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Happily Confused

by Ghost In The Tapes

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I wanted to write this, to tell you I'm feeling so hyped up I'm excited, so world hook my mic back up Been feeling so lifeless, dive until you reach back up Societies a couple hundred lives less this month Been feeling so priceless, slow money’s better than none I've adjusted to the sun now that it's clear in the sky On the road to nowhere, only searching inside In the valleys of my brain, the planes there are so wide Whoa, I can see the world, wormholes in my mind Such a harsh terrain, we got the aptitude to survive I react to stimulus, my organism’s alive Girl I'm feeling so live, divine feminine love me I'd rather have a goddess above me Tell your god he too ugly, tell him I'll judge me He judged me, what's good; let's go get this money I quit my job and it's lovely, but now my wallet is hungry, I ain’t no yuppie Till your label discuss me, you cowboy bitches disgust me Even with eyes like a puppy, you knew you needed to muzzle me
2.
Boppin' 02:36
The liquor grows older Sometimes she shines, while giving me the cold shoulder Probably give her time London in the wintertime The sky is all right Sunsets and crescents while I’m cookin’ more rhymes No need for faceguard Comin’ at you at the speed of a race car I never waste bars I’m all green since sixteen Straight from the dentist my teeth hurt but I spit clean Knuckles and brains bringing scuffles and pain Remember how rap was about hustles and gain Now it’s straight From Holloway to the hall of fame Every rapper’s boneless now built on hollow frames Ghosts need the limelight Ghosts seize the timing & always get their rhymes right Ghost sees the potential in your eyes The truth it symbolizes None of that verse rehearsed a million times
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The intricate weave of the insular me The I that I am and the person that I’ve been The worse that I am to myself I’m not free Look I love you my friend, that’s word to the love you give Lucky you live in the spaces I’ve been Your company’s treasured I love you I love you That’s the vibe that I’m on Where are you from? Hey look London is cultured plus we the MC’s who got bars I arrived in Hackney But finish in Tottenham beach It’s the yard Developing musically We evolve as we speak, if we could control everything Chaos wouldn’t be so sweet The pay off never came this week Delay gratification and bide my time I done noting but complain this beat Put dissonance down Fluctuate my brain does Deciding to speak I got choices Money can’t buy my soul my voice is mine My world got shucked with the oysters Travelling next bus down where my boy is Chatting ‘bout now ‘bout life, ‘bout all of this Walk before you crawl a bit Learn the base needs, and discover the other forms I cannot get bored Student of the universe I want more I want you That’s awe The ones who explore themselves like an ocean floor That’s deep so we open doors For most us Our distractions will close these doors Detached by broken walls Dilapidated the floors underneath our souls But you’re in position to know what’s good for you Boy what’s good for you? Passion Connection Money can’t buy my soul my voice is mine My world got shucked with the oysters Travelling next bus down where my boy is Chatting ‘bout now ‘bout life, ‘bout all of this Walk before you crawl a bit Learn the base needs, and then discover the other forms I cannot get bored
4.
(Ghost) The lonesome vandal causing cheers and tantrums Handsome Even when chillin’ in his sandals Be-bop in my ear Six drops in my beer Sad soliloquies made skilled cops shed a tear Wavin’ to my maker Squint my eyes and see my savior Fistfights got me thrown out for bad behavior In the night still wonderin’ if I’m alive Loud cheers and bazars so appealing from afar Dark thoughts follow me trough the streets Manhattan Standing with my drink with girls dressed up all satin Trippin’ by the Seine I only see blurry pictures Eerie figures appear from everywhere And worries hit ya Hard to get a smile then All types of moments since way back in the Mile End A couple drinks ordered right before the place closed Lace clothes, glass-eye witnesses, case closed (Jugo) Yet again with them no-life chronicles I'm sitting back as I'm setting in my monocle I’m crackin’ toes like I'm playing with bionicles My mind lifted steady heavy as the chronic goes Learning curve a rainbow And I'm the pot of gold Where'd he go? I let the plot unfold Standing in the back He a rotten fool The Chosen One Setting above the frozen sun The Young Forgotten One
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(Cotchei) Un pur t'es reparti Pour tout remporter Mais t'es par terre et pardi La pureté est partie Un pur t'es reparti Pour finir emporté Un soir, un bordel un mardi La pureté est partie T'as perdu la partie Ah quel empoté Plus aucune empathie La pureté est partie Téma le but de la marquise Téma la pute et le martyr Téma le gus sur le parking La pureté est partie (Gavabon) Le moral comme une enclume mais c'est toujours le cœur qui décide J’prend mes démons par la taille comme dans Dirty Dancing J’gravite autour de l'étoile jaune mon leurdi maîtrise Aucun rayon dans la région mais j'ai l'épiderme en feu et l'meilleur millésime (Gavabon, Cotchei, Ghosts 1 & 2) Qui peut prétendre trouver la paix ? Tout ce qui brille fait tourner la tête Le temps passe et tout est à refaire On est bon qu'à troubler la fête (Keuss) Fuck la pureté, vive le mélange, vive le mélange J'allume shit,weed j'ménage mes méninges, C'est jamais tout noir ou tout blanc quand il faut laver le linge Mi démon mi ange C'est l'bordel faut que je me range
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名誉を取り戻そうとする戦士 ブラックホールに預ける全身 ワープの先に辿り着いたのは 天使が届ける迷信の現実 でもそれでも足りねー あーまたまだ足りねー 必要なのは聖なる呪い 命を吹き込む正確な間違い 計らいなしで生きてきた儚い 枷をぶっ壊す正義の塊 逆らい過ぎて結局は逆立ち 見下ろしてた光景はたちまち 宇宙の様に広がる漆黒の空に
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A-hum 01:45
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(Julia Shortreed) Hands on the ground, to reach your mind I’ll give my disused body If I can reach you deeply Still alive to see Still alive to be inspired Still alive to feel your love (Joseph Wallace) Whoa Man I been feeling so over reactive What a bunch of theatrics Hanging around, I’m ‘bout to go bat shit Banging the chest like a drum Never keep an ape for a pet I’m about to eat the beat And maul the fucking face of this Get your ass out the way Better behave, I been raving in my head Die die paint the sky red then I woke up in my bed But I am open-minded Like a fractured skull Feel like the richest man in the world Going back on doll Crying to the cashier Broken in the atmosphere Choking on the words I was about to use to practice here Did I dropped dead this month Split between the hemispheres in my head They quake when I wake up Then dots my eyes break up My DNA’s faceless, sick of it’s genetic make up Ready to fill the base needs and peel away the final layers Underneath the epidermis You can find my prayers
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What you want for yourself ? All this ranting and complaining ain’t good for your health I rather hop on a plane from painting these pictures I sell I know time is irrelevant And I don’t got it now And when you not up The bitches is not around So tell me who’s really down And really up in my city who’s wearing the crown You ain’t moving the crowd Just tryna stay relevant, you ain’t hip hop They’ll probably say the same about me when my shit drop I’m tryna make a classic like Jay Make my album an A And get a bae like Beyoncé I said I’m tryna make a classic like Ye 5 beats in a day And end up with my own Kim K "I’m the best" they told me that’s what I’m supposed to say And when you’re better than these niggas they’re supposed to hate All this counting up my fingers were supposed to break Best things in life are free You ain’t supposed to pay Still can’t let these broke niggas stand close to me I’m in my zone let it be known before approaching me I’m in my home but I still know where I’m supposed to be Best things in life are free, but these flights ain’t cheap Don’t let them Off-White sneakers be the reason you can’t eat And lately I can’t sleep She’s sprawled out looking sexy all over my silk sheets I’m banging on MPC pads and combing through break beats Like who’s gonna break me Sometimes the best support comes from people you can’t see I used the think the best support comes from people who love me Do I need a cosign or sign on the dotted line? I’m still on the sidelines am I just wasting my time? Damn am I just wasting my time? Late nights early mornings, you know I’m still on my grind I know what I want I could see it clear in my mind And I know you see it too, you could hear it here in my rhymes This is Biggie and Nas This is 50 and Kweli I wanna be like Pun I’ll just get bigger in time Masta Killa, U-god, and Method, Rza, Raekwon This is Kim and Minaj I'ma win it regardless
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Debut album by France, Japan and UK based project Ghost In The Tapes.

Boppin' (Video) : youtu.be/NceJE6hhN24
Spurs (Video) : youtu.be/215v2LNtCms
Black Mass (Video) : youtu.be/1pCh3K2TQAg

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released April 18, 2020

BMM045

Written & Produced by Genshu Fukaya & Samy Abboud
Mixed by Samy Abboud at The Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Mastered by Eugen Schmidt at USSR Studio

Guests :
Julia Shortreed (Tokyo) : Vocals on Dazed & Illusions
Joseph Wallace (London) : Vocals on Lyrical Fitness, Spurs & Dazed
Jugo (New York City) : Vocals on Strawberries
Willfromqnz (New York City) : Vocals on Madrugada
Quentin Thomas (Nancy) : Saxophone on Lyrical Fitness, Boppin’, Spurs & Black Mass
Cotchei, Gavabon & Keuss from Les Gars Du Coin or LGDC (Nancy)
: Vocals on Oranjebaan
Dan Wang (London) : Additional sample on Boppin’ & Spurs
Louis Treffel (Nancy) : Additional bass on Lyrical Fitness & Boppin’

Artwork by Ruffmercy : www.ruffmercy.com
Sleeve Design by Satsuki Ochsner & Samy Abboud

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Ghost In The Tapes London, UK

Ghost In The Tapes is a musical project founded by Genshu Fukaya, who is behind the microphone and production and Samy Abboud, multi-instrumentalist and also founder of the French electronica band M.A BEAT!.
The unit's creative modus operandi is based on collaborations with diverse instrumentalists and vocalists from across the globe with ever changing production ideas.
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