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For a few years, I’ve been a huge fan of the hiphop podcast “Super Duty Toughwork” featuring veteran indie heavyweight emcees Blueprint and Illogic. During the pandemic I was hooked on this dope indie artist targeted podcast. There was an episode about the ills of getting too comfortable. I felt like they were speaking directly to me on this episode. This inspired this one, which also happened to be the very first recorded song for this project. Decided to reach out to Blueprint to get some more words of wisdom on this one. Wheww! Give this one a listen. Stay hungry!!
lyrics
The irony of this is COVID boosted my creative juice
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide man what I say is truth
Can't make excuses put myself into a box
I'm otherwise trying to climb out of on my quest for the top
Yo, been on a role, got this pen feeling warm
Got a few projects on the go to release to the swarm
Stepping out the realm of complacency so easy to stall
High off your own supply for too long you start feeling the fall
Man I'm guilty to a fault
Easy to make excuses under the guise of downtime to bring things to a halt
Creative writing abort, mental block on my thoughts
Mental picket line strike, writing rhymes feeling forced
Confidence lacking the sauce to get me back on course
No one else blame but myself like "that's my fault"
The ball is back in my court, I gotta figure it out
Stuck on this blank page for too long and I'm sick of it now
Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece
Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe
During that time off I lost a bit of drive
Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize
Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece
Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe
During that time off I lost a bit of drive
Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize
Put the pedal to the metal was my M.O
Now I deal with the repercussions of when you try to settle
And coast, cruise control while you're resting on your laurels
Complacency will have you bedridden like some florals
The 1st hurdle is rising to reach that plateau
The 2nd hurdle's maintaining that level's flat slope
And if you're that dope, the slope stays on an incline
Upwards, never heading on the decline
Yo, it's human nature to bask in ones achievements
The key is understanding what happens after that event
The yearning and the honing of one's craft is everlasting
And I realize it now I took this here passion for granted
Uphill climb off hiatus getting back to game form
Bench pressing in the lab getting my pen game strong
Reinvigorating this hunger for music that had me high
Keep creating regardless of who, the what, wheres and whys
Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece
Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe
During that time off I lost a bit of drive
Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize
Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece
Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe
During that time off I lost a bit of drive
Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize
They say you learn more from failure than you do success
Only adversity can really put you to the test
How to move through the stress, how to do more with less
They were sleeping on you but you wouldn't rest
Every time you wanna race you would lose step
Trying to push the pace but all you wanna do is rest
While they expect you to continue to impress, to continue to invest
Never coasting do your best, yes
A foolish man gets drunken from his victories
A wise man gets sobered by his losses
The side effect of being trapped in complacency
And never understanding what the true cause is
You gotta win enough to maintain your hunger
But not lose so much that you start to get discouraged
After the victory comes the real danger
'Cause fighting a complacency, that takes courage like that
credits
from Driver Or Driven,
released February 14, 2023
Vocals: Es, Blueprint
Beat: Das Da Beat Junkie
Based out of Mississauga (suburb of Toronto), Es is a student of hiphop. Inspired by golden era hip hop, Es makes a
conscious effort to capture the essence of hip hop...hard beats and raw rhymes. With 7 quality projects under his belt, his 8th aims to be another solid release for lovers of true school hiphop.
supported by 25 fans who also own “COMPLACENT (feat. Blueprint)”
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