‘Insatiably soul searching for serenity,
Fatally cursed as my own worst enemy,
Endlessly seek critique my identity,
Ancient Greek in the 21st century,
Got a mean streak tendency for devilry,
Extremity whatever the penalty,
Readily drink poison with no remedy,
Act out without thought of severity,
Strut chin finger up, no shame in me,
Live aimlessly, distastefully,
All in even if odds don’t favour me,
Sniper rifles I sense trained on me,
In this world feel there is no place for me,
Outcast heading for death or vagrancy,
Mundane 9-5’s are breaking me,
Rap is the only thing I see saving me.
‘Hoping this track might just make me famous,
Form the platform to raise my status,
Gracious but these rhymes are outrageous,
Contagious hope you can cope, I’m dangerous,
Audacious, willing to kill to gain greatness,
Ill every day can’t chill while still nameless.’
Detached from the last relapse,
Knowingly walking into set traps,
Glowingly talk bout my past scraps,
Miss slaps, leaving toothless gaps,
Feeling a heathen as caged rage snaps,
Leaving screaming scenes from crass acts,
Papers thinning over ever growing cracks,
Grinning penning at ease these befitting raps,
Itch and scratch, just can’t relax,
Love to see what I build collapse,
Plant a tree to hack at with an axe.
Absurd words by my past actions backed,
No direction and never had a map,
Just fictitious rules on an old stone slab,
Need to feel free, can flea not trapped,
Dictate a path for me not yet mapped.
‘Hoping this track might just make me famous,
Form the platform to raise my status,
Gracious but these rhymes are outrageous,
Contagious hope you can cope, I’m dangerous,
Audacious, willing to kill to gain greatness,
Ill every day can’t chill while still nameless.’
Need fame, you to know my name,
May seem inane, but not in my brain,
There’s no way that me and you are the same,
I’ve words I simply have to proclaim,
An audibly unlike Harry Kane,
Not ordinary, that tag nags, inflames,
Engrains a sense of profound disdain,
Underground lye treasures yet to claim,
Acclaim, can’t squash quash contain,
It’s not a game, the world’s insane,
Kids enter infant schools and take aim,
Seething reading the same damn page,
Grieving another year not on stage,
Now believing that I’ve come of age,
Isolate from friends, don’t engage,
Now estranged, unsure how to change?!
‘Hoping this track might just make me famous,
Form the platform to raise my status,
Gracious but these rhymes are outrageous,
Contagious hope you can cope, I’m dangerous,
Audacious, willing to kill to gain greatness,
Ill every day can’t chill while still nameless.’
Raconteur is an independent Hip Hop artist from London who’s now being played regularly across many US radio stations, most
recently featuring twice on ChuckD’s radio show ‘AndYouDontStop’. He’s also been featured in various music magazines and blogs being touted as ‘An extraordinary artist ready to explode onto the scene.’...more
Soulful and funky, the Nottingham rapper's latest features guest appearances from CRIMEAPPLE, Vandal Savage and Yumah. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2024
