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a
02:29
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heard emptiness comes the same way that it goes,
i've been looking for a pen while they've been chasing their goals
keep pace with my prose, i'd say safely they won't
missing from my shoulder the same shit they make in the snow, but fuck some stream of consciousness, the lake has been frozen
shaq-sized holes where their greatness should go,
i'm in the future how i play in the post and seek heat
any language they spoke pre-me was just a waste of a quote
promise rambo left some stains on the road, but only when jesus or peter were taking control
they need me about as much as they say that they don't, if we leave then we're fucked, better pray that we won't
shit i didn't say left a bitter taste in my throat
pen military grade, from here on out it's every christmas the same
more gifted with pain, so call it petty but i kinda hope those signatures fade
and for the first time i could give a shit if he stayed
every inch of this page is worth a million to eight, or what they're willing to pay
tried to bill him in thanks
if god didn't do it then i would've killed him today,
all this ink i spilled on his name, kicking raps the prick is scared still in his grave but still it's a waste
only close to aidan so i'm sober by association, only open up to yoga when the smoke is failing
know he's got a painting of a cat that looks just like ruby and he's only waiting 'till she dies so he can go and frame it, hang it and then hold me shaking,
even the score a little
but if lachie tries approaching me again i'll probably smack his arse to coppenhagen
then mark all the ways in which i know i failed him, but i won't get anywhere with conversation
throw the blame in , you can cage it but you won't contain it
it's still a waste of ink
i wasn't born, i was taken in on a container ship
there's no such thing as a complacent win
come place a sin on me, i've got graves to spin in
shit's strange but mummy couldn't place the scent
only shit i've gripped tighter than his hand when he was dying was a drink or spliff,
lied about forgiving him and i've been living since
for my mother's sake, make sure my funeral only costs 11 cents
and let her speech just be a list of rappers i was better than
(long speech)
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z
02:55
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it's all lies and pain that you tell my earth
for the first time today i felt my worth, so no more writing raps, just lists of everything that i deserve
it's sin in every text i tried to curve
to pass the test i know peter had to deny me first,
was fine the second time but by the third time , it hurt
god left a dollar for every time i lied to her
but he takes one away for every time i write a verse
still i pray there comes a day when she only remembers me by my girth, i'm the worst
but if we're talking rap then i'm the best on this side of earth
that's how i define my worth, ink in my vital nerves, smile in cursive
mouth can only slightly curve
sick of the fucking place i'm in,
finally learnt i'm stuck in fourth and mother's maiden name is smith
might take that shit, get the first name traded in and change mine to 'word'
i'm not well - but i've been worse
blind i kept my face to the light, crazy divine,
i saw the world like maybe it's mine
dealing with the hunger one bellyache at a time, if i'm repayed in numbers bet that they'd be tracing my rhymes
but shit, i move a mountain just by saying goodbye
secrets tucked in my iris, so i don't speak i flutter my eyelids
seen too much from the things that i cry with
keep the luck of the irish by my side if i need to muster the fight for the grief stuck in my side
only trusting in silence, they're only tough if a mic is on and off taking my time if it's a race to the line next
sometimes wear my blues so loud they might mistake him for swine but
bet i move a mountain just by saying goodbye
the nurse with certainty she rang, hurt like an eternity of flame
cursed with the unlearning of his name , since birth been turning in the grave
burnt everything earnt and then i payed
purpose fades amidst the shame, forget what i thought of when i hit the train,
same blood from a different vein, in the same vein shit cracked when i flipped the frame
but i'm only close to zac because he knows to hold my hand when woes burn the soul like sand
that coke had burnt my nose but when i go it means the earth is over
curtains closed
when the pain can make me money, better take it from me
i promise everybody weak, that seventh day is coming
not a drop of sweat upon my cheek but i'm in place and running
i couldn't stain the train tracks because i'm made of rubber
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