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lyrics
Gradient is back for you rap cats and I’m makin’ scratches
At the game, never been the same, finna light a flame with a book of matches
I’m a disaster and I rap casually, I’m a problem so mathematically
It’s a fact that I’m irrational like three point one four (for) one of y’all to say
that I’m quite wack? Well the way that I’d strike back
Is to say “that’s just like, your opinion, man,” but I’m like Shaq
‘Cause I just don’t do go away, even if you’ve had quite enough of me
Imma be an individual, ‘cause there’s never gonna be another me
Life is a classroom, it just depends on your outlook
I be in the front row with five pencils and a notebook
‘Cause I’m so hooked on absorbing every little bit of knowledge that I can
Knowledge plus wisdom is power in your hands
And I wanna get my hands quite full
Tryna be a better human being
‘Cause I got a lotta opportunities a lotta people never seen
A lotta people got dreams but spend too much time wishin’
Hard work is a virtue, make your dreams come to fruition
‘Cause their ain’t no tuition
In the university of Wikipedia
You can spend an hour on there and learn a lot more than the media
Will report in a whole week
‘Cause their audience is all sheep
I’m talking ‘bout cable news, man, ‘cause a lot of us are asleep
‘Cause it’s not just Fox News, man, it’s also MSNBC
Anyone who tries to put me in a box, never been a friend to me
I’m more clever than the enemy, so they’re never gonna get at me
And they better be on Ketamine, if they ever think I’mma let it be
We can do better than this, y’all, just think independently
You don’t have to pretend to be anything less than you wanna be
When I’m on the beat, and I’m spitting heat, I’m an animal, like a wallaby
Like I oughta be, this is how I say I don’t quite fit the dichotomy
We live in a false economy, eat each other up, like piranha be
But I’mma be different ‘cause I wanna feed, I don’t wanna eat
And I’m gonna be very proud of me, and you’re gonna wish you never doubted me
Whoa, sorry for that rant, y’all, I just really had to get that outta me
credits
from Blackberries and Bike Rides,
released September 6, 2013
Instrumental is the song Ms. Ho by Onra, produced by Onra.
The ILL are a local hip-hop group with punk roots. This is their best album yet, a record about the soul-crushing drone of the 9 to 5 grind. Great rhymes by Sam and Evan, insane beats by Web and Odar. Gradient