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Light Up

by Tha Reel and KNOW_L

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im chillin yea, im chillin hit the blunt let the smoke rise to the ceiling all i send is love to my competition [Repsyte]: got dank but its not about that time to turn around rap peace god now they know I'm really bout that life so sure I won't have to shout that twice have you ever been to south central? they can take you out simple lay you down really these niggas aint playin around with you not a gangster but theres crips who will bang it with no issue because you claim you got a blood relative hangin around with you be careful of who says they're staying down with you and being too proud will be leading the unproud to miss you better believe i'll sacrifice my pride have my possessions I actually like my life but i'll never put my rights aside just because you might decide it should all be over tonight better know that i'll fight let me keep flowing these rhymes keep growing with time leave alone the loner to write.. I'm just… chillin yea, im chillin hit the blunt let the smoke rise to the ceiling all i send is love to my competition... [Profit]: Place me as different, cut from a different cloth you have a different style, I have a tinder box. I like to bust out a rap about whatever though i think it keeps me sharp, keeps me clever, and on my toes. Heaven knows I have a fire inside me but as along as I keep breathing, dawg, that fire supplies me. That desire is blinding, but even though my weakness shows Stevie knows that won't deny me. I'm so so irie but I'm an Irish kid and I'm so-so rhyming.. but I like this shit! Dont spite on this, I'm high as shit and I'm just puffin around. You left your Mace at home? No Biggie dawg, we're runnin the town Any threats present themselves, we peel off and we smash cuz through all the drama my karma will pay off in laughs. TMG and The Exception, dawg, we make all the tracks you can relate to, now tell me, who has a problem with that??
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trying to throw me off of my focus? forget that, I'll sit back and roll this hold this in? I think not we're all a psychological mess life looks like an ink blot I'm fortunate to even see the light of day but who's to say i still can't see 16 shots? won't let the fear drive me to stay in theres too many beautiful scenes to play in we're all actors on stage according to Shakespeare the audience is applauding when you stand up and face fear it may takes years, but the hope never lessens things change so quickly gotta cope with progression something new every day keeps my flow interesting money is tight but its alright i'll grow from the tension attention thrown for a loop going in circles with negativity my heads like Kennedy blown from the shots thrown by liars who want to hide the truth one day they'll find it too I pray its not way too late by the time they do I'm still the most insecure don't know who I'm trying to fool my minds a tool that I can use to better myself even if i never get help my minds a tool that I can use to better myself even if i never get help thats why I stay loving how I'm coming along hell yea I got problems but nothing is wrong since nothing is perfect the struggle is worth it just rubbing the surface of coming to purpose had enough of hurting the person who's there for me most cuz i never cared to be close I want to change all that so tomorrow I won't have to say all that…. I hear the.. cry for attention and love but they'd rather call you crazy and give you some drugs I know its hard to find.. anyone who will listen when you want to scream an ear splitting cry its ok I'm here with ya Fly to the heights where they can't just pull us down no chance to fool around because we'll be damned if we don't do it now!
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ever changing never breaking clever stating how I'm living every day I'm meditating. I see a difference in how I see them living now give up the body, do it no need to wish it use the intuition make moves but this tango takes two get schooled without paying tuition keep the bitchin to yourself no one will listen forget it if they miss it I'm still on my mission I'm busy rich in the sense that I know how pay attention but the instance I'm rolling in riches they want to know my business like "oh em gee, I didn't know you did this" oh well.. theres a fuck! I didn't know you'd give this!!! oh holy ghost please let them know they don't know me still judging the old me but I'm growing so fast... HOLY MOLY =0 oh holy ghost please let them know they don't know me still judging the old me but I'm growing so fast...
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fresh slate but still my flesh takes to temptation can't stand my skin hate the situation I'm in but i love the feeling still haven't done enough to thrill, coming to grips with what is real and damn it, my mind cant handle it!! Manic and frantic this disadvantage has me in a panic wishing i could manage energy like Gambit Rather be wealthy and unhealthy than broke eating a caesar salad seems like there will always be a challenge my parents teach me to seek a balance that they don't even have shiiiiiiiit really…. who should I listen to? they say they spit the truth I won't believe it till I get the proof its a trip having my mind on this high i barely even noticed all the time that went by stuck in a rut with no luck just a hole in my gut and these unbust nuts from not giving a fuck
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Today 01:32
Theres an underlying pressure that pushes you to step up, so when you need a helping hand you wouldn't even question who to lean on, but the thing wrong about that is... How can you think for yourself if you never get to practice? The repetition has it sticking like a cactus from getting cash quick to flipping on a mattress.. If you fall off.. just get back in. Sometimes, its hard to understand like an accent Other times, you never know how it happened, but it did, you live with it, and thats it! If I could change it, my fashion would be action. Doing what I love the most, not caring for reaction. Only one life to give it still could never seem enough, thats why we all make a fuss and pray for an angel once in a while. But it keep it spontaneous until we combust! Not hanging on anyone but the people we can trust. Thats whats most valuable in my life. Every single move is like showing you a highlight. Really want to shine bright? better get your mind right Do it EVERY second... not only when the times right. Since I have no time to waste, I better throw those dirty old lies away. Pest test my will, but I'll find a way so the past won't overcast what I have TODAY.
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Take It 01:26
if theres a chance, I'll take it. expectations? i'll break them even if I don't win, my body won't be aching A sore loser will always want to see you hurt and bruising so they're secretly meaning it when they say break a leg we came to play just trying to get a slice of pie, hoping we can take the cake till then I'm chillin the highest in all black like the ace of spades since this clocks a weight on my shoulders like Flava Flav no better change of pace than living day to day the only time is now hell no, we can't do this at a later date never skeptical, always look for the best in you life is a battle, I'm the soldier next to shoot the cannon that'll have them spazzin but where theres a man down, I can heal him with understanding thrown sadden vibes, the average won't catch it cuz it still looks like I'm dancing through the masses' rose colored glasses
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NO different than you I wasn't first on this earth to be birthed a King life may hand me lemons but its worth it if I'm earning the squeeze bursting these verses keeps me learning how to turn it to sweet lemonade more than a minute made I've been a slave to this pen and page had timid days, been afraid out of my brain before I hit the stage get me blazed and its an instant change renegade with the lips to tame a wicked flame this part of me hardly wants to hide the heart of me arteries of honesty has me ending every sentence with "pardon me" but I'm really not sorry.. please! gotta get mine until me and the coffin meet don't stop the beat pump that bass, its the blood in my veins they're just trippin on the high from drugs and fame won't ever understand how much people love what they say then i guess i'll be the one to push something to change I gotta let it go and hope.. it'll come back to me.
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usually complacent turned student of the ages using information the way they say "you could be a Mason" you can love it, you could hate it won't mean I'll change it had many replacements but it'll never be the same, shit food for thought, you really need to taste it I'm in the flow like a smooth pick and roll dish it then get it back something like a give and go respect the technique so fresh like crest difficult is nothing check my chemical make up realize how difficult it is to wake up atoms collide when I'm rapping my lines It matters if only to me, but I'm still just the latter climbing ladders in my social status has them screaming I'm the baddest looking at me like I have them but I'm still looking for the answers on a quest, never rest forever watching as I'm working dropping this hip hop never stopping until I'm perfect
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No sleep in my future... Hyper ventilating at the thought that time isn't waiting What is it that I'm chasing? Whether love, money, or education.. I'm on it with no hesitation. Meditation soothes my agitation more than medication. The sensation has my pen waitin'. Compensating isn't what I'm contemplating, they haven't seen freedom like this since the President's inauguration. Conversation with God is making me honest. Staying on top of my game to stop the hate. Tempting images on TV has me reaching to turn off the station.. Selling embellished fetiches, its hellish.. they burn off of Satan. Death is celebrated.. they mourn often. Save it!!! Not the moment.. but the times of idle talking. Waiting.. For a savior but no one puts in the labor the way that they often say it. My people can sing together, tribal in the recital. Rivals pointing out rifles, I still deny them a title. When I speak they think I'm quoting disciples who wrote the Bible. Why fight you when I'm just like you? Breathe, eat, weep, sleep, and bleed just like I do. This is why I write you... Feeling like I could die soon.

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A spot light of events happening in the lives of Tha Reel. Where the darkness dwells, we wait to shine.

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released June 2, 2013

Writers: Repsyte (Recite), Profit, and Know_L (Knowledge Now Over Wisdom Later)

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Recite Los Angeles, California

Psychological havoc mixed with the spiritual magic of freedom. Redeemer of lost hope, believer in God. Speaker of ancient script, thinker of modern stature. Musical soul filled with rhythms of bio patterns makes this bibliophile a lover of the uncertain. Flowing with the current, never washed up. Bringing something to the table like a pot luck.. ... more

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