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INNENSTADT

by Neak

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1.
Vibrations 02:54
Neak Verse 1: Home is where the hate is, seem to take our kids too soon, can even be alive to see their greatness, important they become A-list, being a martyr for playlist, hellish gospel this for the ages, I can’t preach and don’t teach, kapesh, can’t recall when I was out and talked with youngins in the street about the poisen, can’t avoid it and all the noise and, everyday gun play I imagine they destroyed inside, kinda wanna cry but I won’t, hard to let it out when seeing what you don’t have, most times the shits petty like cash flow when I can be with Astro, stars close, I suppose, myself to be, I be thinking of me, to be a God we gotta show em what to reach for, only one shot, life is not a sequel, legacy is nothing less you do it for the people.... Neak Verse 2: Marvin said in 71 let’s save the children, born in 84 and yet I got the feeling, the same one rolling up, I tried to quit it, admit it, some old neighborhoods afraid to visit, I can talk will they hear though, or will they pull a gun on me man I never know, I know the stakes getting higher, De La, no lie, niggas will cancel you when day turn night like a show with Arsenio, what you expect seeing videos, idolize designer clothes that you can’t afford less they roll up on you, the shooter cold born inside an icebox, hey government you fucking us you plan to stop, nope, I doubt it they ain’t bout it, privatized jails profit for stockholders who crowd em, huh, a lady lost a king, a son seen a Father in-between depression and why you leave, when I was a teen I never thought to believe that one day I’ll have a son and be afraid what that could mean, while living in America brown we so James, we living uncrowned America stole names, we living undeniable ill now it’s a shame, I guess it all depends if we make it through the pain y’all.....if we make it through the pain, man I guess it all depends if we make it through the pain y’all.....
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Neak Verse 1: Every President present from working trickled up, everyday we struggling, see it once, see it leave from us, cash rules, dollars don’t circulate, poverty we trust, it shows, no investment in any items outside us, wholly, wholistic, and can we fix it, soul holy, stylistic, we Dapper Dan apprentice, before me, this was replicated for generations, how we see ourselves to be sanctified without whiter faces........culture, literature it did a number on us, we pay the minister, pray to rise in divine performance, the key to life is keep my light ignited, free from dormant, marquee in sight, a new afterlife, death to rigor mortis.......reflection when spliff lit, sedated from the cannabis, dreaming bout this wishlist, I wonder how it got this way.....this thing called life, it’s all day......I wonder what would 2pac say…….huh uh hu Chorus: 2Pac excerpt… Neak Verse 2: Police beat us, court proceed us, get found guilty, white jurors lynching leaders, it’s all filthy, bailiffs paul bearers, teach us, since the shores, we property of state, we left with zero freedoms, so every thought I think is legacy, no time boast, no pharisee, let’s raise a toast, let’s celebrate, hate to move in lepathy, record deal, ricochet, picture paint the messages you must say, on airwaves, indicative of slave, a signature could muzzle the feelings, leave you with no say, ironic, the same signature take you from ghetto in days……develop that posture that messianic, let’s the flesh die, money will kill you too soon, left eye, rather take the tomb of Notorious suited in Bedstuy, than deadlock a generation from thoughts I was deadlocked on, spew it out while living lavish and live it all day…….I would what would 2pac say……… huh uh huh Chorus: 2pac excerpt…
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4Eva Eva 03:39
Neak Verse 1: we Rose up from the concrete, a thorny rose resilient from these ceremonies six feet, under, surely not on feet, dell with broken heartbeats, five fold, gratitude and gratefulness more worthy of worship than chains of Gold, two-seater, cruise control to go cruise on my trolls, be a stunna, for summer madness, feed the flesh, what I’m submitted under, under in my heart, I use to wonder, under appreciate my conundrums with covers up not come from slumber, slept on my own call, destiny, I’m withdrawn, years back, I’m King, left the pawns, to heaven’s echelon, more than out the window with these weapons drawn, killing brothers, pressing on, no fonz, to right up all these wrongs, I struggle daily see this melanin, don’t see my genius, now and then, back peddling, to idols serving up this Ellen when this white in packs only here jail me, living with a vision for tomorrow that won’t fail me.... Chorus: I wanna live my best days 4eva....(Repeat 4Xs) Neak Verse 2: On the wake up, so grateful, I could’ve died like twice, killed on social platforms, with malice in media thrice, nothing nice they say, the venom so precise in many forms, public slander, pay the price, price of king, is firestorm, I is King, so in storm, the vision something Rod Thorn, all I see is legend, I see your heart, and I see it scorned, declaring Grammys, hang em high, now the ceilings adorned, women so in awe, now send a prayer for my deception loins, self-preservation, no love my soul, her love for coins, hate for my spirit, attraction is dead no members joined.....it’s not the here and now, it’s what’s forever, what’s glitters never gold, the goal is keep you chained and tethered tied up in no place you fit in, the future generation depending on choices you making, now that’s the cost of living, and I ain’t going with no fight in me, like sit-ins, I want what god want for me, the highest life arisen... Chorus: I wanna live my best days 4eva....(Repeat 8Xs)
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Neak Verse 1: Vision elevated....beyond this structure the home of a slave, is inundated, with stories, that Black is deadly cause it’s filled with hatred, before me, is Garveyism, inside of self when I roam through feelings, the glory, is God, all odds, I bet he come and save me, until my fear arise, it’s Genocide on brenda’s babies, inner-City, cries, never comes out, no emotions, internals rivers, tears piling up, and form an ocean, disguised, in ski-mask living, that lead to over-populated prisons from court-rooms unforgiving, searching for product breaks laws in the form of Bivens, we move weight, Jenny Craigin’ all niggas, maze, no Beverly, ahead of me is mental graves, dead though we living don’t know it, this genera....tion...al, that means if we don’t break cycle, this a break us, 40 acres, never got it, this is where it take us...... Chorus: Days is shorter, nights are colder feeling like lie is over, these snakes strike like a cobra Days is shorter, nights are colder (Repeat 2Xs) Neak Verse 2: I hate the way they paint us, death to media, demonic how corporations portray us, the radio, play records, content is pseudo Vegas, sin city, cross the airwaves, it’s death to many prayers, distorted, how you see me can’t control the forces, a model citizen, but you can’t see this metamor....phosis...... beyond the slave trade.....it’s deep-rooted how this melanin, make a man so afraid.....of nothing.......I’m only human......this my condition, imagine being marked for death for color that you born with, everyday you risk it, it’s either live in fear or live in King, leave the rear, kiss the ring, stewardship for many means....cash rules, I don’t love it, but it loose dream, Lucifer hate me, hate the way I use the cream, to free brothers, teach others, and reach what’s under, they heart, the pain they grew up with it, it needs cover, but we don’t live in societies lies, we live of truth that our greatness from above with no pride, see myself and yeah I love it all from what that’s inside, all in all it’s how you see it, all I see is my shine.....word... Chorus: Days is shorter, nights are colder feeling like lie is over, these snakes strike like a cobra Days is shorter, nights are colder (Repeat 4Xs)
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Neak Verse: Infinite liquor stores...beauty suppliers who flew in from China, weave galore…..bundles, liquor poured on street corners, vacant lots, building broken down, run from cops, blue and whites, or from the ops, running wild, see the addicts they use to be leaders, and then the 80s hit em, left em on base, more than a Deter Jeter, Crowded blocks of people englewood to L-town, Newport shorts on the trashy ground, broken glass, broken spirits, the broken last, through generations, chicago riots, king riots, denominations, churches is everywhere, CME, Apostolic, COGIC, lack of knowledge, drops out, stones use to rob for wallets, brothers missing summers, come back tryna move the product, homies left em, urgent need for dollars, it’s hard to make it here, ain’t no employment worth taking, can’t take that Wendy’s gig, lower wages no option, to a make a living, with 3 or 4 kids, they rather move the weight, risk it all, live in court, and do the bid, sirens going off, gun shots, prostitution, selling body parts, faulty ground, constitution, smear the make-up, back at it, alley traffic overwhelming the action is pornographic, it’s like this hell we in called it our religion, it’s more shoot outs than mob members native blood that’s Sicilian, politicians see it, no legislation to feel the void, want ghetto voice but avoid it, and it destroys every feeling we feeling when living life until our last breathe, what’s really here?, life.......in the form of death.....real shit.....uh uh......real shit.....
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Gentrified 03:45
Neak Verse 1: I was raised up, citizen second class the environment, portrays us, lower this blackened body is dying when, it never lived, knowingly, flower seeds that sunflower, blowing these, playing with ease, broken corners, we blinded by all it breeds, survival on the line, not a moment it will recede, a simple realization influenced by what is seen, appointed leaders pushing the product, you see em flourish, and flourishing get you freed, but la La La Lord what’s going on beyond the skyscrapers, what kind of world is beyond my neighborhood, will it break us, like this, it must be something special, I heard stories of freedom that go beyond the ghetto, heard stories like no lack of wealth, first world impression felt, third world, I grew in, the fire to the feet I dealt, with it, huh I see this life ain’t like a paradise, translation more of life is roll the dice, errday...trumpets blown errrway, guns levitate, when arms lift, I wouldn’t see this way if I was Hemingway, color, huh, if I ain’t white I’m demonized for being off color, this life we living is in a muthafu..... Chorus: Surround by hate yet I love home… Keep on….1, 2, 1, 2 Surrounded by hate yet I love home… Keep on….Chicago everywhere (Repeat 2x) Neak Verse 2: Huh, Its daily we rarely raise from the ashes, fighting daily seemingly culture is of sorta Cassius, youngins lost, money God, pause Ecclesiasticus, we tryna not to be a hashtag, when, system cash in, on us, who else living through a suicide, no one like me, around the other way is all gentrified, the old hood the newer good, rent is sky high, it’s use to be that bullets barreled through a brotherhood, use to seeing teens eight months into motherhood, White flight is back it done landed on hoods, downtown, innercity, worldwide, any, metropolitan space clearly this beyond the penny, use to dream to be a neighbor, yet we moving yearly, into the outer limits of our cities, now how is freedom so beyond the ghetto, we never left, they move back, we pushed out, there’s is no support, Monique stiletto, it’s crazy how it settles in minds, we unsettled, the pressure breaking lives we higher than falsetto, who every thought the world the living in would be the ground that brought the opposite of Othello, in the color oh, Chorus: Surround by hate yet I love home… Keep on….1, 2, 1, 2 Surrounded by hate yet I love home… Keep on….Chicago everywhere (Repeat 2x) Gentrification excerpt…
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Neak Verse 1: Daily she unprotected, the most that’s disrespected according to Malcolm’s lesson, indicted through her essence for loving black men through stresses, and stress is affluent, never die, raising Kings and queens alone through reaganomic genocide, war on drugs, take the kings, war on love, kill the dreams of healthy homes, Cosby scene, Claire is down, what do this mean? pressure, unaccounted for when she the head and the neck that she assembled for, heart ain’t clean, no heart of Tesla.....and if she not alive then she died, physical, emotional, either willing or anger de-vide, foundation fatherless, affirmation not re-alized, so when...she...struggle, never seen it stabilized, black male, scared to love em, well, jail, take em so he can’t prevail, hell, go and break the tail, biblical how far we fell, broken Princess, this more or less, why everything inside of you is blessed.....to let you know.. Chorus: You are appreciated…. There’s no way I can pay you back Black Queen….Black Queen… My plan is to show you that I understand… (Repeat 2x) Neak Verse 2: Yo....Regardless what culture depict you as you precious......don’t let them make you use body parts for your blessings......a man’s world, a lie we told don’t cast pearls upon swine, and end up Earl, odd future, dead to world, careful not to cover up all this pain through achievement, prove to many men who would disappoint you don’t need them, you lovely as is, is the way you born, rise and reach chandeliers, just don’t do it when scorned, cause you’ll see all the fears and how it keeps you up through early dawn, conscious of emotions that you feeding on, you are loved, beat goes on, defeat the whisper, from mister, we say our woman only made for Home, don’t fulfill the scripture, society ain’t never God, don’t listen less it’s Godbody, brothers hate the message unless the message for daughters prolly, sky’s the limit, it’s never limits, never doubt, Queen, you sojourner, you are truth, you words from Jesus mouth....if all my sisters not wining the win don’t count, all you need is love unconditional when the pressure mount.....brothers......sister let us come as one, broken princess, you are blessed any day under son... word word... Chorus: You are appreciated…. There’s no way I can pay you back Black Queen….Black Queen… My plan is to show you that I understand… (Repeat 2x)
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Philmore Greene Verse: Pray to God, we in dire need, I'm moving at a G searching for a higher speed, Satan tryin hire me In the pews is where the riots be, Quiet please, let the choir sing, Shots fired, after that tires screech, Pigeons fly, body drop, baby momma screams, It's genocide I'm givin you the entire scene, Be Inspired word 2 Heavy-D, Peace..I'm studying hymns, catching the gems, Life Is virtual, I swear we all live in The Sims, Slaves to designer hang from the tree on ya Timbs, Life's Gucci to get yeah we live on the limb, Uhh, I fly w/ God so it's hard to see me, I'm tryna live & master the art of numbers like Archimedes, Feed my family homies & give to the needy, I paint colorful words yeah it's all graffiti... Rashid Hadee Verse: Do you believe in me, do you believe in us, They tried to tell you he the truth did you believe the fuss, I know to each his own, born alone die up in these streets alone, Lead me to the path but I can only move my feet alone, Reese always told me go and get the bitch junior, Who knew god was showing me that bitch was in the music, Be a go getter, it more to it than being a flow spitter, When the doe is something you don't own witcha Just believe in me, just believe in us, My nose will stay clean free from the angel dust, Faith strong to the day the lord take me up, Appreciating life even when haters make it tough, We drive a hard road full of cracks and potholes, Got grown feel like I know the same things that Pac know, Who do you believe in please don't give up on me, Feel like I'm better than I've ever been, trust homie... Yarbrough Verse (Omitted by choice) Since9ine6ix Verse: A rival to your idol, Arrival when I’m idle still I’m fighting for survival Sign’s, Vital as the Bible, Bridle or I’m liable, Ain’t no telling what I might do, If you cycle through my life, You’ll see the failures, Where it spiraled Spiteful of my care, Recite a prayer, Aware I’m psycho, World will drive you crazy, Steering clearing of suicidal thoughts, Might’ve crossed my mind and caught me lacking, Fore it happen, I get back to rap, I’m signing off, If time is for some action, Never mind all distraction, In accordance to passion, Don’t feel it then I don’t force it, It’s morbid as filling caskets Will I get from the Lord, With my choice to avoid the madness, The fact is I’ve been a voice but the point, Sort of like Magic, Still, Sicker than average, Quick to kick it like habits, In the kitchen with cabinet, In the mix of fixing matches, A difference in the fabric, Tailor made from a fine cloth Something to believe in now, Nothing to lie for... Neak Verse: Who do we believe, these ghetto dreams, sunken place fiends and sharpshooters, gold pieces rom Senegal, ease nigga, you see me bout it bout it like P's nothing getting between me and my glory, the keys to lie, money, cash, hoes, champagne and powdered noises, Scarface props, plots, and sweet Sade roses, tombstones impose on black souls we monstas, labeled since the slave ships, renegades, imposters painted from the West, europeans sponsors raising that false conscious, we born demons, the chakras, out of line, sight out of mind, the pain colossal, life is fucking with me like lost queens in hostels, who you wanna be when you found labeled a fossil, tilted crown legacy Messianic apostle, Jesus, strong in my kingship they don't please us, legends all around, time is now, we gone cease it, what...... Chorus: Who do you believe in now......now? (Repeat 8X)...

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Innenstadt centers around the extreme-stark dynamics of inner-city black culture and how it affects day-to-day existence. With diminishing resources and development, many things shift internally pertaining to a person's well-being. It is documented here through hip-hop sonics and true-to-heart emotions of Chicago rap artist/producer Neak navigating a multitude of chaotic emotional and economic dynamics.

Cultivated to shed light on "What's Going On," Innenstadt is a musical journey in sound right into the depths of inner-city blues while headlining aspects that exacerbate this very way-of-life.

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released November 20, 2020

Executive produced, mixed, and mastered by Rashid Hadee

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MCs feat:

Philmore Greene - WDYBIN

Rashid Hadee - WDYBIN

Yarbrough - WDYBIN

Since9ine6ix - WDYBIN

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Production Credits:

Vibrations - Slot-A

What Would 2Pac Say - Neak, Slot-A

4Eva Eva - Rashid Hadee

Days Is Shorter - Neak

What's Really Here - Neak

Gentrified - Neak

Broken Princess - Neak

WDYBIN Remix - Neak

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Photography - Irv22 Photography

Creative Direction - Neak

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Gold Standard Collective, LLC

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If your father performed alongside Funk & Soul legends like James Brown & Sam Cooke, chances are being a product of your environment meant only one thing; following the path of musicianship set directly before him. Chicago-based Hip-Hop rapper and producer Neak draws vivid verbal portraits which find inspiration in the spirit of U.S. black culture and his own deep-seating personal experiences. ... more

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