D E C I P H E R M U S I C

This song is especially near and dear to me. I’ve spoken on my mother’s passing in songs before but I really dedicated this entire track to the matter. As corny as it sounds I can express myself better through music than regular speech and that was the case here. I’ve cried enough tears of my own so I needed to bleed through the pen. I could write on and on about the subject because I think about her everyday but I felt like I needed to move on and really pour my heart out on this so I won’t have to linger with the pain as much. It was a very emotional song for me to write and record. You can hear me get choked up and my voice shake at the end of the second verse but I kept that there cause it was genuine and that’s real rap. This past October 24th marked the  5 year anniversary of her passing and I can’t say it gets easier but I do understand it better. This track is also for anyone that’s lost a loved one and can feel the lyrics as I do. I hope you can hear this one, 엄마. Shout out to Jeffry Usi/grrrindin for the upload! Lyrics and live performance clip after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Sinner’s Prayer is a song I still get praise for even though I wrote it nearly 6 years ago. It’s an honest approach at speaking to God. I can’t say that I’m the most devote Christian or anything like that so I can’t front that I have that in me. So when I pray it sounds something like this. I wrote this when I was struggling with a lot so you can hear the frustration and angst in the words and delivery. The original lyrics were actually maybe about half as long as the last few bars of it were completely different. I performed the original version once but I felt I needed to say so much more so went back and changed it before I recorded. What nobody really knows is that I wrote this to a different beat. I wrote it to The Game – My Love For You but I couldn’t find that instrumental so Jstar constructed this track for me and the rest is history. Shout out to cudencuden for the upload! The lyrics bleed on this joint so please pay close attention after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

This is another joint off TBIL Vol. 1 which you can still download for free here. This song just speaks on nostalgia and how everything seemed better and brighter back then. It seemed easier being a kid but it probably didn’t seem so at the time. The grass is always greener, right? Shout out to insaneme3 for the upload. Lyrics after the jump.  Read the rest of this entry »

I’m only posting joints that supporters happen to have uploaded on Youtube because I assume those are the joints people are feeling. I’ll also be posting all the lyrics to the songs I’m posting for a few days. If you have a request let me know! Back Against the Wall is a cut off my free mixtape The Best Things in Life Vol. 1. It’s a song addressing the pressures and rewards of being me. I’ve gotten good feedback from this one so give it another listen if you like it or give it a first listen if you have not yet. Lyrics after the jump.  Read the rest of this entry »