Trapo
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"The Red Carpet"
I appreciate that. - Right. I appreciate that Only one more shot though, I gotta drive I'm bein' granite in a wall It's 30-Minute Music Hour. I'm Andy Moore. From Madison, Trapo. They honor word, that man a lie I tell the truth though, who is this? Tellin' me he got a full clip, call bull#### It's more than double X's I'm a straight professional Dangerous, we steppin' out Death usually creep when you tired Catch you while you sleep when you tried to prevent it Be disguised as a weakness for some thighs If 12 still hangin' at the store, I ain't goin' 'Less the bros is on blowin' cop badges Off shoulders, I'm cool You, niggas I cloned still on the block They never owned, still gonna rock They never sold niggas around But listen to souls and #### But if it don't move me then I can't condone I peep part through the window in your soul You just altered by your ego You're just an award show Some of us share a problem and I'm honored Keep pretending we don't Work until I'm so broke, right I was ridin' through the city I was watchin' out for death They was lookin' at me weird Probably 'cause that nigga walk, yeah he walk Like he walkin' with protection On the side of his leg I was runnin' from the kids They was mistakin' the dreads They was mistakin' the skin For somebody who was shootin' at the cops He at least six-five and I'm only five-ten You're just an award show But congrats for foolin' us with raps About tuckin' an imaginary pi-stol Readin' through imaginary lines 'Bout imaginary crimes that You dudes say you went through Congrats for foolin' us with raps About tuckin' an imaginary pi-stol Readin' through imaginary lines 'Bout imaginary crimes That you niggas - Right. Parking lot, the corner of the block Where all the bummy niggas gawk at shorty's purse But shorty from around Rounds under shorty's skirt That's how she get down She's a gangster bitch And she got me aroused Blow a nigga down Literally the mouth's wild You're just an award show Do these gold bottles make us role models? Is it winning 'cause the hoes Follow us all through the mall And the kids with no fathers Picture us as gods But the people on the block They just envy us and gossip Minimum wage will make you cherish your gauge Insomnia all the time You better know how to get paid And if you get a raise it's a graveyard So my windows tinted still and it's still on my waist Don't end up a tombstone Trying to catch a name and you might catch a wave And I'm crashing on the shore and #### Rappin' like you poor again Some things never change But congrats, right, but congrats For foolin' us with raps About tuckin' an imaginary pi-stol Readin' through imaginary lines 'Bout imaginary crimes That you niggas say you went through Why Congrats, for foolin' us with raps About tuckin' an imaginary pi-stol Right, right, right Yeah Congrats, congrats I was ridin' through the city I was watchin' out for death It was lookin' at me weird, yeah Probably 'cause that nigga walk Yeah he walk like he walkin' with protection On the side of his leg - Yeah Congrats Through the city I was lookin' out for-- congrats They was lookin' at me scared Right Man, slide through on Sunday, bro. Literally, bro It's gonna be lit on Sunday, bro. It really is, bro. I'm tellin' you this right now, bro. Hold up, hold up.
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Right. I can't be worried bout my fashion In the management, dodging bullets Not from weapons but the jealous The type of hate that leads you To a stretcher for your relish Get your tackle, follow rule Everyone get the side iron For letters, they give neck up I just call my brother when they back up Hundred rounds condemn your troops underground Right, right, right And I learned from my uncles And my mother and my brothers No relation, no relation, we just... All right, well, I ###### this one up.
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Oh, shoot. All right, we're for real this time. Let's do it for real.
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I learned from my mother and my uncles And my brothers, no relation, no relation We just hung out all the time Wanted to be famous when I was a little child My first label meeting was like eating off the ground Every crumb right next to fire Gasoline and dollar bill You might say demeaning I say #### make you a man I think every empty stomach come With hunger and a plan Depending how you bummin', nigga You already dead Trouble near, we prepared People 'round the corner for karma No armor Tryin' real hard to never disappear 'Cause anytime someone'll try and free your mind To the exit - Free your mind I been going through - Free your mind Hate to let it get to me this time Ain't gotta be #### All it takes to free your mind Forget 'bout everything and everyone He say all it really takes to finally free your mind Forget 'bout everything and everyone Right. All it really take Take To free your mind and forget Free your mind I just can't be bothered with #### today Today All it really take, take To free your mind and forget I just can't be bothered with #### today Today Who is this nigga approaching my section Flexing for these bitches Flashing his weapon Tryna be tougher than his threads will let him Skinny jeans and septum wings in niggas' noses Get way more traction then them flowin' #### And that's facts only the black man Like a time bomb and I might hard You niggas, that's for #### with my page I was rappin' 'bout the shade Now I'm rappin' 'bout them days And how they really still ain't came I was hopin' for a raise Now I'm plottin' on runnin' In niggas' places, shoes Playstations dodgin' the plantation Penitentiary mind states Livin' with your mind caged When we need oxygen And most passing toxicants to cope I play it cool 'Cause y'all gonna follow rules till you lose I ignore 'em 'cause my birthday passed And I ain't quite made it up to expectation yet
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Oh, ####.
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Appreciate that. Appreciate that. All this music, by the way, is from an EP I put out. It's called The Oil Change EP. It's available everywhere.
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This next one's called "Drunk Punch." Right. Right. Tensions runnin' high Decisions altered by the drugs No respect ever given and we greet niggas with mugs Hate to feel unforgiven It would save my mental cellar But I'm tryin' to forget it Battling my demons All I'm left with is these stitches Trying not to itch 'em Wounds of a villain Tryna change God's guilt in the pain, in the fame For the kid ain't that descriptive Let it sink in Slave to eviction, if I pen it it's to pay rent Days spent fearin' about shadows in the dark And this ain't for the weak-hearted They keep trying to harm me I walk from the apartment Stop Nobody understands me Too cold to speak to you with my head down 'Cause it's sickles on my soul It ain't quite time to flip though Right We ain't satisfied the same I was creepin' with the broad You change your last name Nigga this a jack move Hands up, hands up Nigga, this is a jack move Mood swing, catch one, catch one, catch one Right now, hands up, hands up Hands up Nigga this a jack move Mood swing, catch one Watchin' through the window I see everything that I could ever want, want Everyone around me is flawless Why can't I be like them all the time? You know what, right You know what #### that chain and them strings You been buying, man, you been wining and dining on strange You been booking planes, you been flying On same more than I been on but I walk by innocent That's cool Forever posing stoic when you make a move You grew up afraid to bruise, it's showin'
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Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip Quite time to flip yet Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip yet nah Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip It ain't quite time to flip, yet Trouble on my mind Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip, yet, nah I don't need help - Help Though I could use a hand In desperate need of a cure Try not to blam at the wall Try not to blam at myself That's so immature Try not to panic at all Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip yet nah Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip It ain't quite time, nah On the edge On the edge of this cliff With this fifth in my hand Finally convinced that this life don't mean
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#### My genetics to fail 20 years old and exposed for the artist I hate all that time that I spent ditching class Came back to bite me and bad I can't buy #### I can't get by with a pass Cuffs on my wrist 'cause these Black skin and badges don't mix Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip, quite time to flip yet Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip It ain't quite time to flip yet nah Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip yet nah Trouble on my mind It ain't quite time to flip It ain't quite time to flip yet nah On the edge On the edge, on the edge of this cliff With this fifth in my hand Finally convinced that this life don't mean #### My genetics to fail 20 years old and exposed for the artist I hate all that time that I spent ditching class Came back to bite me and bad I can't buy #### I can't get by with a pass Cuffs on my wrist 'Cause these blacks and these badges don't mix
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"Coming Down" begins
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Every step feel like a bad day in heaven Control my mind, my heart And my perception Right, right. Every step feel like a bad day in heaven Control my mind One, one. Lace my mind with euphoria vibe Still ain't after no confirmation So don't give me none The internet, I scroll through paper I should get me some Just called collect for nothin' major Just a type of thing 'Cause when you lack you tend To black on even ittle things And when your ribcage touch your back You're black and so the rent is paid I take a temporary trip She ain't always my fix But the plug ain't pick up and it's always like this Every step feel like a bad day in heaven Control my mind - My heart And my perception Every step feel like a bad day in heaven Control my mind Tryin' to stay calm and collected Collect what's left of these desolate memories More time spent on inner me and no time spend on enemies And we're tryin' to rewind time Every right a liquor store Strollin' through your town only my defeat is yours And you're scared 'cause it's vultures all around When you look up from the ground You say ain't nobody there Coming down Stay out the way I think you got it understood Walking through your neighborhood And they wish somebody would, and it's you You get it out the mud but see everybody is Prepared for the worst Chasin' relevance and ready to risk everything I think both of us shed our insecure #### We both had the drive I wanted the Forbes list Used to be like nah Workin' my old shift We both got the job, workin' for bull#### Now you need that ride, to work Let me get that five Out the car bro, get high We split it like we do everything Talk about everything How we get it out the mud But see everybody is Everybody is, everybody is, everybody is, everybody is Everybody is coming down Get it out the mud but see everybody is Try not to break a jaw Try not to hit the concrete floor Duck and provide protection like a weapon Stackin' bread, prepared when ain't nobody checkin' I peeped the review since they onto me though I bust a right and puff the frontal leaf Weight of the world on my shoulders Boulders and everything Only gets worse when you grow up, noticing every change Numbing through the pain Annihilate the stress with sex Long as she giving brain I ain't gotta know this bitch Excuse me lady don't mean to come off rude Just been bruised by a lady And I kinda like that you only wanna #### See my last one drove me little crazy I'm all patched up on the low I still hate her But all that there is for the young Like you're way older now and you feel like Coming, coming, coming down Every right a liquor store Strollin' through your town, only my defeat is yours And you're scared 'cause it's vultures all around When you look up from the ground You see ain't nobody there coming down Stay out the way You think you got it understood Walking through your neighborhood And they wish somebody would and it's you You get it out the mud but see everybody is Want me to slip up, I refuse Everybody is, everybody is Everyone's a critic now, critic now Everybody is, everybody is Still got you... Everybody is, everybody is
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Right.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa. Right. Right, right, right. This one here's called "In The Shade" from an album I put out two years ago. It's called Shade Trees. Right. My niggas need a lot so I'm keeping focused I'm getting so much older I'm putting fear in these niggas Feel like a fallen soldier Damn Trap, you the mother####### man, Trap You growin' up and that's perfect timing Can't wait to break all the silence That people show Flexing for the hoes Pedal to the metals Making sure that Mazda go All my niggas yelling step on your designer clothes Tweaking swerving on the road Just tell me where I gotta go Do you believe in God? If I don't know him I'm gonna let him starve He ain't one of ours Smoking dope because the class suck Kept it real with all my teachers I'm a fan of the reefer and they passed us Now I'm the best as they come With the talent come haters, he might invest in a gun All it takes is a hater to put you next to the sun And I ain't losing my spot I see room by the trees and I ain't losing my... Right.
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Trees Right. Shade. Right, right, right In the shade Right Trees, right In the shade, right - In the shade Trees, right Trees - Trees, right By the shade, right - By the shade Trees, right Trees, right - Right
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My niggas need a lot so I'm keeping focused I got some L I hesitate to open I know this college think my grades was bogus I know that gap too ####### big And there ain't no way for #### to close it I know some people in my class who laughed at me Sadly I'm happy they doing badly, badly yeah That's just to motivate I hope them loans pile up I hope you suffocate Right
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Trees Right In the shade Right, right By the trees In the shade, in the shade Trees, right In the shade By the trees in the shade Trees, right By the shade Right - Trees My people need a lot, I'm feeling overdrawn Just told my work I cop a 9-to-5 Another dead-end job We growing fast as #### And I'm working just like my mom Why don't I feel alive? In world full of hatred Can't be a bitch, you gotta take #### So I'm gonna strip it till it's naked Issues and facelift, right, right Say while I'm cruising down the 95 I just hope I make it out alive Stumble in the crib I gotta hide my eyes That marijuana high Right, right Say while I'm cruising down the 95 I just hope I make it out alive Stumble in the crib, I gotta hide my eyes That marijuana high Right
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"Trap House Funk" begins
Right. Right. I was pulling up looking at my brother like We gotta get us some women like yeah We only party with niggas and women out there I flow then matches and ridges appear But we still broke, never could go on the field trip Probably steal ####, it's the field Which nobody cares real I still got dreams to hop in that "Back to the Future" Pockets are true All that needs is part of the weapon To prove you're not to be tested and shoot You fit a description we choose Turn the other T and try not to lose it Why,
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stupid Put you on news, come and sell shoes and jewels And they interview to get you to tune in Act hard,
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They probably mimic the image you hate the most We don't save a toast for a finicky nigga Break bread with the snakeskin We don't shake hand like, like Hey yo, just keep that ####
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And the #### that they been dropping, it like original Ain't carbon copies, auto body Mechanically proven
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Built like it was in the barrio Every
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is feeling some cardio And if you're on the track when we get a blackout #### you can roll it back boy, can you rap good Get a fat check, right, right My #### doper than Hollywood acting roles Flooding your bra, jaw as soon as I drop the room Tellin' us where to go That's right. All I know is
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and to stay above ground Can get tricky Living like tainted old limbs and I'm tired Every step feel like a bad day in heaven You know when you control your mind But you alter your perception And you think everything is fine And it's just imagination And you think everything is all right All right Grit your ####### teeth and decide
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Sneaks it past so fast, don't blink at all Original catalogues, extinction If that's your all new jeans It must be typos on the net From one of these kids who broke your #### And still don't know the meaning Meanwhile someone altered Panicking watching the news
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for making a fool of us Paint us some fuses, ruthless niggas With nowhere to live or care to shoot at us If you get bigger they punch
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I know it ain't too many what's on the planet Yeah I can vent it so I walk around With a stick of protection And this appearance ain't my inner Take a piss and then get injured To me you likely to finish this beef I'm leaving two pics in the street That's it we're finished
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"Mirror Man" begins
Tryin' to get through to me this time The mission still survival It's hard to clear my mind And it's hard to leave them drugs all behind When your stress level up constant Sobriety's a struggle And a real good woman's hard to find And it's hard to get a job I'm leanin' on this Bible Still ain't payin' tithes though Tired of being sidekick to hardship Grew heartless, my enemies exposed These poster copies of vacant rolls 'Cause when the curtain close and they reveal they self They got some #### to hide, wanna kill they self They wanna paint the wall with a nine to they dome Won't stay for long 'cause they weak Play it smart to get ya paper long I got a gang of dogs, my Cajun boy, no Every grade is a sicko But if the street raised him That'll erase him quicker than rottin' away in prison Or findin' a pot to piss in Part of the problem, who can I blame? I blame it on the streets, like preach on Colors'll leave a stain, what have we come across? Oh yeah, a room full of critics No more room on my #### I'm #### Keep my foot on all these niggas And they women in submission The mirror man is always lookin' For somebody he can Peter Pan And slice and dice yo ass Right out them skinny jeans you wear I'm lookin for somebody in the crowd It's surround Independent to you pal, like I dig it I'm too freed up for commitment And too cheap so we don't spend #### on no collar Ain't no slave, that's 40 million dollar I'm livin' for the day that isn't promised No harm, no foul Stay in line, no out of bounds And we can dance all night long Turn off your phone and take a load off No harm, no foul Do I stay in the house or get a paper route? How many made it out the town? Filled with invisible black and brown Like I'm in the school after caps and gowns I'm a criminal due to lack of hours Plot on killin' you to ensure the power What have we come across? Oh yeah, a room full of critics No more room on my ####, I'm tunnel vision Keep a foot on all these niggas And they women in submission Don't you forget it No harm, no foul And that's until you push me to a limit I'm not afraid to lay you down You introverted and to some You troubled girl Flirtatious one Don't front your mood Don't get involved You introverted and to some Flirtatious one That's why I came, that's why I rang ya bell This many times, I can't explain why Been losin' my mind, product of your rage You need help and I ain't judgin' Your confidence deflate throughout the day But know I love ya, everyday's a weight My shoulder's shruggin' and I tug it While I suffer through depression And everyone I'm close with get the most of my aggression Forgive me as I travel Through the city reflective to those who pity Nobody feel sorry 'Cause anybody that frowns is a target No need to lend a hand When I'm #### and the car won't start up #### It's like I never should've bought it I get out to push the whip while your life's a carpool I never had it easy I never had it marbles, marbles I'mma lose my mind if I want to Swarmed in, stomp you out 'Cause I'm goin' through Harmful words get exchanged When you goin' through Warned you first now my knuckles on the crowbar Kickin' up dirt when I peel out The wheels smell like ribs, I'mma dodge pigs when I Dodge pigs when I starin' Starin' out the window with a grin Like I'm finna #### the world Ditch the kid like my father Funny, though he lives in our apartment And 'cause I grew up lookin' up to mama 'Cause I grew up ventin' at my granny house Sleepin' on my granny couch 'Till she take a side I'm thinkin' "Why I'm cussin' Granny out?" I've been trying to die lately Cop lights flashing through the window Eyes dilated Dilated but it's no harm, no foul Stay in line, no out of bounds And we can dance all night long Turn off your phone and take a load off No harm, no foul No harm, no foul No foul - No foul No harm at all And that's why I came, that's why I rang ya bell This many times, I can't explain why Been losin' my mind, product of your rage Maybe that's why I came That's why I rang ya bell This many times, I can't explain why Been losin' my mind, product of your rage That's why I came, that's why I rang ya bell This many times, I can't explain why I can't explain I'm not afraid to ring ya bell You introverted and to some You troubled girl Flirtatious one, don't front your mood Don't get involved To some You troubled girl Flirtatious one
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Flirtatious one Once again, a lot of this music is from an EP I got called Oil Change EP. It's available everywhere. When I got #### to do Can I count on you? Let's go make history
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I'll do what you want me to I promise you We can make history I never have much to say My hideaway has plenty of room My privacy means everything to me What does it mean to you? We can make history Some ask, you say it's cool Some ask, you say it's cool When I ain't got #### to do but bother you What do it mean to me? That could mean anything What do I mean to you? You don't say anything When we're together, together Say do I need you now? I don't I don't say anything, I won't When we're together, together Thinkin' Drinkin' Right. I'm thinkin' Two Stressin' Two Two Legal fees and the stress knee-deep One day you'll understand the troubled artist Treading through muddy water Pretend I'm not in debt and that the IRS won't show up Keep a blow-up, why rest My pillow case is eyes warm You fan favorite it, can't inflate When people don't jam the tape That paper you got here is shorter See you can't afford to bounce back When budgets plummet you're the outcast Almost finished with a bag, chasin' to a backpack With homework in it And it's no gimmicks, just patient Making mistakes till you're voice dependent And it's Monday so I'm ventin' about everything I might cop some Mary Jane knowin' that's a bad move I might call some ##### up That's a bad decision too All my homies switchin' up, been facin' woods again It's cool, man I can't get rich enough Just check the check invisible Rumor is, dumb it down for the consumer then Collect from them on stupid #### Might boost your gigs That's P-A-Y the man if I put powder in my hand And leave a mark, where would you stand? I ain't no mother####### comma Just do this #### for profit No loyalty make way more than a dollar I'll be honest, don't see dyin' broke Ain't how I plan to go out And integrity is cool but stability is too And I really want that pool in my crib #### it though I really want that jewel on my wrist Right now it's buckets though I never felt better Stackin' dough and all of it's legit I #### it off How dare you turn your back on me? Everything I've done How you turn Your back on me Your back on to me again How you turn your back to me Turning your back on me What? How come I don't ever get the joke All the family talk was barrel smoke We just know how to survive Managers spreadin' lies Underground and in the clouds Wanna live somewhere remote Bad call from the rentin' and the loud like I won't let the po-po Get me riled up when I'm too high Car smell like woo-hah And I flew by the speedometer All I feel is mama pain, know earth can be discouraging The mirror scene, I look away But #### preaching Perspective's the motto Beefin' over bitches like swallowing a hollow tip Don't lose your life for some odd dough If I win the lotto I parade the streets and buy all of the AK Point at the police, devour them Watchin' over my shoulders Still grandma totin' an older grudge Ain't no armor tough enough That's stoppin' you from a bloodspill I'm too free, I flee a sentence And too cheap to flee, don't spend #### On no collar, ain't no slave Unless a forty million dollar It's just Monday and I'm ventin' about everything I might cop some Mary Jane, knowin' that's a bad move I might call some #### up, that's a bad decision too All my homies switchin' up, been facin' woods again It's cool, man I can't get rich enough Just check the check invisible Right. All right, Trapo. Thanks, y'all. Thanks for listening.
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