BRUISE (feat. King Kvmal, Spoken Poet, Reel Smoovv, Rich Garvey, dtrSeph, Veez Riddlez, Vinny Crook$, Lyrical Calage & MEGATRON)

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When the pride's involved
And egos are bruised
Respect forgone
So cops are called
Cause worlds collide
Disagreement ensues
Defense mechanism
The Berettas are drawn
In The Pride

Collide with not many, I'm just simply not that dude
Never been macho, some were hostile cuz they got bruised
Some of these dudes got bullied all throughout high school
Grew up seeking vengeance, cause within the it's a lit fuse
Issues that lack tissue, couch time, pistols
Packing, compassion free, innocent fools riddle
With bullets took it to a whole 'nother level
Caught an L like Todd smith now karma echoes

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

When lives is lost
RIPs ensue
The vigils are held
And the families mourn
In the case where police murder
Our dearest, depleting our precious people
We wonder why forgiveness will follow
The why

A scent of wickedness lingers in the air
A finger triggered by a sense of apprehension
Your case you fit the description now you a victim
It seems senseless but it's always been their intentions
Asking can we live like our rights consensual
When all they do is rinse they hands with our tears
The why needs no forgiveness
When you considered a blemish
In a image they continue to replenish

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

When lines get crossed
Violations occur
And a boundary is made
When you mention a loved one
Adversaries made
Instantaneous shifts made
When wives are mentioned
And the children insulted
The lines

This a grown man talking, I don't do this very often
Drag my heart into our differences you could meet a coffin
Family be crossing lanes, gossip, say my child's name
Jealous and embarrassed, they've inherited raw pain
Y'all gain nothing cuz you suffer like I once did
Everybody got that relative who say dumb shit
Generation curses working, no I wasn't never perfect
Ladies, babies off limits, I'm a clown, blaze first

Glances exchange
The eyes are locked in
Connections are made
Or the challenge is posed
May be dependent on culture, within which elders perceive
Disrespect or much respect in which the counterparts see strength
The might

Jaded philosophies, stained in our dichotomy
Cruising in my wallabies while spitting like I'm Socrates
Trying to cut the fallacies with pleasantries
But too many locked down and shackled mentally
I can't believe they cutting branches off the olive tree
But claiming that they arborous, yo it's sad to see
Uh
Y'all don't want to see me winning
I've been rooting for us ever since the beginning
I thought we could run the globe
But y'all punching the missile code
All that machismo's old boy, it got to go
We need to unify it really so these seeds can grow
So it's solidified cause it's time to break the mold
Like ceramics how we planned it
Keep it fresh like certified organic
We Keep it fresh like kids from Captain Planet
I digress while feeding through your bandwidth
Nonetheless, it's time to rise and advance kid

Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious

When the temperatures drop
And The winds rearrange
Season change And the tolerance for breeze rearrange
And increases in the hardship result in the grieving
For the warmth, and leaves us hopeful in these Holiday Seasons
The grind

A state of mind that could redefine
Get out of yours and tap into the network
Universal laws that have no flaws
Transfer realities and be your cause
What's the applause if you ain't live the anguish
You and your vision up at three am
Two hours of sleep before you clocking in
Then you right back, cuz the grind truly never ends

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

When success is displayed
And the jealousy brews
Every gesture one can make to show support takes a cruise
And securely straps itself within the backseat of hatred
This Withdrawal From supporting, to an active disengagement
The fright

It's the fright, tell these niggas goodnight
Uh huh
S-E to the
You know how that go, shit when it rains it pours
When it's sunny outside u still talk to the Lord
Cause soon as night fall my dawg the pain is for sure
And it rush you at once but I was made for this
You see the game is my bitch with no pause
I done came in it raw, shortly after that's when a lot of rappers came in the door
Well, is that feeling awkward of course
Niggas be 25 trying to hop off the porch
What
With no remorse turn y'all boys to a corpse
Hold on
On the days where I couldn't be Mike would still Horace the chorus
That's power forward never watching my opponent
I got a lot of pride, but my claims don't need to be proven dog
I ain't gotta show shit, nigga
I rather keep my mouth shut long as my mind open
And tell these niggas never mind what I'm smoking
S-E-P just a mix of high potency and potent tree
Big billies pop wheelies how it's posed to be
Got to keep my family close to me
The only niggas that's really joining a toast from me
Got to know my mother n father personally
And lil mama hooking up a pot roast for me
And she don't but smoke but roll it up and take a tote with me

Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

Blacktivist
He just wanna know where that action is
Trying to save a life a calculated move can get him in
Heard they wanna see me finished
Niggas want me to see the ending
Still canoe down your block like water, you won't catch me slipping
Cops still taping scenes, fuck 12 that's really me
Fake niggas industry, won't let that shit get into me
Rapping bout that bullshit you ain't live, you a slave to me
Hustle so hard I can sell you niggas my dreams
Pull it out the side, got my straps for white supremacists
Knock out a peasant, you gone need some dentures after this
Wandering the curbs
Niggas really dodging dirt
Had attempts on my fucking life cuz I put in work
Make a name for yourself, they wanna put you on a shirt
Keep your mouth closed, in them streets, that's more like time served
He just wanna bust his Glock and show them what he really mean
Man in my city can't be stopped, that's by any means
I just want the bread like a grocery store section
I'm a run it up, came through with a mob of hecklers, yeah
We worked the price out, they was trying to charge me extra
I'm way too nice to be getting treated regular
I make the floor shake, a ground hog when I'm stepping
Hard body, teach these soft niggas all a lesson
Showed love, they try to kill you on that Lauryn Hill
Now I'm cold hearted, all I got for you is weed and chills
Long time stroke down on shorty after traps meals
Light recharged, now I'm trying to dive back in them bills
Rubbing on my pockets, ain't know how I was gone get paid
Jobs ain't wanna hire a nigga, though I had a resume
Streets don't love nobody, but it gave a better way
Keep the mask on so it's no face, no case
Riding through my block with it on me for a sheeted bitch
400 years, nigga you think we tired of this shit
Give 'em hell on a silver platter, fuck the chatter
Came through with the K, had it spraying like a bladder
Fuck all of that talking, got my black on with the bandana
Fully loaded with this hammer
Kool-Aid with this jammer
All my niggas got bandanas, windows down hanging out the door
Let the clip tamper, turn him to a tap dancer

Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

When the lies get told
And gossip is birthed
Opinions are formulated with nothing confirmed
All's a sudden folks with no associations directly direct contempt
An apparent enemy that I've never met
The vines

I'm cutting all ties
Better pray and pay your tithes
I see your pride in the skies, I can peep the signs
Even if I'm blind, there ain't no breaking my stride
I'm here to thrive with so much hate to see us divide, then multiply
We ain't from the same struggle, you not my kind
When the stars align, my life will be designed to live divine
From the Northside, where it's genocide
It's nothing I can't survive
We the ones that revolutionize, it's a sign of the times

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

When opinion is shared
And respect is conveyed
Misinterpretations happen for how one may portray
The self in moments of what's meant for dialogue to occur
Instead the Cancellations shape the image, now they unheard
To the blind

I purge with the wolves, you sheep in the herd
I put my hood on the verge, once the wheels turn
From the land of guns and butter, we let it churn
I emerge from the streets to make canvases out of words
Been a gift and a curse since the day of birth
If you don't know my vision, your vision is blurred
To whom it may concern
Fuck what you heard, I make executive decisions while standing firm
I just sit and observe 'till the gossip disperse
Then I'm back to my perks

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it

When the rawness prevails
As a product of honesty
And the feelings is bruised
Of one accustomed to yes people
The type who might surround and also blanket with praise
Now your honesty considers you an asshole
For simply for sharing game

To paraphrase
I think we hit a phase, like when you giving game
They feel ashamed, instead of taking heed, they hit you with disdain
Ok refrain, you do my nigga
If you can't check me when I'm wrong, then we ain't crew my nigga
Word up, like never lie, look him in his eye
Especially when he talking, split the pie
If that man put in some work for what you flossing
Hang with bosses
To be a boss, losers if you want be lost
I been on my pivot, ain't a digit that gone get me off
Don't piss me off
I'm needed like dipping sauce
Depleted, it took me long
To see that I can't be gone, here's my presence
I take critiques like the shit's a blessing
The way I speak cause a misconception
I slap a beat like you get the message
You rappers kidding like a adolescents
And so it's only right I draw my weapon
The way we living like it's Armageddon
Yo, cuz you can die from the smoke like it's 911

Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious
Goodness gracious

Look
Look

When circumstances are present and all the trauma has stood
Black men and women constantly feel misunderstood
Aforementioned in a shape or form a product of hatred, systemic racism
But all of us are driven to defeat it
The drive

A freight train on an eight lane
Y'all puppies to a great dane
Switch lanes to better train
Or steady aim
City mainstay
Through the heydays and the Maydays
Only listen to my senses and mi gentes
My incentive is to thrive to the pensive
I'ma swing for the fences
Can't defy my intentions
What's a boss to a henchman
While there's something on credentials
I was working fundamentals
With a style so essential that I grew so exponential
Time plus potential times drive evidential
Owning mind so extensive
Growing only hoping that this style is impression
Obsession verse progression
Time tested lessons and deflections add a couple more reflections
I've embraced the imperfections
If I do it, I'm a do it till I'm ended
That's the way that I intended
Every line as I presented and I'm driven to the finish
Every line like it's a mission as I spit no apprehension
Got a style you can't diminish

Shortened fuse
Storms ensued
Altered Moods
Futures bruised
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it
We just trying to run it
Jump and overcome it
Blossom into something
Bottom bettered
Done it