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(Verse One)
Stir crazy off these beats
Beating up these beats with ease
Easily dismantle instrumentals
Watch me handle these
Wash your hands when dapping me
I'm too fresh to be Mr. Clean
But flow sicker than Corona challenges on your toilet seat
Keep 6 feet
That's where you need to be to say what's up to me
Or 6 feet deep is where you'll end up sleeping
Don't run up on me
I'll (Cough - excuse me) compromise your immune system properly
If you cant seem to grasp that these are
Bars you can't pull up and peep
It's a different type of workout in my gym of lyrics
Not just spittin' for the aesthetics
This an aggressive but welcoming
Type of calisthenics, in other words
You gettin' ripped if you try to compete with this one
It's hittin' different
A whole different spirit, sitting on projects and I
Just reload and keep it pimpin',
Sorry I meant pushing
I just wanna write
I just wanna see what you tryna do
I just wanna know who you tryna be
(As for me) I sound like Jermaine Dupri when producing beats 'cause
(Yall know who this is) It's the K1NG
You can see the ring
Gleaming off the pen when I ink
Bars that make you think
Make you smile or make you mug so mean
That's kinda my thing
Whether it's just me or it's a squad its RDFND
Still DDT a beat on .MP3 or .WAV format is sleek
Or is it Sheik the way I seem to
Transform into what you need
Don't go to sleep
I'd hate for you to miss out on the things I've dreamed
(Verse Two)
Stir crazy with these flows
Flowing to deliver more
Moreover the schemes I pen
Can influence my region, so
Watch my hands when rapping see
I disinfect up every beat
But still too funky to be compared to
What an anomaly
Keep sixteens, that's what you need
If you think you can rap with me
Or 6 feet deep is where you'll end up
If you try combating me I'll
(Cough) (excuse me) compromise your immune system rapidly
If you cant seem to grasp that these are
Bars you can't pull up and peep
Not here to play
Because it's levels to the game (hey)
I'm not making money yet
But can't afford to change (hey)
Everything's full circle
But ducking calls when they ring (hey)
Vision's 20/20
But still can't afford to dream (hey)
Laugh when you play Lasers
But now I'm considering
Doing illegal things
With scales and triple beams
Production block is scary
And got me to wondering
If I'll be the same king
When I come off this quarantine
Tried to share my thoughts
With the homies in uGC
They interrupted me
To press about branding needs
I can't blame 'em
Cause we just trying to reach our dreams
We gotta get it soon
Or else it's insanity
As for me I'm hungry as hell
Whenever I'm on these beats
(Y'all know who it is)
Peter Parker on the upswing
Or is it Peter Parkour
The way he vault over things
Defeating enemies that's tryna
Diminish his royalty, you tell me
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F.o.H [prod. K1NG ELJAY]
03:06
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(Verse One)
Nicer than most the rappers you listen to
Don't patronize me
My "lil' flow" known to drown a fool
My last project slept on
The last cypher proved it
But I thank God for that slight
Now that's my lighter fluid
It's all God
So next time you wondering how he do it
Consider I don't even write
Unless I'm going through it
Either that
Or the homies around me making music
Judging by the tone of this
I guess you know which is which
No more batteries to give
No more energy to spare
I got goals I gotta reach
Hopefully you meet me there
My Plan A's for me to make it
And as far as I'm aware
Plan B's only live to kill your future
I can't have that scare
Fear of heights don't shake me now
I'm more scared to be stuck here
Gatekeepers don't move me now
I just want the crowd to hear
Thankful for my vision now
I can see it crystal clear
And if you can't contribute
To changing lives then don't come near
(Hook)
Get the F*** outta here (x3)
Ain't no room for fear of heights
Get the F*** outta here (x3)
Ain't no room for fear of heights
Get the F*** outta here (x3)
Ain't no room for fear of heights
Get the F*** outta here (x3)
Ain't no room for fear of heights
(Verse Two)
Funny how it happens, right
People gravitate because they
See you have a passion, right
People form these unions
And from there it's all actions, right
Everybody putting in to
Make their dreams happen, right
If that was the end of the process
The verse could end there
And I could stop rapping
But people grow, people change
And what was once aligned can
Fall flat if you ain't
Learned how to fly on your own
Or push through pettiness
Thank God I learned which is which
Tryna elevate but
The people I wanna take with me
More content with being mixtape legends
In my local scene
I just need to spread my wings
Head held high into the air
I see the shade they place on me
Eagle eye and so aware
Sharpest tongue when writing schemes
Baby we could take it there
But my God is watching so
I cant stoop to your level, yeah
Thankful for my vision now
I can see it crystal clear
And if you can't contribute
To changing lives then don't come near
(Hook)
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(Intro/Callback)
I remember when I
Used to dream
I used to sleep and
Wake up with all of these
Ideas rattling that I wanna see
Manifest and become my reality
Crazy how six years later
(Verse One)
I'm still at it
Still swinging these bars like axes
Still throwing clever punchlines
That knocks you off your axis
Still leave your world spinning
With writtens that I be craftin'
Still unassuming in person
You think you gettin' catfished
You still can look in my eyes
And see I got that passion
Still refuse to back down
Still about that action
Still painfully aware
That I'm a smart black man
Especially dealing with
All this racism in passin'
Still aware that racism
Is never gone pass and
They still remixing the term
More than JD and Diddy
They still gon justify their ignorance
With skewed stats and
As long as Fox News is active
There's gonna be a fraction of me
That thinks we ain't gon' never see peace
Still feel it'll get worse
Before it's better i think
But still got the peace of God
And its dwelling in me
so I'm okay showing y'all
How to shadow box demons
It means we still fighting
(Hook)
Ain't no time to be grievin'
Stayin' light on my feet when
Shadow boxing these demons (x2)
God's got me, I see Him
I just gotta believe when
Shadow boxing these demons (x2)
(Verse Two)
Hard to avoid my heart
Hardening from all of this
I had to James Harden it
And step back from the situation
All of this energy I'm wasting
With this empty faith that
is, oh so hollow and
I'm wearing it just to save face for
People that don't truly understand
What I'm placed to do
I might not be the greatest
But my music's irreplaceable
I put all my soul into
This so you can know it's true
'Cause you see that I refuse
To be ill-prepared and lose
Your attention cuz the lines I spit
With well intentions mention
Things that quicken spirits when it hit
Because I been there too
These lyrics that grip and move you
'Til you feel the room is spinnin'
'Cause it's so detailed
And all this time
You felt so minuscule
But see that's the difference
Between music that you hear with ears
And art that you can feel in here
That prove you not invisible
Stand up to whatever pressure
Or depression pressing
Change your perspective and
Shed some light on that
Don't let the shadows through
(Extended Hook)
...
Shadow boxing these demons (x2)
God's got me, I see Him
I just gotta believe when
Shadow boxing these demons (x2)
Stick and move to the beat
When life is pressing, 'cause we keep
Shadow boxing these demons (x2)
Don't let evils defeat you
Don't give up on your dream when
Shadow boxing these demons...
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...I don't know why I wrote this verse
Maybe I'm sad or something
Maybe this is me
Finally thinking that
I need an outlet or
Some therapy or something
But this pen and paper free though
But not royalty
Forgot it comes with a fee though
Something to be said
About a K1NG with a team though
Even more when every time
He tries to elevate them all
They just up and flee though
Never once did he fleece those
That asked for his assistance a Little
But Bo peeped that they were Sheep, though
Dad called weekly
To tell me to vet the
People I called close
'Cause everybody can't go with me
I listened but
What that get me besides a reset
Creativity's draining
And the water's in recess
Trying to stay sharp every month
To avoid regress but
I would rather dead it
If I feel it isn't the best so
I don't know why I wrote this verse
So many other things to assess
I'm listening to my wife
Laugh and joke with her Mother
Meanwhile my Mama think
I'm a hellspawn at best
No such thing as normal convos,
They just end in her screaming
At me to come home more
Or being passive aggressive
To make me change my tone or
Bringing up some time that
I messed up, and wondering
Why the hell I don't phone more
Holding on to grudges
I don't quite have the time for
People dropping dead and yet
We mad again, what for
My homie Brian lost his Ma
So did KnightWolfe and Charm
But for some reason
Everything I do for mine is wrong
Maybe it's 'cause I dropped out
And never finished school
Maybe it's because i love to rap
And she don't think it's cool
Maybe it's because
When family asks what I do
She ain't been able to say proudly
What her K1NG has grown into
I don't know why I wrote this verse
I relate to all the stories
That Joe Budden been through
Crazy when you hear
The trials and tribulations and
Decisions he had to make but
Can't relate to his breakthrough
How many times I gotta reset
And do a take two
How many take twos you get
Before you end it all
How many times you end it
Before starting anew
What kind of hellish test
Am I putting my psyche through
How many times I gotta
Redefine my circle huh
How many nights I'm disappointed
Cause they sensitive
How many times I gotta
Learn to get thicker skin
How many people around me
I got that are depending
On me to make it
Sounds like flattery the way
They praise me, but
Once I can't create they get away from me
I understand there's purpose in the journey
But I hate to see the
Other side of me growing impatient
From waiting to make it
(Wait) this verse
I dunno why I wrote
(Hey) Maybe I'm
hoping money can fix it
(Yay) As soon as I
Got an idea to get it
(Aye) And I do
But the stages are currently
In its infancy
And I know money can't fix everything
But the way I see it, it might
Because it has the ability
To ease my life and
Reassure my wife
That everything gon' turn out alright
And et my parents know they good
And taken care of for life
And then my friends that's still here
That come along for the ride
They get to say "I knew LJ
Before all the hype
Before he worked for seven years
Just to pop overnight"
It sounds nice to me, don't it
But right now it's like /
Almost three in the morning
But I'm up and still going/
And God's got it through it all
So I'mma still go in /
I know you heard this part before
But I'mma say it again /
You don't know what to expect do you
Just expect nothing less than the best
When I drop projects, EPs, loose raps,
Twitch streams, podcasts, all that...
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K1NG ELJAY Birmingham, Alabama
I just want to make music you can feel.
Based in Alabama for now, but feel free to check out the
releases on the page (which are all available for free), and tell a friend to do the same thing.
Feel free to pay if you rock with it, but no pressure.
I appreciate you for even giving this a chance. I won't disappoint, I promise.
L1TEWORK.
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