1. |
Chapter 1
04:40
|
|||
I was born one-three, one-ten, in a world of oppression to a nigga 26 years old
Momma had to take me to the lectures
22 years young
What a blessing
Man, that woman, she was strong
I wasn't raised by the stop sign, glock sign
Shoot a nigga on sight
Drive-by with the yungins swiping dinner past the foresight
Pistol whip a father's daughter's brother for a false crime
Booty calls and calling women bitches to enjoy time
(Burn that)
I'd rather break the law and do the long time
Got the choirmaster doing 80 on the wrong line
Praying fingers; got the bible ringer and the Lord's sign
Trigger finger itching
All of y'all gonna be delivered
For the peons beyond eons, and the winners and the triggers
Dedicated
Elevated
Motivated
Never faded
Never faded, never faded
Never faded, overrated
Am I born to be dangerous, or a real life saver?
I don't know
(How'd Kendrick say the thing?)
Amazing, brother
Pop off, only on occasions, brother
Rich nigga, mama know I made it, brother
Go figure, never caught cases, brother
Face it, brother; gracious brother
New flows comin', be patient, brother
Do my dance and take y'all to class
I can serve you this ball like Beckham, brother
Boom! Slap!
Who made y'all the prisoner?
Psychedlic utterance, like your name was Felicia
Only actions louder here are onomatopoeia
Your words don't reveberate
(Sudden inertia)
Your mass association could rule a nation (for sure)
But don't be thinking the numbers mean favour
Cos numbers won't save ya
Minions gonna slay ya
Get on your knees, and seek your creator
Yahweh
Do it like uncle did
Yh
Do it like Rambo did
Yh
Moving like old school Cadillac, 20-inch rims on the Southside beach
Yh
Lil black girl with the dip
Peng white thing in the clique
Speaking that tongue like he's Kojo
Dun talkin all that chatty shit
Heard a loud bang from the door-door
Fear in my heart, ran to check on mamzo
Man from the feds, said he's looking for
Clinton; Clinton; Lincoln; Lincoln; Django
Word to the air, 'what you searching out me for'?
Hit and run, boy
That was you, no default
Thought you could dash
Hit em up, flash
Now I'm on your ass all day with the speed force
The devil is a lie
Listen, man, I am not that guy
Your accusations
Lack of patience
I see a damn bully, I'm like 'goodness gracious'
The powers that be
They vested the power, they placed it on thee
But now all the power done gone to your mental
You're high off the rental
You're threatening me
Me?!
Jumpman
Hit em up, hit em up, hit em
Jumpman
Watching it spray
Look at him pray
All of that -
Jumpman
Hit em up, hit em up, hit em
Jumpman
Yah (x3)
Eh!
Bada the, bada the boom
I bada the boom
I bada the bing
I got a new girl, my old one was mean
I had to let go, forgave all her sins
I channeled the misery magnificently
Medicinally
Articulately
But here comes the game
The new one's the same
Reliving the pain
Historically
I've done it again
I did it again (×3)
Been swervin' through rumors, avoiding the trends
And duckin' the hoes, like Keemy and Ken
Yet all of my pain
My misery and sins
I put on these tracks to measure some earns
To fatten my wallet
To butter that benz
I murder your beat
Get at it again
Eh
Doing what uncle did
Yh
Do it like Rambo did
Yh
Moving like old school Cadillac, 20-inch rims on the Southside beach
Yah
Lil black girl with the dip
Peng white thing in the clique
Speaking that tongue like he's Kojo
Dun talkin all that chatty shit
Jumpman
Hit em up, hit em up, hit em
Jumpman
Letting it spray
Look at him pray
All of that -
Jumpman
Hit em up, hit em up, hit em
Jumpman
Yeah (x3)
Eh!
|
||||
2. |
Luey Capone
03:43
|
|||
Life in the endz could be hard, devasting for a young, black man
Swayed by the streets, get raised by the streets
Only thinks with his fist, no cease or desist
Single mum, daddy's dead
Didn't kiss the ground, just disappeared
The coward fled
Sacre bleu
Two young boys in their mother's care
B16
Yet again, it was B16
Three young lads just jumped out the 4×4
Bally and a knife at 17
Damn right
This ain't blood or crip
Gotta rep my endz, that's everything
Gang over love, burn what you think
A bullet for the ops and frenemies
Big man Luey just jumped out the 4x4
Lord of the rings, run the biz like offshore
He and the gang coming straight from Mordor
Top boy ting but your man ain't Jamie
Love for the endz, rep his hood like daily
The wrist motion make a bowl of spaghetti
The grave and the pen got his life on pending
His mum named him Lewis on the night she delivered this child
Light of the Lord, come rain on this child
Joy of my world, that's my promising child
Apple of my eye, quite the gleam on this child
The tears from her eyes as she looked at this child
Was joy, not the pain, when she pushed out this child
Thank God I'm alive to have a look at this child
Shank him, shank him
Stab him, plank him
Grab that 'chete and the bat
Just dash him
Dash him, jam him
Red light, flash him
Mash him, mash him
Mash him, mash him
Go on then, go on then, draw for the semi
Bullets start dropping like a rain of confetti
I'll make your belly look like a bowl of spaghetti
Leave your lip burst and your forehead sweaty
Your elbow dirty
Your white Js murky
Man, I'll make sure that your pain's unending
Circumventing all your friendlies
I'll make you wish you never drawed for the semi
Stupid boy
Pussy-o
On my granny's life, you a fool. You know?
You come to my endz, you gonna fear me, brada
I swear to god, man, I'll take your life
No bother
His mum named him Lewis on the night she delivered this child
The light of the Lord, come rain on this child
Joy of my world, that's my promising child
Apple of my eye, quite the gleam on this child
The tears from her eyes as she looked at this child
Was pain, not the joy, when she pushed out this child
God, I'm alive, but look at this child
|
||||
3. |
Company
02:53
|
|||
First of all
Allow me award your eulogies
You've been here from the gutter
I'm the son of a dagger
But you bore with my mazza
Badder
Ain't nobody got me flabber-
But when I look into your eyes
I go goo-goo-ga-ga
Moral of the story
You set my heart on fire
You're the queen by my side
Till these lungs retire
You get me?
I'm head over heels for you
Baby, I'm telling the truth
I'm taken from all of the coos
Darling, I'm only for you
The world could be gone in a poof
I'd rather make heaven with you
There just ain't no groove without you
It's a chune when I'm bussin with you
Ife mi
Momma's been asking when we're jumping the broom
Your momma's been calling, she's asking for 2
or four
Grandbabies
A hullabaloo
The thought of a family's a pleasant relief
A wife, and a yard, with the fruit of our seeds
Yet being a daddy scares me off my feet
But burn it, I'll man up
A win is a win
Take you on a trip to London, Birmingham, Lagos
The place where I'm from, I was raised up
The trenches; the suburbs; the same spots
Pounded yam cooking on that clay pot
School bus pushing past the wave shock
Big whip got the people round me going AWOL
School bully test a nigga's mettle, nearly faced off
Good boy; church shoes; praying hands
Worship God, then phase off
We'll go on a trip to Dubai
I hear the Carribean is nice
Get married, could live in the skies
Some salsa to wiggle your thighs
You've stood firm through fire and ice
A treasure, you're one of a kind
Bare girls wanna fall up in line
Mi nuh care, it's just you till I die
Ife mi
Yh
Niggas be trippin for real
And females wylin, they swear that you lying, but none of them keeping it real
Keeping it real
Look at me still
Falling in love, how does it feel?
Like I'm on pills; fire and chills
Love how it feels, digging the thrills
Yh!
Ife mi
Make it rain
Cook the plate
She got taste
Blessed with cake
No mistake
Jesus bae
Filled with grace
Anime
She the way
Faithful? Yh
Classy? Yh
Her generosity's not mundane
Straight from the bottom to the top
And the left to the right
Baby, you know just how the thing work
I've made some mistakes in my life
Almost took me by surprise
But with you, I've had the real one
So what do you say? Are you in this with me?
Until forever. Girl, that's how it be
So, I'm bowing the knee
|
||||
4. |
Empty
02:58
|
|||
Tell me what you see when you really see me
Is it sentimental influence that gives you meaning
Is the love for real, or fantasy, like tunnel vision?
Am I only useful when I'm relevant to your decisions?
Do you want me for me, or just what I'm bringing?
This whole illusion of happiness is quite deceiving
My palms are sweaty; head weak; heart is heavy
But this ain't no episode of the boy with mom's spaghetti
This longing for meaning defo has me jaded
So much energy and effort used, just dissipated
Couple thousands for the come up, ain't no ROI
But my mates taking trips to Paris, London, and Dubai
Momma told me do your best, and do it positively
The stars are aligned for you, baby boy, you just gotta get it
Seasons change, and seasons go, from day to day
People go, and people you trust will all start to fade away
But will money take the pain? Fill this void in my soul?
I don't know
Get a wife and some kids, that's the sure way to live
Right, or no?
You can't tell me save my soul
'Cos the Lord Jesus got it in control
Yet, why do I feel so empty?
Come catch me
Yh
You've got a big issue
You made me feel like a comedy
It's so pitiful
Questioning your christian dichotomy
You ain't living proof
When I saw you, I took you as mature,
not a cradle boo
Your mother's an amazing crew
The sweetest soul
Reminded me of one of my mothers
The apple's not the tree, but treat others with good manners
Practice what you preach, man
I'll make you identify your name
Like, 'Eh, one day?'
Maybe, 'Yh, one day'
(I'm naive)
Being gracious, and turning cheeks, done made me victim
My generosity's a gift and a curse
Could harbour Judas
I'll gladly show you love when you need it
But from this day on, ain't no you and I, nor you in I
I'm so tired of fake people, clay people
Fake smiles, opportunists
Devils packed on both sides
Grave time
The table's full of great lies
I'm tired, man; I ain't fine.
|
||||
5. |
A Youth Named Johnny
03:16
|
|||
Let me tell you a story
It's a story bout a youth named Johnny
King of the ends, with his goons and his coons
Top boy flow, but your man ain't Sully
(Can't be vexed; can't be moved; boy, don't touch me)
Now, listen to me well, let me tell you bout Johnny
Back in the ends, by the end of the road
It was B16, never swerve, never fold
Good boy youth with a bad man pose
It is what it is, can't be scared or cold
Along came Becky from SE6
Fine brown ting with the nubian kiss
Big batty B, and the front's on lock
Man like Johnny got mesmerised quick
Fine girl, Becky. Calm down, girl, you're not confetti
Punch those digits on my iPhone techie
It's another bird won, that's a fuckboy's medley
1 year down. What's the motive with you?
I've fallen in love, man; I've eaten the fruit
Becky's the one. No more playing the fool
I asked her the question, and she said, "I do"
We're settling down, getting mortgages set
Jumping the broom, then we're moving in, too
Expecting a baby in a full moon, or two
Big man like Johnny turn big papa, too
Yh
Well, you know what love can do
First, it's all sweet and cool
The 1st year or 2, it's all rosy and smooth
She's making him happy, she's making him nice
His African jollof, his Carribean spice
Becky's his diamond, the love of his life
The butterflies keeping his belly alive
He says "sure", but Johnny's been battling opps
Not in the endz he once had war with man
But there in his yardie where wifey resides
The blows, and the kicks, and the screams, and the taunts
Johnny's ashamed to even speak up at all
For fear of being ridiculed, sullied, and more
It's evident men can't be victims at all
Out the yard-a, on the couch-a, bruise ya collar,
Don't be daft-a
Call the feds on me, they won't do nada
I call the feds on you, they'll jail you, brada
You try to get sense, I'll divorce you faster
Take all of your bread, and your child, and your Honda
The child support for that KANCHU, Prada
The alimony for that trip to Barca
What's a man to do when there's nothing to gain, but all things to lose, in this world of cruise
Slide his neck through that well-rounded noose
Slit left wrist, or let trigger loose
Achoo, achoo
Sign from the Lord saying you'll get through
Saw his yungen by the corridor
The tears came running, the altar called
|
||||
6. |
Compromise
02:06
|
|||
Nearly had entanglement inside with this fine little problem
Running for shoe and jumper
Thought I'd stop by, say 'hi', no bother
Shawty had orange checkers
Bum short steppers
Flip flop trekkers
Then she came through, and slide
Hand on my chest
That's suicide
She said
Baby, just compromise
Lincoln, just compromise
Come have a taste of this sugar and wine
Show me some love, some sexercise
This is that tidal wave
Pure valley, cinnamon hake
Come handle a piece of this cake
Baby, just compromise
Lincoln, just compromise
Come have a taste of this sugar and wine
Show me some love, some sexercise
You know you want some extra slice
I see it in your eyes
Do away with your spiritual tie
Yo!
Riddle me (x5)
Riddle me this
How's this poor youth that's handed the fruits on a platter for taste not likely to chew?
Fuck it
I'll play the Joseph move
Man'll run around, duck around, then vroom
Next thing you know, she asked for the tip
I told her it's 'no'
She's throwing a fit
Lincoln, you must be moving mad
I knew you were a gay ass nigga from the start
What'd you mean by telling me 'no'?
Do you know who I am? You must think I'm a joke
Me know now say you a pussy, brada
Wasteman; rassclat; ya na gat no bladder
Becky and Trisha been dey warn me proper
Me nah hear word cos me think say you badder
(I'm sorry)
Baby, just compromise
Lincoln, just compromise
Come have a taste of this sugar and wine
Show me some love, some sexercise
You know you want it
I see it in your eye
Come on, darling
Cut away all your biblical ties
|
Lincoln Falana
Lincoln Falana is a rapper, singer, and songwriter residing in the Republic of
Ireland.
He draws inspiration from musical acts like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole. Whilst he specializes in hip-hop/rap, he also implements and works with other genres, including R'n'B, Rock, Dancehall, and House.
He has engaged in a number of live performances, whilst also honing his song-writing skills.
... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Lincoln Falana, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp