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Mastery (Fusion) 03:01
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Sorry to my indie guys if this is disappointing I'm not just a poet, part Poe, other portion 'roided Some were rap game rulers but I had the contract voided Pour the holy water, lord of rap has been anointed Why's it burn a bit? Because I'm Barnabas antithesis Facing judgement, ask a witness 'bout my antichristening Your droids but I'm adroit, AI can't compare to flesh and skin Your thoughts of Asimov, I embrace Emerson-like penmanship Been the realest since i traveled through my dad's vas deferens As a gamete, who knew I'd turn to insect so menacing Make Venn diagrams of our family's, see vast difference Grandfather and pastors tell me meditate and master zen Mantis might be masochist unknowingly, won't take advice Not an opposition, it's just unconscious decisions Emotions cloud my notions of intentions when people play nice Probably a pity or they'll use me for some mission Hook: Superhuman creature I might put you in submission Or subhuman beast and I might be mangy and vicious Mastery of elements, combined like nuclear fusion Or wasting your oxygen with words that go unlistened I feel like Shante, they asking me why I ain't smiling/ My jaw fine, but my heart is vile, I keep it silent Its fighting back, like chloroform victims its getting violent/ They talk of love, I think its Steve Tyler in his prime, it's An arrow's myth, that's Eros since before Christ era Erys golden apple got me laughing, feeling all hysteric Cry and stare at mirrors, pair of snakes with me like pain and panic I'm more Narcissus than Heracles so I can't make them vanish Grew up parsimonious, now me net worth growing big Keep an eye out like The Fates to find out who's the phoniest Thinking those who enter acts of arson are the loneliest So bars and moaning is a gasoline and match alternative Burn the seven synapses within the Hydra's neck Plato's many-headed beast that manifests the things he dreads Appetites (of man), like Aphrodite, Ares' wrath, and other vices Fire of Zeus like persimmons in groin, fruits not invited I feel like Adonis, think I needa find a goddess Of wisdom, understanding, and I hope that she's the hottest Lots of rappers thinking that their gods and dressing gaudy Really they ain't shit, I'm top dog while a work in progress Take a minute, kick back and think on that People sus, I wonder where the fuck the recons at Splinter cell or metal gear, they sneak like rats Coming like mosquitos, this some beacon rap
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Contradictions (feat. Conor Stevens) 03:14
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Verse 1: I should probably be the most offended man on earth/ But somehow things got twisted and were acting in reverse I'm desensitized,make fun of everything and get berated While autistic brother, Jews, and Mexicans are all related And I'm suicidal, when I joke of it, they think it's rude But it's just my way of coping with the loathing in my mood If it wasn't obvious, i talk the darkest subject matter And I'm not the type to whine my skin is lighter than most rappers White lighter in my pocket, join the club of legends Remembered as irreverent but revered for sinful penchants Begging for attention and a happiness-charged mention Snake oil merchants, not my brethren, just deceptions Wretched punk like Grohl I make my own monkey wrenches Probably why I'll end up where his guitarist friend's resting Want big bands, but no Fletcher Henderson Tell me not to care, but you're lectures negligent Hook x2: They're like "what the fuck is this", tell em I'm multifaceted/ (Shut up you little you bitch, nobody asked) well that's fantastic/ On womb i let loose all of the plagues that caused my tragicness/ But now that's on a break so let me release the savageness/ Verse 2: This shit might draw some earl comparisons, like I'm Toejam But i'd rather that then match up with rappers making wack slow jams They like Baby do you want to suck my motherfucking cock? Girl do you want to suck my motherfucking cock? Digging holes as graves, unlucky like black cats stepping on cracks Shit is tight, box contractions,in the dark like bats "You made womb and contraception? Why does this shit sound so different?" Don't box me in, I got a lot inside, including contradictions A basilisk the way I petrify, make 'em granulite An asterisk the way I come correct, that's on some grammar shite My grandmas told me grades do more than grams but I still question it Said an honest living is the best, but now they rest in peace Since they're gone, I have no one to remind me of it But the memory lives on so I still have never done it Turned to clever pundit and the devil's son accepted by A family with insanity that spreads until my power dies Hook Verse 3:(Conor Stevens) Contra-dict, like a man with a spliff in his hand And his bitch is a slag for some gifts And money, ain't got none well that's funny Cus you were high last night you went bugs bunny Daily operating, always on the same thing Kill another rapper just to go and fucking grave dig that lemonade tip it's so ice cube fresh When I bang on ya head with my tribe like quest it's phenomenal When the whole worlds it's right on top of you And not for you I fuck it right back like I've got a few Screwed tight with a couple couples screws loose I improve when I move got the salt for ya wounds now spread it All that chatter prick please dead it And I'm backing it up like I'm pumping unleaded In the tank with some dank boy Ian Brown mank I'm DJ Khaled vocal whilst an your pulling an Anne Frank
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Convert 03:26
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Flow ain't tense, i'm waterbending, keep shit real, I'm not pretending/ On my own, I'm nondependent, booth like Futurama bender Pilot, suicidal bars, doors on suicidal cars Either way I'm wrecking engines, only way to get attention You bitches flexing when your pockets anorexic My wallet pecs impeccable, you fools ain't even peckish Put in work, I gotta feast, all my boys know I'm a beast Guilty of a lot of shit but know I'm never making pleas Hook: Know I had to work Came up from the dirt Filthy looking shirt Momma's empty purse Know I had to work Get rid of the curse Sitting through the hurt See how I convert Verse 2: Scum, disease-ridden mental, get it from my kinfolk Know it lead to rapping, got the paper from that pencil Firing shots like marksmens, and y'all getting shook like Parkinson's Writing past the margin, on the table you can't box me in Darkest sins within my heart My skin isn't showing scars Rough like armored prison guards Harmed and callused, it turned hard Vision blurry when you, look at me I'm fucking radiant I am not gluttonous, I always split the pie/pi like radians Keep my circle tight, it's gotta stay at tiny radius Grade A dank we pass around, we getting fade like gradient Don't want no fade i want more pay, ain't shit left to contemplate I got the plan, I lost my manners, Mantis boutta get the cake Extra bread like baker's dozen, used to be a ragamuffin Watched toy story VHS, now all of my tapes are buzzing Tryna get honeys, can't resist like I'm a bumblebee Still roll in the desert with my homies like a tumbleweed Hook Verse 3 Your dream is booze, a vape pen, and new gleamy shirts from Gucci I'd rather see Japan, go eat sashimi, perfect sushi And some creamy mochi with authentic potent sake potions Finger always high noon, like the hands on watch are broken Getting tan while basking in the sun rays of the eastern lands Fly as fuck, I can't come down, I never land like Peter Pan People think they're tricking like they got me on hook, line, and sinker Rookies wanna spar, prepare your death bell, no tinker I'm not talking beauty, mean church service for you dead ringers Work the graveyard shift, 'cause the shifty shit you said lingers Pray for passage safely by a boat, no Belafonte Go bananas since day 0, so in hell you gotta stay Elephantom, like a mammoth, big but can't touch hands with Tusks to gut you, body wearing tux but it's no marriage In the carriage to the perished lands the Devil's property That's the kind of treatment you will get if you try stopping me
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Miasma ATP (feat. Azure the Paradox) 02:21
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Hook ATP Miasma, energy we have it Azure from Atlantic, pacifica mantis ATP Miasma, energy we have it Azure from Atlantic, pacifica mantis Verse 1 West coast Mantis I guess you can call me Litaneutria Eating antsy rappers cause you know I need the nutrients Spread nescience across the nation, laughing gas miasma Please take off the hazmat, we're not tryna leak ya plasma Come in peace, come with ATP, Sickle and FITH Wecko on the beat, so you know I gotta rip Blow up like a stand made out of popsicle sticks In kindergarten, with a cherry bomb for the kids Hook Verse 2: Azure The Paradox Running up the tab, your favorite bar is not enough Every rapper chasing bands, I'm just chasing Bentley trucks You been working with a snake, ain’t nobody you can trust ATP and double M, making G's and fucking up with no protection I just got a bag now I'm making these investments This a holy verse coming straight up out the reverend You can’t take my energy I stack it by the second If we see the enemy he better bring a vest in Double barrel locked and loaded All my niggas toting boulders You could say we rock and rollers But we come with more distortion Flip the beat that shit contortion Get the wire no abortion All my flows you can't afford it You and me that shit is boring (that's wild dawg, that's wild) You and me that shit is boring, damn (that shit is cold dawg) Pretty soon we world touring
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Bliss Gang Blizzard 02:39
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Verse 1: Tryna cop a girl that look like Batman's/ Batty brain, she bite my head, no Ozzman/ Ain't no batty boy, so quit that chatter/ Born in march, I'm feeling like mad hatter/ [4] Check my Chinese zodiac, I'm rabbit/ March hare moreso, fuck the date I'm dashing/ Catwoman might let me see her passionfruit/ Fuck the law, above it on my grappling hook/ [8] Hook: Bliss gang hit that blizzard, yeah we blitzed/ Hanging out with Blitzen and Saint Nick/ I'm going to Narnia with whores though/ Bitch is icy, you can check her wardrobe Verse 2: Wrist tryna be Victor Freeze, drip tryna be Mister Clean/ Working hard for victory when I should win the shit with ease/ Medals on my neck for spitting, rap Olympic centerpiece/ Hit your knees and kiss the ring, I'm blitzed from hits of sticky trees/ [4] Hotbox in the van, we got a spliff it ain't a mystery/ Mantis off the shit that's fucking wild, repainting history/ In the winds are smoke, my fingertips are burnt and blistering/ Inferno in the air, but blizz like winter, leaf is withering/ [8] Hook 2: Bliss gang hit that blizzard, yeah we blitzed/ Hanging out with Blitzen and Saint Nick/ I'm going to Narnia with Aslan/ Ozzy, Iceman cometh, I'm a madman/
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Retrograde 03:00
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Verse 1: Shoot an opp, GTA, boy I fucking play/ Don't fucking play, Bobby Brown, knock jaws out of place/ I'm outer space, smoking dope, bitch I need to cope/ My grandmas gone, fuck a hope, nothing fills that space/ [4] Murder Mase, in real life might get smacked cross the face/ Don't contemplate, hoe I'm wiling out, I cannonball in drank/ Sipping lean, painkillers like film, I do a double take/ Dementia took my grandma and I looked as she'd just waste away/ [8] Hook: Play the game, play the game, live the game/ Play the game, play the game, life's a game/ Game over, game over, no heart left/ No brain left, no continues, what the fuck is left?/ Verse 2: Where you at? In the grave, in a holy place/ Ever since you left, things ain't been the same/ Save file got corrupted, those still here are changing history/ Acting like they're witnesses, what they say don't mean shit to me/ [4] I hit the gym to turn into a grandson you'd be proud of/ Cried at your last rites and 3 weeks after smoked the loudest/ In between you passed and I still struggle with acceptance/ Know you were in pain so it's OK, I'm glad you're resting/ [8] Get the grades, since Papa died I tried to get the grades/ Meditate, Nana died 10th grade, they said to meditate/ Brain degrade, last few years I've seen your brain degrade/ Retrograde, last few years you've lived in retrograde/ [12] Got the grades, tried to say I'm at UCLA/ You can't retain, but that's OK Nana that's OK/ Imma make it, came from nothing, Imma be self-made/ Retrograde, last few years you've lived in retrograde/ [16]
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Mad? Mad?! Mad! 02:25
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Verse 1: I'm so cold that I sell isolation to bipolar kids In  a cell made from experience, not one T-mobile did Life  is a simulation of Lincoln's assassination Distracted by theatrics from all these actors and their hatred Batty dead prez's, I'm Lee Harvey Oswald Cobblepot Adderall  ethic when I'm working but I've never popped Antidepressants,  only method to keep my head on Presence of peasants on my chopping block, their head is off No  queen of hearts, just guillotine, the hatter's mad as ever Caterpillar hash, turn to ash and feel better I twiddle thumbs while tweedle dee and dum speak of an eggman Wonder how girls wall responds once i send her that eggplant Not  oasis, explanation for my thoughts mirages Jabberwockys haunt me so I contemplate this nonsense Found the looking glass is the only honest oculus Absurdity is often in dreams of tendentious populants Hook 1: Ask me "are you mad?!" Yeah you're goddamn right Y'all be looking mad 'cause I rap this tight Writings on my pad, boy that's how I write I don't mean a paper, mean my walls ain't white Ask me "are you mad?!" Yeah you're goddamn right Y'all be looking mad 'cause I rap this tight Got a straightjacket so that we can't fight Let me get this bitch off, then I'm knocking out your lights Verse 2: Ain't got no motherfucking home No messages on my fucking phone Not Baldur, but i'm shining bright Chrome to my dome, head is getting light That gas tank leaking, start a fire I lost my motherfucking drive I'm stumbling over like I'm tired Jesus take over or I'll die Zeus, Satan, Pagan gods they combine Into one crazy miasmatic mind Phil Collins, feel it in the air tonight Its the night air from the ones that died Black Death, cholera, made 'em all Plague in my DNA, like God The apple made the rib feel so alive Is this genesis or is this genocide? Hook 2: Ask me "are you mad?!" Yeah you're goddamn right Y'all be looking mad 'cause I rap this tight Writings on my pad, boy that's how I write I don't mean a paper, mean my walls ain't white Ask me "are you mad?!" Yeah you're goddamn right Y'all be looking mad 'cause I rap this tight Always think of gods, but not in my sight Slapbox with my vox, I'm knocking out God's lights
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Hylian 03:11
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Hook: Links on my neck like Hylian I'm far away like Gilligan I'm tryna chill on some Hylian hills Count rupees up like a million bills Verse 1 : Got the bomb in mouth like dodongo Rupees like I'm bowling with Pondo Bouncing through time like I got ocarina Smashing the temples, wet like aquafina Iron boots so I'm ready for anything Getting her tingled, ain't no green zany man 'Cept for the mantis, i'm Scycho for certain Not even master sword possibly hurting Burning like Gorons, hard as rock too I move in silence, fuck who you talk to Fishscale like Zora, no i dont move Jabu Jabu shit though, tryna get food Horde a lot of shit, but carry it all Social borders like invisible walls Still held back by my links to the past Only way to pause is unleashing my wrath Hook Verse 2: Grew up quick like I play wind tunes,w ake up know all the shit I been through Worth it now, that birth was wild/Breath been wild since I was a child Miasmatic with the energy, cutting through all my enemies Need a girl who wise like Zelda, Chic with style, and wit like Tetra Spirit tracks, soul like big Don, phantom hourglass, make them pause Like operas with Celeste singing high octaves, like pain that's so real it's solid Fantastic life from tragedy, slither through grass and trees Stealthy, should beware me, soldiers cant impair me
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Maverick 02:59
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Verse 1: Don't speak out of line or you'll get straightened out on stretchers/ Ill fuck you up like coloring books of infant kids in Skechers I'm sketchy, draw my blood and you can see I'm all infected A one man army you could not defeat with all your henchman There's venom in my genes, no denim bitch Ever since my birth, a menace bitch This effortless, the game is chess and I'm on my grandmaster shit/ Icelandic gambit, mantis tactics bandit I'mma snatch your shit Craftsmanship outclass your shit, so come correct like tutors do Fool who spits the putrid, grimy shit should not be new to you I'm the greatest, no debating, phonies hate me cause i say that all their favorites overrated Came from bottom like a basement now climbing up holy grail chasing Bitch there isn't a replacement, I'm a legend in the making Those who hating are invalid, ya'll know that my talent cant be overstated Heart is full of malice, I'm tryna eclipse every chart topper Push a ton of wack ass rappers off it so that I can treat the shit proper Hook: Listen I'm a maverick Fuck all of your babbling Listen I'm not having it I'm much more than average Ya'll don't know rap, so take all your shit and trash it Ya'll don't know rap, so take all your shit and trash it Verse 2: Please don't ever talk to me bout hip hop if you never learned what it is, boy Please don't ever tell me how to rap if you ain't ever known the shit i lived, boy Crazy like schizoid, my conscious an invoice That says pay for sin, so your talk, that's all been void From Northridge to CC, to in UC system I've made it my mission to fuck up world visions Like telescopes or tarot cards, its fairly hard to tell if hope Should be alive or turn to ghost, yet ya'll believe it breathes the most With no reason, but fuck it that's too real for you to hear right now Scycho on the track, like clumsy plumbers want me to pipe down Jokes for you hoaxes who want music lotion Said don't be abrasive, just sound smooth like oceans Bitch I'm a fucking tidal wave, whirlpool, hurricane Mantis Reign is so destructive, all my brothers love it, all the rest get banished Fuck a party rapper, heard they barely snapping, who the fuck let clowns in Imma spit the greatest lyrics ever and still get your girl bouncing
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Too Cruel 03:03
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Verse 1: Representative of kids who been depression-ridden In a vicious cyclic prison caused by pessimism Leader of the too cruel, who envision bodies dripping Drool and interstitial fluid, must resist the mission [4] Mantomas Manson, harmed & cancerous, I'm damaged Plasma on my canvas, pen and pad, red how my hand is A cannibal who's famished, rampage, make a body vanish Ancestors astonished, sorry grandma I'm so rancid [8] Hook: What defines the insect at ya neck like Busta Rhymes?/ Leave your undies yellow, just like mustard during supper time/ Bundy on an undefeated streak when this shit comes to speech/ Endlessly killing me enemies, You're not offending me there's just a fiend in me/ Bridge This ones for the lonely kids from broken homes and hopelessness This ones for the lonely kids to know they're not alone in this This ones for the lonely kids, this ones for the lonely kids This ones for the lonely kids to know they're not alone in this Verse 2: Fuck a lamb, the goat's on top,Son of Sam but cut the locks I'm a prodigy the unibomber wanna be A member of the mob like Rocky, shout out ASAP Yams, RIP Sicily with shit, cutting up your veins and arteries Forty four got your heart rate slow as tortoises Morbid,horrid, abnormality, the king of tortured kids Brainstorm like a hurricane with murder rates that so insane Paintings of the torment could make Norman Bates regurgitate Wonder whats the source of this, they ain't walked in my moccasins Mom talked shit about her mom in the same room her mom was in Now she's dead, the options gone but kinfolk still be on the prowl Finding any weakness just to bring all of the others down So I'm always talking sins, but not of what my cock is in Cause honesty is obsolete in modern times, it's obvious/ But I am not the same, against the grain, they want me underground/ Like ostriches, but I don't listen like "what the fucks that sound?"

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A musical artist who explores the many themes of life and death. Mantises are often depicted at the intersection of this transition. UCLA 2021.

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