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Focused EP

by Arlo Maverick

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INTRO X2 I don't know Nor do you Just tryna find Some simple truths VERSE 1 Some nights I drive aimlessly Windows down Cold air to my face Let the music drown The noise in my head The insistent sounds That take away my peace The second its found I find myself having conversations Nightly meditations based on observations Searching for answers but no ones there Just the midnight air Not like she care Put my V in park Stare at the roof Let me mind wander hoping to find truths CHORUS Yet another night with my mind on cruise All I wanna do is find some truth Hoping that tonight I make it through Maybe by tomorrow feel renewed VERSE 2 Night time chill, Cause night time will Put me a zone Put me in my feels … Have me thinking that I'm so absurd … To even think about a boy or girl In a world when poor kids need text books Get denied, but city council’s cheque books Fund more police Build more jails You can’t tell me we ain’t Built to to fail Prevention is better than cure But there’s profit in cure and with that I’m sure The people we suppose trust… … I think I’m saying too much Chorus Yet another night with my mind on cruise All I wanna do is find some truth Hoping that tonight I make it through Maybe by tomorrow feel renewed OUTRO X2 I don't know Nor do you Just tryna find Some simple truths
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Rainy Days 03:32
VERSE 1 I make music for them hustlers who got product they must sell (yeah) Trials and tribulations everyday they walk through hell (yeah) Thought they had a team but no one stretched a hand to help (yeah) Instead of asking twice chose to do it by themselves I wanna rap I wanna dab I wanna have the nicest things I wanna drip I wanna crib I wanna live my wildest dreams Don’t wanna work don’t wanna hurt I wanna have this shit for free Ain’t gonna earn ain’t gonna learn and you ain’t gonna ride with me Different type of grind Legacy is what I’m driven by Different type of shine Equity they better give me mine Y’all be tryna climb But still you got a million miles Only building mine And one day give it to my child PRE-CHORUS Teach’em bout investments, how to save change How not to be a slave, chasing a daily wage Eat what they kill, then you know it’s real Eat what they kill, then you know it’s real CHORUS 2X Saving for them rainy days Saving for them rainy days Saving for them rainy days Cause they coming Oh yeah they coming, they coming VERSE 2 No eatin’ off my plate unless you puttin’ in that work (yeah) Ain’t no riding free cause everyone gon’ prove they worth (yeah) You’re free to disagree but know that thought will not reverse Being lazy Idle is a plague that no hospital can nurse I wanna trap I wanna bang I wanna show I’m bout that life I wanna cap I wanna act I wanna earn my ass some stripes Don’t wanna grind just wanna shine Yo I'm not about that team Ain’t gonna grow ain’t gonna glow and you ain’t gon’ ride with me Different type of wave I’m tryna build my people up Tryna get us paid In ways they cannot lock us up Y’all be tryna slave Hoping that they hook you up Sometimes you gotta wait Then give your kids the biggest cut PRE-CHORUS Teach’em bout investments, how to save change How not to be a slave, chasing a daily wage Eat what they kill, then you know it’s real Eat what they kill, then you know it’s real CHORUS 2X Saving for them rainy days Saving for them rainy days Saving for them rainy days Cause they coming Oh yeah they coming, they coming
3.
VERSE 1 June 2nd My timeline was black squares Bold statements That truly made me ask where This newfound wokeness Some folks was tone def Talking like publicists With well-crafted slogans Suddenly the veil that once covered their eyes Was finally absent, Gone were the attachments To feeling comfortable, Denying black trauma They was ready to march, They was ready for the drama Yelling fuck the police, The chants rang clear They recognized their privilege And told us they were there But guilt is an emotion that you can’t trust It comes and goes like a man’s lust … Two weeks later, The status quo Riddle me this Where’d the tangents go The outrage had ceased You were absent bro But unlike you I can’t escape my blackness yo CHORUS 2X Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday And even Saturday I’m black everyday I’m black everyday I’m black everyday VERSE 2 The most imitated But least appreciated The most appropriated But rarely compensated Black is beautiful How is that not fact When Karen and Becky want a black girl ass They wanna walk like our queens Be strong as our queens But don’t want the struggle that develops those genes Black is resilient How’s that not true Name another group that stomach what we do Gave you gas masks And lightbulb filament Needless to say Black folks are instrument To development Yet you want our residence To be imprisonment What are you an idiot? Think black inventors that changed the world Yet your silent when cops kill our boys and girls What if the cure died with Sandra Bland Your privilege is a weapon and it’s killing us man CHORUS 2X Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday And even Saturday I’m black everyday I’m black everyday I’m black everyday
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Focused 03:09
Verse 1 Keep asking if I care Homie I could give a fuck Every day God give me life He don't ever give me luck Everything you see me do Is me taking what I have They doubt the moves I make Cause I truly work with half While they got all that they need And can't even make a dent On the gram going HAM Ask me where my time is spent Alone in a room Trying manifest a win Call me introverted Watch it bounce up off my skin First they was resting on they laurels Now they sleeping on my wave I let sleeping dogs lie Under wrap you bitches stay I’m just tryna do me Make the most our of my gift But every time I share my dream All I seem to hear is this Pre-chorus 4X Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Chorus 2X Late nights I’m focused on that bag man Doing me I’m focused on that bag man Cold mornings I’m focused on that bag man On that bag man On that bag man Verse 2 Barely see me tweet Cause the moves I gotta make Are the ones you make in silence So one day you'll overtake Bill Gates on the gram Warren Buffet never snap So I took a page from them Please don't limit me to rap I'm a hustle in fact So dreams I never buy But I'll package and sell them At a price that's worth your time Addicts for attention And your currency is likes Every time they double tap It takes you to another high We truly can't compete Our metrics aren't the same Hoping for a heart You can never be the ace Still tryna do me Make the most out of my gift But every time I share my dream All I seem to hear is this Pre-chorus 4X Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Chorus 2X Late nights I’m focused on that bag man Doing me I’m focused on that bag man Cold mornings I’m focused on that bag man On that bag man On that bag man

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released March 14, 2021

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Arlo Maverick Edmonton, Alberta

Arlo Maverick is a hip-hop MC whose sound explores Jazz, Electro, and Soul yet identifies itself as hip-hop through fusing nuances of hip-hop’s golden era and Jazz theory. Lyrically Arlo Maverick’s music is a poetic narration of everyday life experiences. For Maverick it is as much about moving his audience physically as it is about moving them emotionally. ... more

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