1. |
Tea & Honey
03:51
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(Ombone)
Stand solid, demolish what they call progress
We know about the prophet's thick pockets
Cut the purse, snag it quick, grab the stash, dip
A magic trick, rabbits outta hats and shit
Steal from the greedy, give to those who need it
If only to feed em for a fleeting second, redirect it
Read the message on the wall in bright colors
Be good, treat one another like brothers
And sisters, cause shit, we really all one family
Sharing the planet, maybe one day jam in peace
Till then, we'll provide the soundtrack
For those who were once lost and found rap
I'm feeling Indestructible, Art Blakey
Barking at the guards lately
Darkness falls, I escape to see where art takes me
Hard maybe, but I'd rather that than walk safely
On a path watched by the watchmen who talk strangely
It's a hard maybe from me, let's wait and see
Watch time pass, hands folded complacently
As it slows it comes to a standstill,
Bird's eye view reveals life as an ant hill
See how they dance still entranced by the "right life"
The quest for truth only makes sense in hindsight
Only then if it's rhymed right, tight with the rhythm
That shit that make you bob your head and forget what we was spittin'
I rise up, escape these four walls
I'm hoping for a break, I'll settle for a short pause
Relief creeping after brief hesitation,
My feet leading to unique destinations
I seek meditation on the path less traveled
Speak clever statements, the raps less babbled
Keep an eye open, two if the sun allows
Keep my mind focused, in tune with what surrounds
Take a stroll under them clouds,
And try to pull back that shroud
I'm chilling with the crew, ain't much to stare upon
Listening to "All or Nothing at All" by Sarah Vaughn
An old soul bumping jazz in a four door
Probably take it everywhere when we start to score tours
Alchemy my game, fine fun pumps the blood
Casualties if I blunder up but
Now it's fools proof, easy for a fool's use
Still they telling me I got a couple screws loose
Pay 'em no mind, eyes on the goal line,
Fly by the roadsigns, finding diamonds in that coalmine
Shit, you know the old lines
Everything that glitters don't shine, the whole nine
An eye for an eye will leave us both blind,
In a time when we're not aligned with our own kind
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2. |
Lord of the Flies
07:10
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Look around my room at all the shit I don't need
Stand in the mirror, watch myself smoke weed
Addict's personality,
Making tragedies of everything that never had a reason to matter
See I could give a fuck then fill a cup
Been Tryna come up with another way to say I'm still drunk
I'm stressing all the shit that's been off my chest
If I kept it bottled up I'd end up throttled by myself
Y'all ain't heard a weirder way to commit suicide
Not auto erotic asphyxiation because I wouldn't hide
In the open with a noose around my neck
Make you freeze in your seats like medusas on the deck,
Or scream "call police because I'm pretty sure he's dead"
Please take it easy the kings still got his head
Like "oh fuck what's that," I duck the dunce cap and hop in with shit only fools been known to run back
Got my own lunch sack, Dutch masts steering me in the direction of lessons once snatched
From the smartest minds, I'm starting rhymes on someone else's
Call it inspiration, call it ballin for my health kid
I ain't got no money, funny how the tables turn
Once upon a time I lit a Benjamin to watch it burn
But didn't spark the blunt, it's in the microwave
Pulling stunts, climbing trees, but this ain't a game or childish
Avoid me when I'm rhyming, if I am I'm drunk as piss and nobody got time for this
Bust through a written, followed up by a cappella off the dome
You should know to try to stop me never
If you do I cut you off
Like when my spliff is soft
Gotta cook it, dry it
Stupid rhyming's how my hits are dropped
Point is what he misses
Still been know to grab one
You're on the wall buzzin probably buggin just from listening
Lord of the Flies, I speak my mind until the conch is pulled
Consciously trying to be as honest as possible
Drop mock truth to try to shock youth
Y'all just acting more pussy than a jock pull
In the ride I'm shining, rhyming to laugh more
Too busy coughing trichomes at a dashboard
"Where's the gar? The charger?" Hardly nothing else to ask for
Smiling at high fives, I'll roll one up and pass four
"Who the sack for?" I ask through cracked doors
Slam it shut and kill the bowl just to pack more
"Who could snap more?" Me, with two Gs
You're passing out but I'm breaking out the good weed
You like "I can't move b"
I'm like "it's all groovy, just relax and grab the snacks I'm poppin in a movie. You've been yapping since half past the hour we spent looking at a map laughing our asses off. Dude you'll lose me"
We could hit pause on the coughing for spitting
Clean the bong in the tub, never done the dishes
Sit back with a snap packed by the mrs
Reflect on the point of the hook my homie's fishin with
I love the ganja, I just want to get high
Get by with time wasted, chasing drinks with rhymes
Waste youth in a booth that isn't mine
Guess I'll do it if it's all for jokes huh
Fluidly ruin a cypher, guess that's what I'm known for
Grab the mic and start acting like I know something
Sho nuff, I probably never should have shown up
Type of kid to trip, quit, flick a quick cool-dad
You the type of dude who don't skip through YouTube ads
Zoom past rude-ass, harping since a moon passed
In the bar barfing in the dark like a Zubat
Nobody wanna see that, I mean that, yes really
One pump chumps is presumptuous, feel me?
You're in the car starving, I'm bored in the store stealing
It's hard to play your cards right when I'm the one dealing
I could be the master of your fate, it ain't hard to plan
A late great lame with a fake farmers tan
I'm a lot of things, trash and the garbage can
Slip me fifty just to barter for the bargain man
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
In the mix stirring shit then I guzzle the pot
No haste, I hate when it's hot Heard y'all must have forgot
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
In the mix stirring shit then I guzzle the pot
No haste, I hate when it's hot Heard y'all must have forgot
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
So how's this work? Ask politely for a turn or get passed up by a wack bastard half-rapping a verse?
Flashback to the hearse, can't reverse how your life has passed
in the kitchen chugging wine by the pint glass
You get dressed and always miss a few belt loops
You're at your 9 to 5 reading self help books
Soups gone cold, could match your soul perfectly
I get pat on the back when I'm choking: Hercules
Never numb Neanderthals actin like savages
Poppin red pills still asking who the rabbit is
Hating homies had to hush cause he ain't having it
Hate to call your bluff but I'm a camera, to a magic trick
You're bragging bout a bag of grass you couldn't even auction off
My homies rolling weed loud as me talking dog
Lifting like a Nordic, I'm hoarding this phenomenon
Gonna get big as fuck, meet me in the octagon
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
In the mix stirring shit then I guzzle the pot
No haste, I hate when it's hot Heard y'all must have forgot
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
In the mix stirring shit then I guzzle the pot
No haste, I hate when it's hot Heard y'all must have forgot
Bon Mot is the cream of the crop
Knotted, not cropped knowledge from my pocket
Replaces fakers promises and shakes away the cobwebs
Brushes off the dust so I could fuss about the profits
Of machines brain cleaning cogs keeping them unconscious
So I'll drop in to speed up the process
To have caught me's gotta be the dream of some cops
Never freeze when they shout "please stop the nonsense"
Off the couch, hide a bong in the closet
Weak stomachs drop because I ain't cleaned it since I bought it
Yearning for the burn I guess that I just learned and fought it
Dick pigs nauseous leaves sick kids cautious
Oh what timing, could be rhyming in between the fits of coughing
Drink sloshing if you pour another shot it
Flow sloppy like the ink out the docs pen
Bon Mot swaps quaps of crop for the guap then
Brings lames to the stage cuz it's my chopping block
Hens heads lopped off, chickens ain't been producing
All the hits that, well shit, only they say they used to
Always pray they're playing when they're saying did I lose you
Ain't getting on stage hate spitting with shit to prove but
I'll stay to dance and shake your hand congratulations
Fastest way to get away without retaliation
Nothing fresh bout wasted breath, claiming that they rap wrong
I'll blast, dab, pack, snap, laugh, and get my snack on
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3. |
Closing Jokes
03:13
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(Ombone)
Forever focused, eyes on an open road
Build off past mishaps and broken hopes
Sew it back together with some broken rope
Fresh image, same old closing jokes
Relaxing, blowing smoke,
Laughing, open notes
Tap it, craft the dopest quotes
On whatever's in reach
I better them beats, never will cease
Presidential MC, never impeached
Clever indeed, ahead of my means
To my own end, holding a pen, my old close friend
Day or night, diving into the zone and
Finding another poem buried deep in the dark depths
Writing future tracks at dusk, on a park bench
Start reps, don't stop, burnout, no spot
Burn down the whole block, doper than your whole squad
Couldn't move a crowd if they were rocking riot gear
I ain't ever heard a silent cheer, I'm dying here
Laughing, crying eyes to tears
Your gimmick's finished, your time is near
Your producer couldn't sample shit at Whole Foods
I'm with E.T. chopping up dope loops
I grab the mic, start spittin' out bold views
You grab the mic, actin' like you want it to hold you
No Clue, but I'm killing shit when I brandish it
Catch me in the kitchen it was Tbone with the candlestick
Riffin' on your Trax like MST3K, each day,
Sending relays from deep space,
Y'all all sound like you're still on your first flow
Robots spitting one-liners (Tom Servo)
Put 'em on a stage, wonder where the words go
They're funny, I'm laughing at 'em like they were Crow
Shouts to Gypsy and Cambot
A middle school me bumpin' Welcome To Jamrock
Last day of the year, watching Sandlot
I never could skip any damn rocks
But later I would skip a few classes,
Ditching school, spitting, getting new passsions
Thanks to the crew, the vision grew rapid
Kept it moving when they were through rapping
But I would've never done it if it wasn't for them,
Ain't nothing like a cypher with a bunch of your friends
Just rapping for the hell of it,
Making dope music, wasn't even selling it
Convinced lines we penned were gorgeous
Borgata rhymes in an emerald forest
This one's for y'all, respect to the sources
Still got old discs locked up in storage
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4. |
Try & Try ft E.T. Deaux
02:35
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Try & Try (ft. E.T. Deaux)
by Proper Channels x Khromethesia
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Another Proper Channels x Khromethesia collaboration
Bon Mot, Tbone, and E.T. teaming up for "Try & Try"
Beat from "Reggae Etc." by Khromethesia
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lyrics
[Bon Mot]
Spitting quick to get shit, I think they like it though
Everybody wants Bon Mot to drop the microphone
Everybody looks into my lyrics for an isotope of brilliance
Only ever find rollies and a lighter so
Smoke 'em if you got 'em
Smoke 'em, smoke 'em if you got 'em
Smoke 'em if you got 'em
Got a problem better dead it quick
Only ever gonna drown underneath the debt I'm in
Pressure never messing with his head, y'all ain't expecting shit
When he freshens up, y'all think he dressing for the hell of it
Dressing 'cause he made of fat stacked on top of lettuce
If the lesson lightly lag, don't hesitate, refresh the shit
Message half a thousand fucking venues lose the rhetoric,
Let us in or lose the locals and regret it
[Tbone]
Go my own route, machete chop the underbrush
Beats banging, heavy, it's mighty thunderous
Hear us when we're coming, steady bumpin'
Make a few sound like a bunch of us
In us we trust, coming up through gunk and muck
Spilling guts, building trust between us and who feels what's up
Trade sleep for beats sometimes the deal is rough
(But it stays working) You know so do we
Where the seed falls, so grows the tree...
[E.T. Deaux]
Climbing up a mountain with my sandals on
With a pack of Dolo, plenty ganja, and my flannel on
Stop to meditate, just to turn my Proper Channels on
They say life's a gamble, I'm about to get my Daniel on
Negreanu that is, I'm like Keanu in this,
I'll cop the red one from my homie then I swallow that ish
I know that nothing in this life could ever bother the kid
I came into the game to make a change, now follow this shit,
Ya dig?
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5. |
Survival Tactics
02:33
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[plot device]
Point missed, lesson learned
The tabletops turn
Practice survival tactics or get burned (x4)
Survival tactics, revival of the self
Beware, they trying to turn you into someone else
Strong mind, stronger will, keep 'em off me
Selling that soul ends up pretty costly
Keep it guarded inner peace in a lock box
Never let 'em see the key or what you got plot
Stocks drop, invest in your own cause
The road's rough, I suggest own gauze
Went from "Don't tell me what to like"
To "Don't tell me what to do with my one and only life"
It's a fight, try to smother my light
Not tonight, not ever, I'm running it like the government
Hint hint, wink wink,
They tell me I'm the one who's lost and they blink, blink
Think, think, thinking they invented happiness
They wouldn't be worried about me if that were accurate
Bag - packing it. Hesitation - lacking it
They've never witnessed a soul that's more passionate
No matter what they told you,
Continue on your own two
Never let em own you
Never let em own you
Point missed, lesson learned
The tabletops turn
Practice survival tactics or get burned (x4)
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6. |
Baked
03:45
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7. |
Jazz Cigarettes
01:16
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8. |
Precious Moments
01:36
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9. |
Panorama
02:10
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10. |
Taste of Me
01:48
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