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1.
Chickpeas 04:03
Verse 1
He said, "I hope this letter finds you well I recently got a job at Sasktel" I remember he used to keep bees in the backyard A couple students acting hard I moved to Edmonton, Alberta Now it’s been about 12 years after the turn of the century If we want to take this back in time I went to Pearson Elementary I can see my wood pile over there as the sun comes up over the trees and the leaves I can see the door to my garage And all the empty recycle bins "A little indecisive" I said “Just cut my hair just like Cobain" They want to know if I’ve ever been to a trap That’s the last time I seen Jeremy to be exact Chorus Chickpeas Rick Steves’ Europe through the back door I was a young man protesting the Iraq war Down the aisles of the coffee store And the Roots’ Do You Want More?!!!??! The Christmas lights are shining so bright I don’t know where we’re going tonight Please exercise patience for my flaws And watch these rhymes take flight Verse 2 The retirement show packed and the whole city had my back Chaz passed away Took my breath away This retirement is beautiful So I’m looking for some new things to do today Shovel the walk when it snows In the summertime the grass grows Shovel the walk I put on my old clothes Time keeps on slippin' MC J and Cool G, So Listen I made a decision I did anything a friend would do and drove her to that appointment We’re at the Lebanese Tim Hortons Plotting a rap bounce back When I go to the government building today, think of how I think different 10 years a humpty's cook I got the old man look out of the fuckin' handbook Chorus Chickpeas Rick Steves’ Europe through the back door I was a young man protesting the Iraq war Down the aisles of the coffee store And the Roots’ Do You Want More?!!!??! The Christmas lights are shining so bright I don’t know where we’re going tonight Please exercise patience for my flaws And watch these rhymes take flight

2.
Intro Thanks for inviting me down Can I get on the mic? For four minutes? Verse 1 I get up in the morning to start working towards a goal Time went on The cheating, stealing, contributed to the feeling I can pick them out Sometimes with my eyes I’m the hard working Irish kid just the same 187 on your funding Acid eater, cause on accidental fire like a space heater Live on stage like Roxanne Shante Go to where you’re standing And I’ll have money, not a lot On a different path I never understand the saying "Act like you know" And I know that you did that Just to get a rep What I know best is where the pen is kept A hissy-fit over the MC is stepped Dope like a squad that’s def Rhyming this time I have so much energy left Hold my breath (hah) Move across the dance floor At the pub And then I get more aggressive You ever seen a 52 year old man rocking the microphone with so much class? Chorus So much class Verse 2 A whole group of white kids say "fuck the police" Cool What you angry for? You never seen streets Search for a sample Beneath the sheets I try not to argue with any of them ever They will only be in the scene for a few years No need to hurt their feelings After the funding dries up Their eyes cry out The Gatekeeper All you dirty creatures You had your turn, now it’s my turn Small-timers follow me at this show with massive sideburns Lyrically, I simply fold them like a towel And keep everyone happy Like a trip to the legislative grounds to see the Christmas lights 187 on your Twitch channel Award show panel Follow you up the mountain The whole time I’m counting How many people it takes for a complete group effort I saw it coming From the top of my picnic table I simply scoop them like a ladle Chorus He rocks the microphone with so much class So much class So much class He rocks the microphone with so much class So much class So much class
3.
Verse 1 (Epic) Going to London Drugs tonight Pull off the highway on the way to Toronto Help me find my way to Peterborough Somewhere near the gates of cottage country Move through the city in an Uber Suspension bridge Vancouver I’m fully aware it’s Lake Ontario In any random apartment Or on the Metro Walk all the way to Hamilton Rocky Depietro I was seeing records and shit Installing a ceiling fan listening to Steely Dan Deadly Stare happens to be my man Just like Famoso Pizza Walking through Toronto Chorus Just look around, just look around In Toronto you need to look around Just look around Toronto, you need to look around Verse 2 (Chokeules) It’s this beat 'til infinity God built the hotrod I joined the Ministry of Silly Walks Take a hike, money really talks In the form of time, fill my mind with a million thoughts Off to rock headphones Cruise the dead zone Mount Pleasant Cemetery, we keep it legendary Head home You can find me out in Davisville Still building on the skills, trying to pay the bills Work by day And live by night I take a trip with a spliff That’s a red eye flight, right? No half steppin' You can ask Steppenwolf who was Born to Be Wild ‘til the last second I keep moving ‘til I’m off of the map And that’s 30k a day on my pedometer app  Call it a rap I put it all on my back Some trailblaze the way, others follow the path Go Chorus Walking through Toronto Just look around, just look around In Toronto you need to look around Just look around Toronto, you need to look around Verse 3 (Epic) I was 14 years old I went to my first Blue Jays game I went to the ROM Museum And the Toronto Aquarium Avoiding any fuckery, yo You let me stay at your place so I will unload cutlery As long as you show me where to go Cause I only have 24 hours left for WestJet Took my first ecstasy pill Went down the slopes of Robson Street Had a good time, so Walking the streets, today Took my second ecstasy pill EPMD, “You Gots to Chill” Go down the alley According to the fuckin' guidebook Chorus Just look around, just look around Toronto, you need to look around Look around, look around In Toronto you need to look around Outro (Epic and Chokeules) Yeah Chokules, Epic, Deadly Stare Toronto, you have a beautiful city No doubt, just look around Drive out to the beach To the Wasaga Beach Hit up the Beltline Go to Niagara-on-the-Lake You can see the big mega city in the skyline Sippin' out in Trinity Bellwoods Swim out to the Island maybe Queen Street Yonge Street Bloor Street Old Street Play de Record on Spadina Go to a 5 Dollar Rap Show In Kensington Market, you know Look around Walking through Toronto Just look around, just look around In Toronto, you need to look around Just look around, Toronto
4.
Verse 1 Fuck around, say no worries, like your Jamaica trip You better worry about it ‘cause Imma bust your lip Needle nose pliers Your crew is feature buyers You washed up rappers Got shrunk in the dryer Lames is too lame Time is running out so you better set your alarm That’s on your night stand You’re way too pop, name drop Your failure is gonna be swift Name drop on a shirt, sample in a jar Old man Cap, Goldman Sachs I have a hairy chest and I’ll slam you into the boards like Barry Beck You need to show more respect Chorus We got turntables in the band We got an MPC in the band We got turntables in the band We got an MPC in the band Verse 2 I’ll take you to the maximum You want to step up? You want to step up I’ll fuck your whole rep up It’s called being an artist and me and my crew goes the hardest on the planet This is the way it should be done Scott Da Ros, Deadly Stare is at it again I’m iller just like beats from Dilla You need to mind your own business Not an an emcee pyramid scheme Your crew miscalculated again And I got it right all four times that I did it Crew is so dope that we have so much equipment Pack and repack the van Chorus We got turntables in the band We got an MPC in the band We got turntables in the band We got an MPC in the band We got turntables in the band We got an MPC in the band We got turntables in the band We got an MPC in the band Verse 3 Ready to go on a campaign with 10,000 soldiers to install socialism into the rap community again We tolerate dissent so you can mumble rap and buy features Just to get clout I give a fuck less I’m sure to take a turn driving on an award tour with these veterans I’m certain that I took it straight to the backboard Won't stop rocking until I retire, bitch, or at least until all of us go on that Canadian Tire trip We keep needle nose pliers in the back of the van With extra battery, stickers Driving across the Canadian Shield Pick up laundry from here to Sault Ste. Marie We will cross the river to the other side Chorus Our van is turning And we got turntables in our band Our band is turning And we got turntables in the van Verse 4 I hope you get stuck in the rope The skidoo driver doesn’t even notice Meanwhile, Gladys You're art school but I’m pure mathematics Plus I hang with the art school kids You think you’re a weirdo So they sit on the other side of the cafeteria In Montreal / In Toronto You're edgy, cool! Anger when you need to be embarrassed Tie my kangaroo down like Rolf Harris I see you waddling down the street Here to put everyone in a bad mood Abstract Rude from Project Blowed Throw up the peace sign Think of the accomplishments The underdogs are overcoming adversity What’s your address, Grump? I’ll send you a postcard Outro Our van is driving And turntables drive our band Our van is driving And turntables drive our band
5.
Feel 03:37
Verse 1 At the start of the new millennium, I got a tape: the Q Continuum When I step into the booth, the roof Now yesterday’s problems aren’t today's problems; insert yourself in a new situation Sometimes it’s the subtle change that you’re making Canadian Bacon, John Candy, Chevy Chase A lot of Canadian folks don’t know who they are and that’s a disgrace When people get displaced They have to move across a body of water Maybe a peninsula or an inlet Chorus I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel Verse 2 Peek into the heavens right before he destroys us I don’t know who said it Nostradamus on Reddit I learned the debits and credits but I was more interested in how the internet works Recording in Cool Edit at Tenth Street and Clarence Subjects and weave for anyone who wants to believe Monsanto took the seeds To cross pollinate and breed Chorus I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel Verse 3 I’ll make a friendly gestures with my hands to this old man (old man) Canada wants to reduce the immigration I be seeing streaks and shit over at the gas station I realized when I felt it I was pretty much lost and helpless I move to the west side along the fence of the yard Move to the north side, not the Fort Road side And when we go to the south side we get some tasty noodles A lot of cassettes, a DJ Premier mix A bear walking through the city My verse is sick And never ever ever representing the brown bricks Edmonton Chorus I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel I found myself with nothing to say but a lot to feel
6.
Hot 97 02:39
Intro You want to hear a story? Ok Verse 1 I was hanging over in New York On Hot 97 with Blanket Over the Head MC and me I showed Flex my Gang Starr pins And explained to him this is how my typical day begins Flex, I like Quebec City as a Canadian borough You can’t fuck with Canadian architecture that's old like Europe I was with Stare, good with the fader On the turntables on that day He cut the beat up live And he didn’t even have an MPC in his possession He said "Epic, don’t say something controversial" Instead give him your favourite DJ’s name I told Flex I got bass for your face I’m in the place And my favourite DJ is Brace If we’re talking about Montreal Well, that would be either A-Track or Kid Koala My favourite DJs manipulate the sounds Verse 2 He asked me about a battle rhyme I said, “I told a soccer MC he got relegated” He asked my fans, “What are they like?” I said, "Those motherfuckers are elevated" We’re on a higher level Any caller here who doesn’t like Anticon or Saukrates Please change the channel Durable mammal Vancouver Island I’m freestyling and eating supper with Jesse, my friend (Dangerously) We had to walk up the stairs as Blanket Over the Head MC and me Hate elevators I was wearing a graffiti shirt and I had Krylon In my backpack Whose brother? Your brother I kicked a freestyle and said “That’s what it is, Flex” Then we pulled out a beat machine Brandon, Manitoba wheat team I’m representing for my scene All the good scenes Outro They do graffiti under the bridge, Flex They go to the train yards, Flex They have community radio, Flex They do graffiti under the bridge, Flex They go to the train yards, Flex They have community radio, Flex
7.
Intro We go straight to the moon and can’t identify silver spoons Slam you to the ground like Gorilla Monsoon Too soon in June and noon in Saskatoon Or North Side Raider dressed in maroon Six Six intake pipes Six Six intake pipes Verse 1 Six intake pipes exactly deliver water to treatment plants on the shoreline from Oakville to Hamilton I always find the temperature of this place is low I always find my pace of my life is slow I always find the wrong temperature of jackets When I’m in between seasons Hospitals on the ridge near hills and rivers I seen the sunset over Scarborough Man, I’ve seen some crazy sunsets, coyote death But other circumstances have me in the south part of the Lake County In southern Ontario On the way to terrible Pearson Airport I can feel Conspiracy’s presence near me I’m near the Scarborough mall Pretending rappers are out to get me over there out in the parking lot They dress different Ugly shirts specific I’m gonna go for roti, there is lots around here Chorus You clowns can’t enter the Scarborough Town Centre You have such sexy eyes eating Mexi-Fries You clowns can’t enter the Scarborough Town Centre Verse 2 When nothing is going right I need you to stand by me I’m gonna go to Pickering, walk over the overpass station Looking down at the cars Everyone loves a star But no one seems to come around when he starts to fall to the ground Let’s take this back to nuclear reactors on the shores of Lake Ontario I carry lots in my backpack But I can’t pay at The Bay “This counter is exclusive to Hugo Boss” Find another counter Stores aren’t meeting their loss targets because too many of you aren’t helping in this ecosystem to succeed I got what you need and that’s an Irish smile I love to make my raps totally def So people drive in from Oshawa Imma general on the mic Tell me my dear
You will meet defeat on Ellesmere Street Chorus You clowns can’t enter the Scarborough Town Centre You have such sexy eyes when you eat Mexi-Fries You clowns can’t enter the Scarborough Town Centre You have such sexy eyes when you want Mexi-Fries You clowns can’t enter the Scarborough Town Centre Sucker
8.
Beat 79 03:10
Intro What's up fam? I saw my numbers mathematically dip Tragically Hip Bobcaygeon Verse 1 With a lot of persuasion I convinced Scott to give me this Beat 79 Deadly Stare, Epic, Blanket Over the Head MC and me Erin will win when playing Scrabble Not as many rhymes as Myka Nine but I hope you like-a mine on this anytime I decide I’m going to babble I wrote to it near Peterborough And I finished it near Edmonton That’s Ontario and Alberta Two of my favourite provinces, you novices Go ahead, say you’re rapping for the community White person I’m a do a 187 or at least give you a microphone ban Chorus Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be    Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be It's Beat 79 Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be It's Beat 79 Verse 2 You want to be a local hero I give you and your DJ a zero And your mans and your stupid pants Try and multiply that prime prime number 79 is prevailing so crisp Put a smile on an old man Hold hands with your partner And withstand any beat limiting program If Beat 79 was a person, he'd have all of the correct answers Refunded by the Baxwars Your car is shaking    Look over at your passengers The beat so fresh The drums flow on this reminding me of the Saskatchewan River Flow fresh like Moka Only Staring at me like before Moncton emcees got to know me Chorus Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be    Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be It's Beat 79 Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be Beat 79 Beat 79 You want to be It's Beat 79
9.
Verse 1 Went for a family trip (family trip) We get up after a long night on the second day A long ladder goes to the seashore Testing my leg strength, to be honest I’m so far away from all these battles Mind is drifting over a coffee Had a million fights in my life Thinking about when we get back Sit in this timeshare tonight Thinking how much money you would need To block all access to the Pacific Ocean In north of San Diego I got up early and take the long way I loved the time spent with her <Dianne> After all these years she is one of my supporters Good conversation we’re having tonight Chorus As the sun goes down in this California beach town Verse 2 I got up on the second day and I am always wearing these boxers I see palm trees along the Highway 5 Walking through this beach town writing My vibe is always thinking about you <Kelley> And when you get up And when you get up We’ll find this wine town on a map Four nights until we get back WestJet stopover in Calgary Put the keys in the lobby opening My hobby is travelling My mind is thinking about other things Palm trees along Highway 5 I forgot my suitcase in the car And I take a walk through the parking lot And I get the suitcase It’s very hard to lift Go for a cold juice Chorus (with Em Prime) As the sun goes down on this California beach town As the sun goes down in this California beach town As the sun goes down on this California beach town As the sun goes down on this California beach town As the sun goes down in this California beach town As the sun goes down in this California beach town As the sun goes down on this California beach town As the sun goes down in this California beach town
10.
Snow Tires 03:14
Verse 1 It’s Epic coming with another song, dark I grew up in the North Park parts I’d see my physical brother, Asthma and Reece When I was looking over at the Canada geese Ken got bottled there was blood everywhere At some point I went back to the university Selling mixtapes outside the backpack Then Kenny got smoked outside the Crack Mac's The whole time we went to your art parties, homie Trying to find some sort of inspiration Go on with yourself, we really mean it If you found your life occupation So many people died not far from the banks of the Saskatchewan River But sometimes when we were the youth we needed the snow tires Because we act a fool Chorus We needed the snow tires, the snow tires to slow down, we needed the snow tires, the snow tires We needed the snow tires, the snow tires, we needed the snow tires to slow down In Western Canada we needed the snow tires, we needed the snow tires to slow down In Western Canada we needed the snow tires, we needed the snow tires to slow down In east side Saskatoon we needed the snow tires, we needed the snow tires to slow down Me and my friends we needed the snow tires, we needed the snow tires to slow down We– Verse 2 My east side Saskatoon dancing queen At the Bessborough tipping pop machines And Broadway kids that grew up to litigate Behind Bob’s Gun Shop on the fire escape Nick hit the liquor store with a backpack And nothing I say is gonna bring my brother Asthma back He had his hands back like Jocelyn climbed the hill and fought Scotty Stampback Shit’s wack to me You need to take that Saskatoon rap shit back to your gated community, community yo I hit you over the head with a hockey stick like if the Hafford Hawks are playing Unity Always ready to fight, my covered face Walking across the Broadway Bridge in a North Face No disgrace, I’m good in the north central side of the city many kids succumbed to a paper chase They built this hospital On the east side of the river Overlooking the most beautiful art gallery Nowadays I’m a vegetarian with my rice drink Are you even a Canadian if you’ve never seen someone sucker punch someone on an ice rink?
11.
Intro Check, check, uhhh Verse 1 Hey robot vacuum, why don’t you get the fuck out of my bathroom All up in this piece, I got a maximum headroom You don’t want to believe it, Ecid on acid Miracle at Lake Placid Classic, I’m like Rocky Balboa Alcoa aluminum cans, my man The Prairie of Canada And I have all those fans Don’t change your plans ‘Cause I’m gonna spit something North Park Saskatoon dope Bathroom bars Approaching 50, I’ll  grab a little young rapper by the throat And then casually throw him to the alligators over on the sidewalk Go fuck yourself if you think I’m gonna put my name in a hat And rap in front of the people that make fun of my asthma Chorus Hey robot vacuum, get the fuck out of my bathroom Hey robot vacuum Hey robot vacuum, get the fuck out of my bathroom I gave you a chance, buddy Hey robot vacuum, get the fuck out of my bathroom Why don’t you just go somewhere else and get out of my hair Hey robot vacuum, get the fuck out of my bathroom I gave you a chance, buddy, and you’re still there
12.
Chorus Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Verse 1 Not going to bed like Ernie and Bert ‘Cause we’re all here putting in the work Gruff the Druid Ah fuck, you knew it You still put me through it Mildred, that’s awesome There is no more doubt about it Let’s go outside and glide to the left We can all get a little bit of a better perspective On the sky last night, everyone’s talking about it They’re talking about it in Saskatoon They seem to dance in the sky My 69 uncle described it as out of sight, the northern lights A 2000 millennial started texting me about And me, I was born in 1972 Chorus Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Verse 2 This very morning I took a deep, deep breath I must have left the air conditioner on The newspaper always comes under the door and everyday when I see it, it’s sliding on the floor Moved to a temperance colony with warm, warm nights You look up into the sky and see the northern lights Shining beautiful many nights in a row I walk slow and talk to my dog Driving in California He pointed in a hill in the fog and he said, "That’s where I grew up" I was thinking about it that when I was walking my dog About how we formed the group called Creepin' Through the Fog Bridge You put an instrumental as your first song So I turned it off and didn’t listen to you rap I didn’t listen to your first song rapping Because you put your first song as an instrumental Chorus Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright Northern lights, northern lights You shine so bright
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Intro I’m in the last half of my life Illadelph Halflife Verse 1 The third rapper to step into the cypher And it will become very apparent that I am always nicer I’m quicker Go to the post office and mail you my stickers You inspired me all the time, my friend <Chaps> Get the car parts at Car Mart Hope it starts by December And I hope I say something clever I’ve been doing this for a long time Always come with the right rhymes Have a nice time Chorus My butterfly stroke breath I hope I properly swim this year My butterfly stroke breath I hope I properly swim this year My butterfly stroke breath Verse 2 At approximately 10:15 Every Thursday I go to the recreation centre Watch me give thanks to my old mentors And the white woman who puts a band around my wrist when I enter Groceries at the Superstore location close to me Don’t ever step to me Buck 65 at 7 in the morning at the Broadway Roastery Notice me Just like Kunga 219, this is an auspicious coincidence How did I end up in a safe space? With chlorine on my face But let’s take it back to this recreation centre Sometimes I accidentally touch the hand of a passing swimmer Everybody loves a star when he starts to fall Like Doug E. Fresh I seen him take his last breath My butterfly stroke breath Chorus I hope I learn to properly swim this year My butterfly stroke breath My butterfly stroke breath My butterfly stroke breath My butterfly stroke breath I hope to properly swim this year I hope to learn how to properly swim this year I hope I learn to properly swim this year I hope to properly learn how to swim this year I hope I properly learn how to swim this year This year

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Welcome to the enigmatic world of A library called Calder, the latest from veteran Canadian emcee Epic. This world-building hip hop record pulls together a rich collection of thought-provoking narratives as Epic issues his reports and observations from once familiar territory. From the opening strains of “Chickpeas”, Epic brings the listeners with him as he points out jarring changes in the world around him, musing about what once was while pressing on into an uncertain future that still finds hope on album finale “Properly Swim”. With a perspective as unique as his voice, Epic guides listeners through a labyrinth of emotions and ideas, each verse twisting and turning around the dreamlike, otherworldly production by Montreal's Deadly Stare (Triune Gods, Endemik Music). Ethereal beats grounded equally in Golden Age boom bap and sweeping prog rap abstraction serve as the perfect compliment to this mesmerizing and profound record that serves as a travelogue of both past and present. Together, Epic and Deadly Stare have built something magnificent in A library called Calder. Step inside and check it out.

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released April 25, 2025

Written and performed by Epic, except "Walking Through Toronto" by Epic & Chokeules
Produced and mixed by Deadly Stare
Cuts by Deadly Stare
Mastered by W.C. Spicer

Artwork by Shauna Doris

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