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Each track has been written, recorded and mixed in one evening.
Instrumentals used without permission but with the utmost respect for the producer and all associated artists. This mixtape is intended to be a bit of fun, with absolutely no royalties going to either Kadyelle or Kiel and with full recognition of the creative process and integrity of the production.
lyrics
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LYRICS
KIEL
The year 87, day 22nd of October, shit was over before it started,
The olds didn’t know that their kid was a target,
For this rap shit, in the sights of a marksman,
14 years old, I wrote my first rap song,
Around the same time that I smoked my first packed bong,
Shit, it wasn’t that long before I was a menace,
And started to act wrong,
Job here job there 17 I was a bum,
No respect asking for change from my mum,
18 cleaned my act up, nearly 24 now I live for this rap stuff, that’s it!
HOOK
Where I’m from, it’s a story of a lifetime
From the graff on the walls to the raps that I write,
This is my life, my place that I’m graced with
Never gonna leave, never let nobody take it.
Where I’m from, there’s a median you live by
Walls get buffed and dreams are just to get by
My life won’t fall by the wayside
Throw ya hands up if you know that we live right
KADY
Damn – it’s been too many years now, burned a lotta bridges still flaming on the way down
I’m nostalgic on occasion, my temperament delayed my development, jaded for the helluvit
As a kid I was an outcast, out classed, doubt passed, round about the time i found outkast
And LeftEye, damn she could rap tight, went about my life like my lettering could change lives
And here we are, baby, firmly in the midst of it, figured it i never gon regret what i’ve given it
I was limited, i’m still wingin it, now watch how the phoenix rises right out the pyramid
HOOK
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credits
from
The One Nighter Mixtape,
released July 22, 2011
Production from Debaser's acclaimed album "Crown Control"
Lyrics by K. Somerville & K. Unwin
Mixed by Kadyelle
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