King Khazm - Gone Away From Here (feat. Abstract Rude, Moka Only & Myka 9)
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🗓️ 18 March 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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King Khazm - "Gone Away From Here (feat. Abstract Rude, Moka Only & Myka 9)" from the 2022 album Return of a MAD on Fresh Chopped Beats / MADK Productions.
For over 25 years, King Khazm has been using hip hop as a means to amplify not just his voice but the voices of many in the Seattle community. A multifaceted artist, community organizer, performer, and educator, Khazm first rose to prominence in 1995 when he founded MAD Krew, a hip hop crew that quickly evolved into an influential multimedia production company.
While his prevalence on the scene has been long-lasting, full projects from the emcee have been slow to be unveiled. His last record, 2016’s Diaries of a Mad took nearly a decade to drop which is what makes his most recent release, Return of a MAD, all the more thrilling.
Our Song of the Day, “Gone Away From Here” is a posse cut featuring Canada’s Moka Only and Los Angeles-based rappers Abstract Rude and Myka 9 and produced by Third Eye Bling (an incredible artist name, if I’ve ever heard one). The quartet take their turns on the mic to speak on their experiences with oppression and struggles to live within a racist society. The song comes with a video directed by Will Lemke that sees the emcees in the studio while pulling their influences off the shelves.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, oh, oh, now tell me, in Peter Piper, the Pekka fickle pepper's break from the poppa wanna lolo as he came to walk this way |
| 0:28.0 | Would he live another day, or would he ever been a cage? |
| 0:31.0 | Locked up in a rage, or even in a corner page? |
| 0:33.0 | Even the bitch who airy, contrarary of who's right or wrong? |
| 0:36.0 | Too awful we toss in the coffin, and often the next song |
| 0:39.0 | Hit it wrong, we're gonna surrender, get with the ton of bullets |
| 0:42.0 | We're on our way from here, no matter when the result is |
| 0:45.0 | Unjust a vibe, or wherever this up and trial |
| 0:47.0 | When it comes to more violence, the records is undeniable |
| 0:50.0 | Black hoodie, buy your dealers' lace to perfection |
| 0:53.0 | Wouldn't you be yelling if you match in the description? |
| 0:56.0 | It's tricky business living, when the man that blew his cellar |
| 0:58.0 | And administration playing dumb girls, silly chillin' |
| 1:01.0 | Is it live? Check the dash, can't try to survive |
| 1:04.0 | When you're proud to be black, can't raise a hill to stay alive |
| 1:07.0 | I'm broken, I'm out of this shit, but I was in |
| 1:10.0 | Deeper than an out of list, get a pic, stay bottomless |
| 1:13.0 | Broke, then you gotta take risk, and I have sinned |
| 1:15.0 | Souls get rotten, and most won't stay modern |
| 1:18.0 | Culture provided, but folks won't make eyes and ends meet |
| 1:21.0 | I know my god isn't against me, won't |
| 1:24.0 | Showed it the burden that I couldn't live |
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