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"if it hurts"
01:49
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what can will, or can’t, i can’t tell
the anvil can’t mark the hard shell
plans will pass with the cards dealt
at a stand still, sober was the past self
opened up the clasp, yelled hoping it was heartfelt
soaking up harsh, melt slowing up the past’s belt
owe it to my pa’s health and odour, couple secrets i could never let my ass tell
i promise on your motherfucking god i hate writing
at the same time i don’t mind it
but i know it’s a couple lives lost for every erased line then we remember it takes times
blades cry when the belly of snakes remain fine
couldn’t reiterate a second of july to september
take flight and remember something i that can’t remember usually but it’s always something i don’t care for
what can will, or can’t, i can’t tell
the anvil can’t mark the hard shell
plans will pass with the cards dealt
at a stand still, sober was the past self
skipped on the specifics because they hurt more
spliffs twisted like a ripstik on the dirt floor
that’s just to rid me of my worst thoughts
i’m far christian but surely wouldn’t fucking mind if church called
still it’s hard to say if we’re worse off, gotta wait until it wears off, this shit wears on me i gotta be careful because it’s certain dollars it’s not worth it to work for,
i have no grievence that is worthy to be paperbound
staring at ceilings know the curfew kept her waiting ‘round
airing out feelings and it’s hurting ‘cause they weighted down peter earlier than he could say “i’m proud”
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ruby
01:55
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i was fucked from the jump, i say that knowing my position would be lucky for some
it’s a couple i love, my mother for one
a couple losses but all they did was toughen me up
the trust didn’t come, i gave nothing for some
look at my 2022, then tell me who can fuck with my run?
this started out as something that i just did for fun
now i need it to function, not resting ‘till once it is done
i’m not rapping i’m just coming up with jokes now
it’s getting to the point i’m not hungry until i smoke now
heel lock my reeboks just to crush some ash with them
no thoughts where the hats living, stuck the same age like ash ketchum, in hell i’ll play my game of catch with him, driving home fucked up without a scratch on him,
conversations with the sky like shouldn’t have that got him?
i took november to learn,
swore it never could hurt, but wasn’t shocked when it ended up hurting
that’s just the bends and the curves
only kept what’s deserved and left the rest for the earth
lately i’m pressing the purse, september the effort was worse but i took november to take the time
still erasing lines, making pages mine
you can raise the roof, i’ll raise the sky
line was paper-fine between my mistakes and i
the cover ava and i made aged like some fucking graceful wine, now sounding more like grey and white
sober like i’m supposed to be,
i believe a father is/////
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Taxman
02:33
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///// heard it’s all about timing, why’s god trying to sauna my climate
might make a couple calls to my tribesmen,
wonder where all the fauths on my line went
approaching torchlights, a little lighter when the lighter flicks
head empty as front porch chairs
i’m less rhyming more playing tiny violins, soundtrack to my unpaused prayers, one more year left before i want what’s next
one ear left, the left one is on the way to ava in the mail, songs i made to savour the fickle, the frail, give it a minute or second, the saviour is thick in my marrow
palm to my chest but i’m hitting the nail hard on the head, hardly hurting or asking for breath
hard enough trying to make this rapping hard for myself
i was never after the wealth, just look at the drama we’re dealt
but i’m not forgetting my worth, i’m just spending it first
stand next to my words until my body bent in a hearse
these fuck ass rappers renting their words,
never thought about trying, i heard it’s all about timing until the actual trust runs out
the taxman fucked up, put 6k in some bad hands that you can’t trust
really thought i’d shown restraint or kept my palms tucked?
alcohol, weed and just a little bit of hard drugs
and i’m scared of losing my ma’s love to these dark songs
most are men at 22, i’m still just a garçon
hard heart and some fucked lungs,
it hurts the most on sober nights but i only have scars to show for the drunk ones
still trying to live it out, i’m not one you can march on, negative account so what could i lose if i fuck his ass up?
probably less than i’d lose if i forgive him now
that light in my head is still as loud
go figure, drinking didn’t dim it down, smoking didn’t dim it down, fucking didn’t dim it down
know he’s still around, but even if he was when alive, his ghost isn’t proud
plus i’m getting so skinny now when i walk in heavy wind there’s genuinely some resistance now
negative account, trying to spin a frown i kept the pivot down
comfort picking from the ground, wrap my lips around it, drilling down on forgotten time
still checking her spotify, don’t bother asking which god am i
terms of marking trauma offered mountains too tall to climb
time opens mouths, the tick tock more a cry to the ground
but i was fine in my ultrasound, worlds i was unbothered by
i promise cathy would be mortified
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