“Dystopia” Lyrics

Written by:
Noel Nelson, Rasheed Williams 

Prod. by: Noel “NAPS” Nelson 


Intro:
This shit fucked up out here for real
(For real)
Niggas getting killed left and right
(Left and right)
COVID
(COVID)
And the government expect me
to trust this fucking vaccine

Hook: 
Motherfuckers be wondering why 
I get so high, 
I’m just a young nigga tryna get by, 
Without having to see my brothers die 
It is what it is but shit I ain’t gon lie
This system got me feeling like 
I’m bout to cry
I don’t why
But weakness only attracts more crime
I can’t afford to lose a dime or to do time 
tryna protect mines in this fucking dystopia

Verse 1:
Unh
Ignorant philosophy 
Idiotic ideology 
Following false prophecies
got me giving out empty apologies 
and lost bottled dreams
Drifting off to sea with a part of me
My spirit flies free like a willow tree
My soul never sleeps
until the mission is complete
I walk it like I talk it
As I speak and shake the concrete beneath my feet
my deep voice echoes through the ghettos
(Echoes through the ghettos)
Giving hope to all the poor and less fortunate
I promise you won’t forget these gems
You won’t hear it from him
I’m just the messenger 
So, please, don’t shoot
(Please, don’t shoot)
Zen Tha Buddha be hypnotizing minds 
of the youth with these loops
We the truth
Other niggas hide behind disguises 
in the booth
It’s our time so it’s best if y’all get in line 
or you’ll be moved
If you don’t comply, then you’ll force me to be rude
With all respect due, 
You ain’t fucking with me or my crew
You don’t want to see what I’m capable to do when I put my mind into it
Your picnic I’ll ruin it
Pop your balloons 
And do your bitch
I got more rounds than a Ruger clip, extended
I’m too legit to quit but I’m gon stop here 
To give y’all a chance to get y’all thoughts clear 

Hook: 
Motherfuckers be wondering why 
I get so high, 
I’m just a young nigga tryna get by, 
Without having to see my brothers die 
It is what it is but shit I ain’t gon lie
This system got me feeling like 
I’m bout to cry
I don’t why
But weakness only attracts more crime
I can’t afford to lose a dime or to do time 
tryna protect mines in this fucking dystopia

Verse 2:
This Dystopia got me broken bruh 
I don’t know where to turn, I’m boxed in
Ain’t no where to run, I’m lost within this maze
It’s hypocrisy all around me
It’s hard to find good news these days 
all you hear is rising Covid cases 
and blown away faces of my skinfolk 
I stay woke, cause I can’t sleep, 
You might call it insomnia but I call it trauma
Not knowing if I’m gon’ outlive my momma
I can’t promise her 
Cause these thugs with badges 
is targeting our black asses
They plan is to assasinate our traits 
Genocide of the mind to eradicate 
cause they filled with hate
Next level extinction of the masses, 
it’s tragic
But I won’t let it happen
They’re no match up against our black magic
we make it happen 
Smile through the sadness until we reunite with Mother Nature resting peacefully 
But even then will we truly be free 
if our soil helps to fertilize the green 
and they eat the strange fruit 
hanging from our family trees
Will they learn their lesson from
ingesting the essence of who we use to be
Or will they continue to live their lives 
care free with ease in disbelief of their wrong doing 
in pursing free labor
But I ain’t bout to open up a can of worms 
to make y’all squirm 
I’ll save that for later
Just some shit to make you think 
I’m that deep 
Yall just sheep, 
Sleeping on my 40 acres
If I angered you, thank me later 
Or be a hater until you come back around

Hook: 
Motherfuckers be wondering why 
I get so high, 
I’m just a young nigga tryna get by, 
Without having to see my brothers die 
It is what it is but shit I ain’t gon lie
This system got me feeling like 
I’m bout to cry
I don’t why
But weakness only attracts more crime
I can’t afford to lose a dime or to do time 
tryna protect mines in this fucking dystopia

Dystopia

“Woe is Me” Lyrics

Written by:
Noel Nelson, Rasheed Williams 

Prod. by: Noel “NAPS” Nelson


Intro:
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me

Hook:
Woe is me blowin’ these trees
I hope nobody notices me
I just want to live my dream
But everything’s not what seems
Woe is me blowin’ these trees
Because they help me cope with things 
Help me to see what remains unseen
Got me open as I’m focusing 

Verse 
(Woe is me)
Woe is me blowing these trees 
Floating in the breeze
Feeling at peace 
Feeling at ease whenever I get lonely 
Woe is me,
When I get lifted to get this shit up off of me
I know it can be costly 
if I get caught with it on me, 
no bond for me in all honesty
But right here is where to be
So, woe is me
Looking for a release 
to clear my history of useless memories 
that continue to affect me
Woe is me for believing that everything 
is peachy in the Peach State 
Check your garden twice 
if you don’t want to receive a nasty bite 
from these snakes that like to hide 
in tall grass 
Cooling in the shade 
They influence the game
Shit’ll never be the same 
I’m far from a lame
I’m just navigating in my own lane
It’s my way or the highway 

Hook:
Woe is me blowin’ these trees
I hope nobody notices me
I just want to live my dream
But everything’s not what seems
Woe is me blowin’ these trees
Because they help me cope with things 
Help me to see what remains unseen
Got me open as I’m focusing 

Verse 2:
(Woe is me)
Woe is me
Thinking that I’m living in the dream 
of Martin Luther King 
But in reality it’s the KKK’s fantasy 
Woe is me for damaging property 
that don’t belong to me while protesting 
The whole time I’m reinvesting back 
into yo business 
Make you rich as you collect the insurance 
Reassuring that my dollar fails to circulate 
unless it’s back to projects to for an eighth

Hook:
Woe is me blowin’ these trees
I hope nobody notices me
I just want to live my dream
But everything’s not what seems
Woe is me blowin’ these trees
Because they help me cope with things 
Help me to see what remains unseen
Got me open as I’m focusing 

Outro:
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Help me to see what remains unseen
Got me open as I’m focusing

Woe, is Me

“Let it all Burn” Lyrics

Written by: 
Rasheed Williams 

Prod. by: Zen Tha Buddha 


Hook:
Let it all burn, burn 
Down to the ground, ground
Skeletons that you bury get found
There’s no way out, out

Verse 1:
Natural remedies fix me when I’m feeling sickly
Fuck a vaccine, them niggas won’t get me
Ain’t putting a chip in me
It’s all a part of a bigger scheme, 
But y’all can’t see it cause seems like relief
Disguised as the mark of the beast
While they auctioning dreams, auditing me 
Fallen a victim to this faulty democracy 
But I ain’t tryna get too deep in conspiracies cause y’all niggas don’t hear me clearly
I’m just being transparent 
I’m an alchemist when I mix fire and earth 
Let it all burn to the ground
Governmental, systematic larceny of blacks
led me to being an arsonist on these tracks
Bet y’all can feel the heat coming up off of this 
like they on me
Some ol’ unlawful shit
What’s the problem, bitch
They be on my dick 
Talking that bullshit 
Ready to pull the trigger on a nigga 
cause he bigger
Suspicious if we wear boots and hoodies 
in the winter
And wonder why we bitter
In this game, there is no winner
You’re saved by your naïvety 
and baby face if you’re a beginner
But don’t fear,
it’s only gets worse from here
I let my words rip 
til’ blood drops out of their ear

Hook:
Let it all burn, burn
Down to the ground, ground
Skeletons that you bury get found
There’s no way out, out

Verse 2:
I’ve never been fond of paying bond or bail
Because of what I inhale into my lungs 
Can’t you smell
Get a whiff
Ain’t never been locked up 
or had to fight in jail
But on the outside, hell, it’s just as bad 
Can’t you tell from all the empty shells 
and mags
Missing dads
My fellow blacks die and get wrapped up inside untagged body bags 
Niggas still getting blasted, tragic
Stripped of jewels and cash, 
ditched in dingy trashes behind alleyways
Foul rotten stench ripping through plastic
Glock-9 wiped away of fingerprint matches
Dispatched and thrown into the Chattahoochee until it finds it way back to land into the hands of some other man
Then the cycle starts again 
as you run out bargaining chips for your arguments
That’s when you dip and get hit 
with the Draco leaking queso
A bad way to go when you willing to die
‘bout them pesos 
I ain’t carrying no dead weight or baggage
or another body inside a casket, 
I’m in my bag bitch 
You never know what I might pull out of it
I can out-rhyme y’all niggas in my REM sleep
I’m that deep

Hook 2x:
Let it all burn, burn, 
Down to the ground, ground
Skeletons that you bury get found
There’s no way out, out

Let it all Burn

“Just Breathe” Lyrics

Written by: 
Rasheed Williams

Prod. by: Zen Tha Buddha 


War Chant: [Naps, Zen]

Intro:
Just Breathe
Just Breathe

Hook:
Just Breathe
Count to three
Listen to me as I tell you
Just Breathe
When I need relief 
Inhale then release and feel the breeze
Just Breathe

Verse: 
Breathe
That’s I what I try to tell myself
whenever I gets beside myself 
Breathe
Just take it slow
Go for a stroll 
Gain some self control 
But I only know one mode, Geronimo
I refuse to move slow 
I gotta get this dough 
Cause you never know
when the reaper could take yo soul
Everyday I feel like I’m losing control
Niggas be pushing my buttons like a remote
But my battery is already low 
Not a lot of room left for me to grow 
So I open up the window 
(Just Breathe)
to receive the gentle flow of the breeze, 
reminding me to just breathe
Inhale then release 
I’ll never be truly at peace 
but it makes me feel at ease 
I’ll never be truly free in a society 
(Just Breathe)
where we’ve been enslaved 
by our hopes and dreams to one day 
be idols of our rivals
reaching the highest point beyond the Eiffel
Insightful with frightful feelings 
stirring up in my chest
Do I really want to be the best 
(Just Breathe)
and have to wear a vest for all the niggas
that’ll be gunning for me
Wanting to be what they see or believe 
is successful 
Using me as the example 
This shit is stressful 
More they can handle
This just a sample
I make my rounds 
through every town and suburb
Spitting nouns and verbs over these trap sounds

Hook 2x:
Just Breathe
Count to three
Listen to me as I tell you
Just Breathe
When I need relief 
Inhale then release and feel the breeze
Just Breathe

Verse 2:
Breathe
That’s I what I try to tell myself 
Whenever I feel stressed
Pressure from an elephant 
standing on my chest
Irrelevant, but I digress
I’ve never been one to forget 
(Just Breathe) 
If I get too deep, 
I might drift into another plane 
You probably missed that connection 
Cause you got too much baggage 
to even fathom being attacked
I can’t relax cause I can’t pay my taxes
Making no money from rapping,
but this shit is my passion, everlasting 
Tell me, if you listening in the future,
ain’t it tragic how I’m rapping about 
the same shit that happened in the past
I bet it’s happening now
No surprise 
I been waiting for us to uprise 
(Just Breathe)
Like the morning sun over the horizon 
The sunshine got my melanin charged 
ready for war but before I hit the streets
I take deep breath to recess all the excess
build up in my cerebral cortex 
(Just Breathe)
Inhale then exhale 
Count to three as you listen to me
Just, just

Hook 2x:
Just Breathe
Count to three
Listen to me as I tell you
Just Breathe
When I need relief 
Inhale then release and feel the breeze 

Reprise:
Just Breathe
Just Breathe

Just Breathe

“Manifest” Lyrics

Written by:
Rasheed Williams 

Prod. by: Noel “NAPS” Nelson & Zen Tha Buddha 


Hook:
Forgive me if I get too deep
(If I get too deep)
I’m treading water so I don’t sink
(So I don’t sink)
I have to be careful of the words I speak
And the company that I keep
(The company I keep)
I’m locked up, 
I can’t find the key to free me
Just as much as my speech 
I could manifest the end of me

Verse 1:
Omniscient flow 
Sufficient when I deliver these lyrics 
to those with malnutrition 
Siphoned by this wicked system 
Hanging on to hope
It seems so bleak 
Full of terror
But reminiscent of a finished era
When it was all better 
Much simpler when niggas were clever 
And didn’t give you all the answers 
And wanted to you to be better 
Now I’m worse than ever
The word “Never” isn’t in my vocabulary
But it can be very scary what them people would do to try to silence you like a library
for spreading any and every helpful bit of info 
to clear folks from their state of catatonia  
Wildfires burn higher than the State of California
I’m owning up
If I’m alone so what
It might be too much for you to process
But this marks the beginning 
of your healing progression
Forgive my over-thoughtfulness 
I’m just releasing all the awfulness
I wouldn’t want you to breath it in 
and catch a coughing fit 
I asked for all of this
When I recorded my vocals onto this track 
Making me an easy target to hit it the back
But my price can’t be bought or bartered 
So it’s best if you don’t bother me

Hook:
Forgive me if I get too deep
(If I get too deep)
I’m treading water so I don’t sink
(So I don’t sink)
I have to be careful of the words I speak
And the company that I keep
(The company I keep)
I’m locked up, 
I can’t find the key to free me
Just as much as my speech 
I could manifest the end of me

Verse 2: 
Loose lips sink ships 
Hard heads with soft behinds get bruised 
from the whip mama’s switch
Snitches get thrown in ditches 
And witnesses get anything but well wishes
But the World can’t tell the difference
Some how I feel like I’m in it
Taken by the sickness
A cure is off limits until my pockets thicken 
But they can only treat the symptoms 
You’re still the same
but feel like something’s missing 
Everyone around you is winning
But you have this guilty feeling 
like you’ve abandoned your friends 
for a better living 
Feeling paranoid
Having visions of an inconspicuous stakeout
hiding the niggas that was paid to take you out
Crab in a bucket mentality 
Envy and jealousy led to another fatality 
Catastrophe
Blood flowing past me
as I paint another masterpiece 

Hook:
Forgive me if I get too deep
(If I get too deep)
I’m treading water so I don’t sink
(So I don’t sink)
I have to be careful of the words I speak
And the company that I keep
(The company I keep)
I’m locked up, 
I can’t find the key to free me
Just as much as my speech 
I could manifest the end of me

Manifest

“Hybrid Mind” Lyrics

Written by: 
Noel Nelson, Rasheed Williams 

Prod. by: Noel “NAPS” Nelson 


Hook:
Hybrid mind
I feel so high and low at the same time
Like I can climb a mountain peak 
beyond the sky
But I’m still trapped on Earth, 
for what it’s worth
Inside, inside, inside my hybrid mind

Verse:
I’ve neglected the misconception 
of astral projection as I depart on my exodus
leaving behind my exes 
You see, I travel universe through verses
whenever you and me converse 
A supernova boom of pink matter splatters
in disaster when we converge 
leaving all matters unearthed 
A metaphor of creativity 
Can’t help but to imagine my reality 
rapping to bring me happiness
How do I write this off when I’m taxing this
My profit is me becoming a prophet 
If not me, no one else would’ve taught it
Just for you I brought it, 
nobody else would’ve bought it
To each his own, as I sing my song 
So what I’m different, leave me alone
I day I grow more ignant-er 
than malignant tumor 
in the figment of your humor
I’m learning the ways of patience
Patiently waiting for salvation from Yeezus
Why’d Aretha have to leave us
She was the symbol for hope and freedom
Now we alone blindly seeking like a baby
 in a shopping cart, 
crying reaching for the hot toy
Thots want hot boys that tote glock boys
Not prodigal, provoking-thought boys
I float alone in the abyss til I drift, 
Can’t wish for better than this.

Hook:
Hybrid mind
I feel so high and low at the same time
Like I can climb a mountain peak 
beyond the sky
But I’m still trapped on Earth, 
for what it’s worth
Inside, inside, inside my hybrid mind

Guitar Solo: [Naps]

Hook:
Hybrid mind
I feel so high and low at the same time
Like I can climb a mountain peak 
beyond the sky
But I’m still trapped on Earth, 
for what it’s worth
Inside, inside, inside my hybrid mind

Hybrid Mind

Urban Legend (w/ Obumneme)

Feel Tha Breeze - Lyrics
Written by:  Rasheed Williams
Demo Recorded for Bre’Jayne & Ivy Ray


Intro: 
You are now listening to the spiritual sounds of Zen Tha Buddha
(Ooh)
Come with me, feel the breeze, release 
Breathe
(Ahh)


Verse 1:
Release and feel the breeze rush,
as I blow down these trees
Puff, puff
I got my own stuff
Might not be much but it’s enough 
to get me through when times are rough
Shit that’s everyday, 25/8
I can’t remember if I ate
But I remember to replace this eighth,
before I catch a case
Return back to my natural state of being in a meditative state
Moving through lucid waves of green and blues hues that fade to gray
I feel great today

Chorus:
Just come with me
And feel the breeze
Just release and be at peace
(La La La La La)

Verse 2:
I’m at peace cause I don’t let these bitches get to me
If you ain’t near me you can hear me
Stay six feet, if you sickly
I been social distancing since before it was implemented 
Riding ‘round with my windows tinted 
Hotboxing, my ride is pine-scented 
But I never lost sight of the mission
I preach the gospel with double entendres 
to all God’s children that’s ‘gon hear this
But I throw in a “motherfucker”
So you ignorant niggas can love it
But I want you to rise above it

Chorus:
Just come with me
And feel the breeze
Just release and be at peace

Feel Tha Breeze

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