1. |
1977
05:43
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November 3rd 1977 the jerm was born
while being strangled by his umbilical cord
within two years his parents were divorced
and of course into government housing dirt poor
with just two brothers and a mother
comes that us against the world type mentality
that later got him off on technicalities
in courts
that once looked for the source of his abnormalities
and he would count the days away like calories
when he was locked away
like masterpieces in art galleries
like a music box with a dancing ballerina
but no batteries
words like inmate and prisoner were held sacred
he had earned a reputation that fit with his self hatred
he hated the world
so he'd fuck it like he made it his girl
and say that nothings gonna save him from her
his mother taught him everything
but how to be a man
cause she can't
his father just taught him to be a cancer
and damage everything he gets in his hands
and then abandon
every single friend and his family
his role models ripped on whole bottles
whatever you call it family of alcoholics
and college was never an option
cause his calling
was always
getting right up and then falling
he followed in the faulty footsteps of his father
he saw shackles and chains as accolades
and didn't bother to change
he's overdosed on purpose twice
cause something wasn't worth his life
suicide was always on his mind
he would rehearse it by the mirror and blurt rhymes
like "Friends just give the worst advice
fuckin' right I'm cursin' I'm a person I'll diversify
and hurt somebody worse
than I'll converse it in my dirty mind
I'm the perfect guy
to get Jeremy Aaron Bertrand murdered by"
He was the spawn of Satan at times yes
with his devilish horns
and that emblem on his chest
D for discontentment or even depressed
dejected detested completely defective
degenerate demented dented dead
now superhero costumes cost you
so he rents
his mother called him Jeremy
but you can call him jerm
till this virus inside of his mind gets murdered
spittin' lyrics reflecting his human spirit
like mirrors
some metaphors are closer than they appear
clothes and appearance don't make the man
nor does a song
a ghost disappears
if she was here she'd tell you I'm wrong
November 3rd 1977 Jeremy was born
with a halo and invisible devil horns
remember jerm like he's here in the present
when he gets torn
from his body and mind forevermore
pretending words might be so iridescent
that they absorb
up the essence that he's yet to implore
defending sentences said in succession senselessly
emptying presenting me by pressing record
they say karmas a bitch
but the feminist in jerm wouldn't degrade a lady
or harm her a bit
she said
"Your music has confused me like a partial eclipse
in my apartment which is carpeted with..."
before she finished
he noticed scars on her wrists
she said
"...bloodstains cause some days
I carve at my skin
our suicidal tendencies dependencies..."
she said
"...my mother always told me that its only in my head
but its my soul or something out of my control
and I hold onto it tightly everywhere I go"
she said
"I appreciate your music man
it really helped me grow
and I've identified with every single thought
you ever wrote"
And karma turned around and walked away
before jerm could tell her thank you
that's so nice of you to say
and that connection means a lot to me
like hockey and pot
or dropping songs
but the carving at your skin young lady
its gotta stop
you've got problems
or so it seems you're not gonna solve
maybe you don't wanna listen
baby you just wanna talk
she was fading in the distance
so he followed her for blocks
to this broke down apartment complex
looking like the Bronx
so he's knocking on the door of apartment 22
on a dilapidated balcony
backdropped with a stunning view
the door creeps open he sees smoke
and leaps forth
no she's sleeping
and steam from the shower's deep now
somethings written on her chest
so he peeked down
eyes open freaked out on some
"Get out you creep now!"
it says 1977 and it's carved into her skin
as she recognizes him
he recognizes her as him
as well
he starts freestyling as he opens her blouse
and every single word is being carved into her
"Ow"
he says
there must be layers of text
she starts reciting rhymes that weren't even kept
and says
"Come on Jeremy Aaron Bertrand
take me to death, lets have sex"
she knew what she was doing
thoughts of regret
I gotta jet
this lady knows every thought in my head
she said
"There's no escaping karma cause its cause and effect
and Jeremy jerm
that's something that you've gotta accept
so lets address that"
she said
as she lowered her dress strap
"November 3rd 1977..." she says "...my birthday"
he was stunned as he tried to recover
but in the first place and worse case
his thoughts were discovered
by her perverse taste for the hurt and pain
they've got for each other
as her dress hit the floor
he noticed that there was more
he said
"My whole life story's dependent upon this whore?"
karma, at least he didn't call her a bitch
she said
"Yeah ya did Jeremy man I'm all in your head
remember
you're the one that needs to listen to common sense
and reason and even me
karma
the chick you called a bitch cause were grieving
it has nothing to to with leaving
but touching your inner being
nothing to do with me"
She disappeared so quick its like she never existed
but he hears her whisper lyrics off the scars on her hips
she disappeared so quick its like she never existed
but he hears her whisper lyrics off the scars on her wrists
she disappeared so quick its like she never existed
but he hears her whisper lyrics off the scars on her hips
she says
"November 3rd 1977
the jerm was born
while being strangled by his umbilical cord"
March 11th now 2006
she says
"The scars on my skin are nothing to be ignored"
November 3rd 1977 the jerm was born
and his first words were Mama abort
November 3rd 1977 Jeremy was forced
from his mother becoming a mere mortal
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2. |
28
03:04
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(x3)
I put my pen to the page
nothings changed with my writing
but tonight I’m going up on stage
to share my flaws and my problems
probably get applause
it’s awesome to be god-like
showing you that I’m not
I swore I’d never tell the truth
revealing deepest secrets
seeking inner peace
there seems to be so many pieces
we speak of it unleashed
but briefly and incomplete
so I’mma intervene
and come clean to this fucking beat
I was molested
diddled and raped
can’t get away from it now
at the bitter old age of 28
can’t escape
that’s the trouble with fate
I have no faith
so get your fucking god out of my face
Jesus Christ I get fed up with life
and need a mic
like a diary to get through the night
know what it’s like?
a virus is inside of my mind
that multiplies
every time I sniper rifle fires
I put my pen to the page
nothings changed
with my writing
but tonight
I’m going up on stage
I put my pen to the page
nothings changed
with my writing
but tonight
I’m going up on stage
I wet the bed when I was young
and sucked my thumb
in search of something
I figured I couldn’t find where I was from
it was love
I thought I found it in drugs
but I was dumb
going numb
yeah speaking in tongues
a sad song sung
meaning please this time believe it I’m done
I’m high on drums
doing records and shows with Sonz Of Sunz
yeah it’s where I’m at
and it’s definitely where I’m from
it’s nature versus nurture
at the end of a gun
(x2)
I put my pen to the page
nothings changed with my writing
but tonight I’m going up on stage
to share my flaws and my problems
probably get applause
it’s awesome to be god-like
showing you that I’m not
I use this mic as a candle
to guide me through my inner depths
so that I can dismantle
and then rebuild in baby steps
my mic is sorta like a companion
that I use to my advantage
but you wouldn’t understand it
nah
you see I’m a lost soul
if souls even exist if not I’m just lost no...
body can save me now this is not home
alone exposing secrets within poems
I put my pen to the page
nothings changed with my writing
but tonight I’m going up on stage
to share my flaws and my problems
probably get applause
it’s awesome to be god-like
showing you that I’m not
I put my pen to the page
nothings changed with my writing
but tonight I’m going up on stage
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3. |
Lullaby
02:35
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You see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die
you see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die
jerm
The Sickness
Lullaby
Solitude
that’s my cure to a bad mood
my temper is electric I’ve shorted my last fuse
short circuiting on purpose I know that it’s taboo
this abuse let me bruised I wear them like tattoos
I get in long chats with Dr. Atsab
he told me once
"We’re all a bunch of backwards bastards"
I agreed but bastardism is not a disease
it’s an artform life like father leaving dream
so scream everybody lost in between
just scream we are the children of a defeat
Don’t say die muthafucka die motherfucker die
say why muthafucka why motherfucker why
don’t say die muthafucka die motherfucker die
say why muthafucka why motherfucker why
You see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die
you see the thing is
I’m trying to learn to simplify
the second thing is
I might’ve overdone it I’m
about to bring it and sing it as a lullaby
the third thing is
all of y’all fuck off and die
jerm
The Sickness
Lullaby
Solitude
that’s my bourbon to bad news
or my burden when I’m burnin’ herb to a sad truth
once upon a time at the bottom of a pit
the dirty jerm convinced himself he didn’t exist
he said I don’t give a fecal matter
I don’t give a piss stained
mattress that I’m sleeping on
all I have is disdain
this was long before he’d see how to really tap
into the tears that bleed like hemophiliacs
This is for the fatherless
half step and foster kids
ostracized so often
the process like dripping faucets
this is for the fatherless
half step and foster kids
ostracized so often
the process like dripping faucets
Don’t say die muthafucka die motherfucker die
say why muthafucka why motherfucker why
Solitude
that’s just an inherited trait
a coping mechanism that I used to escape
or disengage
but I’ll get in your face with fits of rage
when on the topic of fathers
not caring how their kids are raised
see we are not secondhand products you give away
so to all of you deadbeat fathers you live in shame
jerm
The Sickness
Lullaby
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4. |
Jem, Jemroast and Moo
05:48
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I’m sick of hearing rhymes about
gangsters and guns
I was raised as a gentleman
thanks to my Mom
she’s an angel who supported me
whatever I’ve done
always given love
and proudly called me her son
love can be lighthearted
but it also comes as cumbersome
and doesn’t come as easy to me
as it does for some
I love you mom and thank you
for your thankless dedication
and admire your naivety and patience
cause face it
(x3)
I’m the type that puts
his fist through a wall
frustrated just to resolve
this hate that sits in his skull
Jim Riel Jr. was a blessing in disguise
and my response to him
was he was messing with our lives
like a man just undercover
takes advantage of our mother
like a man who doesn’t love us
meaning Steve and Josh my brothers
but he wasn’t
he was trusting he was loving
he was funny he’s my buddy
and I love the guy
no one can find a kinder guy
a giving man
to hear him speaks uplifting and
I love the guy
As kids Josh and Steve
constantly obnoxiously accosted me
it never bothered me I bothered back
it was our own attempt at fathering each other
bothering each other
we had wrestler fights
and King Kong Bundy hurts
and Josh and I would stay up half the night
and play with wrestlers
(x4)
They called me names like Jem, Jemroast and Moo
(x4)
I’m the type that puts
his fist through a wall
frustrated just to resolve
this hate that sits in his skull
You look a lot like your father did
long hair and the beard
my parents are weird
I contemplate and stare in the mirror
Surname Bertrand
I was born Jeremy Aaron
to a mother and father
who would become a single parent
now you learn to grin and bear it
but you know it’s apparent
you’re embarrassed
all the little fucking traits you inherit
You look a lot like your father did
long hair and the beard
my parents are weird
I contemplate and stare in the mirror
(x3)
I’m the type that puts
his fist through a wall
because capitalisn’t
and I’m resisting it all
Love can be a blanket
that you smother with
and I’ve discovered that
I’m a lot like my mother is
Love can be a blanket
that you smother with
and I’ve discovered that
I’m a lot like my mother is
In my early years
I’d have wandered lost
if not for my little brother Josh
we were tighter
than a tiger and it’s cubs
tighter than a buyer
with a lighter and some drugs
tighter than a stench grave
tighter than a french braid
tighter than the bond
between the student and the sensei
tighter than a stench grave
tighter than a french braid
tighter than the bond
between the student and the sensei
tighter than the scent Glade
tighter than the cement paved
tighter than the tenth grade
tighter than the rent paid
tighter than a suffocating noose
high above a scuffled pair of shoes
and a note that reads
“I have had enough of the abuse
drowning in a sea of my excuses
I’m useless
I’m sorry”
We can’t sustain this fast a pace
this acid taste this acetate
this aspartame this clash of race
as millions pass away
in a pandemic I class as fascist hate
and when I say it
you should see the fucking look on masta’s face
I’m not allowed to say
that Bush is a fascist
but I won’t beat around the bush
the cushions your asses
and I’ll light a fire
from a verse of the book of matches
Bush is a fascist Bush is a fascist
I speak my mind
and seek to find a sleek design
to free the sleeping sheep in time
free the sleeping sheep in time
I rap with a vision
a socialist opposed to capitalism
close to it though
I’ve been enclosed and imprisoned
but those in the know
know it’s capitalisn’t
Love can be a blanket
that you smother with
and I’ve discovered that
I’m a lot like my mother is
Love can be a blanket
that you smother with
and I’ve discovered that
I’m a lot like my mother is
I’m growing old and involved
with the anger and depression
that I hold in a ball
in a clenched fist
with which I punch these
holes in the walls
I’m dense thick hence this
is supposed to be all
but it isn’t is it?
you’re never finished
when you’re living for the minute
I’ll admit it
I joke in spoken poems
overdose on open quotes
product of a broken home
thought of as a…
Rap is my release
as each beat I smash to pieces
catastrophe just has to be defeated
tackling these travesties
while grappling with demons
unravelling this speech
for those that seem to need to read it
meandering and travelling
these alleyways and beaches
these valleys and these peaks
these living city streets
Vancouver’s pretty sweet
rain instead of snow
how much cooler could it be?
you just stand still on Granville
and get yourself some weed
astounded I found it
the mountains abound
downtown quarter ounce
Surname Bertrand
I was born Jeremy Aaron
cursing swearing
got my mouth washed out with soap
it was gross
I can still fucking taste it in my throat
I suppose I’m supposed to ignore it
I chose to explore it
I roam and I forage
through fucking forest floors of foliage
holy shit
holy shit is right Jeremy
only when we fight fairly
homies in my nightmares be
controlling my life rarely
do I even really feel alive
barely getting by
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5. |
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Drugly
it’s the kick-addiction-quick-fix
love me
I am suffering from symptoms
of something
I have begun to call the sickness
so come close
as the dirty infected jerm spits
It’s like a sunny afternoon dude
a couple of doobs
ain’t nothing to it but you call it abuse
I get loose
you shouldn’t talk it
till you walk in my shoes
and get through it
it’s obnoxious that you’re wrong in your views
and that’s true
see rum was my gateway to drugs
through fun
when the sun comes up
there’s no place to run
but numb
sometimes I wanted to taste a gun
and dump
dumb crimes
I guess I was chasing something huh
Stunned minds
never harder done by unwind
no one ever comes by
numb drunk high
I got a record
and made some records with effort
I disconnected and severed
from everything will be better
with beverages drugs
cause like love
it is never enough
and that sucks
I’m stuck in a puddle of mud
I splash up
I’m befuddled as fuck
I act tough
needing cuddles and hugs
and back rubs
not drugs
can’t get stuff like love for a couple of bucks
and puff
that’s why trouble keeps bubbling up
erupt
volcanic ash
I’m covered in dust
and plus not good at math
I subtract the trust
and give it back through my raps
in an act of lust
I smash mattresses back to factory trucks
impregnating pages
with poems about my past
then picking up a microphone
and turning them to raps
kick-addiction-quick-fix
learn not to relapse
suffer symptoms of sickness
the jerm forever active
It’s like a rainy afternoon dude
a bottle of booze
chewing shrooms
and moving to a lot of good tunes
melodic and smooth
use
forgot about you
use
cut up and bruised youths
with nothing to do
use
I’ve hit rock bottom
then got up and hit the bottle
claiming statements like
I promise
I’m not an alcoholic honest
I’m a product
of the spots where I was brought up
and the thought that to my father
man I probably wasn’t wanted
I was haunted by the promises
he made that didn’t come
I would numb myself with drugs
come down with rum
and get a buzz
now my brothers seem to suffer
like this smothered in addiction
been talking to my Mother
she doesn’t know how to fix it
now my brothers seem to suffer
like this smothered in addiction
been talking to my Mother
she doesn’t know how to fix it
I’ve hit rock bottom
O.D.’d and felt death
and I still couldn’t stumble humbly
up twelve steps
they're saying
“please don’t succumb to those needs
it’s not healthy”
couldn’t be what you wanted of me
and that’s selfish
and that’s hard to admit
the needle pricks
in the fetal position
needing a fix that sick
addictions kicked
in sixth edition scripts
painting pictures of instances
in greys and blurs
concerned
jerm now prefers to remain alert
it hurts
it’s work but it’s worth it
and working perfect
I’m such a hypocrite
listen this is ridiculous
I’m missing the point
licking a joint and flicking Bic at it
I’m sick of it
at times
and wanna quit but then I didn’t
it’s infinite I’m diminished
near finished here any minute
hi my name is Jeremy
and I’m not what you think I am
cause actually right now
I am trying to make amends
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(x3)
jerm
the sickest motherfucker
on the planet
doing damage
smoking cannabis
and representing Canada
jerm
is the illest 4 letter word
sickest little misfit
twisted and disturbed
Nicole baby
why you love me so much?
I’m fucked
I’ve done so many drugs
to cover it up
plus for my past
I haven’t suffered enough
born again
like a rubber that busted
when mother gets fucked
I’m up to something now
but nothing is up
and that sucks
that’s the trouble with love
our 10 year anniversary this March
marks the moment I awakened
re-emerging from the dark
brokenhearted
cause love is a fucking martyr
so retarded departs
and goes to waste like a frozen harvest
like an ex that goes and waits
in a cold apartment
for some better days to head his way
these seas are so unchartered
the waters rough I wanted love
I found it now
and I’m drowning when she’s not around
she taught me how to swim
or rather to stay afloat
there’s nothing I can say in poems
that even compares close
my light at the end of the tunnel
my shining ray of hope
it’s like a high has began to take hold
we come together as one
and share souls
we’ll stay together forever and grow old
you’re my better half
your body is a treasure map
whatever happens baby
I will stick to our forever pact
I love you more than life itself
truest words I ever spoke
I’ll walk hand-in-hand with you
forever down the road
or wherever you go
I’ll be there with you
one day we’ll get married
and be parents to beautiful kids
and live happily ever after
like they do in the flicks
and live happily ever after
like they do in the flicks
Nah baby I’m kidding
you know that’s impossible
love is a fragile package
I’m toppling obstacles
I don’t wanna drop it
it’s everything I’ve got
love is by far
the most potent drug I’ve ever done
I’d give my life for you
and wanna spend my life with you
I rifle through
my memories of us
and every night with you is just
incredible
magical unforgettable
No written rhymes describe
this love is boundless
like sniffing lines and getting high
and never coming down this
high is unlike anything else I’ve ever felt
why am I still smothered in guilt?
that’s the sort of thing
my sniper rifle couldn’t kill
and it kills me like a bottle of pills
that’s how I feel
I’m sorry for my flaws
I’m Mr. Imperfect
or in other words
me myself and I
the dirty dirty dirty...
(x2)
jerm
the sickest motherfucker
on the planet
doing damage
smoking cannabis
and representing Canada
jerm
is the illest 4 letter word
sickest little misfit
twisted and disturbed
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7. |
To a T
00:55
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Sometimes being me
is like pulling teeth
but I’m not an orthodontist
I don’t have a degree
I never graduated high school
so inevitably…
that’s my quote I left it open
finish however you please
Chief Chucka says
every mans his own Chief
my mother says
every man is born decent
with some good in his soul
I disagree
why wouldn’t I though?
I play the devils advocate to a T
You’ll forget a face
you’ll forget a name
you’ll forget the places that you’ve been
that are captured in still frames
you’ll forget the very essence
of what’s real
but you’ll never forget
the way that people made you feel
You’ll forget a face
you’ll forget a name
you’ll forget the places that you’ve been
that are captured in still frames
you’ll forget the very essence
of what’s real
but you’ll never forget
the way that people made you feel
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8. |
Class is dismythed
03:24
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I’m out of wack
I’m the sickest around
so listen now
as I spit a fucking river and drown
in it how
many kids are going to figure it out
or get it through word-of-mouth
with the click of a mouse
fin' to rep Vancouver to death
I can’t lose
I make music
just to move and progress
I get upset
or the truth is depressed
with that said
yet again go in the booth and confess
to dead friendships
sailed into clear blue skies
the horizon
run ashore and pirated
I’ve been in survival mode
relying on this island home
I alone
awake from dreams to beeping after dial tones
Am I at home?
I don’t even recognize
the guy have grown into
my supplies are low and strewn about
so what am I to do?
now I’m trying to send out an SOS call
yes y’all I need help
Forget it I guess not
With tight skills
it’s jerm and Mic-ILL
Castro
cats know
to purr and like milk
raps flow natural
from jerm that might kill
that road back homes a blur
and I’m filthy
We’re like killer bees
swarming or we’re millipedes
ILL and me
rock from Vancouver to the Philippines
still have beef?
eat it or go vegan you biter
cause emcees that meet me
are grilling on the fire
barbecued rapper
served with karma stew
left over food
trashed down garbage chutes
that’s you
if you happen to beef with Micreach
achoo!
I attack with a sneeze
and likely
that feud
will evaporate sooner than pipe dreams
tattoos
can’t tell when I got up my right sleeve
I’m inked
with invisible images
to commemorate
600 million emcees
that I’ve eliminated
crown me victorious
bigger than Notorious
got a secret weapon
that’s sort of like Victoria’s
I’m not exposing it
I’m posing though
and frozen in a moment
out of touch with myself
from the view of someone else
and it gave me perspective like self-help
and it made me reflect on my past actions
(X2)
Accidents happen
yeah I’m an assassin
strapped with a pistol
packed with passion
I blast like a missile
fast and accurate
that’s it
I dismiss your disses as myth
I blast like a missile
fast and accurate
that’s it
I dismiss your disses as myth
This is a precursor diss
to those who’ll eventually end up dissing me
it’s not gonna be worth it then
I can’t pretend revenge
are you listening?
it depends on shit like sentences
where my pen won’t fit your senselessness
so hence this is a message
with a diss equipped with rhythm
so uninhibited
this sick infected jerm I’m living with
my anger and rage decayed
to a liquid thats ubiquitous
it isn’t in my vision
to be scribbling disrespect
I said it isn’t in my vision
to be scribbling disrespect
though it’s so happens
I love to eat beef
I’ll be brief with these chickens
and cut them like raw meat
y’all feast on a couple emcees
I caught sleeping
shallow people try
but they die in the deep end
killer Mic-ILL Castro on the beat
dirty jerm Chief Chucka SOS Micreach
You got beef with me
you best to keep it refrigerated
or insulated
within your crew
cause instigating a feud
with me is an instantaneous move
towards sophisticated abuse
leave your wrists slit in a noose
and frame your suicide
Class is dismythed
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9. |
Graffeating
03:11
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You are now in the deep deep depths
of the mind of the dirty jerm
my mouth is but a spray paint can
my hands seem enhanced
like the raven in a ceremonial Indian dance
I’ve got wings
I guess I’ve gotta give it a chance
I guess I’ve gotta give it a chance
I think I can fly
oh my god I’m flying
I did it Ma
I’m flying!
(x2)
I animate
like a kid with a can of paint
tagging names
up with faces on the side of a train
I’m after change
like a homeless man
if that’s what it takes
to get a taste
or some flavour
or even just catch a break
I’m off the wall
like when graffiti's been buffed
I’m getting up
tagging jerm on the city I love
Vancouver sun shine's
over the mountains
it isn’t much but
sometimes I’m so astounded
I get a buzz
like one time
I did some acid and O.D.’d
like one time I O.D.’d on ecstasy
and couldn’t breathe
didn’t know my name or the date
and I stayed
in a coma like state for days
I hated the bracelet
and stated remove the barcode
this was the third time
I’d eaten a tube of charcoal
hospitalized from high times
I thought that I had died
when I woke up with those tears in my eyes
I had survived
but I no longer wanted to be alive
inside
I was beat up and cheating myself with lies
in time
I've slowly learned to harness my mind
no sniffing lines
homie I’m only just spitting rhymes
I’m off the wall
like when graffiti's been buffed
so give it up
I’m like a virgin cause I don’t give a fuck
don’t say what’s up to me dirty
if you don’t know what’s up
but show me love
Vancouver is about to erupt
so show me love
in the form of handshakes and hugs
let’s smoke some bud
together and celebrate where we’re from
individually or collectively
how far we’ve come
Vancouver BC
I’ll represent till I’m done
(x2)
I
animate
like a kid with a can of paint
tagging
names
up with faces on the side of a train
after
change
like a homeless man
if that’s what it takes
to get a
taste
or some flavour
or even just catch a break
I’m off the wall
like when graffiti's been buffed
you can see me in the streets
putting it back up
tagging jerm
representing every lesson I’ve learned
you see a word can heed purpose
depending on how it’s observed
words or more potent than actions
when they are stirred
with the perfect nouns and verbs
that reassure
a person
sure
everything’s gonna be fine
everything‘s gonna be all right
(x2)
I animate
like a kid with a can of paint
tagging names
up with faces
on the side of a train
after change
like a homeless man
if that’s what it takes
to get a taste
or some flavour
or even just catch a break
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10. |
Rap circles
02:26
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(x3)
My quest has led me to this dirt
this perfect Earth
I circumnavigate this worthless person’s
words and verses
while you turn to churches
in your search for purpose
it just doesn’t work for Bertrand
(x3)
I don’t rap circles
around anything if anything
I’m talking out of the box
and I don’t know how to stop
So cast your ballot in this hypocrisy
under lock and key
a dog in heat
a talking fleet
of walking sheep tobogganing
obviously this corporate monstrosity
is not democracy
My quest has led me to this dirt
this perfect earth
I circumnavigate this worthless person’s
words and verses
while you turn to churches
in your search for purpose
it just doesn’t work for Bertrand
Moral of the story
is not important
when you’re born into it
with no warning
and told that you can’t afford it
wish you were aborted
every morning
I don’t rap circles
around anything if anything
I’m talking out of the box
and I don’t know how to stop
I murder the bastards
word hurdle the masses
with my verbal gymnastics
I’m returning to practice
reoccurring in actions
and deferring the passion
through alternative rations
of learning and asking
Because knowledge is power
and damn it all of its ours
and can you stomach
the trouble we’re stuck in?
buried in rubble and fucking
carrying buckets of nothing
because knowledge is power
and dammit all of its ours
and can you stomach
the trouble we’re stuck in?
buried in rubble and fucking
carrying buckets of nothing
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11. |
Plastic castors
03:21
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jerm
Plastic castors
The Sickness
Maybe
I should be dating some wack celebrity
you’ll never see me do it
I’m already in love
and that punk from Bad Charlotte’s
dating Hillary Duff
know what I mean?
Sum 41 and Avril Lavigne
but in my dreams
Britney must’ve caught a disease
from Christina Aguilera
so she’s Federline‘s piece
Maybe
I should be all up in Paris Hilton
but you’ll know it if I did
because straight up I woulda killed her
she’s a hoe and a bitch
just like Nicole Richie
I’d blow in Lindsay Lohan‘s throat
with Fez with me
Me and Maria
go back like masturbating
aye aye aye
I’m an old dirty bastard
and one day at my funeral
I’ll roll on some plastic castors
looking beautiful
Cause that’s just the way that I roll
my egocentric nihilisms out of control
my chauvinistic hopelessness
is advertising gold
to these marketing executives
that see inside our souls
department of regurgitating
everything that sold
my apartments full of murder cases
I am getting old
department of regurgitating
everything that sold
apartment full of murder cases
I am getting old
Hip-hops flowing through me
like the blood in my veins
man I love her like no other
and I’m calling her name
Hip-hop
girl your presence is a blessing
I feel your essence
I’ve learned lessons
from you probably papa
should’ve been stressing
we went underground together
when she lifted her dress
and I wasn’t ready for it yet
but thought that I got the message
Me and Maria
go back like masturbating
aye aye aye
I’m an old dirty bastard
and one day at my funeral
I’ll roll on some plastic castors
looking beautiful
Hip-hops flowing through me
like the blood in my veins
man I love her like no other
and I’m calling her name
Hip-hop
girl your presence is a blessing
I feel your essence
I’ve learned lessons
from you probably papa
should’ve been stressing
we went underground together
when she lifted her dress
and I wasn’t ready for it yet
but thought that I got the message
I’ll probably cry
when Eminem dies
cause I’m pervertedly in touch
with my feminine side
maybe I’m a closet homosexual lie
I guess it all depends
on how your gender roles define me
maybe I’m the reincarnation of Jesus Christ
a philosophizing faggot
dragging his feet in life
the crucifix I’m nailed to
is plastic with advertising
the stupid shit we do
leads to traffic to our demise
half the shit they told you about me
was all lies
the truth is
I wasn’t even baptized
maybe I’m a serial killer
and just don’t know it yet
maybe you’re inferior filler
and I have no regrets
maybe I’m a lost soul
sent from some sort of spirit world
an angelic relic
out performing miracles
maybe I am nothing but DNA
maybe rotting in the ground
is nothing to be afraid of
take drugs
and hope that it goes away
fake love hate trust
man I’m all the above
maybe I am an old dirty bastard
big baby Jesus
rolling on plastic castors
maybe death is a natural disaster
but possibly my pessimism
ought to be a factor
I will be found in a noose
at the fountain of youth
you see to drink from the fountain
man I never found an excuse
I wasn’t thirsty for more
not in this form
but when I put my pen to the pad
I am reborn
(x3)
I will be found in a noose
at the fountain of youth
you see to drink from the fountain
man I never found an excuse
I’m an old dirty bastard
and one day at my funeral
I’ll roll on some plastic castors
looking beautiful
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My Mother called me Jeremy, but you call call me jerm, till this virus inside of my mind gets murdered.
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