Brood VIII, by Savan DePaul

Brood VIII

by Savan DePaul

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Alex Dionisio Evolved much since the great Sketchpad LP, Savan delivers a masterwork that will absolutely leave your jaw on the floor!

june insane production and really smart bars Favorite track: invertebrate (feat. Wormtooth & The Taste of Vomit).

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1.	nymph (feat. Hayatheus) 02:46	lyrics
[Verse 1: Savan DePaul] See from the start I was ultra noided Annoyed with the boys employed in my district Voicing boisterous Making dumbass choices, and no surprise I joined 'em Little wide eyed boidem Watched our hype tribes join in This was back in grade six after I integrated Anticipated my debut within the administration So naive and innocent, that sense would be gone soon Swept away in an emotional monsoon And by that second week of senior November, we had lost all empathy And for some virginity, discarding a skin a day Each bar would incinerate as I carved up within the page My Lord I have sinned today Shit popped off like Kennedy I screwed myself royally before even jotting these lyrics What self-respecting kid complains about vodka and spirits? Failed at every single attempt at snatching wampum Whether I yelled Selah, Amen, or Allahu Tryna drag myself in the shelter of a chapel but only pakora saved me from E capsules Not even divinity prevented me from being an asshole All it did was limit me, no remedies were seen in that castle Go ahead and babble, depaul you’re way too noxious Super toxic and quite caustic to you cocklicks Your own malignant lances breaching your defenses Shattering any pretending sentences you're sending [Verse 2: Hayatheus] Hayatheus Child rearing a mere requirement Child hearing multiple opinions, feeling despondent Outlook funny feeling couldn’t be shook They dunno shit Option a from mama B from papa C from the teach me something Couldn’t be sure of nothing No trust in authority Author of my own story Imagination Imagine the hesitation Looking in the mirror with holy books around me Trepidation surrounds as I ask the question Show me a sign, divine mind I’m so confused but used to contradictions Fake or nonfiction Shit is not clicking Aware of myself but not the mission What is it that I’m supposed to do? Could we restart the mission dude? Recoil at the coil Snake hissing like it’s the one bitten, my doubt forsaken What’s the point of thinking if you’ve no interest in making Opinion tinkering, lingering Thoughts grow quiet That’s how and why it’s better off inside the mind’s eye What others couldn’t provide Can’t advance in the sludge of self-taught lies Avoid delicious fudge of manmade cries of assurance This is bullshit Grateful of my mental instinct My trusty trusting deterrence My lust of must not be sure My acknowledgement of “man I know that there must be more” Yo, man I know there must be more
2.	find dem boys (feat. Kennedy Freeman) 01:39	lyrics
[verse 1: Savan DePaul] talk that nasty shit don’t even waste my time luster thief don’t even take my shine primitive nigga, you got an 8 track mind slip in your disc? i’d rather break my spine if he turn Tekashi we oughta drop him, homies word on my sister and all my non-men homies like antwon you stamped on and robbed them, homie chuck ‘em out the squad cuz that dog ain’t brodie oh geez [hook (+ interlude): Savan DePaul] find dem, find dem (Listen close, turn off your laptop mic and replay me) find dem, find dem boys (ahh) (I’ll explain it) (explain it!) find dem, find dem find dem, find dem boys (ahh) (You aren’t entitled to shit without earning) weed em out (aye) (Destiny don’t come to niggas without working) weed em out weed em out (aye) (Destiny don’t come to niggas without working) weed em out find dem, find dem find dem, find dem boys (ahh) (You aren’t entitled to shit without earning) find dem, find dem (You aren’t entitled to shit without earning) find dem, find dem boys (ahh) weed em out (You aren’t entitled to shit without earning, earning, earning) weed em out (unh, unh) weed em out (yuh) weed em out [verse 2: NED] midnight falls the darkest hour find them boys and steal their power they may hide but that won’t matter find them boys reclaim your power [hook (+ interlude): Savan DePaul] find dem, find dem (Fantasy and really you need to separate) find dem, find dem boys (ahh find dem, find dem (‘Cuz being bummy on these streets will get your section ate) find dem, find dem boys (ahh) weed em out (aye)(But I think it’s important you see it this way) weed em out weed em out (aye) (Don’t blame the universe if things get swayed) weed em out find dem, find dem (In your favor, just take a breath and a quick break) find dem, find dem boys (ahh) find dem, find dem (Butterflies in your stomach turn into switchblades) find dem, find dem boys (ahh) weed em out (Improve craft, best begin that shit mate) weed em out (unh, unh) weed em out (yuh) (That’s rich mate) weed em out
3.	how lame! 01:14	lyrics
[Hook] How lame of Savan Still taking a walk, still faking the charm (unh) How lame of Savan Still taking a walk for these dames in the park (unh, unh) How lame of Savan Still taking a walk, still faking the charm (unh) How lame of Savan Still taking a walk for these dames in the park (unh, unh) [Verse] Ever since i started hanging with Jared I was hanging in various areas with nefarious derelicts (unh) With pit bull terriers with a penchant for scaring us (unh, damn) There was no more playtime music I acted K-9 stupid when they sent the k-9 unit The cop said “mate i knew it” Knew it, knew it Envisioning sleaze often These niggas was E popping When kiddies would peel off in a whip their mommy bought em Back when Britt was Queen Robin The milli turned DePaul to a victim of street robbing This is shit you’d see often Strung out bums Gangs sprung out guns used to run out funds so they could bug out once I’m just tryna get the fuck out son With that one pound sum to cop some kung pao lunch Damn, individualism for real now Fuck a bus driver, I’ll take the wheel now and peel out
4.	first brood 01:39	lyrics
[Verse] Here’s a diss that I employ Got a rhyme deployed that I might destroy when I find them boys Do you like that boy? Imma strike that void that your life, enjoy I’m watching you westy, can’t evade that light Cause you on a Tekashi/Haystak vibe Homie I do not rate that high Find a chick your same damn age and fight a kid your same damn size Caught one gun charge and now you think you slay mad lives? Drop a n bomb and think you’re Gucci? You not in streets mobbing, you’re a groupie I should just drop a couple loosies I’m accustomed to squabbling with these loonies Flames up, it’s not forest Bishop style chuck yo ass off the top floor and then watch for it You’re not warring with top laureates That new tape of yours, no one watched for it Keep playing with kid gloves but you could never box Foreman These true subliminals were minimal, damn These true subliminals were minimal, damn These true subliminals were minimal, damn (And if you don’t know, now ya know) These true subliminals were minimal, damn (and if ya know ya know) I travel a lot, every single bus and carpool matters Work with my hands, every single metacarpal matters So if you wanna talk shit and then start to battle You’ll be left a shell of your former self like Marshall Mathers (woo) I’m on the circuit man, I’m making a buzz My live wire style got ‘em amped, mate I’m the plug For that real shit, and I’ve been it since 2014 When i used all these bars to body 24 teens Back when I couldn’t afford gloves in the winter season Nowadays these hands are cold for a whole different reason Jesus, Jesus These true subliminals were minimal, damn
5.	habitat 02:11	lyrics
A city bonded by the brotherly I be looking slovenly while riding in from Coventry Right under a sun that beams Paradise and slum it seems Duality of illadelph It could never kill itself Even with its crookedness hiding in the skyscrapers All my homies look at this city as a lifesaver Home of our maturation, saviour from saturation Country’s foundation, despite the taxes waiting Rocky Balb' passion gaping Hood boys on dirtbikes fighting over turf, I Catch em on my walkthrough And I’ve always got some brethren I can talk to Aspies or otherwise Plus there’s some other guys Not to mention music, whole lotta dope cats On the DIY scene, and homie you can quote that The meek shall inherit it, but Meek he inherited My G’s from the area can speak of the scariest When peeped for scenarios Philly Philly Oh Philly Philly Getting gritty Oh Philly Philly (yo yo) Oh Philly Philly (An environment birthed in contradiction) Oh Philly Philly (The wonderful juxtaposition of impoverished grit and DIY grime) Getting gritty (With the city’s steel monoliths looming like metallic titans above the environment) Getting gritty, gritty They taking out the ill o' Delphia They taking out the Illadelphia Oh Philly Oh Philly Oh Philly Oh Philly Philly Oh Philly, oh Philly, oh Philly Oh Philly Philly Oh Philly, oh Philly, oh Philly
6.	exoskeleton 00:39	lyrics
Hope my peers represent Cicadas on a seventeen year descent Have to go back underground For the raw sound in the undertown (yuh) But I forgot something upstairs Along with my bus fare That was an exoskeleton The armor covering every appendage Shit imma need a pension Covering the cost of injury To covering the cost of entropy Without it... shit, I’m a shell of a man Without a shell, aw man Without a shell, aw man I’m in this ecosystem for real For real you steal steel, you feel?
7.	instar 01:40	lyrics
[Chorus: Savan DePaul] (4x) My youngers getting older My youngers getting wiser My youngers getting bolder My youngers soon gon rise up [Verse 1: Savan DePaul] Savan DePaul, but they’ll label me something simpler In the land of devils and modern day Sambo figures Trapped in token black lunacy, razorteeth sprouting in puberty Suffered the wrath of a decade and a half of planet-inflicted goonery [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] Dickie beach blanket bonanza in far off tropical land Lop off a hand Or perhaps the rest of the limb Deading your clique Ahead with the scripts, get left in a ditch Better tap to my metronome or you’re thrown away I’m flames like Notre Dame Ayyyy I’m a seasoned vet by now I compete with the best right now Make that beat in your chest ride out Ay ay ay Suid you get held up The truffles, you’ve smelled ‘nuff I should make your snout welt up
8.	meg griffin 02:13	lyrics	buy track
[intro] We were lovers once Sound exploding between us We used to sway to the beats of our bodies and your heart would break Into a hum of hallelujah like... [Verse] oh lord that’s the one imma go for afraid to even try well no more it’s in the way we interact and the game we finna lack and our taste for skullcaps by 5 i should skate up to your pad and no joke i ain’t shamed by your dad [Hook] oh oh meg griffin no way would i pass you up oh oh meg griffin they weren’t right to pass you up oh oh meg griffin no way would i pass you up oh oh meg griffin [Verse 2] apologies for the uptick in verbosity my goal is to describe this properly all realms of attraction that led me to you what pleases you and what creases you let me pause, my baby’s talking hold up girl, is the baby talking? nevermind that, it’s the combination of mental stimuli and copulation plus the small fact that men passed on your form their loss; they can’t endorse like rah they’re far off course emos exploring each other, swinging in unison whether we dwell in elusiveness or wherever the intruders live [Hook] oh oh meg griffin no way would i pass you up oh oh meg griffin they weren’t right to pass you up oh oh meg griffin no way would i pass you up oh oh meg griffin [outro] hello? are you awake? pick up the phone
9.	th1rdwh33l (feat. Evonya) 01:36
10.	tymbal (feat. Ishtar Sr.) 01:33 video		buy track
11.	wutt di fuqq?!? (feat. Helvetica the Mage) 01:55	lyrics
[Refrain: Helvetica the Mage & Savan DePaul] 13 loops on your neck, you banged up Then fuck shit up You want forgiveness? Hang tough Sacrificing with shit On the grind with business Then i’ll fuck shit From this point on we’ll be dismissed [Verse 1: Savan DePaul] Major what the fuck like waking in R’lyh Call to action to grasp at your passion Because if you can’t move and grind for promo Then you’re doomed to die like dodos [Verse 2: Helvetica the Mage] Hem what you’re into Success is simply determined by your mental (mental) Feel the judgments of the friends you vent to [Verse 3: Savan DePaul] In the event they make it a Caesar event Keep it 100,000 and skip the worry G... [Verse 4: Helvetica the Mage & Savan DePaul] ...Undermining the power of insecurity Conveniently confident (but it’s fleeting in prominence) Conveniently confident That feeling should be permanent So I dart forth for the pacemakers To make sure I got the heart for all the game’s dangers Now my blood flow tripled, that’s just one flow that switched up So get fucked Each leaking gash from season’s past looks like Jim Caviezel’s back Motherfucker I bleed this passion Finally, your mind in me I’m finding me [Refrain: Helvetica the Mage & Savan DePaul] 2x 13 loops on your neck, you banged up Then fuck shit up You want forgiveness? Hang tough Sacrificing with shit On the grind with business Then i’ll fuck shit From this point on we’ll be dismissed 13 loops on your neck, you banged up Then fuck shit up You want forgiveness? Hang tough Sacrificing with shit On the grind with business Then i’ll fuck shit From this point on we’ll be dismissed [Verse 5: Helvetica the Mage & Savan DePaul] Nah it’s fuck you, smoke trees Don’t be resentful - try to carry this Cope with cannabis Humor me this Helvetica - would you have lit the lettuce up If you’re weren’t depressed, in honesty? Probably
12.	house bop '99 02:00	lyrics
[Chorus 1] Party like it’s 1999 Escape hellscape made worldwide Your dosh will get snatched up by AI, ay ay But party like it’s 1999 [Verse 1: Savan DePaul] My lord, my bros saw the writing on the wall Idols gonna fall Miscellaneous missiles aiming at victim blamers Thinking you’re underground? We’ll dig you six feet Say some’n Electricity been on my side since day one Hate comes from the same chumps who masquerade as woke Actor’s way to cope Animalistic principles behind the cannibals clipped in intervals And that can span to when pricks spit in the booth And wanna stand between this kid and the truth Like I won’t air all your sick shit in the room And toss your man like he’s Bishop from the roof [Chorus 2] Party like it’s 1999 Before they chuck you out the port of entry line, line, line Before technofascism’s fashion prime Party like it’s 1999 [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] To my independent progressives and the breadtubers who hold you down Wojcicki sold you out Better mix your vocals now To you Nazis spying, I hypothesise that Felix been knowing you clowns Better hit that Pro Tools bounce before they get their chrome tools out [Outro] ‘Fore they get their Chrome tools out ‘Fore they get their chrome tools out ‘Fore they get their Chrome tools out
13.	year of the punk (feat. D'nae) 03:11	lyrics
[Verse 1: D’nae] SHOULD’VE SEEN IT COMING CLOSER TO WATER THE WAY ITS RUNNING (RUNNING, RUNNING) WITH TELEPATHY.. WHEN I’M WITH YOU FREE MY INNER ME NOT JUST ANY BE... PRAY TO GOD TAKE ALL MY ENEMIES... ...BE CONSISTENT LOOK, JUST BE CONSISTENT NARCISSISTIC VISIONS YEA THEY CAUSE STATISTICS THINK THAT I’M A STICKLER WAY I MIND MY BUSINESS CHECKING OFF MY HIT-LIST SPIRITS TELLING ME... BE PERSISTENT YOU GOT IT SO HEAVENLY... INNER GUIDANCE SO LIGHT IT’S INSIDE OF ME IT’S SO BRIGHT LOSE CONTROL AND JUST LET IT BE... BE ME? ...SHOULD I LET IT BE? ERIC GARNER WAS CRYING HE COULDN’T BREATHE TRAYVON MARTIN WAS WALKING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND OUR FRUIT IS STILL RIPE HANGING FROM A TREE ONLY THING THAT I SEE WHEN I WHEN I… AND OUR FRUIT IS STILL RIPE HANGIN FROM A TREE ONLY THING THAT I SEE.. [Chorus: Savan DePaul] Well now we’re clearing it up It’s the year of the punk Now we’re clearing it up It’s the year of the punk, oh oh oh It’s the year of the punk, oh oh oh (Oh whoa whoa, yeah) (Yah yah yah) [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] I stumbled upon the formula Rumbled with closet warriors Come with your toxin, store it up Your crew? I must’ve begot the four of ya Sorry for not informing ya Talk raptors in long grass And rappers don't miss that No ropes when I skin cats Don’t joke with my syntax Kick back like I'm ONG bak A jab push your skull back Big crack where ya jaw at Higher thought planes don't exonerate you Those who populate i dominate you Liken it to lichen, I’m affixed to the earth Quick to emerge and harsh winter’s preferred If an opp hops out, i ring the alert Let the biomechanical innard deter Secret society of one, hidden child Keep lyrics cryptic while you kids are infantile It’s wild Racists wanna body you and throw you in the overgrowth over growth? Goddamn! [Chorus: Savan DePaul] Well now we’re clearing it up It’s the year of the punk Now we’re clearing it up It’s the year of the punk It’s the year of the punk It’s the year of the punk, it’s the year of the... It’s the year of the punk (Whoa, yah) It’s the year of the punk It’s the year of the punk, oh oh uh oh (Yah)
14.	cicada hawk (feat. Riley Urbano) 02:16	lyrics
[Chorus: Riley Urbano] All alone in a psychic curve All alone in the material world I’m all alone in a psychic curve Said I’m all alone in a material world [Verse: Savan DePaul] Stench of bodies leave a sick scent Built up a sixth sense while only being worth six cents A clear message is what the sick sent But no reply, you fucking played us with a cheat Cold as ice, cicada vagrant on the street Alone to die, won’t even save us with a sheet No surprise we grow jaded every week Hokusai, my flow wavy on the beat Hold up, apologies for the tangent Lemme bring these lines back around Back around, back around You smack us down, smack us down What’s your new shady tactic now? Huh? [Bridge: Savan DePaul] Infiltrate, separate Then tear apart at the joints Infiltrate, separate Then tear apart at the joints We’re cicadas underground, and they hunt us from the clouds We’re cicadas underground, and they hunt us from the clouds We’re cicadas underground, and they hunt us from the clouds We’re cicadas underground, and they hunt us from the clouds [Chorus: Riley Urbano] All alone in a psychic curve All alone in a material world I’m all alone in a psychic curve Said I’m all alone in a material world
15.	invertebrate (feat. Wormtooth & The Taste of Vomit) 02:07	lyrics
[Verse 1: Savan DePaul] Slug up in my thorax Snuck up to my doormat Pull plug on all of your cats We punkish bringing more raps My wing edge caught many fades Turned many lemons to lemonade We flying towards a better day Your game we could never play [Chorus: Wormtooth] Invertebrate Been patient, planning this day for years Invertebrate The day when the cicadas appear Invertebrate A curse on a global stage Invertebrate Searching for that biblical plague Invertebrate Been patient, planning this day for years Invertebrate The day when the cicadas appear Invertebrate A curse on a global stage Invertebrate Searching for that biblical plague [Verse 2: Wormtooth] Six legs, six eyes, six ways to die Find this beast on high, I’m a Lord of the Flies In my portal lies minds sordid in kind Find me courtin’ my supporters til the order arrives Ignore the inquest ‘cause the horde’ll supply Can’t let them infect what they horde on the side Stress is high, nest at your own risk Scribble lipstick hex with the 666 [Verse 3: The Taste of Vomit] I rep the underground with an earthworm’s soul You can tear me to pieces yet I still remain whole Two-fold, I’m too bold, my blood is too cold Breaking down the dirt to generate a new goal [Verse 4: Savan DePaul] Rarely on camera, we molt within the thistles And we don’t pack them hammers unless they come with sickles Can’t be civil with a raid can, hate manmade exterminator Mandible clip a little face skin, they can’t change or terminate us [Verse 5: The Taste of Vomit] Spineless motherfuckers backed by eight arms Trying to debates arms while they infiltrate schools with the ARs Acquired on the dark web Leaving everyo-o-one and their mate fucked Wrapped up and left for fucking dead [Chorus: Wormtooth] Invertebrate Been patient, planning this day for years Invertebrate The day when the cicadas appear Invertebrate A curse on a global stage Invertebrate Searching for that biblical plague Invertebrate Been patient, planning this day for years Invertebrate The day when the cicadas appear Invertebrate A curse on a global stage Invertebrate Searching for that biblical plague
16.	coyote teeth (feat. Sami Rahman) 02:51	lyrics
[Hook: Sami Rahman] I see nothing But coyote teeth The dust comin’ It’s a part of me [Verse 1: Savan DePaul] Save it for the pups cuz it’s fortified More of that stuff so they all survive Shit as long i’m useful Long i’m useful As long i’m useful I’ll be the next h’ors d’oeuvre and leftovers too {over duke} Yo, I put my heart in this shit They put my heart in their gut Karma is just I paid an arm and a leg for the feast So coyotes, make sure you get your full compensation You see I dole out the rewards in gore Let’s see, viscera, tibias, fibulas Make sure you get enough And don’t forget to dig in the epididymis So you can get me up Oh am i warm enough for your liking? I know you hate the side dish of lichen But give the bones a shot tomorrow ‘cause you’re leaving vultures hot and bothered [Hook: Sami Rahman] I see nothing But coyote teeth The dust comin’ [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] I’ve prepared this body to be digested by something And your functions revolve around consumption, so fuck it Put those pearly white daggers to use Gnash at the food Happily chew half of my tubes You’d have to be a cat to assume That i was even shit before i threw myself here Be wrong Even in my past life Ain’t been shit for eons Just a motormouth peon [Bridge: Savan DePaul & Sami Rahman] my jaw got the f-150 pistons (yah) don’t crack your teeth on that shit when you dig in (ayy) my jaw got the f-150 pistons (yeah, ooh) don’t crack your teeth on it when you dig in dig in [Chorus: Sami Rahman & Savan DePaul] I see nothing But coyote teeth (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, carnivorous arpeggiators) The dust creeping (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, look up their nomenclature) (Carnivorous arpeggiators) It’s part of me (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, carnivorous arpeggiators) (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature) I see nothing (Carnivorous arpeggiators) (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, look up their nomenclature) But coyote teeth (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, carnivorous arpeggiators) The dust creeping (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, carnivorous arpeggiators) (Carnivorous arpeggiators) It’s part of me (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature) (Teeth mixed in a DAW called nature, nature, nature) Ooh ooooooh, ooh oooo-
17.	fear instinct (feat. Madam Data, Leo Suarez, & Mimar Sinan) 02:40	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1] Afraid that my Aspergers will end up eating my mind Afraid I can’t afford all the treatment for mine Afraid my own mind is gonna leave me behind Afraid I’ll blow my brains out and piece up my mind Afraid that I’ll fail on the mission I set Afraid that it’s hell that imma visit in death Afraid that I’m prey to my vanity now Afraid I’m a disgrace to my family now Afraid my stimming will be misconstrued, kid, for real And that could lead to gang niggas shooting with steel Or lead to the blue badges shooting for real Afraid that the centrists gonna pollute up our will Afraid that if I get cash and get used to consumption Then the market’s gonna crash and I’ll be left with nothing Afraid my motivations will be left in the dust Afraid that there’ll be nothing left here for us Afraid of the ways of the powers that be Afraid cuz I’m ashamed of the coward in me [Chorus] Afraid, kid, I’m shook of it all You can tell on my face kiddums, look at DePaul We’re placing the blame on the root of the cause But I’m making a statement cuz I’m looking to solve Afraid, kid, I’m shook of it all You can tell on my face kiddums, look at DePaul We’re placing the blame on the root of the cause But I’m making a statement cuz I’m looking to solve [Verse 2] Irrational, perhaps Capped in part by facts Body react with massive heart attack Trapped like artifact Capped in part by facts Lasting karma, at last DePaul could snap Terrifying world I face Acid rain era Savan would be shook I’ve laid damn near every feeling in these hooks Don’t give me the freeze look Everything from motherfucking oppression to street crooks Got my blood so frigid it glisten in sheets, look Got me looking over the shoulder sprinting through these hoods But we can’t let it stop the visions that we cook My niggas’ll re up, we digging in these books I’m mental, you see cuz? I meant every word I’ve written in these books You get it, capiche, good The minutes that we took for delivering these goods I gave myself a much-needed free push [Chorus] Afraid, kid, I’m shook of it all You can tell on my face nigga, look at DePaul We’re placing the blame on the root of the cause But I’m making a statement and looking to solve Afraid, kid, I’m shook of it all You can tell on my face nigga, look at DePaul We’re placing the blame on the root of the cause But I’m making a statement and looking to solve Afraid, kid, I’m shook of it all You can tell on my face nigga, look at DePaul We’re placing the blame on the root of the cause But I’m making a statement and looking to solve
18.	ecdysis 00:41	lyrics
[Verse] Ecdysis before their final striking Shed light and shed armor, our outsides have been martyred Beautiful cicadas vilified like roaches Roasted with hatred and impunity, unleashing the boot upon their bodies Approach the light like the moth does to lampposts Dance, fuck, and then litter the dirt with our corpses Blaze of glory but before we near that brutal point in the story Kiss your SO like X-O Cause we gotta build up our exo’s, let’s go
19.	pisstopia (feat. Benny Francis) 02:43	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1: Benny Francis] They can smell the scent of blood in the air It’s been spilling in the streets It’s not the villains that we're killing Split each other down the seams Been divided by extremes Live and die by our beliefs While them vultures fly in circles Eyes for profit from the scene No prophets here, just politics Soapboxes and pig parlor tricks All flash and sleight of hand To prompt the viewer's guilt as part of this Or enduce a partisan reaction The headlines say who is to blame Subtract the views and leave the fractions Them readjust the tilt in frame The math isn't hard, the funding is fucked Funny; we're counting it quick, but the money’s in flux Shifting accounting to trusts From corporate coffers and classrooms To compounding their profits and pounding grassroots to dust [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] Maybe for a yuppie things are cool While the rest waddle with our tools And our leaders all take us for fools Currency means you can bend the rules Upon lucid rhymes I move to find the truth behind the dudes who lie Before they send their units by Gather all your loot and hide If the masses could be wary of the state’s abject crimes Distract the proletariat with made up headline Whilst their practices are there to snatch the cake from breadlines Subdue the insubordinate It’s ruthless in its performances The pieces in the box set are crumbled now Endless Escher/Bach steps we tumble down Referéndums, mob threats, and busting rounds And they’ll never rest till our destiny’s rubble-bound [Verse 3: Benny Francis] Where's our piece of the pie? Call it peace to imbibe on belief our achievements aren't just meager asides Meanwhile the elite have us beleagued on all sides Dangle treats so we can't see the sharpened teeth that they hide [Chorus: Savan DePaul & Benny Francis] Jerked between the razor phalluses of politics Murder reached the gated palaces of opulence Succumbing to the bite of our cold toxic system Its pystopia with no Pol Pot to piss in (Corrupt in their ways) Jerked between the razor phalluses of politics (They grew up in the shade) Murder reached the gated palaces of opulence (Corrupt in their ways) Succumbing to the bite of our cold toxic system (They grew up in the shade) Its pystopia with no Pol Pot to piss in (Corrupt in their ways) Jerked between the razor phalluses of politics (They grew up in the shade) Murder reached the gated palaces of opulence (Corrupt in their ways) Succumbing to the bite of our cold toxic system (They grew up in the shade) Its pystopia with no Pol Pot to piss in (Corrupt in their ways) Jerked between the razor phalluses of politics Murder reached the gated palaces of opulence Succumbing to the bite of our cold toxic system Its pystopia with no Pol Pot to piss in
20.	pesticides 02:07 video	lyrics	buy track
[Hook: Savan DePaul] 2x Pain, power, and pesticides Pain, power, and pesticides [Verse 1: Savan DePaul] Can’t feed your spawn with poisoned roots Leaking onto toys in youth Can’t find a nest if the ground been torched Hundreds dead bring thousands more [Interlude: Ray Ramses] I’m pretty sure you all know about the floods, droughts, mass migrations Spread of malaria, extinctions, crop field reductions I’m pretty sure you all know about the floods, droughts, mass migrations Extinctions, extinctions, extinctions [Verse 2: Savan DePaul] A biosphere forsaken for the goods it brings Will spill its wrath unabated on the future kin A pesticide-laden destiny is super grim But so’s trying to improve the same hood that they shoot you in A silent cicada never gets their mates to arrive But can the goal be accomplished while still staying alive? I’d never demonise the bee who finds a way to survive Unless her strategies are apathy or betraying her hive [Bridge: Savan DePaul & Ray Ramses] Nooo, no no no (I think we’re screwed) Nooo, no no no (I think we’re screwed) Nooo, no no no (I think we’re screwed) Nooo, no no no [Hook: Savan DePaul] 2x Pain, power, and pesticides Pain, power, and pesticides Pain, power, and pesticides Pain, power, and pesticides
21.	brothers (feat. Huey, the Cosmonaut) 03:08	lyrics
[Verse 1: Savan DePaul] Blood in, blood out, blood transfused Man who haven’t I ran to? That thought’ll hit me and remind me of survivor’s guilt Reminding me of the relationships that I had built With others I consider brothers in a mix of colours And my own blood sibling who came still from mother Sometimes I think of him and all of his lost potential Wishing that I could meet him; but was I ever meant to? The litter’s runt never made it to the starting line Robbed of life by circumstance and it’s hard for my System to comprehend life ending before you know it Hopefully he’s up chilling with Yeshua bar Yosef And in the sick instance when I self-loathe I’ll wish that I take his place to ease a bit of tension But that extreme notion crumbles on itself bro And I settle for meeting him upon my ascension [Verse 2: HUEY, the Cosmonaut.] Haven’t spoke in a few years You far away but your memory is like so near I keep the commune close, but my heart still broke I was sitting by the river with the words that I wrote I been thinking ‘bout the future and I just might hope You became distant but I miss my friend It’s GTA V in your basement again And now I’m in the garden with the plants that I tend I was eating Popeye’s, we were watching Interstellar High school memories, they last like forever Forever ago I miss the bus rides down in the snow You kept me high when my spirits were low We were bumping Common, he was telling us “Go” Thankful for all the people in my life that I know It goes on and on and on like my dude said Past people move like different pages I read But I don’t miss them but I miss you, my brother I don’t miss them but I miss you, my brother [Verse 3: Savan DePaul] Speaking of dead, I don’t speak of the dead unless it’s needed I don’t mean to forget all the tears that I shed from Cody’s deleting It’s a distinct feeling when the kid you rolled deep with falls to the streets Too deep with the gangs, scheming to slang with no shoes on his feet When the goons from the crew get caught on the move and Cody’s the key Get a Threat from the streets, they could step in with heat if he phone the police And it’s Death if he rat from the TEC or a MAC, there’s nowhere else now So he fashions the rope as his bastion of hope and takes himself out 13 years old and a bright little mind, that was lost forever Family wrecked, devastated his friends, and that chord stays severed And imagine the bubbling inna mi gut when I heard that news ‘Cause we were divided in a rift at the time, post-elementary blues Your spat can’t mend and the gap extends, that guilt compounds One lost friend and without an end that haunts me now That haunts me now [Chorus: Savan DePaul] I’m living past the guilt and establishing crews while paying dues Remembering all my lost dudes My lost yutes, far gone troops resting at God’s shoes It’s for you, that DePaul moves with raw tunes I’m living past the guilt and establishing crews while paying dues Remembering all my lost dudes My lost yutes, far gone troops resting at God’s shoes It’s for you, that DePaul moves with raw tunes
22.	final brood 03:18	lyrics
[Verse 1] Solar ray move, peep its emission Sole on quaaludes, you Linda Tripping Souls on ray move, you think I’m kidding? Watch a solar ray move and hit your vision Nah I apologise Let’s get to a zenith of consciousness The third eye slash indigo mantra shit That’s Birdseye capturing all our consciences We’re birds flying swiftly and holy ahead The third eye balances with a hold on our heads But birds fly from the sticks and they’re coated with lead Then third eye becomes a bullet hole in our heads Medial temporal, the MT We should call EMS and the MT It’s like we’ve both lost our minds on DMT And shit got explosive like tnt Due to a lack of involvement The intimate, civic, and doctrined Slowly lose that human feel inside In the endless fabric that we call time ...but unless we want that, it’s best to make real contact ...no fake love, I want the real stuff back I hope you can agree on that [Chorus 1] Long grown apart in a miserable stasis A need for feelers to connect on all bases Long grown apart in a miserable stasis A need for feelers to connect on all bases [Verse 2] Blessings and burdens abound in the basic relationship once the flames are lit Unless we are perfect and proud we will meld all our hates and kinks into shape and linked Seppuku to our nether regions Similar vibe as our edgy feelings So I jet like it’s Alpha Ceti season Communication’s like SETI reaching You’re shooting with the deucey deuce to sting the goofy opps I’m using my bazooka tooth to sink the ruby yacht Let’s unite these deadly minds and swing on groovy bops Once heads collide, what’s left behind is trysts and feuds and plots [Interlude] 2x I was once told that heroes eventually die And horoscopes often lie But that doesn’t speak of souls, and we are inevitably tied More than close all through time [Chorus 2] A need for feelers to connect on all bases Feelers to connect on all bases Feelers to connect on all bases

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SOLO ALBUM #3. SOLO STUDIO ALBUM #1. SOLO PROJECT #13.

The cicadas are coming, whether you like it or not.

For the year I spent writing this album, I focused on changing my approach to conscious rap. The goal - to craft a cohesive musical experience referencing our current social climate in a way I haven't done before. After much deliberation, I chose the cicada to be my muse. These insects populate my native Pennsylvania and emerge every 17 years for a few glorious weeks of molting, mating, and singing. Brood VIII is the swarm coming here this year. Symbols of suppression and obscurity when underground nymphs. Symbols of rebirth and renewal when nubile adults. I visualize humankind's struggles within these organisms.

With the help of many talented producers and vocalists by my side, I bring this vision to life for your listening pleasure. Hungry emcees and passionate singers in union with experienced beatmakers, all committed to the messages brought via the music. Just as the cicadas emerge after their time underground, we too shall rise up.

Hope you enjoy this album. Cheers.

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released June 28, 2019

Recorded by Savan DePaul, except for guest vocalists
Artwork by Savan DePaul
Video Direction by Matt Faust & Savan DePaul

1. "nymph" (feat. Hayatheus)
Written by Savan DePaul & Hayatheus
Produced by jlvsn
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

2. "find dem boys" (feat. Highnoon)
Written by Savan DePaul & Kennedy Freeman
Produced by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mixed by Helvetica the Mage
Mastered by Savan DePaul

3. "how lame!"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn
Mixed by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

4. "first brood"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn
Mixed by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

5. "habitat"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by Savan DePaul & jlvsn
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

6. "exoskeleton"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mixed by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

7. "instar"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

8. "meg griffin"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

9. "th1rdwh33l" (feat. Jay Evonya)
Written by Jay Evonya & Savan DePaul
Produced by Riley Urbano & Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

10. "tymbal" (feat. Ishtar Sr.)
Written by Savan DePaul & Ishtar Sr.
Produced by Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

11. "wutt di fuqq?!?" (feat. Helvetica the Mage)
Written by Helvetica the Mage & Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mixed by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

12. "house bop '99"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by hello,Jordan & Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

13. "year of the punk" (feat. D'nae)
Written by D'nae & Savan DePaul
Produced by Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

14. "cicada hawk" (feat. Riley Urbano)
Written by Riley Urbano & Savan DePaul
Produced by House Fire
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

15. "invertebrate" (feat. Wormtooth & The Taste of Vomit)
Written by Wormtooth, The Taste of Vomit, & Savan DePaul
Backing
Produced by Savan DePaul
Mixed by Wormtooth, Savan DePaul, & Helvetica the Mage
Mastered by Helvetica the Mage

16. "coyote teeth" (feat. Sami Rahman)
Written by Sami Rahman & Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

17. "fear instinct"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by Mimar Sinan, PLACE (madam data & Leo Suarez), & Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

18. "ecdysis"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Helvetica the Mage

19. "pisstopia" (feat. Benny Francis)
Written by Benny Francis & Savan DePaul
Produced by House Fire
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by House Fire & Savan DePaul

20. "pesticides"
Written by Savan DePaul
Contains spoken word vocals by Ray Ramses
Produced by Riley Urbano
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

21. "brothers" (feat. HUEY, the Cosmonaut.)
Written by HUEY, the Cosmonaut. & Savan DePaul
Produced by jlvsn & Savan DePaul
Mixed by Savan DePaul
Mastered by Savan DePaul

22. "final brood"
Written by Savan DePaul
Produced by Hak
Mixed by Hak
Mastered by Hak

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tiergarten records // grimalkin records // sagan theory // magicicada // free spirits // party in the crossfire

for the creation of musical projects that take listeners on wild experimental journeys. every possible genre, ones this side of the galaxy and beyond, collide in one consciously charged package. revolutionary, sensuous, contemplative, vibrant. ... more

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