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lyrics

Look look listen

I'm from a jungle with a forest of affiliations
Next generation fascinated by that life we shapin'
It's hard to make it out this hexagon in isolation
After all our father figures are constantly confiscated
It's complicated on these corners
Convenient stores full of foreigners where we place our orders
'Cos money make the world orbit
No doubt about it
Prisons make a large margin of profit
Off the back of Shawn and Marlon
Brothers Wayan OxyContin white as Seth McFarland
To push on Baltimore blocks like Johnny Ogden
Far too often cash "In Living Color" coming in
So Uncle Sam crack that whip, barely leave us with a pot to piss
Holy hippopotamus
It's murder at Metropolis
Villainous killers watching commas and dollars spent
So it's kind of common sense to keep a blower on yo' hip
With a couple clips at yo' disposal
Don't say I never told you

Protect ya' neck
Life is like a game of roulette
With 36 chambers of ill danger (WU)
Inspect the deck that your dealt
And play it well
or you'll be shuffling in hell if the method fails
Protect ya' neck
Life is like a game of roulette
With 36 chambers of ill danger (WU)
Inspect the deck that your dealt
And play it well
Or you'll be shuffling in hell if the method fails

I know a Glock gripping, pistol whipping, money flipping menace
Extorting tenants stealing Guinness from the neighbor's kitchen
Brewing havoc for the sake of status
Sparking static with a semiautomatic
Just ya average boulevard bastard
Basking in the blues of blackness
Where colors are in fact the factor that determine life thereafter
And it don't matter if it's daylight he just up the ante
And charge triple to pull the trigger on happy families
'Cos all he knows is
Clips, calibers camo and ammo
That keep a cloud of smoke in the city like Joe the Camel
'Cos it's ample opportunity to die where I reside
My city racking up a couple hundred homicides
What a bummer to spend summer inside confined
But we turned out fine without a 9 to 5
We turned out fine without a 9 to 5

Protect ya' neck
Life is like a game of roulette
With 36 chambers of ill danger (WU)
Inspect the deck that your dealt
And play it well
or you'll be shuffling in hell if the method fails
Protect ya' neck
Life is like a game of roulette
With 36 chambers of ill danger (WU)
Inspect the deck that your dealt
And play it well
Or you'll be shuffling in hell if the method fails

Cash ruins everything around me
Money hungry
Something that we kill for
Cash ruins everything around me
Money hungry
Something that we kill for
Cash ruins everything around me
Money hungry
Something that we kill for

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from Corner Stories, released December 3, 2021

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Orlando Watson is largely recognized for his thought provoking free-verse poetry accompanied by soulful compositions. Orlando’s has shared stages with acts such as: Lalah Hathaway, Braxton Cook, Keyon Harrold, Chantae Cann, Tye Tribbett, Dominick Farinacci, and Jessica Caremoore to name a few. ... more

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