Southern Black Gentleman

by RaShad

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2nd album of RaShad also released on Easley Branch, LLC

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1.	Look at Him 00:36	info	buy track
2.	Wish I (Featuring Joe Cross) 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Excuse me miss let me show you what I’m working with how you doing where you from what’s your name you so fine I ain’t trying to be slick I see what I want what I like what I need what I gotta have what you got make me want to step to you hard, step to you right cause you look so hot what I give girl its alright but can you keep it tight talking bout your mouth can you keep it shut the world just need to know I’m alright Kids like to brag tell the world what they got they so immature I’m a man and can keep my blessings discrete my intentions are pure I don’t need the world’s approval I just want yours deeper I’ll admit you got me wanting you so bad fever Joe Cross part Wish I could love ya trust ya rub ya, hug ya, I won’t cuss ya you a queen don’t mistake my kindness for weakness I can hush ya I’m patient I won’t rush ya I’m confident I won’t bug ya I manage money right handle biz I don’t want nothing from ya all I desire someone on fire works hard admire you when I retire love based on respect not what I can buy ya I want a junior can you stay down with me when there are rumors can I trust you if the doctor says I got tumors I may die sooner Than expected do you got good credit need to know what kind of habits you have any fedishes I need to be aware of what kind of practice what I bring to the table can you match it you believe in real love or magic ever lived through something tragic do you live like you in a pageant Think the world revolves around ya if so I leave you where I found ya like being up don’t like folks that’s downer don’t do out of towners I can get to ya quicker, not satisfied with just a picture I don’t want to repair baby girl I let God fix ya
3.	In Her Head (by Maya Mariable) 01:08	info	buy track
4.	Let Me Out 03:44	lyrics	buy track
One thing that you won’t do is SLOW ME DOWN Something else that you can’t do HOLD ME DOWN One thing I won’t let you do STRESS ME OUT You ain’t gone stop me now LET ME OUT One thing you won’t do is SLOW ME DOWN Something else that you can’t do HOLD ME DOWN One thing I won’t let you do STRESS ME OUT You ain’t gone stop me now LET ME OUT Girl put down them tabloids I’m Good dude not a bad boy Got a history that’s the past yo, these days I’m bout my cash yo I don’t deal with disrespect, I like when you can get it wet I love when I can meet a queen, but please don’t mess with my check Didn’t bang or thug didn’t slang a drug Didn’t blast a slug just smacked some bruhs Was lackin love, attackin girls Emotionally now I’m rappin yup Getting it up getting on Shad that dude my flavor’s good Blast off I’m taking flight like whites do when blacks move in neighborhood Getting hot getting high but not on marijuana There was a time I did that had more green ways than California Now my ways are clean and clear mind is focused I’m in here Heart is light hatred’s out mouth’s gotten better no cursing yeah Something new kind of strange especially for this kind of game I did all the stupid stuff before you ever knew my name I’m in this game doing thangs got a lot more to say and I got some move to make so all of yall get out my way One thing that you won’t do is SLOW ME DOWN Something else that you can’t do HOLD ME DOWN One thing I won’t let you do STRESS ME OUT You ain’t gone stop me now LET ME OUT One thing that you won’t do is SLOW ME DOWN Something else that you can’t do HOLD ME DOWN One thing I won’t let you do STRESS ME OUT You ain’t gone stop me now LET ME OUT Where’s the swag its space age where my mind in a new age where my flow on a new stage what I’m on a new page In the book you better read but if you don’t then you’ll see The new dope, the new thing, fresh out of NC a new King with a huge swing like Barry Bond, game was dirty carry on I’ll tighten it up like a thong, was in your face now I’m gone across the land from east coast to AlaBam then to Cali Cal Hit Japan, Germany then took it home to Natur-AL Africa I’m passionate a Graduate with a Master’s Yeah getting hot and I want all yall stop frontin on me just back me up elbow room is what I need don’t want y’all bowing down to me just a vessel shows that God been good but didn’t forget how I used to be I’m a humble dude don’t want yo praise just put me in and hit play then you’ll know that everything is real, true what I claimed my reign is here I’m organized I always do I never try I’m making it not getting by Call me Semper cause I’m on FI One thing that you won’t do is SLOW ME DOWN Something else that you can’t do HOLD ME DOWN One thing I won’t let you do STRESS ME OUT You ain’t gone stop me now LET ME OUT One thing that you won’t do is SLOW ME DOWN Something else that you can’t do HOLD ME DOWN One thing I won’t let you do STRESS ME OUT You ain’t gone stop me now LET ME OUT
5.	V.I.N.C.E. Remix (Featuring B) 02:41	lyrics	buy track
I usually get religious but now I’m secular I wasn’t a dope boy or gangster but if you regular Then see this song for you and anybody else Igniting fire in the game and now I got my help Its only getting hotter you caught up in the rapture I extinguish any one that’s Avalon backward You no lava talking gaga like a lady haha A new saga I’m beginning with no baby mommas I don’t apologize ever for being successful I don’t back down from competition that’s pleasure Come on bring it on I love the pressure No need for Viagra see I always get up You can’t put me down you only lift me up I’m a star walking on clouds yes I’m serious No limitation world is mine let’s go quick Cause NC is me like Jethro Gibbs I go for the 919, He From the 843 (That’s Right) See this a new combination this Shad introducing B See that’s RaShad times two Yes we got the same Name game got that flame, Hell naw we ain’t playing See that’s a banger Main this just the beginning Time is money money music and we the best we spending Ain’t running out don’t give a damn if you like it Cause we Vicious Igniting Nice Calm Exciting B’s Verse Rashad on this instrumental but I am Sid Viscous You swimin with the sharks and I Spit raw fish scales Lines so dope and I intent to distribute You do it for the love but I do with vengeance Marvel at da group cuh dude we are Avengers Not 2 mention 4 thousand dollars on our adventures My girlfriend is Louis Vuitton out in Puerto Rico I lost so homies cuz dog was actin suspicious I graduate college from academic suspension Bear arms like a grizzle and choppa clap like stripper Tell deze squares I built the pyramid with Pythagorean theorem Ride till I die the homicide was vehicular Ralph Lauren red, blue, orange like Ronnin Warrior Eyes stay low as if I’m born in Mongolia Baby it’s showtime, no Nickelodeon Good fellas , Bad woman, sicker than pneumonia Chorus I go for the 919, He From the 843 (That’s Right) See this a new combination this Shad introducing B See that’s RaShad times two Yes we got the same Name game got that flame, Hell naw we ain’t playing See that’s a banger Main this just the beginning Time is money money music and we the best we spending Ain’t running out don’t give a damn if you like it Cause we Vicious Igniting Nice Calm Exciting
6.	Hell Naw 00:51	info	buy track
7.	Yeah and What (Featuring Scarzz and Tyler Payne) 03:40	lyrics	buy track
They call me a thug I pull my pants up They said I’m lazy so I stand up They told me to freeze I put my hands up Then they took my life they can’t stand us All my folks put up with the same stuff They disrespect us cause they can what They say we can’t I say we can but Now we gone take over YEAH AND WHAT?? What can I tell black children to stand down They may get shot anyway what’s the plan now Feel like I’m endangered but I ain’t a stranger To harassment bad treatment is this complaining Or am I just being open sharing my experience You know if you guilty of this if its hurts to be hearing this I’m not bitter just aware of my surroundings I’m not angry just passion in my sound see I got thugs and scholars around me If I was a thug I was a child first don’t down me Somebody loves me can you respect that If my pants sag, I got a gold grill and red hat I’m still human and I got emotions I got dreams told too they may be on hold cause I lost focus The education system only train folk to teach Not to help traumatized kids that get judged like me Chorus Black Man nigga whatever you want to call it No matter what they try to do they never gonna stop it Shoot us down for loud music found not guilty Attack us cause suspicion did you really have to kill me I don’t know any defense that’s really that tight But a system that’s corrupt justice ain’t mine If you scared you ignant black kids ain’t monsters Brown kids ain’t stupid better watch what you call us Cause we got the white house a woman coming after Next a brown face and I’m just laughing at ya ain’t never been minorities we always been major we always been scholars don’t care what’s in your paper or even on your news report stereotype us racial profiling when you want to be just like us ain’t gone be more lives taken and we stay peaceful take your insecurities turn them on your own people
8.	Rise 00:25	info	buy track
9.	Rise Up (Featuring Morgan Cheek, Kiarra Hicks, & Michelle Lanier) 03:31	info	buy track
10.	Make It Bounce 03:22	lyrics	buy track
doors open come on in this for those that wanna sin and for y’all that think we friends, thick as blood you paper thin Kill yourself we ain’t cool this gone shock cause I’m rude yes a different type of dude break you down get a clue What you think I’m a do be real nice be real cute in my world cut you off, shoot you down that’s what they do All I know to survive the road I took it was High the way I was I can’t deny now I’m changed loving life ain’t no need to fake at all approach me wrong then its on Help me Lord know I’m wrong you know my heart and its gone I need it back there are times I wanna act like I lack self-control, ain’t got no soul, times have changed like my flow Got better no surprise natural growth that’s what I do sounds harsh I know it does, goodfellas get pissed off too My thirst in this game hasn’t changed like my hunger got worse now ferocious by myself I’m getting stronger CHORUS This my chance to blow up I’m a MAKE IT COUNT Make It Count What else am I gone do Make it BOUNCE Make it BOUNCE hands high get ‘em up ladies scream give it up Bruhs bark that’s what’s up everybody give me love worldwide get ready what I did changed it up drank from the fountain of youth immortal now HOLD UP! (pause) silent moment show respect cause I’m on it in the zone, going hard, call me loco but I want it not the throne not the crown had that tore it down gave that to those clowns said they hot where they now washed up don’t exist vapor now crickets Making noise never seen soft as tits a biscuit all you do is drain the game now its full of lame fame don’t care what you got all you is a damn shame (pause) shut you down all you haters get Snatch the mic from you like Kanye did to Taylor Swift I’m not fooled by none of yall can’t hustle me RaShad, say it loud what he be SUCKA FREE CHORUS
11.	Friends (Featuring B) 03:49	lyrics	buy track
Where you AT WHERE MY FRIENDS/where those folks I can depend all them folks that know I’m real/all them folks that like to deal With RaShad when he ill/when I’m nice when I’m chill when I’m live out until/the sun come up those time I’m still They handle me let me be/ know when to not bother me When I say no its okay/they understand it’s no beef My confidence don’t mess with yours/ And we not keeping score They may try to pay me back/and they all don’t praise The Lord they know I’m down for whatever/ know I ain’t got it all together care for me my life they treasure/give me space I don’t like pressure be white as salt or black as pepper/they hold me up and make me better help when its inconvenient/we say we love you and we really mean it They can piss me off and make me smile/be right here or be gone for a while may not agree on everything that’s okay/ /we don’t think the same way/ cause see in this game and we friends WHATEVER YOU NEED KNOW THERE IS NOTHING Nothing That I wouldn’t Do for you Nothing That I wouldn’t give to you (2x) Shad: ain’t got a ego ain’t got to be your hero B: I went from cloud nine down to ground zero Shad: I’ll be there to lift you up cause I believe in you B: Friend you my brother cause what I see in you B: God bless the child with his own and its on Shad: God gave me friends if you here or you gone B: Just know I ride or die………. Shad: I live what I write Shad: I’m a hold you down we run or we fight B: if I die tonight…One of us got to live Shad: you ain’t got to lie… just tell ‘em I was real Shad: nothing to hide I gave what I give Shad: Strong Black genius, but why I’m still here B: Listen, I overstand, we went from boys to men Walking a jagged edge….a genuwine friends Sharing clothes when we out, even slept on you couch For close on your mortgage, my home is your house Shad: Whatever you need know there is nothing Nothing that I wouldn’t do with you there’s nothing to prove Cause we do what we gone do you wrong I’m correcting you Always I’ll be helping you lady or if you a dude Love is always genuine Cause I only give it true Don’t keep secrets from each other We can always tell the truth you don’t even got to front I be me you be you WHATEVER YOU NEED KNOW THERE IS NOTHING That I wouldn’t Do for you
12.	Too Comfortable/My Blind Heart 05:40	lyrics	buy track
Got out of my last relationship heartbroken Dealt with a chick that was outspoken Told me about myself that I was the jerk So the next while I want something I ain’t got to work Huh so I looked around scoped for a chick that’s dope And I say this quote, I don’t want nothing but sex so Guess what happened next oh turned a good girl to my hoe Yeah we used protection but her heart was exposed So late night visits turned to dinner dates Late conversations became breakfast at eight Spend all our time together like we run a business But it feel easy cause there is no commitment Folk see us together and ask what is this That your girlfriend no just a good friendship We go to movies make plans we take vacations Spend nights together share spaces celebrations I got too comfortable with what I was doing with you (3x) Are we more than friends if you get jealous When I hang out with other women kick it with the fellas I should a known it was inevitable One of us were gonna catch feelings a real obstacle To overcome cause see I got caught up as well But in the end we need to be concerned about ourselves What are your expectations when is it time to just say it Claim what you want and forget being patient Feelings are real and they can get you killed Is it really going somewhere dating for five years Or did I just settle down even though you great Maybe I was afraid to be alone I shouldn’t date Til I get over my heartbreak that makes me wait For the real thing and keep you here in my space Maybe time invested is time wasted But when you learn the game you ain’t to play it I got too comfortable with what I was doing with you (3x)
13.	Paradice 02:12	info	buy track
14.	Why (Featuring B) 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Baby girl I don’t want a slave I’m not your master okay and I don’t want to have to get in your face But I’m tired of saying damn you late why it always got to be your way why can’t you reciprocate why you always eat off my plate didn’t call back sup with that Thought I had a queen not a brat know plenty ladies that don’t do that That’s why I don’t put up with scraps want the whole deal not just oatmeal I’m a grown man, not just yo thrill Its Will and Jada not Jada and Will Its Barack and Michelle not Hill and Bill Yes I’m saying get back in line mess my edge up you think you fine if I give a hundred where you’re A-Game got an F for Effort I ain’t A-SHAMED tell how I feel don’t be a hater if you mad at me go get a vibrator don’t hate baby momma tired of lady drama clean my body with soap don’t live in the opera hey yo rational thought is off it’s a reason I’m hard and you soft I got mom dad don’t have a boss don’t need a doctor I ain’t got no cough Since you acting up be gone I know I got options B you talk to ‘em because I’m done talking
15.	We Need 00:55	info	buy track
16.	We Need A Change 03:14	lyrics	buy track
We need a change yall do you believe it I feel a change coming on, can you see it You know we need a change do you receive it do something different that change you can be it (2x) We don’t talk any more we just text it We don’t share when it hurts, we accept it so afraid to open up, so we selfish With our time and gifts we can’t help it These are choices we can do something different But when we want something, want it this minute When others need us we make them wait charge others, when its my turn don’t wanna pay I feel for kids want an ending that’s happy My heart goes to boys girls without a daddy Seeking love from the streets that keep us under whites act black like downey in tropic thunder blacks try to be upper class so they forget our history wonder why they ain’t got respect Think the war is over it just started you think was gone happen when Barack got in office WAKE UP We need a change yall do you believe it I feel a change coming on, can you see it You know we need a change do you receive it do something different that change you can be it (2X) Now let me speak to those folk that’s been divorced had great love its gone, cause you were forced Went through hell now you protect your space ran so much can’t see heaven when its in your face think you seen it all, relationships a mess Would you feel like that if you loved yourself Some don’t know how to give love (RIGHT) never seen it So when they say they love you (ME) you don’t believe it piece of you missing (huh) wonder what is it the part that beautiful (uhh) and you gotta give it A chance to breathe to be to see and be free Reconcile you past then you can take the heat Its not just women that’s alone I know you hate it Men hurt just as much as you they don’t wanna say it Who suffers when we want each other and hide it we do, the devil wins when we walk in silence SO LET’S SPEAK We need a change yall do you believe it I feel a change coming on, can you see it You know we need a change do you receive it do something different that change you can be it (2x) We don’t believe in real love its only lust Y’all ain’t thugs just boys that like to cuss Girls your stuff ain’t that good less you conceal it Don’t be so fast to give your heart til he reveals it That he want you so bad he’ll put you first folk will treat you right if you know your worth see our babies grow up so fast skip class Know every Weezy song but can’t read or do math We try to send our kids to school, they raise the stakes keep out the folks of color taking us back to slaves Segregation real and it starting over In our hood which tells me that the end is closer propaganda don’t scare me my faith’s in God Not man so I’m upset but never shocked When we do wrong see we not perfect But we’ll live in peace when we know our purpose We need a change yall do you believe it I feel a change coming on, can you see it You know we need a change do you receive it do something different that change you can be it (2x)
17.	SBG (Saved By God) 03:21	lyrics	buy track
This will be one of those songs that I’m spitting bout my Lawd Money stays on my mind, but I’m nothing without God God delivered me from pain not committing suicide Rose me up from the bottom told me I should do this right Speak to those don’t go to church and got a problem With organized religion let ‘em know that I got ‘em When you see something wrong and want to start fighting Vernacular’s not sophisticated you struggle like me Thinking does God hate me because I ain’t living right I thought I was worthless my future wasn’t looking bright what’s the point of church man pray God help me til I learned later in life God never left me get a grip get a hold get your life protect your soul tell it loud, tell it bold God is not about control it’s a love thang and it looks very radical you can love anybody no God ain’t mad at you Put your hands up now bring ‘em down low Point to your neighbor now its time to show Love to everybody we going up high Saved By God, who came from on high Put your hands up now bring ‘em down low Point to your neighbor now its time to show Love to everybody we going up high Saved By God, who came from on high I tried to live by the rules tried to be perfect I came from the old school the only way I heard it The world I was seeing didn’t care about a Jesus I listened to preachers didn’t think that they mean it Faith what is that…it make me look crazy Christian what are those…that group folks want to hate me We claim that we love, but we put people down If you gay, not married, don’t have God in your sound But I changed all of that and made a decision Not to separate my music from my faith cause I’m living Saved by God you can hate on me Southern Black Gentlemen that’s what I’m gone be Now I don’t apologize, its just time to open eyes God is everything to me, Jesus help me do it right Jesus walks, Jesus lives, Jesus there, Jesus here In my heart no more fear, Jesus her’s Jesus his Put your hands up now bring ‘em down low Point to your neighbor now its time to show Love to everybody we going up high Saved By God, who came from on high Put your hands up now bring ‘em down low Point to your neighbor now its time to show Love to everybody we going up high Saved By God, who came from on high God not about religion, God is more than your rules God is bigger than a temple, a mosque, your church pews God don’t love man more that women God don’t hate gays God love you whether poor or rich, God don’t have a race God don’t have a gender I believe God has a face That’s when we all stand together and we start to play like a child would they don’t care where you from The Lord told me to go, and invite you all to come Yes I rap the real stuff against all odds But none of that can stop me, long as I got God Don’t say my name in this song its not about me Its about you and you God set us free Stuck in bondage got low self-esteem Don’t love yourself think no one loves me God does so do I, you will make it if you try Trust the one that came back after He died Put your hands up now bring ‘em down low Point to your neighbor now its time to show Love to everybody we going up high Saved By God, who came from on high Put your hands up now bring ‘em down low Point to your neighbor now its time to show Love to everybody we going up high Saved By God, who came from on high
18.	Shut "Em Down 04:39	lyrics	buy track
SHUT EM DOWN I done been through many struggles I done had many lovers And I lost a few brothers and yo boy has been corrupted lost some jobs lost some love wanted love needed hugs needed help needed care but noone was there cuz and that’s why I represent cause I’m a specialist surviving exceed expectations I’m Heaven sent doing something different bringing new etiquette from y’all I’m separate got my own confederate I keep coming drop seeds in other folk like surrogate no I’m not arrogant just real see the evidence your mind I’m testing it two words is me Never quit something I been apparently a good example ever since I got here now I’m on top I been planning it Leader of the pack domination I’m landing in not easy I’m making it give you truth there it is burden I’m bearing bout to let it out let her rip SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) ask me why I’m still around its simple SHUT ‘EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) What my songs about what am I’m doing now SHUT ‘EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) I ain’t scared of competition my footstool SHUT’ EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) y’all know what happens when I’m in town SHUT ‘EM DOWN a lot a rappers don’t talk like me they know that I’m right be go against me not in your favor you win unlikely Got a problem with me then its best that you write me don’t confront me I’m a peaceful dude just slightly got another side to me I won’t let you move me suits and smarts don’t make me soft just a genius truly my reign been established yes I’m living lavish not afraid of caskets just not rushing to it that’s it got more to do make monumental moves before I see my maker yeah I got something to prove that clean cut dudes can make it do what it do good guys finish first technically we never lose I got game smooth my life speed is on cruise time for y’all to wake up stop hitting snooze I’m the older brother to you youngsters what you gone do when between me and you its me the world gone choose SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) ask me why I’m still around its simple SHUT ‘EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) What my songs about what am I’m doing now SHUT ‘EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) I ain’t scared of competition my footstool SHUT’ EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) y’all know what happens when I’m in town SHUT ‘EM DOWN This game I’m not new to it got no influences the game I used to love a lot of y’all ruined it lately nothing new in this all I hear is foolishness some started out strong and ended up stupidly fame got some losing it spotlight I’m perusing it its not the only thing I can do rap I’m using it to dominate irritate the world now I’m moving it change it up like Neo in Matrix no crew in this Alone how I stand don’t run with hooligans make my own footprints got my two shoes in it you can’t fill ‘em dog I’m trailblazing yeah schooling it educating head of the class my horn I’m tootin it know what I can do songs Kryptonite Lex Luther it Break down any man think he super, then prove it Ni and I’m still hungry records out got two in it I don’t hear what I like that’s why I’m doing it SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) ask me why I’m still around its simple SHUT ‘EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) What my songs about what am I’m doing now SHUT ‘EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) I ain’t scared of competition my footstool SHUT’ EM DOWN SHUT’ EM DOWN (4x) y’all know what happens when I’m in town SHUT ‘EM DOWN
19.	Southern Black Gentleman 03:30	info	buy track
20.	Holdin' It Down 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Southern Black Gentleman the doc is in Smooth Black Genius got it on lock again open doors even if you don’t let me in trailblazing moneymaker getting extra ends I’m Saved by God and yes I sin know I’m not perfect and I don’t pretend to be a holy-roller lot behind this grin One thing I don’t have a lot of that is friends I spit hard truth you stop fighting it you betta get out my way cause I’m sliding in Surfboarding hey ladies are you likin this I’m A Scholar Breaking Ground classic Violin with No strings attached so I’m riding in Furious and Fast Nonviolent they tried to raise the bar when I was climbing in got what the game need a multivitamin Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Holdin It Down Holdin It Down High Point, Greensboro Asheville, Holdin It Down Holdin It Down Goldsboro, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville Holdin It Down Holdin It Down Say my name “Shad” The brother with maturity Who gone take hip hop back to state of purity gone change the image up in the game certainly loved in the hood burbs jungle that real diversity Some say I shouldn’t rap I almost believe it the game that taught me how to live I couldn’t leave it I am the southern gent don’t like the government they lie to us don’t listen I don’t trust ‘em then Proud to say I be the presidential cat multifaceted I can do more than just rap while others rap about it I keep you out the trap and if I’m wearing a suit or tip my steelers cap sophisticated black gentleman drops the hammer come in kind of rude, the hell with my manners First Black to attack with true country grammar I’m like Barack, cause I come from O BAMA South Cac, Columbia, Hartsville Holding it Down Holding It Down ATL, DC, VA, Maryland Be Holding It Down Holding It Down Also where I’m from That’s Bombingham Be Holding It Down Holding it Down I only speak to the hood I don’t speak for it My life finally good, I got a new story swag of a pimp, on fire like a pastor mind of academic, hell yeah I’m a rapper Now you see why I’m doing this in the middle Of my career my impact similar to missiles I put on the blazer so I’m always official I wear the shirt and tie when its time to deliver Knowing the future’s dark is what motivates me The world is brown you can love or hate me Its not going back, some are real scared of this You can feel the same love from any color kiss You can feel the same pain from any colored fist You can be real and not be colorless You can be yourself not lose your power You can’t keep the world to yourself cause its ours Single Black moms and dads raising kids be holding it down holding it down My folk crossing the border with they kids be Holding it Down Holding it Down Human Rights Campaign, Pan Afrikan Movement Holding It Down Holding It Down North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals be Holding It Down Holding It Down old traditional country black churches be Holding it Down Holding it Down Educated Black folk and the African diaspora be holding it down holding it down African American Music Trail of Eastern North Cac be Holding it Down, Holding It Down

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This is the 2nd album from RaShad Easley. This album is about being a gentleman and how we treat others, see the world, and take care of ourselves.

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released July 14, 2015

Album was recorded at Pershing Hill Sound Studios, in Raleigh NC, by Greg Elkins.
2, 5, 14, 16 Produced by Davy Crockett
4, 10, 18 Produced by DJ Green
7, 11, 12, 17, 20 Produced by Trackmail
9, 19 Produced by Skematics
13 Produced by KA$H

Album artwork by Jrni Thru

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RaShad Raleigh, North Carolina

Making Save Your Life Music, I deal with truth, diversity, injustice and having fun. My lyrics deal with topics like racism, sexism, religion propaganda, self-esteem, and dopeness. One of the best out of Raleigh, NC, I originate from the Magic City of Alabama, Birmingham! I love the south, but I belong to the world. ... more