Album artwork photo taken by Nathan Pacheco
Edited by Mackenzie Keefe.
10 track mixtape of TheReinstated's 2013 songs so far.
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The Otis beat that everyone knows from "Watch the Throne". Remixed and redone with a thoughtful twist.
lyrics
Verse 1:
Tangled in reflections, I need to find new obsessions
after progressing from a freshman to lead the youth succession.
Regressing, digressing, finding professions,
and seeking a new method of lessening misconceptions and your depression.
Messing with my expression as I scribble a new form.
Recession letting go to be replaced by a few more.
A blue core and red lips, you do yours let him his,
I'm bleeding on the page, so say my pseudonym, the pen drips.
Drop, and I got it on lock.
I get it now I got it I'ma get going to the grill shop.
Because I'm burning I'm on fire, and I'm learning you're a liar,
but I better be wetting my lips, letting the ink get drier.
Inspired, that's the lesson and Desire is taking control.
Teasing and believing me, leaving me, letting me go.
Hard then I spit it softly, got bars like I'm Luca Brasi,
The godfather couldn't stop me, this music is in my heart, B.
[So if ya, so if ya, wanna know the truth. I'll tell ya in the booth, I'm really just a youth, who wants to make a change and make the world know his name, but it's not about the fame it's for the flames.]
Fame is good, but love is great,
Some drugs are good, but others ain't
Be cautious with consciousness, and decisions we have to make.
Long term, lifelong changes over short run, useless gains,
We're wrecking hearts and brains, so people have fun, take care, and be safe.
I said it once before, I'll say it a million times again,
This rhythm's in my body, it's pulsing right through my veins.
Premeditated in my brains, imitated and insane,
From childhood forever, my muse'll remember my name.
Never n-never the same, I'm waxing and then I wane,
A lunatic, lunar eclipse, a knight, Bruce Wayne.
Stopping all the problems and playing this rapping game,
Hip hoppin, to the tip top and I'm never stopping til I'm slain.
You fools is being myopic.
see my skin instead of my topics.
I'm no king to you because I'm smart
yet still the beat, I drop it.
I'm the hotter topic dropper,
The dopplar still couldn't stop him.
With a dollar and dollop of skills,
I spit it proper.
Running laps on this rap track, I'm passing you wack cats,
You fat chaps can't even tackle me, you're just snapple caps.
Full of wack facts barely rappers and at that,
I know you all regretting your past, but me I'm past that.
Ya see for me, it's not the lines and rhymes,
It's for the consciousness of consequences, really buying time.
For life is giving lemons, but I'm only seeing limes,
So to everyone that's listening, thank you, and good night.
credits
from A Toast to Life,
released July 13, 2013
Instrumental: "Otis"- Kanye West | Jay-z
After I decided to retire "TheReinstated", I began work with Mackenzie Keefe, under the new pseudonym "Ellis". Together, we are Ellis Degenerates, and our collaborative music can be found here. TheReinstated
Social conscious hip-hop. The self-described story of people who feel lost, disconnected from their heritage and unwelcome at home. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 8, 2016
