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True Colors Jon Connor (Ft. Lia Mack) – True Colors
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On the somber “True Colors,” Jon Connor turns social commentator as he reflects on how the world he sees around him is troubled and how its inhabitants are part-contributors to this situation.

The song is not all doom and gloom and does have some inspirational highlights as well.

Say it’s too late to change the world, but ain’t nobody trying.

Get the whole mixtape here.

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My nerves are bad like a Vietnam vet Jon Connor – Show Goes On Freestyle
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War veterans often have a hard time of sleeping because of the killing and war they have witnessed. Connor has a hard time of sleeping because he has witnessed a war similar to Vietnam on his own streets with people killing each other

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Father Fashawn – Father
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This track was originally titled “I’ll Take Everything” off of Fashawn’s ‘One Shot, One Kill’ mixtape and recorded over James Blunt’s “Everything” track….

“Father” is a more upbeat and positive than “Ill Take Everything”, thanks to an incredibly soulful Exile beat (a common trend on Boy Meets World).

In “Father”, Fashawn speaks on God and the overall meaning of life from a very positive viewpoint

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I don’t think it is recorded over James Blunt’s track, but rather it is from Kool and the Gang’s song Father, Father.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydtlv-jb5RI

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Samsonite Man Fashawn (Ft. Blu & Exile) – Samsonite Man
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Samsonite Man is heavily inspired by Paulo Coelho’s seminal book about a traveler, ‘The Alchemist’. The main character of that book is called Santiago (just like Fa') and he claims it as his favourite book.

The song samples Billy Paul’s “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright”. In the song Fashawn speaks on his climb to success as an artist and most of all everything he has seen and experienced while on tour.

A feature verse from fellow West Coast underground king Blu and the gift of one of the greatest beats I have ever heard from Exile, Samsonite Man is truly a song for the ages

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