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Flipside

from CITY HIGH by Motown Priest

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(1st Verse)
What he saw was his life in the big screen
a light beyond the night through the side of a dim street
In a cypher, spitting his life in a sixteen
Hoping his money will grow to the height of his big dreams
Back in the day, we was scribbling rhymes openly
dwindling time mostly and they told me when I see the sky
Remember to fly closely, hopefully won't be
most of these niggas living to die broke
We in the same boat, for the time being, and hope is floating
against the current
You place a distant third, in a first and a second attempt
Hope the bigger picture is worth the perfectionist's pen
it took to create with
Am I caged in the same shit?
And whenever the page flips
and no question if it's the same twist ending
with no end to it
Hoping my lane switch
and I'm hoping it's no delays in it
Hoping it make sense
is what I'm hoping...

(Hook)
"...And on the real, it's just to get by
and spend your minutes alive
until your limited time is up,"
And said: "I'll catch you on the Flipside"
Said: "I'll catch you on the Flipside"
(And I am what I am, and I'm doing what I came to do
and you can put that on your mind and trust....)

(2nd Verse)
Yeah... I see the stage is set
lights, camera, action for the favorite guest
A painful threat, to lose it all when you never had shit
and crave respect
You still tryna establish
what you built out of imagining what's complex in a dream
even envisioning mansions and executive suites
Letting my testament speak
my only weapon is speech
you're no reflection of me
only represent Priest
I ain't addressing no beef, plain as ever, no grief
or blame, regret or no sleep... yeah
But shit I'm contemplating it now
mind's flooded trying not to complicate it with doubts
My time's coming, just another somber face in the crowd
with a bunch of roses in a city block awaiting to sprout
Yeah... But seen the city steal more
than you can imagine, in short:
no compensation for the damages for an imaginative war
with no commander of this war
then you can abandon the remorse given a chance and a reward
The answer we more than have to establish:
What we after? To be more than what we asking to be
More than that, we answered it before
Like, so when niggas read in between the lines you peep
what's either beside or what lies beneath my rhymes
I wanna be in the driver seat
you niggas passengers and looking through the eyes of Priest...

(Hook)
"...And on the real, it's just to get by
and spend your minutes alive
until your limited time is up,"
And said: "I'll catch you on the Flipside"
Said: "I'll catch you on the Flipside"
(And I am what I am, and I'm doing what I came to do
and you can put that on your mind and trust....)

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from CITY HIGH, released October 22, 2013
Produced by Jaze Baqti

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Motown Priest New York

Born and raised in Detroit, and as a New York City and international Underground artist, Motown Priest paints the real and unfortunate narratives of inner-city violence complimented by satire and social dialogue. He has done shows with such legendary acts such as Jay Electronica, Conway the Machine, Che Nóir, Rome Streetz, Fredwreck of Aftermath Records, Cormega, REKS, and R.A. the Rugged Man. ... more

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