Ronin II, by Tony, The Swordsman

Ronin II

by Tony, The Swordsman

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1.	Endtro 01:14	lyrics	buy track
I heard the child inside cry the other night I should've tended to him but I had to get to get up early to continue this fight use to the life of knight attitude blight let the armour conceal the fright walking contrite I fed insomnia to my appetite but I guess that's what keeps me up at candle light I pity those who do it for a like I put it all in everything I write No ink wasted the last one they said my sweat was tasted so on this one I ensure my soul engraved it Every Track I paved it I'm tired of waiting Time passin' and I hate it I question what could hell raise that could amount to a dying dream and a Cop's barrel in your face Still didn't keep me inside I stormed the stage correct left with love and bitter respect I roll Solo cause I didn't wanna risk the pity clap besides swine and their bosses still trying to trap they went from gas cans to Stingrays My girl's sister put my mug on a sticker on any block I slap they can get my info like that head on a swivel since I know they trying to put it on a spike I sailed from the island just to jump back in the trench except now I gained a heart to return to more reason to work for whatever time God gave me left Mom taught me always be ready Mind sharp Iron heavy this Apache Swordsman painting you a medley the swordsman returns to fill the levee
2.	Barred Exam 03:46
3.	Poem From The Inside 02:04
4.	No Sheath 02:58
5.	Love? 4/Amor 03:31
6.	Tempering 02:05
7.	64 Lines (Mantle Monologue) 04:09
8.	Ronin II 03:26
9.	Dream (Not) Deferred 03:14	lyrics	buy track
Dream (Not) Deferred This was never meant for the frail Conviction continuously convincing I wasn’t here for fame or vixens If I was I’d be stricken Lasted this long only sickened Took time to be rhyme ripping Ripen And this pen doesn’t believe in ghosts I’m busy battling phantoms of doubt Trying to manage family and going out Just to prove I’m the dopest outside my cocoon This was Never for the faint of heart No room for hope of a restart I been on this ship for years when did I first depart ? Don’t recognize self how much got discarded? When I started I was in the ring alone Now I got some in my corner and two I know for sure would never leave I tell myself don’t stress another rise But master self for when I arrive I shook but jumped quick for the sky dive Till God come reclaim my breath I’ll MC every ounce of it left “Time keeps on slipping slipping slipping” But I bomb for the future Maneuver Conducive Dart blaster made lucrative trained too hard, Don’t go after me in a cypher A jabbawokee don’t mind the ID because you’ll remember the style Start some shit check you with a jab and keep it walking I’ve marking my territory Gore story Lift my leg up Here you can fill your cups I’m meant for this Not skilled in much else An office job got me fidgety Thinking I need to be rhymin till I’m rickety I’ve been ready to erupt Like a rusty screw I’m rough To undo I mastered the one two Was a teacher in a local school Till I was tired of it and talked hip hop with the youth Impact like a meteor Never want it easy or Greasy core So do it my way Giving hee bee jeebies With a CD Score Watch me sore Now I’m dee dee dee dee 4 With your greeny corps Firing over treaty wars After witnessing this iLL graffiti call me Seni-or It’s the swordsman with a mic cord again No mask but you can bring the accordion I quit my job as one of the 4 horsemen When I knew I could get the job done as one Hope the homies forgive because every time I craft I take sabbatical Been a recluse For me it’s practical use Contact reduce Just to stir this juice Start a riot and never paying the damage collateral Meisterstück can’t make a better pen We both heroes But I’m the one with the princess And you just get ate I’m somewhere between obnoxious and conscious Indigenous Adonis That doesn't use a tag for a look But I see those who do and I’m itching to get your shit took No bots bought Just rhymes I sharpened in the vulnerable times that hardened I should’ve been around before they poisoned the land Maybe this poised pen Would’ve help correct man No wishes so I hold firm And fighting evil and kicking their urn My blade birthed in the fire So I’ll hold my ground as prophesy fulfill Making my sound. This path weeds the timid I’m trying not to let it turn my cynic As I face self in the scrimmage Been use to the self talk Only now I hear another speak it in me That this dream isn’t flimsy. Teeter totter many but hard when you wanna hit the stage to show your star And the swine in the city Run a muck looking to pluck Thinking damn I’m already fighting nerves to rhyme and make fans So word to any that catch the hum Don't let your color run They could never understand the weight of this sun.
10.	Tony, The Swordsman & La Sacuanjoche - Sun's Weight 03:23	info
11.	H8 MAS*H 04:25	lyrics
H8 MASH Interlude: I been contemplating suicide, I'm so selfish I been thinking to leave I'm so selfish I been wanting to crash my ride I'm so selfish I don't want my moma to morn So I'll live this life longer I don't want my love to cry So I don't care if this life get harder I want my people to fly So I'm fine as a living martyr Want my ninxs to know they the jewel in my eye So I'll be the father to go farther, More than I ever got I Hate MASH Who do I look to Everytime I try you I can tell you're not interested Know you watching your show but thought you'd know this is more intricate Telling me to talk maybe after When this is one of the few times I hear your emotions like laughter Watching a battle zone scripted I get it you were enlisted But I already heard war stories from mom surviving fighting you Me being this small It's hard for me to grasp who you suppose to be to me Everyone says I look like you But we are two different people easily At this young age I can already see This is the time to reach out I'm telling you before the young man I grow to be only wants you knocked out And I do forgive you but even as grown one we both know the anger can get that bloted out Wondering if at a commercial break You’ll take that to start a ripple in this lake Wonder how this is suppose to go Yet you show time for another woman You inevitably will cheat on But don’t worry I won’t know to say till I turn a beat on This dumb show won’t leave me Playing that time my lungs wanted me dead So when I had ivs you were no where in sight to ease me Even then such a show reminded me why I’d hate us intervention I know I’d do my best to smooth the sails with mom to settle tension But once I found all you did I let it boil till a young brown boy was ready to commit patricide Ask I’ll never lie But why did you take mom to court? Fighting for everything you didn’t own Held her fighting the stress You Hurting the women in your life like sport More than me you should pray for forgiveness I’ll heal from scars you inflict Besides when I was with you mom is all I missed Never knew how it all affect me How you role and lack infected me Made me sit and stare As you just waited the days out for me not to be here Happy it won’t last I hate MASH Times you didn’t drop me at another house Some I had no idea who I was happy to at least be locked in my room Settle seeds of isolation planted Blind eye to my antics Never wanted to be bother But I wanted a pops not just the otters I wish you taught me how to be a brown man How this skin tone was a lot on its own How my hair body and features Are reason to love self but reasons to guard Needing any substance Getting nothing Just happy the visitations stopped Because I was tired of being handed off at a Costco Parkin lot Taking me as you cheat from next to ex I spent more time with your mom and sisters than you I get it you too busy showing off for your white friends Too busy to show up when nana was on her death bed Took mom to call your ass out Naw I know what you about Before I was pissed but now I’m about to enter the position you fell short So I’m just here to converse I understand your upbringing wasn’t healthy either From your health to the hood but some input and maybe you’d know me not just in the speaker All I am mom instructed God delivered Or pieced like a ransom letter Constructed out of all you are that I won’t be. As a growing boy you were who I told god if one life I’ll take Till I fathered self and your image I took to break I know I ain’t a thought to you Besides my blessings was in the woman you didn’t deserve, her brothers took up your slack And even your sisters told me you ain’t worth these words I'm fine I'm purging the hate as heaven forbid but I'm praying for your other kids At least they didn’t have to sit here Waiting for time to pass Won’t be the last time I hear guns and ghetto birds pass I hate MASH Even if we never meet Know if you happen to see my queen and I with a beautiful brown child I’m being what you didn’t have the courage to be Knowing you you’d wait till I break the ice But know if I spot you it’ll take all God’s teaching to remain calm And not make you catch this fade for mom
12.	Ultra T (Feat. Atnuk) 03:55		buy track
13.	Open Letter 02:32

about

This album follows the events of The Island of Self and plays in tandem with Blacksmiths 3. This album was a labor of love and thought starting from 2018 till now (2020). Making an album to capture what I was going through in this span of time, adapting to gains and adjusting to leave some dead weight. In all this album is about Finally having what I searched for now ensuring I won't lose it, having more to lose now.

credits

released April 19, 2020

Tony, The Swordsman - Rhymes
Tony, The Disciple - Production
Artwork: La Ally
Features Atnuk & Collab song with La Sacuanjoche