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INTRO - Kay Ryan
'Still Start'
As if engine
parts could be
wrenched out
at random and
the car would
still start and
sound even,
hearts can go
with chambers
broken open.
VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
i'm a fuckin hip hop headache
ethio-jazz on the tables
comin' at you fast, more angles
indian at heart, no bangles
appropriate the unfilled spaces
straight white bitches can't tame us
found a way to channel all the anger
drop this shit loud, it's a banger (ay)
i know this shit bad, do it anyway
broken ground? Nah, shit groundbreaking
makin' moves, please and thank you
for letting me speak for the unsavored
unsaved, high-tech, bloodbank
unpaved, high-risk, feng sui,
flip a bitch back like "woah hey"
you're lookin' at me young brozay
I'm about to speak take a listen
rain turned to snow outside, shit's Christmas
no we do not talk 'bout the unfinshed business
found a way to cope, fillin' out a lil' wish list
wish list turned to a hit list
catchin' blows, body bag, missed it
don't think twice 'fo i hit this
keep focus while i kill shit (ay)
BRIDGE - Miyka'el
We in the go
hittin' the north for the show now
i'm on my waves
washin' up with my toes out
gimme my blade
let me cut down these hellhounds
ain't got no breaks
so I guess it's just go now
We in the go
hittin' the north for the show now
i'm on my waves
washin' up with my toes out
gimme my blade
let me cut down these hellhounds
HOOK - Miyka'el
Ain't got no breaks
and I guess I can't slow down
stuck and i'm froze in my lane
when it's snowin' and cold out
Ain't got no breaks
and I guess I can't slow down
stuck and i'm froze in my lane
VERSE 2 - Jaunté
I went home
need a phone
took a ride through the field and i'm thinking defense
snakes in the grass but y'all never give in
blessings for me guess i get what i give
im on the edge cuz you take what you givin
you label me crazy when i'm gettin in but
these niggas hop out when the picture get livid
they hit my line for a show now
i just grip on my dick and I show out
hoes appear and they wanna snowball
hoes appear and they look like hoe now
if i spazz on you they take they phone out
if i keep this up probly go pro now
look for the one you don't know now
just look for the one you don't know now
HOOK - Miyka'el
Ain't got no breaks
and I guess I can't slow down
stuck and i'm froze in my lane
when it's snowin' and cold out
Ain't got no breaks
and I guess I can't slow down
stuck and i'm froze in my lane
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2. |
torches (feat. Kashow)
02:01
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HOOK - aristokatic and Vacant Cemetery
black dusk lit with torches
step down from your porches
get down from your horses
time to go
VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
rise up
light up the fires, know your worth
lit fires to purp and green, orange
like it's halloween, pullin
spears and pitchforks
linin' all the streets
this a movement for the people
gotta practice what you preach, choosin'
the path of all the heroes in our books
get the populous to take a look
and see
all the stone cold faces now filled with fire
lighting up their light with the torches that fill the sky
you know we comin'
to take down, break down all your norms
tired of repetition
cuz we all want a cause
represent the people in this life that don't have a voice
cuz we got people with the patience and the chance to ignite (uh)
HOOK - aristokatic and Vacant Cemetery
black dusk lit with torches
step down from your porches
get down from your horses
time to go
VERSE 2 - Kashow
leave a trail of black dust
scattered these mad trucks
been sensin' something on the horizon
it's time to act up
couldn't stop this if you tried
so instead of proselytizing, I
advise you in helpin' make this great divide margin
large, and stop this motherfucker that's in charge
fuck the one percent
let's show how tall our numbers really are
so if you with us or you not just know it's coming
ain't been the one to run,
I give all 'til I got nothing (uh)
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3. |
slippin into darkness
01:41
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
I've been slippin' into darkness
on park benches of large cement
came up with broad goals, a hard nose,
and no foes, but now I ain't got nothin' to give
aimin' to live off of all i can get
i throw up my set
i do it for the homies who've been waitin' for
cold souls, i drown in this shit
i'm down the abyss
I do it for my brothers with no hoes who
lie, cheat, and bargain with death
i started this shit
nobody can take me out the hall
it be open like the drawers of my closet
when i'm fiending for shit
don't tweak on my time
don't leave when I'm on the line
I'm tired of your shit
I'm tired of being the last one thought of
standing on the corner when the beat came on
they had to get me
they never let me
I spit my mind
they can't forget me
they see me
HOOK - Vacant Cemetery
I'm slippin' into darkness
in the broad sense
scramblin' my mind til'
i'm on the fense
I looked over
and saw death
they see me
I'm slippin' into darkness
in the broad sense
scramblin' my mind til'
i'm on the fense
I looked over
and saw death (yeah)
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4. |
nobody's there
01:24
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
Yeah I'm kickin' back back
eatin' on this Thai food
right on a bible, nah i'm playin'
this is spiritual
take it back, original, cynical,
nah I won't do that, I'm a miracle
look,
I'm sick of seein' all the same old shit
I'm to jaded to exist in this pit
I'm swollen, chosen
from patterns that be makin' fractals
I've seen it all
maybe that's what i retract to
look at the walls
cave in agoraphobic nightmare's claustrophobic
wait, opposites attract what do i care
can't buy these raps from but the pen i took
i probly hit the jug before you could look
you see it right there
i'm playing high snares with low stands
ballistic pitches resonate
you can hear it right there
it ain't a fad
too quick to be in and out they said
but what's the point of talkin' too long if nobody's there,
gone
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
Why my breath stink?
Why my chest sting?
Why am I resting?
Why am I wasting all this damn time? Why
am I perplexing? A lack of understanding.
Ain't too many lies, just
gotta read my lines
Why am I dragging?
why am I hanging from a thread?
why am I less than what I am?
why am i thinking? i'm asking why
cuz i got questions lacking substance
like on the road to pick up
my empty pockets got more weight
i'm throwin' change-ups
why am I quittin' baseball?
why am I wishin' for 8- no i don't do that
if there's one thing that i've
figured out it's why I'm laid back, but
Why am I waiting long?
Why I ain't too strong?
Why am I lost in feelings?
Why he puttin straight tobacco in the bong?
I got questions
that lead me to the start
been waiting from the jump for an answer to my calls
I got none and that's why I do this
I'm coping, tryna make it through this
I'm feelin' real somber
I said I'm feelin' real somber 'fo i drop the ball
VERSE 2 - BlackDanielWhite
my hands fumble the ball
my frail four limbs I can't lift it up
couch bound baby
live my adolescense feelin' like i was so
sick as fuck
this grouch was tucked in a bed
in a house feelin' like ima recluse
confounding gaze when I see you
bounded arms prevent self harm
plastic tubes I'm made to breathe through
life taught me we ain't equal
I was wallowin' in my fecal
smellin' foul as hell, body was a jail
got a clouded mind, IV's only thing keep me alive
I'm so deprived
of sunlight, I just wanna see it again
I'm funnelled down this tunnel
grim reaper ripped me out my hovel
just to drag me through the streets
grab me by my ankles
take them cuffs
acceptance of defeat
I need more than for you to
pray for me
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6. |
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INTRO - Frank Zappa on The Today Show
'How does Frank Zappa want to be remembered'
ugh, it's not important
'not important at all'
mm-mm
'wanna be remembered for the music?'
it's not important to even be remembered
i mean, the people who want to be remembered
are guys like Reagan, Bush, these people want to be remembered
and they'll spend a lot of money
and do a lot of work
to make sure that remembrance is just terrific
'and for Frank Zappa'
i don't care
HOOK - Miyka'el
You think about your pride
you're so caught up
in your demise
your demise
your demise
your demise
You think about your pride
you're so caught up
in your demise
You think about your pride
you're so caught up
in your demise
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
I'm an old soul livin' in a young mind
fine-grained but coarse to grind
i'm hoarse
choke, spit, and whine
keep my conscience on my shoulder 'fo i turn unconscious
gotta make it to that rose gold
expensive taste
been haunting me and my wallet
arteries start to cloggin
this steak got more beef than the whole rap game
no slang when i spit
this the truth young blood
makin' trips back and forth doin'
this too long cuz i've been old and tired
since the jump, it's been a minute since i've had a bump
kick me up and raise my fist high
clutch it while i'm tongue tied
hold your promise 'fo the alibi (uh)
VERSE 2 - Vacant Cemetery
I won't break back but break bread
ain't talkin fast food
you thought nutrition of the mind is bought
these the building blocks
cementin' my name
this shit is what i've been striving to make
and change happens now we stick together
unified
we catch what you do from a distance
and scrutinize
lord knows,
there's 20 seconds that can make a difference
there's 20 records that can make you spin this
there's 20 dollar bills that finish out a wish list
there's 20 racks that came from prisons
there's 20 locked up by the 12 with the guns
and yet we still sittin' here
wastin' time, spinnin' records and makin' dimes
we gotta watch what we incentivize
VERSE 3 - Chi T
I'ma bring the sunny back
tryna put me in the back
oh, I ain't havin' that
I'm gonna be in the sky like Walter Payton in the Chi
legendary running back
if you let me run it back
oh, its the
revival of the samurai
you jack me up i never die
i leave him this and never lie
i guess i'm just that kinda guy
i guess i'm just that kinda guy, yeah
VERSE 4 - Afroshinobi
In yo bitch's gato
I flow like clamato
gettin' guap pronto
pokemon kanto
fuck monsanto
my hermanos
all that i know
blacker than kyro
bars are pyro
we are idols
y'all sleep like nyquil
don't be sleep
bars are pyro
we are idols
y'all sleep like nyquil
don't be sleep
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8. |
wanderer
02:00
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
brisk air migrates
when leaves turn red brick
a backdrop to cold minds
and burnout
a walk through these broken bricks is
enough to raise suspicions
if anyone has stayed here
for some hundred years
will they exit with anything
the building blocks line the halls
of open mouthed preaching
and closed minded reading
maybe they remember but
we all seem to forget what was said
down the line some months later
when sound waves to deaf ears
are you one to write
or let the wave crash behind
and reverberate from the walls
of red brick
VERSE 2 - Vacant Cemetery
A crow never gets cold
She did choose the perch over anything
but for what
feel breeze
chills glide down back
they could never
capture this ice in a pack
reimburse my impairments
reciprocate the natural disasters
breathe, think: for what?
I'm not owed anything
they didn't do this
the steam drifts past the cold, dry unforgiven
when I came back to you
what was I waiting for
you were just passing through
I couldn't stop myself
when I came back to you
what was I waiting for
you were just passing through
I couldn't stop myself
VERSE 3 - Vacant Cemetery
Sirens in the distance
Did you hear that?
Can’t be us, right?
No way
The river flows shallow
Through maroon wavelengths
They’re getting louder
You should probably put that away, man
Shut up
I’m not kidding
Our cover was dense
But would it be enough to protect us
Pulse
I think we should leave
Y’all overreacting all the damn time
He was right.
Stampedes have no remorse for lost sailors
My heart rumbled ten timpani
STOP RIGHT THERE!
Run!
FREEZE
The night moon is not an adequate luminary for
This red, blue moment
GET DOWN
DROP YOUR WEAPON
The ground shook. I knew
They had won
A stampede through a cold desert night is no match for a
wanderer
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
Breathe in
she call me up i'm leaving
keepin' my friendships broken
unspoken, im seethin
Breathe out
leave a bag posted up on a couch
I ain't enough but I ain't startin' to pout
without
drown in the songs of my past life
smokin' hella dope
can't look, need a flashlight
underwater when I started
I hit the ground running
it's nothing
Gleam
at the end of the tunnel
all these thoughts and dreams
catch me in the mud
i'm stuck with a nut and a crutch
no worth but a buck
8.50 too much for the cut
had to deuce 'fo he came with the stunt
ain't playin' games
I'm leavin' them thangs
'fo they call my name
pull out
dip out
scram 'fo you get popped
ain't fuckin' with no folks, they opps
all of 'em
holdin' grudges for nothin
ain't gettin' buckets or nothin'
you a blueberry
where the times went
(yeah, uh, where the times went, uh, you know)
VERSE 2 - BlackDanielWhite
dazed and distorted running gunnin' down hollis
novice, that's you
don't test the man that's got it
i'm not snips
not a padawan
mama called me a vagabond
i scuffle with the rubble to prove that i'm a savage on
fuckin' fist face, tell me how cement taste
yo' emotions gettin' misplaced
coerce your crew
to the hearse placating words
drawn up
funds out your purse
in post-mortem i'll be fuckin' a nurse
got dignitaries
askin' who my actuaries
kings and queens gift me
with relics from the sanctuaries
read the sign that's scary
with a raid that's to the pocket
sights incline you to
cover up your sockets
dishonest
public servants that pick on us
regulations that keep on us
out the reapin' of they own numbers
ghost funders of elections got connections man
change representin'
all this and i'm only consumed by what bitch line i'm steady pressin'
hope you motherfuckers get the message
VERSE 3 - Vacant Cemetery
I keep it goin' like i ain't off beat
this shit on stutter, cut it up with the heat
don't miss, don't trip
don't waste what you got
or you'll be sittin', shittin' cold hands broken beats and nothin' to rock
I ain't been on this rap shit in a minute
but there's always a time for it
get it off my chest
let it breathe for a minute
until I get the chance again to come back with the pen
and tell 'em how I really feel about shit, you know
got a lot on my mind
every single day a line, poetry filled with images
i'm drinkin' wine
the dark rooted purple substances are food for thought
you gotta bargain 'fo yo' shit gets bought
know your worth and cop
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10. |
the new theory
03:05
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VERSE 1 - Vacant Cemetery
ain't no reason not to fuck with us
y'all could go fuck it up, luck it up
you gon' need the bag fo' you toughen up
I was in the kitchen we was cuttin' up
knuckles down, had to pull up on ya fo' it blazes up
blaze wit' us
hazin' up the pack
hit the wave on up
bag check, fuckin' up
car wreck, you luckin' up
hot fuzz, pot luck, eating good on God
I'm the rap game raven, yo' career is a mirage
ocean pours over
like an oasis fo' it rolls over
trippin' off acid and there's faces tiltin' cold shoulders
bad looks, get booked, put me in a pod
she was sendin' me away before I wrote this here homage
to my lord and savior: all of the ones that passed on
(yeah yeah yeah, you know. you know how I'm comin', ay
you ain't ready for this mane)
VERSE 2 - Vacant Cemetery
I got a couple sketches with my man D White
Paintin' pictures we ain't startin' fights
ignite
less you hittin up my girl for neck
i'm talkin' to that meathead motherfucker
but I'm wastin' time
I'm like a metronome
playin' in yo' head at the house show
probly cuz you can't keep time
but maybe then you might sound okay
and that's fine
less you make a mistake
then you got more than mine you bitch ass
tattoos and piercings, you hear that?
or too busy listening to *TICK* *TICK* click track?
Ya I'm petty, but I bring it man to man
and drummer to drummer
I heard your group is done
must be a bummer cuz you got nothin'
and you ain't never gonna be somethin'
I see the envy in yo' face when you see my drummin'
and that's all you'll be, sit there and spectate
and that's all you'll see, man, how my dick taste?
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Vacant Cemetery Illinois
artist.
musician.
sonic imperialist. instrumentalist, vocalist.
producer/rapper. creator.
introvert
with open ears.
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