PHOENIX

by Connor Cassidy

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1.
Family 03:43
[Intro] Hey Where are we now Yeah You know I’ve hit a point in life where I don’t see the value in being around people I can’t trust Doesn’t mean we have to be blood ‘cause I’ve got family members who’ve done some wicked stuff But at the end of the day we fall back on one thing and that’s love And that’s the only thing that’ll take you up Hey, aye, aye, aye [Chorus] I put The Family over everything Would drop anything I’m doing for you And how they act is unsettling Falling out voluntarily with who created your youth I put The Family over everything It doesn’t matter where I’m at in the world After that it goes God, health, friends, wealth, paper in abundance and protecting my girl And I’m alive, so I’m reppin’ for The Fam still What I stand for is never at a standstill, I give you my word You see me sticking to the plan still Never waste a minute trippin’ to the landfill, I live and I learn Doesn’t matter where I’m at, anytime Any lows, any highs, I’ma always be around for you Direct line anytime, direct flight to where you’re at if it’s needed Family is what we do Over everything Anything and anyone… [Verse] Yea Get frustrated when we outta touch Been dedicating my time to gettin’ my power up Can feel my sins wash off me when I shower up I got family in the ground, I know they proud of us No matter what be happening I ain’t allowed to fuss Long as the fam’s good, your man’s good The shockwave is devasting if I hustle weak ‘Cause everything has got a cost you know that nothing’s cheap Type of mentality that really stuck with me You know the time we spend together is my luxury, one and only Not taking care of who created us is nothing holy Financial freedom is necessary get up and own it Without a single sip I’m good at having double vision Take the music scene and switch it up to something different Boston my Mecca spent every one of my summers in it Divide and conquer, then switch it up to another city Nah Reinvest and stay loyal Growing out the same soil As family that came before him My grandfather spent his life inside a tannery Did it for The Family Sacrifice you can’t believe Built a three family up, to keep my grandmamma stable Passed away from heartache but gave her all that he was able I’ll do my best to go match it Family over everything, its modern day magic You know it Yeah Flash forward he a poet And gettin’ this ship rollin’ [Chorus] Hey I put The Family over everything Would drop anything I’m doing for you And how they act is unsettling Falling out voluntarily, with who created your youth I put The Family over everything It doesn’t matter where I’m at in the world After that it goes God, health, friends, wealth, paper in abundance and protecting my girl [Outro] Yeah Over everything Anything and anybody Yeah Cassidy
2.
Guillotine 03:16
[Intro] Yeah 92 Elm on the beat Gettin' Cass on his feet [Chorus] Still the one to lose my head without a guillotine Smoke that’s crowding up my section means we never sleep I rock with me myself and I they know that we the team I hope we make it out alive you got to let me breathe Still the one to lose my head without a guillotine Fog that’s crowding up my section means we never sleep I rock with me myself and I you know the winning team I hope we make it out alive you just got to believe [Verse 1] Unless we talking ‘bout my own, I need no company Just something to ice it up and poor a cup for me Slowing down all the drama mix up with Dramamine Psyche, I get higher off life than you can do with lean Connor Cassidy the mother******* new machine Smoke me out and have me sleeping on the bluest dreams Coasting out the 7th wonder of the 7 seas Call them back and put my Ex’s into ecstasy, never mind I keep it moving like a gentle breeze Slow and steady, ‘till I get the bag I never leave Been spending heavy hoping God has put his trust in me The only luxury I need is all the winning keys I got no time to behave I got no time to relate If you sinking lower man Hop over you we overcame Might get a little PTSD from all the pictures that a soldier paints Come here I’ll numb you up with Novocain We oceans away Hey And I’m dressed like oceans 11 get paid Hey, hey hey hey Yea [Chorus] Still the one to lose my head without a guillotine Smoke that’s crowding up my section means we never sleep I rock with me, myself and I, they know that we the team I hope we make it out alive you got to let me breathe Still the one to lose my head without a guillotine Fog that’s crowding up my section means we never sleep I rock with me myself and I, you know the winning team I hope we make it out alive you just got to believe Still the one to lose my head without a guillotine They know we never sleep Not the winning team I hope we make it out alive you got to let me breathe [Verse 2] Cold-blooded, so flooded Tripping out with no luggage Hold grudges, only on bitches that I just don’t fuck with Nose running’, trouble I can sniff it out All the shit you bitch about reveals who you are No living out of my car I’m driven now; my fence is how I pick it now I roll around The blocks, my momma used to push a stroller out I’m older now I lift it up and hold it down I split the swisher down the middle turn my sins into a cloud, and then I’m out I get it moving man Shooting and we crop you out the movie frame This is who I am I don’t know to blame The vices of the music game Money, women, power, sign me up you know my true disdain Is living on the cusp [Chorus] Still the one to lose my head without a guillotine Fog that’s crowding up my section means we never sleep I rock with me myself and I you know the winning team I hope we make it out alive you just got to believe Hey
3.
City Lights 05:08
Uh, Cut the city lights out Roll around, let our eyes get adjusted like night owls, on the move A little bit of cash in the trunk I’m Living right now, you can have what it was I cut the city lights out I let the night come in I only got so many left so I’ma max what it is Get this shit maxed out The night darkens up the life above ground Cut the city lights out VERSE 1 Bring us back to the roots Melatonin starts releasing at the sight of the moon Nonetheless we wide awake, and out of state on the move I go wherever I gotta go, I’ma go and get to it I gotta lot to entertain me but I dodge it like bullets I gotta be really be willing to die to live my life to my fullest I cut the city lights out, and see motherfucking day fade Never pay attention to what they say, life is me and God Uh, No separation is all If my station is on You won’t hear this bullshit today’s rappers passing off Look I’m talking like an old head Love the style that I know’s dead Well shit let’s let it be gone I gotta lotta shit to say inside the time that we have And more importantly a lot of time to hop in a bag Let’s keep the remedy strong Uhh, Cut the city lights out Roll around, let our eyes get adjusted like night owls, on the move A little bit of cash in the trunk I’m Living right now, you can have what it was I cut the city lights out And let the night come in I only got so many left so I’ma max what it is Get this shit maxed out The night darkens up the life above ground Cut the city lights out Got a lot of shit on my mind I tell her get me out of it But Connor what’s it’s matter? It’s a matter of time Before our time runs out of it Don’t spend your whole life trying to block what it is The present is a gift I call it pressure to live Besides dawg there’s just way too much paper to get For us to ever let us let depression exist, uh My brother still taking pills He been doctor prescribed I saw the whole thing the fall off the loss of his vibe Tinder bitches with him all of the time Yet he’s empty in soul I’ve seen his highs so I’ma see him through his heaviest lows Seratonin levels drop to the floor Try’s to kill the pain out with the smoke We take a drive at night with all the city lights low I tell him dawg this isn’t you you, find your way home Now Uhh, Cut the city lights out Roll around, let our eyes get adjusted like night owls, on the move A little bit of cash in the trunk With what I’m living right now, you can have what it was I cut the city lights out And let the night come in I only got so many left so I’ma max what it is Get this shit maxed out The night darkens up the life above ground Cut the city lights out Clocking out if I get uninspired Hit the road and swerve Sacrifices getting made shout the folks I I curve Not waiting till the end of every week to get it turnt I never read the manual I jump inside the game and learn Only way to do it Let’s make another movie I get the hell up out the cast if it just doesn’t move me Not broke enough for me to compromise So I don’t make decisions solely for my bottom-line Bottoms up, Player Self conflicted all the time Too many choices for me I got to live or see it first for me to voice a story The city lights are low That’s when people are in there rawest form, letting go Let the Truth be known Though I don’t know the truth, truth be told I act on what I feel, and let emotions go, lock and load Cut the city lights out Burning, bridges behind him find another way out To the night Uhh, Cut the city lights out Roll around, let our eyes get adjusted like night owls, on the move A little bit of cash in the trunk How I’m Living right now, you can have what it was I cut the city lights out And let the night come in I only got so many left so I’ma max what it is Get this shit maxed out The night darkens up the life above ground Cut the city lights out I cut the city lights out and get this motherfucking rolling Uhh, Got to whip it like it’s stolen I bet they can’t see me now Cut the city lights out Cassidy So Special
4.
Dedicated 04:27
[Intro: Connor Cassidy] Hey Me Yeah Lately been waking up to the dream Rollin’ over to kiss the neck of my queen You say you got it I wonder what do you mean? Cause I don’t see you going out for the team [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Pray that time will get you dedicated Yeah, they rock your jersey around the city the art of being celebrated Yeah, took advantage of when they hesitated Man, I pray the shine will keep you dedicated Yeah, no high like it, climb higher for the sake of those who never made it The real among us get separated Hey, It comes down to being dedicated [Verse 1: Connor Cassidy] Ones and twos until the knuckles bruise Feels like yesterday bouncers said who the f*** is you Young and overeducated sung a ton of blues Now single women that come in twos get you comfortable Mix the ganja with the whisky get you medicated A metaphor for how I take the bar and elevate it Something new to refresh me and boost my meditation, up Yeah, been spending paper like I don’t know how to save it My spirit getting contagious, I roll a clip and I face it I travel to different places The perks of negotiating with God of how I been fated, is what? Full control of my mind in every occasion No problem with compensation, no desperation of love Double down on dedication, a declaration of us Cause it’s the only testament of what it was… Give my sweat and my blood [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Pray that time will get you dedicated Yeah, they rock your jersey around the city the art of being celebrated Took advantage of when they hesitated Yeah, I pray the shine will keep you dedicated Yeah, no high like it, climb higher for the sake of those who never made it The real among us get separated Hey, it comes down to being dedicated [Verse 2: Connor Cassidy] Still surrounded by faces going through worse Cancer patients who live and die by the word Dedication it relates to any person on this Earth Who got something they fightin’ for when it’s worth it I don’t got the same circle that I had when I was young Wanted more than nightlife and so it put us out of touch Stream of narcotics I was pumping through my blood I put a end to it Big life lesson quit just doing what your friends doing Let out my heart and tat the venue with my pen fluid Buggin’ cause the shit that I love I’m paying my rent through it Dedication Quiet victory’s I celebrate ‘em And tip my cap for the one’s behind us who never made it Yeah, But everybody dies we share a final destination Roller coaster ride of my life, is teaching me hella patience I can’t afford to just talk about it, I demonstrate it It comes down to being dedicated [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Yeah, they rock your jersey around the city the art of being celebrated Took advantage of when they hesitated Yeah, I hop the shine will get you dedicated (This one for you Connor) Yeah, no high like it, climb higher for the sake of those who never made it (You hear that n**** It comes down to being dedicated [Verse 3: Kyle Bent] Lately I been on some other s*** getting my mind right Soul type, different universe getting my price right Boston turned a n***** cold she gon’ ask what the ice like I put the wrist up, gling, baby I shine bright I said I’m meditative, medicated, and inflated I got the plans in my mind you know we created I open portals in your consciousness I play it like matrix Baby when you wake up the whole world gon’ be calling you crazy I’m driven, I’m passionate, they cannot stop the kid I got the biggest heart, my veins might pop & s*** I’m a wholesome soul & my spirit might blind ‘em Who the f****** man? I had to remind ‘em… Bent My parents got introduced to a new me Young king, no Egyptian I’m not no newbie Business n**** just like Jay-Z, formalities don’t suit me She gon’ suck this soul, then she gon’ call it juicy [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Kyle I pray you stay dedicated (N**** that’s fire I don’t what the f*** you talkin’ about) Yeah, they rock your jersey around the city the art of being celebrated Took advantage of when they hesitated Yeah, I pray the shine will keep you dedicated Yeah, no high like it, climb higher for the sake of those who never made it See the real among us get separated Hey, it comes down to being dedicated [Outro: Connor Cassidy] Ice Cold
5.
Stories 04:19
[Intro] I got stories for days, kid Stories for days Yeah [Chorus] I got stories of life Got stories of pain Got stories of love, I got stories of drugs I got stories of God, got stories of me Got stories of people who I know and that I see I got stories of times in my memory Stories of my friends and all my enemies Got stories of the nights, stories in the safe Come on over, you’ll get the story of the day Get the story of the day [Verse 1] It’s gettin’ late I throw my coat on My exit what I prolong Haven’t been here in so long But all of my friends are so gone So they won’t notice I make my Irish goodbye Get outside, where it’s quiet Then scenery fills my iris Get on the road and pass the medium-sized houses dipped in white Drippin’ ice, snowfall is like a giant poltergeist I call my lady, checkin’ on her, hope she up I know I’m right I make a right and park the car at the rightest side of the yard And then, right when I park I get a call from momma Telling me my momma's momma’s Bedside with a doctor saying she ain’t got me much longer I make my way as fast as I can She got Alzheimer’s and so she doesn’t know who I am, and yet Somehow she smiles, whole fam is there and cryin’ ‘Cept my Dad but yeah he’s stressing cause my mom is scared of death And she doesn’t want to let a parent go The strong one is my apparent role I smile and her eyes close, she goes [Chorus] I got stories of life Got stories of pain Got stories of love, I got stories of drugs I got stories of God, got stories of me Got stories of people who I know and that I see I got stories of times in my memory Stories of my friends and all my enemies Got stories of the nights, stories in the safe Come on over, you’ll get the story of the day Get the story of the day [Verse 2] Yeah Fresh up out the freshman class, got to save the best for last Red sox cap-wearing Cass is who you know me as The frat house is where my homies at they rushed it early I saw ‘em go through pledgin’... body abuse to earn it Swallowing vodka like it’s water to impress the older brothers Puke themselves like they some models in this club This s***’* disgusting Not really my style But I did it too, the ridicule I got from fam was wild Connor what the f*** Been hearing on the up and up You partying with the wrong crowd Your quote-unquote brother caught a rape charge And molly is what he stays on Tellin’ me that’s that s*** you went to school to do? Your momma slaves her life to pay your bills and you just cruising through? Nah brotha this ain’t you Telling my cousin to calm down He says “Dawg you family, if you fail you bring us all down” Chills… when somebody says what’s real He says “It’s never too late to breathe life in time that you killed… get right” [Chorus] I got stories of life Got stories of pain Got stories of love, I got stories of drugs I got stories of God, got stories of me Got stories of people who I know and that I see I got stories of times in my memory Stories of my friends and all my enemies Got stories of the nights, stories in the safe Come on over, you’ll get the story of the day Get the story of the day [Verse 3] I got stories of fear I got stories of faith Got stories I would never tell nobody in this place I got stories of livin’ Got stories of dyin’ Got stories of actually doing, stories of tryin’ Got stories up, apartment’s on the seventh floor, I’m higher Stories of what’s real, I got some stories where I’m lyin’ Got some stories so fire they could heat entire venues Got so many stories I’ma probably never get to but we movin’ on [Outro] Yeah Off-key, don’t care mother****** Yeah I got stories of me
6.
Cold Blooded 05:20
Yeah Grateful for it all The good, the bad Grateful for it all I’m in and out so keep the motor running The deal is done way in advance there should be no discussion Just put the paper in my hand, don’t waste a moment of it Shout out the world cause she don’t owe me nothing, no Ice is in my veins man I’m cold-blooded I guess December here to stay man I’m cold-blooded, woah Cause we don’t got a lot of old money Young on and my grizzle keep the motor running, up Yeah, couldn’t slow me down with Robitussin My energy level stuck I’m keeping my soul a hundred We spread across the map don’t got a lot of local cousins Wonder if success would put us back in touch, there’s no discussion Nowadays, heard that ****’s back in jail again Somewhere in the south it’s only rumors I’m inhaling in I tune ‘em out Focus on my own grind Selfish and my watch is only spinning on my own time Got family closer to me not part of my bloodline Loyalty been shown they reaped and sowed it more than enough times As I grow in life, I only value who I trust I believe in preparation, I don’t really believe in luck Connor you Irish or what? Half and half I’m Arnold palmer grab a glass To cool you out, the school is out But I’m utilizing the math I’ll work whatever job is highest paid Pack the duffle up and swing it back to my estate Capable of it though I never had the highest grades Time was cash involved Reinvest it back and throw it back it y’all I got to see the world before the casket falls 5’5 know I chose music over basketball I stack it till it’s taller than the rim, hey I’m in and out so keep the motor running The deal is done way in advance there should be no discussion Just put the paper in my hand, don’t waste a moment of it Shout out the world cause she don’t owe me nothing, no Ice is in my veins man I’m cold-blooded I guess December here to stay man I’m cold-blooded, woah Cause we don’t got a lot of old money Young and on and my grizzle keep my motor running, up Stacking under Christmas lights Life is fast-paced you might miss it if you misinclined Game is no love I shoot a missile at the mistletoe Need you by my side or it’s nothing don’t got a kiss to blow Rubber tires hit the road Tour until we burn ‘em out Dreams have really hit the weights a lot of shit been working out Mute whatever word is out Silence is my way to live Quiet down my soul my turbulence been on some crazy shit Now Yeah And I just hope you proud Hey I’m in and out so keep the motor running The deal is done way in advance there should be no discussion Just put the paper in my hand, don’t waste a moment of it Shout out the world cause she don’t owe me nothing, no Ice is in my veins man I’m cold-blooded I guess December here to stay man I’m cold-blooded, woah Cause we don’t got a lot of old money Young and on and my grizzle keep my motor running, up Wait up Young and on my grizzle keep my motor running way way up Young and I’m cold-blooded Young and I’m cold-blooded 95 degrees in the city yet I’m cold-blooded Gripping paper we don’t hold grudges, nah I’m in and out so keep the motor running The deal is done way in advance there should be no discussion Just put the paper in my hand, don’t waste a moment of it Shout out the world cause she don’t owe me nothing, no Yeah I’m cold-blooded I guess December here to stay man I’m cold-blooded, woah Cause we don’t got a lot of old money Young and on and my grizzle keep my motor running, up Hey For it all
7.
Why Wait 04:08
Yeah Do it now Yeah Young but I’m dedicated to cash Not even time to get medicated with hash Lately can’t even resonate with my past Keep my eyes on the present or future so where I’m at? I got this bird’s eye view, of the game we in Calculated and calm, that’s the way we live Threads are dark like the nightlife we stay up in Life a game, I been getting b-b-better at playing, know what I’m saying? Spraying cheap liquor over the balcony Valuing money different when you earning it hourly Every dollars like a minute of time In the summer we chill In the winter we rhyme In the spring, I spring up Back into my prime It keeps going cause we living in this infinite time Viewpoint is sublime Swiping my debit for new clothes I notice my old highs, becoming my new lows Run into a few folk that I knew from back when Way before tuition started hitting my friends Now everybody working double-time Caught this lady out the corner of my other eye Excuse me a minute I haven’t seen her since I first tripped out in the city 50,000 downtown at a concert for Mac Miller Now I’m standing here trying to get my mac on Romantic attitude what I been back on Show manners but I won’t let opportunity wait I’ma a sharp enough fella I can cut to the chase I say, “You’re still like the only 9 I see So if you want to get some dinner that’d be fine by me, by me On my way Carpe Diem for every single day-ay-ay-ay-ay I’ma tell you straight I’m single I don’t got a single minute to waste Not a day goes by That your Boy ain’t fly And I’m human so you know it’s just a matter of time Before I fly away We could die today Mother****** why wait? Yeah While you got me here I’ma tell you why wait? Yeah I keep breaking through fear, mother****** why wait? Yeah Living nothing but real, cause mother****** why wait? Mother****** why wait? Do it now They say I got high grade standards Shawty in the hotel dancing Time it out right, won’t chance it We at a hotel in Seaport That’s the B-town SOHO, the green shore Money maker of the city I’m guessing it’s 5 milli Neighbor is an FBI agent, kinda pretty but she never home Weed as loud as a megaphone Couple high class problems y’allready know The host showing it off, like he bought it with his own money… Bet his parents gave him a loan, funny Students want the flex on the Gram Couple bottles in hand When they never worked a day as man Money’s power I ain’t saying it’s right Women I brought with me, I bet they staying the night My prediction was right Cause my vision is tight Later on Jackie even started dating the guy Can’t say I’m surprised F*** I came to party tonight And you the one with s*** to lose, if we starting a fight So say the word and we can throw hands Either that or introduce me to your ol’ man And we can get this bread On my way Carpe Diem for every single day-ay-ay-ay-ay I’ma tell you straight I’m single I don’t got a single minute to waste Not a day goes by That your Boy ain’t fly And I’m human so you know it’s just a matter of time Before I fly away We could die today Mother****** why wait? Hey While you got me here I’ma tell you why wait? Yeah I keep breaking through fear, mother****** why wait? Yeah Living nothing but real, cause mother****** why wait? I’ma tell you why wait? Why Wait… Do it now
8.
Sad Boy 04:24
Hey I can’t stop Nah Yeah You live and breathing why the hell you looking sad boy? They got my picture everywhere I’m on them tabloids They getting mad I got the action going mad boy S*** if I like it then I’m hopping in my bag for it You live and breathing what the hell you looking sad for? I’m back to life, there isn’t s*** I’m looking back for We laughing to the bank, I’m headed off the backboard I graduated from a sad boy Yeah Forget a 7 day tour I kill that weak s*** off B**** I’m driven even Uber drivers’ get pissed off Pissing excellence so everyone’s who we piss off Meditate until the Earth is something we lift off You see some leeches tryna’ ride us up Ladies tryna’ ties us up Tell my barber line me up I’m flying till my time is up I wonder how high is really high enough? My eyes above the clouds but looking down I see my ride is stuck in traffic Fate would have it that this s***’s a grind My heart is cold I’m barely smiling when it’s picture time My alibi for all the liquor that my liver finds Just get me loose and let me see the fact I’m living fine Lately swerving off the track and losing track of time Getting back to my method of getting back in line I promise I wrote a big a**, I owe you to my college I got some s*** to learn from life, as I maneuver my knowledge I pop my cork and my collar, nothing short of a scholar But feel like more of a doctor, filling orders for profit Getting sort of obnoxious, go tell the coroner watch ‘em They try to corner my logic, when I ain’t built for an office Connor go cry about life is work, got to bring that mula in Time is money know there ain’t no money in this music biz Only in the movie clips, follow suit of Marky Mark Shooting for the heavens if I fail I fall among the stars, gone Yeah You live and breathing why the hell you looking sad boy? They got my picture everywhere I’m on them tabloids They Getting mad I got the action going mad boy S*** if I like it then I’m hopping out my bag for it You live and breathing what the hell you looking sad for? I’m back to life, there isn’t s*** I’m looking back for We laughing to the bank, I’m headed off the backboard I graduated from a sad boy Yeah Graduated un-employed Money coming, reppin’ hard So much for a better start… Stage hopping, faces say “we don’t know who the hell you are” Living out my repertoire Set is getting set apart The best for last and best of all The b****** at this festival Ain’t f***ing with the rest of y’all Break ‘em off and never call Aura stays forever on Hit the road and pedal on Silver to a golden road My role inside the bigger picture plan the heavens only know, hoe Come here let’s get it on Heavy like I’m Megatron Madness turn the treble on I’m on some s*** they never on Headed where they never been History gets penciled in Young and well accredited Humans die and legends live Momma praying let him live Greatness is repetitive Get us to some better s*** … Don’t only make it tentative A rapper or executive Wondering which road to go Fact of what it means to be a man is having cash to hold I got to provide Open up hop in the ride Keeping god on his side But got a lot on his mind I been perfecting my vision it takes a lot of my time Put my attention on my mission I can’t live on the line No way F*** being sad boy Rather be a bad boy City tracking mad noise They follow us on tabloids I rap to me I ain’t the one to ever tell you how you live Addicted to the power till they knock us off the power grid, one Yeah You live and breathing why the hell you looking sad boy? They got my picture everywhere I’m on them tabloids They Getting mad I got the action going mad boy S*** if I like it then I’m hopping out my bag for it You live and breathing what the hell you looking sad for? I’m back to life, there isn’t s*** I’m looking back for We laughing to the bank, I’m headed off the backboard I graduated from a sad boy To the one Hey, aye And you know we get it done And got these suckers on the run Let it run, let it run Yeah Coming at you live From Boston, Massachusetts to the world Just wait till it’s my turn Soon as I get this Dunkin’ Donuts sponsor It’s a wrap for you
9.
Connection 04:37
Cassidy Woah, keep it low Yeah Can’t you see me head hunting? Red rumming Stress nothing Any type of limitation seeing less of it We just out here headhunting Yeah I keep the led pumping Get some rest and kill the rest of ‘em My words rip through flesh You should invest in a vest Though I ain’t waving a tech B**** I’m just working in tech It’s more dangerous Social control man that’s a notion entertaining us You barely skating by we playing billion dollar games Got you addicted to the phone the drama hits your veins That’s the s*** to bring my paycheck in Sell your info off To Cambridge Analytica and get my rims rinsed off Lot of wealth gets concentrated making you drift off Time to go I tell my team lift off I’m getting paid for every single thing that you click on Whether it’s fake news or not don’t give a f*** Long as you’re online for a long time Let my technology learn you And integrate the ads all into the blogs that you turn to Just enough to spend the money you’re earning Keep you up all night We turn your life nocturnal And let the world keep turning High connection I can never get away from I keep a tech on my side I roll over in the morning and I check it when the day comes I let it get in my mind The life that I paint man I can never get away from it With this tech on my side I love my friends I’m checking on ‘em when the day comes I let ‘em get in my mind Though they ain’t even on my side I’m head hunting, head rushing, red rumming What’s around me I’ve been seeing less of it Due to, tech on my side, glued to my eyes The phone can only bring a bill I tell my momma “you right” But it’s a high and so I’m cool to pay the price I walk around heavy with this tech on my side Got control of my mind But f*** it I stress nothing my heads rushing These companies are out here head hunting… us I wonder do you get the punch like Tekken? How the tools that we carry are technological weapons? In Korea they got rehabilitation centers… for phones The most highly used drug on the globe Popularity’s a hell of a thing Drive you into some p**** or suicide man it’s King Cut attentions spans in half and got you chasing some bling It can even get your a$$ into a bag, cha cha ching You’re not a Queen not a King High connection I can never get away from I keep a tech on my side I roll over in the morning and I check it when the day comes I let it get in my mind The life that I paint man I can never get away from it It’s on the tech on my side I love my friends I’m checking on ‘em when the day comes I let ‘em get in my mind Though they ain’t even on my side I’m head hunting, head rushing, red rumming What’s around me I’ve been seeing less of it Due to, tech on my side, glued to my eyes The phone can only bring a bill I tell my momma “you right” But it’s a high and so I’m cool to pay the price I walk around heavy with this tech on my side Got control of my mind But f*** it I stress nothing my heads rushing These companies are out here head hunting… us I got b***** asking me for the code to the Wifi And it’s my time High connection I can never get away from I keep a tech on my side I roll over in the morning and I check it when the day comes I let ‘em get in my mind The life that I paint man I can never get away from It’s on the tech on my side I love my friends I’m checking on ‘em when the day comes I let ‘em get in my mind Though they ain’t even on my side
10.
[Intro] Yeah Yeah Give me a minute Yeah [Verse 1] Wake up to a white capsule Enough buzz to get me through the day by the night I’m back at it I’m not an addict I just like hugs from Jesus My prescription keeps my drugs convenient Ridin’ down the inner state Late to work but on the way And kind of like the sky my mind is grey Reminded daily baby who the f*** I am Gettin’ slapped with judgements hands I hate the f****** job I got Faking a smile for every customer up in the shop F*** it, it’s all that I got Cause I didn’t stay up in school Wages are minimum Caging adrenaline I’ll never be s*** Wavy I’m seasick Losing my focus Double the dosage Help me to cope with All of the locals Feeling immobile 20 and hopeless Water is frozen All the emotion Numbing me slowly Day and day out I make it to closing Tossing and turning ‘til it’s in the mornin’ Wake up Don’t pop a downer stay up Rollin’ Sativa Runnin’ an engine and runnin’ a fever Wake up Yeah Don’t pop a downer stay up Momma, I’m on my way up I’m back to using straight up Hey Straight up [Chorus] The summit gettin’ higher every mile I climb I’ll make it hard for you to read behind my smile I’m fine Say what do I gotta’ lose? I don’t hate you enough to tell you to walk in my shoes I try to level my moods Up and down as I ride around through the town, but I choose To get a helping hand My family probably thinks that I’m a selfish man, no-o-o-o I see no problem with the way I am I get addicted to the way I am [Verse 2] Yeah You know she 22 & graduated Dollar sign infatuated Happy she ain’t come from wealth She stacks it up her f****** self I met her at my last occasion Nice to meet you glad you made it Watched her pop a pill to take her out the matrix Nothing graceful I done seen too many times Demons come from drug encapsulation college times To accept it now I’ll see you out I’m ain’t around that type of wild, won’t pretend I see 2069 on every lawn around the bend There’s people dying out here Doctor prescribed They making a killin’ in medical fines No medical school, it’s better if I Study the business and try to configure A way we can flip it away from the riches My nation is missing a modern solution No money for therapy, turn to the music Look at the times [Bridge] Hey You know I read yesterday That sixty-thousand people a year die from opioids in the U.S If you know someone going through it Find help and get it for ‘em now [Chorus] What do I gotta’ lose? I don’t hate you enough to tell you to walk in my shoes I try to level my moods Up and down as I ride around through the town, but I choose To take a helping hand My family probably thinks that I’m a selfish man, no-o-o-o I see no problem with the way I am I get addicted to the way I am [Outro] Hey, aye Sixty-thousand
11.
Already Us 04:21
I hope you got it right Yeah, plottin’ on the future hope you got it right Hope it’s bottoms up Fear that’s bottled up will muddy up your bottom line Priorities are all aligned, I hate Connor cause I’m trippin’ on him all the time Mistakes burn me and I learn we got some weights to lift up Back on my grizzle, heat the stove and see it sizzle we young Already jumpin’ the gun Toxins jump out my body I sweat bullets, it triggers Adrenaline and I rep this shit to the fullest See me moving with a change in my pace God’s my shooter I don’t got to keep a cobra on my waste I stay away from the snakes Around here when love is lost they let the hatred replace Then bada bang but they high for them to properly aim On my walk to school, I step on needles Roxbury needs help, not these luxury apartments We departed hope a while ago Smiling though, ‘cause I’ma be a change to bring it back Momma, what you think of that? An Irish boy on African soil Conversating with Steal and we talkin’ ‘bout all the toil City gentrified, the poorest in it left to die, they moving out cause rents are high And students get incentivized with parents there to pay the fine My aim as steep as Mission Hill I steep my tea, while I stare at screens of this bigger pill, to swallow Lack of money leaves you hollow when you halfway through college And you hate that shit, but you suck it up and pay that shit And pave your way through the classes and meanwhile your cashless And watching rappers in your town get overhyped Either that or they just move out to Cali leave us behind And claim the city from a distance you a motherfuckin’ lie and we see it But I’m done with complaining, hop on a plane to get mind away from hating Cause there’s life to live, tonight was lit tomorrow will be iller though Bitches come from different zones to party with us Jäger and Bicardi mixtures smooth us out Money comes in new amounts when work is life and God is now Demons they get bodied down, the man I am I thought it out Time is money, bought it out ahead of time Got some lazy cousins want a better life? You better grind I ain’t got no problem being straight with who I know Shade? Nah it’s shine because it only makes us grow Got to keep the honesty as absolute, more is what we have to do Cash to gain and cash to lose, time to see what Cass can do Where I take my talent to? Stressin’ that I balance through the ups and downs of afterschool shifts for us to just survive Though I don’t give a fuck if I got to run through thicker walls Down to play my part, I know my heart is God, suffering is all mirage Building up a mental callous, pedal faster, retroactive, silencing when bitches call Better action manifests from better choices And silence is a mix of all of heavens voices, straight up Meditate until the drum inside my chest slows down Let the blissful me in, let the rest of me zone out Too many sides to ‘em quiet ‘em down No single drug on the market will get you higher than now Enough of that, you motherfuckers want to know what I’m plottin’ on lately? Don’t you worry ‘bout it all it’s gonna take’s a little paper to show it Mix mimosa out in Boulder I’m posted they say this Colorado lifestyle’s golden Like the nuggets in Massachusetts, come and get your NETA prescription! Seeing folks from new Hampshire make the drive to get lifted I twist my lemonade cap and relax Perks of being sober: waking up with your cash, still intact Drugs used to be the cash crops of have nots in trap spots Sales that wipe the tax off, the well-employed get dabbed on, but now? It’s legal smoke… companies with currency to blow, can reap and sow, oh Names indicted but today they open storefronts up? Taxation the new weapon for the war on drugs? Got the students in my college on my floor pumped up My advice? Legalize it all, it’s already us, us
12.
The Marathon 04:21
[Intro: Connor Cassidy] Yeah Stay on it, stay on it Yeah [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Lately been praying for all my enemies I got your engine runnin’ all the way home Said and done I bet they remember me But I know that they won’t love you till you’re gone The marathon goes on Crazy how we got to die for us live inside the minds Of every fan upon the planet we hold F*** it, I’m down to the be the sacrifice as long as you grow Hustle is all that we know [Verse 1: Connor Cassidy] Yeah Yelling rest in peace Nip Sprint a victory lap every time I enter the gym A heavy heart… as I chip away at this heavy bag Been losing faith that the hate among us can never last Ugh, cause it all goes on Pouring liquor out and roll down the window to blow strong, been so gone Frustrated my country out of control It’s translating to the burden of emptiness in my soul, I’m on the road Eyes witness the different sides of the tracks My city is not divided by different colours and tats It’s segregated by a money sign I understand aristocrats don’t got to wonder why It runs deep just like the basis of the racist administration that leads us Seeing people losing hope and turn to dope Not an addict, but of recent been escaping through the smoke Smoking killa with my AC on my ceiling cracked, yo Light my ‘back and count a hundred racks [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Lately been praying for all my enemies I got your engine running all the way home Said and done I bet they remember me But I know that they won’t love you till you’re gone The marathon goes on Crazy how we got to die for us live inside the minds Of every fan upon the planet we hold F*** it, I’m down to the be the sacrifice as long as you grow Hustle is all that we know [Verse 2: Connor Cassidy] Know the recipe is? For people to want to take what you live? Give ‘em enough of who you are, so that they take it to heart The envious get sunburnt under the shine of a star Start hopping out enough cars to get ‘em shot at Grind to where the top at Teaching what you believe will set the community free Talking ownership of the streets, taking buildings off of a lease You don’t need a business degree to give ‘em all that, ugh Music communication of mind-state The details that could slow the wheels of a crime rate Of forcing your people into survival mode Kill or be killed as far as rivals go I can’t relate to that I pray for that And Growing up away from that I had to learn it later on my own Food Shopping in Dudley with skin as white as my money Can feel the hatred of the eyes around me cut to my soul Yo [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Yeah Lately been praying for all my enemies I got your engine running all the way home Said and done I bet they remember me But I know that they won’t love you till you’re gone The marathon goes on Crazy how we got to die for us live inside the minds Of every fan upon the planet we know F*** it, I’m down to the be the sacrifice as long as you grow Hustle is all that we know [Verse 3: Kyle Bent] R.I.P a real one you know how it go You-friddy rivers with the drip you know just how I flow I’m trying to shine a bright heart they gon’ catch the glow Solid N**** from the Bean and that’s just head to toe Listen This independence turned me to a monster I’m blasting for new beginnings we ain’t slinging choppers Trying to take over the world super villain, Gotham Young boy got big vision call him Steven Hawking My man Connor said, run a marathon so I’m jogging on that b**** I’m just swerving angles I get the toggle on that b**** I’m a holy saint, I might write a bible in this b**** Whether they hate or love it just know that it’s Kyle up in this b**** I’m a tiger roaring, eagle soaring Open doors up Create a new song, but you know it ain’t a chorus We gon’ spread the love even if they isn’t for us Listen I’m a hurricane, and you know this n**** pouring [Chorus: Connor Cassidy] Yeah Lately been praying for all my enemies I got your engine running all the way home Said and done I bet they remember me But I know that they won’t love you till you’re gone The marathon goes on Crazy how we got to die for us live inside the minds Of every fan up on the planet we hold F*** it I’m down to the be the sacrifice as long as you grow Hustle is all that we know [Outro: Connor Cassidy] Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah The Marathon goes on It goes on, goes on
13.
Fine 03:04
Can’t even front I’m doing fine as I am At this point, I got my life upon the line for the Fam All I do is make my jump and go as high as I can, as I can I got control problems I don’t want my life to slip away through my hands Though I know I’m just a flash and that I’ll happen again When I go I pray to God you take me just how I am How I am, go as hard as I can (go as hard as I can) Pray you take me just how I am (take my just how I am Mandatory lows that take me higher in my understanding Though I swear I’m from another planet I been feeling kind of human No lie, get my demons off my back just give it time, I know my pain is just my Weakness leaving the body, I been cleaning out my closet every week it’s a hobby Why you think I’m always pulling up late to the party? Struggle tryna’ see beyond myself, entire past I bond myself, I load the clip and bomb myself, yeah I know my gratitude’s a weapon and it’s time to use it My solution for confusion in my nation’s music Might change my rap name to Lil Confucius Kill my own excuses reaching for the top Type to go to work and by the night I did my job I find it odd that motherfuckers’ still complaining what we got Most comfy generation yet the farthest out from God, hey hey Can’t even front I’m doing fine as I am At this point, I got my life upon the line for the Fam All I do is make my jump and go as high as I can, as I can I got control problems I don’t want my life to slip away through my hands Though I know I’m just a flash and that I’ll happen again When I go I pray to God you take me just how I am As I am, go as hard as I can (go as hard as I can) Yeah, I keep changing slow and karma levels rise to re-arrange my soul I’m training for whatever mountain’s left to climb Can feel the stress of time, ironic cause that isn’t real I testify my lows in life at open mics with hopes to find an open mind To open mine I break the ice with how we doing tonight? Just stick around and I can ruin your night Tell you stories of my painful days get faded till we fade away that’s doing it right Just like our parents did it, know just what we want but yet we scared to get it Power blinds the powerful the hours go, on and on I take a breathe and find my calm the mirror shows the eyes of god That pierce thru me and beyond Since Paul Pierce was wearing green I had a dream Not for rapping or stackin’ but more along the lines of peace They say the grass is greener I’ll admit I haven’t seen it Maybe hope that’s blind is still the shit we really need Just to feel fine Can’t even front
14.
I got whatever you want Whatever you need… Yeah, and I know how to get you high to me now Cause when you see us through the eyes of the crowd, it’s like we up in a cloud And that’s a long way down I see you working you should call me when you’re out Let’s go Let’s go Sippin’ passionfruit I’m in a passion phase Know our energy’s a match I feel it gravitate And I ain’t waiting on no accolades to act a way Cause I ain’t s*** but I’m the reason that she masterbates Clock my hours in and skate I got to catch the train Coming home feel aggravated like the cash is late But she know how to lay me out and set my mind at ease And keep my focus on what’s major, f*** these minor keys And you should see the way she move, she in the highest league Takes me up to levels didn’t know that I could reach… true lie What would I do without my Shangri-La? Divine feminine high Poor amaretto out and light up this fire I catch your vibe Mainly on my tastebuds Take you to your zone and have you sweating out your make up We fight, f*** and make up Private room’s a better show Take you up a level then I drop you down a semitone and let you go Whatever’s in the past I got to let it be gone I don’t got just what you need, I got whatever you want And that’s wherever you are I’ll be the double threat I won your heart and I ain’t even on my hustle yet You know whatever’s in the past I got to let it be gone I don’t got just what you need, I got whatever you want And that’s wherever you are I’ll be the double threat Won your mind and I ain’t even on my hustle yet I’ll make you drip with the sauce She got that 110 degrees Her friends’ll label her a centerpiece She got that double threat cold blooded tendencies I’ll pay the price to get a better seat A gentleman but not so gentle with my tendencies It’s like I turned her to an enemy Don’t send a picture of it come through and let me see it Life is short, and we could never be, without the sauce You know I gotta spend my time around a real one Hop you on the back I hit the gas and pull the wheel up Couple times, hell and back just so we can feel love Flyer than a helipad, these haters better fear us Remind ‘em what they ain’t got Stick around for take off I see ‘em out here treadmilling running in the same spot F*** ‘em, it’s just me and my lady vs. the world one time If you love the one you love then put your ones up high I pray to God I see the blessings right in front of me My mind is always in the future cause it loves to speed So she pulls me back into the present with her company And keeps her finger on the trigger if they come for me Rider s*** Early sun horizon lit Open up my eyes and the let this image of a Goddess in, we home And never argue over petty s*** that hits us we grown I take a hit of fresh air and get myself on the road, get goin’ Whatever’s in the past I got to let it be gone I don’t got just what you need, I got whatever you want And that’s wherever you are I’ll be a double threat I won your heart and I ain’t even on my hustle yet You know whatever’s in the past I got to let it be gone I don’t got just what you need, I got whatever you want And that’s wherever you are… I’ll be the double threat Won your mind and I ain’t even on my hustle yet I’ll make you drip with the sauce
15.
Lately 04:34
Hey Baby one more time One more There’s only one more time Only one more time Yeah, no matter who you are we’ll overrun your effort Skin as tough as leather Life a b**** the lust is nice but I know love is better Bump The Beatles when we f*** oh yea we come together Lately cheesing in my pictures over summer cheddar Stacking anyway I can Clear the road like I’m an ambulance Loud as hell as Satan’s rants Had a shot but it slipped through your hands Now you sing the blues you blew your chance Bank account is in the red, I’m spending time with fam There’s more important s*** than money at this time at hand Life a game of blackjack I got the highest hand But this dealer keeps matching me, tragedy’s in air My luck is off I feel the stress and run it off I got a feeling God about to put me through another loss I just pray it isn’t family What’s written will come across I comprehend and understand it But if it can be prevented you know I’ma chance it Candles light my room up in the summer when I’m home Miami made me introverted like being alone Until I call you over and we flip this to a zone Kicking back to watch her body twisting in the shape of smoke Relate to dope, she American with a European tone Likes to slow me down then speed me up and hit a zone Picture perfect but she flawed inside, envious in soul Don’t say that s*** to judge her I just know the s*** I know, yo And I been running out of time baby On hiatus, cause the only thing that matters in my mind lately Taking me away They put my momma in a home baby And Dad’s already gone she been alone lately How can I be sane with all the s*** that’s going on? Not afraid to die, I’m just afraid for who I know Try to calm it down I got my sister on the phone She can’t see me so I try to fake a smile through my tone Thinking how can I be sane with all the s*** that’s going on? Not afraid to die, I’m just afraid for who I know Lately I been out of touch, roll and hit the smoke Singled out amongst the crowd crazy I can feel alone Lately VERSE 2 Lately I do give a f*** Listen up No matter how strong your guard is you know the jab of life will you hit you son Operating table have ‘em stitch up Then hop back into operation, go fit on the gloves And never take your foot off the gas Or take a look at your past Just move past it, fuel it up and move faster It’s disaster if you fail to hold the family up Until your final breath is out you got to keep on manning up Some can’t adjust, they break and fall and numb the pain with cannabis Knowing that the money’s low, yeah I understand it’s tough But how you getting high, when no heat has got your people cold? To each his own, we reap and sow Then meet the moment head to head with what we’ve grown Life is like a labyrinth it’s the “what we know” That either gets us killed or gets us out and puts us in control Walls are hit with bullet holes Glance through ‘em like we should’ve of known Cause on the other side we see a light too bright to hold To write a map to it Got to look inside your soul and stay attached to it Life a rhythm let it flow Because your heart is still the drummer that taps to it, you know? And so if you do it, don’t half do it Make a show of true control Yeah Concepts are elusive it’s not something you can hold But you know Yeah Lately I been running way, way, way out of time Yeah And I been running out of time baby On hiatus Cause the only thing that matters in mind lately Taking me away They put my momma in a home baby And Dad’s already gone she been alone lately How can I be sane with all the s*** that’s going on? Not afraid to die, I’m just afraid for who I know Try to calm it down I got my sister on the phone She can’t see me so I try to fake a smile through my tone Thinking how can I be sane with all the s*** that’s going on? Not afraid to die, I’m just afraid for who I know Lately I been out of touch, roll and hit the smoke Singled out amongst the crowd crazy I can feel alone Lately
16.
Otherside 03:49
[Intro] Yeah-yeah-yeah [Chorus] I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Ride tonight) Yeah I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Ride tonight) Yeah-yeah A couple b****** got it out for me they wishin’ I’ma die tonight (Die tonight) If so, I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Mother******* ride tonight) Yeah [Verse 1] Ugh, Yeah I got control of God He only doubles up the s*** I focus on The road is long I travel light, the battle type, young Bonaparte Try me you get blown apart I rise above like Noah’s arc Blade lookin’ shoulder sharp Light exists although it’s dark, we spark it Keep my soldiers marching Driven into madness, Rosa Parks it At the top of where my energy goes Gut the bottle out with hookah pipes that’s Hennessy smoke Exhale until my lungs are black Life I’m having fun with that The upper-classes subtle jabs of “You ain’t got the funds for that” Don’t bother me none I know girls who went to college for fun Daddy’s allowances, they funded the drugs High as hell as I excel to different peeks of life I peek around with mental notes of what we all are like My observations hit conclusions that we’re all alike Maybe the darker zones are something that we all can light Death is a constant possibility And so I’m in the moment, one and only Something holy Self-sufficient I don’t need a hand to hold me You don’t know me Don’t tell me that you feel me Not the real me, baby really I would spin your world backwards like a wheelie If I showed you who I am when the moon is high I hide it for your safety cause it’s do or die for you and I To really let my rage out, hop out the suit and tie Let the monster out and then eat you alive, hey-aye-aye [Chorus] I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Ride tonight) Yeah I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Ride tonight) Yeah-yeah A couple b****** got it out for me they wishin’ I’ma die tonight (Die tonight) If so, I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Mother******* ride tonight) Yeah [Verse 2] Woah-oh-oh What you want to know? I got some secrets that I hold Would have to kill you if I showed ‘em Life is cold and I been snowed in since my younger days Killin’ time just keep it pushin’ look the other way Ugh I got to know, s*** I got to know So even when I sleep I keep one ear up to the globe Hear the whispers of the winds of time direct me where to go Turnin’ in my soul As I’m swervin’ off the road I get my handle back Replenish all my ammo back Vodka in the camel pack, Connor can you handle that? Silent only time’ll tell Life a b***** she fine as hell And so I leave my number on the table after dining, well I fell in love, with being me (me) So my game is tight The days are still whatever I arrange the nights A little more carefully The darker side of light Where I get my energy the other side of life I’m gone [Chorus] I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Ride tonight) Yeah I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Ride tonight) Yeah-aye-yeah A couple b****** got it out for me they wishin’ I’ma die tonight (Die tonight) If so, I let the other side take me for a mother******* ride tonight (Mother******* ride tonight) Yeah-aye-yeah-aye-yeah-aye-yeah
17.
Woke 03:29
[Chorus] They say they woke it’s a joke Life wise I’m starting out by saying I don’t know So my eyes open up to what it actually is Gives a glow to my aura on behalf of your b**** I’m looking better feeling better than I have in the past Committed to what’s real so it actually last I keep pedaling forward with my eyes on the road Starting every day with I don’t know… Homie I don’t know… [Verse 1] Kiss my sac b**** I’m sacrilegious Don’t identify with anything or any system That’s a one-way track to freedom You should feel it in my tone when I say I mean it And I’m just one track away from eating We in the digital age Media hits us and changes us in subliminal ways A lot of people confused A lot of ego ensues We start beefin’ over Benzes and shoes And now my face is on a screen got ‘em glued Am I clearing out the toxic smoke filling the room? Or am I adding to it? So much for walking down an eightfold path I sell a couple CDs to get my payroll back Live in the city so my time is where the pesos at No apology, I got to survive No time to sit philosophizing ‘bout what we can’t change Whole classroom like “what the f*** we doing here, mang?” It’s been a hot minute since I drove my suby out to the church Momma thinks I lost God I can’t remember the words To all the verses I’m supposed to memorize when they read But God doesn’t use words to talk to me so instead I envelop in silence, take a trip to the mountains Tapping back into the mind of my nature body in balance Pass days, weeks, months, years, f***ing lifetimes Never use my phone call or lifeline, I’m out on my own [Chorus] They say they woke it’s a joke Life wise I’m starting by saying I don’t know So my eyes open up to what it actually is Gives a glow to my aura on behalf of your b**** I’m looking better feeling better than I have in the past Committed to what’s real, so it actually lasts I keep pedaling forward with my eyes on the road Starting every day with I don’t know Homie I don’t know [Verse 2] Hey, aye, aye, aye So what’s faith? When I admit that I don’t really know a God**** thing I try to synthesize, what’s in my heart and my mind Hard to make room for s*** that’s not a part of my grind, be honest How you measure dedication to God? By appearances at church or what you do for your squad? Whether a church, monastery, a temple, or synagog Do your judge yourself on what you do that’s sinfully wrong? Take a closer look at ISIS the intent that they have Views are backed up by scripture that they keep in the stash So are they wrong trying to follow in the word of their God? A lot of war is in the Bible, am I reading it wrong? [Chorus] They say they woke it’s a joke Life wise I’m starting by saying I don’t know So my eyes open up to what it actually is Gives a glow to my aura on behalf of your b**** I’m looking better feeling better than I have in the past Committed to what’s real, so it actually lasts I keep pedaling forward with my eyes on the road Starting every day with I don’t know Homie I don’t know
18.
To Give 03:29
[Chorus] Hey Know I got so much to give I don’t know how to gain I know there’s only so much she can take on I don’t want to know it all before the love is made I want experience to show me who you are I got so much that I can give I don’t know how to wait I know there’s only so much she can take on I don’t want to know it all before the love is made I want creative freedom painting who you are Hey, aye I got so much to give I don’t know how to gain, hey [Verse 1] Love a game and we know how to play it Floating like we outer space Crush until our powers drain Combine and put us out again Cooking up a thunderstorm, glancing through the eye of it Anyone besides my lover I don’t make alliances too lightly these days All the noise I got to silence it We don’t know what time it is I wake up the horizon lit Her body turns the fire on Knows just what my mind is on I study like a scientist Connect with my environment The love is where my time has gone Elevate to higher thought She plays me like a violin I tap into the mind of God Let her take my life and turn this s*** into my final song Smoke and throw a vinyl on Mix up something kind of strong or not Cause either way we get our rising on And get our practice in Professionals don’t make it there on accident, nah [Chorus] You know I got so much to give I don’t know how to gain I know there’s only so much she can take on I don’t want to know it all before the love is made I want experience to show me who you are I got so much that I can give I don’t know how to wait I know there’s only so much we can take on I don’t want to know it all before the love is made I want creative freedom painting who you are Hey, aye [Verse 2] Yeah Can feel the tension break off Feel what’s smoother move in On the moment that I lose you, that’s the day I lose bliss I got so much that I can give… I don’t know how to take So much I’m tryna’ do inside this life, how can I wait? Floating like we outer space Whip a Suby like a Wraith Just call me when it’s late, and God’ll send me on my way Hey [Chorus] You know I got so much to give I don’t know how to gain I know there’s only so much she can take on I don’t want to know it all before the love is made I want experience to show me who you are I got so much that I can give I don’t know how to wait I know there’s only so much we can take on I don’t want to know it all before the love is made I want creative freedom painting who you are Hey, aye
19.
This Light 04:56
[Intro} I just get mad man Some days you wake up You look at the world and you can’t not get mad Tryna’ figure it all out You know? We can never runaway from this, no lie Only on earth for one more time And I can never turn my back on the ones who hold my side It gets hard baby it’s alright Just got to play your part as day turns night We protect this light We protect this light Ugh, learning how to rise Wake and I shine on ‘em Balance out playing add a little grind on it Mean what I speak so I bet my time on it If I want it all I got to do is set my mind on it Then I grip it in it’s physical form Never fit with the norm It’s my reign, these b****** can only big up the storm Give a warning to ‘em Winning is really nothing when you born to do it Shedding light, I dedicate my mornings to it The one sun rises in the east of the sky My spinal column got to keep it in line So I can program the universe into my mind Give me light I promise I can guard it for you One seed, I can bring back a garden for you, no lie Human being one more time Before I take my own place in the sky Give me light and let me go Yeah At least try to let me know That we can never runaway from this, no lie Only on earth for more time And I can never turn my back on the ones who hold my side We protect this light Ugh Pass the torch how The Fam do it Dark moments I really became a man through ‘em I got a long way up It’s an ideal saying that it’s always love Not life Cause these b****** want to shoot me down Throw me in the den and see ‘em chew me out True fact Take your best shot, cause we shoot back Labels are only friendly ‘till they recoup that Whatever game I trust no one but me Loyalty is a rarity though I’m open to see it And I can read it in the eyes of the few of the faces I keep with me Offices or not it’s street business In this world I maneuver for mine Young, business driven with a musical mind See I’m a seeker not believer cause the truth is sublime Man you think you know it all? Who put you in the blinds? God give me time Give me time We can never runaway from this, no lie Only on earth for one more time And I can never turn my back on the ones who hold my side We protect this light Yeah, life as a human Linking up and we learn to move as a unit Cause we can cover more ground together And with the right mix really put it down forever I got the same job title but it’s sounding better Chairman of social affairs I make the locals aware Every time that my energy up And my cold brew mixing with my Hennessy cup, ugh I get my people together to toast ice Life is meant to be shared, the only fee is the time I’m feeling free in the mind My whole world snapped S*** I might even call my old girl back I’m tapped Her request she on the bed strapped down And she don’t even ever yell the safe-word out I try and navigate it all man, life is a maze And my heart the only thing that ever guides my way, hey We can never runaway from this, no lie Only on earth for one more time And I can never turn my back on the ones who hold my side Held up high It gets hard baby it’s alright Just got to play your part as day turns night we protect this light We protect this light Ugh, got to let it rise Learn to move as a unit, man Yeah, we protect this light We protect this light
20.
Getaway 03:48
[Verse 1] I’m here to gamble like Gambino Moving silent maneuvering where they can’t see us I’m recruiting better join us if you can’t beat us 20 beats a week will have you having hand seizures Hope they hired paramedics up in paradise My boys throw a lot of ones without thinking twice Us losing is as likely as us drinking light In other words, you can save it for another night Or for another life Shades are on because the summer’s bright You should come fact check me for what I hum to life Time is all that it is Gives an edge to my verses see ‘em cut thru skin Muster my patience now the building’s what I run up in Knowing me I’ll probably run it to the ground I been under underground for too long Time to get my suit on Plotting while I pour out a concoction too strong Those who ratted on get ratatat We duck away from street life, and turn catalogs to Cadillacs Keep it low, I keep the plan wearing camouflage Win the war without sending any ammo off Meaning I can taste victory without licking a shot Pissing excellence, I know it only pisses ‘em off Get on your job, lil man, this ain’t a time to be lost Luxury of depression no I ain’t paying the cost, no way [Chorus] And I ain’t got to getaway I pull the lever and we levitate We doing better can you resonate? Got a lot that we can celebrate, what it is I don’t ever got to getaway Work and play we don’t separate Moving better can you resonate Got a lot that we can celebrate, what it is I don’t ever got to getaway [Verse 2] And I been fighting like a heavyweight It’s all-natural how we medicate Just let the elevator elevate Pace it out but we ahead of pace Might hit the party but I never stay Unless my people are at it, from the floor to attic We put the crib into action I even got the social chair up in heaven hating Jealousy is just a hell of a drug And that can mess a true gentleman up I don’t let my ego block me from a chance to learn something I know the stunting for the flash of it only is worth nothing We here to inspire Clear the fear from my iris We fighting fire with water, they on fire with fire, they burnin’ The game is life-like, it follows a purpose Names change over and tables just keep turnin’ I’m emotionless, I get mine Ain’t no way to live though Pull up to the block party see my ride dip low Life is moving too fast, soundtrack is disco Around here you either get aggressive or you live broke Machiavelli mindset Cause we don’t want the paper ordinary minds get it It’s not a judgment it’s a preference Self-employed but I’m restless Talking to God like will you write me a reference? Living better I credit Building up a muscle of faith Cause life without love is just a f***ing mistake Chase time cause she always gets to runnin’ away Reinvesting every cent I got no money to save, no Say what I mean, speak nothing that’s vague Keep it quiet on the nights where I got nothing to say A man of many words, many shots, and many mistakes I keep it moving got to keep my fam and enemies safe, hey [Chorus] And I ain’t got to getaway Pull the lever and we levitate We doing better can you resonate? Got a lot that we can celebrate, what it is I don’t ever got to getaway Work and play we don’t separate We living better can you resonate? Got a lot that we can celebrate, what it is I don’t ever got to getaway Hey, aye Cassidy Me Been a hell of a ride And it keeps going Peace of mind one is out See you next time around

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released March 28, 2021

Glory be too God... but some folks helped as well. Special thanks to James Corbett, Jonah Garcia, Joseph Eldracher, & SoSpecial Music Group, among others.

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Connor Cassidy Boston, Massachusetts

Connor Cassidy is an American rapper, producer, and guitarist from Massachusetts of Irish & Lebanese descent. He released his debut album PHOENIX on Nov. 12 of 2020.

His ambition-driven sound expresses his journey towards self-mastery & the cultivation of a peaceful warrior’s spirit.
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