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Kritta Rocks Sway In the Morning with a World Premiere of "iLY" & Freestyle | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Oct 30, 2023
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CHAPTERS:
1:33 - Self-Investment Tips with Big K.R.I.T.
5:28 - Challenges for Bay Area Musicians
9:35 - Thriving in Your Environment
12:39 - Building a Successful Music Team
17:00 - Maintaining Positivity in Music Industry
19:35 - Big K.R.I.T.'s Mantra: Inspire or Retire
21:40 - Sway in the Morning Cypher Session
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Brother Critter right there, no cosign is free
0:03
No cosign is free. Last time we talked to him, we were talking about
0:09
the Rhythm and Poetry Project, right? That's right. The EP. The EP
0:17
Wow. That was back in... It's been a while. It's been a minute. 2018
0:21
2018. 2018. Dang. Five years ago. I had to look at him for help with that one
0:26
It's been a minute. Let me tell you something about Critter. I remember during the pandemic, he and I would communicate and we didn't get a chance to quite do what we were planning on doing
0:35
But I saw something that he was creating back in the Bay to give other emcees out that stood up through a platform that he was letting them freestyle
0:43
And it was incredible. It made me think about him because he's an artist who critically to me
0:48
You always feel like you on the rise. And I mean that in a positive way because you always got motion happening
0:55
You're always searching for activity You're always trying to find ways to advance
0:59
And move further And then you're very realistic about things When you make a song like this one we just played
1:05
Called Closer As long as you've been rapping You're still getting closer
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Closer to those goals right Closer to your dreams That's right I did a little guapole for you right there
1:17
I see that That wasn't a little guapole No we know her
1:21
Closer to my dreams Wow Get him on there Thank you Critt
1:27
No gas You good in New York You gotta say that You good around the planet
1:32
Welcome Critta back to the show man Critta's back on the show Let's go
1:36
What's going on world What's up What's up Yo Here's my question Cause I've been thinking about this Yeah
1:41
I remember King Tech and I was in the bay And we pushing our records
1:46
And you know We're not In our minds It's not We had a song called Follow
1:53
We had a song called We Wanna Rock You. It was the first song we put out. Caused a frenzy amongst DJs because of the technical prowess that was in it
2:02
Tech was a killer at the SB 1200. So he was doing things with samples that was just unheard of at the time
2:09
And we were from the Bay. This sound like Bay music. Our dreams were, you know, ultimately we thought we'd sign a major record deal
2:16
go on tour, be like LL Cool J. Right? So every day we did something to bring us closer to those dreams. Right
2:24
Right. But after a while, we were still performing in the Bay, outside of the Bay
2:29
We had music on different radio stations. And I stopped at a second and said, well, maybe I'm here, just not the way I saw it
2:37
Right. Right. Do you deal with that? Yeah. Yeah, I do. I think it's I think my perspective has changed, too, and my philosophy, philosophy about it, because it's like, of course
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I got the big dream, right? Like, want to be like Jay-Z, want to be out here making moves, touring the world, sharing
2:53
my life with music, with people. But like you're saying, I am doing that
2:59
I'm doing it at a different level. I may do it one day if I'm speaking at a conference or one day if I'm putting on an activation
3:06
for a song I got going on, if I'm shooting a video, if I'm doing things. So I'm still doing it, but it's just realizing what reality is here and trying to find grounding
3:17
grounding in the present you know trying to find grounding in the present yeah yeah uh-huh and then
3:23
along the way um how do you finance this diamond nickel and i make something out of nothing like
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it's all myself really but it's finding ways to it's funny because i got this thing man you know
3:39
everybody says it's a startup starving artist yeah right i'm the startup artist nice you know
3:45
I don't like that term starving because then it makes it seem like we're desperate for everything and we're not getting where we're going
3:54
For me, I'm investing. So I had to switch my philosophy and call it the startup because I'm putting any money I make or any resources I can get, I put it back into what I'm doing
4:07
And all the times, too, resources aren't just money. So it's like finding quality people who believe in the dream, who are better than me at certain things, who can say, hey, Krita, I see what you're doing, but let's try it like this
4:19
Let's switch this camera out. Let's use this camera. Let's let's switch that mic out. Use this mic
4:23
So it's like in my walk, I've been able to kind of accumulate these resources and kind of have this this team around me, these people around me that are allowing me to really build and present stuff of quality and give me a platform
4:40
So everything I'm doing now, that's why I'm the album that I'm dropping
4:44
It's like it's called Krita, but it's a beta because I'm in beta because I'm learning
4:49
I'm figuring out how to do it. Krita, beta. I love it. You're a prototype of yourself
4:53
I'm a prototype of myself. I'm figuring out how to do this thing on a main level
4:57
on a main level by myself. And how do I present something that's quality
5:03
How do I present something with meaning? How do I present music that sticks
5:08
How do I present an image that sticks? And not so a fake image, but like myself
5:14
but on 10 though, a little glossed up. You know what I mean? Glossed up. You know what I'm saying? So how do I, how can I present myself as if I was signed to a label
5:22
or if a label had me and they were moving me around, what would they be doing for me to make me look like a star
5:28
I love it. These labels done screwed us up, Heather, over the years. They got us thinking that success equals just what LL or the bigger ones
5:35
Eric B and Rakim or whoever had the big promotion and pushed behind them
5:40
At one point, that's all we thought success was. But we're learning that there's so many levels to success
5:47
and that success is defined from within. And it's impossible to compete with a Rihanna, you know what I mean, who has a machine behind her when you're a critter
5:58
And I'm sitting here listening to this. When I was in the Bay two weeks ago and we were doing a 50th anniversary thing with Empire
6:05
Big Von, Chewie, Mind Motion, Ivan, DJ Ivan, you know, all of these guys were there, DJ Supreme
6:14
all of these wonderful people, Empire, Ghazi, Stacey, everybody's there, right? And it's a couple of podcasts out of there, local podcasts that are sitting down talking
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And we got into a debate about how come, why is it so hard for artists from the Bay to break in the Bay
6:33
Right? And everybody's looking at Big Von. Yeah. Like he's the savior
6:39
Yeah. Yeah. It can't land on one man's shoulders. No. It comes down to the, it's a few different things
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you know it's layered because there's not really an industry in the bay so when i moved to la
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it showed me the industry like there's a there's a bunch of different offices and a bunch of
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different people moving and making this thing work and it's like you got promotion you got
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marketing you got studios you got videos you got you got a whole infrastructure of industry that
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been there forever um and then you look in the bay and we have like fragments of that i mean you
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got Empire of course, Empire is doing their thing, but Empire is the only one. Yeah You know so an Empire has a certain selection of like type of artists that they move around So then when you got say people that don fit that type where do they go what do they do and i say this too because like the bay it like we naturally creative right we naturally have this essence about us so we see something and be like oh
7:37
i could do that and then try to do it and make it close but it's not exactly what goes on with how
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to do it you know what i'm saying like if if you see somebody making a movie you're like oh i can
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make a movie get the camera do this shoot it and it should be looking bootlegs i'm a little confused
7:56
all right because with something both of you guys said you said big von and shout out to big von but
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what is for anybody that's not in y'all's region or from that area what is empire so what oh empire
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is uh it's a record company and distribution company okay digital distribution company but
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they also have the capability of doing promotions marketing and everything that comes with a record
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company. Started and ran by a man by the name of Ghazi who worked
8:22
in the music business, worked at record stores, did his own thing. Really cool guy
8:26
dedicated to the culture. He wanted to see the Bay rise and when he
8:30
created Empire, like Critter's saying it was really one of the only outlets that could
8:34
service DSPs in the most proficient way and you start seeing a lot of success come and so
8:40
he started doing partnerships with other major distributions and became an incubator
8:44
of sorts where people could go through Empire, put your music out
8:48
establish some foundation or whatever and then grow into other partnerships. But what is great about Empire is it's a constant
8:55
It is a landing spot for the Bay. We don't have that
9:00
We don't have gigantic record companies. It is true. People do things themselves, and it ain't at the quality that you would hope it to be
9:08
but it has a lot to do with the resources and the experience. But Empire, look at it like a – give me an example of what an Empire would be
9:17
I mean, just a United Masters Yeah, like an indie label They know how to package and put out artists
9:27
And do the legwork for artists Yeah, thanks for explaining Because to me, when you broke down about levels
9:34
I'm like, wow, it's so interesting Perspective, right? Because somebody is going to
9:38
Watch this Watch, see you sitting here Next to Sway with us
9:43
I'm like, I can't wait, I want to get there one day with criticism so somebody's looking at you because you're five levels up from where they
9:50
are right now and then you where you are you're looking at somebody else because they're so it's
9:55
so interesting but you know it falls to what you're saying you know bloom where you're planted
9:59
you know you are where you're supposed to be right now you're taking everything and all the lessons
10:03
and all the blessings and sometimes the phone not ringing and sometimes the phone ringing a lot
10:08
and it's preparing you for the next level you know and i i truly believe now after some perspective
10:13
too that we have to go through all of these things you know going up to the penthouse too soon is like
10:19
brah mismanagement that's that's why i got like i feel figure i'm in this beta
10:25
phase of my life where i'm learning this like i'm learning everything down to how to send the
10:30
right email what's in the email not to have too many links to where it gets bounced out torch how
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to how to start building you know i'm saying like yeah torch yeah we get a lot of pre-beta emails
10:40
No, for real, for real. Because it's a thing, and I learned this too, that everybody's getting bombarded with stuff
10:46
So you got not only labels, every label sending the release to the Spotify Connect, right
10:52
They're trying to get that Spotify playlist. So everybody's sending the email. So then you got me too trying to send that email, finding out who that connect is first
11:00
and then being like, okay, let me get in on this. Sending my email, but how can I cut through
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How can I try to find ways to Just give myself Enough exposure or a chance for my music
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To be heard on a bigger stage Of course But not neglecting what's happening on the ground too
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So it's a double You know what I mean? You gotta just know how to play the levels
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And go to work Man my man Critter is here We talking about his new album Critter Beta
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That's set to release on November the 10th Tracy G been smiling at your braids
11:32
All day bro Why you gotta say it's the birds? Why can't it be the accent? It's the locks
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It's the locks. Come on, man. Thank you, man. It's the energy. Bonnie Light. We got the Lock Brothers up here
11:43
Lonnie, show them your locks, man. We had a good combo. Not taking the tam off, man
11:48
Oh, I know that right. Not in modern-day Babylon. I already know
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Ay, ay, ay. Modern-day Babylon. Babylon, Bolando. I want to zoom in on the word perspective
12:02
Okay. More, because when you laid out that shift from starving artists to startup artists, I thought that was brilliant
12:10
Thank you. Because startup artists still gives you agency discernments. You can still be careful with your decision making versus starving artists
12:22
The desperation that you mentioned, which can lead to careless decision making. Right
12:27
And taking anything and not realizing that you can still make decisions that are right for you
12:34
Now, to tie this into your team building skills, because you do have to be the leader of HR as well
12:42
Every department of the Krita brand. What have you learned? What are some new questions that you ask the folks that you're hiring to get the right people
12:54
because we always hear that folks are like, dang, I'm going to let go of my manager now
12:59
or I had to fire this person. They did me wrong. How are you able to really understand that this is an aligned individual
13:07
I mean, well, first it just comes with the person too, right? It's all organic for me
13:13
It's all happening organic through just me making my moves and doing my things
13:17
and then honestly, God just bringing people into my life to be able to take me where I got to go
13:23
and shepherd me into another space. So in terms of like my manager, Ern
13:30
who works with a company who is all about ytics and data, right
13:34
And it's in this age, this new age we're in where ytics and data is gold
13:39
It's like, how can we identify my audience? That was something I didn't really know about
13:44
Yes. How to set up the right things on my website to make sure I'm capturing the people who are really fans
13:49
and not just people who say, oh, that was a dope freestyle, but they don't go listen to nothing else
13:53
Yeah, that's the difference. Because it's a lot of flyby. It's a lot of flyby people
13:58
Casual listeners. You know what I'm saying? Just casual. So it's like who really is a fan, right
14:03
So finding that out. And then, again, with my videos, when it all happened kind of in the pandemic, because
14:08
my whole album started in the pandemic. I was just at this point in my life
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I call it the creative dilemma, where I had to kind of make a decision on, am I going
14:19
to keep working making money in a space that I don't love that's kind of eating at me or am I
14:27
gonna go for it when COVID came we all made it right so if I was gonna go out I'd be damned if
14:35
I go out doing something that I'm not loving doing that's not my purpose that I'm not walking in my
14:40
light so I made that decision to go full in so when I did that I just it was like everything
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kind of opened up. So people started coming. I got my guy Matt who does all my video stuff who just a wizard Like and the cool thing about everybody that works with me their day jobs are working with like the best in the game right so
14:59
my camera guy is his day job is doing things doing videos for all the videos you kind of see
15:05
but it's like it's it's like work for him but when he works with me it's something that we all
15:10
believe in so then we're able to get artistic we're able to do things he's able to set me up
15:14
and let me know like now we got to get your lighting right now you can't do that or let's
15:17
use this lens or let's do these different things so it's just people coming in that are just creative
15:22
and understand what it takes to present something of quality and they get to apply their skills to
15:28
something they're actually passionate about right right so it's just it's all organic it's just all
15:33
coming through and then when you know what's right when you know that person it's like ah yeah let's
15:36
go what are red flags um red flags one belief if you don't believe we can't really go anywhere
15:46
and then two what do you do it for like if you're in it just to make money and do it for money
15:51
then we're not gonna we're not gonna last because it's not about money for me you know what i mean
15:56
it's like money was come for me money is more of a tool to make it go and get these ideas out
16:01
and be able to buy enough runway because money buy you time so buy enough time to do what i gotta do
16:09
to give myself enough runway to execute the way that it should be executed start-up artist Critter
16:16
That's his name Critter Spell it with a K Kid K-R-I-T-T-A Love it Yes
16:22
Always say shout out To his dad Pops This Pops was One of the founders
16:27
Of the Pro's Record Pool I have to say it Along with Mr. Casanova And
16:33
Rico Casanova Yeah And they were very To What we were talking about
16:40
With Empire The Pro's Record Pool Was one of those Home bases
16:44
back then that brought a lot of industry into the Bay Area because they had a collective
16:51
of all the main DJs. So the record companies catered to the pros record pool
16:55
And so you had a lot of meet and greets, artists came to town, so on and so forth
16:59
Kind of like what Empire is doing now. Krita is here. We got Ian on the line from Akron, Ohio
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Ian, what we doing, baby? Rise and shine. Ian. Ian? Ian. Ian
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You got it. He has us on mute possibly Ian I think he got us on mute
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His supervisor probably walked in on him Yeah I'm sorry I was at work
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I'm sorry Damn you was right Tracy I appreciate it They in a different environment than us
17:29
Hurry up to get that Yeah get that question off roll the dice
17:33
Hey I'm just wondering man How you stay so positive with so much
17:37
Negativity going on all around that's about it Man There's a few different things
17:43
I'm just a positive person I got just an optimistic outlook But honestly, music
17:50
Like music helps me through it all When I'm feeling something Or if I'm in one of them days
17:57
Where it's like, damn, I don't really know I go put on something Stevie Wonder Go put on something that just uplifts me
18:03
Get me going It's funny, actually One time I was listening to your show I think I texted you
18:07
Oh, you did? Yeah Which one? You guys were talking about something and I was just like
18:10
God's in the room y'all played that Encourage Yourself you played that
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Encourage Yourself that was the first time I ever heard that song and it was right on time
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it came right on time something was happening right on time I had to hit you
18:23
I was like bro it was God in the room like I just felt it through the airwaves
18:27
through the radios I was like man the frequency yeah so music
18:31
it's interesting that you hear today to say that because we do it every Thursday
18:35
we just start the show off with like a good news Thursday have our citizens call up
18:39
and, you know, share the testimony, share what's going on, sort of like answering questions that Ian had asked
18:46
But I also think what's interesting is that we've had Don Tripp here a couple days ago
18:52
and then we had D.C. Youngfly here yesterday. And to me, hearing you speak is like a culmination of those conversations
18:59
Tripp talked about being around folks now with ytics and understanding and his music and going places and, you know, all of that
19:06
DC Youngfly God bless him He was talking about money Like people just
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Don't do it for the money You know Do it for the craft Do it for the craft
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And I hear you saying that And just be reassured brother Confirmation
19:19
You're in the right place You know Because it can get so frustrating It really can get frustrating
19:24
And sometimes we talk ourselves Out of something And we're right there
19:28
You know We're right there So keep going For real I got you
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Sounds good That's my hashtag Keep going Keep going Keep going Critta got a song on his album called Retire or Inspire
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What's going on, man? Well, it's Inspire or Retire, but it was one of them, man
19:48
I was listening, again, back to music. What are artists here for
19:53
You know, we're here to give light and say things that the average person can't say
19:59
We sum up the feelings and we put it out there. And I listen to like Curtis Mayfield, Move On Up
20:06
Move on up. I connect to that. I'm trying to move up. You feel me
20:10
Keep going towards your destination. So it's like, when I wrote that song, I think it was inspired by Donny Hathaway
20:17
I was listening to the song, and it was just, the lyrics started flowing
20:21
Take me up. Take me away. One of them days. Feeling the pain. Feeling the weight
20:25
All in my brain. I need to sing. I need to sing. It's just, I need a song, something to sing
20:31
Give me a beat. Need it to bang. It's like if you're not here to inspire, get out the way because there's people like me
20:39
There's artists like me who are here who are trying to like push up and we have a purpose
20:44
We have a passion. It's not about the money. It's not corporate. You know what I'm saying? Like we're here because it's in us
20:50
So if you not move, like make room, make room so we can get in and hold it down to like there's a space for what everybody does
20:59
Like I'm not knocking What anybody does There's a space for it But don't take up
21:04
My space neither Move Get out the way Get out the way
21:09
You know Sorry man Inspire or retire What we here for That's what we here for
21:14
Critter's here man I'm inspired right now Keep the plies going Yes
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While he's got that Don't forget the album Critter Beta Is coming out
21:22
November the 10th Yeah 1110 Go to Critter.com Critter.com Pre-save Pre-save Ladies and gentlemen, he DJed in front of Kid Capri and he DJed for LL Cool J
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And today he's going to DJ for Critter. DB, Mr. Slow It Down
21:40
Drop a beat on him. You in the Valley of the Hyenas, Critter
21:45
Correctional Facility from. It's me, baby. To accept this call, say yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes
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For this call, be disconnected. You are connected. Ayy, connected and respected
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I'm a dog. If it's male, then I gotta fetch it. All paper ain't male
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Hope you get the message. Big dog, no collar. I don't need a necklace
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Rock a ring like a king and it's on my pinky. Got a queen and she black like Nefertiti Gotta watch for the Jakes like my name TD Cause it still ain safe It ain ADT If you look and you dress and you talk like me
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There's a chance you get pressed on the chalk white tee. It's a rap. Get the beats like no ID
22:31
I live a life behind bars. Tao Lim Kuali. I don't do this for no app
22:35
This is not for TV. Can't leave rap alone cause the game need me
22:39
Grown men gossiping. All they do is kiki. Mike Jack with this rap
22:43
All I do is hee hee. You see, life attests what you made of
22:47
Gotta have will, I ain't talking Jada Be willing to learn, you know life is beta
22:52
First lesson in the game, never be a Sega If that went over your wig, never let them play ya
22:58
I ain't come to do it big, I came to do it mega Man, you better learn, cause this shit get deep
23:03
If you tell me that you woke, then I know you sleep Don't be a slave to these algorithms
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That was made by the shade who don't have no rhythm Gotta rewrite the code, cause the game ain't in them
23:14
And the game ain't the same if it ain't came with ism Or the ism in the bay like Andrew Wiggins
23:19
Got critter on your brain like an aneurysm Flow make your head spin like the exorcism
23:24
And the new question is, can you get em? Nope, it's over when I meet Hover
23:29
I take that 500, I'm a high roller I make that fire bubble like baking soda
23:35
Follow the blueprint and tell them, thank you Yoda I'm from the 9 quota, I can meet my quota
23:40
Every bar is for Ace and my niece Nova They been sleeping on Critter
23:44
They been in a coma Send shots to wake them up Hit them with a Thuma
23:48
I'm the best out the bay Thought I been told ya Wake up your game
23:52
Cause I'm spitting Folgers That's not a diss to any legend That came before me
23:56
That's a diss to anybody That ever ignored me I'm not a rapper I'm a founder
24:00
I'm Barry Gordy What's the point of having money If you living poorly
24:04
I'm an alien A Bailey And I'm Rick and Morty And I listen to your music
24:08
But it's giving boring Sway Yeah When I say hip You say hop Hip Hip Heather
24:16
When I say don't You say stop Don't Don't Now when I say go
24:22
Y'all say critter Go Go I said when I say go Y'all say critter Go Go
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I'm the one not the two for sure But if I am number two
24:35
I'm the new Shador Late day every day Going floor to floor
24:39
Hand to hand combat Going door to door Every walk I remember like Mandy Moore
24:44
Every bar I deliver like a candy store They say the devil making calls
24:48
Who you answer for? Get God on the phone cause he answer more
24:52
It's game time Barely can waste time At the same time I set my schedule
24:57
Don't waste time Don't you waste mine Critter the type that you can't find
25:01
Gotta make mine I'm independent it takes time Creative mind Reinvested every single dime
25:06
So when I blow I'm celebrating boy I might cry Until then it's round table time
25:11
to strategize. I'm militant. I move think with a criminal mind. If it ain't
25:15
in you, promise you, Brody, you won't survive. You won't make it. Get cut short
25:19
Get circumcised. Let's slice the pie. Everyone eating. We satisfied. I clean up
25:22
nice. Look at my fit. I'm sanitized. Look me in my eyes. I ain't finna lose
25:27
brother. Thinking that I am. You on Belushi like a blues, brother. You gon' see in time
25:31
bro. This music thing is smooth. Come up. How I came. I'm a nut, bro. I'm still
25:34
coming. I gotta switch on my flow. Yeah, I'm still drumming. I gotta switch
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up this flow, cause they steal something. Walking dead everywhere, they don't feel nothing
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Speak life when I write, make them feel something I give my heart, give my mind
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Every single time, medicine for the win That's all that I provide
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Giving dope, dealing hope With every single line, I'm not the goat I'm the best, better every single time Crittle
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Crittle! Excellent! Crittle.com That ain't the best in the bank Crittle.com Crittle.com
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That ain't for the legends That's for the ones that ignored him
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Yeah, yeah I heard it I heard it We make laps Y'all on that Belushi like a blues, brother Hey Belushi
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They playing with it He put us in his verse Somehow Critter put us to work
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It's a show, baby It's a show Let me put my sunnies on, man
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Y'all know what it is The light is too bright in the room I have to put my sunnies on
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Cause he's shining Put your sunnies on, Critter Come on Tracy said I look good and green
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She did say that That was awesome brother The best in the bay
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Y'all step up prove them wrong Excellent Thank you This is Critter man
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Congratulations on everything The album is coming out November the 10th You got a song called
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Is it Illy? What does that mean? I love you Oh, shit
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I know why. I've been single for a while. But you know, it's a song for yourself
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It's a love letter to self. Okay. Ellie, I love me some me and I hope you love you some you
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Thank you, brother. Love you. Send my regards to your father. Hug him for me, man. You did awesome today, man
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I love having you. I cannot believe it's been that long. That's crazy. Shit
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Let's not wait so long next time. For real. But it's right on time. Absolutely. Every time
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Every time. Every time. Every time. Well said. My man Critta, y'all
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All right, Rob from East Oakland want to say something. Rob, what you want to say, Rob
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Hey, Rob. What you want to say? Hey, hey, hey. Hey. What's going on with my family
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What's happening with you, Rob? What it do? Hey, Sway. Hey, Sway
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Yeah. Man, if they don't give that boy an Oscar. Come on
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An Emmy. Come on. His flower. Come on. That boy, he go
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He go. He go. He go. Hey, Rob, he from where we from
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Yeah, and he makes sense. I'm originally from High Street And Lyon Avenue
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You know around that way People come But man I got to say it
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That boy go His name is Critter Follow him at K-R-I-T-T-A Everywhere
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Check this out I drove up to work this morning And my co-worker and I
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We worked down at the Port of Oakland Down at the port down here
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And I was blasting Oh, you know Terry Calloway? McName. That's my guy
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We went to Bret Hart. Oh, shit. Damn. You were there when I was there
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Yeah. Yeah. Oh, wow. Me and your sister R was there, too
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I like how you did that, Rob. I like how you didn't say the whole name. You almost did
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I like that, Rob. I love you, Sway. I love you, Rob
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Yeah. I've been following you, Sway, since KML days, man. For real
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Came up here to the studio with you and King Tech and hung out with you guys
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You guys have always been able to bring the noise from everybody from the base
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From short to 40 to everybody. So I love you for that
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Keep doing what you're doing, bro. Thank you, Rob. Man, I'm glad we had these moments, man
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Love you too, brother. You a super citizen. I swear in the morning
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We love you too, Rob. We appreciate you, man. Love you, bro. We love you, too, Rob
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That's that energy right there. You brought it, Critter. Yeah, yeah. Congratulations, man. Thank you, bro
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We're going to play any song off your album. Which one you want to hear? Play Ellie. Let's play Ellie
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World premiere. Okay, this is a world premiere. World premiere
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