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Vocabulary Dragon

by Kevin Kross

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1.
(Part One) Kevin Kross coming in hot with the word game, I'm sick of the competition thinking that they own it all, I ain't never had a thought about your clique name, And I will murder anybody with the balls to bring your best to the table, Throw them chips in the middle, This is not a fable, It's your grave that you are seeing, Better run, I'm coming with the mindset of a psychopathic killer, And you silly if you thinking you the one, (As I grow my) Vocabulary very scary and it's been so, Since I was old enough to listen to a song, I parry with the right, land a couple with the left, while I stick you with the jab, It's a knockout and then you done, I'll smoke you in front of your posse and your little fans, I'll show up to your crib and embarrass you with the plans, For lyrical domination, I got no dictionary, I drop it off the top and I don't need no stationary, I keep it moving, Got no paper for the pen, And homie you'd be better off to find a doctor cuz I'm thinking I am, (Part Two) So sick with the mic, Gotta become a poet, comma, I knew when I was little I would be a stoic guy, I went big with the bite cuz the bark it created drama, I nominate myself to a Grammy because I try, I rip it when I have to, Repetition on the line (Repetition), Reputation, Think I'm facing mine, I don't wanna cause a ripple in the system, Cuz I spit it better than these other rappers and I'm educated now, (Bridge) Go and face your fears and don't be troubled when you get DESTROYED (Part Three) I represent the ones that know they made for something better, With abilities, A head full of ideas that you wouldn't believe, I resurrect the conversation of who is doing it best, A rap King of Kentucky, Comment if you please, I'm gonna run to the back room, Step in to the mic booth, I spit the truth, Ruthless, Might attack you, I wanna be honest, I'm a humble kind of guy, But I don't get no recognition when I try, To ask if they would do a feature and they pass me up, Don't even bat an eye, Even though I'm a diamond in the rough, They don't see the height of my, Contribution of my pages in the mind, And I completely understand if you don't wanna get demolished on a track that got your name up on it, Step if you wanna put your game up on it, (Bridge) So I tell you what I really wanna do, You don't wanna get it twisted and confused, I wanna ride on the waves of a bass line of a reggae tune, I wanna ride on the waves of a bass line of a reggae tune, (Part Four) Because I got the rhythm like I'm from Jamaica, So I spit it with an accent, I'm a brother from another mother, Hit the ganja plant, Sippin with a Red Stripe in my hand as I soak up the Island Sun, Your water salty cuz you can't, I don't wanna be the one to tell you that you gotta quit it, With that misdirection, Everybody knows you fake and not authentic, I been a critic of lyrical analytics, And I know that it's been a minute since you been up in it, I'm talking bout the moment that you stepped up to the instrumental thinking that you were worthy to speak it, But I'll tell you what it was, A common misconception, You're affecting other areas of hip hop, You just wanna get the buzz, But I am here to tell you that your act is over, You should get a job, Hang it up and think about your life, Don't nobody care about an artist if you trying to get the "Likes", Just be who you are, Now ima drift away into the Moves of the Night...
2.
(Trubz) Losing my mind, Lately I been feeling pretty weak, I been stuck at work, Always on the grind, Think I need to rhyme on a beat, Fore somebody gets hurt, It might be me, I got another half you don’t see, And he’s gonna shoot first, The other side of me been talkin violently, I quietly just wanna get this mother fucker out of me But he’s inside of me, Now quiet, who is that? Is that Trubz? Is that Zach? I don’t know, is that wack? Are those drugs? I’ll take that, I mean great, I relapsed, Now stop and give me medicine, Want a little bit you know it’s evident, Let me get whatever you been peddling, Now I need a doctor to stop me, Turnin into a monster, One half’s a Noonan, the other half’s goblin, What’s the point of livin like this? Mentally it doesn’t make sense, I push and I pull, If I look like I seem a little tense, Prolly cuz you cannot get the hint, So back up, please, Let me be, give me 50 feet, Ima let my demons in the street, Every enemy of me is myself and I, And that’s why I will never be free, Now yee, I'm a glass full, Half good guy, half asshole, Half confident, half bashful, Half of me doesn’t want the other half of me to breathe, Or find out what the other half sees, He’s a disease, Now I’m gettin weak in the knees, The thought of giving up is not me, It cannot be, please, Let me defeat, My evil twin who been hiding inside of me, Now beat, (Chorus) YOU WANNA PLAY THE GAME? IT'S COLD TO THE BONE CONVERSATIONS IN THE DARK WHILE YOU'RE ALL ALONE I'M SUCH A HEAD CASE STUCK IN MY HEAD SPACE YOU'LL FREEZE TO DEATH IN THE DEAD STATE MAN IT'S SO COLD (MIRAAGE) Swing batter batter, I heard the pitter patter, I don't wanna see data, I know you writing fecal matter, I wanna feed the people some things, That'll really matter, You a fat black cat in front of ladders, Wanna cak cak cak, But it doesn't matter, Need a laptop bad and a couple of hours, And I'm leaving the coward, Sleeping in flowers, Yes, Even the loudest Know that you seeing the prowess, Believe in the powers, I'm causing the leaning of towers, Leave em devoured, This is the season for showers, Brain storm, I'ma make wars, I'm a lightening bolt from like 8 Thor's, I'ma make more, It's what I'm made for, Gimme 8 chords, and a drum set, I'll innovate lore, renovate course, When the rates soar, like a race horse, Ima race forward You can take breaks, Take ya mixtape, Make it decor for a lake shore, Pen and the pad, That's an out of body experience, I done came up out, Now I'm furious, Now Ima aim it on tracks, I got myriads of all the flows, I'm living in shows, Or hitting the coast, Yo primitive goals, Ain't fit for a goat, I'm fit for a king, I spit with the pros, I'm fitted with gold, I'm still in the zone, You still on the stove, I'm still with the bread, I'm stealing ya loaves, They don't understand, These limited foes, The gimmick exposed, You getting disposed, (Chorus) YOU WANNA PLAY THE GAME? IT'S COLD TO THE BONE CONVERSATIONS IN THE DARK WHILE YOU'RE ALL ALONE I'M SUCH A HEAD CASE STUCK IN MY HEAD SPACE YOU'LL FREEZE TO DEATH IN THE DEAD STATE MAN IT'S SO COLD (Kevin Kross) What happened to the people saying they can do it better? You ain't a rapper, You can just only act like one, I don't do it cuz I wanna be flashy, I'm a passive individual, You can just only flash that gun, I do it because I gotta do it, I gotta have an outlet, You only wanna try to outrun, What I scribble on a page takes me out of the Dead State, And you will never relate, So buddy, you done, No escaping, I'm a head case, And I'm locked in a vault inside of my mind, I'm pacing, Thoughts constantly racing, No debating, Other side taking, A hold of the wheel, He's gonna reveal the deal, Taking my life is the dark appeal, Unless I take a minute to compose another passage on a paper, He's forever taking over, No deal, There's no compassion, No asking permission, Actually the fact of the matter's I'm a fucking schizophrenic, Half of my brain controls the pen while the other rides in the back seat, Of an imaginary Taxi, Duct tape on so that he can't speak, Kross took it over, He ain't have a choice in the matter, So I gotta set it straight right now, Only people gonna know about it gotta be an individual, Many thoughts of depression, Might tell, The reason the state that is dead sucks you in while you pleading, You bleeding to death, Pretty soon the only you it will be is the Tethered, See (Chorus) YOU WANNA PLAY THE GAME? IT'S COLD TO THE BONE CONVERSATIONS IN THE DARK WHILE YOU'RE ALL ALONE I'M SUCH A HEAD CASE STUCK IN MY HEAD SPACE YOU'LL FREEZE TO DEATH IN THE DEAD STATE MAN IT'S SO COLD
3.
(Kevin Kross) I was ripping the mic when I had a backpack in the back of the bus with a black lead pencil, And the mental capacity to write facts and attack, And I, Didn't need a lot of metaphors, Got delivery like force of a Jedi, When I got bored, I would entertain with anything around me that I could afford, (Not much) Tapping a couple of pens on the table with the rhythm and the head nod, I knew what I wanted to be, But the "Popular" people thought I was a fraud, Now I keep reminiscing on them days, I'm contemplating, Debating whether I should call them up and make a statement, Bout how I see them now with a picket fence and lots of babies, I bet they look at me and think I must be fucking crazy, For chasing dreams around the clock and never settling down, Some instrumentals in my pocket with a beat that pounds, So I don't wanna give it to you any other way but my poetic side, You keep pretending because who you are you can't decide, You better hide, Run, Duck or do something, Burn away them pages, You ain't worthy of the beats you bumping, (Chorus) EVERY TIME I STEP UP IN THE BOOTH I GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER NO COMPETITION FROM THE SMALL TIME PRETENDERS I DON'T DROP IT OFF THE TOP BUT WHAT I SCRIBBLE ON THIS PAGE WILL HAVE YOU RUNNING CUZ YOU (Clap Clap Clap Clap) I DON'T FAKE IT CUZ I CAN'T I MAKE IT MORE MAGNIFICENT BY THE MINUTE WHILE I MOVE ON THE MASTER PLAN SO TAKE THIS WARNING DON'T BE SILLY WITH THEM LILLY RHYMES KEEP ON PRETENDING WITH IT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE SMALL TIME (Sheisty Khrist) You're all pretenders, All agendas, What ya'll call tremendous, I call pretentious, Small, horrendous, I smash through all your fences, Crawl your trenches, To all defenses, Leave ya'll defenseless, Mauled, senseless, My claws are vicious, I'm auspicious, Capricious, Odd, I see you listless, This Ulysses, I'm not here to grant you wishes, Man this is, Me back on my bullshit, Horace Grant swishes, yeah, Just stop pretending, Ya'll stopped to blend in, They playing flop though, You popped a tendon, Forgot to bend em, If our hands lock I end em, Use a hand lock chop, Horrendously offend em, Break, rend, upend em, Mend em, Spot the remnants, Let's not condemn it, That glass ceiling got a rock and a rocket in it, Might find a cage though, They can never lock me in it, Pop lock rock rock rock rock rockin it (Chorus) EVERY TIME I STEP UP IN THE BOOTH I GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER NO COMPETITION FROM THE SMALL TIME PRETENDERS I DON'T DROP IT OFF THE TOP BUT WHAT I SCRIBBLE ON THIS PAGE WILL HAVE YOU RUNNING CUZ YOU (Clap Clap Clap Clap) I DON'T FAKE IT CUZ I CAN'T I MAKE IT MORE MAGNIFICENT BY THE MINUTE WHILE I MOVE ON THE MASTER PLAN SO TAKE THIS WARNING DON'T BE SILLY WITH THEM LILLY RHYMES KEEP ON PRETENDING WITH IT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE SMALL TIME (Kevin Kross) Just what the fuck do I hear coming from your truck? That poppy combobulation, You should put your windows up, You a pup and it's a dogs game, Barking while you run a muck, Acting up agressive, Boy go ahead and "Knuck if you buck", My rage is ripping rhymes you redundant cluster "duck", You can just auto correct it, "Checkin" now go head and "cluck", You suck suck, Now I think you can tuck tuck, Just keep it hush, They'll find you stuck stuck, Run out of luck, I got a suggestion, Take a trip out west and kick it with them other hipster boys of fuckery, I'm guessing that they stressing, About some nonsense, It's so foolish that they pressing this obsession, You ain't seen a real oppression, Here's a lesson for you babies acting lazy in a hazy room complaining, People put they life out on the line, They separating, If you feel like they owe you, Hope you suffocating, Flailing under water while the workers wading man, Now watch me yooooouuuu (Chorus) EVERY TIME I STEP UP IN THE BOOTH I GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER NO COMPETITION FROM THE SMALL TIME PRETENDERS I DON'T DROP IT OFF THE TOP BUT WHAT I SCRIBBLE ON THIS PAGE WILL HAVE YOU RUNNING CUZ YOU (Clap Clap Clap Clap) I DON'T FAKE IT CUZ I CAN'T I MAKE IT MORE MAGNIFICENT BY THE MINUTE WHILE I MOVE ON THE MASTER PLAN SO TAKE THIS WARNING DON'T BE SILLY WITH THEM LILLY RHYMES KEEP ON PRETENDING WITH IT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE SMALL TIME
4.
(Kevin Kross) Now everybody wants to live forever, On a fast track together, Nothing better than the American Dream, Whatever that means, It be seeming that we never achieve the center, This endeavor never fails to meet the measure, I met a beggar he said he was under pressure, I got him a sweater and told him it was a pleasure, I could see that he was prolly light as a feather, And needed to eat, He told me not to seek the treasure, I didn't understand what he meant at the time, But I gave it a think and I wrote it down in a rhyme, While I was having a drink, Taking a couple of notes down, A sudden realization and then everything slowed down, He had a little and I had a lot to give him, But what he gave me was a lesson in rhythm, Now I'm sitting wishing I had time to listen, But if I listen Ima miss out on the ship, Don't they know that I'm a, (Chorus) HIP HOP ALIEN HIP HOP ALIEN COME ALONG ON A SPACESHIP FLY TO ANOTHER PLANET YOU UNDERSTAND IT? I KNOW WE GONNA BEGIN AGAIN MAN I'M A (DJ Flip Flop Scratch Break) (Kevin Kross) I'm in a mindstate, Futuristic as I wait, We as a people only think about high pay, Look at the crime rate develop in each state, Book em again in the prison system, No breached gates, They seek praise, Not knowing they stuck in a deep haze, We going through bleak days, We lost in the dense maze, I feel like I gon crazed, These people are running in circles, So many need saved, We on to the next page, Out of the old phase and in to the new one, I'm in a Spaceship and I'm hitting the cruis con-trol, I say goodbye to the news and the media, I throw a deuce up to the crews and all of the views, You obsess over, It's a mess and I confess, That I was sitting in it just like all of the rest, Invested time in shit that was bad for my health, I say goodbye to that as well as looking for wealth, Now I got the speaker bumpin while I look at the stars, I got the 47 beat on and I'm headed for Mars, I deliver bars in a different fashion, I just wanna see a bit of positive action, I just wanna make sure that you're paying attention, Lyrical comprehension is my greatest invention, This is but a glimpse in space, The Hip Hop Alien is a race, If you know you got the rhythm flowing through you, And you can't live without it, No matter the color, No matter the combination, If you're compatible with it then take a seat up in my new ship, Ima hit the pedal while while we moving to music, Ima do the two step and just let go, Life is so much better when we in control, Planetary gravity has taken a toll, But with the rhythm in my system Ima roll, Don't they know that I'm a, (Chorus) HIP HOP ALIEN HIP HOP ALIEN COME ALONG ON A SPACESHIP FLY TO ANOTHER PLANET YOU UNDERSTAND IT? I KNOW WE GONNA BEGIN AGAIN MAN I'M A (DJ Flip Flop Scratch Break) (Kevin Kross Bridge) Will you come with me on this Journey through the galaxy and the stars Will you come with me on this Journey through the galaxy and the stars Will you come with me on this Journey through the galaxy and the stars You can fly with me on this You can fly with Carama (Devine Carama) As a black man, I don’t need your validation! Just equal opportunity & grant allocation, Don’t need special treatment, Just respect me as an equal. Cinematic flow, to Martin’s movie, I’m the sequel, The dreams of the men that Will lynched in the south, I taste they sacrifices in the flem in my mouth, I spit it out, Ancestors my tongue is free! Stand and gesture (jester) to the young kings & queens, How to stop violence? I’m asking for answers! Every other song is about clapping the hammer, Instead of practicing grammar, Every black kid they just wanna be Black Panther, OK! You pop Zans & shoot, But I want this young man to sit and understand the truth, When I was young and depressed man I ran to the booth, I’m still King without the Mic like “Space Jam 2”.... (Chorus) HIP HOP ALIEN HIP HOP ALIEN COME ALONG ON A SPACESHIP FLY TO ANOTHER PLANET YOU UNDERSTAND IT? I KNOW WE GONNA BEGIN AGAIN MAN I'M A (DJ Flip Flop Scratch Outro)
5.
I keep on free falling from the clouds, And I cannot remember how, But I find myself with time to think about, The unfortunate position that I kept on wishing I would never find myself in, And as I fall I can feel the acceleration on my skin, But I am facing up at the sky, Because I can't figure out how, To turn around so that I can see the ground, I need to know how much longer I got, How many more precious thoughts, I tried to live a lifestyle of everything, But everything is such a blessing, And I took it for granted, Now I'm falling back to the planet, And I don't think I can accept this fate, What am I gonna discover, I'm drifting away into nothing, But I think there has to be something to save me, Save me, Save me, I cannot stop falling, Falling, Falling, I was wrong, So long I felt as if I was indestructible, But I was a fool to ever believe it, Oh my God I don't wanna leave it, I don't want to go, I only want to know, If I get to keep my soul alive, When I crash in to the Earth, I'm spiraling out of control, Do I deserve this fate?, I PRAY THAT I WILL WAKE UP FROM THIS DREAM!
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In the Air 04:39
(Verse One) There's something telling me to look up in the air, It's a bird, it's a plane, no wait... I think there may be something else up there, But I think I may be faded, So I don't know what to make (of it), A little too much Kentucky Bulleit in my glass, I'm unable to pass, I think I sip it too fast, I think I want to put my foot on the gas, But vision and a comprehension no grasp, I don't think that I can tell you what I see, I shouldn't be behind the wheel of my Passat, Chasing something that I thought I saw, I think I seen a new addition to the mission that I got, Gripping to another feeling that I want to "get at", My grammar slip a little bit, But I don't give a care, Space trippin, got my mind on the money, But the honey dried up, And opportunity rare (and I), Had a dream and I think that I forgot, When I took that pen and hit the pot, I always think a small amount will be okay, But then I find that I be flying instead of driving to the spot, Head up in the clouds rollin, Try to paint a picture of a perfect moment, Pocket full of paper and I try to scribble on it, Words are what I got and I cannot ever disown it, Or never disown them, Sometime I just wanna rhyme when it works "In the End", And "In the end it doesn't even matter", Ended up in Linkin Park with a friend, Bennington, I hope you've found a better place and life is good again, I hope you're not an artist misunderstood again, I hope I get to meet you when I'm carried in the wind, (Chorus) I DRIFT AWAY YOU DRIFT AWAY WE DRIFT AWAY WE CAN ALL FLY AWAY (Verse Two) There's something telling me to look up in the air, Sky high like a jet stream, Reach with a palm up above, Try to grab it, Seize a moment like a thief up in the night with a red beam, We're always looking to the ground trying to place that step, One in front of the other, Connect, Left to the right to the left, Correct, It's a monotonous mind game, What a concept, Why do we ever look away from all the dreams set? All the things said? All the paths tread? All the laughs had? All the has beens? All the what if's? All the woulda coulda shoulda? Man I think I need a compass, To figure out where we lost the way, Used to be blue, Now the sky gray, Took it to the preacher, but no answer here today, Gotta find it on my own, so I pray, So I pray, I wish somebody would explain it, Why I feel so far away from all the dreams I used to hold so, Can you tame it? Whatever lives inside of me that makes the wheels turn, Could I just hold it? The innocence I started out with, Was it real? I promise that I'll never forget, Which direction I am going as I drift into the waves, (Chorus) I DRIFT AWAY YOU DRIFT AWAY WE DRIFT AWAY WE CAN ALL FLY AWAY (Verse Three) I can't seem to remember, Where it was that I came from and why, Why I complicate it so, Why I get so frustrated oh, I try to believe in a higher place, I'm forever reaching to obtain a beauty within my pain, There's something telling me to look up in the air, I wonder why it never was an answer, To the question, Got me guessing, Throw another penny in the pond to get it to me faster, They tell you never to give it up, May as well live it up, Stay trapped in the wonder of a moment, I know that it's enough, Let the cards fall, Don't ever let them call a bluff, Stay up in the middle of a dream state, Keep a glass half full and a nice place, Don't let it pass by, ticking time, get late, I can tell you right now, that's a mistake, Whatever you believe, believe you, Let your spirit live inside a heart so true, Believe it or not, I know there is so few, This life is a dream and you know it too, (Chorus) I DRIFT AWAY YOU DRIFT AWAY WE DRIFT AWAY WE CAN ALL FLY AWAY
7.
Smoke 04:05
(Chorus) I GOT HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I'M ON THAT GOOD THAT THEY SHIPPED IN FROM CALIFORNIA I'M SO HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I SMOKED GOOD THEY SHIPPED IN FROM CALIFORNIA (Smoke) SMOKE THAT BUDDAH IF YOU GOT THAT BUDDAH (Smoke) SMOKE THAT BUDDAH IF YOU GOT THAT BUDDAH (Verse One) I got chronic on my mind, It's a problem, I think maybe I've forgotten where I come from, They told me not to take it all, Too many milligrams, Now my hallucinations taking over, Call it "dab land", I could not imagine (I'm fucking terrified), I need a companion (I think I'm paralyzed), I could not stop laughing, Hid inside a trash can, Call me "Oscar Hash Man" (This is my paradise), Gotta be the sativa, I'm puffing passing the cheeba, When I hit the pen it's the indica rendering my amoeba, I need a key cuz I'm stuck in the seat of my WV, I'm reading the owners manual to try to see, If I can climb through the front of my vehicle, I need to be a disappearing magician to find my way up out of here, Think I got a little too smoked up, And I don't know if I'm on the right planet anymore, I'm just way too high, (Chorus) I GOT HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I'M ON THAT GOOD THAT THEY SHIPPED IN FROM CALIFORNIA I'M SO HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I SMOKED GOOD THEY SHIPPED IN FROM CALIFORNIA (Smoke) SMOKE THAT BUDDAH IF YOU GOT THAT BUDDAH (Smoke) SMOKE THAT BUDDAH IF YOU GOT THAT BUDDAH (Verse Two) I smoked doja, Some they call it indo, I rolled around the block and blew it out the window, My girl she picked me up a mini Nintendo, I ate an edible and I turned into King Hippo, I was inside of the television fighting Little Mac, But the game went back to the beginning, Would you look at that? I'm Glass Joe and I took an uppercut to the dome, Hit the mat and got counted out by Super Mario, Oh no, now I got a broke nose, Gotta fight Von Kaiser with blood soaked clothes, How am I ever gonna make it back to Super Macho? Sandman wake me up please, I know I gotta go, Ah shit son, I done did it again, Hit the vape pen twice then I started to spin, All my friends smoke nice so I gotta be in, But they know I can't keep up with them, I'm high, (Chorus) I GOT HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I'M ON THAT GOOD THAT THEY SHIPPED IN FROM CALIFORNIA I'M SO HIGH ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA I SMOKED GOOD THEY SHIPPED IN FROM CALIFORNIA (Smoke) SMOKE THAT BUDDAH IF YOU GOT THAT BUDDAH (Smoke) SMOKE THAT BUDDAH IF YOU GOT THAT BUDDAH (Verse Three) Didn't mean to commit, Thought if I took a hit of it, I'd have been okay in a little bit, But I'm having a fit, I'm hearing voices cuz I'm laying up in a dark room panicking, Can't move, froze like a manikin, I just wanna get up and turn the lights back on, But if I sit up again I'm gonna turn myself into a cyclone, Devil, Tasmanian, Trying to maintain, I just can't win with this shit, Gotta quit smoking it, I'm high.
8.
(Verse One) Dracarys I write better than the average poet (man), Quicker than the quick, I'm a light speed (up), Never did I ever wanna slow it back down, Cuz I'm picky bout the rapping of my double time (what?), I'm sorry if you didn't understand what I said when I said it, But I only ever rap this way, If you wanna come spit it with the best in the LEX, All you gotta do is ask me (okay), I'm not saying there ain't nobody better, But if we're talking about delivery then I am elite, I'm in a league of my own and I think I am my own worst enemy, Oh, no, Did he go "Rogue", That's not a moon, It's a space station flow, And I'm bout to blow it up with a cannon blast coming from a rebel ship, "It's a Trap", Watch it go BOOM, I am a dragon (and I spit fire), I can imagine why I see you run the opposite direction, I am Aladdin (and I fly higher), Looking for Jasmine. "It's a Whole New World", But I know I gotta take off in a minute, Sometimes I get lost in thought with the flick of the pen, Don't wanna do it again, But you will get got when the flames get hot, And I'm in it to win, I think it's a brag track (nah), I wanna be past that, But I know I'm sicker than a lot, I never look at the hazmat (warning), I'm radioactive, I got it in the womb and I am a nuclear device with the codes, And I'm ready to rain on foes, And put a pain upon you and you'rs, Like my name is Ivan Drago (I must break you), (Chorus) I SPIT FIRE COMING WITH THE HEAT A THOUSAND DEGREES AND I MAKE THE FLAMES GET HIGHER WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M AIMING AT YOU? YOU CAN SEE THAT I SPIT FIRE SO FED UP WITH THAT MUMBLING ASS TO PASS TIME I RAP FAST DISASTER COMES TO THOSE WHO ACT WHACK I STACK BODIES WITH THE MIC ATTACK I SPIT FIRE COMING WITH THE HEAT A THOUSAND DEGREES AND I MAKE THE FLAMES GET HIGHER WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M AIMING AT YOU? YOU CAN SEE THAT I SPIT FIRE I SPIT FIRE FOR YA I'M THE VOCABULARY DRAGON HA HA (Verse Two) You know what's coming, Hit the ground running, Fully automatic with a loaded up clip, I'm word gunning, Coming with the verbs stunning, Flowing like hot lava, Come and have a little sip, And I grip from the hip, Got a double six shooter with a bright chrome tip, And I got a sight "True Grit", And I might shoot it like a "Rooster" fit, "You can fill those hands, you son of a Bitch", Did you get the reference? It's a Western, Talking bout a "Cogburn", Now I think it's my turn, Gonna watch you burn in the pit, Have a first aid kit, It's about to go down with the claw slit, When I hit the mic I gotta kill shit, How the kids say? "It's Lit", Fuck that shit, Gotta be old school, Sitting on the front porch stoop like an old fool, I "float green" like a toad stool, When I hit the buddah got the Bone Thugs on like I'm posed to, "You can float down here too", "Have you seen my boat?" That's "IT" (oooh), You know it's gotta be true, When you listen to my record for the first time, Feeling so blue, You got a limited chance of survival, I got the blood of the dragon, Attacking you viral, Ima fly up in a spiral, Then I dive bomb back to the ground, I'm vital, Imminent death, I scribble it best, Like "Smaug" in the fog and you're put to the test, I'm bout to bury the rest, Underneath the ruin and the rubble, What you doing? Watch you suffer down in the mess, (Chorus) I SPIT FIRE COMING WITH THE HEAT A THOUSAND DEGREES AND I MAKE THE FLAMES GET HIGHER WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M AIMING AT YOU? YOU CAN SEE THAT I SPIT FIRE SO FED UP WITH THAT MUMBLING ASS TO PASS TIME I RAP FAST DISASTER COMES TO THOSE WHO ACT WHACK I STACK BODIES WITH THE MIC ATTACK I SPIT FIRE COMING WITH THE HEAT A THOUSAND DEGREES AND I MAKE THE FLAMES GET HIGHER WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M AIMING AT YOU? YOU CAN SEE THAT I SPIT FIRE I SPIT FIRE FOR YA I'M THE VOCABULARY DRAGON HA HA (Verse Three) Fire when I'm on the mic, Tell me what you like, Wanna ride a bike? Go for a hike? "Step in to the light", Lil buddy coming at me like a "Hobbit with a ring", "Night King" and I'm gonna bring death to your "Wall", Then I'm gonna watch it fall, Don't call the "Snow of the North", Cuz I'm gonna turn in to a "Slayer" real tall, I'm prolly gonna get agressive, You can "step in to my lair", Then you call it impressive, I'm sick with it again, I bring fire and brimstone upon your head, Call me obsessive, I don't know, Maybe nobody will hear it, The vocabulary coming out of my mouth, You gonna fear it, I'm so sincere, Give me another year, I'll be in another gear, You can shed another tear, I got a lineage ancient, I got an execution, You don't wanna face it, You should embrace it, And put the mic down before they call you basic, All the data erase it, All the proof that you ever existed, take it, Put it in a time capsule and break it, Living in a glass house state of mind, faking, For heavens sake, It's shaking you like an earthquake, Put you in an easy bake oven, let you marinate, But the "steak" is a lot higher when you're on fire, Put you in a body of water, but no lake, A mistake, And now I'm coming to make you think about the path that you set upon when you made the decision to plan another raid and bring your little posse together to try to weather a storm, but you're gonna get shamed when I rain flames, (Chorus) I SPIT FIRE COMING WITH THE HEAT A THOUSAND DEGREES AND I MAKE THE FLAMES GET HIGHER WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M AIMING AT YOU? YOU CAN SEE THAT I SPIT FIRE SO FED UP WITH THAT MUMBLING ASS TO PASS TIME I RAP FAST DISASTER COMES TO THOSE WHO ACT WHACK I STACK BODIES WITH THE MIC ATTACK I SPIT FIRE COMING WITH THE HEAT A THOUSAND DEGREES AND I MAKE THE FLAMES GET HIGHER WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M AIMING AT YOU? YOU CAN SEE THAT I SPIT FIRE I SPIT FIRE FOR YA I'M THE VOCABULARY DRAGON HA HA
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(Kevin Kross) These evil people shooting fish in a barrel, Cops popping off shots in the dark, Because they think they see a weapon, But they don't. Even if they did, would they shoot a black kid, With the legal right to carry said SIG? I don't know. Some of these cats don't have it in them to put themselves in a similar situation, Got me pacing back and forth, And as I hit the door, I tell myself to always spread love, We're created equal. I'm so confused, Why they wanna line us up in two's? And always be amused, While they place another bruise, They throw another blow, Think I'm losing my control, When I look at my social, And see the race hate blowing up the screen, Want you to see what I mean, Want to face reality, Stop the violent tendancies, Come together can we please? Hear the music that we need, End the killing and the greed, Man I think I hear them coming, Quit the feed. (Chorus) HERE THEY COME CREEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT THEY COMING TO GET YOU BLIND THEM WITH THE UNFAMILIAR LIGHT WE SHINING AND WE BRIGHT THEY SHOOK WHEN THEY SEE US CUZ THEY KNOW CREEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT THEY COMING TO GET YOU BLIND THEM WITH THE UNFAMILIAR LIGHT WE SHINING AND WE BRIGHT THEY SHOOK WHEN THEY SEE US CUZ THEY KNOW (Pit Boss) I need your attention, there’s danger in the nation, Hate, strife, loss of life and moral blight the current situation, You can’t justify family separation, You can’t justify all these fucked up racial relations, Men, women, and children livin in starvation, Cops pulling triggers without justification, I’ve had enough, I’m sayin please, droppin to my knees, ready to seize, In aggressive supplication, Society’s annihilation, Sexual exploitation, Kids killin kids in suburban centers of education, Fightin the same wars for 20 years I’m losing patience, Wipe out Washington we need some replacements, Serious conversation, amazing representation, Build a foundation, the world can be a new creation, Maybe I’m racin, maybe I’m chasin, Maybe we should look through our children’s eyes for the narration, (Chorus) HERE THEY COME CREEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT THEY COMING TO GET YOU BLIND THEM WITH THE UNFAMILIAR LIGHT WE SHINING AND WE BRIGHT THEY SHOOK WHEN THEY SEE US CUZ THEY KNOW CREEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT THEY COMING TO GET YOU BLIND THEM WITH THE UNFAMILIAR LIGHT WE SHINING AND WE BRIGHT THEY SHOOK WHEN THEY SEE US CUZ THEY KNOW (Kevin Kross) So, can you stomach it? The direction things are going? Hold your breath, it's murky water up ahead, I'm gonna chop it up, These words are body parts, They're disappearing quicker than people in Mexico, Sir, could you please put down that severed head? What do you believe? Maybe there's a "Master of Puppets" above us, He's pulling some fucking strings, That's just fantastic, To think that tragic accidents happen on purpose, Cuz some maniacs morbid antics, I'm frantically trying to find a reason why murdering innocent people's suddenly becoming a thing, Why the fuck you slamming a van into a crowd? You just a coward with a clouded state of mind, I know your kind, So my solution is that, I hope that Lucifer crucifies that ass like a fucking shish kebab, And shoves a piece of glass into your noggin, And makes you constantly jog with a toboggan made of razor blades, In mazes made to make you think of constant pain while demons run a train, (Chorus) HERE THEY COME CREEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT THEY COMING TO GET YOU BLIND THEM WITH THE UNFAMILIAR LIGHT WE SHINING AND WE BRIGHT THEY SHOOK WHEN THEY SEE US CUZ THEY KNOW CREEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT THEY COMING TO GET YOU BLIND THEM WITH THE UNFAMILIAR LIGHT WE SHINING AND WE BRIGHT THEY SHOOK WHEN THEY SEE US CUZ THEY KNOW
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(Verse One) I feel like I can't breathe, As I go in to another dark place, I just might commit me to a little room with the padded walls, I think I've been here before, It's a wonder that I ever made it out the first time, I ran away to find the light, But the night took it over like it was a design, I hear shots blast off from a distant area, It's so consistent, It's a vicious sentance, I don't know why we gotta blow each other up, It's a vengance, I'm just so sick and tired of waking up to a negative headline, Bombs are falling overseas, People have started to lose their minds, Members of office so out of touch with it, Reality, Face it, I know that you know, It is a cycle continuous, Visit the graves of the fallen, The ashes will blow with the wind and the coming rain, But the blood will surely stain, But the blood will surely stain, I think these stranger things are coming at me from every direction, A section of my brain feels infected, Connected with these insects, Maybe disected, Mixed around and put back together with collected vital information left out on the table, Save me from it now! (Chorus) ALL I SEE IS STRANGE THINGS I CAN SEE THESE STRANGE THINGS THEY COME AROUND UNANNOUNCED AND I KNOW WHY I SEE THESE STRANGE THINGS I CAN SEE THESE STRANGE THINGS THEY COME AROUND UNANNOUNCED AND I KNOW WHY (Verse Two) Looking for a leader with the aim to self reflect, The same time they contain and help correct, I see a bullet from a different gun and I run, No probable cause, but the effect is a life but no everlasting, On the ground they lay bleeding, gasping, Grasping for another breath, They're asking God, Will you please come help me faster? Disaster so confusing, Darkness coming, intruding, Already bruising, fusing this soul with a better place, Convicted, using, Seconds ticking down, Delusion setting in with no escaping, They're waiting, needing saving, Nobody coming, stone engraving, I see these strange things every day and I'm not sure what to make of it, Living inside these faded mazes, Tracing pathways with my pen, I must have made it to the other side, "Upside down" looking up to the ground now, Head spin around, Tip a cap up to the ones on a level of a higher understand how, We're trapped up inside this atmospheric prison, On this certain collision course with any paralyzing vision, People missing, Sure to be witnessing this shocking terror, Unbearable, No mistaking, Brace yourself, this earth is shaking, Let it go! (Chorus) ALL I SEE IS STRANGE THINGS I CAN SEE THESE STRANGE THINGS THEY COME AROUND UNANNOUNCED AND I KNOW WHY I SEE THESE STRANGE THINGS I CAN SEE THESE STRANGE THINGS THEY COME AROUND UNANNOUNCED AND I KNOW WHY (Verse Three) I think it's fading, This reality is turning into something unfamiliar, I'm separating, My soul is on fire, The flames are rising, It's engulfing, taking over, stars colliding, As I look into the distance through the darkness, it's inviting, Sense of urgency, collected spirits hiding, I want to save them, but my will will soon be broken, Promise left unspoken, drift into the darkest ocean, I cannot believe what I see, My eyes they're constantly adjusting to a strange that I gotta be stuck with, Wanna say fuck it, But I gotta find a better approach as I face this new horizon, Twisted so tightly, It's a closet claustrophobic, Daily, nightly, creeping lightly, Drawing closer, Could it be the end? It's laughter I hear cackling, Overwhelming, I'm overcoming every evil dwelling, I have made the final stand, It is condemned, Get out of my way now!
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Death is but the next true journey, An escape to the unknown territory, Where we come to finally rest, Where we come to lay our head upon that white silk cloud, Where all stress can be released, Where we can cease to feel all pain we've ever known. We go through growth phases of life, The strife we felt cut deep like knives upon the surface of our bodies, But what we held within ourselves, The innocence felt when we were children, that was us, After years of confusion and worry, Abusing things that make our vision get blurrier, Every second a moment in time that will live within us, Brothers, We've all seen the ups and downs, The frowns and smiles, Our strength was created and made with bumps and bruises, Blood and sweat infused the bond we now see as love, Love, Sometimes that becomes a tough emotion to express between best friends, We come together then we drift apart, We start from scratch with new beginnings, On our own creating life in other places, But what makes brothers more special than others is always love, We'd be there through thick and thin, Right now, tomorrow, next week and decades far beyond, Together we can watch our families grow, Together we can watch our paths unfold, Together we can laugh at stories told, And cry from memories that we hold, My brothers, I watched my brothers carry brothers through the cemetery scared to let go of the heavy casket when the plot came in to view, Birds were singing, sun was shining, tears were falling as they gripped the handles searching for the answers or another way to make it not be true, We stood in silence as we came to closure, Speaking soft goodbyes in different ways, Brothers placed between the graves of brothers, Fathers, mothers, daughters, sisters, sons and others here you'll lay, We'll come back from time to time, If you should ever need to talk, If you should ever need to share a story, Or reminisce on times of old. Journey on in perfect peace now, The next stage is your blank canvas. Paint a picture that one day we brothers can behold.
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about

This album is a collection of my writings over a multi year span. I've always had a love of hip/hop music, and have written poetry and spoken word for many years of my life. I started going to a local underground open mic in Lexington called The Foundation hosted by artists JustMe and Sheisty Khrist in 2014 and through this amazing event I was able to pick up a mic to feel the culture, work on my craft, and network with an incredibly bright and diverse city of artists. At the same time, I began attending an open mic poetry night in Lexington called Poetry in Motion hosted by artist Devine Carama. My eyes were opened to the true hip/hop culture in Lexington, KY. So many brilliant writers, performers, and all around artists that navigated the local underground scene. I met a true Lexington legend around this same time by the name of JK-47 whose instrumentals, programming, and DJ skills I had been familiar with since I was handed a burned CD in middle school. I expressed how much I enjoyed the music that J.K. put out and he started sending me instrumentals that were incredibly inspiring. Feeling the embrace of the local artists around the city, I began collecting beats and focusing on a project of my own to represent a new voice in the scene. To be accepted in the culture and give my peers an album they could turn up and ride around the city with was a dream I was now chasing with all I had.
However, life throws you opportunities and curve balls when you least expect it. I moved to Nashville, TN during the writing process of Vocabulary Dragon and joined a metal/rap band by the name of Static Headz. Heavy rock music and singing had also been a true passion of mine, and this was the perfect scenario for me to ride that musical wave. Working on multiple projects and working a full time job took over, and the writing of this album slowed a bit. When I moved back to Lexington in 2017 I was determined to chisel out that piece of the local hip/hop scene like I had always wanted to from the start. After many amazing recording sessions at The Dojo Recording Studio with Phil "502" Williams that paralleled with the recording of a brand new Static Headz album recorded with Colt Capperrune at Dark River Studios in TN, my debut hip/hop album was created. There are so many people to thank, so I will just do it like this... Thank you, Lexington, KY. Every person I have met through this journey, every person who has followed my state to state musical endeavors, every person who has ever believed in me and supported me as a writer and artist, every person who has been anticipating this album, and even those who didn't hold the door open for me when they saw me running towards the vast space that is Lexington hip/hop, this one is for you. Crank up the volume, listen, read the lyrics while you listen, share it, and do it all over again while we dig through the muck and murky waters of Covid 2020. Peace be with you all! Much love!

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released March 27, 2020

All tracks mixed and mastered by Phil "502" Williams at The Dojo Recording Studio in Lexington, KY.

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Hip/Hop Artist from Lexington, KY and vocalist for the band Static Headz.

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