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1. |
Whas Hattnin
02:51
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Reckonize Real
junMaf*ckn
uh huh
Verse 1
Ever since i learned to read and write
thought that i would be ayyite
might be dark but i see the light
had no natural talent
to get nice i worked hard at it
from school
to drawing to batting practice
to trying to bag a chick
ain’t that a bit
much
sandpaper ain’t this rough
but i’ma turn it around
like a baseball cap
go against the grain
till i ate off that
the struggle was real
the muscle i hustled to build
fumbled a couple deals
while running the field
i’m from where
a tear ain’t sincere
elders
rocking gear the kids wear
suicide rates are rising
damn near do or die
staying alive fam
guess i’m in the game
for something bigger than i am
let the house deal
then i reveal my hand
Hook 1
See me and my peeps
in the back like whas hattnin
ya know a brother on the low
yea yo but
peeps see me and salute
like i’m captain
ya know the one running the show
alright now
peeps see me in the back
like whas hattnin
ya know a brother on the low
yea yo but
peeps see me and salute
like i’m captain
ya know the one running the show
alright
verse 2
Hit the ATM get dealt in 10s
had white friends
but the wealth skipped them
whipped but can’t remember
when the belt hit skin
only thing that helped
was this felt tip pen
i had to get a grip
instead of cry and despair
you ca whine or grind gears
show the world why you here
yeah
make maneuvers like an Uber driver
tired of digging in my pockets
going deeper than a scuba diver
opportunity
crept through the back door
i learned through request
that ain’t something you ask for
i be trying to bag em
though he move like a spirit
if its
the call of the wild
dog you didn’t hear it
my ear to the street
and my heart full of hope
couldn’t swim in the deep
but then i started to float
put my best
foot forward in some Payless shoes
cause i never
missed a day when i paid my dues
hook 2
See me and my peeps
in the back like whas hattnin
ya know a brother on the low
yea yo but
peeps see me and salute
like i’m captain
ya know the one running the show
alright now
peeps see me
in the back like whas hattnin
ya know a brother on the low
yea yo but
peeps see me and salute
like i’m captain
ya know the one running the show
alright
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2. |
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Reckonize
junclassic
Lejon Lewis
Verse 1
Came from a spark in the darkness
brave in the face of the hate and the heartless
under ya wave
saw the blade of a shark’s fin
let em throw shade
i ca sunbathe i’m dark skin
mighta had a crew
that liked to pass a brew
but know who carried you
through them boulevards and avenues
where death getting very acquainted
gun showers
made shells rain on the pavement
subordinate
among the unfortunate
swore he poured water
on the floor and walked over it
got lined by his right hand
who denied it
silent
nailed it to him Pontius Pilate
false peers cost some years
singled out double crossed
thats a cross to bear
pray God forgive em
cause they know not
to seek religion or division
its the same ol’ plot
hook
Jesus
(Lejon) i need you to walk with me
yeahhhh
i need you
(Lejon) please just talk with me
Jesus
(Lejon) i need you to walk with me
i need you
(Lejon) please just talk with me
verse 2
i grew up believing in Jesus
thats all i knew
my mother and my father endorsed him
so i followed through
my grandma
had his picture everywhere
i would stare
at his blue eyes
and long blonde hair
and when i watched my grandma
take her last breath
i was like “she with him now
she passed her last test”
(God bless)
i never had a reason to doubt him
grew up reading about him
till demons seem to surround us
apple went rotten
cats start droppin
i did a lot of yelling
wasn’t bar hoppin
God i don’t see Ya footprint
in the sand
left me hanging like the klan
or did he give me a hand
what do i tell the alter boy
who got an almond joy
from Father Roy
how many do y'all employ?
same God that took my brother
had two kids
i’d rather you had picked my number
hook 2
Jesus
(Lejon) i need you to walk with me
yeaahhhh
i need you
(Lejon) please just talk with me
Jesus
(Lejon) i need you to walk with me
yeaahhhhh
i need you
(Lejon) please just talk with me
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3. |
The Barrel
02:11
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Yeah?
yeah nigga yeah
yeah yeah
Verse 1
Ha
They say a sucker born every second
be two hundred suckers by the end of this record
time more precious than a pimp’s pussy
them hoes have ya nose open like mint cookies
Max Julien hooligans
goons and computer men
moving in unison
i been on defense i went on attack
ya know a little of this a little of that
couldn’t be another sucker
before drugs it was number runners
brothers ducking undercovers
then the whole game got smack
niggas got got and we never got jack
Hook 1
Bottom of The Barrel
in the rotten apple
who gon be ya cocker spaniel
middle of Harlem i listen to Marvin
meditate to The Education of Sonny Carson
movement brewing in the student union
looking for a new solution
i do the recruiting like Huey Newton
men of action like George Jackson
Fred Hampton
Geronimo Last Man Standing
Verse 2
Who ready for a revolution
even if its ending with ya execution
lotta hands going down now
we might as well join them boys in Moscow
word to my Momma
ya see how them pigs just did Sister Assata
they even got The Panthers going underground
and what the hell’s with Eldridge brother bugging out
picture Panthers looking like Temptations
two groups one waiting at the bus station
still smell smoke from the night they killed Martin
that put a million kids in Harlem on milk cartons
New York going broke man
the man declared war on our folks in Oakland
so is you down for the cause
or just another brown boy bound by the laws
Hook 2
Bottom of The Barrel
in the rotten apple
who gon be ya cocker spaniel
middle of Harlem i listen to Marvin
meditate to The Education of Sonny Carson
movement brewing in the student union
looking for a new solution
i do the recruiting like Huey Newton
men of action like George Jackson
Fred Hampton
Geronimo Last Man Standing
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4. |
Go Figure
03:16
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hook
Coming from ya hopes and dreams
y'all don’t want smoke y'all just blowing steam
said they seen pain when i know the nigga
why they keep playing like a motion picture
go figure
kid I’m coming for your hopes and dreams
y'all don’t want smoke y'all just blowing steam
said they seen pain when i know the nigga
why they keep playing like a motion picture
go figure
verse 1
God is a comedian reason why Stevie grin
something might pop when it rise like helium
gentlemen finish last meddle in simple tasks
villains get the cash and rather spend it kicking ass
make concessions they get mad at me bet
the broke pay attention to a reality check
like a bra you gotta fill em out
find a kid still in doubt
and inch him toward a iller route
tried prayer nobody cares
dehydrated cried dry tears
falling toward the bottom
getting closer to me
see the apple spoiled rotten
so i grow my own tree
the cult leader
cultivate a cult following
pride ain’t something i chew
but you swallow it
worried bout going to Hell?
i was raised there
passing peanut butter
to baby demons in day care
hook 2
Coming from ya hopes and dreams
y'all don’t want smoke y'all just blowing steam
said they seen pain when i know the nigga
why they keep playing like a motion picture
go figure
kid I’m coming for your hopes and dreams
y'all don’t want smoke y'all just blowing steam
said they seen pain when i know the nigga
(know the nigga)
why they keep playing like a motion picture
(huuh)
go figure
verse 2
The sound of the sirens
scream like scared children
scoundrels
stall in the shadows of tall buildings
stray kitten shivering
in the winer night
you know it go left
when it isn’t right
so what made you think that
you ca front on me though?
the one who control
ya ego more than Debo?
ya know me
tomorrow i’m the Tuesday kid
ya know me
that voice saying you ain’t shit
been there ya whole life
i’ve grown with you
can’t discard me in the cold
like nose tissue
‘less you really live
and down to look me in my beady eyes
know that i did you greasy
like cheesy fries
i’m like Stonehenge
they don’t know
where I came from
but i was right there
standing with ya day ones
and you leaned on me
even though i’ma busy bee
who love ya company more than Misery?
hook 3
Coming from ya hopes and dreams
y'all don’t want smoke y'all just blowing steam
said they seen pain when i know the nigga
why y'all keep playing like a motion picture
go figure
kid I’m coming for your hopes and dreams
y'all don’t want smoke y'all just blowing steam
said they seen pain when i know the nigga
why they keep playing like a motion picture
go figure
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5. |
Keep Hate Alive
02:50
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Niggas talk a lotta shit bro.
Niggas talk a whole lotta shit b.
You hear em Reck? I hear em.
i got something for em.
Check it out…
Verse 1
This is Rocky before the jog
this is payday on the job
this is “What he say? Call the squad.”
i was ready for whatever for a minute now
quiet as a virus now the librarian getting loud
revered like Paul weird and tall
cats talk a lot of shit and be scared to brawl
if i stood at the top i’d be prepared to fall
satisfied when i drop pop and smear all y’all
keep hating till you meet satan
might chill
when that ice grill see what he’s facing
the hate you gave little infants
fuck everybody
i’m at White Castle i ca give a shit
OG at the j-o-b
said you keep saying we like we in Pari’
the God was on point i’ma have to agree
be a born again virgin word i gotta do me
hook 1
Keep hate alive
homie thats a weak state of mind
take it each day at a time
problem is niggas be afraid of the grind
see you on the rise now they lines ain’t sublime
all up in the comments talking outta pocket
bro i pop the rocket and a lotta other nonsense
word to John Gotti anybody ca get it
if you see me and you try me then i’m probably wit it
Verse 2
Hate what you know about it
i lay awake from mistakes
like my brain won’t allow the shit to process
man i gave out passes
when I should have gave gashes like Cassius
put all this madness in the past tense
Momma still make me dinner like a babysitter
day she leave i’ma ask her to take me with her
my nephews followed me i tried to lead us
almost paid a price i couldn’t afford
designer Prada sneakers
my 9 to 5 is not a lot to be desired
my girl wanna see the world
i just ask to see the lighter
God is a comedian tough act to follow
waiting for the hook like i’m at The Apollo
i drew a self portrait on a punching bag
beating myself up so long i just wanna laugh
i dreamed of Doom-like adulation
still blessed like gazoontight Salutations
Hook 2
Keep hate alive
homie thats a weak state of mind
take it each day at a time
problem is niggas be afraid of the grind
see you on the rise now they lines ain’t sublime
all up in the comments talking outta pocket
bro i pop the rocket and a lotta other nonsense
word to John Gotti anybody ca get it
if you see me and you try me then i’m probably wit it
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6. |
Water On The Brain
03:16
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There’s always struggle.
There’s always pain.
But after the tears
Comes the laughter…
i know how it feel to wake up to a pay cut
staring at the Brinks truck like you got the thing tucked
former years more to share than Norman Lear
before you were aware that the game ain’t even sort of fair
you over the edge and they still pushin
all up in ya grill why they still looking?
you trying not to pledge ya whole life to destroying em
get squeezed on like accordions
and once ya do jun ya through
everybody looking at you like “ya knew”
what Red said in Shawshank
one mistake of violence
nothing but all the time in the world to think about it
that scenario is just a sample but i looped it
and music is Ruthless ain’t Easy to do this
an atheist will thank God for a little hope
holding on so long ya neck forget the rope
hook 1
Joy and the pain
score cause it pour when it rain
floor getting more of a stain
all of the lames gon be calling you names
nothing but a thing homie
water on the brain
Joy and the pain
score cause it pour when it rain
floor getting more of a stain
all of the lames gon be calling you names
nothing but a thing homie
water on the brain
Verse 2
Crunch time
jun to the front line
“jun!”
battle with the shadows like sunshine
grew up getting harassed by one time
dreams of being in The Source unsigned
hype
smoke heavy i don’t bud light
getting money
when Nas only needed one mic
i ca take you back to the 50 cent dutch
5 heads trying to ante up for one blunt
open air drug markets
enough smoke to start a bud forrest
cops come they yell “run Forrest!”
sad getting bagged is a badge of honor
come home
to the throne like you smashed Rihanna
i ain’t trying to start nothin’
i just calmly
reach for the big bark and start something
on the low i been training 30 weeks now
Deff Cutz instrumental for your beat down
hook 2
Joy and the pain
score cause it pour when it rain
floor getting more of a stain
all of the lames gon be calling you names
nothing but a thing homie
water on the brain
Joy and the pain
score cause it pour when it rain
floor getting more of a stain
all of the lames gon be calling you names
nothing but a thing homie
water on the brain
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7. |
Voices in the Addict
02:58
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Verse 1
Lightin L’s right now
i don’t do the bong pipe down
kid i started with the white owl
bout 25 year ago
was a different planetary atmosphere
ya know ya know?
Wu Tang just popped
Biggie had just popped
Nas had the whole Queens
trying to roll an Oowop
scored a bag of chocolate
thats high grade Oxford
still remember my first high
like a portrait
me and Rell 150th park kid
he told me to inhale twice
i was coughing
came back to the crib
with my eyes tingling
me and the God
just could not stop giggling
hit me in that moment
damn this is potent
i was on land
and just discovered ocean
as it turns out
lotta other brothers floating
before i even know it
i was caught up in the motions
hook 1
Keep hearing voices in the addict
and they telling me what to do
word up son thats crazy
man i keep hearing voices in the addict
and they telling me what to do
say word yo
why i keep hearing voices in the addict
and they telling me what to do
yahmean i can’t call it
are you hearing voices in the addict
are they telling you what to do
are they?
Verse 2
Damn its lit now
nah it ain’t lit yet
we in the rain nigga
you got the spliff wet
chill take a laxative
let me get back to the narrative
oh yea what had happened was
i married marijuana
had to have the ganja
did not get approval
from my poppa and my momma
my brother Bob
gave me the nod of disappointment
my brother Clint
thought it was a sprint to the horses
used to get a kick outta that
he never lit a spliff
really thought it was the route to smack
thats the needle
i only like that green type of diesel
it made Bob Marley party
and uplift the people
also kept me broke
put me in a cell
hate that i ever
put my momma through that hell
grateful cause my big brother Bob
was alive then
only one
that got to stop momma from crying
Verse 2
Keep hearing voices in the addict
and they telling me what to do
yahmean this is crazy
man i keep hearing voices in the addict
and they telling me what to do
word up son i feel you
why i keep hearing voices in the addict
and they telling me what to do
i don’t know i can’t call it
are you hearing voices in the addict
are they telling you what to do
are they?
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8. |
Everything U Want
02:52
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Hook
Lemme tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
yeah
pull up a chair
couple blunts in the air
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
baby pull up a chair
yeah come over here
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
couple blunts in the air
just pull up a chair
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
yeah
Verse 1
i like being kinda mobile
i’m all tied up
i ain’t trying to hold you
you out here reppin' ya hood
about binge Breaking Bad
while the getting is good
i guess you could
or you ca lend me
ya ear for a second
somebody yell fire in the theater
are you near to the exit?
i thought “yeah i hope so.”
when you broke tho?
you looking at the fast life
in slow mo
what if i told you
you ca break the chains
but every test you regret’s
why you made the grade
and every little piece of pain
gon lead to the pleasure
but you gotta hold on
if you wanna see treasure
would you hold on
like you never held before
and is it worth it
just to settle the score
for sure
ayyite
i’ma roll with ya little scheme
but this the beginning
cause i got bigger dreams
Hook 2
Pull up a chair
lemme tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
couple blunts in the air
i got something to share
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
baby
pull up a chair
yeah come over here
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
couple blunts in the air
just pull up a chair
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
yeah
Verse 2
Things looking good
getting better now
married to the drama
couldn’t wait for it to settle down
sky got a different kind of hue
in the blue
they say go screw yourself
till you doing you
weight of the world
gotta put up with the load
till construction crews
remove bumps from the road
everybody been down
we know that suck
but if this is a roller coaster
its gotta go back up
tru indeedie
always knew that you would need me
i’m the reason why you cheesing
like you doing this for TV
i knew you was mad at me
you battled me in ya raps
until i put that Duracell
battery in the back
George Michael
said you gotta have me
known to move mountains
but i’m light as cotton candy
luckily
never did need much company
the good book said
all you need is a mustard seed
Hook 3
So pull up a chair
lemme tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
couple blunts in the air
i got something to share
and i’ma tell you everything
that you wanting to hear
baby
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9. |
Southside Job
01:13
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Verse
I fought for you
got judged without court for you
had a long day and i still took shorts for you
i woulda did anything you asked me
how you let a bucket full of crabs just grab me
reach for the stars i heard the moon is bougie
playing my part from the start of the movie
tried to make a spark as the dark consumed me
better off handing my heart to a groupie
there’s more than one L in loyalty
looked at Vanna White like
how much is that costing me
Black Girl magic i dabble in sorcery
if it ain’t broke i’m grabbing the warrantee
read my lips can you see what i’m saying
whole family gotta eat
cause we deeper than the Wayans
if the team call a huddle its to see my presentation
ain’t a need for rebuttal do you need a demonstration
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10. |
The Hope Business
02:44
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Verse 1
Thought i was numb didn't think i ca feel
novocain wore off drill still in my grill
now the pain is insane i don't think i ca take it
i’m alone and afraid but i ain’t laying naked
i’m in an office with a nurse convincing myself i’m not insane
staring at a SONOR image of my momma’s brain
machine making a sound reminiscent of tidal waves
what do we say to the God of death? not today
strongest person I've ever known the matriarch
i ain’t got it together to watch her break apart
doc said “nothing that we ca do”
had me phenin to leave him on a feeding tube
heard mom asked if she gon die soon
not the convo you wanna have at high noon
all of us sad argue with dad
end of my rope i held on to hope
it was all that i had
Hook 1
Hope Business
man hope is free
we in the hope business
yeah you know me
we in the hope business
you ca ask OG
why sell dope when hope is key
we in The Hope Business
man hope is free
we in the hope business
just don't OD
we in the hope business
you ca ask OG
why sell dope when hope is key
Verse 2
Hope
wanted to be Nas cause i’m sincere
hope
the only thing thats always been there
i hoped i ca pass that test
hoped the D’s don’t peep the weed
stashed in my vest
man i hoped my way to the present
thats a whole lotta hope
nothing to show for the effort
a couple records
did i hope for the wrong things
trying to fight in the ring
when i shoulda been Don King
but could i live being Don King
leave ya peoples in the cold
while you in Palm Springs
of all things
i ain’t got the stomach for that
but then again
i never had my stomach touching my back
i once asked
my Momma why she believe in God
she said “jun i seen miracles i beat the odds”
and its so true
all the pain we go through
try to maintain while we remain hopeful
Hook 2
The Hope Business
man hope is free
we in the hope business
yeah you know me
we in the hope business
you ca ask OG
why sell dope when hope is key
we in The Hope Business
man hope is free
we in the hope business
just don't OD
we in the hope business
you ca ask OG
why sell dope when hope is key
we in The Hope Business
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11. |
100 Mill
02:56
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Verse 1
Do it by the book son
you still unofficial
i sold comic books
trying to deal with my issues
i didn’t call it math when i saw division
woulda screamed under water
for y'all to listen
i’d do anything to not be invisible
greatest super power?
whose that individual you interviewed
bet they never asked Ralph Ellison
cousin
you can’t be fronting while back peddling
i know why the caged bird sings
knew she was fly before they gave her wings
and them
man made things tend to stifle her breathing
so when she
hear her voice travel it remind her of freedom
always saw expression as some sorta weapon
i grocery shop and bop through the office section
getting excited by blank notebooks i don't need
thoughts beg to be written on a page you wont read
Hook 1
What the deal what the deal
brother chill nothing real
sun i need something i ca feel
something ill
make it feel like its summer still
make a brother wanna make a couple 100 mill
what the deal what the deal
brother chill nothing real
sun i need something i ca feel
something ill make it feel like its summer still
make a brother wanna make a couple 100 mill
Verse 2
Stubborn as a mule as long as grass growing
donkey need a carrot to keep his ass going
all i ever needed was a little inspiration
gift wrap the present and give y'all a presentation
i’m a midget in porn i have short comings
still getting started at forty something
trying to get the money and the power
while the
voice of self doubt getting louder
and the hour glass feel like its down to seconds
i been around legends and i found depression
crabs dragged the ladder out the bucket
who take account when its out of the budget
speak from my own perspective
too much in mine to rhyme from someone else’s
truth hurts I'm hoping it ca set me free
i can’t be you but can i be a better me
Hook 2
What the deal what the deal
brother chill nothing real
sun i need something i ca feel
something ill
make it feel like its summer still
make a brother wanna make a couple 100 mill
what the deal what the deal
brother chill nothing real
sun i need something i ca feel
something ill make it feel like its summer still
make a brother wanna make a couple 100 mill
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junclassic Queens, New York
junclassic is NOT Your average emcee. His voice is striking, something between the weighted baritone of a Bigge Smalls coupled with the streetwise snarl of a Prodigy. He often speaks in daily life narratives, barely escaping the pitfalls of New York City. Refreshingly candid, jun highlights the emotional burdens of Afrocentric modernity, a middle-aged Black man trying to make it all make sense. ... more
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Maps
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