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I am
Far from decoration;
I'm vibration
Translation
A Movement
Expand sacred
That Few get
A language
In high cadence
I'm watchful of my steps
In the presence of
High pavements
Meaning,
Taking nothing for granite
Thee signal I got it clear
Don't worry bout who don’t make it
Show love to whoever's here
X3
Show Love
I am Zoe Leonard in 92
A poem trapped inside of you
The rhythm written you vibing to
When life feels as empty as buildings full of silent rooms
Get in touch w/ what's guiding you
What’s Goding you
What’s driving you
What’s prodding you
Fear get it out of you
This is prayers before the interview
Right before they hire you
Fuck that job
I just hope that this inspires you
Like..
[Entro]
The present is just a present if you open it
We could fill the whole room w/ our openness
The present is just a present if you open it
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Opening Verse ::
the streets where they grew us at
mirrored scenes from MIRAMAX
I wasn’t banging that
I wasn’t banging gats
this is not glorified
I wasn’t interested
this is pre-gentrified
I was an instrument
couldn’t be sensitive
this my ANTITHESIS
picture this
living conditions
This is Photosynthesis
My memories photogenic this
12th ave and Jefferson
that was my innocence
that’s the beginning of
this was my genesis
surrounded by
Dorsey and Crenshaw
wrote what my pen saw
wrote where I came from
can’t take my skin off
my skin isn’t a trend nah
Nah this ain't for show fam
Nah, this aint a spin off
Nah
this is what I’m born w/
birthed w/ a birthright
reversing the verse like
Nah this ain't my first life
this feeling is good like
raps at the GOOD LIFE
this feeling is good like
melanin in sunlight
yea
Closing Verse ::
I grew up Seventh-day Adventist
that means really really different
that means Saturday I rested
I guess if heaven’s got a ghetto
tell me do it got a guest list
are you sheep or you just Shepard?
obedient or desperate
because God knows the difference g
I was filled w/ something
they was shooting like they filming something
I was selling candies I was 9 or something
That’s a blue caddy didn’t see it coming
all i seen was dumping
all i see is dumping
in one blink
my instincts
clutched my soul
ducked and rolled
in bushes till they skrted off
blocka blocka
tried to block it out
I was Serge Ibaka
every time I heard a bucket
backing out
(Backing out)
heard back fire’s
tried to play it off
Like I didn’t jump
like I wasn’t shook
like they didn’t dump
right in front of us
how you know those ain't firecrackers dawg?
you feel it in yo gut!
Homies all had super soakers
pretending I pulled the trigger
pretending I wasn’t triggered
fronting in front of mirrors
pretending I’m pointing fingers
years later I’m sipping poison
daily we dodging prison
4 years on that unemployment
living within the moment
Power I spent my hours
how I spent my hours?
I’m living
I’m living albums
Ha
You know me and thee squadron
in a vacant condo,
you know ?
squattin
now the dreds across my face
move like drapes
I see through all thee see through's
I read through
yea I see you
I’m a seed too
I need water
word to mother earth
we need fathers
learning how to treat women before we have our daughters
You know?
try to treat her like she’s water
treat her like she vital
treat her w/ some honor
treat her like she’s golden
treat her like she matters
treat her like you love her
Treat her like she’s hours
Treat her like she’s color
treat her like she’s power
treat her like she’s ours.
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CLEAR’s Verse :
You feel like a Saturday
You feel like I'm mattering
You feel just like I just got home
Took off my clothes
My dumb smart phone on airplane mode
And I feel like I'm getting old
More wise than I've ever known
I love to grow and glow in changes made from braveness
I am ageless, so are you and it's good
We're all we've ever needed and its good
It's good to feel so spacious, such a mood
The perfect time to kick back and relax
And feel that and feel that, do you feel that
Said it's such a mood
It's such a mood
Yea yea we did
Yea yea we good
[Hook]
Can you be
will you be
My Saturday
Such feel
Like a real
saturday
spend the day
in a daze
W/ My saturday
Can you be
will you be
My Saturday
Such feel
Like a real
saturday
spend the day
in a daze
W/ My saturday
You’re such a
saturday
Def Verse:
Just cleaned up thee house
Walking on a cloud
(all my life)
gliding through The Shaw
With the Windows down
(all my days)
Yeah the key is hella low but thee tree is loud
(Loud af)
Woke up this morning w/ Gratitude
Blessed on Both of my attitude
Do it for the love never for the leverage
No i.c.e. in my city only beverage
Fame won’t let em love me no
I told loneliness to leave me lone
activated like a charcoal mask
hours lost up in your hourglass
And it’s such a mood
It’s such a mood
(Yea Yea we did
Yea Yea we good)
[HOOK]
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4. |
MIGOS SPIRITUALS prt.1
04:16
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Here’s what I know ,
I know that i’m destined
I cannot be measured
I been down like flat tires
I’m still on a roll
done w/ apprenticeships
over percentages
black and I’m brilliant
Yea fine like comb
don’t need to post to know that I’m whole
We been conditioned to post to check on our pulse
I know
you see the glow like Indya Moore
love and respect to
to Indya moore
I’m Drying my tears while I’m binge watching Pose
Put some respect on your pronouns
I see you are person
love you like picture
I see you as whole
charged like yo crystals
your value speaks volumes
We’ve had Enough of the lesss yo let’s give them so more
I’m more than I prophet
I Fuck up all they optics
I’m hacking the system
You’re not alone
black w/ the excellence
always my preference
Afro indigenous
Living my messages
updating your system cuz
cuz yo shit is old
dropping the bombs
they thought i was Woj
Black w/ the Rob yea they thought I was Whoa
And I stopped making sense w/ this a long time ago
But I
i spit it unlimited
drinking my water minding my business
I see a mirror I don’t see foes
highly intentional
look what a pen can do
I MIGOS the spirituals
We aint dumb
but thats how I go
The energy possessed be on unlimited scroll
We built the pyramids
def getting militant
How am I penning this?
I been here before
thats how I know
I been here before
[Closing Verse]
yea bro thats how wild I am
turn burning man into birmingham
go on costra nostra
on these culture vultures
if ya’ll be dripping guess i’m an ocean
Ok
I super soaker
super saiyen
i’m just saying
full disclosure
oh my goodinness
young and definitive
ya’ll be so shook w/ it
I’m wearing my confidence
don’t i look good in it
city on back just like my hoodie is
If seeing our selves and freeing ourselves
that’s what revision is
When you’re ancestorie is hidden
That’s what a prison
nice and I’m decorated
voice of a generation
My soul is solar
I don’t need a generator
exchanging my innocence for an audience
Heart on my sleeve I guess I’ll wear it if the trauma fits
Ain’t no rules in this shit
Stuck on a loop like a gif
We getting slave master money cuz look how glorify whips
It really don’t matter how much money you get or how impressive your lil following is
Race isn’t real but how it oppressed you is
Fam
While all your fav artist canceled
I’m eating plants bruh
They shoot us w/ hands up
in the mirror only time i’ve seen an answer.
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5. |
DEALS prt 1+2
05:19
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part (aye) :
I been waiting on acceptance
I been hating on my blessings
been trying 2 see weakness as weapons
blind art dealers be selling our perspectives
to top bidder
we swear we don’t respect em
5/5th’s compromised
half way humanized
swallowed truth
vomit light
they sliced the pie w/ a dirty knife
then they deal you a part aye
do a deal w/ you but only deal w/ you half way
thats the art of thee deal
but whats thee deal w/ my art?
wait
been trying just to try less
been trying vibe less w/
w/ thee very vibeless been
staying jah bless and far less jobless and
hardship is hard shit and it really aint a contest
tell me how you deal when you aint got a deal
probably how you feel when you ran out of pills
cops keep shooting like they ran out like we ran out of film
__________________________
part (be) :
I’m eating pizza no problems present
I feeling destined
I feeling extra
I air conditioned
I am a real one
real black man making all white decisions
I don’t wanna deal w/ thee guilt
I don’t wanna deal w/ thee real
I don’t wanna deal
I just wanna deal but forreal
I make a deal
i make wanna deal that appeals
that make a nigga feel
w/ a house on a hill
I got a grill
I very ill
I very boujee
I baldwin hills
I got thee acres
I got mules
I dotted line
I dotted line
I dotted line sign a deal w/ your job
I dotted line sign a deal with your god
I dotted line
I dotted line
I got a deal new
I got a new deal installed
where do I sign for deal with applause
where do I sign
where do I sign
where do I sign just to deal w/ flaws
where do I sign for a deal when I fall?
let’s sign a deal let me hop on this call
who got thee bill
I know thee deal
hop on this deal
Some deals are shady
some deals are shading
beneath money tree’s
that we swung from like daily
tell me does my self work
equal what my self worth
really is myself pride really just
myself curse
tell me does their sell work? ummmm
tell me does this cell work? ummmm
because nobody is answering
if America's a show I think it needs canceling
I might need counseling
tell me what thee real is
tell me where thee deal at
tell me where thee deal live
deal behind thee deal is
we don’t read thee fine print
we just wanna sign it
where do I sign
where do sign get your life redesigned
where do you sign get the life you decide
I know thee deal
thee deal with my deal
I never had one
and I know I need one coming where I come from
and that really bothers me
that be the deal
and that really follows me
I need a deal to build on my legacy
I need a deal that helps me deal with jealousy
i need a deal that makes me a better me
i need a deal that allows for a family
I need a deal
but what am I promising?
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6. |
BORING PPL
05:59
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[Hook]
who’s dating who
how much ya make
photo’s of your food
thats some boring news
selfie stick your face
allergic to thee fake
did it for thee gram
thats thee boring truth
I be talking shit but I be boring too
You know?
less to say more to do
Verse 1:
boring ppl everywhere
boring ppl everywhere
i don’t care
i don’t care
boring ppl everywhere
boring ppl w/ boring names write it on they underwear
boring ppl be hella weird don’t say hello rather stare
boring ppl are morning ppl
boring ppl be snoring ppl
boring ppl don’t make decisions
boring ppl don’t own opinions
my boring ass
your boring ass
Let's get together and be boring assess
Boring ppl
Hook:
who’s dating who
how much ya make
photo’s of your food
thats some boring news
selfie stick your face
allergic to thee fake
did it for thee gram
thats thee boring truth
talking shit but I be boring too
less to say more to do
Verse 2 ::
boring ppl hate this recordings
boring ppl aren’t supportive
Boring Ppl eating portage
there’s never a shortage
boring ppl w/ no perspective
Boring Ppl I don't respect em
boring can’t concentrate
boring ppl are common place
boring Ppl won’t like this
Boring probably bite this
Boring Ppl doing stand up
Boring Ppl saying hands up
Boring Ppl still paid the ticket
Boring Ppl won't comprehend it
Won't like your music
Boring Ppl love gimmicks
HOOK
who’s dating who
selfie stick your face
did it for thee gram
thats thee boring truth
Verse 3
boring ppl don’t listen deeply
Boring Ppl be hella greedy
Boring selling cd's
boring ppl love meetings
boring ppl eat Quinoa
Boring Ppl trying to link up
boring ppl like to go to war
I talk to boring ppl but i to keep it short
Boring Ppl w/ no action
Boring Ppl be so lackin
Boring Ppl so old fashion
Boring Ppl wear steve maddens
Boring Ppl w/ no passion
Boring take ten years to write one damn caption
Keep boring ppl out your orbit
Boring Ppl can't see ya aura
They ride w/ you Kinda Sorta
this song is boring
It's hella pointless
it’s not important
why did it make on thee album?
I don't know
Tell me Do you like my outfit?
(I don't know)
Is your father Robert Townsend ?
(I don't know)
BONUS VERSE
boring ppl so washed up
boring ppl trying to rinse you
boring ppl w/ less talent
underpay and try to rent you
boring ppl playing damn games
boring ppl are so brand name
boring ppl say thee same things
in the same ways
boring ppl driving mustangs
boring ppl talking close up knowing damn that they breath stank
boring ppl don’t brush teeth
boring ppl like hate speech
boring ppl hate forign ppl
and I call them ppl Nazi’s
boring ppl wanna change the subject
boring ppl are afraid of substance
boring ppl watch Game of Thrones
boring ppl can’t take a joke
boring ppl aint vulnerable
boring ppl hate vegetables
Low key
boring ppl are incredible
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7. |
BLACK MIRROR(S)
03:12
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[Verse 1]
Another body on my timeline
fire burning up in my soul
don’t let them gentrify your vibes
black mirrors on all our phone
I don’t know what to believe
do you know what to believe
we saging against thee machine tho
but to fully believe
in this American Dream
then you gotta be fully that asleep tho
[Verse 2]
No more hold up’s can hold me
best shooters this this year was steph curry and police
this verse was just loading
injustice is on some
unlimited scrolling
they watching us closely
you spend you owing
you spending not owning
You got it then show me
I got it I spend it
I got it I spend it I
put on for my city
i don’t own my culture
think I lost my signal
dumbing down for dollars
did you dim your wattage?
did you do thee numbers?
prison doors are open
schools are steady closing
lessor of two evils
those aint really choices
learn to rap or dribble
sign for some course
indebted to a college
going through thee motion
numbing your emotion
what you mean emotion
those aint really poppin
plot it only thickens
are you truly thinking?
Jesus wasn’t Christian
[Verse 3]
Amiri Baraka
Mumia
Assatta
Baldwin and Hurston and Garvey
Yassin
Hampton and Malcom
Langston and Douglass
Angela Davis
AND ISHMAEL REED
Odun and Oshun
Shakur and Ali
Morrison Butler
don’t forget King
give life through our speech
live on through are bars
your life is a a bar
be light in these streets
Nina
Saul
Aja
Umi
Tesla
Angelou
Giovanni
Ester
Carver
Bobby Seale
Prince
Wheatley
real ppl endangered species
I know why thee caged boy sings
Jim Crow out to clip wing
low brow but it’s high key
Can’t arrest an idea let your heart sing
They could never stop me
I’m about that Get Free
I aint with misogyny
I’m about that Free
Ayyyye
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[verse 1]
I keep it 100 w/ 5% tendencies
everyday we be making black history
channeling the energy of a Pac off the Hennessy
my guy
in my rap can’t no find lie
it’s wrap that come w/ fries
thats a gyros
I’m idol
you be rapping for some likes
I be rapping for survival
omg
know your worth don’t compromise
confidence go multiplied
raw energy
breathe empathy
I aint having fun I’m having life
pay homage
game, blouses
keep your playlists and your genres
find me up where thee clouds is
dropping songs
dropping tonics
Hiyaya
iconic
good karma
drop jewels (Juelz)
Santana
whole time
my mind
on mañana
Alvin Ailey with thee dance moves
Gary Payton w/ thee trash talk
Jim Carrey with thee Mask off
snap through w/ the flash off
since a younger adolescent never less than all my lessons
black inner essence shining bioluminescent
like…
HOOK ::
(keep going keep going)
(keep going keep going)
I been waiting on this
I been working on this
All my life
All my life
Verse 2 ::
decolonized
and I’m ancient
I identify
as I a sacred
don’t minimize
for the matrix
unmemorize
all thee cages
I don’t need nominations
to validate all of my greatness
just venmo thee whole payment
double disc deffery
(oh kay)
on my own settings
(oh my)
Live the bars
Heal em all
Spit a poem
them in awe
synagogue
Ceilings off
Meal it raw
Dinner fork
Dinner for
Ayeeee
(reversed)
Hook outro
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[Verse i ] :
Is it really too late?
it aint safe
like villain who wastes
no time
just shoots no blanks wont wait
4 thee hero 2 sayyyy
wait
till our very first date
when time moved fast
@ a very slow pace
she makes me feel dumb
in a really smart way
she's the sun
in a really cold place
headstart in a really long race
bookmarked on a really cool page
or a really good line in a really bad play
now thats a really cold game
like trying 2 fit thee sky on a really small plane
when it really is real
then it really aint fake
when you’re really in love
means really insane
[Hook] :
fine
i will leave
so find
what you need
love so blind
I can't see
all i know is that you're …..
[Bridge Verse] :
we can play house music @ my house stupid
that's what she said me
that's what she said me
paint thee town red w/ me
[Post Verse] :
your my holiday
your my right away
your my right on time
never 2 late
nev never 2 late
I don't know where you are tonight
you feel 2 far tonight
out of this world where a car can't ride
I'll just wait here
for you .....
[Hook//Outro .]
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[Verse 1]
I wrote these lyrics in the dark
scribbled on my sleeve
meaning from the heart
now I’m sitting in a park
mentally in park
I just every single part to be like that's my favorite part
wipe the sleep from your third eye
whispering good morning to your sunrise
and we the sun dies
we love like
we bout to talk until our phones die
this Sunday I’ll skydive
and paint the sky tie dye
on the first, try
like tada
oh your not impressed?
that's a stupid magic trick
when all you need is trust
all you want is us
But you don’t need a song
you don’t need a poem
you’d rather have it shown
you’d rather have me home
rather look you in the eye
than be looking @ my phone
from brainstorm to a typhoon
way back like haiku back in high school
me and you rendezvous in your iTunes
my mind is a window and I just hope you climb through
she was the drugs and the pharmacist
blessings and sinus’
thee plus’ and the minus’
rewinding this
reminding us
but don forget just how fine you is
girl
you mess my grammar up
even thee
analyze
thee analyst
they mad at us
count on me like an abacus
time couldn’t measure the span of us
I’m just trying 2 Lazarus thee last of us
....
CHORUS:
Baptize me in your vibe, please
you're all I need
and I can't
breathe w/o ya
you're my water
my water
my water............
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11. |
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Just close your eyes and trust the vibe
We’re getting free
there’s a whole world you can’t see w/ eyes
We’re getting free
leave all your fears and doubts behind
We’re getting free
Connect w/ contact Love is the high
We’re Getting Free
knock down walls and let in the light
We’re getting free
put down phone lets look inside
We’re getting
Free
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Def Sound Los Angeles, California
Def Sound is an Afro-Caribbean transdisciplinary artist. born and based in South Central LA. Def is a non binary Grammy Award considered contemporary hip-hop artist, producer, published poet, and award winning academic. Def is currently teaching Hip Hop Critical Theory & Practice at the California Institute of the Arts. ... more
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