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1.	June 29th, 2018 - Shark w/ Fishes 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Sometimes I see shit optimistic Other times, it’s far and distant I’m always stuck in a hard decision That’s why I kinda feel like a shark with fishes I’m in the park, spittin bars with spitters That’s the shit, the heart of our traditions The hardest part is when the sparks diminished Can’t build an arc, so we bargain with it ============== Please god, we gotta lot of strings We offer, not a thing We are the bottomlings, sweet father Show some mercy to your following Sheep flock are wallowing Spirits hollow, listen to the bottle clink Lost we followed links Blockin pop-ups. Got a walk-in A father and the sock crust of awkward teens And I hate to bring up socrates, Cuz that shit’s been rhymed with More times than probably.. A lot of things I try to keep it honest, Like it’s worth a prize, hell That’s ironic, how I lie to myself How I rise when I fail I get up, every time that I bail Trying to figure out which side is my tail This is what I liken to braille Cuz I can feel it in my fingers, right through the nail Like the minute Christ was impaled They know not what they do God They’re all psyched on themselves, And whatever you are ============================= They say that they love you But I don’t believe them They say that they love you But I don’t believe them ========================== Sometimes I see shit optimistic Other times, it’s far and distant I’m always stuck in a hard decision That’s why I kinda feel like a shark with fishes I’m in the park, spittin bars with spitters That’s the shit, the heart of our traditions The hardest part is when the sparks diminished Can’t build an arc, so we bargain with it
2.	June 28th, 2018 - All I See 02:06	lyrics	buy track
========================== I swear, all I hear is whines Paul Revere is riding on his horse And y'all don’t see the signs It’s crazy, these bottled fears of mine I bought a beer, to swallow with my pride I swear, all I see is overreacting I know what I wrote when I rapped it So don’t be joking bout that shit, man I try to keep it brief, If I don’t then I’ll never get to sleep ======================== Even in a peaceful assembly We go in a frenzie Legally upsetting We the people, Read a feature wedging, topics, Splitting, optics, Need a better setting The truth is, twitter got us fucked up Split down the middle like a nut, Judge, jury, hung up They run up All Trumped up Hung up on Hillary Killing me, everytime civility is brung up Bunch of hypocrites Inconsiderate, illiterate bigots, Triggered by the most ridiculous shit ever Never would I kid, Better look within yourself When measuring your stick I got so many better things to kick Like rhymes and futbols, Concession letters, see me be a better Nick My shit, no one ever quits A meek irreverence I’ll speak on heavy shit.. seek help, dipshits ========================== I swear, all I hear is whines Paul Revere is riding on his horse And y'all don’t see the signs It’s crazy, these bottled fears of mine I bought a beer, to swallow with my pride I swear, all I see is overreacting I know what I wrote when I rapped it So don’t be joking bout that shit, man I try to keep it brief, If I don’t then I’ll never get to sleep ========================
3.	June 27th, 2018 - Nada 02:09	lyrics	buy track
They always talk and never listen Monologues on television It’s all for naught, They call the cops on dark complected Law protected Hearts are dead A carbon architect While he pardons friends And harvests kids Picked em off the border fence No moral sense The courts append, Endorse his muslim ban Internment camps traps are dirty, captured vermin, Sturdy as a surgeon’s hand Let’s burn it down But don’t do shit that’s gonna hurt the brand You can churn the masses out But your ass is out if you spurn the man ========= We heard em beggin’ for their parents from a prison cell Life a livin’ hell Sippin piss from out the wishin’ wells Diminishing their little selves What a callus way to see things I wish that I could switch myself And evacuate the precinct =============== Plot an escape Regardless of danger To toss em away It’s not in my nature Follow the brave Land of the free Heart of a slave Nada is sacred A lot of us take shit All at face value Lost in the language Used around you God’s getting anxious This was not in his pages
4.	June 3rd, 2018 - Dead Icons (Prod. Lil Teej) 02:31	lyrics	buy track
Whatcha call a cashmere sweater Dude’s actin like a little pap smear getta You just sittin in the back-seat, never Movin like a statue, wack fool, get up Acting like you’re better with your hand out Sittin at ya man’s house Ain’t about to do shit but run ya mouth, You front, I’m out to punt you down the road You’re slow, I’m proud I know, Your animosity is gonna getcha In a lotta trouble, Not on my antenna He’s acting all cool when we play our shit, Now the dude is taking L’s like he’s J.R. Smith He’s destined for a minimum wage So pitiful, he literally threw a fit at a plate When a waitress brought him a steak That wasn’t cooked right He looked like someone spit in his face The shit was insane ================================== You don’t know shit about being a man You think the earth is flat You only see where you stand Why you leaving your fam? I don’t believe in you man.. You’re disappointing Like you only speak with your hands Dissing, pointing Like you speak with your hands This shit’s annoying
5.	May 28th, 2018 - Where Have all the Children Gone? 02:37	lyrics	buy track
They crossed the border, broke, in hopes for better life But hope is just an empty vessel, smoke against the light No one read em rights Alone in bed at night The broken pledge of life A chance that no one gets to fight Christ... I guess it’s like this in the developed world A stone that left unturned Ignore it like no one said a word Prayer.. It hasn’t yet occured To anyone, that every moment wasted Is another second left to burn Get to runnin, These men are coming Better get your youngins There’s plenty of em They gonna get ya men and send em back to where they came Only just the parents, fair and take a fare, like a ferry lake Everything is square and straight, Everything is terribly painful When we tear apart a family at it’s ankles Just for crossing over Left a broken casa, Now unlawful soldiers Hold em hostage, Politics control their mamas Your honor.. How’d we venture so astray Like novocaine, we’re numb Dumb like when we hope and pray Ya’ll say no to change Ya’ll afraid of cultures But appropriate em stolen vultures A gross display encroaches A poster made of roses This whole charade is gross Every open case is closing cold The open road is not an option Ya’ll indoctrinate children, Now the monster made a villian
6.	May 17th, 2018 - The Fixer 01:27	lyrics	buy track
Another day goes by, Never a dull moment, Unless it involves Cohen Left with our jaws open How many news cycles can carry on Stories about this posthumous grown son Like they’re talking to no one This is the echo chamber Let’s explain, he gets away With everything, so the president can play We’ve been lead astray We forget the days of having a true leader This dude’s a 2 liter of pepsi straight I meant, he’s fake He says he’s great People believe him, They’re gullible Insufferable like Penny Lane It’s getting strange Dude is center stage The fixer is mixed up Like poppies on a selling plate He’s Cosby vetting dates Toxic, get em wasted, Impossible to nail down, dawg, a jelly frame smell the rain, Be like Orphan Annie Cuz I don’t know what the hell you’re saying… Laurel, Yanny
7.	May 16th, 2018 - Abandonment Issues (feat. Cory Hill) 01:57	info	buy track
8.	May 13th, 2018 - Headass (feat. Prophetiko) 01:46	info	buy track
9.	March 13th, 2018 - Stephen Hawking Tribute 02:16	lyrics	buy track
We just lost Stephen Hawking One of the great minds Who made time Of logging his thoughts, see Stuck in a body It’s a cold world Like an ice bucket of water Like chuckin’ a ball A stone curled The whole world can rest assured, The message you embedded Is a testament to lessons learned Like feeding bread to birdies How’d you get the nerve? To reach 76, When you could’a been dead by 30 Anyone would’a gave up No one would thought a thing if our lives were swapped out Physics would probably be The last thing I’d be worried about.. (honestly) ...And your ass made a talk machine The stars are caving My heart contains a black hole Your dark equations Let’s see how far this math go A quantum paradox A cosmic pair of quarks Entangled like a pair of socks Static shock ain’t wearin off A hero’s saga Now we need to Really watch where Neil DeGrass is going with a theory He’s squaring, plotting, A myriad of data A peer within his honor Sharing in the drama That you’re really goners
10.	March 12th, 2018 - A Silly Life 02:00	lyrics	buy track
Daily Brief - 2/28 - A Silly Life - Ivanka Trump Love Song We live a silly life, admit it I’m a little cynical, it sounds trite I’d really like to ‘get it’ What a shitty sight to sit in She’s pretty like a kitten I’m an overweight ogre I think she made the right decision Man, I never touched a famous woman before I feel like I’m 12 again She makes a bakers dozen, or She came to make some lovin’, More to face up a disrupting force Only 8 months into her divorce These are the awkward times Lots of lines given We can talk all night, Lock our eyes, kissin’ Walkin party lines, skippin This ol’ heart of mine’s givin’ Couldn’t seem to give a smidgen more I know I’ve only felt like this before A couple times And what if I’m expecting more I undermine my chances As she dances on the kitchen floor This is the sorta situation You’d never hoped a hickey form To the folks you misinformed To reinforce your cornerstone Livin for the moment My words in sonnet form It’s like I summoned lords The sons of gods in war The Russians want you more I get it, Your father’s poor Ivanka, you’re a lot more than Fox reports You got me frozen like your botox Your slow walk up to your soap box A stone cold fox Trottin like a show off I go to slow mo, pause To take in all your beauty You got that white girl booty A white pearl 2 piece It’s like a lifeguard threw me To the deep end I’d give you my heart buoy I’d let a white shark chew me At night harpooning Ain’t this life cartoonie? We live a silly life, admit it I’m a little cynical, it sounds trite I’d really like to ‘get it’ What a shitty sight to sit in She’s pretty like a kitten I’m an overweight ogre I think she made the right decision
11.	February 26th, 2018 - Straw Man 02:24	lyrics	buy track
The Straw Man - Daily Brief 2/26/2018 We’re American post tragedy PTSD, the folks aren’t having any Arguments, we’re grieving and weak I can feel it But don’t acknowledge nothing A glock concealed, a nauseous stomach It’s now revealed that God’s a woman They want to lock her up And conquer us Divide the summit Then follow us like puppy dogs Sell our lives to Russians That ain’t a lie or nuthin A really special time to be alive The clock is runnin out The water’s leakin dry Can’t even cry, no woman, no child You can fuss about that gun at your side While fucking yourself Of course it sounds a little crass To your bitter ass Won’t let a minute pass Before blaming all the kids in class Ad hominem attack I’m cognizant Talk all the trash you wanna talk I wanna talk some facts You’re obnoxious Facts, No need to hashtag that Yall need to pass that back Just relax that pact We know you stashed that rack We know you tapped that cash We know you grabbed that snatch We know you laughed at that C’mon Man, You’re just a straw man.. We know you’d wax that ass We know you’d gas that match I see a sad ass plant Just a straw man, ain’t that too bad Even teachers need a bathroom pass The schools ain’t safe They’re bleeding on the path you mapped Another classroom sad Another classroom sad Another classroom sad Another classroom sad C’mon man, You’re just a straw man
12.	December 26th, 2017 - A Certain Fact 02:24	lyrics	buy track
This shit was predicted by Nostradamus The minute this criminal took the oath of office He’s so dishonest The lowest common denominator This shit was thrown upon us We learned our votes were garbage We hurt with broken hearts While holding on to purpose While a third of our populace Made their obnoxious voices heard Basket of deplorables, Understatement of the decade They lack the mental fortitude To back up what their men say That’s why Medaforacle and I Made a song about their dissonance The willfully ignorant This shit was imminent didn’t take 100 days To paint the colorway And cut away The fucking safety nets That stopped these ugly banks Not playing dumb today I bit my tongue in vein We coulda done away with a lot of noise Like rubber paint We’re bouncing off the walls It ain’t the fucking same There’s levels to insanity I climb the rung to sane A pint of rum and sage Burn the midnight oil I write another page Cursed with inner toil Emerged a simmered boil The life of a hog - to the winner go the spoil All righteousness lost Right from the start We were doomed We saw the sonic boom It was huge Took up a lot of room A lot of dudes Conspiring, Like “why’s the rocket blue” Flying horizontally Relying on their proof Like true, but if the earth was flat With no curves in tact I think we would’a heard’a that by now If it’s a certain fact Man, 2017 the dark ages The human centipede of star gazing How’d we go from Mark Twain to Darth Vader Heartsbane, to arcades, atari to sega Darwin to to mega churches We invented purpose Spot the head of serpents Thoughts to let in curses The consequences urgent We’re followin a person Wallowing in hurt, bent Not that it’s deserved The squeaky wheel gets the grease The wobble gets to turnin I woulda thought of better words I’m not a bitter person A positive insurance Neutral in it’s impact Cognitive deference Youthful in the synapse Useful in its syntax Javascript concurrent Dishonoring
13.	December 15th, 2017 - The Big J (ft. Prophetiko) 02:47	info	buy track
14.	November 14th, 2017 - Exonerated 01:05	lyrics	buy track
We up and wasted 2 fuckin days on the obvious Discomfort plagued like the conversation bothered us Unmoderated, a complicated topic In a lotta ways, I thought it made it harder And caused a lotta pain, It was an observation I saw a statement on a stage, then again on a friend’s page And lost my patience You can see the wrong thing at the wrong time And let a thought escape Like an exonerated rapist There’s a lot of hate, and a lot of lost crusaders Trolls raking coals, poking, prodding flames There are people who I maybe shouldn’t mention Even tho the path to hell was paved with good intentions I lost a couple “friends,” Blocked some of their henchmen I was positive, couldn’t moderate consensus A lot of negative postulated sentences awkward made references, impetuous
15.	November 9th, 2017 - Voltaire 01:21	lyrics	buy track
Establishments collapsing Hollywood’s a cess pool Washington is basking in the shadows of their bedrooms We’re the one’s impacted by the bad decision making of these bastards In a cabinet, or the motion picture magic They’re acting like they’re innocent That shit’s amazing They’re victim blaming, ladies Going bat shit crazy And that shit makes me Question everything I hold dear The best weapon against a predator Is to show no fear My soul’s clear That’s more than I can say for old gray haired Bloviating pedos in cold chairs I wanna walk away, there’s nowhere to go here document everything, a modern day Voltaire
16.	November 3rd, 2017 - The Chopping Block (ft. Cory Hill) 01:45	info	buy track
17.	November 1st, 2017 - God Willing 01:21	lyrics	buy track
Enrollment for Obama care started Trump’s trying to sabotage, not a care garnished His granddaughter shares unaware of her pedigree While Trump Jr. say’s to keep everything selfishly Man, what the fuck is wrong with this fam? God fucking damn, I could turn to salt where I stand They’re botching their chance, dropping their pants Like Lot’s wife, when she gave Sodom a glance Man, if there’s only little I can do I’m telling them their arrogance ain’t fitting for a fool It’s the simplest tidbit I could give em, it’s the truth These fucking dicks are literally pissing in our pool God willing, Trump will get impeached Pence will get incriminated, lumped in everything Their followers will start to see the error in their ways Then scare back to their cave Or wherever that they came from They need to go..
18.	October 31st, 2017 - Pt. 2 - Double Crossing 01:45	lyrics	buy track
Terror Strikes again in the state of New York And it doesn’t even phase me anymore People laying on the floor dying All eight of them gone No safe spaces nothing is sacred no more I’m thankful for the time that I’ve spent outta harm’s way But I’m waiting for my time to run out like a parlay I’ve parsed data, and what the cards say The odds are stacked against us, Not in our favor Even at a park to play, The dark can take your heart away The martyr is the part they play Their car is just an armored tank Akbar the great is dogma The farthest thing from god, but God is just a carbon painted image of allah, fuck We let our primitive selves Become definitive We’re living in hell, undisciplined Conditioned to be limited The intimate shells we kick it in Are just another symptom of our timidness, They’re killing us I can’t be the only callous person fed up With all this damn perversion The maggots, worms, and dead stuff Nostalgia’s gonna get us between the eyes like head-butts I guess it’s for the best, but Let’s just decide to get up.. And get up.. And get up, and get up and get up etc..
19.	October 31st, 2017 - Pt. 1 - Haunted Halloween Raps (ft. Medaforacle, Mic Myers, ShoNuff, & Nick Norris) 04:12	info	buy track
20.	October 25th, 2017 - Orange Cones 02:00	lyrics	buy track
Rest in Peace, Fats Domino Pour me another one, these rats on the low Cracks on the road, red hats on a clown Sayin tax gonna go down, lock and load We got Donald’s dope, Pence and a lot of folks Droppin votes, sayin’ that they protect, just a lotta jokes If I’d of known they’d be cleaning out our pocket holes By laying obstacles down in front of us like orange cones All of this divide and conquer, Can’t figure out which side we’re on, For days, I’ve been thinking, trying to ponder Where I may find some common ground to wander I’m somber 2017 has been a shit storm October 25th, and it’s still warm Yet totally eclipsed by the ill informed Gotta fact check, it’s real important Our country’s rigamortified, Pence is Trump’s bitch just like Mordecai I wanna grab a 45, and swing it at 45 While riffin Rick and Morty lines Spitting on this orange guy
21.	October 24th, 2017 - Tween Layers 01:14	lyrics	buy track
Dear TJ, Trump is ruining the future He took the constitution, threw it in the pooper But it’s your birthday, and I hope it was a great one The big 11, you’re growin like a tapeworm And make sure, you stay pure and creative Every shape works great on paper if you make it Or play it, a major, shape it in layers A painter, a canvas, The mass needs a savior You’re pretty much the best artist I know My silly bud, with a heart that’s lined gold I get in troubz south park is my show I frickin love when you get all their jokes You’re so smart And you’re such a rad little dude Even in a bad little mood, a sad attitude We’re laughing it through a path to the future, bright I mean, you have your cartoons
22.	October 23rd, 2017 - Cringey Conversations 01:27	lyrics	buy track
First, I’ll start off with a shout to the little man The not so little, damn flip it like a kicker ramp This kid’s my biggest fan And I’m his biggest too I took some shit for granted, I was missing dude But now... everything’s moving perfectly in sync A damn teenager, turned 13 in a blink Time flies, like birdies and the bees Cringey conversations Like flurries in the seas Sometimes I worry But I’m not worried bout what kinda dude you’re gonna be I’m just tryna help you see the future’s promising You’re planting seeds - the fruits are blossoming It’s an awesome thing witness, honestly I never thought that I’d be spittin on a beat Made by you, Norris boys make our tunes While TJ makes cartoons Mi amigos, birthdays a day apart too
23.	October 19th, 2017 - Don't be a Nick Norris 03:23	lyrics	buy track
I once knew this girl who had infinite potential It got squandered when she wandered with the devil Now she hangs at dive bars, haunted by the echos Of missed opportunity, impossible to let go She had a god given talent, A pop singer, A heart slinger, with the moxy not matched You’d be honored if she got on a track A charismatic monster man, yeah, she got it like that Don’t get it twisted, tho It was never more than music, She was a muse, and used truth to influence Some stupid dude, who couldn’t do shit So he controlled her, and his rules were abusive I never understood how she could spend her life on stage Then be manipulated by some by some elder twice her age On a bender, threw her life away She just surrendered, their differences were night and day I knew it right away, this dude was up to something It wasn’t good, He was burning down his house of cards, underwood His power sparked, I wondered what she saw in dude? He was ugly, so it wasn’t looks, it’s fuckin booze I heard that misery loves company, that shit’s the truth This is my little gift to you You said this mother fucker hit you Then asked me to come get you
24.	October 18th, 2017 - Political Fire 03:05	lyrics	buy track
Trump should have known what he was signing up for There’s good people out there fighting a war He only hates ISIS when they’re right at the door It ain’t right to ignore We got Puerto Rico, still wiped from the storm No lights, No end in sight for the poor I bet If they were white, he would fight to deploy Go right to the source, he needs to get right with the lord Denies shortcomings, still blames Obama His ill brain, a still frame, he’ll bring dishonor Let’s be real frank, place a real fake Melania Lips lookin sloppy like a meal plate, lasagna Now we got Sessions, lying under oath again Protect the Don, and anyone close to him Russia who? deny you ever spoke to them It’s a fuckin coup of the clueless folks you voted in He called a widow a liar, Lit a political fire, Frederica Wilson had no reason to lie Now it’s Trump who lives in denial. He’s a pitiful child. He’s not a patriot, this shit is divided Need a mindhunter, he’s killing in silence You’ll never get me alive, I got the best moves Retweeting zodiac killers like I’m Ted Cruz It’s getting stupid, 20-17 losing This fuckin fool is mentally stupid Thinks that he’s better than you Our veterans too. Shit.

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Nomad Hip Hop is a Phoenix, Arizona based hip hop collective. Under the Nomad Hip Hop umbrella, you will find Cleanup Radio (indie hip hop radio show on 93.9FM, Phoenix) and the Hip Hop House (a live concert series).