Tropical Seeds

from It's A Beautiful Thing by Nik Bates

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A booming beat with a phased sample, the track is an underwater ode to tropical seeds. A tribute to popular horticulture, the song symbolizes a type of brotherhood built around sharing time with your friends and close ones.

The Alchemist/MF DOOM styled "Sesh Interlude" contains vocal cuts and samples that are a fun reminder of what you can do with a little digging, creativity and research. The clips come from multiple Jamaican airline commercials, Miss Cleo sound bites and gardening instructional videos.

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Sip the 40 Oz
Ask the homie if he know me
If he don’t, then it’s all G
Leave him sleep on he, please, we

You forgot that I was bout it, huh?
Go and ease the silence up, I’m wilin’ like a bachelor
And shouts to all my Travelers
They, heard the vernacular, I’m Dodgin’ all my Challengers
‘Cause we don’t ever see that
Where the Febreeze at? You waking from weed nap
Woulda swore it was a relapse
Looking for the Keef pack, thinking he should Chief that
Dropping lines like a Tombstone
Think you diggin’ in the crates, but you mining for some Fool’s Gold
And I’m flyin’ on my two soles
Thinkin’ ‘bout the day when I could finally cop the Hublot
The top spot getting harder to reach
Watch me, barter a beat, I’m slaughtering beef
With the iron to your noggin, I’m a barber for free
Then I, Dr. Carter, try to solder your teeth
When I call a Mrs. Officer she stopping with ease
Slow talker, no talking when she rocking the sheets
Globetrotter, hope Nada cop the tropical seeds
Tryna make that thang bob, where your follicles be, please

Sip the 40 Oz
Ask the homie if he know me
If he don’t, then it’s all G
Leave him sleep on he, please, we (x2)

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from It's A Beautiful Thing, released September 30, 2014

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