Get all 24 LEX the Lexicon Artist releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Daughters of Ymir, Don't Cry, Artist Anthem 2022, The Umbrella Academy Cypher, The Letter (Ymir Rap), Wagon (Pieck Rap), Lex and the City, Alter Ego Explained, and 16 more.
1. |
||||
|
I got,
One question for all of you do you feel me yet?
All you Hollywood execs, are you filming yet?
I’m LEX the Lexicon Artist not just Lexicon
High concept got me in the upper echelon
Best ass in the bay, Pita chips
Now I’m in another state, you see this shit?
Some days I take Ls, B Divis
Other days I take Ws, Queens bitch
Wetter flow than hentai, tentacles
What you need to get off, pedestal
I’m barred out like Japanese genitals
Your bars SUCC, Meme Man, no vegetals
I got
One question for all of you do you feel me yet?
All you Hollywood execs, are you filming yet?
I’m LEX the Lexicon Artist not just Lexicon
Crushing auto-thots like I’m mothafucking Megatron
Imma run up on your spot, No Man’s
See the Sun and fall apart, Snowman
Write your name, make you drop, notepad
Put my name up top, Coke Can
I been smoking all the Ls, Light Yagami
Not a no, not a yes, quite possibly
I was kinda in the red like mahogany
Now I bank roll cred like Monopoly
I got,
One question for all of you do you feel me yet?
All you Hollywood execs, are you filming yet?
I’m LEX the Lexicon Artist not just Lexicon
7 Evil Lexes like a mothafuckin heptagon
Don’t tell me what I can’t do, mansplain
Go bananas in the bathroom, plantain
Fill em up, it’s my honeymoon, champagne
You don’t like it, get fucked, don’t @ me
Ain’t nobody gonna question my ability
Now I live in New York City like I’m Liberty
Quick and dirty like an Amazon delivery
Chillin like a villain in the building, are you feelin me?
I got,
One question for all of you do you feel me yet?
All you Hollywood execs, are you filming yet?
I’m LEX the Lexicon Artist not just Lexicon
High concept got me in the upper echelon
(echelon, echelon, echelon)
|
||||
2. |
||||
|
Guess who?
OHHHHHH SHITTTTT!
Ha-ha!
People in the place to be!
Did y'all miss me?
Yo
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
THOUGH
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
SO
Walk up to the stage, I’m set
Put my fingers round the mic that I just graced with a check
Spit some raps at all the randos get them on to my side
Couple minutes back somebody asked if i was the sound guy
All right
I knew this would happen I’m fucking used to it
Been at this for three years, technically I’m still new to it
Impostor syndrome swarming I chop em off like medusa heads
I’m allergic to boring, you got me taking a sudafed.
Assuming makes an ass of U and Ming,
which isn’t my Chinese name but it’s the word for the thing
Went to war with armor made of bars, returned with a chink
so you can hit me with the slurs and watch me swerve in a blink
Cause I'm the lexicon artist, that word player life
If I married a writer I’d be a word player’s wife
but I’d rather be alone with my curses of creativity
than spending energy on another person that isn’t me
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
THOUGH
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
SO
Even before you speak I see what you mean
I’m STILL everybody’s favorite mind reading machine
But don’t come asking for advice cause my opinions SUCK
And my prescriptions all consist of NOT GIVING A FUCK
But please do come to me and talk to me and sing me your praises
If you think I’m dope then give me shows and bring me your stages
If you’re thinking of getting intimate, well let me rephrase it
This the closest that you'll get, short of getting me naked
I’ve predicted interactions had by you and me
You hesitate when I ask you to buy a USB
"but I’m so old school!” shit I was born in ’94
Once upon a time I had a cd player, not anymore
And to all of you who share my work
and wear my shirts
you lovely folks are thereby cursed
to know that everything you’re saying I predicted it first
But I appreciate it anyway which isn’t the worst
COME ON!
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
THOUGH
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
SO
Some people say that I’m a feminist icon (what)
I guess I am because I f with the lights on (TMI?)
They say that I’m an Asian American activist
But I can’t rap in Mandarin and I haven’t been practicing (ni hao?)
So thanks, but reconsider perhaps?
I don’t exactly put the role model shit in my raps
But I guess I get it it feels good to be represented
and I’m happy to represent you if you’re feeling like crap
That’s a fact. If you like me, then I like you
This is true. This is your mic, and my mic too
And when I spit it, you dig it yeah I already knew
Cause that’s exactly what you called me to this venue to do, dude
So keep the compliments coming
It keeps my optimist buzzing
lest my belief in my competence drops into nothing
It’s funny how my confidence is based on your vote
And I just told you all about it in this song that I wrote
Let’s go
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
THOUGH
You’re the best
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Killer set
Yeah I know, I know, I know
I’m impressed
Yeah I know, I know, I know
Thank you so much for coming out to the show
SO
LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA LA
LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA LA
Yeah but seriously don’t ever say that shit to me again
I’m just kidding, you can say it
|
||||
3. |
||||
|
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
Wake up in the morning first thing I do is look at you
You’re such a beauty, though with all the things you put me through
I’m still confused as to why I keep you next to me
All I really know is I’m addicted to you desperately
I lay in bed with you and stare at you for hours
If I’m feeling daring I’ll carry you to the shower
Just can’t help but turn you on at the breakfast table
You’re my next level best friend, let's forget the labels
But my attachment borders on the obsessive
See you’re the center of my world, of you I’m oddly possessive
That’s why I’m careful where I tread because I’m scared I’m gonna break you
If I left you unattended well then someone’s gonna take you
Never thought that I would be at someone’s beck and call
But I’m so terrified of sharing I’d smash you against my wall
If it meant I could have you to pieces but damn I should be ending this
I got so many apps and you're sending me mixed messages
[Coolzey]
Wait what? We had a plan and you want to throw it all away?
Break the contract that we made after all the dues been paid?
I’m all yours and I don’t know what I do
I feel used and abused
Please don’t choose to make a trade.
We’re on the verge of an upgrade
and if you stay there’s going to be rewards
Our relationship is priceless
What do you mean you can’t afford?
Remember when you broke down on the road?
I was there to guide you home. What if you were all alone?
I can’t bear to think about that or the fact that you’ll never again be
All in my ear talking, slide into your back pocket while we are walking.
If you were to just drop me on the curb you know the damage would be irreparable.
Come on, I thought we were inseparable.
I’m not just a distraction.
I’m here to help you get by and alleviate your tedium by a fraction
Please boo I need you so much.
Don’t put me down girl! I can’t live without your touch!
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
Touch screen on, screen brightness off
You think you’re hot but your hardware is Microsoft
Got you for my problems that I thought you might solve
But I prolly should stop looking at you with the lights off
I can tell you hate it when I turn you off or put you down
to try de-escalating all the cons of keeping you around
I mute your sound but it doesn’t change my complacency
I gotta pop your sim out, 'cause you're chipping away at me
I do enjoy your services when I’m in bed with you
but then you leave me sapped of all my energy to get me through
the next morning, keeping me awake when I should go to sleep
I always keep you charged but you’re leaving me drained, so to speak
It’s clear you’re treating me as solely a transaction
Though you’re frequently my only form of social interaction
My attraction to you, is a detraction from my peace of mind
Read my mind, time to trade you in for the redesign
|
||||
4. |
||||
|
[Klopfenpop]
Welcome to Small Biz Incorporated, have a seat
In the back we got a stack of some snacks to eat
We'll have to see who's gonna make it to lunch
Because not everyone's cut out for the corporate crunch
Have you approached old acquaintances on Facebook, yet?
Do you place good bets? Wanna erase your debts?
I hope I'm making sense, because it takes the best
to break fates with the rest and make manifest
If you can't invest in yourself, then who will
You gotta put money down to make startup scrill
The Art of the Deal, that's a solid read
Want to amass that cash, just follow me
Cuz while the peak of the mountain evades you
The haters'll debate you and try to dissuade you
Just because you're makin' moves that they're too afraid to
The top half of that diamond awaits you
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
What do you want the most in your lifetime?
What connects the boat to your lifeline?
And if you were given minutes in the limelight
Would you still prefer to live within the guidelines?
They asked me
What do you want, and why do you care
And, What are you doing now in getting you there
I sit and think about these questions, I don’t have an answer
Or at least, not an answer that resembles the standard
The room is filled with incoming interns and hopeful analysts
Busy pretending that they never indulge in cannabis
Anarchist in the midst of panelists and undergraduates
I’m standing to the back, beginning to feel inadequate
And then I notice that the women in the space
They all possessed visages similar to my face
Of East Asian descent, proximity to my race
Of at least 80 percent, from what I could estimate
A room of Asian women all behaving like drones
I started questioning if they had any aims of their own
Or just lost in a sea of sameness where their names were unknown
And then I stepped out of the room because I came here alone
What do you want the most in your lifetime?
What connects the boat to your lifeline?
And if you were given minutes in the limelight
Would you still prefer to live within the guidelines?
(nothing is perfect
Was it all worth it
What is my purpose
Was it all worth it)
I will never network if it doesn’t move me forward
And if you do me favors I will thank you in the foreword
But who am I to think I could possibly make a change
Cause to you I’m just a chink and that will always stay the same
I’m impatient for success, maybe it was never meant for me
I guess I should expect my pretension to be the death of me
Accept defeat, send a fleet of ships, say surrender
And never remember the shame of caving to my enemies
Then I’ll be, a representative of an embassy
Of normalcy and content, of comfort and complacency
I’d hate to be looking over my shoulder when I’m thirty thinking
Damn I wish I’d never pretended, I wish I’d chased my dream
But some people just wanna do their part
They just wanna live their lives, we just wanna live ours
A life of stability versus falling apart
I ask you, was it worth it just to follow my heart?
What do you want the most in your lifetime?
What connects the boat to your lifeline?
And if you were given minutes in the limelight
Would you still prefer to live within the guidelines?
(nothing is perfect
Was it all worth it
What is my purpose
Was it all worth it)
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
I’m waiting for something to happen
To my brain it is just a distraction
But I can feel it everywhere I go
From the trains in Taipei to the streets of Manhattan
Fantasies I’ve lived in passing
Visions of my dreams that I’ve been redacting
Inhibited feelings turn to fits of passion
In the instant the minute hand’s inched a fraction
The bigger the distance the faster the passage of time
That’s relativity as it’s applied
But adding attachments will addle its
accuracy, it will cease to comply
I’d hack through the masses, my back to the sky
If that’s what it takes to get back to your side
Cause the fact is I tried and I can’t get you out of the
chasm that acts as the back of my mind
The last time I cried was a year ago
I really fucking wish that the tears would flow
You’re the inefficiency I fear the most
Instead of getting that bread my career is toast
It’s weird I know, to worry that my time is running out
but I also think my calendar is tryna bum me out
With its lines and tasks I’m tryna grasp and act on
But I find the days just kinda drag on
When I’m thinking bout how great it’d be to have you
Think I’m moving but it’s making me a statue
Maybe it’s your simulacrum I’m attached to
Ache to pick your brain but I’m too afraid to ask you
Overdue for a change in attitude
Cover up the truth when exchanging platitudes
Pull back just to keep from sinking
then we’ll wait another week and I'll keep on thinking
[Atlas]
I don’t mean to hit you up again
But you’re always on my mind
I think about you all the time, all the time
I think about you all the time, all the time
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
I shouldn't live like you’re the only thing I’m waiting for
But every minute I can taste it makes me crave it more
Anticipation plagues my waking state and shakes my core
Every day I wake to get my dopamine sensation from my notifications and I can take no more
Pace the floor, reward centers in a state of war
To say I never felt this way before
Would be a fake discourse
Although revisiting the same remorse
I would never consider changing course
Is that insane, of course
I’ve staying ignoring my
pain receptors
for ever extending durations of time
Reinforced my taste in
what I didn’t have the patience for
and never expecting to make up my mind
But fame isn’t something you can take by force
You may need to wait for it to take its course
And love isn’t something to confuse with lust
Think of all the different ways they could use your trust
But I used my gut, and that has gotten me here
Hearing the clock tick and tock in my ear
I’m not giving up I will not disappear
Cause nothing and no one can stop my career
Sock all my fears in the face
Do not interfere with my pace
The clock is still ticking
I got to be winning this race
But not when I’m missing your face
The clock is still ticking
I got to get out of this place
The clock is still ticking
I think it won’t stop till I’m dead
Then it does and the one thing that’s left
is a voice in my head
tryna tell me it’s not over yet
[Atlas]
I don’t mean to hit you up again
But you’re always on my mind
I think about you all the time, all the time
I think about you all the time, all the time
I don’t mean to hit you up again
But you’re always on my mind
I think about you all the time, all the time
I think about you all the time, all the time
I don’t mean to cut you off again
But you’re dragging me behind
I think I’m running out of time, out of time
I think I’m running out of time, out of time
I don’t mean to cut you off again
But you’re dragging me behind
I think I’m running out of time, out of time
I think I’m running out of time, out of time
|
||||
6. |
||||
|
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
Yo
It’s not easy being me for a start
Always dealing with these secrets that I keep in my heart
Feeling steeped in my own demons that are feeding my art
Deep in need of self-esteem but still believe that I’m smart
To tease them apart, would mean to keep my ego at bay
Flimsy like a sheet of paint I feel it peeling away
I’d rather lie than try to put this side of me on display
so I’m staying high and dry from seeing any people today
Sometimes I shrink into myself, taking a dive
into the depths of depression and question why I’m alive
And other times I think that I’m the best to ever exist
And wonder why the next messiah’s taking everyone’s shit
They say take care of yourself or you’ll burn out
No project and no obstacle's too hellish to surmount
But first you gotta get some self care, put your needs first
Now I’m seeking some suggestions guess I’ll do some research
[Chorus]
So now I’m doing some self care
Success has been elusive when pursuing it elsewhere
Don’t wanna be deluded, I’m improving my welfare
So tell me what to do if I were looking for self care
Hell yeah
[Shubzilla]
You out doin research, Sis
But I think there's a step that we mighta missed
Do you got a book that you wanna start readin?
A favorite blend of tea that you're into drinkin?
What about a nice bubble bath?
So hoes outta pocket don't incur your wrath
Cuz there's always gonna be some bitch who rain on your parade
You out gettin bags while they ain't gettin paid
List all them accolades you got a long resume
I know you're down to try that out - when do you hesitate?
Stroll around the city heard she's pretty with these Christmas lights
Stayin in is dope too, appreciate them nights
You jet set hustlin - work can wait
Save for another day that full fuckin plate
Know your worth, this your terf, gotta go self-serve
Start with a deep breath - calm that nerve
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
So now I’m doing some self care
Success has been elusive when pursuing it elsewhere
Don’t wanna be deluded, I’m improving my welfare
So tell me what to do if I were looking for self care
Hell yeah
[Mikal kHill]
You might see me rolling on a paperchase and say
how do you maintain in a world so tasteless WAIT
I have to correct them, you see these claims are baseless mane
I am MAD FUCKING STRESSED on a daily basis, dang
I do have a few rules, for fools that cross lines
swiftly get a broke disk down in their damn spine
Since the cancer came i been slightly outta my mind
stab a motherfuck out of line that waste my time
On any random day that I don’t feel like i need to go into the office
I call every manager and tell them they can suck two dicks
Neither mine. I’m drunk before they pick up the phone
Self medicating is the only therapy i know
That’s how it goes though from womb to tomb now
No smile on my face, self care is a permanent scowl
Blowing off appointments I got a lot on my plate
And honestly I have to admit it’s pretty great
So now I’m doing some self care
Success has been elusive when pursuing it elsewhere
Don’t wanna be deluded, I’m improving my welfare
So tell me what to do if I were looking for self care
Hell yeah
|
||||
7. |
||||
|
When I walk into the party everybody’s always looking at me
And everybody at the party thinks there’s nowhere else I’d rather be
And I’m the center of attention but they haven’t a clue
That in twenty seven minutes I’ll be out of this zoo
My friend Zack invited me to a kickback at his place
And it’s his birthday if I flake then he’ll be mad at me
So
I’m gonna party hop
Woh
I’m gonna party hop
Woh
I’m gonna party hop
Woh
Cause one party’s not nearly enough
When you’re in California there is always more stuff to do
But if you think that I’m perfunctory my answer is perfunct you too! (Yeah, take that)
I don’t mean to offend you but my schedule is packed
And I was only ever here to see the opening act
Sorry dude, I gotta dash, I have to go and catch the bart or I might have to get an uberpool
(oh my god, so expensive)
It’s time to party hop
Woohhhhh
It’s time to party hop
Woohhhhh
It’s time to party hop
Woohhhhh
Cause one party’s not nearly enough
Should I do a work shift and a date with a friend
Or try to hit forty-eight facebook events?
That I’m gonna end up being late to again
Maybe I should head home but I’d hate to offend
Night’s still young and I’m having a blast
I’m kinda drunk, I don’t know how long that’s gonna last
I gotta go fast, I have a thing at half past nine
And I don’t wanna buy another glass of wine
I got time, I think the party got a late start
I gotta leave at twelve cause I gotta make bart
I just wanna take part in all the cool shit in town
Pulling up the calendar to move shit around
Wipe that frown off your face
It's time to make the rounds all over the place
But first, I leave quietly without a trace
We bout to party bounce into outer space
Let’s go
Do the party hop!
|
||||
8. |
||||
|
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
If they asked me whether Lex is just a character I couldn’t say
Elements of truth exaggerated maybe who’s to say
Roots that only users aggregated could communicate
Introducing, an Alter Ego for our new today
I’m the kind like layers in a pie like Dr. Horrible said
I’m the top and bottom layers waging war in my head
With the center maintaining level that’s the one in my bed
And at the store and with my parents, not the one that you’ve met
Unless you’ve seen me in action, and that’s as real as the other
That’s the one that I keep at a distance still from my mother
Though I discovered it quite young, hiding it under covers
I’m finally old enough to be flying my ugly colors
That’s the one you watch and listen to, it’s critical to see
Both and all of them are aspects that are integral to me
I’m not a switch you flip on and off, it isn’t so simple
My spirits live in a body they wish would split down the middle
The part of me
You see
Is not the one
True me
Oh all the things
We know
I’ll never let
Me go
The part of me
You see
Is not the one
True me
Oh all the things
We know
I’ll never let
Me go
My alter ego
If I could make a clone to be the nice and boring me
I would send her off to lead a life of normalcy
Schemes they have in store for me she’d see to them accordingly
As making all my family happy is her priority
Normally with clones, people seek to do some sordid things
Like skydive, do a bunch of drugs, maybe fuck your clone, that sorta thing
Maybe forcing them all to be organ donors, sustaining you as an immortal being
If you’re wondering “what shouldn’t we do to clones?” well I think I just answered rhetorically
Is it morally right to make a clone to leave me alone
And have a stable job and home and maybe kids of her own
A happy daughter whose parents will make their happiness known
About her life, her spouse, her choices, and the path that she chose
And they’d be happy, I’d be happy they can have what I want them to
Send my love with Alter Alex while I do what I wanna do
Cause I wiped her memory clean she’ll never know her creator
Though if she did
she’d be resentful of
the person who made her
The part of me
You see
Is not the one
True me
Oh all the things
We know
I’ll never let
Me go
The part of me
You see
Is not the one
True me
Oh all the things
We know
I’ll never let
Me go
My alter ego
[Schaffer the Darklord]
That old performer duality, I embody it
I got the me that I put up before an audience
Then I've got the version of me that I share with parents and partners
But even that me is just another suit of armor
If the average bear is slipping in and out of disguises
Then I wear a mask under a balaclava tucked inside of
A motorcycle helmet in a block of ice frozen
In a barrel in concrete buried beneath the ocean
On stage I posture like I'm Darth Vader and make noise
In real life I'm more like Anakin but Jake Lloyd
Giving the stiffest delivery of a shittily written script
Disappointing the critics then disappearing to quit and split
Back to my secret lair protected by a dozen walls
With egos inside of egos nested like Russian dolls
So save your coin toss 'cause it won't reveal a thing
It's best to pick a card and guess which one of me that I'll bring
The part of me
You see
Is not the one
True me
Oh all the things
We know
I’ll never let
Me go
The part of me
You see
Is not the one
True me
Oh all the things
We know
I’ll never let
Me go
My alter ego
|
||||
9. |
||||
|
Panic has descended on our petty little lives
Mothers brothers and husbands and their pretty little wives
Hear their cry as their white throne is occupied by a tyrant
His wily hands extending from the mainland to the islands
And his plan is violent
He and his cronies hatched a wicked scheme
Sicker than addiction and more pernicious than nicotine
The gist being mass suppression of one half of the nation's population and their ability to live their dreams
Attack our sanctuaries, where we have control
Our temples ravaged, no one knows who'll be the last to go
it's apropos that instead of having us go and die
They'd rather desecrate us so they're forcing us to multiply
Well not I, I'm a step ahead of everyone
I call upon a local expert just to get it done
A secret procedure, a physical addition
That may grant me superpowers that will free me from the system
Augmented, a mechanical upgrade
Pause a vital function push it back into someday
Hack into your circuitry a gadget that's invisible
After it's attached, baby, that's when you're invincible
I step into a cavern with its walls white and blue
I check in with the guard who tells me what to do
Leads me to another room where contraptions are strapped upon me
By maidens in cloaks, gauging the different ghosts in my body
I take a seat, the door opens and there before me
In glowing white is the holy master of ceremonies
She's old and wise, eyes enveloped in mystery
She asks a couple questions bout my sexual history
I answer truthfully and say I've never been with child,
And with a smile she says 'you may be in pain for a while'
Though I'll inject you with a serum that lightens the strain,
It won't prevent you from the initial pierce of the lidocaine
And in a deft motion metal prongs tear me open
Hold me open in between my legs as she injects the potion
No commotion from me as I'm soaking up the juices
From the inside, in time, I will be a superhuman
Staring at the ceiling waiting for the coup de grace
I can’t see a thing but I can hear the master move across
The room to grab the weapon, the agent of activation
The very thing that will make me a patient of augmentation
And then a wave of immense pain is forced upon me
My muscles straining to reject the foreign body
Seconds of utter agony as the gadget releases
I feel my viscera spasm, it’s battling with the beast and
The pain is seemingly ceaseless, I’m anguished for minutes after
But quick as it came upon me it vanishes even faster
I thank the master and leave with omnipotence in my guts
Now I can finally I U Deez Nuts
(don’t ask what that means.
No one knows what it means but it’s provocative.
Gets the people going, ok?)
Now I can finally I U Deez Nuts
Now I can finally I U Deez Nuts
Now I can finally I U Deez Nuts
Now I can finally I U Deez Nuts
|
||||
10. |
||||
|
Turn up the lights till they make you go blind
Check out this future that I made with my mind
If you feel anxious as our fates intertwine
It’s by design (oh)
Take my hand and let me into your soul
It’s with your help that we can get to my goals
With little effort you can give me control
I’m on a roll (oh)
I want you like I wanna be famous
I want you like I wanna be famous
I want you like I wanna be famous
I want you like I wanna be famousss
So gimme everything
So gimme everything
when i get everything
will you be there for me
So gimme everything
So gimme everything
So gimme everything
Gimme everything
Gimme everything I want
And I’ll take what you need
There’s nothing better in this world
than getting famous with me
Just gimme everything I want
And I’ll make you believe
There’s nothing better in this world
than getting famous with me
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Get the fame and the money will follow
With glitz and glamor you won’t feel so hollow
I live for cameras and the city lights
So treat me right (oh)
I knew the moment that I looked in your eyes
That we were meant to be together, I swear I was electrified
So come with me I’ll strap you in for the ride
I’m on your side (oh)
I want you like I wanna be famous
I want you like I wanna be famous
I want you like I wanna be famous
I want you like I wanna be famousss
So gimme everything
So gimme everything
When i get everything
Will you be there for me
So gimme everything
So gimme everything
So gimme everything
Gimme everything
Gimme everything I want
And I’ll take what you need
There’s nothing better in this world
than getting famous with me
Just gimme everything I want
And I’ll make you believe
There’s nothing better in this world
than getting famous with me
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Cars, cash, cannabis
I’m your best friend, I’m your advocate
I’m your agent, I’m your management
Let me in and I can show you all my magic tricks
Cause you’re a masochist and feel inadequate
But I can see you have a vision so passionate
You planned for this, and that means I’ll always be here
so let go of your fear of abandonment
I don’t ask for much, just a pledge of allegiance
You act an impostor I’ll lend you my credence
Repress your emotions, I’ll empty your secrets
I'm keeping them all on the edge of their seats and
They’ll never forget you they’ll envy your genius
I'll give you the best open-ended agreement
You give me your all and I’ll take what you need
I’ll live in your soul and I’ll make you succeed
Gimme everything I want
And I’ll take what you need
There’s nothing better in this world
than getting famous with me
Just gimme everything I want
And I’ll make you believe
There’s nothing better in this world
than getting famous with me
|
||||
11. |
||||
|
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious (c’mon)
All you kids don’t have a clue what you’re doing
All the fake shit I see right through it
You think you got it understood but the truth is
None of us have a fucking clue what we’re doing
Let's start with some honesty
Why you bottom feeders tryna bother me
Find me up to my neck in it constantly
I got no time for you posturing wannabes
Follow me?
Social media’s a comedy
Watching the tweets and the posts on my
feed grow in quantity
All the imposters they talk on and on
bout the size of their cocks
Oh my god show some modesty
Call me out for hypocrisy?
Yeah you probably think that you’re onto me
See I acknowledge the bottom I started in
I would have not gotten farther if not for camaraderie
I’m just tired of the posturing
all the breaking news but no following through
you call it making moves with no follows or views?
I call it stating the truth, I give honest reviews (ooh)
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious (c’mon)
All you kids don’t have a clue what you’re doing
All the fake shit I see right through it
You think you got it understood but the truth is
None of us have a fucking clue what we’re doing
I consider all this hubris a nuisance
Excuse me for being so ruthless
At the risk of being con-strued as rudeness
Why the fuck is everyone around me so god damn clueless?
Modern solutions for modern problems
Unfollow you then I unfollow God and
you can call me Judas cause I called the cops
on all your wild delusions in the Olive Garden
If you find this all to be so shocking
Prolly cause this the alter ego talking
I’m just the same as the people I’m mocking
but I keep it straight let my feet do the walking (awesome)
Talk with no action is stupid and useless you doofus
You could take a cue from Confucius
and if you know a dude that thinks that they know what they're doing
and proves it then please introduce us
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious (c’mon)
All you kids don’t have a clue what you’re doing
All the fake shit I see right through it
You think you got it understood but the truth is
None of us have a fucking clue what we’re doing
All the fake shit I see right through it
None of us have a fucking clue what we’re doing
All the fake shit I see right through it
None of us have a fucking clue what we’re doing
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious
Stop with the posturing
Y’all make me nauseous
Stop with the posturing
Y’all are so obvious
All you kids don’t have a clue what you’re doing
All the fake shit I see right through it
You think you got it understood but the truth is
None of us have a fucking clue what we’re doing
|
||||
12. |
||||
|
I moved to Berkeley, California in August of 2012
The year that my life began, but I honestly couldn’t tell
Whether it was for worse or better to venture out of my shell
And write myself a narrative I never imagined I’d tell
No chance in hell I would be here if I hadn’t received it
A piece of paper, auditions for college theater this weekend
I believed it was destiny, took my chances and I succeeded
The rest of my college years it became the thing that I needed
In our comfy little pond, the competition was heated
I fought to be respected but constantly felt defeated
We found each other in solace, cooperated to beat’em
As partners in solidarity I’m so sorry I
Did what I did, but understand though I wish I could take it back
I’m glad you’re in my past, when I think of the way you reacted
I lit a match, the past three years were turned to ashes
The path that I had in front of me I could only imagine
She wondered where these wings were gonna take her
Ephemeral like vapor
Flimsier than paper, er
Oh
I wish these wings would take me where I want to
Somewhere I can run to
From the things I’ll never undo, o
Oh
2016, for some reason I’m still alive
Quit my job and I was looking for meaningfulness in life
Filling free time with meaningless hookups and open mics
A theater friend suggested I look at a joint he liked
I started there as LEX the same place that we met
You caught my attention instantly and gained my respect
Your electromagnetic stage presence made me obsessed
But most of all you made me interested in taking your steps
I fell in love but at the time I wasn’t honest with you
And we didn’t see eye to eye on what we wanted to do
‘Cause you loved other people too and you needed to keep it open
Which was ok but I hoped that we could be more than a fluke
Then a moment that shook the world brought us closer as lovers
In a nation plagued by darkness we offered each other comfort
Understanding and empathy our only sources of light
I finally made the jump on the path to another life
She wondered where these wings were gonna take her
Ephemeral like vapor
Flimsier than paper, er
Oh
I wish these wings would take me where I want to
Somewhere I can run to
From the things I’ll never undo, o
Oh
The jump hurt. I broke and injured myself
And yet I focused and kept at it at the risk of my health
Pushed the limits of my body like I was living in hell
Yet followed my sole directive, a story I lived to tell
As I grew and recovered I discovered a world anew
A group of people who loved me and almost certainly knew
What I was working to do, understood the way that I think
Unlike my other adventures this felt like The Real Thing
My life was hard-reset and so was my heart
My eyes opened up to a higher level, the barriers fell apart
The past that had brought me here now appeared to be antiquated
And far away, though I’m not the same, I would hate to discard it
‘Cause changing is hard. I’ll never see it like I used to
But I remain on the journey that I was first introduced to
By a piece of paper, now decayed, absorbed by the sediment
Decision after decision propels me in my experiment
Who am I and what am I doing this for
In my mind were all these questions I never noticed before
Approval or fame or love or respect or money or status
Or happiness, not just stepping stones but acceptable goals
Do I want more?
Something genuine and kind
The reason I’m even here, I’ll eventually leave behind
As I leave the city to find who and what I will care about
Where these wings are gonna take me
I haven’t figured it out.
She wondered where these wings were gonna take her
Ephemeral like vapor
Flimsier than paper, er
Oh
I wish these wings would take me where I want to
Somewhere I can run to
From the things I’ll never undo, o
Oh
|
||||
13. |
||||
|
So there’s a mission you want to come to fruition
A situation suspended in quantum superposition
A subatomic event, with subatomic conditions
Peripheral to its system determining its existence
We seek the perfect conclusion, a simple yes or a no
But when does a quantum system pick a direction to go
A single decaying atom that triggered a chain reaction
that changed your path, could’ve happened milliseconds ago
Like Schrodinger’s cat, trapped with a flask of poisonous gas
That's known to remain intact till an atom ⚛ lowers in mass
And though its fate’s in the bag in a moment that’s so exact
You have to open the casket before you know it as fact
Exploding kittens enclosed in a question of life or death
In a micro level event that will have a vital effect
On survival or expiration. Arrive at your destination
And make your determination or live your life with regret
Yet undamaged or broken apart
What's the status of Schrodinger's heart
Tip the balance, no more restarts
What's the status of Schrodinger's heart
Is it
Dead or alive
You’ll never know till you try
You’ll never know if you’re right
You’ll never know till you die
Are you
Dead or alive
You’ll never know till you try
You’ll never know if you’re right
You’ll never know till you die
And when he stepped out of the lab that day
He made a pit stop at that cafe
The one he’d pass on his way to class
To grab his daily cappucino
From that pretty cashier to whom he’d grown attache
He wanted desperately to ask her out on a date
But not during working hours he could never be that passe
If he waited till afternoon then he’d be that classmate
Their relationship wasn’t at that stage
But at the same time
As he would wait in line
Staying resigned
Likely that she’d noticed all the signs
and made up her mind
Was it better to stay on the grind
And fake he was fine
And try his very best to pay her no mind
He didn’t think so
Because regardless of what he wanted
The scales had already faltered
And gone the direction that they had meant to go
The process already started
And ended deep in her heart
And if he discarded his mission
Then he would never know
Yet undamaged or broken apart
What's the status of Schrodinger's heart
Tip the balance, no more restarts
What's the status of Schrodinger's heart
Is it
Dead or alive
You’ll never know till you try
You’ll never know if you’re right
You’ll never know till you die
Are you
Dead or alive
You’ll never know till you try
You’ll never know if you’re right
You’ll never know till you die
Is it
Dead or alive
You’ll never know till you try
You’ll never know if you’re right
You’ll never know till you die
Are you
Dead or alive
You’ll never know till you try
You’ll never know if you’re right
You’ll never know till you die
Yet undamaged or broken apart
What's the status of Schrodinger's heart
Tip the balance, no more restarts
What's the status of Schrodinger's heart
|
||||
14. |
Loss of Ego [prod. NSF]
03:24
|
|||
|
All I see is a tree
All I see is details of the tree
Leaves, where light is reflecting
and meeting me in my eyes
milliseconds of my mind interpreting
impressions upon my retina
In fives, in threes, in nines, in seventies
In patterns and lines, our kind’s aggregated memories
Intelligent design, doesn’t have to be heavenly
The question is mine, is mind matter or entity
Matter of fact, answering that matters for jack
Cause whether matter matters doesn’t matter, what’s the matter with that?
My blood is red and my marrow is black, and I’m a hack
So shallow my passion so narrow my path
What of status, and what of rap?
What of jobs and the cash that we’re bringing back?
What of flashes of sadness and of laughter and orgasms
we’re sacs of atoms in an atom sanctum
Floating past at random, expanded plankton
In our tank of a planet throwing massive tantrums
Commanders in chief seeming so out of sight
From our island unlikely the tide would be turned if we tried
What of my arrogance, what of my pride?
What of my body and what of my mind?
For several minutes bereft of my ego
And left like a shell I am empty inside
At the core I am just light
Nothing more, just an aura burning so bright
Just a story of emotions that I know might
Go into dormancy the minute my time goes by
No lie, as I’m lurking at the borderline
my sober mind doesn’t crack the surface of a normal life
So divine, and terrifying to see
My truth is abstract as the light on a tree
Like me
Lying in bed, mind is a ripple
On opposite sides but aligned in the middle
My life is a line in a riddle I find that some medicine lets me define it a little
A trickle of stippling noises, emanating to me from the heart of the town
A mixture of instruments, voices, and digital layers vibrating and watering down
To a nebulous gumbo of sound, floating away from its sources and flowing through space
Through thin venue walls, and festival stages, the din of the pavement absorbed on the way
In its present state, there’s no recognizing what it was in its separate parts
It was art, there was effort made, people exercising free expression and sending a message with heart
But its degradation is the product of distance
Traveled too far now the content is missing
Lost information and gone is the mission
It’s no longer music, just sonorous friction
And moving air, it was made to be intimate
All the particles make something intricate
As intended its weight is significant
From a distance it’s aimless and dissonant
And that’s why our relationships are critical
And connections are pivotal
Being close to one another is the way that we can
Live it all the way, we were meant to in the physical
A miracle, how we shape our own meanings, amazing what humans are capable of
But it’s all just a feelingless haze, unless we can share it with people we love
|
||||
15. |
||||
|
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
I put you up upon a pedestal
when I met you
Now I’m having trouble letting go
Does that upset you
that I finally see the side
You never wanted to show
Or that I’m fed up with the lies
You didn’t want me to know
It always feels like only moments ago
Back when I had the rose tinted glasses on,
happy go lucky
I guess it only goes to show us both that passion is funny
and when attraction turns ugly it grows a soul of its own
And then the roots take hold, make a bed in the cracks
Statue’s broken and there’s little hope of getting it back
Overblown expectations made me see what you lacked
And all the bogus things you said to keep my feelings intact
Were in fact
Just a facade and it struck me as odd
Though you opted not to hurt me your morality’s flawed
Wish I could travel back in time to look up at you in awe
But now that facts have come to light, I’ll never see what I saw
But I’ll remember how you made me feel
If only for a second I could say *it’s real*
Emotion was a weapon that you kept concealed
Left unspoken all the trauma that was yet unhealed
Caught up in the drama and the sex appeal
But the situation honestly was less ideal
Put you up too high but you’re letting me down
Now I can see the sky better as I’m hitting the ground
[Chris Songco]
You got put on a foundation
laid the groundwork in my mind
thought about you all the time
the ground became a climb
It got too high and now I’m falling
Ignored all of the signs
Such a disappointment
You are such a disappointment
[LEX the Lexicon Artist]
Such a disappointment from the fall to the end
Looking back I can’t believe I even called you a friend
Guess I'll laugh at my naivety and folly and then
I’ll think of all the crazy names you’ll never call me again
See I imagined up a future that we’d have in our heads
Well it’s too bad the only future that we had was in bed
And it’s said
if the sex is impressive
then you’ll never forget it
and though it’s true I’m choosing balance instead
So I'm
done with spending all my time and all my energy, you
made a mess of my emotions and I’ll never see you
the way I did when we first met on a whim
Cause I never would have thought that you could spread me so thin
But now I’m
feeling better now I know that it’s done
In the moment I surrendered knew I’d already won
And if you want me back, give me a call
Cause I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t miss you at all
[Chris Songco]
You got put on a foundation
Laid the groundwork in my mind
Thought about you all the time
The ground became a climb
I got too high and now i’m falling
Ignored all of the signs
Such a disappointment
You are such a disappointment
Yeah my ego it got a little hurt
Started with a glance, led to a little flirt
Now our moments they convert into tiny specks of dirt
Lightly placed on the picture of you in your pretty shirt
Sweet like a dessert, Took a taste and went berserk
Overate now I hate your effect on my worth
Soon I’ll feel great, gotta put in the work
To review and move on, you endearing little jerk
Cuz I was so addicted, how you made me feel so
Elevated, in the matrix moving real slow
Captivated in a trance, putting on a crazy dance
To impress you, guess I wasted my heel toe
On a person who just simply wasn’t a fit
Or maybe it was me who needs to grow up a bit
Cuz no one in the world is worth a pedestal, just let her go
Yup, I’m done with this shit
I looked up at you for hours
Put you up there with the stars
Pretty constellation
I admired from afar
Now the sky looks so outdated
I see you for who you are
Such a disappointment
This is such a disappointment
You got put on a foundation
Laid the groundwork in my mind
Thought about you all the time
The ground became a climb
I got too high and now i’m falling
Ignored all of the signs
Such a disappointment
You are such a disappointment
|
||||
16. |
||||
|
Yesterday I went through all the messages I sent you
and I cringed at everything that I said
it’s kind of funny
how other people forgive themselves and manage to continue
while my indiscretions live in my head
I’ve spent so many minutes
staring at the ceiling and feeling pathetic
cringing in my bed and wishing I could just freely forget that
I’ve been such a terrible person to an exponential degree
Every day I try and fail to be empathetic to me
Other people aren’t like me, other people can forgive
But I’ll always feel regret even if I’ve learned from it
Apologize in my head, push myself to be better
and soon as I’m better bet I’m apologizing again
Because I’m never satisfied with the person I keep becoming
I’m never enough, running in circles that lead to nothing
Always changing, that’s the crux of my work
but the awkward thing with change is that you come to hate the person you were
I hate my songs, I share too much, they should’ve never been listened to
How could I have ever known that it would end up this difficult
preventing my alter ego from becoming the main
and taking over a conscience that it can hardly sustain
Have I saddled you with pain and complaining
in the name of relatability
when really I’m just aching for sympathy
Could my frankness be maybe chipping away at my dignity
Explaining why I’m embarrassed just to listen to me?
And nothing’s changed I’m still the same
I’m still ashamed and self-indulgent
Still displaying my greatest failings against my better judgment
Still afraid and insecure and irritated by nothing
Even though when I’m on stage it isn’t clear that I’m bluffing
But if nothing else I’ll pretend I did it different, just rewrite it
Send a text into the past, change my path and justify it
See I never had a plan I just make it up as I go
That’s why I was bad at Go. That’s why no one has to know
So send a text back
July of 2014
I’ll send a text back
to April 2015
And send a text back
December 2016
I’ll course correct my open ended stories
sew up the seams
So send a text back
to summer 2018
And send a text back
to fall of 2019
I’ll send a text back
and change the flow of the stream
and all my million alter egos
they won’t know what it means
El psy congroo, d-mails, microwaves
World lines, closed loops, that’s the will of Stein’s Gate
Time games, mind frames, trapped within the ice age
I’ll try to change my fate by overwriting all of my mistakes
Don’t try to save my life you’ll only wind up making line breaks
My destiny’s defined but behind me I need a wiped slate
I’ll find my place so leave me be you’ll see you never needed me
just cheated by the alter ego’s evil deeds
If I could go back when
every day was like a game we could play
I would learn to take the careful way, observe what I say
Back when
everyone was who I thought they would be
I would opt to run my optics more anonymously
You see
All I really need is to be honest to me
Not to spotlight all my problems for my audience to see
Yeah that’s me, just can’t help but do it again
I can’t undo it, I can only pretend
|
||||
LEX the Lexicon Artist New York, New York
Comedy rapper with rockstar delusions.
If you like LEX the Lexicon Artist, you may also like:
The Department of Darkness
by The Department of Darkness
supported by 52 fans who also own “Alter Ego”
Because it's Schaffer and he fucking rocks!
go to album
Net Split or, the Fathomless Heartbreak of Online Itself
by MC Frontalot
supported by 45 fans who also own “Alter Ego”
Couldn't have made "BURNER" without the Nerdcore genre this man started. Love this O.G.'s exasperated take on the modern internet, and hope he hasn't given it up entirely!
go to album
supported by 42 fans who also own “Alter Ego”
I love this whole album: It just captures a wide range of experiences and affects the listener with a wide range of emotions. I first liked this album because of the nerdcore elements, but I fell in love when I realized that these verses were true poetry, speaking to a deeper truth and beauty unlike most hip-hop I've heard. "A Poet" exemplifies this with its bittersweet message about how poetry is not valued. This is the first hip-hop tune I've ever shed a tear over. Take a bow, Mega Ran.
go to album
When Art Becomes Ugly
by Paranormal
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 19, 2023
go to album
Soul-searching hip-hop from this Florida rapper, with lyrics that dig deep and take an unflinching look at life’s questions.
go to album
SCARING THE HOES
by JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 23, 2023
go to album
