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If These Beats Were Ours Vol​.​1

by BOOMBAPTISM

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1.
Paul & Silas 02:27
::NO KNOWS:: Our conditioning has been conditioned, Some slave had an envision, These fools try to imprison, But they can’t thwart our mission, We got a savior who’s risen, Finna make the earth tremble and break the laws of physics, Future endeavored; executive decision, The jailer stiffened, was finna make self incisions, Doode thought that we was dippin’, But we just played our position, Told him bout our king; he listened, Accepted him and was forgiven, come on ::JERM SULLY:: They tried to tackle us, put us in chains and shackle us, But what would happen next would be nothing short of miraculous, Were singing hymns and praises to him who raises, The lifeless to righteous, And right just then, The metal bends loosening the lock's, Everybody's freed, Everybody freeze, don't move till everybody sees, Everybody perceives. Everybody believes, Everybody concedes, And everybody decrees, That if he can save a jail comprised of murderers and thieves, Then our God redeems the downtrodden and burdened, Turning a prison sentence to a sermon
2.
::HOOK:: Ugh, let’s take it back it to basics, That 1-2 punch, home run, round bases, But not about us, naw, God’s the basis, Throughout riffs, snare & where the bass is, That upright, hold tight, just too sweet, Never contrite Lucy, DELETE-DELETE, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got ((boom chcka ah chcka uh uh)) It go… ::JERM SULLY:: I got weight on my soldiers like a gorilla press, Hanging my problems over my head and I can feel the stress, Probably a contributing factor why I don't feel the best, Took some time to vent on this record now I'm a kill the rest ::NO KNOWS:: But hold up just a sec, stay on that swing check, They pitchin’ wild, wink, smile, clock it upper decks, This league is crazy, some players change their game up, They Malenko with holds with all kinds of lock ups ::JERM:: (TAP!) They cruiserweights, with a thousand ways to twist ya legs, And tie you up when they see you rounding that 2nd base, You hit some doubles you might get some troubles...why? Cuz they don't wanna see you ball, they wanna see you fall, And even if he hits rock bottom, it's no problem, God’s got him, Wiping enemies out like Gomorrah and Sodom, They break the rules and still and still lose, buncha Hillary Rodhams, Cuz they ain't rockin’ with The Rock, nor Dwayne Johnson ::HOOK:: Ugh, let’s take it back it to basics, That 1-2 punch, home run, round bases, But not about us, naw, God’s the basis, Throughout riffs, snare & where the bass is, That upright, hold tight, just too sweet, Never contrite Lucy, DELETE-DELETE, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got ((boom chcka ah chcka uh uh)) It go… ::NO KNOWS:: This weight on my shoulders gets put through the torture rack, Then plex perfect, back never touching the mat, I forever show out, the showstopper, Mr. October, Any track gets squash matched, buried, I’m so over ::JERM SULLY:: I'm hyper than Mania, cooler than the fall classic, Dropping bombs, Barry Bonds, put this verse in a casket, Every pitch is batting practice I demolition smash it, Games never pass 9 innings cause nobody can match it ::NO KNOWS:: A hat trick, a touchdown, knockout, a slam dunk, Be a good sport, in this ring of honor, don’t be a punk, Back up to bat, out the rafters with a Stinger splash, I zig zag through raps & watch opponents styles clash, But Jerm my brother like no other we bash the town, He made the tag, I went for the cover, both shoulders down, We RAW with Smack Downs, AYO! We don’t play, Notice the adjective? don’t be sour , it’s A New Day! ::HOOK:: Ugh, let’s take it back it to basics, That 1-2 punch, home run, round bases, But not about us, naw, God’s the basis, Throughout riffs, snare & where the bass is, That upright, hold tight, just too sweet, Never contrite Lucy, DELETE-DELETE, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got weight on my shoulders in the form of this beat, I got ((boom chcka ah chcka uh uh)) It go… {{CUTSO VAN HALEN SOLO}}
3.
Without You 03:36
::NO KNOWS:: Mmmmmm...BASS! ::JERM SULLY:: Lord I thank you for forgiving all the times I lived stubbornly, When I was trying to govern me, And you still covered me, When I was lost in the land of self discovery, You managed to recover me, Nurse me to recovery, I feel like another me, transformed and renewed, Old friends talking to each other like… ::NO KNOWS:: "you see dude? Look at Jerm actin’ brand new, man that cat done changed!” ::JERM SULLY:: I'm not the old me, y'all I promise I don't act the same, But this ain't an act at all, I daily crucify my flesh, Some days I have high success, others I don't try my best, Although sometimes I miss the mark, I never let it shake me, And you remind me that I'm beautiful the way you made me, Fearfully and wonderfully shaped me...in my potter's hand, I pray that my inheritance take me...to my promised land, Wherever that may be I'm never going back to bondage, You showed me home and let me age, so I pay you homage ::NO KNOWS:: Ugh, yeah, yeah… come on, come on it go... ::HOOK:: Who would I be without You? I don't know Where I'd go Or what I'd do La da da, la da da da da da daaaa, La da da, la da da da da da daaaa, La da da, la da da da da da daaaa, La da da, la da da da da da ::NO KNOWS:: Of God’s glorious standard we all for short, Tried to cut my life into pieces, on some last resort, Parentals aborted our covenant, I felt abandoned, Saddened, left stranded, standing with blade in hand and, Surpassed the contemplations then attempted some slices, Feelin’ solely responsible for my guardians vices, The crisis averted my perverted truth as youth, Synopsis deserted, God ain’t concerned with my attributes, But shoot, I grew older & on some other, I slipped, A puffer of the sticky ick & that nectar I sipped, In my mind lwky pimp, but high key womanizer, Glurbs thought they copped their main course - but I was appetizer, Eventually I wised up & got aligned up with spirit, No longer singing songs with empty lyrics, maaaaaaan listen, My future was a vivid snippet, & God made it plain, He made the incision on my heart, I’ll never be the same Ugh, yeah, yeah… come on, come on it go… ::HOOK:: Who would I be without You? I don't know Where I'd go Or what I'd do La da da, la da da da da da daaaa, La da da, la da da da da da daaaa, La da da, la da da da da da daaaa, La da da, la da da da da da
4.
::HOOK:: We're on the same board in the same game, But the view is different sitting on a higher plane, Although the world is crazy, I choose to think sane, Everything is the same, but everything's changed, Life will still keep moving even if I die today, Caterpillars build cocoons and they fly away, Water evaporates to clouds then it brings rain, Everything is the same, but everything's changed ::JERM SULLY:: I was once dead... now I'm resurrected, How you interpret that... depends on your perspective, Allow me to further elaborate, By experience is how your mind will tend to naturally navigate, See death symbolizes I was in a bad place, Like having no legs running a sack race, But God stepped in and showed me mad grace, Gave me confidence to overcome my fear of last place, Now that I live for Him, I'll never die again, What greater love than to sacrifice your life for friends, Now rewind back to my first line… If you aint walked in my shoes, you prolly ain't understand it the first time, Your reality is based on your frame of perception, So how your wired can determine your range of reception, For me, an altar call altered how I see it all, Turns out I was blindfolded, I couldn't see at all ::HOOK:: We're on the same board in the same game, But the view is different sitting on a higher plane, Although the world is crazy, I choose to think sane, Everything is the same, but everything's changed, Life will still keep moving even if I die today, Caterpillars build cocoons and they fly away, Water evaporates to clouds then it brings rain, Everything is the same, but everything's changed ::NO KNOWS:: The same different; Past me acting belligerent, Deliberately inconsiderate; had me all kinds of ignorant, Signs all around me but I wasn’t reading - illiterate, But I saw them talking out their neck; I heard them whisperin’, How… ::JERM SULLY:: “No stay up in dem clouds Livin’ Kid Icarus” ::NO KNOWS:: But - out a different cloud came No’s deliverance, Resilience for the omnipresent almighty omnipotent, Forgiveness 7 x 70 with no resentment or bitterness, Now I’m back in this game with dem same thoughts of killin it, But death to myself was the change to have me living it, That salt and light stepping on serpents slithering, I’m on that Gryffindor sonnin fools that be Slytherin, I’m pushing for the Kingdom to be United like Great Britain, ::JERM SULLY:: “Actually Great Britain’s IN the United Kingdom” ::NO KNOWS:: Yeah whatever; same difference, These rappers be on that rah rah rah blah blah blah same gibberish, Jerm & No the changing same; ugh, banging with significance, gyeah ::HOOK:: We're on the same board in the same game, But the view is different sitting on a higher plane, Although the world is crazy, I choose to think sane, Everything is the same, but everything's changed, Life will still keep moving even if I die today, Caterpillars build cocoons and they fly away, Water evaporates to clouds then it brings rain, Everything is the same, but everything's changed
5.
LVLS 03:05
::NO KNOWS:: ...Just bounce to this, To stay stagnant we would be remiss, Walking in our purpose, our sins dismissed, It’s kinda simple math, ain’t no calculus, Thee arithmetic, is to stick to thee plot, Stay on your assignment, never shake the spot, Get rooted, stay faithful, be fruitful, multiply, And do it all again & receive extra lives, Exercise your faith - familiarize success, Then bubble up, no scantrons, when put to tests, & yes it gets deep, HA! “Deeper than Atlantis”, Abyss in advantage, don’t let chances vanish, We were granted some practice - but it’s game time, Full energy bar status - We became prime, Optimus I’ma just transform something special, New level - new devil? Naw new level - new schedule, come on… ::HOOK:: There’s level to this… Yeah y’all, ya know there’s level to this, Ayo, ya know there’s level to this, Yeah y’all, said there’s level to this… ::JERM SULLY:: I came in the game like little Mario, so small and underdeveloped with no special powers, And none of that was yet to change even after I engaged and partook in mushrooms leaves and special flowers, But how do I level up though? How do I develop and grow? Is the question curious minds may inquire, You gotta look higher, to the Messiah, He's the reason why I'll never die, I'm so fly, and I spit fire, Plus I got iron sharpening iron...my multiplayer clan all engaged in different levels of accountability, Cause you know going through this life in single player mode compromises lives, It's an exercise in futility, When one ranks up, we all rake up, Collect XP and get our bank up, We've got our upgraded swords and breastplates, we're ready for war, It's Revelation, final level, time to settle the score ::HOOK:: There’s level to this… Yeah y’all, ya know there’s level to this, Ayo, ya know there’s level to this, Yeah y’all, said there’s level to this… ::BIG NO:: Jerm Sully...you know he’s leveling up, ugh, yeah he’s leveling up, Ugh No Knows… you know he’s leveling up, yeah, said we leveling up, BOOMBAPTISM... we leveling up, ugh, we leveling up, Say...say… Ugh We leveling up, HA! You know we’re leveling up, We’re level-leveling it ugh ah ah ah ah Yeah… GYEAH!
6.
Ridiculous 04:27
::JERM SULLY & NO KNOWS:: Ridiculous… How time seems to fly fast, Steadily moving like sands through the hourglass, The present is past, the future didn’t forecast, That we’d last this long, I think about how Ridiculous… The tick tocks keep ticking, Too busy making powermoves, no time for politicking, As the plot still thickens, big hand keeps spinning, Can’t think about quittin, take it back to the beginning, it’s… Ridiculous… To be gettin into all that, We’re trying to spring forward, only to fall back, No counter clockwise, so counter attack, I click clack, clap back, go for mines & think that… ::NO KNOWS:: “Life ain’t moving too slow, - it’s like move it Chuco,” That’s a Matty Slims quote, - not something that wrote, Afloat in this ship we call relation, I spend quiet time with God & get rhema, I got hope & live in expectation, & strong faith that I will never break up, Like the beat did, Oh look @ what he did, Made up for my lost time, when I found him, My past don’t define me, - It’s just change refining, My future just too bright, - Loc up & you will see, Don’t know what tomorrow will bring, We’re a mist that appears & then vanishing, It seems the seconds don’t reckon with our destiny, Can’t slow down unless your slow to speak, Quick to think, keep peace seek the time keeper, Now that’s a Future Shock coming out cho speaker it’s like… ::HOOK:: TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK, The clock keeps spinning, so we finna rock, It’s like… TOCK-TICK, TOCK-TICK, No toxic false scripts, just trill spits & it’s… ::JERM SULLY:: Time, time to hit them with that trillness, Caught up in inception don't know what the real is, Years and days and hours and minutes, Our minds designed to confine within its limits its…. Ridiculous… To look at time like it's finite, And trying to contend with it like it's fight night, YOLO is the reason you can't seem to get your life right, Thinking that it's over the moment you see that bright light, So you skip the low notes to hit your high notes, Get caught up in the chronos and miss your cairos, And you were made for such a time as this, But who knows how long that window of time will still exist, There's a time to be born and a time to die, A time to laugh and a time to cry, Were supposed to make the most of time as its flying by, And I think it's about time I try, You got the time? It goes… ::HOOK:: TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK, The clock keeps spinning, so we finna rock, It’s like… TOCK-TICK, TOCK-TICK, No toxic false scripts, just trill spits & it’s… ::LIL JERM:: The construct of time… Is it created by humans? Or does it exist... independently of itself? The question remains… But yet - The more question lies therein... What are YOU going to do with the time that YOU are given here on this earth? Make the most of your time y’all! You never know how much you have… It can be gone in a second… Use your commodity to your advantage… Ugh… One thing I do know… Is I serve a God who is the same… Yesterday… Today… & Forever… He is the Alpha... & the Omega… He IS time! Let that marinate for a second, Thanks for tuning in y’all! We’ll catch you on the next one… BOOMBAPTISM… Signing out!
7.
Reason 03:38
::NO KNOWS:: I ain’t even worthy James, Been livin’ a life full of shame, sittin’ on my own throne playin’ games, God in the picture - but with no frame, I’m sayin’ mane… Yo black, done fell off, and slide way back, Like Shadrach, Meshach, Abedenego, if I was to go I’d catch dem flames, I became jaded, Spent half my life faded, The devil persuaded, then I downgraded, be it not for His grace; I wouldn’t have made it, This far; I know he got a plan, Livin’ rockstar as a one man band, with one mic & puddle of fans, spittin broken messages through some broken amps, But He? Yeah, see, Yo He got the fix, Took what I had, & flipped remix, New wine, New skin, all sins forgiven because of what he did on the crucifix, But the trick to this, is to forgive me too, Forgive myself for what I did & do, & will continue to, cuz we all fall short, don’t abort the stretch, he’s here to get us through, Whatever & every situation, Don’t matter trials & tribulations, placed in, predicaments that we could not predict, but the precedence is to stand adjacent, To that vacant basement, & remain patient, These are the makings Curtis Mayfield sang it, This race amazing, he got me covered, so with these blanket statements, is how I defeat s̶a̶t̶a̶n̶ ::HOOK:: You are the reason he died… You are the reason he died, All you gotta do is confess that he is risen, your Lord Jesus Christ, Sins will be forgiven, you’ll receive endless life, There is no reason to cry… There is no reason to cry, He’s coming back for his bride, and we’ll honeymoon eternal in the sky, Identify, testify… hold up ::JERM’S VERSE:: Man I used to be that guy, Spent most of my time getting high, Going out and partying all night, Messing with these girls thinking it's alright, But it wasn’t alright… I didn't realize I was a slave, I was dead in my ways, and if I didn't learn to behave I was headed right into my grave, But then I got saved, He showed me the truth and the life and the way, The difference in me was like night into day, He was lighting the way...but I didn't put time in to pray, or to study His Word...and I noticed that, if I am holding back, And I don't give Him my all then there’s only so far I can go 'fore I'm stopped at a spiritual cul de sac, Nowhere to turn...running in circles and wasting my gas, Running away and not facing my past, Not looking out for them snakes in the grass, Before I learned how to pray and to fast, Sippin that... biblical Similac, Looking back like can't believe I was eating that, Show me where the meat is at, That lean not that greasy fat, Everybody gotta start there though. It ain't where you begin yo it's how you grow, Giving everything away is so valuable. If you didn't know then, well, now you know, This is brought by the rhyming boss. Jerm Sully signing off, Until the next time we meet...remember the words that we speak when we tell you that..., ::HOOK:: You are the reason he died… You are the reason he died, All you gotta do is confess that he is risen, your Lord Jesus Christ, Sins will be forgiven, you’ll receive endless life, There is no reason to cry… There is no reason to cry, He’s coming back for his bride, and we’ll honeymoon eternal in the sky, Identify, testify… hold up You are the reason he died… You are the reason he died, All you gotta do is confess that he is risen, your Lord Jesus Christ, Sins will be forgiven, you’ll receive endless life, There is no reason to cry… There is no reason to cry, He’s coming back for his bride, and we’ll honeymoon eternal in the sky, Identify, testify… hold up You are the reason he died… You are the reason he died, All you gotta do is confess that he is risen, your Lord Jesus Christ, Sins will be forgiven, you’ll receive endless life, There is no reason to cry… There is no reason to cry, He’s coming back for his bride, and we’ll honeymoon eternal in the sky, Identify, testify, squad up and multiply
8.
How Can I 03:52
::NO KNOWS:: You leave the 99 & come after me, That overwhelming, never failing, reckless love of my G, O-D on adoration, yes your praises I sing, your above and before anyone else, so I give myself to... Thee, decree, degree, I am, I be, All yours, 212, I shelve my flesh for holy - so How can I give you more, as to, hence, thus, therefore, I die daily, & respawn to explore How can I Spend more time with you, that quiet time with you, when I’m alone with you, is what you proclaim true, Because of you is why I’m even in existence, For a minute was distanced, but your persistence has been since, so How can I Act like you ain’t even there, like you never cared, I’m well aware so, How can I Front, like all of me is what you want, these fake lovers can taunt, I’m keeping it nonchalant, so How can I Show the world I’m devoted to my first love, so true - so real, I can’t love somebody else as much I do you, you’re the breath in my lungs, each one I take is For you and that’s trill. Let’s get it ::JERM SULLY:: I love myself, love my family, love my friends, love my wife, love my life, cuz it's so lovely, But now I've grown to see the only reason that I'm even able to love's only because You first loved me, A love so deep, it's unexplored, like parts of the ocean floor, I've never seen, but still feel it's real, And you're taking me to uncharted depths every time I say "yes", making everything concealed revealed, It's Your love that delivered me from imminent disaster, when I was tryna serve two masters, And it's Your love that's written me in the Lamb's Book of Life, even though I skimmed the 1st few chapters, It's your love that's making the devil choke, with my foot upon his throat, keeping the enemy under me, It's Your love that blesses me so wonderfully, Ephesians 3:20, exceedingly and abundantly, Cuz You ARE love. ::NO KNOWS:: Patient, kind not jealous or boastful, Proud or rude, never demanding, it’s noble, Irritable it’s not, it keeps no record of being wronged, Unconditional, agape, we had to put it in song, ::JERM SULLY:: Love doesn't rejoice in injustice when these bustas appear to get off scot free, Contrarily, love rejoices whenever the truth wins out, vengeance belongs to my G-O-D ::NO KNOWS:: L-O-V-E… never... gives up, or loses faith, it’s always hopeful, And endures through every circumstance, We advance past society's teach, with the Greek speech, through vocal, So soulful, have FAITH & oBLIGE love ONE MORE CHANCE, ::JERM SULLY:: I'm giving glory to the BIG guy up in the sky appreciative of His blessings and favor, With the same gracious love that He's given to me, He's commanded me to love my neighbor ::NO KNOWS:: ...& that’s trill, let’s get it!

about

No Knows curated a playlist of beats & showed Jerm Sully one day. Jerm Sully thought they were amazing & said how they should rhyme over them. No Knows agreed. & here we are.

'If These Beats Were Ours' are all songs produced by amazing producers & musicians. 2 of the songs were actually rapped over by amazing artists such as Oddisee's 'Mattered Much'; which was used for 'Weight On My Shoulders' & The legendary Pharcyde's 'Passin' Me By (Fly As Pie Remix) produced by L.A. Jay; which was used for 'Same Difference'. Everything else was a beat each said producer made as a beat itself - with no vocals ever intended to be on it.

Major appreciation to them & their craft.

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released November 1, 2020

Written by: Jerm Sully & No Knows
Bars Executed by: Jerm Sully & No Knows
Recorded & Engineered by: Abraham Maldonado for Avenue A
Record at: The Pod in Phoenix, AZ
Mixed & Mastered by: Raytown Productions
Album Artwork by: No Knows
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Paul & Silas | Produced by: Madman
Weight On My Shoulders | Produced by: Oddisee
Without You | Produced by: Nameless
Same Difference | Produced by: L.A. Jay
LVLS | Produced by: FLYamSAM
Ridiculous | Produced by: Dutchmassive
Reason | Produced by: NeguimBeats
How Can I | Produced by: Falcons

*Weight On My Shoulders Features Custo of The Bangerz doing ALL Scratches, Cuts & All Things Turntablism

** Weight On My Shoulders contains inspiration from Q-Tip's verse on Busta Rhymes 'Still Shining' song, thus, the scratches, Cuts & All Things Turntablism Cutso did.

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