This was a pre-cursor leak to garner attention prior to dropping his 2dopeboyz.com sponsored “Soul Like Khan,” which can be downloaded for free here.
Soul Khan mashes up Bonobo’s “Prelude” and “Kiara” to create this beat.
[Verse 1]
This is a letter to my older self
Do you remember how our shoulders felt
When she said she couldn't live without us
Or when our dad left the crib without us?
Same shock to the system, but a different outlet
Now you the champ like Hogan with the golden belt
Premium octane grade to make the motor melt
In other words, you the rap Franklin Roosevelt
Portfolio sick as polio corroded cells
This is a letter to the man that I'll be one day
You're worth more than what your IRS refund pay
Tax bracket got you acting like you athsmatic, coughin' it up
God damn doesn't mass transit cost you enough?
Did you have a child, what'd you name him or her?
For their mother's sake, I hope you ain't similar
Just playing, you the perfect mold
To turn a soul into what it needs to be when you up in the dirt
This is a letter to soul khan
The shepherd of protons
You beat the game but never with codes on
Summer's on its way and the album approaches
So please let me welcome all y'all to the Soulstice
[Hook x 2]
From month to month, and moon to sun
Now the winds of change move through your lungs
It's a force of nature you've become
The soulstice is here
[Verse 2]
I'm from the home of one season, they take warmth for granted
It's a beautiful morning in the great north Atlantic
This is your life now, so please claim your baggage
Sorta like peter north, I came for the cabbage
That's real talk to the A-L-K
I've had people lie to me when they say they'll stay
Til I snapped at the seams, and I packed all my dreams
And traveled to the capital to pave the way
I am the truth, unequivocal, no motive to lie
I am the answer without even proposing a "why"
I am the filament that charges the bulb in the sky
I've touched lives so I'll never be alone when I die
Now this a little more simple than I usually spit
So I scribbled this soon as an opportunity hit
Sometimes I feel like maybe I'm too stupid to quit
But I ain't following whereever they been moving this shit
[Hook x 2]