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The Growth

by Treeoflyfe

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1.
Pray4Cry4You 01:36
[Verse 1] Yes I do Yea, Getting colder kicking scripture is a testament Working for, seven whole days Now let me rest a bit Kept it humble in the beginning Now i'ma flex a bit My words cut right through her spirit Like i'ma exorcist Life is delicate Very delicate I disrespect your every breath You sound desperate Watch us party through pain Poppin' Mollies for medicine Men what's going on? Have we forgot who we are? Created by the one who made the moon and the stars Creating every second see my thoughts have evolved Every fear of mine is dissolved on this planet of ours Spirits we can't see, life's related to ours Give every piece of energy in me to a song It's been real, since Noah every put a foot in the Ark I forgive the people who hated See I made it this far Off love, faith, and a prayer Sent soul thoughts to the air Touch the temple of God, and tell em I still care Sodom and Gomorrah Send your Angels down here Demons don't play fair See they got a vendetta Know some niggas puffin on stress to fight pressure Need it out my system I'm dying to live forever. [Hook] I pray for you I pray for you I pray for you I pray for you
2.
The Growth 02:21
[Verse 1] Yea, Yo I came in the lackin' The Growth is straight passion No witches and Black Magic Just bitches and bad traffic Henny and Craftmatics Pussy and fat asses yea, that's what you love to hear Now that I have your ear I hope you hear me clear I got a message more powerful than your politics Lucifer and his pile of tricks You got no common sense You took a lot of dick I live where trust ain't a thang They only model it So when you nigga leave, some nigga hollering He tryna offer wood You know that Holly shit I look around Ain't nobody here to be Godly wit. Uh Ya'll on that Batty shit Ya'll on that Batty shit Then try to play it off Like its some Gotti shit I used to wanna chain Now i'm feeling chained Such a dirty game But I gotta play Ain't no other way I can't take a break Got a point to make So I can't fade away Like a Kobe or Jordan J If I don't start a movement I'm starting something like Michael J This shit is not ok [Hook] Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Its for the soul Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da It's for ya soul Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Its for ya soul Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Something for the soul I won't fade away I can't fade away A Soul fade away I won't fade away I won't fade away Can't fade away You can't fade me I won't fade away They can't fade me I won't fade away You can't fade me I won't fade away You can't fade me
3.
The Score 02:15
[Verse] Fugee la Whaddup Lauryn Left right Left right Left, left, left Yo Look You plottin on us You see we wanna settle the score Too many centuries of losing in a unholy war It make you question what ya homies is for Niggas be weakened by the weekend Through the passing of the seasons for sure A kid in a mad city Surrounded by bad bitties passion to past 50 Wit bottles of tan whiskey I know We some natural born sinners Now I gotta fight whatever was born in em (us) pull em out a glass and pour em some more liquor While runnin from my past I ran into more niggas They tell me things changed I tell em it's no different Ready or not Here I come You can't hide The presence is apparent Anti-Christ is on that rise Either you ride wit, or you die Why? Testing our pride now Feeling like Im trapped in the winter Drink is drowning my liver The stress to bond wit my niggas An bitches cold as November December Now Love is a distant stranger Remember the feeling? Now we just want the ass Some sexual healing I feel it Sometimes I feel like I just want independence from texting calling, visits Need soul for the spirit Trade it all for some brilliance To keep my mind on my vision you dig it? Or iz it that I been trippin'? Fuck it give me a minute Feel Like I ain't been livin' Survival is for the fittest and I been slackin on fitness Jehovah give me a witness I ain't knocked on a door in a minute I got a issue wit teaching I was taught in a region They switch the image of Jesus and scattered lies in his teaching You reachin they tell me Previously programmed Stop reading they tell me I'll never do it Whatever they tell me I'm here to settle the score if he let me Yea [Hook] Na can you tell me where the soul is You remind me of my old bih Na can you tell me where the soul is You remind me of my old bih Can you tell me where the soul is You remind me of my old bih Na can you tell me where the soul is You remind me of my ole You remind me of my adversary You remind me of my enemy You remind me of my adversary You remind me of my enemy Said You remind me of my adversary You remind me of my enemy You remind me of my adversary You surviving off my energy
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Malcolm 02:27
[Verse} Tree of Lyfe Get ya rights Get ya life Uh Whatever Uh, I'm no longer how they make em So it's asa lama lakum bow a head say a prayer like you bout ta meet ya maker If you ain't getting saved Would you wanna see a savior? Where the women is hoes and niggas wanna be players Tell us follow ya goals while leading us down the stairs It's the wrong way I'm conjuring up integrity Trading fame and celebrity for a chance to be everything I kept in me Yea, Yah's original recipe All you see is my fist in the air for my acceptance speech I realize this might frighten the masses Brother that's well dressed with vision behind his glasses They left us here in the flames Who the fuck is you gassin? Sobotaging in classes like how the hell could we pass em? You know they turn up the fire when they burn us to ashes I'm talking to you America online thru screen Revolution in my bloodline it's in my genes Every person that I get around I made them think. Think about it. This is spiritual awakening on concrete street El Haj Malik Shabazz spirit speak thru me I'm just a man with a gift Slept on, get a sip Won't coon for a shift As real as it gets Man this may be too much content My vibe so conscious We so no nosense BSD We ain't weak, we honest The world gone live I'ma live beyond it You gotta be a Lion when you up against a Lion and your history is Lying and your people stand behind it Thirsting riding like vagina I ain't hating on Obama but the country got a problem I don't think a man can solve em Scriptures warn us often We don't listen we evolving right? Everybody wanna see the light From Sheol to Rio til my soul is repoed If I know, then we know From Phazzeone to eLO We the Biz til we gone This the tree that we on Tree of Life people It's Tree of Lyfe people
5.
[Verse] Look at you Living proof we in a new age In life there's only two ways I'ma need some new sage When I was young I had a crush on Lauryn Hill Bumping the score wondering how it would feel To have a strong black woman with a voice that gave us chills Fighting with Babylon without the fear of being killed Now I rock Kufi's, a true life Fugee No group, just groupies these hoes so choosey I rarely complain, I laugh at my pain Put my interest in love Just to see what i'd gain Zion all on my brain I am stuck in my ways Triumph all in my name Different habitual lane switching Red light I got my vision and my soul with me No longer feel the need for ya'll to roll wit me Nobody feel how I feel Ain't no consoling me Swear to the death ain't no controlling me One love Family should be our strength Somehow hate crept in our skin So na na na I just wonder how it ends Cuz I, I done noticed that my best friend Could be my worst enemy and my enemy my best friend Wait until the sex ends We all lose connection wit the same soul That you once have shared reflections with Yea it's all the same story The serpent in the grass Man and Woman in the orgy [Hook] Just walking the streets Death can take you away There's not a guarantee that you'll see the next day At night The evil army of Satan don't play So defend the family That's the code to obey Well If I wake up fully and life takes me away Don't be surprised son I wasn't put here to stay At night The evil army of Satan don't play So put the family back together No don't ever betray Aye, to ensure the mass insanity Teach the people vanity Reduce em to depravity While worshipping your majesty Pollute em like a cavity Let music move em backwardly Narcotics change reality, poison our humanity Tell em that they're free in a land made off slavery To corrupt a world you must first destroy the family see The other night I feel asleep watching the Truman show Woke up and realized it's the human show Ain't it unusual how something once beautiful Can turn into the opposite Depending on the purpose that you use it for? She could be wifey Or just a new stupid hoe And make you wonder what you do it foe A friend of mine lost a lover to shots He ain't recover now he visits in the dark of the night She's in her covers She think she talking to her dead love one To hard to explain That it's just a dead love hun Cherish the moment cuz when it's gone You ain't got one The evil army of Satan don't play The early bird get the worm Check the instant replay Wouldn't be surprised If you could sell ya soul away on ebay [Hook] Just walking the streets Death can take you away There's not a guarantee that you'll see the next day At night The evil army of Satan don't play So defend the family That's the code to obey Well If I wake up fully and life takes me away Don't be surprised son I wasn't put here to stay At night The evil army of Satan don't play So put the family back together No don't ever betray aye [Outro] They killing us softly uhn They killing us now uh They killing us softly Uhn They killing us now They killing us softly uhn They killing us now uh They killing us softly Uhn They killing us now They killing us now
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Mirror 03:47
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[Verse] Tree, yo Me an my niggas on some other shit Connected with the Earth, Universe and the Mothership Poetry is deep like spirit killers and government Came a long way from Train chasing and bussin' it No Lie So here it is, all eye seeing without the pyramid Discussion bout the end Toasting to new beginnings since What does it benefit Man with ill sentences To spit sick spells in hell Tryna distance it Tapped into my melatonin zoning feeling limitless Make it to the media they'll label me as militant Like El Haj Malik Qualified to speak thru my turban Keep a lazy eye On my peace, I deserve it I'ma excel Writing all of my word perfect Niggas is ass they get gassed You must be nervous and I understand I live in Babylon, but spit it for the holy land.
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Love 03:05
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RealLove 03:43
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[Biz Verse] Damn, this what you want? Damn baby, damn baby You a never know yo brand new mercedes And it's so sad hun but girls just want to have fun You love whatever neglects you That's probably why he disrespects you You put a good man thru hell so stuck in your ways As soon as a muh fucka say, um say, say Shut up bitch move (bitch move) That's when you drop it down low Down to the floor make it do what it do (make it do what it do) Prolly why you make a muh fucka feel that he gotta talk to ya like this So shut up bitch Bring that ass over here and come and get this dick Come and get this dick [Hook] Tree of Lyfe no lie Ain't no roots if you ain't got truth Girl God made you out of my ribs If there ain't no me then there is no you I thinking bout I thinking bout you I thinking bout you I thinking bout you I thinking bout you Thinking bout me is thinking bout you [Biz Verse] You don't get it Damn baby, damn baby I swear i'm bout to go crazy You a never know the whole truth We gone fuck me and pay you 5 racks drop it all on you You a never how I ball on que When you play me to the left As soon as I say I love ya But soon as a nigga say other like Bitch suck the top of my dick You can see all this ice on my wrist It should be enough to keep you in check Wanna piece of my monopoly then don't pass go Think you bout to get it you a dumb ass hoe I heard you like to have fun So fuck me good til I cum yah [Hook] Tree of Lyfe no lie Ain't no roots if you ain't got truth Girl God made you out of my ribs If there ain't no me then there is no you I thinking bout I thinking bout you I thinking bout you I thinking bout you I thinking bout you Thinking bout me is thinking bout you Dummy [Tree of Lyfe Verse] Girl you don't want a gentleman So, so i'm canceling our dinner plans Throw it on a nigga so we can get back to sinnin' And pretending that this really gone work See you like pain Im'a make that thang squirt Put it back up in them ribs Let me see what it's worth On the basis of us God created this Earth It's like you'd rather live cursed Don't tell me that you love me You ain't loving you first Baby this the Tree see growth in each verse What they say about the truth, the truth the truth hurts Uh the truth the truth hurts Came from the ground baby girl im'a ground you Could tell you was hoe from the hoes that's around you I can't save you, but won't leave how I found you 2013 Man I'm talking bout wifin' Niggas talking bout pipin' killin pussy no sniping Murder i'm writing que thunder i'm lightning Niggas kickin' that real If you trill you a like it If you trill you excited Tree of Lyfe no lie Ain't no roots if you ain't got truth Girl God made you out of my ribs If there ain't no me Then there is no you I ain't thinking bout you
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[Verse] Yea shouts to eLO know the gods can see you Type of shine of course our vibe illegal Fuck the game because the game a eat you Rob your soul before you know what hit you You know me dawg I know the shit you been thru Night after night after night after night after night after night On these instrumentals I was right beside you with the pen it's mental Fly as hell like a helicopter I swear a lot but shit I swear I got ya On my grind feel like it's not a problem Name is Bruce and no i'm not from Gotham High class nigga but I rep the bottom Hollywood another name for Sodom Working day and night like Mike I check the mic Cuz I promise mutha fuckas wasn't hearing us right I feel like Eren Yaeger Attack on Titan Behind these walls with the balls to fight it This ain't a anime We where the hand grenades is a hand away So put your hand away Put your hand away before you catch a blaze Truth inside us how the fuck we find it? I'm agitated slash absent minded The past is blinded We relocated what it mean to make it Enough dough for these hoes and the smoke to fade us Now i'm hard on hoes for them years I caked it This is ain't life to me I know we both frustrated Life starts and stops Til'l the casket drops Can't even walk the streets I'm like fuck these cops When the cops pull up I don't talk a lot They say the end is near Somedays I hope it's not Somedays I pray it is We live in hell is hot We so well informed that we can see the plot Yea [Hook} It's just me and my nigga eLO conversatin' about the evil You invisible til' they see you In this life you don't get a re-do Yea, It's just me and my nigga eLO Me and my nigga eLO Just me and my nigga eLO conversatin' about the evil You invisible til they see you in this life you don't get a redo It's just me and my nigga eLO conversatin' about the evil Let's go [phone clip] [Hook] It's just me and my nigga eLO conversatin' about the evil You invisible til' they see you In this life you don't get a re-do Yea, It's just me and my nigga eLO Me and my nigga eLO Just me and my nigga eLO conversatin' about the evil You invisible til they see you in this life you don't get a redo It's just me and my nigga eLO conversatin' about the evil Let's go
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[eLO Verse] BSD Get Yours i'm a get mine If I don't see the money then its out of sight out of mind Intentions are definitely yours You like to waste time It's like spilling red wine The carpet like white though So don't let em stain yo name And it won't be the same yo It was snow white Now it look light cream It's the motto Im'a follow to fulfill my dreams I had a vision we was winning it was me and the team [Tree of Lyfe Verse] Yea me and the team Yah the Elohim Ain't concerned about the green Prefer the gold for our fee Another branch off the tree Never leave em extinct She wetter than anything I've seen close to a beach But this means nothing If the love ain't something Like a drug keep puffin' Im'a man need woman so my heart keep pumpin' Got it lit like we blunted You can see the weak plummit I ain't got a weak stomach [eLO Verse] Yo an ever since birth these eyes have been cursed for seeing the good bad the ugly and even worse Take the time that i'm living Subtract it from what i'm worth All I want in return Plus the feelings that I hurt real lady killer [Tree of Lyfe Hook] The only way in this world you get a thing Yo my dreams in the vending machine I need change BSD Brilliance over everything Yo my dreams in the vending machine I need change [eLO Hook] And that's the only way in this world you ever get a thang Yo my dreams in the vending machine I need change M.O.E. Money over everything It's BSD hoe we in this thang
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Exist 03:07
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HyMm 04:16
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Kingdom 05:03
[Verse} Yea, I was walkin' thru the weeds Bout as high as I could get It's the Tree Only good niggas Know its that good shit, we young Pa We just wanna party an bullshit Penetration on our minds Wit a body to pull in Today is like a rodeo Stuck in a bull pin Told em I seen the light Even when it was still dim My people from the past Wondering if it's still him Or just another character Thats plotting its on film, its terrible But comparable to the parable of the prodigal son If I return i'm the one But if I don't then i'm done Said a prayer to the east Forehead touching my knees Wit my J's on my feet Not dat dat dat really mattered I been gettin' too deep As if my audience was wizards Fortune tellers and priests Jay an Jay Electronicas The masters of speech Imagine if the masses Felt as massive as me My aggression used to be passive Na i'm passin my peace Oh God I need the keys to kingdom Uh But I ain't worried bout it tho What you speak you receive so Faith the size of a seed Move a mountain, a beach This ain't a figure of speech Biggest challenge of my life Been tryna figure out me Uh, yea Ima get back at this world This world been getting at me Full of demons in bodies With flesh that get filled wit they spirit Is he preachin rappin or snappin Like a bone from a tendon? Or funneling tension he feeling To get back to livin' Uh This ain't a test bitch Its all the above All heads touchin' the water Trick is keep it above This Earth is a war zone Lacking brotherly love Niggas dyin Waiting on your kingdom to come Chasin riches an loose women Who was taught by your sons Puttin more faith in a mic And a speaker turn up uh [Hook] I need the keys I need the keys The tree so driven I need the keys yea I need the keys I need the keys The tree so driven I need the keys [Verse] Uh, I was putting faith in the world I had so many first dates Til I realized I aint need her ass in the first place Scenarios always be the worst case This the point where I usually shout out my birth place We fighting the seen and unseen Addicted to the light like Nicotine fiends wit dreams Of plush scenes Lettin God intervene Devils show no mercy Pain add to the journey So we murk beats An leave the red sea murky I'ma truth seeker Deep thinker, a street sweeper I don't dine Divas Never seen beauty in Mona Lisa My art breathes exhales hell Like blunt chiefers Who puff reefus So high they can't see us Niggas born gifted An still waitin' on Santa Promised land missing Im stretched out for some manna A couple lost souls Love to pose for the camera On the inside More shot down Than black panthers In a cursed land Where the owners can't stand us When we shot down Don't nobody throw a hand up Real niggas too busy ballin' To understand us celebrating soul success When they soul distressed Drop the LP then disconnect Drop they first LP then they disconnect Cuz when you disown your own To receive a check An the only way you win Is thru some disrespect The woman who brought you in this World of sinnin' Which means you hate Your beginning So how you think it's gone end then? Uh I put it down wit this pen in I represent the souls of the folks From the sit ins And the pain of niggas who seen millions & still couldn't build nothin' from it Yea Still sick to they stomach Down in the pits of the flames of the fire I spit that throwback Yeezy thru the wire I need these keys for I expire Yea I spit that earth wind and fire But the tree a keep you higher The keys what I admire God don't leave us in the fire They shoot us wit the iron Yea the serpent is a liar We ya people We survivors Now listen to the choir [Hook] I need the keys I need the keys The tree so driven I need the keys Uh I need the keys I need the keys The tree so driven I need the keys To the Kingdom

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Treeoflyfe Los Angeles, California

Tree of Lyfe, aka T.R.E.E. An acronym for (Truth Reveals Everything Eventually) is an American soul-hop artist and designer from Inkster a small suburb outside of Detroit Michigan. Tree debuted his first project The Growth, released August 2016. The Growth serves as an introduction to his early years and explores his growth and observations as a black youth in America. ... more

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