Here I used a sample of Slum Village's "Fall In Love" from their album "Fantastic, Vol. 2"
All rights reserved to the group.

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Lyrics:

I first saw your face in high school, that dark brown hair, with shades on, but please don’t ask me for how long

I watched you walking down the breeze way thinking ‘bout the million ways that I could go to you on any day and say 

"Hey I’m the dude that you’ll meet someday, talk about about our life together like it's something out of hemingway”

Instead i was stuck on a fray. Not the band okay? The type of shit that conveys negative vibes (bitch don’t kill my day)

But fuck it after a year it was too late and by the time I saw you again I was radiating in pain

The story after through the looking glass and pane nothing but a summer full of blunters, weed, seeds, and strain 

Unfortunately this bitch had left me in chains, taking everything for granted imagine that stain that remained

Grabbing ahold of these reins, man I swore on my momma's name I would make no mistakes with the next woman that came 

“Falling In Love”


I never used to believe in fate or good luck, but after some time I just no longer gave two cents or a even a fuck 

The way I saw was corrupt, my mind didn’t wonder was shut and instead collected with dust and that occasional brush 

But one day all of that was just gone, the moment I saw you in that bimmer, was when in my head there just clicked a song   

It wasn’t long before both of us got this far, a few hits of that mary jane pretty soon it was protocol 

Spending our nights talking and walking from dusk till dawn, holding your hand in my palm shit i never felt so strong

Within you found I found a rush, more than a summer crush, and the times that we spend together I place it all above

The bullshit both of us came across on our journey to each other star-crossed lovers battling through tissue and scar 

And I know that I’ve been wrong before but I promise you we’ll go far,  I’ll forever be yours and place it on the moon stars 





Fall In Love (SJM)

Produced by Noha Beats on his "Basement Music Vol. 1 & 2" using tracks "NYC & Boxman". All rights are Noha Beats.

Lyrics


Wake up morning session 
you feel yourself falling away from the progression

slowly but surely you regress into aggression 
i should know a thing or two about the word obsession

i have to say that I'm okay with the depression
sometimes i use it as a written form expression

And there are times when i could see the full projection
But I tell myself not to give into reflection 
 
It's all a matter of opinions and perceptions
And to tell the truth i got some more of these confessions

Walking with the poet I'm beginning this ascension 
Hope to god its not too late to ask for these directions

~~~~~~

I’m like David when he went to face Goliath but
the bastard never thought about the other type of riots

and we break it down to reason and a different sort of science 
that we grow against defiance and we only blind eye in

Why the fuck am I trying?
What’s the point of all the priding when I’d Rather be rhyming 

than riding with the people slowly fighting behind me 
knowing too damn well what the future’s assigned me

Well fuck that, cause I’m finished of fucking whining
I’m drinking this poison making sure that it’s codifying 

my words and ordeals Yea they’re multiplying 
no amount of liquor will do it justice of purifying 

And Oh lord I thank her dearly for being defining 
she built me up and held me down a marvel so defying 

besides a person lies their shadow always satisfying  
I’m ashamed to say that i have acted  horrifying

Instead of walking right besides her for the crucifying
I drove the nail, may I rot in hell putrefying

Don’t have the right but here I stand testifying
you’re the only thing that matters in this world mystifying 

 

Proclamation (prod. Noha Beats)

Had fun this with this one. Production is by Nujabes, original track titled "Luv Sic".

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lyrics:

turning back at the start

x 6


[Verse I]

Open the window to your mind
Take a minute to reflect on the broken pieces of time

Holding on to letters even better if they rhymed
I gotta make an effort to remember what I write

These broken images of burning fire in my eyes
Black smoke in the air colliding with blue sky

Even then do we blame ourselves or try
and explain the shit we do till the well runs dry?

To tell the truth i wanna go farther in life
and one day raise a child be a father in pride 

Providing for my family whatever the price 
Pay attention to the paper in hand at all times 

Dollar incentive for each sentence written
Since then my sense has claimed ascent I'm only beginning 

What started out as riddles meant to be hidden
Quickly turned to ripples rhyming to my new formed religion 


[Verse II]

I asked my shrink what my signs meant
Maybe brash decisions meant to make my mind think 

Never mind this 
the thoughts making my heart sink
I'd rather walk the streets head full of hot ink 

And write a story full allegory all aboard the ferry tale analogy is just other side of half of me

It's up to you whether you wanna believe in the things 
that I see when I write about what's  right in front of me

And I don't care about the critics or bitches second guessing everything about a song but the lyrics 

In actuality I think about the cynics
Bragging with the fingers on tips of their statistics 

Fucking ridiculous 
appalling and I'm sick of it
I don't believe in shit that somebody
thought would get to me

I've been through too much and seen what I seen
To bother making that shit a part of my daily routine

*Someone help I'm the son of a fiend
living proof that the seed never falls far from the tree

There was even a time when I shared the same dream
Nothing but running water going down that stream

I toss and turn
Hit pause and return 
Spend time trying to burn these bridges causing concern
 
People cutting and knocking me down like a worm
I hate to break it to you all but now it’s my turn

Fuck the words you said i’ll break em down in a verse
Now tell me what’s worst? That, this or a curse?

I’ll sell you these verbs, sure to make your pocket burst, 
like rockets pulling profits, in the back of a hearse 

And Me in the driver’s seat a prophet covered in furs, 
first i calm these nerves with a jack and a coke

Angus rocking Young as I shift in reverse 
I promise, that i'm honest, i mistook you for jokes

I’m coming like comet just to see what you’re worth
just in time to comment and you’ll want to learn and observe  

As I go unrehearsed to make some sense of words 
matter of fact I’ve had it this class is adjourned

Thru Your Mind

Here I sampled Nujabes's track "Dawn on the Side" from his posthumous album "Spiritual State". By far one of the most chillest tracks I've done. 

Hope you enjoy.

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Lyrics:

What do you feel? do you feel? do you feel do you feel 

do you think is real? this is real? this is real this is real

x2

verse I
 
Ohhh
Riding down street
fixie flashing 
cars in the rear 
passing me
I think it was supreme like 
my hat in this heat
and then suddenly
you pulling up and I’m beat

sending me flying with 
that smile of yours
less than minute but i know i needed
some more

what if I was told
i just sold my soul?
that’s okay 
i like the feeling 
never done it before

i even think you liked it too
thinking of a million reasons to try to include
me in the things
you try no to be rude
oh fuck 
you know 
i had to try to pursue
this was all sublime 
and also new

wanna be close you
be stuck to you like glue

haha i know you like the humor
believe me when i say that is not a rumor

wanna be alone with you
the night couldn’t come sooner

cause i got an appetite 
i just gotta consume you

let’s consummate this 
let’s start a new one

baby I’m ready 
been ready
ready when you are


verse II

lately i’ve been down in the dumps
to carry the baggage i hold deep in my heart

i didn’t even know there was ever a start
but with you I push play and i know it’ll stop

like VCRs playing in the local shop
the way i feel makes me want to look and watch

i hit rewind cause i wanna live the thoughts
you running laps around my head
all one thousands and one

**Memories are passing all 1001
And I smile to myself cause there's more to be done

We'll travel the world go wherever you want
Maybe we'll live long to Trek to the stars

And if not it's okay 
Cause we got this far

As long as I'm with you
I'm running faster than light

I Got this melody 
Rushing and pushing, pulsing inside

Nothing compares to these stars in the night
you're gorgeous with those stares looking so bright

thinking back some years
I’m glad that I’m here

The only thing that I fear
is for this to disappear 

i need you in my life 
i gotta make you my wife

let’s have some kids 
and then see how they fight

then watch them grow old
all of them so wise 

it would be worth it in end 
it would feel all right

+
I hope you think about 
the things i said

cause i got these thoughts 
on repeat in my head 

and even though before
they may have been mislead

i swear to you now
that im a different man

I’m coming back
from the dead 
and i’m gripping this lead

ready to spread the
word wherever it sent

I promise you that you won’t ever regret

spending your life with 
this lonely kid who dreamt 

writing these all of these songs just for you
writing every single syllable 
the word is true

Real

This is an alternate version to my original "Adieux" track but it's the trumpet version. 

Shout out to the homie MQBEATS for the collaboration.
Be sure to check out his dope instrumentals at his soundcloud account here https://soundcloud.com/mq_beats

Adieux (feat. MQBEATS aka Micheal Trumpet) (Alternative Version)

Shoutout to https://soundcloud.com/dzuk for producing the original sample "Two Graves" .

This might potentially be part of a longer track but for now i wanted to put this out here. enjoy.

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Lyrics:

verse I]

feeling stranded 
got me so high man and
I’m never landing 

some people call me the bandit

a slanted homie
with pants so ragged

marked with holes
tattered carrying the baggage 

of places I’ve traveled

the faces in the mirror
making sure to unravel

every time i open my mouth 
ramble on about the idol

standing still idle
right besides the holy aisle

find me on the Isle
Patmos with a smile 

busy in the alcove 
writing words in style 

riding through
the night
going far in foreign miles 

horsemen 
on the swarm 
looking for the man
untitled

***

I'm really feeling this
i could taste death on my lips
its a hit or miss

so tell me what’s next?
what is there left to give?

what’s can say
before the reaper’s kiss?

do i ask my mother for forgiveness
of her kin?

shoulda tried harder
on the journey to within
thinking of something to say
but where do i begin?

i wasn’t there
i shoulda been
would’ve been
i could've been my skin.

life was really 
was different in the middle of 
the spring

the cosmos causing chaos 
coring from the sting

yeah i really mean it 
when i that i have sinned

but just like you
im ignorant 
indifferent to the brim

Bandit

For this song i sample "Introduction" by Ljones from his "Soul Below" instrumental mixtape. You could find him and support him through his soundcloud here --->

 https://soundcloud.com/ljonesbeats

or visit his bandcamp here --> 

https://ljonesbeats.bandcamp.com/

This song is dedicated to my mother and aunt Lucy (RIP),

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 lyrics:

[Verse I]

Coming home
after four years gone
warmness in the air
playing to a different song

i pull up to the house 
with the flowing lawn
noticed that lotus
is no longer
drawn in the dawn

i walk through the door
i give my a mother hug
she's looking like a ghost
cold mourning in the dark 

whether it’s a mark left 
by aunt’s scars
or maybe it’s because
God tore them apart

but look momma 
Lucy’s up there with the stars
i saw her soaring 
over me
i swear on my heart

i promise that’ll always 
try do my part
 to be there for you
like you were from the start 


pause  [50:00]

****
[1:05]

[Verse II]

and don’t you ever think 
that you’re crying alone
it feels like only yesterday 
i picked up the phone

only death answered 
and I never felt this low
another reason my heart
quickly turned to stone

but listen 
i don’t mean to contradict 
my current senses 
cause now find myself
more observant 
and pensive 

words, paper, pen
they became an extension 
and it all started with a simple
rhyming session

then depression settled
it was never my intention
my perception of the world
was soaring high with offenses 

i never looked back
cause i meant every expression
another reflection 
of learning life’s toughest lesson

****

i wish you knew about the songs I’ve written of you
cause then you’d know for sure
that we share the same point of view

family moments in the past
they were so few
but hey from now on 
the skies will be forever blue

and you if you’re ever feeling
frightened or scared 
don’t you ever hesitate 
to give out a little prayer 

cause there are some things 
that i could never repair 
i got my own demons
tearing out of my hair 

im not gonna lie
there gonna be some days
when you rather see the rain pour
than see a sunny daze 

or maybe thinking about the sky 
always being gray
or thinking back to 
that trailer park in blaze

x2
but please momma 
just promise me one thing  
you’ll never lose hope
never once for anything

no matter hard 
things were in the spring
remember
you’re a diamond 
glowing on that ring

Mother Solace

For this track I sampled Mounika's "Victoire" 
which you could check out here: https://soundcloud.com/mounika-beat/victoire

This one hits a little closer to home. This goes out to all minorities who grew up in our beautiful town of Highland Park.
hope you all enjoy. peace fam.
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Lyrics:

[verse I]

the year
ninety ninety one
the year the sun shine bright
this kid’s life just begun

living in small in town
in the big city 
gritty as the 
the gangs in
the avenues in fifties

and just like Kendrick Lamar 
talking about Compton in songs
I’m talking about the place
that I call home 

with hills and the views
chilling with my peers 
BBQs in the hood 
you know its all good

palm trees
welcome us like royalty
outsiders stay outsiders
that is our decree

last time you were here 
in the late eighties 
you were the initial start
of present gang activity

a fight amongst brothers
varying of different colors 
coming from other cultures
its our melting pot your vultures 

cause we a proud people
we the pinnacle of Benito
and i aint talking no mussolini evil


accept us and be equal
or brace yourselves up 
be prepared for the sequel 

 [verse II]

to be honest 
there no other place i’d call home

no matter the miles
I’ve traveled or
places I’ve gone

traces of highland park
follow me where i go

family, friends, homies
and my girl you already know
 
***
nothing quiet 
like riding down to Chicos 
talking to the cuban brother
like Oye amigo 

or maybe going cruising
to the neighborhood park

chilling on that grass
fuck the curfew
staying till its dark

grab a couple a homies
coup that with some 40s
zig-zags, dabs and
and you got your self stories

and damn I’ve been away far too long
but just like this song
I’m staying here ever long 

i’ll remember my people
never once be deceitful  
upheaval of lethal words
for those i compete for 

just when you thought 
nobody had my back

i remember it all
pouring concrete
thoughts on this track

Highland Park (1991)

05 Ghost

04 What A Day (Interlude)

03 Mother Solace

02 6:00 AM

Demo of my next mixtape/concept album. 

tell me what you guys think. a lot of is in rough draft form but im going to get it working better as soon as i can.

the tracks will be available for a week afterwards i'll take them down since i just want this to be a little preview of what's to come. feel free to message me for ideas or for collaborations.

special thanks to the following people for their awesome samples:

https://soundcloud.com/tomppabeats
https://soundcloud.com/mounika-beat
https://soundcloud.com/wun-two
https://soundcloud.com/lilvhs
https://soundcloud.com/josephletranger
https://soundcloud.com/mista-hope

01 Introductions

06 Dear God

07 Reality (Interlude)

08 EVIL

09 Better Days (Interlude)

Big shout out to https://soundcloud.com/d-i-p-860 for producing this dope ass beat. Be sure to check his stuff out. Hope you all enjoy.

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Lyrics:

[Hook]
Who’s down with chilling
got a bag weed
something else for the feelin’s
make your mind touch ceiling 
catching feelings
doing the dealings
feeling like Dillinger 
Deepp in this business 

Who’s down with the chilling? x 3

[Verse I]

I’m cruising down hills
making sure i get my fill
the feelings ever so surreal 

i got plenty more years 
of Highland Park in my deal
and maybe for the better 
cause i could sure go for thrills  

who am i kidding 
its been good minute 
since i been here
since i been in it 
and giving it everything that i got
But I’m still not winning 

I’m sorry to this city
such a pity
wasn’t here
when i was needed 
stuck in school
succeeded 
proceeded to fucking beat it 
   
but I’m doing just fine 
i got a girl so divine
and I find that things that she do
could put straight on cloud 9

bout to make me father
greatest of ALL TIME 
move yourself over Yeezy
cause I’m about to make it mine  

but now I’m back
I’m laying concrete thoughts on rap
track by track by track
the foundations ‘bout to crack yea

[Hook]
Who’s down with chilling
got a bag weed
something else for the feelin’s
make your mind touch ceiling 
catching feelings
doing the dealings
feeling like Dillinger 
Deepp in this business 

Who’s down with the chilling? x 3

[Verse II]

here i stand a brand new man in the morning
I’m soaring over this continent 
I’m exploring 
pedal to the metal flooring

and i aint wasting on time restoring
my life to the point when i wasn’t raging or fucking roaring 

I’m pouring my words in this story
ignoring no allegory
feeling the glory of it 
as i throw it four stories 

one about the kid 
when he was sipping a 40s
no cares in the world
except for pussy and parties

fronting for the fuck it
acting like the apocalypse
is on his heels 
until those lips pulled him back again 

ahh
and i don’t know what say
except I’m chilling with you
day after day you taking my breath away

Chilling (prod. x_D.i.P_x_BeAtz)

Was inspired by https://soundcloud.com/mounika-beat 's beat titled "One & Two" and is from his "Basket Sound Part. 3" album which could be found on his bandcamp site. be sure to check it out! https://mounika.bandcamp.com/album/basket-sound-part-3

Hope you enjoy fam. 

Amazed (prod. Mounika.)

Had some fun with this one. Be sure to check out the original Pharcyde version here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsPG0Kspxo

Lyrics:

YO, I was a kid
Kinda small no BIGGIE
Fifty feet up in the air
Man I was a dreamin' 

Momma came into my room
And told me Sydney stop sleepin!
I was breathing real hard 
Now I gotta get my beats in

Freaks and geeks 
Between sheets And my only missus
Me, my pen, my friend, it's my rapping business

Rentless? 
What you mean offended?
I was hoping we could end this in the parking lot around seven?

Bring your homies 
All them phonies 
Acting like they know me
From a function that I had up Northern California

Choking on the shit they spit
Brother tried to warn ya
Now you do your best
That your mother fucking daddy told ya

Oh wait I mean
Was this not debate
I feel like Sanders schooling in your you place
Better get out my face

Before I bring out the mace
My heart is starting to race
Standing over you with shake
What you mean that I'm fake?

I take your ass into space
Spiff man yo how great!
Hobbes already at spot cause
You know that he never late

Imaginary friend
Till no end
So Don't pretend
Like I gotta make amends
Cause I'm through with you
And your ends 

Ain't cutting corners 
I'm breaking on through the bends
I intend to ascend to heaven 
kick with Biggie and Tupac instead

And I'm breaking that bread
A Hail Mary is said
Hypnotized I realized 
I'd rather be dead

Chorus:

It keeps on passing us by
Cause we never know exactly
What it is till we try

It keeps on passing us by 
Cause people think they clever
Till someone fucks with their pride

It keeps on passing us by
Cause we won't don't no better
Till will older and die


Verse II

And I was hanging with the homie Steven Tran
Always spitting bars like a Vietnamese Eminem

We and We're Rolling real deep in black sedan
Out a corner a white van
Slammed into the back

Yo what's the fuck was that?
I don't know
I stepped out to the ramp
Grabbed the Mac out my pack
Bring along the extra mag

A couple cholos
Tats on their face like logos
Bozos drunk punks 
On codine and blowholes

They ask us where 
Where the fuck you from bro?
I looked him in the eye and replied
I don't really know

I've decided to go
With life's rhythm and flow 
I'm giving it 10 Fours
Maybe 12 years or more

The state of my mental flow
I'm governing the average joe
Looking at you from below 
causing you all this vertigo 

Make sure you check out my feature
So I reach ya
listen to my words 
Painting pictures 
Just to relieve ya

And trust me
I ain't an ordinary preacher
Cause if I was 
Man, I couldn't go any deeper

My conscious thoughts 
Floating on top with this reefer
It's a brain teaser 
Take a minute with the reaper 

Cause it's over Caesar 
Jesus Christ realize 
That you never been weaker 
The senates on you with the creeper

Life's crazy with the lives it deals ya
Passin' you by each and every time
You never do reach her 

Chorus:

It keeps on passing us by
Cause we never know exactly
What it is till we try

It keeps on passing us by 
Cause people think they clever
Till someone fucks with their pride

It keeps on passing us by
Cause we won't don't no better
Till will older and die


Passin' Me By (Remix)

just a little sample of a remix of the Fugees' "Zealots" 

Los Angeles

Zealots Remix

Northeast LA Rap

Just a few bits and pieces of my life is what I like rapping and writing about. I like rapping to express whatever feelings or things are on my mind. Voice isn't exactly the best of voices but I think it's the content that matters; voice is what we use to channel it. 

Be sure to check out my Bandcamp profile for a neater packaged album at https://sydneyv1.bandcamp.com/releases


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