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Welcome to the Real

from BrokenRadioLove by Vision the Kid & Tru

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Verse 1

Wake up, wake up
Midwest Sun/ Sticks to the humidity in my little apartment in the middle of the city/ filling up a phillie, switch it to a swisher/ antennae fuzzy get up to adjust picture
Flies buzzing cuz I didn’t do my dishes/ cuz I don’t got time cuz I’m always bout my business/ every other day I’m on something different/ this day in particular, very different
As I head out the door/ to the corner store/ could a swore/ somebody was rapping “do you want more?”/ as if in encore/ all the winos and esses at the SA freaking out bout the heatwave
Asking me for change, I’m just trying to change my ways/ get a scratch-off a six pack and be on my way/ but as soon as I enter AC/ I’m looking round the room for who trying to play me
Solo gringo so I keep it quite/ but I’m quick with the one-two stance if anybody try it/ I don’t know, it’s just the way I was raised/ slap-boxing on the bus in my Mil town ways

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Welcome to the Real/ where the streetlights flickering/ they upstairs bickering/ nobody gets no sleep in the (Welcome to the) Real
The recession ain’t stopping/ that ain’t champagne popping/ man we running out of options in the (welcome to the) Real
In my city where the lights go off/ where you’re right if you’re right or wrong/ where they don’t walk here if they ain’t from here, I welcome you to the real

Verse 2

I step out of my house/ shake my head wondering what the fuss is about
Sirens been blaring since 830/ looks like somebody shot a flare gun/ it caught him in the temple/ now mama’s there with some people from the temple/ rent a cop tapes the scene up/ justice is nowhere to be seen/ clouds rolling in it’s 11:33
I stumble down the block for two-for-one’s/ On my way getting stopped through a group of nuns/ the oldest/ grabs me on the shoulder saying you’re the one/ I said I’ve never been a shooter I don’t even own a gun
She said the way your living’s giving god the shoulder shrug/ I said, I know, I’ve seen the things he’s done/ I’d have to be insane to trust him with my loved ones/ she heard that and looked stunned/ bummed a cig
We came to an agreement/ be about it if you believe it/ if not keep reading/ I handed the bouncer my ID he didn’t need it/ he done seen me round the way/ back in the day/ VTK

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Verse 3/Bridge

At night
When the city is too hot to sleep/ And the breeze barely breathes/ a hum lies between the tracks and the smokestacks/ the highways and hi-rises
And everywhere, electricity is on the surface of things
A pulsating current, subtle as salt/ stirring up the restless in the night/ a reverberation of lives lived/ unspoken lives that even in death hardly whisper
As rooftops serve as reminders why man gets tired trying to climb the sky/ a languish, swoll in the belly of the breeze, whispers to lonely mothers that sirens are the devils reminders
And that all is not well tonight, when everywhere, electricity is on the surface of things

Chorus

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from BrokenRadioLove, released October 27, 2012

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Vision the Kid Minneapolis, Minnesota

Milwaukee-born, Minneapolis-based rapper Vision the Kid was voted Best Local Rapper in a poll by Minneapolis publication Vitamn in 2013. Collaborating with producer Ryan "Tru" Truax, they've crafted a sound that pays homage to the conscious underground style that Midwestern hip-hop is known for, while making a concerted effort to bring people out to the dance floor. ... more

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