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Out the GateS

by Granyte

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1.
Sometimes I feel inadequate, craft elaborate rhymes/ I wanna emancipate us from entangling lies/ Told to keep us down, extravagance inhabits our mind/ Shout like evangelists with scythes to cut the ties/ Media shouting lies, exaggerating crimes/ Music controlling people, they imagining ties/ Between music and murder, its becoming repulsive/ My beloved seducing men to commit crimes of injustice/ I wanna write verses that change the ideas/ That rap don't mean shit, framing deceivers/ Telling the world that we're pagans and heathens/ Pray and believe us, you can't take this from me cause/ I wanna write verses that change the ideas/ That rap don't mean shit, framing deceivers/ Telling the world that we're pagans and heathens/ Pray and believe us, you can't take this from me/ Insufficient to be inconsistent when you spit/ You gotta be proficient, work to be omniscient/ Predict when the attack arises, and in addition/ Imprison those who's transmissions have become deficient/ Arisen from nothing, if it helps you to adhere to/ What appears to be, a new frontier for you to/ Say what you want, just don't fear the sneers/ Shift gears and make your attacks more fierce/ Pierce souls, career goals, whens the premier/ The anxiety brought on by society's notoriety/ Don't worry, just bring your own variety/ But as an advisory, bring the fire of your entirety/ I wanna write verses that change the ideas/ That rap don't mean shit, framing deceivers/ Telling the world that we're pagans and heathens/ Pray and believe us, you can't take this from me cause/ I wanna write verses that change the ideas/ That rap don't mean shit, framing deceivers/ Telling the world that we're pagans and heathens/ Pray and believe us, you can't take this from me/ Refine my flow to defy my foes, finally devised/ A new plan of attack to incite a riot tonight/ Deprived of the music that shapes you most of your life/ Rewind the track, and bring it back/ To the way we used to think, the inquiring minds/ Preside over this ignited order, desire/ Exorcise the demons that despise believers, inspire/ Others to pick up the fire, rely on them when we retire/ I wanna write verses that change the ideas/ That rap don't mean shit, framing deceivers/ Telling the world that we're pagans and heathens/ Pray and believe us, you can't take this from me cause/ I wanna write verses that change the ideas/ That rap don't mean shit, framing deceivers/ Telling the world that we're pagans and heathens/ Pray and believe us, you can't take this from me/
2.
The whole world against me, I need my fucking space/ Aiming for a shot, but I'm too afraid to take it/ Claiming, that it won't change the case/ But I'm doing my best to break through that fake/ Place blocking my road forward, am I being chased?/ Sometimes I can't tell if I'm the only one who's crazed/ Should I really feel this way, constantly fazed/ Face drained, fright taking over, another failed grade/ I now I can make it in this game, just gotta keep the flame/ But no matter how I say it the worry overtakes/ Facing my fears, forsaken by peers, the grave gapes/ Beckoning me in, looking to claim/ My life, the fight drained faster than the limelight, blaming/ Everyone else for my problems, and how I'll never make it/ Staked all I had on this idea, all that's keeping me sane/ Stayed on the side of good, strayed to the same/ Side I was trying to prevent, classically trained/ Mastered this game, disaster's raining, what can I say?/ Only a year in, and I'm scaling the same/ Mountain, others before me have climbed, placing my name/ On a flag at the top, leaves a bad taste in my mouth/ Shout out that I'm never walking away/ My mind's a maze, I walk through it, man done being swayed/ Let's end this shit now, I'm no longer the prey/ Hand curled into a fist, smash into the underworld/ It's me against the world, me against the world/ Hurled insults at me, now I'mma make you squirm/ Me against the world, me against the the world/ Swirl together attacks to show you I'm the scourge/ Me against the world, me against the world/ Shunned from the start but my smirk starts the hearse/ Me against the world, me against the world/ Just so tired, don't know what to believe/ Between these things, my mind gets foggy, hard to read/ Deceit flying at me, trying to defeat/ The esteem that since three, has constantly been decreased/ Displeased with this increase of mistreated elites/ Since sixteen, been trying harder not to recede/ Into my mind, redeem myself and feel the relief/ But I realized at twenty, don't give a fuck what you think/ If it's me against the world then I'm gonna increase/ My ability, no one's killing me, I'll go to extremes/ To make myself better, and known every time I speak/ I'll write all day, impeach false kings who preach/ About mammon and greed, then I'll finally retrieve/ That piece of me left in my mind's reprieve/ Impede me? There's no one who can deplete me/ Reaching my goal, that the only thing I dream/ Recieving the severest release, no one believes me/ My dreams exceed the ones you watch on TV/ Don't let 'em mislead you, I'll keep on repeating/ We're not in this alone, check everyone on my team see/ Doing all that we can to stop this disease from eating/ Everyone we know and love, my heart is bleeding/ Mistreated from the start with no relief, demean me/ And I'll show you this monster, and continue feasting/ Hand curled into a fist, smash into the underworld/ It's me against the world, me against the world/ Hurled insults at me, now I'ma make you squirm/ Me against the world, me against the the world/ Swirl together attacks to show you I'm the scourge/ Me against the world, me against the world/ Shunned from the start but my smirk starts the hearse/ Me against the world, me against the world/ Hand curled into a fist, smash into the underworld/ It's me against the world, me against the world/ Hurled insults at me, now I'mma make you squirm/ Me against the world, me against the the world/ Swirl together attacks to show you I'm the scourge/ Me against the world, me against the world/ Shunned from the start but my smirk starts the hearse/ Me against the world, me against the world/
3.
Dreaming 04:17
In order to pen rhymes, my mind is never ceasing/ Breathing fast my last chance to say something with meaning/ This evening, streaming thoughts to pads, can you see me/ Never ceasing, writing 'till the fingers on my hands bleed/ Been told there's no ceilings, but my worries increasing/ Mind's like a cell, fears constantly beating/ My dreams into submission, my trust in them is fleeting/ Scheming to take them out, my mind's sniper's seeing/ The target, hardest to hit metaphorically speaking/ Defeating the demons set out to impede me/ So I'm preaching to the masses who are constantly dreaming/ Leading the charge, Keeping the cause, piecing/ My life together, I know I've sown what I'm reaping/ No matter day or night, I see visions when I'm dreaming/ So I'm stringing words together when I write each line/ And tonight, I just wanna figure out how to save a life/ Dreaming of the visions that I see in my mind/ Design rhymes to help me get up out of the bind/ That I'm stuck in now, do I have enough time/ To make that dream a reality or am I just blind?/ Dreaming of the visions that I see in my mind/ Design rhymes to help me get up out of the bind/ That I'm stuck in now, do I have enough time/ To make that dream a reality or am I just blind?/ Take a look at what I want from life, sketch out the design/ Inscribe it on my mind every time that I write/ Ignite this flame, the same that'll be my demise/ Crazed inside, cool out, my emotions disguised/ Inclined to make snide remarks at passers-by, devised/ A plan to change this life, derived from the night/ Despite my love of the light, gotta end it tonight/ Tired of always being overtaken by slight/ Oversights, so my benign demeanor belies/ This new guy that comes out when I speak of a fight/ Derived from the darkness that I'm trying to hide/ Indict me all you want, but inquire to what's inscribed inside/ Refining my rhymes just to keep them in line/ This divine divide makes what I desire despised/ Delight in the life I've created in my mind/ Don't try and take it from me you won't try twice/ Dreaming of the visions that I see in my mind/ Design rhymes to help me get up out of the bind/ That I'm stuck in now, do I have enough time/ To make that dream a reality or am I just blind?/ Dreaming of the visions that I see in my mind/ Design rhymes to help me get up out of the bind/ That I'm stuck in now, do I have enough time/ To make that dream a reality or am I just blind?/ Can be overtaken by the slightest remark/ Armed to enter battle any time that it starts/ Hostile to those that try and pick me apart/ A beast on any beat, and I do it with smarts/ Tired of these bad odds, coming straight from the heart/ Squashing haters, debaters come at me with harsh/ Words that deal damage and they aim for the spark/ Keeping me here, a carnal urge to impart/ Some kind of meaning to my life, making a mark/ On this world we live in and in other people's hearts/ Soften those hardened by the harsh conditions brought/ Cut through the webs you're holding onto with sharp/ Words to bring you back to where you belong/ They don't break bones, but they sure left me scarred/ Starved for the love you need? Aren't we all/ Come and follow me, and don't be afraid to fall/ Dreaming of the visions that I see in my mind/ Design rhymes to help me get up out of the bind/ That I'm stuck in now, do I have enough time/ To make that dream a reality or am I just blind?/ Dreaming of the visions that I see in my mind/ Design rhymes to help me get up out of the bind/ That I'm stuck in now, do I have enough time/ To make that dream a reality or am I just blind?/
4.
Refining the disguise that keeps this demon inside/ Devising new plans, keep that flow coming precise/ Revive the old game, never gonna resign/ Quiet white guy most of the time, but the beat ignites/ The flame to raze this disguise, uncovers the eyes/ That see through the bullshit, what you describe/ As the good life, I don't want it, not inclined/ To spit about money, cars, or even the grime/ I just wanna shout out how I'm feeling inside/ So goodbye to those rappers that are spitting for dimes/ Let me show you the life of a man trapped inside/ A jail in his own mind, to frightened to design/ A way out, why do you get to define/ The way we gotta live, can't wait till you retire/ Quit filling these kids' heads with a life that denies ya/ I defy you, dislike you, and try to deny you/ That life you entice kids to, divides dudes/ Just trying to make ends meet, what I go through/ Everyday on the regular, man I despise you/ Just walk a mile in the shoes of those without food/ Then we'll see how quickly that your money defines you/ No one would like you, like we back in high school/ Speaking to the fake dudes, and all the people that write you/ All your lyrics, talk about new shit let it entice you/ Tired of the bullshit I'm just writing these rhymes to/ Tired of hearing about swag that'll blind you/ Bind you up, and send you into a world that won't find you/ Then I'll finally have the ending that I strive to/ Tired of the bullshit I'm just writing these rhymes to/ Tired of hearing about swag that'll blind you/ Bind you up, and send you into a world that won't find you/ Then I'll have the ending that I strive to/ Now you've got all the masses believing/ With a nice ride and money that starts the redeeming/ Misleading folks with how you present on the TV/ So why the fuck can they talk shit and I'm still receiving/ 25 downloads on some real shit, it's intriguing/ No matter how long I write, how many releases/ I still get topped by a beat and a hook, utterly defeated/ So let the children forget the old rap, defeated/ How it used to be a way for people to decrease they/ Worries and stress, stop feeling depleted/ Gotta hand it to you though, your goals keep increasing/ So the underground gotta stay under, receded/ Back together in our minds, hardly redeeming/ Because how are we supposed to get plays, when misleading/ Rappers talk about money and the plays they're receiving/ Hell my Youtube's only got 200 views, elitists/ Got their Vevo hits on over 5 mil, I'm extremist/ But I'll keep increasing my fan base and repeat - seasons/ Done with receding into my mind, repeat what preceded/ My time, Done with being mistreated/ Tired of stars deceiving everyone from little Steven/ To the parents of the kids, worried they can't see them/ So I'm to help you all get to relieving/ Those fears and those worries, I'm the one to believe in/ Tired of the bullshit I'm just writing these rhymes to/ Tired of hearing about swag that'll blind you/ Bind you up, and send you into a world that won't find you/ Then I'll finally have the ending that I strive to/ Tired of the bullshit I'm just writing these rhymes to/ Tired of hearing about swag that'll blind you/ Bind you up, and send you into a world that won't find you/ Then I'll have the ending that I strive to/
5.
Sometimes I feel like I'm on the stand - Guillotine/ But then I vanish before it goes down - intervened/ The one that everyone plays with - figurine/ I wanna quit, but this shit's addictive - nicotine/ So I interweave these lyrics with my soul consistently/ Don't want limousines, I don't want paparazzi/ But this army I'm building wants to off the/ People that they're following, the ones doing a shoddy/ Job of bringing the message to the masses, they're cocky/ And I, understand that the cause is partly/ Due to the fact the game is changing but it's shocking/ To see the transformation that the crowd's embracing/ The further degradation, the media's enabling/ And soon it'll go farther than mere self-hatred/ The tombstone of rap's gonna have the engraving/ What happened to the MC's they just stopped engaging/ Out here grinding in my fucking thirteens/ I put a lot of work in, I think we can agree/ Conceiving up these lyrics just to fucking unleash/ A new plan of attack for these industry machines/ Gotta redeem myself, I feel the unease/ And I dare a motherfucker to tell me what I can be/ If I believe it, I can achieve it/ Cause I found ways, to reinvent soundwaves/ So I'm researching a cure for this disease/ That's besieging rap music, here to defeat/ The poppy garbage with which I have to compete/ It's pushing rap underground, going beneath/ I'm here to redeem it, I can't be impeached/ I'll retrieve the spark left so I can lead/ If you mistreat or mislead me I'm gonna release/ The monster lurking inside, the one that preceeds/ This increase in my esteem, it helped me to believe/ I could change the face of this game and become an elite/ So I repeat the process over some beats/ And create carnage on any track I release/ Intrigued by the way I believe I can delete/ Some say I deceived myself, others believe/ And they follow suit, reaching their dreams/ So repeat after me, and feel the relief/ Out here grinding in my fucking thirteens/ I put a lot of work in, I think we can agree/ Conceiving up these lyrics just to fucking unleash/ A new plan of attack for these industry machines/ Gotta redeem myself, I feel the unease/ And I dare a motherfucker to tell me what I can be/ If I believe it, I can achieve it/ Cause I found ways, to reinvent soundwaves/ Only in this game a year, I'm still a disciple/ Wait for another year, my word on the bible/ Cause I'm gonna decipher, the art of enticement/ Incisors growing bigger, cause the beast, he likes it/ Not relying on others just wanna refine this/ Way that I write and the feelings behind it/ My words bring down fire, like I'm Elijah/ I'm razing this industry, call me defiant/ Or maybe enlightened, but you know I'm inspired/ You're all invited to the game's revival/ You gotta bring that fire, it's a requirement/ When we get together we're no longer divided/ All of us singing together like a choir recital/ Messiah of this rap game, haters in denial/ Left to my own devices I'll finish the requirements/ Entitled to the throne, won't lose cause my mind's on it/ Out here grinding in my fucking thirteens/ I put a lot of work in, I think we can agree/ Conceiving up these lyrics just to fucking unleash/ A new plan of attack for these industry machines/ Gotta redeem myself, I feel the unease/ And I dare a motherfucker to tell me what I can be/ If I believe it, I can achieve it/ Cause I found ways, to reinvent soundwaves/
6.
Newest kid in the game, I'm coming out the gates/ Spit so much fire, set this whole block ablaze/ Play this game like a violin, it does what I say/ Aim for the top, grab my reigns, get out of my way/ No more mistakes, I'm gonna claim my fame/ Sit on top of the world, but the monster remains/ Inside, I don't know why, but away I'll waste/ Give you a taste, the same left after you say my name/ Fate claimed the main reason I wasn't fazed by the way/ Life rained down shit on me, day after day/ Done with my old life, now Granyte's the name/ Get outta the place saved for the demons to take/ My sanity, vanity drapes a veil, everything's vague/ Eyes glazed over, show's over, the curtain's been razed/ Flames going up the stage, seem fate's gonna claim/ My life this time, gotta be straight, ain't going in vain/ Lines laced with good intentions killing the way/ Music gets heard, bloodstained, and we blame/ Everyone from the greats, to the same ones/ Who just wanna make music and say what they say/ Raised to maim those who wanna stay in the frame/ Gaze upon the masses, I was made to be strange/ I'll spit it straight here, I'm about to change/ How you see rap, so I'm coming out the gates/ I'm here to get my word out, not entertain/ Blame the ones who caused me to go insane/ Renovate this game, change it to the way I say/ Serenade the beast inside me before I detonate/ Hesitate to step to me or I will leave you desolate/ Demonstrate the devastation I can leave in my wake/ A self proclaimed king, I ain't taking a break/ Separate you from the others that defecate/ In the place where I stay, a motherfucking renegade/ Educate so you can't tear away from the page/ Escalate the drama, resonate with the mantra/ Of the highest rapper out there, let me be honest/ A sanctum for those who are overwhelmed with their problems/ Damaged and challenged man you asked for the monster/ Fashion a weapon out of this pen and I'll fracture/ The foundation you're on and let you fall into the chasm/ Lines laced with good intentions killing the way/ Music gets heard, bloodstained, and we blame/ Everyone from the greats, to the same ones/ Who just wanna make music and say what they say/ Raised to maim those who wanna stay in the frame/ Gaze upon the masses, I was made to be strange/ I'll spit it straight here, I'm about to change/ How you see rap, so I'm coming out the gates/ Despicable when I spit, I'm just being honest/ Carding anyone that steps up against me, a true artist/ Paint with lyrics like pastels, draw words like comics/ Tired of this rap game being put inside boxes/ Mind-boggling, they're railing against us, we should be arming/ Up to settle the score, so why are we not conscious/ Conquer the opposition, but we're rapping about condoms/ The hell is wrong with this picture, I know we all competent/ Don the cape to change the game the way that we want it/ Chart my rise to the top, but ignore all the conflict/ Keep this demon inside, trying to write a new doctrine/ A triple threat, you know it's original when I drop it/ A skilled marksman, I'll keep dropping bars until I'm the largest/ Increase my knowledge, I'll stay harmless when I'm harnessed/ But when I break out, I'll succumb to the darkness/ Watch when I start snarling, because my swagger is monstrous/ Lines laced with good intentions killing the way/ Music gets heard, bloodstained, and we blame/ Everyone from the greats, to the same ones/ Who just wanna make music and say what they say/ Raised to maim those who wanna stay in the frame/ Gaze upon the masses, I was made to be strange/ I'll spit it straight here, I'm about to change/ How you see rap, so I'm coming out the gates/

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An EP collection of some favorites from Out the GateS. Being re-released in anticipation of Granyte's second studio album The Defiance.

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released March 19, 2014

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Granyte Denver, Colorado

Proud father, Atheist, Democratic Socialist, Writer, Artist, Rapper. I also dabble in code. Current Projects: Traveler's Gate & The Defiance.

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