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Wish You Would (feat. eRok4a)

from Medium Talent by Tom Swifty

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This was the first song finished on this project because it was originally meant for another project that never came to be years ago. I recorded my vocals around the same time I was hard at work on Spare Thoughts in NYC for an album by eRok4a and we both liked the song too much to just leave it collecting dust, so when I began work on this EP I immediately reached out to him to see if I could include it. He graciously agreed and that ultimately led to him recording, mixing and mastering the rest of the project, and if you're looking for studio time for your own project in the Twin Cities, I cannot recommend eRok4a highly enough.

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Here to extinguish the fear (in case you won't) 
Trust we'll be feeling the rush (in case you won't) 
Time to release the mind (in case you won't) 
We wish you would 
Spark conversations with heart (in case you won't) 
Wreck those without respect (in case you won't) 
Climb with the rhythm and rhyme (in case you won't) 
We knew you could 

I'm J.K. when I'm Rowling and slithering in 
All my huffing and puffing is making nothing but wind 
Life laws: looks like raving's in the clause (poor me) 
Keep grifting door keys to get more sleep 
And if I'm early to wake I'll put the sun in its place 
You wanna shine through my shades?
I'll rip yours right from your face 
That smile's utterly fake, and then I squeeze til they break 
I'm not feeling that great. I think I need an escape 
It's time to wander aimless 
Love the world; hate the way it changes 
Even in this day and age I've still got a book of White Pages 
It's no wonder why I'm not quite famous 
So give it another try to write what's dangerous 
Replace the norm with a swarm of the strangest 
Not married to the me I'm arranged with 
Hold my peace, I'm here to break the engagement 

Here to extinguish the fear (in case you won't) 
Trust we'll be feeling the rush (in case you won't) 
Time to release the mind (in case you won't) 
We wish you would 
Spark conversations with heart (in case you won't) 
Wreck those without respect (in case you won't) 
Climb with the rhythm and rhyme (in case you won't) 
We knew you could 

I speak when I'm seeking weekend evening iris's glow 
Windows to the soul but glass house minds are resigned to be a part of it 
And even when thieving reason from beacons enmired in gold 
I still let em know their passed out eyes will never surmise this heart is split 
(Let's start this shit)
I'm even with Stephen but this ain't won't and never will be 
A requiem for speculation, dumb inquisitions and lies 
I'm breathing but heathens with faint hopes to sever and kill me 
Might catch a hot gunshot to the lungs, not smart to listen to spies 
And glistening eyes might peek out and speak out but we shout 
You'll never dissuade us! We reach out 
To every audience whether or not they wanna embrace it 
We freestyle and revile your weak lies about the essence that made us 
Your retarded image of a Creator with white skin ain't nothing but racist 
And complacent, needless debasement of our resources is killing us all 
We giving a thaw to frozen hearts and wrists, departing this life raw 
We keep on waiting for the day when all these villains will fall 
And living in awe while posing heartlessness, with marked insight we draw 
From righteous laws of our own creation, invocation, and induction 
Don't be stuck in only one lonely mode of phony analysis 
We break our stations, no more patience for reluctance 
Bring destruction from below like bony peasants stoning palaces 
Where the chalice is? we ask with blunts and spray-cans in our pockets 
Rocking history on walls for generations coming after 
And with this anti-systematic food for sprockets 
Stopping time is not impossible, just hold onto the laughter 

Here to extinguish the fear (in case you won't) 
Trust we'll be feeling the rush (in case you won't) 
Time to release the mind (in case you won't) 
We wish you would 
Spark conversations with heart (in case you won't) 
Wreck those without respect (in case you won't) 
Climb with the rhythm and rhyme (in case you won't) 
We knew you could 

Here to extinguish the fear (in case you won't) 
Trust we'll be feeling the rush (in case you won't) 
Time to release the mind (in case you won't) 
We wish you would 
Spark conversations with heart (in case you won't) 
Wreck those without respect (in case you won't) 
Climb with the rhythm and rhyme (in case you won't) 
We knew you could 

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from Medium Talent, released August 13, 2023
Produced by eRok4a. Lyrics and vocals by Tom Swifty and eRok4a. Turntablism by Elsewhere. Recorded at HeavyGrind Studios (New York, NY) and engineered by SIN HG.

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Tom Swifty New York, New York

Born in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in the southern Midwest of Missouri, Ezra Stead became Tom Swifty in Minneapolis when he began rapping live and recording quality tracks over ten years ago. Before that, they were... not so quality. Back in Minneapolis after 10 years in NYC, Swifty's latest albums prove that he's never been better. ... more

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