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bye toxic city!

by Cee x D-Cipher

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1.
Misused 04:19
MISUSED D-Cipher Verse 1: Yo this is you to a tee, It’s the angst vs the progression/ What you see ain’t what it seems - Spaghetti Western/ Your petty effort to peddle records is misdirected/ Like swearing on your Mama's grave to a born skeptic/ Your fulcrum point ain’t right, you have no leverage/ They wanna tip that boy on sight, that’s not physics/ I’ve seen pressures that pop rivets/ So can I kick a rhyme? Is this Hip-Hop or the Pop business?/ If it’s latter that’s not goodness/ Yo ask around, if you ever claim I was a Yes Man, I want footage/ Hit that boy in his belly and he’ll be getting up slowly/ While I’m waking up early to play Cribbage/ To raise 'em right they say it takes a village/ But some I’d rather give a paddle, and point up the river/ Some of y’all are just so far gone/ I could tell you peace out and it wouldn’t feel wrong, listen Hook: (Misused) I’m feeling bad for the game, these fucking actors is lame, the shit is (Misused) And y’all don’t want no smoke, say the word, let’s go, shit is (Misused) We only rock with the realness, I hope you can feel this (Misused) So use it right or don’t touch it at all, at all Cee Verse 2: Yo this is them to a T, a quick buck vs a blue chip/ Waygu, they the Golden Arch, Miller vs Rodenbach/ Ain’t have the vision, Aaron Seltzer to a Kubrik/ They Joe Exotic, I’m Steve Irwin, I’m owning crocs/ You get it, it ain’t the shoes but the bars, sonny/ I’m with whatever if they start something/ My own pace, I’m never caught running/ They stepping in the booth with me, it’s like they playing in the street when a car coming/ Listen, they misusing all the tools they get/ All up in Logic, hollering “the plugins I met”/ They ain’t a butcher, barely heart in ‘em/ If they with it, homie, drop and gimme 50, I’ma spar with ‘em/ Promise I won’t even hard hit ‘em/ But in practice, every swing, I hit, the rhymes is out the park with it/ I keep the inner circle tight so they can nah know us/ The game is heavy, lucky that I got some broad shoulders, I’m sayin’ Hook: (Misused) I’m feeling bad for the game, these fucking actors is lame, the shit is (Misused) And y’all don’t want no smoke, say the word, let’s go, shit is (Misused) We only rock with the realness, I hope you can feel this (Misused) So use it right or don’t touch it at all, at all D-Cipher x Cee Verse 3: D-Cipher: So can you work it or not, I’ve hit the system up with circular plots/ And shut it down where they were nervous to rock/ While heads were tapping out, I was tapping up/ And punched above my weight class in matches where they beg me to stop/ Cee: I’ma never let ‘em get the best of me, ack/ I’m posted up in the lab, hitting reps on the drop/ Kid I’m destined, the next one, from blessing a bop/ And me and D the investment, the rest is the ops, I’m saying’/ D-Cipher: So you don’t even have to check it, no, we checkin’ the box/ Cee: We reppin’ east of the docks out to west of the Rocks/ D-Cipher: In the land of the lost/ (WHAT!) Soon as you enter level 1, you should plan for the boss/ Cee: War, and fam, I be the man for the job/ I got a thick track record, they ain’t hand me a loss/ And we the shit, man, check it, I’m like “can the applause”/ Coz when he spit, shit ending, they like “Damn, he the god”/ Coz when they spit, that’s it, they like “Damn, they the lords”, your mic is Hook: (Misused) I’m feeling bad for the game, these fucking actors is lame, the shit is (Misused) And y’all don’t want no smoke, say the word, let’s go, shit is (Misused) We only rock with the realness, I hope you can feel this (Misused) So use it right or don’t touch it at all, at all
2.
KEEP OUR LOVE Cee Verse 1: I’m trying, I’m trying, I’m tryina keep my soul elevated, keep my zone liberated/ Keep my flow devastating, keep ‘em cold, hella waiting/ Keep ‘em sold, mitigated, keep ‘em told, relegated/ Keep my vibrations raised up, keep my love unabated/ Yeah, man the times is unprecedented/ People malcontented, shit is real but how we manifest it?/ I’m just tryina keep my head right and expand the blessings/ We gotta keep the love before the hate is unprevented/ Ay, I’m tryna travel, getting itchy/ I ain’t used to sitting idle, count the seconds, Mississippi/ But I’ma tryina use the time to catch a vibe and stay productive/ When they try to talk about it, I just smile and change the subject/ This is a whole new motherfucking world we moving into/ I can’t wait to hug the homies, crush a beer without a Zoom to link to/ My hands clean but ditch the mask and the gloves/ But fam, I truly hope we keep that trust, I hope we keep our love Cee Hook: My dude, can you believe that shit? D-Cipher Verse 2: Been on lockdown one month and counting/ Don't even wanna do the math on the beers, but I've burned ounces/ People talkin' riots, burned down houses/ While others advocate to stay home on couches/ So what's high enough to climb? No mountain/ These times differentiate the drive from you known slouches/ Sounds corny, but just spread the love and do like your pops taught you/ When you're knocked down, you get back up/ These rhymes are far from partisan promotion/ The only ones I'm thinkin' bout right now, are those I hold closest/ What can I say that Cee didn't/ I've been through cold times and held on just long enough for repeat business/ At my peak, you can repeat wisdom/ I'd rather be fishin', than stuck at home, but staying e-fficient/ Her roots growin' in, and my hair's growin' out/ But do we still keep the love? There's no fuckin' doubt D-Cipher Hook: My man, can you believe that shit? Cee x D-Cipher Bridge: The world is burning (is it?), the world is burning (is it?), the world is burning (is it?) The world is burning (is it?), the world is burning (is it?), the world is burning (is it?) The world is burning, the world is burning, the world is burning The world is burning, the world is burning, the world is burning
3.
Mama 03:46
MAMA Cee Verse 1: Just gotta, focus now, even when it feel hopeless, how/ I never, mope about, Cee ain’t fucking with a broken vow/ I’m the dude, with the drive, coming through, with the vibes/ Yeah I move, with the times, never lose, never mind/ Let’s go back, back to the land, they never cared, they wasn’t fans/ I had the raps, ain’t got the bands, we finna jet, visa in my hand/ Coming through, we the shit, Canada, here we is/ Me and bro, we get it in, bring it on, we with the shits/ I be that, rapper with, dreams that ain’t shattered yet/ We be, them mavericks, bars where them answers is/ We the truth, we the mood, hit the booth, bring the jewels/ Tell the youth, issa ruse, do for you, fuck they schools/ They ain’t teach nothing I can’t learn for dolo/ Five years I’ve been rocking, my companies, controlled/ By, me and wife, she and I, hit the beach, issa vibe/ Oxtail, peas and rice, hustle song, key of life, thank you D-Cipher Verse 2: Just gotta, do something, fuck if it might work/ With low motivation, just start with that light work ‘cause/ Mans'll do, many things, in their life, anything/ In it's right, could be great, could be king, stuff of dreams/ The whole sum of pieces, I've folded, I've broken/ The lessons I've learned are not token, I feel them, I/ Lived with regrets, chipped at my nerve, sipped and I swerved, tryna pay my debts/ Kicked to the curb, dead weight and stress, next time I curve, last chance you get/ This where the buck stops, I've owned up/ Don't know all the scars that aren't shown that I've caused, weigh on my conscience/ Come fit to play, run with the game, fuck what you say/ 'Spect on my name, I made the tracks, you hopped the train, I played the wax, jacked what was played/ Back come the suede, nubuck parade, style lead astray, back from the grave/ Damn what a shame you felt a way, back in the day, we're not the same/ Try to tell myself we're not insane, try to figure out who gave me game/ D-Cipher's the name, back go the flame, from where it, came/
4.
THEY COME AND THEY GO Hook: People come and they go (come and they go)/ Sometimes it’s folks that we feel like we know (feel like we know)/ And this could happen fast or slow/ But every person’s true colours are shown x 2 D-Cipher Verse 1: I don't see why you need shoes/ Your crew’s like the Terracotta Army, you ain't making no moves/ I can't pardon this behavior/ When the carbon hits the paper, man, you ain't dropping no jewels/ I'm not in it for less, I digress/ Nobody's got heart when I dig in the breast/ I dig in the crates, I'll dig in the flesh/ Until I find what I'm looking for, man, I'm not stopping to stretch/ You're not poppin unless, you're pill poppin’/ Your bucket’s still throbbing, from when you got dropped on your head/ So this is where we part ways/ You're checked baggage, but I hope it's all A-OK/ We've been down since, D-Cipher's been my a.k.a., that's why it hurts to say/ Shit you let me down heavy/ Guess I expected too much when you were not ready, to rock steady Hook: People come and they go (come and they go)/ Sometimes it’s folks that we feel like we know (feel like we know)/ And this could happen fast or slow/ But every person’s true colours are shown x 2 Cee Verse 2: Yeah, I don’t rely on anybody/ My urgency is high, and mans, they ain’t in any hurry/ I’m working every fucking day, but say I’m very lucky/ And the circle minimal so mama say I’m very fussy/ Ay, so the kid have many worries/ And I hustle so the family is living plentifully/ Fam, I’m finna be a designated hitter, Eddie Murray/ Homie, pass it when I’m open, I’ma make it, any money/ Listen, so you see that we ain’t fuckin’ round/ Any less than A game around the squad, they out/ If all of this we working with ain’t what they really ‘bout/ Then doggy, we ain’t bail ‘em out, they playin’ and we make it count/ I’m sayin’, I’m a savage with these wastemans/ Manage like a great man, avid with the game plan/ Tryina be with wifey in Montego with my face tanned/ Earned a couple gray strands, worth it when the plane lands, see me, they stand Hook: People come and they go (come and they go)/ Sometimes it’s folks that we feel like we know (feel like we know)/ And this could happen fast or slow/ But every person’s true colours are shown x 2
5.
THEY COME AND THEY GO Hook: People come and they go (come and they go)/ Sometimes it’s folks that we feel like we know (feel like we know)/ And this could happen fast or slow/ But every person’s true colours are shown x 2 D-Cipher Verse 1: I don't see why you need shoes/ Your crew’s like the Terracotta Army, you ain't making no moves/ I can't pardon this behavior/ When the carbon hits the paper, man, you ain't dropping no jewels/ I'm not in it for less, I digress/ Nobody's got heart when I dig in the breast/ I dig in the crates, I'll dig in the flesh/ Until I find what I'm looking for, man, I'm not stopping to stretch/ You're not poppin unless, you're pill poppin’/ Your bucket’s still throbbing, from when you got dropped on your head/ So this is where we part ways/ You're checked baggage, but I hope it's all A-OK/ We've been down since, D-Cipher's been my a.k.a., that's why it hurts to say/ Shit you let me down heavy/ Guess I expected too much when you were not ready, to rock steady Hook: People come and they go (come and they go)/ Sometimes it’s folks that we feel like we know (feel like we know)/ And this could happen fast or slow/ But every person’s true colours are shown x 2 Cee Verse 2: Yeah, I don’t rely on anybody/ My urgency is high, and mans, they ain’t in any hurry/ I’m working every fucking day, but say I’m very lucky/ And the circle minimal so mama say I’m very fussy/ Ay, so the kid have many worries/ And I hustle so the family is living plentifully/ Fam, I’m finna be a designated hitter, Eddie Murray/ Homie, pass it when I’m open, I’ma make it, any money/ Listen, so you see that we ain’t fuckin’ round/ Any less than A game around the squad, they out/ If all of this we working with ain’t what they really ‘bout/ Then doggy, we ain’t bail ‘em out, they playin’ and we make it count/ I’m sayin’, I’m a savage with these wastemans/ Manage like a great man, avid with the game plan/ Tryina be with wifey in Montego with my face tanned/ Earned a couple gray strands, worth it when the plane lands, see me, they stand Hook: People come and they go (come and they go)/ Sometimes it’s folks that we feel like we know (feel like we know)/ And this could happen fast or slow/ But every person’s true colours are shown x 2
6.
‘ROUND THE STARS ft. Notion & Digital Junkie Cee Verse 1: Yeah, if I’m round, then you lucking out/ Fam, I’m not the kinda man who finna fuck about/ I’m a fighter, when it’s rough, I’m never running south/ I’m a star, all the frontin’, fucking cut it out/ Yeah, keep me round, I’m an asset/ I’m an asshole for the family, I’m a motherfucking savage/ I ain’t average, I’ma challenge, borderline bananas/ When I travel round the planet, it’s the stars that keep me balanced/ I’m the motherfucking package, standing on this grey cement/ I’m a hustler that the suited delegation blessed/ Magnus Carlsen of the game, keep a graceful head/ Left brained beta test, right brained space cadet/ Flow complex, y’all need a tracer test/ Investment opportunity, I raise the debt/ This is all I got, man I done tasted death/ It’s truly nothing, I ain’t break a sweat, let’s go D-Cipher Verse 2: Yo goddammit/ The truth hurts more when it comes underhanded and you understand it/ Keep me ‘round the stars chillin, Aurora Borealis/ Just when these rappers thought they had the baddest, shit/ That they ever heard in their little life/ My mind's open wide, man, I rock a little mic/ A little Smokewell, little D-Cipher/ Bragaddocio raps, I hope you're bragging 'bout something you like/ Paint the picture, the man in it/ I push limits, for real I stand rigid, with no gimmicks/ The raps age well like some fine cheddar/ I should be doing something else but I don't know better/ So who's clever, in the spot I reach around these broads/ Mad generic, my lady keep me 'round these stars/ I know the pain, meet my eyes cause I feel the same (so what up?)/ Left numb like coke cut with Novocaine, I’m sayin’ Notion Verse 3: Uh, yo keep me ‘round coz I’m a triple threat/ Rarely see a cut of this cloth, I’m like a different strength/ Mix, master and rap the track, who know it front to back?/ You know it’s Notion, jack, bring it/ For the team I am a night owl, or an early riser/ I’ll lace it up and send it back before you even rise up/ Going hard 24 sev, is how our Family Ties are/ I’m crashing through the waves no matter how the fuckin’ tides are/ Uh, I’m saving you, and then we swimming back/ Without a star, we’ll never see there’s a given track/ It’s not the mail, it’s just a given fact/ With me around, I promise we’re never going to miss an act/ Parts we play ‘cause there’s art in the way we move/ Life’s a crazy game, you live and learn, you love and you lose, uh/ We against the odds, so place your bets/ Smile on my face, right until the end coz we played it the best, yes

credits

released November 20, 2020

All songs Produced by Smokewell
Executive Produced by Cee & D-Cipher
All songs mixed and mastered by Notion at Illnote Studios, Toronto, ON
Front cover art by Joshua Telfer for Believe Dreams Design Life
Back cover art by Smokewell
Recorded in Cambridge, ON and Montreal, QC
© 2020 The Movement Fam and Smokewell Records

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