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Short Money (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

Brain dead’s the consumer
Rumor is that all my rhymes tainted
Sit in brain like tumors
No mans land descendant rhythm and rhyme vet
Creator of the unheard of but you aint heard me yet
My game is just as long as tall sally I’ve learned the essence
From old soul greats and breaks to re –assemble
My ensembles are recognizable symbols
Cause documents are monuments for me to conversate with
The most def of emcees expression is now
Depression was then but now it’s depression of sound
While I invent they re-invent I’m authentically shaped
More angles than any other geometrical configurator
Paragraphs are telegraphed into telegrams of
Parallelograms when sounds enter
Ya brain cavity I shine like jewelry
This is how I speak the language of people with short money

I represent
The people who speak
The language of people with short money

I represent the people who speak the language of people with shorts short money

If money talks and bs walks I’ll give you a ride cousin
It’s in my character to simply keep it simple and plain
But complication is the complicated part of my name
I go for broke speak when spoken to then English is broken
Then back on track with the patch bay the cause of effects
I go off with the drum on write all through the margins
Write all run on sentences then break them apart again
God the mighty knows about
Speaking in tongues about what you did but you never done it admit it and quit it
And here’s to it a toast to boast with the braggers
Make you understand how this underground plays the loudest you see
A starving artist is the brokest I’m hungry
Cause I speak the language of people with short money

I represent
The people who speak
The language of people with short money
I represent the people who speak the language of people with shorts short money

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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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