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The Show and the Power (Professional Musician)

from Shut Up, I'm Trying to Be Cool! by whiff trophy

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what an indictment that our greatest fantasy is peace







































you gonna record me
what am i doing here
where’s that bass
i need it to be clear in my
eye, face, mind
yeah that’s the hook
i’m gonna throw you a curveball real quick though
don’t get shook on it

lemme just turn this up real quick
i need to hear it in the monitor
don’t pay too much attention to it
i know it’s cool but
this is not the one you need to get invested in
the one you need to get invested in is comin
the one you need to get invested in
you know what i mean
yeah
write
get invested in
this is what i’m talking bout get invested in
shit
me too
better hope i wrote something down
just to polish it up
uhh i got nothin
it’s just gonna be a freestyle huh
how long of a freestyle is it gonna be
i dunno how much time you got
is this beat fresh enough for ya
is this beat keeping your kears geared
did ya give up after that
no
did ya give up after this
no
cause you know i’m designed to flow
right
i would’ve
throwin it down for ya
just then
but
i’ve haven’t brought it up yet
bear with me and bear witness
to the top floor synth chords
i’m gonna drop it in down here

buildin live is a rhyme on yas
hopefully
i mean it didn’t show up
let’s try “set me free”
did you not show up for me
oh bummer
do i have to stop the song

oh shit
it was erased
in the zone the laymans yell what
this is like a 1 am rhyme
i don’t even know what’s coming
1 am rhymes
that’s the beauty of being my own producer
my own seducer
i get myself off with these 1 am rhymes
got more chimes comin
ding dong ding
do you feel me

made it this far
i don’t have to be vulgar anymore
you already fell in love with the produc
whiff trophy
sickin my duck
what

put your dog on me

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once in a lifetime
always in a lifetime
same as it ever was
progress comes at a cost
how much have we gained how much have we lost
travel the world repeating words over and over
clipped from a newspaper in a dream
with a lawnmower louder and louder
the message is buried
the message is drowning
more wattage more power
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was

hey cousin
can i borrow something
i’m just getting bored in my own house you know
doesn’t mean i’m bored of the ho
it just means i’m bored of the home

it won’t let me drop it on

backin up 66 Route

drive em
drumbeat on ya
and i won’t let this other stuff die
why
let’s get rid of this one
let’s get rid of this one
get rid of everything in your life
if you want the strife to end
the thing that’s holding you down is material, kid
i act like i’m a grown-ass man but
i don’t have a rebuttal
shit i’m not trying to be a grown-ass man
ah my god it’s getting so long
getting so bad

it’s in the show it’s in the fame
it’s not what you aim for but it’s how you get paid
can true art come from comfort and capital
probably but how how how
same as it ever was
we just didn’t know
same as it ever was
didn’t know when he prophesized how deep would it go
very
in the drowning
more wattage more power
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
same as it ever was
progress comes at a cost
how much have we lost how much have we gained
travel the world repeating the words that were clipped from a newspaper in a dream with a lawnmower
louder and louder more wattage more power
the message is buried
the message is drowning
same as it ever was same as it ever was
the show and the fame




what an indictment that our greatest fantasy is peace!
and yet i still want it, SO MUCH, for those I’ve loved

it would be amazing if i showed up dead, and my dad was there: “hey, bud.”

your head on
dead

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same as it ever was
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carry the water
carry the water

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from Shut Up, I'm Trying to Be Cool!, released September 2, 2022

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