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A Million and One (Single)

by Nomis

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A Million and One V1: It's been a minute that your boy has been pursuing this, Wanted to quit the game but never could go through with it, I was touring met a million different stewardess' But now they asking "who is this?", and questioning my stewardship When I was new to this, I would hit the stage Excited, a backpack and hooded sweaters for days It was pure, just hyped to put them letters to page now I’m coming for heads, and rhyming with a veterans rage Big Nom has gotten better in spades a generation of fine wine cause ya'll we’ve gotten better with, (yeah), we’ve gotten better with age, my sage rhetoric's a medic to confederate ways And every rapper claiming they're woke now I'm asking, before Eric Garner was choked down Before they smoked Brown everything that y'all wrote down The relevance, how many of them bars could you quote now? I swear this isn’t getting me biter just encouraging artists, think on what you pick to deliver I’m in full support of anybody speaking for justice but consistency is key to get the people to trust us they tease in disgust, cause they don’t see the truth is coming in my reign, like I'm Caesar Augustus thats deep, how deep? deeper than Atlantis deep within the ocean, no thats deep beneath the planet you’ll never catch me popping a molly but, my ancestors got it popping in Mali also Togo, Ghana was so close the irony I’m Cali, my people seem to rally at Gold Coasts my brother Science from the Valley my Co-host I’m Gallery, tally up we proudly some locals knowledge comes when you acknowledge you don’t (know), thats Socrates This is for the ones who never rocked with me, million and one A Million and One V2: If I had to count up my mistakes it’d be a million and one i’d have to admit, the dumb was almost brilliantly done I have to forget regret because the path that we get is either hazardous or (it) becomes our Lazarus pit now I emerge the young man that who wrote Sisyphus Atheist taught in God body while I’m basking in the dissonance Splashed, got a buzz then it passed As for my momentum, honestly I’m vastly the antithesis Like Onesimus, freed from my bondage, when I flee’d made clean, now proceed paying homage we displaying promise in the rhyme and I don’t define morals, but I draw from a time thats primordial I’m primed to defy normal while I’m, still a mortal in his prime through a means that is oral, which means I’m immortal fall short of divine, trying to love all of my enemies but its hard to be cordial when you’re maligned Lord knows how they treat us, publicly they used to beat us devised a new way to delete us that is equally egregious from the moment we’re a fetus feed us "Trappin’ or Rappin’ or go and buy you some Adidas" the cycle is completed they’ve depleted our psyche teaching whites to not receive us, unless they see us in Nikes or a great suit, or on a stage either way its all the same entertain or give them something they relate to lets celebrate us, lets celebrate all parts of our cultures for every part of your life pardon my mic, I’m blessed to live in a country with these freedoms but I only pledge allegiance to my God and my wife police your tribe with two rules, I’ve named them Barney and Phife Love God & Love people in this life (2x), A Million and One
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In “A Million and One”, Nomis sets the mood of a 1920’s Speakeasy by opening the track with an overtly Jazz inspired chord progression. Imagine a 60 year old man wearing a sweaty suit inside of an equally sweaty night club. Watch as he places a glass of scotch next to an ash tray while waiting for his cue from the piano player. Thats what the instrumental of “A Million and One” feels like. Quickly the rapping begins as Nomis covers a multitude of topics ranging from personal struggle, societal failure, Black exploitation and how our response to these things shape our futures. Though the mood is relaxed, the flow and cadence of Nomis’ rhymes are far from that. This song is definitely for those who are a fan of the art of rhyme with its pattern heavy syntax and ear grabbing punchlines.

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released July 31, 2017

Written & Produced by Nomis. Saxophone by Lloyd Whitty. All other instruments by Nomis.

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