Review the tracks here if you've heard it. Also, it'd be nice if we could get the lyrics for What We Don't Know and I have not Begun.
Just heard a few songs. Pretty interesting. I Have Not Begun has a real big FM vibe. What We Don't Know is something I could see on M2M, and I mean that in a good way. Pale was a pretty good instrumental. Still listening to the rest.
I really like What We Don't Know. And I have not Begun shows that Mike's still got it. He hasn't rapped that fast since the Xero days. I'm a little disappointed with instrumentals (although they are still okay) and downright pissed about the WID remix which we already had. Pale and Halo are my favorite instrumentals.
What We Don't Know: If everything would just stop Then maybe I could collect my thoughts If everything would stand still I could've hidden how lost I feel I should've said what I hear I should've let myself fear I should've made myself clear So this is how we fall apart This is how the ending starts And when we find we've lost our mark We fake what we don't know I never asked to let go I never thought I could sink so low I never let myself down Until the second I did right now I should've said what I hear I should've let myself fear I should've made myself clear So this is how we fall apart This is how the ending starts And when we find we've lost our mark We fake what we don't know This is how we fall apart This is how the ending starts Cause when our heads betray our hearts We fake what we don't know Cause all we are is everything we've done All we are is how quickly we run And all we are We are This is how we fall apart But this is how beginnings start Cause when our heads betray our hearts We fake what we don't know And if our doubt begins again The answers find us in the end So in the meantime we'll pretend And fake what we don't know This is how we fall apart But this is how beginnings start Cause when our heads betray our hearts We fake what we don't know And if our doubt begins again The answers find us in the end So in the meantime we'll pretend And fake what we don't know
The CD is good. It was nice to listen to all those songs. The instrumentals are great, especially Pale and Halo, and I really liked What We Don't Know. I'm still wondering what the hell the WID remix is doing in this CD. Good job LP and LPU! I really appreciate this kind of stuff ^^
I Have Not Begun is what Mike rapped when he performed with The Roots. Overall, I'm a tad underwhelmed by the CD. But I usually am with LPU stuff so not to worry. I'm glad they give us new music.
Whoever was the origin for finding this, props goes to them. Interesting! And thanks for the lyrics Spin. I think you nailed them. Now for I have not Begun
The instrumentals are pretty lame, and considering half the tracks are instrumentals... I guess What We Don't Know is pretty good. That whole 2007-2008 era for the band just seems like they were really drained of ideas.
I Have Not Begun Ladies and gents, sorry to keep ya'll waitin'/ This goes out to everybody still hatin'/ For those who fake ya'll can keep on fakin'/ Cookin' a plate for you to stick your whole face in/ Taste good don't it cousin? Just so you know it's nothin'/ I get you buggin' like some Codeine and some Robitussin/ It's just the way that I approach each time/ I slap the track and turn around and choke each rhyme/ Broadcast to the nation like NBC/ Wih pages of 16s like an MPC Deliver an ass whoopin' via MP3/ And giving you people more reality than MTV/ Doing PPV. Snap necks with the pressure/ Mecha, master carry you out on a stretcher/ You could sue, but ooo, the law won't protect ya/ Even the court room sketcher could not sketch ya/ Your not following me? Got your number like caller ID/ Try, you can holler at me/ I promise you pain. I will chop your body in threes/ You'll be sittin' there stuttering, p-prob-ba-ba-ly/ Follow me/ I got styles. You can copy one/ Back of your mind, I know you want to stop me son/ Here's news for you fucker: That cannot be done/ You can think that I have finished, I have not begun/ I'm grindin'/ Puttin' these kids to bed/ You think you're hard, but fucker you're an Easter egg/ You got a pastel shell and a soft inside/Squash your pride/ You think I fuckin' lost my mind/ I'm not playin'/ I might as well be making a bomb/ I'm layin' down the foundation when I'm takin' you on/ Bet the flow I'm on the grind for the sake of my moms/ She's like, "Mike, show these pigs what kind of bacon you're on"/ It's funny but don't laugh/ Money with no cash/ The villian of vocab/ I'm killin' this notepad/ The realest to ??You don't even know half/ I'm bankin' a full tank. You're running on low gas/ Take that/ I'm cuttin' off your fun/ You're nothin' but a butter knife stoppin' a gun/ We can dance, but your chances are slim to none/ And you can think that I am finished, I have not begun/ Got a razorblade tongue and I get this done/ No running just dumpin' on your clique for fun/ Machine Shop got it locked like the game's a joke/ Say somethin' funny get the whole gang provoked/ Better buckle down fucker go get your own/ We've been workin' ten years just to get this known/ The people on the block start to get numb/ They expect that it's fresh when the new shit come/ Here it goes, let 'em know they can fix the frown/ Railroad rap. Hot tracks runnin' you down/ And they ask and repeat how I do this now/ Like I'm really gonna tell 'em how I get this sound/ We just do what we do. Give you that fix/ We come in the back like, "We run this bitch!"/ Turn the lights down low when we start the show/ When I give it to you, give it right back and then go/ Take that, take that. Cuttin' off your fun/ You're nothin' but a butter knife stoppin' a gun/ We can dance, but your chances are slim to none/ You can think that I am finished, I have not begun/ Follow me/ I got styles. You can copy one/ Back of your mind, I know you want to stop me son/ Here's news for you fucker: That cannot be done/ You can think that I have finished, I have not begun/ Finished I have not- Not begun 'Gun