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It's Xav (prod. by The Xav)

from Black Duke by THE XAV

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    Tracklist:
    A1 Do The Math (prod. by The Bossmen)
    A2 Black Duke (prod. by Large Professor)
    A3 Short Money (prod. by The Xav)
    A4 Do What You Want To (prod. by Nottz)

    B1 Come On (prod. by Amazing Maze)
    B2 Bad Rap (prod. by Large Professor)
    B3 It‘s Xav (prod. by The Xav)
    B4 Find A Way (prod. by Nottz)

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    Tracklist:
    A1 Do The Math (prod. by The Bossmen)
    A2 Black Duke (prod. by Large Professor)
    A3 Short Money (prod. by The Xav)
    A4 Do What You Want To (prod. by Nottz)

    B1 Come On (prod. by Amazing Maze)
    B2 Bad Rap (prod. by Large Professor)
    B3 It‘s Xav (prod. by The Xav)
    B4 Find A Way (prod. by Nottz)

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    Tracklist:
    A1 Do The Math (prod. by The Bossmen)
    A2 Black Duke (prod. by Large Professor)
    A3 Short Money (prod. by The Xav)
    A4 Do What You Want To (prod. by Nottz)

    B1 Come On (prod. by Amazing Maze)
    B2 Bad Rap (prod. by Large Professor)
    B3 It‘s Xav (prod. by The Xav)
    B4 Find A Way (prod. by Nottz)

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lyrics

I aint do nothing that no other rapper ever done
Except avoid smoking dope kids and pack a gun
But I’m a dope kid smoking words like a gun smoking afterwards
Pack it on then the track is done
Grew from a nuance of influences
Aint new to this it’s new to you though
But you already knew of this
I had an afro and charismatic as far as that go its all genetic
Rap flow you won’t forget it
I chase the rhyme game down like it was strong liquor
To a weak drinker the weak thinker they wont get that pitcher
I’m not incomparable and not a player on the same field
As those compared to but you better beware too
I’m bruising egos with my attempt to get it poppin
Leaving stunts with stints drip bags and OxyContin
I’m underpaid under the table over rap
Now understand under a label you’re buried underground over rap

It’s Xav
It’s Xav

My strategy avoiding the tragedy of seeing the collapse of rap
Before my caskets in a resting spot
I wreck shop and build another on the next block
The overhaul and all will cause ya empire to fall
A rhyme session is my prized possession watching the heads turn
I guess it’s kinda like a possession
Devious and evil or not the mic rots
Crumbling to mumbling rap in fact it seems to be all you got
Salute one of the lone greats bully the rhyme right out of em
Nothing is blocked off just knocked off
Sharp with the pitch forked tongue
Sharper then them sharpened again
Sharp as a chedared out grin
The 24th letters the first
The first is the second
The 22nd’s the third
Forthcoming reckoning
I’m young and old here before and again
Say my name and you’ll be back for more that’s the sin

It’s Xav
It’s Xav

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from Black Duke, released September 18, 2020
Produced by The Xav.
Mixed & Mastered by Carsten Daembkes.

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THE XAV Philadelphia

Black Duke comes to you after a 37 year practice in hip hop forms.
It began as The Psyche trip. A look at the dark side of being an artist fighting depression. During the making of the album, writing new songs served as a form of therapy and the concepts changed.
Black Duke is about fighting, Surviving conflict and proving that longevity does matter in a form that is associated with youth. ... more

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