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Break Down, Build Up

from Last of the Brave by ScholarMan

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As featured on 2014 album "Last of the Brave."

lyrics

Verse 1

When the weather gets cold
Feel the chills in your bones
With thoughts you can’t control
Quite consumed
Insight in tune
Ignite the room
With light like high noon
Whirlwinds and typhoons
Controls where minds move
Never walk in my shoes
Judgmental and blind dudes
A peak into my life
Where these beats ease the strife
tryna, plant my stake in the game
From peas and rice
Taking elderly advice
From folks twice my age
Claim they know it all
But still youngins in the game
From their frame and their make up
Honesty, will they face up?
Build my place up
This here is just a taste of
Where sky meets the earth
Every line in the verse
Idle minds think worse
Wondering what came first
The science of a man
Maneuver with a plan
Trying to understand
Complexities at hand

Chorus

Break down, build up
Focus to get the skill up
Heel up, wheel up
Anything to build the mind
Improve its design
By calculating the formula
How many strong enough?
The game, not a foreigner
Well versed
Too many trying to be first
A show without rehearse
Lights out, so call a nurse
Put ‘em in the ER
These dudes know who we are
Hate to acknowledge the talent
So fuck it, we are

Verse 2

Hold up
Slow down before you crash
Or end up with whiplash
You moving a bit fast
Pump brakes
Most of these punks hate
Delivering big plays
Coming off the pump fake
Relax, a calm state
Building a peace of mind
We gotta wake up
How the blind gone lead the blind?
Lack of direction
Climb
Strive perfection
Addressing any issues
Comments or questions
An open forum
The realness before ‘em
New avenues explore ‘em
Not following decorum
Haters we ignore ‘em
Keep our eyes on the goal
Trying to get inspired in a game
That lacks soul
Build a trifold
Whatever the sky holds
Not a bunch of talk
Maneuver with mouth close
Yeah
Because the struggle is real
Trying to reach and press forward
Regardless of how you feel

Chorus

Break down, build up
Focus to get the skill up
Heel up, wheel up
Anything to build the mind
Improve its design
By calculating the formula
How many strong enough?
The game, not a foreigner
Well versed
Too many trying to be first
A show without rehearse
Lights out, so call a nurse
Put ‘em in the ER
These dudes know who we are
Hate to acknowledge the talent
So fuck it, we are

Break down, build up
Focus to get the skill up
Heel up, wheel up
Anything to build the mind
Improve its design
By calculating the formula
How many strong enough?
The game, not a foreigner

Audio clip

Since when is truth unacceptable?
Since when is dissent unpatriotic?
I mean, I thought I lived in the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

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from Last of the Brave, released February 11, 2014
Produced by ScholarMan.

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ScholarMan is a Maryland based hip-hop artist and producer known for socially conscious and soulful music.

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