Gymnopedie 1.2 Lyrics

[Verse 1: Shad]
Growing upwards
I was just another young brother in the suburbs
I discovered that I loved words
As a teenager in the 90s green pager, Nautica jacket, Nia Long screensaver
Had the newest slang down pack, Boomerang soundtrack
Playing in my room playing hoops laying down raps
Swore I would get to the point
3 albums later I’m like Biggie singing to fans “gimme one more chance”

Forgive me I wanna get it right and get busy
My record gets spins and in turn I get dizzy
You know the drill spin and tryna dig deep
Just past six feet touch that mystery
I misread the signs and I find myself lost
But I only know I was lost when I find myself
When I can see I wonder why I blind myself
I know I just forget to remind myself

This is rap for the raps fans
DeRozan on the break over breaks
This is that jam

Photo of your ex girl in the trashcan
This a CT scan of a simple black man

This that Lushlife
For those tough nights
Can’t stand up right blood types Bud Light

And metropolis is falling on top of us
Banks and the Bibles all closed so we profitless
Take a close look
At what they offer us
If you don’t dig it redefine prosperous
And that’s nothing but some common sense confidence
New classics on classical opulence

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Track #6 on Lushlife’s amazing 2012 LP “Plateau Vision”. This track in particular does not have vocals from Lushlife, but production credits, while Canadian rapper Shad does the rapping.

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