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Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Bizness speaking. I would like to welcome you all aboard Nickel City Airlines Flight 6500 bound for the motherfucking top. Before we depart, please ensure that your seat belt is securely fastened, your tray table is stowed and your seat belt is in the upright position. In the unlikely event of a emergency, an act of God, or political uprising, please refer to your safety card located in the seat pocket in front of you. Once again, thank you for choosing Nickel City Airlines.
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Earborn
03:34
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Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Back on my bully with my passport in hand
Fly through air in tin cans
And ride bullets into foreign lands
Homefolks like nope
Couldn’t see dope through microscopes
Feeling threatened and provoked
Me and my true love elope
Stream it live
Give the ops something to talk about
Downunder wrecking mics while they jealous of my walkabout
It’s so sad to see these grown men cry
I hope you really get a chance to truly live before you die
Small city, smaller minds
I’mma leave it all behind
Girl just dry your eyes, I’ll think about you all the time
We keep it proper from the Screwface to Osaka
I’m a motherfuckin’ monster
Yeah, what, what, who want it?
This for the ones that try to make you feel small
Acting like you isn’t shit when they know you a boss
I see right through all the things you say or do
And to deny me of my props is just a reflection of the bitch in you
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Remember this was just a pipe dream
I’d never reach
Now I’m overseas doing things you see in your sleep
I bet it eats you up inside and you toss and turn ’til dawn
Living rent free in your head, fantasizing ‘bout what’s going on
Drunk, high, stumbling
Little baggie got you fumbling
I got three weeks of shows soon as I touch down in Dublin
We’ve gone global
Worldwide mogul
Sipping green tea, eating sushi in Kyoto
And it’s a beautiful day
As the DJs spin my shit in the Champs-Élysées
Hard act to follow
Me and Bizzy on the Coquihalla
In the Jaguar truck like, fuck tomorrow
From East Van to Halifax
Sydney to Belfast
Only thing that’s on my minds is where do I go next
Promoters if you’re booking you can link me direct
It’s Mickey hit me back, yo, love and respect
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
Good bye, good bye, bye-bye
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Ikigai
04:19
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I was beside myself
All alone outside myself
Trying to find myself
Not caught up in the chaos, I align myself
Abomination, I see through the distortion
My frequency is tapped into the source when
Got gratitude for attracting these blessings
The journey is the real gift, people stop stressing
We’re only gonna die. Look up at the sky and scream “Why oh why?”
We’re only gonna die. Look up at the sky and scream “Why oh why?”
We’re only gonna die. Look up at the sky and scream “Why oh why?”
We’re only gonna die. Look up at the sky and scream “Why oh why?”
Survival comes with some guilt and shame, but I know
It’ll fade as time goes by
The hurt comes and goes, but I know you know
That this ain’t my first time
The days are long, the nights are even longer
Won’t stop the pain if I get high
Heard in the end that this will make me stronger
But I couldn’t say goodbye
My friends gone ghost since they departed
Alarming rates in my 20s it started
Some made careers out that gangsta shit
They caught some hot ones, at they wakes I wept
More often than not these drugs gonna win,
But that’s a story. I hope you never begin.
Others took control of their own downfall
And killed themselves because they sick of it all
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
(Y’all could come)
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
When my time come
(Y’all could come)
Stood up to life, I ain’t the only one
That chose to stay and fight when most of them will surely run
Observe the world from my throne
Live half my life and I still can’t find home
Ain’t got no kids, no queen to rule beside me
My songs, my seeds, they’ll forever be my legacy
The melodies, my memories that define me
I beat the odds, killed the past, there’s no rewinding
So rest in peace to those pieces of me
Wealth success on its way, I can feel it coming
There’s something in the air tonight
From underground I emerge full of love and light
Got out my mind now, I’m out of they sights
Head down keep working, bring my art to new heights
Still ask for favours ‘cause I used to be nice
Nothings for free, everything’s got a price
It’s the human condition
Transition to the next world through lessons that’s wicked
Don’t throw away your existence
Cherish ever moment - hours, minutes and seconds
So ’til I see all I’m suposed to see
Do all I’m here to do
Be all I had to be
I have no fear of death
And live to the fullest to my very last breath
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Forlorn
04:23
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I ain’t the one to suppress how I’m feeling
And hold it all in ’til it affects my well-being
I just call ’em how I see ’em
If you didn’t wanna be with me, I appreciate you leaving
Your love’s a lie
Your personality is counterfeit
Act up for attention ‘cause your father never gave you it
Girl, your secret’s safe with me
Vibin’ low, finessin’ men you know
That’s not how you’re supposed to be
I swear you’re so 3-D
Materialistic mindset fucking up your Chi
She ain’t pretty, she’s a devil in disguise
Fake tits, perfect ass, black hair, and brown eyes
I fell under her spell, it was a season of the witch
Nine times out of 10 that dime piece a narcissist.
The things you do for money girl I’ll never understand
Smart enough to be a doctor but you choose to be a ho instead
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
I’m fucked up, I don’t know what to do
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
Was forever now, baby, we’re through
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
I’m fucked up, I don’t know what to do
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
Was forever now, baby, we’re through
I’m in the storm’s eye sending our photos to the trash bin
Snapshots of the good times get deleted like we’ve never been
On the mend
This hurt I try and pen
Releasing all that’s toxic, try to learn to love again
Heart grows cold as truths unfold
Building up these walls I’m much better off alone
I’m feeling sick, you infected my mind
Thinking of a way to say farewell one more time
Been a minute since we last spoke
Maybe I should fill you in, DM, text, or call your phone
I must’ve died a thousand times
You go on back to him
Hello darkness, dear old friend of mine
Ain’t no sunshine, only overcast
Raining tears for things that don’t last
Yo, this too shall pass
I wish I never saw or heard of ya
I had a good heart, a great life
Still alive but you’re a murderer
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
I’m fucked up, I don’t know what to do
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
Was forever now, baby, we’re through
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
I’m fucked up, I don’t know what to do
It’s ‘cause of you, now I’m singing the blues
Was forever now, baby, we’re through
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You can find me where the Guinness flows and Jameson gets shot up
The whole lot of us, drowning sorrows to forget the troubles
Come with me
Resistance in our DNA
Now let us pray
Where the cobblestones lay
When the black and tans came with the Union Jack
They fired rubber bullets at us so we threw bricks back
Tear gas burned our eyes, it was an all that attack
Loyalist to the Crown, they applauded and clapped
Under occupation
This was a peaceful demonstration
They called it Bloody Sunday ‘cause civilians were slaughtered
Left us dead in the streets, a revolution they started
Now I rock a Irish lily for all the departed
How long must they sing the song?
How many gotta die?
Tired of sitting back while these politicians lie
Take it to another level, son, an eye for an eye
Freedom for all, blow this up and shake the whole isle
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back, no
There’s no going back, no
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
There’s no going back
There’s no going back
There’s no going back
I’m from the place where the grass is green and seas and fields
Filled up with pubs and dreams
But the roads and the paths aren’t a sight to see
Council estates and what they push to the back and leave
All the nuts and cracks full ’til their brims pop
While the best of the best soak it up and run the shop
Whole place scheming
Shaped up like a pyramid
Underneath and on the main stage
And make you heard of them
(Don’t you know)
They built a peace wall to divide us
(Don’t you know)
The gates close at six just to incite us
(Don’t you know)
There’s got to be a better way
(Don’t you know)
Thought we put this all behind us on Good Friday
(Don’t you know)
They built a peace wall to divide us
(Don’t you know)
The gates close at six just to incite us
(Don’t you know)
There’s got to be a better way
(Don’t you know)
Thought we put this all behind us on Good Friday
(Don’t you know)
Dreams so big they can’t fit in ballot boxes
(Don’t you know)
One republic, colonizers can’t stop it
(Don’t you know)
Movement’s building, generations are healing
(Don’t you know)
The greatest revenge will be the laughter of our children
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back, no
There’s no going back, no
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
That’s the way that it is
There’s no going back
There’s no going back
There’s no going back
There’s no going back
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Dancing in the dark
Playing with my heart
Oooooooooohhhhh baby
Taking me to higher places
Dancing in dark
Tear my world apart
Oooooooooohhhhh Baby
Watch you play on sold out stages
It was my summer of love
Back from tour overseas
Rocking every city, Euro trip fantasy
Home for some R’n’R, moving in slow motion
On the phone with the label talking album promotion
Big things is in the plans
Flights booked for the fam
Headed to New York with my suitcase in hand
Birthplace of hip hop
Check 1, 2, you don’t stop
Nas, Tribe Called Quest, KRS and Scott La Rock
That’s when I seen her
In Time’s Square, another dreamer
So beautiful she stood out through the sea of all these people
The universe stopped
Eyes met like lightning struck
I said, Excuse me, miss
She’s like, You feel that too?
Yeah, most definitely
Can we explore what it means?
I’m only here for the weekend, though, I gotta come clean
She told me things like this rarely happen in life
And when God gives you opportunities, you must strike
If all we have’s tonight
Gonna do it right
Gonna take my time
If all we have’s tonight
Gonna do it right
Gonna take my time
N-Y-C, summer time breeze
We walking through Manhattan, shortie, tell me everything
Sun, moon rising, we began to realize that
We’ve been preparing all our lives for this cosmic alignment
Held her close in Central Park as the day turned to night
Make this last forever, nothing’s ever felt so right
Word up, I found myself a winner
Discussing music and all our favourite MCs over dinner
Hopeless romantics underneath the skyscrapers
Amongst the city lights and the places that life takes us
Love at first sight, we ran all them bases
Had too many lonely nights not to fully embrace this
Ain’t gonna stress the rest
Let’s just say we far from basic
She give it away, throw it back and let me taste it
Relationships always failed in the past
But this right here so different, baby, we can make it last
If all we have’s tonight
Gonna do it right
Gonna take my time
If all we have’s tonight
Gonna do it right
Gonna take my time
Dancing in the dark
Playing with my heart
Oooooooooohhhhh, baby
Taking me to higher places
Dancing in dark
Tear my world apart
Oooooooooohhhhh, baby
Watch you play on sold out stages
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Bizness speaking. We are beginning our descent to our destination. We are experiencing some slight turbulence, but you you all can still expect a smooooooth landing. On behalf of the entire crew, I would like to thank you all for choosing Nickel City Airlines once again. This is Nickel City Airlines 6500 signing off.
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Operating out of Toronto, Canada since 1996, Hand'Solo Records is devoted to releasing quality hip hop that is creative, clever and often experimental. Early releases, now out of print, include Buck 65, Sixtoo, Moka Only, and others. Currently home to The Dirty Sample, Ol' Gorilla Bones, Epic, Tachichi, No Town Vandal, Fortunato, Magick Show and Mickey O'Brien. ... more
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