1. |
Open Letter
04:13
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Verse 1 -
sign my life away, i learnt to fly today
i faught the grain, the struggle felt like a lifely place
but it aint the place for me, the troubles chasin me
i see the same faces, but look away anothers facin me
it aint my place to speak, i put my tongue in cheek
i vibe the background, its comin back around youll see
i reminisce all the songs ive written
and if i never wrote to brendon, would my life different
if i never had a scuffle, would i ever been in trouble
would i ever met some people if i never learnt to hustle
would i ever make sense if i never made some dollars
quick money burns quicker then all the trouble that follows
fake friends i never hate them, they taught me some lessons
i treat my music like religion, and this booth is my confession
so many questions, like if i wasnt gifted
would i work a 9 to 5, keep on followin the system
i was facin some time behind bars, now im writin out these bars
tryna get a fresh start
if i never used that bottle, like the cage of my emotion
never did graffiti, lucky i never took up smokin
right? my insides didnt need it
after beatin kidney failure i already felt defeated
and needed a change, all i really needed was space
my historys repeatin, need to leave, im gettin away
but its true im findin solace in the train tracks that i follow
with a black hat and a north face, and a marker that i borrowed
dont wake me up tomorrow, cause im hopin ill be gone and
i was busy makin changes, making dreams about recording
but shit i cant afford it, so i racked it like the lines ive written
but somethings missing, id risk it all to be non existent
these vivid pictures, of picturing perfect people
aint serving the purpose, and consider us all equal so...
chorus -
you said, you said, you said you said, boy you better grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, im never gonna grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, gimme a man
you said, you said, i said fuck what you said, im pennin this open letter
you said, you said, you said you said, im never gonna grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, boy you better grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, gimme a man
you said, you said, i said fuck what you said, im pennin this open letter
Verse 2 -
Crossed in a lotus I'm floating, sipping the potions I'm focused
Spitting in chakras I'm half of the eightfold but I'm foldin
Spitting the fire I'm frozen, training my thought to be open
When it matters in my mind, it doesn't matter I'm hoping
the path that ive chosen, less travelled but moulded
to the choices and voices, gettin this weight off my shoulders
im tryna vibe with em, cant seem to find my rhythm
writin rhymes riddles, thinkin about my life decisions
speak with an open mind, step in the open mic
my brains in overdrive, over thinkin alone at night
im over thinkin, ill overdose on this seratonin
i set the tone, when im heavy handed and barely copin
its what i do when im puttin my heart and soul in it
walkin on the planets, my presence has no limits
theres lessons in a sentence, but at school i never showed love
they tellin me to grow up, so i tell em shut the fuck up
chorus -
you said, you said, you said you said, boy you better grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, im never gonna grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, gimme a man
you said, you said, i said fuck what you said, im pennin this open letter
you said, you said, you said you said, im never gonna grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, boy you better grow up
you said, you said, you said you said, gimme a man
you said, you said, i said fuck what you said, im pennin this open letter
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2. |
Second To None
03:57
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cliche, but the streets have raised me
in a sense on a stage itll make or break me like
i went from livin out a caravan
travelling to happenin to get about a thousand fans
and thats fame to me
i made a name, they were laughin now they talkin and they chasin me
yo, dollar signs never changin me
i became the change i wanted and i wrote my own prophecy
but humbles how you gotta be if you wanna be anything
the feelin of a gig is equivalent to a wedding ring
the generation of degenerates and the troubled youth
we turn to music, like religion does confession booths
the truths speakin when im caught up in the thick of it
it goes straight to my head like a cigarette
but ill never silhouette or let em forget
ill just bounce with some credit like reality cheques
i go to finish em, im limitless im infinite
they iffin and buttin, im pushin buttons like i give a shit
you heard my trigga spit, we figure the figures
must of figot, the biggots, them govermental sinners
but im a born winner, coulda sworn im bout to lose it
im abusin the music, soon to eclipse like a lunatic
put us on a crucifix, who the kids that are new to this
i murder suit and tie, the state of mind the castle kings
i never trust a sucker, up and comer thats frontin
cause when its comin to the crunch they s-stutter and never say nothin
i aint a saint so fuck it, im speakin in tongues
my competetive skill is like second to none, now take em back
The Rich and the famous, still wandering aimless
But the Remainder is nameless, we always chasing the greatest
All these Highs or the lows, we either thrive or we choke
But The broken that spoke, provoke the movement we chose
I choose The moon and the flows, we moving the humans that know
All of this room for improvement i chop and screw with the codes
I felt askew with all the shit that I spoke I'm outspoken
Instead of stayin true I felt the need to be the dopest
im tryna grind & get a piece of the pie im tryna
redefine and refine my lines i wanna
be the size of jupiter nine kinda stupid i might
fail but atleast i tried
x2
But I'm hoping the roots in the scene, help me stay focused
Instead of cavin to the media sound of hypnosis
overdose on serotonin and set the tone for next
Casanovacastrian thats tryna flex like they fresh
But they shadow the most def, most definitely won't step
less they testin the waters I won't award em respect
I check it check it out, I'm never putting this pen down
The penicillin when my pen concealing this dope sound
I stare at ceiling when I'm filling my rap shoes
I'm eight steps from ever hittin the astral
Zones cause when I'm zonin always honin my craft
Modernist poet telepathically im floating afar
Far away from My home in the stars, making a mark
the global warming of bars, i sink and drift em apart
we the, vanguard of the art like mozart
but mos artist, barely do the whole nine yards
i disregard em, wingardium leviosa im lifted
psycholinguistics, i speak cause im broke and im gifted
i take em back, now take em back
im tryna grind & get a piece of the pie im tryna
redefine and refine my lines i wanna
be the size of jupiter nine kinda stupid i might
fail but atleast i tried
x4
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3. |
Coming Of Age
03:31
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its all about the outside, im outta im body im outta my mind
never been a smoker, tokin herbs or chasin a high
thinkin about the highlights, of my life, and i might try
summarise my summer, with somethin more than a nice sky
always been a nice guy, in disguise, but i never finished last
and i was the kid that disrupted the class ima
troubled double facer, always keepin the pace up
if you got some thoughts, then say somethin or change none
i always dreamed of rayguns, and the automatic lace ups
thinkin of all the people ive lost, and all them break ups
its kinda strange huh, the way we change
but we walkin past the people askin for it every day
see i, got no time, for anybody with hate in em
its 2015 how we still talking racism?
you pay grade isnt, makin you different
we all look the same 6 feet in the ditches
i i keep it humble, and i im known to struggle
but i keep from going under all the troubles that i juggle
i always got them high grades, i never smoked the high grade
the basquiat of rap, i paint a picture for your mind frame
its the comin of age, its like that, let em know that we here to to stay
its the comin age, we gonna make a stain in our historys page
but, im still tryna redefine everything i thought i was
im sorta in the middle of sortin all of the normal stuff
before i get back to crackin through to pavement
i sit and relax, and make peace with the with the past nathan
and all the past relations, wait, that ship has sailed
i was taught as long as you tried, you did not fail
and if heaven had a ghetto, would you give up or let go
or be just what they tellin you to be another mindless clone
just free your mind and go, way above the astral zone
actuality, while my train of thought it guides me home
i gotta story to tell, so let me tell it
im gonna, get ahead of my self and get beheaded
like oh, thats too soon for the punchline
broke rapper, eatin competition at lunchtime
known bring the funk, i got that 90s era soul
playin with my words, i spray em like aerosol
all aboard my thought train, a one track mind
i gotta settle right, be at one with i
all i needed was some self revelation
self medicating, tryna find a way to reconnect with nathan
and im tryna make it, but im on another planet
thought the sky was the limit, til we made a moon landin
and the real know bars are like no holds barred
so how you gonna deal when i pull your card
its the comin of age, its like that, let em know that we here to to stay
its the comin age, we gonna make a stain in our historys page (x3)
the beat goes on, the beat it goes on, the beat it goes on like that...
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4. |
Blinded
03:41
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mumma told me imma make it
stay focused, dont ever lose track of your spaceship
as a kid, i was taught to be brave to be a leader, never be a slave
now whos walkin a march life aint a walk in the park. im fallin apart
its all in the cards, the fault in our stars
finding flaws in our past
but im past that, move forward
four words, but im lost for words
i dont know what hurts more
half past four in the morning, waitin for her call
or the feeling when nobodys there at all
heart on my sleeve, believe that i bare it all
we stare in awe, pour liquor to the fallen
had a fallout, heavy headed in morning
shes gorgeous, but who do i miss
you, the memory, the way that we kissed
or when you were pissed off
feelin pistol whipped when we lock jaws
not your, fault but its all mine
its all in my mind, strugglin to get by
bye, and i miss you
miss you being the miss in my life
now youre missin in my life, when its gone and it hits you
i spent too long in a party phase
then i parted ways, with the ecstasay what you wanna im
still ahead of the game, stuck in my head again and again
now im countin my friends, on each of my hands
we were stuck in a dream, now we livin the plans
(And I don't love you, no.
But, you and I can make believe.)
But im blinded, yeah yeah im blinded
(We can take it slow.
There's endless possibilities.)
But im blinded, yeah yeah im blinded
x2
And, as time turns tricks,
Love is like a thing you miss
Gotta cleanse my soul, gotta ease my mind
let it be known, i reap what i sow, meetin my maker im ready to die
a slave to the eye, let it be blind,lead by the speaker im leadin the mic
im reachin a high, when i be at my low, why wont they tell me the meaning of life
all i need in my life is to breathe, and a picture of you next me
we follow a pattern of happiness, circling saturn youre out of my reach
out of my grip, gone like the wind, fallin away but its suckin me in
nothin but trust, and im coming undone when i runnin on empty i tell em i quit
but bringing me back, like i been here before
my head is a storm, when its storin my thoughts
and i thought i could win, if i shortened the fall
need a reason to stay but you look for the door
who do i do it for, not you not him not her just me
and i keep to myself, finna win youll see
what i seek, what im keepin from the world with a key
and i swear that its true just trust me
things that you miss when youre blinded im findin it hard to just be
in time for the timeless signs im behind in the line for justice
im blind but im flyin high enough, to never touch another substance and now i love it
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5. |
Words Aren't Enough
03:34
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and im lost for words, thinkin how my brain works
its like clock work, orange when i write a verse
like, what word comes first, how do i feel
how do i let em all know that its real
how do i speak what i mean, when i mean what i speak
in the speakers, unleashin the demons that keep me from sleepin
dont need any features, defeatin the purpose of workin with me
im goin insane, (wait) so ill start with my name
and tell em im sicker then hittin the liquor
and let em all figure, im kinda okay
all the places i been, and all the people i see
and i still cant think of any words i can speak, when i rap on beat
hold up, itll come to me, no wait, no words i can rap about my city
yeah sick, nah fuck it, been done, bare with me
i can rap about a chick, act like i kissed her
fake love get my dick sucked, never been a mister.. then i missed her - shit
i can call it rigamortis, k dot did it so i can too
i could bite all the flows, and say that theyre new
get high as kite, while i take in the view
checkin the pages, switchin the rhymes
sippin my coffee and copyin lines
im honest to god that i think i forgot, how to rap cause im stuck in my head all the time
no words and
i aint got no purpose
we
aint got no reason for
this uncertainty
so while im gone away
the only words i say
is all these memories
dont mean shit to me..
then i break free -
from the thoughts that consume me lately
all i need in my life is right state of mind
to write all the shit that makes me
and its all that i am - no gimmicks
breakin the habit of pushin my limits
im losin the vision of who i can be
when im stuck in my head like the walls of a prison
got bars, nah.. got lost never got far
ended up in the back of a cop car
medicate, like a doctor
adopt all the traits, so its harder to stop huh
one year sober, and im over the moon
words aint enough to explain from my view
i just put in the work and remember my roots
when i jump on a track and you feelin the truth
aint it funny how i pen it now
life came down, livin independent now
liked online, but i never had a friend around
dependin on a pen, and then i figured how to let it out
lookin for fights, fightin for pride
fightin my demons not sleepin at night
deep in my mind, i thought i was right
nearly traded my life for a life of crime
forget that you asked, i never tell
never faced facts that im mentally ill
they tellin me chill, on eatin the pills
im livin in a world never knowin whats real
and, in the end its all me
fadin to black, and the lights on me
me me, forget about you
its four in the morning and words aint enough
but they gettin me through
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6. |
Cvstle
03:29
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everybody know that a kings from a cvstle
im that cream of the crop, crop pictures so it all about me
i been viewin the top from above it im levels beyond my city
rep that e f clique, get the fuck out my way
im a reject kid, no respect given, get a mic and make a livin when i come out to play
cause everybody know where the king resides
on the east coast creepin on the streets of a night
and an eye for an eye makes the world go blind
cause we got one shot and i got better chance hittin every single one of them bali 9
i show up with the guns up never been one for the ganja
never been a run of the mill, one in a million son of gun uh
and im cursed with the puns, no biggie but i keep it on the L
and im versed with a verse, they ask how i do it, but a pro never tell
thats a con right, conflict with a convict, with a conscious
im a don i go bonkers, gettin on my conscience, new level of nonsense
devil on my shoulder, and im running outta options
spillin concoctions, sippin the potions
web that ive woven,im spittem locusts
im lucid im focused, im outta my mind im suspected of dopin the dopest
eightfold arachnids, rap sick with a twist, like im round it like a math kid
rack shit, makin a racket in rooms that are padded i treat it like a beat and straight jack it
Bridge -
New - Castle (x9)
everybody know that a kings from a castle
2300, dont step in my zone, when i let em all know
they competin for seats, its a game of the thrones
and im slayin the clones when i walk in the sky
super saiyan, defeat em by readin my eye
the t a l a k a i, be the best in east for an average guy
but a savage with rhymes, ahead of my prime and i body emcees tryna get in my light
cause im live in effect, take pride in the rhyme i designed in my head
im alive ima beast and im off the leash and i speak what i mean so who gonna step huh
i come correct when im steppin in the ring, hit em left right, tell em all who the new king
who the new kid, new shoes with a new tick, you dont do shit, get out the way your intruding
but im levels beyond all the fakes tryna front on the web
and they come to a show, i let em all know that my crew is a head of the rest
and i flex on a mic, im the reverend of rhymes aint comparing my type
and i creep in the night
everybody know that a kings from a castle
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7. |
Threatz
04:24
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them late nights with that casked wine
and them fist fights, like left right
and i left, right, but im wrong
so i kept writin them songs
and i feel that, im livin off of them green bags
with my bags packed to the side, but i just cant decide if i'll be back
been down, been beaten, lost friends that accused me of stealin
then thought with a little bit of sense, so i left in the middle of the
night and im headin for the light, when i sign for my life, better know that i just dont need it
then i re-cap, when i feel that, voice in my head that don't scream back
....and i need that, when it screamed back like
it was the coming of age when i, realised i was slippin away
skippin the city, and livin in pity guessin a fate
do you reckon i wait? what im destined to change
i remember every second gettin tased in the face
get replaced when i make a mistake takin the reigns
when its rainin im aimin to place blame on the fakes
and i, stress less when im writin at best
when im takin a second, and i decypher the text
up in the night when i write fightin a voice in my head
find the message in lessons, i hid in broken cassettes
but it was second to none, and never second at best
but all the seconds im missin, gettin the shit off my chest
dont amount to any minutes, that im skippin ahead
and i just couldnt admit it, when i was livin depressed
and i was lookin to press wax, but couldnt commit it
so all of these lyrics i've written, were open letters i get it
im up and im off it, i put these rappers in coffins
they copy cattin, i leave em battered, with patterns across em
so fuck what you offer, im honored offended
that you even sayin my sayin my name in a sentence
i speak what i know, in pursuit of the throne
and im levels beyond all the kids in my zone
they under impressions and think i remember they're name when i blow uppp
but i struggled alone, succumbing to somethin i thought controlled
it swallowed me whole, im sittin here thinkin its all of my fault
and they callin my phone, while i sit in the dark
and im drinkin a bottle forgettin the past
and i strengthen my heart when im doin it hard
but i reckon id do it again in a heart beat..
chorus -
talakai be the set, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
from the east to the west, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to
eightfold be the the best, we dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
we comin for the heads, we dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
all the shit that ive seen, i still feel the volts on my teeth when i sleep
fuck a legacy i reap what i sew, when im speakin what i mean, top 10 never mentionin me
i been around for a minute
got an eye for the fakes, no time for the gimmicks
been up to the sky, no sign of the limits
my third eyes blind, cause it died with a mic init
recognize ima beast, ima legacy of speech speak real, let em feast, on the enemies
i mean nearly any little friend i see, tryna get a glimpse of my shine and compare em to me
dont need to repeat what i said
4 in the morning im stuck in my head
fuck what they said, i dont even really wanna rap anymore
id give it all back, put a mic on the floor
it was better before i was fillin the flaws with pills and the powder im lockin my jaw
and i visit my outer, reroutin my core, im pretendin im out when they tryin to call
but the bigger the fall, i belittle the risk, i just give em all my middle finger and split
like i give a shit, that they think that they threaten the throne that i sit nah...
chorus -
talakai be the set, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
from the east to the west, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to
eightfold be the the best, we dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
im comin for the heads, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
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8. |
After Ours
03:09
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them late nights with that casked wine
and them fist fights, like left right
and i left, right, but im wrong
so i kept writin them songs
and i feel that, im livin off of them green bags
with my bags packed to the side, but i just cant decide if i'll be back
been down, been beaten, lost friends that accused me of stealin
then thought with a little bit of sense, so i left in the middle of the
night and im headin for the light, when i sign for my life, better know that i just dont need it
then i re-cap, when i feel that, voice in my head that don't scream back
....and i need that, when it screamed back like
it was the coming of age when i, realised i was slippin away
skippin the city, and livin in pity guessin a fate
do you reckon i wait? what im destined to change
i remember every second gettin tased in the face
get replaced when i make a mistake takin the reigns
when its rainin im aimin to place blame on the fakes
and i, stress less when im writin at best
when im takin a second, and i decypher the text
up in the night when i write fightin a voice in my head
find the message in lessons, i hid in broken cassettes
but it was second to none, and never second at best
but all the seconds im missin, gettin the shit off my chest
dont amount to any minutes, that im skippin ahead
and i just couldnt admit it, when i was livin depressed
and i was lookin to press wax, but couldnt commit it
so all of these lyrics i've written, were open letters i get it
im up and im off it, i put these rappers in coffins
they copy cattin, i leave em battered, with patterns across em
so fuck what you offer, im honored offended
that you even sayin my sayin my name in a sentence
i speak what i know, in pursuit of the throne
and im levels beyond all the kids in my zone
they under impressions and think i remember they're name when i blow uppp
but i struggled alone, succumbing to somethin i thought controlled
it swallowed me whole, im sittin here thinkin its all of my fault
and they callin my phone, while i sit in the dark
and im drinkin a bottle forgettin the past
and i strengthen my heart when im doin it hard
but i reckon id do it again in a heart beat..
chorus -
talakai be the set, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
from the east to the west, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to
eightfold be the the best, we dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
we comin for the heads, we dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
all the shit that ive seen, i still feel the volts on my teeth when i sleep
fuck a legacy i reap what i sew, when im speakin what i mean, top 10 never mentionin me
i been around for a minute
got an eye for the fakes, no time for the gimmicks
been up to the sky, no sign of the limits
my third eyes blind, cause it died with a mic init
recognize ima beast, ima legacy of speech speak real, let em feast, on the enemies
i mean nearly any little friend i see, tryna get a glimpse of my shine and compare em to me
dont need to repeat what i said
4 in the morning im stuck in my head
fuck what they said, i dont even really wanna rap anymore
id give it all back, put a mic on the floor
it was better before i was fillin the flaws with pills and the powder im lockin my jaw
and i visit my outer, reroutin my core, im pretendin im out when they tryin to call
but the bigger the fall, i belittle the risk, i just give em all my middle finger and split
chorus -
talakai be the set, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
from the east to the west, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to
eightfold be the the best, we dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
im comin for the heads, i dont take kindly to threats, take kindly to threats
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9. |
Life Related
04:03
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i got that slumdog mindset, stay grindin
i left it behind, all the ways i coulda paid my rent
the stage i set, the life i left in the bed i rest
define whats best for the rest of the time i spent
insterested in crime, thats the life i led
shoulda been locked up
now i got bars, my pen is my doctor
shouldnt let the doctor in, now im doctorin
countin all of them meds, that i dropped again
cant help but pretend that im fine
lie to myself, when im thinkin of lines
endorphins are morphin the room, im sorta confused
whats all of this substance abuse, what happened to you
started facin the truth, addicted to hidin the wounds
so id hide in my room, after nights on the booze and i lose it
fightin a battle im losin, dreamin of change
my demons would scream in my face for the high that id chase
and id chase them, the mirrors the hardest to face when
youve taken the person you swore that youd never be
let it be all that you are, wheres nathan...
all the mistakes, all of the faults
all of the reasons id lie to my folks
all of the time that i wasted on you
when i chased all the truths and i led em askew
breakin the habit it happened again
casually thinkin of ways it could end
then it clicked, kid you gotta split quick
next day on the first train, big city slick
gotta stick to your guns, dont quit you gotta run
with it, be done with it, time flies when your havin fun
real talk, all it took was some patience
food for the soul, gettin life related
x 10
im tryna paint a picture, of what its like when you swallow the elixir
thought it woulda fixed the, voice that was tellin me balance out the mixtures talk about the sickness
small fish in a big pond, proved wrong all the people that i pissed off
now im bigger than i ever was, ever more, ready for war, let get it ticked off
shoulda listened to my mum, all she did was show love
theres only so much you can do.. before you grow up
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