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I got on Nina Simone feeling good it's a new day
Blow tomorrow anything he do or say the new wave
Pledge to myself promise wouldn't break
Couldn't talk me off the ledge took a leap of faith
Heard was a stretch goals I'm reaching for
Well if it ain’t to be the best what else I'd be here for
My life scanning all the pieces on the chess board
Always made sure my best move when I stepped forward
Don't wanna wind up like could've been, should've been, would've been
Wanna see you do well but not as good as them
Saw the hunger in the youngster they took him in
Everything clearer from the outside looking in
Can't buckle before they latch on
Know you gotta leave get your rap on come back before they catch on
Didn't know what I was walking into
Vultures hovering careful what they talk you into
Saying no strings attach what they got you into
Lips moving fast tongue sharp as ginsu
They was in his camp not his corner
Became a lone soldier chapter ends with no closure
More calm cool collected than he ever been
It's no sweat still brought the heat he said he'd bring
Better respect every second minute hour
Nowadays lucky if you live to get your flowers
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You all know what he about
How we goin out
Showed up unannounced
Mad they showin’ out
Ain’t asking we taking (say wha, say wha)
Ain’t asking we taking (say wha, say wha)
I couldn't walk away, couldn't let it be
This one for everything they said he'd never be
To the pressure never caved in
What didn’t break ‘em, made ‘em
Look what y’all created
(x2)
Raise and toast to all he's been through
Good old days Rae and Ghost can it be was all so simple
Made y’all believers no breathers
Ain’t no load management
See what he establishing
Courtside to the bleachers
Call him news at 6 they turning back to watch
Feel like Curry fourth chip he turning back the clock
Y’all know the cloth he cut from ain’t nothing fabricated
Bound for greatness every verse an affidavit.
You all know what he about
How we goin out
Showed up unannounced
Mad they showin’ out
Ain’t asking we taking (say wha, say wha)
Ain’t asking we taking (say wha, say wha)
(x4)
Oh no dem ah my bring dat shit
Jamaican lunatic sounds so sick
Blast me ah blast nobody nuh bodda ask
10 cent 5 mi nuh have no dyam cash
Win win Winnipeg you'll never see us beg
Plantain no egg hard dough bread
Nobody nah stop mi dem say me cocky
Chat pure patios in the walkie talkie
Over an out mi ah run off mi mouth
Mi drunk off the Guinness stout
Why the Bouncer ah kick me out
Ah she start di fight last night try fi lick mi out
Nobody nah kick me out flip mi out shit mi out
Police line up no pick me out
Mi na do the time crime for the time and the money ah mine
Ackee and banana everybody knowing mi sign
Dis mi nuh like mek mi a fight for the mic
Why you come in ah the place looking uptight
Boom never ride a bike
Higher than a dam kite
Which duty bwoy wan die tonight
Who wan come test me bless me
The Jamaican dem call him freshie
No matter what you do you simply just can never impress me
You are liar, bun di fire
You tap like informer wire
Call me sire, highah
You smell like bloodclot bun up tire
(x2)
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From the complex to the hills Mama
Used to do it for the thrills Mama
Had a man up in the house but I longed for no real father
Still chasing these dreams
Shit is smoke and mirrors nothing what it seems
Heart of a lion there's no one that can compete
They tell me see you at the top but I know we'll never meet
Yeah but I know we'll never meet
Cuz I know it's meant for me
His truth gone set him free
These days you keep in real small circles around him
You know these frenеmies be quick to let еnvy arouse 'em
Built up barriers for protection when you overlooked him
Funny is character being built up while no one's looking
Crazy how the new me he don't recognize the old me
Nothing ever happened to me no it always happened for me
Ma told me on this journey one thing for sure you gone learn
Tell it in your own words your story on your own terms
We coming from humble beginnings give a fuck what they thinking
Never give in or was in prison by others opinions
Watched you go through the worst we all get side tracked
But through the hurt put God first that's a life hack
Bless em' almost lost you more often I should be there for you
In the hospital lost it machines breathing for you
Distracting his absence raised me single handed
This world a balance beam we out here tryna stick the landing
From the projects to the hills Mama
Used to do it for the thrills Mama
Had a man up in the house but I ain't never had no real father
And so I chase these dreams
I'm on the rise but the bridge still not as steep
Heart of a lion there's no one that can compete
They tell me see you at the top but I know we'll never meet
Yeah but I know we'll never meet
Cuz I know it's meant for me
The truth will set you free
Believe half of what you see this ride comes with pain and scars
That's why I had to blood the seats
Same clothes several weeks
Mattress on the floor I could barely afford to eat
Was mentally always strong but my body getting weak
Had a sore liver poor dinner blisters on my feet
These hoes will do you slime like they created the streets
Got so much pain built up inside me grab the pen and release
The stakes are high I came from getting by stacking all my pennies
Downin' Heney just to feel alive
Hit the corner peel it wide
I fuck wit her feelings aside was feeling hurt I couldn't cry
It's not bout where I'm going it's more bout what I leave behind
And like my father left me abandoned
How will I ever be a man if I was never taught the standard
Watch my cousins get pampered and my Mama dismantled
I got some questions only God gon' know the answers
From the projects to the hills Mama
Used to do it for the thrills Mama
Had a man up in the house but I ain't never had no real father
And so I chase these dreams
I'm on the rise but the bridge still not as steep
Heart of a lion there's no one that can compete
They tell me see you at the top but I know we'll never meet
Yeah but I know we'll never meet
From the complex to the hills Mama
Used to do it for the thrills Mama
Had a man up in the house but I longed for no real father
Still chasing these dreams
Shit is smoke and mirrors nothing what it seems
Heart of a lion there's no one that can compete
They tell me see you at the top but I know we'll never meet
Yeah but I know we'll never meet
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Blossom's Prayer
01:02
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If you take time to grow
You will reap the seeds you sow
Search within and you will find
It will give you peace of mind
Million dollar baby don't run nowhere
Million dollar baby don't you be scared
Million dollar baby watch where you go
Million dollar baby go steal the show
You know I tried so hard to make it
They never thought I could do it
All them hard times I went through it
Just to put it all in the music
Niggas saw I was down and out
They never thought I could lift me up
I'm the only one that could lift me up
Still living it up I ain't lived enough
I've been plotting lately
Don't worry I got you baby
One they got their money on ya million dollar baby
I've been plotting lately don't worry I got you baby
Onе they got their money on ya million dollar baby
Makе sure the lines paint the picture crystal clear
So one day the rhymes make the 9 to 5 disappear
It's a red carpet event when the kid premiere
No wedding bell but plan to stack cake on different tiers
Left to right side of him crew thick ride or die with him
He reads between the lines plus he thinks outside of them
My haymaker's breath takers hit them with all I got to give
Promise is touch souls like Shakur and Wallace did
Still playing dues breaking rules nothing to lose
Nice but it ain't what you know it's what you can prove
Loving this journey scenic route taken
Y'all looking gassed out from all the clout chasing
Up north rapper the man is the truth
Tims, Roots sweat suit and Canada Goose
Who got the 204 debates after this won't be many more
Black Mamba bars giving ops 8 to 24
You know I tried so hard to make it
They never thought I could do it
All them hard times I went through it
Just to put it all in the music
Niggas saw I was down and out
They never thought I could lift me up
I'm the only one that could lift me up
Still living it up I ain't lived enough
I've been plotting lately
Don't worry I got you baby
One they got their money on ya million dollar baby
I've been plotting lately don't worry I got you baby
One they got their money on ya million dollar baby
I win at all cost till it turn profit
You know the term prophet means he called it
See my fortunes in the future flowing like a faucet
My pops Charlie birthed an angel and it wasn't Farah Fawcett
Losers hate when winning is the topic
Winners always thinking how to chop it
That's the top pick in the draft of life
I seen disaster thrice and turned it into pasta life
Traveling Rome a Mafi for a natural slice
Italian soda in a roaster
Before rapping I was buying custom sofas
All from quotas made from juggling the ollas
I never overstate i got out without torture that's a jewel for you
Certain hustles need the mindset as a tool to use
Only motive is my mantra that's refuse to loose
They see the team they us stars like a Subaru
We all align then unison a Rubik's Cube
You know I tried so hard to make it
They never thought I could do it
All them hard times I went through it
Just to put it all in the music
Niggas saw I was down and out
They never thought I could lift me up
I'm the only one that could lift me up
Still living it up I ain't lived enough
I've been plotting lately
Don't worry I got you baby
One they got their money on ya million dollar baby
I've been plotting lately don't worry I got you baby
One they got their money on ya million dollar baby
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Heavy heavy hearted
Walking on a bended levy I've been privy and probed to take a load off
Lonely road, singing oh Lord it's gorgeous
Feeling like a half of myself dearly departed
But I'mma find me
Get behind me please, so you can kindly leave
You can't define me
I'm doing my best
I'm covered in stress
I had a slew of second chances I guess
A kamikaze
I feel it plenty plenty
They wanna catch you off guard
Broken and scarred, they looking for an intervention
A lesson so efficient
The flow is broken I know
Lost in the hot plot I'm flooded with flaws
A hazy kinda decade
A Sunday kinda love
Simplest of memories
It does what it does
Time changed me for the good good
We fight and we fuss
It took a lifetime to learn how to budge
[Hook] x4
It comes and goes, it comes and goes in waves.
[Sub Hook] x2
Times change me for the good good
We fight and we fuss
It took along time to learn how to budge.
I missed the cues when we were conversing
Didn't realize home went from being a place to a person
Broke a lot of hearts left the mess here
Picking up the pieces rainy days said you shed tears
Time flies good one got loose watched her drive by
Should've saw it coming didn't minimize the blindside
Love you needed someone to come home to wake up with
Problems take em up with not stalling making up s***
She used to check for me remember me kinder softer
Another round respectably declined the offer
See with you a few times should have been a Father
Scared of karma made it harder and bother to call ya
All the emotion going through me
Damn shorty gave me the truth and didn't owe it to me
Written all over yours she couldn't lie to my face
Now someone else occupying my space.
[Hook] x4
It comes and goes, it comes and goes in waves.
[Sub Hook] x2
Times change me for the good good
We fight and we fuss
It took along time to learn how to budge.
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She's so sweet mi seh she's so fine
You know mi hafi try get you link mi pon di line
She's so sweet mi seh she's so fine
Mon cyan lie seh she buckle mon try
Oh my, oh my
Sweet little ting know she run my mind
Oh my, hh my
Maybe we should slide wash away with the tide
See you going through the motion
Another dude approaching to hit the sheets
Know where it's going same ocean different beach
Always talking at you and never to you
Plus say the conversation never moves you
City small think she needs a new destination
Where we're from everyone's six degrees separation
Say the flex do much more and talking less
That's how you get on the court and off the bench
She's so sweet mi seh she's so fine
You know mi hafi try get you link mi pon di line
She's so sweet mi seh she's so fine
Mon cyan lie seh she buckle mon try
Oh my, oh my
Sweet little ting know she run my mind
Oh my, oh my
Maybe we should slide wash away with the tide.
She a vibe she a mood shorty’s so official
(x3)
Just out here tryna to shoot my shot
Which way I gotta aim to get my point across
Told her she a vibe she a mood can tell you official
Baby girl fully loaded all the bells and whistles
Stayed engaged though you had a long day
Friends ain’t throwing shade yelling flag on the play
Loving that said tonight you had so much fun in fact
We might just have to run it back.
Tired of pretentious princesses with suburban presence
Who grew up on Visas and parental indifference
I want intelligent ting with thoughts and opinions
That can challenge my mind and leave an impression
I need a queen who rocks wit funk, jazz, silent souls who
Someone I can show B.B. King and the Memphis blues
A simple chick to kick it wit, someone I’m clicking wit
We intimate getting into it the illest chick
She's so sweet mi seh she's so fine
You know mi hafi try get you link mi pon di line
She's so sweet mi seh she's so fine
Mon cyan lie seh she buckle mon try
Oh my, oh my
Sweet little ting know she run my mind
Oh my, hh my
Maybe we should slide wash away with the tide
Shorty wanna slide wit me
Champion lover
Mister lover man
Mista lova lova
Never play the side chick she the front runner
Dimples, dumb thick, soft skin, know she's trouble
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Late to the Party
02:33
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Turn the page new song-and-dance
Standard set it for himself before they got the chance
204 what he reppin' if he lace it's a body
No more coming in 2nd always late to the party
First out his city he might be though don't seem likely
Couldn't wait on y'alll to green light me
Looking back how it started how he's doing
A jewel was forget what they saying watch how ya moving
He show and proven know what I'm here for
Tidal wave approaching no time to prepare for
Y'all regular don't move me can't spare with him
Far from him, characters extra in a movie he's staring in.
Throw 'em up, Put 'em up
Still in the race gaining picking up pace
Not your favorite underrated I'm building a case
Get in where you fit wear it if the shoe fits
Len a one of one can't duplicate the blueprint
Politickin’ as usual got reasonable doubt
Can I live lemme guess still feeling em out
F*** where he's from where he's at why they rock with him
Care less bout the stats just want the win
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Len Bowen
Len Bowen is a Canadian rap/hip hop artist based In Winnipeg, Canada A skilled lyricist, Len has delivered a catalogue of
music ranging from honest and thought-provoking meditations to fierce battle-ready lyrics.
Len Bowen’s journey along with the history of Winnipeg’s hip-hop scene are documented in the newly released short film Len Bowen - Live at Play de Record,
streaming on YouTube.
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