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King Of The South

by SpeedOne

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This be the long awaited, sophomore album that y’all anticipated My come back belated, but I made sure it’s worth the waiting, Way back in 1984, when I took to stages I used to break on the floors, and draw in black book pages With blank looks, a black hoodie, and my arms crossed B-boy on the cardboard and the vinyl floor parts We used to coat art, graffiti wildstyle, aliases painted on trains, and the boroughs we claimed were tagged with our names, in colors and flames no fortune or fame, we wasn’t looking for, and maybe it’s too hard to explain, if you ain't hooked upon Hip Hop, I take it to the halls of fame across the land Erase imposters names from walls, with my immortal hand Put my rap on any track, make it slam Be sure my words are hard, and murder those they're worded against No luck or chance, for suckers, from ashes, it's the magical phoenix, I'm resurrected y'all, I’m back from my sabbatical
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Chorus: I am the King of the South, loudmouth, I be the legend people talking about, from past into the present,I bring it about, still proud I’m still killing it The legacy and the prophecy I’m fulfilling it King of the South, loudmouth, I be the legend People talking about, from past into the present I bring it about, still proud I’m still killing it The prophecy , I’m fulfilling it undebated you’re rated and graded by how you last hit past shit doesn’t mean a thing, unless you lasted My ass did, represent the best, first class it’s Hard for you to best this, still spittin classics I’m digging in the digital crates Like a mythical, god for the shit I create Dutch great, still applaud, when they swim in my wake Still the pinnacle, amongst all spitters to date Straight to the point, I cut, fuck maneuvering Refusing to ever sell my soul for amusement I’m fusing, past with the present to last and The last thing, you did, I did it better in the past kids remain the best ever, see I gotta be The prodigy, of Dutch rap, trapped in my odyssey my mythology started in the past, yes I’ll reign forever, you can never outlast [Chorus] Untested unmatched, never bested You guessed it, I’ve never been challenged, uncontested I bless shit, back on a track, unexpected Can’t track it, my rap be dressed in stealth tactics my boom bap booms, from boom boxes I rock shit, take away your breath, hypoxic drop shit, never off track or off topic I got this, you can’t top or even touch this rappers abound, nobody heard about Spread around unconfounded shit, all word of mouth Blurted out, though they really wasn’t sure about People got hurt, now they runaway, hurtle out still underground, cream isn’t worth it run around, digging in the cellars, where we work it birthed Hells Mouth rap the mic master I’ll reign forever, you can never outlast [Chorus]
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I’m armed and ready, I'm never running from danger I Open carry, hammer cocked, one in the chamber Pull out a spare magazine, aim for your brain You be carried out, without a doubt in wooden containers ‘cause I’m quick to draw, I spit raw, mouth a barrel the legendary, Hellsmouth outlaw, I rattle and outdraw, anyone that handle me wrong I stun punks with puns, more deadly than guns Watch em run off, slow down, crawl and get low down Ready to brawl, they all fall and get mowed down you’re defenseless, best brace for vengeance You best pray, in every case the grave’s your sentence Relentless, my words cause hurt, and hit harder With the power, to penetrate and crack your body armor I disperse words like a double barrelled shotgun run for cover, or be covered in blood son buckshot pellets, maximum gauge and caliber erase you, off your fam’s bathroom door calendars cause damages, to amateurs, like bombs do I riddle you with vocalized bombardments, where you run to? Fam, put up your hands, say bye to your friends wanna tangle, you get done, see my mouth never jams Don’t try attempt, to reach and go for your waist My tongue quicker than the eye, try, I lay you to waste how you try to save face, nostrils sniffing up earth Contemplating how you got hurt, head in the dirt Deaded by words, more lethal, than a cap to the brain think your ready for revenge, I’m bout to step up the pain get your head out the gutter, kill that mumble and mutter My machete-sharp words, slice through you like butter I hear you start to stutter, ..in puh puh puh puh panic I converge, clips full of verbs like automatics
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(Boom), all kneel and hail the king in the room Got emcees that failed, impaled, on the back of my broom I use the bristles to sweep stages and floors in the scene posers crawl on all fours, looking for doors while they scream crackled and hoarse, because they battled and lost All things considered, they best be glad I’ve taken a pause some mistakenly thought, I was forsaken and thus Maybe a corpse but all you haters have awakened a God You thought I’m sleeping, I fought against my own mental demons like a whole team assembled, now the goat, be a free man Again, see I’m coping, with dopamine, my poems be No longer eloping me, my words and verbs flowing free Mind blowing, I find verses in epiphanies Write rhymes, they’re slipping my lips, like I be trippin G My brain be tricking me, no kidding if you disagree Or dissing me for ADHD, not shitting, this is me (Boom), I'm with the in crowd, the cats and the goons Bring doom, my verbal hand grenades take out a platoon unattuned, too clever, to ever conform to the rules And my endeavor, is separate the gods from the fools I’m old school and representing the heads I stayed back, to hold the lines, but now I’m stepping ahead Set a course with my team, lay out a plan and a trail And for the sheeple without vision, I’mma spit it in braille shit I entail, is next level, I wreck devils Featured in the next rap special, on your rap channel putting to shambles, all hopes for all you posers that Lack all the components top rappers are supposed to pack I toast to that, smoke a cap and drop a classic The best be back at it, for wack rappers it’s tragic Next beat expected, it be under construction I drop it on a DJ Kid Sundance production
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I got clips with verbs, that I spit like automatics My mouth lips, barrages of some full metal jackets Got 21 mc’s in a line, they’re ‘bout to get it Attract caps, like they be magnetic, call the medics I Fire for effect, danger close, while I’m at it Punks run, and try to catch their breath, like asthmatics I murder them with words, their death will be poetic My Impact is heavy, my words pack kinetics your best bet is, drop on your knees, and start begging you hit the deck, while I check my shot spreading, Three bullets bursts with sharp words be my setting I’m leaving y’all hurt, shell shocked, and bed-wetting Craving back pattings, whenever my mouth voices You relapse, startled by cracks and loud noises Curled up in a fetal position, thumb sucking Post traumatic, randomly ducking, you know that I’m strapped, my yap spits caps like automatics Heads tapped, stand in my path and you’ll regret it It’s sad, a notch on my gun is to be added Ra-ta-ta-tat I’mma spit like automatics got hollow point tips, to blow a hole in your ribcage my solo lip vocals split wigs, and in this case I stage, and maintain a vocal mass shelling Your crew fell in, my pitfalls, their heads swelling They’re yelling, I empty my clips straight from the hip, see red streams rolling off your fingertips, you’re giddy your eyes misty, vision blurred, my very words are like a point blank cap to the brain, you hit the dirt words hurt, worse than sticks and stones, inflict pain You faint with your pants crotch wet, and shirt stained I trained hard for decades, my aim is precise And my advice, is play nice or play with your life ‘Cause my reticle red dot, is setup for headshots My verbalized caps, cause burns they’re red hot trash talk, and get it, the verbal assassin Lungs blasting, like slugs you duck my words passing I’m strapped, my yap spits caps like automatics Heads tapped, stand in my path and you’ll regret it It’s sad, a notch on my gun is to be added Ra-ta-ta-tat I’mma spit like automatics
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I Don’t sign autographs, I write tags in blackbooks I pen hooks, mumble rappers suckers give me bad looks Their fans shook, because the strength of my rhymes Is more deadly than a nine, and my venomous lines Are well defined, see from my mouth to the mic My style repeated many times, but none alive is alike I contrive the killer rhymes, weak wouldn’t survive Don’t pack a gun on my side, but suckers run for their lives I got all the marks ticked in the game educated, in the art of causing damage and pain Suckers acting insane, and try to finish my reign They are bound to fail, hard there be no way to prevail Let me explain they contemplate on the facts They’re too constrained in the brain, to acknowledge they’re wack well trained, and connected dropping knowledge and facts SpeedOne, DJ Charm back, running the tracks You can hope for the best, but prepare for the worst And all those not scared of us, they go down first The force from the Lowlands, put time in reverse The crowds used to show hands, to rhymes that I versed my lines rehearsed, DJ Charm on the wheels cuts harder than steel, and breaks part of the deal Back-spinning breakbeats, dug up deep from the crates We took a lead in the days, and still today we wreck stage we never ceased to amaze, and to astonish And those that know, know that our posse popped knowledge those days, rap wasn’t taught in no college self made legends today, so pay homage the hottest god emcee upon the micro hyped flows, flammable punchlines like nitro Like a psycho, but dropping the facts SpeedOne and DJ Charm back, running the tracks
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On track and steady, all packed and already Legendary, always ready, to tackle all of the heaviest themes and topics, I drop bombs, while I’m causing Head on collisions, It’s not a matter of opinion It's a known fact, I attack and make a spectacle crack the alternative facts, they unacceptable I Never veer it of track, I keep it practical Attack you with my lyrical flack, like a magical Mystic, my lyrics hit shit, it’s like ballistics Kiddies shit bricks, when they study my linguistics it’s statistics, the math is in my favor Bring the best flavor, real rap heads call me the savior First class pavior, Boom bap I’m droppin it Diggin in the crates, for days, and then choppin it Heads boppin’, and heads coppin, how I drop this Nobody tops this, Speed one topping your top lists I spit my bullets from the trenches, relentless Riddled with scars from all the wars, I attended As I barrage, I come and step over your fences Face to face live upon the stage, you be defenseless Gimme a mic and beat, I leave you senseless So better brace you bout to face the consequences Of all the days you contemplated, on your chances Throw in the towel first round, put up your hands it’s Your last chance, capitulate or heed the vengeance I leave you dead up in this place, no repentance I beat opponents with a pencil and a sentence four letter words, without a curse, and no amendments And I commence, to demonstrate and represent this Real heads, happen to be down, no consensus hence my status, I’m the menace, as I drop this Nobody tops this, Speed one topping your top lists
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I used to tag my name on concrete walls, with aerosols y’all behold and the story be told, about the old way we rolled, empty markers refilled with alcohol throw ups up in the halls, black silver and gold fat caps up in my pockets, some skinnies we’d be ready to go heavy, on the fades, unafraid, my hand steady lines straight, never sweaty, no drips and no mistakes allowed, it’s all about the way we brought it about escape routes we all planned in advance, readied a fence if cops came, we ahead of the game, ready to dance we outran ‘em with a steady advance, never got caught red handed, never detained or sent to court when we ever got spotted when we painted our art whole squads would come around with K-9’s in the yard we had heart, we never panicked, collected and calm my heart rate a steady pace, no sweat in my palms we would wait in the bushes, and evaded the cops and when they left we got back and just finish the job finalize it with some black outlines, mark and tag it empty cans always stacked on the tracks, like a habit bet it’s hard to explain, now if you didn't tag along We had backpacks, and black caps on, ready to run never carried a gun, I had a butterfly knife, so that if worst come to worst I was ready to fight You can ask SCT, EAS, Charm, my man Soke yeah we climbed out of bedroom windows in black coats cloaked, we evaded, and we covered our backs climb across broken fences and follow the tracks under cover of dark, found our way to the yards Kept our eyes and ears open for cops, we stayed sharp by heart, paint our art, like we were going to war We all dreamt of doing damage, and doing whole cars Never thought that we take it this far All the art that we committed, did it under the stars We were there from the start, and our colors will last other crossing our path, they got lost in the past, Yet Our worst surpass, even the best today Cause we invested in ways, that can’t be tested by lays Always gotten away, I could fly with these feet Outrun the cops and the dogs, that’s how I got the name Speed [outro] The passion remains, and keeps calling my name To put that paint on the walls, and my tags on the trains
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My proportion is mythical, flows untypical Raw sounds, beat pounds hard, unfuckwithable Unforgettable, mathematical hip hop My shit drops, even the dead, bounce and get up My tip top, timing flowstyles and rhyming Would flabbergast, back in the past, I'm still shining Still move crowds, with a sound that's more gritty Raised in the south, with a loudmouth no pity Out loud I said it, go home, forget it the unfuckwithable, test me and regret it just let it, rest and let it slide of your back Let Speed, wreck the beats and destroy the best tracks I battle the floors, and settle the scores out to drop shit until my vocal chords are hoarse My encores, never heard before, they flawless full force, straight from the source, and on course, it’s all about, keepin it raw, keepin it boom bap I whoop ass, I'm the first class, where my troops at [Yo Speed] . everybody calling my name I’m on a rampage, top of my game, I can't blame All you lame ass copycats, I tagged cities And fans titties, always had some cans with me So bare with me, I be the just unforgettable Speedone, the man and the myth, unfuckwithable When my lungs, spit out the puns, suckers get touched Stans duck, motherfuckers get ruffed up, and clutched No knuckles, I spit and let my verbs convince you the certified lyrical meat-grinder, mince you The King deep down south the best veteran Loudmouth, letter to letter ain’t no one better than The MC, that used to educate the racist And wasted tape, saying remove the chains it's The menace with a fat cap, wrecking a stage got raps for days, I do daze, perplex and amaze This is not a phase, I’m in for for the long run, no brevity marathon M.C., I prolong longevity Got No enemies, I’m 24k see any enemy I had is pushing up daisies So all hail the king now , the just unforgettable Speedone, the man and the myth, unfuckwithable
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I cripple crews, with little four letter words so better think before you do because I know where it hurts my lyrics grow in the dirt, I fertilize them with you so your demise will make my rhymes start to flourish it’s true I got a pun with your name on it, see if you catch it Cause I’m ‘bout to bury you and yours instead of the hatchet behind my back, you talked crap, I connected but you buried your head in the sand, and then rejected just as I expected, no surprise here maybe suffice to say, you’re nothing but a cry baby you to rectify in replies, you televise but say the shit that you said, to my face eye to eye every time that you lie, you trip a redline say that shit a last time before I’ve checked mine I spit like tech nines, hit you, and you flatline before you know it you be making headlines I get ready ready for mine so best get ready for yours or you’ll catch some rigor mortis, not from natural causes better jet, count your losses, heed the warnings and leave or your sudden loss of life, will leave your mama in grief I bring drama in brief, short volleys of lethal verb grenades, the commander in chief, I bring evil to the stage, with medieval forms of rage and torture the upheaval I cause, forces your early departure your last position outlined in white chalk is all remaining, the next better think before he talk better walk, before the shit hits, and exit out the venue I eat suckers for lunch, you’d be next on the menu So I tell you, step up and you be sure to get served my words hurt you, when you get on my nerves, it gets worse heed the curfew, go home and stay in bed this time cause before you know it , you be making headlines
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I cracked the rap code in hack mode way back in the past All my rap flows outlasted, the best and surpassed them keep guessin, how I can turn a bar into a lesson switch mode into aggression, spit a rap anthem Drop the rap science, not here to make alliance Came to riot like deniers, and body the last lyers Nobody passing by us, or defy what I said Got that 20 20 sharp, eyes in the back of my head My mouth steady, one loaded, and always ready To cap another rapper, my yap remains deadly My aim still impeccable, trained to be a sniper Take out one at a time, every biter in a cypher Survival of the fittest, still be spitting I'm the apex The first time I did it, recorded it to tape decks Called best stage act, strong and long lasting Headstrong, 16 bars, my lungs blasting Some fail to entail, the rhymestyles that I can master So no others prevail, this time around, or hereafter I forecast a, lotta disaster for wack rappers That can never, fall into step, with my track record, a new chapter, new era, the same scepter That can bend space, time and align, mass and matter whenever I rhyme another line, they get better, connect letters, every new line’s a fat header In lack of better, metaphors and more analogies a rap prodigy, rap god, and centerpiece Meant to be the gifted Dutch boy wonder In the rap scene, king to rule and judge down under The clown hunter, one to vow and to be honest The one promised and assured to be the hottest Of lyrical masterminds, wizard with the words and I Limit it to 16 bars, of spat verbs
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representing, Speed, y’all brothers know my name, put a gametag, brain stain upon my fame Brain damage to you amateur rappers I cause Harsh voices just because there’s no pause to your loss Y’all brothers know my name, train hard before you start, No retard charts, ‘cause my shit is from the heart So all wannabe’s, gonnabe’s , step to the attack The ones that be, gonna teach you how to act correct I don’t fall on small talk , I never rest You never even caught me snoozing on my cess Check out the unbelievable, conceivable pack track, bounce back and give wreck on to the mack I pack, nine mill on silly ass trash ask the fresh Family now, I got class I got all the buddha cess I can smoke before I choke, I go for broke, ask Soke, I ain’t no joke I ain’t no faint flowin’ ass clown down with all of that Bet y’all be yelling later that “Speed is so phat” I ain’t no . amateur, harcore, I’m with the pro’s Y’all brothers know my name, cause you clockin’ on my flows Dominating the scene since 1987 With the TR’s we used to drop beats, lyrical weapons Be stabbin with fat raps, fat caps for taggin’ my name in graffiti on the trains and keep braggin’ My eyes saggin’. Every night I bombed the city Supersize, black fat outlines I keep it gritty No pity on the novices, in it for the love of this Game they call hip hop fame, with all the promises Not forgotten, my foes and my enemies They part of legacy, address me ‘your majesty’ And you serve me, for better or worse see better answer, to my every word or get cursed The unsung hero, cash back to zero Heard in every hood from the Hellsmouth to rio the south grown trio, among the best masters my name is played loud in back trunks and ghettoblasters
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I lose grip, days slipping through my fingertips sun-rays keep dimming, till the full eclipse in a way we’re all limping on a single trip from beginning to our finish, while the minutes tick there be no tricking this, for me and all, the consequences steady approaching, every breath we take time advances we all blessed with just one chance of a lifetime molecules in chance intertwined, at the right time from the sidelines, days they seem to speed past real fast, like a motion reel, I can see it flash before my eyes, by surprise, I’m off guard seems like, only minutes came to pass from the start I dearly depart, like every life has done before me from ashes to ashes, no exception end of story and those that mourn me, when I’m dipping 6 feet await the same faith, as they reminisce over me see, life is like a fatal disease, nothing be left of us and death will be the master of relief, for every last of us so every breath before the last, when death catches us Let us make the best of it, until we settle back to dust I rest in trust, see my destiny is plain to me all that will rest is my remains, my brain deceased I wait, patiently, nobody need explain to me, My time to wane is brief, I'm soon to leave a vacancy grass be my final domain, for then and ever let the worms and beasts gather, and feast, on my cadaver feed on my matter, let my body be spilled back in the cycle I consumed before and deaden the guilt bury me with seeds, and plant flowers, and plants And I will rise up again when rain showers the lands regain power again in new life with new habitus represent all over again, I’ll be like Lazarus I lose grip, days slipping through my fingertips sun-rays keep dimming, till the full eclipse in a way we’re all limping on a single trip from beginning to our finish, while the minutes tick there be no tricking this, for me and all, the consequences steady approaching, every breath we take time advances we all blessed with just one chance of a lifetime molecules in chance intertwined, at the right time from the sidelines, days they seem to speed past real fast, like a motion reel, I can see it flash before my eyes, by surprise, I’m off guard seems like, only minutes came to pass from the start I dearly depart, like every life has done before me from ashes to ashes, no exception end of story and those that mourn me, when I’m dipping 6 feet await the same faith, as they reminisce over me born from the particles, of solar supernova bursts that converged in us, creating conscience in the universe every lifes another random miracle of dices rolled an arbitrary chance event, behold cause every life is gold

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You can call it a comeback. The album King Of The South has been a long time coming. SpeedOne hooked up with old time friends and Old School heads that represent the best era in Hip Hop. DJ Kid Sundance, DJ Charm and SCT rock it with dope productions that complement SpeedOnes' home grown beats. The cuts on most of the tracks are courtesy of DJ MoMzL 1. One of the best Old School DJ's the South has to offer!

This is only the beginning. A new era has started. The King has returned to reclaim his crown. Expect more things to go down very soon!

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released February 8, 2024

Producers: SpeedOne, DJ Kid Sundance, DJ Charm, SCT

Vocals recorded at Sundance Sound Show by DJ Kid Sundance
Album mixed by DJ Kid Sundance
Album mastered by Ivo Statinski of statinski-mastering.nl

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SpeedOne Helmond, Netherlands

SpeedOne is a Dutch Hip Hop Artist of the first generation. Active since the very early 80's in B-Boying, Graffiti and MC-ing, he is still active today. His style represents a blend of the original Boom Bap mixed with Old School and new influences.

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