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The Darkness Within

from James is Haunted by Cryptic

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Rest in peace Adam. I hope you've found your happiness in heaven mate.

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I only have to glance in the mirror
I only have to glance in the mirror
I only have to glance in the mirror to summon the dead/
Necromancers scavenge for the blood that I let/

I only have to glance in the mirror to summon the dead/
Necromancers scavenge for the blood that I let/
I'm unrelenting in my hunger for flesh/
But the monsters under my bed are still softly touching my legs/

So what's the point of rhyming in a world financial crisis/
When the markets' uninspiring?/
My substance isn’t monetised/
Rap’s climate changed so my diamonds stay undermined/

My double meanings can summon creatures/
Vocal loops are fire bring the motorbikes and crusty demons/
Lotta rappers say they're clapping nines and pumping heaters/
But what they're packing's fake like Calvin Kleins on Justin Bieber/

Don't get lured by their hype factor/
In their rhyme pads there nothing is there like Canberra!/
More biting than Byzantium/
I highlander haircuts - Yolandi from Die Antwoord!/

This vet don't work with the animals here/
Its solely taxidermy I’ve performed in my rapping career/
Because the value of my best verse/
Exceeds the net worth of the Australian rap network/

Uncover hatred I’ll suffocate you with jumper cables/
‘til your lungs are vapour, then cut your brains out with rusted scalpels!/
Mother Nature aborted the son of Satan/
I spawned as the fallen angel, not born of a fornication!/

I never returned the call of heaven/
7 days deleted the voicemail forgotten message!/
They’re bringing 16s and 32s bout all their weapons/
I am spitting 12 gauges 22s and 47s/

The precision of my rifle power/
Could’ve singled Dwight Eisenhower from the Eiffel Tower!/
I am driven by a higher power/
Living in a silo, sitting quiet while the choir's shouting!/

So I scream alone on silent hill
My dreams are drowned in crying shrills
Repeating scenes from violent films/
(I am the one)
Who'll perfect acquired skills
And take them higher, STILL/

A hired shill, inclined to kill, I’ll die at will/
The suicidal pilot, I am flying to my final kill/
The writing in my rhyme book will incite a chilling riot/
Inked papyrus lit alight it’s not a fire drill!/

It’s not a fire drill
This is not a fire drill
Modern rap got me losing my faith
And you are not my family so I don't care if you can relate

It’s not a fire drill
This is not a fire drill
Pop culture got me losing my faith and
And you are not my family so I don't care if you can relate

James is Haunted
2020
James is Haunted
James is Haunted
And you are not my family so I don't care if you can relate

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from James is Haunted, released March 30, 2020
Original beat by Kerbstomp
Alterations and engineering by SLothy

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Cryptic Melbourne, Australia

I write and perform rap music. The term music is being used very loosely.

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