Triumph, tragedy, trials, tribulations Lives, legacies, lies, transformation Rhyme, melody, style, elevation Mind, memory, salvation In the pursuit of peace, prosperity, release, relief 360 degrees, complete I speak wonder, secrete thunder Each and every one of you I seek to reach The beat wash over your ears like water on bleached...Learn More

Left my house keys somewhere on the map Slipped in the back Bags still packed Where everybody at? Zig-Zags and a big bag of shwag I got the Popov And it's about to pop off On the porch, long shorts, loving the sun Got the boombox bumping that bump Got me thinking on them days when we were just running to run Searching for something, and now...Learn More

Chincheck competition off a light buzz Call my buddy up and bloody up your parking lot like Fight Club This the scene in them Hollywood movies Where the dude saves the world, gets the girl and the rubies Everything is epic, you ain't know? get a angle Me? please, I got a stranglehold Crosshairs locking in, money pocketing This ain’t for us, our...Learn More

Sagging rear bumper and a frost exhaust AM radio and Maceo's playing 54th 2002 and we're still paying dues Perfected the neck-sleep technique, on the snooze While my man Jay holds down the cruise control Broken glass and ice, last night was rock and roll Wisconsin prom king shrieking Rodney King Wanna-be SWAT team gassing cats, happy...Learn More

Burst out on the scene about four in the morning Heard voices calling and started crawling towards them Baby boy James, eight pounds, eight ounces Another pea in a plastic pod surrounded by thousands Destined for something And all would hope greatness But by the grace of whoever's in charge we're all fated Some don't make it, some get swallowed by...Learn More

Smash, cornucopia, mind, kaleidoscope Man, everything I write is dope Pop wheelie, brainfreeze, say cheese Wave and smile, c'mon, stay a while, drinks on me The beat is three gees, the mindfuck is free The evil doctor grins cunningly Or is that fiendishly? I seem to have misplaced my dictionary Blank spots on a Rorschach test, I think in...Learn More

It's a child's bedsheets It's more diaper-changing, less sleep It's giving up this week, next week Giving up your whole year then repeat It's how to keep from killing that fucking parakeet All it does is shriek and now you need therapy It's doing it for you, the hell with me It's doing it for the L O V E It's January 2009, D.C A crowd in a line,...Learn More

Nighttime's when I see the memories best I see them all the time, night's when they manifest I lay in bed as they invade my head So real I can almost feel your flesh Our lips locked as our fingers meshed I kissed your breasts like they were the last food on Earth left I stayed up while you slept to listen to your breath Then I heard the sound of...Learn More

Cowboys on soy A plate of dogshit and a bucket of Altoids One-armed pushup, all trapezoid My pet Pit ripped my right arm off... down boy! My insurance agent sounds annoyed Freak accidents that keep happening A new car a week and I keep crashing it Ran into an ATM with free cash in it Allow me to introduce my new E habit Let's review each...Learn More

Loping pallbearers, open caskets This is life stripped down to the chassis We deal with all that was, all that is Bourbon Street heat, stormy night on the bayou "Typhoon weather", the man remarks as the lighter sparks Sipping Maker's Mark as the train departs My window's a slideshow I see trailer parks, babies playing in the dark Eyes like...Learn More

Smoke everywhere, man, smoke's all I see Smoke darkening the world, smoke darkening me Fire burning The lame get burnt to remains Fire burning Those who remain dance in the flames Men come to douse the blaze, just flesh and skin One blast, all you saw was the skeletons Metal, tin, flesh and skin, life is everything Beginning, the ending, it's life...Learn More

On some James Brown shit, my shit gets The Big Playback Saw some freaks in the line, where they at? Saw my peeps in the line, where they at? West LA's on the map like a coffeestain We got writers, what up Kofie? We got emcees, what up Omni? We got crew, BLX posse Then you got me Networking, the dress shirt king, I'm bossy Permanently cracking, how...Learn More