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1st Words: Earn Everything

by Pruven

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Orchestrated 01:55
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Teal Crane 03:06
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Anger Labor 02:59
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Chess 03:21
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Time's Good 01:13
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Pennies 04:05
Lyrics Verse 1 Pretty gritty stare Donate hype and clear out chapels The glare of his voice box brings rust upon shrapnel Make listeners aware of your power Nastier than rabies influenced Rottweiler Blur behind blind curve beef no concern Concern chief weed to burn you want the mic it's not your turn In 1970, Doc Ellis pitched a no hitter on LSD For the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League Baseball; Irrelevant still depict and rip lessons Spontaneous and continuous obliteration All well what the hell In the dream well goals sunk fell downwards you rise and won't prevail Chisel bones In the catacomb of chrome where clones con concepts Create my speech and slay all my targets Hip hop's my ball, I handle like O.J. Mayo Write slay mental demons and eternally grow Sapphire thoughts paragraph's ruby silver speech gold tongue painting scholarly Chorus It's like another day Another penny Always hopeful keeping God motivation in me Is it truly you in these songs that you making Or are you a shy clone just emulating What you see and hear containing all types of fear I sprint the path of victory still see clear The vision lack nothing manifest substance Lack substance and manifest nothing Verse II Another day's work Another hard day memorizing my research Enlightenment of terror Razor scrape mascara Ideas thorough elite plus clever This that dark highway back road riding music use it Witness vicious thieves sending pitch forks through halos Spiritual chaotic woes I keep black ice under toes Spot babies left on highways for abortions Think better to live better it's important My Asian re-up came to my house tonight He said I had no life Said all I do is stay home record, read and write Dining room covered with manuscripts Documents flow pain & love in abundance The devil I wrap your neck around the noose kick the chair from under you your neck will break in two Chorus It's like another day Another penny Always hopeful keeping God motivation in me Is it truly you in these songs that you making Or are you a shy clone just emulating What you see and hear containing all types of fear I sprint the path of victory still see clear The vision lack nothing manifest substance Lack substance and manifest nothing
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Lahib Nouman 04:45
IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY EXPLAIN TERROR OF A BRUTE FORCE A WOMAN WALKS BACK AND THEN FORTH EMOTIONS ERUPT TEARS FLUSH HANDS WIPING EYES FROM MEMORIES HER MIND TOUCH TRAGEDY SUCKS SHE WANTED JUSTICE IN CORRUPTED REALMS OF INJUSTICE BAGHDAD HOME COVERED IN FILTH SHE WRITES HER LIFE ON WALLS OF ROOMS WITH A MAROON LIPSTICK IN ARABIC AND FRENCH WHAT THIS? LAHIB NOUMAN AN ASSYRIAN LIVING IN BAGHDAD RAISED CATHOLIC, 13 SIBLINGS, MOM AND DAD SHE EARNED A LAW DEGREE FROM BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY DRIVEN IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY. THEN IT ALL SLIPPED, VEINS OF JOY RIPPED WHILE PURSUING HER DOCTOR'S DEGREE A CAR ACCIDENT BROKE HER HIP. HER SHOULDER GOT A CHIP BUT SHE RECOVERED NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU DOING LAW CASES PRO BONO HELPING THE LOCALS WITH A PURE SOUL IN THE WARZONE BAGHDAD! INSTEAD OF BEING REWARDED SHE WAS CHASTISED, TORTURED, BEATEN THEN EXTORTED BECAUSE SHE TOOK ON A CIVIL CASE THINGS WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME GAINED A LOSS OF FREEDOM STAINED WITH BLOOD TWO DECADES OF HEARTACHE AND SHAME. EXPLAIN- THE MAN IN COURT WHO LAHIB DEFENDED WENT AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN'S HATEFUL AGENDA RELATE TO HATE DARKER THAN SPACE AND FACE A GREATER COURAGE EVEN HARDER TO TRACE IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY LAHIB STOOD AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN'S OLDEST SON UDAY, BORN OUT OF INCEST AND MURDERED FOR FUN IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY SHE DEFENDED A MAN WHO WOULD NOT LET A DRUNK WHORE IN HIS OWN HOTEL STORE BUT THAT BROAD HAPPENED TO BE UDAY HUSSEIN'S WHORE SHE WENT BACK AND TOLD HAD THE MAN FRAMED, TORTURED AND TORN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY BUT LAHIB CONVINCED THE JURY THE ACCUSATIONS FALSE YOU SEE SHE WON THE CASE AND LAWFULLY HOPED TO BE RECEIVED. UDAY HAD THE CASE OVERTHROWN HE WAS A ASSHOLE WITH HIS NOSE IN A MOUNTAIN OF YAYO BULLET VEST ACROSS CHESS LIKE RAMBO POPS WAS THE EMPEROR, HE DID WHAT HE WANTED BELLY-DANCERS, CARS, POWER, CIGARS IMPORTED A CORRUPTED DUDE EVEN KILLED PEOPLE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL NEVER CARED ABOUT THE COMMON PEOPLE LAHIB, STOOD BOLD, AND STRONG AND DIDN'T CARE FOUGHT TYRANNY BUT HER LAW DEGREE DIDN'T MATTER OVER THERE HOPE TARES! THEY CALLED HE INSANE FOR GOING AGAINST THE HUSSEINS NOW THEY ALL SAY YOU CUT YOUR OWN LIFE VEIN AND SELFISHLY BY HER FAMILY SHE WAS ABANDONED THEY FEARED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY AND LEFT HER STRANDED WHERE DICTATORS TRAMPLED LEFT HER SOUL AND FREEDOM MANGLED HELL, UDAY HAD HER THROWN IN JAIL WHERE SHE LACKED A REASON FOR BREATHING CHARGED WITH TREASON BEATEN TREATED LESS THAN A HUMAN BEING STILL, SHE BELIEVED IN HOPE NEVER LET GO HER SPIRIT IS MADE OF GOLD IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY SHE HELD TRANQUILITY WRITING AWAY HER LIFE MISERY ON WALLS FOR ALL TO SEE RELEASING THE PAIN SO THE FUTURE CHILDREN COULD GAIN BUT SHE EMBRACED NO LOVE PRISON GUARDS MADE HER SIT ON BEER BOTTLES TILL IT FILLED UP WITH BLOOD SHOCK THERAPY TREATMENTS FROM ABOVE SOMEONE GAVE HER COURAGE WE DREAM OF SHE WAS JAILED, RELEASED, JAILED, RELEASED BUT NOT IGNORED SHE WOULD GET OUT AND RIP DOWN HUSSEIN PICTURES IN STORES PROTESTED AND BEATEN MORE HER BONES WORE BRUISES WITH HER HALO WORN OUT BUT STILL GOOD UNDERSTOOD SPITTING IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE HAD HER LIFE SNATCHED AND CORRUPTED TAKING EACH FIST LIKE, "IS THAT THE BEST SHE CAN DO?" TAKING EACH RAPE LIKE, "MY BODY WILL NEVER BELONG TO YOU" THEN 2003 U.S. FORCES SET HER FREE TORE DOWN THE MENTAL ASYLUM WHICH HELD HER IN CAPTIVITY SHE FLED TO HER AL-GHADEER HOME NOW ONLY HER WALLS MOAN WRITING AWAY HER PAST PAIN WISHING TO BE LEFT ALONE TRYING TO GET HER SOUL TO BECOME WHOLE SADDAM' REGIME HAS ENDED NOW SHE LIVING ON THE UPWARD BOUND THE AMERICANS KILLED UDAY BUT HE GAVE SO MUCH PAIN NEVER TO FORGET AND TO THIS DAY UDAY AND LAHIB NEVER PERSONALLY MET BRIGHT SUNSETS SADDAM COULD HAVE BURIED THE SITUATION BUT THE FAMILY'S MERCY GENE TOOK A PERMANENT VACATION LAHIB WANTS TO BE FREE AND SMILE AND IN THE NEXT LIFE LET UDAY KNOW "YOU TRIED TO STOP ME & COULDN'T WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW!" SHE FREE AND IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY SHE FOUND HOPE DROPPED THE PEN FROM HER SUICIDE NOTE IN THAT MOMENT OF CLARITY SHE FOUND GOD AND EMBRACED THE ALMIGHTY WRITING HER LIFE AWAY WRITING HER LIFE AWAY WRITING HER LIFE AWAY SO WE COULD GAIN!!
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The Omega 02:50

about

A powerful voice and a more powerful spirit. Pruven is an writer who is honest to tell you his flaws as well as his failures while giving listeners reflective concepts to enhance themselves. In his lyrics you can hear his spirituality without coming across preachy or overwhelming. Growing up Pruven was influenced by his family, religion, sports and by the various foster brothers and sisters that he grew up with. As a artist, he gives the listener a chance to walk, crawl or sprint into his mind and heart. You can tell he writes from experience and desires to inform people of the dualities of righteousness and evil. His production matching his delivery to the "T". You have to have a ear to listen to his music and follow his words. Which evolve around the natural states and emotions of man. Doubt, Love, Courage, Rage, & Harmony. -Jesse Dunn (V.F.C.C. radio)

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released January 7, 2010

Executive producer Pruven for Select Few Records.
Production credits for each song are in the "info" section on the track.
All songs & lyrics written by Pruven (ASCAP) aside from featured songs.
Featured artist wrote their own original material.
All songs recorded and mixed by Ron Vetter for d.p.i. studios except # 9 (Dirt E. Dutch) & # 14 (Bluedrink)
Artwork by Pruven
Album mastered by Ron Vetter at d.p.i. studios
CD layout by Rising Sun Quest
Dj cuts by Ron Vetter on tracks 1,4,5,7 & 13
Dj cuts by Dj Mo Niklz on tracks 10, 12 & 14

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With a sound that can best be described as quintessential hip hop, Pruven delivers thought-provoking, razor-sharp lyrics that just might cause folks to stop nodding their heads long enough to write an e-mail to their Congressman. The Va/Connecticut-based emcee now resides in the Bronx, Ny brings a soulful respect of hip hop’s heyday to the present-day ... more

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