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My Life in Rhythm

by Sk, the Novelist

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Ric_Ayala Not a single bar on this track is stale. Keep up the good work man. Favorite track: An $8 Story [prod. DaSequencer].
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Brandon Cash I wanna do a remix to $8 story Favorite track: An $8 Story [prod. DaSequencer].
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[Intro] They can't stop me! Even if they stopped me.... Shout out to the 828! Okay, I'm talking First in Flyte league man Got that First in Flyte... Bringing it in.... Go.... I'mma rap [Verse 1] We got beautiful melodies for your head Yo ears Beautiful melodies for your head Right here Beautiful melodies for your soul My dear Beautiful melody, beautiful melody, beautiful melodies (Beautiful melodies) I said they could never, ever, ever, ever stop me They could never, never, never, ever, ever drop me.... Independent Ha! Let's get us some money Let's get us some... some classics... that's funny [Hook 1] It's the First in Flyte league babe Got that First in Flyte league babe It's the First in Flyte league babe Got the First in Flyte... First in Flyte! We was First in Flyte league babe It's that First in Flyte league babe Talking First in Flyte, First in Flyte First in Flyte Just FYI.... [Verse 2] See I'm a business major, but my vision's greater Than fuh' people over and gettin' paper You're fuh' evil, I'm an innovator I'm well rounded like a sinnin' savior Layin' low like a Winnebago Where dinner may go like mini bagels And I'm bringing more flavor than a lemon faygo Washin' down with a full plate of cinnamon Eggo If I saw my future, I'd have to pinch my ankles College? It must be a dreamland Disney fable Who'd have ever thought I'd be in the radio? Who'd have ever thought I woulda found a cypher Where they bond all colors and creeds, that's interracial That 10 to 8 flow It's the simple things though.... With the guitars strumming With the flowers flowing, hand drummers drumming We're bringing together all types of vibes At this rate we know the cypher'll never die! [Hook 2] First in Flyte league babe It's the First in Flyte league babe It's the First in Flyte, First in Flyte, First in Flyte, First in Flyte It's the First in Flyte league babe We the First in Flyte league babe Got that First in Flyte, First in Flyte First in Flyte... First in Flyte babe [Outro] Yeah... this is the "First in Flyte" tape That's Flyte as in F-L-Y-T-E AVL Battlegrounds, rap battle league Asheville, North Carolina
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[Intro] Yeah, yeah C'mon Bounce, bounce Shout out to AVL Battlegrounds Hip-Hop Battle League [Verse 1] I got the Vans on my feet, it's the ultimate kick I don't even skateboard, it's just that ideal fit Cause if my feet are cozy, I'm a comfortable man Even busking in the street with 8 bucks in my can Nothing on this perfect day could ruin my vibe Not even when a drunken bum asked me for five I knew I had it on me and although I could've lied I told him why I needed it and maybe next time You see I chose to go with honesty, I knew he wasn't dumb He just witnessed Mike L!VE banging on the drums And I was holding on the guitar with the frets all in my fingers Making jazz jams joking how I'm not a singer We're picking up expenses from a show last week That even for the sales went well if you ask me And actually the event film would probably agree That's why I'm busking for bucks to get this footage to me The payment plan set up for these next 3 weeks These are the humble beginnings of "First in Flyte" league I've got the first payment, Filthy's got the second half As I stepped inside of my car, I happened to laugh [Bridge 1] I'm looking in my future and I'm not really sure If you're a musician I know you've been here before There's an unopened phone bill laying on my floor If you're a musician I know you've been here before [Hook 1] You've been here before You've been here before Don't you front on me dog You've been here before There's an unopened phone bill laying on my floor If you're a musician I know you've been here before [Verse 2] 5 grand in loans just to finish my degree Who on God's planet would love to be me? Plus my dream job is in the music industry So I won't be debt free until 2033 "Thank Hov for granting me this moment of clarity" I memorized your lyrics and I still look like a charity I pay for my apartment monthly on chunks of borrowed money They say it's called a leash- I mean a lease... That's funny Some wise folks they might call me a hostage I'm just trying to keep my sentences inside the margins I'm just trying push my tape and get myself rich Buy a pearl necklace for my beautiful- girlfriend (Rachel: That's me!) There's a fork in the road, I grabbed and used it If you seen a fork and didn't grab it then you're stupid I'm the kind of guy to take a bite out of life And you bet you I'm a cut the cake if I ever find a knife If it's food for thought, call me Wolfgang Puck I've coined more terms than full change for a buck I look inside my pocket, I've got change for a buck And I just promised Britt I'd never change for a buck [Bridge 2] I'm looking in my future and I'm not really sure If you're a musician I know you've been here before There's a fridge in my home I call it "Coors Light galore" If you're a musician I know you've been here before [Hook 2] I know you've been here before You've been here before Don't you front on me dog, you've been here before There's a fridge in your home call it "Coors Light galore" If you're a musician I know you've been here before I know you've been here before You've been here before Don't you front on me dog, you've been here before You're looking in your future and you're not really sure If you're a musician, I know you've been here before [Outro] Yeah, phew! C'mon We're gonna ride it out like the blues man C'mon Shout out to a few North Carolina natives: L.O.D F.T.O Hunter Bennett Thiago Kilo Fresh Big Dave AVL Battlegrounds Shout out to my girlfriend She's in the room right now while I'm recording I'm being stupid Nov!
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[Intro] Yeah, yeah Okay, okay Do you read me? This might be the one..... take 6, look [Verse 1] I once wanted to be a doctor, but I lacked the patience I woulda joined the military, but I lacked the basics I once wanted to be an astronaut just like Neil Armstrong Now that dream's long gone because I lacked a spaceship I woulda been a judge, if that was the case, well I woulda gotten sick of all the death threats and hate mail I coulda been a lawyer, but my plan got foiled 'cause my mom dated a bad one And now that job title spoiled Only facts in my raps when I'm rappin' It separates me from the fakes, I call that "fact"-ion Theses dudes are using ghost writers, that's acting I flow hard for the underground, that's fracking True words, I wouldn't say 'em if they wasn't So tell your mother, tell your father, tell your cousin Tell your grandma the man is back in town Never be 3-0'd, check my 2nd round [Bridge 1] Hand-clap, hand-clap Everybody put 'em Hand-clap, hand-clap Hand-clap, hand-clap Bring in the hook Hand-clap, hand-clap [Hook] I said thank you to Homeboy Sandman You've been very influential to my style I said thank you Big Daddy Kane You've been very influential to my style I said thank you old Bob Dylan You've been very influential to my style Every single member of the Beatles You've been very influential to my style [Verse 2] When I go out, I'mma go out shootin' Shootin' off diss raps at rappers making very wack music Fresh off of anti-depressants for 4 years Mind is organic, now I think more clear They told me I am so sick Thank you psychologic-olopist for the misdiagnosis Ain't no arguing with the pharmacy Just give them $30, everything's in harmony I told them "pills don't fall far from the Karma Tree" I asked them "what would Jesus do?" They said "Carpentry" I said "You're a sarcastic one" They said "we plan on raising prices far past the sun" I thought "so what, the world is over anyways There's alcoholics that aren't even sober any days There's shoemakers with no shoes on their feet There's even wack rappers who can't stay on beat, so-" [Bridge 1] Hand-clap, hand-clap Everybody put 'em Hand-clap, hand-clap Hand-clap, hand-clap Bring in the hook Hand-clap, hand-clap [Hook] I said thank you to Homeboy Sandman You've been very influential to my style I said thank you Big Daddy Kane You've been very influential to my style I said thank you old Bob Dylan You've been very influential to my style Every single member of the Beatles You've been very influential to my style
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Rougie: Yo Safari..... Sk: What? Rougie: Man, I bet you.... Sk: You bet me what? Rougie: I bet you a Coors light and some pizza rolls.... you can't make a pop song that's even decent bro..... Sk: Oh yeah? Rougie: Yeah... and on top of that, it's gotta be self-produced.... Sk: A self-produced pop song that's half decent? Rougie: Yeah, I bet you can't do it. Sk: And I owe you what? Rougie: ................. A Coors light and some pizza rolls. Sk: ...............You watch!
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[Verse 1: Sk] If the devil bargained my soul for fame and a million dollars I'd probably tell him no 'cause of all the children who'd follow And if he upped the ante to tempt me with more bucks As an emcee I know better my voice is enough, yeah See all these tones and these rhythms Reflect our desire to achieve better livin' Nothing but development within ya' Your inner mind-frame with right change and time change in your vision Your mission, it's distant, it's like Apollo nine In the land of opportunities and profits and dollar signs We're the chosen to work like kings Attire yourself with suits and ties and rings I hope for you to never compromise your character For some ego-filled caricature See, there's no better candidate for the good life but you And if you keep it authentic that's just how you do, babe [Bridge] And I ain't trying to give them nothing but me See I ain't trying to give them nothing but me I ain't trying to give them nothing but me I ain't trying to give them nothing but me And I hope you give them nothing but you I hope you give them nothing but you I hope within everything in me I hope you give them everything in you You, you, you, you, you, you, you Ride... ride....ride..... that's the one [Chorus Part 1: Ellie] If we ever get out of this place young and alive All our friends they will envy us, pockets deep and wide If we ever get famous of our record sales Fill up your album store shelves, we did it all ourselves If we ever get out there on them radio waves I'm gonna go and demand my money, swear to God I'm going to get paid If we ever get out there on that television screen I'm gonna sign to some major label, I'm going to get my green [Chorus Part 2] I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me And in this good life, this beautiful life Everyone's living in ease I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me, me, me, me, me, me, me [Verse 2: Sk] If you take something from this I hope it's challenge I challenge you to find the greed and selflessness balance I challenge you to get off those blue and yellow drugs Expand your mind out before you reach for the stuff But, if that's what you love I hope you make the best of it I hope within your routine you find excellence And I whole-heartedly hope that's concrete proof That you should give em nothing but you, you, you, you [Bridge] And I ain't trying to give them nothing but me See I ain't trying to give them nothing but me I ain't trying to give them nothing but me I ain't trying to give them nothing but me And I hope you give them nothing but you I hope you give them nothing but you I hope within everything in me I hope you give them everything in you, you, you, you, you, you [Chorus 2: Ellie] If we ever get out of this place young and alive All our friends they will envy us, pockets deep and wide If we ever get famous off our record sales Fill up your album store shelves, we did it all ourselves I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me I want the good life, the good life, the good life That good living for me And in this good life, this beautiful life Everyone's living in ease I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me [Outro: Ellie] I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me I want the good life, the good life, the good life Good living for me
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[Verse] Okay, yeah uh-huh.... you think this'll be the one? My music fire, that's why Smokey the bear Don't like when I go to the forest And record when I'm there And ya'll are boo-boo Where's my pic-a-nic basket? I been knew I was ill and I'm sick of these rappers And I am sneezin' On an emcee near me Inside of my region Even if you sneezed I wouldn't bless you But God bless the man in the cypher that I'm next to And I am not a human, tell the doctor bring the test through And I am not a hipster, I got Coors in my test tube And I am an emcee, I am more like Escher And if you don't know MC Escher, that was over you And if you do know MC Escher, that was total proof And if I ended a career, well it's shame on me Call me Akon, go on and put the blame on me And if they live, they gon' do a little take on me Well you can try and try all you want, you ain't Johnny I said you ain't Johnny You ain't Johnny Take 6? 5?
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[Intro/pre-verse] Yeah..... Listen..... Look.... I am a martyr, I will die for this I am influenced by D'wayne Carter Dr. Carter The Carter 3, The Carter 2 Pardon me, no pardon you These artists be arguably Denying the roots of their artistry [Verse 1] A part of me don't have time for this Youtube viewers with comments and all that jazz Don't have *eh* to do with my confidence You ain't at the show where my momma is! You ain't on stage where my honor is You ain't backstage at an unpaid gig With the rest of the crew arguing With a greedy host "where them dollars is?" Wooh, yeah, what you know about that? What you know about a full tank of gas From taking your car to the 919 to the 828 You can do the math: That's 494 miles there and back I get about 34 to the gallon So 14 at 2.25... $31 just for the ride And you want me to do this just for pride? I say little man have you lost your mind? I wonder what it is with a host these days Asking me to do a free show these days Asking me to spit a couple flows these days Offering me no dough these days Don't they know I'm a damn pro these days? Don't they know that my tape dope these days? [Hook: Sk & Hunter Bennett] Tap inside my mind and you'll find gold (Gold, gold, gold, gold) Tap inside of my mind, you'll find gold (Gold, gold) Tap inside of my mind, you'll find gold (Gold, gold, gold, gold) Tap inside of my mind, you'll find gold (Gold, gold) Ain't no use in frontin' I am DOPE (Dope, dope) Ain't no use in frontin' I am DOPE (Dope, dope) Ain't no use in lyin' I am NICE (Nice, nice) You don't wanna hand the man the mic (Nah, nah, nah, nah) [Pre-verse] I am a martyr, I will die for this I am influenced by D'wayne Carter Dr. Carter The Carter 3, The Carter 2 Pardon me, no pardon you These artists be arguably Denying the roots of their artistry [Verse 2] A part of me don't have time for pain I done went through pain I got real anxiety latching on my brain I got demons in my soul All I got is rock 'n roll All I got is one microphone One stage and one flow, and they go "Oh my God, guess who's back?" Never left, as a matter of fact Dope-song-spitter Home-run-hitter The coach just put him the batter at bat Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter I got a Queen if you ever meet her Ask her to, she'll tell the tale Of the one man who never failed That's me, not you Have to be top 2 Have to be greatest wonder Don't believe me? Take a number Take the time to analyze The flow, the words, the rhythm, rhyme Add up every little piece and bit You'll realize you ain't with the kid, like that [Bridge: Hunter Bennett] Ya'll ain't with the kid Ya'll ain't with the King Ya'll ain't with the *yee* Ya'll ain't got the keys Ya'll ain't with the kid Ya'll ain't with the King Ya'll ain't with the *yee* Ya'll ain't got the keys [Hook: Sk & Hunter Bennett] Tap inside my mind and you'll find gold (Gold, gold, gold, gold) Tap inside of my mind, you'll find gold (Gold, gold) Tap inside of my mind, you'll find gold (Gold, gold, gold, gold) Tap inside of my mind, you'll find gold (Gold, gold) Ain't no use in frontin' I am DOPE (Dope, dope) Ain't no use in frontin' I am DOPE (Dope, dope) Ain't no use in lyin' I am NICE (Nice, nice) You don't wanna hand this man the mic, mic, mic (Nah, nah) Run it back, ain't no use in frontin' I am DOPE (Dope, dope) Ain't no use in frontin' I am DOPE (You know, you know!) Ain't no use in lyin', I am NICE (Nice) You don't wanna hand the man the mic, mic, mic Like bloah! [Outro: Hunter Bennett] You might find gold.... Tap inside of my mind And you might find gold....
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This tape is CLEAN!
There is nothing on here that wouldn't pass as FCC Radio-acceptable.....

My Life in Rhythm is exactly what the title states.
Through straightforward lyrics, you will find out a lot about what I have gone through in life, my personal experience and my view on the world.
Entendres and multi-syllabic rhyme schemes can be found throughout.
Enjoy :)

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released October 2, 2016

All tracks mixed/mastered by Sampson, except track #12 mixed/mastered by Zach Cooper.
Album artwork by Kerby Olive.
IG: instagram.com/Kerby

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