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Panopticon

by dub t

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1.
Antifa 02:38
Evictions beginning how cold is the system The old blame the victim turns frozen indifference Your home’s not a prison but there’s those that are in one Packed closer than six foot with COVID like symptoms Docs for free what we must need some gov love Companies compete drum beat bum bum bum Private insurance that’s tied to your work Kind of perfect “you’re fired” are his words but fuck Trump Looking for Anitifa? That’s me bruh Antifascists don’t give any fucks memories of Weimar Republic reminder what comes next is Nazis While on the subject- who fought these? Antifa commie scum manifesto’s the book Cops and the clan always go hand in cloven hoof All those who can agree fascists are enemies Let’s defeat this white supremacy in the streets Ay Ay Circle A Antifaschistische Aktion Donald T probably ought to be ‘cough’ I mean Deleted verses secret service on to me How did we get to him though what processes were sewn That have led down the road of our present day Whole world that’s set to explode in COVID locusts Oh shit inevitable so much nope Overthrow those that don’t work but they Own and control through their total net worth choking earth Resist elitists ‘till we as a genus and species are geniuses Reaching the zenith A seamless cohesive amalgam of outcomes And what flees is seized in the talons of falcons Capital’s mandibles snatch it up Radicals have direct action pull back it’s just magical It’s amazing all the fists are raising Getting liberation is the mission statement
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I snatch bodies like BBLs Beach boy choke you out with puka shells No snitching who gonna tell Truth prevails in folklore but no more Cuz fake news got minions Serving lies like Benson degrees from Old Dominion Want a close encounter? Greetings earthlings I’ve been him Old news like microfiche Kicking over golden calves Don’t care who your idol is Drive like a Titleist Oil change the mileage Keys to the hatchback pile in While dub t stays higher than E strings on violin The silence is deafening And I’m at defcon 3 trying to scream for democracy Weeble wobble’s don’t fall down while the capital is toppling apostrophes How I possess grace to keep my head straight Brain waves quickly gestate and penetrate your breast plate Address fate cuz life is what you make it Michael’s Arts and Crafts overtime Google with my daughter for ingredients of slime It’s a crime People out here been hungry on the streets While congress spends millions on ads to keep Leather bound seats They wanna keep us confused Like sunset views don’t bring life Rather revenue that inflates from oil slick pipes Grey and white J’s spring in my step like they moon boots The RAV4 blasting Sade with an open moon roof I’m Buzz Aldrin throwing all in with my poker chips Snatching red pills quickly out the palm of Morphius Mighty morphin it Mastodon Flowers for Algernon Taste for the green killing trees until your salad gone All hail Caesar Keep demeanor of an igloo I got it on lock now get your car handle jiggled Cucumber taste better pickled I don’t play not even a little I’m king sized Henry VIII off with their heads I’m straight into the booth after putting my daughter to bed Speech
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Manatees 03:42
I wish someone would ease my troubled mind Cooke it up change is gonna come in time Bunch of rhymes some of them underlined Like sunshine to colorblind butterflies shut your eyes What a night Late Decemberist medicine Plug a mic message assembling veteran Never enlist in the armed forces They start wars for resources barn storming Why not form a Union like Longshoremen Stop work in unison shocking the shop floorman I’m all for it All for one one for all Struggle on won or lost winter spring summer fall Vivaldi revolving stylus smooth sits calmly Spiral groove it’s got me I’m gonna lose like the dude Mitt Romney Why does everybody pick on me Victory royale bitter sweet symphony Rocking beats probably ought to be left to a Prodigy Brought the team on the scene Mobbin Deep Yuh Yadadamean bruh? Raps get claps like they just caught disease hot to pee Gonorrhea yuh yuh yuh Hip hop has gotten rowdy So sick flow is COVID Dr. Fauci talk about me MC’s retreat like hearing someone coughing loudly Y’all I’m Audi thousee Off to where I belong in goblin town peace Combative not passive I’ll fill the blank in a Madlib with graphic language Your raps get their ass kicked In battle I’m savage Stab dicks with black bic pens then I go dance again Tactical edge plus I have business acumen Drop it off the top like autumn or a bombardier With a mask on my chin look like an Amish beard Y’all for real If my esophagus shot the gift Most of y’all don’t got a pot to piss Lose consciousness Wake up in the desert on a cliff Trapped inside a metal monolith On a mission of reconnaissance Richmond rap Texas Beach river rat General Lee pigeon crap eventually bric-a-brac MDP bring it back Evidently my enemies did attack If it did impact it isn’t bad Simple fact everything I’ve ever written slaps Cut it like ripping that chicken sandwich in half Stay Puft Ghostbusters ripped off the Michelin Man It was asked if we’re prepared for revolution Singly we can’t let’s group and build a movement Free breakfast Bobby Seale Huey P Newton Together dismantle racist institutions Can’t take the sugar out of the cake once it’s baked Capitalism white power the fucking same Must replace with something straight justice based Workers unite I’m a socialist unashamed And that vaccine has to be accessed free It’s something everyone on the whole planet needs Actually corporate owned plans and research should be shared So drug manufacturing factories can achieve Their full production capacity Fast as we can end this man made catastrophe And that elite man in the high castle I just see cowards that sit there like manatees Peep how I just drag MCs in my wake Total obliteration with no give and take Finna take all this Zoom out to infinite frame Check your watch all this juice was a Minute Made Tiktok hip hop a few moments left Flows you get soaking wet Mask on like boba fett Go with the flow and there’s no regrets Rep for the hell of it Elephants don’t forget Keep it copacetic show respect Rap gets jurassic Giraffes get a broken neck Place a poker bet playing with a joker deck Folding yet? Take home way more d’oh than Homer get Most of us overdosing on our phone tablet Ownership onerous Go gadget soul magnet Go back in cromagnon roles and just throw tantrums Lower than holes that get closed caskets Too long in babylon Tagalong vagabond Music played saddest song Using a cattle prod Touche a bad response added on Threw ‘em a basketball Boom goes the atom bomb
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Too many mullets not enough dreads Too many bullets not enough friends Too many stock brokers not enough farms Too many lawn mowers not enough yards Too many restaurants not enough nutrition Too many rather talk not enough who listen Too fricking many keys pressed not enough penciling Too many diseases not enough medicine Too many times are wasted not enough direction Too many isolated not enough connected Too many microwaves and not enough preheated ovens Too many silent spaces not enough speakers bumping Too many mouths not enough ears Too many cows not enough deer Too many faithful not enough skepticism Too many fables not enough epics written Too many soldiers not enough valid causes Too many sober not enough alcoholics Too many guns not enough roses well there’s Too many bums not enough homeless shelters Too many fists not enough hands Too many hits not enough jams Too many sit not enough stand Too many pick not enough plant Too many numbskulls not enough smart Too many muscles not enough heart Too many numbers not enough art Too many drunkards not enough bars Too many sandwiches not enough vegetables Too many average not enough exceptional Too many wet dreams not enough nights Too many MCs not enough mics
5.
Got some options when you step up on the tee pad Why not take the easiest one? You keep telling me your dreams of running chains Ho, I’m parked you can keep your ace run And you know your probably gonna overthink it Under pressure from the tournament gun But I aint fucking with that head wind Looking like a dead end Imma have some fun Imma throw a fucking hyzerbomb Hyzer bomb Imma throw a motherfucking hyzerbomb Hey Imma air it out I wish I threw a little bit longer I wish I was a bomber I wish that agro dude on my card he was calmer Imma grab my backpack and hat And a Latitude 64 Macana Let’s lace up and play dubs Imma put one out on a straight up ace run Hit the cage but made a great put Blaze up dank nugs Bang some chains son If you’re kinda strong throw a hyzer bomb It won’t go quite as long as an annie But it’s that we can rely upon I threw a boss into a pond Stages of grief Kubler-Ross Phylo KJ Nybo AJ Simon Schustric Doss They do it too y’all It’s true it’s all about consistency Rip a z nuke and watch it hit a tree Or miss it clean Going over throwing high and long No glide at all Tombstoned too stoned two strokes behind It’s probably time to launch a hyzer bomb Is that coming down? Looking like a lemur Long ass limbs in this bitch so I use them They thinking it’s a putting contest and I’m losing They be cruising for a bruising Got my brew in hand Looking for a 2 to bang Flute gang Disc in the center chains Should I hit the gap? Hell naw - up and over My decision making looking like it knows I’m not sober I’m super like Grover When I step up on a box I fly They stop and stare mind broken and their mouth wide I putt better from the outside no step Chains all day RVA let it rep Call me Johnny no Depp Clear my throat no strep I might need a little bit of help Now watch me rip this piece of plastic into orbit Ain't coming down till I’m thousand And I got myself a tour bid Took your ass and went and wiped the floor with max swagger Death putt so morbid with the dagger
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Y’all are there for me Solidarity I heard the beat and off bat man I felt the pain Another Black man slain Man when will this shit change Do they care about my Black ass Is Black Lives Matter just a hashtag? Where the facts at? Matter of fact go ahead and scratch that Man I’m on my worst behavior I hope this verse can save you It ain’t my time to die yet So save that hearse for later Breonna died But y’all were worried if y’all hurt the neighbors Palms to the sky But I don’t even think the church can save us N a fucking taser? Yeah I done seen it all That’s why I’m going hard every day with my dreams involved I love this shit man What’s it mean to y’all? Kill the cypher on any given Sunday I’m Willie Beaman y’all A lone wolf not worried about what the pack doing Y’all never win when it matters Y’all N’s Pat Ewing Can’t trust a soul in this game Man N’s mad stupid Soon as you’re winning they’ll back stab you That’s sad Brutus This is more than rap music I put my heart in these rhymes Nothing come easy my N This shit all start with the grind I be non violent I be feeling like Martin at times But turn to Malcolm X if you think about crossing the line Shout out to dub t This smoother than a symphony I’m tenured in this game dog You are just a temp to me Fuck your negative energy Y’all beating me is like Spielburg winning a foot race on his injury I kill these rappers for thinking that they ahead of me Underdog mentality man go ahead and let them sleep That winning shit run through my veins man Check my pedigree Hungry ass rapper Yeah go ahead and let them eat Homies backpacking Yeah the streets won’t let them leave Yo it’s magnetic Let it sing like Teddy P Know my aesthetic for this dream Yeah it’s blessing me I throw a rap at it Blow off steam when it’s stressing me I feel like N’s testing me A student in these hard knocks My angels in the outfield I’m feeling like George Knox Keep a small circle Cuz more friends mean more ops All my N’s getting a turn Yeah that’s a door knob Pour up for all of my people that died in the struggle More love for all of my people that’s tied to the jungle No snub Had to start spitting Got humbled in the bubble Rap meets Wrestlemania Man I’m ready to rumble That’s me tackling rappers Yeah they ready to fumble Track meet passing these slackers Yeah they ready to crumble Rap beast murder them This gonna be the deadliest summer That’s wack B Paying for streams just to better your numbers Man I know the struggle Man I’ve been about it My momma used to push the same van on Kendrick album I’m on top now my N that’s a different mountain Shout out to God and hip hop Man I can’t live without them I’m gone As a white man in rap i am an outsider So I’m always trying to act as an ally first Been writing my whole life so I got rhymes But walk lines between spitting and listening Respect the culture that’s not mine Y’all I’m dub t like the last two letters in Scott Higher than Benjamin’s kite Bright like lights that Edison’s got I’d be remiss proceeding quick without acknowledging How deep it is being in this room With all y’all lyricist geniuses Thanks for that Thank you DJ playing bangers back to back My raps are Hugh Jackman doing backflips Adamantium acrobat Imagine that Except it’s more the metaphor’s Professor X I’m really dope The building code meets MC Escher specs Expect it when you least do Lethal Pleased to meet you We who complete two minutes Then split like Pea Soup Another Mobb Deep jewel Y’all these cool Also follow me for when the new shit drop like fall leaves do Now Imma say it loud so she can hear wherever Karen is No lives matter ‘till every Black life’s imperative There it is Kernel of truth in a nutshell Must yell hands up don’t shoot Fuck 12 I digress Just thought I might express why I rep mics But let’s go Get roasted so bad most heads will explode Just so you know I go for broke Dub t in the session Refuse to lose like you know who conceding elections Defeating your penmanship using teeth as a weapon Robbing Peter to Paypal I’ve got some evil intentions Call me Beelze-dub Help dark lord achieve ascension Angels turn Azazel need redirection Zenith perspective Proceed the direction my sneakers are stepping You’ll see the destination RVA Rap Elite it’s no question Greetings and blessings You’ve reached the extension Of Scott who’s not here Please leave a message after the beep and I’ll text you Be patient I got you Like the taste of the ganja Make you wanna move Left right B A like in Contra BA Baracus Plans concocted come together Big up selector Twas a fun endeavor Even if I never won the sweatshirt But I fucking better Sike I’m playing y’all can have it I’m on some Harry Potter magic Revolving planet ball in hand shit Every wish you want is granted automatic Brought the contraband in But forgot a mask shit Purell vs. pure hell It was all bananas Matter of fact let me get that Momma Jo’s shit With the softest fabric Mesmerizing memorization Better smile I’m checking faces Gee I see just mean mugs People need some deep dub t hugs Feeling downright piece of cowpie Eat some brown rice Be on cloud nine Hashtag equals pound sign Stand in the river like walking east from southside I’d drop the mic but I don’t wanna fight With Pete the sound guy Nope
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That night the monuments fell Smoking that G13 Subtract one each gets F12 Set it off like a wrecking ball Lessons taught by professor Scott at the lecture hall Pedagogue Get it on when the record drops Then I’ll stop On second thought I’d better not I’m not tough But I’ll leave you awestruck like an unblocked punch When I wrap like gauze does Drop whatever start turning insane Like when Peewee Herman will say the word of the day Walking in tall like un vulcan de Guatemala Always talking shit Not gonna fall just yet When I do it’ll be Kamikaze on a Nazi Garb is obnoxious Like cosplay at Comicon see? Thrift stores before Macklmore Back and forth on a porch swing with a sack to torch Witticism on sandwich board Have retorts for criticisms of camo shorts Every mix blended seamless Records we pick get you freaking when the beat hits This dope beat’s a San Francisco treat like Rice-a-roni Fuck a CD none for me Keep vinyl only Rhythmical tracks formed matching Digital and organic Literal dance floor panic Slip of the hand or magic Rock is through it lost it’s cool Hiphop infused with pop and got confused Electronic music’s on some new shit Get low like snake level Bass treble change and stay the same tempo Raise your pain threshold when your brain explodes All fucking day play drum and bass back in DC In Indiana MCs go off so rap is the scene But right away I found that by the bay it’s house They like to break it down to a tidal wave of sound DJs from each place influenced me musically Dub to the T super freak true indeed
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1001 Days 04:22
Blow up NOVA mosque imam Anwar al-Awlaki Drop a bomb on his son age 16 just bought a coffee Robbed of due process these US sovereigns each stopped breathing Cannot impede the monstrous creatures in Trump and Obama's lobby Flip flop Sadaam before Iran Iraqi installed a Shaw Recall it y'all please all along we want Tehran- peace! A problems not often resolved with an offer withdrawn- a mockery The rubicon was crossed when Washington knocked off Soleimani A decimation Arabian night raids A thousand and one days The USA will dip a ladle in the cradle of civilization if they're able Land of fables: Cain and Abel, Canaan's rainbows This country isn't getting any younger is it any wonder That we must learn many suffer War's a racket Smedley Butler Pressing buttons in Langley: shady Strangely it's raining crazy bombs in Somalia often on the daily Better not upset the rotten apple cart But pressure drop and end up getting lots of medals Shot and killed in Special Ops Eight hundred bases are stationed in seventy nations Impatient await the next racist invasion or dictatorship installation Insanely rich change the equation and take their shit They tell me overtly political art is passé They ask me why didn't someone try to stop the mass graves They sell me some piece of the pie type of shit that's half baked They model the dead men that founded this country But fuck man they had slaves Constantly both parties warmongers I'm outside rapping your door knockers Good evening I've come with the people for freedom And we brought the guillotine, Your Honor War funding is one place that liberals join with the far right, alright Socialists call for the end of all wars and Israeli apartheid Radioactive uranium added to munitions used in Iraq's dirt I am sure twas asked first: "Lieutenant, can that cause cancer?" Answer: "Of course it can, sir." Lots of white phosphorus dropping on top of a populous Locked up inside a cage The siege of Fallujah where we changed the rules up Combatant meant all men of fighting age Never could I lend support to death and torture Metamorpho-Sisyphus belligerence is vanquished- goodbye Savage examples aplenty I could cry Let me tell you straight- the US state is not the good guy Can we form antiwar movements with students and Unions? Let's read Howard Zinn again It matters less who is sitting in the White House It's strikers and protesters sitting in
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Aye Have you ever gotten stoned on a boat? In the water floating rocking slow Excitement and solace both Have you ever had a beer at the end of a peer Watching the sun descend beyond San Francisco and disappear Live in the Mission District Work in North Beach Get there via bicycle, BART, or port key City street circuitry electrical Uncertainty principle is perfectly symmetrical Dub t all over SF like hills With 2 turntables and the best rhyme skills Find me on the dancefloor Sunset parties and Futuro Using truly dope tools in studios Rolling deep 3rd St to Ocean Beach So discrete you’d hardly even notice me Life is not hard getting high from pot farms That’s northern California for you I’m a rockstar Not the kind bumming change on Upper Height The kind that makes the cables vibrate on the Golden fucking Gate This cities expensive Live cheap? Forget it My apartment’s so small you’d think that Mini-Me rents it But I stopped that complaining once I got acclimated Night job that means days can focus on education Northern Cali was built upon a valley of silicon The bubble popped and everybody’s shocked that rent doesn’t drop From 50’s beatniks to modern day hippie street kids Anything that’s relatively recent This city’s seen it The way that native San Franciscans act is different Strange creative fashion victims Straight or gay both have charisma Who cares how he got so buff He’s strong so what We all go nuts when we watch those fucking Bonds home runs Strong earthquakes caused by tectonic plate fault lines Are concrete splitting Washed away by monstrous waves We’ll all be swimming My polyrhythms leave MCs washed up like Tsunami victims Rapping at speeds faster than we send disaster relief There was just a square at Post and Powell I added Union I control this town Who’d you think - Gavin Newsome? Over and out

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released January 16, 2023

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