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Hook:
I don't scribe what you scribe to
Open doors
Slide thru
Pray to the heavens
Ancestors confide to
arms held wide to
those support what i do
lead my brothers in
all-in
as if I'm Michael
Verse 1:
Too many with their eyes closed
Behind blind folds
Address my rivals
Up
Is where my lines go
Gotta be mindful
Bullshit
No time for
clocks ticking
plot thickens
the sound grow
Stay hustling
Always about my business
Give it to you
Loud and clear
So bear witness ...and
Keep it grizzly
Grind and stay busy
And stay the course
Play the hands that they give me
cause the ...chips stacked
I do this to give back
By all means
The legacy in tact
therapy been rap
exquisite with syntax
I swat niggas
y'all small like insects
Not even fly with it
Just another odd gimmick
temporary trend
Extend thru every minute
the hands moving
I'm grand
the man's moving
embrace improvement
y'all need to face the music
Hook:
I don't scribe what you scribe to
Open doors
Slide thru
Pray to the heavens
Ancestors confide to
arms held wide to
those support what i do
lead my brothers in
all-in
as if I'm Michael
Verse 2:
So callous
streets are so malice
Off balanced
Embraced with bought silence
No interruptions
Lust, proceed - caution
prayer service, tithes
we give an offering
10 percent of, a taste
We get a hint of
A mo-ment of
Faith, we hope fill up
Overflowing
Topped off, controlling
Moments stolen
Paranormal, the omen
Actions owning
Lifted, straight zoning
That pretty thing in the back
I will be boning
Take her to that magical place of “Oh” faces
So basic, lounge in oasis
without scandals
other things that we handle
dismantle
both ends of the candle
a deadly mix
Wonder where the essence went
Or where the lessons went
looking for the next event
strive for excellence
Resilient thru pestilence
Ain't heard a message since
Dead prez testaments
Hook x2:
I don't scribe what you scribe to
Open doors
Slide thru
Pray to the heavens
Ancestors confide to
arms held wide to
those support what i do
lead my brothers in
all-in
as if i'm Michael
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2. |
Draw a Line (Remix)
04:11
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Verse 1:
Watching the sun set
Moving over the trees
Peace
Feeling the breeze
Cease
Living to please
Intricate thieves
Stacks over the fees
Shorty left
Now she back on her knees
Find the facts in the weeds
Maximize my deeds
Want an inside look at my life
Then capture these
Mo-ments
It's a bonus
Just to know this
So cold with the heat
like winter solstice
on blast and notice
Recognize their motives
Detect the b.s. like scanning for explosives
Separate the red from the green
flags between
Trying to increase my grade of gasoline
Remove the sediments
Malicious type elements
They seem to think
When you're older
You're less relevant
Not accurate
Still keep it immaculate
Stand on my word
Superb
No need redacting it
....Draw a line so
I can stay mindful
That better view from the top
What I climb for
Got calluses
Trying to claim my palaces
So many haters tryna offer their analysis
Get... rid ....of
Scholar a heavy hitter
No wonder that they're bitter
When they see me still shining
Intertwine and weaving
still believing
so many gaslighting the game
don't believe em
stay in the pocket though
flames
stop
drop and roll
protect your own
burner on lock and load
moving target
y'all wonder who the hardest
longevity
i wonder who the smartest
From harvest
To seed-sowing
We need growing
So many praying for my fall
Like leaf blowing
Keep going
The heat
The streets knowing
Block bully
My sounds are Debo-ing
....ask Craig and them
instigating and edging them
come back to the game
they been begging him
never left y'all
been coolin' like a menthol
keep it simple
an always official
fam, I miss yall
relationships aint dissolve
temporary blows
but here
after the missiles
Hook
....Draw a line so
I can stay mindful
That better view from the top
What I climb for
Verse 2:
they say never ask a question
you don't want to know the answer to
how about a question
nobody knows the answer to
if they do
the truth, they don't answer you
ignore, despise, hate
or even cancel you
do anything in their power
just to dismantle you
claim they a fan of you
all smiles
they handle you
until they find some gas
and then they candle you
a bunch of games they play
and how they manage you
fuel to the flame
ain't nothing changed
but my attitude
looking for some longevity to all my latitude
......that's why I usually stand alone
cause most of these cats smile
but with a hand of stone
ready to flog you
these dudes aint loyal
watch who you let in your camp
I implore you
in the meantime
I climb new soil
trying to get back to them days
when we were royal
niggas a spoiled now days
don't wanna work for it
no struggle
no passion
no hurt for it
just handouts
I'm here to help my mans out
reach back
reach forward
so we can stand out
got it planned out
Hook x2:
....Draw a line so
I can stay mindful
That better view from the top
What I climb for
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3. |
Harsh Dealin's (Remix)
03:02
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Verse 1:
my patience tested
this place is infested
check the message
movement
pure essence
Verses multi
Praise to the most high
Usual calm guy
On mics
I'm on fire
But never on one
Tragedy I'm born from
rise from the flames
learn my name
Cookie's only son
still standing
Moving, building and planning
what do you do when your whole team disbanded?
you just keep on
make moves for them to speak on
keep expanding
any area or region
move to the Dijon spread
instead of standard
they added fuel to my fire
so i'm a fan it
don't want the smoke?
then move
don't let it cloud ya
and stay present
don't get caught up in nostalgia
Focus on the windshield
Niggas know I've been real
Follow my bloodline
From Martinsville to Enfield
DMV raised me
another 80s baby
...........Something better than golden Era
Yall crazy
Check the scenery
Peace
the fly greenery
This is chess
Protect
Wherever the king will be
Calculated moves
Look ahead and plan two steps
And get your weight up
Extra sets and new reps
money down
new bets
new travel
in new jets
stay liquid
accounts
got more than two sets
stacked like duplex
tap out
nigga who next?
so fresh, so clean
comfortable crew necks
Hook:
Cause many facade living
i'm gifted
god-given
business
applaud winning
for years
lord willing
hurdles
four wheeling
the wounds
from sore feelings
produce more villains
hatred
harsh dealin's
Verse 2:
Trauma ignite fears
We fight peers
Over our ideas
Need to move in light years
Don't know what life is
Until you living it
Better speak up
And use your best instrument
......They think we all just bums
Low class primates
But then we organize
Scared when we irate
Free your minds hate
Freedom my mind rate
No matter what they think
All of my lines great
I'm in a climb state
Get us to a place to breathe
An equal playing field
Black folk
we need to be
Not leisurely
We adamant
We blatantly
About to fill all voids
And all vacancies
Mugshots thru agencies
Details from a to z
Line items
Find vitals
We major league
Check the stature
Reviewing all of our profiles
Overseas
When they thinking that were locale
Times are so wild
monitor exits
no matter what
stay cool, calm, collected
Hook:
Cause many facade living
i'm gifted
god-given
business
applaud winning
for years
lord willing
hurdles
four wheeling
the wounds
from sore feelings
produce more villains
hatred
harsh dealin's
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4. |
New Heights (Remix)
02:21
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Verse 1:
We live by the code
Die by the code
Why most never get old
So much trouble in their soul
Traumas have got them froze
Tags on many toes
So, so pitiful
Grow
Becoming bold
New story that they told
From kings to being sold
To the cotton in your clothes
and the leather in your soles
whipped
So many holes in our stomach
Never full
Had to settle from the scraps that they pulled
Leftover
Looked over
Bent over
Because of my ancestors
I been soldier
Been sober
Been low
Then got higher
Even the strongest of waves
Can't stop my fire
Hook:
Cover bases
Lounge in oasis
Exotic places
Sunshine on faces
Get my moves right
chilling under moon light
......And stack my money
To reach some new heights
Verse 2:
When I was young
They used to say I looked like special Ed
Shout out to that first shorty
That gave me special head
How can you breathe life
If your mind and your vessel dead
I speak from my heart
Regardless what my mental said
I tried to elevate niggas
But they don't want the bread
Stuck in their comfort zone
Scared to get their family fed
They let that doubt get em
I'm all about rhythm
All that silly shit niggas doing
I'm not with them
I'm at my focus point
Money stretch like locust joints
When I lost my momma
Had to be my toughest point
But I'm resilient
Focus on helping millions
And break bread with new people
but watch the pilgrims
moves on new land
stay grounded
a true man
on my coattails
is how these niggas flew in
but its aight though
still remain insightful
and stay fluid
moving wherever light go
so delightful
Hook:
Cover bases
Lounge in oasis
Exotic places
Sunshine on faces
Get my moves right
chilling under moon light
......And stack my money
To reach some new heights
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5. |
Upon Me (Remix)
03:05
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Verse 1:
supreme with it
hopefully some cream with it
much esteem with it
grind with it
lean with it
sometimes revise
thoughts that come from three eyes
ghetto scriptures
like the Book of Eli
looking for some feline action
turn it behind
so good
that I'm a have to fucking rewind
once more
the hunger i hunt for
the thirst for the challenge
achievement
i want more
I'm here for the come up
the numbers I'm trying to run up
whether sun down or sun up
we trying to get our fun up
and see some new places
invest in new spaces
fresh laces
fine women that grace us
we keep it candid
with most things, we planned it
and keep an eye on the snakes
the underhanded
and stay crooked
the narrow path we shook it
modified it and booked it
not overlooked it
kept it under micro-scopic
never let go
and keep it moving
like the NOS with the petro
outta this world
enigma
complicated
consider him special
dopeness underrated
under-plated
stack the food to get me weighted
title bout
knockout
momma we made it
Hook:
Nothing in life comes free
It always rest upon me
How do we rise and see
If we content on leaving it all be
Verse 2:
No breaks
Rehearsals or outtakes
Best prepare
Beware of the outbreak
An outbreak of dopeness
lines when I wrote this
Maintain my focus
Give it with every dosage
the blue or the red pill
always i been ill
if this one don't get ya
then all the rest will
ideas envision it
improving my predicaments
avoid imprisonment
stay focused and diligent
man listen
dig deep for ambitions
command wisdom
folks that stand with him
they try
but cant get him
with boxes they try to fit him
it took a crises
to realize whats in him
creative mastermind
more than just half the time
one of the dopest the goal
the biggest task of mine
turn the lights on
this here fight for your life song
i'm trying to write wrongs
visionary till sight gone
Maryland to Saigon
let bygones be bygones
One of the best
But stay far from the Dylans
Poverty and violence
Social media influence
I'm not trying do it
Just because yall do it
Hook x2:
Nothing in life comes free
It always rest upon me
How do we rise and see
If we content on leaving it all be
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ScholarMan Bowie
ScholarMan is a Maryland based hip-hop artist and producer known for socially conscious and soulful music.
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