This song surfaced a mix of memories from FMA -- silver linings among the darkest clouds. Like all things in life, we have to take the good with the bad.
lyrics
[Verse 1: int eighty]
This is traction for dissatisfaction
Chapters relaxed in the path of this bastion
Thinking how the status is really kind of ominous
Happiness defined by design from the opposite
Feel my mind flash, like colliding and crash
Want to hit brakes but instead I hit gas
Grip the pain of whiplash from this fatal impact
Wish time forward fast won't escape from this past
Collapsed feeling trapped under once tall ceilings
The path had crossed regions, the goal beyond reaching
Almost, stopped believing; just weathering all seasons
Grieving so long that the words had lost meaning
With sizeable scuffles, fights and the rumbles
Life and its tussles, all building up my muscles
Madness in the happiness as some swear
Drastic in the contrast I compare
[Verse 2: int eighty]
Never heard an insult til I had an injury
Didn't taste success until I lived defeat
Never heartfelt until it skipped it a beat
Any shelter I could seek, I hid beneath
Knowledge gaps vast, so I see I'm incomplete
Strain, feel the growing pains in my wisdom teeth
Drained now my every day, is like it's Trick or Treat
You got a gift of gab, well I got a gift of grief
So when children speak, and their whispers reach
I feel like jumping off a cliff, from a widow's peak
Lost in a chilling scene, thoughts of a swift release
Exhausts my ability's visage in a guillotine
All the history, packed with misery
Couldn't take the kitchen heat, still in disbelief
Ever bittersweet, try to turn a hidden leaf
A sequel to Loyalty, how about a trilogy
credits
from Loyalty 2,
released May 12, 2023
Lyrics and Vocals: int eighty
Production: Mikal kHill
Sound Engineering: Cecil Decker at mono no audio
Turntablism: Tobe "Tobotious" Donohue, Member BMI
Production is the debut full-length album from the same cast who brought you Loyalty. The TroubleShooters feature int eighty as well as Mikal kHill on production and raps as well. int eighty
All The Things is the quintessential Dual Core album. The title song is featured in the game Watch Dogs 2, and widely quoted across the world. int eighty
Both Mikal kHill and int80 of Dual Core are geniuses, so the two together on a project guarantees to blow minds. This EP us simply perfect -- not a millisecond of anything less than extraordinary. The chemistry (if you will) between kHill and int80 is so natural you'd think they'd been doing this as a group for years.
The lyrical mastery each exhibit in this release is well above standard, or even upper level. Their flow, individually and in combination is astounding.
I've long admired Mikal kHill's strength at crafting and delivering killer verse, but I'm not sure he gets enough credit for his beat production. Y'all, these beats are FIRE. Production by cecilnick is spot on (as usual) too. Regis Murphy