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lyrics

LYRICS:

The most beautifullest thing in the world must feel like
This don’t even feel like it’s real life
Fam all here and we real tight
I look at my future at midnight with eyes closed and it’s still bright
Like my present my mind is a weapon
With a full magazine as I blast off the essence
Come on, essence magazine
If it’s wack then you know it’s not mine Billie Jean
Look at me I’m the one like she say he say
No skips and thеy come back for the replay
Oh shhh quiеt when a real king approaches
To so-called kings I’m like D Wade in 0-6
You know this, on the throne in my zone fully focused
Chillin home penning poems when I wrote this
I was feeling all bliss couldn’t be a movie though
Real life no scripts

Chorus:
Feels so Golden
Shine like Golden
I am Golden
You are Golden
We are Golden

Back in the day when I was young I knew that I would be great
Only thing I didn’t know how it would happen
I thought I’d play ball years later started rapping
Was smarter than my peers coulda been an engineer
Cuz the math came easy
Short smart still too cool to tease me
I was voted most likely to be Pres cuz Obama was in office
But bump that that job seem exhausting
I need peace and quiet too often
Even with no campaign I reign and die with a gold plated coffin
Or maybe they build one of them pyramids
Big enough that visitors know this where the spirit lives
Just to marvel at the kid again
Feeling like God in the flesh no middle man
At the fork in the road I walked straight
This quality called grace I say it and clean plates
I got food for thought, but still hungry
To lames if it feels better, just say I’m lucky
Those who saw the whole thing know the deal
Worded with conviction but the flow got its own appeal
Order in the court sorry your honor but lyrically I slaughter just for sport
Pen nothing but gems from a diamond to a quartz
Put it under a lens the value is clear
It’s been nothing but rare form all throughout the career
Face fear for a living never living in fear
Cuz when I feel it know I still do it
Delivery rock solid but it’s still fluid
Don’t gas me I’m the master yet I’m still student
Massive but I’m still expanding the ore’s rich so they dig me
Return’s endless every journey never come up empty
Don’t tempt me I go copper for a pretty penny
But still shine when the light hit me
You see the glow

(Chorus)

credits

from Bona Fide, released March 3, 2022
Production/Arrangement: Michael Leonhart.
Lyrics: JSWISS.
Trumpet: Michael Leonhart.
All other instruments: Michael Leonhart.

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Michael Leonhart & JSWISS New York, New York

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, producer, and orchestra leader Michael Leonhart, and versatile rapper JSWISS make for a dynamic pairing.

The union formed after a spark of creative chemistry during a monthly residency at NYC venue Jazz Standard, during which JSWISS guested with the Michael Leonhart Orchestra for performances broadcast on NPR & WBGO. ... more

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