Fear Makes The Wolf

by L

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1.	Meditate 03:19	lyrics	buy track
Now I am returning gracefully, respectfully earning Time on earth fast and passionate learning Actions causing actual heads turning Earning rhyme typer, no mistakes, nice kerning I flip scripts, quick off the tip Not a quitter, won't quit. Beats broken? L will fix Like mechanics with machines, things, devices Slick like grease, stay fluid and priceless 365 rocking cutting out jive talking Be secure in yourself like your own kind of life locking I got rhymes, pages after page No stage too large for the crowd to engage And wave a hand left, the signal People so excited by the truth, all original As stated years back in Japan, in fact Forever known IND is never just the next act We counteract, bring it back, tracks stack Next batter up, batting home run raps Base to bass, 808s, and kicks Keep going, light it up like a matchstick flick It's all it takes, one chance, one break One meeting, one fate, one rap, one date Two seconds and life's still moving The space between moments is yours to do with
2.	The Wolf 02:12	lyrics	buy track
The wolf's there hiding, waiting, biding Striding, hidden like riding hood sightings Mysterious, soon to be serious A gaze from the wolf can leave one feeling delirious And questioning your sanity, vanity Even non-cussers may result to profanity It's taking hold, maybe no one told You how it could mold you more than gold Life-changing, if it gets closer, it pains me To say it could change you, I'll say it plainly Feel numbness in your extremities Waves of adrenaline rushing through you chemically There's a sense for you to flee, or to fight it Try it, the wolf cares not, it might bite with Teeth, sharper, but what's even deeper A life full of fear on the level of the reaper You can't escape it, the wolf's territory is All-encompassing and all predatory Stalking, hunting, confronting For me, there was nothing until I found one thing Something taught, humanize it with a name Empathize with the beast and accept its claim It's your partner, maybe for life, start with The fact it might be one thing you can't part with And the wolf wanders on, into the woods Until we meet again
3.	The Mindset 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Flipping lyrics like a pop artist team About to switch it up like the darkest theme I'm tightening my laces. Ready for the "hikening" Making up words, grammar Nazis feel the frightening I shine a light. My tendency to brighten things In the dark I spark keep eyeing me It's not a test so please stop trying me I know all the letters from ABC to MIC And everything to survive. I've Found three to thrive. The first is the prize Beats aplenty. A backlog wise The second it's obvious right before your eyes Rhymes, raps, lyrics. That's that Those two things in the legend on your map The third is different it's life yes The moments you live day and night. Guess How it comes together? Piece by piece Life brings raps and raps bring beats And vice versa. The cycle. The circle It's power for the walls you can burst through For the glass ceiling collapsing The feared unknown and barriers you're passing It's a culture. A mindset. And mine's set Excited for the things I haven't even tried yet
4.	One Rhyme 02:15	lyrics	buy track
Yo I'm flipping. Just a little taste like sipping Give me a pen and pad I'll tear it up like ripping Pages. Keep them all intact for ages Yesterday's work praised in later stages Developed fully. I try and keep it cooly Bully. Step back or feel the heat like wooly OK. On the mic, today is the L'errific in a different way Yo I'm slow. Make me wanna keep my voice low Whatever I'm saying I'm saying 'cause I know Beats dirtier than the bottom of my feet I eat a chopped loop and scoop the mids sweet Bass-heavy. Rumbling like old Chevys Plus the gift of gab like Mr. Ruxpin teddy Ready. The I to the N to the D To the dropping MCs by the count of 3 Like 1, 2, 3, and 4 Count on me to break it down once more Cause I'm learning and while the planet keeps turning All the monsters of the world want to see the world burning I want to see it growing. Green trees flowing Grass crunch, sack lunch, reusable bag owning From windy days rainy days to sunshine And outside to inside. From one word to one rhyme
5.	Identity 02:35	lyrics	buy track
I'm on a quest to find an identity From tribe to soul where I know I'd find plenty Some clean and some nasty and ill I found one infamous and deeper still I should follow it the technique is leading me The star shines bright and still somehow hard to see Feeling villainous and mad I'm not popping It's like I'm half steppin' with each step walking I'm serious. It's business as usual I'll be searching till infinity. It's crucial To keep running. A jewel to be found It'll be one for all. This brand new sound Is knocking me out but I play it Cool J Tend to get 2 hype since a Kid n' Play I'm on a trip like a far bizarre ride Breaking atoms in stride when the mic and I collide Up high, or even at street level The day feels big so give it a chance daredevil It's natural, it's nature, done by the forces Enter 36 Chambers I endorse it Time to get some eyes on this Change my look. A wolf in sheep's clothes and get a grip And take charge while I'm young A diamond in the rough straight forged from my lungs
6.	Daily Sketch 02:25	lyrics	buy track
Wake up from a twin bed. Ruffled covers. Back tweaked 4 AM. Tired eyes. Kinda drowsy. Little sleep Mind foggy drink water settle down Eat a bit hit the desk no time to meddle around And around the day keeps going Me and my keyboard trying to get our code flowing Talking game dev. Independent type Me and my main man Mat making games to delight Peeps of all ages. Our scripts take pages New to the scene but we're older like wise sages Without the wisdom. We'll get there maybe Second game coming out been working on it daily Trying to learn art, concepts, and math Social marketing. Whatever it takes to last But there's always frustrations. Things are not in Unity Sometimes it's like what's this machine trying to do to me It's trying to give me grey hairs Sitting at this desk but it's like I'm doing stairs Nervous twitches from all the glitches Patience. It'll come together like stitches And I'll be feeling fly like witches Releasing to the mass en masse with no riches And repeat the process Every day is a day where we don't care what the boss says That's my daily picture
7.	Whatever Happens 02:26	lyrics	buy track
Yo I'm tripping, with just a low voice like Pippen Give me a pen and pad, I'll cut it up like clipping Pages, I write them all out in stages First is the intro, the last pays the wages To all, upon us, I'm dropping the bombest Explosive verses, juxtaposed by the calmest MC, friendly, functioning and fending Off lazy beats, I'm crazy rule-bending Like mailmen sending, writtens all pending Open up the envelope, send hope trending Votes count, miraculous, differences are made Bring it to the light, in the night, in the shade Whatever happens, happens Attracting, thinkers and doers, producers, those rapping To all those clapping, head nod, napping Thanks for the good times, good feels, and good laughing I'm snapping, poetic type trapping Independent tracking and broke backpacking Cause some days - I'm on the microphone one way Skin in the game I smooth it out like Olay I need to relax, too much, in fact Can't stop, react, keep together like a tact Beats come natural, I'm naturally knacked It's a factual fact, I sample more than just wax, you know
8.	The Way 02:03	lyrics	buy track
This is the way, Mandalorians say About to get paid, from the rhymes I made Like one buck, two bucks, three bucks, four Wealthy happy, happy when poor Or, happy on tour, man Not too old to fly more than The circumference, of this planet Weak stuff banned it, the music can manage Circumnavigate the entire world Lose grip, on a trip like twirls Head back to the place I was made Naha grade, with the same cut fade Is it, always, about getting paid? The fittest survive, this is the way When L plays sizzle like filet Drizzle words away when the tongue starts to sway Lips smack quick, I'm like let her rip Then cut, snip, by a simple wrist flip Gotta ask, am I, contributing? Riveting peeps like when the chorus sing In unison, heavenly fluid when Raps keep coming, I'll do it till it do me in Life is kind of tricky No amount of yellow sticky notes can hold what I'm flipping Bye for now I'm back, on track, on pace, on tap Another L rap, IND dap Handclap, fan-ta-stick stack Style so free, kinda like Harry Mack Is, kind of, mine's all written Back on the scene like Munny Unforgiven Beat's in place made from intuition Tune in with your mind like ears listen Full transmission, over airwaves Hungry like bears awake from bear caves Like I'm hibernating, sad to say I'm bright eyed now this is the way
9.	Let Me Explain 02:30	lyrics	buy track
Let's start with a name. A single letter it's the L Well if nothing's ringing bells still have so much to tell For this intro. I'll sell my beats and if I fell I'm falling for the rawness only comes from the spell You know hip hop beats drop. My seats hot hell My manuscripts swell cause they're penned by me Tell those in vicinity words drop like shells And ring truth like bells and stick around like caramel And my last name it's common. Johnson Like a siren stay calm and duck I'm dropping mad bombing I like to make thick beats. Thicker than the thickest sheets And burn up the mic like it's some candle wax wick heat Fit to speak. Fit to treat audiences fit to seek Something more aged at least. Young at heart with age increase Years add up. They add up. We can't back up Like tracks they all stack up like bases loaded batter up Hacking up nouns and verbs. Kid you know I'm racking up The score every word a point and now it's all stacking up I'm talking like I'm chatting up. I like my beats fattened up One day I'll be packing up this mic for now I'm acting up So hear me coming. I'm moving like I'm drumming Swaying like I'm humming. Feeling like I'm loving Reeling like I'm dubbing. Dancing like I'm clubbing This track so dirty grab a bounty start the scrubbing
10.	Restart 02:25	lyrics	buy track
This story is written from day one to present Honor the mic takes this word so pleasant Even if I were to pause for a second I will never be still. The evidence is wrecking Now as I write chow to chew Dangerous fats the discussion is proof Inherited ability and all crew members Vie to rock mics hot like hot embers Instilled deep like genes Dynamically changing and rearrange things Universal this purpose is fact Always following the word like contracts Loving and delivering like next acts Such as me fronting? Never cause L's back Zero times I wrote a half a' rhyme Nine lines ago I knew you were mine These bars now rolling like cars Otherworldly stars and shining from afar Never will we part, together it's a spark Obviously art off and rolling from the start Will the L depart like one-hit wonders from charts? You can guess no never ever apart All bite no bark on my sleeve my heart Exclamation point, part for now then restart
11.	Dopamine 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Now I was never taught to think I'd overestimate What things that I could do, what rules to bend or keep straight I'm a straight shooter, straight looper, like a hula hooper If we're talking info-technology then I'm a Root booter Uber root sudo, flipping like judo When I hit the studio I get spicy like menudo So you go first, I'm never far behind My kind lets people pass and like mass, we pray to find A simple destination, some people want the truth Are we alone in the cosmos, an isolation booth Is there a greater calling or meaning Treating the life we live is fleeting like packed theater seating I'm meeting your brain in this very intimate way Directly through your ear stored forever infinite stay Always recall this you're an individual A being who is capable and truly unpredictable This song is like a ritual repeat it Or play it back seated or standing at attention if it's needed Greet it, play it, move your body swaying Playing what your brain is making dopamine, it's all escaping Cause it's fun, and chill, and all kinds of time to build The future from the past and like grass we grow to fill The surface and deeper like a lighthouse keeper Shine a light on all the sleepers wake them just like a beeper
12.	You Want None 02:01	lyrics	buy track
I'll grab your mind with these words concentrated Illness confiscated but I'm sharing it, I'm nice Words don't have to rhyme for me to be so precise Nope, I just splice whatever works for the price Yeah, and you can say I'm a square like dice Still, I'll make the choice right, man or mice Tonight, we feast like sushi and rice More popular like Apple and Feist Keep it free kid, money really has no place And I'm still dedicated to this beat like faith I got a job. I do it. And prove it Drop a little beat like this on the side then move it No delaying cause I'm nice and smooth Leaving parties backward like Chill B Groove Lounging like the dude. Tactics crude Me with a pen and pad is like a chef with food 5 stars. 24 bars. All delish You wish you didn't stink like fish after I dish I'm crazy. I write whatever. Maybe I'm lazy It don't phase me, this poetic phrasing It's all about flowing. Continuous A muted track couldn't even begin to hinder this Magic. Fireworks. You're excited Bright skies lit up by this mic I've ignited
13.	Not Never 02:33	lyrics	buy track
Not a good DJ, not a great MC Not a fake rapper, never had a Ben-Z Never had a Beemer, never had gold chains Did wear medallions of Jump Man Jordan fame Never had an SP 1200 but I Took out a loan for an MPC to buy Mother co-signed it, paid it off quickly Made so many beats indoors I looked sickly Never got a deal, never signed a contract Never made a cent and no label rep contact Never thought about how the music would end up It's all out of love, making songs with my friends what! Never thought I would be saying this I wish I never stopped rhyming, feels like a faded kiss You see there's so much I missed on Nothing I can do but make it up with the next song And keep a good habit going Never not knowing and never not flowing Never is the finite, the opposite the same Never is forever still I'm always in the game Never did I think I'd fall in love at age 43 Never would I change a thing, never would I never be And if you still don't know me I'm L from IND
14.	Drawing Breath 02:36	lyrics	buy track
Take a breath, sit back a bit For a moment, you're owning it It's yours to keep and yours to love Yours to repeat, it's yours to dub Not tired now, you're on fire now So in the mood deep down feeling inspired now Step outside and take a breath Fill your lungs and feel how the air is kept Feel the coolness, close your eyes Hold your breath, count to five Let the wave take over you Can't stop it, not a thing to do There's the panic and all the fear And all the worry and all despair You're still there and still present You're still running, stay still to end it Or give it time, give it space Give it life, give it a face Your attention to the matter is spot on Rapid heartbeat like a rock star, rock on Follow advice and follow what works Don't follow nothing hollow tolerance might burst Tomorrow might be better or it might be worse Remember how life always starts breath first

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released April 9, 2021

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L Seattle, Washington

Love making music, especially hip-hop or alternative stuff. I've been fortunate to work with and record music with lots of great friends over the years in different countries. Hoping to continue that into the future as well as work on my own little projects. ... more