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Pressure

by Norman Sann

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1.
Oh I'm back (Back) Like I don't take breaks (Breaks) The world need more hope (Hope) I pray it ain't too late I don't know what the plot is But how do we stop this nonsense I feel like it's causing too many problems I'm running away from darkness For the light I have a fondness Cause life can be so cruel sometimes That it will damn near make you heartless But I still gotta grind regardless Even though they doubt me like Thomas And try to brush it off like Pontius I might go off grid like the Amish But keep my drip like a faucet And stuff Benjamins in my wallet I don't really think they know what they started I'm a come in and shut down the party So give me them rings like Sonic here Or a big ring like Jordan ear How am I this underrated now My name seems so important here Let me calm it down cause I'm wilding Y'all know I'm hot like topic Tell me how do you play it by the book When life is More or less Like a comic No logic Everyone so psychotic I feel/phil we not harmonic Yet I find it ironic That somebody asked me What this genre is And I don't even know what to call it All I know is I'm rising up while they falling Showed up late But I'm so glad that you kept stalling So classy This suit make me look fancy Great like I'm Jay Gatsby I'm more classic than Cathy I won't pass it don't ask me I need more points on the stand sheet I don't need your approval to stamp me Cause when I come around It's a stampede Look You ain't never seen this strategy So tell me How do you battle me I'm locked in None of y'all can handle me I'm so fly I defy gravity Deep inside of your imagination Beating me is just a fascination I'm too new And improved If you try me You will lose (To the hook now) Oh I'm back (Back) Like I don't take breaks (Breaks) Y'all said I was dope Now I 'gotta give you more (Bass) Some rappers be talking bout nothing Man I just wish they could stop it Can you get out of my lobby Go find yourself a new hobby
2.
New Year, new me Who are you boy (Who are you) If you in my way You better move boy (Move) I don't ever miss a cue/queue/Q like ScHoolboy (What) Ain't no telling what I'mma do boy Ha ha ha ha ha I bet you thought you had me figured out But Nah nah nah nah nah I'm way too unpredictable I'm so fricken dope I'll make you flick your nose I got tricks up my sleeve like here's a rose Whoa It should be evident I am so elegant And focused on getting M's Cause I couldn't get a Letterman back then But now we moving up like the Jeffersons I can't quit now cause if I do I won't get Severance This year I'm tryna be one with the elements And stay away from vibrations that I shouldn't meddle in I'm shocked they do not relish in the present tense Must've forgot that I'm hot and I'm heaven sent What's a trend I don't give a damn about being relevant But then again I'm tryna be the light with all this melanin How can I go this hard And still be considered a gentleman No I ain't normal me and different are synonyms New Year, new me Who are you boy (Who are you) If you in my way you better move boy (Move) I don't ever miss a cue/queue/Q like ScHoolboy (What) Ain't no telling what I'mma do boy Ha ha ha ha ha I bet you thought you had me figured out But Nah nah nah nah nah I'm way too unpredictable You can keep the dough I'mma keep my soul They tryna butter me up cause I've been on a roll No Roadhouse I can make it hot when it's cold out Slow it down I'mma stand still strike a pose now Became one with the elements you all exposed now Even the Chemical Brothers say I'm out of control now Curtis said "death is wished upon me" by Many Men When you in the hood you die easier than Kenny 'nem Some don't have a vision I wish I could lend a lens to them Some don't listen to truth I wish lend an ear to them Some people scared to chase a dream Mmm hmm I guess failure put the fear in them But I'mma Still try to cheer for them I'mma Still be here for them I'mma Try to make a path clear for them Cause once I make it you won't see me shed a tear for them New Year, new me Who are you boy (Who are you) If you in my way you better move boy (Move) I don't ever miss a cue/queue/Q like ScHoolboy (What) Ain't no telling what I'mma do boy Ha ha ha ha ha I bet you thought you had me figured out But Nah nah nah nah nah I'm way too unpredictable
3.
So Good 02:21
You ain't get the memo I'm moving on Out to get that Stilton Gold, Farm cheddar, and provolone When I touch down I make it rain fire and brimstone When I come around it's going down like syndrome I be on a roll I never tire like Bridgestone The way that I be dressing you would think I own Wishbone Flow so freaking hot I be burnin' up y'all headphones Everything Righteous around me like Gemstones Yeah I'm rockin' out now Flintstones I'm ballin' baby '06 Jim Jones What I need a label for Y'all ain't wanna help me then Now y'all wanna work Dawg, bájate de mi cojones You ain't get the memo I'm moving on out to get that Stilton Gold, Farm cheddar, and provolone When I touch down I make it rain fire and brimstone When I come around it's going down like syndrome We all been trained not to believe in a dream See what they did to X See what they did to King Dawg the highway crowded so I had to take the back street If you know me then you know that's how I be Yeah It's crazy cause I don't like traffic I don't like sitting still My mind always active No break from paying these bills I hardly go out and party cause I be honing my skills Even when you in the league you never stop running drills Can I get an amen on that (Amen) Whoever would've thought a man like me could have so much appeal My scars prove that over time all wounds heal Look When I be on the field That Taurus stay concealed I want that green like the grass/deGrasse and I ain't talking about Neil I thought I told you all That I was not to be played with Yeah I thought I told you all that I was far from basic Yeah I thought I told you all they acting like they hate it Yeah But they secretly admire me I'm the one they aspire to be They saying He's so good He's so good He's so good He's so good You ain't get the memo We moving on Out to get that Stilton Gold, Farm cheddar, and provolone When I touch down I make it rain fire and brimstone When I come around it's going down like syndrome
4.
Midas 02:29
Why it feel like everything I touch 'bout to turn gold How I'm barely getting started and I'm shutting down the show Dark skin but I keep the light don't you see how it glow Didn't nobody wanna help us so we did it all alone You can have that They say I'm bringing rap back If music was on Wall Street I'm S&P and NASDAQ Money look like paper reams I got all these fat stacks All my Misadventures became Marvelous like Flapjack How was I a thespian and I still don't know how to act Labels leaving messages for me and I don't call them back I be in my own world ducked off like where Wakanda at My vision in the cosmos they asking me where Wanda at If you not part of this you gon' be part of that So if you not feeling me then your taste whack Dawg it's too easy both eyes still close I've been working hard so long I don't even get tired no more Yea Why it feel like everything I touch 'bout to turn gold How I'm barely getting started and I'm shutting down the show Dark skin but I keep the light don't you see how it glow Didn't nobody wanna help us so we did it All alone All along They been praying for my downfall all at home They thought they were right And I was wrong But someone said what doesn't kill you Make you strong I be soaring on the track like Terrorsaurus Turn the crowd into a choir Got them singing every chorus If we balling then I'm Jordan If we fighting then I'm Foreman Or Ali It just depends on if you think age is important Made a million off of portraits Behind my brother's Porsches Can't believe I got this far and I was supposed to be aborted Call me Mister Luminorman Cause I swear I'm out of orbit If they music was on Wall Street I swear they get shorted They saying they be working but they all laying dormant I got terabytes of music on drives I just recorded I'm solid now my estate is worth a fortune The debate whether I'm great will soon achieve a quorum Not even at max form I'm hardcore like My fury's a woman scorned 'Bout that action Jason Bourne Every time that I perform I be stirring up a storm You should see how many swarm to the state pages I be on Somebody please tell me Why it feel like everything I touch 'bout to turn gold How I'm barely getting started and I'm shutting down the show Dark skin but I keep the light don't you see how it glow Didn't nobody wanna help us so we did it all alone Why it feel like everything I touch 'bout to turn gold How I'm barely getting started and I'm shutting down the show Dark skin but I keep the light don't you see how it glow Didn't nobody wanna help us so we did it all alone
5.
Full Nelson 03:21
Like JVKE this my golden hour Like Curtis Jackson I can show you power Give me a beat and watch it get devoured Hey dog be careful with all that courage I've seen men get a hole in they tooth and become a coward I want the bag like Eustace I still rep Houston But live in the Ville now I'm out here cruising I'm out here choosing To work on improving instead of being stagnant I leveled up my talent The way that I attract that dough I feel like I'm a magnet But life ain't all about money baby you got to find a balance No longer playing victim now because of my father's absence Life ain't fair we all get different rations I promise you I'm going platinum I had to say it on the track so I can play it back And say I told you that this ish would happen Rappers holding shift when they talking Cause I swear they be capping They can't give birth to new knowledge cause all them brothers barren I run this like an errand I run this like a chairman I got the game on lock I'm talking full nelson You never seen a veteran Be this freaking fresh man I'm like a pocket full of peppermints Straight out Houston Texas I get them stacks like Tetris I can't believe it's so effortless but it still come out so excellent I'm walking round like the President All black SUVs Huh Flow so gayt dang sick no STD So get off my in N U T's Huh I'mma swipe that visa Looking so damn clean here they might think that it's Easter I'm glad that you unfollowed me cause I ain't like you either You hung out with your savior but denied me like you Peter Moving on I got m's on my mind like Majin Vegeta Why they have to go and ruin it by bringing in that heater I was trying to put it together like I bought it at IKEA Guess I gotta learn a new route like a traded wide receiver I threw up a pile of ether on your speakers They were skeptical about my dreams now they believers I guess they had to see them They all puppets anyway like Cousin Skeeter Y'all characters in my story that was designed for the seer Or reader or doers or hearer I go deep inside a lore with all these flows that I explore They asking when I'm gonna go on tour Because I'm way too live to be closed behind a door Yeah these Blueface Benjamins got me focused like Ford My skin is black as the Moors I'm out here working like chores I'm out here making these beats I got my hand on the chords Yea I'm moving keys My new routine could stunt your growth if you under 17 I'm moving weight boy Yeah I'm dope and it's laced boy I came to save hip hop I don't need a cape boy You'd think we at the bakery with all this cake boy They mad that I made it but um that's just fate boy Don't tell me you ain't know I run it like a errand I run it like a chairman I got the game on lock I'm talking full nelson You never seen a veteran Be this freaking fresh man I'm like a pocket full of peppermints Straight out Houston Texas I get them stacks like Tetris I can't believe it's so effortless but it still come out so effortless I'm walking round like the president Everybody know me Got respect worldwide and overseas Jeez Louise
6.
Pressure bust pipes Flow mean but I'm still too nice I popped up like a thief in the night With deep cuts like a 12 foot knife You think you cold sorry I'm dry ice You think you good cause you got a couple likes You think you bad cause you got a couple strikes Must've forgot I set the bar so high To reach my level you can't be afraid of heights I got high off a check Climbed up the social media ladder and broke my neck When I fell off I tried to come back and gain my respect Fame took me for a ride and I ain't got off yet I tried to detox like cutting tree out Don't smoke but I had to weed out the weakness And get back on board like a rebound Oh here we go now let's set this thing in motion When I get on the track I call serious commotion The dopeness will leave your nose broken Like Contra you know I stay coasting And just like postage I stay posted Southwest Legend in the making No shortcuts on the journey that I'm taking Had to clean up all the barriers I'm breaking I'm working like a laymen bringing thunder like I'm Raiden It started with a cake and we out here still baking Cause pressure bust pipes Yeah Flow mean but I'm still too nice I popped up like a thief in the night With deep cuts like a 12 foot knife You think you cold sorry I'm dry ice You think you good cause you got a couple likes You think you bad cause you got a couple strikes Must've forgot I set the bar so high To reach my level you can't be afraid of heights It's crazy how these fallible men speak like they factual I'm out here on a boardslide, fakie, ollie, manual I know the in and out it's like I memorized the manual My style wild like Thornberrys boy I'm an animal I hit you with a random flow like a trap door I gave 'em a lil' dope now they all want mo' Oh, I heard hip hop was poison I'm the antidote That ain't just no anecdote Cut it like a cantaloupe When I start releasin' I make rappers go in panic mode They been sleepin' on me like Melatonin and Trazodone Wake up answer the phone big daddy's home They all got borrowed style so I leave 'em alone/ a loan Oh my light never dim Yeah I'm really him Got drip like I swim My flow so sick got you coughing up phlegm Your chance at a win more slim than a Jim Cause pressure bust pipes Flow mean but I'm still too nice I popped up like a thief in the night With deep cuts like a 12 foot knife So many bars got the song serving life But I don't wanna be a stereotype Is it art if you only do it for likes Is it worth it if your soul is the price Is my attention only the span of a swipe
7.
War 02:25
Alright look It's the return of the underground I used to run around H Town selling mixtapes now we move pounds In amounts you can't even count I'mma hold it down I'm renowned I'm a real king I don't need a crown My prerogative is get a milli call me Bobby Brown My Achilles I don't have one I'm perfect all around Overall I'm a real Kahn I don't mean Shao Me making it was impossible but did it somehow wow It be ya own people trying to out ya It's sad that I gotta keep a pole like a jouster Now I'm worldwide like an internet browser The way I treat a line you would think that I'm a bouncer I'm so insane cause I'm so insane We took similar paths but we not the same They ride the wave I made a lane I took my time and endured the flame Claimed my soul and ignored the fame I hardly changed Locked in my aim from a mile away I traverse the trail and I ain't talking Chevrolet Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Let me calm down nah nah wait a minute uh Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Iight' cool let me let that thing breathe I'm the best papa Head knocker Free of form like a dread locker Give me cake Betty Crocker I'm underrated That's life not a shocker But still did it my way call me Frank Sinatra Yeah Me on the beat is like Russian Ukraine I torture this track I'm so inhumane Gyat dang I'm drawn to the money like a moth to a flame It feel like I'm about to pull rap out the grave Uh Flow so dope you can put it on your nose Now we moving keys like pushing round Rhodes Ain't a DJ but I feel so chose Niggas stay capping but they never get bold Me spitting bars won't ever get old I'mma make 60 off one video Walking round feeling like I'm Rubi Rose Some of y'all way too dense for the show Some of y'all way too dense Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Let me calm down nah nah wait a minute Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Who want war with this guy (No one) Let me calm down nah nah wait a minute Look you don't want war with this guy Why I'm just saying you don't want war with this guy Why I'm saying you don't want war with this why Because I said so
8.
Brothers 02:16
Sometimes I shed Tears for my brothers Tears for my brothers It's been so much dread Over the years for my brothers Over the years for my brothers Oh yeah we up high but we been low Victories don't get talked about but failures might get pinned though It's crazy how we only focus on negative info And filled it out the good (Hmm) Will it take me out the hood (Hmm) I wanted to be the change (Hmm) But didn't know if I could But shoulda coulda woulda ain't good (Naw) Came a long way from the hood (Yea) And they still try to bring me back every now and then My thoughts tend to flood the cerebral cortex Are all those demons at the door yet They keep on knocking saying that your next I guess they mad I'm not on board yet Yea But let them be mad Cause it's easy to get lost if you don't take your own path That's why I choose integrity over a bag My people selling they soul is what's really making me sad We glorifying them bars that's keeping us in the trap And that's why Sometimes I shed Tears for my brothers Tears for my brothers It's been so much dread Over the years from my brothers Over the years from my brothers Oh yeah we up high but we been low Hard elastic hmm hmm I feel like I'm Diplo Crocodile tears always greet me on my pillow Water from my Willow Tree is fogging up my window The song of inequality crescendo over my kinfolk Aye how do we give birth to knowledge when we don't sleep with the info like a nympho What a time to be alive and feel dead inside that's limbo Aye he got played like Nintendo Till the game was over like Flip tho I bust a rhyme and flip mode I recommend you all lay low Cause they still coming round to your door knocking And these demons will play you short no option Leave money on your head no auction Might have been better for us to be Family Guys And head off on the road to Rhode Island Sometimes I shed Tears for my brothers Tears for my brothers It's been so much dread Over the years from my brothers Over the years from my brothers Oh yeah we up high but we been low
9.
(And I believe I can find more happiness with you) Yea Can you make me happy on a rainy day If I'm hurt baby can you take all the pain away Girl I need you Naw it's more like I just have to have you I've fein for you in a way a normal man can't even fathom Woah now I need to slow down and check my soul now I rolled out of bed and called out your number so many times I know now to speak in code now when your folks round I might catch a case for this dope sound Like I copied Homer Flow hard that's a boner How I got this popular but still I'm such a loner Aye, give me that green Fiona And give me some time to show up I'm out here getting so high like this And I don't even really much roll up Brand new car doors go up Neighbors looking at me like hold up Never did show no love before But wave now like they know us I pop like shooken soda I run the game no controller And now that I'm finally here They say please don't go like Mike Posner Yeah Can you make me happy on a rainy day If I'm hurt baby can you take all the pain away Girl I need you Naw it's more like I just have to have you I've fein for you in a way a normal man can't even fathom Woah now I need to slow down and check my soul now I rolled out of bed and called out your number so many times I know now to speak in code now when your folks round I might catch a case for this dope sound Like how can you be sober When my run still ain't over I got all this range I'm out this world just like a rover Yeah I spit truth Sojourner Uh I'm too hot that's a toaster Look if you ain't talking about getting bread Then I give you a cold shoulder uh Brand new car doors Go up neighbors looking at me like hold up Never did show no love before But wave now like they know us I pop like shooken soda I run the game no controller And now that I'm finally here They say please don't go like Mike Posner So when I'm down can you lift me up When I'm lost can you pick me up Whenever you need some substance Don't be shy just hit me up They act like we don't exist but just too afraid to mention us Cause me and you MJ Pipen Or a bad kid in detention Or a white man in the 1800s who was all about lynching us I know that was dark but um Can you make me happy on a rainy day If I'm hurt baby can you take all the pain away Girl I need you Naw it's more like I just have to have you I've fein for you in a way a normal man can't even fathom Woah now I need to slow down and check my soul now I rolled out of bed and called out your number so many times I know now to speak in code now when your folks round I might catch a case for this dope sound (Yeah that's right girl)
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Innermission 01:51
Life is complicated I tend to overthink too much Maybe I'm just being hard on myself and I don't think enough Being glued to the screen got me feeling consistently stuck I'd like to try my luck but got all these rhythms in my mind I'm synchronized with time with every line And each dollar that I earn don't seem to make sense Is that a sign that it got me tied At this age most dreams go to die Why are mine alive My biggest fear is failing and going back to a 9 to 5 The last time I was in an office I barely survived That state of mind was where the Norman Sann you and I know derived from My origin story so convoluted and confusing Most people I know would have been gave up on music And took the steady paid from a cube like Rubiks This hustle don't come with no benefits Just cash transactions at dealerships Thumbing through so much paper I got cuts on all my fingertips Like a barber I overcame adversity with just a clip Aye It's safe to say that life a Who only ask for just a tip uh My flow be sharp and Shannon every song I make be hard to skip The packs that I be moving be so loud it be hard to ship Hanging by a thread but I'm Peter Parker with the grip At the expensive sounding like a Richard we don't pay for tricks Niggas out here with allergies acting like they really sick Life is hard enough as it is Simple facts you ain't gotta be a whiz to get it kid Hey look I never hurt myself with good intention I took a break for like a month that's an intermission Dawg, flow be so dope you need an intervention I take em on a field trip now we really ascending
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Boston 02:28
I got my mind on the green even though I never been to Boston Uh huh See I was raised in the south by southwest I ain't talking Austin I make you Marvel at the flow Brie Larson I'm 'bout that bank like Hilary and Carlton I am not from this world I'm a Martian He thought he was married to the game but she divorced him Aw a sad reality tragedy strikes again When you're out there on the grind it's a couple ways it can end See these labels wanna sign me cause they love the way I trend But the problem with advances is the interest at the end See I'm picky with my pen I'm stingy with my stems I make it look so easy cause all I do is win To hate me is a sin To find me is a gem They miss when rap was good so let's make it good again I liquidated my assets to gain more capital My margin for error now seems so irrational I detached myself from all the non tangibles Cause non-intrinsic and property never seemed that valuable Now my name travel like school girls passing notes It's crazy how a year ago I was hella broke But I was chilling though I could've got all up in my feelings bro And told myself I never leave Houston But now we singing songs like I got my mind on the green even though I never been to Boston Uh huh See I was raised in the south by southwest I ain't talking Austin I make you Marvel at the flow Brie Larson I'm 'bout that bank like Hilary and Carlton I am not from this world I'm a Martian He thought he was married to the game but she divorced him She told him bye bye bye But you know boys don't cry So he went back to the block And got his hands on some fire But he didn't get to move a pack this time Because the same girl that left him ended up ratting him out And that's why The only dope that I pedal is over bass and some treble I keep it hot as a kettle I swear I might need a kennel The way I dog instrumentals Might have some lawsuits to settle I have the mind of a genius And the heart of a rebel Swear I rock harder than pebbles Now I rock harder than metal You may need hundreds of ladders to try to reach my level On god You might have to be a daredevil just to see my feet I take it beat by beat I posted week by week I gave him heat heat heat Ain't on the Walk of Fame yet but my name out in the street Ain't never been to Wisconsin But all I want is cheese I ain't never been to Boston But all I want is green That's why I got my mind on the green even though I never been to Boston Uh huh See I was raised in the south by southwest I ain't talking Austin I make you Marvel at the flow Brie Larson I'm 'bout that bank like Hilary and Carlton I am not from this world I'm a Martian He thought he was married to the game but she divorced him
12.
Woke up this morning Surely thought I heard that money calling False alarm but I feel like something starting It's either brewing Or I'm just too obsessed with balling Wilson If you sit down and listen And pay real close attention To the way that I be spitting It sound like it's all written Like I just came back from Britain And William Shakespeare penned it Might be the black Bob Dylan If not then I'm on a mission I'm of the titan fraction We leave you stained like Clinton I keep it real like Lincoln I say to hell with the system I am sick without the symptoms I serve it to you like Williams My minds stay on quadrillions I'm eons away from millions But still I'm a civilized civilian So much Zeni now we used to pinch for pennies wow Used to have poco now I feel like we got plenty now Had like two fans back in the day we got many now I do my own thing Don't care about being trendy now My plate full used to be so empty These tracks moving weight yeah they hitting Jenny Boy I am extending Extenze-ing never limp I keep it limpid I stand on business Like I stood on the shoulders of the richest We at the intersection of who is this I don't know he sound like Andre Eminem and Ludacris Mixed with a little bit of um What's his name I forgot who cares Norman Sann in his own lane Swerving through the city I got my music hella loud Now I don't care that the streets This busy Change coming Baby you can feel it in the air Oh you can feel it in the air Something is truly brewing in the air Somebody once told me I only needed myself So when I ask for a quote and you don't respond I just feature myself I treat a stereotype like a virgin I beat it myself like I never needed no help Flow get nasty you might need a napkin Boy y'all drip so ass you drip Acid boy y'all niggas some industry plants Nobody was asking for the way I flip the script It made sense I did gymnastics for like 3 months and quit I was really doing tricks off the balance board I ain't got time for no bull I ain't no Matador Buddy I'm a Cane Corso so you just a Labrador If you want smoke I turn the Bangalore Every time I rhyme they be like Norm aye what you vaping for I just did a brand deal you won't believe what I'm making for it It's crazy how fan love is what rappers hating me for Something to play with is not what they taking me for I ain't no dildo I just want the ring like Bilbo Aye can we keep it civilized I don't move with the tide I do what I want yeah I do what I like Make a whole lot more than notorious lights to get me hypnotized Pour that Bourbon need I do not need no ice Lo que necesito es more life Porque for the first half of mine Dawg I was not living right Even your top 5 rappers say Norman Sann flow nice And if your top 5 dead I bet they spirit coincide As you play this song when you Swerving through the city I got my music hella loud Now I don't care that the streets This busy Change coming Baby you can feel it in the air Oh you can feel it in the air
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Classic 02:14
Lord bless this nation Bless all creation All I need in this life of sin is a mic and a DAW Cause I don't need a pen Who I am now is not who I was back Then these gems go over your head Listen close my friend I give it to you raw just like adult film stars I don't need a chart to prove I got bars Wanting smoke with me is rare like Cuban cigars I am Above The Law I feel like Steven Seagal Never needed a hand so you can hold your applause You all comparing me to peons now I feel appalled Good Lord I see the writings on the wall now ahh now We ain't on no London Bridge But we gonna let it fall down They closed so many doors on me that we gonna tear them all down Now I'm about to ball like screw it I'm going bald now Yeah I think I got me a classic Lately I've been snapping like Vlasic I go hard these other rappers are flaccid I'm on the rise now gon' call me Lazarus hmm yeah I think I got me a classic I think I got me a classic I'm back up on my Dilla ish They said I was ill equipped But they look at me now like I'm the melanated Eminem I'm one hell of a specimen but then again Go check out my resume and see the folk who recommend me Yeah go on and settle up I got all this green inside my eyes I feel like Buttercup I don't just want one so I go ahead and I double up Flow so cold you huddle up Digging in the crates I dug it up Like inflation I run it up I'm really out here climbing the ladder of social media rappers I convert them into cadavers and put they head on a platter My levels at the Master surpassing that of a Bachelor Lyrically I am Howard, Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford They yell/Yale at me and scramble Cause when I come around Some brothers be getting grim like Gretel and Hansel Yeah I think I got me a classic Lately I've been snapping like Vlasic I go hard these other rappers are flaccid I'm on the rise now go and call me Lazarus hmm yeah I think I got me a classic I think I got me a classic
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Yeah I'm up like Pixar (Pixar) Flow hard like Beskar (Beskar) I'm blowing up like Death Star (death star) Hating on me won't get far I'm out of this world like a quasar I put bars/barres on chords like a guitar My flow get mean like Adolf yeah I'mma shut it down like Kmart uh Flow so dope it's a 8 ball uh I want the green like Reptar To see that all my hard work paid off yeah So give me that Bag bag bag bag bag Give me that bag bag bag bag baby Yeah Look I want the bag like Badu (Erykah) Flow so sick achoo (God bless) Work hard like I got 10 kids Ain't no tellin' what I'm 'bout to do Wait a minute man Wait a minute you can't just make this song with all these random sections like this man this is confusing Well be confused then I'm from the southwest side of Houston But my swag got a little East Coast I'm universal like Lucian I can't believe God gave me this much range When I die they gon' study my brain Even Ye say I'm insane Even they say hold up wait a minute Who's that guy right there Woah ma'am please don't stare My bag way too deep My skill set so unfair Pshh get a load of this guy right here Pshh get a load of this guy right here Pshh get a load of this guy right here Pshh get a load of this guy What is this It's the move baby What is this New groove baby What is this I'm too smooth baby What is this It's me baby We maybe have let nonsense run amok in hip hop lately So here I come with that old school sound over a break so I can beat everybody down I gotta keep it clean like some AJAX The only thing I know is straight fax like a Xerox Jumping on this beat like a b hop Hit it like I'm B Hop producing like I'm Pete Rock I stay on my toes like clean socks when it tend to freeze out I'm the bee's knees I take the queen spot My lines make them itch like a dog getting fleas out I'm on a level higher than Snoop when you bring weed out I'm not to be played with cause I ain't no toy I ain't no toy yeah I'm not to be played with cause I ain't no toy
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Dream 02:59
Can you dream with me Dream with me Come on baby now dream with me Fly with me to a galaxy far beyond the cosmos Somewhere where time moves slow Somewhere where people don't judge you for trying to do more than what you doing right now Cause right now I'm just chilling keeping it low key Trying to make that dough see I got that dope I just hope people don't OD See the old me would've told y'all something way more cute But I got down to the root And found out The chords hit different when they way more brute Other rappers could never emulate being this astute Hip hop is the gum and I'm the tooth It's fire in this booth like I started a fire in this booth Niggas be saying they the best but we got liars in the booth I'm a real killer Mike Myers in the booth Snatch a nigga soul Shang Tsung, Will Byers in the booth Like tires in the booth we keep this thing rolling I'm the Sire in the booth See my status grows higher in the booth But sometimes I gotta take a step back to find out if that's really true Cause I don't believe in myself like I'm supposed to I met a lot of my heroes lately and they say don't meet your heroes for a reason It got me to thinking Why am I not working as hard during the off season I don't know dawg this is really getting introspective I'm deeply reflecting and truly analyzing my perspective While addressing emotions that I previously rejected So can you dream with me Yeah Come on and dream with me Yeah Dream with me Why Did I set my standards up so high And fed myself all those lies Why Did I dine With Beelzebub after all this time Something in my mind told me we'd be fine So I accepted that and moved on Told myself I'd play for just a little bit but I stayed in the sandbox way too long Got burnt These 3rd degrees can't be healed with surgery I stepped up to the plate cause they was all turds to me Straight waste What a shame We got people out there with a large appetite and cooks with no taste At this pace/paste y'all gon' run out of stuff to copy And you gon' need a new hobby You gon' need a new story to tell You gon' need a new posse Just like they needed a new Hokage I guess Norman Sann the third after Kakashi The 9th wonder At night I wonder why I can't get comfortable in slumber I toss and turn thinking about that one summer when I did absolutely nothing What a bummer Hanging around girls who was bragging about having BeatKing's number I made music too They just don't wanna play it cause it didn't bang in the Jeep So I tried making my songs a little bit more "crunker" A lot less intellectual and way more dumber I couldn't do it so I went back to 24 with Josh and working on my jumper That's real specific But when you this prolific at freestyling you just spew out the words that you giving I don't even know how to let this song go on for three minutes but uh Can you dream with me Can you dream with me eh eh eh with me eh
16.
Cosmic Dance 02:19
I still fear growing old In this realm The inevitable's cold Oh So get your space shoes on And get ready for a cosmic dance with me Ascending high for eternity Sit back and gaze (gaze) in admiration I'm in my zone (zone) and I don't need validation Faces look up high to celestial places We can't have conversations cause they don't know what Grace is What an introspective sight I share Gold illuminance light here Travel to my dimension is gonna take light years Tales of unity's strength taking flight here here I'm tiptoeing over the moon In my Jordans while recording y'all Look how hard I fell (fall) back to earth and not well off Wanna get rich like them and stack that green just like it's kale I'm grinding like I'm on a rail I am monumental I'm next up if you can't tell I kill a beat then post bail And even though all that's true I still fear growing old In this realm The inevitable's cold (So cold) Oh So get your space shoes on And get ready for a cosmic dance with me Ascending high for eternity Among the constellations our story has begun A journey through the galaxies of marathons to run What matters has yet to come Universal decree told us to break the chains Setting my niggas free indeed Dawg I possess so much steeze I can make people believe I'm the best rapper alive Just by you hearing me breathe Alright the case and the curtain closed I didn't show up to the Grammy's this year cause I was too busy painting the globe gold Dawg Y'all couldn't catch up to me even if I was moving in slow mo I ate every single beat I've ever been on you could just call me ocho Mi gente sabe que estoy loco I'll be somewhere over the rainbow like Dorothy and Toto And even know all that's true I still don't have a home In this realm The inevitable's cold (So cold) So get your space shoes on And get ready for a cosmic dance with me Ascending high for eternity
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B Side 01:48
I got ADHD Loli loli loli pop Tell me you were ready But I'm looking in your eyes and I notice you're not ready to go Switching the radio station Brought a new melody into the room Good evening groovy listeners you tuned into the sounds of the underground Where the beats are hot and the vibes are cool And tonight we got a special treat for y'all So sit back and turn that volume up As we boogie down with the cake man Hey darling I left you stranded in the aisle When I came back you was gone I heard you stayed for a while I see the tables have turned I guess I stepped in a pile The only thing to do now for me is to get out of town And when I leave will you remember the words I whispered tenderly into your ear Now we gon' be haunted by those memories Don't cry for me Cause I ain't worth your tears 365 days without me is a perfect year yeah Save the waterworks I know right now it kinda hurt But later on you'll find out There's plenty fish inside the earth I think the saying is in the sea I messed it up silly me And that just goes to show you Just out jumbled up my mind And when I leave will you remember the words I whispered tenderly into your ear Now we gon' be haunted by those memories Don't cry for me cause I ain't worth your tears 365 days without me is a perfect year
18.
White Dress 03:16
Why dress in a white dress Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh Why dress in a white dress Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh You know how many people I've seen get married and be divorced by the first year A lot You know how many folk I've seen plan an extravagant wedding and then at the last minute they pull out Too many to count I ain't got the many fingers on me It's a shame I've been a pallbearer more times than I've been a guest at a wedding and that's just lame I tell it like it is I ain't here to report on what happened I leave that to Lois Lane And I ain't Superman And neither is he baby So you can come down from that fantasy you sitting on They want real music back it's been too long But since you've been gone I created this new lane I don't even know what I'm on I don't even know what this song is She been dreaming about this day since she was a kid But then I come and ruin it by saying look baby Why dress (Why) In a white dress (Dress) Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh Why dress (Why dress) In a white dress (Ohuh) Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh What's the point in tradition if you traditionally getting left at the altar Yo no se IDK Maybe you wanted an upside down kiss like Mary Jane Or maybe you wanted to be Gwen Stacy I heard you was at the bar looking all stately He said he wanted space so he left you so spacely And it really made makes me wonder Why (Why baby) Why dress (Get all dressed up) In a white dress When it all Can come crashing down so fast Oh the frames from our past make me laugh And afraid of the shadows they cast These vows that we gave supposed to last But don't nobody care and that makes me sad So why dress (why dress) In a white dress (in a white dress) Oh oh da doo da da da Why dress (why) In a white dress (dress) Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh Maybe it's not the color Maybe it's the dreams we cast Or project on the whole institution of marriage I don't know We we just gone let that sit for a second Oh Oh Why dress In a white dress Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh Why dress In a white dress Oh oh oh ooh oh oh oh There she go again in the white dress Saying that she pure and innocent Knowing damn well that she not Knowing damn well that she not
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Never had a lot I had to stretch my dollar like knit Ain't a myth what I did on the block Came up hard like steel Could've lost my life to a cop Had an elbow stuffed in the trunk But that was a routine stop Thank God that he didn't have a Thank god that I didn't get But what young man really knows what's right And is he known to just riot Where his hands built for war Was his mind made to be violent Two ears and only one mouth Was a man made to be silent These trees high five the clouds To a man nature so giant You gave it away Now you want it all back You told me we cool But was it all just an act You gave me your train of thought But somehow we fell off track Don't front too much when you speak Cause some words you can't take them back We stumble We fall But it's up to us to try and stand tall Cause time fades away so fast There's no way to have it all Way too loud I can't even hear a sound No white flags in the air for surrender now I'm way too proud But what young man really knows what's right And is he known to just riot Where his hands built for war Was his mind made to be violent Two ears and only one mouth Was a man made to be silent These trees high five the clouds To a man nature so giant
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The Real You 02:08
Eyes don't lie Cause they don't speak They don't speak They don't speak Hmm You're mine sometime Yet you're free You're free You're free My arms open wide But they don't see Don't see Don't see The real you—you never show Oh oh You sold your soul to be beautiful Oh oh My eyes don't lie Cause they don't speak They don't speak They don't speak Hmm You're mine sometime Yet you're free You're free You're free Woah My arms are open wide But they don't see Don't see Don't see The real you The real you The real you
21.
Shadows 03:32
Shadows Cast A still image of my past I've seen cash go Fast Gotta have fun with it cause it won't last Shadows Cast A broken image of my past I've seen cash go Fast Gotta have fun with it cause it won't last In the chains Of endless scrolling bound by likes My freedom's floating away Will it change These filters mask my true reflection So obsessed with validation My spirit and my heart began to sway One day you're here one day you're not uh One day you cold one day you hot uh One day you on top but then one day you drop One day it feel like you can't miss But then one day you flop Check it out We all came to this earth from the dirt We return to the dust where we came from Um even if you bank like Bezos Um everybody must/musk like Elon uh The reaper can't take your visa to him You are just a peon that is a fact we sleep on We see that text and read on Some believe we get reborn While others ignored and yawn at the thought of a breaking dawn I write a song that goes on for pages long If you got a bone to pick with me alright cool then pick your favorite bone I got so many voices inside my head I picked my favorite tone and ran with it My flow so got darn hot you catch a tan with it or tan from it I just spit it however I get it I form a sentence and non formal sentences I reinvent it Naw, I'm more like Aang with all these flows that I be bending Way too many of us pretending like we winning When in fact we know the ending takes us back to the beginning Right were all the Shadows Cast A broken image of my past I've seen cash go Fast Gotta have fun with it cause it won't last In the chains Of endless scrolling bound by likes my freedom's floating Away Will it change These filters mask my true reflection So obsessed with validation My spirit and my heart began to Sway Shadows Cast A broken image of my past Life goes Fast Gotta make the most of it 'cause it won't last
22.
Grass 03:05
Roses are red A rose is red When you feeling blue Only when you're down though The grass ain't much greener on the other side With you Oh In a desperate attempt to avoid sounding cliche I'mma just turn the volume up and sing it my way I don't give a damn if I'm off key I'mma still let the melody play Cause I know very well that every love song make the pain go away yeah Grandma's juice In my cup Take a sip pour it up Ask for forgiveness when tomorrow comes But tonight we'll have fun Roses are red A rose is red When you're feeling blue Only when you're down though The grass ain't much greener on the other side With you Oh I can't get back the time we spent together and the places we went to Some of the things we both did we wasn't into We downplayed things we've been through Gas lit each other so much much I'm surprised we didn't die from the CO2 We danced so close to the edge it's a miracle nobody fell off the roof I've come to the conclusion That not every single love song takes the pain away Sometimes you gotta face The skeletons in your closet The monsters under your bed The ghost in your attic The demons in your basement The secrets in your diary All of the shadows in the hallway And those awful cobwebs in the corners Whispers in the walls The echoes in the chamber and the body in the trunk The trash in the dump The footsteps in the empty room And the secrets buried in the garden That's Rick and Morty Grandpa's brew In my mug Take a sip pour it up Seek His wisdom when tomorrow comes But tonight we'll have fun Roses are red A rose is red When you're feeling blue Only when you're down though The grass ain't much greener On the other side With you Oh Roses are red When you're feeling blue And the grass ain't much greener On the other side With you hmm
23.
In the dawn of a shattered dream We held on to a fantasy Fragile threads Oh I get so stuck in my head Sometimes I can't let go I got a real problem holding on My hopes so god damn high I'm tryna float Then I realize I can't get two feet above the floor Oh Oh oh oh I still can't believe you wanted to be free But told me you adored the chains we wore My heart is on clearance now You screwed up my spirit now I can't have no one else around Starlight Gaze Oh my days Let's not move too fast Cause we might misbehave This empty bed so cold I get so stuck in my head Sometimes I wanna move on But lately it feel like time going slow Some days I be high some days I'm low Tryna get my feet back on the floor Oh oh oh oh oh Tryna get my feet back Tryna get my feet back on the floor Tryna get my feet back on the floor Tryna get my feet back Tryna get my feet back on the Starlight Gaze Oh my days Let's not Move too fast Cause we might Misbehave I still can't believe you fell for someone new You told me that was something that you'd never do Lied your way with a Starlight gaze I'm just tryna pick up where we left it babe

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