Watermelon juice, I could bathe in it Take my time, I savor it I look so good, I should take a flick Life’s amazing, I create what I live You would have seen what it took it you a day one I keep going cuz I still ain’t done Got goals so vivid, I could really taste ‘em When I feel like nothing, gotta go and make something I’m doing it for me A baguette and cucumber slice If it’s good, then we might do it twice There’s one chance at this thing called life I’m smooth, gorgeous, I’m too f*cking nice I took a shower then I air dried naked I feel at peace because I steer away from hatred I never focus too much on what they saying All I hear in my head is “we gon make it” I’m doing it for me

Coming up as a young whipper snapper I cypher’d in the subway, a real gritty rapper Met some cool people, a couple cool connections But none stuck with me when I went through depression They kicked me to the curb like “I guess he ain’t raw” It made me rap more, and pray more to God Guide me to my purpose that I had all along In this city I was weak, in this city I was strong Every single song I write means the world If your sight’s wound tight, needa let it unfurl I started doing one dollar drawings in the park As a way to share my light with someone walking through the dark I’m learning more and more everyday about different persons I feel myself develop through the stories that we merging The opportunity I been given has made an impact Gotta remember that I’m the one who did that They say you can’t make it in your hometown And you have to move I been doing good for myself So tell the whole world come through Come see what I got going on I couldn’t do it without you I’m tryna see the whole entire world so Tell the whole world come through

Slim thick shortie with a fetish for the cash Face so pretty, ain’t another like that Slim thick shortie, barely fit up in them jeans She always out the mix but she always in our dreams She the one you wanna risk it all for She the one you wanna call all yours She the one that I need in this world I wonder what she up to Probably copping new clothes, but that’s nothing new She gets what she wants cuz she got it like that Shortie got a body like *splash* I’m tryna swim, no floaties She always learning new tricks, I hope she show me Ass so fat Where the fuck she at? I need that Slim thick shortie with a fetish for the cash Face so pretty, ain’t another like that Slim thick shortie, barely fit up in them jeans She always out the mix but she always in our dreams She the one you wanna risk it all for She the one you wanna call all yours She the one that I need in this world And not just any slim thick shortie will do I’m talking to you, cuz you special Go ‘head, shake something

N is for now or never, nearly truly the nice Nonstop rocking these Pumas, never them Nikes I is for the insane, intense, intellect If you buy a piece of my art it gains interest C is for the character, it’s in it’s own caliber Constantly creating everyday that’s on the calendar K is for kicking it, since a kid I been the king of it Keep on bringing life but they say I keep on killing it S is for the super sick spit serenade Simple symbolism shines through the schemes on display and the H is for himself and how it has to be His health is most important to be living life happily E is for the ecstatic etching everyday Each ebb and flow eager me to put the ego away And the A is for the all time efforts I applied I’m an animal and I’ma fly from Allston to Anaheim Born in ‘97, pure with a message In the right direction, surely I’m heading I’m living for the essence, you witnessing progression I’m giving it my all, this is what N-S is My initial response is go hard My style clean, I lather with soap bars I don’t trust someone to guide me with no scars You know I’m a star how I’m glowing in the dark My duty’s to do what ain’t been done I keep it pushing to see what I’m truly capable of If they ain’t gon’ give me flowers, then I’ll paint me some The only crying that I’m doing’s chrysanthemum I pay the cost and get recuperated nightly They told me keep going and I didn’t take it lightly Writing these powerful words and big dreams This a January 9 7, cold sixteen

My accomplishments not the one of a slouch You don’t get like this just sitting on the couch When you see me in your city, you know what I’m about I’ma need full price, I am not discount I feel so fresh in these slipstream sneakers Just keep going, I’m a big dream seeker Top shelf with it, nothing less suffice I could do this in my sleep cuz I’m just that nice I’m a east coast staple, like Bernie and Phyl’s All the way west coast, they heard of the skill All over the world, they been searching my grill Like I’m too good to be true, but I’m perfectly real I got range like armoires to sectionals Style so strange, an odd bar professional Never stopped, I’ma do it all my life The reviews just in - (that’s nice)

Everything is going up, guaranteed for sho’ Every-Everything is going up, guaranteed for sho’ Price tag moving, lifestyle improving Hopping on a jet, copping lots of jewelry Smart with the saving, I could save the world Always misbehaving, I could steal your girl (but) I don’t trust a hoe, keep her six feet Focused on this paper, hundred yard receipt Hours in the game, I’m a different human being Nothing stay the same, I know it’s true because I see it Every-Everything is going up, guaranteed for sho’ Every-Everything is going up, guaranteed for sho’ Only drinking water, living so healthy Doing what I wanna, living so wealthy Got so many hustles, they all bring in that coin Remember when I struggled, but now I’m overjoyed I made it on my own, only getting started I don’t beg for nothing, not even your pardon Knew I’d make it happen, wrote it in my book When I hit that Mr. Magic dance I make ‘em look Every-Everything is going up, guaranteed for sho’ Every-Everything is going up, guaranteed for sho’

Everything I been through and seen make me a higher human Might be the only one laughing but this for my amusement Staring at the moon and I find it soothing If I Let go of my past then I could find my future I want a house the size of Pawtucket Put together some blueprints and construct it If you don’t pray every morning, I don’t trust it I’m sick of taking the train because it’s so disgusting It put a strain on my brain, and that should be a sin I need a sanctuary space where I could seek within Protect my energy and never have to leave again Going to sleep with no nightmares, I dream of it I’m so empathetic, it’s like a pro and a con My music like a jacket how I’m throwing it on It keep me warm when the sun is gone I might be feeling really weak when you see me going strong Cus I Can’t stop now or it’s done Can’t stop now cus I only just begun And if I want it all then I just can’t quit If I want it all then I just can’t quit I’m worried that my brain is on the path to mush If I want to be reborn, I have to push I think I need to consult a different strategist And understand what I feel matters most My biggest goal is to be my best investment Gratefully accepting whatever it is I’m destined Have no tolerance for any petty pestilence Cus I could just stay home and rest, don’t have to be out stressing it Nary a dry eye when I make gold Memories of in between are what I take home If you really break it down, you’ll see it’s all the same song Anything to get me through this real strange world Nobody loves you when you’re down bad Everybody wanna be the outcast But if you really knew what it took I bet you’d be a little shook Recently I found that I just Can’t stop now or it’s done Can’t stop now cus I only just begun And if I want it all then I just can’t quit If I want it all then I just can’t quit Can’t stop now or it’s done Can’t stop now cus I only just begun And if I want it all then I just can’t quit There’s really gotta be something more than this

I’m really trying, but maybe it’s not enough Made so much progress, but still I feel stuck Been wanting to talk about it, but I keep it on the hush I haven’t talked to a single friend of mine in months And I mean really talk, about what’s deep I only toss and turn when I try to go to sleep If they ask me how I’m doing, I’ll say I’m doing my best But they hardest part’s pretending I’m not depressed I know there’s people wishing me all of the love in the world And the strength I need for everything I endure And the support to keep going, make a name for myself I been so focused on my work, that I forgot about my health It’s catching up to me, think I might break down I’m overstimulated by them lights downtown I try to keep calm, remember just breathe What do I do? What do I need? Feeling so alone that if I scream The only ones who’d hear me are the monsters in my dreams I never trusted ‘em a single second When I’m dancing with inner peace, they frantically interjecting Something gotta change, something ginormous There’s something in my way, and it’s dying to tarnish Everything I have in this life I made Never had a good dad that’s why I’m estranged But I know this is better than the life that was I don’t take handouts cus it might be drugs They tricked me once, won’t let it happen again What if random sadness is just an after effect? I’m just tryna find a reason for melancholy We going through it I could see it in anybody Now what should I do? How will I make it by? I try to stay calm, but maybe I should cry I don’t know why I feel this way Maybe it’s just one of those days When I wake up in the morning I’ma do everything I can to change

Good intentions Everything’ll work out You gotta just keep going Everything’ll work out Just don’t stop Everything’ll work out fine Give it all you got Everything’ll work out fine From who we are To where we’re from To what we’ll see when it’s all done From what we want To what we need The words we speak are all we’ll be Make ‘em, make ‘em clap their hands Whenever I’m in the spot, it’s like the have to dance I’m the one like ten minus nine Even my mistakes so well refined, I keep on going for mine And I been on my way for a long while Rhymes like these make the song smile Blowing up like I mixed the wrong vile But it’s so right, there’s really no denial Until I rip, I’ma be on a tear My style’s like watching sunsets on the pier Fear not of man, especially the one in the mirror My inner light shining over here, yeah If I ever have to understand exactly what I need I fill up a page and then go back and read My first name’s Howie, my last name’s Do So allow me to show you Howie Do From who we are To where we’re from To what we’ll see when it’s all done From what we want To what we need The words we speak are all we’ll be

I be picking records like knee scabs I been spitting since every skatepark was pre-fab Growing up, I was scared of the phenom Had to remind myself, not every death gotta be sad Understand game is the Tao of a G Forward or reverse, I’m a G-O-A-T Coming into my own, my younger self would be proud Of everything that I’ve made it through and who I came to be I remember the first time I dropped in on a quarter pipe There’s endless possibilities, I always find there’s more to life Broke both my ankles, my wrist, and hit my head But there’s wasn’t a single thing that I’d rather do instead I learned pain come and go, redemption is the sweetest I’m comfortable with cruising, I be effortlessly speeding I could see the chapters of my life in every crack I mash through Reflecting on my come up like this gratitude is past due If I never started skating There’s probably a couple girls I never would have dated And you could take that for what you will These wheels are like a record how they keep rotating I’m up all night with my heart and ears open God gave me the power to commandeer my opus Gone are the days when the skateparks were shitty But the tricks I landed gave me a feeling I take with me There’s no turning back I cried to the voice in my head and I heard a laugh, like You ain’t gon’ act like I wasn’t right there You could either count the miles, or you could count the years Or the stairs