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Blinded Mixtape

by Talakai

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1.
Open Letter 04:13
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
2.
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
3.
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...
4.
Blinded 03:41
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
5.
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
6.
Cvstle 03:29
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
7.
Threatz 04:24
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
8.
After Ours 03:09
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
9.
Life Related 04:03
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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