Spreading the word

Another excerpt from one of my songs, title above.

Rap Maverick

Spread the word

My rhyming's on the verge

Absurd

Curb your enthusiasm

I'm a vigilante on the mic

AKA

Mask of the Phantasm

I'm Mr. Fantastic

Cuz my phrases and my verbs

Connect to your soul

It's emphatic

The rap maverick

Mad scientist now the flyest

Don't even try it

My lyricism turning into riots

Quick to pick the chick with the best hips

I'm making the best hits

Slashing wrists

Blowing up your mental into bits

Cuz I'm Capone driven

On the mic a motherfuckin' rap villain

Killin' via slice and dice

Vorhees vicious

Always serious

'bout business

Despite my self-inflicted illness

Despite that I'm the illest

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As always, I make a ton of references to the shit I grew up with. I love Batman, I love comics, I love Jason, and I love writing about them, in some way, shape, or form. Truthfully, I am not totally ready to show my entire songs, as I feel there are benefits to showcasing certain rhymes or poetry individually, even if they're broken up from the same song or poem. Nevertheless, if I recall correctly, I wrote this shortly after coming home from the bar.

Looking back, that's definitely a pattern I've seen with myself. I'll go out on a Friday night, come home late, and start writing. I've seen this before with other writers. They only write nocturnally. Maybe my creative side of me, the part of me that writes the rhymes or poetry down, comes at night. I don't know. But I do love writing these reflective components during the day, once everything's fleshed out the way I intended.

Regardless, I've learned that I need to write down an idea or line when it comes to me on my iPhone. No matter what. I've gotten into a better habit of that, because, again, as I've expressed, a lot of my ideas will flow out of me, unconsciously. Of course, there are other times where I'm wracking my brain, so to speak. But typically--knock on wood--it comes to me.

I think a lot of what I have to say here is simple and applies to a lot of rap artists: I've got an alter ego. Sometimes I'm a hero, a vigilante, or a villain. You can't take everything I say literally from my rhymes. Of course I'm going to talk shit, or say I killed a guy. Meanwhile, I wouldn't hurt a fly. I can't even help myself from rhyming in this blog post. Rapception!

But anyways, I love being able to express myself in a unique way that paints a picture with pop culture references. Hopefully they aren't too esoteric (although some are, on purpose) where they're going over people's heads. The last line, "despite my self-inflicted illness" refers to a few things. Firstly, I reference my love of tree (marijuana in case that wasn't clear). Secondly, it refers to actual self-inflicted wounds: self-doubt, unmotivated, etc. All things that keep me from being artistic, I have allowed them to happen, when I shouldn't.

The great thing about all this is, I consider the above falling down. And I always get back up.

-JTC