ORGANIZED RHYME

Blue Face, Sherman Way Vol. 2

1. Elijah (Separation)

2. Low Bottom (Trial)

3. Lil Bouncer (Re-Incorporation)

4. Respect, Power, and Money (High Life)

5. Snuffy’s Blue Pond (Grief)

6. Blue Face, Outro

Writtens

Song 1 “Elijah” (Separation)

Verse 1

Elijah was a youngster/with two light feet/striped shirt neat/first grade grin/small teeth/treats/Miramonte Street/Ice Cream Man/crispy nights/the cars stacked tight/he awakes to screams/at night/when doves and owls fight/a day in the light/Roosevelt Park kites/flying endless Sky/like Virgin to Atlantic/Trans-Atlantic/Memorial held high/like stilts and sticks/climb high as Territories multiply/from Chicogo to Vegas flights/Mexico and Washington ties/hanging by growing tree/grimey concrete grind/covering face of time for crime/bad ones and communities rise/eleven years old Elijah is wide-eyed/talking to the Ogees/he’s known since he was nine/to five/clocking dimes/Mobbing 10 deep in line/see other cars go/throwing up gang signs/street scars with deep scars/shooting for inclusion/too far gone in collusion/to move up free society/feels like illusion/these magic tricks/make families vanish/for politics/ICE floods the street/guided by greed/like it’s a game/Slaughter House maimed his uncle/while CEO floods necklines of mistresses/and his wrist is wire thin/Elijah asks why/it’s always him/usual suspects/with mischief in grin/only God knows our sins/attracted to dice shake/that snake die/for money pie/on borrowed time/The bigger homei lied/chopped off monitoring device/so he can slide/six seven street routes/wishing for 4/5/6/but coming up with 15/and no possibility of parole/unconsoled/mother with Rosary beads/and this menace to society/comes from many directions/executive orders/to destroy family order/while 100 year truce are made brittle/and colder/Catch 22 rounds by street soldier/it’s a vice grip on the systematic/so many square block schematics/shock/awe/and tension/his mind around a singular goal/survival/in South Los Angeles with Pueblos/east coast/and playboys/painful talks/around case loads/empty bullet case goes/tracking paper work of the aimless/ghosts/and the faceless/nitrus oxide to the head/he standing on business/insane air out baloon/groomed to be goon/regulating the new/loons fool of haywire desires/they want the quick satifsfaction/while architects sit back/in quiet prison blocks/getting kickbacks to lock up spots/on the streets that straight jacketed them/Elijah sleeps quietly dreaming/bigger and better pay days/attracted to the ways/of the rebels/Roosevelt Park’s good fellows.

Verse 2

Christmas Eve by the fire/Elijah climbs out of bed lighter/on his toes with new attire/toys/Tonka trucks with new tires/and GI Joe fighters/folders of standards and training/by the crime fighters/painting a picture to get stricter/control of chaotic scripts/Perris detective/11 years on organize crime unit/he walks homicide beat/in these Atantic streets/and sees Elijah/deeks/footwork on light feet/soccer ball by his cleats/Lugo Park field/streaks of lightning quick hips/to lean/into kicks to World Cup highlight clips/dreams/with a need to know like Socrates/but these streets are shaped by military recruits/bases shaped by policy/police stings prioritize these scenes/by slaughter houses/and multi families/small rations and homicides/handicapped by Super Max/sly, slick and wicked/confessing on the stand/long withheld feelings/missed school bells/the class clown/is the curriculum/get the pitcture/she pouts/pretty influencer/Elijah runs around Roosevelt/where New Deal/is no deal/and swinging up and down does haywire/haymakers/and tire irons/detectives conspire detached/building a case from scratch/off the testimonies of liars/intercepted prison wires/and so it goes/these are the good old days that Elijah knows/but the the thing about the old days/they the old days/and this Edgar Generation grows/real rap news/they turn pesos to bankrolls/no grocery stores but four pawn shops on the block/to feed family/survival is a fairy tale/of spiritless entities/and the liquor store is the emotion that is known/where money, respect and power is shown/Elijah mumbles quietly/listening/that’s my whatchamacallit’/ polished Glock 17 and Glock 22/Sheriff has him running/in the field/where Renaldo don’t play/Chasing Blue Face.

Song 2 “Low Bottom” (Trial)

Verse 1

Low bottoms/common columns/invisible caught in/48 laws of power quotient/ zero sum math/of masters/and mad men/never outshine big homeis/that’s low key/knowing out of pocket fees/displaying too many talents/may leave you with concrete feet/low/six feet deep in the post/like Wilt Chamberlain/88th and Bandera again/with bands/for sex/street murders/street criminals touch terf/tough and tense/with Nine Deuce Bishops/witness recants/Elijah can’t since he knows/about to get put on until he grows/adolence west of Compton Avenue/so it goes/gunner in green Thunderbird/the two lock eyes/split up homes/flies off that high/adrenaline junkies/with white Tees/rest up/low/more work to do/for wizards on death row/magic/disappear/it’s Officer Camarillo/and he never knew/the soccer star with skills/will soon kill/bright light with strikes/squabble up and fight/for felons with three strikes/low bottoms plight/knocked in the nose/blood flies/most strategic gang lines/fear factor with pine box matters/alley ways/he’s shaking padlocked dreams/Malos with that gun smoke/tucked low/evil side roll/call/he got his hopes up/jab twice/poke up/Elijah in violent stitch/strict gang types/slow poke shoes/shy/fighting by Hyde Park/with homework in his notebook/tables turn/ashes to urn/East Coast turf war/where so many shows over/gun lead burst/no re-runs to play over/takes total breath/tense sentence/syntax somatic/stalemate/war is so hectic/Alameda and Atlantic/basis of a long-term feud/but few knew/Elijah would join crew/not a part of the galaxy/of tax payers/rich college kids/he’s growing up fast/crossing Inglewood back fields strapped/like the LA Rams/Aaron Donald for that money and clams/glamour girls/go on and multiply/the devil also recruits the wise/the naive and the pious/the clowns and French mimes.

Verse 2

Many active clicks/and this new kick/is strict/on his swift two feet/throwing fists/like UFC/takes hits/trial of newborn misfit/mistrust and bold mission/to quiet the timid/watch what you say in this/tight rope schisms/intense children/evil side kitchens/cook up steady/for cake/on take/where Betty Crocker/cake/taste for counterfeits/swap meet game/mass production/simulacrum/lifestyle of Hollywood/listens/livin with Kardashians/Fetynal/Kratom/nitrus hits/the system/so much abuse/it gets loose/push kick/slip back news/Atlantic/with tweedle dee and tweedle dum/tweeters run everlasting bass/on the run/cool O’s/dip/mob down strips/sweet leaves of Autumn/crispy apple/devil is so clever with chattle/school to prison/Ford factory time/farmer john/meat cleavers/violence/is endemic/to local industry/so what’s next/organized crime/stress/touch down/jet life bound/like Keyshawn Johnson/in red zone/needs and wants provided by emotionally/skewed/screw balls/paying dues/kicking through/rolled up ball/but Elijah not going to practice any more/settling scores for God father/sunny California opportunities/where fools gold rush/new brain trust/is so lethal/never legal/just another sequel/like Friday the Thirteenth/received letter/Elijah transformed to Lil Bouncer.

Song 3 “Lil Bouncer” (Re-Incorporation)

Verse 1

Lil bouncer new born/hustler/batptized/no catcher in the rye/folkloric ties/to wise guys/bloody feuds/sacrificial lamb to wisemen/rise/Florence and play boys fight/no bunnies/just gun shots/drunk like gin rummy/game/business slumping/LA lucky strikes/between/Vermont/right to Slauson/Main and Central/car clubs/designers/low riders/with clean hubs/social clubs/entrenched/struck by spun out types/tiny locos and tykes/screetch/tighter foothold on the weak/peel out tires/donuts to street/lil bouncer code/hold out phone/flex on live/next generation wise guy/line up/Rugers in stooges fingers/breaking bag toe tags/post-war era rags to riches/to concrete slab/missions of LA River/South Park terf/beefing/Vernon/1990s to 2000s/reach that point of no returns/2007 taxing/identity mistaken/LAPD gang injunction/stuck in cycle/pride and proximity/risky business/conceal your real intention/hidden behind actions/enveloped in smoke stacking/lil bouncer came back to his tiny home.

Verse 2

Lil Bouncer/gets bolder with leg work/like FIFA/busy with Tina/but accountability is very crucial/director/of set/obey or face threats/rare in other click/dealt with quick/like Poker/Joker’s wild/with lil Bouncer/knock knock/loose lips/disrespect other click/they don’t miss/DP/violating you in front of your home/even when your mama is home/disciplined city set tone/atone to directives from prison phones/war on East Coast/with 36 shootings/it’s a darker evening/100 nights of gun slinging/named hypothetically/diabolically/tables turning/like Exorcist working/priests in lean clean sheets/silky sweet/tax collecting teeth/cutting/dope/whatever brings home the bacon and profits/Joker’s Wild Operation/pacing/out back/kick down doors to shacks/hold hands up eye to stop your goals/like Yassine Bono/Snuffy intro/got his eye on many pies/like a baker/old man and the sea/with the fish fry/season of Rico/when streets flow.

Song 4 “Respect, Money, Power” (High Life)

Verse 1

Snuffy/knows how the young minded think/blink/life’s about belonging/their main meaning/moving chess pieces for a while/it used to be money, power, and respect/yet that’s reversed/the higher you go/it goes/respect/power/and money/when organized crime involved/it’s an old money blood sport/blood letting/individual burried by furry of politics/of wise guys/with wise men crying over your soul/redemption/counting 21 candles/with Black Jack hands/pull $12,000 per month/in sums to kick up/to monsters with Snuffy/turned Dorian Gray portrait/lil Bouncer knows he’s good now/break bones/get paid and go/Bandera where click bait/goes empty glock/crazy life talk/locked/credit goes to master/spoils of war spreads faster/instagram models/know how that goes/get in car/strip off clothes/lil bouncer/on his way to get diamond chain/she’s in love with his side ways/sanctimonious mister/upside down saint/sinister/demonic rituals of demonic individuals/and Snuffy sees how it is/when it gets through the wireless/fabulous games/tireless/and swiftly/communication turns/against lil bouncer.

Verse 2

Snuffy/had interesting way/parents gave him disciplined home/leading with integrity/but he wanted more/evil side society core/scores of low lives/with highest calls/fast life/fast cash/catching tags/taking control/1992/violated rival/assault to kill/sworn to kill/furthering reputation for ill will/hitter joins Paramount/but this not a film buff/tough lessons of apocalypso/violence and public rituals/released from prison/parents still provided righteous guidance/he went to college/learning computers/but 8 balls paid more/drop out/breaking his momma’s heart/now he’s running meth labs/that uncle you never talk about/a push on his terf/he punished like curse/and politicked harder/sacrificed his works when convenient/and became tax collector/for the fly/thirteen/ways of the Southland/rolling stone on the sand/belly/snake/break up your little homes/running phones for points/that’s the business/he gets tried next/went after rap money/with them jezebels and bandits/lil bouncer didn’t hear the chatter/that would capture/him soon after/his vows were spoken for after/first comes the laughter.

Song 5 “Snuffy’s Blue Pond” (Grief and Redemption)

Verse 1

Sleepless nights/troublesome strikes/empires fight/with sly spies/smooth and Snuffy/power moves/monthly dues/lil bouncer/under pressure to choose/intercepted kites/denied knowledge/absolved/capitalist mob clobbers/God/smacked/under fire by spider web/shooters/inside traders/politics/predictions/initiators/organized raketeers/and wedding bells/are ringing/hold outs soon/spelling apocalyptic/alphabetic/doom/valley spots/busted at noon/ lock/cyclops/singular eye/on your money pie/watch who you trust/caught in between luck/and the young son/he used to be/with Florence nighten gale/crazy boys/Sonora plays nurse on phone/bless some/and rob some/when the smoke clears/lil bouncer’s tiny home/is high level chess match by pay phones.

Verse 2

Snuffy keeps them on long leash/money at reach/don’t teach enough/so they do enough without you/and trust then if you think/wink/truth gets ugly/selective honesty/bit of generosity/and lil bouncer becomes footnote/striker gets off picture/breaks away/looking at his big pay days/and then it gets thicker/sad eyes staring in mirror/his shoes shined/tuxedo nice and trim/soon to be bride/with wide smile/and wise ties/getting her hair and make up right/he’s talking to his young son/no tax collection/he’s paying tidings/climbs out chapel/full of promise and ample time/to get his life correct/but father time not on his side/when Snuffy pays mind/puppet man unkown/late night/knock/knock/Glock 17/empties thought/lil bouncer/got caught/assasin’s finger to mouth/silence/screams/and mortuary calls/another tragedy/where two bloody seas cross/Pacific and Atlantic.

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