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Self Sabotage

by Vince The Messenger

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1.
[Verse] I can't get enough of these rhythms My skull is phobia ridden Cool on the surface so the fear it stay hidden What scare me the most, is when I don't feel I fit in It's awkward, I notice you probably don't see the symptoms I mean I'm itching, I'm scratching it seems my skin is reacting My heart it stay bumping, over the track A stream of conscious when I rap, ain't a word I'm taking back What's the purpose over that, as long as morals stay intact, yo Scars run deep through my whole fucking anatomy Scars run deep through my whole fucking anatomy Scars run deep through my whole fucking anatomy A troubled past is passing me, future not in reality Caffeine over calories, depleted energy Watch me catch a second wind, I'm sprinting fast from A to B And you know that be my solace, with my feet up sipping tea Cause it's anguish running rampant, run until I R I P, uh Cold hearted, you don't want no beef started see Then my blood boil at a higher degree I feel you plotting, why you eyeing on me You can get it like some cheddar, get shredded at ease I watch em fall like the leaves In peak autumn, watch ‘em turn and switch on ya Seems the snakes stay lurking even after lawn shortened It must be that some serpents, function three sixty-five And if your back stay exposed, they have the means to survive So I’m cloaked up, ain’t nobody getting through to me How he jumping to the top, but come second like Luigi Pockets is green though, lettuce and jalapeños And a few bad bitches just to satisfy the ego Rugged on the inside, imma keep the ends tied Go and mind your business it ain't nothing to see Surface looking proper, circus running beneath The elephants is running rampant, you in the way of stampedes
2.
Dominos 02:51
[Verse 1] I'm ashing cigarettes, and I ain't even smoke ‘em Reciting lyrics, and I ain’t ever wrote ‘em Feelings got me fucked up, like the bottom of the totem As I struggle with my strength, they on my back, I’m trying hold em Hold it back is what they told me, hold them back is what they told him Hold my bag if he got problems, I won’t hesitate to fold him Everyday I’m in the laboratory, perfecting my potions Pot bubbles, witches brew, please stand back it just might scold him Holding gold inside my heart, I stay true straight from the start Seems as though our stars aligned, but we are planets apart My plans is just looking candid, cause planning for me is hard Rather life be unpredicted, thats just breeding grounds for art Its really getting to me, shit I’m often mellow moody Searching for my chest of rubies, no I do not want you doobies Sound is off, I’m watching movies, fuck you doing talking to me? You should walk up out of here, sorry I can’t hang with goofies [Chorus] I set em up to knock em down like dominos I set em up to knock em down like dominos They snaking round the city, they gon’ fall like dominos Watch em, watch em fall like dominos I set em up to knock em down like dominos I set em up to knock em down like dominos They snaking round the city, they gon’ fall like dominos Watch em, watch em fall like dominos [Verse 2] I’m back by popular demand, so I demand attention Another message for ass, so I hope you learn your lesson Indecisive like a curse, always stuck on second guessing Like my gut don’t ever work, or my psyche just don’t trust it Aye, I’m in cycle with some weed liquor My innocence could not leave me quicker I’m on the hunt, searching for elixir Or a better way that I could live forever Forever ever, all I’m really after I know my body is just matter, it don’t really matter Shit get sadder if you let it, superficial habits Fall victim to the pattern, now your soul distracted [Chorus] I set em up to knock em down like dominos I set em up to knock em down like dominos They snaking round the city, they gon’ fall like dominos Watch em, watch em fall like dominos I set em up to knock em down like dominos I set em up to knock em down like dominos They snaking round the city, they gon’ fall like dominos Watch em, watch em fall like dominos
3.
Flex 3000 03:04
[Verse] Woke up pretty early taste of blood in my mouth I’m out the door with my shorty, after spitting it out I ain’t brush my teeth, pop a tic-tac, its pretty sweet that Pale denim sliced contrast with the knee cap Motivated still, by the grungy motherfuckers Who surfaced out from gutters, ran with something cause they loved it Turning nothings into somethings, you still act like you above it You ain’t never been as low as where you learning something from it These are raps from out dungeon, came to slay the dragon Prepare to feel a flow loose like pants that fit Aladdin You are softer than some satin, beware of the assassin He hunting for the weak on which he deal batch of damage You can’t handle it all, you ain’t found if you lost I won’t count on a cross, I sense your prophet is false I know it ain’t no ones fault, but have you gave it some thought The answers probably not, that only thickens the plot And pot bubbles, please don’t let it boil over No use wasting tears steady crying on the coldest shoulder Cheese scented, know my pockets holding dairy odour Meditative thoughts make me levitate like master Yoda The force is strong with this one, a psychoactive vision Your luck is nonexistent, you stupid with superstition Compelling and he gifted, most his clothes you know he thrifted Moses flow through open waters, pocket gold from sand he sifted The speech like venom innit, heart and soul that shit cemented Better know that word is bond so if I said it then I meant it Leave you pessimistic, with these raps as fresh as spinach Eyes popping, I deliver and you get the message Clean finish, like I’m licking the plate DNA lack bitch, want beef I serve steak Get your earth quacked quickly, skull spun like frisbee If the funds don’t come, then they must not get me I’m ill, parasitic, like it’s rotting the flesh But within the same breath staying lemony fresh Type to scream fuck 12, till’ I’m meeting my death And if that day come soon, know that hell will be blessed Yes You in the presence of peasants Guess it’s the essence of adolescence the way I’m protesting Must got me fucked up Fist balled, cause anyone getting roughed up Watch how you move in my den son, get lunch rushed Respect get earned round here If you thinking you cold, get burned round here Please Respect get earned round here If you thinking you cold, get burned round here
4.
Dunce Cap 01:42
[Verse] Hope you feel stupid like dunce cap fitting tight Better make a run from the beast it’s coming out at night When he on the mic you can catch him spitting dolomite Bass shaking vases and wrecking shit like a poltergeist Raw fish let it slice thick Like the bitch booty quick to be pressing on my dick It’s natural instinct like flatulence it stink Thats a reference to the bud stuffed into my spliff Sheesh, I got pockets leaking currency Wallet dripping fifties like I just committed burglary Precision with the writtens, on the stage performing surgery You’ll never catch me slipping see I’m only ever flourishing But you, your doom is inevitable Better sprout some wings soon, chugging the reddest of bulls Got me feeling slumped like the cannabis edibles Damn that shit deadly like they lacing with fentanyl No need to tell me, I’m well aware of my higher level Performing in a blonded form, this my saiyan special A young alchemist making gold out of instrumentals Powers is telekinetic warping and bending metal Around the bend again, brain bursting with mescaline Death on the horizon due to wishes made by many men Awfully menacing, taste of my own medicine Poisoning annoyance stop me short of ending sentences
5.
[Verse 1: Vince The Messenger] Kicking over tables, make some room for me Kicking down your doors, shit I heard you had some loot for me Punching into ears, shit I rap the way a tuba speak Swank it drip like syrup, but I promise you ain’t nothing sweet Black and static how they colour me My psyche have me acting all erratic when I burn the weed Reason for your murder, shit thats something that your purse could be So hand it over easy, look I’m only here for currency Cut the bullshit, you know how we ranking (uh) Skanking it easy, its easy we skanking Easy as E when he left with, whole lot a questions unanswered Quest to the top of the bucket, posers imposing your sanctions Thank him, he the reason for your new enlightened mind state Slime get to tripping, then we quick to raise the crime rate I’m late, never, sport the Casio for time sake You can probably catch him swinging through the jungle like a primate Now look who moving smoother than criminals Never clear case cut, cause his message subliminal Ou that cranium leaking something, and oozing all over em Let it flow to your veins, doses of audio-opium Potent punches to your stomach, striking low, you never ducking ‘em Ducats in his wallet, why you startled at the sight of him punches to your stomach, looking low, you never ducking ‘em Ducats to your wallet, why you startled at the sight of him [Verse 2: Marquis & The Squid] Startled by the sight Of the kid With the pink on his head Like the pussy in the bed Shorty grippin’ on my squid Leave me drippin’ till I'm dead Teach a lesson to these kids Don't be messin’ the squid Leave you wit no high tonight Blow up like we dynamite Out of orbit out of sight Multiply like bad like bad advice Parasitic y’all parasites Tunnel vision on the fucking product I be fucking damned if I die tonight No snakes shits airtight Watch for them snakebites Despite what they tell you They creepin’ in daylight These rappers is playing They think that I play nice Think l won't bite ‘em and leave em for tailpipes [Verse 3: Lil Slime] A year ago I woulda said I’ve been in love before But now I’m knowing’ better than to trust what my brain take me for Got one foot out the door But the other stuck back in the porch I’m tryna make sure that my lights is on Don’t care about a Porsche If shit had stayed on track right now I’d be in Raleigh But this life ain’t owe you shit Ain’t got yo back, and it’s not sorry I just wanna say I’m sorry that I ever put my faith in you I let this happen twice, forgot you always drop the other shoe Pliers gripped in my fist yanking out my fucking teeth Whats the use of all them shits if I ain’t got the bread to eat Puncture my lungs cause I’m done caring if I fucking breath I’m through with this world, I wanna rest in peace 6 feet
6.
Sandstone 02:54
[Chorus] He got the world inside his hands, now what he gon’ do We got the world inside our hands, now what we gon’ do You got the world inside your hands, now what you gon’ do I got the world inside my hands, now what I’m supposed to do [Verse 1] I been thinking like, I don’t wanna live this life Not the suicidal type, but maybe I ain’t living right Feeling passion dying if they pin me to this nine to five Survival just for nothing if you just don’t ever feel alive Feelings that I kept inside, trapped inside this mind of mine Bottled up, the bottles up, swallow all that sits inside Wallowing in sorrow, son you’ve only got yourself to find Self to blame, self to hate, self sabotage in every line Shit, I’m too quick to dismiss it, my fear is that I’m too different But too akin to make difference, you see I’m trapped in this system You paint me black as a villain, in hopes that I do become one So you can curb and destroy me, you call me urban and clueless The fact of the matter I know exactly where clues is Steady exposing your bogus, you can’t mistake for stupid You slipping, I see it leaving, you worried you’ll lose it That karma does harm you if you have proved you deserve it I set my people free, I plan past mediocrity I’m socrates, the way that I embody this philosophy Stopping me, thats hard to see, unless you plan on offing me An offer to the most high, still dripping blood on the leaves I feel it, but it’s something missing, shit can change up in an instant Had these dreams like since an infant, dreams of being something different So fuck who just can’t see the vision, fuck who just can’t see the vision [Verse 2] Look I done came out the dirt, my bones sandstone And I know how it hurt, my family lost home My life on the line, I’m at a crossroads The road I take, less traveled on, all that I know Fuck it, I ain’t into this, sinning I ain’t innocent Scholar was not an interest, he rather blow on the internet Indigo higher intellect, brain matter been heaven sent So if you looking for me, I’m knocking at the pearly gates
7.
Mr. Sun 02:22
[Verse 1] Brought it to fruition, I’m reminiscing ‘bout simpler days Its really been a minute since I been high off the haze I’ve really been a victim, you can tell in my face They spit in my face, they curse at my race The race is still on though, roll it up in a Fronto Leaf, let me leave I ain’t really into all those Fumes you consume, so I’m out the room pronto I’m gonzo, out in somewhere you can’t follow They follow the leader but thats a dying breed Some rather get lost than lose, rather die than grieve And I feel it, I don’t - fear my spirit, I don’t hear their lyrics I know - they not sincere with, what they telling you Sipping water trying find my way to hidden truths Its cause of them that we won’t ever get to see our roots I call that treason, if they really for the people, if they really for the freedom Why they seem to want to let ‘em lose And never seem to want to let us loose Entrapped so often, I started thinking I tied the noose So little options, so I never had to pick and choose You not me, so don’t preach ‘bout what I should do [Chorus] The sun gon’ shine when it want to They can’t decide what you won’t do You live your life, and that’s on you You live your life, and that’s on you The sun gon’ shine when it want to They can’t decide what you won’t do You live your life, and that’s on you You live your life, and that’s on you [Verse 2] I had to drop it just to pick it Momma noticed I was different since the sippy cup Diplomatic in my pampers, who gon’ pick me up? And pat my back, while acting out because I had enough Always had an eye for better days Waiting patiently for Mr. Sun to dry the rain Some days he never came, I learned to hide the pain Now I’m twenty something trying not to hydroplane [Chorus] The sun gon’ shine when it want to They can’t decide what you won’t do You live your life, and that’s on you You live your life, and that’s on you The sun gon’ shine when it want to They can’t decide what you won’t do You live your life, and that’s on you You live your life, and that’s on you
8.
Menace 02:29
[Verse] Menace to society, less that, more a menace to myself These demons is coming quickly, administer help Administer medications to heighten my health Walking through shadows with impeccable levels of stealth Heart beating through the roof, skull aching through the tooth Starring at the ceiling shouting beetle juice, beetle juice, beetle juice Deuce deuce packed up in my Stuss pouch, ask “how come?” Got a date with Satan, still I’m panicked by the outcome Trash up in my mind, I try to sprint but can’t outrun And fuck being outdone, never settle for a secondary spot Rather catch a murder case, then hit the pen to sit and rot So my only other option, grab the pen then sit and plot To maneuver round these losers, in my way of getting guap Get the fuck up out my face, shit you got my skull hot Steaming like a kettle, but my tea gon’ make you froth And my team gon’ make you drop, face them facts, you at a loss So pick yourself up off the pavement fool, you looking stupid And I know these hoe’s love me, like my shotta named cupid Boy you gotta be clueless You know I got the magic, watch me take off on this broomstick Who’s next? We empty them full clips For the fun of it, sorry hun I’m hardly functioning A bit depressed but overcoming it, eye lids is like some onion skins Tearing over dumbest shit, like look at what you’ve done to them Ain’t in to politicking, into overthrowing governments, I’m done with this [Chorus] Mind full of trash, garbage leaking out the mouth Li-litter as I stumble, please somebody see me out He not a danger to the public, just a danger to himself Like his finger on the trigger, and the barrel on his snout Mind full of trash, garbage leaking out the mouth Li-litter as I stumble, please somebody see me out He not a danger to the public, just a danger to himself Like his finger on the trigger, and the barrel on his snout Mind full of trash, garbage leaking out the mouth Li-litter as I stumble, please somebody see me out He not a danger to the public, just a danger to himself Like his finger on the trigger, and the barrel on his snout
9.
Numb 02:02
[Verse] Aye I’m under water with niimo Fuel for the thought like I been spitting up diesel Food for the soul, how they quick to see it as evil We peaceful people illegally treated unequal Our time has run out, quick get your gun out Wait till sun down, when they come round Empty those rounds, panic and gun sounds How that sound? How that sound? Ain’t no safety in numbers Dead asleep, I feel more secure in my slumber I’m not at ease, seems this stress is doing me under My attention she arrest and I come alive when I touch her Most definite ill, no gun but I kill Swallow red or blue pill, find if matrix is real We in heaven or hell, am I foreigner still Your only power is will, and I’m wondering how you deal Life to me is surreal, expressionism surrealist Speaking as I’m the realest, won’t ever ask your forgiveness They taxing us just to kill us, truth told it don’t make a difference Powerless against the gods, the end has always existed And the world ain’t what it seemed to be Speaking to my younger self, I expected more from me I know the planet in my hands, and my plans to take it forcefully Can’t do it on my own, shit I’ma need some more of me Rallied at my back, an army revolutionaries The crew heavy and ready to get at whats needed They ain’t win if they cheated, I know you feeling defeated Just know that victory’s coming And that evil gon’ plummet We on our way to the summit Wave bye the pain that you stomach Just know that victory’s coming Just know that victory’s coming Just know that victory’s coming Just know that victory’s coming Just know that victory’s coming
10.
Blacked Out 02:36
[Verse] I think I lost feeling all in my right brain Epiphany hit me up on the night train Liquid elixir, gold is carried through my tight veins You may not live forever, but you gon’ be alright mane Ain’t ever had no lessons from a wiser man I am the only reason that I am Killing shit quickly, with inner visions, like son of sam Murder beats sporadic, tossing stones then hide the hands How inventive how we get caught up in other worlds I left my own life just to feel something new occur And that’s funny ain’t it? The length we go to feel amazing Deny Christ candidly, they assuming you worship Satan I’m losing patience Like a shaking surgeon, man I’m really losing patients Can’t you see how time is wasting? I see the top as though it’s vacant Though I’m feeling low as basements Trapped and stuck being complaisant I ain’t worried how your day been Worried how you plan on paying Debt creeps and cause enslavement All of that without the slave ships On the shoulder lays the same chips On the soldiers weigh the same clips We pushing boulders up the mountain For forever repeat them same things [Chorus] Black coat blowing in the wind motherfucker I’ma win motherfucker, asking when motherfucker Black boy stand against wind motherfucker Like the whole world don’t wanna see him win motherfucker Cashed out, trying to see them ends motherfucker Counting M’s motherfucker, how it ends motherfucker Blacked out, all against his will motherfucker Like the whole world wanna see him killed motherfucker Black coat blowing in the wind motherfucker I’ma win motherfucker, asking when motherfucker Black boy stand against wind motherfucker Like the whole world don’t wanna see him win motherfucker Cashed out, trying to see them ends motherfucker Counting M’s motherfucker, how it ends motherfucker Blacked out, all against his will motherfucker Like the whole world wanna see him killed motherfucker

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released April 16, 2018

Vince The Messenger - Self Sabotage
Written & Performed by Vince The Messenger
Produced by Niimo
Engineering & Mixing by Niimo

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Vince The Messenger Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Vince The Messenger is a rap artist based in P.E.I., Canada.

While his influences vary in era, Vince The Messenger's moody, boom-bap sound is unquestionably that of the future, much of it built with fellow Islander and producer Niimo, referencing golden-era hip hop and carrying layers of personal-is-political lyricism that is timeless. ... more

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