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LVL 9

by XHOSA

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Everyone who sees wants a piece of the magic I give love with ease, I don’t need the dramatics If you want to own me, you’ll be very lonely I be feeling whole, I don’t need nothing added You may want me bad But you won’t own me I live free in a world trying to control me So if you don’t have the time To explore a soul like mine Then I don’t want you baby And you don’t want me
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You don’t want to mess with the X You don’t want to mess with the blessed (2x) I’m breaking boundaries All my sisters proud of me Making art for my people Take it out of the galleries The streets hold me down whenever I’m around So keep my name out your mouth It’s already world renowned If I give you time respect it If I give you life direct it My life is love I don’t give a fuck if you choose to object it While you try to come for me I’m booking flights overseas unbothered by your unease I’m practicing my Portuguese (eu te amo) I’m in a different league that I’ll never leave So many tricks still up my sleeve No limits to what I achieve Made it hear ‘cause I believe What you give is what you receive Go all the way no in between They try to test me While I’m steady progressing Gotta keep ‘em guessing they can never touch this blessing You don’t want to mess with the X You don’t want to mess with the blessed (2x) Next level entity I carry out that legacy My bloodline is so divine protects me from my enemies And it has for centuries Storylines have interweaved Got the remedy for your disease but it’s bigger than what you perceive Live a lie or live the life All bark without the bite Got a mind to take the night I pay no mind to parasites Master of my own devices and it’s ‘cause I put the time in Man I swear this shit is priceless I’m a high roller throw my dice They try to test me While I’m steady progressing Gotta keep ‘em guessing they can never touch this blessing You don’t want to mess with the X You don’t want to mess with the blessed (2x)
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Take me on instead of acting like I’m over your head I’m misses leading so you’ve been misled You thought I was prey, but you have prayed for this experience With slickest shit to say you were amazed by indifference Babe this ain’t a race, I’m looking for that true deliverance Once you get a taste, I’m gunna leave your ass shivering Bet you never met another girl like me I’m that I’m that girl Well at least as far as you can see I’m that I’m that girl Bet you never met another girl like me I’m that I’m that girl Well at least as far as you can see I’m that I’m that girl That girl I’m that girl You thought you could teach me something new But you didn’t know what it is that I can do Who are you playing boy What are you saying boy I’m that chick I’m that number one bitch please Bet you never met another girl like me I’m that I’m that girl Well at least as far as you can see I’m that I’m that girl Bet you never met another girl like me I’m that I’m that girl Well at least as far as you can see I’m that I’m that girl That girl I’m that girl
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I high key just might be what you’re looking for what you like see Imma give it to you every time and my timing like lightning I’m striking Put your camera on flash Strike a pose while I’m counting my cash I’m a head of the game Never finish last ‘Cause my heads in the future Never stuck in the past Don’t get gassed while around a flame I know half of y’all hos do it for the fame I do it for the love never playing games Said fuck with me never be the same Fuck with me got a lot to gain Got a lot to turn In a lot of lanes Won’t hesitate to go insane Yeah I’m well composed but I’m never tame Baby stick around while your plot gets thicker You ready to aim while I’m pulling on the trigger Don’t you know your girl is that number one hitter? Had to make it clear since you didn’t get the picture If you want it, you can get it meet me on site We can get it poppin’ by the end of the night It’s okay baby talk your shit live your life I would be mad at me if I didn’t look this right I’m so High key Yeah, get like me I’m too high key And if you don’t like it Then you can come and find me I’m so high key like I’m too high key I’m three high key And if you don’t like it Then you can come and find me ‘Cause I’m hyphy and I’m going rogue You the fashion bitch, but who been in vogue Ride my own wave to the end of days Like the current cast across the globe I don’t rely on cheat codes And I don’t bother with these hos Work harder than you’ll ever know And I know my shit’s about to blow Dropped the schemes Chased my dreams while searching for what life means Aint caught up in your little scene ‘Cause I’ve seen through the smoke screens Don’t compare myself to dope fiends ‘Cause I’m not chasing y’all’s coke dreams Yeah we stay high but it’s all green Yeah it’s all love by any means I’m so High key Yeah, get like me I’m too high key And if you don’t like it Then you can come and find me I’m so high key like I’m too high key I’m three high key And if you don’t like it Then you can come and find me Rozay: These niggas is riding my wave like the sea SKRRTT bitch, I’m playing High Key Flying so nicely find another me unlikely I’m not a man, we dyking Nigga I’m the plug, Green lightning It’s marvellous, I’m DC I’m a titan, but I’m no teen It’s no tea, I don’t need the scene ‘Cause all my friends is in magazines Bad bitches, High key These the only people on my team I’m so cunt and I’m feeling right Timbs on and my fitted, I’m blunt like Realness in the middle of daytime XHOSA, can you move your waistline? I’m so High key Yeah, get like me I’m too high key And if you don’t like it Then you can come and find me I’m so high key like I’m too high key I’m three high key And if you don’t like it Then you can come and find me
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If you have lost your way been left stray You have a place in my heart Ready to break away from disarray I know a good place to start This club is a temple of love In a world where there’s never enough This club is a temple of love In a world where there’s never enough We’re all searching for freedom Here’s the place it is found What you want to believe in Is laced inside the sound When you look a little closer there is something profound In people dancing the night away Lovers surround I know the place where I can be safe Where I am bound You know there is no time to waste Come on get down This club is a temple of love In a world where there’s never enough This club is a temple of love In a world where there’s never enough If you have lost your way been left stray You have a place in my heart Ready to break away from disarray I know a good place to start
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This wasn’t by chance You opened your mind to advance Worst came to worse when you followed the law of the land But there are more levels beyond life of man Between life and time and this rhythm and rhyme You must set an intention It’s a crime when you lose your attention The only thing worth spending While you caught in pending Truth seekers live through ascending Too many people out here pretending Scared ones think it’s all ending All the soft souls wear their hearts like pendants We all have thoughts worth defending We all have wounds that we’re mending We can come together and make beautiful things But this journey is solo so follow your dreams You gotta make like a tree and branch out It’s time to advance now And don’t you ever forget it Key to life is to push it to the limit Push it to the limit I said push it to the limit Don’t you ever forget it Key to life is to push it to the limit Put your heart into it And push it to the limit (4x) Make like a tree and branch out It’s time to advance now And don’t you ever forget it Key to life is to push it to the limit Push it to the limit I said push it to the limit Don’t you ever forget it Key to life is to push it to the limit Put your heart into it And push it to the limit (8x)
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There comes a time in all our lives where we have to stand up Give it to them hard than they’ve ever seen before Let the people know what the upheaval is for Heard you phones it in when the bodies hit the floor Held the call and tried to stall the global uproar Well why start a war that no body wins Why kill a person for the color of their skin The youth shall rebel and then new shall begin This generation wins Oh this generation lives We’re all part of a mission Throw your hands up if you fuck with the vision Make our own rules and decisions This generation wins Oh this generation lives (2x) Hadassah: We came to make a change We came to set the pace Fools gone move out our way We came to change the game New world order is right around the corner Pushing things forward And tearing down the boarders Unity is what we need Our enemies can take a seat We have written a new beginning Breaking the molds they want us to fit in We believe in what we breed We plant the seed and grow on glow We’re all part of a mission Throw your hands up if you fuck with the vision Make our own rules and decisions This generation wins Oh this generation lives (2x) Hadassah: It’s a new time Dancing ‘neath the light Things gone be right Love gone be our light (2x)
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M-I-S-S Leading I’m know for making that headway I’m making heads turn and I do it on the weekday Got every song every record pon de replay No stopping me, there’s no ending just a relay I’m down to give it up, just no getting up in my way Stay up in your lane ‘cause I’m cruising down the highway Straight to my destination I don’t got no time for Childs play Y’all don’t understand, see I plan to do what I say I fuck around and I get it No ending it’s a beginning I fight that fight ‘cause I’m about that life if I want it Imma go get it (2x)
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Here’s what it is I’m Brooklyn’s number one kid Higher than the lid Can’t contain me I’m to big Cant restrain me I’m to slick Try to hit me and you’ll miss And I’m too much of a lady that I never catch a diss Survived 9/11 I said never forget You were never the one to tell me if my city was lit You either with me or your with me cant deny I’m the shit See my team is universal the whole world is my clique I’m going global I’m boosting ‘cause I’m mobile Rhymes so noble that I make the youth hopeful When I’m in the zone time’s gone I’m suspended in the moment Live words I’ve spoken fighting off every opponent (hiyah) Coming for a girl like me? Why? You must be ready for demise Look into the depth of my eye Even to the core I’m hot like FIYA When that final ship sails You know I’m that one to prevail Got you saying oh hell all hail ‘Cause you feel what I’m saying like brail (2x) Try to comprehend what I’m on I’m ten men strong so don’t come up at me wrong If you’re the golden child, I’m the multi platinum mami Papi should’ve know there ain’t shit you can do to stop me Made a lightweight mixtape and I did it for the novelty I flipped the word and turned it into a prophecy Manifest destiny It’s here and now Heard you vibing to the sound Get ready to break it down This frequency is from the freak in me I be frequently Running through these streets both sonically and physically I be on that grind buffing out the shine Ain’t no diamond in the rough I’m the whole damn mine If you’re sleeping on me than that’s really a crime I’ll see you behind my bars you’ll see me in my prime If you need some rest here’s a nursery rhyme Rock-a-bye bye baby Enjoy your bedtime When that final ship sails You know I’m that one to prevail Got you saying oh hell all hail ‘Cause you feel what I’m saying like brail (2x)
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A debut mixtape from XHOSA featuring production from rising producers such as Neuport , X-Coast, Vyle, & more.

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released January 31, 2020

Engineered by Parley Damour

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XHOSA New York

XHOSA experiments with all genres to create a fresh pop sound. She started producing in 2012 and has since made waves performing at festivals such as VIA FEST and SXSW. XHOSA's unique style has garnered the attention of well known publications such as The FADER, VOGUE, and Paper Magazine. VIBE Magazine has even dubbed her one of the women "running New York City’s underground music scene." ... more

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