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Occupied
02:46
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I see these cats on the quest for self
the path to wealth
walkin' through the night in the stealth
knife under the belt
the drugs delt
til you catch a snag like a cold
makin' money fold never gets old though
that's why I told this pretty girl I used to know
Hip Hop is communication with the soul
and in the real world cash makin' is the goal
If I make them both combine could that fill the hole
in my heart? Accumulating wealth, that's an art
but be smart, no matter how much steez
everybody gotta stay on top
Pay our fees, we got dues
and only one mind to lose
But many crimes and clues
stay hidden by the dark
from the White House to your local park
I see these times pretty shady
I can't rely on these fuckin rhymes just to pay me
[CHORUS]
Are you Occupied?
Are you on the grind?
Gotta 9 to 5?
Or is it all the time?
All day every day
On a paper chase
and it don't stop
in the land of the rat race
[VERSE 2]
Okay the bill's pilin' up
growin' up, yo I thought I got wild enough
It's like nails, imma file it up
in the suit and tie
like Am I Enough?
I'm in your city tryina find the love
tryina find a job
but the grind is just
not fulfillin' til I'm willin' to transform
the whole system, you know we gotta plan for
drastic times, they define what we stand for
that's how we lived in the past
on another shore.
Another sea, other tides uncovering
we had a whole different eye for discovery
The world is yours? Drop the Y
Nah, the world is Ours
I tell you why that we gotta move with the stars.
(CHORUS REPEATS)
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The Crash
01:34
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Throw on a sweater
headed out for the cold night
I hold tight to this microphone
but the old sight
that I'm seein' in my mirror's lookin' less clear
Less near
Kinda distant from the sess cure
rest assured,
cracked bottles with the fresh herb
relievin' nerves steady buzzin from the pressure,
I gesture lookin small in my sweatshirt
the raps droppin more knowledge than a lecture.
I see I'm divin' into bubbles
and I'm lyin' about my troubles
my supply is not enough, though
It's more than subtle
Throat wet like a puddle
Speech in a muddle
Peep the way the cookie crumble:
I fell asleep, steering wheel at my reach
Didn't even hear the screech
But now I'm beached
Like an Island, in the midst of the road
hop out the whip
all I saw was the mist and the glow
of my taillights
Yo, I can't see in the fog
so I grab my shit cuz I figured that I should mob
and I'm outty
and I'm walkin on the shoulder
when suddenly I feel like the night got colder.
I look for lights cuz I'm needin' a ride
but I haven't seen a soul and I have to wonder why
wonder why... wonder why...
Am I alive? Did I Die?
What?
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Rapture
01:11
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Ay, wussup little God!
Sorry that I had to wake you up in the fog
It's time for you to meet the top dog,
your ticker took a pause on your heart's stopwatch
But don't trip, cause you're gonna really know
the truth behind reality, not the show.
And then your energy will flow
to other places in the universe, though,
can you handle that?
And you won't remember much,
so enjoy this pure bliss feelin
that you can never touch
When your body's in the physical form
I know this ain't some kinda biblical norm
but this is it - another body died again
I break it down like a vitamin
It's like that.
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The World is Ours
03:24
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[VERSE 1]
K-H to the A-N
got my hand on the spray can
yo that's how I made a statement
when I was young, cuz my time never vacant,
I'm in the wasteland, wonder why was I waitin'
Awaken - touch down with the ground,
underneath the street where ya found
in your hometown
Engagement: when you make shit and shape shift
I say the world is ours so we embrace it,
We go around like a bracelet just face it
Yeah, you know the names on the street will remain
It's a true fact, how can we refrain?
When there's pain on my brain
every house look the same
in ya suburbs
and everybody want some herb
I sit back and it really make me wonder...
Is this livin? Makin 6 digits? Or living by the debt
we collect in this prison?
Hell nah
[CHORUS]
You say the world is yours
Drop the "Y"
I say the world is ours
Occupied
You say the world is yours drop the Y!
(protest sample "Si Se Puede! Sie Se Puede!")
Yeah,
You say the world is yours
Drop the "Y"
I Say the world is ours
Occupied
You say the world is yours drop the Y!
(protest sample "Si Se Puede! Sie Se Puede!")
[VERSE 2]
We deep mobbin'
through the park
after dark they keep robbin'
like hood, so we know it ain't all good
we understood, and slide like a Fleetwood Cadillac
All black, copy cats wanna match
but they can't
so peep my cell phone glowin'
don't know where I'm goin'
destination: spot blowin'
So hit my left pocket with the vibes
we come through rockin' rhymes
then we cut like knives.
I see my people migrating with the times
that's why I keep it movin' from the body to the mind
I'm tryina sublimate
but they wanna subjugate.
We can resist with these elements
so situate yourself
deep in the seat of the beat matchin'
we scratchin' the two 33's
You on the street backpacked with the Rust-O's
I manifest this culture when I bust flows
[CHORUS REPEATS]
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Cruzin'
03:42
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[VERSE 1]
Catch me chillin' by the cliffs
where I feel bliss and my skin feel the sun kiss
bust this rhyme for the west coast
sunsets to the vibes, yeah we catch those
Like a rose
I'm smellin like a flower
in-n-outdoor leave you good for hours
That "Warren G" urban life by the beach
Trip Locc said it, Recognize on the beat
It's televised I can see
"Jaykhanomy" is back Imma rise on the scene
We makin' rice with the steam
or lemonade from lemons, yo,
it's all the same thing.
All I'm sayin' is this is what we got.
It seem to get more beautiful the more it gets hot.
We goin out with a shot and a bang
We gotta change plots can't do the same thang
Hell no
[CHORUS]
We be chilin'
And we be cruzin'
and we be doin'
just what we doin'
And we be livin'
and Santa Cruzin'
and we just doin'
just what we doin'
[VERSE 2]
From the sounds of the wave crash
To the fiends on the corner lookin way trash
or the slum lords who never really give a shit
and don't even have to give back a little bit
to the white folks thinkin that I steal shit
to Mexicans speakin Spanish to me real quick
or the mad overuse of the "Om" signs
to the fire spinnin hippies
Yo I know I'm
in the California State
on the Central Coast
On the east side chillin with the Latin folx
and it really ain't too different from the whole state
we segregate on the base of class and race
That's why in Cali never stand in your place
Or the Silicon Valley makin' sure you get replaced
[CHORUS REPEATS]
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Occupied (Instrumental)
02:26
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The Crash (Instrumental)
01:37
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Rapture (Instrumental)
01:11
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Cruzin' (Instrumental)
03:42
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Khan is an Indo-Fijian American Hip Hop artist born and raised in California. Listen to his catalog consisting of 100% real raps, bangin beats, and creative collabs. Peace.
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