I could see the pressure getting closer to my iris
I got that
New flesh full metal mindset
Ah, yes
No stress
I flex
Terminator bicept
One stretch, pick the whole world up
I could lift the people like a motherfucking curl up
What’s up?!
Come again – LOUDA!
Mic check- hold up…
Son these cats for coming at your dad
I’m Maximus, you more like a maxi-pad
An activist for peace
But I’m quick to jab
Any motherfucker thinkin’ my shit’s to grab
I’m on the map
All crowds known to clap
I go to war for the army of the boom and bap
Bllat!-Bap!
Thinker-breaker one nine
I’mma study law, they still runnin’ from the one-time
Go head, detonate, ready, set, blow mine
And I’m like Voltron:
My form’s ahead when it’s showtime – PEACE!
CHORUS
They only need a reason
And I was only trying to give them something to believe in
So tell me what it is,
They say they want a reason
Say the want war,
But I don’t believe them
So when you see him
You lookin’ at a beast
Cuz I take it to the jungle
I don’t take it to the streets
If you sending me a team
What you sending it a feast
But they don’t want war
What they really want is peace – PEACE!
Verse 2
New language, uh
All mathematical
Call me square root, cuz I’m radical
I aint lookin at you,
I be looking passed you
They say that I’m cocky
But aint nobody ask you – fuck off!
I’m on!
Higher level residence
Lunch with the gods
Having dinner with the veterans
Over champagne they gon’ tell me who I’m better than
All them
Who’s that?
I aint say a name I said all them!
I’mma still shine even if the sky’s pourin…
FUCK THAT, even if the sky’s fallin’
They whispering,
Scared to say my name like abortion
All rhymers say lines in caution
I aint got a deal or endorsements
But at showtime know I gotta get a portion
Come from a
Long line of
Africana bossmen
We the slaves giving middle fingers at the auctions – PEACE!
CHORUS X2
BREAKDOWN
Can yall hear me out there…uh
Yeah…yeah..yeah- uh!
I need you to believe!
That…you…are…the new…flesh (repeat)
credits
from The New Flesh,
released February 22, 2011
Produced by Thinker
Upstart Queens rapper pairs existential themes with cozy, R&B-infused beats; special guests include Orion Sun, DRAM, Eliza Moon, and more.
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