heart, we are victims of the elite,
We gotta rise up, expose the lies they've been spinning,
Unmask the truth, it's time for a new beginning.

A green revolution, a sustainable mission we need,
To protect our blue planet, our home, we must not just follow but lead,
Let's stand together, break the chains of corruption,
For a future and planet that breathes, free from destruction.

WC74 - Zero Stress Tech - Lies Beneath The Surface

Writing Challenge #76
Topic: What's cooking In the Kitchen
Artist: Sigma
Beat: Unknown Artist[FREE]JIDxDreamvillexKendrickLamarTypeBeat"Remedy"

Looking through the glass at my composition,
Everyone wonderin' what's cooking in the kitchen,
Expendin' belts of ammuntion expressin my ambitions,
Not the superstitious waves that go out in transmission,

Chop every beat & formulate your recipe,
Almost a necessity searching the brain through psychotherapy,
Ain't about popularity just try & find the remedy,
Dismantled mental reverie what's true identity inside of a memory,

In my head the devil plays these games,
As every sin pumps through my veins,
Brings forth the gains versus pains,
Asks you for your hand to take the reins,

Why play these games when you reach for fame,
Must be something your missing or still need to proclaim,
Never rose a fist only used your brain & processes of how to maintain,
History shows how they tried to defame your name tried to put you down in shame it's all that's ever exclaimed, but not today.

WC76 - Sigma - In The Kitchen

Writing Challenge #77
Topic: Up All Night
Artist: SigmaRaps
Beat: (FREE) 90s Boom Bap Saxophone x Chill Jazz Type Beat - "Dealing with the Devil"

Up all night, under moonlight's glow,
No sleep in sight, just letting thoughts flow,
In the quiet hours when the world's in repose,
I'm wide awake, where the night wind blows,

Stars above, they twinkle, they glisten,
In this darkness, there's a mission I'm missin',
Every second's precious, there's no time for wishin',
Up all night, I'm on a night owl's expedition,

The city's asleep, wrapped in a dream,
But I'm alive, in the silence, I gleam,
With a pen and paper, I start to scheme,
Creating rhymes and verses, it's a lyrical stream,

The night's my canvas, and I'm the artist,
Painting with words, 'cause the night's the hardest,
To catch those thoughts before they depart us,
In this sleepless world, where the darkness imparts us.

WC77 - Sigma - Up All Night

Writing Challenge #78
Topic: Angels and Demons
Artist: SigmaRaps
Beat: [FREE] JID x Dreamville x J. Cole Type Beat - | “DO IT BIG"

In the city of the stars, where the sky meets the ground,
Angels spread their wings, with halos that astound,
They're messengers of hope, protectors of the pure,
Guiding us through darkness, with love that's so secure,

Demons lurk in shadows, with eyes as red as fire,
Tempting souls with whispers, igniting dark desire,
They dance in the moonlight, with malice in their eyes,
But angels are unyielding, in the face of their lies,

In the realm of humans, the battle rages on,
Choices we must make, 'til the break of dawn,
Will we heed the angels, with their messages of grace,
Or fall for the demons, in this eternal chase?,

So remember, my friend, in this world we reside,
The angels and demons, on each side they bide,
It's up to us to choose, which path we will tread,
In the cosmic dance of life, where our souls are led.

(Chorus)
Angels in the daylight, demons in the night,
A cosmic battle, a never-ending fight,
Between the forces of good and the forces of sin,
This is the tale of angels and demons, let it begin.
Yeah, let it begin,  'cause everything a sin,
Yeah, everythings a sin.

WC78 - Sigma - Angels and Demons

Writing Challenge #79 
Topic: Attitude for Gratitude 
Beat: I finally made my own beat for one of these 😄 - 140 BPM Awake Gm 
Artist: BoarderLess
DAW: Studio One 

There’s been a lot of the pain 
But I’m lookin to be grateful 
People be praying for rain 
And I’m sittin’ here with my plate full 

I’ll always be faithful that I can improve 
And even on days that I lose 
I try to remember the stories I heard on the news
And this is the life that I’d choose 

Cause some people starving 
And others they live on the street
I gotta be grateful cause I know 
I always had plenty to eat 

I know that we wired to think of better
But I just been tired of thinking better 
 I always forget all of the shit I have 
And see shit that I want cause I think it’s better

WC79 - BoarderLess - Attitude Of Gratitude

LeeN WC# 79
Topic: Attitude of Gratitude
Artist: AJ
Beat: J. Cole Type Storytelling Beat - 'Sacrifice'

Look around think in terms of a life without
Ups and downs and it hurts yes without a doubt
But we astound and observe always through the drought
Now come surround and be heard, sun is shining now
Rather be passing thanks than thanking the past 
Since it’s always been that looking behind it never does last 
Images of nothing but greatness hits you up in a flash 
Cant do that without the fam so please come here hold up your glass 
Tell me what is it that your grateful for
Is it your mom cleaning up and down the kitchen floor
Is it the people that you never thought you’d meet before
Fills you up with strength to keep walking down life’s corridor
There’s no expression that could summarize my lessons 
Every moment I was stressin my mother kept all our blessings
And now some are up in heaven and some are turnt to eleven
These rhymes are not enough please someone bring me a reverend

WC79 - AJ - Attitude Of Gratitude

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