No Time For Enemies

(R-SON)
Innovate the flow, you can't mimic it
Sound never dies, Ecko Unlimited
Pro Bowl rhyme, y'all high school scrimmaging
Part futuristic, part primitive

Progressive - still rooted
In the history that makes the source of all trueness
I don't give a damn how much you move units
I'm dragging y'all back to school like truants

Back in action, tagged backpack then
Don't be surprised when I rhyme in Latin
Ipso facto, sharper than Exacto
Knives, cats need to have nine lives

Cuz I'm taking them five at a time
When you're reborn don't even try to rhyme
Blessed with one of the finest of minds
No limit to the heights that I'm going to climb

Mute the voice you need a better plan
R-SON, set it like no other? You bet he can
Call your bookie, taking rookies and veterans
Ursa Major, eating up Teddy Grahams

[Chorus]
I see you 'bout to lose your mind
Get free, there ain't no stopping the shine
Got it bad, got it bad
Got it bad, got it bad
I see you 'bout to lose your mind
Get free, there ain't no stopping the shine
Got it bad, got it bad
Got it bad, got it bad, and that ain't no crime

(Dolio the Sleuth)
Always down for the cause so I'll never starve
Hella bars, break it off better than the regular
Get at y'all with a full plate you couldn't finish off
Even with them hinged-off boa constrictor jaws
Thick chick with a frame need bigger draws
Make you spit a little game, try to hit it off
Take the bull by the horns, catch a minotaur
Make her shake off of that lame and get with a boss
Lawd - tell me shorty, are you 'bout this?
We can see what kind of mischief we get found in
They get to strumming and the beat just get to pounding
Sounding like we ‘bout to tumble down a mountain
Clowning, feeling I’ve been on my grind
Another round for my people, hit 'em one mo’ time
We get down making music and it’s oh so live
Play it loud so you feel it, ‘bout to blow yo’ mind

[Verse 1]
Well, I went on down to the corner store
Just to get a little bottle of pills
Cause the man on the television told me
There's a cure for all my ills
Well, I walked on up to the counter
And I told him what I had
Now he said, "You ain't got no money
You can't afford to be feeling so bad"

[Chorus]
Oh, can you spare a nickel, brother?
Can you spare a dime?
Need a couple more dollars now
Just to get me on down the line

(R-SON)
Hey there, how you doing, ask the folks
I tell them all the same thing old black and broke
And they think that's a joke but I ain't playing
It's a whole lotta truth to what I'm saying
See, my bones crack, but I'm so pro black
And I got so many bills, and they ain't dough stacks
Hey there, Kojak, sucking on your lollipop
You think I can get a ride over to the trolley stop?
I'm leaving my first gig, heading to the next one
I'll sleep when I'm dead, I'm trying to get these checks son
Hit the studio in full Rakim mode
Cuz my credit score is in permanent limbo
Speed up the tempo, I got to get the paper
The garnish on my wages isn't adding any flavor
You can keep the weed in dank amounts
I'm trying to get folding green in my bank accounts

[Verse 2]
Well I went down to the bodega
Just to get a little mountain dew
When I opened up my wallet
There wasn't nothing but an IOU
Well I told my situation, I asked him
"What do you got for me?"
He said, "I got this knuckle sandwich
And I'll give it to you for free"

[Chorus]
Oh, can you spare a nickel, brother?
Can you spare a dime?
Need a couple more dollars now
Just to get me on down the line

(Dolio The Sleuth)
From red dirt out to Red Hook
I been rocking mics since before there was a “FedBook”
The left hook - the reason why your man got his head shook
From the PJs, where if you slip, you get your bread took
Concrete floors made it chilly when the sun’s down
Somehow we all made it out from the run-down
Proper plan prevented being played for a dumb clown
Took the less-traveled road, standing out amongst crowds
Old head with the fire of a Jit
More heads, you can tell they’re a liar when they spit
Baldheads don’t want ‘plex with the lion and his kits
All’s said is really nothing if you ply’em with the fifth
I’m cooking cast iron in a pit
Your bread ain’t really thick if all you’re buying is a fit
I cut it up in sections, then I fry it till it’s crisp
Season it a lil’ more than required for the fix

[Verse 3]
Well I could not pay my ticket
And I could not pay my bail
Well, the judge couldn't pay me the time of day
And he throwed my ass in jail
Well they gave me a nickel and a dime
And they placed them upon my eyes
For it cost much more to keep me here
Than it did to let me die

[Chorus]
Oh, can you spare a nickel, brother?
Can you spare a dime?
Need a couple more dollars now
Just to get me on down the line
I said, I said, can you spare a nickel, brother?
Can you spare a dime?
Need a couple more dollars
Just to get me on down the line

You can build yourself a prison
A chain of your own design
With cold steel and iron
Or gold and silver fine
Every day you make your choices
Money, fame or power
And the chain gets ever longer
With every misspent hour

And I'm still out here working, working, working…
Working on that chain

You can try to bring the world together
Build a bridge across the sea
And though it takes a lifetime
If you believe it, it can be
Every selfless act of kindness
When you give more than you gain
That's a hammer on the anvil
And a link upon the chain

And I'm still out here working, working, working…
Working on that chain

(Dolio The Sleuth)
Every inch is essential
Work hard, study up to cultivate the mental
Pushing ever forward up against the opposition
Steadily building, moving forward on my mission
Sharpening my vision
The chain motivates me
Every swing strengthening my arms till I break these
Searching through the links for the cracks they’re creating
Destiny presents an opportunity for taking my own destination
Waking up the latent abilities within me
Sacred sounds I create channel all the energy
Moving incrementally, achieving it eventually
The roadmap to the goal committed it to memory
Visions sent to me, let me know the time’s right
Ancestors showing me the errors in the hindsight
Spirits in the distance screaming at me “Get your mind right
Keep pushing and prepare for the divine rite.”

When you fall in darkest waters
When disaster strikes you down
Tell me what will be your fate then
Will you swim or will you drown
Will they drag you to the bottom
Or pull you up and set you free
Look at the chains you're building
And tell me what you see

And I'm still out here working, working, working…
Working on that chain
Yard by yard, and link by link
Working on that chain
Ain't as hard as you think
Working on that chain
Working on that chain

This land is
This land is

(R-SON)
Come on
This land
This land is

(R-SON)
Is your land
It’s yours
It’s my land
It’s mine

This land is


(R-SON)
This land is your land or so it's claimed
But when they came here it already had a name
And the people that they brought here also had the same
Assume the land is yours, but also take the blame
For native blood spilled, tribes that fell ill
And became the foundation for this country that was built
By the slaves that were killed in the fight for THEIR freedom
Don't pretend that your ancestors didn't need ’em
So this land made now belongs to all of us
Whatеver your race, whatevеr God you trust
Rural towns to a sprawling metropolis
Every single person that's part of the populace
Sing from the valleys, yell from the towers
Soldiers with rifles, hippies holding flowers
Rebuild the system, reclaim the power
If this land is yours, it's certainly ours!

(Brian Farrow)
One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office, I saw my people
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
This land was made for you and me

There was a big ol’ wall there, it tried to stop me
On a sign it said, said: ‘Private Property’
But on the back side it didn't say nothing
’Cause this land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me


(Dolio The Sleuth)
This land, jumping off of the kickstand
Rolling through the country, walking tall with the big man
Gotta recognize, it’s a big land
Road tripping, building with my fam it’s a big plan
Full o' towns, everybody hanging on
Still pushing past it all, still standing strong
Shout it out clear, hear the sound of the call
Grind winter, spring, summer for the harvest in the fall
If we all really got a say in this land
Then we all really gotta set a stake in this land
Before them greedy corporations finish taking the land
Drain the water from the lake and lay waste to the land
Think about a place for your fam
Will your grandkids find a better place in this land?
Don’t find out that you ended up wasting a chance
To make a path to eradicating hate in this land

(Branjae)
I roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me, that voice was shouting:
This land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

This land is
This land is
This land is

When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
In the wheat fields waving, the dust clouds rolling;
The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting, saying
This land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

This land was made for you and me

I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am

(Dolio the Sleuth)
I’m a fire-breathing thunderclap, slip and end up vaporized
The silver lining of this cloud is something that's electrified
Strike and leave you petrified, sharp enough to catch the eye
Can’t deny the Flavor with these rhymes up in ya face cause I'm
I'm a six-foot, axe-wielding, lumberjack to chop a tree
Pay attention to the words you say, whenever you talk to me
Cool calm collected, cause the firе isn't what you see
Unless you give it fuel еnough to burn you up properly
I am What I am, I'ma be what I'ma be
The realization of my ancestors every wildest dream
Boiling kettle full of steam, high powered laser beam
Wanna find out what it means, then catch it when I split ya bean
Kick it mean wicked team break it on down when i hit the scene
Flip this thing get this green nickel-slick and crispy clean
Spit this thing, shine it on up for the silky sheen
Heavyweight bang when I tip that beam ain’t no in between, Naimean?


The way I look
The clothes I wear
The way I talk, the way I walk
The way I do my hair
You see me in the street
Don't know why I'm here
I don't owe you any explanation
But let me make one thing clear

You may not like it and you may not understand
But I am what I am
You may not like it and you may not understand
But I am what I am

I Am What I Am
I Am What I Am
I Am What I Am
I Am What I Am

(R-SON)
Check it, I'm coconut scented with mango Flav
The beat bangs while the banjo plays
On a mission for substantial papes
And lay up on a vacay in Saint-Tropez
My lady sipping the tanqueray pass me the OJ
Cuz it's the time that I ruled the world like Coldplay
Trust me I don't play, really you don't say I'm not sure you know who you fucking with snowflake
Buttery as Land o’ Lakes , hair blowing in the breeze like Lando's cape
Make sure you get your man's on tape
Cuz you don't want to miss a single thing that Ran's gon' say
You're just a gram o' weight
I'm bringing tons of fun like Christmas Eve on Santa's sleigh
Quit slouching boy, stand up straight
I'm here to free your mind free, emancipate

I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am
I am, I am, I am

You may not like it and you may not understand
But I am what I am

(R-SON)
Bad mamma-jamma in a bad mood
You can get your eyeballs tattooed
Not a stereotype type Black dude
Lion in the winter, you cowards is cat food

(Dolio the Sleuth)
Lemme on in I’m a rock this town
Set it on up lemme knock it down
Shocking sound, drop them clowns
When we in the spot then we lock it down

(R-SON)
Rep Philly every longitude and latitude
Place that raised me and gave me my attitude
No placate, no platitude
Give my city my undying gratitude

(Dolio the Sleuth)
Ain’t a way you can not get down
Haters end up in the lost and found
Runaway train, no brakes on the track
You’ll get laid out flat trying to stop it now


You may not like it and you may not understand
But I am what I am
Not what you expected and it's not the way you planned
But I am what I am


(R-SON)
Lemme on in I’m a rock this town
Set it on up we gon’ knock it down
(Dolio the Sleuth)
Shocking sound, drop them clowns
When we in the spot then we lock it down
(R-SON)
Ain’t a way you can not get down
Haters end up in the lost and found
(Dolio the Sleuth)
Runaway train, no brakes on the track
You’ll get laid out flat trying to stop it now

(Kaia Kater)
Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times, come again no more

[Chorus]
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more

(R-SON)
Raise a glass to the hard times that made us all stronger
Cuz they don't come around here no longеr
We fought the good fights necеssary to remove em
Adversaries of all types, we showed them and we proved em
That progression was the only way
Every step forward we wasn't getting blown away
Matter of fact, the wind was at our backs
The elders & ancestors had us from our past
And added to the collective strength
Gave the will to go on the whole of the objective's length
Which was freedom at all cost
If any one of us fall off, then we're all lost
I took sip but didn't taste nothing
Looked around the room for someone to say something
Woke from my dream, eyes full of tears
The struggle continues, the hard times are still here

(Kaia Kater)
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Oh, hard times, come again no more

[Chorus]
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more


(Dolio The Sleuth)
Many years prayers sent up into the sky
Hoping for some peace before the sweet by and by
Many mothers shed a river full of tears from their eyes
Crying out to find a reason why their child had to die

Deafening silence, what they seem to only find
Not a single soul upon whom they can rely
To find justice for the suffering inflicted on their minds
So they plead to the spirits for a vision or a sign

Come to wipe away the pain, take away the stain
Of the demons bent on doing it again and again
It's a shame that a quest to coexist was in vain
At least the takers of the lives will get committed to the flame

Remember the names, never forget their faces
Pour libations on the place where they took their final paces
From the grave pit, call forth the power of the lost lives
Let them run free and put an end to these hard times

(Kaia Kater)
Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
Oh, hard times, come again no more

[Chorus]
Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door
Oh, hard times, come again no more

[Chorus]
Go you one hundred
Come on show me how you do that thing
Go you one hundred
It ain't a party if we’re all the same
Go you one hundred
Come on show me how you do that thing
Go you one hundred
It ain't a party if we’re all the same

(Dolio the Sleuth)
You know what to do
Gangstagrass got the flow to get ya butts to move
All that is left yet to do is just to choose
Instead of standing on the wall like you’re such a prude
Plus it’s rude- I’m just playing
No i ain’t get ya ass on the floor and start doin’ ya thang

Get into it with a thirst for life
On site, too right (2 Wright) like the first in flight
Got the spеcs, on gleaming with a burst of light
Get ya feet set to putting in somе work tonight

‘Cause the plan is to keep it na’an lesser than a 100 grand
100 bands on it like a stage with a hundred stands
Gonna stand on it, full-grown man on
Electrons circling a nucleus (Newcleus)- “Jam On It”
Full throttle throw the whole damn can on it
Load up every base and we gon’ hit a grand slam on it

[Chorus]
Go you one hundred
Come on show me how you do that thing
Go you one hundred
It ain't a party if we’re all the same
Go you one hundred
Come on show me how you do that thing
Go you one hundred
It ain't a party if we’re all the same


(Demeanor)
Drop that like a drop thumb
We were in the civic, you were riding shotgun
Looking for somebody that gets me, I think I got one
She look good at all angles she a option
Outta 10 she’s a hundred, I’m Demeanor, you can call me Justin
I don’t really dance but I can get adjusted
Built like a banjo, hips in a handhold
Follow her anywhere like Greta and Hansel
And she think I’m handsome
I shoot my shot and it’s caught like an and-one
Beauty come in all different shapes
It don’t even gotta shake
But she moves in that way and it’s too hot to handle
Turnt up and I think I gotta reason
Quarantine turning into Gangstagrass season
When it’s over I’m in the spot like a sleuth
Looking for a girl that likes old fiddle tunes

Oh yeah, that’s affirmative
Ain’t nobody gonna stop us now
Oh yeah, that’s affirmative
Ain't nobody, Ain't nobody

(Dolio the Sleuth)
Keep it fresher than a grocer, you already know bruh
Nicer than them suckers alway rhyming ‘bout their toaster
Known to set up shop and rock a spot and then we post up
Throw some hands up in the sky like it’s a hold up
Know what? You gon’ be so happy that you showed up
(Why?) ‘Cause the flow tough, sho’ nuff bro-seph
Watch it, how we rock it leave the whole place tore up
Fans, supporters, I appreciate the way they gimme that fo’ sho’ love
I like my rides old school, hundred-spoked up
But I keep my eyes wide open since I woke up
We breaking in, they tried to play us like the door's stuck
Put your favorite rapper on the spot, I bet he gon’ suck
Huh, Standing there looking stone-struck
Alarm clock bell ringing, waking folks up
Kick it for the grown-ups, make ‘em go nuts!


Oh yeah, that’s affirmative
Ain’t nobody gonna stop us now
Oh yeah, that’s affirmative
Ain't nobody, Ain't nobody

(R-SON)
Peace to my melanated mellows
Everybody all the femmes and the fellows
All the colors the reds the brown the yellows
All my white folks to y'all I'm saying hello
Did I forget someone hell no
Shoutouts to my sheroes in Shell toes
Every b-boy and b-girl
And every other hip-hop cat out in the Free world
If you ain't free it's for you too
Muslim Christian or Hebrew
Political prisoners I see you
You're a big part of everything that we do gangstagrass the League of Justice
Keep it stacked with positives and pluses
Old school classic above your judgment
Bring the mix of the rugged and the rustic push the buttons
Get with us kids

(Chorus)
Yeah the future is a bumpy ride - I wanna ride with you
We’ll be fighting monsters till we die - I wanna ride with you
Just as long as you’re by my side - I wanna ride with you
I got a freak flag, and I’m gonna let it fly
I wanna ride with you
I wanna ride with you

(Dolio The Sleuth)
Come on let’s ride, I know I’m ready for the leap
Started out with a little, yeah- barely had a heap, but
What we had, kept a belly full of eats
Just a short slip away from being barely on the streets

Hard scramble over grits, jelly on the whеat
Unabashed with a drive to keep our family on our feet
Hard work raising younguns in the bеlly of the beast
To be sitting ‘round the table getting ready for the feast (Preach!)

It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t alone
But we still got a long row to hoe on the road
So, what gets sowed gets the water to grow
And the sunlight to get the harvest ready to show

So it goes, that though whatever’s being served on the menu
Could react with situations that you’ve been through
We can still get through, like we got through
We are not through, just know we got you

(Chorus)
Yeah the future is a bumpy ride - I wanna ride with you
We’ll be fighting monsters till we die - I wanna ride with you
Just as long as you’re by my side - I wanna ride with you
I got a freak flag, and I’m gonna let it fly
I wanna ride with you


(R-SON)
The creatures might be coming to get ya
But I'm here to slay monsters like Geralt the Witcher
And I'm here with ya, that's all she wrote
Tight like a fat couple caught up in coach
For my Bros and my blokes
Mamacitas y Amigas, yes all of my folks
If the whole world starts to go up in smoke
We're riding together and we're going for broke
But I'm trying to make sure that don't happen
Climb on this boat with me, ride with your captain
Maintain yourself in an orderly fashion
Calm and collected but I still need your passion
This is a call to action, packed, with exact facts
Building more bridges than you will with a hashtag
Big dog barking, send the fat cats running
Revolution coming, now ain't that something

(Chorus)
Yeah the future is a bumpy ride - I wanna ride with you
We’ll be fighting monsters till we die - I wanna ride with you
Just as long as you’re by my side - I wanna ride with you
I got a freak flag, and I’m gonna let it fly
I wanna ride with you
I wanna ride with you

Yeah the future is a bumpy ride - I wanna ride with you
We’ll be fighting monsters till we die - I wanna ride with you
Just as long as you’re by my side - I wanna ride with you
I got a freak flag, and I’m gonna let it fly
I wanna ride with you
I wanna ride with you

(Dolio The Sleuth)
Come on let’s ride, I know I’m ready for the leap
Started out with a little, yeah- barely had a heap, but
What we had, kept a belly full of eats
Just a short slip away from being barely on the streets

Hard scramble over grits, jelly on the whеat
Unabashed with a drive to keep our family on our feet
Hard work raising younguns in the bеlly of the beast
To be sitting ‘round the table getting ready for the feast (Preach!)

It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t alone
But we still got a long row to hoe on the road
So, what gets sowed gets the water to grow
And the sunlight to get the harvest ready to show

So it goes, that though whatever’s being served on the menu
Could react with situations that you’ve been through
We can still get through, like we got through
We are not through, just know we got you

Yeah the future is a bumpy ride - I wanna ride with you
We’ll be fighting monsters till we die - I wanna ride with you
Just as long as you’re by my side - I wanna ride with you
I got a freak flag, and I’m gonna let it fly
I wanna ride with you


(R-SON)
The creatures might be coming to get ya
But I'm here to slay monsters like Geralt the Witcher
And I'm here with ya, that's all she wrote
Tight like a fat couple caught up in coach
For my Bros and my blokes
Mamacitas y Amigas, yes all of my folks
If the whole world starts to go up in smoke
We're riding together and we're going for broke
But I'm trying to make sure that don't happen
Climb on this boat with me, ride with your captain
Maintain yourself in an orderly fashion
Calm and collected but I still need your passion
This is a call to action, packed, with exact facts
Building more bridges than you will with a hashtag
Big dog barking, send the fat cats running
Revolution coming, now ain't that something

Yeah the future is a bumpy ride - I wanna ride with you
We’ll be fighting monsters till we die - I wanna ride with you
Just as long as you’re by my side - I wanna ride with you
I got a freak flag, and I’m gonna let it fly
I wanna ride with you
I wanna ride with you