
Eight years old
I was in love with a girl
Eight years old
My only love meant the world
We'd hang out
Play catch and kiss…
Riding home on the bus
Seventeen
Looking for someone to trust
The seat next to me
Sits down a girl I once loved
She looks…
…this girl
I was in love, I was eight
Almost a decade later
A decade too late
So she smiles
Asks me "so how you been?"
Then gives me her…

…[Verse 1]
Oslo speaks to me in tongues
Glossolalia's a town
Where I gasp from worried lungs
They say I'm in some kind of phase
I…
I've spent a decade in a spin
No-one's ever getting out
No-one's ever getting in
I've learned the craft of hatred too
I've…
That used to please me so
You gotta shake some dirty hands
You gotta kiss them while you can
Kiss it quick then rise again!
[Chorus…

…it's crunch time
Back to work fool.
First rule is to keep the verse true, even if it hurts you
You gotta wear the pain like a…
…the love, my name's Slug, gimme a pound or a hug
And I'mma play this game
I just wanna say all I really want is for you…
…that cat that used to sit in the back and study
Looking for some proof that god loves ugly
Flash forward a decade later in your town
Somehow a good number…
By Eddie Holman (2011)
On album + (2011)

…got enough friends
But on a regular basis it's safe to say I've got the bends
And I didn't mean to ignore that vibe you sent
I guess…
…is to keep the verse true
Even if it hurts you, you gotta wear the pain like a stain
Respect the listener, respect the game
Because there's…
…that God loves ugly
Flash forward a decade later in your town
Somehow, a good number of ya'll got down
And it's solid, fresh, dope…

…[Verse 1]
A decade later
I can still taste the salt
Of the tears that ran down your face that night in the rain
Crying…
…at each other cause we were so in love
A decade later
I'm still dreaming of when
[?] between our arms, so close
Our ocean wasn't deep…
…lifetime
It's not enough to make a memory last a lifetime
A decade later
I can still see it all
Returned to that place we would call…

…that nigga get his weight up
Decade later and I'm still with the same ones
See me shining, tell that nigga shut up
Ain't no way I'm gon…
…sirens when I wake up (Man)
Why you mad? All you do is just hate (All you do is just hate)
I'm tryna fit 3 M's in a safe (3 M's)
I'm…
…(Gotta ball)
Broke nigga mad looking for a handout (Oh you mad?)
All my niggas grind, yeah we chose the man route (Grind mode)
Fuck…
By Tanya Emborgo (2021)
On album café (2021)

…fancy café
(A decade later where we first met at the exact same spot)
The audience are sitting in a tiny coffee shop
(Wе…
…noticed that she looks stunning in the moonlight)
The minute his cheeks flushed red
(A decade later where we first met…
…to stay forever at New Orleans
(A decade later where we first met at the exact same spot)
The minute his cheeks flushed red
(We used…

…made some cake
I almost called it quits
I used to rap for friends of mine
Now strangers wanna hear me spit
They say I'm sick, a decade…
…later
I'm the kid that's making hits
It's on repeat
Anticipation grown with ease upon release
Beyond belief
My skills…
…me spit
They say I'm sick, a decade later
I'm the kid that's making hits
I saw this from a mile away
Success is all what you can…

…everything you did to me,
I remember a decade later,
My neck still hurts from staring at the floor.
I always wanted to see myself…
…run in slow motion.
It's my turn.
What I meant to say.
What I meant to do.
What I meant to say.
What I meant to do... to you.
A decade…
…later, my heart still hurts form staring at the floor.
I always wanted to see myself run in slow motion.
You never let…

…at this since tenth grade
Insane
They thought I was insane
Decade later and this shit changed
[Verse]
Switchblade cutting
The tracks never…
…been safe
Intake the flow and you'll relate
I playpen these rappers as I let my pen play
I made a little come up to get paid
Drip…
…with these
[Chorus]
BIG THANGS
Big, we on some BIG THANGS
Tenth grade
Been at this since tenth grade
Insane
They thought I was insane
Decade later and this shit changed…

Uh oh
Makeover from head to toe
A few years later
You got it you got it you got it
Aah
But sadly no
Uh oh
I'm starting from…
…scratch again
And all these memories
I'm calling recalling recalling
Aah
I let this play be a factor
Ya
By letting me take all…
…tore it down
To rearrange this structure
From the ground
Uh oh
Discouraged by everything
Do overnight
What took a decade a decade a decade…

…[Verse 1: Apollo]
Yo, you see I'm posted in the corner like a stop sign
They used to call me names, now I'm in they fuckin' top…
Lied"
I ain't lyin' when I tell you motherfuckers that I'm always snappin'
Goddamnit, I'm in a position to make a livin' I'm…
…up
So we gon' be okay
Yeah, we gon' be okay
Sooner rather than later
Sooner rather than later
[Verse 2: Packy]
You see I'm posted…

…?
The game is all mine and I'm mighty possessive
Lil Wayne could not have found him a better successor
Every shot you see them take…
…and not your girl's age
It gets worse by the annual my career's like a how to manual
So I guess it's understandable man
Oh you…
…it
And then they start to RIP about it
And four weeks later nobody even speaks about it
Damn, I just had to say my piece about it
Oh you gotta love…

…in Vibe
That's quite a platform you chose
You should've kept it inside—oh, you tried
It's so childish calling my name…
…on the world stage
You need to act your age and not your girl's age
It gets worse by the annual, my career's like a How-To manual
So I guess it's…
…about it
Oh, you gotta love it—but they scared of the truth
So back to me showin' out in public, that's a hotter subject
I've…

…shipwreck with booty to salvage now
School reunions prove we're all human
Some at home a decade later and they're not movin'
And I've travelled…
…to rock these final takes before I'm thirty
It's been a decade of mics and loves pubs and gigs
At times I didn't know right from wrong…
…with outcomes both good and bad
Since the first day I laid my hands on a pen and a pad man
I'm sending you back down memory lane…