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A Single Green Light

by F. Virtue

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1.
I don’t believe in Godzilla That a music genre could die Or that any one is illa Every word can make an impact There’s no room for filla King of the city? You ain’t even queen of the desert Priscilla I keep my teeth sharp on the bones of known party hosts Who are billed as DJs and MCs, but killed as regular folks They’re well connected, dress well, and tell decent jokes But have no pull with the reaper, do you believe in ghosts? You don’t have to be what you say you are if you’re convincing But one day what you really are and what you say will both get twisted And even though your raps are ice cream stands in the dead of winter I'll give you love if you love everything that you deliver I'm Growing bitter, the door men show me no respect So I’m the only vet standing in line cuz no one knows me yet I earned my position fair But someone else is sitting there Fuck it, I don’t want the throne they covet I want a different chair If it’s over your head Then you’re not out of your mind Look inside of your chest And tell me what do you find I’ve learnt magic Watch me turn blood into wine After a bottle of this Baby, I promise you’ll fly This isn't the type of song one makes to go viral This is a song I made because it's vital to my bio Check the vitals, dissect the bile Protect survival Mama wants me to make a hit She's worried about her child I smile like it's fine like I'm fine like it's kosher I'm the kind of artist who's more in the sketchbook than on the poster All it takes is one she tells me Yeah, So I've been told Now what can I start selling That hasn't already been sold? My heads as heavy as the universe is tall You can blow up and get huge but you'll still be so small I vow on my two balls and on the good name of rupaul That if you answer when your truth calls you'll rise where what they do falls I'll be that thought you couldn't get off of your tongue I'll be the deepest breathe when you cough up a lung I'll get you back home when you've lost where you're from And I'll still be me when all has stopped and it's done
2.
I love to watch you sleep, no no I cannot look away I don't feel like a creep because we share a place so it's okay you're so fucking beautiful and I know that won't change If you don't lose it first I will watch your hair turn grey And you won't lose me first No matter what I say no matter what is said I'm staying by your side night and day every night and day until we're dead I love to watch you sleep, no no I cannot look away Im here to keep you safe, you keep me safe I'll keep the bad at bay I'm sorry that you shake and get so scared when I graze your body I lift the bed sheets softly Whisper I'm here but my talking talking takes you from your dream Wakes you up like you were falling and about to hit the street Can I call you my calling? If I could get inside your head I'd catch you before the ground When I get into our bed I try not to make a sound Each step I stepped was stepped asleep Slept walked through my weeks until we met You opened my eyes and since I haven't slept The alarm clock I wont hit My blood moves to your ring Now we're blood, fused through our rings Close your eyes don't think a thing Rest your limbs, I'll hit your alarm clock when it sings Skin to skin, I'm making sure you're sleeping in Mother fuckers better wake up like we've been
3.
Gatsby 02:42
Whatcha looking at huh? Looky looking at us Scoping the look You could look but don’t touch Lit the room like a sun ray So what it’s only Monday This world is our runway And just because you got into the club Doesn’t mean you’re in the club You are not in my crew And we appear like we must have royal blood So so happy in our buzz But we’re just as sad as you This bottle service really ain’t no mountain peak Countless grey goose but I’d rather be counting sheep I’m with the hype kids you wanna be tight with if the price fits Life of the party feeling lifeless View of the city, got my tongue in the night’s kiss Eyes fixed on a distant glow not your nice kicks I’m it, every body wants to be like this But I want to be where the green glowing light is There’s dreams in each window Hope in each building Stories on each story And so much living Dying every second I try not to forget it Let it be a reminder when numb makes apathetic I brought a coat but I won’t check it Tie it ‘round the waist while I’m eyein’ the place Who says hi to my face then puts a knife in my back? Haters are an omen that you’re on the right track Moonshine and Newports Smoking on the dance floor This is new york What more could one ask for Casual opulence dropping hints of big news Who’s doing what and who has which issues This is the kinda convo I can’t sit through Ain’t nothing moving ‘bout anyone’s big moves That’s when a green glow sparked like a lit fuse Your eyes across the room, I couldn’t miss you They can spend their lives chasing the green of money I’ll spend mine with the green eyes that love me
4.
Before the gun shot I was running Speaking over drumming Knew I’d be something No clue when it’s coming Not bowing, bending, pretending or blending No lemming, just let me, Just let me, just let me Fulfill the mission Persistence, persistence Will of the driven Will you just listen We’re given a moment This one is mine And this time is golden Done with the hoping I’ve done all I can Been beat and broken And I’ve been the man The way that I wanted The life that I planned Didn’t pan out Damn, this is my jam We put in the work Doesn't mean it'll work Started at the bottom Now we’re under the dirt This is so deep Deep beneath the earth This is dance music Sung for the worms This isn't for them It's for him it's for her This isn’t a maybe This is for sure Not as of lately As of forever This is right now Right now or never
5.
Growing Old 03:11
I've no need for punch lines or for metaphors 'cuz every everything is more simple when I'm near you And this song's about you, the one who I adore My clarity, so clearly these words should be clear too And if you haven't found somebody like this I don't expect you to like this Damn right I've gotten soft through time 'cuz nothing's too hard when you've got two spines Nothing's too heavy for four shoulders and four hands I was just a boy 'til I was your man Our love's like... Fuck it No simile to describe it 'cuz no similar statement could ever define it My baby Growing old will never get old with you Growing old will never get old with you Growing old will never get old with you Growing old with you wont get old with you I was unavailable Didn't believe in soul mates I was unattainable Really, who was on the level of an artist so unexplainable? Literally, an artist who wouldn't explain to you... My goals to be relatable So I stayed un-date-able If they saw me out with another guy would they hate me though? The ego is inflatable I'd rather be single and making singles then be degradable But we're all biodegradable And the emo rap teen angst shtick I gave the universe came back and made me sick I couldn't stick in the fences I willingly stood in I mean, I guess I could've, but I shouldn't And when I opened the gates and let the sun through I found the one I love, my god I love you I thought it'd be easier to hide have a wife and get by But it's much easier to be by your (side) And it was difficult to get here But the best things are, that's what the best things take Now every year I have is the best year I don't need to be a star I just need to be in your space My baby.
6.
Orange Juice 04:15
I haven’t heard a word since our last meet up I hope you don’t still think that their grass is greener You're very rare like you were drawn by ass pizza Don’t forget that either, Don’t let your past eat ya Now you grab the mic for bragging rights and like the cooler Used to be so full of raw to insight the future You lost your guts with your style, they always bite when neutered Your new songs just go on about clothes, mike the ruler You made a hit and now you’re taking a hit Rolling deep with people you’ve shallow relationships with You’re lucky I quit battle raps to use these rhymes for good Thank your god and knock 3 times on wood There isn’t more to you so your life is straight boring you Been squeezing the big apple trying to make orange juice With no shame, name-dropping like you know Shayne While I’m made of light so I don’t feel it when you throw shade I crushed the city into OJ And now everything is so great Well, everything is okay Yeah, everything is okay
7.
I was thought to be a prodigy in junior high In between the odyssey and blue-ish eyes It was taught to me we oughta see all that you could try But putting feathers on and “I think I cans” doesn't mean you could fly It's suicide Splat But who decides that “The laws of physics, some things are off our limits,” Said the awful cynics Who never knew me, because me, I've flown wingless And made myself royalty in a city that's kingless Without divine blood or thinking I’m god or magic You just have to find love to drink ‘till it’s gone, and that’s it The white Canadian Jewish gay rapper Who tore down doors for those that came after Off my “We Are Not The Shame” banter The same chatter yields the same results Don't blame Last year Change your skull And tame the fall It’s time we became adults How come your outcome isn't coming out on top When your outlook looks out for getting what you want to cop You’re copping out, forgetting what you got to give What you got to give then It all or it all up It's your pot to piss in Glisten Diamonds for gold Golden for black Try not to hold What's holding you back Crystals of rain Broken to glass You can’t explain With no one to ask Billions of lungs share the breathing Of the air this evening Too brilliant and young to bare the grieving Of scared believing How dare you not dare what you dare perceiving Whether you’re aware or sleeping The city that never sleeps is there and dreaming All you got's the night life And the song till the groove’s gone If you don’t get your life right By an age you’ll have to move on Here’s a coupon for the death of youth Trade in what you dreamt you’d do What you were best at too ‘Till there’s nothing left of you and you accept that truth Take your goals and set ‘em loose A career’s not a step too soon When growing up presents this doom then consumes You can attempt to shoot or rest and lose But it’s a test to prove How bad you fucking want it from your head to shoes How come your outcome isn't coming out on top When your outlook looks out for getting what you want to cop You’re copping out, forgetting you’ve got all it takes, all it takes is taking it The planets not round, it’s anything you shape of it.

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“A Single Green Light” challenges what’s expected to come from New York. Sonically it twists elements of vogue, house, and late 90’s indie rap, beneath an overarching aura of downtown after midnight. But lyrically it’s a concept driven record inspired by F. Virtue’s husband and The Great Gatsby. Themes include dissatisfaction, mortality, longing, hope, nightlife, love, America, wealth, and memory, all wrapped up into a symbollic 7 songs (his husbands lucky number) and 22 minutes (he and his husband met on a 22nd, and were married on a 22nd). It is self produced, and features no other rappers or producers.

The sole physical release of this record is on a limited custom hydra-printed lanyard with USB key handloaded and numbered / 100. The lanyard contains the album in high quality .wav files, the instrumentals, digital liner notes, and the album’s digital .gif release cover, and is available exclusively through Manhattan's La Petite Mort: bit.ly/1GiyoOG

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All songs produced & written by F. Virtue
All cuts by DJ Emoh Betta
“Le Bain” features additional vox by Daniel J. W!shington
“As of Forever” features vox performed & written by Daniel J. W!shington
“Growing Old” features additional guitar & vox by Skylar Sarkis
Mixed & Mastered by Tenacity

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released June 4, 2015

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