"Juneteenth a holiday but Black lives bodies on layaway, every day!"
Written & Recorded March 16th, 2022
lyrics
(Intro)
Never know how to start these
Maybe that’s why i write..
(Verse 1)
This game tough, I was born in it..
‘89, perfect Earth attendance..
The Genesis of these Sonic streams
On Saratoga.. learning schemes
All legit ways..of counting cream
And going places you ain’t never seen
We don’t equate..
Not to be rude..
Never had weight.. to pack & move
System locked - don’t disturb this groove
But what would you do
If they took food?!
Off your plate
You retaliate?
Starting wars, Shots bounce off walls like Parkour?
Better stay away..
From where you grew
It ain’t A-Ok
Where the unity?
Developers crushing opportunities..
No peace for you and me
(Chorus)
They say I am written
Then jot it down, its bitten!
A beast but never wicked
A menace when I flip it
Remember me //
Cradle to the grave..
Never been a slave
On a new wave, I don’t care who YOU fave
From the streets to the stage
When they see me what they say..
What they say yo?!
x2
(…Things won’t be the same
But I can’t complain!
When you see..
For the gifted
I am written)
(Verse 2)
The oft angle birthed from a spark
but never star spangled…a reboot - reborn,
Rapunzel; still tangled..it’s a matrix of illusion…
Juneteenth a holiday but black lives bodies on layaway, every day!
So I make my dealings solid..& keep my eyes peeled
So my cap ain’t spotted.. no cap, u whylin! ..
See the head noddin?.. better double take before
You see her head bobbin, that’s hyperbolic but its therapeutic,
She like to frolic with a scholar - *heh* you a whiny eunic,
Who took notes & who goofed off & became truant?
Truth is they slept on Baltimore & our stars in action,
I always ate (8) fast like my name Lamar Jackson,
Saw a devil in a red dress; had that car crash
AND I ain’t been the same since to keep it a buck if you askin..
I’m actually iller// a naturally sole standing pillar..
I’m Michael with Thriller.. holding you tight, yea this might be a killer..
(Chorus)
They say I am written
Then jot it down, its bitten!
A beast but never wicked
A menace when I flip it
Remember me //
Cradle to the grave..
Never been a slave
On a new wave, I don’t care who YOU fave
From the streets to the stage
When they see me what they say..
What they say yo?!
x2
(…Things won’t be the same
But I can’t complain!
When you see..
For the gifted
I am written)
credits
released April 19, 2022
Produced by CMPLX
Artwork by SB
Mix by Mark Carey at Street Legal Studios
Released by True & Livin' Development
The latest release from D.C. rapper Tef Wesley, featuring Grussle on production. Hard beats and tough rhymes that evoke 1990s hip-hop. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2016
