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Champ Green
Don't be stingy with the RhyTHM like they stingy with wisdom
it's all politics in the bush algorithms
you can see they symptoms it's all in they it's all in they eyes
Its all in the system corporate gang ties
hoe up to blow up scorn by the love asshole nature wit a Kanye shrug
Kisses and hugs wrong person
this is milk to babies it's time to get to burping
they Drew Barrymore at a young age they blew out her mind mental 12 gage
cut throat blood sport Claude van Damme
they just tryna roast pork chop ham
D.Bledsoe
What I look like playin myself short - no pennies
100’s if its cash - wire transfers to Chase
On the run from a case - hope it never catch me
The devil in my face pray I never let it best me
Young blues made the greatest - Wayne Gretzsky
Casino shortin like Pesci - Ima need Dinero
I dont like ginger - leave a bad taste in my mouth
If we talkin Richmond- with me you talkin south
C to tha Narf its the pride & the proud
Got a purpose- few kids and a lotta nephews
Had to pull the pants up - get a check in some dress shoes
Sneeze and get a bag - praise the Lord - God bless you
Coughin to a coffin - breathe safely please
Mr officer - keep it on saftey chief
Ill be damned if I let a one play me cheap
Let it rain on me and Ima dance between the rain drops
Roux Shankle
I pledge allegiance to my family
We gon put in way too much push a Camry
Highly Educated like I graduated Grambling
Prolly medicated parmesan with the salad
Wet like wonton soup wit the carrots
Lettuce
Roll up, Spark this Cabbage
Fear us - We da raccoons in ya
Cabins
Never gave a one fuck Like we got married
Caddys with they tops up
Young Dicaprio - They say my stocks up
Niggas had to go And turn a notch up
The way my team had
Popped up - The way that artificial shit
get sopped up
Y'all don't want it even they wanted
Couldn't stop us
Throne us - Put a crown up on it
We da champions
When I hit the record ya boi make it sound gargantuan
And I won't stop til everything single thing platinum
Ain't Jamaican But ya boy can
Make Em trow dey honds up
Ian Kelly
This is Huey P and Chadwick having a convo, in the Congo
about black panthers, now here the bombs go
right over Baghdad, back into the bongo, still love my craft, ain’t never met Montrose
Niggas wit attitudes get peaceful over some frontos
niggas who askIng how they can help
- won’t help they moms tho
what do I know, certain clubhouses can’t climb on
cus that ain’t progress, I shine on, Sierra Lionne type of pressure in my diamonds
even if I die right, I die wrong, I always see it different, told my sister ima get you an entertainment system
cus yo tv glitches, that’s over doing it, but truly under doing my true intention, cus ima get you a castle and moms a mansion, y’all play tennis like Williams sisters in the Hamptons
I’m locked in to my higher calling, Decline on the shit that ain’t advancing, we just balling
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Ian
I’m mugsy bogues, to a five year old my patience short, I got bars not the type you get after Court, in a lions den I still hold the fire torch, I got these raps what the hell I need a lighter for
DB
Im Dennis Richmond - on Fox next to a fox
Dripped in a fox fur - scam for videos on the box
Box Chevs parade the boulevard - mirror in my pocket lookin hard
Its Like a mirage - get a corsage - tonight we fancy
Champ
Added up like meyer lansky/ Jamie had a fox she was really fancy/ nigga pay attention to the detail I upload art check the presale
Ian
I’ve been in the bay more, blowing up with claymores, channel 9 news you gon hear about these brain storms, even with a half a tongue I probably would say more, And pray more, stay sure
DB
Margiela on the billboard - waygu to kill for
Boar in the ragu - shout out to Filmore
Money through the digitals - cash app miracles
That Ghost seems spiritual - rap a Rolls Royce
Champ
Taster choice for your taster pallot this is unity slam dunk assist magic this is cream of the crop uncut fabric John wooden game you see who bruin classics/
Ian
Go head, ya jingling baby, ever since the 80’s out the womb I’ve been crazy, keep one on the price but it’s never been lazy, I got big brother tendencies first name Stacy
DB
Rappin Ron - Dapper Don - Don C - Guru
Baduizms led to a little vodoo
Now the clock dont tick - but it do go kookoo
Mac Maze the click - whats a wolf to poodle
Champ
Fiber Metamucil makes you niggas doo -doo this the mud drink wake u up like yoo-hoo bishop don won game like Desmond Tu Tu/ I’m skating on the money tip hustle like nu nu/
Ian
Replay, and not play on the sucka shit, I know some real niggas talk slick make you sick a clip,
What’s greatness if you always need asterisk, I been knew, My drive now, clearly on ten two
D.B
Sharper than a ginsu - out to do forman grill numbers
Get your roll on - big tymer - who the number one stunner
Runner up aint enough - I am Giannis - run them bucks
Damier Dameon I might pull up in a tux
Champ
/arrested yo development no handcuffs I had a handkerchief wit extra nun chucks/ MacArthur maze you know who we be iron sharpen iron the panther Bruce Lees
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Champ Green
Another nightshift wit misfits and quick hits
They was gambling for da bread like Bisquik
another deal done in the alley
Right by the Cache Creek and Thunder Valley
Drunk off the Tito’s eating chili cheese Fritos
Smoking river rock like G money Nino
Man aww aww man
Tryna get rich like San Pablo dam
Road wit all da fixings
Nations is calling I guess is Lytton
Time to sip Lipton tea
The ATM calling me!
D.Bledsoe
That new car finna be old in a few years
Its so cold - they took Kob’ and a few peers
Peering at appearances - still shoppin clearance sales
If she only want hair and nails - she lack ambition
Facts versus fiction - this is rap benediction
After that Pharrell track wont turn my back on Richmond
of myriad - bury it in the Marriott
They call it fire - then we pull up- make it very hot
Cranberry drop - vodka on the seats
D Sharp on the beats - each one teach
One hunnet - only say it if I done it
Its the mafia - you aint gotta ask who run it
Spark a thought to change the course of time
Goin past the borderline
More to find whats behind the mortal mind
Blvck Achilles
Brought a hush over the room
but I’m the only person in it
Not a game, not even a scrimmage
Hard shell to crack/heart in a cast/atrophy from my past flex
Keep it flexible. We call it well adapted
Wrote a novel of my life into a screenplay
This the second act - you know it ain’t a replay
Keep it sharp they be yelling go DJ/
I’m Steve A to that he say she say
Lost on MacArthur maze freeway
Missed my exit, shits pathetic - tints deflect rhetoric
Dedicated to the excavation of my betterment
Bring the shovel in - God in the room don’t let the devil in
Its a war inside so dust settlin’
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Ian Kelly
I know too many Niggas that lost they life tryna get her, they go from Nysnc to outta sync, now crying a river, I’m tryna get the whole piece, way more than a sliver, I came with game from the brain, sealed signed and delivered, it’s hard to fuck wit her, we know she likes to deal with the sinners, even pretenders, niggas who just got money beginners, and once you get her she only show true colors that’s in us, she loves men and women, lil baby a swinger, Shit lil baby same reason they be faking on springer, If she leaves kingdoms fall, if you leave it to jenga, I think she’s why a lotta rappers now are turnt singers, but now I’m on her too, who am I pointing the finger
Hook
Hanging off a money tree
It’s all about the simple needs
She knows shooters
First name money, Last name Mula
D.Bledsoe
8-1’ Sedan Deville - candy painted - spinning wheels
No chill - out in Vegas - fired up
Tags expired on the Benz truck - hop off in the Lexus
Dressed and headed to the mall - most of all freshness
Reputed for foolish purchases - credit king - murdered it
DB the cool uncle - nephew lit by time the hood heard of it
Ahead of the game - but a play behind
Motorola 2- way pager - I just had to shine
Toss Sky the controller - had Tony Hawk - in that Lac
The Lac broke down - sold it for half
The Lex got towed - oh how it got bad
Couldnt spend the bag - damn- now Im my dad
But Im hyphy though- Put the Buick chrome - a lil slap fasho
All gas no breaks - that go
And it never came back - I couldnt entertain that
Too stubborn in fact - to see the holes that I dug
Champ Green
Mula maniac playing patty cake but got patty caught /did a petty crime but it’s her potna fault patty had melt down downtown/ full of discuss/ mula is addictive in God we trust /the writing on the wall but the writing on the paper /George Washington had her /and Ben frank her /just another skank who get Skull gang/ Be careful it could lead to death row mane/ The opposite attract like the sky is no limit exist in the non existent ancient kemet/ a penny for yo thoughts a nickel for yo kiss a dime if you tell me that you love me
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Champ Green
Quarter back rolled out right I
wide received left/
I’m a great uncle serve game young neph/
tell ‘‘em be cool search for inter peace computer take souls control alt delete niggas got iPads but heads in iClouds can’t see eye to eye cuz syndrome is down/
D.Bledsoe
Eatin’ wishes & dreams doesnt educate the palette
Ive met a whole lot of talent - and far less wealth
I wish you all good health - its hell here for a human
Whats a dog to a God - nice to see you- keep it movin
Im a moon child - never cool down - since that trip to Mars
If the gift is bars - mine gold - fort knox - I been hard
Whoadie Im Wardell with the torch when I ball
Champ Green
estrogen fighting with testosterone
over the cheese and the depression they was provolone
the pheromones made the cat call
tryna make a movie it was last call
war of the roses war of the riches
gotta filter man from the boys and the bitches
Blvck Achilles
Gotta keep it cool inna brew wit witches
Issa wrap so gifted Merry Christmas...
Libations On pavement
For da ones dat ain’t make it
love change da air Dey u know ain’t playin
Change da game gotta play it
meal got more appeal u plate it
Culinary arts dipped in butter from da start
Oh we juss throwin darts..
sgt. peppers no lonely hearts
D.Bledsoe
Flights back and forth - for bags to sort the issues Ive been dealin with
Older so Im feeling the sands running out of the clock
From pullin cash out of a sock - to bands for some stocks
If I settle its at the top - cream of the crop
Pull from the logo - only got 1 shot
This is for the homies - I love you all alot
Money make it technical - still need that green though
Blvck Achilles
Make it feel like da night befo’
Outfit onna bed wit da shoes 2 the flo
Don’t be da typa nigga bring a spoon to war knife to a gunfight
Forks In road
All dat glitters ain’t gold all das written ain’t told
Seen da muzzle flash 2 many times @ Blvck Saturday’s
It’s amazing how I function nowadays
Blessings come in time no concern 4 punctuality
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Champ Green
I say I father/ they say Dali lama/
I say nag champa nigga have a Tampa/ I’m just black and mild I just moved the crowd yea the quiet loud ass that’s just quiet loud/that introvert mixed with extrovert I do extra work rebel research/I dj sharp my game / locomotives train/ these pandemic raps going global mane/this excite bike /peletonic Night bike/ yea a walking victory just do it Nike/standing ovation/ this aviation/Tuskegee airman ancestral greatness
D.Bledsoe
As the world turns - we need a guiding light
The young and the reckless tryna build a dynasty
Ima be whatever Ima be - honest with my honesty
Promise dont factor probably- please abolish poverty
Promise me unconditional- regardless of the visual
They manipulate the optics - dictate who we listen to
We dont wanna hear that wack shit no more
Im groovy off the rip - pick ya jaw up off the floor
I adrore mi amore in Dior - Christian
Prophesied a profit - hallelujah through the mission
Listen this is sharper than a sword - in the Benz out the Accord
Youre only as Picky as what you can afford
Ian Kelly
Boy this ain’t no chow line, run them pockets quickly my nigga we on to good times, we talkin bout life? Or Ray crossing the gun line, We hyped like Peety at halftime for the drum line, Yea you too kool but reminding me more of one time, What’s beef my nigga? this the lunch line, don’t need more money we just want “your money”, Magician Don Juan taught us green mixed with honey, man play boy bouncing round paper like bunnies, with the wolves still cunning, my nigga just run it, tell em take money take money, go and just run it
Roux Shankle
yeah
aint really tryna hear em
you keep projecting on me but i am not a mirror
cause every time i say i got it you know i deliver
i was lost but now im found
so i guess im delivered
i got alot of critics
im from a town of killers
and tho i never killed no one i hurt alot of feelings
are u a lion or a hyena
i can spot the difference ?
Blvck Achilles
Lost mah nanny last year dat shit hurt I gained angel tho...
Paranoia inna chamber yo
Ski mask pulled n thats debateable
Ballon mindstate so inflatable cuz so relateable
Devil may care we Ont play fair...
Da field startin to feel look like a daycare
Dis dat 82 to bayfair Aunt Clair
now it’s dinner dates in Mont Claire
Contraire 2 yo feelins
See da bag? Gone fill it
stay up In you face
know vibe n spirit...
Hook
Somebody stepped in the door wavin the 4-4
We don’t wanna hear that weak shit no more
Stepped in the room - got everybody involved
Put your hands up - got everybody involved
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Champ Green
Charismatic karaoke/ turn yo self around and do the hokie pokie/ shits and giggles wit da jokie jokie/ I’m at Italian restaurants eating nocci nocci/push start engine thats the key to life/ drinking sharkle berry fin with the butter rice/Hop skip in jump wit da double Dutch/ they having white teeth breast implants and bubble buts/ but it’s a down side of up I hope you stay down they use to laugh at at a nigga now I’m world renown/ broke philanthropist in my right lane / champagne campaign mane it’s champ green/ work the night shift like a street walker / ignite fire we the fire starters/became a mogul be global in a whole year /driving on faith doubt is in the rear/
D.Bledsoe
Are there any more Mother Teresa’s in Calcutta
Lets us not forget Marshawn Lynch attended Cal sucka
Never try to play this for no idiot - no Im not illiterate
Not even a little bit - I love commas period
Excuse me if Im serious - Life dont really play much
Hated when I aint make enough scratch to itch
A inch away from failure - frolic with the fixtures
D- sharper than my barbers solid gold clippers
All my niggas tryna start a league - you tell me why not
You tell me Im far fetched - dont tell me no mo
Got a fetish to get fly - and dont need no reason
Who cares if I get high - its my cup Im drinkin
100 in the Lincoln - Continental - snow fall - franklins
This for every freestyle that started in the Basement
Tigger bounce a tale - bear in the honey
When I talk its - God - food - books - & money
Blvck Achilles
See it differently
Pin point epiphanies
Only time I wanna see her blue in when in Tiffany’s
I be in mah head I let that lil shit get to me
It stick to me stiff arm it off
Walter Payton call it Sweetness
Anthony Davis couldn’t reach this
smooth diddy bop on my Isaac Hayes
Blvck Achilles Black Mosses
Free the mind of slaves
Nothing to a Demigod it’s a minor change
Feel like climate change
up here dog we ona higher plane
U ain’t got bars you exonerate
Crabs in a bucket they was born to hate
Keep it down to earth I don’t give a flying fornicate wait..
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Champ Green
Looking for audio files for the audio 2/ betta check aisle 9 wat the audience do/ plug in wit da speakers /so I could tweak wit the tweakers/ Oregon duck hunt better leave it to beavers/ honey badgering the beat wit a hi hat 808 hella strong tryna fight back/they tryna climax way in novascotia/the percussion and concussion made ‘em bi-polar/ started beating on the drums wit the pedal/ they say keys open doors to pianos/ like other worlds adventures thanos/remix reuse re sample/spit back out in a different form wal-lah now you have a fresh song/lovely lullaby’s like a serenade like mash on potatoes it’s jus purée/breaking dwn the beat like crumble weed/ bzzz buzz worthy like a bumble bee/ flying in the air like a yellow jacket / perfecting my craft lifestyle practice!
D.Bledsoe
Eastshore highway boomin through the bluetooth
i-80 in the traffic - with a few screws loose
Crazy - damn near three times - to keep it funky
Aunty off that bumpy -chased with the Donald Duck
Unc on the tuck with a Mickey - in the trunk there’s a mini
Dollar dolla bill we aint pickin up pennies
throwin dimes - tryna win it in the fourth quarter
make a mind spin like that 50 cent piece
the unit is G - Keep it a buck for the Banks man
The game plan - its rational - to get with the clan
Wu - cream talkin again
Don’t take it to the op’s before you talk to yo friend
If we talkin shop- to me we talkin to win
I lob it up to God- for me the target aint ends
Im the type to go to Walmart dripped in hella gold
D.Bledsoe
Blvck Achilles
Slappin Lord Quas when I Slide thru da norf side
inna European sports car
Lex coup
beamer Benz
frens shine think Norf star
We sink birds when da course par
Long beach to Long Beach
Niggas doin extra imma Strong lead
Wit Long Reach state fulla palm trees
Strong weed fye 8ths
made mistakes but my heart was in da right place
Cookin thu da twilight tell me how the Night taste
Lil boosey High fade vibes onna friday
Mind of a maniac
Go mainey try play Blvck
Shit hit diffrent U cuh hear it thru da play back
niggaz claimin demon while Im screaming angelic
He Da truth Let yo mans Tell it
but we know bettah hit da cash app we ont fold cheedah
Concret Jungle Arthur Maze be the gorillas, it’s realer
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D.Bledsoe
Tease thoughts for the sake of better innovation
Success requires no invitation- MacArthur Maze amazing
Exhale- God prolly dont care that I dress well
on the pulse since before you chirped the Nextel
Stress- well we got a little of that
Dealin with facts - how to react - is different in black
In an attack - you attract weapons for the defense
Gimme the juice Barry took that took it over the fence
Niggas in tents - its hella intense - its so appalling
Busy getting tatted - think I missed my callin
Major with the pager codes - sold what my neighbor sold
If they finna watch me - bet Im finna make it glow
Bet Im finna buy hella gold - Im a king
I been had a dream - I am Martin and Hakeem
Shakin karma by the ankles - shout out to Roux Shankle
This is for them kids outside - no cable
Started dealin art and then the prices went up
So many blessings- cant tell when its enough
So many blessings- cant tell when its enough
Started dealin art and then the prices went up
Champ Green
A hardhead make a soft behind don’t get sandy hook wit da columbine/if you stretched out the game start breathing right God bless you raps it’s gazuntite/ thats dynamite real explosive mane/yea that could locomotive mane/I put 2 sticks together and made a camp fire jus like mcguyver champ soul survivor / I had to walk cuz I couldn’t drive/ help me to swim better now I’m butterfly/ wit da backstroke on a belly flop/ triathlon game mane I can’t stop/ I had some road blocks kinda rocky roady I just step another way wit support from homies im jus thankful mane hella grateful mane all bullshit aside stay faithful mane!
Hook
Started dealin art and then the prices went up
So many blessings- cant tell when its enough
So many blessings- cant tell when its enough
Started dealin art and then the prices went up
Ian Kelly
Boy I got gas, so my prices went up, heart full of Gold so I’m Midas with touch, shooting for a dream except I minus the clutch, people I did admire now passing em up, why stall my Destiny tryna just to cater to you? Every brush stroke is the pudding I needed for proof, just a new canvas so the words can stick more than glue, all my new problems now a days be coming in two, a long with my blessings, black like Essence, vibe feel off let me lead you to the exit, you learning from what’s real? Or just learning from perspective? To get the bottom line, man I ask a lotta questions, keep your head on a swivel in a major way, down times, then I bounce back like major Payne, here’s major game, stay bless mane, say less mane, most importantly
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Jane Handcock
It get cold outside without these arms to hold ya
Nothin but love baby, call me Casanova
You know you gotta reach that height did them to know ya
I hate to say I told ya but I told ya
Let’s take it back to the choir when I was tryna get a solo just to get some exposure
I used to date a lil preacher boy
I thought God sent me the one, he fucked me over
On First Sunday, dressing like I’m Lisa Raye
I ain’t gotta worry about what I’m gon eat today
Pray bout it, don’t play wit
That’s what the preacher say
I never had a silver spoon, don’t know the easy way
I had to realize I was blessed just to breathe today
I’m finna get these thoughts out
I’m documenting everything before I leave my mama house
LA Reid said I’m the best with it
Feels good when they know you real as fuck, it ain’t no guess or doubt
I’m the one that they raving bout
I be talkin how I feel & I be feelin what I’m talkin bout
I stopped giving these niggas all of me
Cuz my thoughts are deep & I’d be done wear a motha fucka out
Blvck Achilles
No doubt - words from the mouth is like water in a drought
What yall really be talkin about?
Nathaniel
D.Bledsoe
In Vallejo its Moe Green - Find Jane in the Rich
Blvck Champ - ian stay on that Town Shit
Pray up and stay down - Where we takin it now
Somewhere chasin a cloud - til we takin a bow
West side I think Im Roux - Best life I think its true
Mac Maze the crew - D Sharp what it do
You either win or you learn - you only lose when you quit
Gin and Juice in the cup - word to Snoop this lit
Im poppin in Brazil Testarossa figure 8n front the pyramids
Gs in the spot ts a Black Saturday
Gotdamnit Anna May - put some funk on it
I aint really into anime Im real non-fiction
Its really real Richmond
Champ Green
Another super fight on the undercard more mustard seed of faith for the underdogs
above the rim but under God /I’m international Yugoslav
karate kid wit the Krane kick past tense for a present flip
I jus carved out my name stuck to the script
movie acting in real life I crusade through Berkeley Oakland dynamite
I’m just living life.
Ian Kelly
welcome to Oakland, windows broken, cars stay smoking, hearts misjudged,
weed in lungs, lights get run, 5-0 comes,
and we stay celibate basically not giving a fuck
In God I trust, but not in man, though that’s yo kin, like Barbie friend, I write my hymns, then said I’m him
I see low green, see low brims, I see high thoughts, I see no ends
America’s plot, the fear it rots, that’s dead in thought, respect my mind, or suck my art
Roux Shankle
10 20 30 hours spent just on my day shift
roux back in the house like a nigga on probation
presidentsl flows - this sound like inauguration
dont do well with nos - i think you have me mistake
baby playin with her nose i smoke til im suffocate
i fasho ordered a salad but my pockets overweight
roux we got this in the bag
thank you have a nice day
Blvck Achilles
Cmon blood! Better stop playin with mine.
MacArthur Maze
Time after time, line after line.
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Every member of the Bay Area crew MacArthur Maze knows the stakes are high when it comes to being an artist from their part of the country. From Too $hort and E-40 to Hieroglyphics and Master P, the Bay has birthed countless hip-hop legends and rising voices alike. And for this collective of emcees, musicians and creatives, they’re eager to honor those who paved the way while also carving out their own niche in the scene. To say they’ve done exactly that with their debut album, Blvck Saturday, feels like an understatement on every level.
This project is a culmination of several years of hard work and manifestation from these emcees (Champ Green, Ian Kelly, Roux Shankle, D. Bledsoe, Blvck Achilles, and Jane Handcock) along with their deejay/producer, D Sharp. And for Bledsoe, he says it’s surreal seeing it all come to fruition. “After nearly every session, meeting, video shoot or performance, Champ Green and I would spend time visualizing this very moment,” he adds.
Blvck Saturday is more than a moment—it feels like a movement. That’s because everyone gets a chance to shine on these 11 tracks, whether it’s D Sharp’s immensely dope production or each rapper’s unique approach. Just listen to how Kelly, Bledsoe, and Green pass the mic back and forth on the funky “Panther Bruce Lee,” or light one up as Green, Bledsoe, and Achilles rip apart Sharp’s gritty production on “Blvck Saturdays.” Other standouts include the album-closer “Thank You Have a Nice Day,” a straight-up slapper featuring nearly every member flexing their skills.
That “movement” feeling is also poignant when you consider the album title’s origins. According to Achilles, Blvck Saturday pays homage to “a party/movement that came from the Bay Area in the late ’90s and early aughts.” He goes on to describe it as underground and counterculture, and that “it connected hella people through music.” It’s easy to hear that same fiery passion throughout this project, which was born out of a desire for everyone in Mac Maze to create something bigger together.
Blvck Saturday is available now for stream through all major DSPs via Table 5 Music Group.
released July 28, 2023