within the groove,
it just spin into outward movement 
always falls into my muse, embarking, marching through a unit
one man army type of vibe, 
my drills consist of tulips 
i be placing on a coffin when walk out of a booth 
ayy, i think i’ve been surviving quietly in my own room, 
acquiring what i need to inspire my own fire soon
and though my time allotted smaller,
imma still be proving 
i took too many L’s i can’t stop even if i wanted to 
i wanted it, i got it, at what cost? 
a lil learning moment, home away from home (you bear the mark, you are cursed!)
i need to go so this can all blow over 
God lee, i saw you and my eyes were bright as high beams, my providence is shining 
i think i feel alive again 
go around and mark it down, 
a goal i didn’t hit 
you knew just what i was finna say ‘fore i even started sentence 
i can’t even commend myself, 
sometimes i can remember 
hell was built since elementary 
my shell was showing dents and pieces 
how much this shit meant to me?
you know how much you mean to me?
it seems to me, your melodies propel my feet
i sit and blink, my budget in the negatives?
scraping at the barrel bottom, 
respiration, medicine 
a thousand steps i had to trek
was gaining power, showing prowess 
since i had no love to spread 
what goes around will come around 
been watching it for every second 
calm before the thunder, 
and the stratosphere up under me  
i mean that plummeting is not no option 
when there’s nothing left  
the ceiling glass, 
i could push right past it
i could crack it now
it’s either give it all or fall and never make it out

the missing piece

i’ve been scared 
but i can’t show it 
cement around my shoulders, stuck in stone 
so i can’t hold you, cross my heart 
and then i close it 
i think it starts from me not really knowing where i’m going 
i think it ends with me leaving my secrets 
with the stars 
i hope they hear me, i can’t promise 
that i’m saying what i’m feeling 
when im dangling from woes
a thousand scars wrapped my tooth in tar,
gained the truth regardless 
vapor make me foggy, God, why can i not face the problem?
breathing aid fill my lungs, 
feel the respiratory leading a lil sum up into my brain 
think i might, maybe not, putting up a fight 
took a toll, vertebrae with a couple knives
i told my soul, “get it, then you go, cause they won’t hold you” 
i told him more, “dont even get close, it’s all just forgery” 
and will i know if im even golden
will they show me? 
or am i cold, ceaselessly be burning, somewhere in the folds 
i don’t know, and to be honest, i don’t feel it 
ain’t feeling even keeled, so it’s been spilling 
into spirit
infinitely i’ve been spinning
& searching for my innards 
feeling worthless to my peers 
what’s worse, been working for a minute 
then it surface, taste the bitter 
i’ll face it the mirror, or lyrics, what’s the difference? 
i listlessly expound these things 
to show the deepest down of me 
it’s possible to heal it 
even if you ever doubted me 
i’ll surely hold you nearer 
its gon break me or it balance me 
but somewhere in between 
its either ceasing or i fathom dreams
i think i lean on latter 

a thousand battles, battered lil frame 
thought i’d be shattered 
maybe all that matters is my face is caved, but i be laughing 
a thousand battles rattled my own brain 
thought i’d be shattered 
maybe all that matters is my face is caved, but i be laughing 
through the, through the pain
it never changes, can’t go backwards, but i wanna kick this pace up to a day where ill be happy 
i wanna kick this pace up to a day where ill be happy 
where i don’t have to count the change

black tax

trail of the fallen, i fought till the earth 
met my back, and the dirt went and tarnished  my core
in my return to this place, i’m unnerved 
i have to align it, it’s taking some time 
but im feeling divided, but when will i learn?
huh? when will i- when will i learn?


fight with my fire, id mire inside 
the things that transpire, i need to transcribe 
been causing some burns, 
lil caustic, im nervous 
the walls ever closing, ain’t feeling alive 
still, i ain’t know how much it would hurt 
why is the floor never matching my turns?
i was alone, too much ash in the furnace 
so im glad i had you, we would search 
for the words i was grabbing, 
the sentences lurking
bounded by bad juju, swear this curse 
found a cell close to miah 
could tell by your eyes, i know what you need
i need it to survive 
i said that i need you to survive
i woke up jaded, endless desires 
i woke up tired, search for a sign
cause the world that i’m living in aint getting brighter, but maybe im trippin 
between the sorrow and lost in your image 
watching the clock, 
cause the minutes been swiveling 
thought i was finished till i hear your hymns,
it got me out the pit

i woke up with you, that’s when it hit 
i woke up angry, restless again  
i woke up damaged, hemorrhaging 
i woke up grateful, shedding a tear 
i wake up my angels to tell them im here
this shit has been painful, to keep it real clear 
i’m changing my angle to build me a bridge 
to trace my own steps, 
so you know where i’ve been 
to find what was left, i just had to observe 
i cry on your chest, but when will i learn?
when will i learn? when will i learn? when will i- 
man, when will i learn, nah, when will i learn 
aww, shedding a tear 
i wake up my angels to tell em im here

BAD JUJU (when will i learn)

it took some time to see i need you  
fear, trials, tribulations nearly cut my pace when i was here 
look you in the face, your eyes are slicing me right down to size 
apologizing ain’t gon get me far tonight, through the lows and all the highs 
you know that imma wait for you, i been working on my patience 
my fear almost sealed my fate, im glad i waited
know my energy contagious, but i need to contemplate
i ain’t change in many years, the younger part of me just can’t
seems its feasible the same time i believe its unattainable 
but that dont mean i won’t chase it till bones inside me break 
i’m in this till the end of me or i empty the vacancy
entropy opposing eventually i might just find the remedy
histamine is hitting me, sitting in the mirror seeing me reflected either i’m just splintered or a different piece is needed 
freshman year i saw my reservoir depleted 
my focus pulled directionless, i mean it, 
excess shedding that i heeded 
feel the pavement on my fingertips
give it time i tell myself this space is just my kindling 
i need you more than anything, my enemy’s my grip 
the exit ain’t mean shit to me 
i think ill never quit 

and still it keeps my heart racing 
long days with heartache and songs made with tar saying scars fading gone
still it keeps my heart racing 
you and i and grueling times 
analyzing who am i 
in the light i never shined 
it keeps my heart racing
you been the single star shining, youre the shoulder that i cry on, 
somethings just can’t be bygones
it doesn’t matter if you kill me if i hold you closer 
long as you’re with for this moment that’s all i need to know 
thats all i need to know 
thats all i need to know 
thats all i need to know 
thats all i need to know 
i need you

with lumia

finding the juug, i ain’t surprised this shit ain’t how it was 
lying to you if i said it was good 
in and out of these dicey environments 
keeping it tight with the ties, they eyeing us 
side line me for the breesh is expected 
my weeping angles will scream when i’m venting 
careen off the scene since im tryna prevent it 
keen for a key for the leash on my neck 
you go take the lead since you wanna be second
flicking through pages with tears on my head 
i feel like seeing my jesus again 
limelight beaming its way through my presence 
can’t lie, feel like electron acceptor 
for josephine, cry and i laugh 
smile with tact, with knives in my back  
admire the past for while, the L’s really vital 
survival is striding with sadness 
i’m saddled with sighs more thanks than breaths 
waist deep in the depths is all i’m left 
no safety net has been my lesson
i just try to accept it 
penniless man pushing pens for the mental 
indigent yes but the best is my level 
denuded sessions of meeting ancestors 
just keeping the pressing and etchings of heaven in heads of the dead 
just wait for my next one 

in the in between, cycles 
idle earth spinning with eyes closed 
i am not the beam of light 
tidal waves lean to me at night
i idolize the people who built dreams
but never got to see it 
hypnagogic features slipping out of conscious scheming

Josephine?

~~~
“gently, please..” by YUTE
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come around my shit like who is you?
took 20 mil, turn me fool 
i don’t know what i could’ve done  
i don’t know what im gonna do 

i wanna keep the pace i’m at 
bleeding when i take a step 
could never shake the grip of death 
need to create to take a breath 
degree ain’t really speaking to me 
need to leave for something else 
and trim my leaves i couldn’t help it 
got some schemes up under sleeve 
i say i ain’t need a key 
my foot already in the frame
i can’t complain, this the way i say things i would take to grave 
another day, i made it to another day 
it’s so surprising, i sleep and keep some creases under eyelid 
how much it meant to me, i don’t know if i got the time to tell you 
finding newer homes alone i roam and trace my lines exempted 
blown it so outta proportion i could run around circumference 
2020 i was born anew to turn nothing to somethin 
come around my shit, like who is you?
took 20 mil, turn me to fool 
i don’t know what i could’ve done  
i don’t know what im gonna do 
this loop of mine i find myself spinning in, in and out i enter 
i hear the floorboards creak and think my grandma come to help me 

like who is you? 
took 20 mil, turn me fool 
i don’t know what i could’ve done  
don’t know what im gonna do 
i know exactly what you do and what you use to ease the pain 
these days im really feeling quite the same 

round my shit, like who is you?
took 20 mil, turn me to fool 
i don’t know what i could’ve done  
i don’t know what im gonna do 
this loop of mine i find myself spinning in, in and out i enter 
i hear the floorboards creak and think my grandma come to help me 

like who is you? 
took 20 mil, turn me fool 
i don’t know what i could’ve done  
don’t know what im gonna do 
i know exactly what you do and what you use to ease the pain 

——

gently please

im sure as shit taking my name when it ends  
or lay in my grave empty hand, it depends

searching for savior, someone or something that seeing the labor, been so encumbered by all this waiting
making a way to connect all the weight from my pen to the paper 
stepping so breathless my shoulders are shaking 
the last of my effort is all for the taking 
back in my juug but it’s all for the payment 
it’s really bout us, i promise ill make it 
nothing to something, i burned from the embers of trust and my love cuts the shit in my way 
The work going thankless, shit is the same 
You know when you’re growing when changing is painful 
Hittin the label, see if they bet on the kid, ain’t hear nan back it’s okay 
I played in the cut and heard all the promise
One ear out the other, the fuck my out my face 
Some love in my heart left, thanking Allah
Twe twenty five with my feet on the pedal 
Vacancy ain’t be the key to the medal 
U hating? Just wait and see me with the pape
Stop running your mouth, go manifest something, 
What in the fuck are you doing all day?
I’m stopping for nothing, blood and the cuts turn to scars, way of showing my stripes in the race 
I held it so tightly, betting my life, and it held my hand guided me thru the pain 
And it talked me through making amends 
I’m treading on tightrope the fire overhead

Labor

“444” by YUTE
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I need to start taking the shit that came to me 
And saving schemes can’t show my cards
I can’t believe I’m breathing 
Past is deep I see my future long 
She said she need it, baby please, just wait and see, the DMV across the line and Venus serving me right back to CLT 
She send me things I can’t repeat 
I’m major, you still little leagues 
Contagious how you still waiting, like get the fuck away from me 
I play the game to make a name and make a play and make the pape to feed my love, it’s all I need  
I’m on my seven release amassing power so it’s in my reach
I don’t wanna speak soon 
Been carving out a place for me and only me for me to brood 
What you say? That’s your tune? That shit ain’t even move the room 
Was on the doom and gloom I switched the mood
To get back in my groove   
And many moons I flew I reached the doves and fell back to my place 
On search for cheese, but no rat racing 
Jesus please just let me take it 
Upperclassmen glancing at me we ain’t come for the same reason 
Tryna get a twenty fore my vento uno I’ll achieve it 
Lord im needing cross across my neck I hope it brings me closer 
Missed His beat I thought the time was different it’s just 444

yute

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