The New Single from Underground Rapper Primitive 'Listen to Learn' sees Prim move away from his much loved Boom Bap and deep into the unknown.
Primitive sticks true to what he knows best: Bars - but this time delivers them over a dark, minimalist beat with undertones of Indian Harmonies.
Teaming up for the 1st time with the Beast-producer Burred Noises, Listen to Learn is the 1st collab from the boys, but hopefully not the last.
lyrics
Oceans are savage, emotional baggage
rose from ashes and smoke til' I'd broken the habit
approaching something close to the dopest of flows
I brush the dust off and I give em' a classic
I'm on the cusp of a fork in the road, I thought I'd evolved but I was missing a link
It's truly something that I ought to resolve, the border dissolved
it's twisted and I'm nearing the brink
Cleary I think but my thoughts are reckless
I measure my responses I'm not talkin metrics
Hectic, driven with the force of Hector
Perspective, Primitive, course corrector
Take flight when they clip your wings
or strip addictions grip with the fists of kings
It's somewhere between a dream and greatness
I step to the mic as I enter the Matrix
Listen to learn, ripples of fire from the bridges I've burned
Learn, listen, listen to learn, sky ignited with the fire of words
Yeah! Listen to learn, ripples of fire from the bridges I've burned
I said: Learn, listen, listen to learn, Sky ignited with the fire of words
My words, facilitate madness
facilitating militants on Ritalin and hashish
on the level til' I kick it off the axis
Practice, increments, Primitive, passion
Bar heavy and it's worth the weight (wait)
in gold, sharp machetes in a verbal rage
it's cold, wasn't ready when I earnt my place
the Underground's not the same since the surface changed
Uh, I hide in plain sight
My flow's transmitted through electrical pulse
Respect the level-up and spit the message of hope
I abide by the rules to play the game right
So, take it or leave it, break if you need it
shake it or beat it, greatly appreciate it
I've made it, chasing the feelin
For real: onstage is my Garden of Eden
Listen to learn, ripples of fire from the bridges I've burned
Learn, listen, listen to learn, sky ignited with the fire of words
Yeah! Listen to learn, ripples of fire from the bridges I've burned
I said: Learn, listen, listen to learn, Sky ignited with the fire of words
Each bar is fuckin' etched in stone
the treble clef has enmeshed to my flesh and bones
..I am set to blow
I have risen from the depths with a metronome
My microphone has got a leg of its own
a cherished abode, home to the visual progress
It's like my tone has a webbing that's grown to set it in stone
It's prone to on a spiritual conquest
I spit, 6 different kinds of liquid ether
produced into soundwaves to split your speakers
..I resist hits of reefer
best believe that your boy found something sweeter
All my people saying: "Prim relax bro!"
Sanny Regals saying: "Prim relax bro!"
The Underground saying: "Prim relax bro!"
Everybody in the place saying: "Prim relax bro!"
credits
released January 22, 2021
Lyrics by Primitive
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Burred Noises
An emcee with a love for rhyme - Primitive embraces his love of rap through his powerful lyrics of addiction, pain, growth
and discovery.
An underground emcee residing in the S-Y-D ;
Primitive raps with enough conviction for you to not just believe his lyrics, but to feel them for yourself and also relate, as he intended for you.
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