"This Moment" Verse 1: On a quest for the best out of life got me thinking bout time used to drag now it's over in a blink and tends to go faster as I age weakest link in the chain look again hard to see the distinction gotta stay focused in a world of distractions you might not notice what's important what's fortune? the answer will change depending who you ask but the question remains ingrained in my brain seeking spiritual planes when I strain to obtain friends support like a cane so the same, I give help when it's needed warning heeded reading how the planet is depleted can't leave it untreated we gotta start locally openly handle your business with diplomacy and hopefully optimism spreads like a virus to fuel the burning flame that's burning deep inside us Hook: (Common) I appreciate this moment in time (Q-Tip) because I'm positive it seems the negative died Verse 2: a fan of fair weather far from a fair weather friend think hard ask yourself what matters in the end eyes open binds broken my turn to move ahead put the omen that I dreamt in the words that I pen for a moment just pretend no negativity exists just a wish I picture mega vividly it's the epitome some need a revelation or should I say epiphany to see the true meaning just lead with no direction step back so you can see the big picture for a second kindness is ageless it never gets old and a smile is contagious the day just gets better got me thinking if ever down just remember that I found this treasure like a feather in the breeze don't know where I'll be going but I'm watering the seeds so I know that I'll be growing

"Record Store Rat" Verse 1: at least once a week this was me no excuse made stopping at the record shop every single Tuesday I try to stay patient steady waiting as the clock ticks at school start to drool salivating for the hot shit the latest new album, can't wait to hear it always check the liner notes for production and lyrics who engineered, it's all mentioned here I'm in love with the music making my intentions clear skipping lunch daily to help save some cheddar cuz hunger's temporary but music is forever soon as the bell rings I'm looking for a ride walking through the parking lot, I'm too young to drive somebody heading south who I know will do a favor no concern with getting back that's a problem for later got a plan like in football when they huddle for a play cuz in the record shop all my troubles go away Hook: (Opio) at your record store is where you'll prolly find me the feeling when I cop a new album it reminds me of (AG) digging in the crates like Show and AG years before I learned how to flow and make beats (Bootie Brown) at the record store is where you'll prolly find me the feeling when I cop a new album it reminds me of (Lord Finesse) digging in the crates like Lord Finesse cuz music's one thing that makes the world connect Verse 2: I guess by now you be on to my game so much time shopping records know the clerks by name we'd rate our favorite albums all tens or at least eights they gave me free promos and the scoop on release dates for Pete's sake, it's really kinda funny truth is I spent more time there than money often broke and can't decide which one to take then my homie buys the other and we dub some tapes he got 36 Chambers, I copped Midnight Marauders back in the day when streams meant water only pick up radio if in a city or your near it so help from a friend could be the only way to hear it now things are different, heads flip it like a quarter I don't know some say attention span is shorter want a physical copy? place a digital order still I feel nostalgia when I'm in a brick and mortar

"Nod Your Head" Hook: Nod your head to this while the beat bump Nod your head to this while you fist pump Nod your head to this while your feet stomp Nod your head to this why stay calm?

"Clownin' Around" Hook: (Redman) and be like did you see that? ahh yes (Nas) ahh made you look (Rakim) waiting for the punchline, rimshot (Dave Chappelle) jokes and jokes and jokes and jokes (Tajai) laughing and buggin' (Dave Chappelle) hahahaha Verse 1: Haze I'm busting out like a pair of big tatas joke bars I love em if you with me say haha ganja keep me higher than lake titicaca once split a bag of chips with Erik Estrada chewing rappers like fruit stripe gum though at times it feels like a true snipe hunt all these clowns with demos shot calling is their M.O. only time they calling shots is shotgun in a limo tired of gimmicky shit persnickety I take em out lickety split typically see I don't make time for pipsqueaks just get Nick Swardson to tell em that their shit's weak this time I'm teaching lessons they never been on the block like star sixty seven frontin gangsta on the mic but really just pitiful if they stole Viagra wouldn't be a hardened criminal Hook: (Redman) and be like did you see that? ahh yes (Nas) ahh made you look (Rakim) waiting for the punchline, rimshot (Dave Chappelle) jokes and jokes and jokes and jokes (Tajai) laughing and buggin' (Dave Chappelle) hahahaha Verse 2: rather be an ostracized human than a human sized ostrich I'm not rich but I'm building like a Bostitch aiming for the top fifth the mic's what I empower rocket clean cuz I bathe taking meteor showers wack emcees just awkward spitting crappy raps like playing hacky sack in snow shoes and khaki slacks striped shirt tacky hat tie with a snapping clasp while I'm underground like the gopher in Caddyshack a rebel til I'm old and tiny when I'm ninety one play a game for ages nine to ninety shoutout to the D's, not deez nuts I'm talking Vitamin, Kool Mo, Heavy and Chuck real OG's, not these repeating damn parrots I see through em like their mom had a sex change, transparent represent fire, not a Sagittarius who's behind the scenes pulling strings like Stradivarius

"Life's Soundtrack" Verse 1: Seven pounds eleven ounces twenty one inches born with luck on my side gonna ride til it switches I'm driven, scratching vinyl cuz it itches wear loose fitting clothes not too big for my britches used to pull my shoe laces out like Ray Finkle never sleep on the job like Rip Van Winkle bigger adventures than PeeWee Herman but still I stay grounded like the kiwi bird and do my best to avoid the rigamarole Simpsons I'd watch for Ralph Wiggum and Moe can't help but nod my head to the rhythm and flow gonna keep loving music til I'm withered and old scribbling gold? well the value of my bars can't be measured it's the threshold of a distant star now I'm getting more electric like motors in cars and always persevere with spirit like rovers on mars Hook: from here and there, around the world and back from a car in traffic or a party that's packed from me to you take the gift and unwrap from birth to death our life's soundtrack, it's music Verse 2: first at the record store the day a new tape dropped always had the boombox jammin at the skate spot like Muska, hoping girls may watch cutting through alleys and backyards to shake cops a great plot, life on the edge of my seat crucial are the lyrics that I said on the beat all the things that I start I intend to complete don't just muscle through learn to use a technique any endeavor put in effort not the type to break terms and never drag my ass like a dog with tape worms I'm animated old school cool like Betty Boop or Fritz never quit chasing dreams like Freddy Krueger ready sooner than later if you talking bout some music you can click, press play or put the needle in the groove and turn it up loud so they can hear in other galaxies emphasize italics see, shining like metallic, peace

"Continue The Journey" Hook: you can't please everyone all the time accept it and just move on with mines continue the journey leave the hate behind and appreciate the value in the great you find Verse 1: embrace the truth if the shoe fits these days a lone wolf, canis lupus strayed from the pack but still stay in touch keep an eye out for fam, coming through in the clutch think I might of held a grudge but I know I hold it down roll solo on the whole though I love to come around a solitary road I walk Ogami Itto but I'm looking Miles Ahead instead like Don Cheadle no bridge burning just retire in the mountains live my days as a hermit take a thought from my mind find the best way to word it who doesn't love a gift but it's different if you earn it try to mind my own business appreciate when homies reach out and show an interest hit up Hazey and you can count on hearing back from him my word, this is what I stand for like an acronym Verse 2: read the message in the leaves interpret what we can or try our best to perceive breath deep, exhale, it's how I stay collected reclusive in my ways fam know it and respect it could say solo like Han but that's low hanging fruit maybe solo like the cup? that's low ranking too not solo all the time got homies who be true my gang is like Khan when I'm rolling with the crew take pleasure in the little things cherish every moment I'm never thumb twiddling health is so important avoid hospital wings think positive and see the changes it'll bring don't dwell and keep my head low make moves at night silent with an infrared glow when climbing a mountain push forward don't bend, know the closer to the top the harder the wind blows

"Watch Your Back" Verse 1: tired of violence in the headlines how can we prevent crime, stomaching the truth? guess I don't have the enzymes some said I'm just starving for attention they confused they not used to an artist with intention, since we started this ascension won't stop til we make a difference taking great precision shape decisions through our brain and witness, wait and listen, proceed with caution information has value and it leaks like faucets out to breach ya forces, snakes in the grass, don't let your guard down cuz they waiting to attack, there's more to life than just making some cash solving problems since a toddler we were raised to adapt ingrained from the past, now in the present day lessons pay handsomely like ransom for a treasure, sway opinion with minimum results there's a second way, I write my thoughts into this message let the record play Hook: watch your back cuz it's after dark the way some play it cool but in fact are narcs watch your front cuz they lie to your face out to make the papes with no time to waste Verse 2: too many are corrupt trying to get another buck insincerity lies excuses coverups don't defend what they do just cuz they make paper see some do anything to fill up banks like James Avery unsavory, can't see the big picture sure money is important but something makes you richer building bridges with precision seeing what you can reach no rush know trust is a two way street who you chill with toke and pass raising up an open flask loyalty cuz so many try to hold you back they banned plastic bags but too late cuz the globe is trashed now sidewalks are strewn with used covid masks I'm hoping that we can find leaders who will pick up the trash like pants at dry cleaners you see the truth we can't avoid gotta keep my wit sharp to be sure you get the point

"Ya Herd" Hook: (Apathy) sick of simplifying for you simple minded simple Simons (Brother Ali) I ain't dumb it down you gonna have to smarten up (R.A. the Rugged Man) I make records for the shepherds and not for the sheep (tonedeff) cuz sheep think everyone is the GOAT, ya herd Verse 1: flowing like an I.V. always bring it on the tracks climbing walls like ivy I be clinging to the cracks spinning wax and rhyming time's is often brutal eating bags of ramen I'm not off my noodle check the method lessons I taught swords skills to Lion-O like a meth head only I'm addicted to vinyl final frontier with my peers the next level so don't front here or get pierced by red devil pitchfork in this form my wicked tongue black zetsu gift horse they try to look in my mouth course they yet to no bull in the pasture I'm poised son, poison clouds the noblest gesture don't fight against the current see you never gonna beat it what some like about the currency can end in something greedy write graffiti nice in 3D, nights I'm sleepless how I do it on the mic magicians never tell their secrets Verse 2: bout to get deep like shellfish or a sea anemone a yo I'm not selfish, when I see an enemy I never let my guard down, trusting my instincts every letter that I jot down's combusting my pen's ink smoking rappers like tobacco whole crews, it's the news get the scoop just like a backhoe stay classic, roll with a comb and book of matches forty fives blasting that's vinyl not ratchets play in traffic laughing I send cars to the mechanics spinning vinyl on a pottery wheel like it's ceramics molding music dynamics, check your reflexes at speed you can't detect like when light's reflected so unless you're senile see now a distant image never ending is infinite it isn't finished I just peer amidst spit lyrics with a fearlessness and hunger on point like the pyramids my spirit is a monster

"What I Do" Verse 1: kaleidoscope raps heavy duty like Spinal Tap vinyl I design rhymes with a spirograph vitals crash when they don't bring it live like they used to a man of many hats but not a trap rap producer bumper sticker reads I will break for music driving through it they hear it but don't know how to use it excuses, really got no clue feeling super saying rhymes on the mic like Goku so true, to scratch that itch became a DJ learn to use your third eye like Tien or Hiei it's not great just cuz you heard hands clapping many can't forge a path so they jump the bandwagon soul searching blowing clouds from Ashley's Roachclip keep my courage clenched in a tightly closed fist racing time but I find it's got me stressing out I give the runner up a clock to make every second count Hook: (Hakim of Channel Live) Don't mean to be blunt but don't front I'm doing it for the love so now I'm doing what I want Verse 2: I'm crepuscular, borderline nocturnal not normal don't care about a clock I got journals full of lines and rhymes the butter hot like popped kernels of corn, born to swing swords and hop hurdles meditate in crop circles, hanging from chandeliers packing extra ammo I pull lyrics from a bandoleer some see me smiling and don't think that I am sincere in comparison the pale like an amber beer, only travel through a bi-frost it's faster, plus you know, fuel and it's high cost rocking like Asgard in Thor Love and Thunder, yo it's Hazey Eightytwo, one half of WonderFlow could find me sitting back with a sack of bomb heady dig a sample the flip it with style like Tom Penny here to bring the funk like a moldy block of cheese til you're feeling just right like Goldilocks asleep

"Paint a Portrait" Verse 1: I paint a portrait of a world my words are graphics that you witness but are only just a fraction see in fact the more you listen through the static til you reach a place to thrash your inhibitions, where phonographic needles sew the fabric of existence, and music notes are lamp posts to guide you thru the dark on your journey always learning though sometimes you need a spark ideas formulate brainstorming on important ways to navigate the path we take the game of life we're born to play some soar astray, some move as the crow flies and jettison the hesitant they evident with closed eyes are whole lives we build wisdom understanding of a world that's so complex, and evermore enchanting granted every person has at one time been stressed a flat tire or a bump on the road to success no regrets, just take it in stride cuz if we learn from our mistakes we never wasted our time Hook: (Main Flow) I'm all seeing like the eye on the dollar bill (O.C.) words are powerful (Main Flow) know how a scholar feel (One Be Lo) I reach for the top and be the first to leave orbit (Nas) hit the earth like a comet (One Be Lo) I'm here to paint a portrait Verse 2: they say I dig myself deeper with every scoop of earth but so focused on the hole they didn't see the pile of dirt try and bury the hatchet, at times feeling cursed pulling someone out the fire sometimes you gotta get burnt seek to learn something new everyday and remember to the mind that is still, the universe surrenders life is often intense like you got a love for camping replace fear with knowledge get a greater understanding there's never been a light that didn't cast a shadow yin and yang entwined in an endless battle I'm the type to flow with feng shui on the microphone mind body and spirit when interwoven like to grow nice to know, live with consequences gotta act we are more than just the sum of our intentions and with each choice we make it's a step down the path echos beneath our feet form the footprints of the past