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Balance

by Allen Vice

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Similee The accurate emotion in the delivery, mixed with the emotion of the beat and subject matter all encompasses a full thought Favorite track: Purpose.
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1.
we still up 02:26
found shade when the heat picked up nah homie I can’t slip up on point no roof with a joint lit up either way we good when the coin flip if it’s heads if it’s tails nigga we still up we still up if it's heads if it's tails nigga we still up we still up found shade when the heat picked up nah homie I can’t slip up on point no roof with a joint lit up either way we good when the coin flip if it’s heads if it’s tails nigga we still up we still up These images may bend and break but our bonds unshaken I yell and I scream It seems as though the only one who can hear me is my creator so I speak Sometimes her voice is clear and other times there is silence Although I grew to realize the despondent responses that were silent I needed them to find me you know peace and the quiet found shade when the heat picked up nah homie I can’t slip up on point no roof with a joint lit up either way we good when the coin flip if it’s heads if it’s tails nigga we still up we still up if it's heads if it's tails nigga we still up we still up found shade when the heat picked up nah homie I can’t slip up on point no roof with a joint lit up either way we good when the coin flip if it’s heads if it’s tails nigga we still up we still up
2.
RAD! 01:39
put a part down the middle of that shit hit a drift in a fucking go cart moving quicker than a bullet like the sun how it burn when it hit when I pull it’s a go im determined to win you would never know never never know what’s it like doin better tho better better tho nigga sike im forever gone ever in my zone that’s for life hoe protect ya neck that’s just where I aim when I snipe when I snipe blowing a bag get it back and im blowing her back her out she gettin immaculate dick im in the woods and im smacking a pack of the goods and ya pack is as sad as it gets young nigga dippin and dashing all of the tragedy im w the raddest clique pack is as sad as it gets allen vice im w the baddest bitch bad get a bag & im blowing her back out she getting immaculate dick im in the woods and im smacking a pack of the goods and ya pack is as sad as it gets alien vice and they hating I know it they pray and they hope I go back to the ship put a part down the middle of that shit hit a drift in a fucking go cart moving quicker than a bullet like the sun how it burn when it hit when I pull it’s a go im determined to win
3.
Grow Up 02:58
right at the edge of the cliff right at the brim of the cup lot of this was in the distance I guess it wasn’t enough lot of my past like a blip too many nights spent fucked up the circle might needed division all of us needed to grow up Rollin the blunt is like muscle memory Sober my nerves be fuckin w me i keep it movin you stuck there was a time you was stuck w me back in the back of the truck hurdling over some trust issues fighting and biting the dust both of us needed to grow up needed the water needed the sun needed the wind in the autumn seeing what we can become i had some time to grow up these niggas my son these bitches so corny I throw up they really be dumb I needed a blunt of the doja keeping me numb could end ya career w a folder of throwaway stuff you really should grow up right at the edge of the cliff right at the brim of the cup lot of this was in the distance I guess it wasn’t enough lot of my past like a blip too many nights spent fucked up the circle might needed division all of us needed to grow up
4.
_ghostly 02:09
Even in projects Whipping up projects Making the profit Making deposits Nigga just stop it Bringing up gossip Should like a bitch Sound like a bop Im on the top Yea top of ya list Still smoking on tropical Off in the tropics Calling me prodigal obvious isn’t it Im in the whip yo bih prolly was in it You just a problem she prolly resented Handling all ya anonymous business Swallow ya pity you wallowing in it I don’t need shit and it been like that Good thing don’t gotta end like that But it Seems like it always does Things just ain’t what it always was impatient Off to the next location Ain’t sittin in the rotation Lately a nigga been facing Lately a nigga been late night e-way streetlights passing I’m racing Heart made of stone ain’t breaking awaken sunlight waking and baking AM breakfast of champions roll me blunt and I’m drinking a coffee Still made a way through the pain that it cost me y’all can’t that’s where they lost me Same pain maintain in my name my vice win and i get saucy Game change look how I came up now they hate it and get salty I make demon get off me They can’t lead it I’m bossy She ain’t believe in the team now I seen her she using her teeth on my drawstring Fit is all black and the whip is all black like I’m Bruce Wayne in it I’m flossing Never had shit you can bet when I’m having I’m giving back more than I’m tossing yea bitch Even in projects Whipping up projects Making the profit Making deposits Nigga just stop it Bringing up gossip Should like a bitch Sound like a bop Im on the top Yea top of ya list Still smoking on tropical Off in the tropics Calling me prodigal obvious isn’t it Im in the whip yo bih prolly was in it You just a problem she prolly resented Handling all ya anonymous business Swallow ya pity you wallowing in it I don’t need shit and it been like that Good thing don’t gotta end like that But it Seems like it always does Things just ain’t what it always was
5.
holding the weight of the world on my back holding the weight of the world on my back holding the weight of the world one milli reps in curls lowkey the kid w the girls I be lowkey w it keeping it thorough she went chanel w the pearls wind in my sails like I listen to earl sipping that shit til I hurl sipping that shit cause im holding the weight of the world im fenna be the first one in my family tree to stack up to a million 10 on the floor it’s 1 step at a time but my problems was touching the ceiling I was a shorty when rolling them blunts up i fell in love w the feeling I was a shorty just rolling them blunts up ducking and dodging the killings I had a zip in the pocket my denims w the ambition and mission to flip em lotta these niggas was playing the victim you know i keep it too G for that solo was whipping the pontiac nigel was whipping the taurus theory was lost in the forest green looking for solace I needed that she know ima hopeless romantic I fell in love from her dropping her panties all the emotional damage eating her pussy it taste like it’s candy she could’ve walked I walk w death like im billy and mandy we can just talk we can just talk and shit she understand me im holding the weight of the world on my back holding the weight of the world on my back holding the weight of the world holding the weight of the galaxy holding the weight of your fallacy they in the way it’s a casualty most of em listen and rock w the vision but some of em hate and im curious face to face what would you say to me waste of space don’t wanna battle me
6.
Ginseng 02:19
everybody gone say shit nobody gone act on it they aint got no backbone I know I'm winning this I'll put a few stacks on it I'll put a few M's on it I'll put my LIFE on it 27 club hardbody no god body put stripes on it know ya woman on my dick I'm on your head put price on it stand around your dead body with the whole gang roll dice on it heavy rain fall upon head good cleansing bad guy died with a spliff good ending sad eyes know im wrong still sinning that guy hot water with the ginseng tea whole catalog hood strife not the one that the kids sing graduate into a good life whole river my pen bleeds had to read that book twice for the bad guy's good ending cooking up another fucking hit she think im a dick told he suck one get up off my nuts just like the gun im tryna bust one i be with my bitch not you bitches I dont trust none pussy dont get robbed for your trust fund i dont need a lil money bitch i need a fuck ton 10-11 mill fuck 12 im tryna duck from em shorty dropping hints all on my shit im tryn touch something shorty dropping hints she like my bitch yall fenna kiss huh we was kids they told us get a job i took a risk huh in the stu I really be cooking I fucked my wrist up like based god before I face god ima live it up no way you really thought the jig was up no way you really thought that i was giving up billi talk im fenna turn my jigga up (jay z jay z) real talk we not similar (bitch we not the same at all) real talk yall really all talk walk
7.
dontcry 01:52
how can I cry when the shift of tides went from surviving to thriving though im playing chess know you niggas conniving scheming conspiring just apart of environment identify it before you’re victimized I know the money hoes and drugs hypnotizing borderline mesmerizing way the fortitude fortified my horizons head aint even in the clouds im eye to eye with orion at this height I can see over ya lil disguises as well as cave dwellers hiding right below your feet lye ancient giants defying all sense of reality how can I fly outside my galaxy why would I cry still grounded the gravity holding me down laughing w the older me now about the tragedies floated around the most potent of sounds from the soul found you alone in the house this blunt for me this water to drown this one for Vonte 4L im holding you down my nigga whole city on a roll w me goal is to get rich or die trying like old 50 but the methods be so iffy wealth in the pocket not the wealth in your heart got it backwards find a place to start find passion you got it don’t cry just keep laughing dont cry just keep laughing dont cry for me
8.
byDESIGN 01:46
why you looking at your feet when you walk when the sky waving hi tryna speak to you by design ain’t gone be easy to reach the divine But we can talk God known to give you a sign I’m known to roll it and spark Create dope shit Last tape gave the whole city some hope it’s no need to be ghosting Wasted youth days spent posted smoking Took me as a joke probably cause i was joking Had to get focused like the most cinematic shot of the video do you a solid just cause im solid as the metal gear Hideo made you niggas aint outside the digital slaves in disguise as criminals peep the subliminal we so egotistical weed smoke we smoke to cope w the visuals wonder why head in the clouds cause we was dead man walking still careless about it wildin’ why you looking at your feet when you walk when the sky waving hi tryna speak to you by design ain’t gone be easy to reach the divine But we can talk now you why you looking at your feet when you walk when the sky waving hi tryna speak to you by design
9.
Purpose 02:32
Everything but the pain was hurtful and the inhibition slain was worth it it’s through the lenses picture perfect somehow you still missed the purpose a sun child bare feet touching the earth & when the rain fall I listen to it and learn from it and watch it both eyes closed I roll and burn something coughing each ash falling into the urn or something hold ya soul can’t purchase one heard you can trade wealth for worthless one yo you can’t stop digging at the surface son you outta pocket get ya hands dirty for what profit? work for some if you can’t find a path soul search for one it’s like magic pull a rabbit out the birkin huh curtain close on the shadow he was lurking under crashing crashing like the waves at the bay we swimming like the waves w the fade or twisted like the days I was braided up faded wasted and drunk chasing reluctance it’s a maze it’s amazing Everything but the pain was hurtful and the inhibition slain was worth it it’s through the lenses picture perfect somehow you still missed the purpose
10.
benevolent 01:48
ealry bread early head sage for the room talking to the bank teller man Speaking in code black stars on my letterman noticing scars on my heart for forever and Ever to neverland whatever benevolent Whatever the schedule is making sure to etch you in Things seem to fall in place kinda like Tetris is love being all in yo face Not just yo messages Love money all in abundance been in a deficit too long Y’all still spending that on necklaces that spin When does the coon-ery end Y’all boys cheesier than a charcuterie dish it is What it is with an inch of forgiveness Stop confusing prayers and wishes Stop confusing fans and witnesses trust we just watching you slipping Get a grip on reality my nigga I never supported that if anything bored of that Not enough world building and lore for that This sound like the title screen right before the black I’m just feeling blessed for the day i was afforded that Trees turn botega-lime green off of the shrooms don’t need no more than that too much indulging in those euphoric acts This that whole other worldly type/sort of rap Coming of age film star quarterback story arc peak with god level threats Meanwhile whole time our protagonist in a sesh Spitting these rhymes but it’s all part of the test When the peace signs turn to swords all at ya neck We gone be fine
11.
VICIOUS 01:26
word to the thoughts that remain silent every corner of the block niggas stayed wildin in the middle of the night way too dangerous in the middle broad day niggas get violent indi’s chicken broadway w a fat pocket 18 piece pink lemonade coppin me and ahkh on the interstate lighting woods up and you probably couldn’t hang cause you wasn’t good enough and you probably couldn’t hang you misunderstood us wasn’t nothing but ramen sitting in the kitchen that’s when I went and got to rhyming bout my inhibition to the serpent in the grass had my suspicions why I still show love but from a distance need my flowers while im here love and the kisses old soul you can hear the soul in the mixes never in the mix but im w the vixens you was plying victim I was staying vicious word to the thoughts that remain silent every corner of the block niggas stayed wildin in the middle of the night way too dangerous in the middle broad day niggas get violent in the middle broad day niggas get violent
12.
Balance 02:40
whole lotta strife and talent just striking a balance made for this I prayed for this Highly favored wide and awake in my hide away I might just lay in the grass and talk to sky today Only way I probably won’t hear no lies today 1000 days straight just trying to cry I can’t So much love felt So much time passed when I felt loveless Don’t know how to feel don’t know what’s left Of old me MB Hanzo Theory.. maybe AV the culmination avatar mastered the elements that created him And there was a time when they debated him If he the greatest but lately I mean Lately it goes w/o saying it And I’m grateful I was venting on songs and y’all was playing em Resonating ain’t it beautiful Hello I’m Allen Abbot and the studio a shrine nun usual Aint it by design down to the fucking math same math works all throughout the universe Crucial Hope you cherishing your time make it useful Time is all you got Time is all you got yeaaaa whole lotta strife and talent just striking a balance

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TRACKS 1,2,8,9 & 12 PRODUCED BY [ Similee ]
TRACKS 3,4 & 7 PRODUCED BY [ shy!! ]
TRACK 6 PRODUCED BY [ leon ]
TRACK 10 PRODUCED BY [ mynameisaudie ]
TRACK 11 PRODUCED BY [ otez ]
TRACK 5 PRODUCED BY ME
POEM ON TRACK 10 BY [ Mr. Spreadlove ]
POEM ON TRACKS 1 & 12 BY [ SB Austin ]

FOREVER GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.

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//typically when putting together an album I’ll heavily take into consideration what the listener wants from me, usually based on past reception. Listening to feedback & gauging what really resonates with people has been a huge factor in my creative process for years. I value the opinions of people who support me immensely. But, that has also lead to me scrapping a lot of the more experimental ideas I’ve had for a more digestible listening experience tailored towards fans.

With this album I 100% made the project that I wanted to hear. All of the songs that in the past I might have not released out of concern of it being too “weird” or divergent of what’s expected.. I doubled down on here. The beats, flows, sonic choices & subject matter for this album are intentionally different, but fully me. We all have a spectrum of ideas & interests that come together when we create. The beauty of it is finding a *balance* between all the many parts of us and freely expressing that to the world. That’s the only to truly connect.

I love you all & thank you for listening.

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released September 20, 2022

Allen Vice
Similee
shy!!
mynameisaudie
otez
Mr. Spreadlove
SB Austin

Cover photos shot by Naomi Camo

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