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The Prelude

by Complex

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1.
The Prelude 03:16
I ain't back again cause I never been, Some Figi water, Exederin, Then I'm on a plane, round the world so quickly dog your head would spin, I can't settle in, got too much potential, I'll buy it all, man fuck a rental, I bring these bitches back to basics, Then blast em with my fundamentals, I'm the newest kid, bout to do it big, and there ain't shit you can do about it, That stupid shit's, what you used to bitch, but the tell the truth, I'm cool without it, I'm on the plane sippin champagne, not worrying bout a damn thing, Tryna be myself, keep on movin forward on this campaign, But they won't allow it like drugs in school, Let's stop tellin kids thugs is cool, And start tellin them books are, Yea it s cool as hell when you look smart, My songs as fresh as my cooks are, Want greatness aint gotta look far, Cause I'm right here, And I know one day soon its gon be quite clear, On the road to riches only direction when I steer, Swear there aint a man alive that I fear, And I'm about to make it crystal clear, Watch these haters disappear, Man who else you know woke up and made a dream outta they're nightmares, like what? (Chorus) I said hold up lemme get it back, RIP when I hit a track, No cardiac, this cold blood, but honestly, I can live with that, Cause my songs are fresh as my kicks are, My life a movie, no Pixar, I'm hotter than a super nova bout to be a big star, And I'm laughin hard while I switch lanes, My nickname's the white Rick James, This bitch I'm with a super freak, But sound dumb as fuck while she give brain, I'm insane and I know it, So I embrace those who embrace me, I stay deep as fuck, like it's 4th and long, and I'm playin Strong Safety, And man last week I went coast to coast, I aint tryna brag, cause my ghost will boast, They'll remember me, by my legacy, and drink Hennessy while they hold the toast, We smoke fast but we sip slow, Just vibin out with the tempo, Layin down track after track, I fuckin snap on instrumentals, It's only the beginning, it's never gonna end though, They tellin me they know that Ima win yo, And I fuckin agree, Look at me, Soon to be the MVP, I'm killin every track I see and honestly man this right here is just the intro
2.
Ok I'm takin off without ever landing, This life chose me, I never planned it, I thought that I would be a fuckin doctor, Never a mechanic, That bullshit, I reprimand it, I'm workin days and then workin nights, And I still find time to write so I don't seek respect, boy I demand it, I'm an inglorious bastard, Can't drink too slow,I pour it faster, Most people just want that front page spot, like a foreign disaster, But fame it don;t mean shit to me, I just hate the fact that I spit for free, they hear me out in Denver, like they hear me out in Italy, So I'm a worldwide "Who is he?", Tryna climb but I be too dizzy, So I keep goin in circles, Just tryna keep myself busy, Tryna figure out what I'm worth, Been askin that since birth, They tell me I aint shit, but this right here's why Im on this Earth, Ima die defendin my turf, Colorado my backyard, We shootin at em no Nerf, then slidin out like a black card, Just kiddin dog, I aint that hard, But I'd still die for my team, keep my eyes locked on that prize, and my mind locked on that green (Chorus) And this is only just the start, I tear each track apart, See me movin up the charts, Every day I hit my mark, It's like Im made of iron, just call me Tony Stark, I keep this shit 100, You keep your shit in park, And this is only the beginning X4 And this is only the beginnin but we ardy winnin, I take each victory with losses, But that's just how the life of every boss is, got our backs up on our crosses, Our mind aint on the pain though, I made it through the storm, Still got yet to see a rainbow, I got that fire flow, These verses like volcanos, On the mic it sound like I just ate 50 jalapenos, But I aint sayin nothin, Play my mixtape and they know, On my Waterboy shit I'm rappin like Captain Insano, And I pray no hate, when I go to bed, Still feel the anger float over head, I never wanna sell out, but I don't ever wanna go broke instead, I got somethin off in my broken head, My heart alive, but my soul is dead, Started with nothin and I'm still here, just not wearin that gold and red, And I'm ridin round in that 99', just killin shit like in Whitey's prime, They tell me I aint shit, but when it comes time to fly, they can;t find they spines, My life aint great, but my life is fine, Fuck what you think of this life of mine, Cause fore you know it, I'll fuckin blow, And it'll finally be my time to shine, like what (Chorus) Yea we only gettin started, Haters dearly departed, Yea we plotted for a minute now we finally gettin with it, They telln me they knew, I tell em Idid too, But back when I was broke homie where the fuck were you? I been on some two plus two must equal five shit, That barely feel alive shit, Fuck just gettin by Ima tryna break out and thrive shit, And they just sittin in the gutter, We gotta help ourselves, fore we could ever hope to help each other, Love your sisters and brothers same as you love your mothers, And love your fellow man, No matter who dealt his hand, No matter his color, culture, conduct, or confusion tryna understand, Love everyone the same exact way would would love your fam, Makin every "fuck it" kick the bucket is the fuckin plan, Fuck it man, I would rather chill and count a hundred grand, Love your life cause it's a bitch, Hip-hop's biggest hypocrite, A walking contradiction every time I spit this shit
3.
Tic-Toc 03:54
My mind's like opposite oscillating astrology, Two galaxies spinning in different directions now follow me, I send convoluted messages dressed with no apologies, Mess with the best get rested but violence just aint the policy, I concentrate my consciousness on creatin, The angel on my constantly conversatin with Satin, I consecrate and foresake him, Now all the demons awakened, I'm sending em back to hell, Either that or hallucinatin, Wait but both the hands on the clock keep movin backwards, Faster and faster, Damn, I think time is the ultimate master, I ask the past for some laughter, Alas there's only disaster, I'm plastered actin a bastard, Pascal Payet, I just can't be captured, Unleash your mind and set your conscience free, Cause if you want you can be anywhere you wanna be, I'm just on the glades, sippin lemonade, countin up what I've been paid, in the shade of a mutha fuckin marijuana tree (Chorus) Lemme take you on a trip into my mind, Wonder what we'll find, Best not fall behind, Cause once you get lost then you get locked in, Spinnin through my twisted thoughts, And all you even conscious of is the clock spin (tic-toc tic-toc tic-toc) You only know the clock spin (tic-toc tic-toc tic-toc) The clock spin (tic-toc tic-toc tic-toc) We call that shit the clock spin (tic-toc tic-toc tic-toc) My mind wanderin but I just don;t know where to go, Voices in my head are shouting, all my thoughts hysterical, A twisted labyrinth of solitary confusion, Border lining on fairly delusioned, Ok my stream of consciousness is off lost in a different stratosphere, Take my hand, Eat whats in this bag, and lets get outta here, A concoction of deadly toxins, all your thoughts are boxed in, Let your soul, down the rabbit hole and watch the clock spin, A metamorphosis of mesmerizing colors, Telling each other, "we ain't no different, so let's be brothers", The calm is startin to creep in, I'm cryin beneath the covers, Lullabys from my lady lovely, so I just lie and say I love her, No need to suffer, If you want then simply float away, Man you ain't gotta come back, You can just go and stay, There's no tomorrow where I'm from, that means there's no today, Time is simply moving like a statue, looking oh so gray, The twilight zone is where I go to play, I know the way, So follow me and I promise there's nothing more to say (The twilight zone is where I go to play, I know the way, So follow me then I promise there's nothing more to say) Chorus
4.
Tendencies 02:26
And I hear em sayin "fuck this Drew, we want that gangsta shit", I tell em "shut the fuck up and stop complainin bitch", My only goal when I get on the mic's to tell em how I feel, Where I come from we call that shit real, I always tell the truth, even when I lie, And I'ma think the world is mine until I die, Al Pachino taught me that when I was 5 and I won;t ever forget it, So anyone who call me out, gon forever regret it, My rhymin too sick, you think I might need a medic, They say my rhymin the shit, And they aint talkin the septic, I tell em just how it is, aint nothin here hypothetic, I spit it raw as could be, come in with no anesthetic, And tell em "fuck you, and fuck ya whole crew too Do you, in a year we could play who's who" Ballin on the court, number 22 , Cause I be this close to greatness its no wonder why you hate this mutha fucka like what. (Chorus) And yea I said I gotta tendency To creep up like a centipede, On the backs on my enemies, And end they identities, And I know I face a long journey, even without seven seas, It's just me my mic and this marijuana dependency, Im about to kill it, John F. Kennedy, 25 to life, I take the penalty, I just keep it real, guaranteed aint no pretend in me, So cold you got chills, like the weather down at ten degrees, All these rappers changin, but there aint no amendin me, I dont wanna talk about it, wit until the end and see, Sippin on some Hennesey, Searching for serenity, Not too many people can be happy if they aint got the amenities, Guess that means Im one of few, Can I be the greatest? Gotta leave it up to you, It's ya boy Dru C, blowin up like Nam vets, Fuck it, it's ya boy Complex and I'm on next (Chorus)
5.
2020 (Remix) 02:44
This is dope shit, Comin out my throat shit, Straight up off the top, homie I aint even wrote this, Only thing I know, is grind and stay focussed, Then maybe one day if your lucky they might notice, Yea they talk down on my intellect, Cause every verse I drop is deeper than a ship that wrecked, I'm smokin every single track just like a cigarette, Everyday I need my fix, Every day I gotta ball, all of yall got season tix, Haters try and intercept, My team tell em "eat a dick", We gon blow up in a sec, Right now we just eatin chips and smokin weed, Strictly for the potency, Ridin round my city gettin faded waitin on the day they notice me, Walter White the way I cook it up, You lookin for me so it's only logical that you be lookin up, Star shit, maybe out to Mars shit, This that every time I drop another on I gotta raise the bar, shit, Now someone take that 808 away, This for all the ones that paved the way, I'm talkin Biggie Smalls, Curtis Jackson, Eminem, and maybe Dre, Hip-hop is dying slowly, I'm here to save the day, Blast off bitch they can't hold me down, Kept me on the ground, but can't no one stop me now, I'm droppin haters quick, call me Manny Pacquiao, Feelin like Jake Tyler, Cause Im never backin down, Aint no one this good that you know about, Just search the crowd and show em out, I trashthat fool then show him out, These days I just go about my life draggin a soul of doubt, But I'd rather have that then what I'm used to, usually I gotta go without, But that's just how it is, Life is in a constant shift, Right now I'm just gettin faded, steady puffin on the spliff, Everyday of life's a gift, make sure you enjoy the present, Your future becomes your past, make sure that you don't resent it, I've done a lot that I aint prouda now I'm outta dodge, Gettin louder, coldest hour comin out the lodge, Started smokin blunts and goofin off out in the garage, Now I'm out here on my grind, I dont need no entourage, Lone ranger, he a well known stranger, Gettin blown on his own, he dont smell no danger, We just sittin back, vibin and smokin tree, Killin off any competition we see, it's ya boy Dru C
6.
(Chorus) Anything you need, swipe the Visa You're too cold like you comin out the freezer, Damn girl, I swear you're picture perfect, I hope you like it when I call you Mona Lisa, Lisa, You my Mona Lisa, Lisa, You my Mona Lisa, I hope you like it when I call you Mona Lisa Damn, if being sexy was a sport, you'd be my MVP, You aint ever on the injury report, cause you always down to play with me, And when you on the court, you leave these other bitches ankles broken, Fuck they even playin for? Every single shot you take is open, I guess they just fightin for second place, Cause aint no body finer, no girl's got a better face, I remember I was fiendin just to get a taste, First time we fucked, hit every surface in her place, And afterwards, she was beggin me for more, But the only surface left was the floor, So I put her down, on the ground, floor below heard the sound, of me pound, you a dog, Im a hound, Now she textin me askin when Ima be back in her town, Im like don't trip, Ill be back around (Chorus) And every girl moan like Lisa, Groan like Teresa, But you the only one I'm constantly wantin a piece of, I might fly out to see you, Catch you then release ya, You won;t forget me unless you go and catch amnesia, Shit, it's like the bed havin a seizure, You ask me you or money honey I'ma tell you neither, I'm in it for the music, until my ass a geezer, I aint pickin and choosin cause I hate usin tweezers, And when it come to the dimes, she like 40 cents, Yea she Marilyn Monroe, only more intense, And she don't ever fuck with ordinary dudes so you can try but she gon probably leave you hangin like an ornament, Pussy nothin close to average, So when I get her undressed I'ma treat her like a savage, Yea we both come with baggage but we both know how to leave it at the door, when she done she leave her panties on the floor (Chorus)
7.
I've lived my whole life in fear, Saw the end of my life get near, And never saw things quite so clear, I gotta fight this year, 2015 mine, this 32 bars, but this aint only 16 lines, I never settle for less, I'm always givin em more, I hear the bullets comin quick, watch em rip through the door, Now I got bloodstains all up on my living room floor, I'm livin life but lately don't know what I'm livin it for, My problems keep gettin worse, I try and stick to the rules, I'm seein rappers drop quick, Like a brick in a pool, You mutha fuckas spreadin hate are just the wickedest fools, You only talkin bout bitches and jewels, But I be on somethin that's deeper, Addressin em all, just like the House Speaker, I watched my own Dad die, never felt weaker, But what it made me, was strong as ever, And now I'm takin over quick, call me Rockefeller, Man I don't understand how people so concerned with they self, Talkin bout they aint got pulled off the shelf, You talkin how you so different, So far from being basic, But you the same as everybody else, homie face it, You livin life to party, Makin fun of the smarties, People lookin up to crooks, not the ones who's writin books, homie look, The whole damn world startin to cook, This is Hell on Earth, but still we all act so un-shook, I don't get it, why the ones tryna be different all actin the same? Why can't we be ourselves, just look inside ya brain, You say you so damn different, yet actin so plain, Droppin outta school, sellin drugs, doin cocaine, No drive, cause you aint got no lane, So cool now, wait until you so lame, Cause that's where I was, Then my buzz got buzzin, Then they all just started actin like I wasn't, Man it's fucked up, people only love you if they need you, Unconditional don't exist, Unless they feed you when you can't feed yourself, Wish your bleedin would stop, if they would start to bleed they self, Man I need they help, I need yall help too, And if you help me, I swear I'll help you, Just free your mind, unwind, and take a breath, Stop thinkin life's too short to even waste a sec, You got time, even if it's only a minute, Death only seems scary til you mozyin in it, And if you really think about it it's the coziest finish, Imagine every problem that you ever had diminish, And in the meantime, why don't you stop being mean? Stop judging life off what you heard and only trust what you seen, Start givin and expectin not a thing in return, And stop actin so scared to learn, You gotta earn waht you got, Or you won;t know you got it til it's gone, I swear to God this shit aint just a song, But keepin that in mind, please feel free to sing along, Cause I know it aint weak, but when we say it together, this shit strong, I hope you love your life, And if not, make a change, fuck it, make one twice, We only humans, but sometimes we can get shit right, So do that as much as you can and you gon be alright, alright? Listen, my homie just made bail, I swear I just pulled through when I thought I just might fail, And now there aint even a shadow of a doubt, Just the shadow of a giant, and they bout to hear me shout, There's a plague in this nation, It's a lack of an education, and its cuttin off all our communication, You gotta break out the little black box, Break the chains you've been chasin, Man the entire world is just a giant corporation, And sorry kids, but they sold youth, Don't know what else to say about it, I just call that shit the Cold Truth
8.
Cause Little Johnny was a youngin, Maybe 2 or 3, When his daddy told him momma "it's ya child or it's me", But I mean, what was she to do? Broke at 22, baby daddy's got the money, but her baby needs it too, So she made a choice, left him at the firehouse without a clue, Wrapped him in a blanket, laid him down, told him "I love you", Got back in the car, drove off never lookin back, And told her self it was okay, what kinda fucked up shit is that, Now let's fast forward, 5 years, Johnny almost 8, Lived in just as many houses, lived in half as many states, Just a kid without a home, Tryna make it on his own, Always trapped in rooms of kids, but still he always feel alone, He think 'this is how it's sposed to be', Tells himself "don;t want nobody close to me", Baggin his emotions up like groceries, But one day soon he'll half to let em out, And he can feel it every single time they ask what he upset about, So he just in his room, really it aint his, 13 other kids just like him , always gettin in his biz, But he thinks that's how it is, Cause he never known it different, So he turns his music up so he don;t gotta deal with it, Cause, all Little Johnny wants is somebody to want him, But he been he for 5 months, still o one stopped in, So he just feelin so confused, Man you aint gotta see the brusies, To know that this kid's been abused like, (Chorus) I'm on my knees, I'm beggin please, Why can't you see, I just need somebody to save me, Somebody to save me, Why can't you just save me? And now Little Johnny tryna turn into a man, Aint nobody there to guide him, still he doin what he can, Public education got him hatin everyone, Especially the man, They don't get where he be comin from, they just don't understand, Cause when he goes to school, He just that weird foster kid that isn't cool, When he tries to fit in he just ends up lookin like a fool, And he wears long sleeves just to hide the cuts, Damn, how can somebody so young think that they time is up? And Little Johnny still up in his rooms, Not so little anymore, but now the hate is all consumed, He be dealin with the devil, demons plottin on his doom, Johnny only 17, but the end is comin soon, And he knows aint nothin to it, Before he leaves he leaves his bitch-ass mother a letter, sayin exactly why'd he do it, He wrote "Momma, this is what you made of your son.", Tipped the chair over as if it was for fun, Now Little Johnny done. (Chorus)
9.
Do It Again 03:13
Wake up every morning seein frost up on my window, One day Ima wake up to a paradise, fist I gotta win thought, I treat the game like Nintendo, Just because I fail once don't mean it's the end yo, Sometimes you gotta fuck up just to learn, And trust me I fucked up a lot, Takin piss tests and I'm still out smokin pot, I was sittin in a cell the first time I realized that I had a shot, So I said fuck all the bull shit Ima give it all I got, And that's the plan now, Try and stop me and it's man down, Only mission is to make it out this damn town, Aint nobody by my side in times of struggle, I guess that's how it goes when friendship's justified by hand pounds, Can't stand round, so I'm on the move again, Out in Denver chillin with the holligans, They ask for my real name, I stick em with the pseudonym, Gotta get this music poppin, get this money movin in, First mixtape barely got my wheels rollin, But soon I'ma be whippin round in this bitch like it's stolen, King Midas with the flow, touch the mic and it turn golden, I'm just speakin from the heart, most these other rappers talkin out they colon, Go and get it, that's exactly what I'm bout to do, Thye say I care too much bout money, It's probably true, But hey, what else can I do? When you starin at a white wall for months all you could think about's a nicer view (Chorus) Scrollin through my phone I don't know who to call, When you really need someone you find out who your friends, Fuck it man, I'ma go out there and do it all, And then I'll do it again Do it all, then I'll do it again, Fuck it man I'ma do it all, then I'll do it again, Do it all, then I'll do it again And now it's repetition, over repetition, over repetition, Not one of my homies called after my deposition, I was in a cell just wishin, I could duck the heat, but it was Hell's Kitchen, So I just wallowed in the puddle of my melted mission, With not a soul to blame but me, Can;t describe the fear of lookin in the mirror, and hatin what you see, Tryna break the silence, lately I could feel it breakin me, Can I make it? Better wait and see, I've been livin patiently, Never hear a word these haters say to me, Cause I know one day I'll be the man they'd probably pay to be, Man I've been thinkin bout my Dad and how he'd judge my life, If he had a minute man I wonder what he'd say to me, I'm smokin for the stress, Takin Adderol for ADD, Liquor like my lullaby, LSD my ABCs, Should be warm as hell, but inside it feels like I'm 8 degrees, I'm lookin at her leave, beggin her like "baby please.", I don't need her but I want her, Watchin through the glass, and I know that she a goner, Damn 2014 was sposed to be my year, But I guess no one told ya honor (Chorus)
10.
Long Daze 04:04
(Chorus) It's been a long day, I need to smoke, I'm still workin, I'm still broke, I got a lotta dro, Aint got a lotta dough, So I'm just gettin fuckin high jump off the clouds and yell "Geronimo" It's been a long day, I need to smoke, I'm still workin, I'm still broke, But I aint ever trippin, even when my bills are due, Cause the same life that we love the life that kills us too Oh, Throw that dro up in a Swisher, Hold up you don't get the picture, High as fuck, I aint even fickin witcha, Mr. pro blunt twister, gettin so sun blistered, Cuase I'm so high, that just mean I'm so un-hithered, A wizard with the flow I craft, Just know my wrath, Bring it when I needa, right now Ill proceed to blow this cash, Ozs is stashed, in the back seat, Never pack heat, I just spit fire, You know every track blackened by the last beat, Cash like June to Johnny, Don't want it but I need it, One day Ima give a million away you best believe it, My eyes red like Bama, My stamina Romana, Can't handle a man of my caliber, can' drop no hammer, In the cabana gettin rub downs, Smokin some pounds, High as fuck, and we never plan to come down, Ooh, whatcha say, just rolling up all the strong haze, And smokin it down, to counteract the long days (Interlude) (Chorus) And tonight, I aint got a single thing to do, Cept for bring this heat, that Ima then proceed to bring to you, I'm smokin heat too, Got my jar filled up with fire, If you a fuckin hater that just means you a denier, I be steady gettin flier from the chronic, I don't need a dope outfit, Say you spittin real if you real nobody be doubtin it, Most these rappers talkin, aint talkin bout shit, So I just roll a doobie up and smoke it in the cockpit, Profit aint the motive, I do this for love, I speak my mind, I feel that helps me connect with above, Life is always pushy, it's your duty to shove, And take what's yours even if you gotta take off the gloves, Uh, everybody's always talkin shit, I don't ever hear a word of it, I just chill and do my thing, Guarantyin one day you gon see the world love it (Outro)
11.
We all think we know what's comin next, Talkin bout the money, and the glory, and the power, and the sex, But aint nobody tellin stories, they just huntin checks, Guess I'm a different breed its like Icam from Planet X, And truth be told, I'm just a half decent man at best, I'm still tryna be better, never settle for less, We too blessed, yet undeniably stressed, If you need some guidance holla at ya boy Com-plex, Yea I know just how it feel, You in the backseat, with a maniac at the wheel They tryna tell you that everything you say is fake, And everything they say it real, Try to state your case, and you end up losing your case appeal, Concequences of a broken system, More kids are sittin in cells, than kids that grow up and try enlistin, Cause yea we all wanna fight for what's right but when the system aint right you can't fight, So instead I just write (Chorus) If you believe that you can do it, then there aint nothin that you can't do, So just believe in me, and I'll believe in you, yea (x2) I don;t know why man, But I truly believe, Let's put our minds together, Aint no tellin what we'll achieve, I gotta dollar, a dream, and lyrics 900 degrees, I spit a mile a minute, and never cry when I bleed, I only cry when I hurt, and I only hurt when they dyin, I'm wipin tears with my shirt, but they still aint certain I'm cryin, I'm tryna find my purpose, but I swear the surface is fryin, My feet are burnin, but turnin back is less likely than flyin, there's no denyin, I was born with the heart of a lion, But you were born the exact same, Only difference the last name, The future still wide open, Accept that the past came, And take control, you can pave your path to the fast lane, Just remember always stay true, Fuck what the haters say, But more importantly fuck what they do, Cause I know for a fact that I can change the world, But guess what, homie you can too

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released May 9, 2015

Production by KMG Studios (Michael Pennington)
Features: Awkward Mike @awkwardmike_kmglife
Ashley Kisner @ashleykisnermusic
Beats: #1- Prod. by Chris Cella
#2- Prod. by MKSB
#3- Prod. by YU
#4- Prod. by Canis Major
#5- Credit to Sol
#6- Prod. by That Kid Goran
#7- Credit to Mobb Deep
#8- Prod. by Markezi Productions
#9- Prod. by MG
#10- Prod. by Vizzy Venus
#11- Prod by. Baghira

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