1. |
World At My Feet
00:51
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20 years old with the world at my feet
lived for the moment, i lived for the heat
did it to experience life bittersweet
did it for the learning that no college could keep
and for those who doubted, i still did it for me
when i was 20 years old with the world at my feet
25 years old and the world at my feet
i did for the love, i did it to a beat
i did it for the women, i did it for the freaks
i did it for the living, who now felt complete
and those who passed even if so discrete
i did it for myself with the world at my feet
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2. |
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(Chris Louis)
They saying merry Christmas
happy new year
and hallelujah
but nothing ever really is new here
i thought i knew ya but who ya now
i heard times have changed
and somethings in the air
its very clear, it is not the same.
its so insane, n such a shame
only heaven knows
you read the scriptures
like i could picture the holy ghost
close to most
but farther than you could imagine
its hot as hell
(and the devil hasn't begun braggin)
we deep in this never finished
not until death we part
its not so hard
but eventually it will fall apart
my best regards
the coup de grâce
to who you are
once a fallen angel...
now a shooting star
they saying keep the faith
the proof is raw
the price is steep
the devil calls
your soul is bought
they chasing me.
i must escape this shit
i cannot rest, you best believe.
[Chorus]
They saying merry Christmas
i Pray to God
Hope you hear me, hope you feel me
hope is all i got.
i know you listenin
when no one tries
uh..i always knew..
that no one ever really dies.
(T. Knibbs)
They sayin merry christmas
And happy new year
Lotta people in this bitch
But only a few near
Different planes - like different lanes - we on r game
Amazin all the shit thats changed
Came a long way - dark road
Never fold- to busy collecting souls
Abyss 2.0 - get ta stackin
Sippin kracken - yea its pullin me back in
Its dark as hell and the devil hasnt begun ta cash in
Evil temptations - get ya heart racin
Hard ta hold out when u walkin park placinnnn
Still on track - never done coke
But ill spill crack - been on the ropes
Man i Always come back-
NRT ta LAS to EWR
If u know your flight codes
Man Ull know where we are
They saying Merīkurisumasu
if u tryna get around trust me we got you
people selling souls - maybe I've tried
Thru these tracks we immortalized
Froze in time - i know you listening
Cuz all the rest'll lie
Thats why we sayin- no one ever really dies
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3. |
Ambitious Ones
03:13
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(T. Knibbs)
Ambitious ones - we put our mind to it
Shit gets done
No slow pace man we skip to run
Holding nothing back
Theres no gates and the list goes on
We been doin this for years
Movin like theres gears
And its been quite a few years
people tellin me to stick with rappin
Cause we got that kinda ambition
That makes shit happen
And these tracks take me back
Feelin kinda oh nine prime when i rap
Rosetta stone so we can cash the ASCAP
They past the last batch
But fuck it gimme a month
I'll get the stax back
And the stakes are grayer than ever
But whatevers whatever
Awake for days
whatever it takes to stay
Who my kiddin - i miss it
Well certain aspects
Cursed ta last breath
First ta last set
Set goals then we work ta pass that
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4. |
New York
03:00
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NY, big city of dreams
I'm an upstate fella with a heart of a king
and a part of it stings, but I'm partial to pain
Fame and blame never change always remain the same uhh..
Yea..
Ever since day one..
I'm stepping to the plate wishing they would say something
Make something, take something..
even fake something..
having one of those days
Wishing I could break something.
(Chorus)
Yea, heard sleep was the cousin..
been slept on so I must be something
Been crept on, but they kep-kept coming
Cause I got it in the bag like that mc mclovin
Joe DiMaggio man the hits keep running
Up the score now they got what's coming
Uh so raw
fuck my flaws
It's who I am I'm from new York.
(Chorus)
Mommas only son so you could say I'm shining
Spit like an uzi but I sparkle like a diamond.
Even got other guys girls co-signing.
It's all about the love I say its all about the timing
My god.. is all about divine things
feelin like Kobe in his prime minus five rings.
Mickey Mantle..
Lou Gerhig, Went from dk to ny call me Donna Karen.
call me what you want
and see me not caring
Tell me its a front You get my back keep staring.
I'm always on the grind I thought it was apparent .
Now one last time for those who not hearing ..
I'm from new York...
Funny guy, nothing but the nuisance
I'll make more change with your two cents
Ambition is a bitch but I could not abuse it
Ignorance is bliss but I could not confuse it
So who is the coolest
Freshest, the rudest
Boy wann test me
Nuh, that be foolish
The rule is of thumb
Nu number one
It don't really truly even matter where you're from
But I'm from New York and I got it in my blood.
And ill ride for the west on some California love.
Yea... But this is where I came from...
If you knew me back then
I'm still the same one
stepping to the plate... wishing they would say something
Make something, take something..
even fake something..
having one of those days
Wishing I could break something.
And you know what? I don't play cousin..
(Chorus)
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5. |
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I remember back
like way back
some words i couldn't say that
i thought about em
n dreamt about it
bit my lip n went on without it
turned around n started doubting
most nights went undecided
temptations couldn't fight it
my true feelings i couldn't hide it
you always had my undivided
full attention no lying
not committed but i could try it.
no secrets no surprises
too young, or too childish
another lifetime.. bad timing
now we here with this silver lining
youre doing you n im doing my thing
n you should know im doing fine
n i think about you from time to time
n i found a love n i know shes mine
much older now so i notice signs
n she treat me good.
so divine
blessed..n i know ya tryin
i know its real n i know its blind
my best regards
sincerely signed..
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6. |
PowerTrippin
04:07
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(Chris Louis)
Will you say it back to me if i said it first
or let go of my heart if i said it hurts
i never said it works time will tell
i mean its really good to know ya but you fine as hell
oh well..
i mean you really really shine bright like..
Diamonds it the night but
i cant go off of this for life hun
you the type of woman make a man wanna wife up
(Chris Louis)
Wasn't really trying, wasnt really caring
all i really care now is that you understand
i wanna be ya man, man you the baddest
these other chicks smooth but you make em look average.
don't care never did about nobodys status
cause if i see it n i need it then i gotta have it
and you here now..
how you feel now?
i like em like a lady but i like it how you real wild
hear me out..
so addicted.. like i need this..
got me feeling so high like a G6
Got me flowing like the nile out in Egypt
got my ego powertrippin girl you feed it
(Chris Louis)
Now I'm leaving on the next plane
explain.. How its always sex pain and rock n roll
all the feelings that I cannot control.
Like Aaliyah baby, you can rock my boat
not for most though, coast to coast
use to be about this lifestyle, overdosed
and thats no joker, word to Heath Ledger
if life about the pain maybe you can be my pleasure
and you can make me better
go through whatever
the weather, the hail storms, like rare form
you got me in, I'm not pretend unstoppable
nothing ever in my way.. never no obstacles
not for you.. i clear a path out
it's stacked now, odds in your favor I'm backed down
come back now, i can never let go
cause all these other women here are just for show so..
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7. |
Break You Down
02:47
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Now i get.. A little bit lonely..
little bit selfish
little bit all me..
but if i left in the morning would you call me
if you felt in your heart you were falling
head over heels, head over here
you the type there make a grown man scared
I'm a little bit hurt, if you aren't all real
but you the type of woman make a grown man stare
What I'm needing, and fiening
maybe even more
with a little bit between n
tryna be real, not misleading
no egos, i'm not feeding
only pleasing every part of
Mind n body tell me where to start love
cause you and I we could be a part of
something much much more
im a little bit caught up..
(gonna break it down)
Now im sittin here...
and I bet you wonder why..
bet you never leave though
bet you never cry
cause i only need you in this world no lie
and its only me and you till the end of time
yea.. bet you never heard that one.
like a million other artists bout to go platinum
and its only matter time b'fore they take your heart
but I'm about broke so that's where i'll start..
yea.. until no end
and i know that you see we the best of friends
past the fence, outta the ballpark hows it end?
i dont know, it all depends
but i guarantee then it'll all make sense in it
its unknown now, the suspense in it.
I cant finish what I never started
I can break you down though and that's what i'll promise
I'm the train that could
call me Thomas
call me honest
you I care for
you the only one that i really feel for
mi amor, like i see Allah
and bring me to heights I never seen before
and i seen it all ...
Tricks n games
on my way here I surely missed some things
but now I have you and I can't complain..
(Gonna break you down)
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8. |
Trouble Comes
03:25
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Mind space,
mine stays
I live here in a dying age
and they try to rage, try to rebel
try to overcome what we know that we will
and she will... and he will too
look at all the bullshit we been through
when the bombs never stop and the sky's never blue
with God looking down and his eyes on you..
time to make move on
we been sitting here way too long
never be royals, never be wrong
we can never be weak never been strong though
But I never said oh well
and i never had more wealth felt
in my heart and mind
trouble may come but it'll have to find me
have to find me
have to find me
trouble may come
but i'm never gone run
when the day come
they gone have to find me
have to find me
have to find me
yea..and i'll be right here
trouble may come but i do not fear
Hi again, my friends
i live here with the five percent
and we driving in..
Benz's and rolls Royce's and lexus
no choice but to be sexist
we murderers from Texas
never heard of you, or your step kids
what you make a year is my breakfast
(yummm)
and i love that shit
how it really feel to be all that rich
Live in the hills
drive these whips
money never been printed so thick now
bet they on my shh** now
loving every minute of it
and i'm infinite
so insensitive
Don't really care though Murcielagos
Lamborghini angel call me Diablo
young Pablo, Escobar
even young Nas had a change of heart
change the par, raise the bar
everybody knows now that's not who you are
ride around town that's not your car.
Trouble may come but you gone too far now..
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9. |
Winding Roads
02:57
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These roads always take me to that place...
i can relax and shine
relax my mind, a walks like a path through time
before the divorce, i never asked em why
never ask, don't pry, but never know if ya never try.
Never feel hurt..ya never cry
always see another angle a brighter side
another ride, yea, nobody knows
this life is nothing but another long winding road
[Chorus]
Never thought much of ya, but i love ya.
there so much out there that i wanted to uncover
and other paths and roads yet to be discovered
But nothing brings you home, like the love of a mother
another, i love ya and i hope to see ya soon
hows gram been doing is she in the other room?
will i see you on the holidays, im hoping i presume
if i had a say in it
id be home before noon. (on these)
[Chorus]
no matter how fast the years go
i swear i was there just about a week ago
hooping in the backyard, working on my free throw
sittin on the back porch, Goldeneye sixty four
..well how was i suppose to know
that what we took for granted was so close to home
no mobile phones, just a bike and my crew
riding round town where i spent my youth
wishing there was a little more of something to do.
the hell if i knew i never needed anything more
its like the little things in life that we tend to ignore
for rich or for poor, ill always know my way back home
its just a couple more long dark winding roads..
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10. |
On My Way Back Home
04:07
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Stop a minute
take a listen
I hate it when it feels like it never is the right decision
and if I'm truly wrong
I hope that I'm forgiving
I'm living in a town mostly known for topless women
dirty money backstabbing not exactly righteous living
but I will take what i can in this life I'm given
and if I'm sinning, bless my soul
there a few thousand things that I cannot control
some say I'm shooting the dice
been gambling all my life
they say its one hell of a ride
hold on tight
well if I'm trying to fly
and you delaying my flight
ima taxi down the runway that very same night
Hit my family back in New York, friends out in Jersey
all my people down south still keep it dirty
hit up DK maybe round 5:30
but I'm never in a rush
and I'm never in a hurry, cause
(Chorus)
even though we move on
even though we change
even through it all
I will always stay the same
even if its not always the right way to go
I'll always find my way
on my way back home
and even though we move on
people do change
even through it all
I can never complain
cause even if i fall off feeling alone
I'll always find my way
on my way back home
(Verse 2)
People pulling
all ways
wishing life would give me more than just the foreplay
heard she was a bitch and sleep was the cousin of
death will become us but love remains number one
yea / I know that there's a lot of risk
but I'm an optimist so me I'm staying positive
and open up your hearts cause i know that there's a lot to give
a lot of opportunity a whole lot more to miss
uh / blink its gone
some will struggle all their life tryna write their song
and once they finally got it down all the hype is gone
the bright lights aren't shining and the mics not on
they say its all about timing think they might be wrong
a time and place for everything were they might belong
a place in the world now where it might be calm
and a place in our hearts where we might be strong so
(Chorus)
even though we move on
even though we change
even through it all
I will always stay the same
even if its not always the right way to go
I'll always find my way
on my way back home
and even though we move on
people do change
even through it all
I can never complain
cause even if i fall off feeling alone
I'll always find my way
on my way back home
(Outro)
Yea on my way back home
ill always find my way on my way back home
yea and if I'm feeling alone ill always find my way
on my way back home / so
even though we move oneeven though we change
even through it all
I will always stay the same
even if its not always the right way to go
I'll always find my way
on my way back home / come on
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11. |
Beauty
00:57
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12. |
Dance While You Can
03:46
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Rather never have fear and live long
But I'd rather die here than die alone
and I'm gone so often now
When I'm at my peak
I come crashing down
And we will live long
Much more than I
So young
much more to try
more to wonder
More than why
Why's it so hard to say goodbye
When I know you're watching
You and I
No need to hide, need to lie
I feel your touch, feel ya light
Feel your strength, feel the fight
Only one here who could make it right..
Tonight.. can't be late
Its been a long run
Call it fate..
and some call it love
You could call it hate
Some love the lust man we all make mistakes
though it takes time I will not be late..
Not for this one I don't need Sony
All I have is one mic and one life only
Only look up to one and that ghost is Holy
Yes... pray to Lord
Sometimes I wonder what you pick me for
when the shit get raw
and The times is real
And the pain is deep, like how can I heal
How can I feel, when the man above
Look down at me
I hope its not disgust
Mistrust I never needed that
I never seen it last
and you can never do wrong
I can never do right
Never been there before
I'd take the next flight
When it all falls down
I'll be there that night
No need to make a sound
Everything is alright
You are all I need
In this thing called life
No matter I believe
We can make it outta sight
Like its only you and I
And we turning out the lights
Over looking city skies
and I'm feeling I might...
Make a move..
make decisions I'd hate to lose
Tell the world but this aint the news
and I could tell these girls
But they aint like you no..
In my chest
Feel my heart beat
Hear my breathe
With no one around
Last time I checked
It will be you and I when no time is left so..
(Lykke Li)
So tired of waiting, come baby
So tired of waiting, come baby
We will live longer than I will,
we will be better than I was
We can cross rivers with our will,
we can do better than I can
We will live longer than I will,
we will be better than I was
We can cross rivers with our will,
we can do better than I can
So dance while you can,
dance 'cause you must
Love out of lust,
dance while you can
Love out of lust
Love out of lust
Love out of lust
Love out of lust
Love out of lust
(Drum solo)
Love out of lust
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13. |
Light Up The Sky
04:14
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IAMCL Stuyvesant, New York
Chris Louis Folmsbee, born November 13th in Stuyvesant, New York. Is an American artist / producer and CEO of Native Ones. He first garnered popularity with his remixes of top 40 songs and mixtapes in 2006. His discography includes the international release of the solo studio album "Diamond"(2010), "the thirteenth" (2013), "Darkest Days, Brightest Nights (2015) and "Summer 16" (2016). ... more
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