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Blvck Saturday

by MacArthur Maze

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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. Yeah

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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.

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released July 28, 2023

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MacArthur Maze Oakland, California

Independent hip-hop ensemble and crew, Macarthur Maze, combine only the most organic Bay
Area ingredients to create a powerhouse. Spearheaded by their tenured turntablist / producer,
DJ D Sharp, Mac Maze is comprised of six emcees (Blvck Achilles, Champ Green, D.Bledsoe, Jane
Handcock, Ian Kelly, & Roux Shankle), and four producers (DJ D Sharp, S. Komanski, DJ Basta, &
NOBL).
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