1. |
Man on a Mission
02:55
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I’m just a man on a mission
Drop triple doubles on the plans I be dishing
Ayo my man you still missing
Under the sea with the crabs and the fishing
I got no hate keep dissing
This is LA I’m your guy Snake Plissken
Scratched CDs too hot to listen
Teabag in your ear don’t worry it’s Lipton
Keep cool frying you chickens
Dispatch your whole crew like a menu finger licking
Just here handling my business
I’m kicking it with Benetton and Idris
I look up to Quincy and RZA
You old dirty bastard mouth full of GZA
It’s not a date it’s a stick-up
You don’t do jack but I’m still the ripper
I never said I was done
I was just warming up now you’re here have a rum
You girls look like you’re having fun
Selfie motherfucker on the run
I illuminate the stage give me the mic
I like my flow like your pants yup motherfucking tight
I might run up in the night
Call me Charly Baltimore with a long kiss and a good snipe
This is what we do on the reg though
Flipping this metal with Doom and Destro
Your stats they jiggle like Jello
Two for 37 like Melo
Stat line got me unsettled
A rebel with no cause no cause to settle
Take that shit to the next level
And if you want to dance come dance with the devil and
Look left look right
Let’s be honest I don’t know what you look like
I’m bored check out the rook fight
Had a Redbull still yawning at your sight
Back up keep your distance
Even your band is showing resistance
Yeah I’m mad and persistent
Case closed case thrown in the first instance
Got two lawyers on my payroll
Pay them in parties and Pesos
They might advise me to lay low
Plead the 5th if they motherfucking say so
Too many clowns in the circus
Scratching your back not scratching the surface
Sticking no stacks in your purses
‘Cause what you do by accident I do it on purpose
This is MANDA
MANDA is an open door to anyone who needs to feel good
Everybody’s welcome
All generations are mixed around a big table
And there’s always someone playing music
There is family
MANDA is not a place
It’s a state of mind
Welcome to MANDA
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2. |
Fallen Soldier
03:31
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Generation cassette decks and stereos
Once upon a time beyond the walls of Jericho
I got the cheese in a box like Domino’s
Brick by brick ha ha the big Homie knows
But there’s no glory no it’s not rhetorical
It’s a soggy feeling like hot Oreo’s
I’m not logical my brain comatose
I’m not a saint but I fucks with the Holy Ghost
My temper fails me I cannot trust it
Somebody save me when I see injustice
I just plant the seed and reserve judgment
Try not to be distracted by your lack of substance
Do your own thing in your own lane
I rent happiness but I own pain
I abuse it to fuel my life and music
It’s lethal for the people who don’t know how to use it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I think about, think about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I pray about, pray about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I think about, think about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I pray about, pray about it
Give me the mic and call me Mean Gene
You can be the captain of the Supreme team
I keep my green clean I keep my team clean
I like cream but I’m not a laser beam fiend
I keep my life balanced like a libra
Because life’s not black or white like a zebra
See the grey zones no more pay phones
I like to party in pyjamas when I stay home
I stay safe and I play it safer
I lead a good life but I’m not a saviour
You know I took sin as a major
Still want to be the slim kid with a pager
This is not a dig at the manger I’m major
I still put the doom in the danger
So don’t get consumed by the hate or
You’ll always be considered as a fool and a traitor
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I think about, think about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I pray about, pray about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I think about, think about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I pray about, pray about it
I think of you it’s undisputed
I wear a suit for the 21 gun salute
You know we never prostituted
We in cahoots for your 21 gun salute
I think of you about our youth
It’s the truth but everyone wants the loot
I think of you about our crew
I miss you it’s your 21 gun salute
But this is who I am never going to stop
Living how I can with what I got
Do you understand make it to the top
This is who I am how can I ever stop
This is for my fam never going to drop
Giving what I can I do my part
Do you understand I made it to the top
I’m alive and how can I ever stop?
And every day, I think about, think about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I pray about, pray about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I think about, think about it
Fallen Soldier
And every day, I pray about, pray about it
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3. |
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I want to be strong I want to be strong
I want to be strong strong like a woman
I wanna be strong like a single mom raising her children
Strong never giving up protecting her building
3 jobs no kidding with bills up to the ceiling
Nothing left close my eyes and dream of being
Smart like my sister have heart like my sister
Grow art from the start never stop like my sister
Mozart is my sister paint a saint on a picture
Keeps her family safe from a twister
I want to be free like my niece feel no fear for my niece
See her grow like a tree in the east
Be real for my niece shielding my niece
See her grow into a woman and be what she wants to be
Strong like my mother battle ALS
Strong like my mother smile at a another blood test
I don’t want to love less
But the hate you feel will never stop progress
Support my woman be uplifted by my woman
I want to fight and insist like my woman
Inspired by women hired by a woman
I’m tired for women this is dedicated to them
Strong like a Woman
Humble like a woman I want to go through
The jungle like a woman
Stay calm like a woman
Strong like a Woman
Humble like a woman I want to go through
The jungle like a woman
Stay strong like a woman
We need peace and a safe space
Can’t stay still in the same place
Educate our kids on genders and race
Bridge the gap enemies have a face
Because this is our time don’t let it go to waste
There are things that we can’t erase
But it’s our choice we choose to create
And you can choose to believe and relate
Don’t be guided by fear don’t be guided by hate
Dry up those tears because we all make mistakes
We keep moving forward queer and straight
Fill in the crossword eviscerate the hate
I believe in respect and equality
The weaker sex is a mythology
I want you to be a part of me
Together we can change the chronology and be
Strong like a Woman
Humble like a woman I want to go through
The jungle like a woman
Stay calm like a woman
Strong like a Woman
Humble like a woman I want to go through
The jungle like a woman
Stay strong like a woman
Calm like a woman
Fight like a woman
Love like a woman
Be a boss like a woman
Give like a woman
Forgive like a woman
At the end of the day
I want to live this way
Strong like a Woman
Humble like a woman I want to go through
The jungle like a woman
Stay calm like a woman
Strong like a Woman
Humble like a woman I want to go through
The jungle like a woman
Stay strong like a woman
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When I close my eyes I see the pictures
I hear the sound like no one’s with us
I’m caught in our convo don’t want to stop let’s talk slow
Just want time to freeze I’m so at ease like a virtuoso
You tell me your story we trading some looks
We talking art style maybe trading some books
I got to play cool and live in the present
I got to be cool but I feel like a damn adolescent
I dig your laugh you like my smile
And when you sneeze oh my I liquify
But I don’t lose words we stay synchronized
We look at each other with sinful eyes
We on the dancefloor I want to be your lover
Want to be close to you closer than a cover
Sweet symphony don’t want to let you go
I ask the question don’t want to hear you say
No no no I don’t know
No no no I don’t know
You feeling me I’m real with you
You teasing me I want to tease you too
I like your flow I’m feeling peaceful
I chose you over 7 billion people
Fast forward honeymoon phase over
Everyday life getting to us it burns like a flame thrower
I need some distance I need time to think
I need you to wait for me while I fly to Minsk
We both need this 2 hopeless kids
That need to believe that it’s all worth it
We’re not perfect can’t stop the hurting
And nothing’s certain when we pull the curtain
Is it the end have we reached the final destination
Will we be friends will we seek the other’s validation
Can we still blend be the other’s fascination
Can we be patient and use our imagination?
Because I ain’t quitting and I ain’t finished
But if we splitting I need a minute
Still no regrets your presence is too meaningful
I chose you over 7 billion people
No no no I don’t know
No no no I don’t know
You feeling me I’m real with you
You healing me I want to heal you too
I like your flow I’m feeling peaceful
I chose you over 7 billion people
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5. |
Trust
02:43
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I don’t trust luck because luck lies
Only trust my gut and my bloodline
Not into dumb luck with you dumb dumbs
Only thing I cut if I must is I cut ties
Not stuck up or uptight
Never take a knife to a gun fight
Never take a life so I get right
I’m patient don’t want to get life
Don’t dread life if life stinks
Wonder what death smells like
Go green through a red light
Keep my thoughts clean and air tight
This is not a fair fight
Not a saint motherfucker so tread light
Keep your head and your bread tight
Before I hit you with the left right yellow Rick Flair right
I don’t trust you trust you
I don’t trust you no more
I don’t trust you trust you
All I have to say is
Motherfucker no motherfucker no shut up
Motherfucker no motherfucker I don’t trust you
Motherfucker no motherfucker no shut up
Motherfucker no motherfucker I don’t trust you
Hot shots and handshakes
Drop shots and pancakes
Jansport full of night sticks
Take my passport like a flight risk
Anonymous man my name ring though
Ask John and Paul I ain’t Ringo
Still speak the same lingo
Is this a dream? boy this is limbo
Leave them stacks out leave them hats out
Figure 4 till you tap out
Make you pass out leave the rats out
Stay here while I’ll laugh my ass out
Because this is what we do kid
Now don’t play stupid
You looking confused
Now tell the truth
I don’t trust you trust you
I don’t trust you no more
I don’t trust you trust you
All I have to say is
Motherfucker no motherfucker no shut up
Motherfucker no motherfucker I don’t trust you
Motherfucker no motherfucker no shut up
Motherfucker no motherfucker I don’t trust you
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6. |
Rise
02:43
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I’m struggling day to day doesn’t feel right
I’m not myself you know what that feel like
My body won’t let me be me do my thing
Insomnia please release me
Please relieve me I’m in a deep freeze
It ain’t easy I still need cheese
I need vitamins air and some company
Body asking me what the hell have you done to me?
And now I’m back with a vengeance
I ain’t quitting or staying at the entrance
It’s only fitting that I pay my penance
Kill them with kindness the remains of my sentence
And go get them it’s time for the ascension
The tension is palpable but so is redemption
Please believe I’m back with momentum
Nothing’s free so please pay attention attention
How can you drown when you burning out?
How can you drown? How can you drown?
How can you drown when you burning out?
Safe to say I ain’t burning now
I rise up rise up rise up rise up
My people just wise up wise up
Keep your soul and your eyes up
Eyes up yeah we rise up
I set aside all the bullshit
You can ride or die for a full clip
Is he a homie or the culprit
If this a movie I haven’t seen the full script
So now it’s lights camera action
Just asking should I fight that reaction
Tell me should I fight back with the passion
I’ll be right back to mask the phantasm
That’s just a Batman reference
I’m not a bad man reverend
I make mistakes by the boatload
Keep going up and down like a pogo
Stick it they say the mission is a no go
I take shots from the motherfucking logo
I ain’t choking for the promo
And if you can’t follow it follow it in slow-mo
How can you drown when you burning out?
How can you drown? How can you drown?
How can you drown when you burning out?
Safe to say I ain’t burning now
I rise up rise up rise up rise up
My people just wise up wise up
Keep your soul and your eyes up
Eyes up yeah we rise up
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7. |
Do You (feat. Faye)
03:46
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I took off my armour to see what’s under
Lightning flashing and loud thunder
Drama hiding behind my smiles inside I’m screaming
So much stuff built up I don’t know how I was breathing
Pain in my chest pain in my gut
Bad encounters confused love with lust
Racing through life with nowhere to go
I really needed help but I just didn’t know
Never thought I was good enough
Never thought I was worthy of love
Never thought my voice was right
Never thought I could be this full of light
I never thought I was good enough
I was never hot or hood enough
I was never tough or astute enough
Can’t lie I can’t bluff I won’t pull the plug
I’m still a student of the game and the history
I want to be Rakim in the Mystery
Don’t want to be L in the Graveyard
I just want work hard play hard
I used to be affected by their judgment
Who am I to judge them
Who defines the love and the substance
I got a target on my back I love it
If you want to shoot then shoot to kill in public
I’m not used to being the subject the matter don’t matter
At the end of the day I’m still the mad hatter
I put in work and scatter don’t lack practice
Put me in a lineup with Fenster and McManus
Never thought I was good enough
Never thought I was worthy of love
Never thought my voice was right
Never thought I could be this full of light
See you in the mirror
then I say do you
I’m seeing much clearer
This is the new you
See you in the mirror
then I say do you
I’m seeing much clearer
This is the new you
Never thought I was good enough
Never thought I was worthy of love
Never thought my voice was right
Never thought I could be this full of light
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8. |
Last Day
03:24
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Treat everyday likes it’s your last day like it’s the last time
Living in an ashtray yeah the fast lane
Somebody want to blast me classy
Ha ha but first you got to catch me
Living life to the fullest like a Gatsby
Bite the bullet pull the trigger right past me
We clean and classy that’s how my cats be
You know we keep it 100 tax free
Call an Uber now fuck a taxi
Go down to the lake and party with my family
You know I’d rather be an anomaly
Thinking to myself life is a comedy
Roll the dice and go for the monopoly
Not defined by plastic or property
Nothing to lose it’s a robbery
So peace out with some love from me
Welcome to the last day
Celebrate get blasted
Let the hate just vanish
Welcome to the last day
Don’t be stuck in traffic
Stay awake through the madness
Yeah I’m just the master of my destiny
Move forward every day still no felonies
I got inner peace, it’s my remedy
I tell my peeps still pray for your enemies
You never know when a motherfucker going to go
What’s impossible now might be possible
Maybe give a bit maybe take a bit
Maybe be the bigger man with the plan handle deliver it
I got my people in a jam so we fixing it
Listen here now to my town I’m going to rip this shit
Yup because it’s death before dishonour
Stay true to my word and my bond to my mama
It’s been an honour oh you know I might sing another
Eye rolls to the sky thinking oh brother
I know I know I was made this way
So treat everyday day like it’s your last day
Welcome to the last day
Celebrate get blasted
Let the hate just vanish
Welcome to the last day
Don’t be stuck in traffic
Stay awake through the madness
I go to sleep like I’m never waking up
I go to sleep thank God for my luck
Every day is a gift I’m grateful
Won’t waste my time on hate no
So you can keep the fame and the fortune
Take it to your grave and implore them
I’m good feeling like draft day so
Treat every day like it’s your last day
Welcome to the last day
Celebrate get blasted
Let the hate just vanish
Welcome to the last day
Don’t be stuck in traffic
Stay awake through the madness
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I see you stressed I see you aggravated
I can see the mess I can see how sad it really makes you
It’s too intense but you’ll be glad you made it
Feel it in your chest hold on until the daybreak
We need a saving grace maybe a great escape
We need a change of pace so we can taste the cake
Another face to face we can sail away
We can gaze in space I want to stay awake
And we can daydream we can say cheese
We can breakbeat or we can even make peace
We can take a knee because you safe with me
Ready to take the heat if we shake the tree
A walking miracle truly unstoppable
Reach for the pinnacle and face all the obstacles
Nothing can stop you today is day zero
It’s your choice no one is born a hero
I got soul my strength is inside
Got to fight and never give up
I know I’m not going to hide
It’s my my time to shine
I got soul and I got pride
When I’m down and feeling so low
So I get up and try
To get by I need to survive
I’m feeling you restless you’re tired of the wreckage
You wear your pain on your chest like a necklace
You still breathless the shame is your Everest
Trying to move the pieces like a game of Tetris
Where are we headed then? Where is the checklist ?
Well I still dread the end the pain and the exit
I stay headless the way is treacherous
I can’t be vain put in the work like a specialist
Reaching for excellence I fall I fall again and
When the step’s too high I got to call all my friends
And reach out for help, I need your wisdom
I mean you all the best but I need you all to listen
Every day is battle it keeps on spiralling
It’s such a hassle but I keep on trying
I’m not giving up I hold my destiny
I speak the truth may it set me free
No no you never know you never know
When you’re going to go home now
You never showed I never knew
That you weren’t going to zone out
You never know you never know
When you’re going to go home now
You never showed I never knew
I got soul my strength is inside
Got to fight and never give up
I know I’m not going to hide
It’s my my time to shine
I got soul and I got pride
When I’m down and feeling so low
So I get up and try
To get by I need to survive
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10. |
Finish Line
03:06
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To all my doubters to all my haters
Thank you very much for the motivation
To all the posers and all the fakers
Thank you very much for the motivation
Keep cursing me keep hurting me
I’ll take that shit personally
Keep cursing me keep hurting me
Thank you I’ll take that shit personally
I put the pen and the mic down
I’m not living then I’m living right now
Every day has its challenges
And the ups and downs are truly ravaging
I don’t need despair after the damages
I’m a bit rude but I stay ravishing
Feel it to the tip of my phalanges
I look for the truth like a scavenger
I don’t need proof because I got faith
I don’t need you because I got taste
Only influenced by my idols
I’m only into it when alone as the night falls
Like jaws I smell blood when the mic falls
I might crawl back turn the damn lights off
Hyped up, I make them all bite dust
When I turn this damn basement to a Fight club
To all my doubters to all my haters
Thank you very much for the motivation
To all the posers and all the fakers
Thank you very much for the motivation
Keep cursing me keep hurting me
I’ll take that shit personally
Keep cursing me keep hurting me
Thank you I’ll take that shit personally
I put in reps every day stay disciplined
I rep my set my friends and my citizens
You know my concentration is critical
And my preparation is clinical
I shadow box my own laziness because
There’s a fine line between crazy and dangerous
Take any fighter on the card
Everything I ever wanted is on the other side of hard
There’s nothing to fear when you come prepared
Put in work because you know that life ain’t fair
And it hurts but I care got mud in my ears
I’m not afraid to put in blood sweat and tears
I’m an artist an athlete rhyme in the backseat
Drop a fat beat like wine on your tapestry
Keep running my race that’s my strategy
Put on my game face this is agony
To all my doubters to all my haters
Thank you very much for the motivation
To all the posers and all the fakers
Thank you very much for the motivation
Keep cursing me keep hurting me
I’ll take that shit personally
Keep cursing me keep hurting me
Thank you I’ll take that shit personally
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11. |
Forever Livin'
02:27
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Dear Mama I’m you’re biggest fan
I wear your shirt even though the truth hurts again
Spelled your name on the surface sand I was stunned
When they said you need your nerves exam
What a shock look at Pops
This ain’t the plan the verdict drops
Do what we can we pulled the stops
And in the end we lost our rock
But that’s life and it’s worth living
Your absence cuts deep like an incision
We learned to forgive accept and listen
If He wants to take you it’s His decision
I’ll never forsake you execute your vision
Give it up to the Lord is my executive decision
I pray for your soul even though it’s risen
You’re in a better place forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Dear Papa I’m your biggest fan
I chose my path and I hope that you understand
You made me a better man and I
Thank you thank you more than a letter can
You said my album was my first degree
The documentary was my PHD
That nobody would replace me
And when she left you said it was meant to be
You went through a lot, kept your dignity
Pops never lose your smile and humility
Keep writing those pages ageless
Write like you’ve been touched by angels
Like a bottle of wine just let it breath
Like father time just let it heal
Look down grand-children after children
Our clan forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
Forever livin’ forever livin’
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K.H.A. Lausanne, Switzerland
K.H.A. is a Swiss-Filipino rapper/producer based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Affiliated to
orformOrnorm and Less is Groove for years, he is back with a new solo album. The first since the 2008 release "Lost in Time" that spawned the single "Money, Money, Money".
Fast forward to 29 April 2022, and the release of the single "Strong like a Woman" featuring Peter King.
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