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Hide it Away

from 102 Magnets by Sankofa

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    As I was getting ready to go to Detroit, I reached for my luggage and found this book bag inside of which were some of these. Instead of an obi strip, I had custom ribbon made and then I had my guy Wrecklords use a laser etcher to make some aluminum stickers which sealed the case shut. Inside are two CDs, $5,000 Flashlights with beats by Agent Orange and artwork from Greg Locke and 102 Magnets featuring artwork and production from J. Dankworth along with a holographic sticker.

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Betting on myself’s the only gamble i’ll make
Look man, I understand that i’m great
The hand that is dealt is something I play with
The tools of the trade help create the greatness
I look better in the mirror than I do in photographs
self-esteem healthy? Check, yep., I know the maps
Took years to get to the point of not lending credence
To people I didn’t care for, Stephen
Stephen RhymeWise is telling me i’m too blunt
May hurt somebody’s feelings with this huge tongue
So I tend not to speak unless I’m spoken to
Happily invisible and not making them miserable
When I begin to speak, case of the floodgates
Cause everybody’s going have sets of tough days
best to simply listen, for the chance to learn
I know how my voice sounds, so expand the term

My apologies, you’re caught up in a storm of my words
And I didn’t mean to drown you, but I see you submerged
Nearly 45 still learning to have a conversation
I stepped on your thought, your turns i have taken
I’m chomping at the bit to launch my thoughts without a hitch
And often monstrously awkward oh how awful that it is
But the crazy part is that I see it worse than it was
Hindsight’s hair vest, lurching in fuzz
A permanent stub of the toe lodged between my teeth
Didn’t mean to hurt your feelings, I’m the meanest beast
I can’t really tell when it’s time to find the end of my words
And i hope that get too badly on your nerves
I’m observant until participating
At which point all perspective goes out the window and my glimpse is fading
So it’s probably easier to let me scribble thoughts on envelopes
Then strike up conversations with that tall fellow, awful close

I guess I’m just accustomed to head in the clouds
If you happen to be flying, I’ll welcome the company (humbly) now
I’ll be humbly mumbling, talking to myself with lips still
With the exception of my tapping foot, I’ll probably sit chill
Sometimes it’d be easier if I didn’t care for words so much
But it’s too late, so now I work them thus
Almost worship, within an interia as I nurse the verses
And my signature is the only time i’m working cursive
Surfaces scratched, serpents turn intro track
Evaporated time, inspiration’s worth is a trap
And I didn’t exactly require encouragement to continue
But thanks for the thoughts and props, I will binge though
What’s dope now is living in phones is so acceptable
That I can write raps and pretend that I am texting dudes
But I do miss the way ink dries on the page
So I take this little addiction and I hide it away

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from 102 Magnets, released June 10, 2019

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