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Itbeslikethatsometimes.

by MC Elijah Black(Pre-2013)

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    Itbeslikethatsometimes….The story of MC Elijah Black during a Summer day in New York City. Follow Elijah as he goes throughout this day encountering love, fear, humor, and random situations which leave us saying, “It bes like that sometimes”.
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Intro 00:54
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Kiss the Sky 02:08
Verse They can't handle the rhythm Channelling visions of animalistic tactics Cannibalism backwards It's like the world be eating me alive But when peace is on the mind, he can be deprived never Rhyme clever Scientist of sound, mathematically puttin it down. Tryna make times better Spine chiller Define iller thatn E Black And you'll be sent back with your weak raps Believe that Stress on the mind, these tracks relieve that Confess that I shine with the, illumination of the universes secrets I shut it down like Bruce Bowen defense I move around with a Bruce Wayne mindstate Decrease the crime rate Iller than the planet of the primates Holding mankind captive Take off the man suit, get your soul active Peace to 1take Mike, no practice My Va fam we keep it moving, no traffic I spit the minerals and vitamins you lackin Your times up, try again son, your slackin I'm so nasty call me MC Naughtiness They be presentin fraudulence to the audience Peace to Jose Nova, whats really good Warren Britt? Yea, Brooklyn keep on takin it My flow ill they dancin on the floor to this Slaughterin, so they tryna find the source of this I take them back to the core with this Only defeated by the shadow that I'm walkin with
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Verse 1 Now the first time I saw ya, I was on the corner of 125th and Broadway She was coming out the station, our eyes connected. Then I started walkin her way She had 5411's, silver doorknockers, hair in a pony tail nice Just the kinda lady that I like See she wasn't even trying, but looking flyer than the other type Now how are you so beautiful? Just couldnt walk by you Said her name was Erica, I smiled and said, Badu? Rolled her eyes, guess she heard that before Said if your name is Tyrone, please be headed for the door (Guess I'll see you next life tme) Nah my name's Elijah. Peace queen, I love to write rhymes She had the ill bright shine Sending chills down my spine And I could see that she was in her right mind Chorus Now this ain't just another love song You done got it all wrong Said I know you heard this before, but I think you are the one You are the prototype Just what I been waiting for all my life So won't you tell me what you like And maybe I can love you right Verse 2 Conversation continued Said how can I pretend you, aint this beautiful I put my heart on the menu Its eating me alive Can I see whats inside May I tap into your mind See whats happening Divine, aint a word I'll be happy with describing her She so much more than the kind you catch a crush on Asked me what I think of love. Said I aint never scared, Bone Crusher I'm no Usher But you remind me of a queen that I once knew Ghetto Rapunzel, let your hair down out that headwrap Asked me what I'm gettin into I got a show tonight at this uptown venue So jot my number down. Hit me up around seven Put your number in my phone, under the name Heaven (Heaven only knows, Heaven only knows, a love like this) Chorus
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Verse My conscience is telling me to be cautious Theres two armed men standing in the doorway One yells at the other, have it your way, just give me my portion. So I can go and get my baby girl them Jordans I started feeling nautious Plus the brother next to me smelled like raw fish Thought back to Erica, so I could get my mind up off this She was gorgeous They tryin to figure where the owner of the store went Oh girl runnin her mouth like a faucet Son put the gun to her head said, chick you better quit the talkin Nah man that’s attempted murder, just aim for the legs and cut off the walkin(Robber 1) Suddenly a young couple walks in Ayo Fred, thought I told you to lock the door man(Robber 2) How you gon’ call me by my first name I don’t even want this, I’m in the snatching purse game Now if I pull the trigger I’ma make it hurt James Guarantee you aint never felt no worse pain(Robber 1) Listen dude, we gon’ finish this or what? You know I got my lil cuz sittin in the truck(Robber 2) Pardon me, but you wasn’t in a rush when I was tryin to leave the crib and you was tryin to get a nut(robber 1) Excuse me guys, I don’t mean to interrupt But I got somewhere to go and yall are ignorant as - Duck! Guess who kicks in the door Who else but the 5-0 waving 44’s Hook(2x) It’s just a everyday hustle Once again its just a everyday hustle Said if you want to live then you got to get paid If you want to get paid, you better find a way
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Intro Love is what you make it Life is what you make it Peace to all the hatred Peace is for the taking Life is what you make it Love is what you make it Peace to all the hatred Verse 1 Said ain’t nothing new under the Sun But it’s a fresh life under the Moon See I could be running with goons But this brother’s in tuned, with the minds that be loving the truth See me, I got nothing to lose Hard times, I hope we’re recovering soon It’s crazy out here. I love the hood, but I’ll be reluctant to move Trying to figure out who gave these youngins the juice And they still ain’t knowing the ledge I know your close to the edge but Woman don’t cry, please hold your head up Learn how to fly, instead of trying to be with all the fly guys Don’t it seem like the medias got us So sick, we all gon’ be needing a doctor They say life ain’t treating em proper But if it ain’t kill you, its keeping you stronger Hook(2x) So live for the now. The now is forever Them past times hard, but the now is getting better Like joy to the pain, moon to the stars We in this together, we in this together Verse 2 The Sun and the Moon meet twice a day When he comes she goes for a night of play Chills with villains and the likes of they They be V.I.P. don’t like to pay She hangs with the strays, the gangs, and the gays The pimps, the prostitutes who all want change Claim the more they pray, the less they see a movement And that’s when she shines the most, that’s how the Moon is See, cause when she shines she finds a way To share, cause sometimes sun shines opaque Between the yin and the yang, better find your place On the fine line that balances time and space Cause time waits for nobody, nobody is safe From the obvious in life, which is obviously fate So before its too late I implore you be great Turn your hobby to your job and create It aint safe but we live Hook(2x) So live for the now. The now is forever Them past times hard, but the now is getting better Like joy to the pain, moon to the stars We in this together, we in this together
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Verse 1 She was the jivest, the jivest of all turkeys Award worthy, grammy and oscar My heart can’t understand these imposters Was probably the 12th man on her roster She at the point, running game. You don’t want to know what she put into that pasta The ultimate brainwasher Put you in a spell, then just sit back and watch ya Now these Earth girls are strange but she’s something like a monster Son, you in trouble when you spot her Never trust a big butt and a smile, She’s beyond trife, have you love struck with her style For a Klondike, I’ll walk a couple of miles For her, I walk the planet, might get stuck in the wild Tell me how’d I end up with a child? Only known her for a week, and I ain’t even unbutton her blouse Chorus There she goes, it’s the same ol’ song Running at the mouth, hear the game in her talk Love the way that she walks No way to match this fatal attraction She ain’t the baddest But I’m caught up in the madness of her actions Can’t understand this I’ve got to let her go Verse 2 There was a time when I wouldn’t admit That certain interest weren’t legit and I should just quit But, every time she puckers her lips the imprint of instinct after a hairflip makes me submit I made a promise, I wouldn’t get caught in the web But to be honest, she had a comfortable bed Now I regret letting this black widow wrap legs around my head Knowing well I would be left for dead Honey bold from the get-go Her blackberry juicy , something like a phone you can’t let go Or like some of the best smoke We text, release stress Send a BBM cool face SMS For lack of better words, it seemed I was hypnotized Caught up in the way her blinking eyes focused on the prize So much soul , couldn’t see the laundry list of lies Realized that it’s bout time that we say good bye Chorus Verse 3 Baby girls a demon, she don’t know that I notice Tryna get in my head, thinking she getting me open I’m in the driver seat, rollin She ridin’ shotgun tryina stay in my focus I’m tryina stay on my P’s and Q’s, but this T and A Got me thinking about spilling my DNA I wanna tell her kick rocks, hoping she feel a way But up goes the stockings and I feel away She got me stuck, and I can’t peel away Even my homies can’t figure out the deal with me But in my head I got in under control. That s not the case at all Y’all n****s just hatin, wishing she was yours I’m never thinking it’s poison wearing that Lacoste Shorty got me swiping my Visa no matter what the cost Even my mama’s advising me to call it off To no avail, every time I’m with the chick I’m showing off Chorus
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Blue Sky 04:02
Verse 1 Relax your mind, let your conscience be free And listen to the sounds of the conscious E.B. Lets see how they react when I drop the Ep Cause’ 22 and living with your moms ain’t easy But I gotta stay focused They say the plantations only for the hopeless I’m tryin to take the road less traveled and - I’m caught up in this traffic jam Got me trippin, like where’s the hidden camera. Slam - My head upon the steering wheel Got me spinning like a carousel Running out of energy, the Moon is like my Duracell On late nights, performing for the Universe How can I feel stage fright? I’m only giving you my words From the heart. In the form of a painting A portrait of greatness Fighting those caught in the Matrix Pardon my lateness, but I was busy with the past Preparing for the future that we’re living in at last Chorus Blue skies, over me I can’t stand these rainstorms another day What am I to do? You cry hopelessly Praying that these rainstorms with go away Verse 2 I meditate to the sounds of the city Where they’re all beautiful. A few thousand are pretty Its just a mind state, got me irate My third eye race around the tri-state searching for a slight change So close I could smell the cigar smoke Caught a butterfly but the jar broke, and she flew away Hope to find her on a newer day To take away my future pain Side bar Push aside bars about the foolish chains, money and fly cars That got you worshipping these modern day icons Cyclops, I blast you with my sight locked upon the prize Top’s only reached when the climb stops How do you define rocking a mic When your largest audience is 25 tops and ya like - It is what it is, I do what I can Fes said I got the juice, understand? Chorus
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credits

released July 26, 2011

2,3 prod. by Jordan Leno, 4,14 prod. by The Underachievers, 5,10 prod. by Kadaj Da kid, 6 prod. by Raw Stiles, 8 prod. by Evolve one, 11 prod. by Rkappa, 13 prod. by 86'd

All songs mixed by Manifes at Studio A.
All songs recorded by Jfree at The Rebel Diaz Arts Collective(Except for tracks 3 and 10)

Contact: Facebook.com/mcelijahblack
Twitter.com/McElijahBlack
Youtube.com/bluyankee

For bookings, interviews, collabs, or other inquiries, contact MC Elijah Black at MCElijahBlack@gmail.com

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MC Elijah Black(Pre-2013) New York

MC Elijah Black(or simply E. Black) is a young emcee who presents complex stories and rhyme patterns, as well as rapping about topics most artist wouldn't dare to touch. He has been influenced by artist such as MF DOOM, Mos Def, The Last Emperor, and J Dilla. ... more

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