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Uninspired

skrt(ft. Zay Raheem)

Remember Us.mp3

check the logic. it’s cold and systemic
a hunger so global, the fear is pandemic
survival? anemic. so let’s get polemic
standing on sidelines, acting prophetic
that’s been my aesthetic
I’ve been pathetic, see
choices out there are harrowing
walls out there are narrowing
if I’m out here collecting dimes
is that selling out or buying time?

systems are rigged, it’s explicit
acting with scorn means I’m complicit
I won’t add to the deficit of love
I won’t push the spirit down just to prove I can break it

I see machines hurting people, it’s massive
my rage against machines can’t be passive
I have to find a way to be effective
to change perspectives

I’m unappreciative
God, it’s so pervasive
the urge to be evasive or abrasive 
I’m trying to find a motive that’s creative
but creation is destruction

here’s a terrifying variable
burdens aren’t curable
I have to teach my kids the world can be terrible
without making their lives unbearable
how do I pass the heat without passing the scorch?
I don’t want them to inherit cynicism
but I can’t lie about the mechanisms
I can’t lie about the prison

decades of liability
managing volatility
testing stability 
to hold anger and love with mobility
I call that agility
I might never master the facility
I might never find tranquility
but I have to try
for the sake of possibility
I pray they can survive hostility
with their hearts intact

I’m unappreciative
but I’m working on my narrative
I’m fighting the imperative
to burn it all down
just trying to live

unappreciative

NO BACKUP PLAN is a conscious hip-hop album about realizing there’s no safety net left.
It documents the quiet fear that comes with loss, aging, isolation, money anxiety, comparison, and watching the future feel smaller than it used to. Not crisis moments — the in-between ones. The thoughts that don’t get spoken because they aren’t dramatic enough, but still shape how you move through life.
These songs reflect what it’s like to live without guarantees:
to feel unprotected, to see others move forward while you’re still figuring it out, to carry secrets, to want connection but hesitate to trust, and to understand that one mistake could cost more than it ever did before.
This isn’t an album about giving up.
It’s about staying upright when there’s nothing to fall back on.
No motivational speeches.
No false hope.
Just honesty.
If this resonates, it’s because you’ve felt it too.


Losing Ground

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