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Brand New Wings

by Josh Marks

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1.
Jam 02:23
I can’t lie, back outside, I read signs Move sometimes like I read mind, seem a lil preoccupied I think I— never mind— don’t care what y'all gotta say You just gone on to the next, and then whatever gets you paid Cold like case, I be ok, least that’s what my brothers say Counting days, been a minute since I sat down in them rays Love a fade, keep a hatin muh fucker in the shade I could swing by where you stay, you won’t say it to my face Talk is cheap, Rest In Peace, all my niggas in them streets Only option get it poppin just to see your partners eat Only option to move rotten candy, cotton covered teeth Cutting deep, only time I feel a thing is when I bleed Recipes just to breathe, you don’t want me to succeed Then I don't want you taking part in all the glow you bouta see Recipes just to breathe, you don’t want me to succeed Then I don't want you taking part in none the glow you finna pree Top rope I jump, I got wings, I got wings I done sold what you want, I got dreams for my dreams I got goals for my bros, I need gold for my queen When they hear my story told make sure they know my people eat
2.
FYF 01:05
100 spliffs, on the precipice, “where my brothers went?” Heaven sent, too much time that I done let the devil in I’m revving it, engines steady making sure my level lit Want win again, what am I to trade? Ain’t shit equivalent Doing math, internet, number stack, Integers Niggas just, chatting look at all the wasted action reps Counting blood puddles, they don’t love the game, they pay the ref Doubt they really want you, cut the noose 'fore you put chain on neck I can only breathe when I write, and I bleed for the plight, could sell the scars for a price I can only sleep after spiked, THC levels rise, hit me with a piece of mind Count the lies, real prize: all my niggas is good Found them eyes on a plate that you know isn’t yours See your disguise, recognize you ain’t feeling secure If you ain’t rooting for my side, it’s fuck your feelings for sure
3.
Reaper Seal 02:44
Cellular, if you hit my line, pray I call you back Hella work, quarter, nickel, dime tryna make a stack Said it’s church, all the time spent, wings my don’t flap Bury hurt, know the signs, don’t tell me that this just rap Quit the cap, swing and miss and hit the tap Missing facts, you could never pitch, go run an extra lap Switching hats, this time I’m a wizard with a heavy strap Get the Mack, swerving through your ends I never used a map Competition, what is that? What are those? Your style is wack Hit a bowl and know I’m like the sunshine right when dawn go crack Out my mind, I wrote this rhyme the same time that the thunder crashed Product of my mother’s past, but what that got to do with that? Hopefully I don’t see the end tonight The Heat is just a team, but it’s a temperature when tensions rise Open season, note degree of difficulty when they die Holding piece, preaching, sneakers tossed onto the line in sky Focused pose, he dreaming slow and saw the reapers eyes The best teacher’s life, you ain’t breathing if you not outside The rest is in the dice, how I peep it, but I never try The chest full of knives, wipe the sweat then feed on my supplies Cellular, if you hit my line, pray I call you back Hella work, quarter, nickel, dime tryna make a stack Said it’s church, all the time spent, wings my don’t flap Bury hurt, know the signs, don’t tell me that this just rap I need to cry, it'll do me well My tears cast a spell, you can’t survive if you’ve never failed The eyes are where the lies sail, the prize is just the price mailed Surprised no one ever even asked how my mic feel Tried being nice, but I rather might fight still Mind need a night, just to sit and really try to chill My, what a life, what a life that is this real Kites on the windshield, bike riding uphill is really how the time kill Shimmy when the nine peeled, driddy when the wine spill Busy body, trippy, took a hit and saw a god kneel Josh just too ill, I swear they could never deal Fox trotting deep inside the box that was reaper sealed
4.
Pinch Hit 01:11
How the fuck he know? Cause he saw it in a dream Sawed off don’t chop shit but the spleen Imma ball hog, shooting over those double teams Don’t sleep, Imma show what dedication means And it seems they believe they absolved from that A Black lotus in the concrete, evolved from scraps I had a dream that I rode in the Rolls with a hundred million roses, arose with my heart in tack Told my bros they should know that I got they back Approach slow, when you talk, you keep your hands clasped You get smoked like we rolled you, cause your mans gassed A big joke when you roll through, we have our laughs I’m just a chip off the old block, Known to pinch hit during stints when the world chopped This is my throne, nigga get your own spot Or get your top knock, took the long way home when the block hot Whether opps was busting shots or the cops parked We was only taught to ever grind, nigga, nonstop
5.
City is burning, niggas is hurting, now how the hell am I to sleep? Living with purpose, viscous the words that they tell you so you don’t believe Seen me resurface, I’m working, the studios churches, I know how to breathe When demons are lurking, my bleeding was worth it, my tears created a sea I cannot stop tossing in my sleep Tokin on that potency, hoping no one notice me When I be roaming streets, top is lonely I could hardly see Who y’all claim y’all be, you can’t hang, get no stain off me Hit em with that “bang!” Mike Breen, like I be raining 3’s Facing all my tree, hate that I don’t have the patience team Has to be all social when we going to these shows and things Shoulders came with wings, I’m the Phoenix who just learned to sing I could let them hurt me, but I don’t On my dome, keeping balance cause I’m walking on a rope They can’t challenge me, they know that my heart is made of snow They could hardly ever go where I go, that’s for sure They can’t best me, they can’t float, like a butterfly, nope I know they already know I get Messi for my goals, cut throat Do the most, homie what the fuck you on? When you call yourself a GOAT, I be laughing at the joke
6.
Myrtle 01:19
Back when I was walking on Myrtle, but it ain’t no beach That’s when the past might hurt you, but I can’t be beat Catch wind that you never at home, out in the streets Bad batch still a lil too tasty, revenge is sweet Lickupon like my name Vik Vaughn, influence deep Wrist on, no jewels sitting, universe watching me And one, I don’t miss free ones, count up all 3 Hand strong, I dont greet weak ones, my nigga, peep Difference you and me, I don’t bleed, I just breathe Blizzard up the sleeve, heart froze, winter eve Trippin, Rest In Peace, place a head at my feet If it’s war, imma get em, get em all, best believe
7.
I be apologizing when I vent, but I guess it’s a simple mistake Wondering what it’ll take for the team to be straight, and how long can we wait? Impatient, I’m chasing the pavement and facing whatever my evils will say Embracing all they flagrant hating, come say that shit to my face Case closed, great wind blows, smell the success, it’s right under my nose Smelling like sess it’s all over clothes Might fuck around and start selling my flows You can’t hang with the bros, you don’t know what I know All on the block they get low for goals So learn how to grow, not but like Mario Shells in they stereo, niggas is lunch Funerals, burials, elephant strut I put my doubt right inside of a blunt Smoke it down, burn it up, know uptown show me love I’m not one of them ones, I’m not running because I was by the city that never did sleep Not 50/50, stand on what I’m spitting, stand on what’s been written, stand on my two feet ____________________________________ God body, flesh and mind be gifts from up above Try me, try me-- wish you would-- your hits could never touch Slimy, blimey, slide with mask and kiss 100 doves Where you find me: meditating with a thuggish bunch Why you call bout such and such? Please don’t ever hit my line Niggas lie bout what it was, they was never seen outside Seamless how they lean, no spine, they comprised what they believe Genius when I breathe, the contraband in pen, and up my sleeve Giving thanks to the ground I get to walk upon Sealing fate whenever I make time to work on rhymes
8.
LILHOMIE 01:49
Please know that this the real, homie, spilled a lil on me, but it’s more in the bottle No lil homie, no they don’t want a problem Big dog, I lift off when I light one Spaceship, windows down in the whip Facelift kit solid as brick Pacin it, imma lap em again Percentage for family, confetti for friends Ready for anyone’s petty attempts Dead ones whenever I swing for the fence Medicine swimming inside of my chest Broke off my chains just to ice up my neck And it’s different I bet, you ain’t dance with no ghost Soul catching wreck, and my body the host Know that I know I know nothing for sure But I don’t ever question the words I done wrote No they can’t fuck with me, that’s a fact Hold them hands up, they won’t make it back Know my mans tough, nice with the drill like Chiraq I’m going strong like the paint get attacked, ball all night long, I don’t fall I don’t crash
9.
STAND UP 02:07
Company I keep, gotta do me a sweep 'fore I let all the dogs out the house Been about it since niggas was walking it out, I been rowdy since I could jump off of the couch Click, aim, blaow, you be a target, aint watching your mouth False all your starts, dont be forcing a problem Wake up, I smoke me a spliff, walk a mountain Really the GOAT, look at the balance, I float You niggas really is jokes, I look like emote whenever im laughing im crying when I hear the rhymes that you spoke What’re they trying to do? I been calm, hold the world in my palm, I said “please don’t provoke” Walking a rope, tried put that shit round my neck, couldn’t handle pressure, it broke Im moving militant, they gone play the fence, a difference Im really with the shits, that delay of game, on rim I hang, I always hit the net Under rim, defender getting met, and I might switch to left (I always) I am really him, come place your bets (I always) Told all these niggas im ready to go, promoter moving slow, bring the hood to the show Roll with some hitters, but they on they best behavior, i suggest that you pray its no smoke Not unless spliff getting blown to the stratosphere, I appear in a hood with a scythe Im in this bitch all alone, but a god in here, confidence has been reaching new heights Look how im going in, im showing them, I know im him, I got no patience for doubt Wonder where hope had went, they thought id quit, I rise again, now my wings spreading out Swam where its ocean-less, and stood on Dover cliffs, im focused, kid, know what im bout This is the life I live, attached to hip I love it here, til the sun has a drought Im moving militant, they gone play the fence, a difference Im really with the shits, that delay of game, on rim I hang, I always hit the net Under rim, defender getting met, and I might switch to left (I always) I always

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released December 2, 2022

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Josh Marks is an MC hailing from Harlem, NY.

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