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No Distractions Please

by Caid Jones

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1.
Higher 03:35
I don’t understand how we don’t see problems We treating the game like the bottom Of running shoes while you robbin Either you gonna shoot Or they gone stop you Just what they taught you Life is worth more than the things that they bought you Brotha I watch you Feelings worth more than the cost too Too many people Behind the idea They hiding behind all the costumes Watch you Watch all your friends The places you been And your thoughts too If I could have known all the things I do now I would’ve reached for the top And do what a boss do all of your shooters they Judas they crossed you They like the things that I’m onto I like do what I want to Brother we on soon This ain’t a game But you playing like you can roll the dice and move away Going super saiyan Imma move my way And you can’t duplicate it Sayin you can’t take it I don’t need no rules I just move to break em If it’s rude then your mood is shaken I don’t mean to intrude your space I don’t do complacent All your friends come around when you you can make it If you wanna play you falling like dominos Already meeting allot of goals Making my way to the plane like you ought to know This is not a joke Hit The stage then i gotta go Music is life make it honorable This is for love no it’s not for gold It just happens to be profitable Just imagine If i dropped the load That’s a road I will never go Impossible I make sure my heart is audible I make the sure the peace is possible Takes a piece up out the optical See the scenes Show these people it ain’t optional No there ain’t shit here To talk about If you don’t respect me Betcha I’m walk-in out I’m growing I’m hearing they talkin now When all you was doin was talkin down I don’t resent Hold on my pen I know what I’m worth No i wont swerve This a growth spurt If you wonder it gone work I feel like the finish is closer This is closure I'd do it all over I’m keeping it sober But I like my weed and my whiskey My tea and wraps and my coaster Ohh no no How does it feel When your boy come and bring you that real Power is higher Let go your desires Ohh no no How does it feel When your boy come and bring you that real Power is higher Let go your desires Ya move like a monsoon Watch the paranoia It will haunt you What would your god do If the world isn’t moving behind you And the lights they can blind you Hov I don’t see Ye I don’t see legends in interviews I don’t see goat I don’t see dope I’m just like what’s gotten into you I don’t see slim He just went ghost He used to stand for the bus He used to stand for the trust He used to stand for the people What happened like fuck All of my idols Went away And couldn't innovate I wanna set it straight If i ever say that I’m stuck Just know That I let away All of the pain as I renovate It’s hard to be strong When they wanting you crushed Like a feeling of lust for the game I’m accustomed to change As I run through my brain Hope that I never succumb to the pain As I drum in the rain With the sun in my veins My people are hungry To rumble the chains Matter of time till the coming days Hope that you find a love that will stay Open your mind said open your mind Got no one to side with Allahu we could vibin Silence Khici manito alive And Yahweh Yashua Keep us surviving Lookin for peace on your island Honest to god Ouh jnana Use it for love and the honor This the hakuna Matata Allah All of the things that we gotta More than a feelin of honour All of the pain but we got up All of the screams for the dollars Making my dream its regardless Cream for the guidance Life’s what it seems till you try it Can’t even think bout where I been i been Thinking bout flying Can’t even think bout the irony Sirens Living life I’m going diving thriving Got a little bit of an alignment I’m writing and I’m looking where the line went Peter pied I’m feeling tired And Heal from my environment A minute of my time And I can make you feel inspired I’m at the bottom but I’m working feeling fine Oh me oh my Tolerate the business Cause everything is true until it isn’t But you follow in they shoes like a religion Tell me if I didn’t have the flow to kick a written or a platform I could spit Would you really give a shit?
2.
Stay Woke 04:03
Stay woke Keep your eyes on the distance Don’t hold on to your rear view Don’t let the fakes get anywhere near you Here’s to all the times that we find while we live this life And when I die butterflies fill the sky Stay woke Keep your eyes on the distance Don’t hold on to your rear view Don’t let the fakes get anywhere near you Here’s to all the times that we find while we live this life And when I die butterfly’s fill the sky Hold up They just wanna get in my business Lovin the life that I’m living Just gimme 5 minutes don’t fake what I say just for my image No limit do the dash til the finish You won’t last with the gimmicks Best of the class is my confession Every word like a lesson I’m a bird w the blessings What you heard is what they guessin Unless it came from me absurd I been flexin Stressing Bout the things In my reflection I been seein more attention than ever Where I done start my endeavors I'm worshiping God but I talk to the Devil Cause in my heart I’m a rebel Bump in the car w the treble We already startin the trouble I put it all in the jungle It’s hard to be humble Wack mcs Tryna pass me Rip it like Apache Jump in the taxi back seat Gentlemen ask me Catch up with how I keep it so classy Nasty I don’t rely on something has been Cause that could be a bad thing Need an Oscar with your acting Till casket I’m going bat shit with the passion Ye I just spray the facts all the pussies be reacting The captains a dragon I put out some lyrics while you put it as caption Guess that I be giving you askin Hip hop relapsing This got the action This hot the wrist hot Imagine Criss cross seen alot of tragic Keep it in my baggage We got to have shots We not the mascots of rappin From this moment I quote Hold on what’s reals Just remember Stay woke Keep your eyes on the distance Don’t hold on to your rear view Don’t let the fakes get anywhere near you Here’s too All the times that we find while we live this life When When I die butterfly’s Fill the sky Stay woke Keep your eyes on the distance Don’t hold on to your rear view Don’t let the fakes get anywhere near you Here’s too All the times that we find while we live this life And When I die butterfly’s Fill the sky Get the money hit the show Everybody hit the flow Life is beauty Get to to know all the things you livin for Get the money hit the show Everybody hit the flow Life is beauty Get to to know all the things you livin for You ain’t never been around That I want a big house for my fam and my crown back People are down then But soon as you make your moves Yah they claim that they found that They were apart of the sound They were apart of the times you were down Fuck that you was never around No cap I been ending it now Heads In the clouds No I won’t ever come down I’m on the edge It’s stressing me out Don’t pay attention to doubt If I been through hell then heaven is now Heart in my craft won’t ever look down I need some plans to figure this out I need some bands a bigger amount All of these things I’m thinking bout I need the truth God I need a minute yah I needa sit in your shoes Know that my mission is true You gave me ambition for things that I’m wishin to do Still I be sippin the juice Still I be skipping the school Still I be flippin them tunes Still missin all the rules yo Isn’t it cool When you get what you want But it’s not what you choose So hard but there’s so few Give it all but won’t make it through Who we are is Is what you make of you Once were born is when you make your views Close my eyes what I hate to do I hate being patient but I’m waitin through The road to greatness only made by few If could change I would stay the same you ain’t drowning my boat I give it all I got but Stay woke Keep your eyes on the distance Don’t hold on to your rear view Don’t let the fakes get anywhere near you Here’s too All the times that we find while we live this life When When I die butterfly’s Fill the sky Get the money hit the show Everybody hit the flow Life is beauty Get to to know all the things you livin’ for Get the money hit the show Everybody hit the flow Life is beauty Get to to know all the things you livin’ for Stay woke Keep your eyes on the distance Don’t hold on to your rear view Don’t let the fakes get anywhere near you Here’s too All the times that we find while we live this life And When I die butterfly’s Fill the sky Stay Woke
3.
Frozen 03:56
“New numbers from stats Canada show Manitoba once again leading the nation, and its not for something we can be proud of. We have the highest homicide rate of any province in the country. And as (Indiscernible) reports the numbers show a stark & troubling contrast between Aboriginal Manitobans and the rest of the population” In the city of the frozen Gotta keep up your composure Seen the bottom seen the lowest But still my eyes out here are open In the city of the frozen In the city of the frozen Gotta keep up your composure Seen the bottom seen the lowest But still my eyes out here are open In the city of the frozen Gotta stay in control of your conscious Following your dream gets cold better watch where you go Yah it’s hard to get a hold of the concept Sometimes we feel lost with no target Told my fam that I’m an artist When I first saw that the wave was starting Peel back my heart for my father Swear to god that imma change up the order On all these finer things I don’t deserve it Yet know that I’m working And I will not hide away Put my feet in the dirt and I stand for a purpose Gotta stay focused the time is near Don’t pretend I’m not wide aware Go and tell me this fight is fair We been down for 500 years Still surrounded by unaware See the passion is a green light Put aside the problems of the fake one You living for a real life Gotten used to these chains but they still tight Does it feel right how the story goes Or is it stuck in head Can’t believe we ain’t plunging yet That’s the truth Hard to swallow when all of your choices in life turn around and come after you So we on the move Tell me young king what you gonna do When they want one thing demons hunting you All the love they take it ain’t nothing new And if you want some change gotta suffer through When the drums gets played that’s the thunder boom When you love this weight what you gonna choose Thanks for reminding me bury this pain this pain I got nothing to lose In the city of the frozen Gotta keep up your composure Seen the bottom seen the lowest Still my eyes out here are open In the city of the frozen Gotta keep up your composure Seen the bottom seen the lowest Still my eyes out here are open In the city of the frozen “There still has to be a Social Intervention. There has to be.” “Winnipeg has now matched its worst ever year for murders. Two people were killed over the past weekend bringing to Thirty Four, the total of people killed in cases that are considered homicides” Locked from the bottom yeah you gone but not forgotten I remember days we had empty pockets Hold it high stay standing strong if we fallen The truth will rise and we gone ride till the morning All These finer things I got no regrets Our focus is so direct We ain’t folding yet got a bone to pick No way I’ll be alone again Stand tall and I won’t pretend Hope you don’t either Run like the game like you don’t need her Life a bitch but you gone feed her What’s the final vow Got to here from a problem child Ain’t no life you can ride around Got the fuel In the right amount Rising up just to settle down All my stress I’m gone let it out Had to it take different route How we living ain’t with it The sharks in the water ain’t vicious Unless you been talking bout business people improperly fishing I can’t sit around and just watch as we kill it You gotta reach down get inside of your feelings You take all the plains for the buildings But you can’t erase what we building It’s all in good faith for the children In the city of the frozen Gotta keep up your composure Seen the bottom seen the lowest Still my eyes out here are open In the city of the frozen Gotta keep up your composure Seen the bottom seen the lowest Still my eyes out here are open In the city of the frozen
4.
Changed Up 03:28
Ouhh ouhh they wanna talk about it I remember at the bottom Changed up my surroundings Ouhh ouhh they wanna hear about it Had to sacrifice it all just to climb the mountain Ouhh ouhh they wanna talk about it I remember at the bottom Changed up my surroundings Ouhh ouhh they wanna hear about it Had to sacrifice it all just to climb the mountain Hold your problems hold your issues Go grab your dreams and run if they gone let you I know we had our problems but I miss you Now I got 1000 problems that I’m into And just for the record I wouldn’t it change it up not for second But I would do more just to show you I meant it Guess these lows always turn into lessons The more that we know seems the more that we stressing I put it all on the line I see it all in my eyes The truth ain’t got nothing to prove Allow me to try and re do Steps that I take these paths that I drew I’m gonna manifest too A place for my parents And dad in a room Damn if you don’t And damned if you do. I’m still moving on Time won’t slow for moving love But I can’t lose it all Think about it You know you want it So go about it Ouhh ouhh they wanna talk about it I remember at the bottom Changed up my surroundings Ouhh ouhh they wanna hear about it Had to sacrifice it all just to climb the mountain Ouhh ouhh they wanna talk about it I remember at the bottom Changed up my surroundings Ouhh ouhh they wanna hear about it Had to sacrifice it all just to climb the mountain I Don’t know why These feelings I cannot keep them inside You wanted to take a peek at my life (But) to tell the truth Yah you know I won’t lie But this shit is all the same in my eyes Build a dream stack the cream for my line I don’t need your energy by my side I got all the things I need to survive And when I’m down down down I get high Clash when we feeling tasked Put it in the bag I was in the fast lane looking bad Tryna find a fast change from the life of these past days But it’s all in a days work You can’t take what I made work Yah I’m heading up going face first Wanna show me love give me taste first Y’all know I don’t waste words (Like) Ouhh ouhh they wanna talk about it I remember at the bottom Changed up my surroundings Ouhh ouhh they wanna hear about it Had to sacrifice it all just to climb the mountain Ouhh ouhh they wanna talk about it I remember at the bottom Changed up my surroundings Ouhh ouhh they wanna hear about it Had to sacrifice it all just to climb the mountain Just to climb the mountain Just to climb the mountain Just to climb the Just to climb the mountain
5.
It’s no distractions I put it all on the line It’s do or die you feel the passion So many problems around And y’all still acting like it’s tragic I’ll get my father a house And put my momma in a mansion So much shit is backwards I’m searching for an answer it’s still no distractions I got a thing for ya Hold on tight you never know what could swing for ya Or what could happen if you reach for it Screaming they want me to have it I’ll get to it each morning No room for no progress sit back still answering each person These verses full of the fire formed from the crucible Sacrifice what we gotta Then get to sparking the usual No time to recollect Nah we resurrecting hip hop A silhouette no funeral i will attest in your best interest To live and let go Let’s go The hard times I was living made home Swallow my past and release the negativity I was up in class in the back just fiddling Now we on and all I see around me here is the process I promise to stay conscious at my concerts Heal the trauma while they watching Ain’t no costume for the camera Glitz glamour I don’t need it Sit and listen to the leaders Turn around and then go speak it Take at look at your surroundings Feel the ground it wants to meet you All our crowns have fallen down This the sound you gotta seize true I understand it’s life you wanna be free to So I lay it down a little loud But it’s still No distractions I put it all on the line It’s do or die you feel the passion So many problems around And y’all still acting like it’s tragic I’ll get my father a house And put my momma in a mansion So much shit is backwards I’m searching for an answer it’s still no distractions And when they callin you out you just gotta be you All apart of the journey never let it defeat use It to advantage You is on the planet I’ll be damned if we don’t fix all of this damage God damnit I love you lord but we been stranded Won’t see freedom start to ring in from the cannon Truth ain’t gone love wont vanish We ride and fall still getting lost like it’s a habit On a roll to see tomorrow Catch these feelings through the static Find the meaning of your energy Protect yourself imagine That we never had any of this Poof gone just like its magic New dawn we too strong But usually tragic Changing the quota cope with passion Giving back what we have Invest our plans into expansion I don’t have to relax And I don’t need nobody claiming what I have on my back We shining stars like asterisk To magnify our future all our love is what we have to risk Yah i had a dream but never planned for this So imma start with just revealing all the masks of the men Believe it I am back again God don’t make accidents I’m wondering what happens when the passion and the product of this world begin to clash I hold on to what I have I move on from all my past Said when I’m gone give it a chance Maybe a listen (I said) maybe all of this wishing starts to pay off In future list off the bad I been through the motions at glance I just wanted a chance at the other side Just wanna put a couple bands into my mother’s eyes All these butterflies flying Singing among the tyrants We immune to the virus they try to spread right through our mind it’s No distractions I put it all on the line It’s do or die you feel passion So many problems around And y’all still acting like it’s tragic I’ll get my father a house And put my momma in a mansion So much shit is backwards I’m searching for an answer it’s still no distractions
6.
Butterfly 04:22
Rather say I’m not I’m not Involved Spread my wings like a butterfly Tryna slow, Watch it grow Never know , Where it goes Keep my eyes up on the road Let it go, Lift away with the butterflies Let my heart out There’s a reason I don’t even call now There’s a hole that I crawled out But I cannot say that I balled out Done seen all the things that you on now I’ll be heading out for a long while Check all the stats it’s on file Used to be headed the wrong way Till the moment I fell in for your smile Passion is passive aggressive How do I manage progression The last to attend all the classes I entered Isn’t it funny how I can remember All of the things that don’t make it better Locked away in stormy weather (Said) Why I’m writing you this letter Mind ain’t quite but I get up (Yah) Feel the problems But don’t let up nah Take our problems if you let us God Life is lovely and I hit it raw Ask them all how I been the involved Started out just a little small Went and changed up now I’m living large Made my prayers This is gods works I don’t make the calls I just lay it down and i give my all Yah I gave my all Seen some things out here That could make you bawl I ain’t talking bout no metaphors Y'all seem fine when you ain’t involved When your head is lost Only seem to cry When you tag along Only when your homie is dead and gone I can’t fake it lord Need a moment of silence I made it here surviving So long are the days Where we split on a five And the moment is alive Up at 6:45 until midnight comes And the sun goes by I’m singing, we alright I’m searching for the time of my life Won’t somebody come and tell me what’s right Pray the love won’t end There’s something beautiful within our minds Catching ques Writing verses I refuse To let em take me from my fuel I'm a bird that’s in sky And nothing that you saying’s new This moment here is all I got and i’m going to take it to the moon Tell me why time’s always gone to soon Can’t forget the memories That made me walk along the road If I could feel your energy on top of me then I won’t fold I’m consciously exhausting knowledge Constantly upon the road I don’t wanna waste my time all alone I been on hiatus But it ain't felt like no vacation I just had to get away Been gaining perspective same shit that comes with All I know is I've had me some better days but now I'm committed, I'm with it I'm finding new balance whenever I meditate and every stepping stone got me so focused I'm not even stopping to celebrate And I never go by emotions Been thinking what's really important I'm stuck on my future And I need to pause and be present in life at the moment Been feeling repetitive stresses They only got me asking what is the lesson My mama taught me to be counting my blessings So now I'm thankful even down in depression I must be diamond I'm surrounded by pressure Feeling grateful cause I know where I be Now with every time I step outta comfort I'm only hyped up for the fruit imma reap You know it's Davi and Caid Jones With a purpose to ride for the people Ain't quittin I'm dying fore I get defeated Put words on my fam can be certain I mean em I'm feeling like I could do more that's on everything (Ugh) That's on everything (What) I can't quit I could get everything Just to give back to the people who's energy Got me so strong feel like I could do anything (Uhh) That's on 99 problems that weigh the titanic an 50 But I know I'm blessed so I handle em swiftly And get to my business I'm back like the 60s (Woah)) Can't get rid of me though I ain't dead til I outlive the area code Love this city so much I should marry it yo Fuck it I'll probably be buried in / snow Meanwhile I shoot for the moon And I ain't there yet but I'm feeling it's soon Like a caterpillar wrapped in cocoon You gotta find your inner beauty in you Yesterdays gone tomorrow I done seen a lot of sorrow Rather say I’m not I’m not Involved Spread my wings like a butterfly Tryna slow, Watch it grow Never know , Where it goes Keep my eyes up on the road Let it go, Lift away with the butterflies Yah with the butterflies
7.
They taking power and profit But we empowered and watching Can’t analyze or pre-define no matter how many stop it This is history repeated But we changing the outcome No more crossing off the exes in the middle like Malcolm Call me insane I can’t live like this Erase the mist from my eyes And wonder what this life is As I reinvent from a hollow And pray to god for tomorrow Tell me why we can’t fix All of these problems Let me re write scripts Often I drown in this world they trying to frown upon A clear mind and fear lies Always coming round When I was 16 i almost ran myself into ground That was six feet Crazy how i got to where I’m now In a city where they try take your story cause your brown Luckily I found god There’s still murder all time Choose your path But always do it with excellence I give my whole life to shine a light on the crevices Raise a deficit My Momma raised me a veteran Always looking around I pay attention to messages Moral essence lord fill me up with your blessings Fill them up with your love that I’m feeling Come down and spread it YES YESS YES YESS YES YESS YES YESS When we all get to heaven What a day that will be When we all get to heaven What a day that will be YES YESS YES YESS (YES YESS) (YES YESS) Open my eyes Swear to god I’m delirious Get a hold of your motives Cause I don’t fuck w ulterior If I stayed at the bottom I’d find my comfort I’m serious Cause the world is so close to breaking The truth is I’m furious Mama told me grow seeds No matter how far the hope seems That’s an OG now she’s become her own queen Won’t follow pop I ain’t no fiend The harder the fall The better the coke be The grime of the low streets See crime and have no streaks So let the song cry And let me paint you my vision over this long ride Over some music while replaying my memories Like a record hear the drop Don’t pay attention to enemies No we walking to the top Through the time we remembering Shit is elegant if it’s ever been I’m speaking on a racist in the room not an elephant And everywhere i go yeah I’m bringing this intelligence And they still acting like we separated But we all in this world fuck a generation Me and my people growing tense we waiting But instead you wanna stand around and fight And get your head invaded YES YESS YES YESS YES YESS YES YESS When we all get to heaven What a day that will be When we all get to heaven What a day that will be YES YESS YES YESS) Hoping for elevation I know the devil’s lazy I’ll be there waiting Counting time as I’m meditating I know sometimes I’m out of line But I’ll demonstrate that life’s Coming straight from the divine Even tho it’s hard to find Spread your wings and you can fly Presence is amazing I don’t hold a 45 but the fire is blazing I’m mortified and holding blind statements Hold the line sorta tired lately I ain’t letting out a cry if they make me Imma keep going, rolling staying ferocious And grab a lock into the life that I have chosen Lord is my witness I can’t regret any choices Only reason I’m here Is cause I listened to voices Here to bring about a voice for the voiceless Don’t gotta act like you know it you can’t avoid it Remaining flamboyant & walk through the sand storming Transforming praying to god that he got plans for me You won’t find answers in a bad forest You’ll lose the chance if you don’t grab for it You won’t attain it till you can’t hold it in anymore And let them hear the feelings that you have for it When we all get to heaven What a glorious day Put your heart on your sleeve Start exploring your faith I guess there's more to the story Always more you can say But imma let It away Lets go (Uh-Huh) I’m doing this for God I'm doing this for God so lets run it I'm doing this for God so lets run it Lets run it When we all get to heaven what a glorious day that will be Wonder if heaven could sound like this (Interlude) Caid Jones Speaking To each men and woman hold your speeches Land of the free is where your holy priest is Verses on Sunday leave the boardroom speechless Born in Eden If you see a wallet you gone keep it? Admit that we sin The hearts of free men have turned shallow forgot the deep end Comfort in Warm water burn hallow born to unleash it The coral reef is turned gray I’m Preaching on this burned page The worth of my birth on earth ain’t just worth bank For sure change is what we need to ensure gone gray But we rather focus on Beyonce Billionaires with the bomb plate Thinking you have what its gone take? That’s a long stretch It’s a long day

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released June 25, 2021

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Caid Jones Winnipeg, Manitoba

Co-Founder of PayAttention Inc | Music and Community Outreach | Passionate about Environmental and Social justice | Professional Recording Artist at PayAttention Records | Creative Director for PayAttention Inc |

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