Birmingham rap producers/performers Nerves Baddington have been bubbling up for a long time, and I doubt the magnificent macro/micro double-album will be the thing that breaks them through.
Why? Because it’s too smart to be popular. Almost i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (dumb it down) yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (don’t dumb it down now) yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (Shit!) numb as fuck but hardly dumb enough for dumb fucks now yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (burn it down) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (Let’s burn it down now) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (Shit!) numb me up but hardly dumb enough to give fucks now v1 huh oh wow look at me now look at me flex and swell navigating hell like i’m Chappelle and i’m on SNL except the flesh is pale the more it burns the less it smell unironically you’ll get served if you press the bell please don’t press the bell bring that pressure under pressure well magick in this art i might etch-a-sketch a spell it’s all relative perspective on an M.C. Escher scale paradoxically godspeed watch feet fail shit it’s almost dumb enough time to run amuck wonderstruck wonder what odds will probably sum us up it’s almost like you’re your own god sent to punish us the sun is stuck it’s almost done come and numb me up stuck in a box Schrödinger's Opps you running with wolves or fucking with Fox i’m fucking with none of y’all i’m with the crops i want the money ball pass me the rock fuck is you thought ugly or not bubbling up and coming in hot just lend me your hearts the bleeding’ll stop swimming with sharks and sentient bots yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (dumb it down) yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (don’t dumb it down now) yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (Whoa) numb as fuck but hardly dumb enough for dumb fucks now (dummy) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (burn it down) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (Let’s burn it down now) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (Whoa) numb me up but hardly dumb enough to give fucks now v2 huh whoah wow look at me now look at me spazzin out feet on your couch free of the evil abound fee of an equal amount i’m playing a fiddle that’s riddled with doubt riddled with holes and scribbled about it’s not a riddle so figure it out been sending shots since Shippin Em Out uh yea i’m almost numb enough not one to bluff wanderlust one of such wonder leave em chuckin guts what’s her name such n such fuck is up nothing but dust to dust a healthy lack of trust when it’s something sus stuck in the spot tongue in a lock one in the chamber a bunch in the box running with danger missing my pops fuck you to strangers pitching them rocks y’all sitting ducks just sheep in the flock i never had shit just pissing in pots i’m sewing some seeds that’s itching to pop you shovel shit stay missing the plot i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (dumb it down) yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (don’t dumb it down now) yea i’m almost numb enough to dumb it down (shit) numb as fuck but hardly dumb enough for dumb fucks now (mmm) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (burn it down) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (Let’s burn it down now) yea i’m almost dumb enough to burn it down (Shit) numb me up hardly dumb enough to give fucks now “F is for Fire that burns down the whole town U is for Uranium BOMBS N is for No Survivors”

v1 i dunno i think it goes something like as i’m walking through the valley in the shadow of Diazepam either that or Ativan never had a backup plan if rappin don’t work i’m going back to trafficking again heh - my man i’m only half joking take another drag going ‘better savor last moments’ yea i’m only tokin if the bag smoking y’all been playing the same lame game since the last token (pssh) i ain’t doing tee time dad joking geez i’m crackin up (ha ha ha) don’t make me laugh broken don’t make me spend my last hoping that i’ll get it back when the dragon’s batch hatch open yea the gas way past potent 3.5 with the hash plenty wraps rollin things seem a lil greener where the grass growing in the meadow pedal to the metal i’ma mash on it yea we make a pact then we act on it to be exact blood magick bubble bath foaming moving forward i don’t do no lookin back on it every re-up on a stash they react don’t it (yea) we ain’t missing that component (nah) nah i’ll connect the dots just to match atonement yea some’ll set a trap and let the rats condone it my passion ‘bout as lacking as a black cat’s bad omen not at all hook yea what’s a bloody icon (bloody icon) just a flying circus monty python (monty python) this that you can’t put a price on (put a price on) this that (sheesh) when my mics on (yea) yea what’s a bloody icon (bloody icon) just a flying circus monty python (monty python) everybody need a hill to die on (hill to die on) everybody need a hill to die on (hill to die on) ink: ayyye (laughs) OG #1: i’m a professional rapper..you didn’t know that ink: yea - nah i knew that OG #1: i’m a professional rapper and a bass player ink: i heard - yea i knew you played bass yea the gas way past potent 3.5 with the hash plenty wraps rollin things seem a lil greener where the grass growing in the meadow pedal to the metal i’ma mash on it hook yea what’s a bloody icon (bloody icon) just a flying circus monty python (monty python) this that you can’t put a price on (put a price on) this that (sheesh) when my mics on (yea) yea what’s a bloody icon (bloody icon) just a flying circus monty python (monty python) everybody need a hill to die on (hill to die on) everybody need a hill to die on (hill to die on)

intro/hook la vida es sueño wake up get up lay back down (si bueno) god got me on the payroll make dollars spend pesos la vida es sueño wake up get up lay back down (si bueno) v1 i’d rather take a risk maybe sit in a cage than be standing all day making minimum wage clocking out at the end of the day digging a grave see who hit bottom fastest as if it’s a race (oh wait) it’s hard to earn a penny to save when spotify pays fractions of a penny for plays sun tzu say know the enemy’s ways so heads catch a blade then set on display (it’s beautiful) that’s one way to stay ahead of the game i’m a black market celeb indebted to fame poison with neat packaging and excellent aim artistic direction injected in veins (dang) it’s concentrated leave a resinous stain got some itchy trigger sticky fingers ready to bang it’s hard to hate the pain but respect it the same don’t be a sleeper i’m the ether i’m a sedative mane hook (si bueno) god got me on the payroll make dollars spend pesos la vida es sueño wake up get up lay back down (si bueno) god got me on the payroll make dollars spend pesos la vida es sueño wake up get up lay back down (si) v2 i’m half a smoke away basically up the block measure distance in american spirits and picking locks measure time on a digital scale prolly do the trick last run up for a month tryna move a brick just another pocket full of stones in the wall the teachers never leave the kids alone at all invisible lines red zoned in the fog with a neat pile of bones just to break one’s fall (aww) but take that with a grain of salt somebody get a M.O.P. when the game go soft lil fame taught us how to make em take chains off and the gangs on call if that thang goes off bet the system left me feeling apathetic got a cool calm aesthetic till the drama come and dead it i’m kinda hot headed from the trauma i neglected i be damned if ima let it on my mama ima get it hook (si bueno) god got me on the payroll make dollars spend pesos la vida es sueño wake up get up lay back down (si bueno) god got me on the payroll make dollars spend pesos la vida es sueño wake up get up lay back down (si bueno)

yea yea pssh whatever you’re stupid aye up from a power nap this time energized turn clocks one hour back time is a lie that ain’t cocaine (cocaine) it’s that vanilla sky i play a cold game villainous and winterized (wise) (you smart) yea if you can’t see the truth through a sinners eyes how you gonna provide proof when you pick a side incentivized so i set the pen afire rather be burned at the stake than be skinned alive either way i’ll die a legend you ain’t finna lie (you ain’t finna lie) so give it up or fuck around make me send the guys (make me send the guys) better send some flowers before they in the skies kinda hard to swallow pride when it’s in disguise shit they shootin up the laundromat bustin out the Pontiac to and from struggle bus chartering insomniacs trouble in the bubble of your cookie cutter cul-de-sac aye who or what you talking at where the fuck is Wanda at smudging up the vision getchu cludged with some artifacts never been a Tame One hardly even wanna rap as long as i go harder and farther from where i started at snap back all facts i don’t need [a starter cap] *to start to cap i’m just want my legend status you can keep the autographs keep the rest in peace posts i don’t need an audience insomniacs soduku puzzles in pajama pants

OG #2: i had a dog when i was a kid like - mmm. i used to build em cages and me and my brother, he - all of em gone now but i’ll never forget that ink: mhmm OG #2: but uhh back to what i’m here for (laughs) - OG… ink: (laughs) OG OG #2: …young g ink: you know what’s up OG OG #2: hey i love you, man. you alright ink: i love you back bro OG #2: it ain’t about the money ink: nah OG #2: i already know where - where it’s at but see - you pay attention. we got to pay attention hook every time i look down i just wanna hop out they be like not now no (nah) (nope) i can’t put this book down finally getting good now peaks hard starts out slow (i don’t know it’s kinda slow) got the plot sussed out wonder what the fuss ‘bout habits die hard not cold (shhh) (shhh) ain’t knocking on no wood now i know how it should sound baby i am not my ghost v1 nope ain’t really shit to talk about tho if money don’t buy happiness but stocks buy boats seem like some of y’all got some lopsided goals and them bolts in your neck leave yacht size holes ugh but maybe i’ll just stockpile dope i’m sticking with the simple economics i know Wanda posted on the rooftop to spot 5 0 ain’t no way to stop me i’m on mach 5 go find god by the strobe light glow yea it’s kinda hard to get the dose right tho mmm treat myself to what the Most High smoke i’m just tryna keep my balance all i know is tight ropes all i know is goats all i know is tight flow all i all i know is all that woke life broke prolly best to bite your tongue or your nose might grow level up in tax brackets get the gross right bro hook every time i look down i just wanna hop out they be like not now no (nope) (hell no) i can’t put this book down finally getting good now peaks hard starts out slow (real slow) got the plot sussed out wonder what the fuss ‘bout habits die hard not cold (not cold) ain’t knocking on no wood now i know how it should sound baby i am not my ghost v2 yea i’m just tryna live stress free and breathe easily but that ain’t realistic so i’m searching for the peace in me i know that it exists playing hide n seek sneakily always comes bearing gifts never leaves peacefully i’m only fucking with em if i know that they believe in me ‘cause nowadays my brain say they using me or leaving me i’m working through that i thought you knew that if you gon’ make me show receipts i’d be glad to prove that ugh i don’t want the flowers i want the.. nah i’m lying just give me mine before i am dying and i’ll be fine don’t me beg for em nah i’m too proud for that pride’ll get you ether killed or smacked in a shouting match matter fact jack who you think you shouting at turn it down some levels too why the fuck you yelling foo bad actors climbing ladders for a better view buncha high horses hopping hurdles on a pedestal hook every time i look down i just wanna hop out they be like not now no (mMmm) (don’t do it) i can’t put this book down finally getting good now peaks hard starts out slow (real slow) got the plot sussed out wonder what the fuss ‘bout habits die hard not cold (not cold) ain’t knocking on no wood now i know how it should sound baby i am not my ghost outro person #1: ooh i - here it goes you know the one umm - A my name is so and so all the way through the alphabet..all through the alphabet person #2: do it - do a little of it - do the first five letters person #1: A my name is Alice, my husband’s name is AL, we come from Alabama and we sell (________) OG #3: gimme one cigarette, don’t - don’t fuck with me right now fino: oh i gotcha i gotcha. much love bro OG #3: i’ll give you four more for five dollars ‘cause i need a crack hit fino: (laughs) you need some steaks for five bucks - give this to Persi - this is on me