On this track I go back to my hip hop roots, focusing on lyricism, sharing my experience as a percussionist, and uplifting creativity with a new style of music.
The song features the acoustic guitar and of course the blend of funky percussion rhythms with an 808 beat.
lyrics
Like the rain comin' down from the clouds this pounds around town
till you drown in our sound as the doum fills up the room and the tek gets respect up step get blessed what's next flex rhymes melodies connect times as we shine climb like vine intertwined DNA do it like this every day
as we play this música all across America all across the globe I flow through the microphone like water catch my undertow catch my drift
we uplift like a spliff get lit get hit with the rhythm that I'm givin'
yea I'm livin' positive opposite of negative yin yang catch my slang
beat bang boomerang bring it back like that like this hypness brightness tightness ignite this up in flames open your brain open your mind
open your soul let it show let it glow to the sky we fly so high thirdeyescopin'
I flow over beats with the ease of the ocean sail the seven seas
when I'm in the motion feel this rhythm like it's a magic potion
make it so smooth that you'd think it was lotion but I can be rough
if that's how you like it just give me a drum and you know that I'll mic it got many rhythms and very good timin' bet ya'll didnt know my first instrument is rhymin' so I take this back to when I was a youth
when hip hop was uplifting culture and truth I give respect
where respect is due ya'll best make room cause here comes the doum sound in the place up in your face droppin' fresh bass from outer space never ever cut and paste original taste always in first place flowin down these tracks with grace to win the race
credits
credits
from Rhythm Rebel Number One,
released May 5, 2023
Song written, produced, and performed by RA'YON I (R. Mayer) at Falcon Vision Studio, Chicago.
Mixed and Mastered by Mike Post at Moosecat Recording, Los Angeles.
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