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Pounds of Pressure

from Don't Look Down by Mr. Lif

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The Boston prophet’s first work for Mello Music Group directly addresses the difficulties of keeping your head up amidst duress. You hear and feel the intensity of the fight, the sense of falling into despair, the helplessness of drowning, and the power of being able to save yourself.

Over a 10-song cycle, Lif delivers poetic testament. These are agnostic sermons written to conceal and nurture him during a bleak period—cathartic confessionals that offered a conduit to bliss. The structure of “Don’t Look Down” mirrors this personal descent and rebirth.

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Verse One

Where do I start
Should I provide a method for you
What would you do?
You're up against your moment of truth
You've got a gun in your right hand
You soaked through your sweat band
The opposition says

(You bout to die!
You're a dead man!)

You flash back
How did this happen
This action
With guns clappin
And holes in walls
With souls dissolved?

Unfortunately love sparked it
When you met her
You suspected she was toxic
Yet
You had to knock it
At least once

Then you got fully involved
You saw the energy around her as a problem you could solve
So you move in
It's an illusion
She claiming peace
But her destiny will nudge her to the grasp of the beast

She had a stalker
An awkward guy she met at a park
But then he start
To show up at her place after dark
You're out of town now
but thinking round house
You've gotta settle it

Go stay with your girl
Confront the dude
And that's the end of it

You're walking one day
Just coming back from a stroll
And he's standing at her door
cause he won't leave her alone

You bump him one time
to show him it's dark during the sunshine
Pull out the keys to her crib
and tell him
"She's mine"

And if I see you again
Time'll suspend
Violence'll bend peace
Then I'ma bless your dome with a wreath

The eye contact was combat
His spirit ablaze
The motherfuck
Ain't say shit
He just smirked
And walked away

Chorus

It's drama
Your mind is in a stressed out state

The mantra
Your life's exactly what you create

It's Karma
But then you've gotta factor in fate

You've got a lot on your plate
Can you handle The Weight?
(x2)

Verse Two

Now the night falls
With tension building up in your heart
This shit is worse than you thought
And you ain't handle it smart

You ain't tell your lady shit
Cause you ain't want her concerned
With your strap next to your bed
Cause now you ready to burn
4 nights pass
You ain't getting good sleep lately
You still shaky
That look in his eye
Was he faking?

Then a glass breaks downstairs
It's 1 AM
Shattered glass on the floor
Sure sign of mayhem

The dog barks
Runs downstairs
Then squeals
It's real
You tell your girl to call the cops and
Stay concealed
In the attic
Cause This could get real tragic
Grab the 9
And pray the shit'll spray like an automatic

Ran across the stairwell
2 shots pop
They lodged in the wall
These muthafuckaz came ready to brawl

Overzealous creeping up the steps
But you's a fuckin vet
Clapped him through the wall
and heard the body fall

But another set of footsteps
You didn't expect
Ran across
And now cause for you to reassess the threat
Is evident

Malevolent fuck
Brought backup
Somebody's in the room your girl's in
You bout to act up

It's quiet cross the hall
Cause he ain't see her at all
She's in the ceiling dealing
hiding her feelings to keep calm

So you pop a shot to smash the window
Cause he ain't kinfolk
His homie been smoked
And now you plan to evoke
The power of Thor
In hopes to execute without flaw
You reload
and pop a few shots while inching toward the door

Then you hear the door creaking to the balcony
Could it be?
Muthafucka trying to flee?
On the floor
finding these
drops of blood
Must have caught him with a riccochet
Then you hesitate
Thinking should I go or should I stay?

But adrenaline pumped
You ready to dump
Dipped to the balcony
Looked at the ground
And then you jumped...

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from Don't Look Down, released April 15, 2016
Image: Dom Savini Photography

Pounds of Pressure - produced by Alex "Apex" Gale and Taylormade Sounds of Dujeous - A. Gale for Apex Technical Drool (ASCAP) & T. Rivelli for Chiron in The Stars (ASCAP) / written by J. Haynes for Virtua Stab Publishing (SESAC) / Mixed & Mastered By: Mike Cip @ Split2nd Entertainment

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