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Fruits of My Labor

by Cameron London

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Last Impression 03:36
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Hook: Moving through life with no checklist Learned not to stress this Grown since I placed the bulldog on my necklace Made mistakes that were necessary Now I carry more love than the cherubs born in February But it’s not enough This cause has effects on all of us If I could ask one question What would be your last impression Verse: I think it’s finally go time Don’t need a co-sign Got a vision that plagues me Enslaves me I’m shackled to my own mind This isn’t destiny But what I believe Is I’ll be tethered to this music For as long as I breathe I’ll reap more fruit than Adam and Eve And battle every temptation on how to proceed Already battled with lust and greed Fruits of my labor bloom From the very dirt that I bleed on I’m cheered on But something bout it feel wrong Sacrificed for people I can’t even lean on Kujo in the kennel Biting hands of the man Said he’s undeserving of kibble Be he don’t understand Had him tied up in the heat Defeated wiping his spittle To break his psyche When the body weak The spirit is brittle But along comes the love and respect Touchy at first But this old dog will never forget Verse 2: How were you treated when you searched for some sympathy, empathy Couldn’t find it, now you wishing like Timothy To go out in a blaze Maybe in infamy And show the world your tears splash down in a symphony of pain What do I gain, living with rage in my heart Act on it now, then it’s death to my art Surrounded by hate, they do whatever for the views First rule of love, don’t get attached to the muse I’m surprised by the fact So many gone I wish I could, take it all back But I gotta live with my words Pray to God that the dead don’t wanna see me burn for this I yearn for the days I’ve earned enough to just part ways Running wouldn’t help, so even if I stay Would I be satisfied with who I am when I die That’s not for me to decide Outro: If I never see you again Will you remember me
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Where I Stand 04:21
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Hook: But this is all worst case Should’ve never started helping out in the first place It was all love but it died in the worse way Am I meant to suffer from the things that I won’t say It’s getting hard to tell Giving love to people who ain’t never wished me well Treat me like I’m only worth the singles that I sell It seems the more I work alone the more that I excel But it’s getting hard to tell Verse: Most opinions fabricated off perception alone Dudes dying for the look They integrity gone Steady digging up the past To dismiss how you grown Protect the golden heart Leave me alone But enough bout how the world view me What do I see When I look into the mirror Questioning if this is me Questioning who should I be Though it ain’t for lack of trying Not the type to sell my soul to get on mtv 1033 an extension of me And all the trauma I’m ducking to find peace So excuse me from all the drama Mocking all of my work Cause it ain’t making dollars But the greatest gift of all is me doing this while my mama can see Judge, jury, the public the executioner Death to lady liberty no one will be saluting her Only speak to God Gotta check in on myself Too much twitter X’ing out my mental health Verse 2: Rarely been elevated Fear that my flows are dated Avoiding the conversation of being uncelebrated Am I hated Am I jaded Is it based on my perception Quindecennial struggle was God’s protection Me or the world I seek balance Challenge the status quo It was written in the blood of the illest Not long ago Impressed by monetary Now it’s, the commentary of the split path Go to prison or the commissary Neither appealed to me Since 25 more than truth has been revealed to me Back when I died I had to search for what was healing me The more I tried seems the more I got closer to the things that were killing me Tainted by desires misaligned with my morality Life in living color Birthed the cult of personality Tried to feed the village But it only led to tragedy This diminishing my sanity Verse 3: Think I been (sliding) Faulty leadership feeling like I’m Joe (Biden) My baby a Cortez, way she been (spying) Just to get the check on these red & blue diamonds Crying, cause she know the rapture coming Angie son, not Mary’s, no comparison Less you wanted God with the pen, don’t compare me son Think your skills are sharper than mine, then come parry son Every rhyme I spit turn to wine, this campari son Who holding me back (me) Sick of sending verses that don’t stick to the track From this day forward leave it all on the floor No more riding my coat tail, it’s checked at the door When the family feuds nobody winning I’m scrolling messages, knowing they reading what I be sending Partially committed to resurrecting the villain (cliff hanger), now I'm closer to my happy ending I’m top 5 Just to make it interesting Way that I’ve been working You’d think I’ve been after imaging Solo in the studio Less company than Gilligan Way these people lying You’d think they was repping Michigan
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Black $uit 03:36
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Hook: I’m under the sun Still slummin to get the loot 1033 is the only flag I’ll ever salute Still run from my past I think I should get to the root Be stepping in jeans and a hoodie Be scared if I’m wearing a suit I’m coming for souls Hearts that are darker than coals Been shedding light on my problems I’m finally starting to take control I’m coming for souls Hearts that are darker than coals I lost a piece of my spirit I’ve come to collect and make it whole Verse: People gon say I’m a menace But I’m just protecting my city Many men wishing me death I’m sending more shots than they dumped into 50 Stepped into the valley of death, told him he welcome to try But if he put hands on my mama then I’m coming back the minute she die It’s more than a promise More than a threat More than me rapping while being upset More like I’m facing a deity Trynna recover a modicum of my respect Is this who I’m supposed to be Losing my mind And losing the people who been getting close to me Pre-Hook: My appetite destructive Guns too easy Let’s get constructive Sins of the world seductive Don’t talk snow if it ain’t productive — If this is revenge for you You better start digging the grave for two Verse 2: If Cam tend to slide off your lips We more acquaintances Our only conversations in songs Exchanging cadences Out of sight, out of mind Seems more habitual Rapping like the rent getting paid By my residuals What is the currency that you invented How do you divvy up on the percentage Taking our money and feeding us lies The perfect deceiver, the fraud in disguise I gave you a warning bout touching the people who close to me Now I step in the lions den openly Spoke to me hoping my nature would save you Shoulda took every warning I gave you
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IRL 02:24
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Verse: We like jeckell and Hyde Similar opposites heavily scrutinized Viewer decides If my work is worth building thicker ties To this Rhythm and poetry Noticed I got the Kobe Venomous work ethic Most rappers could never flow with me Been depressed and had to get it out the mud I’m back and better than ever Time to get it back in blood I’m tripping I’m a nerd Why I’m rapping like I’m cripping Prolly why the masses be thinking I ain’t Christian But I’m blessed I’m human, I still stress I’m broke and can’t rest I study and fail test There’s a Part of life I’m chasing and can’t catch Tried to build a tribe but they followed they own quest It’s sick That I invest without a single return Think I’m owed way more than I’ve earned I confess but if I’m letting it burn Somebody going back in the urn Hook: All I need is one mic One night to get it started Carrying dreams of the dearly departed They talked slick since the day that I started Now I look around and I still work the hardest This ain’t for the internet This in me in real life This is me in real life Verse 2: Busting my butt for this Starting to wonder if I should work for this Know that God aware that I stopped going to church for this Cause distraction and opinions Seem to walk around in the same circles the Christians in Born sinning I’m planning on dying saintly Remember details of my death A little faintly A lot of people should probably start to thank me The loudest people talking only mad cause they ain’t me Prodigal child The man you copying style from Never try to run from my roots I’m the amalgam-ation Hear me bless every radio station Patient God gonna guide me to jubilation Am I satisfied with the things I’ve achieved No But I gotta let it breathe Gone are the days of dodging the scrutiny Ain’t no way around it no more I am the King
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Tilling Sermon (Skit) 01:05
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HOMECOMING. 02:24
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Verse: Had a dream that my granddaddy showed up Got a chance Let me tell you what I did I kept promises about colleges Now your granddaughter bout to have a kid Did I live up to the goals you had Before you died I was discovering notepads Now you get to sit with a Birds Eye View I hope your great grand wanna fish like you Always knew I’d be an unc All of the time I sunk Into rap ain’t help me get a wife But it’s alright Part of me was dead for a bit Now I think I wanna live my life How can I step out of the shadows I been trynna fight too many battles That I can’t win I’m coming home to rest my pen Hook: Just stepped off the boat Hope that my dreams can float Just stepped off the plane The pressure relieving the pain Just stepped out the whip my mental was starting to slip Just got off the phone I’m coming home Verse 2: You people ain’t worth the pity I know I could never confide If I ran through the city Chasing the kitty You’d say that’s a phase of my pride Life didn’t go how I intended It beat me down till my body was dented Then I blacked out like the windows are tinted Blood had to drip but the spirit is mended Give me a medal Ascended the level of past lives Ain’t no glory in praying the past dies Ain’t a pastime It’s past time Love is eternity Had to start forgiving myself Loving internally I prayed for a day like this I can’t miss Easy on the salt when I’m cooking It’s chefs kiss Ain’t a single rapper who’s worthy of my diss It’s an ignorant bliss
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Lean On Me (feat. Olivia Caspall) 03:01
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Hook (Olivia Caspall): You can lean on me (Lean on, lean on me) Verse: Overlooking all my needs Still ain’t learned the lesson Here I stand After dropping my confessions Waiting on a blessing I’m pressing my way forward Feel like I’ve been walking alone Speaking bout my visions But maybe they need signs Think it’s time for some Rosetta Stone I’m on the phone too much But that’s life 27, thought by now that I would have a wife Thinking bout my wrongs more than building on my rights 10 years later Should I readjust the sights How can I win How can I make the best of what I’m going through Do my very best That’s at the least, you know I’m going to Give myself the love and care I give to those around me Cause if I don’t, some of these thoughts might drown me So when you feel alone And you think you can’t breathe Just remember you can lean on me Verse 2: During the fall I be getting lost inside my head Man I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t feeling dead Couple times I acted on the thought But God caressed my hand And showed me all the days I’ve fought Personally the person I see Been letting me down a bit Try to forgive my past Some things in my life I won’t forget I don’t have many regrets There’s only one that I’ll admit I don’t be thinking I’m good enough for love Now I exist To be the man that inspire people To light their fire I know it’s hard I see it in your face I know you tired Leaning on his shoulder Just so I can catch my breath No need to hide emotions Just remember Jesus wept Therapy too expensive And love is too overpriced Been trying to bottle lightning I know it don’t strike twice I shoulda acted on that love at first sight Though I’m alone God still holding me tight
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Hold Me Close (feat. Mas Mang & CHRS FONTES) 04:48
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Hook (Mas Mang): Come hold me close Just let me know If you’re here through thick and thin Come hold me close Baby I know That we’ll make it to the end Verse: Something about this journey I’m on Feel worthy of taking my time with More than the songs This is the therapy I started healing my mind with Peace over the grind mentality I struggled with my mortality Now I put all of my focus on loving the fam And reshaping my reality Woah I never thought That I’d be back in the land of the living Do for the world But gotta keep some of the love that I been giving Top of the world is quite a view I’m sorry for trauma dumping I know nobody listening quite like you That’s my fault That’s my bad I been getting in the way Questioned God He told me I need to pray Can’t blame no one but myself But with you in my corner I’ve been getting all the help that I need Before the world took all my innocence Old relationships catalyst for diminishing growth I can face all that’s hurting me most As long as you holding me close Verse 2 (CHRS FONTES): Before I start Let me know when it’s too much Before I start Let me know if you’ll give up on us Before I tell you more Are you ready to explore For what God has in store I talk to God at night Yeshua lead my life So when I say it’s right That means it’s probably right Though I be doing wrong Get shawties up and out they thongs It’s inspo for the songs And reason why my money long But doubt been getting strong And pressure piling on Usually I be calm but lately sweating from my palms They listen to my songs and hear that everyone involved Imma put them on Even if they do me wrong So I’ve been trynna find my soul So focused on my goals That I don’t know which way to go My family back at home And I’m alone in Orlando So if you coming over Baby girl just hold me close Verse 3: Running away from love And who I’ve been becoming Don’t matter who I was I can feel that change is coming Scared that when I go I’m not surrounded by the love Call me Kevin How I’m clutching on both of these turtle doves Friend or lover That’s irrelevant These next bars gone be the realest that I ever sent Coulda sworn that you were heaven sent A fleeting muse, I’m more inspired than I’ve ever been I ain’t known love since you walked out of my life Clarity, this was just love at first sight Scared to be rejected Worst I coulda got was no That’s still a regret That creeps on me when I’m too low to hide Too east coast to put switches on lowered rides We come from different worlds I rap and you surf tides So the peace that I felt with you Was a surprise Am I protecting peace Or just protecting my pride
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Your Second Choice 03:07
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Hook: Sick of wasting time You were One of a kind Ain’t no telling what our love might be You should know I’m Sick of wasting time Finally Made up my mind You won’t ever find another like me You won’t find another lover like me Verse: I been avoiding you Haven’t responded in a day or two To answer questions you sent me I need to think it through Accepting you’re not around Choking down Hopes of a future Don’t care how good it sound Saved me in your phone as the dude that’s easy to talk to But not for dating Your IG giving a walkthrough Of how to get in your arms and in your bed too Said you Already knew this is what it led too You deceiving in the worst ways How you my future You don’t celebrate my birthdays Say you lonely But it’s just a phase Ain’t trynna air out your business So let me paraphrase Pre-Hook: You love me but not the body attached I saw the messages Forgive me if I’m slow to react You told your best friend I’m the one you settling for I know you still want more Verse 2: Let’s cut straight to the chase I can see the guilt written over your face This was a facade that you held too long You just like to hear your name mentioned in songs I’m playing into your hand Was acting like your man Blame it on inexperience Now I understand You found love in every place except between our bond Ego infatuation, all your actions correspond With the life you swore you left behind I can’t care bout your body when I’m losing your mind I never had you if I’m being honest Your second choice In a way we both broke a promise
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Fall from Grace 03:22
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Hook: I look around and try to love what I have in the moment Dang, I’m really my greatest opponent How can I fight the man in the mirror When I’ve been walking alone in the dark These are the things I need to consider Back to the days of making of mark Verse: I’m feeling that pressure to be the greatest I ain’t grow enough Out of my prime, I can’t resign I still haven’t shown enough I been fertilizing soil with blood I been watering the seeds with tears I been counting every bead of sweat I been working in the field for years But now that I’m out I gotta keep pushing for better Had a muse, I’ll never forget her Want a chance to tell her the truth Type of message I’d write in a letter I haven’t been focused on love It’s probably the reason that garden is dying Not like I meant to neglect it I nurtured the soul but every connection was dying Lost at first Write the verse Slip the curse And make pain go away When I don’t know what to say I step away and do one thing What I do best Get it up off of my chest Stressing don’t do you favors baby I been praying for your best So I Write rhymes True crimes You can read in between all the ink lines Try to give but I think I wanna keep mind Got lost on the incline But now that I’m back I’m blacking on tracks Ten toes, all facts time to put it on wax Started to lack Now when I step in the room You can feel the return of the Mack Verse 2: Gotta prepare for my future It’s testing me Notification, that’s destiny texting me Most of the things that I’m feeling are stressing me Identical to the things that are blessing me So when I’m stuck in my head Running through, every, single, possibility Hating myself is not the way to sharpen my abili… Teed up, by 30 I’m planning on kicking my feet up Not to retire This to the death, not planning on giving my seat up Days get lonelier That’s just cause I don’t see any competition Probably the Midas touch Cause I see the world through a 007 mission Alert the press, I confess That I’m one of the greats Look around see em stuffing they face From the plate I fixed long ago At the table but it’s all for show Time turns but I’m sick of the sand Eyes burn, these are tears of a man Life changed but I stuck to the plan Can’t flinch when they bite my hand I’m Trynna give my soul with y’all The more I give then the more I’m gonna fall (fall fall) My mama just called, said give it to God
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Reap It and Weep 04:24
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Verse 1: Rose tinted glasses Changed the way I’m viewing life Accepting I can never change the worlds masses I think it’s time To start instructing classes Blame the ego Don’t think that anyone could pass Half the grade is showing up The other half is action Learned to bridge the gap Between my disciple and passion Stretched thin I’m aware that I was lashing out Death stepped in Now the only goal is smashing doubts Stepping up into my best years I look back on my journey while shedding ten tears May seem passive in nature but I don’t hold fears Dreams of me being the greatest have all disappeared Sowing the seeds over the years While divvying up my soul And sharing with false peers The ones who see me eat and start praising with false cheers They’ll leave but my garden is here Verse 2: Locked in Did the work Shut out the noise Focused on my future The present was not enjoyed Every iteration of me has been destroyed But the one that’s keeps sending his soul into the void Can’t avoid the attention when God planned it Started telling my mama I can’t stand it Took me walking through dark to finally see the light What a beautiful sight Know i Can’t get ahead with the crabs in a bucket Internet bravado don’t knuck if you ain’t bucking Beauty in the growth of the petals I stopped plucking The greatest writers told me my stories don’t need cussing So my path lain Brick my brick The throne I sit Shared amongst the people With the bars I spit I built a prison for my pain So my heart don’t split Might be a struggle but I still won’t quit Hook: Playing with the hand I’m dealt No point in blaming anybody but myself Started planting seeds from the pain I felt Tried to ignore but it just ain’t help (I know I know) (The best things in life ain’t free) With all of the seeds I’ve sown It’s time to reap it and weep Verse 3: Caught myself forgetting where I came from I look around and I ain’t seeing any day ones I respect it, they were honest that the game’s done No longer players they ghost writer is big pun Is this the price I gotta pay for the prayers I Sent Dead once now I’m mindful how my days get spent Not about the fear of the future all my dreams intact Received hate over my impact I give back Way More than I receive It’s hard to divvy Ze-ro Can’t see the future But was tempted over Ms. Cle-o Been filling holes within my spirit Like a young khle-o But I’m the one Getting closer like my name Ne-yo I may joke But never lie My intentions signify Things may not have changed If I would have stuck to suicide Lord you know I tried Hope I haven’t failed yet Remember when I cried Cause the pages still wet Speech: You have struggled. You have failed. But your tears have water garden you stand in

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After all the years of hard work, dedication, and consistency... I think it's finally time to enjoy the FRUITS OF MY LABOR.

Cover art by: TeReyna Dixon

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released March 23, 2024

Produced by: Cameron London
Mixed & Mastered by: Cameron London
Written by: Cameron London
Track 5 written by: Temani Chapple
Track 8 co-written by: Christopher Fontes

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Artist | Engineer | Founder of 1033 Records.

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