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DAMIEN

from DAMIEN by Notebook.

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Look at how I get painted
Talking down on my name 'til I took it out and then banged it
Shook the town when I came and I put a frown on their faces
I'm Damien
About to put them down in their places
For all the misconceptions. You're wrong with them perceptions
We are not the same, I'm at the top of my profession
Something in my brain said I should follow its direction
And raise hell for the problems they have left in
My path again, I was always so adamant
About getting the bag from a classic record and cashing in
20 years later, I'm steady imagining
This could be my Illmatic. Watch it spread like a pathogen
I hit the scene and they had a fit. Envious of the wrath of it
This is me when my back's against the wall
And they'd rather see me fall before getting cream for my raps and shit
Try to kill me but I rise up like I'm Lazarus

They say, boy, you out your damn mind
Because I'm in the deep-end with my hands tied
Niggas is mad because I can't die
Lot of people got murdered for being Anti
Y'all left me no option
Now they all flee when I pop up
Yeah, boy, I'm out my damn mind
Jesus Christ, I'm Anti

They say, boy, you out your damn mind
Damn right, yeah. Damn right
They say, boy, you out your damn mind
Damn right, yeah. Damn right
Y'all left me no option
Now they all flee when I pop up
Yeah, boy, I'm out my damn mind
Jesus Christ, I'm Anti

Swallowed my pride
Sat with myself, prayed to God for my time
Been elite, at my peak, since I got in my prime
But I might be too Real / Reel when I drop a highlight
I'm tryna' rise 'til I glide like I'm Clyde
In the air just like Mike or LeBron from the dotted line
Why do they treat me like I don't belong
Egregious, but I'm dope as all them weak MCs that keep on being promoted all week
It seems like the culture's gone. Either that or I'm really a demon
Yeah, I read the tweets you be posting, dawg
That's why I'm going off. Limits, I don't know it all
Blow your brains out for pretending that you're a know-it-all
Because I got the juice, I'm B.I.G with a Pac influence
With a little Nas & Wu. Won't miss with an opportunity
The devil must be living through my raps and shit
Out your fucking mind tryna' bury Lazarus

They say, boy, you out your damn mind
Because I'm in the deep-end with my hands tied
Niggas is mad because I can't die
Lot of people got murdered for being Anti
Y'all left me no option
Now they all flee when I pop up
Yeah, boy, I'm out my damn mind
Jesus Christ, I'm Anti

They say, boy, you out your damn mind
Damn right, yeah. Damn right
They say, boy, you out your damn mind
Damn right, yeah. Damn right
Y'all left me no option
Now they all flee when I pop up
Yeah, boy, I'm out my damn mind
Jesus Christ, I'm Anti

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from DAMIEN, released November 20, 2023

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Notebook. Morgantown, West Virginia

Notebook. is an Alternative / Hip-Hop Musician that has been breaking down the boundaries between genres for seventeen years, all while putting his graphic, movie-like journey sonically on display. Limitation in Art is not a rule that he abides by, and the extreme highs and gut-wrenching lows of Notebook.'s life-experience is what also makes his work so relatable. ... more

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