Play in the Sandbox Lyrics

Hike J - Play in the Sandbox

The Game

V1:
I started out as the one
That was breaking hearts
Nowadays I'm the one
Who is torn apart
Love to restart and wait
Finished
Simple and plain
As the fantasy starts, Depart
Flipped over banister started to fall
Hard for you, responsible
investing in time for
someone I can’t rewind
Leaving behind missed connections
Like the Craigslist section
Forgetting all the faces
And the skin complexions
that was then, This is now
There's plenty of fish to see, in the crowd
I'm right where I need to be
Thinking emotionally be free
With one another we can discover its easy

H:
Don’t hold on to yesterday
Dream big think live
Say to yourself today
Only live by your means
The same thing
That be pulling on them strings
Make a lifestyle change
And find those
Who will switch to your lane
Relieve you of stress
No longer in pain
No more a player of the game

V2:
The hardest thing to do
To let go when there's
No one into you Forgetful
Remember it'll always be the two
Suspenseful how it goes
be in sync
No strings attached
Or chained to the link
But that was then and this is now
There's plenty of fish to see, in the crowd
I'm right where I need to be thinking emotionally
With one another we can discover through the beat

V3:
So im sick of the dating game
There’s things I would refrain from
Bad lies to get ya heart stung 
Why spend the years
Thinking you could be fine
You’ll never the see grapevine
focusing on one mind
But that was then and this is now
There's plenty of fish to see, in the crowd
I'm right where I need to be thinking emotionally
With one another we can discover each other free

Plan B

V1:
There's a look that
You're giving me
Read it all in a book
(for the thing I need)
Now I'm nervous
Drinking all my calories
With your green eyes
That I can't see we
proceed on the great beat
Love how the flow's sweet
Scotch hold the rocks neat
Hide or seek
Fall to the big sheets
Sweat on my brow
The air on the rise heat
On the way down to Phoenix
But along Jean Grey
Must have seen it
Burst into flames 
She can not contain
a quick sudden change   
Its hard to explain
My thoughts are mundane oh

V2:
Back Back Back
Back to the night
You could tell I was drinking
By the obvious things Im thinking
All The beauty in her
It must struck a nerve
The pain my in words
The thought of concern what
Bad Friends
Like Prof X and Magneto
A cerebral and bad ego
Move metal with both of my hands
Steve Miller Band
I’m Fly like an eagle
(The lost and the found
So solid I see through)

V3:
I could never
Get my mind straight
Hurry up and
Now its getting late
I know I put her in a bad place
So the last thing to do
Is to isolate
Faded Cloud 9
Got me open
Caribbean Queen
Like I'm billy ocean
A soft promotion
Thought provoking
Focus on
When the heart has spoken
The heartbeats
Enter a rapid pace
Heard the gun
Who’s running the rabbit race
You popped the balloon
And the helium consumed
Made my voice
Like I’m shot to the moon
Action around me
Like Dog the Hunter
I’m a bounty
No reaction from you
That I can see
Guess there’s no room in here
To call for a Plan B

Judo

Hook:
Steady trying to maintain
When I'm proud
they always wanna complain
You know
Knock you down
Like it was Judo
In their circle
They'll never be remorseful

V1:
I'm nothing but a black thought
An alien a leader
Known for melting microphones
And kicking holes into speakers
I'm the grim reaper
Came to bring death to the bottom feeders
Nipping at the ankles of progression
an honor and blessing
To do thing you love
I hope it's a profession
I'm at an elder age
Don't judge the book
From one page
There's a lot to learn about
Think of that before you pout

V2:
Once there’s reaction   
To them it's satisfaction
the negative prevails
Earthquake the richter scale
Shaken up the earth splits
down the middle this
Ain't one to reckon with
I know the politics
Two sides pitted against
Loose lips they sinking ships
Far down in the Atlantic
next to the titanic
Panic at the disco
From here to San Francisco
I need you all to let go
No matter that they come for
They gaslight to start fights
Grab the ball in beast mode
You control what’s on the field
Of play make sure to bring the shield
On the real my mind's made of steel
Deflecting all the things I hate
But keeping what is real

 Play In The Sandbox

Hook:
Play in the sandbox
Build all the castles
Don't knock em over
It might be hassle
To building them up
Sand in my cup
Make all the mountains of dust
Break of the dawn to the dusk

V1:
Remember as a kid
All the things that I did
I would run around the house
Down the carpet I slid did the bid
So The feeling of rug burn
Smell of my mom's perm
burned in my lungs
And my father here sung
All of his favorite songs
Was too young to tell
The soul coming from the speaker
Was Rachelle Farrell
My ears (perk)* up now im eager
Put me in a spell
Also known as a trance
gather in the living room
Now it's time to dance
All the way
Through the night into day
Before my mother would say

V2:
First memory of hiphop
*(when I heard hiphop)
I Remember the day
Played Warren G in the crib
Regulate on the display
My father did not come to play
When he came in the room
Heard the curses from the verses
*(now in a mood)
Had to return the tunes
I that consume and
Choose something my mom
won’t think is crude and rude
So finish up your plate
What about your date and Its late
Never mind that gotta take this back
Its the last time that you hear rap
Its a wrap

Money Hungry

V1:
evident the element is heaven sent
Flipping pennies into dollars
that’s a lot of sense
But the wealth doesn't only
Focus on the cash
The experience memories
These are meant to last
Indeed we can proceed
On life that's filled with greed
Hit the scene this is nothing but a dream
Hot flame burns I feel no pain   
Threshold no more no limit to my game
But is it wise against the odds
Put it all on seven
To win the grand prize
Even though I should be responsible
Spin it the wheel lets go
Anything’s possible

Hook:
Money Hungry
Fail to realize
End up starving
Where is your pride
Relapse into the same game
Play it again and play it to win

V2:
Lap of luxury is all I need preach
The lifestyles of rich and famous Robin Leach
onto anyone with green
Plant a seed machine
Like kendrick Lamar
Waiting on money trees
A dollar might might
Come to save your life
Don’t look twice there’s 
Thieves into the night
see a black star
Mos Def and Kweli
With night vision on
So Green is all I see

V3:
Picture this I’m fully equipped
Luxurious fits money hand over fist
I’d be remised to tell y’all
My ceiling’s too tall
High up in the sky
If you reach you may fall
Pristine like the sistine chapel
I’m about to explode
Run and duck here comes the shrapnel
Lay back in my precious castle
With money abroad spread above the mantle
  

Inside

V1:
cool with the outcast
in school they're out class
trying to fit in
Like a loser they never win
Cant pretend don't worry bout the status
Those that are preaching good
(people that preach good)
Always are the baddest
To the bone duplicated
Now they're clones
Attracting with a scent
Call it pheromones
repellent in my zone
Now I run and hide
For the pressure on my mind
Can't ignore gotta find…

V2:
Can't you see eventually
They a dying breed
Cut em at the feet
They fall to their knees?
These are my thoughts a philosophy
You try to hold me back?
Please Ain't nobody stopping me
Reality is this these cliques
just a division be smart play your position
Battleships they sinking on down
Man these jokers are clowns
I think found the answer
Better run and hide before I go in...

V3:
acknowledged by the jocks
Bunch of seagulls a flock
Quick to judge as
soon as you enter the block
What's with all the snickering?
Were all the same
Why the judgment so belittling
Play the tiny fiddle when
it goes against the grain
Quickly turn they backs
Narrow-minded has succumbed to pain
So I stay out the way
Playing to my own drum
Moving on my own time
Hoping I can rewind…

Chaos

V1:
Super sonic
The color is hypnotic
A bright yellow mellows
The harsh sky I wonder why
He thinks that he could stop it
Doctor named robotnik
shaped like an object
Like eggs stuffed in a carton
Leave dearly departed
Spin dash but crashed into the wall
emeralds of chaos start to fall
Eggman picked them up
Bet not press my luck
In order to retrieve em
In levels throughout the region

V2:
Miles Prower
On the scene we can make a good team
Once you hit start upon the screen
I got two tails that is my feature
I twist em up and fly
Anytime I need to reach you
I’m the sidekick Sega picked for the sequel
Sonic 2 friends in battle against evil
Dominating force upon
the emerald hill course
Throughout the loopy roads
I tend to go rouge so
There I go again falling in pits
Scared to admit not cut out for this
But ima keep going on and on
Lifting up you because I'm so strong
In the sky only for a second I get too tired

V3:
Knuckle up it's bout to be a ride
I see this outsider standing by with a sly eye
Don't know what to think about him
But his look is so grim
I almost scream and shouted
Now he's gone like the wind
He can glide so smoothly
Climb so profusely
One minute an ally
the other minute a bad guy
He laughed with soul
May his story unfold
Put it in a cartridge add on
I have taken control

Hook:
Six stones
Quietly bring chaos
All through the night
need them despite
The Eggman’s plan
To conquer this land
I just can't sit
And watch it all stand

Reprieve

Intro verse:
told you repeatedly
I'm fed up
I'm done with
No water hurting the seeds
I dug up
Appear dust
From all the dirt on my sleeve
I rolled up
The deep cuts
I think I need a reprieve

v1:
Reminiscing
On what's missing
Is the mission
Let me take you all to school
Then dismiss em
Today's lesson
Is to study on the past
The forefathers and legend
Will forever here last
When its time to anoint
The holy crown
I know you feeling the joint
I'll be around
As I enter your mind
Though-out your conscience
I'm all up in your head
Flowing Lyrics and concepts

C:
All the winners gather round
In victory formation
Upon the hill Lauren miseducation
For today
Ill show ya
Demonstrate
I know ill never settle
Not up for debate
Intro verse:
told you repeatedly
I'm fed up
I'm done with
No water hurting the seeds
I dug up
Appear dust
From all the dirt on my sleeve
I rolled up
The deep cuts
I think I need a reprieve

v2:
And in the same vein
Brothers don’t maintain
The Memory highway
The mainframe
Crossing intersection of modes and diodes
Can’t play the same game
They don’t have the codes
Like the game genie
Invincible 
You can’t beat me
Looking through a CRT
An old TV
You can’t see
Even you had 3D glasses
Turn around
You flat like a 2D Classic

V3:
Normally I don’t speak
Or compete in discussions
To say I’m not the nicest
Your bluffing
40 years deep
In the life I live
So I am compelled to
Tell the tales I give
Preaching ignorance
While on the internet
You gassing up they necks
For clout you pessimist 
Thinking out loud
Ed Sheeran to the clouds
Information passwords photos
Spread about
Putting all the trust and faith
Until that unlocked gate
Opens up congratulated with hate
But you don’t know
You’re thinking bout this much too late
All the numbers to the combo
Can’t keep ya safe
Put ya thumbs down
They cramping up in style
Be the first to start a convo
sure its been a while
The shock from everybody
Will guarantee a smile
The art of living life
Go and add it to the file  

 

Fading Away

V1:
Another week
My body's feeling weak
The pain throughout my feet
My energy depletes
So what do I do?
Can't get from outta bed
Feel it consume
The thoughts that travel
Through my head
Maybe this mythical thing
Could be real
I think I'm invincible
But the weakness is the heel
Achilles hurts
Everytime i take a step
The tendonitis flares
When I don't stretch uh
Underneath the body of age
Youth locked in a cage
Forever stuck
I'm feeling the rage
So I walk needing wisdom
From the old sage
Looking for the right page
Going back to old days
But the flares appear
a cloud of smoke
We never could prepare
So I sit and stare
Through the clouds
I see holy shadow
Feeling the arrow
Right through my bone marrow

V2:
Bleeding profusely
Blood is dried up
Like ink on the looseleaf
But my foot's stuck
From feeling emotions
On my pure devotion
Drowning in water
While swimming in the ocean
So where's the life line?
Please give me a sign
Give me the sight
That helps see the blind
Never afraid of regrets
The physical toll I paid
could really use a reset
Hook:
Fading away
From life that was yesterday
The betrayal in movement
I can't save
Through the darkness
I'm feeling nauseous
As my fate
Lay heavy on my conciusus
Bridge:
I always think
Before you blink
The time goes quick
It gets hectic
When I sit
Can't accept it (x4
Now I'm helpless
Feeling restless
Leave me breathless

V3
It's critical
For this individual
For the sun
To leave me the residual
Heat
Just like the beat
Playful
Not only for elite
You better run retreat
But only got one leg
So I'd rather play dead
Then mislead
For this journey that's ahead
So instead ill
Maintain this brain
For this present life
Never will be the same

 

Cities & Colors (Demo)

V1:
When in the city
No one feels no pity
Cant keep up with the pace
It's leaves me all in a tizzy
I'm dizzy spinning
Finding the destination
Feel like I'm losing all faith
I've been complacent on earth
since my birth
I crave more
Please give me an encore
I long for the night shores
The calm and quiet is all
I need
I'm willing to believe
That indeed
I'm sore from
When walking the busy streets
Hook:
Cities & colors
Fly by Skyscrapers
Breathe the air
Like vapor
I feel it alt my behavior
Through the green grass
Beyond the picket fence
allow my mind to rest
I haven't felt since 

V2:
I never drive here
When its time to roll
I pay the bus fare
But still it takes a toll
Almost fold
Throw the cards in
Losing my grip
Hold the controller
Just Like a console
One another
Like a brother
Different mother
Like no other
On the platform
The tracks are a map for
The borough
My heart warms
Too hot
Now I am burned
Melting the pot
The city people
where my loyalty stops

V3:
Ya know
Funny thing
I'm from the there
The shiver in the spine
From the cold air
Long stares
Feel the hate
Through the eyes of rejection
From my mouth
is the art of deflection
For protection
too expensive
Too aggressive
So tensive
I'd be living a lie
If I rented a
Sky rise apartment
So I'll depart then
Run the block
With a fence to unlock