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I Can't Sell These Either

by Homeboy Sandman

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Word up I got a couple of fans, they hold me down I drop a monumental album every couple of months But I’ma keep it real There's lessons my school teachers ain’t never teach I thought that being the best alive would have some better reach I know my follicles died so I don’t look the part Far as that marketing that people really took to heart But I’m a work of art Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe they don’t stock my CD at your local mart I get a buzz when a rhyme begin to germinate And documented astronomical conversion rate You’d think that I could take that to a label And have em put whatever on the table You would be wrong They tell me I don’t belong because I always wanna write about love and life and right and wrong And ain't it dawn on me good songs ain't the way to get on at all Nah I get it whatever liquor whatever car Be sure to say the word “nigger” every other bar Majors are hardly about sales people They don’t want artists they want salespeople So they can tell you what your culture is ‘Cause you do not protect your kids So now they convinced women are just for sex They're just objects You lame if you not from the 'jects But lemme object I know that got dark dark fast But take it from me, mass media got a dark past Cue instagram to cultivate a whole generation Of kids that’s never moved to read about the movie Birth of a Nation Boy Sand read all the time We can’t give him no shine He ain’t even online He gon have these people using they minds He gon have these people losing their minds If it was really about pushing what people like when they heard it It'd be mics getting murdered instead of Pop Smoke It’s not a joke And that’s just one example of a lotta folks It’s more than kinda gross If you can’t see for the forest for the trees You’re probably someone that believes that advertising doesn’t work on you Which is the reason advertising works on you It’s so ill To not get any play not 'cause they think that folks won’t like it, they’re just certain that they will Why? Expose the world to music that it’s proven fewer people gon’ like? The numbers don’t lie That’s bizarre Rapcaviar It time to straighten up and act right Rap Life If it was up to y’all I never even woulda heard of Illadelph Halflife But no sweat Hit the email list I’ll keep you posted The releases and the touring yo the whole sched Boy Sand be the paragon The evidence that’s it’s not a sprint it’s a marathon And ain’t no burden yo cause word to God I’ll be here when they are long gone
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Boy Sand off the rip Stepped out the crib Hopped off the cliff People give me credit for the monumental shift Others blame me for the continental drift I’m the only way to get airplay fixed Only thing i watch is mad airplane flicks I see other rappers and it take patience Seem like other rappers must have ate paint chips Always with the same ol same ol Come with me encompass all the colors of the rainbow Student of the greeks and the romans Plato taught me how to mold my play doh, Student of the pharoahes On to the navajos with the bows and the arrows Me against dudes or chicks that’s all chips and apparel Like shooting fish in a barrel God is all I represent God is all. I represent First was one sentence, the second was two Chin up when the kid come thru Be cautious Enter the void where toys get nauseous They gonna deploy the “oh he’s conscious” But you can’t avoid your own subconscious Pull up on the full and fledged Fruit and veg Well known for calling your facts "alleged" Well known for jumping from ledge to ledge Two times four billion eggs to nest Hard rocks stop illin at my request Chock full chlorophyll till I’m laid to rest That’s my way of saying that I’m fresh to death Use your head! Stop repping the blues or reds Stop watching the news, that include celebs Everybody human, hue don’t make it you and them Better start using a zoom in lens I be tryna make new friends I be tryna tie loose ends Y’all can bare witness to the new tense I am oblivious to the new trends Nothing goes wrong Breaking out a tragic bond with a magic wand Used to think that I’s a have not Not for long Unless all the illusions are forgot All of the conclusions are forgone I just get to turning all the no’s and nah’s into oohs and ahhhs I do not be weighing all the pros and cons chosen, charmed Floating like a skater on a frozen pond I don’t need my queen tryna be no mom I’m just being me I don’t mean no harm No period awful long Thank God it’s a false alarm God is of course Allah Alpha, Omega, and Epsilon God is all. I represent God is all I represent First was two sentences, second was one Check out how I get ish done Boy Sand off the hook Ain’t gone kaput Paid off the books I got a photo of bigfoot Kissing the cook is a real good look No alarm clocks Colorful socks Shepherd for the gullible flocks robots They could program everybody into fearing cops They could program everybody into wearing crocs They could program everybody into gettin jobs Following laws Neutering dogs Convince em that there ain’t no God Obviously they ain’t never gonna go hard Me, I got a whole song Gettin it severely nearly 20 years strong Still gettin warm Everybody that’s concerned wit being En Vogue hold on Me I liked Dawn I could go off from on Off again, rocketman Elton john I am here to separate brain from brawn I am here to separate king from pawn Beyond the shadow of a doubt I’m cool wit letting go of all the dough in my account God’s beside us and below us and above us brothers gonna work it out All there is is now Presently I’m walking down the aisle With a great big smile And a brand new style And a leg up on the clowns Way ahead of all the crowd And my head up in the clouds And a crown Ciao
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Good Love 02:36
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Human 04:02 video
Sand keep jacking other people's beats Standing up to the regime and calling other people sheep I think he right I think he like that cause he stand at nearly seven feet And hailing from the city that ain’t never sleep It’s been a while since i rapped about how good i rap I was really good at that Point me to a faker and I’ll take him just to put him back Angel but I thought we had a treaty? Tweety thought he saw a putty tat Don’t do me any favors, I ain’t famous just your favorite in the world You prolly heard what make me wanna hurl That nigger nigger money worship crap And always carry on bout how they baring arms when they ain’t never did a curl Need to get some new material My heartbeat is a soul clap Nothing cornier than pro white versus pro black Both get the bozack “A” the legendary i ain’t worried bout blowback That’s a known fact So I get with this when y’all choose that Put so many records out that I lose track Where I’m gonna go when I outgrow rap? I don’t even know how to download apps Politics and all that jazz Side effects from all them jabs No thanks Look another John Q tryna pull rank Don’t be coming round here actin all stank Save your breath Tryna play me just because I ain’t afraid of death I’ll be nameless when I’m laid to rest All his tombstone read was “never paid for sex” The internet’s a circus, a calamity of circuits that i circumvent Instead of surf i get to work instead I represent A bit of coconut amino on the rice Nowadays i have a little vino with the wife Back when I was young it was pegs on bikes Now I’m having fun putting heads on spikes Represented all lost tribes Now I’m so far ahead people call offsides Do not perpetrate the most heinous of all crimes Acting as if I ain’t the greatest of all times I won’t lie I’m the type of cat to leave a ocean bone dry I’m the type of cat to grow a compound eye just cause I’m so fly Out the clear blue sky Peep the quotient i divide Peep the product that I multiply Up about a mile high Everyone alive sayin my oh my I’m not about an eye for an eye leaving everybody blind and in a bind You gon either come in first or you’ll get left behind This about the hardest verse that you gon ever find See you later, stars are data and sooner or later they align I regularly lay it on the line Ain’t another guy out on my kinda grind All up in your mind via divine design Nuff to make a grown man cry Nuff to make a old man spry Nothin less than luminescent sneaking in a lesson on the sly My obsession wit the blessing in disguise Pick up on the signs Fix your vibe Quit your nine to five Ride a bike or take a hike and say goodbye when someone offers you a bribe to take a dive Zip your fly As far as getting deep to get a permit anywhere beneath the surface I’m the person that you have to run it by Bye
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BYGM 01:53
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Stay 02:17
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Pina Colada 02:29
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BOY SAND: I step up in a room full of fakes Pollinate the mood until it takes Move full of faith Feel the shift so swift it make your dome spin Show you nothing fit better than your own skin I’m a quality over quantity dude but every number on every ball out the lottery tube has gotta be whose? People wonder how did he choose? I don’t force it, when I’m tested ain’t no falses, just trues That and loose screws That and smooth moves That and win wins Never lose lose Hear the vroom vroom Flower petal to the metal full bloom I ain’t talkin every once in a blue moon Can’t nobody do it congruent I don’t need a hit a marijuana just to clear the conduit If there was a rock that hit the castle I threw it If not then I’ma hop to it In the pursuit of IQ I left the cave I’m trying to handle all the light So many rays so every day I gamble wit my life Empassioned, fearless, puttin out my feelers, trying to get a bite I speed right up to 18 wheelers, pass em on the right And still ain’t got the time to strategize Whatever my location, Satellite I data analyze I’m here to shine a lantern on the lies Illuminate a pattern for a planet on the rise I’m tuned in to the lows and the highs I’m tuned in to hellos and goodbyes Devils sprung to action once they saw me gettin wise, frickin’ spies “Just a minute king here’s a wing here’s a thigh” Obviously theys all fried But look at how the time flies That’s why i had to write it up for BKLYN Combine Imagine that if everyone in Brooklyn combined Just think how it would look to break up out the confines And stop being compliant I’m inviting all of y’all to come try it We’ll all become giant Could hardly trust in anyone we’ve all become biased I’m reaching out to everyone of y’all that don’t buy it To do your own science How we ever gonna please the most high if we the most highest? Hey A the triple A to change the blown tires Flame to light the bonfires The truth is that the colonizer culture be the culture about the cash Escape up out the cult and take the culture out the trash The proof is in the pudding, you the woman or the man so do the math For stitching up a gash It’s more than entertainment, quit debating and complaining about the past And wisen up and rise up to the task Today it be the Sandman who’s relaying you the lay of the land And the only thing I’ma do is free whoever I can SHAD: Everything I got is God-given Gotta give it back If I give my all Whatever happens I’ll live with that… Never cared if they doubt me Cuz it’s not about me I just walk devoutly… When I talk it’s outreach I am not your mouth piece I’m the opposite I’m knocking out teeth when I kick it I’m Rhonda rousey.. Housekeeping! — The beats knocking loudly rocking crowds he’s from Canada but hot as south beach… Funny how say they’re The greatest ever Meanwhile I got more to say And I say it better Say the truth and I say it clever The kinda sayings They’ll say forever These guys say whatever Go on… I say what’s really going on Then I go off to keep em going strong Cuz a lot’s going wrong My ppl’s still worse off And they wont even read our work Or do a workshop It hurts Still my purpose is peace A priest for the poets And a poet for the priests Not just playing shows When I’m on the road It’s to make a new lane I wrote these lines For the streets Micro to Macro Quantum to Newtonian I look at things from every level Then step to the podium I don’t play tho This is plato’s symposium dope as opium It’s dystopian What I do to the game I ruined the game Im jordan with the flu in the game Air jordan How I flew in the game Air jordans cuz they all Feel defeat Like the shoe in game I’m in a shoe in Never losin the game Big up ucla bruin Obannon suing the game On behalf of the students We ain’t new to the game Pay us every time you’re viewing the game or using our names This is playground hoops with the chains This is mutual respect In a human exchange Look Im the nicest With the righteous talk I heard your goats Like a flock And they twice as soft… After any line the mic could drop I fight the ops Like a Jedi Mind tricks To strike and block Watch my Light sabre Slice and chop Like I tied the knot I’m saying I do What these guys cannot Grateful for the breath in our lungs At the Same time grieving all the death In the slums At the same time leading so the next can become A reflection of the light Where the blessings are from Let’s go Pure as Curry’s J With the curry flavour Ya’ll in the king’s court Should try to curry favour Raw as ol’ dirty chambers Don’t make me Impersonate the terminator’s worst behaviours Y’all should probably Listen back With the captions Y’all should probably tip Your cap Lift your hat brim Only rapper out that Probably isn’t cappin Just to try to lift sales Like a shipping captain Infinity stones infinity jewels They keep dropping As I’m flowing like infinity pools I’m finna make humility cool I could probably make Humidity cool
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Superman 01:49
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Fly Sh*t 03:04
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Monopoly 02:16
I use the iron or the shoe I don’t be even trying yet I triumph It is true When I land on a property I buy it I ain’t biased towards the blue There’s only two I roll the dice then make a move Pay some rent if it behoove Not one to brag but Milton Bradley couldn’t make me lose Don’t let it be a couple railroads that I get accrued I get into a groove Too ill wit the cash flow Don’t use pills, two bills when I pass go Tell you which opportunity next With a glance at the Chance or Community Chest Everything go well Drop a couple thousands on some houses and hotels There ain’t no containing him they’ll see Might get apprehended but I get out of jail free Show you how to stack guap Free parkin be the jackpot Millionaire and didn’t have to phone a friend No trouble I throw doubles and roll again Collect dividends, no imprisonment, just visiting No holding pen I got both utilities Capabilities And abilities , And a top hat And trying to top me is an exercise in futility
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None Given 03:24

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As a listener I've been discovering so many amazing tunes of late. I've also been finding lots of instrumentals for songs I've loved in the past or didn't love even though I loved the instrumentals. Plus I toured a lot this year and touring means driving. And driving means writing. Plus when I wasn't driving I was still awake. And being awake also means writing. And since obviously none of this stuff belongs to me, it's time for another mixtape. Ladies and gentlemen, I Can't Sell These Either.

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released November 17, 2023

Artwork by Lukas Baron AKA Luke Warmth
Mixed and mastered by Darko the Super
Recorded by GAM in GAMBODIA

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Homeboy Sandman Brooklyn, New York

Homeboy Sandman’s favorite song is “Knocks Me off My Feet” by Stevie Wonder. His second favorite song is “I Know You, I Live You” by Chaka Khan. His favorite Michael Jackson song is “Lady in My Life”. He prefers Low End Theory to Midnight Marauders, but adores both.

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