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1. |
Shine
02:18
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SHINE
I been keeping quiet
I been doing shit in private
I been chilling on my island
I been keeping down my mileage
I ain't fucking with nobody
I'm just beaming like I'm Scotty
I'm an on-time goddess for my Peoples
like I'm Dottie
I ain't got nothing to prove
I'm just staying in my groove
Rocking rap and soul legends
in the home of the blues
Keep it poppin with my pen
for the love, not the views
You can take it or leave it baby
That ain't my choice to choose
Cause I be focused on my own
I be working from my home
In the garden like a gnome
I be reaping what I sewn
By myself, but not alone
Navigating the unknown
Give my all each and every time
I rock a microphone
Cause I know who I AM
It needs no validation
Yeah, I got my mind on track
and now I'm pulling out the station
with a clear train of thought
Affirmation in rotation
I choose courage over fear
Wrote this as a souvenir for
every single year
I spent struggling and striving
Now I'm finally arriving
Self-love got me thriving
I be deep diving into the waves of my mind
Water flowing up my spine
With a fire serpentine
Bold, italic, underline
each and every single rhyme
I treat rap with respect
cause the Word is divine
Going hard just in case this is my last lifetime
Baby I was born a star
and so I might as well shine
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2. |
My Ego
02:45
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MY EGO
I got a big ego,
Such a huge ego
But you love this big ego
(Never too much)
I talk like this cause
I can back it up
I can back it up
while you push it forward
Have an atheist
screaming thank you lawd
Missing out on me
Something you can’t afford
Yes, I’m a lot of work
but I’m the reward,
and I’m cool and cute
Intelligent to boot
Type of lady wear lingerie
under a business suit
Cause I handle my business
from the boardroom to the bedroom
Pull up in my white truck
I need extra legroom
Vroom, vroom
Missy with no misdemeanors
Got no dirt on my name
and my nose is even cleaner
Keep that dope out my veins
Still the dopest one in my lane
I’m the one, I been on it
Got it honest, so I flaunt it
It’s my ego, just me and my ego
We cause a ruckus wherever we go
(Never too much)
I talk like this cause I can back it up
Now some folks will have you thinking
that having an ego is a bad thing
But by definition, ego simply means
I, my sense of self, my self esteem
And you gone need a lotta that
to make it in this world
You can believe that
So that’s why every chance I get
I cultivate, I elevate,
I celebrate
My mind, my glow,
My life, my soul
My light, my flow
Me and my ego
One mind, one whole
One spirit, unshakable
And our magic unfolds
out of one love, unbreakable
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3. |
Doing Too Much
03:12
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DOING TOO MUCH
So what it is sis, what’s up?
Girl I think you doing a little too much
Can’t let that mane have
you out here caught up
When he barely even keep in touch
Block his number
and don’t call
Get yo girls and
go kick it at the mall
Never let a man
make ya chin fall
Make sure that he worth it
before you give your all
Smh girl, you doing the most
Keeping track of all his moves,
liking every post
Dick got you seasick
He been rocking the boat
Now you in the deep end
and you forgot how to float
While he standing by the moat
looking for his next ride
Just another undercover
he can come inside
Why you all up in his DM
Asking can you see him
If he don’t wanna be saved
Gone and free him
No regard for your heart
Tell that mane to kick rocks
Take the L, lesson learned
Just another hard knock
Never lose who you are
Tryna be something you not
I hold onto me with everything I got
So what it is sis, what’s up?
Girl I think we do a little too much
Can’t let these dudes have us
out here caught up
When they barely even keep in touch
Block his number
and don’t call
Get yo girls and
go kick it at the mall
Never let a man
make yo chin fall
Make sure that he worth it
Before you give your all
I was looking for love
He was looking for lust
I was trying to build
He was trying to bust
Told him two could play the game
but he called my bluff
Tried to settle for less
But it was never enough
So now I only share my energy
if he feeling me
I know where we stand
Ain’t no mystery
He say he wanna see
just what we could be
Hit my phone up
just because he missing me
I’ll never let another lame
between my thighs
I used to try and compromise
but now a sista realize
I’m the prize, a good love giver
Reserving my lovin
For a man who can deliver
He make my heart quiver
He make my leg shake
He make my earth quake
Mentally stimulate
No games to be played
Only plans to be made
Execute em like a boss
Mane we out here getting paid
Got that finger licking good
Ima give him what he crave
He can hang with del Mar
Cause a brother make waves
(I know you talk it
Baby, baby can you walk it?)
So what it is, sis? Whats up?
I said what it is, sis? What’s up?
Girl
Can’t let these dudes have us out here
Caught up, tore up
Waiting on them to show up
Girl it’s time for us to glow up
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4. |
On My Own Payroll
03:07
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ON MY OWN PAYROLL
These cats out here talking bout
They’ll give you a purse for some pussy
Mane if you don’t get yo....really
Bruh!
I ain’t hoeing for no handbag
(Dig that)
This Yoni never had a price tag
(Dig that)
I pay for my own jet lag
(How?)
Digging up my own gold
On my own payroll
I ain’t hoeing for no handbag
(Dig that)
This Yoni never had a price tag
(Dig that)
I’m just being honest
I ain’t gotta brag (Why?)
I’m digging up my own gold
On my own payroll
Fully grown, got my own
Best believe that nobody
Can tell me how to move,
what to do with my body
Fucking for the pleasure
Not a means to yo ends
So I take my own Ls
And I earn my own wins
Get your cash how you like, sis
I ain’t here to judge
But I make my own bag
And I hold it like a grudge
To these dudes acting rude
Fuck you and yo attitude
(Outta be crowning me, crowning me)
I ain’t here for you to use
I think you got the game confused
I ain’t hoeing for no handbag
(Dig that)
This Yoni never had a price tag
(Dig that)
I pay for my own jet lag (How?)
Digging up my own gold
On my own payroll
I ain’t hoeing for no handbag
(Dig that)
This Yoni never had a price tag
(Dig that)
I’m just being honest,
I ain’t gotta brag (Why?)
I’m digging up my own gold
(Where dem dollaz at)
On my own payroll
(Where dem dollaz at)
My daddy put me on game
Won’t take a dime from a lame
I’m my own claim to fame
So you can keep yo last name
Fiery like a flame
The blaze is too big to tame
Yeah, I’m too hot to handle
Leave yo ego in shambles
Built up my confidence
Now I got dollars and sense
Rep both sides of my city
That’s that hood elegance
They be trying to fund ya
Turn around, try to run ya
Mane best run me my check
Don’t wanna bring Pat
up out the projects
I been real since the genesis
Fear, the only nemesis
I stepped up and stepped out
started so I’m gone finish this
With or without ya
Can’t be worried bout who doubt ya
Hustle hard for my business
Let the world be my witness
I ain’t hoeing for no handbag
(Dig that)
This Yoni never had a price tag
(Dig that)
I’m just being honest
I ain’t gotta brag (Why?)
I’m digging up my own gold
On my own payroll
So I ain’t hoeing for no handbag
(Dig that)
This Yoni never had a price tag
(I can dig that)
Yeah, I’m a little sweet with a lotta swag
Digging up my own gold, gold, gold, gold
I ain’t going
I ain’t hoeing
I ain’t going
I get that paper cause
I’m a money maker (x2)
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SUPER EARLY
I wake up in the morning
super early
Get that paper
cause I’m a money maker
I wake up in the morning,
super early
Get that paper
cause I’m a money maker
I hop up out the bed
Turn my swag on
I look myself in the mirror
I say what’s up
Yeah, we getting money
Uh huh
Yeah, it's cozy in this bed
but this bread keep on calling me
Wanna get ahead and I know
It’s gone take all of me
Hustle hard, hit the hay
Pray I get that deep sleep
Wake up early next morning,
Hit the floor and press repeat
Ever since I
was a little child
I never had a limit
Not even the sky
I’m back in the groove
no stopping me
I’m out here fulfilling prophecy
We study the ones who paved the way
Excellence is my legacy
I wake up in the morning,
super early
Get that paper
cause I’m a money maker
I wake up in the morning,
super early
Get that paper
cause I’m a money maker
I hop up out the bed
Turn my swag on
I look myself in the mirror
I say what’s up
Yeah, we getting money. Uh huh
(Teety Blue)
I’m a go getter
I’m a bread winner
I be hustling from
January to December
I’m gone ball forever
Investing my cheddar
Well paid, self-made
I can do whatever
(Da Ladie)
Can’t talk about getting money
without Da Ladie (You can’t)
I been the bag, get it without hesitation
Money make me feel good
Also make me calm
Wanna be a part of my world
Get you some
Got my own, baby
Got my own money
(Jay Daskreet)
Early birdie on it
Up and cracking at the crack of dawn
Still going long after dark and the sun gone
Money maker making money
make a million moves for me
I get up like morning wood
so that mean while you sleep
Wake up and start the day
Super Early
In the morning I...
Rising each day
Acknowledging God within
That part of me that continues to be
and has always been
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6. |
It Ain't Over For Me
04:22
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IT AIN"T OVER FOR ME
My life, my life
I keep hustling
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep flowing
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep hustling
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep flowing
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me naw)
All my life they told me
Play it safely
Stay inside the box
Make my dreams plan B
Foolish philosophy
I followed religiously
Till the walls closed in
It got hard to breathe
So many people out here
slowly suffocating
How can you help me
if you’re hyperventilating
Counting down the days
like we serving time
A beautiful world
I’ve been trying to find
My life, my life
I keep hustling
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep flowing
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep hustling
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep flowing
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me naw)
People told me
Can’t get no sleep
Work your fingers to the bone
Just to compete
Foolish philosophy
I followed religiously
Till my body told me
You killing me softly
For the glory, for the freedom,
for the wealth
What good to gain the world
if you lose your health?
Excess to impress somebody else
I’d be better off being good to myself
Ooh, what’s behind the facade?
Why people worship
money like it’s God
Running through the days
Like we running outta time
A beautiful world
We’ve been dying to find
My life, my life
I keep hustling
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep flowing
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep hustling
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me)
My life, my life
I keep flowing
(Cause it ain’t over for me
It ain’t over for me naw)
I done seen a few tragedies
Folks cope with different strategies
I done fell apart a few times
I done used a few lifelines
Jaded heart and crowded mind
Drown out the noise with white wine
Free myself from these confines
That’s the challenge of a lifetime
My life, my life yeah
My life, my life yeah
My life, my life yeah
My life, my life, my life, my life
My life, my life yeah
My life, my life yeah
My life, my life yeah
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Not the rain, not the rain,
not the rain, not the rain but the
Everybody, everybody, everybody
Everybody loves the sunshine
My life, my life, my life, my life
Everybody loves the sunshine
Thankful for the sunshine in my life
My life, my life, my life, my life
My life, my life
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7. |
Salute
02:42
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SALUTE
I salute myself
Yeah, I’m the one
May not know it now,
but by the time I’m done
You gone feel me
You gone feel me
I salute myself
Yeah you the one
And you gone feel me
(Sometimes you gotta let folks feel you)
It take more than something tight
To treat that man right
Caught his eye with my vibe
Now he keep me in his sights
I’m a prism to the light
I’m the beauty from the blight
Wanna be my biggest fan
He bump every bar I write
Every word that I recite
Seem to whet his appetite
Eat me up like soul food
And he loving every bite
If my pride intimidate ya
Then you reallyain’t my type
If you feel at ease around me
Then I just might change yo life
Ain’t too many who can handle
Can’t too many hold a candle
Every obstacle encountered
Overcome it or dismantle
Now I’m taking up the mantle
of the legends legend that I channel
Lyricism is a passion
So I’m aiming for the panel
Of the lyrical elite
Gone and put that on repeat
Showing up my competition
With my catalog, I compete
I work wonders with these words
Like my pen a magic wand
Cause I know my destination
Infinity and beyond
And I won’t rest till I can rest
in the Pantheon
Bless the shoulders of the soldiers
I’m standing on
Defying gravity like it’s the moon
that I’m landing on
It ain’t been easy here lately
I’m in the arena daring greatly
Taking a chance on myself
Tryna do right even when
life go left, I
(Open up my heart)
Open up my heart
(Dig down into my soul)
Dig down into my soul
Converse with the creator
And put it all in a song
I salute myself
Yeah I’m the one
You may not know it now, but
By the time I’m done
You gone feel me
You gone feel me
I salute myself
Yeah I’m the one
You may not know it now, but
By the time I’m done
You gone feel me
You gone feel me
I’m the one
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