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Shadow To Light
01:44
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bringing shadow to light
blurry vision to sight
weight & width to height
it's after hours tonight
disregard your rebuttal
under light poles we huddle in a cipher
my lifetime is like jail 'til i die, i'm a lifer
rap reciter
sucker m.c. inviter
comp devastater
me and you like outkast "elevators"
urban essence relater
shit on hit paraders
off the top of the head of the class debater
you're just a customer, i'm even serving waiters
ghetto like black kids and now n' laters
killing off early to rise blood clots and what not
i make it hot like the equator
crash landing on your mental plane
taking flight like alpha
the end all, similar to omega
silencing the shouters, don't disturb this groove
or attempt to disrupt this set swing mood
when the clock reads late bliss and euphoria
be my aura
i could go on for days, i mean nights
on these moon lit tangents
but for now i'll give you more off...
my whole existence is a 3 a.m. world
big up to all b-boys and after midnight girls
knowmassive, lacing you with joints
that'll nod heads after the party's gone
when the lights go off, then it's on
my whole existence is a 4 a.m. world
big up to all b-boys and after midnight girls
knowmassive, lacing you with joints
that'll nod heads after the party's gone
when the lights go off, then it's on
my whole existence is a 5 a.m. world
big up to all b-boys and after midnight girls
knowmassive, lacing you with joints
that'll nod heads after the party's gone
when the lights go off, then it's on
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Twelve
02:28
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i put it down like insult
the best hip hop crew ever
knowmass be the result and the best outcome
we connect like the letter 'x' to the name malcolm
weak mic speakers getting on
how come? the cause to the effect
the prime to the suspect
affection to the object
the mic to the speaker
i be the adversary to rap's weaker
paint a vivid picture bleaker
happiness live in the barrel of a warm gun
yo my niggas grip your heaters and turn out son's light
the flammable substance ignite
the quiet riot incite
the party crasher invite
the speech toucher
podium rusher
nay sayer husher
cooler than december in russia
speak when spoken to
that goes for you and your crew
when i force the issue of being a knowmass speaker
one two, one two
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3. |
Fly By Night
04:34
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and we fly
and by night we fly
we extrovert the shy
pay dues or die
survival of the fit to get by
living proof the truth
dead weight to lies
massive to know
highest of the low
back up to high
fuck a bitch trickin'
chicken finger lickin'
sight and sound system kickin'
carjack black on black vicin'
ghetto residential
rolex presidential
time counterclockwise clockwork tickin'
hypnotic loop pickin'
and we do this all night
when it's after hours everything is alright
knowmass sound pounded
down to earth like punishments and being grounded
lift off on the soft above clouds when i get fly
only answers no questions, so why ask why?
your flows are more unsure than 'maybe' or 'might'
150 pound weight, 5'11" in height
complexion shade the opposite of white
on the late bright idea i dimmed the light
slowed up the hurry and blurried the sight
commercial niggas fucked it up but i do it in spite
peace or war
virgin or whore
loose or tight, in or out
silence or shout
for the early days or the late nights
and now it's late night
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4. |
Phil Harmonic
02:22
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forever's motion verses the movements of still
melt the man of steel
rocks thrown at juliet's window sill
she knows the deal
welcome to reality's surreal
diction's fiction in an eternal argument with 'keep it real'
signed and delivered fates are sealed
recite off the top bill
bet your bottom dollar
necktie lynching collars
harmonic ebonic
expression from the youth's sonic to marley marl's symphonic
4.0 scholar
tears for fears 'shout'
primal scream team makes me wanna holler
hyper lounge sound
dim the light
shadow bound
cipher's still well round
martin denny found sound
phil harmony
imagine these sort of, kind of rap cats harming me
knowmassive is a whole 'nother way of viewing this rap thing
next shit swing
new shit bring vague, subtleties and calms
jason's rhyme texture lectures connects ya
like niggas giving hugs and interlocking palms
my aura and steeze be ease
no matter written or frees
old school like the crease in your dungarees by lee's
sub zero degree m.c.'s freeze
cold shoulder given to all these newborn o.g.'s and b.s. m.c.'s
acting all wild with no style, but really mild mannered
like 'thank you' & 'please'
cooler than a virgin island breeze blowing in from overseas
i feel harmonic
sublime like incidents and instances of coincidence
and the irony in ironic
i feel harmonic
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5. |
Enter Stellar
01:31
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no exiting the enter stellar
when you're entering the cellar
caught between a rock and a hard place
caught in the middle of an ending time and a tight space
thugs wanna tighten their face
while these females walk around all full of themselves
and not really even worth the chase
acting like they're stars
so we buy them drinks in bars
and then they want you to feel priviledged
for you letting them ride inside of your car
step by step, that fetch is far
you know who i are, who i am
when my word is spoken, believe it slams
like a lex door
j is the cat next door
to the interplanetary constellations
put knowmassive on your 'best of hip hop' compilation
without contemplation, or deep concentration
thoughts speed through galaxies
i suffer from abnormalities
and societal formalities
gray matter of fact is actuality
so enter into the stellar
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6. |
Honeychild
01:33
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yo, why you be acting all funny with the funny style
honeychild
charge up my credit cards and spending mad money wild
honeychild
talking 'bout kids & weddings & spending the honeymoon on a sunny isle honeychild
you can turn a gray sky into clear blue with your sunny smile
honeychild
spending every night of the week running wild
honeychild
i had another honey but she was tricking off my money foul
honeychild
on your neck i place a hickey, tasty flavor sticky
selective about my main joints, a nigga's picky
but will still let most of the female population lick me
edible, bustin' orgasms incredible
writing rhymes legible
would rather maintain gettin' brain and head-ible
than bustin' captions and lead-ibles
after i hit off the queen bee, i just let honey be
and let her live by the words i spit in my styles than be free
and that's real like dip's name is mac austin
or graf be yuri lee
if def leppard pours sugar, i pour honey
so says j the emcee
honeychild
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7. |
Progressions
02:18
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80 hour work week working two 9 to 5's
holding down multiple gigs, a struggle just to stay alive
give up a third of my life to punch a clock, it's do or die
from the streets of san francisco to the projects in bed-stuy
and everywhere in between businesses, corporations
and conglomerations got us all fucked up
in an attempt to make that green
before you see any loot, all your money's spent
on paying the rent
and then the government takes it's percent
i.r.s. infringe on your ends
so hang up that pipe dream of pushing a benz
no poppin' cristal and moet with friends
and girlfriend don't see no loot, so you probably won't see no skins
but hey yo no question, this is progression
congressional, professional, confessional, progressional
a regress of progress, and now i confess
and declare war on the american dream
i got thoughts of ill schemes for the mass amount of cream
with my knowmassive team, we making progress, right?
or so it seems...
we got more, we care less
the mentality's 'get mine', fuck the rest
life in the big city adds on to the stress
this is what we strive for, but is this really progress?
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8. |
Be Quiet
01:10
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patience is a virtue, silence is golden
knowmass is platinum & the days of my past are now considered olden
so what you holdin' besides that empty bottle of moet?
i told you once before goddamn it, i'm a poet
so just know it, when i flow it
past tense; flew it
and fluid is what i flow like
when i bring the mid to night
10 out of 10 when i receive 5 mics
i told my dogs to get at me & make those puppies hush
rush a lyrical lush with some of that lyrical plush
mass music be atmospheric and airy
as the world fluctuations varies
y'all talk in whispers like conversations in the library
the code of the streets, movement is stop the violence
if you speak out of turn, then you break the code of silence
new knowmass joint, cop that and go buy it
now all the wack motherfuckers, be quiet
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9. |
Quiet As Kept
02:12
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quiet kept topic
viewpoint optic
20/20 visual peep it
on the low secret
agent, mister
minimize ruckus to whispers
rock steady crazy legs
hey yo, i heard shorty gives crazy head
like mental instability
emcees lack ability
low voltage surge running through their mic utility
fragile, agile, no word dexterity, or verb agility
knowmass looks for disorientation in tranquility
to find balance in the music, 7-digit offers, let's make a deality
examine possibilities
but yo, yo shhh!!! let's keep our movements under wraps
and size up competitors that come wack over raps
with no wit or new perspectives
bad receptive
ain't got nothing to make me say 'oh shit'
money's on some next shit
the way he connects shit in his text, shit!
complicated and mad complex shit
doing it out of love and not for checks shit
like that don't happen like it used to happen
back when real emcees were the only ones allowed to be rappin'
now as a prerequisite, you gotta rhyme about mad cappin'
back shottin', street sweepin', shell sprayin', and gun clappin'
but while you're on that, i'll be akai pad tappin'
watching your demise due to your subject matter overlappin'
no love from the streets thanks to weak beats
you get no dap and ultimately
you'll just fall the fuck off all because you slept
but i won't tell if you don't, quiet as kept
we rush on hush
study the science of silence
bring quiet to riots
and raise voices high on the down low
waking those that slept
out loud or on the quiet as kept
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it's been a long time since i talked to you
and it's been even longer since i walked with you
yo, we used to do everything together
i was your friend 'til the end and down for whatever
for better or worse, now i know the time on measuring forever
did either one of us anticipate this thing splitting us apart?
nah, not never ever
i wish i could change fate & win an arm wrestling match with the hands of time
instead of mourning a good thing gone bad within the lines of this rhyme
shedding a single tear when i write these lines
these days i drown in the rain and get blinded by the sunshine
i wonder if you even look the same
our time fucking went before it came
i feel an uneasy breeze when i hear your name
best friends become strangers & the song remains the same
we were imperfect friends, now we're perfect strangers
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Sleephold
01:42
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late night sleepholds is massive
bear witness to the divine as i intervene
between scenes
vivid dreams
hold the audience captive
hear my camp on the radio active
energetic verbal kinetics
making calm moods hectic
emcees approach & then regret it
lyrical choke hold like spock
in the boom box
from the ghetto to the boondocks
my tune knocks hard rocks out the box
y'all know the time, so why do y'all clock?
exoskeleton key to unlock glocks on cock
knowmassive the difference between tranquility & shell shock
somebody watching me, dyslexia in reverse, i well-rock
concentration deep sleephold
catch z's fucking with this true emcee
adding on to plus degrees
rest is an ill whore sleeping with the cousin of death
living on borrowed time, late's last breath
you keep it gangsta, you keep it thugged out
i'll keep it abstract, i'll keep it bugged out
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walk on water
kiss the sky
praise the low
horizon rise
and the sun, it falls into the sea
and the moon, it hides behind the clouds
and the sea & sky start to meet
and the sun, it falls into the sea
close your eyes
tell me what you see
free as the air that you breathe
and the sun, it falls into the sea
and the sun, it falls into the sea
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If only tonight we could sleep
In a bed made of flowers
If only tonight we could fall
In a deathless spell
If only tonight we could slide
Into deep black water
And breathe
And breathe
Then an angel would come
With burning eyes like stars
And bury us deep
In his velvet arms
And the rain would cry
As our faces slipped away
And the rain would cry
Don't let it end
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14. |
Descendants
02:01
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and it's sad to say that i came from you
and it's sad to say that i came for you
tell the story that was passed down
forget everything, it's in the past now
hang from the branches of your family tree
i pick & choose my friends and family
come from nowhere with no history
final destination a mystery
and you call yourself my dearest friend
and you call yourself my nearest friend
your dead start was my living end
where the tide raise & the sky descends
and it's bad to say that i came from you
and it's bad to say that i came for you
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15. |
Beyonding
02:36
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on our journey into beyond
hip hop culture has yet to iron out the ripple effect
from the rhyme stones that i cast into rap's pond
i'm on golden
journeys to the core of 3 a.m., world unfoldin'
mysteries of the unknown
repeating itself is histories of emcees clutching microphones
knowmassive steeze avoids
commonplace's void
stay grounded by day and fly by night
i'm rod serling on microphones entering into this zone's twilight
wordplay paintings on exhibit at the night gallery
talk is fluent, the new born kids are out of the old school truant
we're on the quest for affluent salaries
my lyrical mentions
exits obtusely through acute dimensions
as i max well higher than the highest of ascensions
accidental happenings on purpose with purpose
my intended intention
is beat-breaking on all sides time multiples divide divine intervention
fall into the downward spiral into the center of this word labyrinth
closer we're inching to minimize all you guys
who fail when you try
mindset shortened from expulsion to suspension
wack emcee closure
career decomposure
you're not a demi-god, you're less than a semi-god
a multimedia whore like demi moore in 'disclosure'
in comparison to what i compose in my composure
i don't keep enemies because i don't keep friends
off the hair, off the head, i'm one step ahead of split ends
no one finer yet
you're only a minor threat
your tracks are one beat off
your image of hardcore has now gone soft
heads talking more madness than one step beyond
knowmassive exceeding rap's next level within our songs
turn the pager, cellular phone, the microphone is prone
to experiment within the realms of the unknown
we be the thought drought shrouded
lonely in crowded
capacity filled rooms when hands clap in appreciation for jason's lyrics
raps are bap, and beats are boom
inhale then elevate to alter standard mind states
on the plane of no equate
to equal to when we pummel the podium during this rap debate
bring the heavy to the weightless
shape up the shapeless
wording and bonding
knowmassive be beyond, beyonder, beyondest
knowmassive...beyonding
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and we fly
and by night we fly
we extrovert the shy
pay dues or die
survival of the fit to get by
living proof the truth
dead weight to lies
massive to know
highest of the low
back up to high
fuck a bitch trickin'
chicken finger lickin'
sight and sound system kickin'
carjack black on black vicin'
ghetto residential
rolex presidential
time counterclockwise clockwork tickin'
hypnotic loop pickin'
and we do this all night
when it's after hours everything is alright
knowmass sound pounded
down to earth like punishments and being grounded
lift off on the soft above clouds when i get fly
only answers no questions, so why ask why?
your flows are more unsure than 'maybe' or 'might'
150 pound weight, 5'11" in height
complexion shade the opposite of white
on the late bright idea i dimmed the light
slowed up the hurry and blurried the sight
commercial niggas fucked it up but i do it in spite
peace or war
virgin or whore
loose or tight, in or out
silence or shout
for the early days or the late nights
and now it's late night
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17. |
Lost & Found
01:38
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get inside yourself
and then define yourself
and get lost while you find yourself
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