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Music In White

by I.V.Y.

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1.
Prefix of... 01:38
Open your mind, I give you everything in mine but you don't take it though/ You talkin to "Mr. Say Any Word I Bet I Make it Flow"/ Niggas want that basic flow, mama Ima make it though/ Success written on me dare a nigga try erase it though/ Guess that's just the way it go, glad my soul aint vacant no/ Put my jeans on thinking every pocket made for dough/ Shit so overrated though, I see it and I hate it yo/ Why you put a mask where your face'll go to face the globe/ Integrity is wasted so... Often when in public and the real you on vacation whoa/ Who am I to say it though/ I just feel that they should know my hunger is insatiable/ For knowledge I famine and every second seems to make it grow/ First I couldn't wait to blow, now I walk a patient road/ The Lord seen me swervin for a minute had to take control/ Im back in my formation though, for your information yo/ He told me I'm a King so watch me as I take my throne/ Watch me as I do what my heart desires and start the fires/ My brain an atom bomb, I don't need to march with iron/ Haters talk but tell me what is a bark to Lion/ Tellin me quit's like tellin Lauryn to part with Zion/
2.
A Refusal 03:41
Ugh! I disgust myself/ Put it all on the line like fuck my health/ Wouldn't trust myself no not in this condition/ No thief but your spot'll come up missin/ No particular person I am dissin/ But you should take it personal since you chose to listen/ Man the situation's different/ I'm diving in teeth first you fishin/ A new mission made me look at the vision and/ Renewed vision makes for new decisions/ I got new assistance created new vengeance so/ Cruel intentions cut it are you senseless/ My motivation is ridiculous, relentless/ Bet I make one hell of an entrance/ Forget this allow me to end on this sentence/ The engine that could had a twin bitch/ Chorus 2x Back on the wall where I can't choose And I can't lose I refuse, and you could never take that It's so much bigger than a paycheck "The strength of men, you never know about it until you're in it" I'm a king of my universe/ Walking that path ever since my day of birth/ Master of my thoughts, Gippetto my actions/ Others claim to do the same hello they be acting/ Where, where, where is the humanity/ People lost their sanity drowning in vanity/ And again it seems you living for a camera screen/ I stop for none of that, I'm drinking anti-freeze/ And that could stand for so many things/ Wisdom buried in brain like planted seeds/ And what grows is the man you see/ Thank you no cameras please/ See I just want my own space/ Always been independent I just want my own place/ But freedom never free invest in it right/ Invested your dollars, I'm investing my life/ Guesses question if my perceptions right/ Simple reply I'm in quest of the light/ Direction is right trust connection is tight/ Success dress fresh in the message he writes/ And what a change when protecting a life/ Obsessed with perfection at life collecting stripes/ Snare on drums, my weapon the mic/ My enemy he gettin left here tonight, I won't lose/ Chorus
3.
Poppa E 03:02
Ok now me Im all that/ Records from the store take em all back/ Played my game to make my lane now tell me what you call that/ Yep, "Hustler Baby"/ Intelligence make good hustle baby/ People lookin like "You must be crazy"/ I look back like "You must be lazy"/ If you want it, grab it/ No clue how still take action/ Now watch what happen/ Make hustle habit/ No luck no magic/ Just nuts and passion/ Shame, gave you what you need for the pain of the game and you stuck on practice, me Hustler baby/ Chorus Now if I had that money to go then I would/ But I don't still that don't, stop me from what I could do/ Still in a good mood, tell you what you should do/ Remember that it's nothing that you can't and let it push you/ Know that you gon' pull through, hustling is full proof/ Don't let a failure fool you, something only fools do/ Don' chase the money chase the knowledge/ Get the knowledge money follows/ Money doesn't solve your problems/ Think if you're an alcoholic/ Cash rules everything, everything but me though/ The Good Die, Mostly Over Bullshit, Cee-Lo/ Im happy just with zero, still I want them C-notes/ Find it like Nemo, copy it like Kinkos/
4.
Bueno 04:15
Best that I've ever been.../ Oh yeah the flow too/ It makes a better man.../ You know, all the shit that we go through/ So this is just one to grow through/ All I've talked, now I get a chance to show you/ Yea, Harlem on the way.../ Flight land at 9... so true/ But I aint New Yorkin it I'm more Thom Yorke-in it/ A Radiohead trying to live fortunate/ And that don't require Porsche-in it/ Whew, wait till the chorus hit/ My bank account indecent/ But if we go, my nigga I'm treatin/ And my lady too.../ What you want fuck what other niggas say they do/ Say hey to who? They should come and say hey to me/ Guaranteed one day they gon' pay to see/ And know my catalog from A to Z/ I love anybody pray for me/ Cause anybody could paper me/ Amazing how much walking in faith you see/ Never hated cause it's never been a race to me/ It's the chase to me, I'll just make them wait for me/ Chorus This is so different than my vision before Now is so much better than one minute ago What seems like defeat is a blessing in disguies Did you see, did you see your message in the skies read "GOOD" People get in the thick of it/ Nothin sweet predicament aint licoriche/ And how soon we quick forget/ Hey, don't kill the messenger my voice just an instrument/ Victory is eminent but if you only see what's natural to you then you're limited/ Asked for help but still made your own decision then/ Handle consequences and know that you're forgiven fam/ That's all you can do about it/ Potholes pop up can you maneuver round it/ Stand firm regardless of who move around it/ Your attitude determines what you gon' do about it/ You feel defeated then Beat It like MJ/ But to defeat gotta see yourself win it hey/ I know it's easier said than understood/ But every day's a new one that's why it's so good/ Chorus
5.
Who the dopest, me/ On the list of their soul food groceries/ No degree, no sweat, I'm potpourri/ I'll make a living where I once used to flow for free/ Alot of things in this life that I hope to see/ Rule number one all I control is me/ Even your friends'll claim that they hold your key/ Please, I make reality mold to me/ In this world most'll be sold a dream/ Sold by them same folks that sold their dream/ Followed rules to the day it's your closing scene/ Or live by script but don't know who wrote the thing/ One day you gon' reach for the closest thing/ And realize, you got no rope to cling/ Your whole life's been one big show it seems/ But no one watched cause your episode's been seen/ Chorus Got my pen and my pad, staring at a blank page Mic check one two on a blank stage As the band plays and the lights fade... Hey! All eyes on you, so what you gon' do Well you could choke or come to life/ Reality shows are the best right/ Follow a script, "Dancers steps tight"/ Show you right, one hell of a show tonight/ All the tickets sold out/ And IVY gon' be the closeout/ They gon' rush the stage empty the rows out/ That's Stefani mami... No Doubt/ What's behind the curtain, you don't know bout/ That's me and what I see I flow bout/ My perspective live and directed/ By me respected even if not accepted/ Especially when everybody's an actor/ Put a stage in real life, that's backwards/ Look, the message here, you could step like Fred Astair/ But Ima chill in my directors chair/ Chorus "Oh Ima show em somethin alright. Live and uncut baby, live and uncut. Im showin out I aint ho'in out and I aint goin out like no sucker" Well I got ya, just come proper/ A case of the fakes well the crowd'll be your doctor/ No costumes or room for impostors/ It's real life round here no Oscars/ And the award's what you make it/ Something they can't afford and never can take it/ A trophy'll fade you can break it but/ Your spirit's untouchable, weightless/ If that aint the realest statement/ You should appreciate I mean real estate it/ Life is your Apollo simple and basic/ But people want fame and will kill to taste it/ And what so many feel, I say it/ Tired of seeing best things in life get wasted/ The fact you alive alone's amazing/ That's love for you whether or not you praise it/
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7.
He say he love her but he don't really mean it/ She could tell from his eyes, she can see it/ Hope one day she replace what's between them/ Picture perfect last night you should've seen them/ He ever on stage, that's where the scene is/ Matter fact, that's where he seen Miss/ Had a show she couldn't miss it for the world/ Head swimming in the wishes of the world/ Baby I gave more attention to your girls/ Bitches make me throw up/ But I love it when they show up/ Not to mention when they go nuts/ Yea, that's real talk/ I peeled off as soon as I got the seal off/ Now look at you/ Surprised I look past you, happened so fast boo/ Worst part is I'm glad too/ Is this what it's all for/ Cause I aint got the heart for it/ He mad cause I eagled on his par 4/ But think homie she was all for it/ In her mind it's major, a validator/ But me I'm no savior/ You should return the favor and trade her/ Cause she gave me her all/ Chorus 2x And it couldn't feel better, it couldn't feel better It couldn't feel better now back to the cheddar Said it couldn't feel better, it couldn't feel better It couldn't feel better I'm sorry that I ever met her If he ever say he love her, he gon' really mean it/ She could tell from his eyes, she could see it/ Music got its own place not between them/ Picture perfect last night, should've seen them/ I'm over on stage that's where the scene is/ Matter fact, that's from where I seen Miss/ Got a show she wouldn't miss it for the world/ Head strong with the wisdom of the world/ Lady don't give no attention to them girls/ It's a difference when you grow up/ That's why I hate it when they show up/ Your crazy ass'll go nuts/ Yea, that's real talk/ Expected me to peel off once we took the seal off/ Now look at you/ 10 deep past due, happened so fast too/ Best part is I'm glad too/ This is what its all for/ I realize what my heart for/ Watch his head crawlin on these marble floors/ And she all for it/ In our mind it's major, a validator/ Props to the savior/ I shall return the favor, this an even trade bruh/ So Ima give it my all/ Chorus And it couldn't feel better, it couldn't feel better It couldn't feel better now back to the cheddar Said it couldn't feel better, it couldn't feel better It couldn't feel better think if I never met her
8.
HADES 05:30
It's sort of a late introduction but fuck it/ Bitch Im Hades and you love it, you don't.. suck it/ The number one suspect, no prospect/ Listen I'm quite obsessed/ And you a hater if your head aint nod yet/ Niggas hear the flow be like "Stop that how he aint pop yet"/ I apprecite your support, but I got this/ See it's all about timing/ Niggas make the mistake and think it's about rhyming/ Naw that's backwards man/ You thinking like a player Im thinking like a coach/ No better yet the owner, you better take notes/ Don't let them take votes I rule mine like a King/ The one pulling strings from behind the scenes/ A young mogul in the making/ Fast lane crowded but the slow one vacant/ And true success come to those with patience/ Understand I was chose for greatness/ And when I kneel before him I'll say I arose to the occasion/ So please expose your hatred/ Chorus 2x You gon' feel me... That I know for sure And this the real me... That you know for sure Even if you lock me down in a room with no sound I still make you bitches know my name... Bitch Im Hades It's a difference between being smar and intelligent/ Either way all that bullshit irrelevant/ So I aint buying if you selling it/ So much for good luck man he couldn't hide the smell of it/ You more than slightly out your element/ No DVD blindness the sickness he brailing it/ My system repelling it/ Imagine where that leaves me... but I'll guide ya/ Let me be your driver, aka writer/ Refuse to be a liar, nigga check my priors/ Honest and loyal, young but not dumb/ I'll never lose my love to learn I am a sponge/ Unsure but unafraid of whatever new comes/ Lose some the mistakes are growing pains/ How could I let clues to success go in vain/ Wisdom my scope to aim, recoil that you know my name/ Chorus I see said the blind man says me instead/ And if you deaf then he sent me instead/ Cause you gon' feel this like lead/ Burn it in your head, "Click Pow" nigga/ Kia Shine "Wow" nigga/ I'm strong as that Green Mile nigga/ Not a loud nigga, but a proud nigga/ I just like things my way/ No liability I use it as an asset/ Pride I aint even touch cash yet/ But we'll get back to that, Im just sittin back/ You know, brain playing hackey sack/ Buster fine, tell Aunt Mattie that/ Shout out to Thu running days of Miami back/ Rosemary was a rose bring Granny back/ You set me up this the only way I can react/ Snare no coincidence, Derek aint no luck of draw/ Fuck a failure born in February I just brush it off/ Light bill high, we don't never turn nothin off/ Recording all day with my middle finger up to yall/
9.
Damnit man Im feeling grand/ I feel like Im floatin but I'm walking on land/ Everybody so concerned but they don't undertand/ Everything I do is part of a bigger plan/ Jetlag music for your flight to Japan/ Even your folks be like "Damn this the jam"/ All your people chilling with their hands in the sand anytime our music's playing/ Whew where the fan/ Yea, Im just doing what I can/ Cause I feel it's nothing I can't/ But I still don't dance, just prepared to take flight in my A-Life stance/ rate my pants it don't make this man/ If you don't give a damn gon' wave them hands/ I'm one of a kind they don't make my brand/ So my DNA strand in such high demand/ Chorus Swag sick, "Top floor the hospital" Im feeling like, "Nothing's impossible" Success is, "Al that's optional" This is my time to, "Fly..." Damnit I'm, "Fly..." Dead presidents and what they represent/ Got us captivated by irrelevance in the midst of nonsense/ How do you define success.../ Lear jets six figure checks, penthouse pads/ Multiple baths watchin the Atlantic waves crash/ Fleet of latin maids Eva Mendez bad/ With a J-Lo ass no need for poppin tags/ Everything tailor made from the socks to the fade/ Lawyers with favors to trade, accountants overseas financial endavors/ Circle consist of entertainers models and ball players/ Workin for all that plus a little bit more/ Call up my moms and tell her she aint a nurse no more/ Used to walk to work and work until her feet were sore/ Three story house elevator touching every floor/ Pops experience the luxuries he's always despised/ Cause that silver lining in the sky's so hard to find/ When all you know is dark cloud and hard times/ That's gon make it so much sweeter, me and Quinn whipping two seaters/ Playing serenade messages from R&B divas/ Used to get heated whenever we scuff up our sneakers/ Now we trash em, buy them by the truckload/ And the life of a rich kid is all that TJ knows/ Different breakfast everyday by one of T new hoes/ This aint depending on "if" but rather "when" we blow, Hoe/
10.
Always 02:54
Now would you always, at least sometimes/ Out of all your days, watch the sunrise/ Or maybe take time, just to call and say/ "Hey I hope your fine", let's grab a ball and play/ You know I always pray, that you remember I/ I'm in your corner babe, the mountains ours to climb/ You know we saw the signs, they told us both to wait/ Two of the hardest minds, we learned that lesson late/ Well either way its fate, and that's the reason why/ It's no debate, so you could never lie/ But still we have to try, you know for our sake/ To make it multiply, they hope it deflates/ Well let's eat that cake, you know my appetite/ Their recipe is hate, here have a bite/ You know I' happy right, it's no need to stray/ The space just a flight, I told you I'd stay/ Chorus I won't forget about I can't forget about How could I forget about you Baby I... Won't forget about I can't forget about How could I forget about you Baby I'll stay Take a look at the history/ I told you I'd stay everyday, hey tell me where's the mystery Are you listening, it's like you missing me/ But I aint go nowhere, and I aint visiting/ But if you need to hear it, I'll be glad to say it/ Figured I'd record it so when you forget play it/ Lord willing may it, friendly remind ya/ I won't let you fall I'm standing behind ya/ I made it easy cause you always make it easy too/ One of the very few I trust to help me see it through/ It's me and you if the vehicle seated two/ All I see is you, you should see the view/ This aint peek-a-boo, look Im right here/ If I go then your spirit is my flight gear/ Was nice to meet you, even better to know you/ You aint believe me, I told you/
11.
Tick tock goes the wristwatch/ Yea that's that beat, the soundtrack to life/ I watch as if I'm on nightwatch or eyewatch/ Take notes in the right spots then give it to the mic/ No question if I envision it right/ This star is so bright I am hidden in it's light/ In his eyes the future but in mine the present/ Seperate from life's lessons but I travel with his presence/ Sending me his message I'm prayerful that he arrive/ Obvious address I hope it come on time/ Wisdom like a roadmap, never a wrong sign/ Keep me on grind how could I pay him no mind/ I'd be a fool, I'd be a tool/ Far from a cheater by any means but without him it's likely I'd lose/ No wait I need to sit I need a stool, I see the dude/ Right in the mirror hear him when the needle move/ Chorus S.O.S. I'm trying to reach me "Devin do copy, look close give a sign that you got me" Just behind this door where'd I leave my key "Following my heart and following my soul, my compass beat strong I'll carry my load" Signal fading can you still hear me "Devin do you read me, follow my voice I promise I'll make it easy" Two of us but only one of me... Oh, Oh "Man I think he trying to reach me... I feel like he can see me" Wet behind the ears but wise beyond your years/ Plenty road between us still your headlights are clear/ Follow the road I broke for you the role he wrote for you/ Take life's award I already spoke for you/ Just meet me at the after party/ We'll celebrate success, and attack the barkeep/ Laughin and drinking with folks don't even know your last name/ That's how it is at club fame/ Sim card full no one to dial but don't trip/ Just pack less and bring your friends out on your road trip/ Entourage style when ya'll hit the town/ Laughs all around to keep the hatin drowned/ If you don't understand nothing let me make this clear/ I'm with you while you driving just slow down this year/ Cause shit you doing now, I promise it sticks here/ So shift gears and be safe I'll see you when you get here/
12.
Last Request 04:01
Back in my zone as if I never left it/ Well rested wake up to you for breakfast/ That part of me invested in your essence/ And I don't want to exit, breathless/ What is your preference/ Is it me or you seeing who's/ Looking at the other when they utter moans groans/ Hit zones off face expressions/ Or is it, how quick it's become our sickness/ Addiction, explicit, exquisite, forget it/ But no we can't because the mind plays tricks/ Daydreams turn into flicks, shit, quick/ Where is my rescue, let's do lunch in the next room/ You took it so I had to arrest you/ I'll return it though, just sit it on the stairs/ Never go nowhere but we cum in pairs, that's rare/ I'll say I got to see you fly before I seen you die/ I looked you in the eyes the moment that you touched the sky/ Then took you with me, but life becomes gravity/ And brings us back to reality, rapidly/ Gotta split gotta vent, to the studi got a hit/ Got it in but then I got an itch/ If it was up to me our eyes would never see the light of day/ But it's sort of a hyper day, I just need the microwave/ Just a snack, I'd love to stay, I'll be back later/ I'm thinking dinner on the table/ Screens on no cable, no fables/ Movie from true story, I'll play Cain you Able, kill it/ We make art without acryllic/ I'm a hard worker, and I love this business/ Let's make it happen, I'll sign this contract in the dark/ I know your body like my favorite song/ Leave my favorites on, at least for the start/ Dessert, and like that the whole day is gone/ Precious time I adore/ Wish I had even more to give/ Smiling summer day it's you I'm hoping for/ My 24 hours to live/
13.
Mind full of stress, lungs full of smoke/ Mountain on my chest, liquid fire in my throat/ "Do It"/ That voice say "Do it"/ Time on ice, gripped by my vice/ Is this my price/ That voice say "Do it"/ "Go head do it"/ Infectous disease, bury me please/ Mercy so cold, the snake of my soul say/ "Do it"/ "Do it"/ A curse on Eve put this curse on me/ I just want to leave, how can I be free/ "Do it" Well I'ma do it, It's murda I wrote/ Chorus Evil in my eyes keep love in disguise So murda I wrote If pain brings gain and death brings breath I want nothing left So murder I wrote Murder I wrote, murder in my quotes/ My suicide note, words are my rope/ Death to the worst in me, burn in the third degree/ You have no purpose, no longer are you hurting me/ Your power is diminished, finished/ No place of mine to judge but death be your sentence/ Lord I beg forgiveness but here there is a difference/ Death to my flesh while my soul be the witness/ Life to my heart, life to my spirit/ Shelter of true power no weapon come against it/ Excuse me if I'm distant, no excuse you if you don't get it/ Your soul understands but your mind feels conflicted/ Words are prolific I speak with conviction/ Fear is non-existent, same for addiction/ Here is your prescription, this is what you cope with/ Death to your vice, murder I wrote it/ Chorus 2x

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This was our follow up album to Open Art Surgery. We each experienced growth in the necessary areas of our lives that allowed our music to go to the next level. Great Love.

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released April 1, 2009

Written By: Adam IVY
Produced by: Snare Jordan
Copyright: Intelligent Visionary Youth Music
Cover Art: The hands of Evan Hill

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