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In this explosive session, Locksmith's words blaze with truth, tackling themes from cultural integrity to the pursuit of fame. Watch as he calls out the facade of the music scene and demands a return to genuine artistry. His unparalleled freestyle skills leave even the legends of "Sway’s Universe" in awe, sparking debates that will echo throughout the hip-hop community.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Locksmith Introduction
0:38 - Locksmith Expose Verse
4:36 - Messiah Complex Bars
5:42 - Under The Influence Rhymes
5:49 - Monotonous Rap Breakdown
6:27 - Empty Crowd Performance
8:17 - Be Careful Lyricism
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0:00
We done made classics up here
0:02
What we doing? This is the year of the MC. Welcome to the Valley of the Hyena
0:08
D.B. drop a beat on him. Yeah, okay. That's how we doing, Swayon
0:15
Okay. Turn that up. Yeah. You know, it's that morning. I got to get that throat clear
0:24
Look. Look. Sway in the morning. Yeah. New York City
0:35
Yeah. Yes. Listen. Look, Sway. Look. Listen close as I expose a book
0:44
Sort of a moral compass encompassing what to cook. This is what the business took
0:48
The ones who claim culture vulture usually turn out to be the biggest crooks
0:52
You have to understand your enemy's flaws. Watch out for your own people
0:56
That's affinity fraud. Can't even afford a Caesar. Bank account on empty
1:00
I'm in a real estate. That's because jealous ones still envy. Desperate thugs eating breakfast in the club
1:05
In the bay we say yeet. That's expected when it's love. Look how they framed us in a box
1:10
Jada's kiss broke his will. Now she begging Smith to change the locks. Trying to eavesdrop
1:15
When a woman wants to stray. Then there's nothing you can say to try to de-block. Just cut her off
1:20
Keep moving and weigh it later. Where I'm from, we had to learn to keep it clear Look, I'm from a city where skinny s are brutalized
1:27
The same turf where your self-worth is what you provide The same soil where they pretend that they loyal
1:32
And growing up being jaded is celebrated in proof of pride No trophy, no admiration
1:37
Never have I looked at my homies for validation Never have I hitched my wagon and s bragging
1:43
To stand next to a weak-ass rapper with half the talent Cause I'm desperate Just look at what he's become
1:48
Some artists make a career eating other people's crumbs No claim for acclaim, but claim patient
1:53
Hanging with bigger names just to stay fame adjacent Now you ponder why the genre's in a decline
1:59
Everything disposable, nothing worthy to rewind We're content with content and not art
2:04
Instead of focusing sharp, we just throwing out darts Desperate to go viral, labels are in survival
2:09
Mold and every artist is starving so they provide you With just enough drugs so they can drown you
2:14
After you dead and gone, they blame the s around you Ask yourself before you spin into a plummet
2:20
With all these dead rappers, who benefits from it? But we denote that we revoke it, then turn around and consume the very music that promotes it
2:28
s don't want to be free, they want to be comfortable. I declare we fell off a cliff, Dr. Huxtable
2:33
The goalpost for black folks is adjustable. Until we fix us, then we become corruptible
2:39
You can only expect facts when it convenient The gospel is the gospel regardless how you receive it You can put tribe before truth and if you do then you become what you despise at the roots Rooted in jealousy Let us eat why they jealous
2:51
Eat jealous with just felons and let us sleep in a cell and sweep. It's in my cells. I'm celebrated. I self-critique
2:57
That's why I exhale and I exhale while you get to breathe. You capping us in your capillaries
3:02
I cascade and close caption and captivate to the casket carry. Full of doubt like a non-believer was asking Mary
3:08
How you manage to carry that package? You an adversary. Married a mission, lyrics to wedding ring
3:13
Those who don't believe in nothing, believe everything Paint the throne, whatever you can't condone
3:18
Babylon or to you horse on course with ancient Rome Right or wrong, we play along pretending
3:23
We don't even care if it's good, long as it's trendy We keep extending our limits, receding closer
3:29
To the point we can't distinguish what's dope from mediocre I made mistakes worth the pain
3:34
Suffocated by hate, I had to carve a certain lane Better learn to grow gills or wallow in your shame
3:39
Only trust yourself, that's a million dollars worth of gain You see, the circumstances may be bitter
3:45
Said I was too touchy-feely to be a major figure But when it's cheese at stake, the bias is like psoriasis
3:51
Never put your faith in a flaky I'm head and shoulders above these artists
3:55
I know my God is watching down on me, but they doubt you and try to scalp you These little s wanna be thugs, claiming they call shots
4:01
Get under your skin, a bunch of smallpox For that moolah, they quick to wave the matula
4:06
The hate that you gave little infants starting to pull up Pull up on me, my only concern is state facts
4:11
Every foul your engineer bounce is a wave cap I wave back to the haters who made him clutch
4:16
We never seen you with a bad dame like a Roc Nation brunch The plot thickens, the pot sticking
4:21
If y'all within five feet of locked Then they tend to stop or relate as much Debate for what? I'm clearly on the ascension
4:27
I rap to unlock the truth, not a prostitute for attention Do not confuse what I'm spitting with mindless drivel
4:32
I hate every rapper alive, besides that, I'm civil You see, ever since Martin and Malcolm X
4:38
Most of our people have a messiah complex We keep waiting for someone to be our savior
4:43
So we're more susceptible to unethical behavior False prophets that profit off bad juju
4:48
False optics, our only option is YouTube Sponsored ads selling you conscious trash that I expose
4:55
Go and console your sad guru The mask you use is split, what's cracking
4:59
I weave between the lines and read behind the captions Up and coming artists don't know the weight of their actions
5:04
So they portray murder and violence to get some traction It's a distraction
5:08
The government can't sustain us We accept the values Of the people that used to hang us
5:12
This is what happens When you glorify trapping And you worship athletes
5:16
Actors and entertainers We used to want money Now we want to be famous
5:20
Blue checks on blue checks Just look how bad they framed us Jezebel, Mammy, Andy and Amos
5:26
Give a pass to every other community That ain us It ain much But the consequences are dire Entire budgets are spent to inspire lower desires You can have buyers without suppliers
5:36
Make Sam scream uncle, he chuckles when you perspire. The devil's a liar, so is social media
5:42
Under the influence of influences feeding you. Broadcast controllers would broadcast control you
5:47
Convince you to buy a course, that's podcast payola. But I'm a bay guy, Pac and Mac Dre guy
5:52
I know to play by, cause I grew up watching AI. The seed of Yazid won't ever get Bayah
5:57
I can't wait till they replace you Whack s with AI Find a useful plug, roger that
6:03
Monotonous rap, forcing these labels to use Computer love, if you's a thug
6:07
Where's the separation, the perks they set Create this appeal for medication
6:11
All conjecture like a lecture from A Deepak, a gesture from the C-Ops
6:15
You a jester or a griot If you're not in my circle, then you are the op
6:19
So every now and then from these s I have to detox, no Narconine
6:23
Spark the grind, out of Crescent Park Let them keep talking, but I will not respond
6:27
I won't entertain vain talk or stress. I'm a vessel of hope. Each pin stroke is cardiac arrest
6:33
You're feeling bold and proud. You spent 25,000 to rap in front of an empty crowd and rolling loud
6:38
Playing cloak and dagger. Your whole facade is for coaxing backers. A hope bar on the corporate ladder
6:43
These young athletes turn on these trap beats. Wave a gun unbeknownst. They killing their own chance
6:49
Job bless you. If they catch you, they going to press you because these news outlets continue to post
6:53
more rants. You must understand when you slip is dire There is no honor amongst priors
6:59
These young thugs catch slugs from the gunners they hire And get caught in that friendly fire
7:04
Hoopers want to be rappers, rappers want to be famous They both want to be stamped and validated by strangers
7:09
Nothing they ever rep is real Matter of fact, they don't get a criminal record
7:13
Till after they get a record deal Corporations give iterations to back you
7:17
Make you sign a contract so they can con and track you You went from courtside to taking the courtside
7:23
They're telling the judge that your image was just an act too Such a hypocritical pace
7:27
How they lower the bar for those in a political space Bolster that with the poster traps
7:33
And how they disarm blacks through the Mulford Act Counterintelligence programs Maneuvering hoovering those dams
7:40
I'm lyrically no sham I'm the BDP of CPV They don't even write their shit
7:45
Chat GPT See, one man's treasure is another man's garbage One man's leather is another man's carpet
7:52
One man's mansion is another man's apartment Regardless of where you at, we don't rap in the same department
7:57
I'm an artist, I never put image before substance I only speak facts and receive it back in abundance
8:02
I never pay attention to urban media pundits Cause all they do is exploit our trauma and it's redundant
8:08
Protect your wallets, don't ever expect some silence You better expect some violence I press and reject you wallets Buy your waist never say it to my face But keep talking out the back of your neck Marcellus Wallace A briefcase of what he states is a niche Be careful what you say that a sweet state for police
8:24
Be careful who you let, put your mind in a tight leash, cause even your wife could breach
8:27
look at how she Tyrese. Baby boy, don't be shining in these streets
8:31
before you order them waffles, better iron out your beef, or any potential thief that's willing to watch and creep
8:37
flash a piece, not a morning anymore, the lies you in tweets, it's a sickness. People don't want to see you succeed
8:42
They follow you just to mute you and socially execute you Never let the shroud or the algorithm seduce you
8:47
Cause s will watch your moves that minimize and reduce you I used to youthfully view music as merit base
8:53
I used to stupidly stoop scruples and care chase I'm getting sick of these unoriginal artists
8:58
When all they do is repeat what's popping like a parrot's face And get extorted, you can't absorb the resources
9:03
You can't afford to record unless he pay thugs My art is my only agency
9:07
Every stream they get paid to me, basically I got it out that East Bay mud
9:11
Cut the faucet The shit that you spit is stain in the carpet Causing the market spillage
9:15
My bars are carcinogenic Your faucet sparkles some interest It's not off talent
9:19
All you speak is tongue in cheek And that is not my palate I'm from the soil where the Mac is beat
9:24
And still in any interview Whatever Hebrew is real I know a lot of new artists
9:29
Before they start flooding your timeline Before they even reach their arc
9:32
I.E. get swindled out of your IP Finesse to get pressed Where they devalue you high key
9:38
I speak with conviction, follow the diction After you are ex, you gon' need another prescription
9:43
Look, I'm the definition of persevere The person here has accumulated a purpose clear
9:49
I used to think my career was stuck in a certain gear Now every other year, I continue to jump another tear
9:54
Yeah, I finally understand my mother's fear Stardom is a monster that conquers all when you insincere
9:59
In some weird way, I understood her sister steer Me away from rapping, she saw what happened, it clicks her peers
10:05
And music can be a blessing Until you start to worship those monetary reflections
10:10
Material items can be material Witnesses against your initial goal and assessment
10:15
No ultimatum can make me budge I follow my direction instead of holding the grudge
10:20
I make the sacrifices in spite of me being judged I just thank God that I'm blessed to do what I love
10:26
Ladies and gentlemen I made a prediction Put my mic up
10:35
I made a prediction. I said this would be the best one this year
10:42
That's better than January. I don't like that, Sway. Well, so far
10:47
The best one for the next 10 years. There you go. There you go
10:51
Take your hat off, Sway. Take it off. I got to take the hat off for this one
10:58
Damn. Lock Smith. Say his name. The Lock Smith
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