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No Illusion

from Blackcurrent Jazz 3 by Funky DL

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Chorus (x2)

If I never make another album,
turn this up and show the people how this should be sounding
(sounding, sounding, sounding)
(Scratch) Just go on to let you know I flow on,
that’s what we about to do, uh!



Verse One

Yo’, it's like D bring it back again,
beats that I'm banging, been sweet like I'm saccharin,
how many ways to tell you take a seat homie, pack it in?
thinking, never saying, "I can't wait to see the back of him",
so call it how you want it, but I see it like it's flattering,
cos’ everything that's going on with them could never matter
when I'm doing what I'm doing and I dabble what I dabble in,
that's a nice lay up, now repeat without the traveling,
oops, now the stitches of truth are unravelling,
like taking a gamble when you can't see what's happening,
but trying to be extravagant especially when a camera gets close,
now they fashioning a way to look fabulous,
jokes, ain't an accident that D is the protagonist
they listen to from London all the way up to Los Angeles,
and now it's so unanimous, my beats are like paralysis,
cos’ beat-makers listen and it make em' feel so powerless,
can't ruffle my feathers, try to put me under pressure,
just like a professor at the start of a semester,
I teach em' how to do this, advance level or clueless,
street smart or foolish, my class make you the coolest,
an opportunist , I have em' saying, “Mr Newman,
I used to sound stupid, but you showed me bout’ this music,
you’re a D.K.H”, yeah a different kinda human,
who’s doing what's he doing, got you under no illusion.


Chorus


Verse Two

I'm prolific, the Def Lyrics, no limits, I just roll with it,
flow spitting, no slipping, I'mma go get it,
stampede or toe tipping, I'm my own critic,
take a loop with no spirit then I cold flip it with a level of sophistication,
a surgeon of the beats, I guess the track is just the patient,
I'm like a priest praying for the pad, I bless the paper,
and I release and make it breathe just like a respirator,
black mean I'm black and current mean I'm right now,
and jazz got the type of vibe to make you pipe down,
and I can hear a break, imagine how it might sound
without touching an instrument, or having words to write down
and I ain't new to this, they want me like a fugitive,
and everything I do to this is like a revolutionist,
it doesn't matter if I'm on your top-five producer list,
funky one of the best, find a way to get used to it,
never scared of any competition, I'm a vindicator,
I leave the track smoking like a big incinerator,
I'm in control, so anytime I wanna’ kill the fader,
I can push the button like a kid stuck in an elevator,
and bring it back again like reruns of old TV,
but if it ain't up to my standards then you won't see me,
like a Magician disappearing from the room,
but I guess the only difference is I'm using no illusion.

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from Blackcurrent Jazz 3, released June 28, 2018

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Funky DL is regarded as one of the most legendary and significant MC's and Producers to come out of the UK. Now globally known for delivering albums with both musical and lyrical finesse...

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