Name: Pretty Things
Duration: P00H03M12S
Description: Sampled from "Paper Planes" - M.I.A.

Pretty Things

by Shakusky

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Sampled from "Paper Planes" - M.I.A.

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Simply put, I’m livin’ an audition
Playin’ my position
I am making my revisions
While awaiting intermission
Maybe I can second act this
Sneakin’ past the ushers
Intervene and hit the scene
So hard it can’t recover
Move the crowd, and then they have to love me
Critics in the catwalks, think they so above me
Lovely, I am Trevor Moore
The whitest kid you know is droppin’ mics on the floor
Blowin’ up, C4
Talkin’ Battleship, board game, all you do is miss
I fire off a verse and you like, “Damn, another hit.”
Yeah, this is war, so you know that all is fair
Or maybe this is love, can you feel it in the air?
Sorry, on the air, lookin’ for those radio spins
But overplayed? Never. In fact, let’s go again
So it’s stuck inside your head? Can’t say that it’s uncommon
Recycle this chorus ‘cause it’s MIA awesome.

I been busy pullin’ heists in broad daylight
Free cash
Let me see those hands in the air
Ski mask, bag full of money
Monopoly currency
Currently keeping seats warm in obscurity
Kick it Ron Burgundy, I stay classy
Extravagance and wealth one day, Gatsby
But really if you ask me, money’s not rewarding
I’d rather have a seat and rewind my last recording
Now play it, play it back, and tell me what you really think
Knowing I put everything, in it, yeah that kitchen sink
Ballpoint ink-stained papers, turn ‘em into planes
Or turn ‘em into paper boats, sail ‘em down the drain

No stoppin’ til that spotlight hitting me
Everybody listening, living off of pretty things
Cash on delivery, going down in infamy
You know I can sleep when I’m dead, chivalry
I'm not stoppin’ til that spotlight hitting me
Everybody listening, living off of pretty things
Cash on delivery, going down in infamy
Oh, you’re my number one fan? Misery

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released September 17, 2013

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Shakusky Seattle, Washington

Shakusky is an up-and-coming Seattle-based rapper. Inspired by the likes of Childish Gambino, Hoodie Allen, and Watsky, Shakusky looks to share his upbeat, off-kilter hip hop style with the world.