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1.
S.O.S. 01:49
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I know there could be a need for violence Careful not to speak over silence I know there could be a need for violence Careful not to speak over silence I'm selling my soul, every piece that I sold I live in the glow and I seek what I know I'm not one to be like "Damn, I told you so" But sometimes it be like "You really didn't know?" I don't need the nuts 'cause I'm focused on the dough Get it on my own, leaving everyone alone They just doing them, but I'm in a different mode Lucky I can swim, only border is a moat Say shit like "What's the point?", man that shit is moot I'm in C.L.E. with AV, Tommy, Ghost, and Mooke I'm in B.K. with my baby, Backwoods and the shrooms Ask me what I'm doing lately, working in my room I just write, and I write Alright, it's alright I'm one of the rare ones that sleeps at night We cannot prepare 'cause wrong is right How can they compare us? Different lives I came to dismantle all that white This isn't just banter, decisions I planned 'em Said I read it 'cause I banned 'em Two as one, tandem, two I know there could be a need for violence Careful not to speak over silence
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Untitled Song 1 01:24
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Know that if I take too much I'ma give it back I see a lot of evil deeds in the things they lack Benefit myself, but still help the pack In one moment, do it, you can't take it back I spend a lot of time in my day in my head Fill it up with green clouds so I don't fill it up with lead Time spent outside, rather be in my bed Know I can't live like this 'til I'm dead
3.
I Don't Know Shit About Karl Marx 02:14
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Change is the only constant in my life, and in yours, yeah that's right Pain is the only solace that I find, but I know it ain't right Wait for me baby, yeah I know I'll get it right, yeah I gotta make it right No more tears from me in your life I got friends that's stacking their cheddar, they just got a deal I know things may never get better, but I just gotta deal Swerving when I'm driving the whip, 'cause I can't grab the wheel I don't got a thing on my hip, but I'ma pop 'em still All this love in the world, why I only feel the hate? I got more than fog on my lens, I hope I'm not too late I'm not here for no debate, I'm not gon' meet you half way If you ain't hearing what they saying, get the fuck out of our way Packing and moving bullshit, getting paid more than a teacher Yeah I'm anti fascist, I don't know shit 'bout Antifa Don't put me in a box, I don't know shit about Karl Marx Feel the tide, no pod, I don't know, it seems odd When do I blame God? When do I blame myself? How do I get the wealth? How do I get the lifestyle that I'm trying to achieve? I need answers, please Change is the only constant in my life, and in yours, yeah that's right Pain is the only solace that I find, but I know it ain't right Wait for me baby, yeah I know I'll get it right, yeah I gotta make it right No more tears from me in your life, I don't wanna make you cry
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Anger Is A Gift That I Cherish 02:05
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Ay My views not radical, cop kill get a sabbatical Chopper through the blue line, I don't give 'em no time Columbus Circle screaming "Land Back!" Can't let it go, gotta say something to 'em Anger is a gift that I cherish Instead of being dead til I perish, embarassed Peers really enemies, I'm fed up Appear that they're into me, a set up Career in the industry, I gave up, what? I wonder today if anyone will see me off Close my eyes man, I'm signing off Fold the line, damn, really riding on Holding mine, damned I don't get it all, it's my fault In the fall, the autumn, that's where I feel it all Ay, ay, ay, ay Ay, ay, ay, ay I can feel it pass me, never ending fantasy Building up a legacy, remember who to be now Do it all it's up to me, heard it two times, maybe three Coming up I steady flee, never know who really down It's a waterfall, I feel it all down, now The best to talk, I'm for it all now Why you do that? Give me a reason Shot yourself in the foot, shell toe, no Adidas Thought I was taking a hit, then I fell for the red herring and feel like a sitting duck Life can be like taking a shit Sometimes you gotta give up wiping and deal with the itchy butt Tipping to the side, said I'm cold as Nova Scotia Told 'em I'm a viking sipping lean, I'm in a soda (Minnesota)
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Msthfeeln 01:51
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Said I'd stop for now, but I miss the feeling Told me stop for now, but I keep concealing Don't know much about, but I need the seal Said I'd stop for now, but I need the feeling What you dealing? Blues and yellow, I'm with it North Face only for the winter, pretty soon I ain't gonna need it Me and Ski hop up on a jet, flying over to a different building Never really knowing what's next, void that always need filling Said I'd stop for now, but I miss the feeling Then I told her turn around and she ain't even know I was filming Said I'm always down, yeah I'm riding with her Said I'd stop for now Step down, took another one, I'm bent out Better place your bets now, ain't much time left now CashApp ready now, never been a let down Gotta leave my town, head on over to the west now You know that I'm sick, but I ain't got the West Nile I always need another hit, 'cause I gotta keep my time down Ideas always floating away, I should probably tie 'em down Know I been away, but I ain't time out Know I gotta do it my way, by and by now Coulda just rode the wave, keep 'em buying out Any time I think I gotta stay, I just think "why now?" I just gotta clear my brain, said I just gotta wind down Keep the feeling Keep the feeling As long as I'm living, gotta keep the feeling
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Modest Mouse Float On, But I Fly On 01:01
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Rolling up, and I smoke it with no delay Give a fuck, there's no way that I'll be okay Fuck out, got no time for you today Bitch who got a lighter? Lover, not a fighter I'm a fire she ignited, roll a blunt and then I light it I just think it, I don't write it I'm a little too young to say "right on" I do not let bygones be bygones Modest Mouse Float On, but I fly on Never in my life have I needed an iron They don't fuck with me, but they keep an eye on I don't even know where I been in a day Soon as I wake up, high no delay Do I really need it everyday? I'm sure getting high, there's no delay Twenty eight, still ain't doing this for the pain Yeah I need the numb, yeah I need it for the pain But they slowly know my name Ringing them bells, that's from my name If you ain't getting bells, well that's a shame Yung Spring Bamboo gonna get it real play Eight hours a day how much I play But I'm working every minute, gotta get it any way I don't ever sign my life away I remember driving to Rockaway just to get a little cash on the table Come up to the seat, coming to the table I can be a lot, I can be a handful Ha ha ha ha!
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I'm bored 01:16
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Ay, ay Hokibo got the numbers! I'm the shoegazing Sade on Spotify Last time my vision is nullified Doomscrolling til I turn it in Deuce blowing, burn it in the wind I dropped my lighter down the fire escape, but I got four more Had it caught on tape, and he got four more Searching for the shore, middle of the murky water Saw land once before, so I know it's out there somewhere Smoke a boge in the warehouse, nothing else available Said it's old and they ran out, why should I be caring now? Ay, I can't let em bother me Proud Boys get the fuck up off my screen! I don't see a policy, all I see is tweets I'm committing robbery stealing all the seats Never let em sit at the table Burn the Earth from the core Heard the word, made me rageful I know my worth, and I'm bored Hokes!
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SHOEGAZER2 01:51
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Hey, yeah, yeah Hey, yeah, yeah I just rolled up and I'm smoking something potent Screaming "fuck the world" like I'm in the Red Lotus Give a fuck bout government, and fuck up out with POTUS Everyone so caught up, no one knowing what's important You know me, if I had some lean then I would pour it Smoking green, my shit is domestic not imported, get it from Portland And I'm smoking, and I might not leave the crib I don't know what day it is, fourth day wearing this fit Gotta keep my eye on em, If I ain't fucking with em, put a nine on em Nine that's the end, I fuck with the numbers Making beats and smoking weed, I call that the numbers I'm the number one, to do it Ain't even going through it, but she blew it You don't wanna fuck with me, you knew it Take more than a season to do it I don't fuck with Little Caesars, I threw it in the trash, then up Cash rules everything around me Weren't looking hard but you found me, me Never gave a reason to doubt me, hey Yeah I'm going up, she go down, B Yeah I lick it up and I'm down Yeah, cheat code, up, X, down, B Tell me are you fucking down, B? Cause I'm bout to live it up, living my dreams Give me second, not a minute, cause I got heat, heat Tryna walk all over me, but I burn ya feet, feet I don't think we'll ever meet, no worry G Gotta let that shit go, get it off me Let that shit go, let that shit go Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let that shit go
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albatross freestyle 02:21
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Because I got the wave Yo, this is fucking art! My dreams are big and soft, I get it, but what cost? Go behind my own back, one clap and then I'm off Round my neck, an albatross, ain't a single one I trust No meal, it's just a snack, one more time and then I'm off I could just book a room, I see impending doom Access it from the air, but my pen could light your crew I know they need the tools, I need it too Sometimes I feel the thoughts I think, sometimes I feel removed I'm staring off, I don't look - my mind just writing books My mom and dad they love me, but they gave me issues To proceed I can't refuse, I can't stop being confused Snap out of it before I snap your neck and then I'ma be in the news No friends, so that mean no news Couple stans and they kissing my shoes I just smoke weed, I don't drink lean, and I don't fuck with the booze But lately I'm popping the blues, not popping, this shit is not cool Some people think I'm a genius, and some people think I'm a fool And I gotta say both are true, got one, yeah I got my boo I've been working so hard and I'm on my feet, I put a hole through my boot Come home and I order some food, yeah, that's really just what I do I don't really mean to bother and I don't really mean to intrude It really seems so obvious, but no one seeing the truth I'm downing all them poppies and I really don't know what to do Contradict, ay, which one of thems true? In a secret small room, but I call it the stu SSRS 973 you know what I do And if you didn't, you know it now Ay
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3000 02:01
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My price at Chief Keef, tryna get it above Andre Said I gotta leave, and you shed a tear, probably From the 973 and I say it loud and proudly Rolling up a Back, and I'm smoking it loudly Said to turn it down, but can't do much about me Ooh she in the stu, but she knew all about me I can't fuck with you and I don't want you around me I can't fuck with you, never gave you a reason to doubt me I'm a healer, they fake sick just so they can dial me Not a dealer, can't get clicks I was in denial, see Never been a better time for me, they don't want a dime from me I ain't giving it when I got it New piece, yeah I went and got it How the fuck you talking Reaganomics? And the Red Scare, 2020 better prepare Don't be alive, but I don't wanna be here Don't gotta go there Referencing my past just bring me down, I gotta stay clear Only way I get passed is if I go up and I face fear I can't focus on this, or focus on that But I gotta be here Ay, chip up on my shoulder, but I gotta find some peace here Thought I was a beast then Skateboarding down Glenn every day in the summer Now I just lay low and I sit back, and I wonder Don't gotta steal it from under, gotta get it on my own I always been all alone, behavior I do not condone Lights down, got the Doug Dimmi-dome And I got it all on my phone Woo! woo! My price at Chief Keef, tryna get it above Andre Said I gotta leave, and you shed a tear, probably From the 973 and I say it loud and proudly Rolling up a Back, and I'm smoking it loudly Said to turn it down, but can't do much about me Ooh she in the stu, but she knew all about me I can't fuck with you and I don't want you around me I can't fuck with you, never gave you a reason to doubt me
11.
Design 01:04
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I'm thankful for the day I ain't getting paid, no Think I gotta get it any way Gotta get the paper Right now, two hundred for a beat Hit me on the CashApp or the PayPal Not yet, future kids gotta eat Then I gotta get it right now I'm in my prime now I just feel it, I don't write now It's my time now, it's by design now Hey, ya, ya
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i got dreams 02:11
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I got dreams, I been upping all my streams Smoke so loud around my demons I can't even hear the screams Keep it clean, my screen, no money machine If I come across some blues, put 'em away, they can't be seen Break down for today, feels like 2008 Feels like 2013, the time just floating away Gotta get in early, do it like what I say No one can hurt me if I can't feel a thing I got lemonade outside, no stand They wanna meet me outside on Nostrand I'm not there, I'm in P.S. or nowhere I'm not here, all my vices, don't go there Purple leaf in the pack from D.R. Stuff a G in a Back, not enough All for me, in my bag I run it up Not for me, back and forth, don't talk too much Ay I got dreams, I been upping all my streams Smoke so loud around my demons I can't even hear the screams Keep it clean, my screen, no money machine If I come across some blues, put em away, they can't be seen Break down for today, feels like 2008 Feels like 2013, the time just floating away Gotta get in early, do it like what I say No one can hurt me if I can't feel a thing
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Tab Freestyle 02:03
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Another tab 'cause I'm fearless More caps, can you hear this? Hey But I ain't lying, though Working on my timing, though In my room just rhyming, though Let it play out like dominos Fall Getting high, eating Dominos Making Ramen, though Gotta go, like vamanos Ay, lucky I ain't got problems with my nose I can smell the foes Follow the creases, and they show me where to make my fold Some of my friends, they really support me Some wanna see me fold They just chickens, but I'm a turkey Wanna see me bowl Some would try for fame and glory, others aren't so bold Hey, Ya Break out my ways, but I'm making another one Center my life so I ain't gotta settle And also don't feel like I gotta run Yeah, we prepping for the war Annie, go and get your gun I can't handle too much more, gotta lay out in the sun Do this for my future daughter, and also for my son I'm a saint and I'm a martyr, whichever one you want Said I'm climbing up the tower and never coming down I ain't seeking out the power, but I know it come around I ain't fucking with the powder, but I'm just blowing down Gotta link up like the router, even when the powers out Ya, Ya Another tab 'cause I'm fearless More caps, can you hear this?
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Flying 02:45
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Save it, then I get the rebound, and one Made it, then I do the count on my own I'll be flying up out and around in a month Why wait? I can stay around town, but I won't Forty seven times, my third eye be blinking a day Even if you don't need it, in this system you gotta pay Every day it feels good and it feels bad But it's really okay Follow that connection and say "fuck society" I don't got time to wait around, and I never did This is what I wanted since I was a kid If I'm being honest, for this, I would miss Save it, then I get the rebound, and one Made it, then I do the count on my own I'll be flying up out and around in a month Why wait? I can stay around town, but I won't Save it, then I get the rebound, and one Made it, then I do the count on my own I'll be flying up out and around in a month Why wait? I can stay around town, but I won't Call me superstitious, but I'll believe it when I see it I don't wanna take it, and I don't think it bears repeating Ay, I'm in the middle of a meeting I just want it, say it like I need it Moving so fast, and you're moving slow I don't even know which direction to go Follow intuition, and I let it flow Save it, then I get the rebound, and one Made it, then I do the count on my own I'll be flying up out and around in a month Why wait? I can stay around town, but I won't Save it, then I get the rebound, and one Made it, then I do the count on my own I'll be flying up out and around in a month Why wait? I can stay around town, but I won't
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LANA DEL REY 01:47
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Hokibo shit They wanna kill, well we killing too now If you gonna beef, well you just some food now I just ate a meal, mmm it taste so good now I stay high to deal, ooh I'm taking blues now Fuck the cops, Lana Del Rey It's a winning game how they sell hate Fuck the cops, Lana Del Rey Doesn't matter much what they tell me Cus I do my thing, and I always make it work Stay smoking Backwoods, you can smell it on my shirt And I never sweat it, but why you needing me? I got a recipe, bitch can you eat with me? They wanna kill, well we killing too now If you gonna beef, well you just some food now I just ate a meal, mmm it taste so good now I stay high to deal, ooh I'm taking blues now They wanna kill, well we killing too now If you wanna beef, well you just some food now I just ate a meal, mmm it taste so good now I stay high to deal, ooh I'm taking blues now
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Live Outside the Walls 01:00
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Self medicated days in store Self isolating way before the pandemic Say it's now or never, but we ain't falling in line In way before it's time, that's just how we're better But they got concealed Berettas Deceit behind the scenes, barely gotta clean the cheddar Fall between the seams, the stitch proficient Holding up what it's meant for, layed out on the damn floor Planning places that I'm headed Not sure if one is Heaven All day up in my bedding I live outside the walls, and wonder if it's worth the fall Need my chicken breaded I don't even wanna ball, I just wanna spread it Like a plain to see problem in America, apparently
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Yung Spring Bamboo 02:13
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I'm on some other shit, y'all don't want none of it Do it for the fun of it, I don't want none of it Ay, roll a blunt of stick I smoke it, that's my fifth Ay, got the envelope, going out on the 5th I just pack it then repack it Pack it, pack it I work hard, I'm not a slacker Slacker, slacker I do not dox, I'm not a hacker Hacker, hacker Prices they set, oh no, no hagglers Hagglers, hagglers Where I come from the money the motive Ay Add up sum, and that's my own, it's Ay I don't give a fuck about your wokeness Ay I just see the real, and I'm not approaching Yung Spring Bamboo in the cut every day Yeah I'm with me, you with you Why worry, baby? You my partner, not my lady That's forever, baby Every day I think about it, and I think about the day So many moments, so many days Why we alone in this? No need for that, bae And I'm smoking til I feel like I can't breathe Can't sleep at night And these demons, they be creeping I'm not strong enough to fight
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Don't talk to me 02:16
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I don't wanna stop rolling up I said, "baby, are you down for us, no?" Either way, it don't matter much Cus I gotta go I don't wanna stop rolling up All I wanna do is smoke a blunt, no Either way, it don't matter much Cus I gotta go Getting high is The only way I know how to cope Yeah, I'm smoking dope I just gotta get by Don't talk to me, my guy, no Blacked out beamer, I ride by Think there's something in my eye Cus I can't see the haters Dasani water, yeah floating through the vapors, wet Lit like I'm on fire, and I'm rolling papers, bet Coming up and I ain't reach the top yet Nothing you can do to delay me or stop it Yeah I'm on StockX tryna cop, I bet I'm all alone, I ain't with crew, I ain't with my set With my baby and we online shopping for a pet I don't wanna stop rolling up I said, "baby, are you down for us, no?" Either way, it don't matter much Cus I gotta go I don't wanna stop rolling up All I wanna do is smoke a blunt, no Either way, it don't matter much Cus I gotta go
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SATURN 01:47
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Floating off the Earth No need to go berserk I'm counting all my words I take it from my stash I pack it in the glass I'm learning out of class Now I'm high above the rest No need to get upset For you, falling back is best Now I'm back in the danger Just copped a new shirt Don't ask me what it's worth Keep my energy reserved Meditating on the day Gotta get it any way Yeah, my work is my play I'm not moving too fast Gotta reference my past My foot on the gas Now I'm back in the danger Drinking all types of tea Smoking weed, barely eat Got the sap from the tree Where I'll be in a year Tired of living in fear Need the resource to share Only listen to me Really need to be free Only need to look to see Now I'm back in the danger
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Peach Scent (Bonus Track) 03:03
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I've been feeling lazy Have you seen my baby? She the only one that can save me She won't let me go to the waterfront 'Cause of that day I thought that I would jump I can't do that to her or anyone Telling me they love me, but I'm tryna get free I've been posted up all alone, ain't with no squad I've been tryna take a t-break, but it's real hard Tuck and roll a back, all I wanna do is rap All she wanna do is clap, but I'm with it baby I'ma get it I can see it in they eyes that they faking Don't know how to monetize what they making All these bitches tryna come up, but I'm working 'til the sun come up Won't be long 'til I take it No, no, I don't need no help I got problems in my head and I know I'm not healthy No, no, I don't need no help 'Cause I'ma stack it up 'til I'm satisfied and wealthy I can get low, I can't hold a strap 'cause I know I'm gonna blow Tryna give me dap, I just wipe my nose You like Gotye, someone that I used to know Got a price on my head and I ain't tryna pay I think about it every day But I've been feeling I've been feeling lazy On the daily I been going crazy I really need my baby, she the only one that can save me But I've been posted up all alone, ain't with no squad I've been tryna take a t-break, but it's real hard Tuck and roll a back, all I wanna do is rap All she wanna do is clap, but I'm with it baby I'ma get it I can see it in they eyes that they faking Don't know how to monetize what they making All these bitches tryna come up, but I'm working 'til the sun come up Won't be long 'til I take it No, no, I don't need no help I got problems in my head and I know I'm not healthy No, no, I don't need no help 'Cause I'ma stack it up 'til I'm satisfied and wealthy I can get low, I can't hold a strap 'cause I know I'm gonna blow Tryna give me dap, I just wipe my nose You like Gotye, someone that I used to know

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compilation of songs released from jan to may 2021

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released May 14, 2021

produced, written, performed, and engineered by HOKES
track 1-2, 11, 17, 19-20 mix/master by Dominick Michele
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