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Building Buildings

from Iron Kofa Sharp by Sankofa

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    Here we go, 8 tracks of analog monsters to flood your boombox and bash the teeth out of any that dares eat tapes. The A-side is all the songs and the B-side is the kind of treasure an emcee like me dreamed about back in the days of locking myself in the bathroom and freestyling for hours on end: the beats. TaliRod blended the Iron Mike Sharp instrumentals, so you'll have smooth transitions between those bars you're laying on thick.

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lyrics

Iron Mike Sharp lays the foundation with the tracks
Me I’m busy building buildings on top with wicked raps
Won’t stop until some friends have got some property too
Plus we’re building sidewalks so we can walk the heat through
Mutual respect the infrastructure, movement is best
But what good is progress if you’re not moving with friends?
So I do this on the basis of having fun and amazement
The feel revealing contagions for real it’s healing and greatness
Pause to give thanks, realizing that I’m fortunate
You say the torch it lit within my heart, of course it is
My reward in this to rearrange the coordinates
Friendship over most else, for sure my sort of wins
And the fans of mine I happen to talk to
Are much the same as me and that’s a classical thought smooth
I don’t support others hoping for a favor returned
Supporting dreams is my policy, a sacred concern
No DM copypasta with the fatal sojourn
I’m here to live life with page as it turns
And this book of life of mine doesn’t yet require epilogues
What I hear within my rap? you can bet the flaws
Stepping off and being fine creating is best
because I’d rather make than perfect inflated with breath
Some claim it’s a rep, I’m just doing what I love
Keep it simple cause I’m staying busy, view it from above
Cause who am I but a speck in a universe of dope
Humbled by folks who may choose a verse to quote
A new disturbance glows, that’s my inspiration
Time and energy my only limits, you can glimpse the cadence
Feeling superhuman but I know the clock is ticking
Drawing breath into lungs, pulling oxygen in
No talk of winning, no competition, my brain’s afire
Give me dope friends to build with, I’ll stay inspired
Some rate it flyer, most never hear, and that’s OK
Nice with the raps that I happen to say

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from Iron Kofa Sharp, released June 30, 2023

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