Codeword

By GreyHues

On Loophole

Released on February 2, 2022

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[Produced by MF DOOM]


[Engineered by DOMtheDESTROYER]


[Verse 1:]

Before you pigeonhole, understand they're doves too

I don't rap for the fame but I'd love to

Freestyle for centuries, emcee over eons

Djembe for the dancers to infinity and beyond

Is it jazzy pro-black, boom bap, backpack

Or is it choco-lit, nerdcore, snackrap?

It's not CFB nor Wine for Lunch

It's that Metalface, Iron Fist, Mega Punch

It's still Grey Hues, I just erased a space

I'm still aiming for the clouds, I just slowed up the pace

Still kept the soul, could never drop the base

Never did it for the radio, they just copy-paste

The Loophole is the business: the whos, and hows, and whys

The Loophole is the love: energy that never dies

The Loophole is the music: the rhythm from within

Or maybe I'm The Loophole, I could never fit in

(Sample from Cowboy Bebop)


[Verse 2:]

First one's for the heads and the underground crew

Then it's for Norfolk, Shark City Zoo

Y'know we got Something In The Water like a Cheep-Cheep

Neptune, mermaids, Lady Wray, and Magoo

For anyone who's ever been overworked or underpaid

Ready to fight the first capitalist screaming "ándele"

The proof is right there, they lion bout love

Cause DARE never warned about the side effects of care

Ask me how I met her? Would describe it like a rom-com

Love like an ocean, give flowers til I'm long gone

It's crazy when they treat you like a rapper, not a writer

Or a lover, not a fighter. Give my flowers 'fore I retire

Put it all together and could it possibly be

The table of contents for this here CD

(Sample from Atlanta)


[Outro]

Blvckhndz knows what it is

My bro, Eso, knows what it is

Ravyn & Jayden, they know what it is

DJ Bee yeah, he knows what it is

Genjo, yeah he knows what it is

The Groovement, yeah, they know what it is

Wolfpack, yeah, they know what it is

Dom & Det, yeah, ya'll know what it is

Jete Blak, knows what it is

Chester knows what it is

The homie Kyle, yeah he knows it is

Raheem, yeah you know what is

My mom, I think she knows what it is

J-Word, yeah she knows what it is

Herb!