Birds Rap Too, by Kardinal Bloo

Birds Rap Too

by Kardinal Bloo

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1.	Progress or Die 02:44	lyrics	buy track
Progress or die, progress or die It's time for my verbal sword to be fortified (x4) It's not linear, it's messy It looks like you fucked up It looks like when you cleaning your room You halfway through it And that joint looks more fucked up than when you started I don't give a fuck about respеct (true) The notion is tied into corrosive aspects Of power dynamics amongst the crew And niggas wanna utilize it for a check, yuh, check this You ever seen how they treat a stooge? (what they do what they do) The lowest of low, the butt of the jokes But the joke is that you glad it ain't you! When you know the truth is it could be... Nigga You fuckin' know it, you know this shit ain't right You know you could just as easily be in that position If the tides was switchin' Progress or die, progress or die It's time for my verbal sword to be fortified (x4) Kardinal Bloo Kardinal 'cause I keep my head in the sky Bloo because sometimes I wanna cry, but Real ones know that that sadness part of the process for progress Ya dig? Shit I'll put a monkey in a bucket if it's all I got (if it's all I got) I could be anything but I could never fuckin be a cop (fuck a pig) I could be anything and I know that sometimes I'm a lot The type of nigga to make you feel it from the parking lot Before you even step into the venue They be like "guess who?" I be like "it's me, Kardinal Bloo, Kardinal Bloo, Kardinal Bloo..." Kardinal will and Kardinal won't Kardinal is a lil sad boy Kardinal knows endless boundless joy Kardinal is a isolationist Kardinal give everybody he know a kiss Kardinal could sing the blues Kardinal... could take ya shoes Kardinal don't need no shoes 'cause Kardinal got wings Kardinal could rap, Kardinal could sing Kardinal can do everything and be anything
2.	SkiddleeDiddleeDoo 01:38	lyrics	buy track
A one, a two, A skiddleediddleedoo I'm skilled at didgeridoo and I'm Really cool Not afraid to act a fool Fall in a pool with my cell phone Maybe spam calls finally leave me the hell alone Flick, flick, flick to the forehead you bozo It's getting warm, thank the lord for the ozone Smoking O's in gratitude 'cause it's apropos It's getting hot and the world is a… Remember, remember it was cold in December I been had the glow like I was holding an ember A link to the past I was holding some amber Inside's a mosquito who seen laughs and friendly banter Pool splashes and freeze tag and some orange Fanta The answer is a killer when the question is whodunit The answer is that nigga when the question is who run it Suckers in the outfield running so I bunt it nigga And the psychic energy I been imbued with I put it in my pen to let you know I do's this And the psychic energy I been imbued with I put it in my pen, pen To the best of my abilities The world in front me's the only thing I ever known I give it all for those around me, do it willingly I get a wing, I get a thigh, I strip it to the BONE Who's determining my worthiness in purchases and dimes Anxiety for future and the urgency of time Corona made a loner of a social butterfly I ain't tryna kill the vibe Give a corona a lime And give your mother my best Well wishes and a kiss on the cheek I'm a very busy bird so I wish I could speak But I'm on the precipice of overcoming my otherness On a sailboat on high seas and I'm rudderless So it's the psychic energy that guides me (x3) So it's the psychic-ic-ic Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Kardinal Bloo
3.	Chickenhead Litmus Test 02:24	lyrics	buy track
Grass underneath my feet Photosynthesis energy Habits I must keep Yuh, nature is a remedy Why you ain't communing with the sun Ask the trees how they day went Cold wind and the pavement? Overstimulated, gotta run City living is depravement Glizzy, pickles, ketchup and a bun Busy acting like a one of one In a city full of millions Vague allusion to delusion self-improvement floating on some helium Delirium is a lot of fun 'Til the mirror man got a gun! Now you nervous on the bus Wonder who to trust Tryin' not to make a fuss Ain't nobody watching but it's eyes all around you busy living in a rush Soul-crushing type emptiness Without the roots planted and the trees Lil wind and a lil breeze You and me makes community Separation we all livin' with a different different kind anxiety Where it's no release Where it's no release Where it's no release Where it's no release From the doldrums and the ho-hum And it's so glum And it's so glum 'Cause they call you bummy when you got no money And we all need money and it's so... Dumb, like Ain't no way we supposed to be livin' like this Gotta get up outta here You can just go ahead and... Catch me where the birds be Tweeka tweeka Mothafucka We in cahoots with the hooters you know what I'm sayin' All my owls hold it down It's Birdtown baby Let's get it The James Brown of Birdtown They be waitin' on my words like I'm layin' the worms down Are what you eat so my people shake and squirm now Rock solid that's a law like I'm makin' a firm now All that whack shit be gone like a stain remover Tryna fuck with Kardinal Bloo you like danger do ya? Luck ain't never been in my possession If some shit need to happen I take it in that direction Ain't no man's man, man I manhandle an alpha We ain't lookin' for no leader We doin' better without ya Kardinal Bloo keepin' it horizontal on this side Organization in a V formation know what I'm talkin' bout? Real bird shit Real bird shit My raps is nitroglycerin Yo raps is kittens whimperin' My vultures out there circlin' My circle where the winners is It's only chicken dinners kid You cool but you can't kick it yet Everybody gettin' vetted it's a chickenhead litmus test Plus you know we keep it fresh Fresher than some lemon zest Yea this shit is fly as hell That's how we do it in the nest
4.	The Bird In Us 03:12	lyrics	buy track
My soul rings at a frequency that most human ears will never hear frequently It's the burden of the bird in us In search of purposeness In ways that make us feel open and free Focus technique You are what you eat Might bite a comet Gastronomic Star particles in my vomit How many cores common How many camcorders Got footage Of followed orders? Life and death a back and forth between porous borders That's what a nigga from the River Styx say So-called tough guys are never in short supply On the other side Type of shit that make you take a sick day Leavin' my mark indelible, inevitable, incredible But of course that was never even a question Inedible delicacy, can't bite me They got jive turkey sliced at ya local delicatessen Even my pencil can't be no number 2 I move like it was written for me Genuine article Kardinal Bloo (x2) Whatcha wanna, dooooooooooooooooooooooo? Sometimes I shock myself with a wave of gusto Put extra shrimp inside my gumbo And some mudbugs, fuckin' love those Hit that mambo while they mumbo jumbo Can't blow my focus Control inner locus Interlocutors get poked in they bird chests Flap your wings Flap your wings Let me see you work it Who amongst us don't work for a living? I don't even gotta say who, you still get it Die by tomorrow End of the source of the stream of our sorrows Made piece with the fact all time is borrowed Add it to the list of the loans I won't pay back 'Til I get payed off these playbacks Still won't pay back jack He in cahoots with my greedy ass uncle Sound of a storm in the distance? Rumbles Leavin' my mark indelible, inevitable, incredible But of course that was never even a question Inedible delicacy, can't bite me They got jive turkey sliced at ya local delicatessen Even my pencil can't be no number 2 I move like it was written for me Genuine article Kardinal Bloo (Unintelligible Bird Babble) Leavin' my mark indelible, inevitable, incredible But of course that was never even a question Inevitable delicacy can't bite me they got jive turkey sliced blah blah blah
5.	Birds Is Like Workers 02:38	lyrics	buy track
I might real life grab a lightning bolt and split the sky apart Can't be bothered with politeness and niceties Whatever that means about me Won't be no avatar for the old guard It's a new start Nobody told you? Check your Roku Queen wide open is a bold move First legal drink was soju In a sushi joint with no I.D. Idea of somebody in charge is unlikely Saw the joint Wasn't half bad, but no Spike Lee Boots on the ground for niggas striking like Riley One time for the actors, writers Down ass riders UPS Railroaders Teachers RNs Real niggas This ya roll call Nobody told y’all? It's up forreal Link arms with ya neighbor over the fate of labor And take something from the takers Either way it's burning up Hottest June on record what the fuck So play me like ya AC Turn it up And KB for the babies and those strong in spirit Read a book and put some theory behind ya lyrics Don't get jammed up like sandwiches No contracts with sloppy spelling like Manwiches Birds is likes workers Birds should get the bread (x4) Birds is likes workers If you congregate with them snollygosters Well, this is prolly awkward If not, it's gospel Amount of profligation prolly shock you Ah-choo! There go Kardinal Bloo With a clogged nostril, I got you A tissue I'm in a tizzy Fruit of my labor ain't been split 50-50 Or 25-25-25-25 look alive No namby-pamby ambling the champ is amplified To the sky Comin' in like the bomb when I dive We on ya head 'til the sharp chop drop I'm lootin' Bob Iger's pockets and usin' the money for niggas' GoFundMe's Ugh! The weak will die and the strong will compost I serve head honchos on toast With a blueberry compote And a wine that's artisanal Chopping block talk make them say "Let's be reasonable" Negotiations was 2 seasons ago Ta-ta! Birds is likes workers Birds should get the bread (x6)
6.	Hatchling 01:26		buy track
7.	Things I Thunk 01:28	lyrics	buy track
Aight, I'mma keep this one short I think I'm gonna stop lyin' All the convenience it afforded me ain't worth the cloud over my heart And the smudge over my face in the mirror I think I'm gonna stop apologizing Not with words, but Shrinking in silence in the presence of tension more oppressive than conflict Is your image of a rose only known from idyllic prose? If so, hold your nose Idea's perfect but the real keep you on your toes I think I'm gonna stop expecting intellect to yield the results work do Maybe combine the two and really get somewhere I suppose The silo of my mind stores facts The encyclopedic kind And they're only 'bout half right 'bout half the time Every night I stare at the ceiling Tryna pin down the feelings that evade verbalization Plaintive I think I might be bullshittin' I dunno These are things that I think These are things that I done thunk that I thought These are things that I think I thought Things that I think Things that I thunk These are things that I thunk that I thought Things that I thunk Things that I (Cacophony of thoughts)
8.	Life is Jarring (feat. Chucky Blk) 03:05	lyrics	buy track
One fall is no end Tumble and tumble again Cut and scrape and bruise Blue is true to life All its accompaniments I do feel for you Wave with no intent A crest in the sky must crash And we follow suit Life is jarring and I don't know what is wrong with me Happily Catastrophe follows after me Like an athlete that is mad at me My friend said in a text that self-affirmation is the best conversation Put THAT in them raps that you makin' I said that's amazin' Inspiration takin' place when my brain is vacant Go brain, go! I say Brain say, be patient I'm waitin' on yesterday Discretion from the ancients I'm waitin' on a table and they said they need a bagel And I see that you are busy Please just grab it when you're able Everything I ever did will turn into a fable So I take it down in paper form A piece for coffee tables Or an Ableton exported file that resonates in navels For the ne'er-do-wells, neurodivergent, and differently abled And I savor every second in my savior That is nature Meet my maker Thank her for proofreading my middle school papers Might get a mouthful But I don't bite off more than I can chew One hand can do more with two Link 'em all and there might be some truth in it Might get a mouthful But I don't bite off more than I can chew One hand can do more with two One hand can do more with two Ooh Might get a mouthful But I don't bite off more than I can chew One hand can do more with two Link 'em all and there might be some truth in it Check, check Maybe instead of running and hiding I should find a place to nurture my littlest self into a giant Wielding gentleness with a defiance Daring any battle hardened naysayers stand beside it Without shuddering under the sheer weight of its magnificence We're all disintegrating kids trying to make sense of this Call my mom crying and she tells me I've always been a sensitive child Thought being lost in the wild meant following a false sense of toughness Beguiled by a do it myself gumption Now I can't help but be flooded by everything all at once Standing at a junction dismantling everything I am not and never was Whole process bloody Entrance to my temple muddy But I still gotta take my shoes off Still gotta get a move on all this unpacking Every wall of the labyrinth finna be lined with baby pictures So when I'm lost I'll remember at the center isn't a heartless monster But an innocent version of me that parts of me are tryna protect from trauma The implements set to protect myself were all forged by a child Time for update Time for update, yeah When you're a kid, like The connections you make are based in life and death, like Your childhood brain is like How do I protect myself in the most efficient way Now you're an adult Now it doesn't have to be that, so
9.	Love + Discernment 04:20	lyrics	buy track
Did love guide the hand that penned the plan you plan to follow See, I was fortunate to be raised in a loving household So I know what love look like, I know what it feels like Did love guide the hand that penned the plan you plan to follow And so, knowing that love Having received that I try my best to let it guide me I try to just trust my instincts Not overthink things Did love guide the hand that penned the plan you plan to follow I try to spend as much time as I can Doing things that I love Being around things that I love and I love birds They're so magical There's a beauty in their wings and their songs Did love guide the hand that penned the plan you plan to follow Still, there's something sinister about this world Seemingly by design That seeks to suck the love and the light out of you Until you feel... Hollow Did love guide the hand that penned the plan you plan to follow Something sick that Demands the compartmentalization of all your pain and sadness for its own continued existence. Did love guide the hand that penned the plan you plan to follow So when I feel this deep burning anger This shame This disgust This disappointment This resentment I know that ain't me I know that it's the external factors I know it's 'cause of the legislation Because of the discrimination Because of that bull shit that y'all try to pass and call it love Indolence is a protest I take my time with my projects And free myself from the onus Indolence is a protest I take my time with my projects I free myself from the onus of phony that hinders progress Spirit of good intentions Prerequisite for attention They bankin' on apprehension I'll trade a cure for prevention Almost fell victim to my own naiveté Slip up but I never fall Might pause but I never stall I almost tried to grind when I need space for grief today Dust to dust will come for all of us No need to greet it in a rush The heaviness of life will crush Anybody who think they tough Might beat the fuck out republicans 'cause I love my people Might beat the fuck out some democrats 'cause I love my people Might beat the fuck out some fascists because I love my people Reactionary is settling for lesser of two evils (x2) And that's it Real shit Real spit Xenophobes Homophobes Transphobes Misogynists We rock ya shit I heard ya pseudoscience And I ain't buyin' I seen your false binary Nice try Larry You ain't scary I got love at the forefront Coupled with discernment That's the weapon I might be gentle with my people 'cause I love my people I might be gentle with my people 'cause I love my people I might be gentle with my people 'cause I love my people I might be gentle with my people 'cause I love my people I might be gentle with my people 'cause I love my people Birds Rap Too

about

It's an eclectic collection of black expression that merges revolutionary pragmatism, scintillating lyricism, and earnest joie de vivre to create what I call class-conscious rap nonsense from a bird's eye view. It's spoken word, it's jazzy, it's funky, it's raw, it's polished, and it's fun as hell.

credits

released February 5, 2024

All lyrics written and performed by Kardinal Bloo except where noted
Additional vocals on Track 4 by winnergohome
Track 1 produced by olivepile & Kardinal Bloo
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7 produced by YoursTruuly
Tracks 4, 9 produced by Ra Washington
Track 5 produced by YoursTruuly & Kardinal Bloo
Track 9 produced by Bailey Daniel

Artwork by Deijon Duncan (baseforyourface)

All tracks mixed by Kardinal Bloo
Additional mixing from YoursTruuly, winnergohome
"Mastered" by Kardinal Bloo
Recorded by Kardinal Bloo & winnergohome
A Universal Mollusk Records product!
A very special thanks to Sam Garza & Aaliyah Whittaker <3

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