Excursions 1c, by ScholarMan

Excursions 1c

by ScholarMan

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1.	Carnivore 02:51	lyrics	buy track
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
2.	My Everything 03:25	lyrics	buy track
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
3.	Truthfully Speaking 03:20	lyrics	buy track
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
4.	Congruent 02:51	lyrics	buy track
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
5.	Lightspeed 03:30	lyrics	buy track
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
6.	Right Time 02:45	lyrics	buy track
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
7.	Visions 03:10	lyrics	buy track
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
8.	Cruisin' 03:12	lyrics	buy track
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
9.	Signals 04:34	lyrics	buy track
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?
10.	One 03:25	lyrics	buy track
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
11.	Finesse 03:30	lyrics	buy track
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!
12.	Can't Stay Here 03:08	lyrics	buy track
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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Excursions 1c. The cycle is complete. A three-part movement through music, comes to a close. The last third of an intricate journey. An expedition that started with mostly instrumental works, now ends with a selection of words attached. Words that describe the thoughts of a man, as he treks through life, using music as his personal soundtrack. A life like many others: with ups and downs, imperfect - but perfect the same. Perfect to him, if no one else. Strength in the flaws. Motivation surrounded by hindrance. Ambition surrounded by discouragement. Throughout it all, he presses on.