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Ain’t a thing gonna move unless they speak to me
If this was ’88, I would be writing raps for Eazy-E
Every day I’m better than my last there ain’t no peak in me
Running with my style, I’m about to send them boys a C&D
You fall faster than you climb, I’ve seen it happen easily
Momma used to worry about the things my Pops was teaching me
The only thing I learned was stay in character, keep it G
I thrive in the darkest hours, it provided peace for me
They’re saying it ain’t real unless you do it for the streets to see
Praying I don’t gotta live a life that’s filled with secrecy
I don’t think any girl in my city is a reach for me
Catch me in Miami trying to find out where Caresha be
Uh, I’m taking all of this before I call it quits
I’ve been jamming mumble rap ‘cause fuck it we can all exist
Long talking? Never the case
You be at the table talking ‘till you’re red in the face
You should call The Smiths
The most unknown spitting and killing shit as long as this
You’re looking at the top ten, you’re gonna need a longer list
Whole lot of noise and emotion look how they ball their fists
But bring my name up and look around and see how calm it gets
The skies are looking ominous honestly don’t test me
I’ve never been the type to explain if they don’t get me
She tells me everything, except that she won’t let me
We’re on that XXX shit sipping on Dos Equis
DeSaint
I did the math on the site
Counting cash on a flight
Illuminate the dash, hit the gas, then I blast on the night
I got it for the low so you know I had to tax on the price
Black with the white
Grey skies is at abundance
The Rollie old but the face is custom
Ain’t never ticking, luck stricken, not politicking no subjects
Ya’ll pillow talking with bitches
And telling them everything about all of your operations
Then you wonder how the Feds got a 98% on conviction
The rate is the high, the buy is the low
The play is get mine
A player gonna shine through rain, sleet, hail, or snow
E320 with at least three semis up in that motherfucker
Nine by nineteen and two twenties I told you I’m a hustler
Road runner, burn rubber
Flow’s butter, cold brother
Rolling stone with no home just for the night with no covers
Back out by the AM to get more before I blow bud up
And hit the highway and say a prayer against these bloodsuckers
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Testify (ft. Hell'z OWN)
02:38
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One for the money, two for the show
Three for the safe cause you never know
Four young niggas going for the gold
Went and hit a lick then they went broke
When you make your plans never tell a soul
But don't let it go, yeah
Only one question, you friend or foe
How you giving it up
Man just tell me if you with it or what, yeah
Used to Haro now I'm riding with no car note I'm Sicario
Smoking purple Urkel drinking O-E in the barrio
Thirty in the forty hitting everything the car he rode
Ain't rolling on the freeway now the gates is open
God he chose to fuck with a nigga like me
If it's up then it's stuck with a nigga like me
Smoking dirty blunts, I be lacing up on the trees
Twisting blocks up till they want to come and smoke me
'03 I was a jit and started rapping up with bitches
Four sipping trying to lurk and want to catch my foes slipping
No different now-a-days I like to stack my dough different
If the shit ain't my business I won't stick my nose in it
Glass house ass niggas gotta keep a stone with them
Same nigga that's the loudest same one got hoe in them
Same nigga running mouth till they throw a bow in it
But you rolling with jit cause that's still your nigga
One for the money, two for the show
Three for the safe cause you never know
Four young niggas going for the gold
Went and hit a lick then they went broke
Yeah, bitch I'm about as good as it gets
Ain't nobody ever told me that I wouldn't be shit
They were sleep then, now they asking what did we miss
I don't know what the fuck they doing
But it couldn't be this
I done seen some dark days boy that could have been it
Staring at the cross roads like it could have been switched
On my job clocking out like I should have been quit
Look, If I was fully paid then I would have been Mitch
You know, money making, making money
Ain't about to let nobody come and take it from me
Rob De Niro told his son to stay away from Sonny
It's like somebody told you niggas stay away from money
I like my eggs one side up, make it sunny
About to let somebody's daughter come and make it for me
My slick talk got these niggas getting pissed dog
Follow me cause I ain't know that you was this lost, it's
One for the money, two for the show
Three for the safe cause you never know
Four young niggas going for the gold
Went and hit a lick then they went broke
When you make your plans never tell a soul
But don't let it go, yeah
Only one question, you friend or foe
How you giving it up
Man just tell me if you with it or what, yeah
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Shame & Lust
02:49
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I’m just trying to make it home
I’ve been in a vacant zone
That’s a lot of glass around you
Careful where you place your stones
You ain’t in my world yet
Who you think you flaming on?
Capo on that third fret
Boy you better change your tone
I’ma sound amazing on
Anything you put behind my voice
I’ma go crazy on
I don’t even give myself a choice
I’m a few days beyond
Anything you say you on
I’ma stack my chips ‘till everybody at this table gone
Bitch I’m here to set them straight
Tell them boys to set a date
Really I’m in rare form you can get it in several states
DOOM SBs on, Rest In Peace to Metal Face
I’m with Hell’z OWN and we’ve been rattling heaven’s gates
I don’t think I’m ever safe, so I stay dangerous
I’ve been dapping angels up
Shooters keep your flamers tucked
We don’t got a word to say if that shit don’t pertain to us
She said she’s been full of shame and lust
But trying to hang with us (okay)
I do be looking clean when I’m moving through the scene
Usually with a queen, chewing on Peruvian cuisine
And she’s thicker than the plot from any movie that you’ve seen
I got Ksubi on my jeans and a doobie full of green
I’m just trying to make it stack
Spend a dub, make a rack
Before I spend a dollar I plan out how I’m gonna make it back
Just because your people echo what you say don’t make it fact
You just blew your third chance
Ya’ll be getting paid to cap
Playing with a handicap
Still got my foot on your neck
I just be stating facts
Ya’ll do shit I couldn’t respect
You got no shame in that?
Forever I remain in tact
When you talking about the greatest acts
Put my name in that
Fly pretty nigga in the ALD Yankees hat
Paying ya’ll in inspiration
One day ya’ll gonna pay me back
I just want the dollars I don’t care for what the fame attracts
Go to war and bring it back
Think, load, aim, attack
I do be looking clean when I’m moving through the scene
Usually with a queen, chewing on Peruvian cuisine
And she’s thicker than the plot from any movie that you’ve seen
I got Ksubi on my jeans and a doobie full of, yeah
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What You Need
02:33
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I watch them hustle in reverse they do less and say more
If you ain’t shooting at my head then what the fuck you play for
I know my angels looking down wishing I would pray more
No matter what I’m charging them, I wish that they would pay more, yeah
I’m super focused, no time to wonder if they notice
I skipped two levels right before I wrote this
I hear the whispers and I’m like ‘I know, sis’
No matter how crazy I talk, I’ll be the one they don’t diss
Don’t care what the approach is
As long as it’s motion, long as it’s more shit
Before I ever talk that broke shit
I’m out to go get
And since you’re watching me then go head and get the whole fit
No shit, boy I bought these dunks back in ’06
No matter what we do I know some things won’t ever change
But when I pictured this I couldn’t find a better frame
I’m everywhere, you’re never there bruh I’m in every lane
And you can bet he’s showing up soon as you said his name
Like what you need? Go on tell me what you need
Yeah what you need? you can tell me what you need
What you need? I can get that shit with ease
I feel like I can get to anything I’ve seen
I thought I had an ego death
But I’d be lying if I told you that my ego left
I mean.. I mean we’re talking about me no less
I’m throwing bets that probably got the whole casino stressed, yes
We know life and we know death
And we know wrong from right but still we go left
If you ain’t trying to touch a billi trust me we don’t mesh
I’m only wearing Bape that dropped before Nigo left
Ya’ll be doing things that we don’t get
But it’s alright though
Never going back on my word this ain’t a typo
I’ve been running iso
No telling where I might go
They’re mad that I don’t keep the price low
But that’s life though
No matter what we do I know some things won’t ever change
But when I pictured this I couldn’t find a better frame
I’m everywhere, you’re never there bruh I’m in every lane
And you can bet he’s showing up soon as you said his name
Like what you need? Go on tell me what you need
Yeah what you need? you can tell me what you need
What you need? I can get that shit with ease
I feel like I can get to anything I’ve seen
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ALD Rolling Papers
02:52
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Yeah, yeah yeah
This feels like, you know, when the 993s just touched down, you know
Yeah, Yeah
It’s not really something I can explain it’s just
It’s just the way it feels you know?
I’m over-faded, I know they hate it
They keep looking at us like some nosy neighbors
Life too crazy for me to stay sober baby
Twisting up some ALD rolling papers
I’m over-faded, I know they hate it
They keep looking at us like some nosy neighbors
Life too crazy for me to stay sober baby
Twisting up some ALD rolling papers
Shorty sending messages like she forgot she dropped me
I own a couple mirrors girl, how could I not be cocky?
I won’t be letting up again cause look where stopping got me
You got yes men all around you them is not your posse
The chef gonna cook it in front of us but it’s not hibachi
I’ll turn a plate of mahi mahi into sloppy toppy
Don’t think I don’t see you trying I cannot be copied
My shirt says Aimé Leon, I don’t rock Versace
You niggas sounding real pocket watchy, beware
So many kicks I ain’t cleaned a pair in three years
Drip or drown boy you looking like you need air
She’s in my DMs telling me she thinks I’m v rare
Yeah, I bet you heard it doesn’t stop
If you got a top 5 I know I earned a couple spots
I was murder from the drop
But I can turn it up a notch
Start my verses with a ‘fuck you’
I learned that from The Lox, yeah
I’m over-faded, I know they hate it
They keep looking at us like some nosy neighbors
Life too crazy for me to stay sober baby
Twisting up some ALD rolling papers
I’m over-faded, I know they hate it
They keep looking at us like some nosy neighbors
Life too crazy for me to stay sober baby
Twisting up some ALD rolling papers, yeah
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Syndrome
02:37
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You’ve been calling my bluff
I’ve been your calling your cell
I called all of my demons up
And gave all of them hell
I made promises that I wouldn’t just fall then I fell
You said I ain’t been saying much but that’s all I can tell
And lately all I can say is I’m working on it
Playing these numbers but I’m still scratching the surface on it
Playing these instruments I ain’t trying to put verses on it
I’m trying to put purpose on it
I’m trying, I’m trying
I can’t get out off my head, good morning
I’m starting to doubt if you really want it
Ay, where we going? It’s taking the longest
You can put your trust in me I’m on it
Yeah, yeah
I can’t get out off my head, good morning
I’m starting to doubt if you really want it
Ay, where we going? It’s taking the longest
You can put your trust in me I’m on it
Yeah, yeah
I’ve been telling myself
I’ma tell it to you
Cause perspectives can change
That’s a hell of a view
Things are never the same
Disassemble the crew
I’ve been watching you work
That’s a veteran’s move
The way you make them words turn into something they never used to be
If I can speak truthfully, you never tell the truth to me
Messages full of scrutiny
Responses full of doubt
I’m just trying to tell the world what I’m about
Then I’m out
I can’t get out off my head, good morning
I’m starting to doubt if you really want it
Ay, where we going? It’s taking the longest
You can put your trust in me I’m on it
Yeah, yeah
I can’t get out off my head, good morning
I’m starting to doubt if you really want it
Ay, where we going? It’s taking the longest
You can put your trust in me I’m on it
Yeah, yeah
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I’ve been in the rain where it never shines
Even though it’s pain, saints never die
I pray for better days and for better times
When problems in my way I won’t step aside
I’ma stand strong
I get involved with these songs and I’m hands on
You do me wrong and that’s your fault that’s your damn loss
Was trying to help you win it all but now the plan’s off
I built myself to be the man I am now
Okay these memories don’t live like people do
When they write them history books
What they gonna say about me and you?
You gotta watch the way you talk
You gotta watch the way they move
Might not hear no crazy stories about me but at least they’re true
Got some people in my life that I ain’t called in way too long
I’m out of reasons I can’t tell you what I’m waiting on
Make that left, I made that right but that don’t make it wrong
Don’t know how to make it right so I’m just trying to make these songs
They be trying to keep me calm
My Granny used to try to read me Psalms
I just burned a new leaf boy I’ve been trying to keep me gone
I really wish you would have listened to what I be speaking on
Girl, I got issues with commitment I ain’t trying to lead you on
And these sentences I’ve written might have saved me
Look what they gave me
But if I told you everything, you’d look at me crazy
So when you tell me open up
Know it’s just a war zone inside of me but look what it made me
And I couldn’t tell you what this life is
I’ve been leaning on my vices
Look what the price is
Living with the things that I did, sacrifices
It’s been weighing on me
Please don’t waste your time if you’ve been praying for me
Doing what it takes to survive
Hope I never see the day I push my faith to the side
But for right now, I’ma put my face to the sky
Cause the one thing I do know is saints never die
I’ve been in the rain where it never shines
Even though it’s pain, saints never die
I pray for better days and for better times
When problems in my way I won’t step aside
I’ma stand strong
I get involved with these songs and I’m hands on
You do me wrong and that’s your fault that’s your damn loss
Was trying to help you win it all but now the plan’s off
I built myself to be the man I am now
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Derek Foreal
02:26
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DeSaint, yeah yeah
Saints never die they get chubby and they move to Miami, yeah
I said saints never die they get chubby and they move to Miami
Never been a gambling man but I’m willing to bet
I’m not that nigga that you’re finna impress
Since ’01 I’ve been giving them stress
I heard you said some wild shit but you did it in jest
If I said it then I did with my chest
They say get it back in blood, I’ma get it in flesh
Name one villain that they didn’t respect
As far as rap goes, I really feel I’ve been at my best
I’m on an island by myself I’m about to swim to the next
I’m exactly what they didn’t except
I’m at the crib watching Blow like ‘why’d you give him your connect?’ Damn
This ain’t a verse, this a brilliant sketch
I’m on my 10,000th hour and my millionth rep
Bring the drums back, in case they wasn’t feeling it yet
I shine bright and I don’t see nobody dimming him yet
You boys never put my pen to the test
I really mean that
I never really need that but
Thanks for the feedback
Pocket full of stones and a cone full of tree sap
I left Earth there ain’t no bringing me back
They try to hit me with advice but really ain’t no need for that
Your bad taste got you fucked that’s an aphrodisiac
We don’t put nothing over money boy we don’t believe in that
I can play this game forever go on and run the season back
You know exactly what’s gonna motivate me and these are facts
I won’t be chilling at your function if there ain’t no fees attached
Don’t put nothing over money boy, we don’t
Yeah, DeSaint
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André DeSaint Florida
South Florida has become known as a musical melting pot - and it shows, yet again, with rapper André DeSaint. His music is shaped by his clear affinity nostalgia and wordplay. As he is always willing to step outside of the confines of what rap fans have grown accustomed to, André keeps you guessing what his next song will sound like. ... more
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