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For Better Or Worse

by Billy Dean Thomas

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1.
Trust No Mo 03:09
Your from the past and im future I got the mami's and cougars Flow is tsunami these rappers robbing me comedy Call em martin and pam Gina im geniuses man Stay with a team of the meanest Rilla got heaters no fan I gotta Klan stronger than the klu klux And i ain't never backing down cuz i ain't given 2 fucks These venues tryna bring me down but only offer 2 bucks I'm done with all the petty cash now your asking 2 much its 2 much Woah woah woah woah Ni**a slow your roll No hand outs We don't got no more So high so high So low so low Watch friends and foes I dont trust no mo Woah woah woah woah Ni**a slow your roll No hand outs We don't got no more So high so high So low so low Watch friends and foes I dont trust no mo Bob the builder with your ratchet ass Billy dean im a don dada Stay clean like the bald man Need the lysterine like a green goblin Spiderman No spiderman Best friends that'll take yo man Bood up like Ella Mae Imma Take your girl Take everything All the fame fuck the lames Got a aura gold don't need a chain Need a name Need a change fat black god can't stand the rain Fire flame hank hill propane And you know I win the race cuz this shit aint a Tahoe Yall know that this life ain't nothing promised time goes Keep bad energy from round me mean that shit on bible 5.0 be color of my bills Hundos I'm the head honcho need the bread brunch on I aint stopping till the beat is fucking dead and Passed on RIP to bassheads from the the fucking west in califor NIA my girl get cake like Nia Long im Hercules with the storm I know i'm bad to the bone I never trust Y’all ni**as biting the dust I want my money a must I want my pockets to bust So I just grind Keep all my shit on the hush Rappers is shitty I flush Got a full house No marry or Kate 24 hours I don’t get no break So can have my own house on the lake I got 1st dibs on a new crib I need 2 plaques next to jay and BIG I want 3 tracks stacks Andre I need 4 cars call it 4 play You got 5 on it? I don’t blow tree My job won't promote me I need 6 7 or 8 (jobs) Tryna build my 401 k Grind hard for the pay ni**a Never did pay for play aye Boston to LA Nyc down to Taipei Rilla forced it all on play Damn that mans a beast you don’t say Ohh what you say I’m da ruler slick the rick jay Son These my seeds I just sprayed some Cool febreze verse stay numb Graduate but flow stay dumb Working hard for vacation No more games playstation No bad vibes in my sanctum I’m gone run the whole nation You don’t like it then say sum Woah woah woah woah Ni**a slow your roll No hand outs We don't got no more So high so high So low so low Watch friends and foes I dont trust no mo Woah woah woah woah Ni**a slow your roll No hand outs We don't got no more So high so high So low so low Watch friends and foes I dont trust no mo
2.
Be Well 03:32
Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details BE WELL Tell that nigga be well I dont need ya Be well You can keep her Be well Yo Tell that nigga I be working on my Flexing verses like the cardio No Coca Cola in my lines I’m bout to pop off like the baking soda since y’all like the drugs I give it to you sober sober I just wanna break the records keeping my composure Shining glisten Rags to riches Pile it like a folder Never greedy Fam needs me So I build the dough up Bout to break the my dooR down Music is my peace treaty And my club throw down Im like Don’t tell Yea they mad at me cuz I be doing so well Sleeping on me like a pillow at a hotel Hoe chill Everybody acting close still Beats kill Probably dead I know he scared Robbery still Steal from me damn Suck my dm I don’t pretend We are not friends nope! Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details BE WELL Tell that nigga be well I dont need ya Be well You can keep her Be well Yo Tell that nigga Debit declined Half of these niggas is not on my mind Reason to rhyme Half of these rappers my flow designed Frankenstein You my little baby boy I seen you at the cypher and I rocked yo ass Like baby boy Beyonce say dont save that boy build that bear like some play dough dough Save my pennies and pray for more Benji Washington Mount Rushmore dont check my account no more Self love come from the self absorbed ego is what i'm watching for Hero that turned dineros To dynasty mc litem like fire sticks Jump through hoops like a lion did All my chakras aligned did did Did I say that Steve Urkle brought the wave back the nerdy nigga flowing like wave cap No cap straight facts take backs my hits pay stacks I charge pre tax, my Family who im rooting for Met my family at funerals Kill the demons before you go My suits they keep me suitable Forbidden fruits come in a bowl knock me down but I still bowl money called im on the road Heres three lessons before I go 1 Watch the people who around you and 2 Its always someone in your own crew and 3 I never bite the hand that feeds me unless the hand got white skin and he tryna kill me yup Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details Be well I got me still I don’t need friends I got retail Tryna glow up I know we will No more statements Check the details Be well
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I been Stressed! Waiting on my moment to feel blessed Talented and bugging Kanye west Hotter than the summer Got you pressed Got you stressed Watch me flex Stressin and flexxin Work hard till I got none left and Your man career is a dead end Never trust you or your best friend Niggas run through looking desperate Chasing cheese Mickey mini mouses Tryna take style and your spouses The rap games shirts vs blouses I been around to the Big Ben All I wanna do is count big bens Flow so cold need 6 pens Dressed all white like a Christian Free free men from the system That’s an impossible possible mission Tom cruise Everybody step up to the mic they lose Jay said never argue with a fool Clearly I never understood his rules Clearly the game sorta lack sharp tools I don’t gotta point a gun send shots through Shoutout to big pun bx the school Hard knocks blocks with rocks Many corners stole pops many cds dropped all these rappers flopped but the world supports it so they don’t know they real spot uh All I do is diddy bop Mix rap with the rock Middle finger to the cops All the bullshit stop Sick of being so poppin And the beat here knocks Imma need y’all mob in I been Stressed! Waiting on my moment to feel blessed Talented and bugging Kanye west Hotter than the summer Got you pressed Got you stressed Watch me flex I been dreaming bout this shit Before I practiced confidence Don’t gas me with your compliments You hating ass you lil bihhh want more than a lil bit of dollars And a million follows quarters Or the 50 since Y’all ordering the melanin Y’all bordering intelligent Y’all sleeping when the sun is lit I’m grinding hard My mind is behind bars This ain’t no television Reality show This shit don’t feel real no more My cash is inevitable Monopoly green on go Not stopping me no no no They robbing us all fordough The government status quo Just took my girls taxes bro This shit is al facts you know My parents they can not grow No wealth cuz the system slow And the pistols go badda bing bada blow And I rid what I sew stop the machine I don’t wanna sell souls For the finer of things I need a good life I don’t like in betweens So I gotta finesse I finessing my dreams I don’t fuck with the squares or the pyramid schemes Get a life or a job If you know what I mean this shit ain’t a hobby It’s how I’m gone eat I just need a strong team get it by any means I been Stressed! Waiting on my moment to feel blessed Talented and bugging Kanye west Hotter than the summer Got you pressed Got you stressed Watch me flex
5.
Sick and tired of fighting Niggas just wanna do writing (aye aye ) I been auto pilot Cuz I know we all divided Half of the homies is rioting We need a better environment (yeah) I dont know what are my chances is it Trump or Biden sick and tired of the fighting All of my brother s is dying People be acting surprised But none of this shit is surprising asking the Sky for guidance We need some better advising Is it the worse or the worse Is it trump or Biden is it trump or Biden Citizens is divided (Im divided) we in a war quit lying People we aint united (we aint United) Politicians or pirate Niggas just stole or islands (aye aye) people went misguided Is you with trump or Biden Verse 1: Billy Dean I was thinking I would have to take it Two beginning like the births of nations Whites and blacks are running different races Light and dark theres always several faces see police be on they chases Racist judges closing several cases Put us in a box like we need cages the run like we got loaded bases How did we get this far (ah ah) Following many jafars Telling me black is king but the whole world is scar-red You want the finer things i just dont want us to fall They told me watch my back So im just watching you all All I know my Confidence is missing Stuck at home its kinda like a prison Keeping sane is not a simple mission Now I see how we became a christian I believe we free predict it Manifest belief aint nothing scripted Magical we be my people gifted Young and black Nina said religious Chorus Sick and tired of fighting Niggas just wanna do writing (aye aye ) I been auto pilot Cuz I know we all divided Half of the homies is rioting We need a better environment (yeah) I dont know what are my chances is it Trump or Biden sick and tired of the fighting All of my brother s is dying People be acting surprised But none of this shit is surprising asking the Sky for guidance We need some better advising Is it the worse or the worse Is it trump or Biden Verse 2: Snatra Is there a side that you riding for Tell me which side are you sliding for Which side do you load up a niner for Im asking is there anything that you dying for All of these niggas is dinosaurs Trying to show me how to walk on the moon Politicians and who they be lying for? I know yall see the elephant in the room But I put a address on it This country feeling like somebody pawned it Poverty in the streets aint no other options Fuck racist police All we see is coffins All we get is a Chicken spot liquor store liquor shop We at war Pick a block We seen the worse of the worse Drug money put on the plates in the church Hustle hard when it gets close to the first? and im back in it slide through the White House back door with a duffle and a Mac in it Call it an accident When I spray up the whole cabinet Put me in the news as an anarchist but The cops that killed Breonna playing golf And Dylann Roof got some Burger King Yall should be scared of whats gon happen next When we aim at the flag and we let it ring Sick and tired of fighting Niggas just wanna do writing (aye aye ) I been auto pilot Cuz I know we all divided Half of the homies is rioting We need a better environment (yeah) I dont know what are my chances is it Trump or Biden sick and tired of the fighting All of my brother s is dying People be acting surprised But none of this shit is surprising asking the Sky for guidance We need some better advising Is it the worse or the worse Is it trump or Biden
6.
Niggas they get on my nerves Niggas they dont know my worth Im feeling like im ya moms I dont know why I gave birth You hear the hate in my voice And I know this shit hurts I gave yall so many chances but I know Niggas aint perfect Niggas they get on my nerves Niggas they dont know my worth Im feeling like im ya moms I dont know why I gave birth I put in all of my time niggas it hurts me I gave yall so many chances but I know Niggas aint perfect Niggas they get on my nerves Niggas they dont know my worth I put in all my time I dont get what I deserve Maybe its cuz im not thin and I dont act like a bird Maybe its cuz of my skin maybe its cuz of my words And I do not wear a perm I am not selling my body like her So when I speak they act like they dont hear Pray for the weak and I pray they mature Diamonds do not ever make my shit purr They want me gone like assata shakur Cuz I been speaking the truth and im exing these rappers out like a young Malcolm is here a middle child here My freedom is near black power they fear Man you shoulda listened aint submitting Yall niggas dummies and I am admitting Im calling out like I work in the kitchen Kicking them out like early dismissal Don’t treat me like massa whipped If you get mad then yeah the shoe fits you If you get mad then yeah the shoe fits you Niggas they get on my nerves Niggas they dont know my worth Im feeling like im ya moms I dont know why I gave birth You hear the hate in my voice And I know this shit hurts I gave yall so many chances but I know Niggas aint perfect Niggas they get on my nerves Niggas they dont know my worth Im feeling like im ya moms I dont know why I gave birth I put in all of my time niggas it hurts me I gave yall so many chances but I know Niggas aint perfect I hate you so much right now I hate you so much right now Ah ah ah ah ah Talking all that ah ah ah ah I hate you so much right now I hate you so much right now Ah ah ah ah ah Talking all that ah ah ah ah I’m not a fucking martyr I’m just fucking fed up Use to take the martyr now I’m getting feta Cheese Louise and now I’ve finally found my Thelma Jesus pieces ain’t gone save y’all from the devil Nothing lasts but the past Nothing lasts but the past cuz that truth forever rappers playing tricks but now I’m way too clever Birds they birds they fly together Chickens chickens run together Say Nothing lasts but the past Nothing lasts but the past Nothing lasts but the past cuz that truth forever ever Niggas aint perfect
7.
Balance 02:40
Going out my mind Tryna find that Balance Gemini eye for and eye stepping in my truth 2 hands in the sky if you got that balance Never let the man take that shit from you Curse 9am sitting at a desk Still Got no M's Never impressed by the money spent How the hell i end up working for the government And i still aint free Im on EBT Electronic benefits benji sentiments Sweet sixteens my verse is enttemans Sweet sexteens my verse is intimate But i got no pleasure Trashed my mind tryna find my treasure Why wont it get better Gotta make new habits habit To music like heroine savages Daddy just did what grandad did Averaging 23 bags and shit Touch it brang it till he bagged the clips I dont wanna live like that Go around circles and come right back Tryna move forward gotta watch my back Cuz the past creep up like a spider attack And i ran out of nichols so im sippin the jack Tryna not do the coke Tryna make it off rap Tryna not ever choke Niggas sleep all day cuz they scared to stay woke man the world cutthroat Going out my mind Tryna find that Balance Gemini eye for and eye stepping in my truth 2 hands in the sky if you got that balance Never let the man take that shit from you I got the gift of gab Heart love soul dont mix with math struggle no more turned bricks to paths eating fish and pasta Im a ritzy ass ritzy ass but dont got the bills All my old classmates Popped the pills Troubles so high Im up to here Sitting on pad locks Got it chained from here Climbing up the hills Call me beverly bills got the opera ceilings black belvedere Black lagerfeld All the Bentley cars And the rari wheels but im so Jaleel Rock with me now I think biggie came back Rock with me now Queer black biggie came back How the hell you gone tell me not to feel How the hell you gone tell me not to kill Going out my mind Tryna find that Balance Gemini eye for and eye stepping in my truth 2 hands in the sky if you got that balance Never let the man take that shit from you

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Billy Dean's new EP "For Better Or Worse" comments on the current climate of profound social upheaval, and “makes resistance sound irresistible.”

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released October 30, 2020

Tracks 2,3,5, + 6 produced by Alfii
Tracks 1, 4 + 7 produced by Rilla Force

Executive Produced by: Billy Dean Thomas
Mixed/Mastered by Reddaz Cayenne

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