- we’ve (my manager and I) been thinking about making this for several months now, I just never completely agreed to go ahead with it until a few hours ago..

- yes, it was indeed recorded at 5am on a webcam after i couldn’t sleep (with Christina watching me live on my laptop webcam haha) despite the fact that i have a full recording studio & could’ve set it up so the sound quality wasn’t so shitty – I just felt like doing it, and that’s part of the appeal as well as my random/spontaneous nature. I also realize that I changed a bunch of the lyrics.. I do that all the time, haha.

- everything you see was done in 3 or 4 takes, and then put together by my good and handy buddy Jeff in the matter of about an hour, so again, production value wasn’t the main focus.

- I actually sing randomly all the time, esp when I webcam my best friend- this was just the first time I actually recorded it.. Unfortunately lots of the best parts (outtakes of me laughing and being a goof) were taken out because they didn’t fit the serious/emotional nature of the song – oh well, now instead of this being the casual entry it was, girls are going to tell me I made them cry.. haha.

- I always say that I wish I could sing as well as I rap.. that still definitely holds true. hopefully the singing isn’t too terrible – one day (when I have time) I’ll take singing lessons haha.. until then, my apologies =P

- Annie Lennox is actually one of my favourite female vocalists of all time.. I love that entire “Medusa” album, even if nobody my age really knows who she is. I dug that CD out of my bookshelf after watching “Serendipity” again the other night with a friend =)

- the “commentary” in the video was provided by my best friend to fill gaps & are actually 100% true.. I hate country music, and I listen to just about everything else.

- I was very close to singing J Holiday’s “Bed” instead of this.. maybe if enough people this, I’ll do that or another song at some point in the future.. part of me still isn’t sure if I want to do anything like this again.. haha.

- my personal favourite part of this whole thing is that as I’m intro’ing the song, I’m actually making eye contact with my best friend as I say “the apple of my eye” and I actually laughed because of how surprised/flattered she was when I said that.. she’s a big part of why I smile so often these days.

- if you like this kinda thing & want to see more entries, help me spread the word & leave lots of comments on Youtube =)

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to see all the photos from that night, check out my Facebook page..

Never have you seen in ya lifetime
A more divine southern rapper with a swag like mine
Facin all kinda time but smile like I’m fine
Brag with such passion and shine without tryin
Believe me, pains a small thing to a giant
I was born without a dime, out the gutter I climbed
Spoke my mind and didn’t stutter one time
Ali said even the greatest gotta suffer sometime
So I huff and puff rhymes, lyrics so sick with it
Set the standard in Atlanta how to get get get it
So you up and coming rappers wanna diss, just kill it
I’m officially the realest, point blank, period
Whether I still live in the hood or just visit
Whatever you can do in the hood I done did it
That’s why the dope boys and the misfits feel it
This still the city long as tip live it, listen

I ain’t dead (nah) I ain’t done(nah)
I ain’t scared(of what), I ain’t run(from who)
Still I stand (yeah)
No matter what VA here I am No matter what
I ain’t break(never), I ain’t fold(never)
They hate me more(so?)
Yeah I know
But there I go
No matter what shortie, here I go
No matter what shortie

You let the blog sites and the magazines tell it
I’m showed to be jail til 2027
Rather see me in the cell then
Instead of this new McLaruen
God will take you through hell, just to get you to heaven
So even tho it’s heavy, the load I will carry
Grand is still buried, when is still sharin?
Apologies to the fans, I hope you can understand it
Like a change in direction, even when you ain’t planned it
All you can do it handle it, worst thing you can do is panic
Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity matters
To conquer, every obstacle, make impossible possible
Even when winning illogical, losing is still far from optional
Yeah they wanna see you shot up in the hospital
But, one life like punches, block the counter like a boxer do
Been locked inside this casa too long, I did a song
To make it known that the king lives on Pimpin

I ain’t dead (nah) I ain’t done(nah)
I ain’t scared(of what), I ain’t run(from who)
Still I stand (yeah)
No matter what VA here I am No matter what
I ain’t break(never), I ain’t fold(never)
They hate me more(so?)
Yeah I know
But there I go
No matter what shortie, here I go
No matter what shortie

Even the solitude, that still know how to do
I show you how to do, what you do, you ain’t gotta clue
All you do is follow dudes, sound like a lotta dudes
I’ll weather whatever storm, make it out without a bruise
I understand why, now when my hands tied
They take shots cause if I’m out there it’s a landslide
But revenge is best served as a cold dish
And suckas will get served better know this
Guess it was understood, for me it was over with
But I don’t quit, if you ain’t noticed yet
They couldn’t wait to say goodnight shorty
So they can try to rhyme, act and look like shorty
Go get a beat from toomp, and make a hook like shorty
Before ya know it I’m back what it look like shorty
I lost my partner and my daughter in the same year
Somehow I rise above my problems and remain here
Yeah, and I hope the picture painted clear
If your hearts fill with faith then you can’t fear
Wonder how I face years and I’m still chillin
Easy, let go and let god deal with it

I ain’t dead (nah) I ain’t done(nah)
I ain’t scared(of what), I ain’t run(from who)
Still I stand (yeah)
No matter what VA here I am No matter what
I ain’t break(never), I ain’t fold(never)
They hate me more(so?)
Yeah I know
But there I go
No matter what shortie, here I go
No matter what shortie