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The Encouragement LP

by The Encouragement Kid

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Alex Dionisio
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Alex Dionisio The positivity in this LP is contagious. Wonderful raps and just a great hip-hop album all around. Favorite track: Won't bail.
bornag
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bornag My brother has come such a long way with his music, I couldn’t be anymore proud of you! I love all the songs the same, but Derecho has been my vibe lately. I can just imagine the journey when I listen to it, paints a vivid picture. Favorite track: Derecho.
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    Track list: 1: Freestyle 003 / Intro. 2: STAY. 3: Who do you want to be? 4: Won't bail. 5: I can do it. 6: Derecho. 7: My honour. 8: Replica. 9: Slow down. 10: Born A-G. 11: Tear drops fall.

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1.
(The lyrics to this track were made up on the spot) Never really been good at the first impression I don't know why I get to stressing But I'm just learning all these life lessons yeah, I reckon i just gotta slow it down, yeah and speed it up when I need ta yeah I really wanna believe ya I'm sorry that I'm so anxious when I first meet ya yeah but I guess I’m on the road with destiny I don’t know what’s the best for me recipe would be really nice to have in my hand right now god damn but I just gotta keep on going HAM (hard as a motherfucker) and throwing hands to these demons if they keep on stopping me from dreaming yeah but I can’t beat my self down yeah cause the world’s gonna do that for ya yeah gotta be an explorer like dora we gotta keep on moving through every single obstacle I know that it’s not very probable that it’s gonna be a profit but it doesn’t matter about the profit yeah I’m never gonna stop it never gonna say I’m gonna rock it cause I don’t wanna be like that wanna be myself, everyday I fight for that cause it seems so…man…so fucked… like just tryna be yourself like why is that even hard???? that should just be so easy! don’t get that at all, fuck. Oh well. just a collection of songs that I put together through my small endeavour as I first started from the heart yeah this where it all departed I’m departing the island where I’ve been vibing perfect timing but I gotta get this out to the, to the people to eliminate these thoughts that are eviiil yeah
2.
Screaming, screaming, screaming, screaming, screaming STAY! but he left anyway the trials that ya faced trained you for today I know that doorway’s looking tempting right about now you just want to shout now and scream this is gotta be a bad dream but there are three things that keep you fighting me, Anna, Aimee there’s no maybe you’ll never give up you’ll do it for your babies the yoke is broken and the weight is resting on your back any other person would have had a heart attack but that fact that you’ve been a fighter since you were born means you don’t get worn ya don’t conform no storm can bring you down ya hit the ground ya get back up ya don’t give a fuck how much pain comes your way no matter how much you wanna leave you STAY! you’re the lighting in our dark rooms now look whatcha kids’ gonna do look where they’re going you’re so heroic I hope you know it I owe it to your tenacious spirit I hope I inherit cause never can I give up never can I give in you’re the role model I’m looking up to each day I’m living although A-G and I shared a bus you were always there for us with mum there was no fear of trust working three jobs back to back so there was no lack of snacks I was glad to pack for my lunches and every night you prayed for me head bowed near the duchess in the devil’s clutches but with you I felt so much comfort you could have left ran away on that interstellar mission to save my world you could have left me betrayed but the time that I needed you the most you STAYED! I can never thank you enough for your sacrifice it’s like you gave birth to me twice cause I went from thoughts of suicide to wanting to do as much as possible with my life see I got born anew though the love from you I guess it’s true in a dark room a flower can bloom I wanna thank you for telling me to shoot for the moon that’s why I’m not a fiend right now why I have some dreams right now I hope you understand what I mean right now what I mean right now that’s why I’m not a fiend right now why I have some dreams right now I hope you understand what I mean right now I still wonder how you could be so strong and people could do you so wrong but ya just solider on even though he’s gone ya keep it moving along you belong in a place better than the hall of fame yeah the hall of brave every ounce of strength you gave fighting serpents for a selfless purpose was truly worth it I couldn’t tell you how much I love you with a million verses
3.
I hate it it took me all day to motivated is the operating system in my brain so outdated I am serrated by terror but it’s just an error in my self pride initiate the system override I still do have a few corrupt files that fuck me up every once and a while I need to adjust make a correction see the reflection ask myself this question: who the fuck do you want to be? with the crowd stuck or an anomaly? proud of whacha achieved today? ya gotta be, ya gotta be yeah that’s why I ask myself: who the fuck do I want to be? with the crowd stuck or an anomaly? will I reach my dreams? that shit is up to me, it’s up to me yeah, it’s up to me it’s those days where you’re not feeling one hundred percent that you still take some steps in the direction that you wanna move when it’s way easier just to snooze but you choose to push on through cause you know who you wanna be not with the crowd but an anomaly have to grit your teeth through the struggle of self belief it’s a relief that the greats have felt the same way call my man Leith if I’m having an insane day he says: who the fuck do you want to be? with the crowd stuck or an anomaly? proud of whacha achieved today? ya gotta be, ya gotta be yeah that’s why I ask myself: who the fuck do I want to be? with the crowd stuck or an anomaly? will I reach my dreams? that shit is up to me, it’s up to me yeah, it’s up to me fuck mundane Mondays cause I do not wanna be another mother fucker who’s given up on their dreams that category is not for me a couple of failures does not mean it’s gonna be that way eternally success is not externally measured you gotta do what makes you proud even if the world doesn’t think that it will work out if ya wanna succeed then you know you’re gonna have to prevail if you do not give up, how can you fail?
4.
Won't bail 05:14
Na, na-uh to this doubt I’m not gonna bail now take a second think about why you do, whatcha do now you, know that you better move like na, na-uh to these thoughts they won’t stop me moving forward no one ever grows in their comfort zone step into the unknown it’s the only way to know how far you can take something I’m not gonna make nothing out of the cards I was dealt don’t wanna look back like I really lost myself to me that’s not worth the cost of wealth I don’t wanna be one of these guys losing their mind working nine to nine behind their back hands are tied hating the grind with no time for their kin and especially not their dreams can’t win cause there’s no end and there’s no means they’re already eating occupy their mind with work rather than seeking what will fill that void that’s something I wanna avoid so God thank you for giving me these dreams could ya please help me to achieve and rid me of this doubt cause giving up isn’t a motherfucking thing that I’m about like Na, na-uh to this doubt I’m not gonna bail now take a second think about why you do, whatcha do now you, know that you better move like na, na-uh to these thoughts they won’t stop me moving forward no one ever grows in their comfort zone step into the unknown it’s the only way to know who you really are when you’re faced with a monster and you gotta take that bitch down but you want ta hit the ground that’s when that internal strength has to found cause no one to save ya is around yeah where’s your fucking saviour now? na, we gotta figure this shit all out that’s why my words are my rope and my hope is my shield so to these cynical fuckers I never yield tryna plant dubious seeds tryna stop me from being who I’m meant to be but we were all put on this planet for a reason and everyone has a choice to believe it I believe everyone can find it so to myself this music is a reminder that your own potential you can not neglect so it’s this doubt I reject Na, na-uh to this doubt I’m not gonna bail now take a second think about why you do, whatcha do now you, know that you better move like na, na-uh to these thoughts they won’t stop me moving forward no one ever grows in their comfort zone step into the unknown it’s the only way to know what the future will hold and if fortune favours the bold then I gotta bet bolder don’t let these people mold ya when you fall they’ll say I told ya but you just gotta get back up and hit what made you fall harder will your shoulder you’re supposed ta stoop so low to reach so high used to listen to that every night I don’t want to see tears in my mums or granny’s eyes again that’s why I’m asking God to guide when I write with this pad and pen and he must be hearing me cause when I’m nearing thee point where my hands are around my own throat my grip is loosened by my own quotes by my own hope and it’s still painful going through hardship but this pain you can half it by building yourself up when no one else will now that is an important skill cause when all your friends are gone and shit goes wrong you’ll understand that you had yourself all along it wasn’t anyone else who was being all your strong it was actually you that got yourself through so don’t let the world discourage ya cause you can choose to push yourself down or rise up and be your own encourager
5.
I can do it 04:19
man, will I ever be able to do this? I don’t know, it’s feeling impossible but I’ve been in here for so long maybe I just gotta go outside and get a new perspective Let’s go man I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it Tell yourself you can do it everyday other wise these dreams just might fade away tell yourself that you can cause no ones’ gonna do that for ya man people gonna try and shoot em’ down like some clay birds but they’re just stupid clowns who say words to try and dim the light on those who shine and realise there is more to life than just a nine to five so we’re grinding and they don’t like it cause we are focused on our goals and believe they are possible but how could they see their goals when they’re focused on the obstacles and they’re huge blocking their view of what their life could be so they do not like to see somebody who removes the limiting factors from their mind to write these pivoting chapters for their lives which lead to these pivotal moments allowing us to break out of these prisons or holdings which we and society have created but they can be cremated if we say it is something we really can do then mountains really can move not just a metaphor but an attitude that we gotta train everyday that’s why I say: I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it I wanna get my confidence to a level which is insane where I could confidently say I could jump out of a plane rapping while wrestling a crocodile land in a volcano climb out and still be spitting a freestyle hit a bench PR with a severed chest never rest go for a brisk walk up mount Everest yeah and that’s just to get warm some people wear their confidence like a bright button uniform but others like me really have to train for it have to push our brains to endure it by saying we can do it gotta get to it others want us to prove it but we just gotta move through it true it’s not a breeze to believe in yourself and your dreams when no one’s on your team to help gotta support yourself by speaking these positive thoughts outcha mouth and motivate yourself cause you do not wanna be one of these zombies that I see with no drive to work where to survive it hurts but that won’t be us cause we have the power to change any situat’ by making these empowering decisions each day if you wanna keep on winning make sure you say: I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it please don’t let any stress compress your chest or give in to these pessimistic pests yes tryna achieve when no one believes is a test and a quest combined together so you must be willing to grind forever and not for fine leather whether my mind’s dilemma is a rope or twine tether I remember it takes one step at a time to cross the finish line no matter what the distance each step makes a difference and gets ya closer to where you hope to go to keep this hope in your soul when God shuts a door tell yourself you can do it just once more I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it I can do it, I can do it I know that I can do it So ima get to it cause I know I can do it bitch
6.
Derecho 03:59
storms raging in my brain will it remain the same or change today can I move this rain away to the blue sky can I know who I am in the thick of these trees water dripping off the leaves muddy feet and I hear the beasts chasing me but I won’t give up graciously turn around and see these beats facing me at the bottom of the cliff the water is moving crazily and I blatantly will die if I leap or jump but they wanna eat my dreams for lunch give up hope is what they’re telling me but nope that’s a fallacy settle down for a suit and a salary is the offer that they’re making and it seems this is the offer that all my peers are taking this is why I wonder if God was mistaken when he was writing my plans tryna understand why it seems like everything is pointing me away from the way that I wanna go so I wanna know if my heart is misguided wishing we had a contract in writing or in the sky like lighting saying don’t give up keep fighting cause that’s way easier for me than hiding so this is my attempt at prying open my draw in your desk and finding my files to see if they got mixed up with Nancy’s or Niall’s maybe they are the ones born to make beats and spit freestyles but my brain’s been in this storm for a wee while wishing I had you on speed dial but the weather is too bad to connect maybe you could calm the storm and give those plans a check cause in the rain and thunder it’s hard to understand it’s fine can’t help to wonder when you were writing everyone’s plans if ya missed mine cause it’s real stormy and real misty so when you were writing all of these plans ya could have missed me I’m asking even though I know you won’t be replying so my only option is to get it or die trying so I jump off the cliff right into the river on the way down scream I’m not a quitter I hit the water and get taken down stream with my backpack full of dreams from up there it seemed like an impossibility my vision must have been faded from the bullshit they were tossing at me even though logically, that nine to five gives you more options and is safer you may as well become a coffin maker for yourself cause you stopped to take the realistic ride die at twenty five but buried at ninety now it’s likely unless we get a deal with nike that we will have to be grinding in the typical work fashion but it doesn’t have to be everlasting yeah that’s many hours a week but something that lasts forever is true passion so please keep this passion fired up in your soul you’re the only one who decides where to go I know we all live with restrictions gotta pay not to get evicted tryna break out this mental prison wishing who ever put us here would listen but if in your heart there’s a mission then you gotta fight til’ it’s finished so keep throwing off these constrictor pythons in this dungeon with no lights on can see nothing but still fight strong and this flights long but just ride on in the hopes that God has something to write on with all of our names I hope I see that page before I see the grave I’m sure all I need is a sunny day cause in the rain and thunder it’s hard to understand it’s fine can’t help to wonder when you were writing everyone’s plans if ya missed mine cause it’s real stormy and real misty so when you were writing all of these plans ya could have missed me I’m asking even though I know you won’t be replying so my only option is to get it or die trying
7.
My honour 04:17
vocal melody sample (idk how to type this hook into words haha) now loving someone like me isn’t always easy but ya never say, you’ll leave me well at least not in a serious manner but I’m still avoiding series of ladders just incase I walk underneath one cause jeez son I’m really lucky to be with a person like you I’m still learning and have no clue about the ins and outs of a relationship I’m just making it up and these hints I should be taking but I’m missing them nearly as much as I miss the light that shines from your eyes when you smile my equilibrium is unbalanced when I haven’t seen that for a while yeah, but luckily for me you’re really smiley and hit me with that smile with impeccable timing yeah it seems that we make a good team I just hope I can make it with my dreams cause you deserve a ring but I wanna give ya the best of me not the less of me I guess in time we will find if this is our destiny but we are blessed to be able to walk together on this land I hope you can understand that I’m not a perfect man so when you take my hand it won’t always go to plan right? but I’ll try my hardest to make you happy cause I want to hear you sing, like: vocal melody sample thank you for being so patient with my non complacence I’m just a weirdo kid who can help to be different sorry if it’s in public places but ya just accept me for being me that’s a quality that a lot of people are lacking but your far from acting with that minimal reacting you just get cracking cause you’re always backing the truth it may not seem romantic but these qualities are only possessed by you yip, less than two which means you’re a rare pokèmon this isn’t fair, oh c’mon and you’re really pretty too honestly how the fux did I get with a girl like you? UH. I guess it was fate that bought us together saw you at the gate cause I happened to share the same fence line as your best friend and my parents relationship had to end for me to move to that property it was a shock for me to see something so good come from something so bad and you’re family had to move from the land of the rising sun now I’m starting to believe we are meant to ride as one yeah, so thank you for all the joy you bring me when I see ya, my brain just starts singing: vocal melody sample
8.
Replica 03:06
gotta remind myself that each person has a different path each person has a different past each person has a different journey each mind finds different things concerning each person has a different path (find your own way, own way) each person has a different past (find your own way, own way) each person has a different journey (find your own way, own way) each mind finds different things concerning (find your own way) watching too many interviews like I gotta do like this dude that’s rude listen to the Hart do you, and I was meaning Kevin post twenty seventeen, when will God start streaming heaven? for my dreaming brethren could ya shed some light he shared it, I gave it like you watched the video and it was nothing now would you follow or are you bluffing? the crew and I, just late night discussing cause we all want to become something but finding your future is like a concussion so disorientating but I’m not hating or waiting cause that never brang any good I’m the type that would keep my head up and never let up I wanna be like that man but I gotta understand that each person has a different plan cause each person has a different path each person has a different past each person has a different journey each mind finds different things concerning each person has a different path (find your own way, own way) each person has a different past (find your own way, own way) each person has a different journey (find your own way, own way) each mind finds different things concerning (find your own way) people looking at me with square eyes like who’s this weird guy? but I don’t care I just slide past while lip syncing lyrics it was worse when my lips first ceased sipping spirits at the party conversating and they find out I’m not popping corks get blatantly ignored I lost a few friends but they were fake for sure now I just gotta stay steady following my heart I may get discouraged along my path but I’m never broke if I’ve got hope that’s the motto from Oto may hit the lotto tomorrow and my sorrow’s only borrowed if my thoughts are shared not swallowed to stay at a sub-zero temperature you gotta focus on being you and not a replica they’ll wrestle ya and stress with ya that it’s bad to be different but I’m here to make a imprint even if it’s on one person’s life then I’ve done my job right remind myself don’t get consumed by jealousy cause everyone is made to move to their own melody each person has a different path each person has a different past each person has a different journey each mind finds different things concerning each person has a different path (find your own way, own way) each person has a different past (find your own way, own way) each person has a different journey (find your own way, own way) each mind finds different things concerning (find your own way) I can only be myself and no body else so I gotta stop comparing and I gotta find my own bearings and I gotta stop comparing and I gotta find my own bearings and I gotta stop comparing and I gotta find my own bearings!
9.
Slow down 04:10
yeah slow down a lot of thoughts in my brain I don’t know about slow down lot of things going on that I don’t know about don’t be reactive to these thoughts cause no one’s really sure about what we’re doing here living in this atmosphere perfect for our breathing alive but does anyone really know the reason? yeah but it gives me a sense of bliss cause no one here can make sense of this we’ve made a lot of dollars and cents from this although, it’s all based from sentiment but the truth lies where the consensus is cause it’s easier to board the senseless ship rather than taking the time to find if we’re meant for this or raising a hand for some evidence but it’s evident when that hand goes up the leaders face is sour cause their power is limited to the facade of their wisdom and everyone willing to go along with them this was me til my belief starting shifting realized following blindly isn’t uplifting gotta go your own way to see each colour coming out the prism yeah slow down a lot of thoughts in my brain I don’t know about slow down lot of things going on that I don’t know about my thoughts have been spanning beyond my minds edge walking up on this high ledge lose my balance and I’m dead but I’ll stay balanced until there’s no more rhymes left I said to the past me keep staying true to you if it’s the last thing for you to do cause getting tainted by the world is so easy can’t run around pleasing every body and living to their ideal view what’s the ideal life for you? may have to slow down and try a few before I run off I tie my shoe properly so I don’t fall into a trap that will stop me drop me, change and chop me try to turn me into a carbon copy but they’ll never knock me cause it’s pointless living if I’m not me but that begs the question, who am I? only one way to find out gotta try now but first I just gotta slow my mind down yeah slow down a lot of thoughts in my brain I don’t know about slow down lot of things going on that I don’t know about when my rationality goes out the window that’s when I have to try and think slow not let myself sink low and filter my thoughts throw the scribble of a pencil or barbell being near cold iron can really be heartfelt if that’s your geyser to help you get flyer when the pressure keeps getting higher yeah finding a release is important so you can sleep and stop yawning keep exploring cause there’s one out there that will suit ya so no need to get down about the future just gotta attempt new things and side step mood swings if there’s one thing that I know about it’s every now and then we just gotta slow it down
10.
Born A G 04:21
yeah, we were together every day you’re my umbrella from the heavy rain and the one who would tame my Serengeti brain when my thoughts run wild one child looking out for the other many things we would discover whether good or bad na ya couldn’t dad ya wouldn’t have made mum sad like that we didn’t know you made each other mad like that and now you’re asking me why’s dad sleeping in a different room just two kids both so confused didn’t know what to do except for stick together like some blu-tack cause we knew that was the only way to adapt to the change we cannot become trapped and estranged especially, when we’re both wanting to get capped in the brain cause we were running from hurt only to get lapped by pain I know mum and Anna were exactly the same but as your older brother, I say look out for each other and we’ll make it another day younger sister asked when will it end? older brother just has to pretend looks into her watery eyes and says everything will be alright but the older bro doesn’t know it’s a rodeo deep in his soul outta control trying not to let it show but she sees through the cracks and deep down, he knew that back then I didn’t know it but a life changing moment can be golden if you own it and of course we knew there was shit way worse than divorce but it still tore our heart cords we kept moving forward like a pride of lions we mightn't be smiling but team work is protecting us like some iron armour in our teens snakes tried to charm her and harm her til she starting harming herself she said it was better than all the pain she’s felt take the blade and say people have dealt with situations way worse so say words to yourself that build up your walls cause your mind can be a wrecking ball or crane just gotta explain to your brain that you’re not giving up today younger sister na she’s never giving up it hard but she’s made a start to find that self love that every human needs and every human has it’s just hard searching for something you’ve never had but it’s really been inside all along all this time spent wondering where it’s gone don’t focus on the environment coming at cha cause it’s what’s on the inside that really matters like the scatter of stars in the darkness of the night there’s a way to harness it right but it’s different for every person and I’m still learning so together we can take this journey but if your path leads you a far just play this song cause I’m always in your heart we were a team through times so dark but now I’m so proud of how ya held onto hope cause that mental struggle is no joke people would be more understanding if you were in a plane crash but no one understands when you say it’s like having your brain bashed twenty four seven by a club-wielding man so one sees it, so no one understands so your stranded in no man’s land so isolated, despite it all you made it younger sister man she’s really lighting up she’s the light when it’s not light enough and her own life line at the right time had a blind mind now it’s shine time with sublime grind and focus once hopeless but now she turned it around and she has the power to help those off the ground down in the same crazy place man that’s… Aimee-Grace
11.
oooh bouta’ soul out on this bitch who gives a shit it’s okay to let those tear drops fall you’re not defeated you just gave your all don’t let this bullshit get the best of y’all you’re strong enough to climb up this wall-a-al yeah I know it’s gotta be really hard when you’re waking up in the morning gotta give your heart to the day cause you’re in so much pain that you cannot cope I wish, I wish I had a bottle of hope that I could just hand to you and you could drink so it was only positivity that you could think we live on the brink of our own thoughts, they sway us either way on top of the summit or to plummet so watch where you put your feet and you can climb any mountain, no matter how steep cause there’s no dreamer too small and no dream is too big it’s not always gonna be smooth sailing just cause you’re caught in a storm doesn’t mean your failing it’s just a test of your dedication and don’t forget the pain of patience is nothing compared to the pain of regret you’d feel if you took your hands off the wheel for the rest of your existence every time you push through the pain you leave an imprint on the lives of people with out ya knowing like your little brother who’s writing this poem just to be showing you that it can be hard when ya gotta push through a million walls but no matter what ya gotta keep pushing and it’s alright to let those tear drops fall it’s okay to let those tear drops fall you’re not defeated you just gave your all don’t let this bullshit get the best of y’all you’re strong enough to climb up this wall-a-al you’re a fighter yeah you’ve got the strength I wish there was no pain when you use a socket set or wrench or no dry retching through the day from the medica did I mention that ah, you can reach the dreams that your dreaming if you keep fighting those motherfucking demons that ah, kept you up the night before yeah you’re fighting sore and that my sister is bravery and lately I know you’ve been dis-hearten starting to feel the pressure, pain and depression in addition to the stressing messing with your grinding just never stop trying you told me you’re inspired by bumble bees cause they physically shouldn’t be flying but they don’t let their genes define em’ so when I see them I’m reminded of you and the goals you have even though it’s bad you don’t let it hold you back yeah, you own the track and you’re showing that you’re doing what you can physically too so many people would have given up way before you and you know if I ever make it Ima put money into research cause you don’t need hurt I’ll be around if you need to rest your head on the corner of a t-shirt yeah, I’ll be here, if it’s too much to bear to let you know it’s alright to shed those tears it’s okay to let those tear drops fall

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