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eLAyayvate
03:38
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Yeah
We bless
Then we manifest
Praise the Most High
All day I'm giving thanks
Money tucked in
Sleepovers at the bank
2-5-8
F*ck what doubters think
In the past I was good
Future looking great
Now I'm past what is good
I only deal with great
I had to stay down
For me to elevate
F.Y.I. bring that tidal wave on any coast bro
Roast washed competition
You n*ggas need to listen
To your momma's intuition
Hell could freeze over in the Ice Age
You never finna pop like varicose veins
Hero of hip-hop caping against Complex cons scheming n*ggas into cosplay
Here to save the day
These one takes
Better than vets careers in decades
Ahead of the refs in the game
Calls go my way
Official no whistle it's the gristle that makes her bob up and down
Off of compliments and eye signals
My n*gga I can't earn with you
If I can't learn with you
Legendary visionary I max the big picture
Read it in the scripture God so loved the world
F.Y.I's three 16's was created in His image
A man making moves hit'em with the Suplex
Mistress and the Mrs. in a duplex
That's a true flex
That's a true flex my n*gga
Praise the Most High
All day I'm giving thanks
Money tucked in
Sleepovers at the bank
2-5-8
F*ck what doubters think
In the past I was good
Future looking great
Now I'm past what is good
I only deal with great
I had to stay down
For me to elevate
See the vision
Surrounded myself with finished school
Built a company
Laying hands on you
Praying folk
It hit different
Been curbing give me dollar
We outside holler
Yada yada ain't about nada folk
My schedule reflect the taste level
Brolic with the boss sh*t
Bars got me to results
Mandated to be the fan favorite
Staples Center
Front row
She tugging at my coat
If she a Clipper fan
First night I know she finna choke
Don't judge me been gassing like a Saudi
Attitude on Rottweiler
Barking more than Maltese
Rather have ten tenets paying me rent than leasing two Audis
More rings to get
Heat keep on coming catch a n*gga out on South Beach
Sipping on the alkaline
I used to be that alkkie
Burping on some bourbon
Reigning on you bougie n*ggas
Pissing in they Hermes
In my bag resurrect the block from the soulless
I'm on so ol' othernotheryotheryothery
Praise the Most High
All day I'm giving thanks
Money tucked in
Sleepovers at the bank
2-5-8
F*ck what doubters think
In the past I was good
Future looking great
Now I'm past what is good
I only deal with great
I had to stay down
For me to elevate
This a F.Y.I. presentation
Akili production
Huemans everywhere know what's up
Praise the Most High
All day I'm giving thanks
Money tucked in
Sleepovers at the bank
2-5-8
F*ck what these hoes think
In the past she was good
Future smashes looking great
Now I'm past what is good
I only deal with great
I had to stay down
For me to elevate
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2. |
Rah Rah
04:26
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You 'ol sorry a$$ n*ggas
Can't even take care of your kid a$$ n*ggas
Don't get your b*tch snatched a$$ n*gga
In Mid-City LA
It's all rah rah rah
We don't care what you say homie
Blah blah blah
When come out to play
It's all ah ah ah
I thank God everyday n*gga
Yah Yah Yah
Fans fiend for the feeling of old Kanye's best
But all they got left if F.Y.I. from the West
In the right side of victory for real
Success my lay up drill
In the mainstream
I win by going left
Pawns whisper in the presence of a king
I wear the crown to move the crowd
Till my last breath I get it off my chest
In the stu I'm on a chef
In the crock pot till I'm steaming
Beaming more than Willie
Do these n*ggas really want the smoke
To be blunt these supreme divas is see through more than Zima
They'll catch emphysema when they touch this rare air
I don't stress to impress a rapper that wears a dress or change sex
Just to get a check from NIKE desperate n*ggas spite me
They panhandling press
I can't even go to Panda Express
Without it being a star studded event
Bye Felicia pay your rent
Hoes going homeless buying merch
After I skeeted autographs on they shirt
Homie don't wait up for your dinner
When she being my dessert
This God flow scorched the Earth
The first shall be last my last shall be worth its weight in gold or crypto
Go skitzo on the track to the culture I'm instrumental
My pencil is utensil food for thought I'm making menus
The godless worship beef bad karma is what they into
The projects need relief from the carnage it is used to
Uncle Sam raped niece and nephews
Apology has been due
Acknowledge what I've been through
I need reparations on the retro
Payment for pain lived generations in this hell hole
Simpleton this ain't Wimbledon
You gets no love going back and forth arguing
Reincarnated racist desecrated symbols that are sacred
Traded burning crosses for MAGA hats
Republican offices sorry officer your badge looks like a swastika
No wonder why my cuz is coughing blood
There's humanity in my hoodie you can't contain rage in privatized cage Built by Walmart precincts look for Chief Keefs at the Head Start
Free Sosa from birth to being older
N*ggas love to be wanted but not on most wanted posters
It's a dirty game filthy only thing I'm convicted of bars murdering beats
I'm guilty move units quicker than First Team Realty
Shrewd student laughing at n*ggas that stay stupid
Ha ha dufus
Here to wake up those sleep in the back
Front row seat for this masterclass your bastard a$$ would collapse
If a chick sat in your lap no cap n*ggas nut when they aunt touch they tatt And that's sad bruh
I'm about to abracadabra poof poof
Any rapper who attracted to wearing man purses matched Gucci boots
FL Studios produced'em to be fruity loops
20NOW Hannibal Carthage
I rally the troops mandible becomes cannibal
Cartilage is under my tooth
Great white shark has emerged in the booth
Major applause for all the girls that give me jaws unfasten sports bras Doing squats on my drawls
Took her down on the hen rock a sniper with a sawed off
Blasting at hip-hop till Akademics limbs gnawed off
The blog Tylenol PM it made me nod off
The season for the vegan to f*ck the industry raw dog
King of LA as a youngin' I imagined it
Demean meme rappers that gotta drip that comes with no abstinence Gassed on my own lane became a new genre
The baby mama charmer f*cking off her period cuz a n*gga got commas Top shotta bucking at the game like Giannis
The Heisenberg of cooking up words instantly
Me and any beat got chemistry pure novelist rocking it till apocalypse Versus n*ggas stuck in '02 like oxygen
F.Y.I. stand up guy no posturing
Beyond persona its an honor to rep the Radio Raheems in the new regime Trying not to get choked out in the American Dream
This kid Hakeem said my 16s became the Sistine Chapel in his room
Decorated walls had his mom asking who's the genius
Prophetic words from Bobby Womack I've seent it
Realize give a 110 percent than die on 110th over bullsh*t
I'm solid I'm not over it if it's rah rah I'm on it on it
In Mid-City LA
It's all rah rah rah
We don't care what you say homie
Blah blah blah
When come out to play
It's all ah ah ah
I thank God everyday n*gga
Yah Yah Yah
It's all live
Check it out mane
All that Rah Rah sh*t
Ya'll be going off on man
Get your bread up bruh
WEST
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Socal
The weather's warm
The women's wet
And it's just good juju
And there's something
Something
There's something in the pacific
Come jump in
Jump in
Let's get dripping
Dripping
Do you got the braids in it
Or dipped with the waves spinning
There's a splash to be made n*ggas
So go ahead a bathe in it
C'mon
You know the play its C-A all day
Forever Inspired
By my God Yahweh
The name brings the same theme as the Valley of the Kings
On a winning streak
Finna tally all my rings
Built a dynasty did not need to sweat in warm ups trust me
Top dog eating all ya'll hush puppies
Smelling like kibble
Eventually chewed depending my mood
Might guzzle an 8-ball
Then piss in the pool
Do it all for the sh*ts and giggles
More soul in my pinky toe whenever it wiggles
The flow of these rappers got me thinking of skittles
Rainbows coming out they mouth
Whenever they spittles
Overdose for a pot of gold coming up shorter than a leprechaun riddle
Be murdering the game without an acquittal
I get a$$es in seats then receipts in masses n*gga
There's something in the pacific
Come jump in
Jump in
Let's get dripping
Dripping
Do you got the braids in it
Or dipped with the waves spinning
There's a splash to be made n*ggas
So go ahead a bathe in it
C'mon
We never gave a f*ck
Go head run it up
We never gave a f*ck
Go head run it up
Flood the streets year round no umbrellas
Pump the culture with this gas
Till my wallet fill up
The ex with the a$$ on her break by the water cooler
Bragging F.Y.I. smashed
Still wish she knew me
Memoirs of ruined groupie
Cali n*gga gamed up it's a call of duty
Literally Mid-City to Italy
Gucci knows I'm the moolie
Moodier than Paul Mooney
Swipe up when I see n*ggas on TMZ cooning
Before quarantine my team been bout zooming
A commodore on wave of not accommodating whores
Roll the tape make a human smore
Keke Palmer spiced with Mila Kunis
Truth is used to be team no sleep running in dark circles
Now I'm wide awake with a purposes
Splash
There's something in the pacific
Come jump in
Jump in
Let's get dripping
Dripping
Do you got the braids in it
Or dipped with the waves spinning
There's a splash to be made n*ggas
So go ahead a bathe in it
C'mon
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Dear God its been hella hard since we talked last
Was sleep on Hollywood Blvd.
I swear you just walked past
You know I don't like Abilify but between you and I
I'm married to self-pity cheating with thoughts of suicide
Day dreaming of long rides me and Moms lived by CSUN
She helped with me math at night we laughing at some re-runs
Good Times in my memory
Sorry this fenty got me making up
How we be speaking every weekend
Two years ago found about her diabetes ain't recent
Oh Lord next time I get an Obama phone help her to be at home
Still alive so I can tell her something decent
Passed by a church the other day heard the pastor say
I'm in crisis cause my life is Christ-less
In the role of a beggar I'm done being a type cast them high class
Bougie counselors talk down on me and type fast
Resurrect me from the streets
God I want my life back no more thankless jobs ignoring pleas
John 3:16
You paid the price still feel like I paying fees
Remember I was on knees in front of the Supper Club
Begging for food
I hope I'm not too late
I pray I'm not too soon
You are my starship
Come take me up tonight
And don't be late
Yes you are my starship
Come take me up tonight
And don't be late
And don't you come to soon
Dear God it's been about five years since I checked in
When my life was a nightmare definitely thought You slept in
No weapon formed against me will succeed true indeed
You silenced every voice that blamed me in the streets
The lady screaming in front of the GNC calling LAPD
Saying I did something fishy
Showed'em I had enough money to get Omega 3s
Heartless bitch had it out for any guy
She couldn't see my change only viewed me as Pennywise
Blemish to society she eyeing me to spot crime
Forcing rap sheets instead of resources with hotlines
Then the seasons changed a new day came I started to get mine
Got some work as a stocking clerk shout out to Goodwill
Hope the Crenshaw Cowboys of the world make it out the hood still
Cried the first time dinner was in my living room
Then I woke up still in front of the Supper Club begging for food
I hope I'm not too late
I pray I'm not too soon
You are my starship
Come take me up tonight
And don't be late
Yes you are my starship
Come take me up tonight
And don't be late
And don't you come to soon
You are my starship
Come take me up tonight
And don't be late
Yes you are my starship
Come take me up tonight
And don't be late
And don't you come to soon
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5. |
Problems Are Solutions
03:08
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Whatever day or season
There could be a million reasons
The struggle knocks you out
Undefeated
Sh*t happens
Foulness all around me is pollution
Then I realize
Problems have solutions
I feel it deep down in my soul
I feel it deep down in my soul
I know
I feel it deep down in my soul
In my soul
God knows that
Problems have
Solution needed waiting in the hospital room
The devil tempting me today is the gospel really true
Cried to snot in the parking lot emotions welled up
Harpooned with bad news
January 21st supposed to be playing speeches of King's dreams
Next to my queen's belly h
Hardly could stomach the sympathy from the doctors and nurses
First time in my life I was stuck on some verses
One second wait a minute
Did we kill somebody on the run from our shame
Blaming each other like co-defendants
The real is she stopped taking the pill
Now we gotta deal with the fact the seed never took root
Ok God put a pause on scenery for the nursery
First date to sit in wait in pajamas and a pistol
Just in case a little n*gga gets disrespectful
Shout out to the fathers that's far from neglectful
Let'em know the man that you is
Only goats around is the ones raising a kid
Want one in the best way
Can't wait for the middle of the week for a hump day
Been working on solutions
Whatever day or season
There could be a million reasons
The struggle knocks you out
Undefeated
Sh*t happens
Foulness all around me is pollution
Then I realize
Problems have solutions
I feel it deep down in my soul
I feel it deep down in my soul
I know
I feel it deep down in my soul
In my soul
God knows that
Problems have
Solutions not computing times running out for being PC
A cracker pointing a mac at my head
To get me permanently sleepy
Convinced at ain't laying down for a dirt nap
Running mouth to get my angel wings out a bird trap
On vacay in F-L-A he trying to make me M-I-A
I remain cool like I know'em
He talking shit holding scrotum
Backed up far enough to read his moves like I wrote'em
Yes from what I could guess this neo-Nazi's pressed to test
A citizen's arrest
Hate grew over years
It's either him or me
We ain't finna be cool over beers
Before he hunts me down like a foolish ass deer
Not trying to slay a man like I'm Prancer
For the fam I'll turn this '66 Impala into an antler
Yeah bruh out of nowhere
A cop pulled up looking like Chancelor Bennet
Gave me chance to rap my mind around this fiasco for a minute
They hooked him and booked him
He was gone in 60 seconds
Cop told me the charges they was pressing
Weight lifted off my shoulders
Lived another day to see my baby getting older
Solutions
Whatever day or season
There could be a million reasons
The struggle knocks you out
Undefeated
Sh*t happens
Foulness all around me is pollution
Then I realize
Problems have solutions
I feel it deep down in my soul
I feel it deep down in my soul
I know
I feel it deep down in my soul
In my soul
God knows that
Problems have
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F.Y.I. Los Angeles, California
F.Y.I. is an American Hip-Hop Artist from Mid-City Los Angeles, California. His music has went #1 on the CMJ Hip-Hop Charts. His songs have been featured on hip-hop sites like The Source, HipHopDX, and Okayplayer. He has performed at numerous music festivals like SXSW & A3C Hip-Hop Festival. He has collaborated with rap stars like Ab-Soul and Grammy Nominated producer, !LLMind. ... more
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