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1. |
Carnivore
02:51
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Deliver newness - watch
Remove the Judas
Remain the truest
The coolest flame
To do this
From the blocks to the shooters
White collar maneuvers
Here to hold the game together
Like lyrical sutures
Define your future
Visions - I line ‘em up to see
To how they equal out
To me living comfortably
But the state of these cops
The system out to get us
Will our kids outlive us
The main questions
We need to ask ourselves
Level the playing field
Cut Goliath down to size
David never failed
When that stone set sail into the atmosphere
He sent a clear message
Don’t confuse respect with fear
Cause I’m here see
A permanent fixture
Giving you a mixture
Of street and scripture
My ministry
Devote most of my energy
A workaholic I've been called
Yeah my tendency
Grind now
So my money climb later
My mind made up
About this
no questions
Grind now
So my money climb later
My mind made up
About this
no questions
Just commas
Good karma
No drama
Trying with every inch of my soul
Avoid the trauma
Living what I'm destined
Showing whats in possession
Cause everything that I hold
My soul professed it
Envision it
Reach out and then provision it
Words for the masses
Words for their benefit
guilty or innocent
We all got a right to prove
Second chances
Our right to be some righteous dudes
Nobody like to lose
And failing makes you stronger
And seeing everybody else eat
Fuels your hunger
You want it more
Goals what I'm coming for
our talents and our skin
What they hunt us for
Lyrical carnivore
Trained by the art of war
Boom bap connoisseur
Overseer
Monitor
so H-D MI
yes, i move freely
keep it easy
emcees don't wanna see me
my grind feed me
provide for my offspring
what i'm offering
attempt to do all things
within reason
every day we climb Everest
the black man a terrorist
they cut us down
sever us
then we carnivorous
animal like behavior
backed into a corner
no longer a nice neighbor
a civil war brewing
cause aint no change coming
aint no sense in running
cause we gone come out gunning
take back whats ours
in forty hours
keep feeding us shit
you wonder why sour
the stars bring power
injustice we will devour
come together we will
and scream louder
make a voices heard
and get our choices right
when we sense oppression
we are supposed to fight
make a voices heard
and get our choices right
when we sense oppression
we are supposed to fight
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2. |
My Everything
03:25
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Hook
My all, my everything
Put that on everything
The reasons that we sing
Because of peace it brings
Fluid, the water springs
Removing all the pains
We hoping all will change
No different, all the same
Verse 1
I can't complain
Cause I'm better than a year ago
A better place
Mindstate, faith and spiritual
Stay connected
Invested into creative's
Stay in line with the divine
Nothing invade us
My cup runneth over
The hunt for the clover
So focused
Like the hunt for the soldier
The lone survivor
I'm prone to be liver
With every verse that I spit
Thru this saliva
My, my, my everything
My everything
My everything
My, my, my
Hook
My all, my everything
Put that on everything
The reasons that we sing
Because of peace it brings
Fluid, the water springs
Removing all the pains
We hoping all will change
No different, all the same
Verse 2
Same path
Do the math
Road traveled
They try to hide
But the truth will unravel
Like these, candy rappers
Unknown non-factors
Excellence thru practice
The dope
Give you access
The secret code
I do this to reach your soul
The next generation
I'm hoping to teach and mold
Let it build you
The rhythm will refill you
Melodic methods
Records that's known to heal you
My, my, my everything
My everything
My everything
My, my, my
Hook
My all, my everything
Put that on everything
The reasons that we sing
Because of peace it brings
Fluid, the water springs
Removing all the pains
We hoping all will change
No different, all the same
Verse 3
So many Evilene
Hoping they can get between
My destiny
The best of me
They never seen
Only partially
Deliver non cautiously
Hurt feelings, dealings
Unfortunately
Continue press on
Thru tracks I finesse on
Give it to you
Every beat, every session
Words you can rest on
They never put the best on
The settle for less
In this profession
My, my, my everything
My everything
My everything
My, my, my
Hook
My all, my everything
Put that on everything
The reasons that we sing
Because of peace it brings
Fluid, the water springs
Removing all the pains
We hoping all will change
No different, all the same
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3. |
Truthfully Speaking
03:20
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Verse 1
The game ain't what it used to be
I lounge where the roofers be
On top of the spot
Do this exclusively
The memories
The youth of me
Living in a crowded room
Uneasy
Like you walking thru a crowd a goons
We get loud at noon
Just like the sunlight
Auto pilot in life
It wont run right
Gotta be hands on
Make moves
Put your mans on
no matter what
My two feet I will stand on
I will land on
plan on
keep going
even when there's obstacles there
keep flowing
walk around em
over it
go thru it
no matter how you dissect it, son
its so fluid
The way the rain falls
Sometimes it comes sideways
Forcing you off road
And off the highways
Lost traction
A lost to suspension
A simple fix
Be still, perfect your vision
Hook
Truthfully speaking
Not what I used to be
No matter what
Music pulls out the youth in me
But I'm a keep going
No matter what they think
for the others, lets build man
We gotta link
Verse 2
there's a lesson involved
gotta evolve
respect some of yall
the others can lick my balls
been nice enough
time to put the icing up
stay true my grind
yall need to tighten up
heavy, lifted
sometimes I'm double fisted
with the pen and the pad
hip-hop enlisted
hip-hop assisted
and then this beat insisted
that i send you these words
give it encrypted
decipher
calm, but words hyper
word, lifer
word still bond
birth of a nation
the truth stillborn
still going
searching for love
in the storm
flash flooding
the flower when its budding
sometimes its a slow process
its still coming
I'm still drumming
Like Philip Drummond
A different stroke
Everybody saying prayers
Got their different hopes
Hook x2
Truthfully speaking
Not what I used to be
No matter what
Music pulls out the youth in me
But I'm a keep going
No matter what they think
for the others, lets build man
We gotta link
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4. |
Congruent
02:51
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He looking for a way out
Rewards type pay out
Any means it seems
Finish the day out
Play out
In his mind state
Results to get his lines straight
Anything that will improve his climb rate
Used to be a stick up kid
He left that life alone
After a job went bad
and Now his homie gone
Made a promise to him
At his last breath
That he would change his life
For new assets
Until you lose someone close
You don't know what angers like
first thought
take a life
set the balance right
its a challenge right
get a hold of thoughts
on the witness stand
dazed at the hold of courts
The suspicions
Under legal conditions
Thinking about his moms
As a kid, he wouldn't listen
She tried to scold him
The things she should've told him
To prevent the future where cops hold him
Now he facing bonds
Savings is now gone
Moms put her house up
Anything for him
Attorney fees high
While the tears fall low
Tried his hand at the game
But realized its not for most
Its not for him
Cause him got dreams
The finer things in life
Like well being
Seeing his seed grow
Living up to he-ro
Doing what's necessary to line up them zeros
There he goes
A foot in
A foot out
You reap what you sow
You get what you put out
Searching a new method
Legalizing his efforts
But its hard in the streets
Where there's not much to reference
That same ole same ole
That's how the game go
The cycle's painful
The right to complain for
He seeks improvement
Modify his movement
Make it congruent
A habit
That he grew with
Hard to shake it
Going straight
Can't think it
One eye open
Can't sleep
Can't blink it
Always watching
Cause everybody want a piece
Looking for,dinner
But everybody want a feast
We all struggling
All of us hustling
Different levels of shit
We all shoveling
We all struggling
All of us hustling
Different levels of shit
We all shoveling
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5. |
Lightspeed
03:30
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Verse 1
Speak out like Max Waters
Deliver attack order
Stack more of, explore
Crack the core of
The bottom line issue
Color blind visuals
Autobahn missiles
Adolescents with pistols
Without the guidance
Instead moments of malice
The only talents they know
Is gun violence
A blood showcase
Cant hide no place
Instead of the love
They give us more hate
Correlate
Conform?
Nah, lets coordinate
So we can move from the scraps
I get us more (of) steaks
An get us more estates
Travel, explore, create
And continue the methods that we appropriate
Went to hope from hate
Now in an ocean state
(Just) let it flow
Ride the wave
Let it motivate
Let it excite you
The rhythm will ignite you
Only hang with the true
Not those who spite you
Hook x2
Much needed to the game
We are, we are, we are
light speed
we far, we far, we far,
and stay fresh
We are, we are, we are
Cause I do it for
All of yall, all yall, all yall
Verse 2
Let me convince you
Come to the defense to
Hip-hop is still alive
Full potential
Skills essential
Display my credentials
With everything that I release
Or present you
I’m still here my man
I’m still going
And making moves
Regardless if people knowing
The quiet before the storm
The rage before its calm
The terms I’m speaking on
Shake skulls like King Kong
Deliver primates
For no one will time wait
I’m weathering all types of cli-mates
From red dawns
To dealing with dark summers
We handle anything (that’s) among us
From curve balls to twisters
They will enlist us
But when we fall
Do you think that they will miss us?
Nah, never
We hoping our days better
With every verse that I write
And love letters
Hook x2
Much needed to the game
We are, we are, we are
light speed
we far, we far, we far,
and stay fresh
We are, we are, we are
Cause I do it for
All of yall, all yall, all yall
Verse 3
Move phantom
Maneuver with moves
Plant em
Out do em
Out grew em
Standing at a…
Greater height
Greater sight
Greater vision
The reason why
Some of yall pay to listen
Others just pirate
Look deep into your iris
Open your eyelids
Extract the virus
Beta tester
Given you the best of
And i'm always electric like I’m a Tesla
And wrestling demons
I think I’m winning them
And finding new things I like
Like a synonym
Chicks befriending them
Beliefs I'm defending them
And keep stacking my skills
While others dwindling
Black fist the emblem
Throughout the words I'm giving em
Always, forever in my curriculum
My agenda
Lines like an avenger
Like iron
I am no pretender
Hook x2
Much needed to the game
We are, we are, we are
light speed
we far, we far, we far,
and stay fresh
We are, we are, we are
Cause I do it for
All of yall, all yall, all yall
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6. |
Right Time
02:45
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Verse 1
Move
With known devices
Living life
Like its priceless
Who the nicest
Gravitate
To what entice us
To what intrigue us
Hustle hard
Till it feed us
Till some fall
Then all
Will call ....
Anything that please us
Connect with those that need us
And together we stand
Nothing defeat us
Nothing can topple us
Come and check my metropolis
Not far from where Gotham is
Maneuver with these modern kids
But not reckless
Slowing down in my confessions
New lessons learned
And new aggressions
New discretions
Deliver new impressions
and dig deep to the root
New sections
all things considered
though boxed
im not fitted
the proof give it
the truth
is grouped with it
Come thru with it
The game not thru with it
As long as I breathe
I'm true with it
Hook x2
[Now is] the right time
ride music
nighttime
build with like minds
giving chicks the pipeline
call me the icon
pen and pad you might find
build with any color
black, brown or paizon
Verse 2
a sense of urgency
grind with it purposely
this an emergency
wonder what the words will be
what the world would be
without the likes of me
regardless nice to see
change
you know how life can be
a lot of ups and downs
steps forward, steps back
where you left at
even after your eff-orts
explore methods
working to break records
with every second - in time
divine essence
a climb message
eyes to skies message
no limits
mind the only weapon
in this space and time
find a place to shine
so many what me to fall
but nah i'm not inclined
My design
Is to climb
No matter obstacle
Never inoperable
Only a state of mind
Do the impossible
Whether small or colossal view
Compete with my grind
Nobody stopping you
Hook x2
[Now is] the right time
ride music
nighttime
build with like minds
giving chicks the pipeline
call me the icon
pen and pad you might find
build with any color
black, brown or paizon
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7. |
Visions
03:10
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Verse 1
They must want a civil war
Cause they wont give us more
Work through the pain
Like we got a hidden sore
Undisclosed
Predisposed
We expose em
Witness the corrosion
And the power that controls it
Cause many lines offend them
We must provide a cleansing
Cause rash decisions
Only lead to true division
let me provision em
Lines, continue giving em
Climb, and keep it digital
Scholar
Visit my institute
Hold up
Keep my head low
and thoughts high
Straight faced
With grace
I leave em mortified
When I come
Intimidating to some
Im puzzled
I’m just here to have some fun, with
Open discussions
Over beats that head-busting
I’m here lusting
Over things I shouldn’t trust and
The abnormal
The poorest to mad formal
Pizzazz on em
Modern
I fast forward em
They try recording him
Invading all my privacy
Maneuver quietly
Power moves inspire me
The fire that transpires
Standards
Demand higher
The things that I require
Reach new levels of fire
Straight arsonist
Struggle
Remain an optimist
Better stay in your lane
The thing that I suggest
I confess
And say it with my chest
You will become everything that you ingest
Verse 2
channel your greatness
complexities thats basic
no more evasive
so close, you can taste it
consider me persuasive
the words that I engage in
quite critical
on initial arrangements
working to make it painless
the thing is
is it possible
to go unscathed
in doing the impossible
the implausible
infallible when thinking
but its the execution
that could leave you sinking
plan a thru z
and do properly
nobody stopping me
stay off my property
a mouthful monopoly
yall just all talk
you best prepare for Scholar's onslaught
game of thrones
and the soil god made us from
everybody talking color
when we came from one
im an angel's son
and im an angel's father
so that means
im between wings
and i fly farther
Why bother
Giving y'all this earful
Cause most ain't gone listen
Cause They fearful
Of the truth in the words
They rather politic
And settle for less
But I want all of it
All the acres
The mules
The whole farm
In exchange
These words for you to hold on
the acres
The mules
The whole farm
In exchange
These words for you to hold on
Hold on
These words for you to hold on
Hold on
These words for you to hold on
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8. |
Cruisin'
03:12
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Verse 1
They search for me like natio-treasure
Looking for something better
Wonder whether or not
A trendsetter
A go getter
Want her, then
Go get her
Cause she will pass you by
If you let her
Slow it down
Brand new type direction
Brown skin complexion
Rise like the dawn
When sun sets
It’s the time to get it on
Through the process
New skills will spawn
Ride on
Exploring some new places
After dark
Like a Stark
New faces
New tan lines
Search what you cant find
Wheels up
Just looking for some air time
Yeah mon
Everything irie
I do it my way
Sometimes stubborn
Call me clubber lang
Focused on some other things
I pity the dude that speaks my name in vain
Hook x2
We cruisin'
Maneuver
No losing
True music
All else
Gotta refuse it
Gotta induce it
Labor pain
Exclusives
No more excuses
Do what's conducive
Verse 2
You looking for me
I stay busy
Keep my head low grinding
Fluid like a seal
Focused on my assignment
The alignment of words
Against the margin
feeling nostalgic
Fuck what y'all call it
As long as true to me
New or the old
Hold it close to my soul
And the growth will unfold
Like some crisp paper
Deliver new flavor
Whether left or the right
New fader
Gotta blended
For the masses intended
Cause I ain't heard some real shit in a minute..so
Here it go
Gotta first class delivery
Gotta sign for the package
If you feeling me
Not a fan of the industry
But I keep on
Cause the love of the music
Is why I speak on
You can sleep on
Its cool, I'm a wake you up
Cause a quake in the game
Gotta shake em up
Hook x2
We cruisin'
Maneuver
No losing
True music
All else
Gotta refuse it
Gotta induce it
Labor pain
Exclusives
No more excuses
Do what's conducive
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9. |
Signals
04:34
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One chick
Said I had no feelings
And then another said
I still needed healing
And one after that
Said I'm blocking a good thing
Just because we sexed
The relationship should change
Wait a minute
Please pardon the interruption
I'm not the type to operate within assumptions
Spent a lot of time with a few
For good company
Set a pattern that led to what they want from me
Mixed signals
Damn them mixed signals
Came at her large
Like a black Lou Ferigno
This shits incredible
A new week, the same thing
And then I chased a couple
playing these mind games
Nobody honest
Nobody true to themself
Even when I lay it all out
In how I felt
Whether dark or light
Black or white
To the others
I'm trying to make it work
Without feeling like I am smothered
Its that simple
But most times to them it's not
Even when I'm being transparent with what I got
Can only work with the tools you have
Until you gain more
And a quest for change
Is what I came for
In this lane for
Looking for my ride or die
Moving at the same pace as I
We eye to eye
Somebody worth the try
worth the effort
worth the poetry that landed on this record
Love can get congested
Learning how to be invested
How to stay true to yourself
But be connected
Meet somebody halfway
And bridge this gap
They missing at the halfway mark
Like where you at
I'm holding up mine
Gotta hold up yours
Gotta listen out for love
When it's knocking on your door
Because it's not often
And it won't wait long
And don't get me wrong
This not a love hate song
This just a
moment of clarity
I mean that sincerely
When all else fails
Its the music that will carry me
Get me from point a-b
And do it properly
Until the timing is right
For what I want for me
Cause everything's not for me
And now I realize
Most of these brand new chicks
Dont want real guys
It's just real lies
All for social media
To meet the standards of others
So what you feeding em?
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10. |
One
03:25
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Verse 1
aftermath confusion
we live in an illusion
that everybody is equal
mind contusions
aint nothing changed
mental locks on [our] brains
tears on the ground
our shirts [are] bloodstained
a world of decay
whether [you] black, brown or gay
maneuver thru the storms
and wash pains away
who gonna save the day
when superman's away
in the meantime
these cops just look away
or they killing us
even when hands up
so what are we to do
we must stand up
become alarmed
they killing us unarmed
aint shit changed
we cannot remain calm
we tried love
but love is met with hatred
we took the high road
respect what is sacred
the bloodshed
our ancestry red
when it comes to our freedom
we shouldn't have to beg
Verse 2
that american pie
to us its shit instead
we crying out for help
but they laughing at the edge
american dreaming
nah, they're just scheming
keep the rich, rich
continue [to] hiding them demons
make it plain sight
fight for the same rights
stand at attention
climbing to gain height
to see and be seen
see the lies in between
a look at whats ahead
gotta try to intervene
better living for our kids
more acceptance to give
from auction blocks to the blocks
change how we live
change our outlook
working for better gains
new things sustained
betterment why we came
so here we are standing
demanding whats ours
black and brown skin
but them
they just cower
behind politics
wearing them white sheets
but we cant take a knee
exercise free speech
dude please
you gon' get these words regardless
they not harmless
the truth i will harness
you gon' get these words regardless
they not harmless
the truth i will harness
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11. |
Finesse
03:30
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Hook
Yeah we press on
Get our finesse on
Even when the stress on
We moving to the next song
Focused on my goals
Cause Im here to crack the mold
Watch new things unfold
With sounds that touch your soul
Living every moment
Peace thru the atonement
Friday night we rolling
Windows down
We zoning
Grab a couple drinks
We connect through conversation
Me and my people
We fluid like condensation
Work it like I'm impatient
Gotta stay grinding
And keep moving forward
Ain't trying to look behind him
Only what's inside of him
Wise man like Solomon
At least that's what I'm striving to be
So call me scholarman
Agree or not
I'm striving to reach the top
Where good things will flock
So I give it what I got
No matter what
Remain and keep it true to me
And keep improving
From the dude that I used to be
I'm speaking truthfully
Honestly
A narrative
Bring back the soul of Hip hop
Cause it's imperative
Where I live
I reside
Where I hang out
The compass
On my path
My direction
The same route
Up!
Hook
Yeah we press on
Get our finesse on
Even when the stress on
We moving to the next song
Verse 2
Gotta keep up
Continue
We moving up
Focused on what I want
Follow through with the hunt
Eye down the scope
And I'm locked in on my target
Study the game
And my lane
Adjust the market
Whether green lines or red
We grind to get ahead
Calibrating minds
To climb
To get the bread
Lines that get us fed
Lines create a legacy
The rebirth of my soul
Call it spiritual pregnancy
One of the next to see
Even though I been here
With every verse that I give you
I keep it sincere
Authentic
Scholar get lost in it
Its raw vintage
Keep up
Eat your spinach
I'm not finish
The wheels stay moving
Learned from everything that I seen
I'm not losing
Maybe adjusting
Planning
Deliver something
To keep your body rocking
And all of your speakers pumping
Up!
Hook x3
Yeah we press on
Get our finesse on
Even when the stress on
We moving to the next song
Up!
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12. |
Can't Stay Here
03:08
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Manage my time
Line up my prospects
And Lay it on heavy
Thick like an ox’s neck
For the block - check
Develop a new complex
Keep it in context
Convex, extended
The words that’s intended
Legal matters
I defend it
Luke cage with this rage
On stage, [i] give it
basic elements of physics
Break bad to the limits
I’m done when I’m finished
Keep it clear
Without a blemish
Cause I’m proactive
With skills that I react with
Every tactic is planned
Like prophylactic
See I’m, cool with actors
I’m talking about the ones in film
But them dudes that lie on tracks
I ain’t cool with them
Damn he’s a hooligan
thought we was cool again
I’m an outcast
Just hanging with my super friends
Trying to make stupid ends
I’m talking hella cheese
And enjoy some Harlem nights
Like I’m Della Reese
A bit of sunshine
With lines that I combine
An eclipse of my words
Darkness comes sometimes
And then I shine again
Trying to hit replay
Me going back on my words
Only for DJs
Or the tape deck
Climb to reach my apex
Where it’s only bitcoins
Fuck them paychecks
Too many act
And think less
Dealing with the same stress
And keep blaming the devil
Wearing that same dress
Yes
Take what I know
And then apply
These skills they can’t deny
They try to copy Design
My mind
A mile a minute
A sponge
Keep it replenished
If it doesn’t exist
I insist that we invent it
Like a fist with iron it
Develop a higher image
Who I’m with
What I’m doing [next]
Mind your business
Stay in my lane
But I keep my eyes moving
And weave through the bullshit
Cause me, I’m not losing
Instead bulldozing
Awake, and not dozing
The gift is not chosen
Infinite range of motion
Controlling my emotions
Middle finger convulsions
Pardon me
Pardon my explosions
Chant x3
Okay, okay right
Okay, okay yeah
Okay, okay right
We can't stay here!
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ScholarMan Bowie
ScholarMan is a Maryland based hip-hop artist and producer known for socially conscious and soulful music.
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