1. |
Whistle Test
03:23
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Welcome to the whistle test
you'd best swim hard to keep abreast
Master the fast blast in your chest
Prepare your derrière to fare with the best
Personality matters more than skill?
that the reality saddening it chills
can't get no skrill unless I spit about blood spilling,
then I make a killing twirling a moustache like a cartoon villain
otherwise I'm on the bench like Krillen
no amount of solar flares can get them to care no mass appealing
spitting over space that needs filling
having a blast staring at the glass that makes up the ceiling second billing
To rappers that lack the dapper patter I spit in plentitude
Humour from the crapper so dumb that I'm resenting you
so I'm venting through these beats and bars
Even though I'll never have the teeth and cars
I'll take a leaf from KRS and pave my own path to success
Even though I'm not blessed I'll keep on emptying my chest
Wearing the crest of the cat when I charge at a test
no ratatarat I work hard to be the best
Drop that beat right down like gravity
start too hard it'll result in a tragedy
Cut too deep and create a cavity
Instead I'll hang loose with the bangers like the sword of damocles
by a hair, as if you care no respect for a classic
It's all hashtags now Nas would never make it with Illmatic
in this climate, he'd be stuck up in the attic
where till the end of his days he's inhabit
Cos quality control is a distant dream
when it has to compete with fiscal schemes
And it doesn't matter how hot you hit it how much steam
There just isn't a place for you on the team
What happened to the days of artist development?
That seems to me to be the forgotten fifth element
it's about as inconspicuous as an elephant
theres a distinct lack of relevance, let alone eminence
in todays life, they fake taking part in a movement
despite their resources we see little improvement
It's just something we've come to accept.
And after a while we forget
Well, fuck that, here's a new idea
I'm done with that shit, now I see clear
Won't whore myself out for a hit but have no fear
The king will have his sphere.
it's the premiere of the cat without peer
lyrical bullets, in my bandolier
The cynical can pull it I'll sneer as I smear
The zeitgeist I'll commandeer
Welcome to to the whistle test.
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2. |
Burn
03:23
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If you stand in the way of greatness Burn!
peddle cliches, purveyor of fakeness Burn!
turn, and get in bed with the worms!
Burn
Guess i gotta get some shit off my chest,
Yes, I've got a gift, yes, I've been blessed
but not by god as far as I can see,
whatever it was didn't put that tree there for eve.
I built this skill through dedication and practice
technical developments so no one can match it
So don;t use faith to take that away from me
cos as far as I can see, theres no capital H in he
fuck the industry, while I'm at it, they've fallen on bad habits
driven by mathematics till nothing but static can inhabit
the airwaves! Give some time to the greats!
And maybe a little less for those who preach hate
through a techno beat, or what ever it is now
I can't keep pace with the faceless no way no how
no meow from this cat I disavow this worm chow
that's on the prowl the sad twats, to whom I refuse to bow
It just makes me sick that we ride on the dicks
Of the sad sorry pricks that stick it in
Spitting their schtick without a flicker of a ticker
patience, for them wearing thin.
They talk a lot of shit about how we're all in the struggle
and how only way through is to keep your head down and hustle
or act as muscle for those who can
and they preach this message to a globe of fans
poisoning the minds of our next generation
Turn the women into objects that suffer starvatio n
While men can't defend from spiritual castration
they fall to temptation victims of predation
From the bankers, who own the tv stations
that pump out propaganda to alien nations
And if you speak up be prepared for flagellation
I hope for your sake you've got the skin of a crustacean
I'd like to say it ends with revolution
but how do we know there isn't a more final solution
all it take is a misguided grasp of evolution
well, that or we die from all the pollution
and the thing is, it's not too late
to make a change and rearrange world but instead we hate
going to war and whoring out the souls of our young
for silver to place on the politicians tongues
Don't you think thats fucked up? even a bit
hot tip, don;t ever let the stepford smile slip
make sure you've got the grit to deliver hit after hit
or you might as well quit
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3. |
Just One
03:46
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Just one world, passing us by
waving goodbye as we poison the sky
Just one world, and it's a mess
this is our generations test
This is our generations test
This is our generations test
Just one world, and it's a mess
this is our generations test
sitting in a room, living out a cliche
smoky smell just another green day
try to maintain but my brain functions astray
parts of me's thinking this habits passé
should let it fade away but I reconsider
Wait and see what the day deliver
Don't wanna be chopped liver, prime fuck giver
shiver three times like the blue danube river
Sharp like mercy giver on my better days
better for mixing letters unfettered prime to pave the way
in a world that obsessed with 50 shades of grey
just might bide my time in a viridian daze
Conjure up theories pose queries about the nature
of life while wasting it, we should tasting it's flavours
Even the parts where we wish we had erasers
that in our heads seem to be so soundtracked by "debaser"
gulp it down with a chaser
face the facts and put pen to paper
You might turn out to be a creator
Just cut out the couch potato
You gotta understand that I'm my own man
No peter pan I stand like David Lo Pan
Not tan, but I bring the heat
make you drip sweat sticking my tongue out, sweet
I'm peeping at greatness through jade tinted glasses
gonna be reaping the fakeness through shades of grey *hint hint* iconoclastic
On a fast trip through the rude crude attitudes of the hard dicks
that don;t pass shit, more evil than daleks,
step into my tardis, whip up a solution
stop the heart of darkness causing pollution
Uncover the dark shit thats choking the air
Them put em on a trial that fair
Then we take over! and change the pace
no range rovers all about the urban places
Little kids, with smiles all across their faces
no homophobia, sexism or racists
Nice dream, but face it, it's hard graft
We prefer drinking smoking chilling, having a laugh
We throw in the towel, instead of committing to a craft
Sweat for the wetlands? you've gotta be daft
See, this is why I don't Identify
with other gals and guys, don't know why I try
theres gotta be an easier way to make a point
To initiate discussion without smoking two joints
We can;t keep pushing it back, saying later
cos the worlds problems won't fade into vapour
You don't seem to be much of of a mover or shaker
writing "save the trees" on rainforest paper
oh, you've made a million for worldwide distribution?
heh, cute, that'll stop the pollution
shake up the corrupt institution what a contribution!
sure fire solution! inspire revolution!
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4. |
Just How It Is
02:54
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Stomp this beat into submission like Godzilla
flow that'll make tokyo my bitch i spit thrillers
all killer, no filler Precision incision I'm a driller
keep it concise I'm a distiller Not bad for vanilla
So come at me bro, but prepare for battle
I've got an arsenal of mastery you've got sabre rattling
so, spot prattling and get in the ring
So I can spit sonic atomic badda boom badda bing
Lemme zoom right in, for the filling blow
if you call yourself a king prepare to be overthrown
If you think you're a god I wouldn't boast.
Heaven doesn't need another holy ghost.
Seek out a challenge, and devour
rise up like a tower mutant super powers
allow me to see your kryponite factor
You call yourself a gangsta I call you an actor
Everyday your hustling diss makes feathers ruffling
this truffle better be shuffling, I'm just sayain no tuffling
My tongue making a noise you can't compete with
Why stand up to the future? please remain seated
long way to go till my check list is completed
sure by the end I'll be far from undefeated
still, I've got the will to persevere till the end
not knowing what might come round the bend
not gonna say I'm not afraid I won;t play pretend
I'm not gonna front like I've got another other other Benz
Never pushy with the messages that shoot from my pen
these pussies make me laugh like a comedienne
Custom 1.2's down the highway,
pissing up the wall "stay the fuck outta my way"
They talk about gunplay then hold it sideways
Because of these bitches i stick to the byway
I'm so tired of music thats uninspired
beamed down from the spire lacking any kinda fire
So dire, without desire or passion
they all behave as slaves to fashion
dashing any hope of true innovation
it seems our dreams are stuck at assimilation
Revivial this, reboot that, robotic renovation
Even the artist's are farcical need music education
Read a fucking book! next time you write a hook
Take a deeper look then locate you own nook
That way, I might not fall asleep
When your new new shit drops it might be worth me taking a peep
Cos whether you like it or not, people take note
Of the shit that you say so pay heed when you gloat
about your ten houses or we might start to doubt what you've wrote
douse the drought of bountiful beats to Self promote
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5. |
Liquidated
02:51
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Table, Bar
Table, Bar
Taxi, Car
Locked door? under the stars
Inebriated
fated to be elated
bellys sticking out inflated
no shame our brains are Liquidated
I wake up, my head is spinning
all my friends in a daze, sleepily grinning
Is this it? is it the end of our innings?
Or is this just the beginning of the sinning?
I don't know but I'll go with the flow
Tales overflow from last nights patrol
much money we blow putting on a show
for the honey now we're paying for it this death is slow
but we stand defiant, hair of the dog
stand up to giants like the clog in the bog
from there we throw care to the wind
we could up up skinned or back round the rim
We don't know, but thats half the fun
We're and dumb need rum in our tums.
Forget about pressure dropping down on us
as long as we catch the nights last bus
We'll be fine, dining on kebab
with wine benign until we call a cab
Then we'd make it back routine.
We deliver these results relatively slick clean
but then some nights, we aren't so tame
Life just becomes another silly game
and we play to win, so tay out of our way
we feel like gods, stomp with feet of clay
seize the day
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6. |
Cool Like You
02:59
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Cool, cool cool cool
I wish that I was cool like you
in a day glo daze, subtle as a typhoon
living life with little malaise delivering cute haikus
While I'm drenched in sweat, extending my bayous
up to the heavens, on a basis seven eleven in search
of a recession from this depression leaving me in the lurch
no celestial concession or confessions in my church
cos every lesson leaves sour impressions and the resulting aggression hurts,
So, what can I do?
When I wish I was cool like you?
an entire generation of entitled overgrown abortions
That should carry tattoos above the underoos that say "debate with caution"
Because that face I wish I could erase so distorted such contortions
isn't it awful? every brain should be a banquet but these can't muster a morsel
But I still wish I was cool like them...
from this top crop of tip top shop crop topped flip floppers
sucking on cough drops nonstop ironically on it hip hoppers
Used to stop em in the street, while working with greenpeace
give me a look like I'd been sick at their feet.
On their ironic fashion statements
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7. |
VR Trooper
02:58
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f you want to fight, then hit where it hurts
don't sit behind a keyboard waiting to post "first"
on the latest shit to quench your political thirst
You're shitter than Britta at this, you're the worst!
Armageddon on the doorstop and your signing petitions
But, what have you done to cut down on emissions?
This planets taking trauma, hotter than a sauna
Oh no! think of the charismatic megafauna
The bees are disappearing like their plucked from the air
But who the fuck cares!? we've got Panda Bears!
All we need to do with them is pair them up and stare!
All from the comfort of computer chairs
Because it's easy to ignore the truth in front of your eyes
make yourself blind to the lies and accept the pig sty
But unless we act soon, ascension denied
The shit will hit the fan if it continues to fly
You think yourself a navigator but you're just an agitator
not a mental activator easy hatred applicator
spitting figures like a calculator, it add up to nowt
catering to haters see you later no doubt
cos you can't escape from these "activists"
Who post conspiracy theories but don;t query shit
their just sheep that have decided they've have enough
So they shave anarchy "A"'s into their wool to look tough
it's laughable, they think their fighting for change
but they come off as deranged irritating like mange
they need to rearrange their ways
If they want to heard by the rest of the slaves
it's all well and good begging for attention
But it's hard to say you've got the best intentions
when you post up shit thats clearly a mad mans invention
For the sake of causing tension and contention
Grow Up, and take a look around.
While the world tumbles downs you've been acting the clown
bitching about trivial shit with emoticon frowns
But never once donating a penny or pound
Your a keyboard warrior, VR Trooper
Online quarreller, put me in a stupor
Post the same old shit, and then we scoff
Do us all a favour and log off
Those less informed, follow your lead
Because it's easier than taking the time to read
so take heed, when spitting your screed
About how tibet should be freed
Yes, we know! now how about a solution?
instead of screaming out about online revolution
Why not tell us about your contribution?
In the never ending battle against the mans institution?
What have you done? against the grand scheme?
Mr holier than thou halo agleam?
No live stream of your fight against the machine?
I mean, it seems that you do a lot at night in your dreams?
Cos thats how it is with the lazy generation
from 1st world nations, we need recalibration
but balk at allegation of pitiful concentration
but demand admiration for stagnation?
No
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8. |
UN-G-MC
03:36
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I'm packing a stack of attacks that smack your face
attract a pack of lackeys to tackle the rat race
Serve he rap game on a platter this natter makes me an ace
amazing grace, shooting outta my face
Stop trying defiantly to undermine
whats mine, just because it isn't your time
suing plying decrying my lines
Bitch your just jealous of the super sayain shine
withstand every blast built to last like a castle
stop being fickle when you want the pickle little rascal
Keep you on your metatarsals
partial to mysteries like Ms Marple
Write in my own league Agatha Christie
take your best shot, probably miss me
Got a sixth sense irresistibly twisty
expert timing never resist me.
I
Am the guy
That will fry
Your mind
with my rhymes
I am the one they call
the Un-G-MC
Do I promote myself?
Shamelessly
My flow slithers like a viper it's venom envelopes you
A silver that'll make you do Just what I'm telling you
Like Goat boy I ring the bell and then you be yelling ooh
I come to where you're dwelling for fucking or for felling you.
My mind is full of sex and violence dreams that I can't silence
I wanna break out, so I scream my head off in defiance
don't you dare doubt my will, it's harder than cast iron
heavy metal ringing out in the den of the lion
You think you got the mettle, to meddle in my business?
I disagree wholeheartedly so pucker up and kiss this.
ripping the tip off the battleship quick no slip when I'm ripping
slippery tipping the symmetry nipples are tripping
lip tricks are trickling difficult to stick to gripping
when I'm stripping the ship live life like theres no clipping
God Mode on. it's been on since my birth
A lifetime of tight rhymes and digging through the dirt
I've endured so much hurt forgive me for being curt
When I deface your base to time for red alert
Feels like I am just too dope to fuck with
There ain't nothing else, left to say
Best be hiding, best be be hiding away
Go, save yourself
Cos it feel like I am just too dope to fuck with
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9. |
Leave it Alone
03:45
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I will never fall under, asunder
in search of plunder never ever blunder
dunderheads dread the threads my tounge spread
it gets in their head and if they wonder
What I made use of the gifts I've been given?
instead of easy living I'll be driven and envision
with precision a way to put woe in remission
take the scale and tip it then create a crafty composition?
woah! that's a revolutionary theory
it appears that we should steer clear, clearly!
now leave us be and let us hold our dearly
wow, I'd almost say that you fear me.
Is it the way my words take you?
away? astray? would you say they could break you?
Don't you think a break'd be something to take to? on take to?
Rather than make do??
I never coast, from pillar to post,
in the roasting sun or the tundra
I never run, I battle for fun
then laugh as I put my foes under.
Ha! just kidding that would be atrocious!
Never let em see you be ferocious
Out of the bedroom, cos theres never the headroom
for supercalifragilisticexpealidopeness
Queen of england? hounds of hell?
well, that'd make a good kiss and tell.
listen well, wherever you dwell
I'll burn that whack wet patch like Adele
excuse the smell. it's been a hell of a night.
I've made a mess I should take flight
good night, I'll see you in your dreams
sleep tight, scream queen.
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10. |
Swan Lake
03:03
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Out and about, around the town
Out and about, around for a place to get down
Out and about to get unwound
Up at Swan Lake
Where the ladies emanate class
it oozes when they raise a glass
When it comes to mistakes, this takes the cake
Swan Lake.
I, was going through a bad spell,
I could barely walk from the way my nads swelled up,
I was corrupted by a lack of interaction
after a while, it became hard to build up traction
until. I found this place
full of permissive misses that move with such grace
Never dismissive whether to spoken words or missive
with the cutest superstitions I found at Swan Lake.
Whether brown, black, white yellow or red
the variety apply's a certain kind of spin to the head
A week passed, I decided to return
this time prepared, to time to spare a fire in these loins burns
I've yearned all week, finally my work had adjourned
So imagine my surprise when at first I was spurned
They had clocked me, so I switched up my game
went from Ryan to Lion put on the mane
and blinded their minds, inflaming these dames
Soon finding acclaim all the while untamed
talking smooth my tongue is metallic
Then, well things get pornographic
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11. |
Peter Gunn
01:38
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Stand alone, I glide above cyphers
rats to the river powerful like pied piper
sinister vision like a sniper
I clear dirt from my view like a windscreen wiper
Main man, with a master plan magnificent
a dastardly bastard with lyrical skills infinite
Other rappers say they're but their being grandiloquent
I've got a built in instrument puts them in a predicament
destruction is imminent, if you don;t practice
Carry the weight of the world like atlas
tongue sharp like a cactus Protect like a prophylactic
Third times the charm? not me I spit hat tricks
I am the one leave you
wondering what to do
When I bust through
I'm diligent, with brilliance shining
Syndicates, insignificant pining
for a taste, of the infinite rhyming
strip mining the lexicon and divining
a path to power through 10000 hours
crush roadblocks to powder use every hour like Jack Bauer
Scouring the planet and devouring habits
then you tower as they cower duck like howard
To start with you copy and paste
whether rhyming with swag, or ripping the tip off with haste
You base your style, on established aces
As you learn the basics
After a while they become a part
Of you, as much as your brain and heart
it kickstarts the next part of your progression,
learning so many lessons its time to lessen the impressions
For part 3, of the path to the greats
When you spit something the bears it's own weight
it's something innate, now when you create
you can make your own fate when you step to the plate
recreate your fate.
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12. |
Take 5
01:30
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I wanna take five i wanna relax
fatigue hits back till I'm blue and black
spitting on tracks all day leaves armour cracked
so I retreat to the shack, before stamina goes splat
I've gonna be taking five, to refuel so I
can be ready to thrive. cos theres more to life than staying alive.
give my flow a rest, so it can keep abreast
battle amongst the best, ready for every enemies best
I run a bath, cos this is dirty work
spitting lean mean and clean living out dreams through verse
Then I switch on, and pick a sound track
I won;t stand for any song that sounds whack
I'm a man of particular musical preference
personally I partake in the peerlessly prevalant
living out fantasy through tuneful sentiment
nowadays singers seem too petulant
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13. |
Wild Side
04:10
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This is my path, never gonna mistake it,
can't fake it,
lest I wind up hated
never gonna deviate, if I wanna make it
that much is blatant,
but the truth is some can't take it
I'm so pretty, but I'm far from vacant
other flows glow two dimensional like hand drawn animation
So much hard graft to noticed, let alone admired
But you can't fall to flat tyres feel that fire don't let it expire
fill you with desire then let it burst, don't be mired
in the words of those who can't equal your verse's their curses are like the briar
patchy at best, lacking the zest to succeed
But they still fall to greed, don;t let them impede you
stampede through the needless and be your own beast
Find a way to slay your prey, toy with them then enjoy your feast
Oh, my it's w.r.y
Another pale boy with a flow so fly
Don't even gotta try with the dope design
Play the guitar like a muthafucking riot sublime
I ruminate on every reference
I respect every enemy intelligence
Give my predecessors deference
all of my professors in the art of lyrical elegance
hold them in reverence
Pedestals of perfection like Ganesh to an elephant
I do what I do out of love for the art
better believe that my sleeve is where I wear my heart
I fight dark urges, stay sincere
I won't give in to encroaching fear
I'm not gonna let my soul be poached
I'll pave the way, hard to slay a verbal cockroach
It's so fuckin' easy to write a brag rap
when I got a beat that moves your feet my tongue goes ratatatat
Delicious delicacies make the dastardly go drat
I can see the glass ceiling start to crack
But I won't turn my back on those who got me here
Won't steer clear of those I should hold dear
Though some shoulders are colder than perfectly poured beer
I know the direction my soul should be steered
I pay it forward, when those bridges are burned
Even if a reconnections all I yearn
I won't let the past be my master
can't be as random or clumsy as a blaster
elegant weapon, herald a civilised age
So I can't afford to fall to fear, hate or rage
leave my competition dazzled dizzy in a daze
Top of my division spitting visions like a sage
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14. |
You're so weird
03:59
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You're so weird,
Whether clean shaven or with a beard
from the front or from the rear
Your just weird, but I hope you draw near,
I won't steer clear of you.
It's like I'm red and your blue
with your hard to read expression
inability to distinguish dedication and obsession
what your ashamed of I see as blessings
and it's hard to see if your sincere or messing.
WHICH IS IT!?
cos I honestly can't tell,
whether your suicidal, or feeling swell
loving life or living hell
I can't tell, but I'll try to assist
in my own unique way, with my own special twist
And yes, I might miss some essential social ques
but all I'm trying to do is the best by you
and yet, I can't help but wonder,
whether this dedication is just another blunder,
do you see me as me, or just another pain
in the neck I'm afraid to check and it drives me insane
cos I don;t know, and in my position with my condition
not knowing hurts like the most devastating blow
cos uncertainly breed fear, which I just can;t control
a fear that paralyses the potential in my soul
It slows my ability to grow and accept the fact tat I have my own flow
If I can't see the line then how can I tow?
If I can't feel the water then how do I row?
But enough about myself, enough introspection
I'll turn my inflections in your direction
regardless of objection or my fear of rejection
Cos I love and respect you because of imperfection
it's what builds connections as sweet as confection
You lot are strange cos your scared of being distinct
it's deranged cos the distinct keep us form going extinct
You lot are odd for taking things at face worth
like hot bods or odd socks, dig deeper through the dirt
and unearth a bit of truth which to me is crystal clear.
You "normals" you're so weird.
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Wry Lion London, UK
UK based Emcee/singer/songwriter. Debit album Theatricks out now.
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