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the thirteenth

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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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(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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(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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New York 03:00
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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Up All Night (free) 02:51
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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PowerTrippin 04:07
(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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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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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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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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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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Beauty 00:57
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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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Chris Louis' sophomore album, "The Thirteenth" is the follow up to his debut, "Diamond" (2010).

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released November 13, 2013

Production By: Ta-Ku, Esta, Trey Hemingway, Chris Louis Folmsbee, & Oddisee.

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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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