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The Color of Us

by Awthentik

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1.
Yours Truly 03:51
So make sure that you getting yours Just make sure that you getting yours cause that's just how it is yeah... it is what it is [verse 1] yeah... a different kind of a speed I cut from a different cloth a different kind of a breed I aint no pitbull puppy my n**** I aint no pitbull puppy my n**** [go and get yours] get this money open these doors you dummies is cleaning floors and probably trippin' moppin floors and droppin dishes I'd rather work for a dollar that probably goes to my children taxing me on that dollar, I swear to God it's division... I know it true colors aint hard to find when they show them so make sure that you setting goals It's hard to see through the dirt when you're climbing up out the soil I'm knee deep in that kitty, I pull it out like a sword, gettin' yours [hook] So make sure that you getting yours Just make sure that you getting yours cause that's just how it is yeah... it is what it is [verse 2] I got $10 to buy us a case, they never taught us to save It's funny trying to chase, my dream aint runnin' away Go get it [I got it] these youngins running in place, it's right in front of they face I got balance on everything I know karma coming my way yeah I know how it's difficult doin this day to day I just wanna see my youngins skp the bullshit but you know youngins they be steady on that bullshit they was driving cool whips, you was riding shotgun with the cool kids but when it's time for yours if you aint got one then it's foolish yeah that's probably where you got your name from you must be failing to remember where you came from.... gettin yours [hook] So make sure that you getting yours Just make sure that you getting yours cause that's just how it is yeah... it is what it is to busy running the race
2.
what's a blessing if your eyes was closed when you received it by the time you got the truth in your face you wouldn't believe it look a the boy, look at the boy, she say I'm handsome you get a clue, button your lips, I run through the desert, I'm coming for ransom I aint the one, I'm knockin it down I heard she got a grandson [random] she taking a knee, that aint got nothing to do with the anthem son of a gun, they left you abandoned, i aint from earth the greatest show ever but I aint on turf runnin the play, run it like kurt run it back like the Rams did I'm Evil Knievel, I know that it's evil to follow the ways of the world I catching the fire, catching the fire, for looking a way at your girl a day in my shoes, looking at you, like how can I lose this race? I'm dealing with fools, I take them to school, like I ain't got moves to make a lotta sh* to do while they asleep and wonder why you awake many will fall from grace or never see it, only a few could wait gettin' wasted blowing jays inside my basement we never looking back and regretting them days we wasted, I made it Go tell a hater I made it.... yeah and you couldn't tell me sh** when you barely got $5 on your last meal and the world don't give a damn how you feel You got one life you gonn' live [hook] Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way bitch Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way bitch Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way bitch Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way my n**** told me I'm the Goat I'm the lining on the coat ironic how I caught a wave from saying fire that I wrote I'm prevalent, heaven sent, I supply them with the rope but I was too high from puffing on this fire from the smoke the wave crashed on the shore the day you lying on a boat that dodge charger aint a blessing, you aint riding with the pope I see these rappers falling off yeah declining on a slope I put in hours, give me flowers with that time that I devote Montana, Brett Farve, success aint no mirage I ain't stressin bout the job, my Jerry Rice is a God I told Manny just keep pushing, it's a lesson from this odd cruel world that we live in, it's destiny for my squad. We gonn' make it..... aint no problem for me to solve floating like butterflies, they trying to break my guard chasing cash is a vibe, I'm Cashius Clay with the paws breaking a couple rules, they praying I break the laws another n**** in prison [this a prepaid collect call from] statistically I'm the odds they got us trapped in a jungle, I rumble like I'm abroad you hanging on by a claw before you fall to the canvas, you lookin' up at a God [I must be the greatest, I told the world, I talk to God everyday, If God is with me can't nobody be against me] and you couldn't tell me sh** when you barely got $5 on your last meal and the world don't give a damn how you feel You got one life you gonn' live [hook] Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way bitch Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way bitch Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way bitch Get out my way, you in my way, get out my way
3.
Broke as f** but I'm living a fool bitch I sit down, I take a shit, even my stool rich [eeew] cool chick chillen with us smoking reefer puffing clouds super high up in the sky, she a giant diva abuelita cooked the rice, yeah it's Condoleezza this gonn' get your head right that's like Athanasia OG if they don't know me, Rocky Maivia why these rappers rapping like they rapping just to buy a Kia look at the way we been living bruh, listen up this is about the way you've been giving up, I lift them up motivations for people already motivated and I ain't leaving the city, look what I cultivated yall promote that bullshit knowing it's overrated n****s gonn' be n****s forever, you know that's orchestrated everything they ever taught you that was fabricated this is how to understand the truth without a affidavit I don't judge but I'll give them a sentence swell up a niggas grill like the dentist, who is my apprentice not a soul cause I'm alone when this race is finished you watch this rap shit diminish in a flying minute controlled by a couple strings like a violinist she want a beach, she ain't gonn' get it till I'm buying venice buy a business? Dre told me some real shit these chickens lying on my d*** like some lying bitches yeah! [hook] they be asking how you do that kicked her out the crib, she like n**** why you do that we aint sippin henny put your pennies where you food at money where your mouth is See I aint really trippin' off the bullsh** [no bull, no bull, no bull] See I aint really trippin' off the bullsh** [no bull, no bull, no bull] [chaz]
4.
Lost Soles 02:55
I know it sounds foolish, and I'm out to prove I’m the freshest youngin, call it love, What I got to lose. youngin' walking to the bus, a pair that i could not refuse lock in my deposit for my closet with the rarest shoes yeah .......yeah I’m searching for a lotta clues about my people rappers is rapping for a lotta views starring out your bedroom window a Trash view and shoes, pile up go crazy react to them my time on this earth precise to pass through .and Rent got you selling your jays, it’s past due Shirt match your pants, wit bands and mad buddah Till a right hand make you crip walk like zab Judah put them hands high, been robbing n****s since 95 Eddie Bauers, sending flowers to mamma when man dies Them 95 air max bubbles, the same size it's all about my come up to blow up like land mines for suede 5’s I cut a youngin like samurai’s or little asian youngins collecting kicks with slanted eyes a chubby boy walking he fresh, demanded mines If he dies then he dies, I’m drago, them panic eyes wide shut white boys and n****s, hispanic guys I don't discriminate for nothing my man hand me the nine you know how many times I pressed and fantasized If his kicks fire walking I’m hawking don’t analyze my life. my little Youngin need weave, my little baby needs wipes don’t sympathize I’m hurting, I’ll improvise my lil homie told me I’m crazy I’m ill advised but the way they got us trapped,I’m supposed to be civilized who got money for my water and daughter when bills arrive for my seed, you could die over greed, I’ll kill a guy water falling down his face, I wouldn’t cry cause n****s getting killed by police and victimized when they're innocent, a crooked cop time gets minimized and his case get thrown out probation unsupervised I grew up round some thugs and killas with crooked lives I put the nine to his mind, squeezed and closed his eyes and died
5.
my favorite time of the year was when mama bought us all sneakers to last us the whole year, I had Heavy D in my speakers my brother was moving work, first time I saw me a geeker they probably was off the coke Mo County was full of country caucasians who off the dope my brother had him a beeper climbing without the rope, that ladder was looking steeper to each his own I was grinding my rhyming was perfect timing generational talent like I'm Saquon I don't need the lineman... it's cool Some of you OG's is fools and you're a failure you set examples for these kids demonstration of foul behavior a menace to my society most of us never valued wondering why the pistol of one of your peers was pointed at you [it's real] swimming deep in those waters without the float Aliyah was rocking the boat my homie was rocking up dope I was a youngin I heard that Ishmel got shot and we couldn't believe it me and Mickey talking about going to the league and we couldn't achieve it now what the f*** is we supposed to do man they wasn't teaching us sh** that we were supposed to do now all these women correlate the greatest success with a nice crib and boring ocean view and Nas tried to tell us to watch them people that close to you [yeah] [hook] what about all my goals and what about all my dreams what about all my bros and what about all my queens It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in But What about all my dreams? [Kingpen Slim] I Wanted blessings tried to sin for it Wasn’t sure I’m bout to swim for it Had to leave the hood to win for it Don’t shade who went out on a limb for it I know the mind is just another muscle Reading books like the gym for it Preserve ya mind at all times N**** tupperware and tin foil it 2 for 1 had to 10/4 it Do you copy what I’m saying ? N**** better stop playing Cause everybody ain’t playing And Loyalty is expensive But everybody ain’t paying Ain’t everybody ain’t blessed Cause everybody ain’t praying They try to say I got a drinking a problem I was Thinking bout my dead homies So to me I got a thinking problem You can’t see me got a blinking problem Is you a OG or you just old? City on my shoulders they was just cold Why would I care to see you ever bare the same old soul that you just sold No [hook] what about all my goals and what about all my dreams what about all my bros and what about all my queens It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in It's all or nothing, I'm all or nothing, I'm all in But What about all my dreams?
6.
man some of yall really fake, I’ll never seek your demise I see the hate, I can see it, I see it deep in they eyes They lurking ..... I see it deep in disguise, I’m hoping I’m working hard enough, I ain’t reaping the prize Only hoping you blow so they get a piece of the pie they wanna see you in flames., They’ll probably eat you alive I really wonder how that karma keeps you alive telling lies to your fam I hope it ain’t the truth they ain’t fond of seeing you fly, and it’s really no reason why Speaking foul on my name, it’s no reason why you alive frustrated and defeated, with even needing to try so you ain’t never really failed yet? ayo Pat.. I swear they faker than a vegan that’s eating meat in disguise My family was my crutch, I hope we meet in the sky I'm not a custom to the usual tell me how it’s suitable throwin dirt on my name And bringing flowers to my funeral listen [hook] Yea..... we gonn' have to get it regardless I know we gonn' have to get it regardless Yea..... we gonn' have to get it regardless I know we gonn' have to get it regardless yeah It’s various barriers blocking us you don’t need binoculars to see the way we livin is lawless, my loyalty’s flawless and we gonn' have to get it regardless I know we gonn' have to get it regardless This world so cold This world so cold This world so cold This world so cold we was just sippin soda from the ice cream truck Now my brothers is chasing money and some nice thing for little shorties chasing the bag, I know she might seem sus them bills been hittin your life kinda like lightning struck It’s like I ain’t live in milwaukee I don’t like these bucks they gone before I count em, so I light this puff these raps is from my soul, I couldn't type these up I’m trying to be a creative, runnin this light bill up but y’all youngins could never understand Until you come from the bottom to get the upper hand My mother made it to make me came from the motherland Y’all must be happy out here working for another man Not working on another plan I wrote it in the sand, If anybody is credible I’m Lamar Jackson, this run gonn' be unforgettable. If I don’t win, I earn something I learn something losing ain’t a option, I’m plotting this while I burn something [hook] yeah...we gonn' have to get it regardless I know we gonn' have to get it regardless yeah...we gonn' have to get it regardless I know we gonn' have to get it regardless yeah It’s various barriers blocking us you don’t need binoculars to see the way we livin is lawless, my loyalty’s flawless and we gonn' have to get it regardless I know we gonn' have to get it regardless This world so cold This world so cold This world so cold This world so cold
7.
See You Win 02:13
I just wanna see you win I just wanna see you win 5 seconds on the game clock Shoot ya shot it’s goin in All ya family all in the stands I’m ya number Fan 5 seconds on the game clock Shoot ya shot it’s goin in [1st verse] yeah... yeah..... I know she wanna drive a Benz the pandemic got us in the crib, I know she wanna see her friends I got the vision on 8k, I know you see it through the lens I'm Johnny Moxon playing quarterback, I tried to tell her she a 10 My lady she running the point for me, they thought She was outta my league I beat it up like it’s fight night, I feel like immm Adonis Creed they'll hold you down for the wrong reason when it goes down they gone baby We put in work in the offseason then throw that trophy like Tom Brady I just wanna see you win I just wanna see you win 5 seconds on the game clock Shoot ya shot it’s goin in All ya family all in the stands I’m ya number Fan 5 seconds on the game clock Shoot ya shot it’s goin in [repeat] Shoot ya shot it's goin in Shoot ya shot it's goin in Shoot ya shot it's goin in Shoot ya shot it's goin in I just wanna see you win
8.
[Awthentik] I swear to God.....every rapper is a copy And they snitching and they probably poppin' mollies like Takashi You get molly wopped, f***ing with a real a real rappin' zombie She got a body like a Halle, Aquafina that punani You get bodied up, ...I was down at Moechella wit Yaddiya I jah Rule, I murder wit ink, I’m Irv Gotti's bruh Word to my lost mother y’all in trouble for the summer What’s at stake? Is we finished or we done, word to Stunna Y’all ain’t rappin no more ... These rappers goofy as hell, smoking hookah you get slapped to the floor My weed stinking up the room when you crack open doors like I wore these draws two times And put em back in the drawer [it's funky] if I ain’t smoking a blunt, then I’m probably twisting skinny n**** catch an Uber, I ain’t never lifting It’s consequences for every action you trash rapping I frown finish my foes. And then I laugh after Like I ain’t gotta care in the world They talking loyalty, prolly while they stare at your girl It’s all good Like I ain’t got a care in the world I keep it real, I’ll never try to fake for this world Cause I ain’t got a care in this world I swear to God [Adversary] It's finally time to kick in the door again like I'm grippin the 4 and I'm ready to go to war again they want us to bring it back, catch me in the Delorean a doctor at delivering death, call me Kevorkian sharp spoons like harpoons the hands of scorpion will put you in a sub zero freeze, crack em like porcelynne make it hot a cayan for you inside the porsche you in when I'm scorching the front of the floor of it around 4pm paper I lit a few, listen and see he lyrical you literally look pitiful, inside a pit of fools first it's ridicule, after that it's getting rid of you and I aint saying sorry for sh** I said in the interview who to give it to? You can get it before the interlude turn him into food, leave you inners inside the inner tube hit a friend or two give what's left to whoever's kin to you this shit is clinical it's official you fittin to hit the news Like I ain’t gotta care in the world They talking loyalty, prolly while they stare at your girl It’s all good Like I ain’t got a care in the world I keep it real, I’ll never try to fake for this world Cause I ain’t got a care in this world I swear to God [Cane] I SWEAR TO GOD I couldn’t really give a shit Throwin stones at a crib but never had the stones to live in it Leave a critic in critical Give u bitches the biscuit wit No intentions of getting up in a kitchen and fixin it but Still i’m whippin, I’m pulling up in some different shit, Fuckin wit the kid or the fam is a plan to Get u hit Send a visit but you isnt getting solicited Essays without papers Get you outlined like a syllabus Im not a killer but barred up like i did a bid No cap, this head of hair too gifted for a fitted lid, The blade sharper It Pierce when it graze armer This shit that I blaze on Got me weezy as Dwayne Carter ...You ain't as hard as your twitter that say you are tried to run off on the plug and left wit a frayed charger (Yeah) The Drip like i made water From a bourbon aged barrel Cuz greatness it take longer
9.
admire my hustle, surviving the struggle It’s fair game , I push em to the side that’s Brian Russell I’m MJ, If iron sharpens iron with the muscle Im Sensay, but we dying I’m getting tired of the scuffles a layer of dirt gets laid down, they apply it with the shovel choir singing church bells, (the) pieces pile in a puzzle the devil taking souls, the acquiring is subtle the playlist at your funeral was fire, let it shuffle for these youngins to be influenced by, this world ain’t for you and I that’s facts boy, an obvious win if we was unified I wrote this I woke up in the morning I’m feeling lost. If I still ain’t paid my dues to be me, then what’s the cost. I swear to god I know we deserve it [I swear to God] If it’s a God up in the sky, she probably know that I’m working I been praying to make it right, I wish Nader could see his wife I prayed everyday for a way but praying couldn’t save his life. I’m like [hook] what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you Yeah yeah! My older brother gave me game on the situation Lame how these niggas chasin fame for the vindication behind bars that’s a-lame visitation See how I could paint the picture with da flame illustration (look here) I settled down I put the game on simulation Passion or paper I’m chasin the same stimulation What the fuck look like, begging for change at the station The game ain’t the same, i wouldn’t blame Innovation She devastated how I’m more about the destination Then spending dollars on a reservation We lost Kobe, we lost Nipsey, We lost Trus, we lost Smoke Mike and Patrick lost they pops, a shot of whiskey that’s for Krissy lost my mom at 21 and my fathers no longer wit me they killin strictly for the bag, and kill you quickly over simple sh** why it's so I’ll like this, why they wanna live like this Why they wanna cry like this I don’t wanna live like this I don’t wanna die like this (I’m like) [hook] what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you, what that mean to me what that mean to you

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released May 7, 2021

Recorded By Awthentik at All or Nothing Studios in Washington DC
Mixed By Awthentik at All or Nothing Studios in Washington DC
Mastered By Awthentik at All or Nothing Studios in Washington DC
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Awthentik Washington, D.C.

Modern hiphop has come a long way for better or worse. With the internet booming with infinite ways for an artist to be heard, the pool of talent has diminished. Hailing from right outside the nations capital, Awthentik brings a fresh approach with a recognizable flavor from the "Golden era" of hiphop. ... more

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