06/16/2023 Click here for Spotify, Apple Music, or Youtube. “Legend” is my 48th official release. This song is more about the music industry and kind of an introduction to what I have to offer as an artist. My material is more content driven but unlike most of my music, it’s a little repetitive with the hook. The song glimpses my perspective on the music industry. The song was self-recorded but mixed and mastered by KeyAno. The beat is by Tantu and the cover art is made by xoxodesigns from fiverr.
You can see me talk about this blog post from last Sunday’s Update here:
Lyrics:
I just wanted to take the opportunity to be real for a second
Talk about the industry
And how I see it, and what I bring to the table
Here the flow goes with the do-si-do
Not a battle rapper, but I deal some blows
Not a backpack rapper, but I know some flows
Didn’t start as an actor, I’m real like whoa
Feel me yo you should really know
Got knowledge like Nas, David Thoreau
Socrates, Hobbes, Plato
Friedrich Neitzche or Jacque Rousuee
I’m a philosopher, sociologist
That mumble rap isn’t pop’n kid
Understand me and what a got to give
I expand on thoughts like colleges
More like a teacher
Coming through your speaker
Spectacular rapper detracting in beast mode
Hear me in there? What you got?
Word to hip-hop, Big and Pac
Just wanna be a legend, get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
(Scholar, my mind is
they need it, listen)
Another rapper dead from the guns and pills
I guess I got another stiff niche to fill
Self-depreciation the name of the skill
Just a matter of time til their rhymes gon’ kill
Poof, vanish, disappear
Taken by their vices for kids to hear
They say it’s happiness, but really jeer
The industry epitome of puppeteers
I blame executives, for what the wreckage is
Definition of what deception is
Only sign’n acts bout drugs and weapons
Showin women aggression
Tell’n the black boy what to write
Sold his soul and knows the price
Has to rap bout thrills and vice
Then the white boss tells him, “tight”
Wanna be a legend get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
Just wanna be a legend get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
I would like to thank you for listening
I hope you find the virtue of real hip-hop
I just wanted to say
I’m ill with the flow,
Mike Illicit in soul
Bring thrill to ya dome
Too real to be known
Just wanna be a legend get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
I just wanna be a legend get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
Just wanna be a legend get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
Just wanna be a legend get props from the grave
Historical reference when I pop on the page
Have um wil’n’out when this drops at a rave
Eric Leo, Why not? I got what you crave
I’m a scholar, collegiate
My mind is, strategic
My vision, they see it
I got this, they need it
Thank you for listening to this presentation
Brought to you by Eric Leo 108
A legend in the making
I’m grateful to have you as a fan
Holla