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Work In Progress

by Cory Tate

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1.
Work ft Aeon 03:34
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I be outside, I be out there/ I just work, work, work/ I'm outa my mind, I'm way out there/ I go bezerk, zerk, zerk/ On the 9-5 at the redline/ Fuckin skirt, skirt, skirt/ Head in the clouds, ten toes in the dirt/ x2 I be outside I be outside/ I be out riding to get mine/ Outa my mind outa my mind/ I won't even look for what I wont find/ I don't even care i really don't mind/ I don't wanna think I wanna let it flow/ I been overthinkin it this whole time/ Then I started thinking why not let it go/ Any insecurity I never let it show/ No brainer Cobain pump pump let it blow/ Give a fuck about a set back i know ima get back/ You don't have snowballs chance when I'm on a roll/ I been working overtime trying hit a couple goals/ Haters I don't empathize with never fuck with those/ Whole world getting overloaded in the 2, 0, 2, 0/ Stopping my grind tho? You won't, you won't/ I be outside, I be out there/ I just work, work, work/ I'm outa my mind, I'm way out there/ I go bezerk, zerk, zerk/ On the 9-5 at the redline/ Fuckin skirt, skirt, skirt/ Head in the clouds, ten toes in the dirt/ x2 I'm a do the work, go until it hurt, then I push it past that/ Hurt feelings been a jerk, you better get past that/ Skirt skirt prefer the jeep to the Cadillac/ Pull up red alert, duck bitch, aflac/ Honeys with the fat backs, used to try tap tap/ Actin like I'm pacman, chasing em like batman/ Now I'm house shopping with bad mamma jammer/ We a bad batch, probably be right at home in the bad lands/ I'd rather be the regent, killing these motherfuckers in every single region/ If you go against me and my brothers in our kingdom we aint reasonin we slay em filet em leave em bleedin/ I know you're thinking Jesus whatever have they been feeding em its like he got a demon inside him that he been keeping in a/ Cage and he been thinkin he may be ready to free him its appealing to me to see my enemies all defeated/ Fuck making ends meet, I'm eatin, can't nobody at odds wit me get even/ Yall will always be behind me i'm leadin, can't none of yall seem to see the signs I'm readin/ And that's fine by me and my team last of a dying breed yall couldn't fit ya feet in my adidas/ Till I d.i.e put in work till I bleed let me tell you how I'm feelin I been feeling like/ We just win, win, win/ They don't get it, they don't get it/ We just win, win, win/ They ain't with it, they ain't with it/ They don't wanna see us get paper/ They don't want that, they don't want that/ They don't wanna see us gettin paper/ They don't want that, they don't want that/ I be outside, I be out there/ I just work, work, work/ I'm outa my mind, I'm way out there/ I go bezerk, zerk, zerk/ On the 9-5 at the redline/ Fuckin skirt, skirt, skirt/ Head in the clouds, ten toes in the dirt/ x2
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The Grudge ft Araless and Ariel Endure 03:53
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I just wanted to talk to you For just a minute For over half my life I held a grudge on you Fuck the courts I been the most active at judging you I cant remember the last time I showed love to you Not gonna lie lately it's had me real uncomfortable I'm not sayin I forgive Just sayin that by now I probably should of To this day if I saw you I'd still probably put my hood up And act like I don't look just like that man there Lookin back that shit probably isn't fair Cuz I was too young to know The shit you were dealing with The budget the money flow The loan from the dealership It feels like an undertow The surface it seem legit In love with a woman don't love you back that's the realest shit You got a teenager now He smoking that reefer skunk First born of two hippies you had to know that was creeping up The son of a drummer You had the nerve be stunned when the boy grew up To love a genre that was Literally born from percussion But ya losing your grip You been starting to snap Hiding bottles of Monarch I'd see the red on the cap Sticking out from the cabinet when I opened it up One time I found one right in front of you and opened it up And took a dozen or so chugs of the sludge to the gut Man, if my kid did that I'd a hung the stuff up But I don't know you I don't really know you I never offered you the chance to let me get to know you See I don't believe you were you when you were raisin me Soon as she dipped you dipped mentally, you weren't there for me You lost so much of yourself you couldn't barely see That face that was lookin back at you reflected hazily The day you put your hands on me was possibly the last day you ever did Still don't know if I was better in that moment Or let the devil in Balled my fist, swung hard as I could I could of killed you then Dug a hole, dropped you in and filled it in Wishing I had different skin, a little thicker Been a little bigger Cuz I'll never know that feel When those closest to you cant deal with ya They turned they backs and leave you to fight all these demons all by yourself At a time when you needed help Cant imagine how that shit felt I'm still mad as hell But I don't wanna get that call that you gone And I was too stubborn to let these bygones be bygones Part a growing up is learning how to unstack all of these pylons That we build up letting stress wrap us up tight as fuck like a python And I got more than enough love round me right now I can spare some Been collecting these stories up like memoirs I can share some I just hope that it's not too late Cuz I don't wanna die With none if this hate Give it one last try We can't go back in time There's no way to undo You left me with pain that shaped me Only goal was to not become you Now I'm grown and I've really lived I can't say I fully forgive Even after everything you did I'm willing to wipe the slate clean and start new We can't go back in time There's no way to undo You left me with pain that shaped me Only goal was to not become you Now I'm grown and I've really lived I can't say I fully forgive Even after everything you did I'm willing to wipe the slate clean and start new
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Hyenas 02:23
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You got me feelin some type a way about Never a mention of me when I come up you sway around it basically sashay around it Act like fanny may around it You got the money, honey then pay up This ain't an issue for me its a lay up Baby you better get prayed up My reputation ain't made up A serial mic killer With nothin not free time and enemies chained up Ready to get flamed up I'm checking they pay stubs Do you even qualify for the homicide 13 to the right side call it colonizing I might bring the heat down till I see a few of you caramelizing Ya'll don't wanna make foes of me Have ya momma sayin woe is me Deliver lines of that dopamine like I don't know my own potency Ya joking me I'm LOL'n like OMG You really wanna go at me You got me laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Got me laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Who are you again I don't even know From the look of things Just another joke HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAA You got me laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas I'm feelin real in my bag today All I want before I pass away Is 9 to 10 posthumous records ready to go Put the laboratory in the pad man its handy I'm always ready to go So I really would figured you knew better But shit evidently you don't So may I remind you I'll roll up behind you, blind side you, you'll never see me comin A chicken dish to a Wenwu If I offend you know I ain't sorry bout nothin I been to the edge and my heart still pumpin Ya yours pump too but I bet you somethin If you cut me my blood be runnin If I cut you bet Kool-Aid dumpin I'm bout my shit Fun and goofy when it suits me Nice when they introduce me But cross me next time you see me might be with an Uzi Inspiring a lifetime movie I'm truly kooky, get loopy The thought of you even moving me's really some foolery Mother fuckers got me Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Got me laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas Who are you again I don't even know From the look of things Just another joke HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAA You got me laughing like hyenas Laughing like hyenas
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Remember That ft Nate Sky and Aye That's Dope 03:25
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I won't even pull up less the money's in the bag I won't even show unless I'm pain in all the cash We used to be so broke, remember that Remember that, yeah, you remember that (x2) I remember every crib I remember every spot I remember weekends at my mommas house, always sleeping on a cot I remember pops Drunk and awful lot Shake and Bake on every chop Now look at me with a lab in the pad and the tier we livins at the top I remember wishing I could learn how to whip work in the pot Serve on the block Just for a couple of dollars I went and I sold me some pot I wasn't a flop But it wasn't paying no bills either In these streets in a real beater/ Probably cuz I was too high on the shit I was sellin I wasn't a real dealer It just wasn't my bag I was focused on them raps More focused on that then family I am not proud of that fact But hindsight is 20/20 time keeps ticking can't go back All I can do is do better no more cuttin myself slack So I'm not about to regress can not be depressed I proved to be dope I am goat I can not be less let out like recess recoup and reload Gimme the loot Gimme the loot Word up to Biggie I'll get me a coup Air Force 1s that go with the suit Like a drippin superhero, bitch I won't even pull up less the money's in the bag I won't even show unless I'm pain in all the cash We used to be so broke, remember that Remember that, yeah, you remember that (x2) I remember sleeping on them couches Gymnast wit that weed watch me flip a couple ounces Feeling ODB for that fact I likes it raw Almost went Tecca Nina for the cream I coulda took the beam and then broke into colored houses I done came way far Now a nigga get paid more What's a Ramen package to somebody who 8 coarse Nah I'm lying But wait for it Ya'll can speak it in fabrications I'll be straight forward Been broke And homie I stayed far I ain't living too lavish but I'll be damned if I go back to that mattress that couldn't hack it I ain't capping wit rap shit I get it crackin Put my ethic in captions to captivate Who ever thought it was magically finna happen Word to Nip how I hustle and motivate If you been thru this struggle then get you a plate Fill up a couple and add to the weight If they fuck wit you heavy and everything's great then it's nothing to pull out some money and pay Cuz I done been minimum wage For way too long Putting in maximum effort to get where I'm at so applying this pressure ain't only for coal When it comes to the green I see its a Go Put me wit Cory you already know I'ma body whatever whenever fasho Unless you ain't paying then I gotta go Church I won't even pull up less the money's in the bag I won't even show unless I'm pain in all the cash We used to be so broke, remember that Remember that, yeah, you remember that (x2)
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Best That I Can 03:27
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I know that it gets hard when you praying on a come up/ You screaming in the dark just tryin to wake the sun up/ We can only do the best that we can/ We can only do the best that we can/ I know it will get worse way before it can get better/ Outside with my umbrella waiting for the rain to let up/ And I'ma do the best that I can/ I'm just tryin to do the best that I can/ I have to remind myself that its not always my fault/ I shoulder so much guilt a toxic trait its hard to halt/ I know sometimes two people grow a part and thats the part/ I have to learn to live with helps that I can put that in to art/ People love a good sob story, yall can cry at mine/ Any time, I dont mind, every line/ Thats my heart on my sleeve not stains of wine/ Bleeding out this pen I find a way to silence all that noise/ And realign serenity won't be denied/ I keep whats most important in my line of sight/ Be wary of the ones who wanna try and hide the light, I wanna share it/ If i struck gold today I'd throw a block party all a yall invited/ Midnight strikes I make it rain over the terrace/ Yall embracing, hordin shit you barely even worked for/ You bonus off your forces and barely pay your work forces/ Then bitch about the homeless who just wanna relax at night/ And vote against resources that might go against your taxes, right? I know that it gets hard when you praying on a come up/ You screaming in the dark just tryin to wake the sun up/ We can only do the best that we can/ We can only do the best that we can/ I know it will get worse way before it can get better/ Outside with my umbrella waiting for the rain to let up/ And I'ma do the best that I can/ I'm just tryin to do the best that I can/ I cant believe how fickle people be/ If thats the way it is all yall can leave me be/ I'll just live vicariously via DVDs where all the opportunist stay behind a screen/ Thats probably best I been tempted to make scene/ Lately, been debating it, add that to my greatest hits/ I been in and out relationships, I thought we had it made then baby switched/ It made my brain spin its still spinnin/ Forgot what it was like to feel these feelins I'm feelin, dont fuckin like em/ Feels like you all alone when you know that you not/ Feels like you rock bottom but rock bottom folk know that you not/ Perspective is a bitch I dare you to walk in shoes you would normally knock/ So you know what it's like to lose the soul of your holy Reeboks/ But in the moment its relative pain is evident/ I see it in the mirror so clearly think my reflections getting bad again/ Its talkin back again the only difference is/ I know that it gets hard when you praying on a come up/ You screaming in the dark just tryin to wake the sun up/ We can only do the best that we can/ We can only do the best that we can/ I know it will get worse way before it can get better/ Outside with my umbrella waiting for the rain to let up/ And I'ma do the best that I can/ I'm just tryin to do the best that I can/
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Mandatory ft Chris Kemp 03:16
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Cute 02:29
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Lose My Mind 04:07
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Live Like This ft OG Rapp 03:58
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How you plan to Get it how you live When you live like this How you plan to Get it how you live When you live like this Yo I got brodies who sell weed Brodies who hang tv's I got brodies who got heaters that give folks them heebie jeebies I got brodies who got bars that got bars please believe me Yall just hate on all your brodies when they face 180 degrees I don't understand it Yall from another planet Yall don't belong where we be at Yall belong under granite Yall don't deserve to breath my air Yall deserve lung collapses I'm here to shock you Charlie Browns Anaphylaxis Cuz we don't give a fuck about you We'll knock the punk up out you Say "later alligator", watch you float on up the bayou See I ain't nothin nice Despite what I may show you If you cross me get you canceled quick as Gen Z kids on YouTube How I move you can not match it You'd have to have like two decks up your sleeves Just to play go fish with me That's no cappin This a new era, who better Yall should switch ya tactics Fuckin dickheads Ya whole persona's flaccid I am constantly amazed yall ain't die yet Yall get to flexin and display fake triceps I get more mentions on your page than you guys get Bein the best I never claimed that's just my rep Top left vet I ain't worried that I haven't blew up If I had me and Ace may have never couped up I'm talkin two door, two seater, chuck a deuce up We on that grown man shit and still ain't never grew up So I'm sayin How you plan to Get it how you live When you live like this Like this, like this How you plan to Get it how you live When you live like this Like this, like this How you plan to Get it how you live When you live like this Like this, like this How you plan to Get it how you live When you live like this Like this, like this
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Neo 02:50
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I ain't never ran from shit You takin aim at me you better make sure that you hit Got a bullet with my name on it ain't that about a bitch Cuz I'm a lean and do the Neo soon as trigger fingers itch If I see a twitch, its gonna be aeon, otherwise suck a dick The heavier the kick, the slicker with the snare trap Lookin in the mirror tryin to check on where the beard at, Little salt and pepper give em something they can stair at (Intruder alert) yes I am prepared for that, I ain't really worried bout you finding where my lairs at You can catch a buckshot right where ya hair at, make a forehead smoke straight through a DARE hat Settle your affairs if you dare jack, I'm aware that I'm a bit hated, isn't it the greatest I don't give a single solitary fuck, I ain't playin with a full deck only with my aces Queens, kings, came with them things, I'm here with my team, we coverin bases All of your claims, baseless, need I remind you that Cory tate he aint never ran from shit Never have i ever not really been legit If I told you once told you twice told you 3 times right from the rip Back when I was rip, rappers get ripped Not talkin abdomens im talkin coffins and people who hated you tweeting out hashtag rip Yall really want me to flip, throwin your fits, actin like kids I'll turn a bronze in to gold, yall can stay right on that bench, watchin me win Everyday is a new beginnin, Screw your opinion I'm a legend, every bar hard feelin like it's Armageddon Who are you impressin, do you have message, you know where I'm headed Rap gave me purpose, for that I am indebted, so in the name of her, anyone can get it I'll never forget it, when I left a beat deaded, way before leaks on discreet Reddits And I only got better, a mother fuckin wolf better roll with the flock pray I don't get a new wool sweater For the weather when it's cold, at it's coldest life been a bitch since I met her still I ain't never ran from shit Cool calm when I go in for the switch Cut from a different cloth and stitch Just remember this I ain't never ran from shit (repeated a whole bunch of times)

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The first fully solo album from Cory Tate (fka Ripynt) since 2014's "A Beautiful Funeral".

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released September 17, 2022

Recorded and Mixed by Cory Tate

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Cory Tate Everett, Washington

The official place for Cory Tate music. The new album "Work In Progress" is now available! Featuring 10 all new tracks including Lose My Mind produced by Brainstorm. This release marks the first album in my catalog to be mixed and mastered by myself, along with some of the most versatile songwriting of my career. I'm incredibly proud of it and I'm positive you're gonna love it.

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