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k​.​ciz Citadel

by K-Ciz

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1.
Citadel 02:27
[Verse 1] …Slow Progression in a haste Attempts to keep straight in this altered state Longevity, Acclaim, Influence, Status Elixir of spirit, issued in payments Through sentence and passage, birthing of a jade Bred for sustenance, embodiment of trade In seeking a freedom, to set out on motorbike Reality sets in right on cue with a stoplight Glacial in stance, I greet death like a stonewall Adjusting to heritage, conducting life’s protocol When dealt the wealth, feeling no longer natural Temptations they beckon and they deal out in task force Illustrating gems for others to dig towards Try reaffirming truths if pushing nothing else forward Please believe, the source from which you may remedy The dream state Citadel’s tales play out like melodies.
2.
Bismarck 03:17
[Verse 1] K subtle, meaning lies beneath rubble Bell tolls for sell souls, to hell with shuttles I mean trouble, on average couldn’t fathom 6 feet deep, but existence still tacit Style is tight, can’t take lids off cases Closed for you, lose Holmes, can’t bank off K-Ciz Your hype is, high-pitched, short lived with brevity Our rhymes compact but we don’t reside in density Flow submerged, immersed, can you handle though? Opposing Citadel, style straight reprimandable Root of whack is lack-ing transcendental X amount of hits is decadence on your rental Sizzlin’ tracks few felt were too cool for From wish wash and dish wash came a long way from lukewarm Lyrically gifted, commanding presence like Otto Von Battleship equipped, only ones left on the Autobahn. [Chorus] A sight to see, could not decipher these Kid’s lyrics mesmerize like the phifer leads Blood runs deep, drawn up like the Ivy League You better pay in advance for what is not a commodity K-Ciz shaded, untraced on the come through Establish a pace a select few then can run to You false Somalis seek a light that is pyrite The future is nigh, highlighted night and a high-rise Copyright, patented Resurrecting Hannibal like Patton did Child reincarnate, doppleganged to a saint So what is life being when you don’t recognize fate The sleight is high but the plate is full So the hope he stays pure at the turn of the wheel From king to pawn to all, this rookie has jumped ‘Cuz a stable life, in his mind, had never stuck A fear for the worst, extremists devise a plan A guillotine of fiends, embedded in pride of man I construct these, justly, ‘til sacrifice gives heart A moment of awe upon the sinking of Bismarck. [Verse 2] Young rider, could never describe me in entirety Seek entire piece, tireless, the whole that is driving me while writing these Float below the ocean, 9/10ths of Poseidon Orchestrate the current and I take charge like a pylon Excavate Kuwait, the more deep the more heated These bees and moths have nothing on us behemoths Stepping up to us will cause you to see yourself dismembered Roastin’ up your crew like it’s the 4th week of November Finding out in many years who wanted it most Bravin’ out the 90’s, Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz Down a cedar, replace seed with saw Down at the marina, started seeing it all Thrive at night, but I radiate, Try and aviate, y’all nubes, Think I’m too weak? Y’all just too dazed Won’t last two days in this new age. [Chorus]
3.
[Chorus] K-Sun, shine like, bodhi tree Deck out, cruise at, no one’s, speed Gold in games, watch me prove it Triforce, link up, like a, Cuban I remember, at the house progressin’ Loaded, check-in at the Smif-N-Westin' Yungie, Yungie, need to take the reigns Be it, via, cloud sleigh or king. [Verse 1] Palette so fruitful, in its colors lie seeds The arduous path can make a sorry man leap Looking on back to meet some venomous locks Can only breed hardness in a guaranteed stop A bitter me, bettering, in earning my lettering In some parts I’m not here, don’t feel like ketamine Pulling from high tides, connected with light waves Watered down upbringing, like it was cascade Built from the ground up, shocked you get ground up Your way to ground us would just be to crown us Sounds that entice, in a fight couldn’t bite ‘Cuz what some kids dish out really is tripe Taking what isle give, Crusoe on this bid Stranded, candid, know you can’t win Basking in styles, yeah, for those mentioned stand out Cosmo means all out, rain checkin’ plain drought. [Chorus] [Verse 2] Strength of a windmill, craft a mystique Shout out to kinship, young Thes and Technique Venturing west in contesting the platform Outfitted Robson, matters to Matterhorn Coastin' the 1 South, ‘til after the sun down Ills of a trained thought, about to get run down Moving the people, channel Shadrach, Badass When tryna wife up, seek a class act, ass clap Time is short, need to organize sake When graced with a shot, rapping all that it takes Risk the gambit, win the parlay Your Zhang Ziyis, your Janelle Monaes Fight the civil case that pleads to settle Astronomic course began as dabble Neon wave, dark night, give a city, start life Brisk wind, moon light, signal to a, new fi. [Chorus] [2x]
4.
Nicene 03:34
[Verse 1] I sort out anomalies, notice in pluralities That these whys start to make way for I’s with ease A groupthink of me, societal irony We lie here idling, exalting the piloting A willful ignorant, I cast out a truth In observing the cycle, preserving our youth A thousand suns unanswered, scattered on a canvas Viscous, limitless, existence at a bandwidth Serpentine, words that mean, more than they appear I sit back and ponder on the life that drives a steer Thus we observe, seeing nerves, adhering to change Adapt, not reenacting, same two trips to the bank Yet the mind pains, in obscure ways, like a tooth strained For the new age, analogue for a dope e-scape, and a longing for deep space Evasive but I brake quick when these obstacles come at me Student turned to truant, I produce then commence acting. [Verse 2] Signing a deal, life on ice moon reveal What got us this far are still defined in the stars A creative path to build a currency stash Awaiting a day in which a solace will last Undertake on rebuttal, my mind rides on muscle 20,000 leagues and still searching for treble Futile is not a thing, as such we forge on The feudal knight fights for those below and above all Sudden is the hunter that details my form 20 years later and they still check the score I guess rightfully so, my house is intact Excuses to avoid a growth refuge in that On gaze it’s all level, this rock it just floats Whirling up storms yet we set to see to boats The conquered man, meets conqueress In appeasing both, working double shifts. [Verse 3] The rhythmic in flight, adjustments on sight A barometer fluctuates but we’ve yet made our dive Young broke off with kin, young held so much in Dealt with a loss but with little progress from it I find myself beached, I’m spit back to sea Question my worth, while birds climbed themselves perched But that was back then, ink runs out of pen I channel a platform in the hearth of my den People breathe, trust and see, synergy A soul depraved, making waves, is entering Dimensions untouched, control they see fit A creator in grace has no reason to shift A swarming of beasts climbs down on that cliff The former feeding from what the latter gives it Midas, frightened, by this, gift Fortune, conscience, left in rift, but a glimpse.
5.
Roughy 02:55
[Pre-Verse] Dear K-Ciz, pray you never take the bait Pencil in your thoughts, let your vision stay awake You landscape a couplet, your fate shapes terrains I sift, I sail, through comfort and gale Down on yourself, one can never stop churning Adopt that this life is an adapting and learning Your technique is weak, but not an obstruction Shining from the depths, late in bloom are you roughy. [Verse 1] A basic strategist, my style is analogous To those I lapped up, throughout histories challenges I would wake in a day as a means to achieve In the worldly journal, straightening out every crease Greatness, remains, a staple of humanity A just ruler’s will, the soldier who rides gallantly City from a shard with resource in excess Art, science, and kindness linking as nexus As life endured, my vision had blurred Raising my own became my own central surge I wasn’t moving up, though a stigma never present A self-awareness brought about a loss of effervescence Alone on this boat, in warmth and in cold Whether debtted or profit, I just keep to these offerings Challenge ambition, keep truthful with your palette Think of what’s to come, in pursuit of your talent. [Refrain] I wrote this in advance, so when you felt down Your finest spark, would become, reaction to sound In company are few, this passage it twists Start now, what another day will come desist. [Verse 2] With a time to reflect, the caster conjures regrets Don’t fear for the day upon which death’s linens set Looking forward, fearing, a time you’ll look back Dream state to street scape, I know you’ll push that Creation self-sustained, with, without mark Showing poise of Saint, some of Mako shark Run with the crowd and you’re bound to get caught up Outside, misguided, with ethics of a starter I write back in earnest, all I’ve fallen short The grandiose canvas these words were searching for That my state resonates, with a strive for longevity In the one way to fortune, keeping close ones as family Folks’ll run at glimpse of dying light Folks’ll step on own in hopes of flight Of the setting sun, in capturing the twilight Yours and always yours, a guidance in hindsight. [Refrain]
6.
Aeseason 02:59
[Verse 1] Take heat, for where you ‘bout to go is cold ‘Cuz when we set it, then the trend is, never, getting old From what I see, kids couldn’t tell A man-eater from a seal or a beluga whale In this life, two types, hope that you prevail We ice break, embark on land, continental scale Are we but metal scraps, will we all advance If you can’t take the reins then y’all better dance Takin’ a chance on the Ciz, you’ll find we work in shifts Freezing various beefs to get to work on better riffs Taking out by storm what we consider has beens Criticize this, quantize amount ten To say mind sharp would be reach-ing Like reasoning with a meat cleave Man us 3 brutal, upper level as usual Walking on planes, right, that are now new to you. [Chorus] [2x] This tribe thrives, heat up a kettle ‘Cuz each guy fly like a dog on his kennel Or an eagle, fresh prince, so you woulda thought Philly But it’s So Cal, I’m pretty buoyant if y’all feel me Head on a swivel for those shaded as Ray Bans No one gets in, ‘less the foxes like Megan Started lead off, meaning doubles on second basis First 33% of some crooks y’all couldn’t hang wit’. [Verse 2] Ill-formatted, doormatted, all the same Kindness is weakness when everyone’s your friend Shot down for lyrics, with depth there’s no clearance In presenting the spirit there’s importance in appearance A science in laughter and a romance thereafter In meeting halfway, there aren’t any flags to capture The passive inactive can never format a standard Get up, get out was just your close ones being candid The cyclic beast rendered, a deal a never ender Wax out the panning to bring about to center Out to my right highway railing stretches slower Dream is nearing but my heart is getting colder Was I just spawned here to milestone a greatness Before I knew the game on just a frontage road basis Peers honed in skill, I squandered in task Left with a blanket, my youth hasn’t passed. [Chorus] [2x]
7.
[Verse 1: K-Ciz] Birthed into surf town, I feel like I'm Earthbound Work with a pertinence, internships weren’t sound Screen flagship, premier emblem to be launched Hold the golden bear dear, rock but I don’t flaunt Departure for finer setting, scripture from minor ebbing Forgetting the dream, that, I don’t see self ever letting Flourishing arts counter a motion to gentrify Two trees, overlook seas, socialite Gemini … A 5-tool rhyme like McCutchen Kids they Medellin, ain’t finding purer substance Cynics repeating start moving trials to see me You deal though my eyes are keyed, locked onto a bigger reeling Dead end is excellence, forged in chemistry Lips spit wisdoms in my sleep in dozing dentistries Folks join arteries, rather form capillaries Those opposed mark silence as the worst adversary. [Verse 2: T. Kane] My creativity is not always nativity Write bars to promote sensitivity I feel it lingering, like brokenness is kin to me Even more, the son of man is King to me Never been a sin to eat a wack rapper So I stir the pot, take a taste, then I feast after Aiming right at your MPC with an EMP Bringing light to the dark just like a 3MT I'm from the West Coast the best coast Don't mess around 'cuz we test most Breakfast connoisseur, so we test toast And Scooby Doo fanatics so we test ghosts Smell that ocean breeze, never say bye Me and K-Ciz the pro team, whey fly it's just a vibe, when you see the sky Imma chill in Southern California til' I die.
8.
[Chorus] [2x] Glisten city start, weather coldest part Put your place on map, paint or camera flash Strike a lack of sleep, gather in a peace Sip to drink the sea, poet's mingling Woodland spirit, caught at a standstill Flattened steppe, hardened like anvil Calling to drift from this principle wind When my journey ends, another begins [Verse 1] Ring of fire, go ‘round, trace the plating Cut across, 3 6 to 180 Slash the beast that breeds a new hatred Altered means hit task with a patience Weakness perceived, eye to eye dissonance Wrote the heart out, in fear it of getting bent Small Boeing floating, stratosphere’s car So low key, no key, push to his start Hang onto dear life, slip from a crevasse Citadel mantra to landmark a premise Spawn point, that would lend out a hand Ever from then on, he penned out a plan Diverged spread routes, many are skewed Sometimes I revisit bliss of my youth Calling to drift from this principle wind When my journey ends, another begins [Chorus] [2x] [Verse 2] Pod of whales, I view from above Thousand-foot drop, look but don’t jump Carve out a cliff, resembles a school Valley below, fear and awe fill up pool Wander the cityscape, lights in a row Driving North ‘til it’s not driving no more Had to write these all away from my past No place for a growth with a comfort that lasts Netting, netting, netting, netting sum Fishing all these zeroes, losing one If soul meant world, will this money do Looking back into the eyes of a younger you Places await, keep forging on Dreamer’s fate, yet to be reveled in song Calling to drift from this principle wind When my journey ends, another begins [Chorus] [3x]

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debut mixtape from producer, lyricist K-Ciz hailing from Ventura, CA

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