🎵 XVIII // by Ettrick Shepherd

1 Contributor XVIII Lyrics [Verse] Aye, I’ma pick it up where I left off, now I’m droppin’ knowledge Natural as fuck plus I’m hot like the tropics Step in my mind with headphones and an oculus rift The hostility reaches your brain and knocks it to bits Ettrick Shepherd aka Joe Hogg in this bitch Put me in the industry and I’ll be hoggin’ the shifts I got this on lock and got certainty with that The return of the mercenary and Hercules of rap People offerin’ me fake champagne If you rip me from my roots I’ma scream like a mandrake Victory is bitter sweet, I hate the damn taste Cos hatin’ on me is overdone like a handshake I’m tryna best myself and their pissed with that My wisdom is your gift and your gift is wrapped Pushed 3 EPs tryna get known Two more and I’ll blow up like I said so At the moment I’m layin’ the line of redstone Gonna keep ascendin’ ‘til I get to the death zone I grind and then grind, goin’ rhyme after rhyme Three hundred in a week, that’s a sign of the times I’m a menace, a little bit offensive But half the time I said shit I never really meant it In all seriousness you’ll never see me with a spliff I just talk shit about drugs and you feed on the shit Limited time on this rock, the clock is tickin’ It’s goin’ down the second that I spot the opposition Salty motherfuckers aren’t pleased with what I’ve done in this Cos my flow is so sick they can’t stomach it Currently this shit is just a molehill But I’m make a mountain out of it, move it and summit it Most people just want ticks on their kicks But I’m more focused on puttin’ them on my bucket list Ever since a youngin’ I’ve been mesmerized with rappin’ I’ve only got better, yo, I’ve recognized a pattern Several times I never thought a better life could happen Pushed through the episodes every time I had ‘em To be honest I find it quite funny Cos when I spit the truth it makes the haters spit the dummy Y’know my story, I said it in my records One hundred percent honest, most people don’t get it Still stick with the day ones, still stay strong Don’t got a career, but I’ma make one I should go on tour, I should do shows I should try and make connections with new folks Gotta be original for this shit to work I’m a shepherd, I no longer follow the herd The alias is tryna be Joe Straight in with the flow, intro – I need no I only need a pen, page and cappuccino I’m authentic, no hacks or cheat codes I’m a lady killer But I’m elsewhere chillin’ with the goodies like CeeLo I’m wicked, that means I don’t get to rest Marvel at this superhuman like Professor X One thing you should never do is piss me off The next thing to never do is think I’m soft Sorry, there’s no room for women in my pipe dream I got a full life, fittin’ in’s a tight squeeze Don’t challenge me to a talent show Still got a lot of potential I haven’t shown You see, I’ve been itchin’ to get it If you ain’t got a passion then your life is pathetic This is my outlet, this is what I live for So I’ma give my all and then give more A classic example Spill my shit on the track, I guess TransLink’ll call me a vandal And my train of thought has kinda gone rogue It’s off the rails and where it is, nobody knows The Ettrick Shepherd is the effective nemesis To anorexic feminists but I flex my negatives And I get the benefits, it was said that I would never Tread a step in this – how’d I get to Everest? I’m defiant as fuck, I ain’t relyin’ on luck I ain’t skitchin’ the bumper, I’m fuckin’ drivin’ the truck I wanna satisfy my fans so I’m hypin’ ‘em up And in my eyes, I don’t see a normal life as enough I love what I do and I do what I love So trying to stop it would be stupid as fuck I’m in a never-ending loop of positivity Plant the seed, let it grow and show the haters the bigotry Blockin’ out the words that don’t help me Cos I wanna climb the ladder and be wealthy Came out the shadows, I’m done being stealthy I first got into this as an edgy twelvy My music’s not as emo now and they mad at me But I’m happier and found a different coping strategy The EP was just capturing a vibe Songs that’d pump the room when I play ‘em live Is it self-esteem, arrogance or pride? Or has the best living Joe finally arrived? Take a look at what the burden and demand did Eyes on me so I’m rappin’ to a higher standard Put my best foot first and dropped ‘Joint’ And the reaction didn’t disappoint Started to recite Revival like the bible Treated my pen and pad like a sniper rifle Doin’ this is imperative to my survival Perhaps not but I gotta write, it’s vital Stick around and watch as I go viral It’s been planned out and my decision is final I’ll grill a hater on a barbecue There’s quite literally nothing that I would rather do See you seem to get aggressive when you start to lose Posting your opinions but I don’t remember askin’ you I used to want girls from school in my DMs But I got rappers slidin’ in and I don’t need them Fucking hell yeah I got a rep now it’s great But if you wanting the brand get out my face I only fuck with people who like the sound And my close friends who see me on level ground I don’t know what’s coming next But I’m gonna blow, yo, fuck the side effects