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I was in the mix
Should've stood in the chrysalis
Focused on the long term benefits
I went to different lengths to spread my gifts with this
Over-extended, mistakin' myself for limitless
Distracted easily when interested in women friends
It'd been a better look if I stuck to my books with discipline
Fuck it, I made my bed now I gotta get in it
Sleep on my great thoughts, wake up and get it in
This is my fourth album I ain't made a dime yet
I hustled backwards, ain't make the most of my time yet
Known as a rhyme vet in New York City's underground
Who missed his shot to blow up back when the chance had come around
You see how dumb it sound? Imagine how it feel
Not accessin' the ways you know you could make power build
That's what I call a waste of talent and potential
But I'm back from the depths, gettin' wild on instrumentals

I'm official
Pin stripes wit' the whistle
Been nice wit' the pencil
Big lights is my issue
I'm addicted to the shine
Been like this since I was little
Shot caller not a baller
I'm official
I'm official
Pin stripes wit' the whistle
Been nice wit' the pencil
Big lights is my issue
I'm addicted to the shine
Been like this since I was little
Shot caller not a baller
I'm official

I write a dope rhyme and speak it wit' force
I'm on another level like I just defeated the boss
Taproot rap, the flow is deep-seeded of course
Immortals overstand that life springs free at the source
You let the beat breathe
I let it bleed to feed my legacy wit' songs hotter than pepperseeds
I wanna eat off tourin' and record fees
Merch table transactions: vinyl, CDs, cassettes and tees
I spit the type of shit you stream and leave on repeat
Weavin' a serence soundtrack to your dreams as you sleep
You be immersed in the universes I birth in verses
My purpose in dispersin' words is to reverse the hearses
Resurrect the mentally dead by touchin' soul to soul
All I wanna do is open my heart, I have no control
Over the effects after the vibrations hit you
When I emerge from the depths, flippin' styles on instrumentals

I'm official
Pin stripes wit' the whistle
Been nice wit' the pencil
Big lights is my issue
I'm addicted to the shine
Been like this since I was little
Shot caller not a baller
I'm official
I'm official
Pin stripes wit' the whistle
Been nice wit' the pencil
Big lights is my issue
I'm addicted to the shine
Been like this since I was little
Shot caller not a baller
I'm official

I would wonder 'bout my future in the past
To the point I almost smashed straight through the lookin' glass
Right into the catacombs of the rabbit hole
Staggered home on brick roads, mesmerized by how madness roams freely
In the customs of the modern generation
Wanna burn down Babylon wit' hot incineration
I be takin' inspiration from scriptures that's allegorical
By peepin' metaphors in the clutch of the historical
No space and time separates anything on cosmic scales
I'm tryna show you where you come from like a comet's tail
Comical rappers oversaturate the apeture
Expose the worst parts like white media in Africa
Can't truss it
So I'ma cram ducats in a safe place
And plan wit' a clan the Klan can't fuck wit'
I'm reluctant to listen to what you into
Cuz I'm back from the depths, droppin' jewels on instrumentals

I'm official
Pin stripes wit' the whistle
Been nice wit' the pencil
Big lights is my issue
I'm addicted to the shine
Been like this since I was little
Shot caller not a baller
I'm official
I'm official
Pin stripes wit' the whistle
Been nice wit' the pencil
Big lights is my issue
I'm addicted to the shine
Been like this since I was little
Shot caller not a baller
I'm official

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from Might As Well Put This Out, released December 29, 2020

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M.C. K~Swift Brooklyn, New York

M.C. K~Swift (New Rap Order) is a Hip-Hop artist and educator, who has been recording and performing since his teens during the early '90s. A founding member of the progressive Hip-Hop collective, New Rap Order M.C. K~Swift is among both the vanguard and the old guard of True Hip Hop. ... more

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