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Foxes & Hens

by Jay Erve

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    "Foxes & Hens" contains a hidden track behind the song "Music Man". This project is the 2nd installment of a 3 project roll out. I see the world as Foxes/assertive people and Hens/passive people, that's how i came up with the title of this record. This work is a potent gumbo mix of boom bap hip hop, trap, rock, acoustic sounds and R&B. We enjoyed cooking up for ya'll, your support is appreciated.
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Don’t involved this is Zulu stuff enough army in the back papi chulo bluff/face paint with my sword close taking notes watch the God wash the ocean with a bar soap/ you heard it right baby boy what did love say take a loaf of bread turn it into Subway/it ain’t a brag cuz it’s all the hum hum a bad bet turn a rich man to a bum/I spell it out cuz my fan base intelligent hard to forget it when I’m gone they some elephants/we the baddest as we stomp around the landscape 7 days for our God what did man make/gym sculpting running round at a perfect rate/ long as she showing respect then it’s the perfect date just don’t be late ma Figure it out it’s a rubix cube 21 days reconnaissance before we make a move/it’s sorta like what the rabbit and the turtle teach/mess around turn this desert into myrtle beach/that ain’t a reach come prepared when you give a speech/they say I’m half James Baldwin and a quarter meech/I came to eat but my appetite is finicky/transmission in the hills out in Tennessee/the Smoky Mountains and the Appalachians tune in/and the algorithm mid-south soon trends/this is surgical boy we using lidocaine now I’m running outta fingers I can’t fit a rang/it seems strange that ya killing off the brother man yeah that’s a vibe have you thought of the other hand? Let’s take a ride Express yourself with emojis 💖 👍 😂 🎉 Respond quickly and add fun and personality to your emails
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I break the rules man we don’t care/ we in despair trade places shit I double dare it’s only fair/only fighting just to get our share so stay prepared life is cold like a Frigidaire Felt the cold winds on my back/I’m tryna stack/and the society the algorithm I’m tryna hack/see they left me in the boondocks to make it back/but since karma is a mf they caught a flat/I’m a bonified soldier dawg can’t box me in/but this whole world is animals-foxes and hens/and the moneys all we have in common Lexus or Benz /say you chasing after paper too? We could be kin/so no matter what they throw against me I can adapt/got the whole world on my shoulders working my traps/will they lock me out or let me in I kinda doubt it/life is rapping to an empty room and so I shout it Now I’m plotting out a strategy/ how bad is we when they se a brother working hard they mad at me/I expect it from the other side but I let it ride yet and still y’all I got my pride way deep inside/now they coming in the door to kick it/system is wicked / but they never really tell when -it’s self inflicted/on my purpose and I’m stacking cash that’s for the gifted/went through 50K in 6 months but that was different/now I’m focused but my heart broke/I lost my kin folk/words’ll never bring ‘em I’m left with pen strokes/press against the glass harder/why do I bother/when it all comes down to it I miss my father/like the old timers used to talk and I would listen/saying hindsight is 20/20 follow your vision/why procrastinate until you’re great it’s like a prison/all these chicks only want the D feel like a piston/keep ‘em blind like they using brail/just to prevail/social media is here to trap us it’s hard to tell/say you doing music for a living it’s hard to sell/trying to feed my pockets to the max they looking frail
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Music Man 04:08
Meanwhile back at the shimmy shack The NBA hit me back give me wilt chamberlain hmmm fuck it then give me Shaq/y’all been sleeping too long give em some medicine/finally done picking the locks y’all gotta let us in/what you see clarity long time sincerity with flows like a young ass nigga now that’s a rarity/apparently y’all just impressed with fancy cars/what you repeat is bad for your teeth then candy bars/that’s licorice you twisting your words so we appear three chocolate guys with real sharp swords three musketeers/no oversight I never forgive Jehovah might/you steal styles them braces must be for your overbites/Turn up the bass and you get Laced with high frequency megahertz be loving my work they wanna link with me/catalogue is longer than yours I’m pretty sure of it/ we can battle song for song let’s make a tour of it Use caution - my blood platelets might just make a statement/DNA attached parks and dirty basements/y’all betta face it Whole team impeccable/people even say world class but not the wrecking crew/respect to you this one right here is for the record boo/only 3 copies available it’s collectible/my style is brutally honest you telling fibs/you take a life then brotha you can’t get it how you live/I’m mike biv they counted me out and that’s the key he’s difficult and hard to work with thought it was me/but it was them so I fly that’s why I even went a limb/so picture it I write like directing major films/
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Players wanna play yah ballers yah wanna ball in my lifetime man I done seen it all I done seen it all yup even seen the best fall uhh uhn sacrilegious they say we ain’t getting digits/ coming on down the lane and dunking on all your midgets/ Felix navidad I do put on fascade just trying to get my 50 & hunnids just to ménage/and reproduce a stack on a week to week basis/that undercover cheese ain’t nobody filing cases/ I’m everything you look up/ eat up the scheme you cook up/ y’all ain’t moving weight boy you doing girl push-ups/ check it out I’m global known/ feds tapping mobile phones wonder why I’m hungry like I’m sleeping in a mobile home/guess I got that hustle I’m me/whether it’s a buck or penny/when I get that paper best believe I ain’t buying fendi/still they always tell me ain’t no money in rap but I still want it all so I tap tap tap/my people always tell me ain’t no money in tap but I want the last drop so I tap tap tap/amazing how they can can scheme/I’m thinking we same team/but damn both of us sleep not dreaming the same dream/I’m thinking this was a squad/your energy getting odd/I’m watching your every move and answer you with a nod So who feeling like they holding a grudge/must be the drugs/while my homie pull that bad as chick that’s triple fudge/time to head out to garage where shorties give a message that’ll make a simps fall deep in love like el de barge/but I’m hip to the scheming where ladies fight over semen and a bunch them brothers be sharks like Willie Beamon/got head game together for rainy and stormy weather when dem shots put goons be running like mascara/now my mind start to wander on various tax brackets/gotta get it if I’m wearing a suit and or black jacket/run it up my eyes are fixed on big checks/we ain’t doing this for free my g what you expect
5.
Here’s a story of a black kid who did so very well, not a down on my luck broke and stuck as you can tell/never wanted me to make it past the tender age of twelve but the village that I came from to big for me to fail/never ran and never will since we lived up on the hill when we snuck under fences just to get a happy meal/we was happy and content still we short up on the rent spent my summer time dodging bullets up there out in Flint/it was me celly cell randy hung with Sahala passing round the 40 bottle miss a shot you take a swallow/rest in peace goes to Boonie, Mr Burns the homie Shaik never ever struck it rich we knew just what it would take/I survived it by the hairs of my chin my chin chin back when Pedro kept that blade for your skinny skin skin/messed with Shema for a while but won’t say to many names been around the block a couple times won’t make too many claims/never slang but I always kept a pocket full a yes/thats that money paper green if you slow now you can guess/kept a clean delta 88 that did not have no dents/thanks to Daddy had a dollar thanks to Momma had some sense Go Told my cousin we can get ‘em if we formulate a plan/ain’t money coming’ to us with our head down in the sand/ain’t no freedom coming to us on a bunch of stolen land so lets multiply our money living lavish while we can/let’s just get down on our knees and say a prayer for common folk/don’t set your neighborhood on fire if you do not want the smoke/I’m not asking to be president just asking you to vote granny always knew the struggle never act like she was woke/life will always be a puzzle if you out here acking broke/do your dirt but clean your hands up here’s some water here’s some soap/here’s an anchor here’s and some rope, not no liquor no dope let’s tug the other end give the little kids out here some hope/know what else I think is dope? Got the game from other folk/Granny said just leave it lone trying to let them beans soak/back when all you had to do was be able to pay the rent thanks to Daddy had a dollar thanks to Mommy had some sense Go we don’t want this scrilla Milla just so we can go and flaunt it’s her first time in the city let’s just call her debutante/called her mother sister uncle cousin brother father aunt all this pancake that we stacking we can start a restaurant/we can start just what we want we can get just what we need you can feed the whole community you start with just a seed/I studied all my lessons boys it’s no coincidence thanks to Jessie got money thanks Johnnie got some sense Gone
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I break the rules man we don’t care/ we in despair trade places shit I double dare it’s only fair/only fighting just to get our share so stay prepared life is cold like a Frigidaire Felt the cold winds on my back/I’m tryna stack/and the society the algorithm I’m tryna hack/see they left me in the boondocks to make it back/but since karma is a mf they caught a flat/I’m a bonified soldier dawg can’t box me in/but this whole world is animals-foxes and hens/and the moneys all we have in common Lexus or Benz /say you chasing after paper too? We could be kin/so no matter what they throw against me I can adapt/got the whole world on my shoulders working my traps/will they lock me out or let me in I kinda doubt it/life is rapping to an empty room and so I shout it Now I’m plotting out a strategy/ how bad is we when they se a brother working hard they mad at me/I expect it from the other side but I let it ride yet and still y’all I got my pride way deep inside/now they coming in the door to kick it/system is wicked / but they never really tell when -it’s self inflicted/on my purpose and I’m stacking cash that’s for the gifted/went through 50K in 6 months but that was different/now I’m focused but my heart broke/I lost my kin folk/words’ll never bring ‘em I’m left with pen strokes/press against the glass harder/why do I bother/when it all comes down to it I miss my father/like the old timers used to talk and I would listen/saying hindsight is 20/20 follow your vision/why procrastinate until you’re great it’s like a prison/all these chicks only want the D feel like a piston/keep ‘em blind like they using brail/just to prevail/social media is here to trap us it’s hard to tell/say you doing music for a living it’s hard to sell/trying to feed my pockets to the max they looking frail

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released March 5, 2024

Produced by Aanonymous73, Dynamight, Dynamite Willie
Co-produced and Arranged by Jay Erve
Engineered by Booty
CTMG Studios, Plainfield Il

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Jay Erve Kalamazoo, Michigan

Jay Erve has co-founded The Prisona's of Society, The Urbanights and Eternal Might. He has amassed over 1,500 songs and 15 full albums spanning his three decade career.

When he's not recording or promoting his music, he advocates for organ donation among the black and brown communities.
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