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On The Contrary

by Other Wise

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Action...as the director screams... Give me props...and not what's on the set for me... but now i'm lost...cause it's like y'all expect less of me... but it's my passion...so rappings what y'all get from me... I've been schooling kids for years...they should gets degrees... so ill burn em...third strike...thats the best degree... with my words as my weapons...I could press ya keys... and your buttons...no limits like ya text for free... but fuck ya signal...it couldn't match my bars... even my shoes couldn't help you walk my path for far... my whole teams by my side...they got my back at large... while ya cast is temporary like a fractured arm... so as the lights shine...and my vision'll focus... I'm chasing big dreams, you're too little to notice I won't allow anybody to affect my moves... each step thought out...I'm the best, I'll prove... Act 2...the sequel...but the script is better... know what I'm talkin bout? Or did you skip the lecture... Its like we're playing Scrabble...but I got to pick my letters... so in this game I'm the liter...u-nits of measure... I'm like a teacher...take notes and try to follow this... While I'm spitting food for though...you should try and swallow it... Then regurgitate it...like a skinny model chick... It's worth one shot like a mini bottle fits... I'll never give up...if I'm tough and I'm worthless Ill just use aquaphor since I'm rough on the surface... You could skip this track...I'd give a fuck if you've heard it... But if the critics ask...then I nothing but nervous... So my head'll ache...regardless of the Tylenol... And If I never set a date then I probably wouldn't write at all... here it is...on record...my life in parts... It'll twist ya fantasy's...and turn all light to dark...
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Chuckles: Change is what we see in everything that we believe, over run the out come and overcome the greed, let it be a part of, lifes little mysteries, gettem all agreed, lettem bring a little peice, of the promised land, that was planned for peace, everybodies on their knees praying with the preists, and now we all just need a lot of therepy, so pass around the plate for this community, Stuck in the poverty, yeah it takes a part of me, Im trying to be free but im living in a robbery, taking all my money and give it to the companies, does it really please? Yes it does indeed, but check out what i think of what it really means, how money grows on trees, and everybody fiends, transaction clean, now the 1 percent is deemed, rich to get richer, while the ninety nine bleed Other Wise: Arm extended, hand out...as they reach for me... I'm dropping knowledge...this is what i'll teach for free... plus I've witnessed more confessions than a preacher sees.... ...so if you're seeking hand outs...you can leave me be... cause i've paid my dues...while i was making moves... the same opportunities that were gave to you... although the whole world needs change... we the people chose the path that we soar these days... ...I get heated, blood forced through veins... never know what hits the polls...blind horseshoe game recession, depression...what else do i need to mention... ...we're like a laughing stock that just needs investing... ...or maybe jacks beans...so we can grow to a higher level... more volume...do i need it at a higher level... Well, i will tell you, I don't find what you try and provide as helpful...
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I dream big painting pictures in the brightest colors... Pulling any card I can with credit until I'm discovered... If i try but stutter...then I will find another... staying truthful to myself so oath i'm never lying under... do what i want, and always do what i please... loaded airsoft so i'm not just shooting the breeze... My shoes are so big...try using two of your feet... cause i'm the shit...like eating nothing but just prunes for a week... ha...lame punches... you can try and claim they're wayne punches... like shooting fish in barrel...we're in the same bucket... but I'm still overlooked...that's pure crap... i'm sure it's just cause yall are shallow like a bird bath... it's all true, especially in the first half... have you gather cows just to make sure that you heard that... I'm just a nerd...with books and a word pad... that'll leave you bitches breathing heavy like a birth class. chorus eyes closed...shots in the dark... it's best you stay on your leash like a dog at the park... cause if you drive up...and you even stop in your car... I'll take ya keys from ya but i won't offer to park... this ain't no valet...you won't get another chance... if you want we can dance...i ain't talking bout a ballet... you can't afford to just toy with me now days... I might not always be a good guy...child play i'm like a chuckie doll... aston kutcher couldn't punk me, y'all... it's best you don't try me like I'm something raw... I'm being clear fuckers...i'll leave you seared, suckers... as my patience starts to wear thin like some seersucker's... to my peers...i know that i'm well passed the date... cause my minds like Waffle House...hash-browns...scatterbrained but here it is..no longer do you have to wait... On the contrary...go ahead...have a taste
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Other Wise: I'm one man with one vision... one plan, one mission... no dumb pitches... and I won't be something different... I'm not, two face...not batman's villain... even though i'm a joker, so, that's my gimmick... no make up...or fake smiles to be painted on... and everything i write is guaranteed to be my greatest song... it doesn't take me long...to be great for y'all... Twilight couldn't even have my final chapter, breakin dawn... i've been patient...especially with these no names... ...that Brita filters couldn't even help flow great... so here we go...all my talent, show cased... until someone out there shows interest like a loan rate... but no hidden fees...what you see is what you get from me... bet it all measures up like recipes... and now all you kids are just startled... to figure out how i fit in, like a ship in a bottle... Shamroc: Other Wise, let me show these other guys... We're the reason they got tears behind their troubled eyes... friends all saying, "Sham, please don't ever change"... and I tell em that I won't, promise I'll always be the same... no matter where we go, or the fortune or the fame... and no matter what I know...my soul I will maintain... unaware of my problems, or the stress that's on my brain and this smile that I'm forcing, can they tell that it's a strain so now I try and hold him back, but this beats I can't contain Stick Up Kids be the kids that strictly, sickly rip these beats up quickly shit we spit, see, so intensely is to instantly open eyes as a whole our heart and soul and raps new goal, coincide... shout out to all you haters, cause you hella hate, we'll elevate this S.O.B. to greatness... so you see, unknowingly, I'll devour all you fakers... I'm divine in my own right, empowered by my maker.
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I know that love songs are kind of played... So as I sit back and i think of what I'm trying to say... All I hear is this tune...from the start to finish... So I write to the beat that my heart is givin.. you made it beat again...I feel relieved again... cause everything you mean...girl, you gave me dreams again... I'm nothing but a smile with the thoughts of you... and you don't move based off my history like a doctor do... and there's no obstacles...for us to overcome... i only dreamed a happy life...well, you've shown me one... with our hands together...as you whisper in my ear... all your words of love...that i could listen to for years... we understand each other... plus we can stand each other... our loves the shelter in the rain that we're standing under... man i love her...there's no doubt you get it... plus if i think of life now, with out you in it... Chorus you make my heart happy...this ain't no sad song... since you make It jump around smoothly like a jazz song... you're that girl in my dreams...you know who... makes me happy like few so do... fairytale real life like we grew close too... you complete me...like the digits in sudoku... one to nine...now my dreams come to life... I'm that lucky guy, that's finally doing something right... as you guide my now...steering the ship... on this course that we're driving down... my loves deep, sea...I could drown... but you're worth any risk...So, I'm diving now... ..with the thoughts of your beautiful eyes... never thought I'd have someone like you in my life... i know loves a gamble, I'm shooting the dice.... but if I have a choice, I'm choosing you twice...
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Chino: Forget the every day shit, twist this, let's blaze it... glaze it, to help you get raised in, the mind... alteration...inspiration, of the cranium... leavin you chokin them...lungs from the smoke and tokin tryin to hold it in...floating in... the clouds is where i'm soaring in... I'd like to have a shot with them hina's at the other end the bar is where i'm headin in, I've got enough for me plus 10 I'm gettin in, so bring your friends... to this party that'll never end...yeah i've got the medicine... the remedy, It's what you need... to exceed the greed in the streets, that bleed from the spleens of these demons that screamin at me to keep feedin the reasons of treason and grievance, whats the meanin when my thoughts are just leavin and screamin and dreamin and not believing in what to believe in... Other Wise: cause my minds filled... I cant explain how my mind feels... Plus I'm trapped like a mime feels... With each step im more cautious like im walking through a mine field... Never know what's next now Im seeing how the blind feels... Plus I'm stressed, so I'm popping a tab... If Chinos driving then I hop in the back... So ill lace it...im wasted with Smurf and chuckles... like theyre making smoke signals as the purple bubbles.... Rolling up...thats double meaning... We know what's up...we come to beast it... those flowing cups...we'll Funnel 3 and... Show ya up...and wont even stumble leaving... Yeah we're professionals... Plus the way that we dress, so fresh, astound but don't tag me in pictures, no press allowed... Know what it is...I S...like a Lexus, wow. Shamroc: Don't waste no time...you might just miss this feelin kick back and relax...cause worrying ain't appealing... these days of our lives...seem to keep on reelin... got me saying, don't you waste it... don't waste no time... Chuckles: Come follow me find this party that were starting, bouncing to the beat where everybody's hearts feeling, positive shifted everyone's lifted, to a better place where we can just kick it, or maybe just forget about the things that we did, go and roll it up have yourself alil spliff, but u better bring enough if u knowin what the deal is, acting like ur tough but chu bout 2 get dropped kicked back relax,now we getting back on track, aligning all the facts with where the party's at, so go and grab ur friends stack this triple with a 6 pack, gonna be trippin everlasting all night long, Hits from the bong with the willy wonka bomb, chokin till im gone while im tokin just 4 fun, and everyone in this bitch is always welcome now roll this blunt, spark it up, spark it up Smurf: It ain't about the cars the money or the bling cuz when leave this life u're not takin a thing and everything so precious will all disappear so u gotta live this life without a fear livin like there's not gonna be a consequence grab it by the horns and be tha boss of it I'm startin fresh with a brand new verse drivin a 100mph in a pimped out herse and I really don't give a fuck anymore this is just the beginning and there'll be plenty more and I'm about in burn a whole into ur occipital lobe this emt is about to give u a hospital tow cuz when I drop this beat I'll stop urs after a long day I'll pop coors ive seen shit and went places u never been wake up the next morning and do it all again
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Other Wise: I could close my eyes and paint a picture so perfect... But all these visions that I'm visioning are giving the verdict... That I'm wishing to get noticed in positions I'm hopeless... So Ill die in these dreams if i don't live in the moment... No story book ending to the tales I got... And no body want to hear about the tail I got... Or the positive feed you couldn't tell I got... I should offer this with fees...well im not... You've got to give to receive...so the less I have... Just means I'm doin me...so, yes, in fact... This is all selfish are you impressed at last... making a name for myself like an Xbox tag... I could go live and destroy the competition... Beating everything even if its not my mission... Make their lifes seem worthless and i'll box em in it... Till they pull their modems out so theyre nonexistent... Chuckles: i could tell u im da best but i wouldnt know that yet, cause I got much more to work on, let it flow and manifest, from my bliss and ignorance i dunno which path im in, should i treat u all as friends or get stab in the end, its depends if im better than u as the greatest to be true I tend to to block u out, but i know i shouldnt do that now, i feel ill let u down, whos to say im the chosen one, if god blessed everyone, what makes u any different, People fighting people everybody to be equal, i feel thats not the plan infact i think its evil, Cause i could be a blind man walkin on this waste land, counting time in the days, knowing it'll end, and i can make a name for myself once again, resserection from the dead, be the man that once said, had a plan in my head, that im feeling ur misled, does it happen for a reason or just coincidence
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Other Wise: My musics never gonna stop, my heartbeats the metronome all these long paths, I'm still walking down those dreaded roads... life, stress and problems...I'll use em as my stepping stones... conquer all my fears...so why am I asking questions for? Huh? What am I still asking questions for... life's a blessin, but I'm nothing but just flesh and bones... all this drama, I can't seem to leave that mess alone... learned the hard way...too much pressure blows... and steams pouring from the busted seal... all these false hopes, now my life needs something real... follow the script, or go swallow a bunch of pills... medicated thoughts...thinking "fuck what I feel"... like wait, can I touch it for real? on a sensitive subject? I just did and publicly killed... But I don't care what you're thinking... cause at the end of it all, I'll still be singing "when the music stops" Chorus Chino: When the music stops, it never really stops whether you're stressin or blessin, or dealin the rocks... You gotta climb to the top...no matter how fucked it gets... don't hit that bottom rock...takin theat bet... Overcome all the rest...live life to the fullest like everyday is the best... the worlds a tool chest...and I'm just a wrench... no matter how thick it gets...no matter how bad the stench... just fight through the stress... cause this mess will depress and cause restlessness but fuck that, it's time to take control of your own... so, here's the remote, hit the power lets go... recreate life to this flow...as it pours from your dome... Don't stress if you get stuck, so what, it could get the best of us... but no matter what I won't fuss or cuss, I'll just ride out this buzz... ...and just continue singing my song, because... "when the music stops" Chorus Chuckles: Till im loosing all control out my body through my soul, Took that gamble made that roll, Lucky seven was the call, Now i know got some issues but my voice will carry on, longer than my problems will still longing to be strong, in all that i make a skill people fear cause im real, Never scared to be killed cause ur knowing how i feel, how they can take my life but will i die if i was born that night, Like a cycle in a loop...game over to be continued... and the way i get to use it is to loose it in the music, work my way to expert something i know that'll hurt, Cause im loosing all concern in these lessons i should learn, With my mind and my body theres nowhere i can turn, to try and find that happiness im knowing i deserve, Now i can hear my heart skip a beat, Still steadily on key feeling lost in defeat, leading me to be deceased singing till eternity... "when the music stops"
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Other Wise: Because I rock-it, like NASA A rocket ship, I'll blast off... while half yall just talk and spit... I'm past y'all...so off the grid... That if my X know Y its best y'all should ask her, shit... I'm a star...an asterisk... That'll have you thinking hard...its part of why you ask me this... Im like a pacifist...but piece means all the ass got... I get alot of tail but my neckties...Ascot Plus I'm great you could ask Scott... A bad dog, mccormack...Memphis radio mascot... I'm that hot...so charged I'm electrified so at large...you couldn't guess my size... and since you insects bug me.. I'll just get funky, while spittin fumes like they're pesticides I'm the best alive so when I flex my mind... there's no need for you to question why Chorus: Cause everything youve done...we're better at... And everything we've got...you'll never have.... Cause this is our prime, right now, our time if you fight now its lights out, our shine... Cause everything youve done...we're better at... And everything we've got...you'll never have... Cause this is our prime... so if you fight now its lights out...cause this is our time. J Rob: So while your flirt texting for thirst quenching Our names getting out like a served sentence Compete with us? Forget it Our work ethic is perplexing Spit sublime rhymes that grind in your in yo nerve endings Casually attack a beat Act a beast craft a rap masterpiece Thatll make the cast of glee tap their feet The fucking reason they dont battle me Cause its ducking season Word to these daffy ds You chase chicks, chevy please If she got Fat Boys in her bra, Heavy Ds Take her on Vacays, where we need a set of skis Sex in the snow, sleet Give her cold feet like your wedding eve Professional, LinkedIn, Getting cheese Collab? We don't address your request to be lincoln up like Gettysb Urg, Am I sure? UR a loser? Yes. Cause Sent from my mobile device; please excuse the brevity Chorus Other Wise: I was...born with a look that is so gorgeous... You poor kids can only try and force it Dont give up on your lines...ill make these four-fit... Cause im so high...im soaring in the orbit... But don't fly...away's what they tell me.. I'm so at large, like the weight isn't healthy... but this noise curves my appetite... as youre questionin my Droid like "that app ain't tight" I'm on fire...like a broken match tip strikes... As im creating a buzz...you know i'm half lit right? You need exposure? You should ask this guy... Cause I'm a king like the mattress size. Dead serious, you can drop the casket guys... Cause I'm begging to get signed like a cast is guys... And I don't have to lie... Cause even cellophane couldn't wrap this tight
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Other Wise: Anyone else on the Mic...that just blasphemy... To be sick as us...we are who you'd have to be... I'll talk nothing but shit...when I attack a beat... Like Johnny...I'll get into your core...Appleseed... You can try and babble...but I'm passed my peak... I'm a master of my Kraft...like Mac and cheese... While your easy bake... With all that hard work that you put in... The only thing you getting is that measly cake... I'm beast...Other Wise they say he is great... while your flows make me board, like i see a wake... these stick up kids are like a seasoned steak... while you wine...you should come with just some cheese and grapes... All i see's mistakes...in what you lames'll just do... so I'm here and it's clear...I'm gonna take over, true... leave you stranded if you ever try and hang with this dude... now your trailers getting pulled...hang over two... Chorus: 40s in my trunk, so you don't wanna pop off... I keep my head up, call me the Rock...I walk tall... They say money grows on trees, so we bought a greenhouse... and we don't play the starter, we bring the whole team out x2 Knowlzie: they call me knowlzie baby, But you can call me coupe, cuz theres seats for 2, when we ridin baby, My mind is hazy, its bout to drive me crazy, If you dont like to watch, just say your eyes are lazy, Run up on us thats a horrible idea, Always talkin shit, oral diarrhea Ungh, you dont wanna fuck with us So I suggest that you just start suckin up, Cuz when the stick up get sick of you runnin ur mouth, We'll just get rid of ur clique n leave you dead on the couch, Yeah n throw salt in the wound, fuck that, put u in a bodybag n roll the rock over the tomb, We'll catch ur brain off guard with our subliminal lines, SUK goes hard, criminal minds, Its 3 in the mornin, sippin some wine N there aint a 40 in trunk but the 9'll be fine Chorus x4
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As my alarm goes off and i'm creeping out of bed... Im dreading thoughts of work...dreams of sleeping in instead... I brush my teeth, take a shower...next i'm picking out my clothes... last minute as i'm rushing...just to get up out the door... school traffic, now i'm stuck...cause the cross guard walked out... phone rings, who is itit...not gonna talk now... but it's my boss...I'll ignore it...cause there's time left... but kids in the cross walk...I still can't drive yet... as they hit the side walk...my pedal hits the floor... then I see the blue lights from that devil in the ford... damn it...pull over...what an awesome day... 6 point and a fine, now I'm on my way... I'm awful late...I try and sneak to my desk... but my boss hears the door chime and peeks out her head... i get called in...and i never wanna say Why i'm late cause it's a different story every other day... "But this time, for real i got pulled over for speeding in a school zone...i have the ticket to prove it...I'm not making it up...ungh you know what, I just 'gotta get away'" five o'clock, time to sign out...I'm heading to the bank... which account has money? i'll never get it straight... but I'm hit with a lecture...as they're showing all these sheets... minus this, minus that, plus all the overdraft fees... so I leave with an empty wallet... as they put holds on all of my accounts, until i make the next deposit... gas lights flashin as i starting up my ride... which means I'm probably getting stranded with the farther that i drive... so i'm lifting couch cushions...searching for some change... Thoughts about a new life filled with fortune and some fame... lint ball, old buttons and a broke pencil... are the only things i find, so regretful... so, I head to the fridge and Im a grab a beer... thats outdated, all of them by like a half of a year... I throw it back, start to chug...somehow manage to breath... and the rest i shot gun, like riding passenger seat... I black out...i'm not drunk...so i doubt for real... I've blacked out...oh wait...damn, the power bill... fed up, i light a candle...just to set my way... back to dreamland...the only place that i can get away *Chug beer at end...*
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I can't stand that all these fags and queers... are getting noticed with a style that i've rapped for years... I could spaz out and even go attack my peers... till they jump ship with out being attached to piers... so it's best that you fear my rage since my ears are gauged and my thoughts are dark as night so this ill show you clear as day that what i'm here to say...is I can't stand you... so put your palms together i'm more than a damn handful... I drop heavy...my order just got handled ... plus i'm off the scales...way/weigh more than a damn anvil... a blow out...jersey shore just got damn canceled Tell Mike my situation is more than just abs, asshole... and my hardened shell...that's kind of like an ostrich eggs... i'll have the largest cell/sell...If i ever charge for this... in my car i'll pill-out, like on darvocets... since I'm known to get out of line like your posture gets... you can try and tell me how you're like an honest threat... Like alligator pop, we know you're croc of shit I'm takin random stabs, like blind addicts... till i'm like the highest lad, in my attic... cause all you people I can't stand to see... and i don't care even if you are the fans I need... You're an eyesore, your whole style bugs me... Plus you've got eyesores...so your sty'll bug me. ...I wouldn't bite you...if I was hungry... I would just go pawn my watch since time is money... think I am funny...like i'm here to amuse you... please, try me, buddy...cause i'm here to abuse you... my alter ego tries to block me out... but as far as he knows, he's who talking now... Cause i'm stronger, faster, punchline heavy... and i'm here to serve kids like lunch line Betty... they about to get fucked like the punchline, get me... It's spiked, lee...those School Daze were tough times, preppy... Zach Morris, ya girl...I slayed-her and bailed... now ya heads ringing...doubt you'll be saved by the bell... I got Samuel Powers...so the L i'll jack-son... try and play your games then i'll tell y'all have fun... I won't participate...poor sportsman ship... going up shits creek? it's times to board the ship... all of that, and now i'm bored with this... and I... *Ryan comes in and finds Other Wise blacked out and acting funny...*
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pleH - Skit 00:29
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Prayer 03:32
I'll never stop...a yield sign couldn't slow me down... till i'm at the top...I'll keep moving till i hold the crown... my motives now are keep going on this road I've found... Till i look back and I notice that i've grown so proud... do what it takes to advance position... I'll never be a saint despite my dads religion... as my sweat beads like rosary...strands are given... but I swear I won't wipe em on the hands of wisdom... holy ghost, hold me close...as i'm standing with him... I confess my darkest sins...though, he can't forgive them... so as I just leave, mad of course..I know inside... i'm suppose to hide my image like the sistine chapel doors... I'll open wide...express my visions to the people... even though the world that we live in is deceitful... I won't allow the hate to make me give in to the evil... so I'll say a prayer as i sit beneath the steeple... Chorus: Father in heaven...give me strength...patience... or whatever it is I'll need just to take this... I'm angry and anxious...but mainly, I stay with... a doubt in my mind that's stronger than my faith is... if you need a sign then i'll make it for you to show me the light...or a sign that I'll make it... the clocks moving slower than the line that i wait in... i'm countin down the minutes...all the time that it's takin... as my watch stops ticking...my life's metronomes dead and froze so now i've lost my rhythm... I still fight my inner child, but i'm lost within him... since I never took the road that Robert Frost has given... But the poems, I'll quote em...writin life in a stanza... question each motion, though i'll never find the answers... I'm still takin over...i'll develop like a cancer... so now it's time to get my act together like a dancer... ...with each step as a form of expression... I grab my self image, leave it torn in to segments... And mention, i don't care what you think of me... Nope...and i don't care if you see me bleed... I just wanna stand out like a 3D screen... believe me, please i'm just gonna be me, jeez... if you can't take it...ask jesus to find me... and pray that he'll control all these demons inside me... Chorus

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Other Wise's solo mixtape which addresses a lot of the problem he sees within himself. A transformation from insecure to no longer caring.

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released April 19, 2011

Thanks to my family, the Stick Up Kids, and everyone else who helped with the making of this mixtape and the support given. Thanks to J Rob, Chuckles, Chino, Knowlzie, Shamroc and Smurf for the features. Thanks to Kyle Barnett for the pictures which made the covers. Last but not least, thanks to everyone who listens/likes/shares our music. You're the reason we do it.

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