Royal Grove
Release Date: July 19, 2024
Released By: Ineffable Music Group
Special Guests: Iration, Rittz, The Elovaters, The Palmer Squares, The Pharcyde, Tobyraps
Don’t need no affirmation
I’m tired of being patient
The sky’s the only limit I see
All comes together
Just put your faith in whatever
As long as you endeavor to dream
Through these grey lonely skies
I found something to believe
It’s been a long, long way to climb
But the fall sets you free
I’m walking blindly through the valley of death
My head is barely bove the water, second guessing my steps
But I carry on nonetheless like I got baggage in the overhead
Goin toe to toe with all my demons who been over fed
My religion is giving into the infinite
Living in contradiction to apathy and indifference
Believe in anything you wanna long as you believe
Long enough to get to see your doubters at your jubilee
Im tryna pave my way to heaven with some my good intentions
But end up giving into sinning every time I’m tempted
I took the hardest route and tell myself I’m better for it
Got so many chips on my shoulder like I’m a Stegosaurus
Whatever man, my story’s far from completed
And I got faith that what I’m seeking’s coming right when I need it
Repeating all my aspirations as affirmations so I believe it
I know what’s coming, you don’t gotta see it
Don’t need no affirmation
I’m tired of being patient
The sky’s the only limit I see
All comes together
Just put your faith in whatever
As long as you endeavor to dream
Don’t need no affirmation
I’m tired of being patient
The sky’s the only limit I see
All comes together
Just put your faith in whatever
As long as you endeavor to dream
Through these grey lonely skies
I found something to believe
It’s been a long, long way to climb
But the fall sets you free
From 4 to 5 just ease up on me
Won’t even try to keep up
From 4 to 5 just ease up on me
Won’t even try to keep up
I think I need to be alone
Cuz you know it’s been a long day
Staring at the ceiling stoned
Til I heard you in the hallway
All day I been on my feet
Stressed out and need a release
Calm down and give me some peace please
From 4 to 5 just ease up on me
Won’t even try to keep up
From 4 to 5 just ease up on me
Won’t even try to keep up
Gotta find my peace of mind
It’s like you wanna have a bad time
I’m turning off my cell phone and unplugging the land line
No chill so you take mine, deep breaths 4 5 6 7 8
I think I need a moment to myself now
You would let understand if it was spelled out wow
Pardon my manners I’m thinking out loud
Mind over matter I’ll tune you out I’m alone in the crowd
Sweet silence finally something I only achieve from behind my eyelids
You could find me smiling inside I’m dying
So even if I snap you can’t say I’m not trying
From 4 to 5 just ease up on me
Won’t even try to keep up
From 4 to 5 just ease up on me
Won’t even try to keep up
I wear the same hat on the way back
Never too far from the train tracks
Laid back with the bass track
Feeling like a needle in a haystack
I wear the same hat on the way back
Never too far from the train tracks
Laid back with the bass track
Feeling like a needle in a haystack
Creek livin’ since chicken pox
Couldn’t put me in a box
Pocket full of rocks in my dirty socks
Days on a mission to just get some recognition
On my bike out playing chicken
Least til the pool would open up
Rooster every morning
Making shitty ass recordings by my bed
It was said that I had everything important
Little did they know I was digging me a hole to hide
Still got my shovel but I’m back from the other side
I wear the same hat on the way back
Never too far from the train tracks
Laid back with the bass track
Feeling like a needle in a haystack
I wear the same hat on the way back
Never too far from the train tracks
Laid back with the bass track
Feeling like a needle in a haystack
Bike to the beach, sand on my feet, couple skinned knees on the concrete
Little off beat never lost me, never really cared what it cost me
Look around cause I know things change
They could be sick of the same old thing
Like the reason I left in the first place
Things come and go it’s a whole new space
On the way to relax with a sack, see the fam do the math everybody’s good
Reminisce for a tick at the crib, hit or miss with the kids from the neighborhood
Need less but I’m back for more, been in the game but we never kept score
Takin what I’m given never ask what for, was a bird in the nest now I’m out the door
Got my shovel back
Got my shovel back
Another fucked up night at the Hampton Inn
Glass on the floor and the lamp stand bent
Plans for today I had to cancel them I
I’m really not a stand-up friend
Some chick in the bed head underneath the pillow
Only thing I can see is where her tramp stamp is
Called on God he ain’t answerin
The way I’m livin life is cancerous
I’m trying really hard to make a transition from the chaos
Hey that’s all I know
But if I live long life, I’ll die slow every time I get high I’m at an all-time low
But I’m back in the A where I call my home
By the train tracks may crash out, hold up
Put the beanie on and step I can see the road ahead
And it seems to be a blessin from God
I wear the same hat on the way back
Never too far from the train tracks
Laid back with the bass track
Feeling like a needle in a haystack
I wear the same hat on the way back
Never too far from the train tracks
Laid back with the bass track Feeling like a needle
Oo na na
She looks like a movie star
Oh my God
Too cool for the rest of us
I met her at the doorway
Only took one second for the complaints
Stepped up for the match like I’m Liu Kang
But she got my whole life swinging from a shoe string
Yep shes an angel like two wings
I’m in danger in line for a mood swing
Still bounce right back like a boomerang
Oh the things I do for the, scuse’ me
Head games on the daily
Stay smooth make moves to evade them
She a 21st century lady
Tiktok and a vape pen
With Zendaya ideations
But im merely a pariah in the basement
Whats a queen to a vagrant
My favorite, let’s face it
Oo na na
She looks like a movie star
Oh my God
Too cool for the rest of us
Pharcyde
Legends
When it’s time to flex, I’m a veteran
She wanna wrestle on the mat, I’m a letterman
She keep knockin on my heart, I’ma let her in
Libras know the heart nothing better then
I can see that you a star, lookin for a better man
If you true to who you are, you gonna get it then
I’m just a doctor with the formula, the medicine
Turn ya lights on in the dark like Edison, or Tesla
Catch the spark see the vibes in the air
Everywhere in the moment love she don’t care
Just take her to a place where he won’t dare
It’s evident love’s in the air
Party people they stare
And she love when they look
Valet get the car, that’s one for the books
Oo na na
She looks like a movie star
Oh my God
Too cool for the rest of us
Let me speak on it man
Please let me have my two cents
Please
Imani playing cool as a winter breeze
In my Maserati
Came in the back way to escape
Everybody do my thing like Pavorotti
Break the glass, shake ya ass, do it quick but don’t move too fast
If she asks don’t play coy
I’m no fan boy
No play thing
No fake I’m a man
Let’s get it straight
Seen it in a dream
She’s sweeter than peaches and cream
Something straight out of a movie scene
A goddess, a queen, draped in all gold and green
Untouchable
Think she all that and don’t fuck with
I can’t change my ways
They always been the same
Ending heavy hearted and blue
But on the stage the praise
Is more than I can take
Check my ego like I’m checking the news
Stay humble
Humble
Humble
Stay humble
My gauge for fame
Has turned down all the way
I feel as I got nothing to prove
But don’t shame the game
It’s easier to play
Cuz everybody’s playing to lose
Stay humble
Humble
Humble
Stay humble
New boot goofin around
Got a big mouth got a tooth with a crown
Everybody dance while i shoot at the ground
Everybody with a body gotta move it around
Sleep on me you gon wake up screamin
A bad apple i came from Eden
Hell boy i’m a straight up demon
A1 team erryday all season
Hard hitter dope bar spitter
You rollin wit a Garcia Vega cigar splitter
The arbiter we are bitter far quicker picker up
Sippin a cup full of hard liquor
This is not for the weak top of the heap
Game on lock just swallowed the key
Follow your dreams Chicago to Cleveland
Trop and the P squares rockin the beat
They say the meek shall inherit the Earth but it’s all dirt
Right hand in the dark while the left do the work
Turn the other cheek? Well I get it but you first
Man if I’m a hot dog you must be the bratwurst
Bleeding heart I can see it through your shirt
And damn you talk a lot for somebody who won’t work
I’m coming for the throne consider it usurped
When they asked If I rapped I told ‘em I’m well versed
All the bottom feeders all shooting for top dog
And the compliments go straight to your head until it gets lopped off
We in the trough eatin slop but I’m a boss hog
Champagne pop off, Obama I drop bombs
It’s all subjective but I’m better than your best is
Something wasn’t right so I left, that’s ambidextrous
Pound for pound I got the hell out, Brexit
Continental rhymes come and get your free breakfast
Stay humble
Humble
Humble
Stay humble
Look at me floating
When you’re this high there’s so much more to see
Where are we going?
Nobody knows but it’ll lead to freedom
Got the heart of a rebel, stay ahead of the devil
Manifest all I need
Into the open
Letting the light come and shine on me
Tough gettings
But you know I wouldn’t give up
For now I got the stars at my shoulders
No ceiling or stop its just a warm feeling
So high, so high, so high
Here above the clouds
Not worrying about
What happens on the ground below
I wish you’d come around to living in the now
Instead of looking down the road
Look at me floating
When you’re this high there’s so much more to see
Where are we going?
Nobody knows but it’ll lead to freedom
Got the heart of a rebel, stay ahead of the devil
Manifest all I need
Into the open
Letting the light come and shine on me
Every hallway and country road we travel down
Just trying to ignore the ghosts
We said fake til we make it
Don’t let nobody take it
It’s the one thing you wanted the most
In this game of life
We’re playing for keeps
When the stage is bright
That’s where you’re gonna find me
Look at me floating
When you’re this high there’s so much more to see
Where are we going?
Nobody knows but it’ll lead to freedom
Got the heart of a rebel, stay ahead of the devil
Manifest all I need
Into the open
Letting the light come and shine on me
Lalalalalala
Strange hearts
Lalalalalala
I ran with every single that I was handed
Always on the go so don’t holler I’m in transit
Can’t connect I suggest ya get more bandwidth
I’m only gettin better I know that you can’t stand it
My opposition prepare for the last stand
I swear it’s your last chance
Bow out it’s the last act
This may be the last dance
But I am a class act
We can leave it up for discussion and you can pass that
So come on backstroke in the tide
I swear it’s stranger than fiction come along for the ride
I’m conscious of my condition but continue to thrive
I put everything aside to do what’s best for the hive
I got a heart of a warrior my cup runneth over, I’m from a
City that’s boarded up broke out my enclosure now I’m the
Dopest composer hanging off of your shoulder so here’s a
Flash of euphoria before it’s all over
Strange hearts
Lalalalalala
Strange hearts
Lalalalalala
Now could you give me that piggy back maybe even a hoist
I got so used to hearing no it never left me a choice
I had build my own bridge, flip my own switch, it was slow gets
But I didn’t throw fits I just owned it
Head down
kept it pushing through the static with my
Chest out
Even though I had to take an indirect route
I’m on my own cloud and there’s no doubt
So I’m leaving certain people on unread now
Peddling through impediments, I stayed ahead it
Its treacherous surrounded by degenerates
My evidence of eminence was present at the genesis
It must have been the deficit that lead me to this precipice
Ooo that boy got a bone to pick
Cuz on December 26 it gets cold as shit
Got a lot of bad habits I’m too old to quit
But I can paint a perfect picture that you won’t forget
Strange hearts
Lalalalalala
Strange hearts
Lalalalalala
Pick you up along the way
Goin for a ride today
Pick you up along the way
Headed my way? Take a right on fifth
This that once in a lifetime lunar eclipse
I got a list of all the memories I wanna relive
Gotta resist, this that shit to bury me with
If you wanna head that way it’s a long road
But I guess if that’s the move we could all go
Ready to roll, on top of the globe, dope
Atlas on the beat let me carry you home, woah
We could take the long way cause she like the drive
We could hit the joint first she like gettin’ high
If I see it and I want it I’ma make it mine
I ain’t gonna waste a minute like I’m out of time
We could take the long way cause she like the drive
We could hit the joint first she like gettin’ high
If I see it and I want it I’ma make it mine
I ain’t gonna waste a minute like I’m out of time
Goin for a ride today
Pick you up along the way
Goin for a ride today
Pick you up along the way
Slip slip slide with a genuine stride
Just to drive to a venue with a line outside
I get by its not everyone’s pie
But I’m fine with the style that inspires at the time
It’s all smoke, the bigger we grow
But you can’t see cuz you never leave home
Got a lot of seeds that I need to keep sowing
When you hit the end you just gotta keep going
Little bit of hippie, little bit of hip-hop
Three little birds on the curb at the thrift shop
Little bit of low brow far from the tip top
Going for a ride but got time for a pitstop
Goin for a ride today
Pick you up along the way
Goin for a ride today
Pick you up along the way
Hoping one of those hands just breaks
Done knocked on the door and it was locked
Even hollered but still no one came
My heart thumps with the beating of the sun
A cacophony of seriphim sing
You were young, you were cruel and you were dumb
It’s about time that you forgave YOU
Mind left town for the weekend
Hoping to be back by the middle of the week
I was walking close I did what I had to do
You were blowing smoke, spare me with your platitudes
Echoes in the wind told me that they had a secret
They said it doesn’t matter what you keep
That hit me the most, had to switch my attitude
Now that I’m a ghost, I can show my gratitude.
Tick tock always staring at the clock
Hoping one of those hands just breaks
Done knocked on the door and it was locked
Even hollered but still no one came
My heart thumps with the beating of the sun
A cacophony of seriphim sing
You were young, you were cruel and you were dumb
It’s about time that you forgave
I came home with a keepsake
But I’m running cold like the water in the creek
Opened up a hole that I think I’ve fallen through
Hollowed out my soul so ought to feel renewed
Lyin in the bed face down but I’m sleepless
Now that I can see what was swimmin in the deep
Runnin from the grove cuz it’s not what I assumed
Only juxtapose to the quiet in the room
Tick tock always staring at the clock
Hoping one of those hands just breaks
Done knocked on the door and it was locked
Even hollered but still no one came
My heart thumps with the beating of the sun
A cacophony of seriphim sing
You were young, you were cruel and you were dumb
It’s about time that you forgave YOU
Tick tock always staring at the clock
Hoping one of those hands just breaks
Done knocked on the door and it was locked
Even hollered but still no one came
My heart thumps with the beating of the sun
A cacophony of seriphim sing
You were young, you were cruel and you were dumb
It’s about time that you forgave
The beautiful things I destroyed
What makes me think of myself as a victim
When I was still given a choice
Was there a purpose or point
A different side of the coin
I couldn’t see it so I would repeat it
Too busy just filling the void
Breathe it out
Don’t worry now
Breathe it out
No longer bound
Was it a matter of poise
The beautiful things I destroyed
What makes me think of myself as a victim
When I was still given a choice
Was there a purpose or point
A different side of the coin
I couldn’t see it so I would repeat it
Too busy just killing the noise
Yesir, yesir
I step into forever now
Crossing over
If I can still remember how
Elevating
No longer am I waiting now