Lyrics

01 - Gamebreaker Ft. John E. Mack (Intro)

02 - Join us

03 - Heart of the City

04 - Where They At

05 - Costs To Be The Boss

06 - Reagan's United Nations (Interlude)

07 - End of the Road

08 - Family Business

09 - Life In The Moonlight Ft. Gary Woodson

10 - Frustration

11 - Carlin on ETs (Interlude)

12 - The Setup

13 - Ride With You

14 - Navy Message (Interlude)

15 - Champ

16 - Precious Time Ft. Umi

17 - Vision of Fifth Dimension (Interlude)

18 - Starry Eyed

19 - The Pleiadians Message (Outro)

20 - Regression Ft. Peter Faust

21 - Dawn of Development

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Join Us
A Charlottesvillian Palestinian breaking through to the mainstream
My career goal – to make a fortune rapping
Talented, skilled and impassioned, yeah, I live bold
My life has been a maze but with faith
Principles and morals kept me on my way
A man of drive, inspiration, integrity
My legacy – I’m a poet, philosophical and stoic
My rhymes grant me influence
My message is that of excellence
I tap the inner wells of my potential
To travel international and be admired by my listeners
That's a positive I acknowledge worth more than profit-dollars in my pockets
Touching all cultures
I aim to be free – metaphorically, spiritually
So I can be free physically, literally
To be a winner in life I make a way

Opportunity is present for those to seek
And progress comes to those with God’s zeal
Never in defeat - I transformed what was weak in me to steel
Through mastery, practice – I conquered all my fears
My thoughts and purpose became my steering wheel
Stronger, wiser, upright and righteous I became
Life is a but a game
The universe favors those honest and virtuous
It yields to effort and intelligence

I own what I am
I know that I can admit to mistakes and still be the man
Satan rules the world but still he’s under God and it’s all understood
From the hood to the palaces
Underdogs: you're far better off rising
Than being born rich to live a life retiring
Cause hardships made greats
I’m aiming for large stakes
It took a bit a faith and a lot of courage
A little doubt to tinge the nerves
What’s the verdict?

Hardships ouched the heart but inked the pen
I’m a one of a kind

Unique to my kin
Heart of gold, soul unsold
Ya never seen my type before
All this rape and war leaves hope torn
But all is perfect in the eyes of the Maker
How else to fathom mother nature
From Iblis to Shaiton things change – summer, winter, fall
And that’s the law of Allah

We’re all gods in our own right
Just gotta let divine channel it to sight
& science - at a fraction of being right
Shout out to Tesla and all the leaders of the movements making things better
They hate it when I dream
I got it so I cock it
Now watch me blossom like it’s Spring
hop-scotch haters, living figurines
I carve aspirations and elevate into placement
I figured I'm a King

I’m encouraged to achieve dreams, attain assets, and be revered
As one of the best to ever grace the mic from east to west
A blessing with which I was blessed
To get s!^% off my chest, yes
Spewing truth from the booth
I do it for the youth who keep it G for genius
`Til they mold to the scene of the mainstream
And base their self-esteem on the bulls!^%
I bring the mainstream to my lane like Nasir was my name
Since '88 I’ve been the same
I set the base with HollowDreamz
The Alpha to Omega

Medianed by energies and rhythms
It was all once a figment `til I searched it out
From 9/11 to Dr. Mack
You can find the truth in crevices of library isles
What’s this world about?

"Real recognize real" in due time
Abductees speaking stories throughout the times
No matter race or pecking order

The average is the army
The poor – the motivation for the cause
The world's a playground for the rich
A slave ship for those trapped in that sh!%%y job
Turkish is the name
Islamic are the roots
With attitudes like 'Ye and feelings like Drake
One of the best of the Middle East living in the West
I’m a stellar Semitic
For the love of the arts - I express poetics
Elegant and smooth

The young Salloum
It was written I’d get on
I ball hard with these bars
I released tracks and garnered buzz
Shout-out 'Roots Rocks Reggae'
They held a brother down
This young G would hop shop to shop
From Corner Store to Ike's Underground
Clemons gave the kid a chin
Alderman helped me reach deep within
In this proclaimed “hardest industry”

I got that will to win

Heart Of The City

49% is evil

49% is good

That 1% is neutral, that, "you know you should"

I command respect unto self

Hearken struggles with grace

We’re all one in the same

How cliché

Still they try to sell it different

But more alike than different, every single way

Blessed with strength of faith

My confidence helped pave the way

A higher aim can make you great

We all want and fear the same

That’s how we all relate

Made it down to Texas

Reckless in the eyes of relatives

Hexed with what it cost the kid

Half a year

Verdicts made

NYC the place to be

Headed up town with G's down the drain

Flushing, Queens

Where the prince laid

A young stunner

Up-and-comer

It’s been seen

Trying to make it seen again

This time more than just in my dreams

I rise like sun

See stars in scenes of horror

I see the Sun in scenes of aha!

I’m on par to take this rap s#!% far

Married to the game

Jealous is her highness

So no time to cop a dame

I give my life sake for Hip-Hop to reign across all states one day

I’m her messenger

Not to mention wisdoms tell me all I need is just one queen

Solo-trekking

She be the backbone to the King

I be that chairman of the scene next to Kapow

I be the fly fella on the poster

Universal the holster

And when I lay to rest

The way they celebrate my death

Will judge the value of all I left

All I want for self is Truth

This poetry is power

A gift of rarity

I let the past be the past

I look past miseries

Not everybody hates

Some want to see you do your thing

In need of console was my soul

Having seen the world as being cold

Thoughts of me against the world

That was me on the come up

Scared that my dreams wouldn't turn up

Torn apart by my own fears of time slipping

But the hand of God blessed me

With the gift to reap riches with the talent I was given

So I place a bet that I’ll reap the wealth Solomon beget

When he held with faith as he faced the tests God bestowed him with

So whether now or later

I’m sure I’ll reap paper but cautious to not lose flavor

Cause that’s a hefty wager when talking who can do it better

Was told to leave the `ville and head to:

"Make it here, you can make it anywhere!"

Make it here, you can make it anywhere!

Back against the wall

An underdog

word to God

an under-card

That’s when I ball hard with the most heart

Still attaining for a mil

Easily attained with some courage and a will

Surely, I’ll bring it back to the `ville

And let them know that it’s real

Surely I’ll bring it back to the `ville

And let them know that it’s real that it's real

Unbelieving the scheming impeding my dreaming

I'm hearing whispers from those

Who once loved me unconditional

Speak of my existence as being non-existent

Knowing time evaporates and moods change

I’m wishing I could go back to my younger days

No longer hoping

I’m believing

Speaking s!^% into existence cause believing is my seeing

And the reason: one life to live

Potent with conviction

Too potent to let it slip into oblivion

Scorning those I see as foreigners

Reasons for the friction

I don't know whether to give it up or say, 'word'

Vulnerability is weakness in this vulture culture

Where soft and sweet too soon could lead you to the farewell tune

How did I get here? Who made me?

I parachute the mind

Think, ponder: How? What? And why?

This is real life

Skip the fake

Claim ya stake

Guard your plate

Aim to overtake

When Biggie said he was "Ready To Die" they trigger-aimed

When Pac was crucified

7-days told the same

Sacrifices of the rubrics

Constituted through the music

Granted glory through poetic movements

Both God's pupils

RIP, RIP, RIP

Where They At

As I think about the days that have passed

I feel blessed for having witnessed the past

I’m fortunate with a fam to feed and give me shelter

Parents tried to tie me down

Couldn't handle the kid

I do for self

Live the path meant for me to reap with no regrets

I live to be my best self

So you're left to select to either be down or be out

Cause in less than fifty I’ll be out

The nicer the skills the more honest the soul

They wonder how I spit the real

I don’t mind being vulnerable

Born with blessings unequal to garner mass appeal

I stepped forth to manifest it to real

But ended up getting kicked out for the nil I did

A bonafide

Renegade

Ready-made

Enlightening with my thoughts

Authentic

A proper star

On par to ball with moves and ill grooves

A rap flow to make mils touring the world

I live it do or die

Convinced it’s real by the way I feel inside

A chosen one to reap the dough

Dreaming more awake than when asleep

I was keen on chasing for my dreams

Sweating thoughts in the form of tears holding me in low esteem

Nothing comes without hardship

Forgiveness freshens the spirit — evaporates demons

Muslims the new danger

Who after that?

Hopefully extra-terrestrials so we can join in unison as brethren just like Reagan said

I see the middle class comfortable

Dudes my age who have it made

I can relate but aim juxtapose

Cause comfort kills the flow of the King

Would rather see the real than sit pleasantly with peasantry

My passion sows the path of where I wanna be

Paid or not - not a factor

So long as my time is proactive

Get up off the couch

Turn the tele off

Let the fire in your heart speak aloud all that it’s about

Got the gift and the grind

With the spirit to make the dream appear in due time

Never will I succumb

Blessed with the native language tongue of the drums

This is greatness in the making

One of the best

Witness the essence

Unafraid to meet the reaper

Unafraid of public speaking

So unequal to the common people

That’s how I reap what they all appeal

I’m just afraid of facing God having unaccomplished all I could

Preyed upon once upon a time ago - hated on

Still given love & props undeniable

With dreams of being a mogul

At my best ya never seen my type before, yes

Worth the world to witness

It was written I’d get on

Nervous on the come up

But quick to overcome my doubts

I propelled above the public

Spitting bars on the mall downtown

Breaking ground en route tearing stages down

World-renowned - born a star

Showmanship's got me living large

Seeking more than respect

I’m giving to forget

Hands callused - I can handle that

Dollar balance in my bank vanished

That was once a fact

Month to month living

Reaping through my tunnel vision knowing I would get it

Like pollen in the Spring

I’m versatile with the green

From various jobs to hustling writing papers for my akh

But the money don’t mean sh&* if time is being lost

So I had to refocus

Helping out another live better someday made me notice

"Preservation of self" reigns supreme

TO BE A “King” yep, That's the modus operandi

The come up was hard

But easy compared to those who starve

So worth going through it all

A little focus with some hate to motivate

I came into this game a rap rippa

They said that I changed

But f&*% what they thought

I never gave a f&*%

While they stayed the same chasing dames

Seeking gains with their swindling ways

I aimed to have my name sway with the Jays and Pacs

Big Ls and K. Dots

A proust of the middle class

The better done the more I garner respect

Done for self

Done for those oppressed

I peak at every ebb

Flow through every rough

More scared to die by adapting like the rest

Than dying pushing myself to the ultimate

Most who got it are scared to cock it

They end up robotic

Let others stall their rocket

But I rebel

To some I'm just a kid on his path

To others - just some white trash

But to me the best

Anything less - I wouldn’t suggest

Hard-pressed to find a dame I can dialogue with

On a level I have never felt

Cause most live the modern lore

Like: safe and secure

The one I'm destined to be with will be as unique as me

With an open-heart, rebellious mind

A spirit that relates to every living being

While maintaining her one of a kind

I turn the horrible to beautiful through musicals

To uplift me to my pinnacle

A winner in this game of life

A captain when it comes to rights

Why do most cry: fear and stress

Rarely tears from being blessed

Costs To Be The Boss

It costs to be the boss, yeah

And this life here comes with a price

You could be in the back of the club

Popping the bub but you still gotta keep an eye out on the haters

The boss, yeah

And this life here comes with a price

I'm telling you

You get caught slipping

Your family and friends will go missing

It costs to be the boss, yeah

I used to sit back and relax

Soaking in knowledge of the teachers preaching teachings garbage

Symbiotic of the devils wrath to sabotage your logic

Unbeknownst to the soul of the young jo

I used to soak it in

Hearken lessons taught to me and my kin

Trapped in a mask unfit for progressing towards my max

Sitting mid-lap

Thinking why I'm being lapped

Started scripting scenes to bring my vision dreams to reality

Spring me up out of these demons to weigh on me like a cap salary

Catapult me to a level past transgressors

Where elevators elevate players to plateaus of regulators

Busting caps then busting nuts in pussy cats

Elevating mother nature statuses

I pen to pad it

Spit it to the world

Plunge to depths of life

Where happenings to me & mine

Assort the path built for me and mine to shine

Signed, Salloum on the mic

It costs to be the boss, yeah

And this life here comes with a price

You could be in the back of the club

Popping the bub but you still gotta keep an eye out on the haters

The boss, yeah

And this life here comes with a price

I'm telling you

You get caught slipping

Your family and friends will go missing

It costs to be the boss, yeah

Jealousies perpetrating felonies

Perpetuated by discrepancies

Teen fiends stealing in the streets

I'm seeing: bizarre kills over deals

Where they're reeling meals in

For the healings of the stomach rumblings

Word mumbling from drunks stumbling

I'm seeing in the streets killings near the churches

Where they're kneeling for forgiveness

Hailing scriptured verses read from books

Bringing profits to the pockets of the crooks

Fatal casualties as casual fatalities

Ministers preaching teachings of the prophets

Directed sinister to cocking glocks and popping

Only stopped if bodies dropped to rot in coffins

Poetic philosophy spoken out against atrocities

En route a glory for the One I spark light

Forming life through the thoughts I think

Clean and clear unlike visions of fear

Salloum on the mic

It costs to be the boss, yeah

And this life here comes with a price

You could be in the back of the club

Popping the bub but you still gotta keep an eye out on the haters

The boss, yeah

And this life here comes with a price

I'm telling you

You get caught slipping

Your family and friends will go missing

It costs to be the boss, yeah

End Of The Road

I feel like I'm stuck in the end

I feel, I feel stuck up in the end

Cause I feel I'm in the road

Cause I feel like I'm running to the end of the road

Cause I feel I'm in the road

Cause I feel like I'm running to the end of the road

I feel, I feel stuck up in the end

I lean on my heart to lead me through the dark

A DiamondMind to execute the part

With intuition to soothe through frictions

I go hard with this art

I'm made to persevere

I make a fortune off your ears from these songs

The same way they make a fortune

Propagating fears and dropping bombs

Not a prophet of a supper

Nor the biggest in the jungle

Just a brother to play my part

Before I depart this dunya

A boss of the vision

Would rather teach than do the fishing

This rap was my call

The game was in me

Since the date I came into being

I give this thing my all

Bold I became when I was homeless

From risky-living to that same risk

Making me six-digit figures - go figure

Living in a divot could've left me poor - oh Lord

"But if it doesn't scare you then not worth your time", ibn Olu Dara told. . . .

That fueled my diligence

Gave me perseverance

Made me insistent to get passed the bullsh$%#

See the glist in my eye - that’s the glist that signifies I’ll never die

I feel like I'm stuck in the end

I feel, I feel stuck up in the end

Cause I feel I'm in the road

Cause I feel like I'm running to the end of the road

Cause I feel I'm in the road

Cause I feel like I'm running to the end of the road

I feel, I feel stuck up in the end

I’m feeling with my heart

Leading with my head

Doing what I ought

Cause in 40 I’ll be dead

From the `ville where dependence laid to rest

Having authored independence for the rest

Bred to play the game

Heart of gold

Soul unsold

Dough from all around the globe

My style like the Nile flows

I make who never knew know

Did I say by the way I rarely entertain a h*&

Was told to join the squad

That had me saying f^%& naw

I setup my own squad

You know how I ball when I stand apart hard

An under-card

Word to God

I'm a boss

A superstar in tarot cards

With sums backing me

I lead with esteem like a King

Cause they see I got that will supreme

Integral to my roots

Focused on my game

To make the cream

Influence the world off of what I'm saying. . . .

But a dream don't mean s%^!

If you’re not living it every single scene

I'm just a channel for the vision God put inside me

Peace!

I feel like I'm stuck in the end

I feel, I feel stuck up in the end

Cause I feel I'm in the road

Cause I feel like I'm running to the end of the road

Cause I feel I'm in the road

Cause I feel like I'm running to the end of the road

I feel, I feel stuck up in the end

Family Business

She's got that elegant nature

Peculiar and intelligent

Just like I knew her way before I met her

Eventually I knew I'd meet her

One who I could spend my life entire with but unwilling

Cause craving more than I can digest

She’s got that simple smile

Bright and elegant style

Where ya from?

And do you rock the hijab with proper intentions or for style?

I'm a young don

Rather unique

A pawn to king

With Qur’an in my palm and dope songs to put me on

I long to meet my one

A red carpet partner to join the prince

I like a girl who takes care of her man

The same way she takes care of her frame

Unique, petite, and sweet

With a mind that’s deep

Yeah that’s all I need

I trust my heart I’ll know when she’s the one

I never get the ones I want

Only those that want me

They do the deed then they leave

Life In The Moonlight

|Conversation|

White or black, Arab, bi, or alien

I’m a Homo sapien

USA born-and-bredded

Semitic blooded so what the f&*% is anti-Semitic

I went from broke to heavy-breaded

All the while getting s!^% off my chest

I got that vision like I'm Machiavelli

A working champ of the oppressed

I don't wanna go to parties

I don't wanna f%^ girls

I just want to travel the world and stack stacks

My akhs in squalor has me bothered

Can’t help but layout facts

How unjust can go without reply

"To each their own"

Is the way it goes but still I ask why

On this planet we call home

Where you're left to pick your side

All is valid, including the malice

For better or worse

Subjective but relevant

Another's gem could be hell for the kid

And "hell" bliss - for the devil 'Iblis'

Deep lyrics to fresh beats

ill moves with a flow to make mils

Awaiting to get my foot in the door of this business

I learnt more from life than the papers I was told to write

Would rather court the knowledge

Than be fed the garbage

They say false knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance

Some tests made me timid

Others courageous

Was negligent toward dollars being spent on my education

I guess you could say I was a bit rebellious

But still attaining through the flipping of pages

Seeking answers for "why’s"

Honing up my skills for when I reach a prime

Where I’m making mils touring with the rhymes

A 40 yr old mind in a body some odd years young

I make calls to my grandmas

Cause soon, yeah - that day will come

Only sin done is sin done in contracept

Not out of ignorance but self-respect

I sip Merlot to lift pains off my chest

I give myself `til 30 to see seven digits in my bank

I believe - scratch that, I expect

I had to hustle hard

An under-card

Word to God

I'm a boss

To my mom and pops - I'm just a son

A gentleman when I want

Watch where you take your mind

Put your ears

Place your eyes

Move toward your fears

And learn to run your own

Discipline yourself to get inside your zone

If you got it, cock it - if you ain't gonna do nothing with it then don't aim that s!^%

Speaking truth to power

Sparks heart in the kid

F&% with me and that's the dream

If not for that then why am I here?

Tunnel visions drew my means to achieve

Perseverance brought me out the rough

Discipline made me tough

I didn't love self cause my mama didn't back my wants

I was just fighting to make it seen

When already it was here

I was just denying it like a non-believer by Elohim

But I knew if I gave in I’d regret it

So I dug deeper

A shy infatuate

Call me that creeper immaculate

These are my thoughts

These are my dreams

This is my desire

I live to aspire and inspire

I seek the freedom it brings

The toughest part is in the beginning

Where hope reigns supreme

But reality maintains

Still eyeing a means to attain

With faith as small as a mustard seed

And hope to manifest it real

Will I see the proof that dreams can come alive despite reality's truth

This is the inauguration of a G into the game

The Salloum

|Conversation|

Frustration

I cannot serve a purpose that I do not belong to

I must come to this planet and fulfill my spirit

This is not a joke

This is real life

Real life, motherf$%&

Real life, man

You need to follow your mother^^%$ joys and excitement everybody

Then we can have peace and unity in the world

I do sh&% supreme by any means

Doing sh!% brethren in my city have never seen

Spitting bars on the mall

I couldn't get a job

So I honed the bars

Seven years in a dorm working towards that 9-5 workforce

Was torturous but a blessing

Gave the king time to develop

Reading books

Writing rhymes

Seeking teachings of the glorious Qur’an

To be great sometimes you got to live wild

My greatest fear:

That my pops wouldn't see his youngest chandelier

Rarely bored so barely sinning

I’m an entrepreneur

A poet

With aims to make millions

Never seen a fly brother like this before

This Hip Hop is my soul

More than a song - a way of life

Like the glorious Qur'an

Airing truth from the booth

Check what I’ve created over time

Its linear like life

Cyclical like life

I’m intellectually inclined

I touch all nodes

From the boujee to trife

Attract wealth through acts of courage

I embrace knowledge

To bless the rest—that’s my heart’s purpose

I’m futuristic with the visuals I see

Ya see I've been balling

Unabout the dollar but the dollar's somehow always been about this baller

I’m afraid of wasting mine

That’s "talent" and "time"

I heard the clock of life *tick

Fading like the sunset in Diego

I mold my life like Play-Doh

But nothing to play with though

So adhering words from Plato

Too many books to read

Too many stories to deliver into speech

I care about it all

But not giving a f^% is how I reached this far

I’m reaching heights from which most are scared to fall

Watch me ball

Whether rejected or reveled

I’m revealing myself to be remembered

A renegade doing what I must

And peacing out to those who don’t adjust

Like a diamond from the rough

I got that shine

See it in my eyes

The light inside signifies that I'll never die

20 g's to rise when I RIP goodnight

As my body rests

At peace with death

As the Earth feeds on one of her best

It be the money, power, greed to corrupt the seeds

Preservation of self

That’s the rule of life

Between the mainstream and underworld

Is the boldness in the trife!

I’m familiar amongst inferiors

And rarely losing sleep over opinions of the sheep

I rid my fear of death living my purpose

I trek different from the rest yes

Flexin for that millio by thirty, yo

She had told me she had never seen my type before

The way I moved swift and cool on the dance floor

They can change your mind

But they can't ever change your heart

Or your drive to shine

Like the stars do in the dark

What’s to be will be

Just believe

Do what your heart feels

And let divine take care of details

From the start I was a young glider

Visualizing scenes pre-them being seen

I honed the gift

God delivered the wish

From athletics to lyrics

I’m doing me and getting rich

Where doubts caused pains

Pains brought rains but I overcame

When all doubted, I maintained

I made it through the jaded

Awakened to that same face I was born with

My wise conscience spoke it: "up to you kid!"

And I believed

Built faith through belief in self

Patience was once one of my tests

Now is one my strengths

My parents threatened to neglect

If I didn't shape to what they’d expect

They couldn’t see it - the vision

But I said f^& it & kept steering

Cause I'm living for the reason that I came into being

And that’s per diem

Check Gibran, "On Children"

If you don’t get what I mean

I was on the rise `til I stumbled

Rumbled my way back to the top

Wise verses accompanying my thoughts

A vice pardoner

A king

A star

To live free financially

Yeah that’s the dream

To free my people from defeat is my reality

To reign supreme

That’s the destiny

Bred a king by the thoughts that my diamondMind thinks

ya mean

The Setup

Islam helped me through the rocky roads

Don't believe that sh!t you hear up on the news

I got that confident soul that only 3% really know

I'm humbled by those to scold not even knowing the boy

Islam helped me through the rocky roads

Don't believe that sh!% you hear up on the news

I got that confident soul that only 3% really know

I'm humbled by those to scold not even knowing the boy

Enthusiasm - that’s the key to your goal

Persistence - that’s the key to reap all the gold

I do my own thing

In my own time

In my own lane

Whoever thought I wouldn’t win

Didn’t know one thing

Un-in my blood to give up

Like, “it could never happen”

Stats based on the masses

I give a f$% about the average

Til death do me to the dirt

I put in work

Making magic

From sun-up to dusk

Then dawn and once again I’m on

Hands to ears

Palm atop of palm

Reciting scriptures of the glorious Qur’an

Heartbreaks put me in a lull

But ante’d up the strength

Like a boxer in a match against a caliber champ

Yea, that's how I step

A potent poet

Influential with the rhymes

Influential with the grind

Influential goes down in time

A spirit agent clocking hours

This is God’s making

Through these rhymes that I spit I bear myself naked

I escape critics and narrow minds and mean spirits

Cause too blessed to stress

Shout-out to J(ason) at Keswick

We all came from nothing

We all aim for something

Was once asked about love

What it was

Never tripping on a h&*

Marmalades and cutie pies catch a glance though

Infatuation - that's that curse en route that mental hearse

To place you in reverse - put at your worst

Sidetracked from writing rhymes would be that first

To leave me living average

But hard to fathom

Cause it be the potent poems

For ya'll to know about the boy with the flow

Alone in my zone

I'll never let the s#% go

Mining rhymes from my soul

To rock stages overseas

Yeah that’s the goal

With blessings from God

I feel honored

I used to question why he chose to make me such a baller

From tennis to soccer to martial arts

Plus achievements in religion

C’s and d’s on my report cards

Mom and pops had me tested

Thinking I was senseless

Rather bored

What the f^&% is this they want me to learn

Feeling f#$%^ perturbed

I had a gift to give

A greater a way to live

I wasn’t interested in learning what the rest did

"Imagination" - that's the truest sign of intellect, Einstein said

So me sewing this is just me in pocket

God bless

We got enough lawyers and doctors

We need more artists

So I connected with the vision

To make the six-digit figures

Spitting knowledge elixir

Courageous and bold

Different from the norm

Sex mutation helped developed my form

A diamondMind aiming for the sky

At 28 years old

40% percent of my story’s been told

I bunt naysayers

Confront fears

Work towards the dream

Then pray

Then let the rest sit in hands of serendipity, amen

Reaching for my apex before I'm laid to rest

A fate 300k go through every day

It’s just a natural process

Laziness and fear

The reason most never progress

We let it stop our dreams

But got visions for the cream

With an oath to reign supreme

In a house guided by Elohim

Guarded through respect

"Virtues and talents" constitute the best, Jefferson said

I speak for truth

Doing me `til I succeed

Won’t quit `til I’m deceased

So en route succeeding `til I'm set free

Means I’ll never be in defeat

I kept space from phonies and crooked smiles with alligator eyes

who told me, then became ones to show me

still I love, hold no grudge

I live from my heart through a talent unmatched

To leave a legacy to last after I depart

Hollowdreamz - that was the start α

Epitome: the omega Ω

Energy & Rhythm: that’s the journey of the playa ∞

Ride With You

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Potent are my dreams

When they reject I pick my hustle up

How else to reach this far but with might

Back against the wall brings out the fight

The coolest have parachutes for minds

And tolerance can make existence twice as nice

Yin & yang

Sin & grace

All One in the same

I’m too upfront to front

Lord forsake those who placed h*#$ before the dough

Cause the dough will bring the h*#$

And the h*#$ will make it all go

All I need to know - I can sow

Don’t need that Bachelors

I got a talent to impact the masses

Life tests bring out my best

A rhyme writer

I place it to music for y'all to feel

The greats narrate the times with insights

What I think about life:

Never worry what they say

Live it to the fullest

Money rules

Virtues direct

Watch out for gimmicks

Always command respect

Preservation - that’s the law of the self

The world ain't nice but if it doesn't scare you

Then it ain't worth your time

I take in stride all of life's vice

It took a lot of toil

A spirit that never folds

I'm a wordsmith

I’m a painter of words

Check the visions I gleam:

Pristine and clean

From Epitome Perennial to HollowDreamz

THE YOUNG SALLOUM

I’m here to speak of what I know

A fraction of all stories ever told

They pay us visits repping God`s image

We’re all one in the same

In the eyes of aliens

Visiting folk of different ages

At different times

During different stages and social placement

Take it as a sign

From ice caps melting to our environment disintegrating

They come to warn about our slipping

Gasses fill the sphere of where we're living

And they too are becoming victims

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Good God at what I saw

A phenomena

Scared to death

Frozen in my step

Could it be?

Why, yes

Just ask Ariel and her kids what this is

Three greys 👽 on my porch late one night

Near a bag of popcorn

Copped after having watched a drama

The truth is stranger than fiction

Cause the truth is way more alarming

Girls and guys from the first world to indigenous tribes

Sharing stories consistent throughout times

Witnessed by sound minds

Hard to believe

But to me the trauma's plain to see

Visions I had never seen

Intimidated by the power of the night

By the power of their Light

By my own limits for having not fathomed their existence

`Til I witnessed it in sight

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Champ

I got a vision with a focus

And a hustle to make you notice

And when the going gets tough

I just trust

Inhale the wind gust

I’m inspired through love

A work of God to reach my full potential as a star

First for myself then my moms

Her doubts propelled me to the stars

A heat spitting triple-trophy reminiscing

Renaissance Arabic award winner

Working harder now than I did in the beginning

From stock investing to soaking books with information

I got the know-how to be a cash cow

Peep me at my peak

I overstep demons impeding on what I reap

Wisdom jewels—I cruise through

Put them into words to give to who - who else

And if they f%^ with me then the rest

And to the youth

No matter what the test

Know: things can get better

Never settle

Live your truth

Setup goals as stepping stones toward where you want to go

Then risk to get

Sought after: projects with concepts verbalized with drama

Made of content to fortify ya mind

Your best bet’s to place a bet on this G for a genius

Glorified in time

This is: back against the wall

Sprouting every time I fall

Receiving looks like I deceive

Two words: I believe.

Planted roots to branch city to city

To national

International

Was once a little rascal

Now a rapper dappered-down fashionable

With a mind like Pascal

For greatness lies inside of thought

I’m reaching for the crown

Who would have thought but those close

Cause I kept space from foes to maintain my proper focus

Room filled with medals

Quick to settle doubts of my athletics

Graceful with a groove

Always knowing I was special

A man about mine

My word against the truth?

I take the truth every time

Recoup the bruise with a courage

Unequaled by the common people

They take it as a flex but I give to help the rest

How else to live but to be your best self

IT put me through hell

So much so I had a brother thank me for making him feel well

Now I wonder how I make him feel

Tried the music

Saw me doing it

On par with stars who proved it

A fly up-and-comer putting all at stake

To earn a place in this game

And make a name with the greats

Precious Time

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Was once torn between my heart and following the norm

I chose the path with least regret

The most tough to live

Cause comfort kills the flow of the kid

"Get it while you can", said my inner man

On the prowl for the lavish

When feeling down I touch the ground and praise the ākhir

I organize my life

Chase pros—never h*#$

Chase goals—rarely chase the dough

Cause if I’m proper with the flow then the knot will grow

you know

|Umi|

My Umi told me, "be a realist"

I said, "I am, I guess you're just not seeing this"

The Salloum in the flesh and bones

I'm reaching for the stars

Enticed to ball

Inclined to spit that raw

I give this game my all

I’m unafraid to fall cause limitless

I place my focus on Allah

We're only here for a sec

It’s what you make it

So don’t second guess

"Take a risk, kid"

My wise conscience spoke inside my head

And I believed

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Starry Eyed

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Blessed by God with talents unmatched

And that's a fact

From playing sports to ripping raps

I pave a lane no matter the game

Lames wanna compare but on a different plane

So no comparison

She`s got that nature

Elegant and peculiar

The one I could spend my life entire with but unwilling

Cause my dreams may diminish if she's willing

I’ll just flip the script

Mesh her with my lyrics then go about my business

Never felt the type love before

A fifty year-old lady felt for me when she fell for

On the text sending nasty pics

All she wanted was sex but uninterested in giving her d!&#

I want a houri

One who can vibe with the same level as the kid

But every time I think I found her

She ends up being flounder

I give attention and lose time

My aim to be a king is slipping to the side

why

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I live that life intriguing

Regal is the feeling

Purpose is the reason

I’ll never be defeated

For every project is a sequel to a prequel

I aim at spots never reached before

I do it for the people

Who've been shot and killed for morals and principles

Abductionees with stories buried beneath the soil

But heard across the globe

Like it’s been seen, read, and heard before

But still they ignore

I’m knocking at the truth's door

What will it be in the 22nd century

Cops popping pops

Crabs in barrels gridlocked

Lost souls in the box locked

Willy-nilly the response

Kings and commonwealths plotting plots to reign supreme

Commonwealths and kings foiled by plots to terminate their reign

Bless the hand that gave the blow

Some would say "just" was the cause

But what’s Love when both food and liquor make up God

Come on ya`ll

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A jack of suedes encompassing all styles

All the while keeping it G

I’m universal in appeal

How many dimes slipped through the hand of mine

How many did I

Having heard their grime through the grapevine

Just to reminisce with a trip to Paris

When I’m rich with the miss who slipped my grip in 2010

But check the game

Cause the man has all the right to slain

F%$&* with his food, cash, or his dame

Certain things don't change

Is the love real?

Or her body-clock convincing her that the time is near?

Is she the one to be the mother of my son?

Or am I copping for copulation

Like the ones I chased at Mason

Feeling cornered if the former

Cause intent on doing me

Chasing dreams

But in want of a Queen to have my back when the times get mean

My self-respect commands the same opposite in sex

Save the double-edge ⚔️

Energies and rhythms

The Salloum on the mic

Young Rap Millionaire

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Credits

Join us — Nate Vibez

Heart of the City — Makaih Beats

Where They At — J Stubbs

Costs To Be The Boss — DJ Naydee & Julia

End of the Road — Erfman Beats

Family Business — Uzo

Life In The Moonlight — Tef Giffa

Frustration — The Dream Beats

The Setup — Grizzly Beatz

Ride With You — K Solis

Champ — Jay B Beats

Precious Time — Jus Deep Beats

Starry Eyed — Merked Out Beatz

Engineering (Mixing/Mastering) — Matrixaudio | LANDR.

Recording Studio — Shure SM7B | Scarlett 2i2 | Reaper DAW.

Front Cover Art — Red & Violet, courtesy of Lynne Morrell

Back Cover Art — created by Veepu Eco

Lyric Video Productions — created by Sherzael25 (Sherza)

Released: July 1, 2019

Label: Rap Millionaire Records LLC

Formats: digital download