Grynch - Paper Route (feat. Sir Mix‐A‐Lot)

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Grynch Paper Route (feat. Sir Mix‐A‐Lot) from the 2022 self-released album Born in '86.

Nearly fifteen years after dropping his debut full-length, My Second Wind, Grynch is back with his first solo record since 2014 titled Born in ‘86. While it may be a solo record, that doesn’t mean the Seattle-born-and-bred rapper isn’t still open to sharing the mic. The deeply collaborative artist invited artists like Boom Bap Project, Blake Lewis, Prometheus Brown, and Daz Dillinger to help add color to the nostalgia-hued record.

But there’s no collaboration more deeply Seattle than our Song of the Day. “Paper Route” sees none other than the big-booty-loving Sir Mix a Lot join Grynch for a song that recognizes the resilience it takes to continue on the winding and fickle journey of being a longstanding musician. “I could never do a thing that I aint about,” Grynch spits on the chorus, “Suckers out here running miles /Chasing clout /But when it’s all said and done and they faded out /I’m gonna still be getting mine on my paper route.”

Watch Grynch's KEXP in-studio performance of fan-favorite “My Volvo” from all the way back in 2010 and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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0:00.0	I could never do a thing that I ain't about
0:12.4	Suckers out here running miles, chasing cloud
0:15.0	But when it's all said and done and they faded out
0:17.4	I'ma still be getting mine on my paper route
0:19.8	I could never do a thing that I ain't about
0:22.2	Suckers out here running miles, chasing cloud
0:24.8	But when it's all said and done and they faded out
0:27.2	I'ma still be getting mine on my paper route
0:29.6	It's been a long road still undoing me
0:32.0	Valuing dreams still erect a town to a scene
0:34.6	True for lean, I never put up a front
0:36.6	I like a lot of clowns running round looking like punk song
0:39.4	To the bottom of the barrel far from the top
0:41.4	Whatever is high, watch out they all on the shock
0:44.0	Trying to get rich quick, doing anything to shine
0:46.6	But as far as integrity can never question mine
0:49.0	I'll bless them when I run, never take it for granted
0:51.2	No, stick a snake to the grass, I am the antidote
0:54.0	Your boy Grinch up in here, never running for niches
0:56.6	Trying to do a legendary linked with the homie mix
0:59.2	No way he ain't bullshit, it ain't cuz me from Seattle bruh
1:01.8	Lot of frauds in the game and I've had enough
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