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In New York is where I was placed
All among the cops and the toxic waste
I don’t bring it up as a claim to fame
But in these confines I had to train my brain
Not to think a lot of broke stuff was healed
And not to think a lot of fake stuff was real
A lot of thick smoke keep the truth concealed
But yo it’s no joke when the truth revealed
Things’ll go down that could make you swear
A lot of these folks want to make you scared
Most of these folks got enough to spare
But most of these folks wasn’t taught to share
Boys was all taught how to not be men
We was all taught we should not be friends
Girls was all taught they should not like nerds
Girls was all taught that it’s all ‘bout curves
Think that way so long
It’s hard to recognize things don’t go wrong
And that the truth is you got it going on
And when it ain’t truth you ain’t truth you ain’t gotta go along
So I fret sometimes
I get upset sometimes
I get pet sometimes
Sweat sometimes
I get tongue tied
Think I’m falling behind
Things are gonna be fine
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2. |
Bop
02:08
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First name, Holmes
I be in the zone
I’m a prophet not for profit I am never on my own
I’m a papi not a copy ain’t gon' never been a clone
Every morning kinda sorta pull a sword from out a stone
Last name, Sand
Find me in the jam
Going blind and doing fine at trying find out who I am
Any region, any season, over seas and over land
Intuition over reason as the means to understand
Homebase, earth
I’ma make it work
I’m a star that’s on a trek
A bit of Spock a bit a Kirk
Out the pocket, out the wallet, out the sock, or out the purse
A monopoly of monotony, it will not be what I’m worth
Lifestyle, God
She’s not a mirage
And I may not be a muslim but I’m going on a hajj
Even though I’m not a christian any time I’m feelin cross
Any second I can check in with the boss
The most high blessed me with particular truth
I get extracurricular loose
Powered by first rate curcumin
Blood curdling loops
Can be certain every sermon meet the burden of proof
Latest turn on my internal pursuit
Not the one that’s turning turtles to soup,
I also doubt the germ and not the journalist that’s selling the scoop
Nonetheless I'm trying to settle disputes
Poof
Passing on the virtual park jam
Just because I’m not a mark it makes me a marked man
Just because I don’t believe in marketing I always gotta break off conversation trying to shake some unmarked van
Careful when you crossing the street
Watch for messengers
Leave a message after the beep
Something off in north america
Take it from the character you’re bound to come across in your sleep
Trying to make sense out of life gets crazy
Trying to make sense out of life gets crazy
Trying to make sense out of life gets crazy
Trying to make sense out of life gets crazy
My brother Rich got beats like a son of a blip
Razor sharp there ain’t no blunting the Bic
You never catch the blunt to my lips
Lately when I’m taking a risk
Feels like blowing out the candles while I’m makin a wish
All of the wicks, it’s all in the wrist
Glory be for the restraint on which I’m calling ‘stead of balling a fist
Not intent on even knowing why you throwing a fit
While I exit I’ma blow you kiss
Heh
Attaboy fam, every leap of faith a new distance
I’m boy sand everybody know i move different
A little bit more scientific
Big fish in a big pond, big dog
Clifford
Perhaps a bit a narcissist
No proceeding with the cautiousness
I up the consciousness
Yes
Wisdom that I’m seeking only way to even sweeten the pot
You could tell the way I walk wit a bop
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Hip hop is such a weenie scene
Make me wanna summon the candyman from Cabrini Green
Media put on everyone that flows wrong in the world, go and put some clothes on little girl
I expose em to the art of rap
'Fore i even started they done gone and had a heart attack
Far as knowing jack they wouldn’t know a jack if it was for a flat
Promptly i responded “for a fact”
Here’s a style that nobody else expected from a guy who never got the shot and didn’t get infected
These cats was down to take a shot like a refreshment
They’d probably take a pill like it’s a breath mint
Despite it’s just a drill they feeling ill just off the power of suggestion
And need to take some time out for reflection
No question
Anyone who tell you something’s for your own protection
That’s a taxidermist trying to add to they collection
I’m just trying to school ya like a senior do a freshman to the crooked trying to cook you perfection
A lotta rhymers would never rhyme ‘bout the things that I be rhyming bout
I got so good at shining decided to go the shaman route
I’m the one you previously counted out
Busy taking action while you clown around
Asking whatchu crying about?
You couldn’t surf this channel from a couch
To surface above and beyond the shadow of a doubt
Your patterns from the past are paramount to why your plans just aren’t panning out
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I just heard my hero say some nonsense
That’s alright I’ll be my own hero
I’m thankful for all that he has given me, save all the negativity for numbers that’s below zero
People get mad
‘Cause i don’t yes sir yes ma'am
I’m not the yes man
Behind the post and the blog
I’m just trying to do whatever bring me closer to God
Me and Jesus would be peas in a pod
Life is so exciting
I wake up writing first thing in the morn
Finding comfort outside of the norm is where knowledge is born
No more clutching in my palm in front of porn
I thought that it was not a problem
It was the calm before the storm
Storm’s over
Sun’s shining
And isn’t showing any signs of subsiding
Duckin interference toward the swapping out the fear and infighting
For cheer and good tiding
Off top
Off the rip
All new skin
Modern living with whole new spin
Give it a whirl
There’s better vantages on top of the world,
One of the countless advantages of loving my girl
Energy is real
There’s what I see and what I feel
When what I see has more appeal then that is fear
They split a globe up into different hemispheres
Most of y’all don’t even think that that is weird
Take a break from those test tubes
Start a wildlife refuge
Leave well enough alone
Before you need to get rescued
Two sneezes, two bless yous
After that you’re on your own
Thanks for choosing to press play
Sit back and relax like God on his rest day
But know that doing dishes by hand is the best way
Hey
Off top
Off the rip
I am not gonna lie
I’m sad when people are scared but not when they die
We could get cooking if you’re looking alive
But first you have to have a certain look in your eye
But if you’re all about a piece of the pie
Then I’ma have to tell you goodbye
Which brother married to the game divorced next?
All of my money’s from rewards for lost pets
Don’t get discouraged that the planet’s gone berserk
That’s just how advertising works
You can sleep when you’re tired to honor God
Or bend over backwards to keep a job
Maybe save up to buy a Saab
We’ll agree that it’s a sob story
Fly cuts, no touring
No guts no glory
You rep the donkey or the elephant
It’s irrelevant
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Biology
01:53
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If I could do it all again I would
I rap good
I rap real real good
Everyone who wonder wanna check under the hood
Hailing from asunder I am quite misunderstood
I understand the sacredness of breath
And no one’s gonna take it man you want to make a bet?
When people tell me break a leg my tracheae make a "yes"
I mean larynx
No cancelling in the castle where I cast real spells
I rap well
I rap real real well
I got a lot of secrets that I’m never gonna tell
When people cause a headache I don’t tell em go to hell
I’m tryna reach a higher state
When everybody’s getting high I tell em bye and skate
Cause I’m not really trying to make my iris dilate
I mean pupils
My lyrics come from spirits so I’ll always have friends
I rap bien
I rap muy muy bien
If I should ever make mistakes I try to make a mends
I am not on the take I’m not for fakin or pretend
I’m a keeper
Seasoned public speaker
Know vas deferens from urethra
Eureka
And nipples from areola that’s why I’m the apple in eye of every rap promoter
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6. |
Then We Broke Up
03:07
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THEN WE BROKE UP
You used to make overnight oats
If we went out you liked to order avocado toast
The closest place to us that made it wasn’t very close
But we we’re always up to take a stroll
THEN WE BROKE UP
You loved little dogs
So I would keep my eyes peeled everywhere we walked
If the owner had let you say hello you’d be overjoyed
You would make a certain face and certain noise
THEN WE BROKE UP
We’d go into every Whole Foods Market
Free samples always made the hot bar a target,
We’d take as many free samples as we pleased
Only once did they ever ask us to leave
THEN WE BROKE UP
We played a lot of Scrabble
It became habitual, we didn’t just dabble,
We took time with our turns
And memorized all the two letter words
THEN WE BROKE UP
We had a lot of fun
We caught a lot of sun
We really had a ball
THEN WE BROKE UP
We really had a blast
We had a lot of laughs
We thought we had it all
THEN WE BROKE UP
We’d pay for one movie and sneak into the others and sneak snacks in to avoid artificial butter
Once you shoved a bunch into your shirt and pretended
You were pregnant
THEN WE BROKE UP
When we rode the train we would try to sit
In the seats by the end where only two people fit
If it was nice out and we were outside we would ride between cars
When we were sweethearts
THEN WE BROKE UP
We rode bikes from here to there
We went through a few bikes over the years
I would ride out in front, you would stay in the rear
I would let you know the coast was clear
THEN WE BROKE UP
When you were trying to choose an outfit you’d put on fashion shows
I enjoyed watching you strike a pose
My input would help you choose your clothes
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN
WE GOT A LOT OF SUN
WE REALLY HAD A BALL
THEN WE BROKE UP
WE REALLY HAD A BLAST
WE HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS
WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT ALL
We would get lost together
Floss together
Watch The Office
Smell each other’s armpits
Share each other’s art
Share each other’s hearts
Smell each other’s farts
THEN WE BROKE UP
I told you all my secrets
I told them in sequence from the shallow to the deepest
The horrible, the abnormal, and the freakish
I knew we reached the zenith because you were never squeamish
THEN WE BROKE UP
We went on tours,
You met my family and I met yours,
We reclined our seat backs on planes
Before takeoff but we were not ashamed
THEN WE BROKE UP
We were hardly ever apart
We’d walk fifth avenue in Sunset Park
Looking like two giants among the Mexicans
We were the best of friends
THEN WE BROKE UP
We had a lot of fun
We caught a lot of sun
We really had a ball
THEN WE BROKE UP
We really had a blast
We had a lot of laughs
We thought we had it all
THEN WE BROKE UP
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7. |
Nevermind Pt. 2
02:08
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All about the paper where the fakers pumping diesel at
All about my maker I’m a painter where my easel at
Santa 'bout who’s nice and 'bout who’s naughty
I’m a guardian regardless of how people act
Attention while I check under the hood
True expression is more important than being understood
Losing is abusing marijuana
You’re the one dude
But one false move and you’re a goner
Social loner flesh and bone paragon
Bringing in the new year with the twilight zone marathon
Now I’m home so now I’m whole but right and wrong be off and on for awful long I was a vagabond
Get out of your own way Angel
Okay Angel
But I was only there till you was ready to pass
I been up for every hour tempting you to be a coward so that you could find the power now I’m ready to crash
No doubt
My home is not a city it’s a a state ‘cause it’s a state of grace
That’s how come I stay in my creative space
When I started zoomin I was fuming I was bound to make a few mistakes
You know what they say about assuming, and the human race
Broken mirrors on the clearance shelf
Interference
There’s nothing to fear except for fear itself,
I swear sometimes I wonder if you’re hearing well
Things are getting pretty hairy why’s nobody smearing gel?
Ever since I had a speak and spell
I had the feeling i was an eternal shrouded in a Puerto Rican shell
You could tell it by the sazon on the chicken in the kitchen smell
Hit the corner store to drop a quarter in the wishing well
Chipmunks not the strippers that was chip n dale
Cut the whining
Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel,
Kill the racket, you’re alive
It’s almost as bad as taking off your jacket while you drive
To whom it may concern the turning of the tide’s
The only type that i have ever tried
Yo I ain’t never lied
Since I stopped lying, it’s a triumph cause before I used to do it all the time
I was born and bred to leave no red left on the watermelon rind
But you're welcome to a piece if you should be so well inclined
I’s the type to never eat when I was fed a line
That’s since back when Brittany dated kevin federline
So if it’s not a 10 or 9
Nevermind
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I’m a loner
That doesn’t mean the world is on my shoulders
Yes sometimes I cut and run
My cup still runneth over
I’m just being me
Not being mean
It’s just a means of pressing pause on my controller
As I get older
I find that different people want different things from me
And that not everybody laughs at a topic that I think’s funny
If you really want a piece of me
Know I’m going to say my piece
If you’re not pleased
Then it’s peace honey
I’m not saying I don’t get lonely
If I did I’d be a big phony
But those of y'all that know me
Know what’s absolutely crucial in my mind
Is making sure I’m being useful with the time when it moves slowly
When it’s easier to say it than to do
It makes me think should I have stayed with you?
Deep down I know the truth
That any move to call you up to call a truce would just be tightening the noose and simply biting off way more than I can chew
And other things for which I am not in the mood
For some folks getting married is the move
For us the point was moot
I much prefer just ending the pretending and extending the not anything to lose
Because I was being aloof
I think back to before we needed lube
Just being honest I’m not being lewd
I know I made a promise
But I really nearly started to get the feeling that just being honest I was being rude
Which won’t do
I can’t bare it
The nightmare of the dream come true
It hurts so much to think you’re probably crying because I don’t want you anymore
But I had no idea how much I wasn’t ready for
And I was already torn
Between the good me and the bad me
Regardless you’d have me
Gladly,
That’s the reason why I’m done with us
Because I’m a mess and being obsessed is not what’s best for either one of us
I know that I’m deranged
I know I have a problem but I promise I will change
I promise to myself
I promise to God
I swear that I’m not lying I am trying all the time
I am trying so hard
I’m mindful as I clear away debris
That I owe you a lot
My heart was rock
My heart was locked
You were the key,
I’m wiser than I was
and I apologize that you won’t be around to see
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9. |
Crazy
04:06
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Apologies if I was a spaz
Overthink, is the only think setting i have
Folks be like "do this whatever it’ll help you relax"
So far more often than not they’re only making me laugh
I don’t do things in moderation
and I’m clinically insane, that’s a dangerous combination
I looked up "clinically insane" to see if that’s exaggeration, it just gave me confirmation
But I’m not taking no meds
I don’t think God made mistakes when She was making my head
Though perhaps there was a point She might have taken a rest
Maybe She was just a bit fatigued from making the rest
The rest of me, not the other heads
Who aren’t hip to the push for one world government
Just peep the helicopters overhead
I’ll trade you head of lettuce for a loaf of bread
Since I be like "cool, no sweat"
And I be like "okay bet"
They think that I've gone crazy
I don’t flash in the least
Public enemy uno of the fashion police
All for my assortment of sporty and casual tees
Sometimes camo but there’s never any casualties
I don’t groom lots
When I hear “YouTube” I think tube socks
For playing my boombox in the boondocks
Also perfect attire for tying water balloon knots
As long as my cadences are state of the art
What does it matter if my underwear are falling apart?
It’s the cooking, not the apron that is making the mark
Doesn’t matter where I take it, i was naked to start
Pay no mind to the garb
Shirt and slacks are just distraction from the change of the guard
Because you can’t get fitted for the will or the heart
Just gimme something loose fitting while I’m building the ark
Since I be like "cool, no sweat"
And I be like "okay bet"
They think that I've gone crazy
I’m normally not into brands
I buy goya organics tho whenever I can
That only happens
‘Cause I love seeing organics around and Goya been holding it down for the latins
I stay away from Brad’s
They claim they’re organic but I know it’s a sham
They put their olive oil into light bottles
I could tell they add water and cut corners wherever they can
Trader Joe’s has some really good deals but I still feel like breakfast cereal is their Achilles heel
Sugar is poison and at best they’re ambivalent kind of freaky they don’t have some Ezekiel's equivalent
Plus I have to go to where all the capital is
So a lot of times I’ll just go to the spot by the crib
An old man bags my veggies and fruit
I drop my change in the container meant for wonton soup
Since I be like "cool, no sweat"
And I be like "okay bet"
They think that I've gone crazy
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10. |
He Didn't Do Anything
02:48
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One time for your mind it’s me
A great find
Won’t charge you a finder’s fee
Oversee the cleaning out of your entire debris
Hit the scene as everything that i aspire to be
Scrambling for pellets like pacman
Shout the true original black man
Listen I spent mad years waking up to tucan sam
And then mad years listening to wu-tang clan
Look at everything and think it through
Make sure every of your senses influencing what you think is true
Don’t pump the gas or drink the kool aid, that or sip the soup
Portraying how it’s all about income don’t be a nincompoop
Some people think it’s really rude
To even say that
But in truth this isn’t music this is really food
Find you a woman all you gotta do is tell the truth, it come out sounding super smooth
I move just like a rubix cube,
What can i do for you?
I’ll steal the show but leave a clue for you,
I went and got the scoop for you
I brought some literature by and left it on your stoop for you
You were out
For candles for the haunted house
I’m cool wit mammals shout the camel's back and horse's mouth
Sometimes I wonder what y’all acting so intense about
Then i remember you're obsessed with your expense account
And always looking for something to ride the fence about
Or why we can’t be friends about
Dag
Don’t be a drag or drag your muffler
The crime has been committed but i did it not the butler
Race is fake but I’m made up of mad races
Regardless why that happened I’m jacking for fanbases
There’s no one with whom I’d like to trade places
I’m at it like no other cat I’m here to crack cases
I’m on a hajj to heal my ACES
Thank you God that it’s not a mirage it’s an oasis
Earth is on the clock through process of elimination
There’s no way for them to stop the constant elevation
So if you mad at the news
Stop paying your annual dues
Let the animals out of the zoos
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11. |
Who Are You?
01:59
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You say
"You’ll get lost if you stray"
But
WHO ARE YOU?
Them nonbelievers won’t stop
My confidence is rock diesel
All that i’ve ever done was gonna take a miracle
You talk
"You can’t have what you want"
But
WHO ARE YOU?
Don’t try to knock me off course
I didn’t mean to start trouble
Stop wasting minutes and administer the medicine
You lie
"You might fail if you try"
WHOOO ARE YOU?
I didn’t stop ‘cause I didn’t mean to stop
So everyday I make progress
Yes
Bless
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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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CAN: adam@firstdatetouring.com
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