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Darkest Days Brightest Nights

by IAMCL

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A new beginning is on the horizon. you can feel it in the air, you can visualize it, hell you can almost taste it. its exciting, its frightening. its unknown what comes next. you can feel the most alone you ever have in your life, or the most surrounded with love that one can imagine. Either way, the common ground is that you are the only one to determine what happens next. You write the story, you shape the beginning, middle and end and remember one day you might be put right at the beginning again. You can skip this if you'd like to, but remember there are a million other people out there just like you..
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love this life my only one still new to the world i'm a smoking gun i've kept a lot to myself but i've spoken some had a lot of heartbreaks mighta broken one listen here i want to get it off my chest if I hurt you once before i never meant to disrespect and if i did I probably didn't know what to expect so caught up in my thoughts at times i mean i guess I guess.. I guess I'm guessing Where my heart was at the time, not even a question Im second guessing I musta been learning all my lessons cause i never really was there and now this is my confession so.. this is my confessional.. try to stay professional but i cant help it sometimes when i'm talkin bout you on my mind i just see you there and clearly i cant help it all the time my mind is working over time id be lying if i said it wasn't i know said some bullshit, that i probably shouldn't Probably wouldnt... but what i have to lose nothing? cause who am I if i don't stand for somethin? (Chorus) You never know until its gone ya know it miss Why cant it feel the same way when you holding it? Its like a battlefield I probably coulda told you this but if i did back then you probably woulda never chosen it I know it is, I know I miss, I hope it goes i know it comes unexpected like nobody knows its like a rose growing from the concrete A caged bird's first flight feeling more free more we, more us, more togetherness Less me, less I, I discovered this nonetheless.. We fall, we grow like the pedals from the rose the feathers from a crow.. the letters still show, words still spell out hoping when you get that day one day you won't sell out and i can say proudly damn momma i'm a man now i know you understand and you hoped that it would pan out but this is life.. We Live and let go sometimes we living to forgive em thats a given you know and we sinning while we living but that's life I suppose n if we knew from the beginning whats the sense of it all? i stand for something so tall..
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Swear To God 02:46
(phone call intro) [Verse] Swear to God I wish it was like oh ten again. So I could reminisce and feel what i was feeling then but i could hardly wish the truth that I been swimming in is deeper than the waters that the Titanic was sinking in and i can barely swim and women aren't my strong suit. Wasn't even searching for the one and then I saw you.. All true... You know it is.. And now im wishing that you understanding most of it. Am i suppose to quit? Supposed to fall. Wishing I spent more time with you thats most of all. Memories hold me back from ever moving on I'm wondering will there ever be some newer ones. I'm losing em, confusing huh trying to narrow down my choices only choosing one I take it hard because this shit I put my heart in it and if you dont then what's the sense in starting it? (Voicemail outros)
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Feeling so far gone back then i never really needed no one but that's back then and back then was so long ago so old, i mean lately i stepped my game up call me KD but i'm sittin on the bench now probably waiting for a girl like you... to swing by ha, nice try but i know that they never fall for the nice guys nice eyes, nice size, likewise im short.. Call me bite size gotta big bark, big fight in the dog gotta big heart I hope just like yours stop and pause thats par for course wanna know about you do i need to say more do i need something more than probable cause? [Chorus] I know now, that you're worth it all your other friends i know they heard it i cursed it... murked it.. asked myself was it really worth it the hurt is.. worse it.. makes me know i'm alive, not perfect i can feel it inside know i'm certain did a few things different prolly woulda then wish i coulda said i'm through thinking what we coulda been but i'm only human.. yea and that tend to ruin things all these angels taking off with they ruined wings in the clouds in the skies just a blessing in disguise i know its different everytime but what about now if you were mine? [Chorus] yea... closed off to the world you can fuck what ya heard cause i lusted for her then i trusted in her it must of been discussed I prefer that we leave it like that never come back I'm tryna head right back on the same path tryna do it all again please dont laugh please don't cry, please dont lie please I know whats all mine whats on mine on my mind all the time dont ask why i know im wasting time and walking a thin line but i'm always right there on the boundary and not a single ma-fucka done found me little harsh that's how it sounding i know.. but its okay now at the top of the showcase now and i always see your face right now but there's other girls in your place right now don't wanna make a mistake right now i could really wait right now, but i hate right now and its late right now, i cant really i cant really shake right now this my fate right now didn't take this route wait this out do my own thing i really hate to doubt hate to frown, hate to sound like its impossible but you make it now..
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Four Walls 04:18
Living life... Live it right.. She livin on her own damn rules now definition of what she like, tell me am i right? or is she wrong for like, what she long for n now she wanna get more for every time she missed it like damn oh its your fault is it couture, nah blame it on the culture blame it on the views or abuse of them all though my condolences really is a mo fo should i really say that I dont know though I see life like im living through a go pro wide view of everything under the sun so I can't save em all maybe just one more. [Hook] Even if you wanna try.. you can never let me down i know it feels like that sometimes but sometimes havent happened in awhile now i mean... would you kill for me and meanwhile take the steel for me i know you feel for me.. thats apparent went from DK to NY no Donna Karen what you fearing.. you can say it now been there before you know the same route if we ever go back we can climb out and if we ever go back there is no doubt none, conquered all one five Bonnie and Clyde ride for yours no lie been by my side rise and fall so when it come down to it we can climb these walls
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Now what you gonna do when the sun don't rise when your world stop spinning and the stars don't shine and the hurt seems infinite and its no surprise when its gone too far and you just realized Now what you gonna do when it all finished all ended will you still be authentic all mended or pretending most of it is open ended no beginning im just living lesser focus on these women tryna keep a healthy vision (Chorus) Will you be there? I see that dont you know that I, I, I need that. I need that when stars don't shine Now what you gonna do when the sun don't rise when your world stop spinning and the stars don't shine and the hurt seems infinite and its no surprise when its gone too far and you just realized Now I can't imagine or fathom id do this on my own never once back in the day id picture me a rolling stone picture me no mobile phone picture me like 2pac songs picture me rollin in a 500 i can hold my own (Chorus) Will you be there? I see that dont you know that I, I, I need that. I need that when stars don't shine
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(Verse 1) I gave up.. a long time ago thinking that everything in life was but an obstacle but Destiny it was my child and i survived.. even through the hardships some would ruin lives but its you and I so who decides who am i? whats my name even if i changed the man remains the same feeling i'm the one to blame i gotta maintain its like i conquered then i came damnnit talking bout these planets some would say i landed and i never came back from alienated fro m the world until i go platinum and that could be forever and a day some would never see some would never hear, who i could really be but whats it mean to me does it mean im really free living life apparently but maybe not so much.. i could find out one day maybe when i'm grown up (Chorus) (T. Knibbs) Man, they're lucky that I shown up Blown up - Stella sippin outta gold cups took a trip for this - mothafucka show love Cuz sho enough - with no reason As sure as the seasons i'll be leavin when this shows done They played us so I stay on hiatus until they know us Forget about these other dudes there's no love Could give a fuck Place is packed, but why do I feel like its just us? Pullin off slow sittin low in the cut Like you know what I slay scripts just still pissed that they missed We take beats and make hits and such With no luck Can't see what there saying and i aint even squintin See em whisperin and i dont even care ta listen like so what? Always said when it was no fun man id be so done and so its become Man fuck this you know what There's no love guns up you motherfuckers just lucky that I shown up (Chorus) (Verse 3) Now looking in the mirror i never seen it clearer but im hoping im not turning into something i have a fear of so i look away and come back another day hoping i can see the man i used to know in front of me without these people telling me how they think its gonna be or how it should be done i'm not your son, i think its funny see i'm breaking running free the shackles off my feet mind always running too im never catching sleep staying like an open book its really not that deep and i'm climbing for the peak topping every mountain and i'm flipping off the fools for even fuckin doubting and i'm shoutin i mean it all swear it all swear to god man i want it all what's the call? are you down or really not at all cause i adore now what you waitin for what you hating for no need to escalate it all congratulate me yall i cant believe we hated on..
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When you off that cloud.. and it all falls down and you look back like damn see.. what it costed now? would i have took that route? would i take it again? no, yea? Wish everything in life would be oh so simple. But its not but it could be often not what it should be what it would be i dont know better then? would it make me then such a better man? ecetera ecetera i cant even name a competitor all my mistakes are really what make me better for and im learning, yea im still young i wont give up i wont i know way too much cant really play it safe and such never really put my faith in lust till the way we touched damn maybe crossed the line blind with the tears of a clown signed with the feel profound ever since i had you around I played back way back wish i could have saved that looking back now wish i didnt say that wish we coulda made that could i make up for lost time, lost mine fighting for the wrong cause can i put this shit on pause retrace my steps soon and maybe then... I dont have to rush through em yea... man.. times confusing. abusing.. feeling like this shits in ruins clueless.. what am i doing.. seen some signs and i just gave em the broom pushed over, left it to the side now and id be lying to myself if i said im fine now find out, maybe in the long run im not tryna lose myself even though i lost one Never felt more free never felt more alone didnt know what to feel when i felt this I guess id find out when i got home guess i find out what im made of afraid of oh my skins way tough they say love hate us degrade us but it can fade us the weight is the greatest and i know that now these words no need to shout speak from the heart, no clout so you can feel what im talking about talking aloud caught in a crowd looking for my plane is it boardin right now damn.. slow down.. on a road now with no route hit the go route im patient not Manning im planning on always wanting more when a window shuts they say you gotta find an open door with so many its hard to tell what im really looking for
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the brightest days come from the darkest ones . The truth will find you even if you choose to run. thoughts and feelings you can’t put into words are the most powerful and those kept closest to the heart are the ones who can devour you. May your darkest days be filled with your brightest nights and the future hold what is best in life. Whatever is best in life.
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My bad.. woke up kinda messed up i'm gone get my cash i'm gone get these checks up I made it under pressure.. The hell do they know? These lights So blinding No pressure No diamonds No records No signing No cutting the lines that I'm in Do I look like a man? Do I look like a fool? Or something in between the two Tell me what's the real? Tell me what's the deal? Tell me what It really means to you? (Chorus) Some made it there and never came back And then they made it there but like way back And now it's only dreams and Maybachs And bad blood with payback I'm a small target, but I might hurt ya Got a lot of friends, but a small circle and I'm not impressed for what it's worth I've had a good life but a Lotta hurt man What is next I'm not so certain But I stay working How you living? Since day one man I stay committed Keeping faith, true religion and my Sins forgiven Like bless me father Hundred ten percent I'm trying reach Nirvana So I speak with honor Bless my soul No pressure No diamonds To each his own. (Chorus)
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The Ride 03:49
if its over then i'm still here still believing in a God that I still fear still clear on my roads and my pathways and still looking for my break, no half days still keep myself running, no track meets no athletes wait, no actually After Michael Jordan I thought Iverson was half of me no answer but I had a few questions a few blessings you know a mild aggression had a passion for the girls women of the same sorts daisy dukes you know the women with the short shorts you maybe cute give ya boyfriend my regards i swear its on i know it is, i thought it was im holding it, never losing got control my love im overdubbed but never really over hyped and over love, but you never really know my type. People talk about it some people cheer about it but most people don't have a damn idea about it i doubt it, i found it, i mean i thought i did i tried to keep it hotter than Atlanta up in August is But even lanta got some snow days man i promise kid astonishing, i'm promising i'm feeling more accept the negative and positive my word is bond it's truly yours who the boss you or God im tryna part oceans so i can move across or ruin hearts give myself a coupe de grace doesn't matter who they are heres a number you can call wake up in the morning where is summer man its almost fall Like dear summer.. I know you gone miss me I been wanting to use that line since Jay dropped that sick heat short n sweet, I been thinking for days I know the Lord works man in mysterious ways and I just wanna know whats next thats my curios trait whether I worry today or worry tomorrow my pain in the past the hardest to swallow the hardest to follow your heart and ambition some people call it a dream some people say are you kidding some people wanna be keen and others like how you living i mean its given or prolly taken if im mistaken i don't need a destination im only celebrating it.

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released July 13, 2015

Production By: Ta-ku, Esta, Nick Pacoli, Captain Pizza, W+M=C, Holy Rain

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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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