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Pieces of a Man

by Mick Jenkins

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1.
claps from audience (Yea, yea) (Yes) Good to be here I'm excited that so many of you can come out And share these vibrations with us My name of course, excuse me My name of course is Mick Jenkins My organization and my family is called Free Nation And we are here this evening to give you some free thought Some food for thought We've been breaking bread over thoughts concerning the man From place to place With face to face conversation Which can be an easy thing to lose sight of In the light of this digital age What we are talking about concerning the man Is a red hot case of dot dot dit dit dot dot dash The remorse code The damned if I know dot dot dit dit dot dot dash means damned if I know And the reason this has been become such a popular phrase in different black communities around the nation Is because there are more and more things black people thought they had a handle on that they sorta seen slowly slip away from them More and more things the black man specifically has kinda just let go claps from audience
2.
You can catch me On the wave no jet ski Ice cold no Gretsky I don't got time to figure out how I feel, for real I don't got a mind to figure out the fake and the real, At all I don't got dollars to deepen my pockets Still got dimes, they nipping at the back of my heels Cause I look good (Look good) I dress good (Look good, dress good) Smoke good (Smoke good) I stress a lot (Stress a lot) Who do I run to The papers in frontal the pain that is subdue They can't see me undo They can't see me undone, I'm too lit right now I'm big on the internet, pretend I ain't into that Love provides the fruit that don't live too far from the tree A piece of mind for her, the other half I can't be Why should I give a fuck about feelings? (Feelings) My heart's getting cold (Iceberg, ice cold) A piece of me to you is getting it Harder It's been in my experience that whenever you show yourself For real, for real, you know Motherfuckers like to take advantage, standing there naked you panic When vantage points don't get expanded They offer you anecdotes based on the man that you were More than the man that you plan to be I go right back to the cannabis It's harder to change the intangibles But I know I didn't get this way randomly Handing me cards that were played in advance So while I poke her face, she stare grinning handsomely Six hands ahead of me, it had to be Clean up my school, and janitor habits he gladly see But there's just some things that I never speak There's some things that You can catch me (But you can't catch me that's the thing) On the wave no jet ski Ice cold, no Gretsky I don't got time to figure out how I feel, for real I don't got a mind to figure out the fake and the real At all I don't got dollars to deepen my pockets Still got dimes, they nipping at the back of my heels Cause I look good (Look good) I dress good (Look good, dress good) Smoke good (Smoke good) I stress a lot (Stress a lot) Who do I run to? The papers in frontal the pain that is subdue They can't see me undo They can't see me undone I'm too lit right now I'm big on the internet I'm big on the internet
3.
We, real cool We, left school We, learned late We, seen scene We, jazz June We, die soon We, die soon We, die soon with your cool ass With your cool ass Real cool, with your cool ass With your cool ass Die soon We, real cool We, left school We, learned late We, seen scene We, jazz June We, die soon We, die soon We, die soon with your cool ass Quick fast, quick fast, plus one that's quick math Quicksand, sink slow for some quick cash Quit that, got a better chance with bitcoin Big banks see you stuntin' and this shit's deep Crypt keep and now you're fucking with the block chain Speed race until we running out of octane I brought loud, you brought Reggie that's a mismatch We not on the same page, it's just no, no way Can't sauce through the beef this ain't bowling aye Don't get mad because I roll it straight Bowl a strike, new pants and I feel I need some more again Tryna write while they bite, I'm not Holyfield Disagree with the ni**a but they know you real They gon' see for themselves, know I told you so Can't teach a young ni**a, he don't want to know Could be a flower, he don't want to grow Real cool We, left school We, learned late We, seen scene We, jazz June We, die soon We, die soon We, die soon with your cool ass With your cool ass Real cool, with your cool ass With your cool ass Die soon We, real cool We, left school We, learned late We, seen scene We, jazz June We, die soon We, die soon We, die soon with your cool ass Pardon my judgement, and its worth I'm trying to be reflective, don't mean to be overt with it All this shit connected no cursive, it's more cohesive than simple calligraphy Figure me, a whole different ni**a than what I was meant to be A whole different mental, with a stencil it was incidental This was way before followers when I was following Wasn't until a bit later when I started flowering And I needed pollination not your validation Til they tell you, you ain't shining that's the provocation I be speaking on the humble in the conversation Who would think that I still copped a Cuban link It was thrifting, now it's Barney's it's that newer mink Barnes & Noble savage army ni**a, who you read? One stroke of the pen for your eulogy You should leave, if not shit new to me You ni***s be too cool for me Too many social rules for me That superficial shit ain't fooling me I'm in the party and this ni**a thinks he's schooling me Real cool We, left school We, learned late We, seen scene We, jazz June We, die soon We, die soon We, die soon with your cool ass With your cool ass Real cool, with your cool ass With your cool ass Die soon We, real cool We, left school We, learned late We, seen scene We, jazz June We, die soon We, die soon We, die soon with your cool ass You ni***s be too cool for me Too many social rules for me
4.
Soft Porn 03:42
Give it to me with the clothes off You can even take the gold off We don't need no triggers Honest as Abe Lincoln Why do it feel like I take it? What's so hard about the naked truth? I scream about it until I change it And still I wonder am I breaking through at all? But hey, but hey, we look good We a real nice, black Dark chocolate, ain't no more sitting in the back Ain't got to front, I know what you want I could meet you where you at With the naked truth Talk dirty to me with it too, give me hot takes Give me proof, give a chance to prove, let a man improve imma say I grew, they gon' say I pulled a switch-aroo But they is who? All that jogging in place is cool But that shit stayed in school for me partly because Somebody was brutally honest Pointed out social constructs, I foolishly honored I booted the false concepts that diluted the water Was tryna be true to the ni**a I was claiming to be Now I'm really real Tryna get old like a Philly Shell Don't nobody want no smoke with me, from spoken words of poetry The polarizing social content posted I got more of the type and it all took a sprite From advice from one that wouldn't consider nice, that's alright, it helped me take flight I used to fall, but the flow is so velvety that we still had the Velveeta stacking nice Really flexing our appetizing, I ain't stressing too hard But hey, but hey, we look good We a real nice, black Dark chocolate, ain't no more sitting in the back Ain't got to front, I know what you want I could meet you where you at With the naked truth I dare you to strip it down, it's plenty dollars out here They'll pay you to keep it on, they'll pop your collar as long as you go and play the role I'm popping bottles of starch, ni***s know I can't fold I hope your water as smart as you claim to be online They call you by your username offline, I usually pay no mind I just cannot get used to ni***s using that shit to define themselves You'll lose me every time trying to align myself with real ni***s You confuse me every time you say that you feelin' free Can't see where my ceiling be Think that's why those trapped in boxes can't see where I'm coming from We just aint there mentally Expose myself to myself what the fuck you running from fam? We can feel your energy The hate gon' always gonna cost you so the love is complimentary Wallet full of centuries I still can't get the time back Protect the pocket like a lineback Where these ni***s draw the line at? Don't let me find out that they don't draw one at all I spit the naked truth I'm drawing it raw I speak on it all, not peaking at all No valleys in sight, I rally to fight For the naked truth
5.
Uh! Wake up thanking God (eh) Wake up thanking God Wake up, Wake up, thanking god for these brand new mercies It's a game of thrones all i see is Cersei I stay with the squad still be smoking percies though Have your weapon formed, but that shit can't hurt me (nah) I stay in the sun, need my sun like hershey's (yea) Do everything well Jackie Joyner Kersee Im bout to run it up Monetizing controversy Bitch you want cut with us, playing all the roles where the fuck is Eddie Murphy N****s thirsty, you wasn't poppin shit in person N****s hercules on the internet Aint no bitch in me, come and search me Slutted out high fashion fam, im fly with my silhouette Thousand thread count, soft ass ni***s prone to pillow talk neighbors? think it's dope Dodging ? wit these kilowatts Six figure quote off a motherfuckin key note presentation, that's Ted talk Say less, let the bread talk Everyday I wake up thanking God Wake up thanking god for these brand new mercies Wake up thanking God (eh) Wake up thanking God for these brand new mercies Everyday I wake up thanking God Wake up thanking god for these brand new mercies Wake up thanking God I got on my knees said a prayer, caught a blessing on these n****s Count my blessings on the n****s Count my blessings
6.
Barcelona 02:34
Look, straight up and down i never did the crooked They offered 20, im worth more I told my n**** book it Praise God my position isn't make or break it I just wanted to spend the weekend in Spain I ? it nice, dont give a fuck about how n****s took it awkward stares like what the fuck you looking at And thats all over the world I'm no n**** with dreams of busting all over your girl That's belittling, bigger schemes we been scribbling Notice its plural dividend trickling 3 ways Due to the penmanship I do shows at my leisure And all these syncs is residual Pop out occasional for the sake of relationships Sanitize after handshakes and treat the weed like its riddlin Trying to give you a visual, fuck all this censorship Ni***s too sensitive, if your comfort ain't pivoting you ain't listening right Granny praying for us, she say we ain't christianing right Even water can't save mixing dark with the light Corner the art with the business, no beauty mark but my point is these n****s running with scissors and headed straight for the plug Mogul talking, business moving at the pace of a slug Left the trail, had to bail, knew his heart wasn't in it How you up banger then catch parkinson's wit it A lot of yall hear that line and gon' know it well I be on my show and prove not my show and tell Then the whole defense about it be so Colin Powell I was speeding had to slow it down Off the fertilizer, n**** growing now (I mean) Enterprising been compartmentalizing all my shit A tornado flew around my room before you came I straightened it, right before your eyes you see my stains, you see me basically Picking up the pieces
7.
N***a Somebody had got enough courage to be like, uh you gonna pass that? I wasn't about to ask that man Cuz I already knew what time it was Ray looked at that n***a and was like nah boy You see, it's a percy, you see And n****s was like what? I already knew what he said When n****s was looking at him like what I was like n***a that's a personal Like the closest you gonna get to hitting that jawn is sniffing it
8.
Aye, feeling like that ni**a, these days my skin is much clearer My woman's skin is much clearer, of course I'm drinking my water Don't spend too much time in mirrors Reflections will get you caught up Connections will get you brought up in conversation You basing everything you know about me from moments, I'm more a compilation Of composition, it's complicated, I've contemplated so many perspectives Accommodated my vices, exonerated emotions and I'm coping, Macaulay Culkin I'm trapping my demons over Bohemian Rhapsody They draw lines at our Widow's Peak, we don't peak at capacity Casually giving no fucks about your two cents, we gon' clip the loose ends We gon' clip the split ends, we gon' split ends, we gon' burn the nooses They tried to exclude us, they lied to include us My tribe is of Judah, your kind is of Judas I ordered the Caesar, no Brutus among us, uprootin' the fungus These ni***s is leeches, they learning down from us Don't you get to counting up another ni**a dough Don't call me a hater just because I wasn't fucking with the flow If it's Reggie, then I got to let you know Keep it that real, ni***s already know Don't you get to counting up another ni**a dough Don't call me a hater just because I wasn't fucking with the flow If it's Reggie, then I got to let you know (I got to let you know) Keep that real, ni***s already do What you want to do about me telling the truth? I get it, you're sensitive And I don't say that with malice, my intentions are pensive and poignant Opinions annoying, as they are of often informant I'm critically thinking I'm fixing my form And my shooting percentage is rising I worked on my vertical simply by switching horizons Colliding my will with the wave, and ni***s call me Poseidon And just call me the plug, I'm providing the drugs In small doses, we grind, and we roll, and we smoke And we cook, and we eat, and refocus Repeat, and repeat, and repeat, and repeat until it's polished Acknowledge my genius, no college degree on me Got a few G's with me, got an O-Z on me It's some OG homie, don't you count that paper on me homie Don't you get to counting up another ni**a dough Don't call me a hater just because I wasn't fucking with the flow If it's Reggie, then I got to let you know Keep that real, ni***s already know Don't you get to counting up another ni**a dough Don't call me a hater just because I wasn't fucking with the flow If it's Reggie, then I got to let you know (I got to let you know) Keep that real, ni***s already
9.
Somebody put me on the leash, I'm bucking wild like the A-K because it came from Kaytra I point it down so you can't escape it Even if you duck, duck, goose neck Your Canada goose wet, balled up to your crewneck This that blue flame Put the green to this shit, this that blue dream Put your schemes to the test in real life, bet you need a vest Bet you need a vet Ni***s biting crazy, already seen death by rabies Ni***s getting lazy, digging holes and pushing daisies Boonk acting like it's gravy, acting crazy on the internet Ni***s dirty dancing, no Patrick Swayze Lover don't get caught on your Savion Glover for these white boys They out here cancelling plans at the last minute You deny it and then admit it, that type mad different But I ain't mad, I'm high as a kite Trip is supplying the light, ni***s can't buy this advise Listen, caution would question this shit, ni***s that claim you bitchin' Get straight to the money whenever your hands start itching Know that if you ride me, you'll never be Mike or Pippen And you got to know that ain't me dissin' Dodging smokescreens, that ain't the piff in the air or, ni***s is smoking different Could read the same Bible but, ni***s just quote it different They finna do clean water just like prohibition I already know the mission, why they keep on missing we grow more efficient Gotta have it Please excuse the water bottle, have it Fingers spazzing Make a ni**a think this semi automatic Fuck the dramatics We get through them locks when they padded I never had it Got to get to free, got to have it Gotta have it Please excuse the water bottle, have it Fingers spazzing Make a ni**a think this semi fully automatic Fuck the dramatics We get through them locks when they padded I never had it Got to get to free, got to have it Ay yo, these ni***s mad thirsty for the fame and glory Yous as basic as a baby daddy on maury fuck the fake chain blinging, the auto tune singing i'm a killer bee straight out the hive and im stinging dirty slang doctor botox your girl's lips up We soul training em like Don Corneil, get your dick sucked We fist fucking the money, we runnin down jewelers We flooded backstage out like ice in the coolers, fuck the rulers Donald Trump is a piece of shit I got 36 chambers, hollow tip in the clip Smoke a dick, no time for the games and dramatics we blessed every morning with today's mathematics Put a hole in your cabbage, quick to fuck up your party Off your whole set ni**a, you can ask Cardi We used to lose our cracks when we was runnin' from the Narci Now we watching shark tank, robes up in the Marqis Gotta have it Please excuse the water bottle, have it Fingers spazzing Make a ni**a think this shit be fully automatic Fuck the dramatics We get through them locks when they padded I never had it Got to get to free, got to have it Gotta have it Please excuse the water bottle, have it Fingers spazzing Make a ni**a think this shit be fully automatic Fuck the dramatics We get through them locks when they padded I never had it Got to get to free, got to have it
10.
Ghost 03:34
You never really see me out, I be on the road Or I be in the crib, when I'm not on the road I'm working on my penmanship, and my relationship I put in hard work, you cannot fake this shit You never really see me out Ghost Ghost Ghost You never see me I dig my personal space Put the flower in the paper, put the earth to my face With my lady and we lay there for the girth of the day It's worth it to say, I do this for a whole different purpose It's kind of high key, I'm low key But to clarify, I really just been more focused on me You can verify these claims with anybody that know me Singing my words ni**a, I don't do karaoke And define worth to me because I won't win the trophy I been watching it closely All that glitter just garnishing, I'm more partial to parsley And all the medals will tarnish You played your hardest and they ate your heart out I beg your pardon, I'm more Harden I can't ride the bench about it Even if they claim I bitched about it Knew I had the eagle eye, couldn't remain pigeon about it Speak about it, even win, especially when my pigment doubted They couldn't fuck with the vision, and now you see me in vintage frames Percentage rose when the interest came All that hate just fanned a bigger flame I'm simply saying when I'm sane, I go super saiyan I supersede all them ni***s that go with the grain That's why you never see me in that lane You never really see me out, I be on the road Or I be in the crib, when I'm not on the road I'm working on my penmanship, and my relationship I put in hard work, you cannot fake this shit You never really see me out Ghost Ghost Ghost You never see me Back on my bullshit you know i'm preaching, don't need a pulpit Who'll be a culprit if we really talking stealing flows I hate the fake in my heart when break on a serial But the real do my shit just like Cheerios Hearing more voices that try to influence choices I make I'm out my shell but all i see is oysters phonies kicking it, they just imposters fish out of water, now i need that moisture he don't react to the heat like pasta too much backbone, check his posture he dance with wolves young kevin costner and canoes through this water world with the logic of a spok, If i retreat i'm simply tryna prosper what do diamonds do under pressure? I feel the weight of landing helicopters Just to get up here and find out they read teleprompters fuck is conscious if you woke, but you still in the bed a lot of y'all realities is only in your head Then you bring that shit to me and you expect agreeance Im disagreeing with your take on all this shit instead But, I don't be trying to do the most so i digress I take it down I fade to black I get on with this You never really see me out, I be on the road Or I be in the crib, when I'm not on the road I'm working on my penmanship, and my relationship I put in hard work, you cannot fake this shit You never really see me out Ghost Ghost Ghost You never see me
11.
Heron Flow 2 02:09
I mean really Its some sick shit aint it The man has lost his mind almost bout as quick as he found it And it's dark in there In his mind He done asked himself questions to which no answer be Damned if he know Damned if we don't find out I don't see no ladder But they keep telling us to climb out It's dark down here How is it that we come to quantify the whole of a man Only by what he looks like in the light Well Dot dot dit dit dot dot dash
12.
I've been hiding out in plain sight I've been getting high as hell, before these fucking plane rides Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes I've been hiding out in plain sight I've been getting high as hell, before these fucking plane rides Never plain clothes, that just can't fly Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Robert Geller, Watanabe, Common Projects just to curve the groupies I'm in Barney's, tryin' Marni copped it sooney sooney Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, got the trees on me Breeze on me, I might need to grab a new jacket Double G's, couple G's on my new jacket They used to tax a ni**a, now I'm in a new bracket New bracelet, link from Cuba, going too savage Change five times ni**a going to I've been hiding out in plain sight I've been getting high as hell, before these fucking plane rides Never plain clothes, that just can't fly Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes I've been hiding out in plain sight I've been getting high as hell, before these fucking plane rides Never plain clothes, that just can't fly Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Fitted yea, getting ready ima be there in a minute Getting blunted in the Uber window tented yea Five stars for the driver cuz he wit it (yea) CUz he wit it Shorty wit me and she fitted yea, getting ready she gon be here in a munute yea Getting blunted in the Uber window tented yea Five stars for the driver cuz he wit it (yea) Five stars for the dinner we aint pay a dime She a dime, gotta pay her more than nevermind She rock Theory, she got theories that'll level mine Had to level up, Styles i got several kind And the other side suede and its leather lined I got thick skin, yea she thick too We ain't tossin pig skin, but as soon i touch down It's ?? knees ?? Robert Geller, Watanabe, Common Projects just to curve the groupies I'm in Barney's, tryin' Marni copped it sooney sooney Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, got the trees on me Breeze on me, I might need to grab a new jacket Double G's, couple G's on my new jacket They used to tax a ni**a, now I'm in a new bracket New bracelet, link from Cuba, going too savage Change five times ni**a going to I've been hiding out in plain sight I've been getting high as hell, before these fucking plane rides Never plain clothes, that just can't fly Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes I've been hiding out in plain sight I've been getting high as hell, before these fucking plane rides Never plain clothes, that just can't fly Never plain clothes Never plain clothes Never plain clothes
13.
Pull Up 04:27
Aye, pull up on me I've been down to ride Since pull up's My chin to the sky like pull ups, I've been working, good luck Eating punches from these biceps, they come with concepts They come in bunches from the core, I've been doing crunches They've been sleeping, Imma make em sit up We crunch the numbers, we was fed up, had to get that bread up I got to focus I've been giving out so much of myself Fuck it Tell the homies pull up on me I've been down to ride Since pull ups My chin to the sky like pull up's, we ain't looking down We ain't throwing shade Just pull up on me I've been down to ride We can smoke somethin' We can drink, let you hold somethin' Just pull up on me I've learned to work in environments that really aren't conducive for work Just because of the way this shit work, I throw myself into it And ni***s is hit-stick hurt, and I'm supposed to be okay with that Riding round the world and then I made it back And all I had was shit to fix when I got home Lose real friends when I be in my zone Me and Slams split a xan when the flight too long Burn a page if I write too long, we burn the sage if we fight too long We ain't talked in weeks You ain't answer my texts, I was overseas Young ni**a tryna stay live, you want to smoke a trey-five And you already know we stay high We just tryna find them De La Soul chops Soulful, not Cold cuts gonna hit you different when you hungry, get it? And I need enough to split it Fuck it Pull up on me I'll be down to ride, we can smoke somethin' We can drink, let you hold somethin' Just pull up on me Just pull up on me I'll be down to ride, since pull up's My chin to the sky like pull up's We ain't lookin' down, we ain't throwing shade Just pull up on me I'll be up before the sun can rise People wonder why, the biggest ni**a here still hustle like he undersized Head above the water I will not be undermined Underlying principles still the same, but I've changed Don't get caught running in place, you look deranged Pins struggled to stay in frame, I switched the angle Fell down on my knees for the cross, no twisted ankle Twisted papers, passed the joint and heard a thank you Watched the vapors elevate with my prayers Fingers snap celebrate of our airs In the background, my homies back round Branch back in the day, we smoke the whole pack now Most of them old dreams is bold facts now We link and step over our old tracks now And honestly, shit is kind of nice to remember But I got them blocks for building, I'm not tryna play Jenga Ain't no time to point fingers, lessen direction of truth You'll find this shit is connected to lies like suits and ties Shit changed when everybody know that you that guy Seen too many relationships get euthanized So fuck it Pull up on me I'll be down to ride, we can smoke somethin' We can drink, let you hold somethin' Just pull up on me Just pull up on me I'll be down to ride, since pull up's My chin to the sky like pull up's We ain't lookin' down, we ain't throwing shade Just pull up on me I'll be Just pull up on me I'll be Just pull up on me I'll be Down to ride, bet you'll only hear this on the lowest key Had the same ni*** s for the longest time, and the strongest kind That's how you know it's me
14.
I need you to tell me what you want I can cut the tension in the room with a butter knife I handle the heat like an oven mitt I ain't got intentions beyond what you mention What you want from me? I can see the little inclinations, look like invitations More low key with my natural nature I will be all on that in like three seconds Flat out patient, no, don't patronize me if I need clarity I mean unspoken understandings are indeed rarities I need, you to (Say it out loud!) And it's Marco Polo until I'm on your wave Fingers stray, try to handle her, she say oh behave I oblige, never have to Obi-Wan Never have to force facts, the vibe in the room is as thick as a short stack Still I don't make a move until shorty endorse that Only portions until she's releasing endorphins I need you speaking in case I get to tweaking and just seeing distortions My breath start to shorten, I caution my court And your instruction important to (Say it out loud!) We can do the wait if you can't more than whisper I mean I'll be the yin to your yang (Uhh!) And if you can't let me know that, shorty how you figure? (Say it out loud!) I can cut the tension in the room with a butter knife (oooh, ahhh) (Say it out loud!) Listen as I issue as we come into this space my voice is a sweet song and it leads you to the right place if we flip the script we can make our own magic Listen to the hear me say it now Sometimes I go on to say stop and sometimes I go on to say no sometimes I ain't gon' want to say dont stop, dont stop, dont stop The love we make is in the moment changeable like the ocean so if you can't get the right notion I got to say out loud
15.
U Turn 02:46
Pistol whip, I'm not sending shots I'm just busting heads We in the whip, this my parking spot, I just bust a U I just bust a U In this classic whip Pistol whip, I'm not sending shots I'm just busting heads Smoke out the whip, this my parking spot, I just bust a U I just bust a U In this classic shit Pistol Pete, when I got the rock and I'm passing it I'm passionate, those stars trek like Spock cause I'm logical Its fallacies, all up in your hearts, all up in your shoes But tragedy, a cacophony causing causalities I'm glad to be, black as coffee be on my Master P My Cardi B, see I'm taking off like the breaks is off Ni***s grillin' like they all just got they fucking braces off Talking love and they want to test my patience, oh? Fuck passive aggressive shit, this shit sounding basic, oh? Talk that pain and pleasure shit, they want more abrasive, oh? My first name is Jayson, oh You don't want me Voorhees cause you sleeping or ignoring Anybody in here snoring better know that you can get Pistol whip, I'm not sending shots I'm just busting heads We in the whip, this my parking spot, I just bust a U I just bust a U In this classic whip Pistol whip, I'm not sending shots I'm just busting heads Smoke out the whip, this my parking spot, I just bust a U I just bust a U In this classic shit I'm way too hot for the hot box, she want to see the moon through the sunroof Diamonds on my right from the west side, southside ni***s so uncouth Oh, I don't ever tell no untruth's though Ni***s'll say that they feel you, they never fuck with the real you I pull up on em in this pony and they get to acting phony Please do not force my hand my ni**a, you know that we ain't really homies I never knew you like that, don't make me do you like that Just bust a U turn before we have to get down like a new perm We can straighten it out, just know that you can get Pistol whip, I'm not sending shots I'm just busting heads We in the whip, this my parking spot, I just bust a U I just bust a U In this classic whip Pistol whip, I'm not sending shots I'm just busting heads Smoke out the whip, this my parking spot, I just bust a U I just bust a U In this classic shit
16.
Understood 03:28
Pull up, puffin' on the indo Chevy sitting up on Lorenzo's Old head hit me with the head nod Understood a ni**a like ten four Ten four, ten four, ten four Ten four, ten four, ten four Old head hit me with the head nod Understood a ni**a like Deep conversations about language, which one you speak? A lot of ni***s claim bilingual, lie through their teeth Tryna talk money, it's on the tip of they tongue You know the feeling when the word's just outside your reach? Take a few steps in you outside your territory Make em lean back like Terror Squad when you're telling stories Or even like you got the ac'(activis) in ya So many different vernacular perspectives and points Went from selecting electives, to collecting the coins To rejecting investments, to connecting with legends And stressing acceptance To fuck it I write with my left, I'm finessing this joint with my right To bring the light, like a key on a kite The rolling thunder make them pee on they self I see the fire, I've been drinking Freon I'm on the corner feel like Deon, with these Cowboys Don't speak snake with these Malfoys though No sweat on my towel boy flow Brought the funk like an outhouse The bumps like a bounce house And spit like the beatbox the heat rock the Pete Rock Headnod' Pull up, puffin' on the indo Chevy sitting up on the Lorenzo''s Old head hit me with the head nod Understood a ni**a like ten four Ten four, ten four, ten four Ten four, ten four, ten four Old head hit me with the head nod Understood a ni**a like Verse 2 We say a lot to say a little And sometimes we say the most when we really ain't saying shit at all Cotton mouth, I swear I spit it all I spit it all on the paper, I'm twisting all of this paper I'm spending all of this paper for retail therapy Brim low, they can still tell it's me They say they want the kid in Tel a Vive And what that tell the world? I know you're smelling me My fingers recently wrestled the evergreen Been 100 Proof, the message is Everclear Speaking for the crew, I'm playing Mrs. Everdeen Peculiar? Yeah I study Ms. Peregrine, my pedigree? Duke Nukem, yo Eukanuba just let it be Falling out of harmony, we singing different melodies Really ain't spoke the same language in a long time Both like to claim it's just only cause the different latitude Long lines at shows got me distant with my attitude A matador, I know you're mad at me I ain't even mad at you Aye, Pull up, puffin' on the indo Chevy sitting up on the Lorenzo's Old head hit me with the head nod Understood a ni**a like ten four Ten four, ten four, ten four Ten four, ten four, ten four Old head hit me with the head nod Understood a ni**a like
17.
You know I came just to smoke Don't blow no Reggie my way Matter of fact, stay out my way, Imma just sit in this corner here Roll up the dope on my dolo, fresh I got dressed at the coroner Remember when we was in polo? Rarely if ever again This contemporary got me ready to spin Fuck all these commas, these verses look crazy on paper, I write them in pen Ain't no erasing mistakes, we just learn from em til we earn from em That's how I started talking this water That's when we started making the money Six figures, and not one was a father And wonder how a ni**a fuck up your daughter The same way I fuck up my lungs You know I came just to smoke Don't blow no Reggie my way Matter of fact, stay out my way You know I came just to smoke Don't blow no Reggie my way You know I came just to smoke Backwoods a thing of the past now Papers, I sprinkle the hash now Would crumble if I couldn't concentrate Shattered perceptions I got the juice and that shit is never from concentrate Got through security with contraband, I'm on my Dora like ándele Step in the spot and they eyeing me Cornea snatching the ?? Cotton mouth will get you soon enough, wake up and realize the moon is us We've been controlling the wave Fuck Google Maps cause there ain't no directions my ni**a this road ain't been paved This joint ain't been rolled, I mean this phrase ain't been coined And ain't no coins in my way man what more can I say You know I came just to smoke Don't blow no Reggie my way Matter of fact, stay out my way You know I came just to smoke Don't blow no Reggie my way Don't blow no Reggie my way You know I came just to smoke

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Literally a collection of songs that speaks to; generally, black manhood and the realities of existing in certain spaces. And personally, Mick’s perspective or “lesson learned” interpretations of some of those same ideas. This is exhibited perfectly with the transition of songs like ‘soft porn’ and ‘consensual seduction’ being next to each other in track listing. These are snapshots, accompanied and contextualized by the small excerpts of male conversation you will hear at the ends of songs and twice as interludes on the project. Similar to the healing component. But drawn back a bit after considering the critiques of its presence on the last album. I hope to start discussions much like the one we will record for this album.

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released October 26, 2018

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Mick Jenkins Chicago, Illinois

Mick Jenkins’ writing is rich with hard-won perspective and dotted with impressively specific, naturalistic details. But on a thematic level, it digs deeper than the here and now, the bus stop in front of him, the string of tour dates looming ahead. His music explores things that humans feel on an intuitive level but struggle to fully understand. ... more

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