1. |
Indiscretions
04:05
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[Intro]
[Skepsys]
Yo what it is?
It's Skepsys in this bitch
Eastside poet
[Verse 1]
[Skepsys]
The gun smokin' where the words goin' unspoken
Like the look in shorty's eyes said her cunt soakin'
From the smell inside the air you know the bud potent
Out here frontin' like this bullshit goes unnoticed
So hear the screech of the tires
This ain't the devil's music it's the one holdin' his feet to the fire
Like Mohamed Bouazizi on the block
I use my father's vodka to create these molotovs
My youth's truth got my blood on the rocks
We was forced to grow up fast and deal with shit that's hard to watch
Now I can't help but laugh at all the rats that was gassin'
Let 'em travel with they baggage when I should've sent 'em packin'
But that's the way it goes down
Tryin' to learn from my mistakes while a couple doors down
Somebody hit a lick, I'm scared to leave my home now
But watch me flip and do some shit that y'all had thought I've grown out
Oh, you thought I'm grown now
[Hook]
Yo, 'cause my times of the essence
Trial and error, I abide by the lessons
The madness just coincide with the method
So I let my indiscretions give rise to my legend
Yo, 'cause my times of the essence
Trial and error, I abide by the lessons
The madness just coincide with the method
So I'm caught up in the struggle that's disguin' the blessings
[Verse 2]
[Skepsys]
You better act fast, blasts from flashbacks
Could lighten up the night like stealth fighters in Baghdad
So learn from, but never dwell, where your past at
And try to strike a balance with a match and a gasmask
[Ziggid]
Hang up your headphones and put your mic away
'Cause guess who's back with Zoetic Minds that's a give away
I'm a product of a generation brought up
From the bottom singin' songs in my fuckin' closet
[Skepsys]
Yo, check the big picture, this is for the nitpickers
When you face the music your whole shit will get disfigured
Chasin' buzz talkin' about how you don't mix liquor
Better find a paddle while you ridin' up the shit's river
[Ziggid]
You get slapped two times, one smack from each member
One for the offense then commence for the avenger
You straight disrespect my presence you peasants
Ain't got time to fuck with you 'cause my time's of the essence
I thought y'all motherfuckers knew this lesson
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
[Ziggid]
Stop this track a minute
I compose these beats with and write these flows with more heat than your stove's limit
More efficient and concrete, and yours isn't
I'm more committed than a crime scene is fingerprinted
Results are back in the lab, a pen and pad
Madman makin' a grab, just tryin' to take a stab at it
Sometimes I feel like I'm losin' my mind while writin' these rhymes
And now I'm glad that my booth is padded
Yeah that's right and we're back at it
Makin' these hits so here's another fuckin' classic
If you see us last then it's probably just a tactic
Just wait untill the album is ready and wrapped in plastic,
That's it, It had to be this way
It's not a matter of opinion when we're winning on an average day
Aye, imagine what would happen if Zoetic went platinum
Keep slappin' these beats and we just may
I said, we just may
[Hook]
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2. |
Witness
03:49
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3. |
Like This Son
03:52
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[Intro]
[Skepsys]
Let's keep it real
This goes out to you
[Ziggid]
And you
[Verse 1]
[Skepsys]
It's something about the way his momma kissed him
The way his smile shine though the odds is against him
And I'm the cause of the trauma that afflict him
Ignorin' the disease 'cause I'd rather stop the symptoms
Before I crack this cheap vodka
Just understand nobody in this world can ever stop ya
But which lesson is he holdin'?
Doin' as I do or my words that was golden?
And his sister's so beautiful
She represents the dirt and hard work under my cuticles
'Cause I just love how she always outspoken
Dispellin' every notion of our motherland's culture
Though my actions may not amount
To quite what they should, take my words in account
My speech slurred when I tell you that I'm proud
But I mean every word without a shadow of a doubt
[Hook]
"And you don't stop...And you don't stop"
"Like this son" (x4)
[Verse 2]
[Ziggid]
I'm tryin' to find a peace of mind while I recover
Got engaged on the steps and promised to always love her
That night, saw the Facebook page of my older brother
Sayin' he was gone, I immediately called my mother
I broke down once I heard the tears were comin' from her
His wife eight months pregnant, I couldn't muster
My brother never knew his pops
And now his son will feel the same, I blame this vicious cycle, it don't stop
Eight months passed, woke up in a hospital bed
My wife-to-be next to me 'cause she never left
I saw the news that morning about a man who was hit
And then my phone rang, I got a call I'll never forget
"Hello"
You see, that man on the news was my best friend
Four days prior he was gettin' fitted as my groomsman
But with the two of them gone we still tied the knot
Because life goes on and it don't stop
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
[Skepsys]
Was ego bruisin' like goin' from kilo movin'
To pushin' dime bags 'cause you like a primo to me
And I see you on that bullshit you doin'
I used to clown on you for that pulpit you flew in
Two kids - we were so young and innocent
Both came up around some drug dealer pitchin' shit
And I was the first one to cop it
You shitted on your boy, now you the one that can't stop it
And damn near smoked yourself stupid
We never really did know who your real crew is
Word is bond kid, I ran into your mother
And felt her pain when she said I'm 'posed to be your brother
I wondered if she know about your snake shit
But she a queen and her heart's already breakin'
Won't be the one to tell her to stay strong
So get your mind right, hope she ain't got to wait long
[Hook]
[Outro]
[Ziggid]
R.I.P. Real D, Zoetic Minds
Rest in peace, brother
[Real D]
And don't worry about it neither
I just had to take a breather, peace
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4. |
Comfort Zone
02:51
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[Intro]
We say shit like “love me at my worst”
But that’s only because we scared to do better
Comfort Zone
[Verse 1]
Connected vices, but never could picture you lifeless
You paid the cost for memories that I figured were priceless
your mom’ll never see her son again
I put the bottle down somehow you couldn’t buck the trend
If only he was more like me what could become of him
Is what they sayin’, I can’t take it, don’t you understand?
It ain’t like he was wishin’ not to draw the line
And yeah he slipped, but his intention wasn’t far from mine
Ask yourself: What if you and your girl wasn’t beefin’?
What if we didn’t come from tainted semen?
What if you got the treatment that you needed?
What if they didn’t rob your crib on that fateful evening?
And what if I believed that you could beat it? Would it have ended different?
We played with the same fire like we was Olympic torch bearers
So don’t put me on a pedestal like medal winners
I wish that I could bring you back, I just can’t level with ‘em
[Hook]
So what’s love when you only share vices?
And what’s dubbed when you only pair crisis?
All you do is plunge deeper where it’s stifling
Get out your comfort zone, and be aware who bears likeness
Said, what’s love when you only share vices?
And what’s dubbed when you only pair crisis?
All you do is plunge deeper where it’s stifling
get out your comfort zone
[Verse 2]
I got visions and I laid ‘em out
But I was trippin’ off some fantasies we playin’ out
You fit the script because your past wasn’t straightened out
And you got thick, I wasn’t mad how you cakin’ now
Breakin’ down, I seen you hurtin’ figured I could save you
I just wanted the upper hand and I could see it on the table
Just a little older when you robbed me of my cradle
Wasn’t the couple years it was more about your fatal attractions
And how you couldn’t shed the baggage
Of gettin’ two-timed, the competition was orgasmic
That wasn’t my plan so all of a sudden
You buggin’, thinkin’ gettin’ treated right is something you couldn’t stomach
So you played me and the legacy is crazy
Got the girl you wasn’t meant to be but now I’m shady
Strike preemptively and put some shackles on my lady
Controllin’, overbearin’, hope you lovin’ what you made me
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5. |
Good Man
04:22
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6. |
Monster
04:27
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[Verse 1]
[Skepsys]
Do you believe in monsters?
And not the type that hide under the bed or the kind in the closet the darkness conjures
What really wanders the human psyche?
Walks the streets and looks just like and can act politely?
But precisely the right time to strike, then he's right behind me
It's inflicted mankind since its derived and likely
That it survived to eventually take over your entire body
And manifested from your thoughts and it's already plotting
[Ziggid]
Yo pause this shit, you called on me, you ain't caught me
[Skepsys]
Who is this and what the hell do you want from me?
[Ziggid]
Well that's easy, I'm you, stop being such a fucking dummy
[Skepsys]
You have to stop because I don't want to be...
[Ziggid]
Be a what? Some kind of monster that wakes up from his slumbering?
Listen carefully, I got news for you, I come from you're suffering
[Skepsys]
M-m-my what?
[Ziggid]
Why you so scared for and stuttering?
[Skepsys]
'Cause I'm trying to be human, shit
[Ziggid]
Yeah right, like that's some other thing
We're just one and the same and I lie and wait for my summoning
[Hook]
[Skepsys]
No matter how long he lays dormant
The caged demon stays feeding on my torment
He gets stronger as I start to feel weak
So I decide to let him out, only temporarily
But that backfires 'cause it's hard to retire him
When everything he does is a reflection of me
And my pain that I'll never let you downplay
'Cause even if he takes over I'll be left with all the blame
[Verse 2]
[Skepsys]
Within the depths taking residence but misstep and then it's evident
That you dependent when accounts showing deficits
Or at the whim of your not-so-victimless fetishes
That's when your moral high ground's getting jettisoned
[Ziggid]
Now stop, the opportunity's presented so I'm stepping in
And you should welcome it, let's make this process effortless
[Skepsys]
Nah, Imma fight you to the death of me
You'll never take me alive, I'll die before I let you have my legacy
And this what I get for listening when they telling me
That I should keep my friends further than my enemies
[Ziggid]
And now I've grown stronger than you'll ever be
You fed me with all them fucking suicidal tendencies
Your death wishes never had me feeling so alive
You're dead inside and now it's time to have my role assigned
[Skepsys]
Well it's a rush letting you out to see the light
But how I'm supposed to reel you in when my reflection's your disguise
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
[Ziggid]
I'm like the night when it falls
'Cause these aren't fingernails, stupid, these are claws
So let's face it, I'm the thing that goes bump in the night with my bass kick
The call's coming from inside the house so don't trace it
[Skepsys]
Wait a minute, no reason or placement
The body's outlined with chalk on the pavement
The date went on the stone in engraving
What the fuck are you doing all day in your basement
I saw the news, are you in trouble?
[Ziggid]
Well was there a witness statement?
[Skepsys]
Come on man, who could commit such a travesty?
[Ziggid]
Well maybe the other half of me is conflicted and prone to tragedy
[Skepsys]
You'd have to be mad to be adapted to this naturally
[Ziggid]
Just look back in the mirror and tell me who's trapped actually
[Skepsys]
Nah this can't be, that's not me
[Ziggid]
Well who the fuck you think it is? Z-I-double G?
Well here's a clue Nancy Drew, no matter what you do
It's too late 'cause the monster's already taken over you
[Hook]
[Outro]
[Ziggid]
The lesson of the story is we all have a monster in us
And it's whether you choose to let that out or not
But you can't judge 'cause we're all guilty
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7. |
Head Trip
04:05
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[verse 1]
The table is set, accept what I have to make of this mess
Suicidal music made it so that arrangin’ my death’s
All the more simple, couldn’t miss, a noose strangles my neck
And all my lyrics attest and show a range of regrets
But that’s a copout, a box office knockout
‘Cause envious ones wanted my woman and the box out
To get the rebound was kill me avoidin’ lockdown
By settin’ up the scene
Or was the culprit the one I gave a ring?
Couldn’t figure what’s up inside of her mind
She sat in silence hearin’ rumors and conspirin’ my
Passin’ if that don’t convince ‘em it’s crime of passion
Psych, I heard an ill joke and died laughin’
But now it’s on you obvious that was a rouse
And so many investigated but they all got duped
The perfect murder start debatin’ as to who had the clues
But what good is what you know if it can’t get proved
[hook]
When it’s all said and done I’ll let you decide
Don’t get taken for a fool and call it suicide
‘Cause we all got something that could possess us
After they kill you it’s what they usin’ against us
[verse 2]
Obituary - I was pilotin’ the whip
Fed up with my life and let it spiral in a ditch
But don’t buy into the hype of what they lead to believe
‘Cause avoidin’ jail cell’s why they need to deceive
But CSI failed to check the transmission
Must’ve been mom dukes just sick of the fuckin’ distance
She needed me when pops battled an addiction
But I just disengaged like I was callin’ off a wedding
So how I could blame her? I can’t in any case
‘Cause it was homicide the killers aint premeditate
They broke into the crib lookin’ for the come up
When I’m ‘posed to be out workin’ and that’s when it got all fucked up
Called in sick, woke up to a couple robbers
One smooth, the other one panicked, I caught a hot one
Blaow! Took one right to the temple
They put the gat inside my hands, wiped it of prints, now go avenge us
Victims of the most fatal mistake
See me at my wake feelin’ out of place, and wonder what my sealed my fate
Look deep ‘cause I’m pointin’ to all the signs
Speakin’ from the other side, embrace death and free your mind
[hook]
[verse 3]
Sometimes I wonder why I ponder my last breath
It must be ‘cause with every last breath I pass death
Grim reapers, black roses, skull and bone crosses
The ending of a process that we perceive through the scope of darkness
Blind eye to the sufferin’
But never dry eyes in the crowds out there huddlin’
At the open casket and gravestones
Selfish motives for emotions wishin’ they came home
‘Cause unbeknownst to the dearly departed
They get invoked ‘cause the logic is we love creatin’ martyrs
Either way we never get a fair shake
Why you think we shed tears wailin’ as we take our first taste
Of polluted air? bustin’ nuts few to spare
Watch ‘em sink never swim never get to take a dip
Those livin’ yo I pray for them
God bless the dead but I aint finna try playin’ him
[hook]
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8. |
Fine Written Line
03:22
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10. |
The Creed
03:00
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Zoetic Minds San Jose, California
Zoetic Minds is a Hip-Hop duo from San Jose, CA. The group consists of Ziggid (producer/MC) and Skepsys (MC).
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