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TRAUMA BOND

by a.K.aye, [somn.ok]

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1.
kinshasa 01:31
Make ‘em say Bumaye a.K.aye Cuz with no permit They can’t parlay I’m the authority Over the majority That be boring me Acting all orderly Scary that I be out Of the ordinary And carry components That be necessary form and content And if they ain’t content Then I’m penetrating Ear drums with no consent Peep the method I got perfected They say “that’s sick” But it don’t look infected My delivery about Pushing the Envelope While you too scared to even make a quote To all these cliches These days, Your days are number Ed Level 5 storm In your Indian summer Rains when it pours, messing up your structure On the same level, Never was I above ya Why can’t we all eat At the same table? Too divisive that Division is enabled On the same page, Never judge book upfront In the cypher, Passing mics and rolled up blunts Taking it easy In these hard times Still in my thirties, Making beats and writing rhymes Squashing the beef, To increase the peace Dollars circulating but ain’t the top priority If no one won’t do it, Than I will Ain’t getting any younger As I’m remaining idle No Competition, Hashing out all of my rivals With my palms on Quran Instead of a Bible
2.
ginseng 01:24
Into the introspective Direction Narrative may vary In a scary type of way But it’s ok, Somehow someway As I manage the damage control incorporated Somehow makes sense In a sense But don’t lose patience When waiting For the legend, wait for it, In case you lactose intolerant Got milk? More hungry for apples Get me a Big Mac and All the fries I can handle Bottomless pit With no end in sight Get ‘em with Metabolism, As I’m looking light They say we getting “fat”, But who feed us? Giving us food when We don’t need it Dropped hella pounds It’s an achievement Scarred by stretch marks, When you see it But ain’t a slacker, I work hard my shit When I’m on my phone I’m writing rhymes to spit No cap but all Kap, Hella Villainous Feeling this intricate Plot to take out my arch nemesis Like Eric Cartmen To Scott Tenorman Tell them man Beating my chest Like King Kong….. Bundy (Jason sound) Better run from me Hacker, slasher, Not your average rapper Studying your every move Like taskmaster Got a question, Already got a answer Like Sway to Kanye In the morning after
3.
No one above the law, Getting caught up eventually Head above water as I’m sweating out these calories Bouncing out from All these different hourlies Timing transitions and it’s getting me to where I need Happy where I’m at, But ain’t gettin too comfortable Looking for the next move and What everybody else won’t do Above and beyond, 2023 til infinity They could put me away, But it ain’t gon’ get rid of me Playing the smallest violin And conducting the symphony Getting these uppity types Real jittery Classier than Your legitimate bachelors If I was blowing smoke, Then it would be right after Too fast for these slow types, And Vice to the versa Working off commission And I’m making a murder Under the radar, I can sneak undetected Covering my tracks, Keeping my guard protected You in the bee hive And I’m a survivor The type to panic when You see some burning fire I avert disaster or Handle my business properly While you favor Commodity over camaraderie
4.
play by play 02:10
Don’t stand too close to the TV definition low, I can hardly see make out the visuals, Nostalgia in the past Looking deep into The world behind the glass Runaway letters better Than suicide notes Wishing harm to no one, Got love for my folks Need a vacation Take me paradise So, I’m telling my vision To keep my mind occupied Waiting to take flight, Back of the line on my boarding pass But I’ll get there fast Flipping through channels, Traverse through different turfs Alternate realities, Exploring the multiverse Opening portals Where other places is canon Jumping off tangents & Making sense of what’s random Connecting dots like Constellations Out of manifestation , Reality we creating outside the box, drawing conclusions Past the surface, Seeing through the illusions Passing the time and Letting my mind decompress Choosing to forget With no regrets Choose my own adventure, As I flip through channels I mean, whatever streaming Service ain’t canceled
5.
desserts 02:05
Making sense of all of this anxiousness is acting up Trying to find the meaning, As I’m staring down my coffee cup Black as the abyss, As I’m going down the pit And without no second thought, I don’t like overthink Deal with the consequences later, cuz I knew the risks Nothing new to me, So, I ain’t even new to it Mind ain’t fixed and don’t want stay here for too long As I feel Restlessness and it’s hard for me to stay calm Feeling myself But don’t feel like myself Detrimental to my mental health Should I get help? Just to get well Only time can tell If I can make my way To my happy place To a set location Hidden far away Safe from negativity Safe from Bad energy Safe from toxicity And the pressures Of co-dependency 2x
6.
gonzo 03:02
If fortune favors The bold Glad I didn’t sell my soul Not yet, knock on wood show these baddies what’s good Low key on a level, Take on you on a trip Point of my view is Outlandish Outsider looking in With no guidance Above limitations When I drop science No intellect property, Concept of free will Frozen in a stasis, Don’t mean your chill Here to get heads To nod in agreement And strike vital nerves With the realest Activate, Stimulate, Both sides of the brain Lames better stay In your lane Ain’t doing nothing To change the game In favor of the bold, I’ve gone insane Told you…. Doing what your favorite Rapper won’t do Watch my every move, On what I’m gon’ do Put ‘em to sleep Like soul food Put ‘em to sleep Like Goku Put ‘em to sleep With no snooze If they sleeping on you, wake em the fuck up If they beefing with you, wake em the fuck up They ain’t believing in you, wake em the fuck up And if they see what ain’t true, Well, then that’s tough luck Maybe I and I Find peace of mind In time and why I come to realize All in my head Said it’s all in my head now All in my head (It’s all in my head) Keeping my mind Preoccupied To let all the pain Subside Little bit of me Died inside And why I don’t bother to try To make Fake friends Don’t make amends And In the end I comprehend Everything as It’s makes sense And if there’s no payoff, you got the right to be greedy Funny how they hit me up, Only if they need me So, pay me what you owe me, Not necessarily monetary Compensate me with respect Just to make me legendary

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Collaboration between the art known as a.K.aye and his accomplice/beat-maker, somn.ok. In an effort to paint a picture about dealing with mental health.

In commemoration of the month it's released, we're dedicating this album to anybody who's ever dealt or currently dealing with those hardships.

~a.K.aye

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released May 17, 2023

Written by Alvin Animo.
Produced by Sean Bautista
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Alvin Animo
Album Art by Shaunte Neely
Released through Guilty Liberals Collective

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