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I performed at an open mic event at the Sayles Hill Campus Center at Carleton College. Technical issues plagued the latter half of my set, but here are the first two songs. Thanks so much for watching!

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Born For This lyrics:

LYRICS:

Back by popular demand
Dewey Finn of rap, School of Rock when I sock it to the man
Or at least stick it to him, when I inflict a wound
I hope he's got insurance in his hospital plan
Hop into the van and I roll down the block
Stole a beat from Asher Roth, I'd forgotten 'bout him
But if I can remember he said he loved college
And I acknowledge that that song was a jam
Call me Eli Roth I stay hostile
To snobs who think my stuff is awfully bland
I'm on the mic rockin' it again
Even though my skin is cotangent, the opposite of tan

Never been a bore when I rap, I'm theatric
Tryna help kids, you could say I'm pediatric
Got a lotta goals like a hockey hat trick
You don't know my music you must live under a rock, Patrick
Like Narnia my shit is all chronicled
If you can't see it then invest in a monocle
Coins in your pillow, you're sleepin' on a pot of gold
Sickest Asian rapper since Dumbfoundead caught a cold
Lotta jokes, lotta puns, lotta punchlines
Screw around but get it done when it's crunchtime
When it's lunchtime, I'm no phony
I'm only gonna focus on my craft macaroni

I might keep it serious at times or deliriously rhyme in the mirror
And you're hearing the product of me as hot as a pot of coffee
And off of my rocker probably an oddity they spotted me in Reno, Nevada reading the Odyssey
In a Honda Miata complaining bout the economy and yada yada
Honey you gotta see it's as funny as comedy he's a lonely anomaly
but it's only a novelty if he doesn't spit it honestly and properly
Forget havin' a dull minute
Forget calculus, no limits
Some kids hate my music like it's spinach
But I stay movin'; gif image

No matter where he goes he's a foreign kid
So invite him and see if he's a boring kid
Got the vitamin C like oranges
Not part of the machine like Florence is
Buy maybe some day, they'll torrent this
I'm from Oregon like Portland is
And I'm likin' the truth when performing this
I had a mic in the womb, I was born for this


Rant lyrics:

Gradient is back for you rap cats and I'm makin' scratches
At the game, never been the same, finna light a flame with a book of matches
I'm a disaster and I rap casually, I'm a problem so mathematically
It's a fact that I'm irrational like three point one four (for) one of y'all to say
that I'm quite wack? Well the way that I'd strike back
Is to say "that's just like, your opinion, man," but I'm like Shaq
'Cause I just don't do go away, even if you've had quite enough of me
Imma be an individual, 'cause there's never gonna be another me
Life is a classroom, it just depends on your outlook
I be in the front row with five pencils and a notebook
'Cause I'm so hooked on absorbing every little bit of knowledge that I can
Knowledge plus wisdom is power in your hands
And I wanna get my hands quite full
Tryna be a better human being
'Cause I got a lotta opportunities a lotta people never seen
A lotta people got dreams but spend too much time wishin'
Hard work is a virtue, make your dreams come to fruition
'Cause their ain't no tuition
In the university of Wikipedia
You can spend an hour on there and learn a lot more than the media
Will report in a whole week
'Cause their audience is all sheep
I'm talking 'bout cable news, man, 'cause a lot of us are asleep
'Cause it's not just Fox News, man, it's also MSNBC
Anyone who tries to put me in a box, never been a friend to me
I'm more clever than the enemy, so they're never gonna get at me
And they better be on Ketamine, if they ever think I'mma let it be
We can do better than this, y'all, just think independently
You don't have to pretend to be anything less than you wanna be
When I'm on the beat, and I'm spitting heat, I'm an animal, like a wallaby
Like I oughta be, this is how I say I don't quite fit the dichotomy
We live in a false economy, eat each other up, like piranha be
But I'mma be different 'cause I wanna feed, I don't wanna eat
And I'm gonna be very proud of me, and you're gonna wish you never doubted me
Whoa, sorry for that rant, y'all, I just really had to get that outta me

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