she like the fact that i'm optimistic
i see the world for the taking
like it's a competition
so when i set out for the money
and see the opposition
i keep it moving
i'm proving
you musn't stop and listen
how many people i told to look out
since i been making music
my schedule getting booked out
i started making good instrumentals to get attention
now when people send me amateur music
i get offended like
plus my resume looking like a composer
got a couple hundred fans
now my talents getting exposure
on my way to blowing up as the artist you didn't know of
my bottled emotions
ready to explode like you shook up a soda
the life i'm living is far from perfect
and money problems are often
i'm hardly thinking it's working
and most of my people say what i'm doing is something special
when they ask me
i say it could be on another level
i hate to be honest
but it's great to be modest
as far as being a rapper
i plan on being the hottest
i'm no one inside the world
i'm equivalent to a hobbit
in the scheme of the things
even my deepest dreams
my vision is better when things are near
its hard to see the condition when drinking this everclear
and the parties i be attending
be covered in open beer
let's give everybody a shot til they notice i'm never here
and maybe i'm diving into the wrong subject
and how i'm claiming to be over
when i'm not done yet
i swear i had a feeling by the time i started buzzing
from the people sending love and giving up a random hug
i know to people i look stressed
made a statement just to prove your appearance doesn't bring success
so whenever i think about the beginning
i look at how i am living
and must admit that i'm winning like
seperate the gray and add the colorful
when it comes to getting cake
i got a whole oven full
she coming over
i swear i pity the other fool
she get undressed and the sex is
meet me in your dreamland
i don't know
what's true
it's just
me and you
i don't know
i just wanna
sleep
don't fight up against three
your laugh is so unique
and how you try to be discreet
with habits looking underneath
still living like a creep
headphones inside the jeep
promise me you'll never leave
but i know that talk is cheap
i hate it when you weap
you hear my voice and fall asleep
she always told me take a leap
i'm scared to fly without a beak
it's bad if you meant good
so misunderstood
don't pass the work i should
smoke plastic not the wood
i believe in second chances
dont agree with most romances
i'll lead in slow dances
you remind me of a girl
that reminds me of a girl
that reminds me of myself
i aint clever with the stealth
i refuse to wear a belt
and i'm sorry for the welt
never asking for the help
how am i doing?
doing well
it's all the same and getting worse
no more makeup on your shirt
it's hard to cover up the dirt
i'm just hoping that it works
true
seperate myself from how i'm feeling
this is willing
i'm still chilling
in my basement
from this attic
not the addict
but this added light
distraction from this rapping
i'm still lacking stacks to make it happen
smashing what's inside your lab
just like your dexter and im deedee
i'm asking how you see me
i'm asking would you be me
and lately it's been cold enough
still asking if you're old enough
i took the proof
you showed enough
don't hate the kid
im growing up
it's tough
i still cover up my eyes watching disney channel
i'm not surprised
i found a prize inside a hippie flannel
the first time i fell in love i bought a yellow sweater
my invisible glasses are red like the scarf that you gave me during the winter festival
they sit below my eyes
and while i stare i often get a glimpse of space and time
so i'm holding out my hand
haven't you grabbed it yet
i felt a draft inside my mind upon the masterdeck
spinning webs until my days are past
i'm just a lymphoblast
sometimes i feel we'll never make it
like the grapes of wrath
i'm feeling unsurpassed
but still i never met her dad
he said that he could never trust the negro spirituals
but then produced a daughter with a brain
now that's a miracle
i see your eyes behind the glasses
and i like them better
the first time i fell in love i bought a yellow sweater
wind in my face in subways
the blackened sky
will try to where i'm wrong
and i search among the stars
and spitting out my toothpick
i often wonder why i try so hard at moving on
we used to get along
darkest nights darkest nights
heavy weight upon on my ankle
still mumble in my sleep
still fumbling to speak
searching pathways of endless shining lights
and i was dead before this happened
so im dying twice
all i see is black
i just want to do my time and leave at that
i haven't made a song in days
i thank my team for picking up the slack
but now she speaking of a different person lurking
i been working trying to change the way i act
so why you talking smack
i don't peer through windows
i don't smoke any potent plants
i don't roll up the endo
i'll be stuck in this limbo
living more like a bimbo
my nickname was a taco
that was something they called me
i used to buy a burrito
changed my name to el guapo
told her no more tobacco
lifes a struggle
debacle
life is just like a movie
i'm only here for the plot holes
and i'll be back to the future
i don't think ima make it
cause there's too many pot holes
journey like i'm king playing gungi
black and white
i must have missed it
changed position in my skin
this optimistic girl is missing from my vision
had no plan to change the mission
but i'll disappear
if i could be with you so just forgive them
be my second hand
my eyes now
blackened like the distant space
and wait
just say my name before i lie down
i'm asking are you there
and wait for the response
i'm breathing harder air
to take it in and cough
it's not important
just the fact i'm back
is more than i could ever ask
feed me nectar in my final moments
dont be too busy
when i'm getting dizzy
thinking that i'm leaving soon
believing when i hold your hand that's turning purple
bleeding sorry that i'm squeezing
guess i never knew just how my strength would make you change
and all we did was play a game
and now my life is not the same
i'll let it go
it's me and you
when i get to close to beating you i'll let you know
admitting acting tough was just for show
Introspective, revealing and heartbreaking, "Sensei" is a debut full of mixed emotions, child-like nostalgia and classic romance. All within the dreamy soundscape layered by _pndahed. as he goes deep into his darkest nightmares and brightest dreams.
Malci's inventive production and rapping shifts between jazzy boom-bap and something more intimate, curious, and experimental. Bandcamp New & Notable May 21, 2019
An ode to the duo’s love of hip-hop; lively lyrical performances, in-your-face record scratching, and booming beats. Bandcamp New & Notable May 15, 2018
Brain Rapp’s recent album deals with the ups and downs of real life: health scares, bad breakups and newfound love. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 10, 2017
JPEGMAFIA follows November's EP! with this aptly titled release that explores distrust, anguish, and mental health. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 12, 2021