1. |
Crumble Your Tower
04:19
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G - R - O - U - C - H
They don’t really care about this music
They don’t even know how to use this
I said they don’t really care about this music
They don’t even know how to use it
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, so get up
They're using this to advertise and aid with savage lies
They always play the role, better strategize
Do you really believe or only criticize?
You phonies this disguise never fooled me
I wear no jewelry, I play it cool see
Don’t follow rules he set
To a game he wasn't in, he was never my friend
He wasn't down when
I used to sleep on floors and I only knew my pen
I grew within and spread throughout
Listen my routes mission
Is about liftin myself and devout kids in
this position you might say quit your bitchin
But if I didn't bitch, they might never listen to this
And wonder is that about me
Well now really what you about
Progression or makin money
Profession yeah thats funny
We do it in the streets for fun
Since I was young, hip hop made adrenaline run
And I was dumb, to think it was the same for all
But now that I know, I got a lot of blame for y’all
fuck people in positions of power who trip with their power
Probably want what you got too, plus more so they are sour
Its been happening forever and a day but nows the final hour
your not the smartest ones, ain't got the largest guns
We will crumble your tower
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, so get up
Well now the people who run this biz don’t know the culture
And the people who run this biz are a bunch of vultures
Im a bull
But I defy gravity, you don’t wanna get sav with me
What a travesty
Your majesty's a fake
To laugh with me is to relate. I chuck at the fickle fucks till they fuck me up
For years I wait
So many peers I reach but I stay limited
A dimly lit candle in the wind growin timid with it
Why am I so hard to satisfy?
And anyone who I think can is always mad to try
the other lads who are fly, they fly by
Just below the radar, but Im glad they made it far
I had to play my part nobody else could
Lookin back on all the strugglin but thats what really felt good
And thats crazy but Im not, thats a used up trait
What I got is a divine fate
My mind state fluctuates
And Im up late
fuck hate I got love in the face of that cuz I learned thru rap
I never burn you back I just vent
Even after all of my last efforts have been spent I give 100%
And wonder who's sent you or I to be the true speaker and freak it till they die
fuck people in positions of power who trip with their power
Probably wont what you got to, plus more soul they are sour
Its been happening forever and a day but nows the final hour
Ur not the smartest ones, they got the largest guns
We will crumble your tower
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, so get up
They don’t really care about this music
They don’t even know how to use this
I said they don’t really care about this music
They don’t even know how to use it
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep
I use this shit to get up, so get up
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2. |
Where I Wanna Get
04:10
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3. |
Crusader For Justice
04:28
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4. |
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5. |
Cloud 9 ft. Yadira
02:57
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6. |
Some People
04:44
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some people get better with time
and some people have a hard time (yeah)
some people, they age like wine
and other people, they can't find themselves, man
(repeat)
you gotta
move on, move on, move on, move on
move on, move on, move on, move on
man
move on, move on, move on, move
well then
move on, move on, move on
I used to have love and now I can't stand this fool
this couldn't have happened even if I planned it to
friends for life on a spectrum so wide
nobody works perfect
believe me, I tried
but when two worlds collide
you gotta give somethin'
take a step back and learn to live humble
you know pride, it'll eat you up inside
and all that self-pity will turn your whole world shitty
I’m on old girls titty tryin' to hang on, dearly
live days sincerely and see both sides clearly
there's no room to build enemyships
especially out of old friends
when'll we quit?
went from penalty kicks to it don't mean shit
ridiculousness, actin' like bitches at this age
bing! turn the page
pow! quit actin' like a child
or are you riled up and ready to be petty?
that's a heartbreaker
well I’ll be the charge taker and make sure it don't happen in the future
extend my hand while you cryin' like a rooster
damn, dig up the root and be a man
(yeah, show 'em how to be a man)
some people get better with time
and some people have a hard time (yeah)
some people, they age like wine
and other people, they can't find themselves, man
(repeat)
you gotta
move on, move on, move on, move on
move on, move on, move on, move on
man
move on, move on, move on, move
well then
move on, move on, move on
with every stroke of the clock theres more pressure
who could fully understand the growth of a child more or less
this innocence exposed
free form, no mold
to experience livin' in possibilities I hold *******************
visions in my head I wanna spread
to these children before they get sidetracked
what sword are you wielding
and I'm not talkin about shielding
what's in the glass or comin' half ass
me, I don't really want the last laugh
just to be laughin' at all my last days ***********************
because somebody else is passin' up the mark that I made
turnin' dark to light
or bark the bite
blindfolded, flyin', and all without a fight
I’m all up out in the night, tryin' to kick down the deamons
with all my big sounds screamin' like he-men (arrr)
fuck the power of grayskull
go 'til my skull is grey every day, all day
I’m a never fall prey
some people get better with time
and some people have a hard time (yeah)
some people, they age like wine
and other people, they can't find themselves, man
(repeat)
you gotta
move on, move on, move on, move on
move on, move on, move on, move on
man
move on, move on, move on, move
well then
move on, move on, move on
your body is a tool, mind is too
shape them well, feel them them the finest food
if knowledge is power then most of us are muscle less
it's easy to be that, you gotta tussle with the bad
bring yourself back to the essence
make your presence felt when you're there and you're stressin' your points
put oil on your joints
kill the t.v
deal with people face-to-face if you don't believe me
join the race, flow some oxygen through the brain
remember what you learned and apply it so you gain
drop game on a lame
and later he'll be walkin'
chalk it up as just choppin exposin options
never frozen, 'cause we are the chosen
'bout to set in motion and keep coastin'
keep coastin'
keep coastin'
keep coastin'
some people get better with time
and some people have a hard time (yeah)
some people, they age like wine
and other people, they can't find themselves, man
(repeat)
you gotta
move on, move on, move on, move on
move on, move on, move on, move on
man
move on, move on, move on, move
well then
MOVE ON, MOVE ON, MOVE ON
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7. |
Clean Nikes
03:56
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(in background)
"you're tryin to cover up the holes in your sneakers.." x 2
When you first get it it's shining and sparkling
you hold it high like a trophy and start targeting
what you goin to use it on
where does it belong and for how long
you can barely sleep and when you wake you hope it isn't gone
or it's still livin
at the very least you're givin energy and a lot of it, you're drivin
you wrap it in a ribbon
and you look at it all day
you hook it up in a way
that with it you can play
regardless of anything else it isn't yourself
seen in your reflection it's a super clean resurrection of you're better half
measure that and multiply it
hope to buy it and treat it as good as how much you think you need it
I bet later you won't feed it like my puppy
and leave it in the gutter for some other to think he's lucky
but of course you broke it
cause you had no patience with it
probably didn't deserve it in this life time but you lived it
now what do you know now?
can you recall and recognize how it goes down when it does?
How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes?
and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these?
on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em
toothbrush and everything
now I'm just mean to 'em
How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes?
and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these?
on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em
toothbrush and everything
now I'm just mean to 'em
now I'm just mean to 'em
now I'm just mean to 'em
now I'm just mean to 'em
Seen so many waste away what they had, it makes me mad
but they never know 'till it's too late to appreciate and be glad
seems like the ones with nothing are the ones who put in work
and use what they have to get where they're going showing the jerks
leaving them wishin they would have thought of that or just said it
had it embedded in their minds now they regret it
let it sink in and get to thinking 'bout what you got
how you can freak it or treat it right so you don't experience a loss later
whether it's a cross-fader, girlfriend or a thought
when you're mind is in a whirl-wind you better remember to stop
and smell the roses between dosing
cause for every breath you take upon this planet you're one of the chosen
How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes?
and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these?
on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em
toothbrush and everything
but now I'm just mean to 'em
At what point was this ok?
I gotta ask myself (self)
let me retrace my steps
will I surpass myself?
or am I destined to be lazy?
because honestly, lately, I really just don't amaze me
it drives me crazy 'cause I'm searchin
constantly getting shit then throwing it away thinking I'm workin
really I know the answers but they hurtin
covering curtains over my problems so they worsen
drinkin and cursin invades my person it becomes urgent
sometimes I can't live it but I can word it
and that's my therapy so dear to me and I know this
but often it's too hard to keep my focus
How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes?
and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these?
on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em
toothbrush and everything
now I'm just mean to 'em
now I'm just mean to 'em
scratched in background
(and I talkin 'bout sneakers neither..)
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8. |
Dragonfly
04:07
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9. |
Ain't My Life
04:22
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You say it ain't my life
It don't really mean shit
But if you think for a minute
Then it fits
You don't remember the fight
Theres no hindsight tonight
But if your payin the price
You’re checkin it twice
(repeat)
Huh
I wanna take it when I make it so I take it in
And when I speak it hope it reaches so you freak and then
You go and share it cause you care and they can see it in
the reaction satisfaction when we teach these men
It comes from deep within
I cannot keep it in
I do not celebrate sin
I do not harbor hate
I’ve got a larger fate then a mansion
In a farther place then the Hamptons
And if you can all relate put a hand in
Your more than welcome
The guest list's for all
I bless this and call
On my homies to help me stand tall
Cuz I can fall back with my eyes closed
And get caught and rise
And hope that all shit talkin dies
I’d rather have a healthy life than a wealthy wife to take from
And if nobody ever gave a shit then I would make one
And then another for my brother but only once
Each one teach some no love for a dunce
You say it ain't my life
It don't really mean shit
But if you think for a minute
Then it fits
You don't remember the fight
Theres no hindsight tonight
But if your payin the price
You’re checkin it twice
(repeat)
Can you feel it in the air or just a cold stare?
I try and roll near my family, what I hold dear
I got this old fear lookin foolish when I soul share
You tryin too hard just to rule this with that bold flare
Quit the laughin how I'm actin is it so rare
If I was mackin full of passion id go no where
Whoa there
I grab the horsey by the reigns
And tell him take me to the kingdom
Where no one is feelin pain
And everyones got a name
Beautiful to match the face
Where the world is not a race
Till the finish were enjoying this place
A boy in his space
Utilize his mind
To the fullest thats the coolest
Now lets just to do this
Tables seem stable people
Who speak powerful
Cowards you can leave and
Get devoured by the greed
And feed off machines
Collect that green collect that green
Me, I wanna breathe in
You say it ain't my life
It don't really mean shit
But if you think for a minute
Then it fits
You don't remember the fight
Theres no hindsight tonight
But if your payin the price
You’re checkin it twice
(repeat)
I don't wanna be treated like a king
All I do is rap
Cant even sing
And when I think of that it stings
Collect my little scratch
And travel across the map
Babble and toss em back
And fools is lovin me for that
Like they lovin the Shaq attack
And girls for bein stacked
Lovin to smoke a sack
But I broke it down to the fact that
Nobody loves a stranger
And everybody stays within a range
Of themselves and what pertains to them
But if we change it then
We'll see the strangest grins
Maybe hang with kin
Everywhere you go I feel the ones
Who are in to know are already peepin
I watch and understand and grow
And I give thanks for that no sleepin
I watch and understand and grow
And I give thanks for that no sleepin
You say it ain't my life
It don't really mean shit
But if you think for a minute
Then it fits
You don't remember the fight
Theres no hindsight tonight
But if your payin the price
You’re checkin it twice
(repeat)
Huh
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10. |
No Slow Thinkers
03:46
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Yeah, all you slow thinkers
Move to the right, signal with your blinkers
Move come on
You bring out the worst in me
I said you bring out the worst in me
Well now you bring out the worst in me
You bring out the worst
Now don't you hate it when other people bring you down?
Get you all depressed every time they come around
Shoot out your ideas like there much greater but they ain’t
done shit when you talk to them later
Steal your concepts never return the favor
Everyt ime they do a little sumthin then its major
Your minor, their hatin on your girlfriend
Just cuz she’s finer then theirs
If they even have one
You run around, tryin to get your stuff done pre sun down
They call you, you give em the run down
They act like your dissin
You start believing them
Side track from the mission
Listen
I've put in work
And I've paid hella dues
I've been hella broke
But now I never choose to snooze
I bruise my brain
Thinkin up ways
I can make the most of my days
All my people are big risk takers
No time wasters
Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers
Signal with blinkers
Theres no space left
If your spaced out move
I said..
All my people are big risk takers
No time wasters
Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers
Signal with blinkers
Theres no space left
If your spaced out move
You bring out the best in me
You bring out the best in me
Well now you bring out the best in me
I said you bring out the best
Now don't you love it when your friends get you thinkin?
Do something innovative never even thought of
Get you all inspired and fired up to live life
You tell em what they did was tight your fully motivated
You might have hesitated now your on the move though
Without some of my friends I probably move too slow
and that ain’t cool so I need reinforcements
And to be around positivity makes more sense
Its intense
Tryin to top a legend
But I make due and get praise for my brethren
Then they top me and the last is the past
It keeps me on point with my foot on the gas
You gotta give respect where its due and stay true
Its neither all about them nor all about you
Surround yourself with prosperous people
and you will try hard to be more than equal
All my people are big risk takers
No time wasters
Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers
Signal with blinkers
Theres no space left
If your spaced out move
I said..
All my people are big risk takers
No time wasters
Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers
Signal with blinkers
Theres no space left
If your spaced out move
Well if your layin down with dogs then your gettin up with fleas
Negativity stay away from me please
I earned my spot and I got plans to keep it
I work very hard for what I got thats the secret
Maybe I can't be it I can damn sure try
No need for approval and no one to tell me why
Im doin wrong man Im just makin songs
When its night its on and to the day its on too
Like I am to the next I wanna bless you
And stress through my writing
Reaching a goal is exciting
A challenge thats inviting
And sitting around on your ass is worse then biting
I like igniting thoughts within a stranger
Having them tell me I did then making another banger
Then catching another kid of his guard
Who didn't know my old shit was hard
All my people are big risk takers
No time wasters
Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers
Signal with blinkers
Theres no space left
If your spaced out move
I said..
All my people are big risk takers
No time wasters
Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers
Signal with blinkers
Theres no space left
If your spaced out move
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11. |
Juxtaposed ft. Eye Cue
03:03
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12. |
Paint A Perfect Picture
04:30
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13. |
Better Than You
05:06
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[Zumbi]
Hey, yo, put it together
Piece by piece
Life as a puzzle
Stay supple, release
It take a couple of thoughts, let's bubble
Abandon trouble, negative speech make it crumble
I speak each
My dream, black beach
Livin' like a sheik
My queen, fly physique
I leave the concrete world behind
Retreat to the forest, free up my mind [ugh]
It's like a cake, to bake it take time
I make my livin', celebrate makin' my strides
Now what it is, I wanna have a couple kids
I'd be a good daddy, livin' prosperous
My esophagus, how I spark with this
North Star shinin' during the Apocalypse
That's how I do, prayin' that God bring me through
[Grouch]
I'll finish between two mountain peaks
I seen a few fountains within reach
My all-natural pace is set
Tell the gambler, place his bet on
Me, how to make a livin' head on
Straight, fit the pieces to the puzzle
Picture bread on the plate
for each another struggle in fate
This marathon's on share a
Moment of yourself with yourself as you prepare to jump
There's the thump
I hit the head of the nail
I’m ready to sail
Grouch is not designed to fail
My output is designed to yell
Final destination, man, only time will tell
Really you gotta
Make it last longer
Look a bit farther
Push yourself harder
Study, get stronger
Overcome hunger
Victorious livin'
Make it, or give in
(repeat)
[Bicasso]
I make my moves make moves that make me
And take from the energy that breaks the fakes
Seen the straight path lately
It keeps me focused, afloat through this showbiz and note that
Most is a hope that we dreamed when it seemed like a joke
Then it's close when we toast this place
We got to
We say we ought to
But who talks shit?
Thought of it then quit, never followed it through
[Zumbi]
In my world I'm the president with ten cents
Spent on sentiments, tense
Intelligence is a quota
It only make good sense 'cause it make ignorance a little shorter
Spend a half-dollar of your passion
Pass the cash 'cause now you askin'
But I put a whole bill up on the faithful
'Cause when it get real hard you need a crateful
Helpin' you stableize yourself, energize your health
I live the life that provide the wealth
I stay stealth in the silence
With an abundant flow
'Cause what you give is what you get, and now you know
Really you gotta
Make it last longer
Look a bit farther
Push yourself harder
Study, get stronger
Overcome hunger
Victorious livin'
Make it, or give in
(repeat)
[Grouch]
I don't want to plateau out
I'm through the backdoor
I think of days when I only had one though
Bask in the sun, got my own piece of earth now
Tellin Larissa that forever's gonna work out
I never work out and seldom eat healthy
I look toward my peers, and some of them do help me
It takes years to master the mind and body
To never pass my prime's my hobby
[Bicasso]
I’m not where I wanna be yet
Cause I wanna go and get
This livin' they were talkin about
I caught fools was livin in debt
When we havin' these doubts
And circumstances is turnin fools out
But I never make the same mistake twice
I shake the same dice
And patternize to live this life right
The question that I'm askin is, what's satisfaction?
Money or time?
Well, if time is money then I must be a mogal or a millionaire
But now I'm still livin local, and it's crystal clear
Man, I put that on my vocals, this time next year
I'm a be bicoastal, bumpin' in your borough
Bet, B.I. be
Thorough on a path, man I practice
I passed this baton beyond the songs you know and love
Twenty years from now I'll be Josh at a jazz club
Freakin the brass while you fiendin for ass
I'll ask you a question, it’s a lesson,
And the answer is direction
What you need in life?
I broke it down into sections that you feel is right
I break it down into sections that you know is tight
Really you gotta
Make it last longer
Look a bit farther
Push yourself harder
Study, get stronger
Overcome hunger
Victorious livin'
Make it, or give in
(repeat)
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15. |
More Than Meets The Eye
03:38
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The Grouch Los Angeles, California
Fully Independent Underground Hip Hop Artist born n raised in Oakland California. Member of the Living Legends Crew. Additional Albums as Zion I & The Grouch, The Grouch & Eligh, Thees Handz (Me & Murs) and The CMA (Me & Luckyiam). 27 albums and counting. Started by selling homemade cassette tapes out of my backpack as a teenager 1995. ... more
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