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Black Halo

by AJ

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1.
Black 01:54
Tell em meet me at the back door Even though we lost Steven Jobs No windows at this house party Still I am a mac though Even though we lost Stephen Hawking When the telephone ring bet she won't hit me back though Blue bars, not a galaxy Black star, quasar, bitch I'm proud of me In actuality she is the queen So froggy ass niggas always make me wanna leap Naturally I'll end up king with some causalties Eggs will be cracked if you try to make omelets And if you emulate, you will never measure up You a quart in a cup Ima gallon, a liter, millimeter from releasing the ether like Weeknd & Bieber She likes weekends & b-days but I like Medulla Oblongatta Bonita apple bottom what's the problem I know that it's apple bum I'll gibe you some To think about when the night is done You'll be the numero uno Ichi, ni, san Whipping nissans of centralia out to paramount Paraguas por la lluvia si tu viajas out to Oregon Bring the epsom salt Running freestyles after school Busting uncles it's a ruckus cool Common denomin wasn't common sense Common wealth held for the 1% Throwing Jay's rock while listening to Jay Rock Top dawg too fast, Faiyaz If I told Chirs bet he'd fade y'all Black Excellence
2.
Kings 05:29
Been a good kid but it's only relative Ahead of the others I hold my truth And it's self evident That everything just ain't equal Feeling pressed like a shirt that's wrinkled Check the lingo Noventa cinco I was swimming Parents said they was done having children But you know my pops a G Plus that Marvin Gaye By noventa seis I was living In a city adjacent to a couple of places Leave you black and blue if you be wearing red Have you spilling red if you be wearing blue And all the above if you black and you encounter police It's one of those things you learn on the screen Niggas think they the don, the king Until they end up getting Rodney'd, Martin'd Immunity, impunity, paid vacations, extended leave Extend the olive branch Mothafucka Ima need the tree From the powers that be Cowards that sleep Peacefull lke this shit's a normal thing And for that reason there can be no kings I was like 11, Breezy put hands on Rihanna At the age of 7, tried to put Mike in the slammer It was chilling, we were just children chilling with lil Bill Now that nigga stanky like the kitchen after momma made chitlens The quaalude masseuse, it's a different world Used to believe I could fly until he pissed on a girl Guess Ima caged bird Icarus in the river styx The sun is undefeated so we put Him on crucifix Go head, belittle my nature The worst part about a halo is you can't see it Affected the way that I'd be treated since a fetus This is the treatise & latrine so obscene The only highest up witness the scene Trickle down economics If you shooting a star you make profit The media shower ain't stoppin Got the horoscopes, the horror show The more you know, the worse it gets The message is subminial The condor flying so high, it's pigeon holed If you wondering why, it's simple hoe Become to affluential they gon get you We see what they do with our black symbols And for that reason, there can be no kings I feel ashamed that I played their game Tell every fucking body when I walk up in the building They can suck my dick Richard the third, he probably stole my stick Shake the spear, vapor clear, that's vicks Maybe Michael, check the title, nigga I'm not your rival Not your equal, put me on a track tha's lethal Let my kind ways decieve you Cause when we in the booth, my intention's to kill niggas Friend or Foe, pick em off, eenie meenie minee moee Catch a nigga lacking on his flow then its time to go Steel sharpens steel so my nigga you already know I'm on it like an Onyx on an awning In a metropolitan area on the barrier of falling In my genetics is ever-phonetic Effortless, don't you forget it I've been grinding so hard I can't sleep sleep While they copying tunes, I act me Like beep beep, morse corde, you'll never figure it out A gay crip that's a bear in a big blue house The same goes for a sigma If you don't like my bars you can ligma Nigga I can fight the gods with no regard of all the odds Gimme everything you own like a bank withdrawl With masks on, they masquerade with fake facades I take my aim and break em off Your king is gone If I die would my verses fade away If I'm alive would they ever say I'm great Accolades & all the praise I want it Happiness & brighter days, I wonder They say the crown corrupts absolute But I'd rather it be me and not you cause it's true That niggas get clipped catching fades my nigga My momma killed her dreams cause she hit a glass ceiling She got another job out of sorrow with the small hope Of preserving the dream I was pursuing So really I gotta do it Fuck what you think it's really deeper than music I carry more than just lbs, this LPs like an elephant sent directly from Vishnu That mean I open chakras whenever my wrist move And only Jesus Christ can determine how 12 move Cause they OD Half past 12 had 12 rolling 60 deep Tryna keep the EUG look like LBC And I ain't talking bout dice Momma said I'm gonna kill myself by the way that I drive So until my doors like the 15 me Ima whip it until I can't use my legs Mothafucka I'm nice Been treat the game like an encore I came, I saw, I conquered And right there was a double entendre For the mundanes while I eat my lasagna I hate y'all Yes indeed You mothafukas wouldn't last in Thebes Lacerate the lamb of Nazareth And bring him back like Lazarus Use his blood to wash a glock To kill a planter off just to make a masterpiece Kick an orange, Donald T Just for the tangent, tangent, tangerine property Yeah Nagato I've been drowning in pain since like 9 years old But I kept all that shit inside an envelope Just like report cards when you didn't make honor roll Gold plated, big checks gon spend it on your habits All press is good press except when you depressed Indulging all your habits to de-stress This is the life of a king Not what it seems but it's ripe on the screen Everbody gunning for the head spot If you make it to the top Watch out for the head shot If I die would my verses fade away If I'm alive would they ever say I'm great Accolades & all the praise I want it Happiness & brighter days, I wonder Crown corrupts absolute But I'd rather it be me and not you
3.
Velveta 02:28
I don't live inside reality I'm catching more feelings than niggas is catching allergies My salary is any integer multiply it by zero Ironically making ends meet by eating celery Don't you look down on me Looking for love in the wrong place Starting falling for my best friend's blank We've been dogs since we kids, he's protective of his kin But she'll never understand this life that I live She was sweatpants, hair tied, chillin' with no make up I was handcuffed, hog tied, police claimed I had a gun So they waived theirs in my face, detained for my race And like an shattered iPhone I avoided a case And that's just something never told Tell me will she ever know Only in my poetic lyrics my heart unfolds Cause all my life I learned to hold my innermost inclinations Misogynistic maybe but made from pure desperation Defensive mechanism of my imaginiation From a boy with a world to play in to a man without a place in Guess I'll be popping champagne for all these bottled emotions They say life is a beach, how many drowned in the ocean? But really I'm as happy as can be Looking at my face you can see Cheddar made that smile it's just cheese Liquidous gold on my face for emotions that I hold Maybe I'll just smile more Tell me you love me, baby tell me you need me Even though I know you don't love me Even though all you do is deceive me My last weekend in town & we playing these wicked games Your membership is expired so please exit the premises Why you in my memory? Never known love but the pain is familiar Heartbreak for inspiration is the only way I can deal with I'm painting pictures so vivid that quadriplegics Can feel the pain, it's inhuman I guess the thing about love is you ain't got no back up Rather be cuddled up than drunk as fuck in the club Matter of fact I might post it up On social media for you to see it With a smile so big on my face that maybe I'll believe it Let it go, let it go With a smile on my face that resembles liquid gold Let it go, let it go Don't you let em see you down Don't you ever let em know Let it go, let it go With a smile on my face that resembles liquid gold Let it go, let it go Don't you let em see you down Let your little light show
4.
Halo 03:09
40 mules 40 acres Glass ceilings with some pay cuts 40 mules for the acres Ima need my check in advance man I'm invested in my best plan Stoic Man I tell you when I make it big it'll be Historic Spent all my life playing ball who'd thought I'd be A poet Nowadays niggas want hand outs looking like Tyrannosaurus Reptar Reaching for the next odd number in their bank slot Comatosing with the Holy Ghost (Niggas to my left side, niggas to my left side) All my niggas do the fucking most (Women to my right side, women to my right side) Everybody loves you when you winning (You gonna cut the check right, gonna cut the check right) If you miss the dot, watch em turn to ghost (Pac man, pat down, pac man, pat down) Yeah waka waka 'nother flock of birds Chasing after dollars, we were from the burbs Father always taught us how to be secure Stems from his rough past I infer Introverted but my verbal equal murder Equal opportunist poppin' kernals On the microwave or the stove Cause the burners hot when your life inside the inner scope Bublasaur, venusaur, new to the green So niggas don't know how to spend it Yeah I promise when I finally get finally get the bag I'll pay off my parent's pad Fuck stereotypes I'll be specific Black people need black business We should own homes not rent em But I can't pretend it's hard to get a loan When they judging equity off appearance 40 mules for my acres (I ain't looking for no handout, looking for no handout) Black queens all I'm taking (Yeah I'm feeling like the man now, feeling like the man now) 40 mules for my acres (I ain't looking for no handout, looking for no handout) Black Halo, Heaven save em Yeah, Black Halo 21 looking kinda stable I was 20 when they tried to spin a fable That my homie and me had a gun in our jeans It was a camera, taking a couple pictures from the bannister Minding our business we were some amatuers Instagram clout and Linkedin profiles what were aiming for No doubt we heard a man shout "Put the gun on the ground" And as we looked around, didn't see nobody So we kept taking pics, there wasn't a problem Until 2 sheriffs, 8 deputies, & I think the SWAT Pulled up on the block with their guns hot Shouting "Put your fucking hands in the air unless you wanna get shot" So we stopped And put our hands up They proceeded to put us in fucking handcuffs 6 guns in my face as my knees interlace Laying face to face on the asphault As far as we knew, we headed to jail Situation is bleak and I think I forgot to tell That we had a couple drinks at the step show afterparty I pray to God this cop don't smell no liquor on us He was honest, said he got a call from someone "2 black men and they armed with something They pointed it at me so I started running" Claimed some man who was on the corner Right Had no gun so they couldn't indict Told us both have a wonderful night (Right) Looked at my nigga almost lost our lives For a bullshit venomous lie (Right) Detained on the mothafuckin courthouse steps The justice system's not on our side (Rights) Damn my nigga had an appetite Glad McDonalds open late at night We took a right & my nigga put the photo as his profile pic But I didn't post it out of spite My roommate and his dad were up when I walked in But I told nobody about that night Black Halo, the night I almost lost my life Now let's rewind

about

A Black Halo takes many forms.
For some, it is the personification of their Black Identity. Something they've known and felt their entire life, but is constantly reminded by onlookers. For others, it's the fragility of a Black man's life in America. So many of us have been so close to death's door whether coincidental or of our own volition that its a miracle that we've made it this far. Somebody must be praying for us. To me, it's a sign of excellency that only passed down to only those deserving. I mean Black man with a mind of his own is powerful individual is he not.

But enough talk, here is my heart & soul, I introduce to you... Black Halo.

credits

released April 27, 2019

Writing:
August Jefferson

Arrangement:
Josh Ricchio, Nosa Isabor, & Kasheen Mowatt.

Production:
Josh Ricchio, Nosa Isabor, Kasheen Mowatt, Sing Engine Records, & Sprout City Studios.

Album Artwork:
Syd Yatco

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