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Just Outside America's Test Market

by R4PC4MP with Dug & Happy Tooth

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[Blake Ambrose Hook] cannonball run, computer on board What else you gonn do feel stupid and bored Scattered dead time, when you wanted more Laser with the focus bust the hinge off the door! (Claud Six) Sabotage the power grid, cause I can’t turn the TV off I’m seeing all the bleeding caused by people thought to keep the law I’m Stephen Hawking speechless, obedient as we’ve been taught Like everytime a bell rings, Pavlov needs to feed his dogs Decondition, I see to serve outside of hedonism Hit me with them weak opinions, I can spot the fecal in them Pin’em to the mat like I’m Hacksaw Jim Have em looking like the vermin that the cat hauled in This ball spins like it’s shaking us loose And all we’ve offered as a counter is to see what thoughts and prayers can do American views, American pie, Let the American arrogance fly That’s a very merry American time (ay) [Kurn't Cobain] I keeps it real live but y'all don't realize You probably think I'm a dead guy I'm not a dead guy In fact I just saw your mom and I said hi And she said hi back A dead guy couldn't do that, no You know I'm kicking it with animals like taxidermists But never pigs with guns that shoot you just for acting nervous I drink a lot of beers and often feel like crap on purpose I'm at your service, actually no I'm mad allergic I'm not Cobain, that's why the N apostrophe Does it even feel rebellious streaming All Apologies? I feel galaxy brained when I make fun of astrology Please just leave my fantasy football out of this It's all I've got [Happy Tooth] The only advice I’ll give you is unsolicited. I wanna break out of the box that they’ve come to stick me in. If you wanna live forever then you gotta die a meme. No one reads the credits roll after the final scene. We find what’s cheap, cause the devil’s in the retail. And heaps of receipts sure do leave a neat trail. Buyin it feels good, doesn’t it? Your mothership didn’t come equipped and those who did love to rub it in. Sixty percent of my body’s water and I”m drowning. All my heroes got canceled so what’s that say about me? I’m throwing adjectives at a broken masochist. Changed my name to Happy and I’m hopin that it sticks. (Dug) whimsical and cynical aren’t mutually exclusive when I’m not hypersocial, I’m usually reclusive I just want to exercise and drink water like Gucci Mane drive around the country in a van like the Scooby gang never found a reason, so at least I’m not Hoobastank there’s still air in my scuba tank, and I’ve got you to thank as for all the moves I make, crooning through the huge mistakes get the system booming and illuminate, something something studied for the acid test haven’t framed the mattress yet the rent is always going up, we move like every half a sec maybe I’m just bad at this, never felt acclimated try to keep it rap-adjacent, that’s the way I’m navigating
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Blake Ambrose and Kurn't Cobain’s Verses BA: Phoenix like a firebird, time got the traction slippin, Say peace to the astronauts, let ‘em tell the dots we dippin KC: Camouflage the mascots, send them to the woods I’m tripping BA: Chocolates piping, thermos sippin, big moon, soon eclipsing KC: Tip my cup when I rode that sphinx, Don’t give a fuck what none of y’all think Fail every time but that’s just my kink, demons choke me out when I’m at that brink BA: Java for Job, and I zam that rink, Snowing the globe, jam in the sink KC: Far down the road in the sand I sink, Please pardon the robes, I’m God I think Alex Toast: I took too much again searchin’ for a happy friend Substance flow On the low I’ll meet you where the sidewalk ends Dug & HT HT:Livin on my off days, right cause if I’m martyred. I’m just sitting with my long face, breaking for the sharp turns. D: Searching for a stock phrase to clear me for departure. HT: I’m a person in the wrong place leaving might be smarter. D: Focused when I’m on stage, otherwise I’m diffused. Jumping as the song plays, yell about my issues. HT: Sweatin through the dog days, forget the ones that bit you. D: Serving up the entrees for as long as we get to. (Chorus) (Claud Six and Smoke M2D6) Heading to the hollowed grounds a couple leagues outside of the havoc Moxy makes the body bounce, air in the lungs and a mind full of magic Trees been tricked to side with the hatchets. All because their pine in the axe grip Splash the heavy rain, in a fit of existential hollering
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[Dug] do you ever get the feeling that your life's a concept album but your inner monologue's a looping tape of constant shouting of course I haven't (um) but it's really awful sounding look I ran away, and then I started up a circus can't relate to joy, and I suspect that it's on purpose people see my handwriting and they think that it's in cursive it says don't buy the hype, too late, well thank you for your purchase come on and get served, and then complain about the service [Blake Ambrose] Ever try to explain the sense between longing and joy? If you don’t write it down, it didn’t happen weakness deployed Logging your daily movements, growth for your inner boy What is a cycle, is this the sequence by which the self destroys? She had a shelf of toys, and what I picked says a lot about me I left it all still, my own bug out bag, for when its cloudy the umbrella’s against the ceiling, as it leaks, the pan drips loudly Haven’t had a tangible feeling in weeks, this is their monthly outing [Claud Six] Aint all that street wise, I ain’t ever really been novel smart Avant garde, I’m a B-minus diner a la carte Winding up a silver line to patch up all my body parts Two shits for brains, a small Anunaki heart (woah) I push and you pull, you go high I go low The beholder turns coal into diamond and gold Handling my BI, I’m minding my own I Land like a feline, I’m fine on my toes (Chorus) I been just slidin away. [Kurn't Cobain] I've been just ghostin, feels like I'm frozen but exploding Trying to figure out who the fuck put quit in my potion Been a little bitter but I'm better when I battle bigger beasts Buggered off into winter weather, cursed chest for a little treat Take on every orc with a spork, have a house fire watch it from the porch Nothing but a broom left for sweeping ashes, I'm gonna use it as a torch I've succeeded using no brains, failed when I've concentrated I'm only happy when it rains, probably cause I'm hydrated [Happy Tooth] I wish I was booksmart, and that I made good art. And I listened to the little things that people say I should start. If I begin complaining and it’s entertaining I try and embrace the flaws I’m demonstrating. I’m often wrong, like a meteorologist. Even as I lose touch I see apologists. Rereading all of this, wondering what it’s worth. Whether winning or losing it feels undeserved. (Chorus)
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[Happy Tooth] I was gonna write a verse. (But you’ll fuck it up.) You might have to find a hearse, I’ve run amok. (What?) I’m just a pup, thunderstruck by an uppercut. (Huh?) Deep fake me in deep space so perfect it’s covered up. All the cynics here think the government is lizards dear. I grew out my wizard beard to meticulously disappear. I live in fear of things never going my way. So I wrote a nice verse for the mistakes I’ve made. (Dug) every word immaculate if not, the verse, I’m mad at it because when I listen back to it what I hear isn’t accurate euccchhh I’m a masochist but also I’m a pacifist so when I create something I start grumbling about what trash it is there’s some passages I wish that I could asterisk I guess that’s always true but it is not always as bad as this again and what’s tragic is I know that there’s no magic fix which is because it isn’t broken I’m hoping [Blake Ambrose] Seems like I spent three years on this one thing Still the fact that anyone listens is hella daunting Worse is if they know me and really pick apart the meanings At the grocery store I’m ducking aisles, wishing they hadn’t seen me Cats out the bag now, and it’s a long way from being done, But like I told Errol, it’s equidistant from where it begun. Keeping a hold of it is like riding a greased up barrel of rum Over the falls through the nebula where the ferris wheel spun [Claud Six] I been sitting with this weight of discomfort that’s draped upon my shoulders Like an overflowing haversack while in the thicket I been holding onto grudges like the reigns of chariots as they go speeding down the steepened slope well beyond the limit I been listening like deer and elk in an open meadows full of fireflies as the twilight twinkles to the sound of crickets I been growing like a corpse flower, taking time to bloom, but when I finally do, I guarantee you wouldn’t want to miss it (ay) [Kurn't Cobain] I like to think about my growth more than I like to grow Usually picturing what I might reap, always forget to sow So, I might have to die with a few regrets 6 broken hearts and 2 bad checks Afraid of the nothing but that's what's next Probably say something dumb with my final breath You ain't gotta love it but that's my mess Smiles and frowns both feel like stress Swear to fucking god that I ain't been blessed If I find heaven's real I won't take no less I wanna speak to the manager of life and tell them that their company sucks But that's just Spiderman memeing myself Fuck it, imma get back to dreaming myself
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Blake Ambrose How long it take you to recharge? How often you hit the bar? Everything you do enlarged Every new change leaves a scar Loose dropping out of the pockets these days And if I ask a face about your phase It shifts to one that becomes hard to place Relieved in my dream, day times a chase Find a pace, and remember its marathon long A candles in the window for those who barely hung on Just over the falls when I realize the barrels oblong And I’m staring at the part you buy the barn from. Pistol grip and the flask from which you sip, Chin up take the litmus, with a stiff upper lip (yus) Because as I memento mori, this is what you get. Dug tryna be the best me in the multiverse thriving, as the result of a faulty curse every few days I get a new set of priorities follow through on anything to me resembles sorcery as the world turns up another couple more degrees I've got impostor syndrome, every verse is a forgery but more importantly, I try to make them nutritious if I lose the plot for too long, I just do dishes I got the crew with me, through a series of tubes we're making drum patterns out of theories and views I've got some big ideas about what lyrics can do I'd rather show instead of tell, make the experience true I do the opposite, because there is no stopping it I talk about the talk about and talk about I gotta quit live, and doing life impressions I profess, it's my profession Kurn’t Cobain Gonna have a good chuckle if I die last American dream, ma-ma-my ass Hope they mark it down as Covid if I pass Cause fuck Crenshaw and his eyepatch (yay-yay) Patriots, never felt em, GI Joes, I melt em Until it reveals there's no bones, low calcium Then clean em up with falchions In their world and ours, no days were halcyon I love to spit into the burst bubble If it ain't Elon, put me on the first shuttle I'd be the first on Mars to work a dirt shovel Once it's colonized, first to leave it all in burnt rubble Pretty sure my whole crew would run amok While the planet's first station host calls us all cucks New planet, same old world crutch God damn it, this planet don't fuck [Happy Tooth] I wrote these lines in line at the BMV. I’m fine with the fines they wanna see me bleed. My tribe is alive but only secretly. We just hide from the lies in their frequencies. Been scared to ask you what you think of this. Didn’t wanna buy the boat so I’m sinking it. My crew’s so big we can’t effectively communicate. But if I leave the line now then I might lose my place. Mutilate the useless days, turn them into something bigger. Use to play to loosen chains, never really wanted listeners. Used to act like I was born for this. Then I realized it’s all performative. Often groggy should’ve gotten coffee. I’m trading in my phone for a walkie-talkie. Found our test market and we cornered it. It’s the people who don’t play the game or forfeit it. Chorus (Claud Six) Just outside America’s Test Market With Rainbow Braeburn’s and Golden Arches Sell you a hooptie, promise you a starship Celebrate the killers, villainize the marches Plant that flag on a mountain of garbage Skip the work and then hoard the harvest Sweep the history beneath the carpet Spend two paychecks on your apartment Turn your neighbors into a target Sell them souls at the profit margins Oh my God, look what we’ve started
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You got the cooler? Call her about the boat. Hit the switch, get in the whip! Man ya'll wild (Animals) [Happy Tooth] Beach bars. Fell asleep on the beach before anyone was here. Woke up to a towel punctured and sunburns, think I need a beer. I could sleep a year. I’ve been napping, waves crashing, try all I’d like it’s hard to think of a bad thing. Or bad sting, from a jellyfish or jealous kids. I’m making lunch for my homies, didn’t bring the selfishness. Can’t stand hassles, van’s got no damn Advil. I’ll hold my head with one hand ,the other can paddle, build sandcastles and battle. We’re holdin cyphers by the fire. If you wanna jump in and say somethin make the circle wider. Everybody waves and the fees were waved by Wade. So we were amazed by all the money saved away. Make a face when the lines hit just right. Stayin up nights upright makes me less uptight. I’d be lyin if I said I didn’t love life. Goin out today just to see what the suns like. (Blake Ambrose) Pop the top off the VW Rabbit Sand between our toes is the true habbit A perfect afternoon so let’s grab it An ideal temp and a range of asses (I like mine the fattest) Sand witches eating sandwiches before the wind gusts Sun’s out all day so our spirits have been up Whether you coolin’ with the homies, or newly in love Just know everything you’re doing is en nuff Tin cups cuz even the shore is a sand trap Haters grilin’ anger, they can have that We flipping the burgers and sweating like haz mat Suits, swim, light a fire when the sun sets pass pass Whoop! We all in the barrel together and none crab act Kurn’t missing and burnt the skin of his lid, where his hat at?
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[Kurn't] Let me spit shine the whip Rid it of the bird shit Cause without my ride I've got next to no drip Crack the moonroof and listen to some old shit Think back on the days I didn't know the world was hopeless Skip that Jay Z song cause he's illuminati Forget an hour later Bump a Jay Z song probably (for real) Can I get a new view I ain't seen before I need a dubya, I'm unfortunately keeping score I need to feel more joy but I'm coy about it Spent my whole life hurt Brandon Roy about it May weather here is dope Move like Floyd, I doubt it Gotta stack some green Maybe buy some soil out it That's a dream and it's better late than never Take a blow torch to the troubles that have tethered The struggle's always real But wait til I get better Imma tally up my fuck yous And ink em with a feather Take my ride, take me away Let’s get lost, this world’s insane All bets are off, and my debts ain’t paid For all I know, it ends today Vices got me in a vice grip, that’s why they call them vices My resolve is indecisive, I’m always up in a crisis Gingivitis for my bumping gums, OMG look what I’ve done 99 problems, I’m just waiting for the hundredth one Catch me if you want, like an infield fly Or you can catch me freefalling in real time I said, thanks for the love, it’s been real, guys But I’ll be gone with the zephyr til that windmill dies My new rides an adult whip, it actually works Too fly for the bullshit the factory serves Got Dual lives, one front and center, one in the shadows One speaks to the people, one runs in the castle I bite a chunk out the apple, spit the worm to the compost Holler at the homies when the burden’s colossal Rock rose colored glasses for the worsening plot holes Then I turn to the mantra like the word is the gospel, ayyyyy
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[Dug] raddest of a dying breed come see what I mean by “succeed” that’s put out a couple bangers not solely based on anger and see what happens I’m only interested in the development of passions the rest is irrelevant but it really depends on who’s asking don’t be a stranger when you can be something even stranger I’d tried to do it the Right Way it hasn’t done me any favors times like this I reach for my Bible because you know that I’m out of papers the rest is all reactive I’m lashing out, rattling sabers In fact all I do is win and I’m not even in control of my behavior yo it’s 4am so please believe the hype I can’t sleep but you know that I can write yeah I said it’s Pink Floyd you know that I meant Bike I’m gonna sink into the Void if that’s alright bye take a little time off just to catch breath end up overthinking about death death death did it help? it’s seeming like it didn’t but I got some lyrics out of it so yes yes yes [Kurn't] In a world of opportunists and hot-air balloonists, I often tuneout Crack the blinds to look up at the moon but.... it's motherfucking noon out Why are there so many foot prints on this new route? Who's shoes are trying to freak Dru out? That's not metal, that's the Joker played by Jared Leto And I got shitty tats too, so I can't judge And every tragedy has me thinking that I'm moved, but I don't budge I hold a grudge like a teddy bear, enemies everywhere and everything is sludge That's not punk, that's fermented pumpkin getting Ben Shapiro drunk Squirrel style, but it's the pigs and the rats that I've got my eye on Every first and goal they throw a god damn flag or move the motherfucking pylons Or pay a famous face to make you feel safe and ask you let bygones be bygones That's not hip hop, that's someone playing basketball with a shit cop Fuck all of these photo op robocops pulling at roots in hopes that there is no more crops Turning their cameras off, judges are jackin off, politicians steady backin off Our heroes are wack and soft, speak on bad apples, and then profit from Macintosh That's not rock n roll, that's someone you gave time and money to, selling their soul [Blake] The recipes redacted, less that he was tracking More that he was passive, learn when his hands were active Sleep would drain his passion, these ideas keep hitting massive Each one better than the last one, lasso, aggressively the stats spun It was all meant to happen, you say anything against it you cappin’ America’s captain, with an arrogant cap gun, any wonder Banksy’s a rat huh? That’s the RAT TUHL, In the skull, sounds like a battle feedback of a tapped bug This doesn’t match up, to those that don’t add much, so math cuts, the last lunch out of pride the banner flies. Sanitized our brother’s poor demise in paperwork that fortifies a planners lies But eh, I’m just a reply guy, with a bit to say when the barriers of manners arise Proud race traitor in the plague winds before the humanity and planet’s goodbye Door says, for sandwiches slide, on the bandits es es side. So I’ll be damned if it’s a vibe This fight goes forever, so you gotta ride
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[Dug] egalitarian all I eat is bald eagles cause freedom should be free but they won't even make it cheaper you think we got enough we could provide for all people cause we do shit, we could pay for it with Star Wars sequels ain't it funny; no, it's not it's barely a coherent plot we evolved to share and stopped claim it's more natural to shop pave paradise, put up paradise and keep it locked I figure it's all more than I can grok so I'm not going to [Claud Six] Not going to, not going to, I’m flyer than a Boeing tube Unwinding like a sewing spool, and high as the Sequoia grew The world is filled with thieves who are vying for the oyster jewel I’d rather handle it before I dial up the boys in blue There’s holes inside your theories, ya bias and your point of view You lying like a lawyer crew, I’m vibing like I always do Silence speaking volumes like inside an anechoic room They sliding me some poison food, but ain’t tryna eat it though [Kurn't] I ain't trying to eat it though but trying to keep my heathen glow i was bumping Doggystyle then crying to some Evenflow and even though my feet'll show my path was rough you need to know I keep my shit cold, but it tastes like margaritas though human piñata, beat me up, I spill out good shit better when you read me, not see me, like a book is daytime I feel my feels, nighttime I keep it crooked the time was someone else's that's why the hell I took it [Blake Ambrose] That’s why the hell I took it, and pawned it Traded up for a balaclava, zips, lock pick And a sack for valuables that are not his It’s been a long pillage, from a strong village This right here been in the blood so if its optics Then crosshairs to comfortable chairs the cop sits The blood fertilizes the crops if the farmer tills it So a warrior in the garden is how I will it Act like you know I’m bestowed with the power of William (Namesake) As Tiger tiger burning bright, marriage of Heaven and Hell, I kill it. [Happy Tooth] I kill it like its never even been alive before. I kill it like I've always known maybe it's why I was born. You can't fight a war if you're dyin on a hill. When it's over light my shit on fire, write it in the will, chill. This is not a drill, my script is filled with plot holes. Everyone's got a podcast that's really still a talk show. We're just in a glass box, and we're throwing mad rocks, all lookin for something that stops the bad thoughts.
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(Claud Six) Claudy at the urban farmhouse combatting cabin fever Peter Piper’ing summer peppers to stuff and pack the freezer Fame and the fortune, shit I aint after either I’m just tryna stack a meager stash and limit all my bad ideas Been bout the BI since I was lugging trapper keepers Avid dreamer spitting Fukushima through ya crappy speakers Play with what you dealt, I’m throwing hatchets at the dealers Take my billionaires medium rare, my salad caesar Teacher of the Year in Twenty One Nine, I run mine Two decades in the game, uncompromised and unsigned We feeding off the ish and growing through it like a fungi I stepped up in the spot like, “Everybody eats at lunchtime” It’s Five loaves and 2 fish, Provide no excuses My mind so Confucius, got the slide show to prove it My motivation fueled by the high hopes and hubris I can do this with my eyes closed, don’t blindfold me, stupid I can do this with my eyes closed Cruising on the ride home Moving down the side roads Eluding any 5-0 I can do this with my eyes closed Been at it since a zygote Where did all the time go Where did all the time go [Happy Tooth] This is all just muscle memory. And it doesn’t make much sense to me. That’s why I don’t act sensibly. And not to add insult to injury, but we don’t want your fucking sympathy. Music’s just an industry and I’m defective product. My quality increases I just never raise the cost up. Contemplating contentment but karma keeps is chaotic. Artists articulating angst is always the same process. No delusions of grandeur fit. Had a tour and canceled it. Humans are so cancerous and the future’s been tampered with. Nothing ever really stops me except the setting sun. They said the bad times are coming so I said let em come. I let my axis spin and write raps in pen. Until the past begins. My body of work oddly a blur. How long’s it been? I’m not even sure. Stopped in traffic to write a word or phrase, or a quiet thought I can’t say to a person’s face. (Chorus)
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(Blake Ambrose) Intermittent dream drifter, hands on the creamy fritter/ In the dam like a beavers with ‘em, see me bitter/ (Nah) More likely see me smashing a TV dinner/ Here in the animal years praying for an easy winter/ Scheming clippers, and the stoic heroes you find/ Speaking the advantages of a cheap unglued mind/ If I stop being scared I’ll break it, I’ll probably do fine/ Choose mine, I guess I’ll keep laughs and lose lines/ [Kurn't] I'm seeing ghosts, mom, life's glitching again! Whether real or sim, I'm never in position to win Every laugh and grin chased with a kick to the chin And every time it's grim I'm lifted up back to the brim I got my mind set on overcoming something Even though I know the final prize is probably fucking nothing I need to stay busy so keep the chaos coming Angry people in their graves is probably why the earth is humming [Happy Tooth] Sometimes I don’t know what my mouth’s muttering. I might’ve stopped functioning, but therapy’s a luxury. One day I’m bubbly, next day I seem flat. Our inner dialogue sits inside a fog in how we act. I’m not aligned, to be honest guys, there’s a toxic side. I keep dropping hints for fixes when the problem’s mine. Teach em not to cry when they get overwhelmed, then wonder why outta spite they tell you to go to hell, well... [Dug] gnawing desperation seeking undefined MacGuffin I been up to something since before you ordered the McMuffin I got rituals I stick to them like principles which is to say occasionally but only when it isn't super difficult moth to flame except the flame in question is invisible I have some guesses why but none I'd comfortably admit to you I'm growing out of thinking that I'm ever gonna change but then declaring immortality answered less questions than it raised it's been a decade plus I feel I only just learned how to rap sometimes forgetting that I'm not behind the runners that I lapped it's all misunderstanding life conclusion hopping til the tank's dry I caught my tail and brought you it to not a single thanks - why? it's no respect can't prove it but it's real because I say it's real like suddenly remembering the movie Rover Dangerfield it’s not about nostalgia nor riding that to fake appeal it’s parlor tricks I make it hard to get just to play with you [Claud Six] Way past the days of being asleep til 1:30 Dream of other worlds, but I’m leaping up early Bounce back and forth between seeming unworthy And tooting my own horn like I’m Bleeding Gums Murphy Hurdle these mud traps, run laps and steeplechase auf Wiedersehen, save your pennies for the meter maids R4PC4MP rocking on stage playing keep-away From these little Beanie Babies tryna make an easy name [Evaridae] I found myself with the pages Younger in a cleaner state The status quo was My imagination at the apex But I didn’t have the patience To elaborate on anything That I had been cooking Til I got baked Lookin’ at the plot within the context I found that most wear a costume It’s human but I grew weary Of the process Learned about knowledge of self From all the Gods it Made me see that life Is organized like a mosh pit TOAST (hook) What’s your code? Embrace the way it goes, Navigating the principles of flow. As we grow, affecting modus operandi, Use the wind to teach us to fly It makes us alive
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[Kurn't Cobain] There's no silence when I grieve/ there's no progress when I leave/ There's no water left for the seeds/ when I blindly swing my blade and take down the trees/ everything is left broken indeed/ I'm surrounded and trapped by my needs/ let me get clapped for my greed/ survive and grow beauty when I'm wrapped for my bleed/ dispute me when I'm back and I'm free/ roads are preceded with wrath and debris/ violence begets progress/ violence begets safety/ use violence til it's down to one, then erase me/ .......replace me with something beautiful and fate-free/ or drag me .....to a better path when I'm hasty/ drop your shield to the ground and embrace me [Blake Ambrose] Let it echo off the halls, the sound of you coming home Walk together, shortest distance, slow start, unending poem Corruption baffles the gaskets, the back up overflowing foam Feedback is coldly ignored, picking up the line, still left me alone Dial drone, in your mild tone, a pile of tomes and the umbrella drip I am a two way mirror where you observe and debate your selfishness In ivy sheets so elegant, I paint in hyperbole, engrave in embellishment In the sunlight there’s a settlement, a burning bridge between our hearts tenements. [Evaridae] Every now and then I stumble on a element When I make beats sittin in the basement Let it permeate the basin of the brain stem Fertile ever since I got from out the mainframe Still my ego hittin hurdles in the blame game All my friends feel it too, I’m the same way It depends on the pattern of the wavelength pullin at the moon tryina make the earth shake How the mood in the air make the room change They all wanna quit the game when the game break Leaves fallin everyday like my namesake Co-d’s got my back on some chainmail Spittin nails at the shadows that I cant shake Had a vision in the middle of the cattails Cant fail even when I’m in a tailspin Kinda rare when we see it in reflection [Dug] they're gonna tire of me entirely, the irony all that I aspire to be's inspiring beyond repair and way too much to handle yeah, it's tiring if I were me I'd do something about it like a rhyme or three then finally, I believe my purpose isn't surface & I'm smiling the earth is nervous also it's on fire I've got some words to purchase I can barely get up out of bed but damn, this verse is perfect rearrange your brain, you see I'm certain I'm a neural surgeon [Claud Six] Back from a period of convalescence Heading out into the world like I’m omnipresent Yeah my noggin stressing with some awkward questions Jot the blessings, soak up the phosphorescence Said I’m fine with the constant guessing Long as it keeps me from clocking seconds And the ambiance has got me DASFX-ing Add a halt to the waltz like “stop the presses” Like, “Ay”, head into the fray Whether the impediments are getting in the way Keep the pessimists at bay Tuck away the sentiment conveyed Save it for a temperamental day, when I’m weathering the gray Tracing the curvatures, sway to the fall of the twirly birds I play like the song of a wurlitzer, and I savor the salt of this dirty earth (yeah) [Happy Tooth] Burning down my forest not to spite this family tree. I just don’t wanna make choices in the shadows of dismantled seeds. I wanna be honest, but this moment doesn’t call for that. It gets hard to explain the trauma when we all adapt. I’m crawling back to try and trust my art’s benefits. But I keep abruptly choking on all the dust particulates. Everyone wonders if they’ll carry this disease. And I’m so scared of the grief, I just stare at the leaves. [Alex Toast] I’ve become a certified soul sucker Internal mean-mugger I think I temporarily dislocate my inner tree hugger Dropped the spinning plates when I realized that I’m actually more of a juggler A lack of indicators is indicating that we’ve become professional strugglers

about

The roster hanging on the counselors cabin at R4pC4mp is etched with the names: Blake Ambrose, Claud Six, Kurn't Cobain and Alex Toast. Having recently built a Tr4p for the beasts of the season with I Like Animals(ILA), R4pC4mp added more spots to the roster. After A Signal Glittering in the Storm, Dug and Happy Tooth brought Evaridae to share in moulding a reimagined sonic landscape of the C4mp. Different guests lend a hand in providing the best entertainment possible for campers. The camp has been around for several years and they hope they can continue to exist for several more. This year they are focusing on expanding their sales pitch to include interdimensional markets as they explore and establish
camps throughout the known world and surrounding universes. If you attend camp this year you can learn how to build bungalows, masterfully encrypt cyphers, and write a treasure map to find your lost sense of meaning. They even give you the option to choose the name of some songs on the new camp soundtrack to the title that best suits how you're feeling that day.
"Just Outside America's Test Market" is a record to listen to after getting chased through uncharted territories on a long series of unintended expeditions by hungry bears. Or, it is the perfect for watching the reflection of fireflies over a mountain lake on a late summer’s night under the stars. Your trip to the change course is guaranteed to challenge
your opinions on the wilderness and posse cuts. Suffice to say, people leave the area
"Just Outside America's Test Market" “different”.

R4PC4MP’s new album"Just Outside America's Test Market" will be available on all music platforms on July 30th, 2021.

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released July 30, 2021

All lyrics by the artist rapping them
Production by i like animals and Evaridae
Mixed and mastered by Wesley Opus
Artwork and design by Mike Baughman

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Happy Tooth & Dug Columbus, Ohio

Two emcees deliver poetically driven verses over progressive arrangements that reflect sweeping lyrical concepts. The six- piece group is fronted by lyricists Happy Tooth and Dug and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Liptak. Their debut album is called W.H.Y.G.O.D.W.H.Y.
"Definitely something different in a sea of sames." -Ara Hawkins, Virago Magazine.

"Fuck Happy Tooth & Dug" - Father John Misty
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