The mixtape is the first to be released by Nigerian based hiphop artist  "Th3 Ghost" under the fast rising label from the south 'Southern Heritage'. It was executively produced by Mecca Records. 
The structure and arrangement style of the materials is certainly ahead of its time in these parts. It starts off with a slow tempo which eases you into a diary with a timeline warped in melodic and daring instrumentals.

The progressive nature of the stories he told is another standout achievement, lemme clarify that statement. In Track 2 (Me and My Homie) the character shared blunt time with a friend  as they realised the need to make money and they dreamt about what to do with the money when it arrives...In Track 3 (My Cross) the character loses the money...leading to some self reflection while having some alone time with his blunt ala Track 4(Smoking Session).

The Mixtape embodies complex lyricicsm and story-telling at its best and features a wide array of ridiculously gifted underground mcs (YL, pRo, King Karnel, Tentik). It is a journey into the mind of one of the greats. It is a timeless piece.

When asked about the inspiration for the title, he simply said  'The moon is the 2nd brightest object in the sky, It is a source of light even though it produces none, it appears as a bright white light yet its surface is dark, I can relate to it, I can relate to nature cos it helped me find peace.'


Trees. Moon. Tranquility.

First single off King Zamir's solo EP #WTTW

Foreign {Prod. By Il Genio} (Feat. Genio)

TRAGEDY
 Th3 Ghost, YL

Th3 Ghost
huh....when do i start
unleash me....

mama packed his food stuff
u knw.. the good stuff
rice, beans, garri and a few pots
'u going to another town 
make sure u hold it down before u end up in a hole in the ground'
those were the words but his mind drifted 
he didnt hear em
he wasnt yearning for higher learning
just the freedom he was earning
he's still a virgin 
he's been thinking 'bout them girls 
and he's been prepraring 
the only that concerns him huh
he already lost his bearing 'fore the journey started 
he hugs his mama at the park and 
her tears started as the car departed 
partly cos someone u're a part of 
is hard to part with
huh
such a fucking tragedy.....x2
YL

YL 
yeah ok...such a fucking tragedy.....damn
look.....mama i made it
i just stepped foot in a foreign land
and truth be told it was more enhanced 
than what i pictured 
and also the description i got
i couldnt tell if it was fiction or not
all i knw is that the mixture was hot
cold weather pretty gals with more cheddar than most fellas 
and they all smokin pot
heard its a must 
mehn am just hoping its not 
my brain cells/sells i dont want it to rot
i'm tryna migrate from the migraine
but i dont want it to stop
admittedly i am one with the plot
feels like i work in a block
they pay attention by the mention of my name in the streets
i saw fame in this shit
so i'm banging them chicks
unanimous shit
it aint my fault 
tho i fought with my conscience and won
thats why i went from being cautious to fun
feeling very heartless, 
partly cos something you're a part of is hard to part with

Th3 Ghost
the first part was how a mother lost her son
the 2nd part is how the son lost his heart 
the 3rd part...his heart went dark
goddamn the word is full of hurt...

every second spent u're tryna prove ursef
thinking 8mile is too short for u to lose yourself 
until u lose ur belt and then u scream
'fuck the world'
cos u thought life was a box of pearls 
u king of the underworld
now u feeling like an OCTOpus
cats with the 9 get like ten tackles(tentacles)
cos there's no way u letting shit slide
u're deebo every other day except friday
cos thats when u hit the club
looking for a chick to rob
but u fell for this one 
so u tried to pick her up
and have at her
and she dodging like a matador
now u mad at her .......for not offering
but she aint a whore 
she's just an orphan who often comes here cos its awful to be alone 
and she is single
but u were seeing double
the alcohol was making u wobble
u looking for trouble 
so u call ur boy with ur toy 
and u whistle till he comes near 
whisper in his dumb ear 
bring the gun here
and then u shoot her and u run scared
aint no fun there.....
huh

its such a fucking tragedy.
youths these days wasting their lives
such a fucking tragedy......
The Rap Moriarty, YL and Mecca

5. Tragedy ft YL

SMOKING SESSION
 Th3 Ghost

VERSE 1
sometimes i'm scared
i wonder if the future's bright
or is the light at the end of the tunnel
controlled by my govt
is it off very often?
reason for my many stumbles
i'm just a bystander watching the royals rumble
but y grumble
there's enough room in the jungle
for the lions and the snakes and the tigers and hyenas and the vultures
but no room for the pigs
i thought about that as i puff a big
am talking jumbo
just incase u dont knw
i've had enough of cigs so i quit
but the blunts stay lit
cos lets face it
without scales the problem would way me down 

amazing now i'm 'bout to turn my life around
i'm dancing with the stars
am walking with the moon
i'm burning with the sun
i'm digging mother earth
but i disappear with a black hoe(black hole)

CHORUS
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there's no one else to blame
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, unfold me
I am small, and needy
Warm me up and breathe me

VERSE 2
Jehovah is my witness
i will stay awake in my watch tower
and slay devils
always stoned like it rains pebbles
always on another level
like 'the princess is not in this castle'
perhaps so
let it all go but grasp hope
remember that quote
more important than ur last dope
and the fact goes..
u cant cope if u lack growth
no place for complacency
wen u chasing dreams
i knw my place and there's no replacing me
i'm just a lonely man
and i'm the only man to blame 
afraid of being tamed
running wild like its a game 
look now wat became
as soon as the fun stops
i become a monster

amazing now i'm 'bout to go and turn my life around
i'm dancing with the stars
am walking with the moon
i'm burning with the sun
i'm digging mother earth
but i disappear with a black hoe(black hole)

CHORUS
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And the worst part is there's no one else to blame
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, unfold me
I am small, and needy
Warm me up and breathe me

4. Smoking Session

MY CROSS
 Th3 Ghost

HOOK
I'll carry my cross 
and bust till the mic rust
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like us
matter fact aint too many likers
we got..so many haters these days
....My God.....
x2

VERSE 1
lemme own up
the fan base hasn't grown much
but thank God for the love
i pray i show up before its hate\8
like a school run 
rap's new don is whose come
the new old dirty bastard 
with a clean slate and a new gum
shit's officially a stick up
isnt he great ? 
wave heat till there's heat wave
be cool...am just tryna get me paid
no one wants to stay poor
mama got knee scrapes praying to God that he grant this...
bandit a little bandwith 
seeing with the eye of the storm
and thats the eye of the poor
u see the world spinning but u not winning
the wheel of fortune seems rigged
but whats a world of riches if u're poor in spirit
thats why u buying and pouring spirit...on all these bitches
master of ceremony but he slave to the money
and now its taken from him

HOOK
bust till the mic rust
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like us
matter fact aint too many likers
we got..so many haters these days
....My God....
I'll carry my cross....
huh huh......
aint too many like us...ok

VERSE 2
now am broke and the sole of my feet be
worn out
i knw u noticed cause u beneath me
am getting poor thats why u cant reach me 
number always busy coz am busy the numbers
tryna count my losses 
move on no matter what the cost is
nobody caused this...
i'll carry my Cross bitch 
to da darkness
until my carcass is found on the canvass
a walk in my shoe cant last
stand fast and when it all falls u'll stand last
words from my grandad
tryna make my dad grand 
tryna make my mom smile
she know that her son wild
but there was innocence at the genesis
soon it will all make sense
wen we are made men 
and u will see that u made men
amen to that statement
deep beneath we all are cave men
thats why we get stones for our grave mehn
knw wat am saying ?

HOOK
i'll carry my cross and bust till the mic rust
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like us
matter fact aint too many likers
we got..so many haters these days
....My God.....
i'll carry my cross
suited with a tie, Mike Ross
aint too many like huh....

VERSE 3
spending time making money
for the money spending time
honeys and the dimes
calling like a hundred times
asking for something
like all the fuckin time
but wen its fucking time they asking must u fuck all the fuxking time
but wat the fuck is time wen I'm rhyming
this shit is timeless
tell the devil that am looking forward he should get behind me
then he connives with the woman thats behind me
tryna rewind me...slimey
but why me?
i'm just I a JK always with an L
tryna cast a spell on the youth
with stories that i tell
i dont understand why they hoping that i fail
knowing well that am deep
am just another creep in the city
pissed at the way shit is
i cant overtake u 
cos am always on coda
so i staged a takeover
and now its all over.


i'll carry my cross and bust till tha...

3. My Cross

ME AND MY HOMIE
 Th3 Ghost

Yo mehn...this like the second take
voice was gone before...u knw
story of a young buoy

HOOK
gotta be careful young boy o' them snakes and scorpions 
in every nook and cranny 
the song is on fat lady finna get a grammy
careful what u step on
cos when its on..its on

VERSE 1
me and my homie getting stoned 
as alarm stone me
then allah told me 'son u need to get the bacon/baking'
its a piece o' cake to make cheese
if u get the picture is the main thing
never give up when u dead broke 
'cant afford to pay rent broke'
even worse of when ur parents broke 
u search the earth for a break
clutch on cos its full throttle 
drown ur thoughts in a gin bottle 
i'll give the world over
to be at the right table eating leftovers 
pass the salt by your left shoulder
its the last supper...but i feed u my soul
give u my heart
for this food for thought..u gon need a shovel
the shit is very deep
like a Shakespeare novel lost in the abyss
the stage is engaging
champagne in the main fridge 
when the money comes
so do caring bitches 
'need some money for new earrings' bitches
remember when we couldn't get near this bitches ?
now we play truth or dare with some daring bitches

HOOK
gotta be careful young boy o' the snake and scorpions 
in every nook and cranny 
the song is on fat lady finna get a grammy
careful what u step on
cos when its on..its on

VERSE 2
Me and my homie getting tipsy
then it hits me..need to get busy with the risky
getting dizzy from the whiskey
hit the studio, flow like the Mississippi
Its a pity that a lyricist this crispy
throwed like a Frisbee
beautiful mind going to waste 
belt on my shoulder...like poor fashion taste
my life like a movie
i'll bring defeat to any nigha that mock a scene
aint got 50cent but i still gun it
like his group without the hyphen
ghost dont care 'bout the hyping
I enter like am done typing 
and go lethal, smoke illegal then do justice to an instrumental
i am instrumental to the resurrection of hiphop
and aint here to make hips hop
I kid not, like a miscarriage
i've got baggage...
plus, i'm too old for that garbage 
When Moriarty comes 
so do loyal nighas 
dont give a fuck about all ur nighas
remember wen we couldn't get nowhere nighas ?
we were busy getting high but were lower nighas

Yeah i was careful young boy
of dem snakes and scorpions
in ever nook and cranny
the song is on fat lady finna get a grammy
I was careful what i stepped on 
cos wen its on its on.

huh....its some hiphop shit 
ghost took a break but never gave you a commercial

2. Me And My Homie

TH3 INTRO
 Th3 Ghost

I wanna thank everybody for coming out tonight
this my first mixtape 
cant believe it took this long....abi
YL I see ya 

u dreaming...
if u think u bring harm to me
cos i leave the bones of thugs in disharmony
this shit be a part o' me
pardon me, 
please dont be so hard on me for my language 
wanna tell me how to talk
 but wont hear me in my anguish
I see u at the crossroads as soon as u cross homes 
the rap moriarty, life o' the party
you win against me, then its sheer luck homes
meet my new friends
anita is a baker, jamie is a fox
i asked my team how hard is it to find a keeper in this forever thing (**Tim howard/everton**)
she praying to the heavens that i usher my dick in
I'm yours for the night if what u offering tight
forgive the blasphemy 
ask femi and he'll tell you i'm a good fela

just not for the night x2

i'll be.. gone for the night 
i see the stars in my flight
i'm looking far to my right
and I.....see the moon
yo its peaceful out here huh....

with the white in my hand I was caught redhanded 
maryjane in fingers, reason u aint getting the middle
am bound to cap, reason u aint getting ahead
...u ugly fuck, reason u aint getting a tail
that ship's sailed 
party like a presidential campaign
sipping presidential champagne
its getting late...check my presidential rollie
the goal is to beat the goalie
may we accomplish this
thanks for my accomplishments
and whatever I aint accomplished yet
i'm looking forward no matter the setbacks
i would never stepback
now get strapped get strapped get strapped.....
why ? Itsekiri boy coming outta mars
or Itsekirikiri cos i got a lotta bars..huh
i treat every feature like a babysit
one line and he made me sick

1. Th3 Intro

The World Is Ours.
Written By: Michael Robinson & Rodney Okafor
Executive Producers: MadReal & Kuddi is DEAD

The World Is Ours

The World Is Ours (Ft. Zilla)

Tweakin' By Kuddi is Dead
Produced By Quan

Tweakin'

2/12/16

tweakin' [E]

Big Ben Freestyle (ft. PsychoYP)

Get It Back (feat. Eeskay)[e]

Bujee Lifestyle(Feat. Odumodublvck, Bobby Ibo & Reeplay)

Knees  & Toes

Knees &  Toes (ft PsychoYP)

Fl6ws-single

Fl6ws (Prod. by KoB)

Fl6ws (Prod. by KoB, M&M by Kick Beatz)

During this Podcast Kiddfresh, JNKVNGZ, Fantom Beatz and Ayande sit down at Humbbler Studios to have a brief discussion about WHEN WE GET THERE

WWGT: The Podcast (Live From Humbbler Studios w/ JNKVNGZ, Fantom Beatz & Ayande)

AMEN featuring Bryan The Mensah.
Produced by JVNKNGZ.
Mixed & Mastered by Mantse Chills.

Diamond From The Pressure

Amen

AMEN (feat. BRYAN THE MENSAH)

I dug deep and
I got buried in the sand
Came out in another land
No longer a man 
But a ghost

2. Me And My Homie

Th3 Ghost

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