Austin Antoine, Efa Etoroma,
And it goes like this, this, this (what).
Alright, know the vibe, (it’s a vibe)
Shout it out, (open wide)
Let it ride, (let it ride)
All day, (all night)
All the what, (all the time, time, time, time).
Follow along as I shed my sense,
Fertilizer how I spread this shit, but I’ve been in the present tense,
While other people stuck in the past or tomorrow,
I don’t redbox clocks cause my time ain’t borrowed.
I’m up early enough I could chirp to birds,
Keep my mind to these rhymes I rehearse the words,
And if the vibes ain’t bumping, you know I say something,
If you alley-oop the groove then I gotta slam dunk it.
I’mma never let them stop my spark, like it’s not from the heart,
Take another shot in the dark.
Listen, if I’m lying then I’m flying, they don’t get it,
I ain’t hopping on a plane in a minute.
Gotta tell ‘em.
Alright, know the vibe, (it’s a vibe)
Shout it out, (open wide)
Let it ride, (let it ride)
All day, (all night)
All the what, (all the time, time, time, time).
When the sun goes down my crown just shines brighter,
My mood is ice cool fuel that fights fire,
I never trip about a rapper or a rhymer,
What’s a splinter to a tree or a bruise to Mike Myers.
I’m a different kinda genius, can base it off my genus,
With an ego ‘bout as subtle as my demons,
Still I’ve always had to keep it sharp as a needle on a tweezer,
Since Run DMC had made a song about Adidas.
Been iller than any remedy known,
Dammit even my achilles is gold covered in stone,
And if I’m lying then I’m dying, they don’t get it,
I ain’t hopping in a coffin in a minute.
Gotta tell ‘em.
Alright, know the vibe, (it’s a vibe)
Shout it out, (open wide)
Let it ride, (let it ride)
All day, (all night)
All the what, (all the time, time, time, time).
credits
from CNRMXD,
released November 18, 2022
Music by Curtis Nowosad (Know-a-sad Music, SOCAN)
Lyrics by Austin Antoine (Laurel Leader Publishing, BMI)
Produced by Efajemue
Mixed & mastered by Gengis Don
Curtis Nowosad - drums
Austin Antoine - vocals
Frank Ojeda - electric bass
Duane Eubanks - trumpet
Braxton Cook - alto saxophone
Andrew Renfroe - guitar
Jonathan Thomas - piano
Luke Sellick - bass
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