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Reality is an Abstract

by Ecg

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1.
Peace Love and Warfare (free) 03:03
Peace Love and Warfare love is never peace its the reason for warfare yet everywhere I go I'll be looking for more there my melancholy kin play content to pretend but I'll be working tell the end going out with a grin though some will say I kill this shit while others claim the sound sucks my fingerprints on every brick I built it from the ground up not a cent was handed to me not a line was bitten I guess I learned to fight for mine instead of politicking while others hold position play content and fear contention I'm personified ambition operating with precision listen everywhere I go I see em skipping over opportunity regretting there decision from fear to fail they fail to fight rather live a peace full life me I'd rather die then sit but I ain't tryn'a preach alright I just want make it clear me and you do not compare all I do is work and eat don't even like to sleep at night while they feel the need to strike me I feel the need to strike scrawny lil fucker but I always had an appetite shit I'm tryn'a take the world just a section with the mike before I rest I'll get the rest guess I'm not your average type I tell em love is never peace its the reason for warfare yet everywhere I go I'll be looking for more there my melancholy kin play content to pretend but I'll be working tell the end going out with a grin x2 see a song is not a show and a show is not a tour a shot is not a battle and a battles not a war failures not an option and work is not a choir its a honor a privilege and I want more you have to fight what they ignore to top what their team got you gotta plan the whole plot before the first scene shot and no matter how they talk you gotta watch how they walk a failure in the wrong spot could really cost you a lot so be carefull who you trust in it really means something a piston stops pumping the engine does nothing loyalties a must in the way a family functions some will tell you greed is good but Im'a tell you fuck them money over bullshit but not above respect be careful try’n to sell what you can't get with a check so fuck what they expect and trust the rules of engagement at war with the complacent this ones for the impatient I tell em love is never peace its the reason for warfare yet every where I go I'll be looking for more there my melancholy kin play content to pretend but I'll be working tell the end going out with a grin x2
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Money now the CD needs a budget and the food ain't free but the food will never bring the money back to me so when I tell you that I'm hungry as I write this here understand when I speak on cash its sincere x2 see me working with the logic never worshiped income but know just how it happens when your ass can't get some the wrong 9 to 5 now you can't get shit done no energy to focus and no money to build its like they're try’n to keep you still with just enough for bills if its not a plot to trap me that's sure how it feels I need the loan to get the car I need the car to get to work and then they'll have me trapped not making half of what I'm worth hes getting paid hes got no time hit the studio now hes getting paid won't make enough to go to college hes getting paid he makes enough to get food for his child hes getting paid but for the cloth he needs a few more dollars hes getting paid the studio or college hell a brick to flip everything that makes money takes money to get now I could dream of great money live bummy and sit or I could work the fucking puzzle tell I find what fits see I got myself a theory to which I commit if your working on it daily then you might get rich but most will wait for what their handed cause they're trained to sit you need a service to supply or some shit to flip but get this get rich or die hungry and homeless misery a son of destiny who lost his focus I'd love to shine some light on all these fucking vulture and watch em all scatter like they're cockroaches the ones who had a purpose but refused to build who eat off other people and can't pay their bills who had a place to go but simple chose to sit and will never no the meaning of a life like this hes getting paid he makes enough to hit the studio now hes getting paid he makes enough to go to college hes getting paid he makes enough to get food for his child hes getting paid making moves while hes chasing dollars
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I Hope God Likes Hip Hop such an unexpected teacher came to cure my stress I have god but not a preacher and for this I'm blessed so fuck a pseudo understanding of what happens after death no faith in success will leave your life a mess you ever seen disaster strike and didn't care one bit you ever heard somebody sick and only sort of gave a shit you ever heard somebody died and then wondered why you haven't yet you ever seen a killer and then envied acting ravenous or politicked with snakes for fear of being alone you ever stopped trying to clock and started rotting at home you ever hid behind an art you ever hid behind a lie you every hid behind the present from day you'll die you ever hit your knees and praised a god that doesn't exist my religion came with logic wasn't older then six if what you lack isn't a god then I could help define it I spend every second given by him trying to find it every day I build my soul every night I refine it I was the given the material but guess who designed it and the terms of the agreement simply weren't provided I guess I’m fucking greedy there’s no need to deny it some sell their soul some give it to god but Im'a keep mine yeah I know it seems odd and lord don't take it as my disrespect I just can't give it up when its all I have left I know that isn't true, sometimes I wish it was, dopamine and serotonin happiness is just drug, a common point of view, but be it right or wrong, Im'a build for from me and if there is a god we'll get along, forever chasing more I'm thinking hes a worker to, but if where being honest fucker you got work to do, that goes for both of you but which are you gon’ focus on if its the one you can't control I think you got your focus wrong so get get goal that measure that’s what I suggest and fuck if they're impressed you need know what you respect confused with what then you should move that ass and check and use every piece of the past that hasn't happened yet every day should build your soul every night refine it your given the material but guess who must designed the terms of the agreement well they simply weren't provided but if your asking me you bastards know what my reply is some sell their soul some give it to god but Im'a keep mine yeah I know it seems odd and lord don't take it as my disrespect I just can't give it up when its all I have left
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Vibe to the Beat (free) 03:52
Vibe to the Beat some wanna blow up for the digits get that money in their hand some wanna blow up for the bitches like they joined the Taliban so everybody speculates and everybody questions me they ask me what I'm rapping for I tell em so the stress will leave yes indeed blessed M.C. everyday is Ecstasy steady chase success with no idea of where the quest of lead uncertain of the journey but I know I shouldn't sit here I wonder if the birds no where to go before they get their a sincere addict to it paramount just added to I just need some stronger shit yeah yeah that will do it fiending like a crack head for nodding like a dope fiend I'll pitch to the world to afford like its cocaine then be at the studio again and try'n to maintain different team same game everybody gotta dream everybody got a war and you should fight for what you seek but don't forget to stop a bit to vibe to the beat like (best chorus ever even though most don’t catch it) if you never take a break from it you could really break from it lazy fuckers hate this track hustlers really think from it only for the focused hell its better if you can't love it rest before insanity but not before the brink of it start up every morning and keep working tell the night is through then you'll understand that its advice to save a life or two but if you think its hard to follow then I'm like the likes of you I gotta say I'm proud it seem like build is all our type can do but tonight's for getting weeded shit I hope the lighters new I'm going tell the fluids gone cause higher means a better view I wanna see the world not just the goal that I've been focused on tunnel vision and ambition really aren't such different songs watch the way you think as your priorities compete cause you can't see if you don't blink and to much stress will make you weak I swear to never rest I mean its death before defeat but I could take a half a second to just vibe to the beat like (best chorus ever even though most don’t catch it) now to every motherfucker who will love this song try to quote it all the time at party's all night long acting like their just relaxing cause its healthy for your mind but never really new a grind or dealt with stress of any kind this ain't some shit you could relate to I motherfucking hate you you tell me your a fan I'll probably smack instead of thank you make new moves every day and never wait dude you hear it all the time but somehow it never breaks through this is for the college kids with jobs instead of scholarships laughing at the ones who had a skill and didn't polish it this is for the adults with bills and real problems bitch working double shifts and busting ass get their dollar thick this is for the driving given everything to get more who see the lazy fucks and wonder what the hell their sitting for the blessed and to the rest I'll say inaction isn't cheap you should try n write to life instead of vibe to the beat like (best chorus ever even though most don’t catch it)
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A Song About You (free) 03:39
A Song About You Its started out in fiction now its in news clips focus on the future and you'll never guess what you get some have died for it many lived there lives it every citizen gave a portion to provide for it satellites and medicine appreciate the perks your life is the result of a society at work and if you disagree then you should really turn your phone on and with a couple button let the world know that I'm wrong welcome to future exactly like the past imagine that soon they'll see your ass and laugh the people that raised the people that raised me where raised by those that where trained to love slavery people like me and you so lets be honest now flaws in society will probably always be around so be cautious getting caught up in the benefits cause with communal growth also comes communal ignorance but still we learn and grow as we did before you should question what you have even as your chasing more its been established when we focus we can do things so if you made society then what the fuck would you change
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A Song About Weed (free) 02:45
Weed I love weed < I do I hate work I quite weed for work god damn it hurt it seemed wrong but the theme song to real world life is MONEY OVER EVERYTHING -yeah that's right kids- not the tykeish type try’n to live life quite big I put down the pipe so my piss test right dig they only test once hell this might be a nice gig quite to get more ain't that just how life is that fist pay check I might cop me a pound man smoke until I pass out it seems like a sound plan or I could spend a grand on that 20 a gram I bet a thousand dollar blunt feels great in your hands but first I just gotta shit shouldn't be to hard then I'm feeling right smoking better then you are worst month of my life but now I'm looking at new waiting on my dealer try’n to take shit to far its my first day back god I love that why'd they have to drug test me my first day back purple in the wrap how I ever live without weed its my first day back god I love that why'd they have to drug test me my first day back purple in the wrap how ever live without weed and as for how my weed is I get it from Rodriguez he the kid nothing but the best yes believe it or better yet doubt it and find out about it catch me at the shows man I always stay around it astounded still try’n to figure how he found it got me high as fuck but this music keeps me grounded they feel the need to judge hand em liquor tell em drowned it Ill sit and burn a spliff thinking bout how much a pound is and we'll compare results while your drunk and I'm high I think we'll both agree sobriety is most unwise now when I wrote this I was faded fucker I can't lie so if it sounds a lil different I apologize but if your really tense enough to hear this shit and criticize then you should cop a bag of weed and roll a spliff to get you high you outta should cop a bag of weed and roll a spliff to get you high you gotta should cop a bag of weed and roll a spliff to get you high {chorus}
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The Death of Kings (free) 02:04
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When faith met thought and ambition was born I was born an old soul with an ignorant mind thinking I could grow forever if I'm so inclined never one to wait or follow couldn't stand in line like any child I was wild but developed with time some developed their minds some developed addictions most developed an affinity for simply sitting me I stayed around the studio and worked on written operating with precision try’n to find whats missing from my soul and I know most of those who sat where caving to the same flaws I was working at its amazing how a gods never based on fact how no matter what you love faith the base that yet so few see polished glass with faith in what looks back imitation taught you how to talk walk and act but perfection didn't raise you so theirs plenty you lack don't let the fiction you where given start to warp your math you can grow and grow you don't get but old cause a dreams a dream and a plans a plan they could never coincide guess I'll never understand cause still I'm steady working with this pen up in my hand you can grow and grow you don't get but old cause a dreams a dream and a plans a plan they could never coincide guess I'll never understand cause still I'm steady working with this pen up in my hand lets talk about liquor no lets talk about weed they talk about failure then lets talk about me lets talk about cutting class with no future to see lets talk about giving everything to make Cd's lets talk about a 9 to 5 until college done lets talk about the real workers and lets talk about the bums lets talk about what feels intelligent and what feels dumb lets stop the talk and take some action while my ass still young the kid that wants to fight fires never inhaled fumes the one that wants to be a cop never dealt with goons the one that wants to be a doctors never been on call we see the goal without the struggle that's the kid in us all and to many switch the goal once the struggle begins and when the problems start they make that switch again its not until you learn to sacrifice you learn to win so ignore those claiming comfort and keep getting it in you can grow and grow you don't get but old cause a dreams a dream and a plans a plan they could never coincide guess I'll never understand cause still I'm steady working with this pen up in my hand you can grow and grow you don't get but old cause a dreams a dream and a plans a plan they could never coincide guess I'll never understand cause still I'm steady working with this pen up in my hand they train me like a pet while I beg for dollars the pay checks my treat and the ties my collar but still I'm writing tracks when that work days done cause you can train a dog to sit but you can't teach him not to love to run where I Am's not where I'm from no I've never been a bum hustle while they sit and watch the way these fucking dollars come oh my god they got him young took a lot and taught him none told him he should follow tried to keep him on the bottom wrung I found the way they bought the bottles and the bullshit bothersome so I got a book a blunt and read while buddy bought a gun sacrificed to learn while he sold his soul to profit some see the dream he seen was sold he acted before thought begun he didn't plan or sacrifice he took the dream they brought to him I saw him through the glass and ask his ass why he had acted dumb he said he needed faster funds told me that his mind was numb so make your dream a plan a plot and never use a borrowed one. you can grow and grow you don't get but old cause a dreams a dream and a plans a plan they could never coincide guess I'll never understand cause still I'm steady working with this pen up in my hand you can grow and grow you don't get but old cause a dreams a dream and a plans a plan they could never coincide guess I'll never understand cause still I'm steady working with this pen up in my hand
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Victory (free) 01:19
Victory this that pregame mentality that who the fuck could handle me that hell yes I’ve been the best I'll crush you if you challenge me this is dropping out verse tipping hats at graduation this is cave men verse the modern generation this is getting laid verse fuzzy porn and masturbation this is your complacent verse our need for innovation this is not a calculation that requires contemplations I could see it from the start they lack focus and concentration see we practiced while they played now where winning while they lose again if the foundation you build is thin then how the fuck are you to win everyday I get it in we really build while they pretend the type of shit y'all try to claim the type of shit I prove to them get it right at practice at the game I know I have it see I need it like an addict every play should raise your average see me working with a grin in love the sacrifice demanded see when losers choose to win they have to take what none where handed if your running while your listening or working on the bench again then your the type that gets it right so tell the rest to sit and spin that or follow suit and see the truth in work and victory if your lazy then your worthless so I'm sweating making history - dope ass sample that Bezus Christ found -
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Failure (free) 04:04
Failure its failure my familiar friend its called failure as cruel as shes ever been its called failure seen time and time again its laid on thick as my patience grows thin its failure my familiar friend its called failure as cruel as shes ever been its called failure seen time and time again but I'll face it with a grin tell I finally get a win shes my on again off again on again lover even when shes not around I swear I'm always thinking of her I'm with her so much that I can't help but wonder how the hell she has time for all you other mother fuckers my buddy said theirs really only proof I tried he missed the game winning shot then he fucking cried cause a failure is a failure and a lie is a lie so a failures still a failure when its wholly denied some people hide from it some people die from it some people exploit to market and thrive from it some people overcome it matter fact I've done studied every lesson that one could derive from it the first few lines you hear when the song starts where written way back when failure tore me apart left without a dime to spend of a blunt to spark I was headed for success but I missed my mark learned to switch mentality's and faced what challenged me sometimes you lose that's the harsh reality but improve through the shitty and the good gets great and those who choose to wait only seal their fate its failure my familiar friend its called failure as cruel as shes ever been its called failure seen time and time again its laid on thick as my patience grows thin its failure my failure friend its called failure as cruel as shes ever been its called failure seen time and time again but I'll face it with a grin tell i finally get a win its a hell of a mentality not everyone’s a fan I think you cease to be a child when your dream becomes a plan I guess I'm saying when you work work for something real cause every ant should feel proud of the mountain they build that way the workers work regardless of the standard their held to if stopping was an option bet this bitch would of fell through I still do feel its my duty to build new I see few real its only natural they fear true lyricism written as I give em clear view of honesty abolishing these lies that steer you success is made of failure which you won't let near you so it often gets rejected by the few it appears to me I play with failure on a regular basis I love her sense of humor but I think she hates it as I get to know her more and more I see her less and less I mean she used to stay around me like she was obsessed its almost like she doesn't like it when I treat her with respect shes always bitching to her family like I'm nothing but stress maybe I should blame sister see that's how we met sometimes I think shes only bitter that I fucked success yes quite the family sweeter then candy both try’n to lock change chain and brand me are you following the plot or should I draw it in crayon G life's bigger then both I hope you fucks understand me I'm talking failure my familiar friend its called failure as cruel as shes ever been its called failure seen time and time again its laid on thick as my patience grows thin it was just a mixtape it should have been more i don't think I'll ever get what I'm working for in fact you'll never hear this I'll probably never make it but even if i did i bet it happened in a basement

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released April 23, 2011

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