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Shadow Boxing With The Lights Off

by Leeroy Jelks

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Shadow boxing with the lights off the to shake the rust off Only got a couple seconds left to change these niggas mind Pressed for time Press rewind As I sit back and recline Every call get declined Less the sender divine Divide and conquer the montra The hash slinging monsta Cut em like pasta Then poof like presto Now they calling me Amazo Captain Marvel couldn't clap me If you want me To write you some raps G Just ask me That'll be a Big L But i aint tattle tell My flow stands out Like blood stains on a white Tee Worn by a gentleman With dark knees Flashy like Edelman in a pats Jersey If you see me on the road nigga swerve Me Don't throw shots unless you got Drew accuracy Grew up thinking woe is me Now they saying whoa, its me Just started making money now its gimmie the loot, Only with my mask on Do she wanna play with my flute Whoop her ass in Naruto Then I give her the boot Wait for you uber outside Don't care if its pouring Im on the couch snoring Coo? Never will I play the fool Taught to never play with food That's why I never throw subs don't believe in unity Surviving off of infamy My enemies Waiting on the end of me Like a life insurance policy She told me she was proud Of me At the time of writing this that has prolly changed Overworked and under paid Only find solace in minute maid Yo album sound minute made And miniscule Whole team behind me Nigel uno with dread locks Tread light Have the whole squad make you sleep with a night light Use the vid as a highlight Then send it your baby mommas momma out of spite.... Just jokes Non confrontational lone wolf Skipped prom To watch Optimus fight MegAtron Making money off of sound waves Monetize my cloud plays Stolen beats crime pays Performing for an empty room So it's back to the drawing board Back to the living room Back to the pen and pad What is competition? Dope lines on my back in my back pack Back packer grew up in the hood Never rocked a ski mask Hide my pain behind dope instrumentals Your talents a rental I only work hard for incentives I got flaws the cover up instinctive Cut the lights off My hands a legal weapon In the dark where I'm creepin
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Verse 1 Shadow boxing with the lights off to shake the rust off Wanna see me blow my top off They say I'm rock soft Golden rule of silence now they say I'm lock jaw Never for the fist fighting Grew up getting ass whoppins Heard niggas get they souls tokin Token black kid in all my all my group I want an all black coupé For my all me crew Army of one so they always at crew neck (NIGGA YOU NOT SLICK) All yo hits? Yeah they coming from a cherry pick Would you look at that? Used to laughed at Now I get laughed at But I'm never around for it Good karma I pay it forward Let my pain destroy the leaf like nagato Go toe to toe and toe tag anybody in front of me Every pen click sounding like a death blow from my psyche I made a psychic psyche himself out Yo visions impaired if you tryna compare Me to those who came before the sidekick Whoa! Looking at me sideways watch they eyes twitch whoa The sound is evolving As the earth is revolving Never had a problem that I couldn't solve Say it ain't so They saying I ain't got soul Solidify my self as one of the best coming out of Blo Low and behold I resemble the scarecrow Going where the wind blows Body out the window Verse 2 Shadow boxing with the lights off to shake the rust off Now they say I'm Westbrook House made out of brick Big bad wolf huffing up a storm Storming out my presence I present to you what's stored inside my conscience Pros and con's of living above yo means Fake it til you make it My gold chain was plated My watch was in ballad They say Im celebrated tell em my sound is dated But look what you created You generated their hatred Then flipped it and made a profit It was prophesied Size em up then doubled back around to male their heads spin That was the 3rd person to reach me They were the first to believe Back against the wall since I was conceived Simply couldn't see a boy born in the seven seas Making music birthed in the 70s Now she show me her double D's So easily Household name hold me close to your heart please...
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Verse 1: past tense niggas got me past tense You'll never excel if you stuck gazing out the windows I'm from the wilderness So I bewilder every microphone weilder Flow so intense it got me under the stars like we were living in tents Pray for those with ill intents Guns behind the window tints Heard were living in hell Its no wonder I exhale Enough fumes to melt the wolverine I can drown a school of tuna in a submarine Not for the party scene So I'm hardly seen From a birds eye view I'm anti social cut the convo with the head honcho I need cash pronto is it too much trouble I'm Steve Rodgers if he had a venom addiction Or the sentry with depression On one hand I juggle two dimensions While cracking the divinci code Known on the internet and touching minds code lyoko Cold and loco tell me what's the point in staying local? Verse 2 My father told me not to lie to o him but lie to women But I was taught never lie to or about who you lying with King of the concrete jungle I'll never stumble I watched Rome and Babylon crumble Traversed the city of thieves in a stolen expedition I done forgot my mission I do not fear decomposition I'm just worrisome bout livin I asked her if you could, would you wanna never see the dirt I'm afraid of being hurt see my grave I'm jumping feet first So ahead of my time, father time ain't touch my granny hair I lay awake at night dreaming I can, touch the sun Using stars as my shuriken Asking if I'm sure again Skywalking in the after life I can't tell what's after life Steady chasing after Christ Mirror image yet I hate my reflection Mirror mirror on the wall Who's the fairest of them all? Fair ain't always equal Separate fountains still giving youth Verse 3 I know my momma want me to find a beautiful black bride with a faith in God that I'll love faithfully Luckily she don't know these girls blowing up my phone with they titties Asking for the show, can you get me in for free? I fear God but more so the reunion Haven't finished eating yet im scraping up every morsel I sound mad when I rap so they saying asking fo more soul Rocky road ahead thanking God for the hard drive Dinner at Popeye's My swagger pops eyes I'm known to pop fly's I feel no need to empathize That I been that guy I been this good Not good enough Went from getting scraps To first bite on the gazelle I'f you couldn't tell I want the cover My head extra large on xxl I ain't sharing with no nigga My face alone can sell My soul is,not for sale Who you know who can set sail without a sail One of a kind Please be kind to me
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Verse 1 Keep ya head on straight My favorite rappers whip corvettes Carry hammers like korean vets We looking up to them Grew ya hair out Sport a gold piece Buy a tape on release To appease them A little cheese please Yellow teeth gold grill? Whoaa I'm working on my signature Blind folded painted pictures I think I'm covered in gold I really found some in Trinidad My conscience super bad Dumb thick mayonnaise Sold ya soul for a bag a lays She told me do the same Lay down and get with it Quick witted and Ill fitted Long legs made a rubber Duck when you see them eyes See demise in black ink All red on my white mink I stand at 5'9 Jays make me 6 four Rock the same kicks Til my toe get the creepin All black socks for the cover up
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Verse 1 Time is money I spend it like imma make it back Travel mountains I told you that I won't make it back Kept my wits about me And said I was all about you You told me nothing that I ever did would wanna make you leave for good She benefited from the doubt Don't even listen to my dentist When she tell me all this sugar gonna have me wearing dentures There's a, dent in my heart I told you from the start You told me it'd be different I spent my little change even when I was between jobs Picking quarters off the ground Leave a dollar for waiter Stealing out the tip jar wait...that's for another time We talked about the cosmos Asked if you could would wanna live forever Never really listened so I can't recall your answer I had my flaws I list em all My favorite past time Watching rick and Morty just to pass the time Why wont the clock move... Verse 2: Time is money I save it like imma take it with me Traveled tundras I told you that imma make it back We lying for protection Ignoring my predictions Nightmares of disaster guess it all came to fruition What a sticky situation I'm not superstitious But it's not outrageous if I think We woulda had a better time if after every incident we knocked a tree down Two Aries in a padded room let's see which one still has its horns Meeting adjourned Let's put a pin and move on But everything still finds a way to come back for another time Where did the seconds go.. Jealousys a bitch trait Showing signs of a downfall 3 seasons later now im on the trading block I'm missing highschool Feels like my clock is running out of space I said I'm scared of losing She told me that shes proud of me If you knew the real me you'd head for the hills I swear that father times a deadbeat
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Verse 1: Started with a dream and a dolla Til I bought an Arizona Then we moved to California Did I mention I'm from buffalo? Where niggas gun ho Trigger finger flexed more than the ring finger You feel that heat in the summer Gas guzzled by the hummer For the summary Were bred in misery Seen more blood from my family Friends turned to skeletons Left irrelevant Demons yelling God sent Satan working overtime Rushing for the almighty 100 Now I'm out of time Wine and dine she sublime Money over loyalty Glitter on the eyes Yelling easy on the eye shadow Ski saddle Skid marks Plane crash Train of thought derailed Bandana cowboy's waving pistols Near the window Sack full of money Slow down quick sand Got a plan Get a van Selling dreams Make it count Then we add it all up Verse 2: Count it with 2 hands We watching with both lens No fouls over here (Switch it up gimmie danger) I want a fast car Something that go zoom zoom Make the flash stand still Silver on the steering wheel Make em stare Spectre spectating over shoulder Judging. Am I free to go? Taught from a young age You flashy then you living right Designer over everything $1000 bucket hat But fuck it imma stunt My pockets doing bmx Whats next? A liar on the internet I'm at the function every week Making a honey knees weak Im On my 10th streak Hard behind a mean mug Showing my tenacity Loss of pride that's a casualty Fake smile casually Laughing to the bank cause they mocked me Doubt me watch me sun dip Stop me watch yo son dip All cause we put our faith in a piece a paper Verse 3: Don't Let them fill ya head up with non sense If it makes no sense Then pay it no mind Don't lose yo brain in a room full of zombies walking a hunnid miles for a single dead president He don't represent them Used to beg the lunch room for lunch money My demeanor stoic and funny My pockets been empty 9-5 or a 5-9 Saving every penny Rocking fools gold just to fool them Chain paper plated Kicks outdated Flow sounding like a wood chipper But I'm kipper Gold falling off my tongue with every word With the lights off Imma make a million dollars Hook: Young young young nigga Diamonds ain't forever Eva Everything that glitter ain't gold That's what they telling us Don't let them get the best of ya get it how you live it And spend it how you love it Young nigga that's the recipe
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At age 12 I wanted to conversate with fallen entities dad wouldn't let it be Or was it age 11 It was a while ago So let my bad memory be forgiven It was a hot day We tusslin Sounds like every other Saturday Except my parents weren't fussin The house is quiet Me and my dad we get the beefin It escalates I run up stairs Next thing you know I'm talking bout ascendin Cops arrive Tell em I had some plans We take a trip to the pysch ward For freaking out that was my reward Tell em I didn't mean it She looked at me with uncertainty "What you don't believe me" I was just actin out That years back Told my friend I wanted to die He told me get some help I'm thinking whatchu I'm doing? "It'll get better" ya stupid I ain't new to this Declare ya unstable then interrogate you at tiny tables Brushed it off Years later the tables turned My sister momma beefin She pullin knives ma mama screamin Arm around her neck OK I'm chokin Remove the weapon Watch ya hand Throw her out She find a way in Right to the kitchen Head lock and then I flip her Chest hurt and now she yellin Tie a cord around her neck She proclaiming she wanna die I untie Then drop again What a shitty older brother But kill you if you touch her I'm a hypocrite Pushed to the edge by insults I contributed Cops came she not arrested Dad calling Not interested I answer reluctantly Talk about it casually Then break down when he criticizing my methods "You not here, your input is unnecessary" 3000 miles away tryna give me some bullet points They ain't sticking Slam the phone down Tears fallin So I'm asking How can I help these folks If I can't even stay a float I got issues that I don't want read My mamas hand was red I let it happen wasn't quick enough Tell the cops put they rifles down But what if they shot on sight? Would the blood be on my hands? Nah I would deny..deny..and then deny again..
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Debut mixtape from Alternative boom-bap artist Leeroy Jelks

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released July 30, 2017

Songs produced by:
@Makotoh
@okvsho
@D'Unknown
@'96
@August Henrickson
Mixed by:
Crosstracks studios
@Marc.Ninetyseven
Leeroy Jelks
Cover art by:
@Shotbythefinest

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Leeroy Jelks Los Angeles, California

19 year old alternative boom-bap artist from Buffalo, New York currently residing in Los Angeles, California

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