2021, 10 - 24 Hard

With Love & Respect to Shadd Bieber - 9/30/83 - 8/12/12

**Freestyle at the end is Shadd circa 2001

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
Ayo i just got a call about a friend
Who was more like a brother so - where do i begin?
We were 16 and trying to navigate the state of Florida/
Rollin' in that '94 Honda Accord, yup/
Split the dutch, blow the smoke out the sunroof/
And try to dream big enough until it all becomes truth/
You and me were thick as thieves, just believe/
We gone hold each other down 'till we get the victory/
We were - At your crib after school, I'm doing calculus/
While you were turning green into gold like an alchemist/
We bout to twist, and kick beats you my homie cuz - / 12
When it came down to freestylin' it was only us/
We scooped a stretch hummer up for our senior prom/
And was stuntin with a pair of matching Air Jordans on/
We young and you couldn't tell us we doin' any wrong/
Wish I'd have known then that so soon you would be gone/

Hook:

If you ever lost someone you love you can relate/
That's the kind of pain you can never escape/
I cherish -  every memory  that we got to make/
See you on the other side/
'Til then, we'll have to wait/
 
Repeat - 
See you on the other side/
'Til then, we're bout to ride

Verse 2:

Fast forward to a few years later/ 
And we're roommates and University of Florida gators/
I was moving into music - still I was an amateur/
But you believed in me and wanted to be my manager/
That speaks volumes on the spirit he had/
- Nobody saw potential more clearly than Shadd/
Nice with the advice - I'd always peep what he would say/
On my 19th he got me a bottle of E&J/
Back to back games of 21 we would play/
Talking bout how we comin' up and that would be the day/
Aye - you were a mogul in the making/
On your way to going global no mistaking/
Plus You Getting dough all on your own and you were caking/
And when you bought a boat 
We intercostal wake and baking/
The ringleader and your goal was to get ahead/
But inspiring us is what you did instead/

Hook x 2

Verse 3:

I'm lookin' back now on the last time I seen ya/
I flew to New York and you scooped me up in the Beamer/
You had an El behind your ear & you was hella proud/
Like you was on the cusp but you ain't wanna tell em now/
You took me to your favorite spot in Spanish harlem/
As we reminisced about our plethora of damaged darlings/
We burned reefer on a roof - it's a celebration/
Me and you were more than just a crew - we a delegation/
And I knew that you were battlin' demons/
but l'd never treat you differently just cuz i  seen em/
The forces of evil they stay schemin'/
And it doesn't make a difference what you believe in/
I mean I should have reached out more/
To try to bridge the distance/
wish our success is something you would have stayed to witness/
But your legacy lives, you touched a lotta souls/
That's why the ground is where the liquor in this bottle goes/




Dillon - Shadd's Song (Prod. Paten Locke)

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Beat courtesy of Es-K
MCs: Wombaticus Rex, Teece Luvv & Nahte Renmus
Mixed/Mastered by Matt Scott for Scott Sound
Exec. Produced by Garrett Heaney for Provisions

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