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Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Tariq
Sorry I've been away for a little while
To be honest, I just had to fall back in love with this shit
Feels good to be back
Like,
Honestly, I've been talking this nonsense for so long
but it's just really my honestly honest opinion
I'm probably stomping these minions off of me, plottin
Since 96, way bigger than what they offered me
Awfully I've been treated
City really depleted with talent and generosity
Violence and animosity
Intellectual property, diluted commodity
In this token economy, glamorize mediocrity
Promoters got the game by chain
Holding monopolies, supporting if it come with the fame
And reciprocity, Tariq ain't playing those games
I'm an anomaly, gifted with all these scriptures
Depicting epistemology, spitomology
Spitting these writings like it's a prophecy
You oughta see, connecting these words like an apostrophe
Gotta keep on the low, till I improve on my own
I'll show and prove I'm alone, till I've been holding my throne
Astral traveling, battling demons, chattering
Seeing what I'm unraveling, knowledge that's earth shattering
Unearthed amethyst, word to my birth, talisman
Life an absurd balance, we gambling
Hurt to happiness, it's worth answering
Y'all just tiptoe dancing it, heard in
Your words stammering, seeing your hands clamouring
Flow, with unheard valances
Roll one up, take a tab to this black belt
When I'm babbling out of my brain, I'm scattering
The scatman, bringing it back, man
Into the trap, with a backpack, and it's full of phat raps
I'm Batman, in a city full of rats
Everybody talk this shit like it's fact
Everybody cop this shit, but it's wack
Everybody toxic, somebody stop this
Finna call robin before I start robbing
Everybody watches, wallet, baseball cap
I'm Christopher Wallace, say that it's cap
Ra-tat-tat-tat
Leave yo brain splat when I'm popping
Ain't no stopping, ain't no option
When I'm rocking, ain't no cops on the block they watchin
They patrollin, they controllin they, provokin
I can't hold it
I'm unloading, I'm exploding
Straight from the rage that I've spoken
Straight from the page I've been quoting
Straight from the paint Im bestowed with
Rolling up all the trees
Take it away with potion
I'm smoking exotic weed
And writing like it's an omen
And help me express with ease
Remember to live this moment
I'm blessing y'all with the peace
Remember to live this moment
I'm tearing up to this beat
This is my magnum opus
I'm sorry I had to breathe
Like this is my reigamortis
Let's go
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2. |
UNSTOPPABLE.
03:16
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Seen the potential is influential
Since I was youtube ripping these instrumentals
Now I'm plotting intercontinental no it's not coincidental
No this drop is not a rental
Shit i drop is quintessential when I pop its
Incremental, head noddin' sub rockin' blasting through your mental.
We take thisshit experimental they
Dig in my catalog to break it down and disassemble
Not the type to be described as a materialist
Rather keep my head down materialize shit
Not about the fame of validation rather designation
Of pen and paper awakened this
Hall of fame what I'm making it's all the same what they playin
Adressing the of nation though blessed
And I'm glad I made it
Yeah said I'm blessed and I'm glad I made it a test to
A path forsaken now see the numbers a test to the math that i'm acing
I'm mad and amazing the master embrace it
Amassing the razmatazzin magic
Freebasin with masons
When I mask off like I'm Jason
Mass murdererous boom bap body bag to yo fucking station
In another words I'll make it happen with this rappin
As well as make it happen with business plans that I'm mapping yo
Since 10th grade I was self made, self funded through high
Grade dawg yo shits played
Its tariiiq what u sayin?? put your hands in the motherfucking air
Its tariiiq what u sayin?? put your hands in the motherfucking air
Breaker breaker UH-OH breaker breaker
Somebody call the coroner body bags in the station
Breaker breaker UH-OH breaker breaker
They sleepin need to wake up yo we got this shit to shake up
(raw anger)
Its madness when I channel
Sadness disparity economic game been not fair to me
Though it's clear to see who control and who compared with the seeds compare it
With me I dare you to speak its damn heresy steppin to me what they gonna do to me
They neuter me I go deutoronomy shit not new to me
Breaker breaker, breaker breaker, diggin up the
Illest samples to break up like Tomb Raider
Man I'm coming so smooth with this I ain't even right no more I just do this shit
I be the ultimate pen holder scrolls like YODA hit em like
Wingardium Leviosa rolling in the testarossa
La cosa da nostra she snortin coca off my scrotum
(disgusting) said she gon suck on these nuts the way that I'll be spitting
It be like what the FUUUUUCKKKK!!
Skeet-skeet on your bitches teeth leave a sticker of TARiiiQ sayin check these
Beats, I aint know it was your missus man I fucked your girl now you my biggest fan
Fuck yo bitch, crash the whip come, park the shit, come back to the explosion just to spark the piff
Im Tom cruise in mission impossible with more booze and liquor then shit im unstoppable
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3. |
PRESSURE.
03:28
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4. |
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Spread the love, sippin' on potion, I'm takin' hella drugs
Shroom caps, LS, bud, till truth that compelling us, yo
Hell on earth, that's what I can see
Reality conceived either through media or mockery
And mediocrity, celebrated over elevatin' the mind, could be
A form of they hypocrisy contradictin' Hippocrates' oath
The sides isosceles, both politicize atrocities
When human rights the problem invoked
Who got the cleverest jokes? Gettin' the popular vote
Oh yeah, they obviously "woke"
Yo, Socrates, philosophies
Fuck that, I'm Aristophanes
In this meritocracy of sharin' this content for comedy
Apocalypse comin', probably find me smokin' rock with the fiends
Sayin' fuck the world like Tupac, y'all can't stop me from dreams
Vision is painted, shirt has been stained with blood of my nation
Blood, sweat, and tears, it gets deep
The meek shall inherit the earth, who got the keys
'Cause look in the pages, swear they gon' see
The 20s is the decade the goat was overshadowed by sheep
Look in the pages, swear they gon' see
The 20s is the decade the goat was overshadowed by sheep
Selective memory of Memorex
Cassettes of Das FX
Slayed many men on many decks
But remember I was mad depressed
Selective memory
Of the times when it was mad unrest
I had expressed it off my chest
Now mastered it, to that effect
The rap game, Professor X
Play this on the tape deck
Slayed many men who play friends
I saw your set, you train wrecked
I'm ridin' on that apex
You more like dick, ridin' for a paycheck
That's why you got concave neck
Through breakneck speeds
We breakin' these leaves
Inhaling the trees
I paint what I bleed
Put it all together, it's so magnifique
Open up your eyes
What does it mean to be free
Fill us up with lies
Peace to the we who believe
Call me Big Poppa with the pen
Probably again
Mad shotta boy rollin' ganja up again
Illest in mi casa, es tu casa
You and imposters, peep the mobsters
Dishin' rhyme like steak and lobster
Possibly they plottin' on my downfall again
Honesty they'll wallow, let it blow with the wind
Won't let them in, Allah
Gots to pray again
Strong medicine for our lives
And all y'all sins
I got more fans in other cities than mine
It's a pity, but give me more of a reason to shine
'Cause I'll be gettin' daps
In these towns that I travel in
Take it on tour, get paid for my babblin
I've been talkin' to myself, they really all mi amigos
Word around they thinking I be loco in mi barrios
Spit it on Adagio or pick it up on Allegro
If you ain't on my audio, then adios
Blood, sweat, and tears, it gets deep
The meek shall inherit the earth, who got the keys
Look in the pages, swear they gon' see
The 20s is the decade that gold was overshadowed by sheep
Look in the pages, swear they gon' see
The 20s is the decade that gold was overshadowed by sheep
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5. |
HIGH RISES.
03:00
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Yo, what the fuck going on in this world today Everybody quick to talk, but I ain't seeing
a change
Shit ain't sweet in this penthouse suite
All we hear is police gunshots and loud screams
Yo, waguan this place to be
I'm in the high rise now, but it's make-believe
Low falls and it's plain to see
Low falls staying under me Yo, check it
Yo, what is wrong with this world today
Everybody wanna talk, but they ain't got shit to say
I guess that's why I keep the studio close
And I keep my brain sharp with knowledge till the truth unfold
Levitate into the sky like your boy can float
I'm making money, but I still be broke
My soul get choked
Wallet getting thicker, but my strive depleted
If I aint living this life with no rhyme or reason
High rises and low falls coincide with mortgage rates and stock calls
They trying to buy the building I reside in for half the price people buying,
Creating a slum law
Oh Lord, in this penthouse suite
But it ain't that sweet when it's corrupt as can be
Up high in my lowest dwellings
They all hooked up on pipe dreams my neighbour's selling
Yo, what is wrong with this world today
Everybody quick to talk, but I ain't seeing a change
Shit ain't sweet in this penthouse suite
All we hear is police gunshots and loud screams
Yo, I waguan in this place to be
I'm in the high rise now, but it's made believe
Low falls staying under me
Low falls in this plain to see
I keep boom-bapping, tomb-rapping
Cause who's happening other than these true has-beens
Sick like I'm hacking, sick like Wuhan
I'm a dirty bastard, sick in my neurovascular
Tempo subjecting my flow
Perfecting my style, my mind is ten toes
Down underground, you find the sub-pound
Flow to the dome, that make the gun sound
I am that shotta, boy finna prosper Boy finna pop ya
See, it's all about authenticity inna city, nobody do my style like me
In my sleep, take a backseat approach to these days
I float away through notes I page like coastal plains
Coast to coastin to oceans, going through motions
Till the mind eroding, overflowing with emotion
But in the cypher we vibing, it's revival
Of community, yo, the streets is like survival
I just try to preach, but these days it's tribal
Feet slanging dope next to thise, thumpin bibles
Lost our senses, we all became rivals
But love is the answer, love is the motto
Love is the answer, love is the motto
Love is the answer, love is the motto
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6. |
slow down (interlude)
02:31
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7. |
4Elijah // Ridin' Along
04:15
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Man, it's crazy how quick things can change
But how much perspective you can get
It's funny how hindsight is 20-20
Feel it
Confessing on the microphone
That's when all the lights go off
Man, I was so fucking depressed
I got my license took
Cheap skate for cheap thrills
Still homies take pills
That's real, I stay chill
Used to drown in liquor, thought I had gills
R.I.P. to the man, damn, we lost you to that fade
Used to tell me to hold true
I was too young to demonstrate
I know you in a better place
I hope you levitate
I hope you're still skating up above in heaven's gates
You left the world that ain't deserving of your generosity stay above
What society pave for us
Knew the cost, but we paid too much
I'm still here and it's hard to clutch
Still sip beer like it's a crutch
I miss my homie, that's real love
It's still console me what you did for us
You was right, people fake as fuck
Learned that shit in the club
DJ-ed in that scene
Now switched it over to creative stuff
Never understood when you explained to us
But you was right about life and how it changed us
I remember rap was a game for us
Now I write about life, homie, wait for us
We gon' light one up, homie, wait for us
We gon' light one up, homie, wait for us
We all judge from afar
We're all guilty of it
Take that guy on the street there
He's a bum, he's on drugs
We just look right past it
And effectively dehumanize a fellow being
With a story and a struggle like all of us
And don't get me wrong, man
It gets tough to keep trying and trying
When they keep falling and falling
This one's for y'all
The misunderstood, the characters, the voiceless
If we took the time to understand the perspective of others
Instead of just assuming them through our own lens
We'd all become wiser
And that same logic applies to the entire world
A lot of our issues come from a lack of understanding
High rises, low falls
But it ain't about the contrast
It's about the facade
I'm in this high rise
But what's beneath me is a broken city
Am I really removed from that
Or am I just another neighbor?
Always obsessed about the idea of real
Alienated from the mass of appeal
Used to kick it with the youngins after school
Smoked weed and Eat shrooms
But you became confused
Back then you weren't as stable
We enabled you to swim in deep waters
We were warned about could take us
Drowning in the deep
But couldn't breathe in the shallow surface we live in
The mental strain, could just break us
Overlooked by the rest of the world
And artists who never heard
You ended on the streets where the wicked disperse
Your kindness blind you from the mind-sick
Parasites, he stab you in the back
No conscience
Hindsight, man, if only I'd been there
Wish I was still there
Wish that you would know that I still care
Still idolize your character
When I felt it disappear
It's hard to find the real
Your authenticity's still rare
Authentic though it's augmented
Decoding hieroglyphic scriptures
In each of your sentences
Your segmented speech made sense to me
'Cause like me on these beats
The style you speak was free
It's hard to trust people lately
The only time you wasn't straight
Was ridin' in fakie
Pushin till the wood turn to dust
'Cause life a harder obstacle
Than those stair sets you crush
And though you may not live on
Your spirit flows through me
As I'm writing this song
Though you may not live long
Your spirit flows through me
As I'm writing a song
And as I'm riding along
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8. |
SMOKE THE PAIN AWAY.
02:45
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Smoke the pain away
Turn the blunt into a vapour
Let the ashes trail away
I've been on my wave today
Reverse the curse, I'm feeling hurt
And I just go and fade away
I'm stuck inside the surface level
Heard the devil, hurt the vessel
Chasing riches, heard the revels
Taste in bitches, curved and bevelled
Focus on my music now
I keep it low, desert the treble
It's a cycle, It's a spiral
Generation in revival
Sitting high up in the sky
Amongst the lowest urban dwellers
Crack rocks, gunshots
Bumbaclot, you got the jackpot!
I'm trying to make this paper dough
But losing every inch of soul
If I try to maintain
In this surface level world
Smoke the pain away
Turn the blood into a vapour
But let the ashes trail away
I've been on my wave today
Reverse the curse, I'm feeling hurt
And I just go and fade away
Got the carpal tunnel in my wrist
The risk of writing all these scripts
I've been enticing with lyrics
I've been enlightened titan smitin' they cant
Can't weather the storm I'm in
Or measure the force I bring
Ready to call it quits
Winter is cold, the cold my friend
Still on my tour till Cole my friend
Roads is icy, gas is pricey
Settled the score with broken men
Still getting calls from the government
Demanding money from me to spend it on tools
That keep the sufferin'
Irony of greed for the sustenance
And I don't even agree somethin' sus-in-it (SUS)
Egregious, my cerebral cortex
Can't seem to control what's next
Anytime I breath, man I might just flex,
Cycle dun' repeat like it's a vortex
The law says to be fair it's four steps
To see clear is raw sex to your ears
The Lord is my lone fear to Shaytan ain't round here!
I bowflex for more gains in my sets
The most stressed, the Rogaine dun' help yet
I'm Kobain with more pain, no progress
My cold veins from old flames, a thot yeah
Pull two shots, they both blank, I confess
It's no safe in my ends with unrest
I can't sleep, till way past the sunset
I'm hopeless, hopeless
Smoke the pain away
Turn the blunt into a vapour
Let the ashes trail away
I've been on my wave today
Reverse the curse, I'm feeling hurt
And I just go and fade away
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9. |
poison
03:25
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High rises, low falls, you know what I'm saying? It's like 4am right now
I swear sometimes I get lost with this hyper-focus, you know
On and on and on and on and on
Channeling thoughts, I focus every time I speak it
Finding the reason, defining the lines, intertwined with the beats and
My mind is a beacon, open the light to the blind that we reaching
Eyes on the prize thats defining the meaning, the guise enterprise of the minds getting weakened
Comatosin overdosing over words I've spoken
Hack away a hundred times, trying to cause commotion
Blessing on the microphone, I'm bumping, Flying Lotus
high on potion, rambling my quotings just so they ain't notice it again
I ain't noticing the trends, they promoting it again
I've been living on my truth, sick of them preaching it again
Sick of them breaching all my trust, it's been a few years till ain't erupt ya
Two tears in a bucket, it sucks
Honestly, my life is a mess and I can't get a rest
No emotion other than the swollen pain in my chest
Rather be depressed, at least then I would have some shit to write about
It's a cold, cold world, that's some shit I'm right about
Sleep is the cousin of death
I try to rest my head, but the reaper left my DM unread
So many words unsaid, maybe I'm better off leaving them inside until I'm..
How do we know whats real, if we ain't coping and heal
Like if we don't talk this real
How we gon' open, how we pose to fill
I'm posed to kill, to posterboy of
Keep it tucked up under steel
But girl, you got me under spell
You understand my troubles well
Bodies speaking like we under telekinesis
Society just tell us to keep it in, that's telling our weakness
I phone her, to find out the truth
So I lie for her, to lie with her
My life unheard
Lessons learned turn to blessings unfurled
So absurd on the mic, how I've been flipping these words
Speakers go burrrrr, stoppped caring if they really gon' hear
Man I'm so underground, my tunnel vision is blurred
My drive is slow, my mind is gone, it's been corrupted
Used to have these blind dreams now, but I'm reluctant
Poisoned by the evils of the internet
Things that used to validate me, now just make me second guess
I strive to be a better person, break the curses
Multiple generations, pain and hurtin, don't deserve this
You could try, scratch the surface, but could never match my purpose
Master verses, amass the purses, mass diversion, that's for certain
Lost in the realm between ideal self
And staying stagnant because I see wealth
I need help, to bring back passion
But everlasting satisfaction of this rap shit ain't happening
Sleep is the cousin of death
I try to rest my head, but the reaper left my DM unread
So many words unsaid
Maybe I'm better off leaving them inside until I'm...wait
Sleep is the cousin of death
Maybe one more shot gon' get the pain out my chest
Sleep is the cousin of death
Just really fucking need me a rest
High rises, low falls
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10. |
inner ramblings
04:20
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I'm smooth like butter way i utter all of these words
So any meanings you discover just a bonus for you rap nerds
Hah, and it's reality, and that hurts
Still im grindin till my stock is risin like unvaxxed sperm
I'm overtaxed with earnings, The sorest back I'm hurting
And all this marijuana burnin, feelin like a burden
On my lungs, and on my conscious
Im overthinkin everythin this illness gettin chronic
I've been losin money sacrificing for this music business
Specially through booze and drinkin using women
Find me when I'm overthinkin doubting everything I wrote since the beginning
Never knew the limit somehow I still ain't lose the interest
And they ain't heard of me yet, but that's alright though
I'm a slow burn like raw blacks with a tight roll
Life's short but I waste it in the studio
Missing out on friends and places call my phone it's muted though
But we up, we up, we up, we up
I'll take the shirt off my back for this rap
Market that for 25 a cap
Put it on my merch store for no one to buy
Shit's been live, where the fuck you at??
Credit card maxed, car payment maxed
The only thing that isn't maxed, is my rhyme scheme cap
And these masters I get sent back that's capped
The syllables tact, all you critics is CAP
Aight aight if you listenin' for this long
Here's a tip for all y'all you could buy this song
For a small price of $1.29
And provide me the same earnings as streaming it 400 times (it's real)
It's cool though I keep it chillin,
When I die my legacy will be worth many millions
It's cool though I keep it chillin
When I die my legacy will be worth many millions
Preaching every line and sentence till I find repentance from my God
And til the squad will find ascension through my penmanship
My pen is, the apprentice in this rap game
Since the dentist gave me a gold tooth and I copped a cladded chain
Most of y'all been rapping for the metrics, never felt this pain
Never felt the funk, the grooves inside your veins, you know I do that smooth shit
I be confident my competence it's common sense I'm confident
Until I seen accomplishments
To this game moppin this, Mind beams marvelous
I was hitting smooth on my tracks, Big poppa shit like
Big Pun in 96 with lyrical concoction shit
We rapping nonsense half the time, Yet you buying it
Why you bothering I'm fathering
You should have been swallowed in
I'm squabbling you wobbling with hollow wind
I'm conjuring
Like I was in Hogwarts walking through the double door
Hanging with that Dumbledore
I don't know a bunch of dorks
yo I came in with the flow
Expecto patronum this weapon
I'm holding exercising my poetic form
Impending fall for the ill-informed I hit em with the shining light
This the spark I might ignite Mike Tyson slicing rights
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11. |
KNEW BETTER / DO BETTER
04:25
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Watch this space before it blow up
Watch me talk my place before it show up
Toxic trait, walk away before it glow up
Watch me fuck up again, I might throw up
I thought that I knew better
Not that I would grow bitter
Yeah, yeah, yeah, saw you in your new sweater
Even got some new letters
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I ain't ready to settle
Got too much i meddle in I'm too clever
I thought we would grow together
I guess I know I'm better, I know I'm better
Swear I've been so blessed up on the stage
Looking at they pretty faces knowing everything could change, uh-huh
Higher consciousness, I know the consequence
Might take a little time, but I got confidence
Energy through these beats resurrected
I gotta stay protected, they tryna take my nectar
The fruits of my labor, nobody could save her
She was in her own world, I thought I could make her
Into something greater, be the reason why this flame will ignite
But such is life, it's why I write, so I'm
Back with a lighter and a microphone
Jotting on the pen again until the fucking lights go off
Lying in my bed, flying in around my head
Contemplating all I heard, I'm a lion in his den
Lions never lose their sleep, over the opinion of sheep
I'd be lying if I said I ain't thought about relying
On some meds not replying, though it's red
I'm applying these instances to self-worth
And that shit really prying out my head
I'm an outlier instead, I'm fine to be then
At least they know when I ain't tryna pretend
I thought that I knew better
Not that I would grow better
I just copped a new sweater
Even got some new leathers
And I ain't ready to settle
Got too much on i meddle in I'm too clever
I thought we would grow, whatever
I guess I ain't know I'm better
I know I'm better
I know I'm better
I chose this life
I chose these sacrifices
Walking to the path of words of spoken art
All that started with a broken heart
And a bone to pick like Bonaparte, we've grown apart
The paradox, we've grown a-part each other hearts
Still remember Calls creating tears that flooded Noah's ark
I tried to describe cause it's hard out here
Windows smashed in the parking here
If I'm speaking truth, shit is awful here
Why y'all ain't talking here, Why y'all ain't talking here
The way they talk is make-believe
They make it up, it's Maybelline
I may erupt, I make a scene
But you could say I'm preaching me
Built for a legacy to preach to my people
Real MC to the steeple
Taking each of their evil cerebrals
No equal to my ether flow
I'm breathing demons settle and even the score
Until they ain't speaking no more
Leaving them eager for more
I take ahold, it's front line, front page
Both mine, it's my time, shine
Split psychology
Write my path among the stars like it's cosmology
Find myself a new dwellings
I know I'ma do-better
Spitomology
That's why I'm this free today
Weight on my shoulders, man, my knees'll break
So today we celebrate
I never thought that I would need a break
But I did, I did, I did, I did
I really did
But I'm here now
And this is just the beginning
Thank you so much
Thank you, thank you, thank you
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12. |
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What's good, y'all been waitin', huh
This what you all been waitin' for, ain't it
The pictures I painted, I dun explained it
Intricate flows, but you want the same shit??
If I ain't in they scope, I think the whole game racist
Let's take it back to the slave ships
Now those same masters usin' ours to chain us
It's heinous, so fuck it, dawg, I made it
I been killin' rappers under pavement on some Norman Bates shit
I spent way too long hating
Not enough time exercisin' greatness
Still got too much ridin' on my plate
It's never enough time for the rhymes I made
Fuck you and fuck you too
This clout chasin', friend fakin', I'm immune to
I stay in the lab, this I'm not new to
Respawned, I been comin' for domination like Mew-Two
Nardwhar, the way I du duuuuu
I checked out your YouTube
That shit was doo-doo
This game I pay dues to
These lames I just chew through
My mind like a Rubik's cube
Complex bars sprayin' on the walls like it's Mac-a-roni
Test me, I make ya nose bleed
I'm slidin' through the city like Shinobi
Y'all gon' need to muscle up and I ain't talkin' hypertrophy
If this was golf, you'd hit a bogey
If that's your girl, I hit a boney
So much trouble, drummers, crodies
And ice on these streets, we gon' need a Zamboni
We losin' basic rights as human beings
Where I live, the snowflakes remainin' every season
At the same time, my people bleedin
Hard to shake the guilt, they gettin' killed for no reason
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