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Before
Hip-Hop/Rap
Before was released on December 31, 2024 by No Future Records as a part of the album On The Spot (Deluxe)
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Release DateDecember 31, 2024
LabelNo Future Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM87

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ezramore
Ezramore
Performer
Drakiii
Drakiii
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Emmanuel Sandoval
Emmanuel Sandoval
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Homage
Homage
Producer
Mejika
Mejika
Engineer

Lyrics

Swear I been here before
Why the feeling so familiar
I don't know
Said why the feeling so familiar
Been here before
Swear I been here before
The feeling so familiar
Yee I been here before
Too many times
I know
I know this for sho
Yee
Know I been here before
Swear I been here before
Got a little too familiar
With the way it was before
Growing up with my familia
Picking scraps up off the floor
Never know what got in ya
When the anger took control
Emotions never filtered
The weight upon your soul
Remember trying to breach away
But like a leech it was hard to shake
Had to find my way
My own mind state
Had me stuck up in a cage
But it seems
I was raised this way
Was an everyday thing
On the daily
Seen the constant pain
No complaining
Getting used to these kind of things
Who woulda thought I would adjust to the game
I can't complain
Turned the trauma to gains
Now I'm part of this game
Ascending by the minute
Had to be pushed to the limit
To go more than just the distance
I learned from all the resistance
That I been going through
As I been living
Rubber bands
Pulling back
On my tasks
Looking back
If it weren't for all of that
Wouldn't appreciate
All that I have
Now I'm glad
For all these
Rubber bands
Swear I been here before
The feeling so familiar
Yee I been here before
Too many times
I know
I know this for sho
Yee
Know I been here before
Swear I been here before
I stay connected like the plug
Look at where I'm at
Compared to where I was
They respectin where I'm from
Across the train tracks
We rarely saw the sun
Deal with depression don't run
I was young & dumb
Numbing pain with drugs
Now we investing all our funds
Into this dream
Look I Hope you have one
Like M.L.K.
From Salt Lake to the bay
To New York upstate
Always known to rock a stage uh
Would never hesitate
A renegade from section 8
Who would always demonstrate
What it's like to dedicate
All your time just to write rhymes
Then recite em through a mic
My eyes saw the light
Like when
The 5 0 got behind
Survivals on my mind
No title wasn't mine
Grams read the Bible
And prayed for me at night
Despite the trial you will be alright
That's when
I fell in love with hip hop
You fail then end up on the tip top uh
The highest highest pinnacle
Used to be miserable
But never done the minimal
They don't love you in the physical
But be fake when your dead & gone
And that's typical
Know I been here before
Written by: Emmanuel Sandoval
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