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Mickey's Boy

by Quinn Essential

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1.
Uh, now Picture this, just like the paparazzi, West Medford nigga hanging out in Abu Dhabi, on the road of life, I use to dream about a Maserati, I should stick to it, like beef teriyaki. I'm dope with the pen, like a calligrapher.. Arab money in the Arabian peninsula. Feel at home, even when I am a visitor, Can't box me in, when outside of the perimeter, I want to make my mark before I leave the earth, left them in the dark, if they're afraid to leave our home turf. I'm really living out my teenage dream, never thought I'd amount to shit, at the the ripe age of 18. The Xaverian brothers was thinking job core, I should have dropped out when I was a sophomore, I was thinking exit stage left, no encore.. I could have sold drugs in retrospect, and made a lot more. but Niggas looking up to me, like I'm their role model, Vegas for the weekend, pink elephants from Gold bottles. Life in full throttle, believe it.. like the gospel, It's the changing of the gods, and I brought a few of my apostles. leave them in awe, when Im onstage, my nuwaves, on their minds like Murray's pomade.. Niggas high and tight like a bald fade.. I do this shit all day.. But I bet they'll dap me up in the hallway.I used to be a dreamer with my empty hands.. now I'm GSU, when it comes to bands, expeditions in exotic lands, this shit was not by accident, it was all planned. Mysterious alchemy, Lincoln st gang are the ones looking out for me. We all got our own views, this is just mine, from the balcony. Niggas quick to cross me like in Calvary.. Christ.. Uh, no disrespect to y’all, but real niggas in Paris, when we land at Charles De Gaulle.. Don't Try to keep up and play ball, find yourself robbing Peter to pay Paul..I like to stunt, I don't even have to give a reason, I'm really eating while you niggas out here Twitter feeding.. And nocturnal like a raccoon, pocket full of cream cheese, like a crab rangoon. Secrete is.. I'm always in a bad mood, but you won't like me when I'm angry. Man, relax dude. I'm nothing like the average, been a barbarian before everyone was savage, with thick skin like a callus, just a king in his palace, sipping wine from chalice.. with Cheshire Cat grin, in wonderland like Alice. Niggas got no ID, but I found mine. Went from living off section 8 to occupying on cloud 9, and it's about time.. Cause I've been waiting my whole life. I ain't playing no games, y'all should have known it was no dice. Living life without fear, Puttin' 5 karats in my baby girl's ear, Fresh start, 40,000 feet in the air, powerbeats slapping, leaning back in my chair. Word Gin and tonic, preferably Bombay, drinking to new beginnings, starting off the wrong way. Back to the drawing board, on this road to riches, I've been ignoring bitches, digging moats, and burning bridges. Respect my wishes, I just want to get some credit, and with my work ethic, trying to surpass at my own merits, they say My dreams are silly, trying to be a famous rapper, they say I'm chasing after something I could never capture.. But Now they want to hang like strange fruit, I ain't even cool with one man in their lame group. (Fuck of here) I aint even fucking cool with one man in their lame group.. Going through my emails, sitting there thinking, I don't even like you, why connect online through LinkedIn? Paper chasing no paper trail. Man I keep to myself because I know out here yo the hate is real. Thought it was a joke when I said my name is emo, emotion run deep. Quinn essential still my ego, y'all not my equal, can't match my Machismo, ya chasing the wrong dragon, stick to motherfucking needles. Lost Soul was a pot of gold.. Man you Feel you could do better, motherfucker you are not as cold.. Think your the one? Well.. I think you gone crazy? I'm the only one, too. Around here like Tom Brady! Niggas love to rap, then act like it's all gravy. I'm not an actor, so stop acting swayze. Quinn Essential is the man & the myth, stop rapping about guns that you can't even lift.. nigga
2.
Mint 03:57
But now Everything Is Mint tho... Yeah everything is Mint tho.. Ayo everything is Mint tho.. I swear everything is Mint yo.. But now Everything Is Mint tho... Yeah everything is Mint tho.. Ayo everything is Mint tho.. I swear everything is Mint yo.. Uh They wonder why I'm on a war path.. use to microwave water, so I could take a whores bath.. been through hell and back for all them years, no spring chicken, man I entered my autumn years. During the toughest times, all I did was just relax and read, and put my hood on like I was in assassins creed. But now everything is mint, I left a message in the bottle, and haven't seen me since.. take the hint. motherfucker.. I was told i have the gift of gab.. in my response was I'm only scalping with the clay I have.. created something out of nothing, and niggas fell behind so they’re claiming that I’m fronting. Yo.. I'm chasing the ghost of Bedford-Stuyvesant.. West Medford own, don't question me like Iverson, dude thinks we're rivaling, to me it's really just misleading, its the Mandela effect or my memories misleading.. (but it's still Mint tho..) But now Everything Is Mint tho... Yeah everything is Mint tho.. Ayo everything is Mint tho.. I swear everything is Mint yo.. But now Everything Is Mint tho... Yeah everything is Mint tho.. Ayo everything is Mint tho.. I swear everything is Mint yo.. Uh, And it's on back home, lap dances in the ruins of the combat zone. trying not to get stoned, because the high is really overrated, and not to have a cloudy mind is like an understatement.. Ugh, I'm still as sound as a dollar bill, and can be found between oak grove to forest hills, I know this city like the back of my hand, from riding shotgun back in the day, with my old man, you know, I never understood, but now I kinda understand. Why raising me, in his hood, wasn't part of his plan. But um, I was the one to escape, and if I ever move back it'd be the Lawrence Estates.. or somewhere out in the woods.. all I really need is like a couple acres, and a few miles away from the trouble makers.. yeah, these niggas treasure my trash.. and good for you, if you really want a fucking broad that I smashed.. (It's still mint tho) But now Everything Is Mint tho... Yeah everything is Mint tho.. Ayo everything is Mint tho.. I swear everything is Mint yo.. But now Everything Is Mint tho... Yeah everything is Mint tho.. Ayo everything is Mint tho.. I swear everything is Mint yo..
3.
Feels 03:40
people think they mean more to me than they actually do, do y’all think about me? because i don’t think you do.. you like the thought of being closer than we actually are.. and when you think about it, that gap is pretty far. overtime i think most people just grow apart, go their separate ways.. and go follow their heart. i made a mistake going back, thinking it’ll be the same. I’m more disappointed in my self, not thinking it’ll change. i’m feeling strange trying to hold a conversation. we aint got nothing in common, i think its confirmation. we both were trying to holding on to the past. suppose to be forever, but forever never last. I was drowning in a glass, trying to mask the anxiety.. i couldn’t look you in the face, when you fake smile at me. that’s why i was just sitting there quietly, i’ll tell you how i feel, but i’ll talk to you in privacy. yeah.. all this awkward conversations and, ya know... people change, things change.. i've changed, so nothing personal... just got to move on... anyways so... people only miss you when you’re gone, you never cross their mind, when they got something going on. Their disappointed in me, and I could careless... I’ve always went through with no fear being fearless.. never fearful, miss me with an earful, and you don’t really care, so why should I be careful? Why should I be cheerful? And Why have you in company? Where were you when I need help, and lately, what have you done for me? You know, really my minds blown, no one ever visit me when i was in a different time zone. excuse me, except my little brother. But that's blood, and blood is different from all the others. That's how I feel, and even family, Is being funny.. "It's hi, how you doing, and can I borrow some money?.." This is why I'm so distance, and when they look at me, they can tell that things are different. Yeah!
4.
Distance 03:13
Distance, I keep my distance, niggas talking shit, I keep my distance, bitches run their lips I keep my distance, yeah i keep my distance, uh i keep my distance... Yeah.. Up early every Everyday, before the sunrise, motivation, when I look in my son's eyes.. I tap into the dark force, I was counted out, now they're counting on the dark horse.. and of course, my Ego drives my train of thought, and these niggas think they're really ill, when they're really not. I'm really hot.. Stay away! you're giving off that weird energy.. them bad vibes, I don't need that shit to enter me. Yeah, That's why I don't trust a soul, I keep my distance.. I never needed nobody's help, Or their assistance.. I remember when they overlooked my whole existence.. but now they need me all the sudden this instance.. so when y'all were sleeping on me like your air mattress.. dream on.. your feet were too small to fit in my airmax's. And Not everyone's a real nigga, ancestry DNA can't tell me if you are a real nigga fool.. I don't trust a soul, I keep my distance.. that why I'm always touching road, I keep my distance.. They wonder why I'm never home I keep my distance.. I rather do my thing alone, I keep my distance.. Got these niggas talking crazy like they really know me. I don't think you know me, like you think you know me.. And I don't even want to be your fucking homie.. That's why I don't trust a soul.. I keep my distance.. And I don't even care about the bloggers, let them hate now, they'll cock ride by august. I should be in office, I run this town, in AirMax 90's and my nike air joggers. Uh to me these niggas are soft , I might be rough around the edges, but cut from a different cloth, and when things head south, I just went back to the north. And now I'm on one, man they said I pulled it off. Look.. So while they try to trace the pattern, I'll be in the house on the Xbox playing madden, and keep rapping, and keep talking about all the things that never happened. my nigga we stay laughing, I get rebuttals from niggas I never diss. That's why I Break a glass jaws when I Rule with my iron fist. I got this.. I don't trust a soul, I keep my distance.. that why I'm always touching road, I keep my distance.. They wonder why I'm never home I keep my distance.. I rather do my thing alone, I keep my distance.. Got these niggas talking crazy like they really know me. I don't think you know me, like you think you know me.. And I don't even want to be your fucking homie.. That's why I don't trust a soul.. I keep my distance.. keep my distance.. yeah, keep my distance... keep my distance i don't trust you niggas, keep my distance...
5.
See what i see through the looking glass, decide who you want to be in the looking glass, fuck niggas getting gas’d through the looking glass Everybody want to blast through the looking glass. Little broads acting fast through the looking glass.. Seems like no one has class in the looking glass.. Everybody’s getting cash through the looking glass.. They all hide behind a mask through the looking glass.. y’all be looking at me crazy.. I ain’t nothing like y’all I was born in the 80’s. yeah, In the era of crack babies, in a world where they don’t like black babies.. uh, I’m number 2 to who? I’m just being me, I ain’t got to be cool. I’m just being me, you just got to be you. But I guess sometimes everybody plays the fool.. uh, I like Everything laid, but through the looking glass everybody throw shade, hoes throwing me the cat, while you other cats paid, I just kill them with charm, but that’s a double edge blade.. look Peacoat and a cabbie, i might have missed you, if you niggas tried to @ me.. ha! similar to Jay Gatsby. stop hating, wonder why you’re unhappy. Swear to God you guys change your mind every other day, and want to do everything... Fuck Nigga! See what i see through the looking glass, decide who you want to be in the looking glass, fuck niggas getting gas’d through the looking glass Everybody want to blast through the looking glass. Little broads acting fast through the looking glass.. Seems like no one has class in the looking glass.. Everybody’s getting cash through the looking glass.. They all hide behind a mask through the looking glass.. Fake titties fake ass through the looking glass.. All these hoes want to smash through the looking glass.. To me everything is trash through the looking glass.. Everyone won’t last through the looking glass.. A lot of trends are going to pass through the looking glass Most niggas gonna clash through the looking glass.. settle a motherfuckers hash through the looking glass. Whoop a niggas ass through the looking glass.. New faces in my old hood, yeah! I left that bitch for my own good, yeah! I’m doing everything I should. done everything I can, and done everything could. Man..My homie said we should flex more, I rather not, just explore.. ya know I’m still Mickey’s Boy from next door, and everybody around me should expects more. Word.. From the land of the skeletons, where everybody overdosing on heroine, both white and Afro Americans.. Doomed to dream about places they ain’t never been. With these raps I just translate, even if It’s just a blot on the landscape.. now niggas reaching out for a handshake, fuck that! Nigga give me a god damn break..
6.
i speak softly but i carry a big stick, your bigger sister knows i got a big dick. you little niggas should really, watch what your saying and shit, I’m being nice, because i didn’t even have to lay with the bitch.. for real, i hold grudges, never believe in forgiveness.. don’t try to act like you don’t remember who Quinn is. there aint no breadwinners, except me, crumb snatcher , I’m the pioneer, dont know how can you can overlook me when I’m the biggest guy in here. and some of you schmucks really are brave, you surf the web, to ride the next niggas wave. even worse, you followed my footsteps, on the road that i just paved, niggas left and came back, you quick to jump in my grave. Look, Time flies, I know exactly where the days went, but where you're ass was at? when We was rapping in the basement? On myspace, analyzing the blueprint, fantasizing the day, when you can enter in your two cents. no hating, i think all of our fucking neighbor’s good, but you aint top 5 even in our neighborhood. Niggas on Twitter, talking to themselves out loud, really think they doing something since they got a Soundcloud. Word, That's how it is in my ends, no one is original they're all following trends. And me rapping numerous bars are way above their bend, my pen is mightier than the sword, there's no way to defend.. No way I'm extending the olive branch, I'm shooting at their feet, Im make sure you all can dance.. and y'all don't stand a chance, can't pass my past, I'm too far advanced. Talking shit.. yeah I heard from a little birdy.. get it right early, you on the wrong side of fucking 30.. don't worry.. I know you ain't about the altercation.. and couldn't bear to see me run it, like I'm Walter Payton.. but don't quite your day job, homie, keep your occupation.. heads will roll, I swear to god that's my obligation.. i see your stupid & anxious , what a combination.. stop the faking.. before you get locked up in the basement Fuck around.. and youll be sleeping with the fishes.. get off my big dick and make room for all the little bitches.. best of wishes, but I don't want to be your penpal, write the wrong shit, and then I'll have to put the pen down.. but it ain't personal.. it's only business Nigga, i can bury you & the hatchet, right by the mystic river.. so start digging your grave.. if your brave enough, Cause at the end of the day.. I aint never really gave a fuck.. Niggas hear my shit and want to switch it up, well listen up, my punchlines hit like the fist to cuffs.. I know my shit is tough, you can't get enough, we heard your new music.. "eh boy..the Nigga whole style is chump".. you need to realize, you never be as ill as me.. I mastered the 16 bars, god you mastered mimicry.. I'm the man, I'll emasculate you little niggas, what bores me still fascinates you little niggas.. Ok 99 awareness, little homie, yo I been awake.. Jim crow rappers, I don't think we need to intergrate.. let it penetrate, shots fired, in the face, color in the lines, Motherfucker stay in your place.. but I'm no sucka, like a lollipop, play me? Poppycock.. ima keep going until a Nigga gets mollywhopped.. keep going like I Molly popped.. can't stop, and won't until the day my body drop.. uh..
7.
sample: People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. They say I got it all, I don't feel I got enough, used to be one of the have nots, and I ain't going back to not having stuff, long days, but even longer nights, these are the wrong days for not acting right, niggas acting like, I don't deserve anything that I have coming at all in life. Thank god I have it nice, thank god, had to say it twice. Thank god for a third time, lord knows my story, I had to sacrifice. I want Every day like Christmas, every night like New Year's Eve, I believe, it's possible, if Thats the life I choose to lead, shed blood, niggas had to bleed, shed tears, set my soul free, live life, to the T, want Parris to have it way better than me. See things I haven't seen, dream dreams, I'd never dream. Be the person I could never be, be the person that she's meant to be. For real.. comfortable in my skin, you can be who you want, but ima always be quinn.. Damn It's like where to begin, but in the end I still win. Cause they never seen what I seen, or ever been where I been. Nigga! sample: People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. chanting: yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! Clipped my wings, I still could fly, Passed them up, who passed me by, Kiss them broads and made her cry, killed foes and watch them die, built my castle all in the sky, laughed in my face, before my eyes, fuck your piece, I stole the pie, hol up, I ain't tre, they know I'll ride. Swallow blood before my pride, never ran, never will, no need to hide. Trust me, we don't need to collide, plus everything I do, eats you up inside. I can read it on your face, you can't keep up with my pace, I don't have the time to waste, for beer money niggas with champagne taste. Bless the ones that do believe, curse the ones in disbelief, time to turnover a new leaf. Born to a tribe, with too many chief, too much war and not enough peace. Too much bullshit, when I'm back east, back home, on the back streets, won't take directions from the backseat. Take cover, when it rains, it pours.. I ain't playing but I kept score, got it locked like the figure four, I stand alone, but less is more. My life is like revolving door. Niggas hate on my allure, just wait on what I have in store! Plus I'm like the only one who's pure. sample: People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. People told me slow my role, im screaming out fuck that! Im gone do just what i want, and there aint no turning back. chanting: yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh! yeah, yeah, yo Fuck that! uh, Yo, Yo, uh huh!
8.
Let Me Fly 04:41
Three Up, Three Down.. Still aint fucking around.. I thank God for my older brother.. he kicked my ass, he really made a nigga tougher.. I could kill a motherfucker, and be unphased.. even if it was to make the front page.. lived most of my life in rage, at a real early age.. they said I better change before I find myself in a cage.. look.. I was angry, Even Mary couldn’t tame me, wasn’t the same me, even Mickey couldn’t save me.. They said that I was crazy.. when I’d sit in the dark, I found peace in the shadows, while kids played at the park.. uh..they said I had some strange attributes, well I was numbing the pain with my mothers absolute. I use to draw, and it was very therapeutic, it that got me through the years before I started writing music.. I just wanted to fly.. and I hid behind the pills, just so I could get by.. some days I wanted to cry, others.. die, but I didn’t have it in me.. i was too pussy to try.. uh, i may not ever reach the sky, because i was never caught by the catcher in the rye.. Either let me fly, or give me death Let my soul rest, take my breath If I don't fly I'mma die anyway, I'mma live on But I'll be gone any day Either let me fly, or give me death Let my soul rest, take my breath If I don't fly I'mma die anyway, I'mma live on But I'll be gone any day.. uh, Word to X, it was dark and hell is hot.. i stop believing in certain thing that i was taught.. i seen the world through my eyes, and it changed the way that I viewed it.. yo I started talking trash.. because my soul was so polluted.. yeah, I came up in a broken home, house full of niggas, but still I felt all alone... and I was told that One day, I’ll learn my lesson, but I was fighting motherfuckers and battling my depression.. knife to the neck of my mothers ex husband, I told the nigga he’d better split, before the blood starts gushing.. I was the man of the House.. and he wasn’t saying nothing. No job interviews, all he did was stay fronting.. nigga say something.. because I’m am my sister’s keeper. I chased him down Lincoln. He never came back neither.. and i know, what i did was kind of stupid, even though i spared his life, man the devil made me do it.. Either let me fly, or give me death Let my soul rest, take my breath If I don't fly I'mma die anyway, I'mma live on But I'll be gone any day Either let me fly, or give me death Let my soul rest, take my breath If I don't fly I'mma die anyway, I'mma live on But I'll be gone any day.. So many nights of frustration, waiting on the 95, freezing at the bus station. now where im from, man these niggas are so grimy, i’ve always wondered why man, these niggas want try me.. i think we’re paying for the sins of our mother, im guessing this is why the devil wants to take us under.. me and my brothers, have our coping mechanisms, trying to free ourselves from demons like a fucking exorcism..yeah, and we trying to stay on track, and it hurt to see my brother with the monkey on his back.. its such a crippling affliction, would’t wish on my enemies, to suffer from addiction. lost faith in our religion, that i learned at st. rays.. i know Angelo probably feels the same way.. its like either let me fly or give me death, cause i don’t how much more that I can take or how much time i got left.. Either let me fly, or give me death Let my soul rest, take my breath If I don't fly I'mma die anyway, I'mma live on But I'll be gone any day Either let me fly, or give me death Let my soul rest, take my breath If I don't fly I'mma die anyway, I'mma live on But I'll be gone any day.. give me death take my breath die anyway But I'll be gone any day.. give me death take my breath die anyway But I'll be gone any day..
9.
2nd Wind 04:11
I think I may be in, way over my head.. I'm as good as dead, if I don't kill these niggas instead. I got demons all around me, that's strategically placed. And I can’t tell whats even real, Its really testing my faith. I'm on my.. 3rd mile on this 42k, I'm in the best shape I've ever been, I do this all day. And Ima do it my way. They probably think it's cliché, but I will Never leave it for tomorrow, if i can do today.. use to be a good time Charlie, life of the party, they tried Take advantage? and.. Over my dead body. I never trusted a soul, except for my mellow my man. these bitch ass millennials are starting to get out of hand. I drew a line in the sand. It took years for me to build my own brand. these bench warming niggas, don’t need to know my game plan. i mean I’m just only to being honest, to free my mind and keep my promise spend weeks in saint thomas, so I can remain the calmest. For Real.. I think I got my 2nd wind.. Think I got my 2nd.. I think I got my 2nd wind.. They're headhunting, but I'll Never take it on the chin, Let them laugh first, before they realize my 2nd wind. I have a hot hand, cause I hold heat, hell will freeze over before they say I got cold feet. Warrior like Cochise, feel like everybody's so weak, Quinn Essential since Monique, I don't fuck around with no geeks. Y'all ain't reaching no peaks, while I'm hitting the plateau, eating Like fatso, casting my shadow, sitting tall in my saddle, in this uphill battle. I'm the rotten apple that fell and rolled into the gravel, look, Got nothing in common with yall born with sliver spoons, i took a few lumps, all I did was go home and lick my wounds. uh,.. And they know that I'm a genius, I can read their mind, like Jean Gray, i rose like the Phoenix, Niggas is head strong like I don't even know their weakness, but I can destroy without revealing any secrets.. Aww Man.. I think i got my 2nd wind.. uh.. Got my 2nd Wind Sample: Quotes from Teddy Brathwaite "I don't like to get bruised.." "We came up in a tough neighborhood.." "I made sure i never got caught some place where there wasn't another way out because i don't fool around over there ya know.." "But i'm not going to let them from stopping me from making money." "You see if you go look for trouble you'll find it.." "and they never bothered me after that.." uh, i hear everything and i hate it, but i don’t need a cosign, from bum that never made it. Maybe I'm just too jaded, but won't take back for what I wrote. ride my wave? we'll never be in the same boat. They say I'm caught up in everything that I'll never be. And wonder why money never grew, on our family tree. won't ask for forgiveness on a bended knee. But Who stood up and ever defended me?..huh? I guess, Ill wait? Y'all are usualuly, one over the eight. And that's exactly what sealed your fate, it's bittersweet, don't love me.. it's too late. uh and Everything was good just last week, innocent as a lamb, mickey's boy is still the black sheep. Unapologetic, the whole family can kiss my ass cheek. You played yourself, to bad none of y'all at athletes I think I got my 2nd wind.. everybody against Quinn..
10.
Mickey's Boy 03:47
Round and round, around we go.. I tried not let my feelings show.. Round and round, around we go.. I tried to block out all the things I know.. Round and round, around we go.. Round and round, around we go.. Round and round, around we go, I tried to block out all the things I know.. Dear ma, I've always had to deal with favoritism, wrote my own story, no plagiarism, Middle child syndrome, I found me, when I discovered rap. who's he want to be, and why do you encourage that? but it's whatever, I ain't never had cheerleaders, plus you was always was going out, you never there neither. Many nights you left us sleeping over nana's house, I stay awake, because I could see how these things were panning out. Always having some bum niggas around. I just want my life, that's how dumb you use to sound. Dear ma, I recall these memories, vividly.. And if you stayed with Micky, we would have lived life differently. psychiatrist asking me why I'm mad. You forever complaining about shit that we never had.. We really had it that bad, I mean it's really sad, if I ever needed something, told me go and Ask my dad. fuck.. Round and round, around we go.. I tried not let my feelings show.. Round and round, around we go.. I tried to block out all the things I know.. Round and round, around we go.. Round and round, around we go.. Round and round, around we go, I tried to block out all the things I know.. Tension so thick,that you can cut with a knife, and some of the shit I seen as a child, fucking scarred me for life. Broken home and strife, you never came home some nights. telling my side of the story bringing shit into light. Look I'll Never forget the shit that was said, how I was a nobody and you wished I was dead. Some days I just lay in the bed, the words replay in my head. And just the thought of our past, sometimes makes me fucking see red. uh, Keep telling yourself you did a good job, you'd rather carry louis vuitton bag, instead of being a mom. I could never be calm, ima walking time bomb. Things blew up in your face, he couldn't keep you from harm. I'm been battling demons, cleaning out my closet, I figured out the reason, why I'm bothered and who caused it. shit it's really fucking sad, if I ever needed something, told me go and Ask my dad. Fuck.. Round and round, around we go.. I tried not let my feelings show.. Round and round, around we go.. I tried to block out all the things I know.. Round and round, around we go.. Round and round, around we go.. Round and round, around we go, I tried to block out all the things I know..
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Time Flies 03:11
Gray sky's, life was passing me by.. Wanted to fly, all I had to do is try. Hate seeing my baby cry, told her Daddy will be back, her father's a rolling stone. I'm a man of many hats.. In the.. pursuit of happiness, gallivanting the globe. They know that I'm a foreign because of my wardrobe. Bury me in oak grove when it's all said and done. I just want to complete my cycle And be home, by square one. Fear none, Mickey's son, is a bad motherfucker, all of these other suckas suck compared to the kid from dugger, still undiscovered, so Please excuse my outbursts, The inner city niggas used to clown us from the outskirts. Down the mystic river, where my origin rans parallel, paint a pretty picture, even caught your eye with the aquarelle.. I stayed around here like a carousel, ain't shit sweet like caramel. You'll learn a lot from my parables. Time flies in the blink of an eye, you realize every opportunity you've missed that went by. Even if you had a chance and never gave it try. You look back and a little piece of you dies. Time Flies, Time Flies.. The Only son, of Joseph. Hope I'm making him proud. Micky's boy's never, a face in the crowd. This whole tape, I've been thinking out loud, I swear and vowed to be all I can be, even though my life's like the Old man and the sea! Lucky me.. I'll never give in, I stay driven, a couple of bad decisions, will never crush my ambition. Love how they feed pidgins but shoot Eagles, I'm battling a few evils, they hate that I'm too regal.look I stay hot, you know the sun don't chill, everybody's too cool, so they hoping I will. That's the price, you kick ill rhymes, you foot the bill. They see I'm alive and well, even if looks could kill. Secretly admiring, from like the foot of the hill. Asking all type of questions, running me through the mill. Chill.. It never crosses my mind what you think, won't get trapped in the quicksand, time flys when you blink. Time flies in the blink of an eye, you realize every opportunity you've missed that went by. Even if you had a chance and never gave it try. You look back and a little piece of you dies. Time Flies, Time Flies you end up with a list of regrets, being haunted by your past, you can't seem to forget. Or you know your destination,haven't made it there yet, Time flies don't let it get you depressed.. Time Flies Time Flies.. Time flies in the blink of an eye, you realize every opportunity you've missed that went by. Even if you had a chance and never gave it try. You look back and a little piece of you dies. Time Flies, Time Flies you end up with a list of regrets, being haunted by your past, you can't seem to forget. Or you know your destination,haven't made it there yet, Time flies don't let it get you depressed.. Time Flies Time Flies..
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Uh.. Spending time, sipping wine, with my other half, candles lit dinners, that's followed by a bubble bath. You made me forget about my troubled past, we've been together forever, that's why I love your ass.. Ha.. Let's gallivant like some vagabonds, no check bags just some carry ons. Escaping Babylon, we'll let them babble on, I plan Going the distance .. just like a marathon. And This is something that I never knew, I mean, my parents never made it, they broke up when I was two.. so how to love? I had no clue, never knew what just to do, That's why I was scared when I fell so hard for you. But.. uh, this is where I want to be, It isn't hard to see, that you're the only one for me. my heart is under lock & key. But I never felt so free.. that's why I never had a problem getting on one knee girl.. yeah, uh cause You my gem in the ocean.. Yo, Got me off them pharmaceuticals.. Kids came out beautiful, dead them other broads, and didn't show up to their funeral, I thought that was suitable.. can't destroy what we're building, you are forever my lady, because you gave birth to my children. Your love is one in a million, fuck it one in a billion, you just gave me life, and we're out here making a killing.. look I just want to just chill inside the covers, girl, we weren't suppose to make it like We we're star crossed lovers.. yo sex so good, you showed me your true colors.. Sex so good that I ain't thinking about another.. sex so good, that I ain't even use a rubber. yo Sex so good, I turned your ass into a mother.. Shopping bags, popping tags, with my favorite girl, and when I need my space, I came back and giving you the world..word.. Cause.. this is where I want to be, It isn't hard to see, that you're the only one for me yeah.. uh cause you my gem in the ocean.. uh cause you my gem in the ocean..

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Mickey's Boy is about everything that has bothered me from my childhood. From my neighborhood to family members. I spill my guts on tracks like Let Me Fly, and get a lot off my chest on the title track Mickey's Boy.

All Songs written by Q. Brathwaite
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released July 26, 2018

ADOTHEGOD, Best Kept Secret, Big Cat, Cooari, DJ Sean P, Dope Orchestra, False Ego, Katsuro, OrigamiBeats, Orlando Gomez, Quinn Essential, V. Don

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Quinn Essential

This alternative hiphop artist, began his journey in February of 2004. Quinn Essential's music has a jazzy boom bap sound, with a soulful influence. This improper Bostonian, rhymes cleverly over memorizing instrumentals you're sure to love.

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