I be where they don’t know / don’t show or don’t care
But with the way I flow / what I know it’s not fair
My advice / You trying to up your networth?
Get off that lease and own / and I ain’t talkin Oprah’s network
Matter of fact / I guess I am
But more grassroots homey / Yes we can
I ain’t talking about the change from AJ and Free
More like the change from Clay to Ali
Focus less on what you get / and more on what you’ve got to give
Less on regrets / more on the life that you’ve got left to live
I got to give it to you / I see you’re trying harder though
But be the glue that keeps it all together / Barbaro
Was that a low blow / my bad
I hope it don’t stick / like most the flows that I have
But when I show my people love / love is what the show me
I’m always one above / My rhymes are hittin’ bogeys
We were sold the American dream / and the new result
We want it all now / like veruca salt
But we been chillin / like damn where the day go?
U been posted at the crib / like a graco
Man / The real slim shady stood up
So why can’t I try to be smart / and raise the whole hood up
Good luck / you know these niggas don’t read
I shouldn’t fill them with hope and dreams / things they don’t need
But Ima sew my seeds / so even if the reaper comes
My tree will bear the fruit / and my people will be reapin ‘em
Most of these cats are clowns / they’re not working with their words
Ya’ll talking nouns / I’m talking verbs
We don’t play games / check where I’m from
Ya’ll ain’t read James / you need to mind your tongue
Ya’ll ain’t hear what I’m saying / so let me lay it out
Ya’ll didn’t play / you just got played out
I hope you’re not offended / I am something like a menace
I became Ms. Lane / but I let you call me Dennis
Just like I know / you might let me climb up in it
Baby I’m a big deal / like underdogs / I win shit
Winning / is what you call it
I call it breathing daily / I’m almost flawless
Princess cut maybe / But I am still dogging
I am still clogging / I like to go dutch
Half and half / like the cream in my coffee
Big deal balling / so haters get off me
haters get off me / haters get off me
UK rapper and composer Oscar reconnects with his youth on a sleek, diaristic LP influenced by ’90s hip-hop and '00s R&B. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 21, 2024