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THE ELEVATED AND ELUSIVE

by Lord Apex, Drae Da Skimask

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Don’t consider me most high yous a damn liar, AP and ski with the mystics by the camp fire Sire don’t forget the hand pliers and wires, Cheech and Chong kept about a pound in the damn tires Hand dryers in the glove compartment by the CD, big body Benz keep a curve like ya BB Selling hope need a telescope to try see me, AP still shining like the rhinestones on the BB bout to witness a classic watch me experiment, Walter white how he cook the batch up with intelligence Still ain’t thought of a name might be able soon, spit the raw kind like a needle with a table spoon Play the goon dead or in jail might be your best bet, meanwhile I’m headed to show to get a next check
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Couldn’t tell you how we got here, days I’m still surprised, mum saw the star in my eyes it weren’t hard to decide, they seen the calm in the stride it was hard divide with homies coming from a place where the artist ain’t respected unless the energy is hectic, glad she checked it she gone listen to me daily like horoscope, some honest quotes from honoured blokes off blem and bruski’s, shit ain’t funny you not Druski darg, caught the last train back to the city was on money mode, shawty sweet but zip had me molasses by the honey combs, bummy clothes tryna keep it humble with this runny nose, copped the 95s in all white so I can’t run In those, ain’t been copping clothes, they seeding like AP a tree, squeaky clean, I been a, been the dealer, artist, robber and a steeler just so he could one day fix the whip up like a wheeler dealer, need tequila keep kinda active while I spill my heart Poison scented darts that’s fresh sharpened for a new betrayal, Dudes is frail, like bro go ask a smoothie what I do to kale, there views is stale, I’m tryna tell a tale, grow old and set a sail, never met a whale too majestic for this city boy, every time my nephew crack a smile that nigga give me joy If my Nan could do see me now she’d probably beat my ass, we was first and last on all them urgent task, it hurt to ask so we jus kept the whiskey in a circle flask, weren’t first to class but if I need the knowledge he the first to ask, we earn the task n might jus starve in mask, they broke like arms In cast *sing* “Yeaaaaaaa” “Yeaaaaaaa” “Yeaaaaaaa” *hook* couldn’t tell you how we got here, days I’m still surprised, mom saw the star in my eyes it weren’t hard to decide, they seen the calm in the stride, it was hard to divide couldn’t tell you how we got here, days I’m still surprised, mom saw the star in my eyes it weren’t hard to decide, they seen the calm in the stride it was hard to divide
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Damn heart sunk again so I figured script new flows for this new low, tryna debunk again, depression so he stunk again, my fingers crumble skunk again, wax on wax off how the process gets repeated way before a nigga deeped it, let AP tell you a secret, Darg know I’m god-body, but feel nobody, fucked up love I was given ain’t no home body, until apologies and forgiveness now a slow body tryna get a grip a life I don’t love myself so it don’t matter who I’m with tonight as long they gone get the pipe, I’ve seen hatred grow in small places like a parasite, but sometimes it only last a second hot candle wax, AP the conductor steady trucking how I handle tracks, my sis the one to handle plats, Ain’t grow up by the cabbage patch, it’s urban in my jungle darg, lions and hyenas where the famine off the meter, ain’t to many ways to get it where it Scott free, top 3, bout to split the gap to genu valgum like some knock knees, doubt you’d cut the crap so we gone ceelo on the block streets, came up by the flats I knew the mission and stuck to it, love to all the negative and positive I’ve bucked through it shawtys that I fucked through it Getting thoughts off so this one it don’t need a hook, seem a crook, you claim u seen the book but you ain’t even look, yes I tend to worry bout I doubt u ever seen me shook, we was in hurry for money need return on my Investments, I’m extra curious that’s tho I never seem interested, tryna put my best in, grew up in the west end like who the fuck you testing
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Sela vi, AP stay off the green out In pari, new connections i be sewing my seeds, knowing my queens, miss they king so I tell em Bisous know what I mean, shit is mean gotta make sure my brothers is on their Deen, AP orange tree type weed stuck on my jeans, unseen, cruising pass crack mountain whole bunch a fiends, but of course I’m riding horse in forces living my dreams, self taught feel the forces when coursing it’s like a stream, hell brought dark endorphins feel awesome when getting cream, music orphan don’t belong to a genre he never been, this rap here for my outside killers who never clean, he black beard AP wonder and plunder around seas, we unloaded, get to capturing moves then change the scene, it’s gun smoke, shawty shotgun the doobie I change screens, on the bong when I’m writing my songs I remain me Went from money Mitch fade to lil waves seeked a change, miyagi feel exquisite while he drippin xzibit braids, he gone feel the pain like it’s anuvahood, headed to the forest just to smoke a wood, hold the notes, I told the bro to be peaceful as you know you could, Hundreds of scars he disguise with the bud in the jar, hum du Allah, inshallah we all gone sing in the car, I can’t feel a soul that really like to sin like it’s calm, skin on my arm covered in tatts, similar to how the graff on the blocks it cover the flats, doubling back, got me sipping my yack, the universe show me love I be giving it back, travelling man mos def in my head phones, French gelato hash miyagi smoke for he head home, he ain’t come down from his trip n got caught in the dead zone, doobies in pigalle the blunt look like a leg bone
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My thoughts confided to the streets of the city, weeping in pity, always smiling but the steez it be gritty, city on my back I’m keeping it with me, you keeping it 50, off the grid with no receipt for the Lizzy, heat of the moment, defeat opponent while he keeping it trippy, never once slipped up, titty fuck she be keeping it jiggy, the jigs up I heard he wrote it in Lilly, now you might not understand just know my niggas was with me watching me rise up, mind fucked, Man Muddled in the melanin madness had my mind struck, smoke like I gotta get rid the ganja, riddled with anger kept some lines tucked, the iron lung he flung the rope before he climbed up, crazy how more girls want his attention now he dimed up, product of free school meals been minute since I lined up, rock the braids couple eons since my line up, AP and ski came let these other niggas know their times up, not a soul in the world I can give blind trust, like every time I’m in a function redefine lust, you could never time luck, n I ain’t ever had was never widdit Apex been lifted 50/50 the fitted, on rappers he shitted jus like a boule move, life like slide tackles people gone foul you, I’m in the garden of chaos watching my Chao’s move, the Remington might rearrange his exoskeleton peep how the crowd do, pull out there phones, people surround around you, loud and they frown too, AP is who they gave the crown too My thoughts confided to the streets of the city, weeping in pity, always smiling but the steez it be gritty, city on my back I’m keeping it with me
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cold heart, gonna take a lot for me to give it up, niggas broke don’t why the fuck they tryna live it up, I be with the goths like Fillmore, plus a couple girls like Gilmore still tryna feel raw, sushi, shawty look Bellucci like she modelled for Gabanna, she belly out in Bali take her back to the cabana, every sound he made was primal like we out in the Savannah, mood music ask Goya how miyagi keep a banger, matter fact go ask the water how my music keep a wave or better yet go ask your daughter how she falling for my braids, lately I been uninspired I been sitting round for days, tryna get back to a time when I was steady making plays, grooving steady off the jays I used to roll inside my mums yard, do road but don’t talk on emotions u the one scarred, rap star, might jus roll a back in black car, act hard end up on your back POV the sky, black tar the flows be free base if you need a high, know a couple soilders that be holding if you need a guy, I been In rut and feeling stuck that once the reefer fried, polly off the molly play with Johnny while I eat her thigh, move it like a dolly and she prolly never keep the time, hate a politician who be acting like streets is fine, play with elevation that ain’t something you should keep in mind, speaking to the demons only way that they gone keep inside cold heart, gonna take a lot for me to give it up, niggas broke don’t why the fuck they tryna live it up, I be with the goths like Fillmore, plus a couple girls like Gilmore still tryna feel raw
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vibe is on calm and high in the Karl Kani, still dutch and iceberg when im passing by, thrift shop took a detour the Sean John velour was deadstock, Fubu on headtop, next stop, Is me to the weed spot, g-unit Reebok’s like this should get a reload, vintage moschino by the peehole, AP keep the tommy by the kilo, do a lil Dior in D lo Seen my nigga breeze threw, seen he got evisu, big E on denim, bitch thick like true religion stitches, keep a fitted on like looking vintage in my pictures Lil wu wear, carhartt gilet in the mixtures, Vintage Prada fixtures, lil guess vest with the dickies, ap hang around hippies, who rock anything if it’s cozy *hook* Couldn’t Imagine thought of that Don’t believe another taught him that He said it’s peak out so now my brudda walk wid it Let’s not talk on that I’m where the grinder and the green and where the raws is at Vibes is on old of course in the polo sport, need a need thick ting in some gogo shorts, hold no draws, she clean Moschino the belt, course she like Chanel bags and her feelings is felt, von dutch crop top looking young Paris Hilton, denim skirt hot but she don’t do the heel ting, foreal king she always stand out round civilians, Isabel marant fit snug cuz she real slim, Bad bitch plus she blow damn Kush, heard she like Dior too plus a lil ambush, runway ready plus the head type ready tho, tall model chick gotta stand on my on my tippy toes, she be rocking 09 bape like she lil Wayne, got her name written up in gold on her lil chain, where she at still looking for this type chick, gotta be all that and always have a nice fit, gotta keep that thing type like a vice grip, keep it real don’t be coming with the hype shit You might see a p In some a p c no c a p like there’s nothing in my headtop, wreck shop wretch where your spine stop, Fine crops got my eyes cyclops, the lies that the time got, confide when will i stop, that’s elevation my top Match it with a hiking boot, keeping informal what I like to do, gripping big ass wat henny and the sprite will do, Enter the dragon how the shit kicked, 12 inch part down the middle that’s a wig split, I ain’t have the heart to be down with all the mischief, but if it’s disrespect we gone still split your biscuit Yea talking mcvitties n all, show time bad bitches big titties n all, on some boys in the hood told him gimmie the ball
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SONNET 76 03:57
with Shakespeare of the mid evil diesel, ash into skulls throw rose to my people, injection was lethal, best restore the needle, found on the ground by the beetles, next to van gogh weren’t part of my plans though, cuz simply the strokes on da Vinci, flinchy this not a dream don’t pinch me Discussing el Greco to a shawty in stilettos, said she from piseco, also said her daddy rich so now she wanna spoil me, all tea I was into shapes like Paul klee Headed out to Cali moustache on Salvador dali, call from a phone out in Bali, my sidekick Ali was like what to get for lunch, I was like i don’t know bring the Edward much, a half ounce don’t forget the punch, I blow sess when I get the hunch Got them running out of ammo, left the writings on the walls like samo, told me on the phone leave me, apex love the flower like Georgia o’keeffe, grass type leafy searched it on Leafly, this level not easy The kush stay candy, the tee Warhol by Andy, watching space dandy, Drae just sent the batch so the spliff come in handy, still on plan A like the fuck is a plan B, always been protected, born in 96 from the mist was selected View quite eccentric might soon get elected, this flow Type electric my soul Jimi Hendrix I just hope you believe in me Cuz you know I believe in you no there aint no deceiving me And if i did then I aint mean to do give a fuck if they sleep on me Cuz id still rather sleep with you I just hope you believe in me Cuz you know I believe in you no there aint no deceiving me give a fuck Almost drifted of the surface, imaginary curses, 5% worthless, 95% wordless, what happen to word smith, lately all I heard was, he went into hills n came back a different version, whole different person, AP more determined smash the plate he was German, I just hope you believe in me Cuz you know I believe in you no there aint no deceiving me But you know I aint mean to do give a fuck if they sleep on me Cuz id still rather sleep might hit my brejin up he pick up quick like shit was urgent, I don’t doubt producers scalp the future like a surgeon, if you got quarrel we can scwobble out in person, Houdini with the sack like where he keep on his person, just bought a Walkman, Griffey on cassette tape, these rappers boogy boarders been waiting for the next wave
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SMOKE BREAK 00:23
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Love how every thought is smarter than the last, armour dark, word around they see miyagi and they gasp, used to laugh, now we on a different plato AP ima play the back, keep my hat low, tryna up the cash flow, sticking to the plan tho, tryna pull strings like miyagi play the banjo, listening to mad glo A lil almighty, asked politely never smite, last wifey kinda spite me even though I made the circumstance, she twerk and make the serpent dance, this one kinda more my vibe, she smile when by my eyes and then she drip just like a water slide, scream when he be more inside and when he leave she mortified, but feeling more divine so Uber ima order mine, And on demand she on the mind like, and dunn would never undermine and disregard the art in you, said I’ll find that feel again it feels like I’m starting to, I been getting visions and it feels like there’s no heart in you, texted her on the runway and she told me departing too, Starting to, told myself I’m gonna take it as it comes aye, noreaga jus a nigga on the run aye, AP creeping on a come up like I’m flesh bone aye, ima greet my brother when he fresh home Crime is all he know, take him to a hipster show jus to gain a new perspective how your second life could go, I can’t ever say I’m real till all my niggas off the road, he want speak about a deal I told him meet me at the show, like all these words fresh off the brain I got a could lines to go AP known to flex his solar plexus when they vex him, exit left on read or just forget that’s when they text him, can’t dwell on regrets im forward thinking with my brejins, like it’s calm I’ll play the long game so u can’t have the quick cash, he was doing road until he got himself a shit bag, wavy like he sinbad, goldie from a tin can, he don’t care what you think fam, that’s cuz where was you when he was on the brink fam, where was you when we was drowning in them drinks fam It’s like peace to the fam I’m glad you made it safe, stayed in the estate but always planned to make a great escape baby we been wavy since early since the moors and maroons, like behold a pale horse I sense the false in the fumes, sink my pulse to the groove he evolved and he grew Then he flew away I can’t even lie aint been a day I ain’t blew a j, but I ain’t loose my faith, provided by the human race, tired of this lucid state, My eye glass hallucinate the abstract, my mindset rejuvenate then crack back Spent days alone just tryna find a zone where I feel comfortable, found a sound been writing in home for like a month or two, shit get back on the good foot what the funk a do, brand new elevation yea your bro can get a jumper too, party like the romper room, deeped it with a wonky view Jus about can wear this out cuz it’s a 1 of 2, westside of course he copped the forces that’s a wunna too, she tryna move but I was in a groove so shit it’s up to you, I looked up it’s blue but I see reds and purples when it’s early, still experimenting going off the temple like she Sherly, I ain’t got a type but shawty got me strung if hair is curly, All my sounds be other worldly I’m the dunya with my demons, darg i landed out venus cuz I wan be out the reigon, different meeting we gone syndicate and form a legion, the type of being in them colosseums like Ephesians, never seem cuz they stay believing all the heathens, bad habits I got one too many tryna leave em, in the past so I can get back on a path to claim my freedom, I be in n out the building I might hit my nigga leaving, I ain’t done it in a minute might go thrifting on the weekend Know I don’t fuck with you but we grown so we can pretend, that love is love for now we’ll poke face it for the kids sake, he somewhere out the city sucking tittys making big plays, the sensei jus simplay tryna get the rent paid, meditate for 10 days try to find the kid in me Speaking siliques in the vicinity, truth be told I don’t think your worth my energy, word I leave it there by the stairs I jus let it be, still remember all the dreams they was selling me, in the mix telling tales off cocktails you was telling me, bout how ya ex was blowing up ya phone when we was tryna vibe, it’s over with miyagi seen the thighs so now he tryna slide, know that he’s the type that’s gonna write soon as he get the flight, see you guy AP Gone till July soon as he get the high, this cheeky guy ain’t seen him a while so he can’t get a bly, Nowadays I jus talk don’t even script And I just thank the most high cuz all my shit legit, can’t believe they had me thinking I would really quit, need the music I be tapped in got a mental tick, the upper echelon really awkward sorta kinda prick, nowadays don’t even mean a thing if you like a pic, fucking with them all but if you asking then my type is thick, better the boy he like a oil a different type of slick, did it half asleep darg we unique no need to write the shit
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WAY OUT 03:29
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Im in denial I been lost in ways, and all the thoughts I let em get to my brain, heart rate change when I speak on my pain, pain caged in state they could never contain, big London underdog he will always remain, and under god feel Thoth, god of writing and magic, eye of ra feel sun god then they hawking its tragic, high as cranes mouth gated ganja leaning in traffic, hit the yuggy for the buddy I been meaning to grab it, know they love me out in countries where they fiend for the rapping, AP been with the stacking I count money then I roll up late all alone In my block is how I post up, she like taking pictures told her call me for close up and now she hanging clothes up cuz 10,000 flows tucked 4,000 pound only put the one post up, don't talk bout hoodies know i'm goody how i'm smoked up, they gone like pictures but they wouldn’t dare approach us, sit Indian style getting top blowing ghost up, listening to ghost talking styles P, looking for the beef, think I sent that shit on isle 3, just keep that shit from round me Im in denial I been lost in ways, and all the thoughts I let em get to my brain, heart rate change when I speak on my pain, pain caged in state they could never contain, big London underdog he will always remain, and under god feel Thoth, god of writing and magic, eye of ra feel sun god then they hawking its tragic, high as cranes mouth gated ganja leaning in traffic, *beat switch* Crazy how they doing candle lights was just Miranda rights, had to teach myself to stack so I seen plenty sacrifice, every time I hit my plug up know the buds be packaged nice, big spliff one in had I don’t think he do but Ima let him know, we get it, go, cuz everything we manifest we set in stone, tryna get the better boats rocking leather coats, gotta wait till you come up so miyagi sit in coach, better quotes, write in my notes or script it in the pad, eyes closed when he spitting he get mystic in the lab, rhinestones tend to twinkle when I get inside the cab, mind blown how they betting when I get inside my bag, I know I ain’t letting niggas ever get me mad, sit on a frag, bet ur reincarnation is sad, spit on your dad just for ever disrespecting the gag, get it on tab cuz he know the type connection we had
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No I can’t slip I can’t make a mistake man cuz I need that shit everyday I’m always in trouble I need it to double cuz I love to Piff Mary Jane I need a diva who like the sativa and we like the cheeba the same broke off the meter stepped out with a speaker n she got impeccable features I can’t trust a bitch again not until I’m rich again Switching up the fits again, yeezy boots the kicks again Psilocybin for the trip, she like the size of my lips hardly outside on the strip I be inside where she likely to strip again yea Oooh Oooh Oooh AP on his shit again Hahaaa Haaa Haaa Hopped out of the mist again, yea, rasclart what the Bumba, AP stepped out of the under Causing hurricanes and tundras They view me as strong so when I feel weak AP disappear like a ghost Double down cuz I need it to go Round London Town keep the weed in my boat, the goat Yea, like he such a devious bloke, shawty bit tedious first aint believe in us now she want me in her throat (Nah bring the hook back fuck it) No I can’t slip I can’t make a mistake man cuz I need that shit everyday I’m always in trouble I need it to double cuz I love to Piff Mary Jane I need a diva who like the sativa and we like the cheeba the same broke off the meter stepped out with a speaker n she got impeccable features Top of my game on the same flex matter fact top of food chain he the apex, say that, gang got a bag out the same check, stay that, they might want scan on my brain next I can’t trust a bitch again not until I’m rich again Switching up the fits again, yeezy boots the kicks again Psilocybin for the trip, she like the size of my lips hardly outside on the strip I be inside where she likely to strip again yea

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SONGS RECORDED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT MAY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON MY SILENCE AND WHEREABOUTS

RECORDED IN THE GULAG
PRODUCED BY DRAE DA SKIMASK
MIXED AND MASTERED BY ANGUS LUKE
ARTWORK PAINTED BY LORD APEX

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