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Phantom Feeling

by Yamin Semali

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1.
New shit, who dis Please excuse any undue rudeness as I do this But I'm cold as Ice that's Cubic signed to Ruthless, yeah But to be fair, it's y'all who moved me here To the future where there's no more room to err Now let's play truth or dare Right hand on your holy book Tell me that you don't be shook When you hear my name, lowkey hoping that it's overlooked Now you can plead the fifth or either this Send me a diss with no subliminals and we'll see what sticks, and stones I'll pick a bone And keep it for my collection if it fits my throne And come to find out that I'm the shit, yo I wish I'd known Some people can't stand me, they just sit at home, ha Now what's beef when you still learning to chew your meat From a booster seat Legs dangling when you move your feet Don't bite off no more than you can eat if you're too petite, This shit's too easy, it's like shooting skeet With nukes for heat Body to mind, mind to ya spirit Cock aim then, bang Yeah, I know you hear it Still earshot even though you ain't near it And you can cut it off but I bet you still feel it I wrote a couple verses that I hope to not record These demons want my energy This time they got ignored You start to recognize that you're a prisoner of war When negativity is paying visits to your door Now who's that peeking in my window Better move back All eyes on me and yes, I do too pack Digital underground You can download my new app Daily notifications sent reminding you that you wack You know where the proof's at They cut my head off but it grew back They stare like they seeing a ghost When they see me approach Interrupting their group chat The shit that I do with a 2-track Got people reacting like sumac I'm pumping this shit like brew tap Allow me to lace up your bootstraps I must've been born in a manger They calling me lord and the savior They coming with more of the same But you already know I got more in the chamber I'm puffing on 31 flavors They stuck on that thirty one pacers I'm moving on up the majors So You can feel it, but nothing can save ya Ooh what's that baby, Just that phantom feeling, Just that phantom feeling, I say baby, you can cut me off But you're still gonna feel that phantom feeling So fuck your feelings Body to mind, mind to ya spirit Cock aim then, bang Yeah, I know you hear it Still earshot even though you ain't near it And you can cut it off but I bet you still feel it
2.
Go To Sleep 02:19
What the fuck is lo-fi? this fie fi I symbolize the resistance like omega no psi phi It’s all Greek to me, if you ain’t all the frequency, it might as well be, it’s like seeing through a blind eye I rock it like broke up them threepeats in 9-5 Ain’t hiding can’t say find me, just see me on my side Slide Been through more beef than five guys You pint size fries only got a couple of nice tries Been surrounded by some stone casters, But my skin is unblemished, I’m my own master Just cuz I say nigga don’t mean condone crackers Guess you think it’s only forward motion if we both backwards It’s no comparison, y’all can take it as arrogance But white on white crime’s just history to Americans And these the people y’all worried about embarrassing I’m having conversations with Yah, say a prayer for them Ain’t gotta prove shit and I won’t waste my time So if all lives matter, bitch don’t play with mine That’s the only way that you’ll ever be safe and fine That sounds better, dare you to change my mind The deaf dumb and the blind Keep coming for the one of a kind And they come in every color ya find Y’all niggas so deep, y’all searching for old tweets Y’all sipping the woke tea and ain’t getting no sleep Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep Wake up and get a life, get a life Live the life, live the life Day and night, day and night Hold ya peace and then go back to sleep Even when I’m getting shuteye, gotta keep one high They lynching brothers up tied, twisted on a trunk‘s side So way before I just die, gotta let a slug fly Drop em like a buckeye, mop em like fungi Never was the tough guy but I’m not the one to come try Imma bring the drum line and I ain’t waiting for one time Them daffy for Donald porkies, nah Imma have to duck swine Dust them in the dusk so I can live to see the sunshine The women are mothers, if you touch her it’s like she was mine This is what is sounds like when the raven makes the dove cry We the same people that boycotted them bus rides But next time we just might have to bust nines, make 'em go to sleep Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep Wake up and get a life, get a life Live the life, live the life Day and night, day and night I hold a peace that'll make you go to sleep
3.
Easy 03:08
Easiest thing to do is waste time Hardest thing to do is draw a straight line It’s easy repeating things from the grape vine its much harder to take that and make wine It’s take a trained mind Not the lame blind Easy to say Fuck you Harder to stay kind Have you ever try to change minds It’s easier said than done, shit's harder than when clay dries If I was simplistic, y’all would still miss it Cuz even implicit, my shit hit different They say it ain’t easy when you pimp with it Unless you From Memphis, it’s hard like emphasis But I’m from GA, where it’s easy to get a PK Harder getting over on the freeway It’s easy to shoe gaze like Eastbay But it ain’t to hard to move along to the deejay, so aye Simple as a riddle, easy as the breeze But trust me dog, it's harder than it seems I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy Easiest thing to do is lie to you But at the same time, it gets harder to hide the truth So easy to be myself Hard to be someone else Why it’s easy for many to front It’s hard to find a clue Made a left on easy street, and parked the coupe Hardest part was comin back to that orange boot Real easy tossing trash down the garbage chute Way harder reducing carbon and not pollute But with bars and loops It's so easy like Mase, Dave, and Posdnous Eazy E said the boys in the hood are hard, it’s true So turn this off if you lookin for a softer view Easy money is only legally tender, It’s cold hard cash, easy to see that you hardly knew I ease in like sliding in hard bottom shoes Easy star, try your hardest but warning you Simple as a riddle, easy as the breeze But trust me dog, it's harder than it seems I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy Easiest thing to do is stay in bed Hardest part is missing out on making bread Gotta ease the hunger, closed mouths can’t get fed So I’m hardly sleep, I’ll catch up on the day I’m dead But I’m way ahead Y’all some easy prey Like you sold hard, to the DEA But easy bake fakes got no range So for cocaine, it’s hard to see how you could heat the yay I guess we can say it’s in my DNA Don’t need no fossil, it’s muy fácil porqué If I would’ve went and took the easy way Wouldn’t be the hard ninja that I am today But I’mma have to take it easy for at least a day Because this hard liquor known to make me feel a way Yo, I'm normally easy going but my people still holding Break at the hardware broad day in the open And you might just think I’m joking But homie take it easy, believe me Hard knock life shit precedes me I'll make it like Sunday morning I knew you wouldn’t listen to the warning I make it look easy Simple as a riddle, easy as the breeze But trust me dog, it's harder than it seems I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy I make it look easy
4.
Land Line 02:16
I'm on some new shit, yeah On to the other thangs Former falcon, but now a Phoenix that's up from flames Up in the air, far from the flare of haters' musket range Out of your budget, mane No wonder the number's changed I'm beast mode My ego threefold, eats whole elephants Flippin through my call log deleting old messages, You'll never see receipts saying I'm reading those texts you sent Cocky motherfucker, yeah but he is no Oedipus Remember Icarus Don't get to close to the son I'll scorch you for fun Look at that Over it's done, nowhere to run, Hold up Over my shoulder there's one I'll let him go to tell the story so they'll know not to come, aye Now listen here This is for all of you with your pretend careers I'm tryin to get rich this year If you ain't hollin bout business, then disappear I will not lend you an ear Most of you backstabbers, bending your spears Skin is too thick, For you to get near Interfere or enter my sphere Ah, you just keep blowing me, Just keep blowing me up, keep blowing me up, baby That's why I wish I had a land line, so when I hang up on them I can slam mine Ah, you just keep blowing me, Just keep blowing me up, keep blowing me up, baby That's why I wish I had a land line, so when I hang up on them I can slam mine The other day I got a call from this number I didn't recognize Didn't answer so he called me back like, several times Then I got a text talking bout he's an exof somebody I just met And he's really upset, ha! That shit I don't respect I ain't even respond A couple minutes later though he sent a link to a song Now I'm thinking this fool is crazy or his drink is too strong Either way, I'm just making sure that my ringer ain't on Wish I could blink and be gone or snap my fingers But I don't believe in magic Just need to getaway like Lenny Kravitz or P and Havoc Where the only ones who got my math are the ones who need to have it If it ain't peace or increase, might as well be receiver static Ah, you just keep blowing me, Just keep blowing me up, keep blowing me up, baby That's why I wish I had a land line, so when I hang up on them I can slam mine Ah, you just keep blowing me, Just keep blowing me up, keep blowing me up, baby That's why I wish I had a land line, so when I hang up on them I can slam mine
5.
Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Will you ever get what you wish If you never do nothing different It's better to take a risk Than settle for the what-ifs so Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go You've been eyeing a newer life Tryin to do it right But fighting instead of flying ain't getting you through the night so Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go The bees create the honey The sting ain't so lovely But sweet taste isn't nothing If things never get ugly, so Let go, Let's go Keep going Let go, Let's go You need to take it from somebody who understands Someone who understands Understands Nobody understands 'Cause everybody heard the sound of the leaves blowing But ain't nobody heard the tree growing, so keep going Yo keep going Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go Let go, Let's go
6.
Microphone check 1, 2, What is this No sabbatical like a radical adventist Last of the black princes who witnessed when crack hit us Red dogs came to your school for them class visits Saying watch out Syringes can be in the grass hidden They also told us it was all about the cash getting I'm sure they knew that some of us already had visions Of trap flipping Moving birds like badminton Now were they warning us or alluring us Later on in life it got me curious I just know that there's more for us I just know that there's more of us Fingertips dipped in the water How long have we hid from the karma So I make amends at the Altar From carrying the Sins of the fathers Fingertips dipped in the water How long have we hid from the karma So I make amends at the Altar From carrying the Sins of the fathers 'Cause Daddy had the half moon Stashed in the vacuum, closet in the bathroom, told me he'd be back soon We all heard that tune Can't forget the lyrics if it's the only thing you passed to him The Most High told me stopping asking him for a sign If I do it again, he'll send me one I can't ignore this time How you born to shine but sitting with your thumb up your rectum Why everybody looking for what's right under their septums Waiting on someone to accept them, look where it kept him Salty, needing the epsom, from false flagging when flexing In too deep, pressed, need deep breaths, depression But every burden is a blessing Fingertips dipped in the water How long have we hid from the karma So I make amends at the Altar From carrying the Sins of the fathers Fingertips dipped in the water How long have we hid from the karma So I make amends at the Altar From carrying the Sins of the fathers
7.
Out of all y’all I seen boast Half of y’all ain’t even dope I’ll eat most like a meatloaf They’ll be toast like brioche That’s west coast or the east coast This dirty south, but I’m clean though Washing my hands free of these hoes Only time that I need soap Niggas road my wave like speedboats So I turned that shit into a ski slope Let em sink slow into the deep snow But never decompose 'cause it’s freezing cold How the leading role keep stealing shows Feeling bold off grigio I’ll sing a note and still ring your throat Got em breathing slow from sleeper hold But what you reap you sew So watch the seeds you throw 'Cause the weeds’ll grow Then I’ll need to mow Gotta keep it low So the weak’s exposed The beam will glow, then I’ll squeeze and blow I would read Thoreau when I was three years old, You can’t see my flow It's like the Sphinx’s nose What you need to know is I’m a genius so Bring your folks, I got steam for smoke When you sleep, I’m woke When you sink, I float Everything I wrote is the meanest quote It’s the king, I’m home In Phoenician robes I’ll seize the throne before they reach a vote I see green and go, speak in code Burn leaves in coal and turn steel to gold, Seal it closed from the thieving souls Don’t watch me watch your speaking tone Benovative, limit greatness when you live impatient Kill creation trying to mimic they shit I don't bend or sway, i just incinerate shit Let you live, I feel I've been too gracious Catch you slipping like a figure skater Imma figure eight your throat with this razor Then disinegrate to smoke, Ninja Gaiden From a tender age, your boy been this crazy Bring the pain I feel til this day I get the pen and page and it's a ventilation Give the spliff a blaze, a little quick elation When you getting paper, turns friends to haters Saying Ben has changed, but really them who changed up Anticipating I would switch their way They would if situations ever in their favor I don't entertain these little entertainers Lit this thang up like the fist of Raiden I can kill your favorite, never lift a finger We on different pages, rather different playbooks 'Cause the risk I'm taking, at a glimpse, you'd faint You never lift the stakes, you only wish for changes We were renegades before the Em and Jay shit Against the grain is where i built my name at You Nicholas Cage niggas be switching faces To sit at the table with those who whipped and chained us Instead of building the thing on your own, you lift a stranger Than forget where you came from for a smidget of famous Typical slave shit, predict your behavior Just forget what I'm saying and go and pick up your paycheck The missus is aching for a penetration It's against my nature to keep women waiting So i'm out But If i hear my name, you better hit the pavement, nigga, bloaw Huh Lazurus, Yamin, another Skytzo beat We in the house
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9.
One Deep 03:02
It's just me Riding through the city, nigga, one deep Nobody beside me in the front seat Still feeling like no one can touch me And it must be Whenever it’s time to do work Rolling up my sleeves, each side of my shirt Bon a petite when I serve, peep them eating their words Two crows and one stone, humble pie for dessert Nigga, that’s soul food, not the kind they cook in the South I mean they’re sole’s food, yeah they put they’re foot in their mouth I’m a beast, you won’t catch me with my hoof to my snout Or my tail between my legs, outchea looking for clout That ain’t my motivation Fuck all the faking, dog I’ve grown impatient You trying to locate the remote, I'm in remote locations That’s why they got my photo posted at the local station I got away with words and left a this ransom note for payment Don’t make me have to amputate the hands of fate Then send ten digits to you like we planning dates That’s unless you plan on meeting all the demands I make Now you tell me, who else would you rather hate, I bet they say It's just me Riding through the city, nigga, one deep Nobody beside me in the front seat Still feeling like no one can touch me And it must be Rarified air in my area where am I Very up, very high, there he is in the sky Prepare to die or dare to fly Compare, decide if you scared to try, spare the embarrassment, step aside Pierce through your soul like 2pac’s nose All eyes on me like a Yukon gold It’s dark and tea is hot, watch the oolong scold Everyone lying tongue, when the time has come for truth not told It takes a lot to push me, but homie I’m not a rookie Status is known, class of my own, y’all play hookie I ain't bout to call no names, but word is bond like James A couple niggas went from akh to pussy I put that on everything Think they won’t flip, I see that they will son, they're Geraldines If they throwing shots, it’s ketamine, 'cause I ain’t felt a thing And I don’t need no help to bring because It's just me Riding through the city, nigga, one deep Nobody beside me in the front seat Still feeling like no one can touch me And it must be It's just me Riding through the city, nigga, one deep Nobody beside me in the front seat Still feeling like no one can touch me And it must be
10.
Unsay Love 02:34
They say the power of life and death is in the tongue I'm more focused on life, you know Matter fact Matter fact I can show you better than tell ya Otherwise it's only words like an acapella Which option's better Just look at how we were brought together I'll hit you in the DM, but now I drop you letters Written with an ostrich feather The medium's the message I've been receiving blessings since I chose to heed the lessons I had to stop choosing women that wasn't chosen for me One day it's orgies with shorties, next thing you know you're 40 Not like I don't get horny Plus I always had my pick Like Tariq's drummer Each summer, got a badder chick I told a few I loved them but then one of us would damage it Only reason I ain't said it yet, but yo I plan on it, so I wanna say it to you You wanna say it to me, baby No one can unsay love So when I say it and you say it, I just want you to know No one can unsay love I know I wanna say it to you You wanna say it to me, baby No one can unsay love So when I say it and you say it, I just want you to know No one can unsay love I know They say relationships are work, I been receiving unemployment Checking in on a Tuesday for weekend enjoyment But if expectation is the root of disappointment That little voice is telling me to make better choices Saying that it's better this way It's for our own protection Let's clear the air, here's a chair, non-smoking section So you feel it way before you ever pose the question I reach into your solar plexus when I show affection I feel the energy inside you when we coalescing Got you pushing your diaphragm like a vocal lessons But what I found beyond the physical is most impressive Nouns and verbs, four letter words can't hold your essence You a gift from Yah, I'm humbled to behold your presence Love is a gun, such a loaded weapon But I gotta keep the safety on But I can promise, it won't take too long, so hey I wanna say it to you You wanna say it to me, baby No one can unsay love So when I say it and you say it, I just want you to know No one can unsay love I know I wanna say it to you You wanna say it to me, baby No one can unsay love So when I say it and you say it, I just want you to know No one can unsay love I know
11.
Let the roach ash Running fingers over rose quartz and topaz Thinking how the days tend to go past so fast Still trying to figure things out with my grown ass Sometimes I wanna throw all in a tote bag Be a nomad and tell these stories to my notepad I always knew that I had to make my own path Feelin like Gil Scott, 'cause hatred's where your homes at Compared to how some brothers came up, wasn’t so bad Wasn't no Huxtable, but i did have a Ghost Dad Mom would take slow drags from her smoke stash Temporary sedation, but know it won't last It’s cold out here, it's a bucket of snow crabs After high school, most end up low class All I got in this world is my word and my gonads Before my toe's tagged, what the fuck will I be known as Finally in a place with myself for company I know that you sent for me But I won't be returning I wont be returning, no I found myself lost at sea, realizing it takes time to see The things that I've been yearning for Now I won't be returning, no No, I won't be returning I have three songs (that I know of) that people say have made them cry. This is the latest one. That’s a very high compliment. It’s almost scary to be felt that way, but this is what art is for... Link in bio for the newborn project #PhantomFeeling produced by @aceboogie7 And I keep having this dream where I survive a shipwreck Washed up on an island that nobody knows exists yet Couldn’t shake the feeling that the shit was kismet So I never tried to send a signal of distress I took vines from the trees and made a fish net And I casted it out along the inlet First time I ever felt that I could get rest So when the search team came, guess what I did next I headed for the hills, I hid deep in a ridge cleft With the insects right next to a wren's nest Stayed there until I knew for certain the men left 'Cause the world they wanna put me in is a big mess It's so beautiful, but everyday it's a bit less Tell me why we can't get the water in Flint fresh Meanwhile, the same people slave for a rent check Seems like alone is the place where I fit best Finally in a place with myself for company I know that you sent for me But I won't be returning I wont be returning, no I found myself lost at sea, realizing it takes time to see The things that you've been yearning for And I won't be returning, no
12.
Immortal 03:17
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away So what's the voice that you hear when you read to yourself And everything else you can't see but is felt You leave ice in the heat and it melts But that water's still water, you can drink to your health, yeah It's energy, there's no creating or destroying it It's still water, even when you start boiling it Life goes on, even if you ain't enjoying it You might as well create the panacea from the poisonous I'll make a noise that's boisterous while my voice exists The world is what my oyster is I'm 'bout to stick a sword in it Blade pointing an Ancient Pistol at Dr. Morbius The way I'm living, boy, you know I'm an immortalist I think of a rhyme, write it down and record it then So I can take it for a spin next time I'm born agai, Going back to the future with no Delorean No dashboard or fast forward It's straight from the origin Like, yeah My niggas, we immortal That's why you see the light at end of the portal When I die, don't cry, 'cause I'm coming back for you Yeah, I'm coming back for you That's why my niggas is immortal That's why we see the light at the end of the portal When I die, don't cry, 'cause I'm coming back for you Yeah, I'm coming back for you This is for the men and women who were murdered by one time Even children, 'cause they're trying to cut off our bloodlines Them suicidal sufferers, the people who done tryin' I'm here to tell you all you're coming back like the sunshine It's reincarnation, so while you stargazing You're looking at a representation of our nation Maybe I'll have a daughter with the spirit of my momma Pure like before she ever suffered from the trauma I swear I'll never understand why she hit eject 'Cause everybody had the understanding that she's blessed A part of me guesses that she just needed a reset My biggest challenge is giving her memory respect So Father, please forgive her Then forgive me next Guide me in your righteousness I'll go with your lead So many of the oppressed are feeling so depressed They tried to bury us and didn't know we were seeds That's right, that's why That's why my niggas is immortal That's why you see the light at the end of the portal When I did, don't cry, 'cause I'm coming back for you Yeah, I'm coming back for you Yeah, that's right, that's why That's why my niggas is immortal That's why you see the light at the end of the portal When I did, don't cry, 'cause I'm coming back for you Said I'm coming back for you Now keep it moving like this, keep it moving like that If I die, I'ma only come back Keep it moving like this, keep it moving like that If I die, I'ma only come back Keep it moving like this, keep it moving like that If I die, I'ma only come back Keep it moving like this, keep it moving like that If I die, I'ma only come back My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal My niggas is immortal, immortal, immortal, immortal
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released July 28, 2020

all song produced by Dublohskytzo (@aceboogie7)
all songs written, mixed and mastered by Yamin Semali for Yen Dollar Music, LLC

DJ scratches by Yamin Semali

artwork by Alex Lanei (@comicenginealex)

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