1. |
Rolling Stop
02:50
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This shit right here been a long time coming
Was a child of the corn, but now your boy resides in
C-H-I, and we live
Fucking with Harold's and if you give me five guys
To get in a battle with, I hope they ain't been
Spittin that shallow shit, my lyrics be the
Keys that open doors for you to eclipse, show off your black skin
White ain't the only thing that seeing light, ya bish
Word to Kendrick cause we all live in a mad world
California burning, news putting our head in twirls
And what's worse is that ignoring it is like
A boomerang, try as you may, it'll come right
Back at ya (Bam!) Shout out my (Fam!)
Ya Gucci looking goofy like some comic (sans!)
I'm just (saying!) your brands don't equal fashion
Think you on the edge like your name was Dan the Dancer
But instead you lacking, feeling real infatu-
ated with the way that I be switching up my style
Like always eating Chick-Fil-A when you could just go out
Down to the Popeyes, hope that you don't pop guys
Boondocks been prophesized, killing season has arrived
Terror raining from the sky, it's crazy you know
This life is a show, but if that's how it must go
Then it's always sunny in Chicago
Re-cord in Plainfield chasing my goals
Be-fore the playing field takes up my soul
Of course I'll take deals if they give me gold
But a 360? Hell naww
No one ever really stops at a stop sign
Better roll that shit cause even if I got mine
I'mma keep pushing, pushing, pushing forward
Pushing, pushing pushing forward
Don't got time anymore for your laws
If you ain't been fucking with us, it's your loss
Still I'm pushing, pushing, pushing forward
Pushing, pushing forward
Ayy, fucking with me now yet?
Dopamine's so much that I'm drowning
I know this'll be lasting
Through the trials and tribulations we build mountains
Fucking with me now yet?
Dopamine's so much that I'm drowning
I know this'll be lasting
Through the trials and tribulations we build mountains
Now is my style like the 90's or is it Gambino?
It's both of 'em, shit ain't how it seem yo
Could be only riding to the Pharscyde
But imma never let the rap game pass me by
And that's why I, got Tribe and Carti
On the same playlist, haters ain't shit
We keep faith in, our creations
As long as you ain't been IceJJFish
I mean, they even looked at Dre as an alien
So you just gotta keep your heart to the sky
Keep your heart to Dubai while you smoke a Burj Khalifa
Roll deep in your paper shit Adele'll be your savior
Know that I'll be changing, as I get older
And I see the world, and I begin to grow
But I hope I know that I'll always deliver
Gobez lij, you'll be one to remember
No one ever really stops at a stop sign
Better roll that shit cause even if I got mine
I'mma keep pushing, pushing, pushing forward
Pushing, pushing pushing forward
Don't got time anymore for your laws
If you ain't been fucking with us, it's your loss
Still I'm pushing, pushing, pushing forward
Pushing, pushing forward
Ayy, fucking with me now yet?
Dopamine's so much that I'm drowning
I know this'll be lasting
Through the trials and tribulations we build mountains
Fucking with me now yet?
Dopamine's so much that I'm drowning
I know this'll be lasting
Through the trials and tribulations we build mountains
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2. |
Interest
03:46
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Pay interest to chase your interests so you can go get a pension
That you won't even be using, it's ludicrous, did I mention
That citizen kane's been paying to hit you up with that tec
It's school shooters or robots, oh god what happens when
They combine em and then try it on people that been dissenting
And by dissenting they mean the people that been descending
From places that aren't Europe, you're right, do something bout it
Oooh you need some paper for that? No I ain't got it
Cause it's not in the budget! Quit ya little budging!
My bank account I love it, let me fuck it til its knees weak
And we'll leave paper trails all over the room
I'm a badass nigga with a motherfucking attitude
Some of ya'll say it's bootlicking, but I think it's cute
How you think anything else matters 'cept getting that loot
And no you won't get it for masters that you make
But the masters up above, well shit they making bank
So just be a good nigga, then maybe you'll get a house
Rent control got you down, well shit I got an ounce
Of that nihilist tea to help you go cope with things
Opioids get your hoping up when you going through these
Times that you think are rough so quit slacking around
If you fuck up then you'll end up crashing and won't be found
Cause you don't fit in machines, and that's what's gon replace you
Killing yourself to help when we all judged by Jesus
I'll take your life and then I'll take some interest
But that shit ain't enough, oh yeah
So I think it'd be in your best interest
If you just gave up on your love, hey
That'll come with some interest
You gon pay for your wishes?
Who gon pay your tuition?!?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
That'll come with some interest
You gon pay for your wishes?
Who gon pay your tuition?!?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Happiness, is a luxury I've learned
When it comes between tearing myself apart and bridges burnt
I'll take the former any day, I'm just petty anyway
I've been in a race and I'm not tryna be in any place
But first, cause if this shit don't work what will I do
If I pursue any subject that interests me then I'm doomed
Cause I really don't matter in the bigger scope of things
Put a stethoscope to the pulse of the globe and then you'll see
That it's gonna beat regardless of if I'm here or not
So don't think about the big picture tying yourself in knots but
That's what I'm inclined to do, being alive you choose
To either give a shit or not my guy so I would lose
What little hope I have if I didn't go try although
I know that it's more likely I'll fail Mr. Smart Guy
No one remembers my name, don't be a waste dude
Killing myself to help when we all judged by Jesus
I'll take your life and then I'll take some interest
But that shit ain't enough, oh yeah
So I think it'd be in your best interest
If you just gave up on your love, hey
That'll come with some interest
You gon pay for your wishes?
Who gon pay your tuition?!?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
That'll come with some interest
You gon pay for your wishes?
Who gon pay your tuition?!?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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3. |
I'm Not Living
03:25
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Will I live on when I die? I probably won't in this life
I'm jumping off a roof and when I land there's thuds but no cries
If it's a badge that pushed me know he won't see judges for life
It's sad he's just a rookie his mistakes are worth both your eyes
And your mouth, and your ears, and your limbs too
That's what I hear when I happen to be watching news
And I tried to run away, bumping Cranes in the Sky
Was isolated for so long but see the pain in my mind
Didn't leave, just got bigger, who needs a liver
Me? Don't even drink but somehow I need to feel bigger
Than the Earth or the sky or a particle of dust
Sitting down on my ass get rid of bad with a cup, right?
Nah I'm a coward I'll sit here barely existing
Wondering how it'd be different if I lived in a perfect world
Would lonely be a thing or does that shit serve a purpose for us?
The world's doors have opened and my brain has been feeling porous
Although it knows that it could kill me, uh
The 20-something vision done been unclear as it gets
Ooh I'm not living
Clear as it gets, ooh I'm not living
Heeeeeeey-ooh
And I've been living my life with alot of regrets
Ooh I'm not living
Lot of regrets, ooh I'm not living
(But I'm trying to!)
If you ain't been through shit, your life's worthless
And I haven't so I gotta go and make myself suffer
Toxic voice in my head there's some things but they ain't nothing
Compared to others so I should shut the fuck up and love this
Empty life I've been living what would I say to my mother
She came a long way for you to throw in the towel
But no matter if I be down or up or sideways
Everywhere that my head turns surroundings be looking gray
Need The Giver to color so I won't be lead astray
But that nigga ain't real, nobody has all the answers, uh
We wash away our sins but get left with some dandruff
Maybe I should go back to church while on the search for that love
From the Earth or a person or the spirits up above
Cause finding love in numbers gon only give you a buzz
For a minute, there's always some that can't be beat
Is this vanity, disguised as practicality?
If I don't find out, know that it'll kill me, uh
The 20-something vision done been unclear as it gets
Ooh I'm not living
Clear as it gets, ooh I'm not living
Heeeeeeey-ooh
And I've been living my life with alot of regrets
Ooh I'm not living
Lot of regrets, ooh I'm not living
(But I'm trying to!)
Riding on the orange line, looping through the city
Lifestyle that I wanted, everything is super pretty
Ayy, big and small at the same time (Yup, Yup)
Big and small at the same time
Riding on the orange line, looping through the city
Lifestyle that I wanted, everything is super pretty
Ayy, big and small at the same time (Yup, Yup)
Big and small at the same time
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4. |
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(1,2,3,4)
People want the chains
But no one wants to be chained down, down
People want to change
But no one wants to change themselves
Memories lurking, dependency's certain
I know that it hurts when I
Count down
The moments that we have
But things always change and its okaaayaaay
It's all different now (movin, movin, movin, movin, movin, movin)
It's all different now (movin, movin, movin, movin, movin, movin)
Ay
In this journey of the
Blooming flower I'm embracin
Pollination's needed to complete
The sequence, elevating the
Game, AKA fuck it up
Niggas talking bullshit that's enough
I been out here moving, I can't bluff
From Plainfield, now my playing field
Is C-H-I-C-A-G-O
Love'll last unlike J-lo
And Drake, offsets cardi-o
Vascular pumps that increase all the thumps
Of the blood to your lungs and your nerves when you're nervous
Come back home and see your fam's been learning
Brother graduated high school!
Lil cousin going in it and he's yearning
For success while my mental page turning
Back to when he was the age of seven
Watching that Bakugan, he wanted to have 'em all
My life done felt like a ball, we all were
Innocent, Barack was
President (Heh), racist shit would
Dip, but it's still relevant
Pinch me I really hope that I'm dreaming
Cause life is moving, I got my blueprint
But I might just go change it again
Again
Life is moving, I got my blueprint
But I might just go change it again
Again
(Bring that shit back)
People want the chains
But no one wants to be chained down, down
People want to change
But no one wants to change themselves
Memories lurking, dependency's certain
I know that it hurts when I
Count down
The moments that we have
But things always change and its okaaayaaay
It's all different now (movin, movin, movin, movin, movin, movin)
It's all different now (movin, movin, movin, movin, movin, movin)
Ayy
Missed birthdays, I ain't courte-
Ous so tear me down, uh
Always stepping up, diving in's a must
But I turn my ass around, off
Of the board and then the faucet's leaking
As the stock is sinking into the ground
Lots to keep up, but truth be told I
Just wanna sink in for a little while
Cause I've changed like everything around me
But inside I still feel the same
Regardless of how my feats be astounding
Somebody's gon feel some type of way
That sensitivity to rejection
Repeating from one thing to the next one
Grades, rapping, friends, Habeshas
One night I looked up and wished on a star
That somehow I'd be able to move out
Without missing my old house
Or throwing a pout bout how these niggas let you down
Cause ruminations heading south
Imma go ahead and hit that loud
So that you can hear me clearly when I speak
Know acceptance is desired, but one thing that I don't
Wanna become is a copy, so be
It God, Imma change at your pace
Until one day we're even
Even
God Imma change at your pace
Until one day we're even
Even
(Stop trying to be him!)
People want the chains
But no one wants to be chained down, down
People want to change
But no one wants to change themselves
Memories lurking, dependency's certain
I know that it hurts when I
Count down
The moments that we have
But things always change and its okaaayaaay
It's all different now (movin, movin, movin, movin, movin, movin)
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5. |
Poncho (Interlude)
01:38
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Dance in the water hope you don't get wet!
Heh, try not to sweat
Keep the poncho on ya like a tec
Heh, won't need respect
Rain gon fall but I got me a poncho
In a dorm room, lived close to the top floor
Don't got time for those that fake macho
You ain't nacho, nigga this is not your
Boxing ring so go head and leave it
Best believe my people been scheming
For reasons to go and believe in our dreams
If the, rap game Chi I'm at the bean
And my, rap game pride torn at the seams
But Imma keep on going on anyway
Because what goes around, comes back around
Love the sound of that future like Timberlake, in the days
That we live in, shit ain't always true
Turn on the news, bet them guns been drew
And them lines been too, so what am I to do?
Stuck my mind in the sand, still the water runs through
It's... exhausting (mmm)
Whenever I sleep I be tossing (mmm)
Whenever I tweak I be talking (mmm)
To somebody through a screen but it's not enough
Substances cause the water to erupt
'Specially cause I got it from Dasani get it out my face
Knuck if you buck, just be sure to not give up
When they throw some juju on it show you how you get replaced
And I been feeling lonely about everyday
But the poncho keep me from feeling a thing
Made together with dreams, new realities
That may one day come true hope that I'm not too late
Blow smoke at me, your car horn gon scream
'Fore you crash guess you should have just stayed in your lane
I ain't asking you twice, just repeat after me
World crazy but it ain't gonna fuck with E.K
Cause the
Rain gon fall but I got me a poncho
In a dorm room, lived close to the top floor
Don't got time for those that fake macho
You ain't nacho, nigga this is not your
Boxing ring so go head and leave it
Best believe my people been scheming
For reasons to go and believe in our dreams
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6. |
Person
02:43
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Empty conversations bout progression (ughh)
Empty hearts and pens in smoke sessions (ughh)
Empty but there's still feelings of tension
Just doing what I gotta do to go and make a living
Definite-ly offending somebody just cause I'm existing
And I don't live up to your stereotypes
Black boy from a white town, breaking all these bars down
Mental jails fail unless you wanna fit in 'em
But sometimes you see these traps comforting
Cause internet niggas always been leveraging insecurities
Fears of living, fears of dying, fears of being lonely crying
Walking off a plank blindfolded, jump and hope you'll find a
Chest with a white picket fence and a house
Or cheese for the mouse, that's satisfaction no doubt
But when the mouse gets hungry, it's gonna go and leave ya
Guess that's what happens when you've been living for other people now
Can I live for a minute?
Tryna be the person that I haven't been in
So looooong
So looooooong
Can I?
Now can I live for a minute?
Tryna be the person that I haven't been in
So loooooong
So looooooong
Can I?
(Keep on falling on my face, right back to my place, place)
Empty colleges 'cause of collapse (ughh)
Empty like what's in my hands after the fact
Graduate into recession hope to learn some type of lesson
Some'll say you sell your soul or lie flat on your ass
'Cause you either at the top or the bottom right?
Everything's done and done, don't need a piece of your mind
Well I'm gonna speak my truth, couldn't give a fuck bout you
That last half bar was a lie, but I'll keep pushing through
Chucking deuces every time I look up in the mirror
'Cause I'm never really clear on just what I see
Over-extension of the soul could turn the warmest hearts cold
And everybody's gonna tell you that's how it be
But instead of climbing up the ladder, grabbing on a .44
I fell all the way down and had a 4:44
Empty cups gotta be filled, that's what you have them for
The universe works with purpose know you're never alone now
Can I live for a minute?
Tryna be the person that I haven't been in
So looooong
So looooooong
Can I?
Now can I live for a minute?
Tryna be the person that I haven't been in
So loooooong
So looooooong
Can I?
Keep on falling forward, forward
All flat on my face, face
2 steps back, but that one step for me
Gon get me to a better place, place
Keep on falling forward, forward
All flat on my face, face
2 steps back, but that one step for me
Gon get me to a better place, place
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