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Unbreakable
02:40
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La la laaa la
La la laaa la! Yeah...
They’ve been asking these questions lately
I hear them speculating
I see the bar they’re raising
I feel the pressure daily
Wanna go down as one of the finest but I’m being blinded
By all the clout and all the lights I’m losing my balance
It’s crazy
I don’t wanna blow up on fugazi
Though keeping it real is so mazy
The neighbourhood’s watching
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
Laaa la
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
Fresh out of my latest hibernation
Slightly overweight but you can keep your validation
I’m ready to give a run for the mind of your dietician
Put my money when your mouth is crying for better diction
It’s a pleasure on the tip of my tongue, my benediction
A venom for the wicked and dumb thinking it’s fiction
When I said I got the hook, to set the water free of fishing
But I’m still only efficient at delaying my addiction
This year I’m hoping to make an exception
Fire to the sofa so I’m standing for my lesson
I don’t care if I’m on form, the class is still in session
I ain’t been this hopeful ever since the last recession
Changed the way I see notes
Pay your dues, high or low
Play them all, stay afloat
Let them bleat, be the goat
Walk on water, flee the boat
Grab a coat, brace the cold
Don’t you be too comfortable
Among stones, be the gold
unbreakeable
La la laaa la! (Unbreakable)
La la laaa la! (Unbreakable)
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
Laaa la
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
La la laaa la!
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No currency for love
Yet it’s seldom free
When push comes to shove
You know I play for keeps
You know I play for keeps
There’s little time for games
So I just play for keeps
New audiences building boxes for me
But I know better my father warned me about these coffins
You don't want to fit in like xenophobic migrants
So don't you ever let the hype turbocharge your patience
My new endeavours are yearning for new friends
But when I read between the lines all I can see is prudence
While I’m tryna build a bond over this line between us
I see resemblances of James in faces of Judas
Scared to jump out the frying pan put a chip on my shoulders
Now I’m writing my own lessons, freeing my tutors
Like sharing love doesn’t decrease it, credit that to Buddha
Same applies to those who like treating second chances like tuba
I used to live for the day I’ll fully release this anger
In hindsight, it's embarrassing like rolling with Pandas
That's how they got us killing ourselves, hotel Rwanda
That's how they got us working for free for their propaganda
No currency for love
Yet it’s seldom free
When push comes to shove
You know I play for keeps
You know I play for keeps
There’s little time for games
So I just play for keeps
Man on man violence
Posted my ass to Ireland
Aunty E wasn’t around then
Next thing I heard she caught a virus
Oh I wish it was my 2nd world problem
I would wipe em off the drive and protect us with that Norton
Oh I guess it’s less important
Now that I got my own apartment
Far cry from those years when we fought over a spot on bed
And ate lunch with our bare hands, no fear
Of harmful bacteria
Constant threats from malaria
Power cuts, while running from faux gods and brujeria
Sun splitting the rocks, gunshots unleashing hysteria
Deep into your bowels
Leaving your mouth open like you reciting your vowels
They never cared about us
I learned enough about power
That forced me to have patience of Mumbai at Rush hour
So I’m ready, sweet or sour come-on
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3. |
Yasuke
02:40
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I got no blood for these leeches
Out of love with these species
I shoulda been breaking cheese with
But I shut my eye like Bushwick
Blindsided by the thrill
Iscariot brought the bill
They want my soul on the till
They still kill for these skills
I be death proof to these cuts
Like Quentin called the shots
With black tea in the pot
Same hue as the thought
Blessings, riches
Turn stones into peaches
Hot stoves into dishes
Make history out of misses
No flexing, pieces
New shackles or bracelets
Stressing over wishes
While snoozing where the bliss is...
We are not the same,
I’m an exception
A class of my own
You are stuck in detention
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Check the belt… Yasuke
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Check the belt… Yasuke!
Coming strong like a trend
I’m here to buck in the end
Every step’s an event
For the causes I represent
The same ones I defend
Are praying for my descent
Into beigeville like them
They on my throat like phlegm
So I cough cough and I pass
Just to get it all off my chest
It’s that bad blood that I taste
Loud, that heavy metal at mass
Out, with the old I’m that new
Bad luck eschewed, that’s good
Bye to that excuse
Broken arm was the cue
Knocked me into that pool
I’m swimming in with the few
Who knew dreams must be pursued...
Before you hit the fan with that
We are not the same
You little Dalmatians
You mention my pedigree
Do it with caution
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Check the belt… Yasuke
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Don’t play yourself
Check the belt… Yasuke!
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4. |
304A
03:15
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Tell me what I need to know
Tell me what I need to know
Does it ever get better?
Tell me for I need to know
Tell me what I need to know
Does it ever get better?
Promised you I'll be Sirius, that number one star
Instead I've been mysterious, brighter in the light,
Shunned the dark
Still none of what I've been through is new under the sun, so far
The Script is written I'm just running through my part
Everything i know, I’m realising I was taught
Half the time by people I’m finding it harder trust
I’m returning my intelligence on a chopping block
Couldn’t afford to stick with that malice till the casket drops
Life like a movie that would never flop
Fed up with spooning my dreams away with the wrong dose
The big smile and the demeanour that you see me sport
It ain't for free and you definitely don't wanna know the cost
You asked what is it with rappers and terrible past?
There I confessed it that our troubles will transcend the past
If history lessons are still anything to go by
You were just playing a part and you were about to learn fast
You threw the towel in, I waved it like a white flag
And prayed a better man picks you up like Moses staff
In retrospect, we took a chance on a last laugh
But the mouthes serve a deeper a purpose when they both crash
Like the banana farmer jumping on a dingy boat
To sell bracelets on a beach 1000s miles from home
Imagination's kosher but reality's flawed
304A will give me shelter when your tears flood
Tell her what she needs to know
Tell her what she needs to know
That it only gets better
Once you make it to the bottom
Tell me for I need to know
Tell me what I need to know
Does it ever get better?
Coz I’m heading for the bottom
I'm getting funny looks on the bus now
I wonder if they’re seeing through my cross now
Carried it since I turned 12 in a new town
Trying to find my feet like I’m wearing mum’s night gown
Look in my eyes when you say it so I know
But I was shorter than most so I got overlooked
Natural cause, who to cancel when it’s no one's fault
Finished the books before i noticed it was all cooked
Starting over by force, it wasn’t my choice
Fear of sounding dumb like a bell made me lose my voice
Hunger striking in the morning coz the money hates us
And i still keep it close to my heart like pacemakers
I thank the maker for striking me with my humble nature
Breaking bread with my oppressors brought me back to Hesus
Ye complex, left my body when I went West
No compass, couldn’t tell you what i do best
I plan on running out of bars before I try the rest
unless it’s raising my own, which is probably next
Next time I find the energy to mend a heart
The seasons have broken mine, so its similar I attract
I’m better when you love me through the eyes to my art
The beasts is kept inside, safe, Noah’s ark
Maybe you gon’ be the end of them, Arya Stark
And put your ARC through my chest Tony-style
Tell her what she needs to know
Tell her what she needs to know
That it only gets better
Once you make it to the bottom
Tell me for I need to know
Tell me what I need to know
Does it ever get better?
Coz I’m heading for the bottom
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Family tree
It’s not what it seems
I was up late nights I was busy chasing that thing
1 plus 1 makes 1 but 2 they told me
Had I known better then maybe you would still be … my family tree
It’s not what it seems
Up late nights I was busy chasing that thing
1 plus 1 makes 1 but 2 they told me
Had I known better then maybe you would still be … my family tree
We were both so young and gifted
The first time that I couldn’t resist it
You had the lead, I assisted and
It was actually good just a little bit tilted
In the eyes of the world we exist in
Often challenged but we stayed pristine
You were my renaissance painting
Always all over my dome like the Sistine
when you lit my eyes from the crowd
Skittles-like beads in your hair standing out
Moving to the beat but your rhythm was off
So you ran up to the DJ yo turn it up
There I knew you would test my patience
What ensued was a lesson in pacing
And I couldn’t complain it was daecent
When I realised you were making a statement
It’s not what it seems
I was up late nights I was busy chasing that thing
1 plus 1 makes 1 but 2 they told me
Had I known better then maybe you would still be … my family tree
It’s not what it seems
I was up late nights I was busy chasing that thing
1 plus 1 makes 1 but 2 they told me
Had I known better then maybe you would still be … my family tree
I'm sound and I move like no one
Had my ups and Lindsay low ends
Found my way past that like a Roman
But I couldn’t keep you with four hands
I wrote songs, so they’d have me covered
But deep down I was broken
When I stood on that stage in Dolans
And made arms go up like rollons
Humbled, my eyes got teary
It was goal after goal, I’m Thierry
Except for the one of my dreams, she was Jerry
Call me Tom, when you find me chasing
...Shadows of my former self
Like the high end kicks lying dead on my shelf
Took so much space in the room that it left
Me wishing on star like Michelin chef
Next time, I’ll be moving different
I saw how I created a distance
It was all good when I dreamed like an infant
Some of came true and it got me complacent
I kept my eyes on the prize too long to realise I had come for the tea not the biscuit
Now all I have is songs to remind me of what could have been, I was young and I missed it
It’s not what it seems
I was up late nights I was busy chasing that thing
1 plus 1 makes 1 but 2 they told me
Had I known better then maybe you would still be … my family tree
It’s not what it seems
I was up late nights I was busy chasing that thing
1 plus 1 makes 1 but 2 they told me
Had I known better then maybe you would still be … my family tree
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Loud Boys
Tired of the nonsense
You ain’t got a notion
Tired of the lies
Tired of the noise
It’s skyward motion
Boy be quiet
How you tryna talk from a mile away
How you gonna walk on the motorway
First of all I’m MuRli, I will never miss my time
Old MC and I still don’t mind
Taking a long break coz my light will shine
The fam still alive every time I rhyme
Sick lyricist and I write with pride
Make you see rainbows when I rap, that’s pride
Dani on Drogon that’s how I ride
The beat
But you remind me of Bambi on ice
Jealous MCs do splits like Spice
Some get noisy just like Vice
With their wishful thinking they can replace I
Don’t try, coz I’m still ingrained like rice
Caught me sleeping more than twice
Back when I was a vegan, I spared these mice
Now I’m here for the beef, you can ask my guys
Try son me again, you will see that side
Tiger back in green when I strike
These bars on dope like Lance on a bike
Just like my face, you gon see all black
With no filter, I don’t do it for the likes
No French Riviera I’ve been too Nice
And I Seen both sides with my own two eyes
Lost sight of the truth and I fell for lies
But I channeled Maya and still I rise
Channel orange ocean vibes
Channel U flashbacks on my mind
Blood orange in my eyes, Dev Hynes
When I pray for you to never cross that line
Pray for the hearts that wanna beat my kind
Pray for the legs that wait for my demise
That’s a cloudy life with no silver line
In sight of them I jump and break mine
You don’t like me that’s fine
But I’ll still be all over you like vines
I’m a top MC age like French wine
And I’ll still be when I be 79
Tired of the nonsense
You ain’t got a notion
Tired of the lies
Tired of the noise
It’s skyward motion
Boy be quiet
How you tryna talk from a mile away
How you gonna walk on the motorway
Roll the dice to pay the price
The odds don’t favour me tho
Been the underdog since walking my dogs
Round my block
Pissed off nah just pissed on drink
Big softie killing um softly
Probably not so tough by his lonesome
Cigarette smoke up my nose
Whiskey breath they smelled when I spoke
Tempt me with a free drink for the road
Meet my needs and we'll get along just fine
Places to go people to see but I got time
Heads or tails ill take your soul with a flip
Of coin
Shits getting old
Feels like I've been alive far too long to young
Knock a dali taught us how to run
Got my first dirtbike when I flattened a can of coke and wedged it into the back wheel
Shades flew past me
Wasn't even after me
But I still screamed cant catch me
I was always the least of the last
Couldn't teach certain things to a brat
Ima certified nobody check my stats
Don't practice what I preach
Man of very few words I am
What I am
Never left my house but I been there done that pal
Exploits bragged about round the dinner table they be spinning fables like facts
I don't got faith in god nor man
Pledge my allegiance to nothing
I keep a pocket full of stones just in case I come across a Goliath in my travels
Sing my praises speak of my battles when you dig my grave make sure my bones don’t rattle
No Space in my lane for you makeshift rappers
Your lame I’m good I’m great I’m badder
I’m straight to the point
Your whole life is a digress
Don’t mean shit we talking out of your context
Na Na Nah we’re talking out of your context na na
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New Neighbours
03:17
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My neighbours wanna sleep in peace
Landlady’s all about her peas
Cuz on the phone calling me money tree
But my bank balance's giving me fits
My neighbours wanna sleep in peace
I’m making sure we would always eat
My bro still going for the man in these streets
And his mum just wants him home in one piece
I saw so many man act brave
For attention, they only ever get in the grave
And i tried to see things their ways
But in vain, I was blinded by how i was raised
I’ve been through my fair share of phases
No balaclavas, but still ghostfaces
Were put on on a daily bases
Time and place put me through my paces
Back when it was bad to get noticed
Or caught with your hands in the red like Otis
Hand on the chalk all white, call it Norris
Sketching it out, 'fore I knew i be an artist
Before i even wrote my thesis
I was a master at making it look easy
I couldn’t even get a pass in physics
Spit into a mic and your world goes dizzy
Next album will be a show of freaks
No live streams, but I do do things
In the jungle taking ---- with pigs
But it never crossed my mind, to be taking pix
I’m still hot from giving it socks
I’ll be outside when I’m done counting bricks
One day I might fit in your box
But wait till I finish filling mine with ticks
My neighbours wanna sleep in peace
Landlady’s all about her peas
Cuz on the phone calling me money tree
But my bank balance's giving me fits
My neighbours wanna sleep in peace
I’m making sure we would always eat
My bro still going for the man in these streets
And his mum just wants him home in one piece
Some days I been falling asleep in front of the class to show I’m the wokest
Coz I'm learning from the internet that the syllabus in the school was bogus
And my folks were cold like leftovers
When I got sent home for no homework
So I go up to my room
Pen in my hand
Banging that Wu
Frown on my face
Looking at the window trying to find nobody
But that coin in the sky keeping it sunny
I knew lit before it got trendy
That was home when my pops got angry
You would see more rays (Murray) than Andy
When you get slapped in the face by aunty
Back when they were over chastising
But I'll roll back the years if you try me
On my way tryna get that millie
Change the way the family see me
The pep talk is getting silly
Lately feeling like playing for Man City
I’ve been hungry, hungry and thirsty
So expect the track to sound stingy
Put me on the clock before I hit thirty
There will be no rap talk without M...
My neighbours wanna sleep in peace
Landlady’s all about her peas
Cuz on the phone calling me money tree
But my bank balance's giving me fits
My neighbours wanna sleep in peace
I’m making sure we would always eat
My bro still going for the man in these streets
And his mum just wants him home in one piece
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Signs of the Times
01:49
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Wishing you were rich but you’re not
Blame it on signs of the times
Wanna breakthrough but you stuck
Blame it on signs of the times
Signs of the times
Signs of the times
And if you go Gemini on them...
Signs of the times
2 things; love and care
A simple mantra to get me through today and I got 2 things I've been dying to relay, my addiction and affiliation to fear,
2 things; some food and a bed
Got enough for 2 but I still can't spare, don't ask for my help or I'm steering clear, 2 things I advise you: Stop and stare
1 thing I don't wanna be accused of: failing to be myself but it seems I don't even know me that well last time I had a friend I found strength in her legs now she's gone I no longer have a soul to sell, easy on the eye but I'm hard as hell, bad for my health, my last wealth, 1 thing I can't shed.
2 things; words and a voice with a little bit of lute and I'll find my poise, trigger my joy, fill my void, if not
Must be the signs of the times
Signs of times
Signs of times
Signs of times
Signs of times
Wishing you were rich but you’re not
Blame it on signs of the times
Wanna breakthrough but you stuck
Blame it on signs of the times
Signs of the times
Signs of the times
And if you go Gemini on them...
Signs of the times
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Oh Love Olympics
Show me who’s my competition
Is he nightclub or Netflix?
Who became her new distraction
I even wanna hear the specifics
The profession of her new attraction
I’ve never been one for gossips
But we live in an age of information
Could I still trust her with with my secrets
Regret creeping in, I feel like an eejit
My head fooling around calling me a reject
Getting me so belligerent, the worst of my defects
Ghosts of past failures making a cameo
Confidence and faith fade away like Adios
All the other dudes got their pumped up egos
They better run and outrun my issues
Wonder would she let me go to sleep just for the moment
Promise you won’t hear a peep my face is pillow cozy
Volunteered to be a beast and now my soul got stolen
Probably should use my brain and think but I just don’t tho
Lend me money for some drink I need to see tomorrow
Promise you won’t hear a peep my heart is feeling hollow
Probably cursed me when I sleep coz I can’t sleep no more no
Overheard what alien said it’s pressure on my life though
Uh! Mirror mirror
Show me who’s my competition
No, it cannot be, that’s an error
She must have done it just to get a reaction
I don’t know what is real
I am not sorry this not real life
5th dimension is where I’m at
My mental illness is all I got
So please please don’t you make fun of me
Coz I might just come and slice your face though
Pocket full of danger when I’m at this rate though
Sockets full off rockets when I smash your face though
I’m even feeling hollow on my Holiday though
Plus I’ve being a runner I will runaway though
Suicide not my day don’t nominate though
You can call me cutie all that stupid Cupid shit
No honour to me where’s your obligation bring it all onto me
Owe me lots so offer to me won’t be calling quits till I’m the new thing and I’m super Duper by the golden oldish pearly gates though
Wonder would she let me go to sleep just for the moment
Promise you won’t hear a peep my face is pillow cozy
Volunteered to be a beast and now my soul got stolen
Probably should use my brain and think but I just don’t tho
Lend me money for some drink I need to see tomorrow
Promise you won’t hear a peep my heart is feeling hollow
Probably cursed me when I sleep coz I can’t sleep no more no
Overheard what alien said it’s pressure on my life though
Baby girl don’t you know
This is how I feel
And I’m doing what I want
I need you my whole life
Can you come and take me home
Can you come and take me home
Coz I need you my whole life
And I chased you all my life
Running after love
Feels like it’s a marathon yeah
Running after love
Swear that it’s a marathon yeah
Running after love
Feels like it’s a marathon yeah
Running after love
Running after love yeah
I can’t get enough of that shit that I feel yeah
I can’t get enough of that shit, in my feels yeah
I can’t get enough of that shit that I feel yeah
I can’t get enough
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MuRli Limerick, Ireland
MuRli is a rapper, producer and songwriter from Limerick, Ireland. He's been building his story telling abilities and
charismatic stage presence for some time.
He is 1/3 of the Choice Prize wiinning trio Rusangano Family, and played shared stages with the likes of Run The Jewels, Young Fathers, Snoop Dogg and BadBadNotGood and played festivals both in Ireland and abroad
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