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Introduction:
"Aye whattup, Poe. It's Formula, man. Just wanted to drop by and let you know, um, I'm so happy we're talking and you know, kinda building again. I just wanted to remind you bro, you know, for those who left the camp and those who dissed us man, like, I just want to remind you that a lot of those cats are really just about themselves. You know, you've always been about spreading knowledge and putting people on. You're business savy bro, you're of the culture, and they don't understand that. Because they're just trying to get into Hip-Hop just to get out of the situations that they're in, you know. Put their people on, but not necessarily for the good of the group or even the good of the culture, man. So you know, I understand that because at the end of the day, being a producer trying to be in the media, we're all about pushing the culture forward. And I think that's why we've been able to link up and you know, have really good conversations about the scene and just Hip-Hop in general. But regardless if I'm part of your journey or not, you know it's always peace to the movement, man. I just wanted to say big ups to everything that you're doing moving forward. And you know, that you always got me bro. Call me when you see me" - The F.O.R.M.U.L.A
[Chorus]
I want the weed, bitches
Dollar and a dream (10x)
[Verse One]
Smacking the competition
That's nothing new
I came in the game as a threat
I'm leaving with body bags on my steps
Made it a point to speak the facts
Regardless of them
I'm in the cloud soaring
Looking Godly beyond the corridors
I'd battle the odds
My consequence was independence
Make it personal my nigga
And fuck your internet beefin'
The future is livin'
I came through the building reflectin'
And five years without the god
Done put a pause on these bitches
Truth in the numbers
I battle like thunder be rumbling
Word to the streets
You corny rappers
Aint ever assassinating me
Word to the wise
The lord of the flies resurrected
And when it's all said and done
I bet you get the message, fucka
[Chorus] (12x)
[Verse Two]
How many want it with Poe?
I never gamble with caskets
Keep my name outside your mouth
Or take a trip across the axis killah
Oh you tough, like Teletubbies callin' bluffs
Hopping in and out of crews
Paperwork on all you dudes
It's funny, I be in the lab
Just slummy on my bummy yo
With Sonny on the cellie
Touchin bellies in my videos
The fuck you talkin'
I'm Mike Tyson, The Son of Sam
The son of man, I'm doctor Lector
I silence the lambs
[That Organized Threat forever infinite
Shuttin' down you hypocrites] (2x)
[Chorus] (12x)
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2. |
Moonlight Sonata
01:59
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[Verse One]
I'm jumping out the window ceiling
I'm eighty stories up and free falling
Like Peter Parker losing out to Kingpin
Smiling on my way down, I'm glorious
Memories of better me's
Memories of going out notorious
Like B.I.G I see ya'll debating it
Like who the fuck was Poe
To ever have a plan to make it?
I sat alone inside obsidian stone
Reflecting on, how you thinkin'
Killing off the god will ever bring salvation
You a bummy
A dumb ass dumby, I'm reachin'
Cause I aint going out like that, nigga
The fuck was you thinkin'
My blood drippin' on my rib cage
And my vision is blurry
About to pull this Desert Eagle
And introduce them to fury
Before I blacked out
They pullin' they macks out, reloaded
While broken glass and shattered past
Recording final moments
Seven left up in the chamber
About to ship express delivery
Aint the type to pray to God
So don't have mercy on me
I just want to see them
Falling out their windows
Like some silhouettes, no regrets
Dying in this way is truly better then
Feeding off you vultures
Who never cared for the culture
Emptying out my clip, and send a kiss
To broken memories, sonata.
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Fly Away
03:42
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Introduction:
Ayo, sometimes I just want to get out this bitch.
We've all been there. Yeah, we've all been there...
[Chorus]
I just want to fly away
I just want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I just want to fly away
I just want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah (4x)
[Verse One]
Ayo, too long for my appetite
I was sittin' back, tryin' to get it back
That was 2012, I was thinkin' well
I might as well just get a hold of that
Now take a look at facts
I did the math, a couple years
We was killin' that
Before I seen the world
I had a couple girls
Memories, they're no longer pearls
I let it die, just to bring it back
I had to fall before it escalated
Why waste a bullet on a thirsty nigga?
Life in prison? Dawg, you barely famous
And I'm too intelligent
That aint debated
If I laid you to bed
Bitch you probably made it
I'll dumb it down for all you stupid niggas
Groovy baby, that's the way I'm feelin'
Flyin' way up to the highest buildin'
I take it higher ever chance I'm given
Disrespectful, yea it's been a minute
You sold your soul out for a couple bitches
Like damn...
[Chorus](4x)
[Bridge]
And you ain't been about it
And I ain't been about it
Was never for the fame
What is the point in denyin' that?
You was politicing in the underground
See my nigga, the fuck was you thinkin'
Your self-esteem it was never listed
Knowledge of self you was never gifted (2x)
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Beatrice 1932 ft. Nubi
02:51
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Introduction:
"My mind is a maze. Open your mind, and you'll be amazed at the things that you find that's lying deep inside, something so beautifully caged. Ashes, the womb from birth. I'ma lay this all down first with my intellect, as it interjects this Black Girl Magic into your universe. This world is mine, and you're blessed to be a feature in this infinite story, at my leisure. As I'm surely learning the inner's journey lies blessed inside the best Teachers. Yea I'm an open book, with a big image. Read between the lines, to get the bigger picture. This vibe was your favorite pre-set when the keys hit, cause this beat be so different" - Nubi
[Verse One]
My granny on my father's side
Just happy that I had a chance
To meet you in my 20s
And I'm thankful for the conversations
Vividly painted, look
You've done so much for pops
I hope you smiling down from Heaven
Cause I'm standing at your bedside
Just watchin' as you're sleepin'
They say that cancer's in your brain
And death is soon to creep in
You livin' off of them ice cubes
And an I.V. for your nutrients
Beatrice, a miracle the strength
You've shown through all of this
I smile for you
[Chorus]
In the booth
We was in the booth
Toasted up to you
Thinkin' back
Little Granny had the shotty
And the Mac, cock it back
Now we groove to this
We just payin' dues for this
Beatrice, thank you for the memories
You gave to this (2x)
[Verse Two]
Rose pedals at your grave site
You know I'm missin' you
Just wish we had some more time
To build upon our issues
Teach me about your history
And the lessons you've learned
Since 1932, I know you've watched
This country burning
You witnessed segregation
Being a girl from the South
And running from the Klan
Something I'ma never have to know about
You witnessed Martin Luther Jr.
And Malcolm X assassinated
Crooked cops and water hoses
Within this nation
You moved to California
And placed your roots in LA
Before the neighborhood was Crippin'
They was eating up at your place
Divorced your first husband
After you had to pull that pistol on him
Cause you aint never been no type
To let no man hit you
Your second marriage ended off
With a knock at the door
Another casualty of war
He left you with three kids
On your floor, and I forgive you
Cause even though you weren't around
You did the best you could
With all that hurt you hadn't found
And I smile for you
[Chorus](2x)
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Crates ft. Corrin Evans
03:17
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Introduction:
Dun, dun, dun, dun
(Ain't nothin' to worry about)
Yea, word, word
[Verse One]
Now welcome to the sermon
Leave all you baggage at the door
Cause you are not a burden, now listen
I hear the president's got beef with the people
Like when you give another man a badge
And ya'll aint equal
I'm gettin' tired of all the beef and shit
I'm too mature to reach the kids
I give them time to grow
And watch them glow it up
Like Oprah did
And for the culture
No vultures are permitted purchases
My generation's syndication
We want the love niggas
I'm from the lineage of picking up cotton
My trials and tribulations
Will tend to fit the concept
I often ponder the greatest
You think they strive for that shit?
You think these words gon' live forever
With a video clip?
[Chorus]
You want the truth girl?
I'll be right back
(Whoo Whoo)
You wanna put it on the Snap?
Girl I'll be right back
You wanna Instagram the jam?
Girl I'll be right back
You said you gave it up to who?
I'll be right back (2x)
She want the love
Peace, that's all that she need (4x)
[Bridge]
Now what is love
And am I stuck in the rain?
I wanna, I wanna embody
Everything that I'm destined
Cause I done seen a life a crime
Bring out the worst in the bestest
The wackness
(Aint nothing to worry about)
[Verse Two]
And I done traveled pretty far to be here
Like what a blessing
So many tried to knock me down
My motivation was battle scars
Surviving the times
You couldn't shake em'
Cause money never meant more
Than this art I've created
So many of my peers
Aint even smiling no more
As if this music industry
Done sucked the life out their pores
Because they used to love to write sixteens
Bout bigger things and bigger dreams
Now everything they write is make believe
Now everything they write is fabrication
Damn, it's easy to fall down without foundation
But we gon' take it to the top notch
Regardless of the faithless like
I know you feel what I'm sayin'
Ayo the villainous god-body
I'm relaxing in the solar caps
My dialogue bring vindication
You say you mason
But you lackin' the basics
Before I'm lookin' up to who?
You must be buggin' off them fairytales
You spoke in the booth
I'm very different my nigga
You like the rest of them dudes poppin'
I'll treat a 32 like stock options
Or some real estate investments
The flow is quite delicious
Prayin' for Lord Darcia?
Well I'm here to give the business
My style of a bastard
Canaanites descending into Eden
The Roman Face Caligula
Dick swingin' like a pendulum repeated
I do it for the culture
You niggas bother me
Never poppin' oxy rocks
Got some better thoughts
For locks in the economy
[Chorus](2x)
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The Seventh Palace
03:15
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Introduction:
I just want to do it different
I just want to do it different
I just want to do it different
I just want to do it different
(Word, Word)
[Verse One]
The most immaculate
Got a golden grip like Lazarus
While I'm in the third dimension
To elevate my existence
Like what's the mission
Building blocks
We never give a description
Burning chariots in Babylon
While we smokin' blunts to carry on
We shootin Apollo down
Giving praise to the moon
Hieroglyphics and dead religions
Will manifest beyond the tomb
Seeking survival
From the Temple of Doom
And in my arrival
Hovercrafts illuminating the night
Surrounded by the darkness
From the deadly marksmen
Serengeti on flying carpets
To the genie with the alibi
Who's diamonds covered the hopeless
While you're seeking thirty-two degrees
Of the fundamental masonry
Demigods on the boarders of Mecca
Who's standing a chance against us?
The fellowship, a solar eclipse
Above your embassy, silly rabbit
Them deadly rascals
Will hibernate their enemies
Send them to Hell
The devil's Gangrel
Feasting off blood shells
The gods are well
Sending iron swords
Across your crucifix
The mothership
[Chorus]
We the last of a dying breed
I just want to do it different
I just want to do it different (4x)
[Verse Two]
I'll flip the script
To murder these wack styles surrounding me
A couple rounds outside the balcony
At the top of the volcano
Get carried off by my tornado
In the aftermath we're teleporting
Through solar winds and galaxies
How many speaking the alchemy
From the hidden scrolls of your majesty
I'm majestic, and magnetic to the universe
That we're living in
From the gods that I be spittin' with
Or the blocks that I be livin' in
I conquered the battlefield
Got seven kingdoms in rotation
Being wrapped around my mental
Like the thoughts of elevation
Before I'm blasting off
I'm castin' off to better days
My lyrical AK sprayin' in every direction
Killuminati, I'll put an end to your superstition
Leaving the imprints of my hieroglyphics
Scatters across the biblical
I'm self made, illuminated, immaculate
The prophet speaking prophecies
On the royal steps of the palace's
To Lazarus, who dares to battle this
Spoken cause I'm chosen
I'm meditating within' the self
While you're beholding
The headless horsemen
[Chorus] (8x)
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Bright (Gods Above Man)
02:32
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Introduction:
God's above man
Forever Villainous
[Bridge]
And the sun still shines
And the sun still shines bright (4x)
[Chorus]
We just waiting on the sunshine
And the sun still shines
And the sun still shines bright (4x)
[Verse One]
I'm the mothafuckin' truth
In the booth when I'm speakin'
God in the flesh
I'm blacker than my features
New about the VII
They didn't want to hear him
So I went around them
Now they wanna feel him
Fuck em!
Long live the villainous VON POE
My enemies dying slow
I came with a newer flow to kill em
Steppin' in the buildin' like who is who?
My focus is win or lose
You basic without a crew
You naked, fucka
Standing on the frontline
Nubian Prince, the Motherland
That's embedded in him
So when he acts so cocky
When acknowledging the god-body in him
The prophecy corrupted in sin
I'll spit a verse to the wind flowing
My style's so potent
I'm burnin' the Omen
The white- nevermind it
It's over, nigga
Gods above man and that's the offering
Ominous flows bombin'
Astonishing the scholarly type
I want my poetry discovered in a Biblical light
I want my legacy remembered
As a Biblical sight
And when the Armageddon's upon us
We roar like thunder, fuck ya'll numbers
We celebrate the beautiful life
(just waiting on the sunshine)
[Bridge]
And the sun still shines
And the sun still shines bright (4x)
[Chorus]
We just waiting on the sunshine
And the sun still shines
And the sun still shines bright (4x)
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Strangers
03:43
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Introduction:
"I was still in the neighborhood. I was still, you know, a part of the hood. And despite all this big shit that was going on around me, I still was the same person. So it couldn't affect me, it never got bigger than me. And I see the same thing in yourself, as far as being connected with all your homies. How you started off, and how it was all about you and your homies. That's what it was about with me, me and my homies. Making sure everybody eats, making sure every body's involved. But as you grow, you lose certain homies. Because it's called closing the gap. This is the gap when we start, and this is the gap as you grow. Notice how you grow, and they dont? So how do you close the gap, you gotta come back down. When you come back down, you lose." - Snoop Dogg
[Verse One]
Seventeen without a care in the world
Was gettin' pussy then
But still aint have no girl
See I was posted on the wall
Thinkin' of plots for the world
Cause domination is a factor
With a lack of referrals
My calm demeanor was surviving at its finest
Last of a generation of segregated
Moments of violence
Why you chillin' with them Ese's
Without no guidance?
No a nigga in the streets
Don't forget your alliance
I knew this Puerto Rican
Reppin' from the steps of a preacher
His family tree was gangbangers
And a room full of teachers
He was fuckin' on this shorty
Who I later called a sister
From the murda, we was P-Twon
I'll paint the picture
That was my nigga
From the fifth grade regardless
And after graduation had a fallout retarded
But I remember Top was in the booth
Screamin' fuck them niggas
We about to take this rap shit
Beyond them niggas
I beg to differ, it was Deja Vu
I had a fallout with dude
Because he didn't want to build with the crew
Even though they were the same cats
Who held me down when we left
As far as he's concerned
They aint a part of the Threat
Now I'm lookin' at them both
Like what's the issue
Got it blasted on my left side
You know we was official
I don't remember birthdays
I barely even miss you
I don't remember birthdays
I barely even miss you
Interlude:
"So you gotta keep going up. That's why closing the gap, gotta be them catching up to you. And if they don't catch up, then you gotta leave them beyond. Because you're getting to the point now where you gotta start cuttin' out, you know what I'm sayin. And it's like, you can't look back when you're cuttin out. Cause if they meant to be there, they gon' be there forever" - Snoop Dogg
[Verse Two]
Twenty-Eight but now a care in the world
And it's been about six years
With me and my girl
Ayo it's been about a lifetime
With me and my twin
And I'm just happy
That he's in my life again
Back to the story
I came for the glory my niggas
I took a couple bitches out the hood
And that's for good, I don't need that
Energy around me
They're strangers in my rear view
I'm hoping that they found peace regardless
Do it for the offering, been a minute
Got lost in all the sauces we were conjuring
Niggas thought they was harder than
The mothafuckin' villain, yo I'm in this
Cut from a cloth you find expensive
Couldn't afford to rent this
And bitches gettin' favors off their pussy
Give it time, Give it time
What I do to rookies
Pardon my type of rhyming
I love when the stars aligning
They thought they was really shining
You basic, I'm more defiant as Poe nigga
Outro:
"But that's what the laws of the game do. It puts you in positions to where, sometimes you have to have these types of situations to see who's really supposed to be there" - Snoop Dogg
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11. |
Threat Culture
03:37
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Introduction:
Yo fuck all that talkin, get to the music nigga.
Ima get to it. Yo hold up, let me get to it.
[Verse One]
I'm waking up to yet another issue
We been them niggas since the roots
We aint got time to miss you
And sexy womens in DMs
I'm trying to meet you
My main shorty with the strap on
She'd love to greet you
That alfredo fettuccine
It got me feeding the needy
And no indeedy, I don't do graffiti
The fuck I'm lookin' like
I rolled the dice to boss up
And bettered my life
You been a bitch
I caught the fades on sight
Threat Culture that's the motto
We still organized, expand the enterprise
Got me thinkin' as if the vision
Needed emphasize
I've always been a problem
To shady offerings
The more I think about it, shit
The bigger my accomplishments
Welcome to the culture
This only for the family
From now on, let bygones be bygones
The past no longer sings to me
Like who the fuck is them
I've never heard of em'
Save it for the birds and umm
Threat Culture
Threat Culture
[Verse Two]
See Ima always rep the Threat
Until the day of my death
With no regrets, on my chest
You don't impress when you flexin'
I went to war for the seven
You just barkin' on your keyboard
We aint never purchased wolf tickets
Word to the Lord
Ayo pardon I'm cocky
Apollo rounds before he lost to Rocky
You Pacquiao in his prime
But even then you couldn't box with me
I kept the glock with the pocket
Before I had the options
Of making this music pop off
I was on the block with the rocket
I'm a narcissist
I'm trying to beat the odds
Before the Parkinson's
Got a bunch of throwaway verses
That are deeper than your hottest shit
I promise this
That's word to all my niggas
With they seats back
Puffin a blunt to relapse
Bet a million that we make it
I was the illest nigga
Coming out of that wack ass scene
You was stuck in the matrix
I'm too iLL like honey and bacon
Now your legacy's wasted
A bunch of dirty business at the banquet
Got you lookin' like a freak show
What the fuck you niggas thinkin?
Yo I aint worried, I'm eating this curry
While I'm peeping the birdy
I'm laughin' at stories
That bitches try to hide for the glory
I've been chilla than Magilla Gorilla
I been steady like the stones on a pillar
I've been stackin' the scrilla
Money bands, Money bands
I want a hundred grand in my hands
And if I did it all for myself
I'd be lying dead to my family
That's a Grammy nigga
That's for my brother Papa J.
Even if I died tomorrow
I better get one anyway
The villain is back
I'm still convinced that niggas is wack
You get pushed to the back
If you still debate if Fredo is fact
That Seraph-in fact that gutta rap
We bringing it back
And I want the heads of corrupted officers
Killing Black and Brown people
Threat Culture
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13. |
Sunshine ft. Dev Twon
03:54
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Introduction:
"Ah come on my nig, I needed you to pick up bro. I'm not about to tell you, how long we been coo. I'm not about to tell you mothafucka..." - Dev Twon
[Verse One]
And I admit defeat
From the birth of what was lost
And from the start of it, lookin' back
We should have never watered this
Beef accustomed to mustard
When you're adjusted takin' buses
The system never showed you justice
What the fuck is family dysfunction
You wanted fairytales, resolve them
So many years I thought I was the problem
My life reflectin', imagine it
Searching for the balances, a way out
I put my faith in self and let it weigh out
We knew better
Was never part of the planning
And you walkin' out my life
Yo, I was feelin' empty handed
This the truth though
Them niggas tried to lie over their jealousy
I'm laughin' at them now
You niggas fell apart tremendously
You're cryin' in the booth
Cause all you ever brought was misery
I'm shining in the dark
Cause I will never let you get to me
Pitiful, immaculate rhyming
Forever grinding, it's "P"
I'll never change
Still got love for the streets
[Chorus]
And when the sun shines, sun shines
And it's my time, my time
We gon' reconnect the family ties
Kickin' back up in this house of mine (2x)
Interlude:
"Im not about to tell you, mothafucka. You know what? What I am gon' tell you is, nigga I'm coming back to Cali cuhz. We about to go crazy bro. Aye, we about to do all that shit we said we about to do. You already know man, aye. Look, lets get this shit bro. It's a whole new year man, you know what time it is" - Dev Twon
[Verse Two]
My style is more immaculate
You want the truth
I'm not your average spitta
I hit the booth to raise your consciousness
My introduction like taggin' busses
For fuckin' it raw
(respect the art form)
And the deadly daggers
My tongue swing, bombin' on instrumentals
Who said the god don't rap?
I didn't think so
I'm a caliber above
Whoever's the dopest emcee
My brother J. was just being polite
We in that top three
Overshadowed by the culture itself
Perfected wealth, acquire knowledge
Cause my people need help
My words are felt beyond a moment of hyping
You put your faith in a bunch of rappers
Who now run from the light
(that shit is crazy)
Don't get me started on the repo rapping
And begin demanding, while apprehending
Your dividends as tax for the culture
You took a boat to ride the top wave
In a rented production
Lamborghini, dumb bitch, Ferrari top
You look retarded nigga
And I spit it how I'm feelin'
You rap critics can suck a dick
For as long as I'm livin'
VON POE THE VILLAIN
Hated opinions that never mattered
Hit the sour, you playing savage
While I'm closer to god
[Chrous](4x)
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VON POE VII Perris, California
Film the timeless, and record my poetry. A man of few words.
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