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Basement Type Secrets

by GRiMMS & BLACKNiGHT

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1.
Sweeper 01:58
Told her I'll be back in just a second Early warning sign of learned lesson It's obvious while I'm moving that I am resting Hard steps down stairways Same rhythm the heart plays Precipitation drizzling like the cum swaps of raindrops Women in their tank tops The clouds with the stopwatch I'm with the knock knock on closed doors Questioned with a here-for Close my eyes to feel more And step back to dark black Now walking the new track With blunt wraps and kickbacks You hear that? My ear asks I say no Then breath slow No need for the tiptoes I'm full grown On my own I've misplaced my cellphone And don't have a ringtone And I've misplaced more than that Than that And I've misplaced more than that Than that And I've misplaced more than that Than that Than that Than that And I've misplaced more than that
2.
Modern Timed 03:12
Modern times Let us breath what they died for Now open up your mouth for the downpour And drink it up Swallow all that troubles us Savor every sour touch Digesting all that's holding us Neglecting nature's natural rush And I'll be floating for eternity Like picture me Picture you Coasting through the ocean blue Finding clues in something new It's strange what time will do to you But beautiful As settings grew and flowers bloom As things progress you're getting through Let's not forget we're laughing too Those laughs are scrubs and bath for you Developing an attitude My life in modern times It's our life in modern times We're always waiting on the get-back Awoken in a daze Don't remember where you slept at Expected to forgive But you know you can't forget that I wish I could forget that That's why I carry weed sacks That's why I tilt my seat back Project my gaze to star light Reminded that I'm alright You hear that mom? I'm alright From morning to the black night I'm breathing and then blow out What I'm all about That is self doubt That is weed smoke That is love and lust That is life in modern times It's our life in modern times We're always waiting on the get-back Awoken in a daze Don't remember where you slept at Expected to forgive But you know you can't forget that I wish I could forget that That I could forget that That I can't forget that That That's why I tilt my seat back Back That's why I carry weed sacks That's why I tilt my seat back We're always waiting on the get-back It's our life in modern times
3.
Big Bends 04:38
Vision blurred and I misstep Remember that I left my girls lips wet No I can't forget that Compile list of memories Explain the man I've come to be Know I'm higher than a suicidal on a balcony You're thinking I'm a tragedy Well savagely you anger me You kick me while I'm down I'll destroy all's surrounding me And not to sound dramatic But my thoughts are sporadic And I'm feeling like I've had it While these drunk girls ecstatic They're giggling through corridors And texting their obsessors But fortunate for me they're attracted to the lesser Now I'm posed with a question Search for a lesson Or blinding accept that our nature's a weapon Despite the reception Of all the deception Smile with my teeth And hope it keeps 'em guessing Bong rip to the dome Exhale as the weed smoke leaves me alone Closed blinds so they know that the monster is home Closed blinds so they know that the monster is home I tell them juniors go downy like Robert Clean like water after its been purified and bottled Now I laugh real subtle That reminds them that I'm listening Now floating through my memories The yelling and the whispering Supply her with a kiss again And truthfully the dick again It's wild What my charm and good hair seems to get me in And with all the pussy I've invested in I'm thinking I should be a feline veterinarian Now climbing up your rapper list In case you all are doubting it This boiling spit from lovers lips So hot its getting liquid lit From optimist Pessimist Intellects and stoner kids Daddies asking daughters where the stroller is You figured with the punches I've been rolling with Progress would be evident Fuck the ones that frown on intelligence I think we figured you out You're mouth is closed But your eyes they shout Shout You're mouth is closed But your eyes they Tell me stories of your glory As well as the pain you may feel in the morning While the world's steading snoring You're wide awake Accepting these modern ways Locking up your keepsakes in hideaways And sometimes I want to keep safe and hide away There are times I want to keep safe and hide away There are times I want to keep safe and hide away There are times I want to keep safe Because I figured you out I figured you out You out I think we figured you out Out out out out out You out You're out
4.
Brunch 02:12
I want to go to brunch I want to go to brunch I want to go to brunch I want to go to brunch Cup of water and a coffee Cup of water and a coffee I want to go to brunch I want to go to brunch Politely smile at the waitress The both of us I love what this brunch seems to do for us I want to go to brunch I want to go to brunch Order placed Now I stare at your face Reach underneath Grip my hand on your waist I want to go to brunch I want to go to brunch See her coming, better start running. Because my coffee's done, and your tummy's rumbling. I want to go to brunch, I want to go to brunch... Fork, knife, slice Fork, knife, slice Fork, knife, slice Sip Fork, knife, slice Fork, knife, slice I love when we're at brunch I love when we're at brunch I love when we're at brunch
5.
Sleep 02:47
Rest on my chest Go ahead and turn the lights out Clench the lips of your mouth Kiss me in our own house Kiss me while we talk about All the things we know now All the things we look for Kiss me like you want more Lay upon this mattress Laying where a path ends We're comfier than close friends Let's cut it off like split ends And call this day a victory Because while you're laying next to me It starts to feel like bliss to me So when you're finished kissing me Let's sleep, baby Baby, let's sleep With a soft face Glowing in this dark place Beauty is an understate Cliche You take my breath away Take me where you're parents stay I owe them each and every day Maybe Hey Let's run away I'll paint your portrait on the bay Rest your head on my chest And sleep Let's sleep, baby
6.
Potions 03:00
Fuck the glamor and the glitz The naval to the tits The stagnant and the trips Start ripping off your lips Then ask you for a kiss Now you said you wanted bliss Well there's beauty in the rips There's beauty when I slip Unstitched and twice dipped Getting quenched from a sip Trying to sink with the ship So I'll sink with it bitch No boundaries When everything surrounding me These burdens that our hounding me Just fuck it My hindsight has astigmatism Search for working algorithms Learning from my mother's wisdom Now I get like 4.6 hour of sleep on an average Not like I'm upset or opposite bragging But with the time lagging and jumping in curious motion I think I'm entitled to moments of potion I think I'm entitled to moments with potion Potion I'm drinking on potion Smoking on potion It's potion Potion All of it's potion Less of an object And more of a notion It's potion I'm nibbling on potion I'm kissing on potion All of it's potion It's potion Stand tall Living admirable Don't question when it's magical Everything is fathomable The things that I love so much It's irrational The potion keeps me tactical Truthfully its laughable Mother raised a real diamond in the rough And even when its tough Reminded of the love Reminded that I'm one Reminded I am one And remember I'm a son When I'm loaded like a gun Now it's back to the potion Potion I'm smoking on potion Drinking on potion All of it's potion It's potion Less of an object and more of a notion I'm nibbling on potion I'm kissing on potion It's potion All of it's potion
7.
Homeland 04:16
Spreadeagled on a queen size mattress She's telling me she wants to be an actress Fake interest Then lips get licked She strips Talking about how I got to read her script Now it must be obvious That all of this is going to impositive That's why I put my mouth where the dollar is Regardless of your tolerance Chilling where the power and the knowledge is Get higher than the prices of your colleges A force to be reckoned with Fuck the world just for the hell of it That's me going off on some rapper shit So let me pull it back a bit Remind you who your fucking with Get deeper than the burdens that your soul gets punished with I'm under it And I heard it through the grapevine That your girl lost feeling all below her waistline Girl trying to walk And it's like girl stop trying Lay upon your back Let me put this shit on rewind And I've become just the man that I want to be That I wanna be That's what I want Hey Let me dissect you First step fore I sex you Eyes deep Like the dick that I give you Hair course Like the language that I spit through Call your girl Because I heard she's a bitch too And let's chat I'll express all my virtue Now nice like boys on curfew Only high niggas see it from the bird's view Matter of fact So high got the bird flu And spit sick like drunk girls in rear view Are you good boo? In a moment I'll sooth you In bedroom Fluorescently lit by the full moon Poet
8.
Ghouly 02:55
More inquisitive than teacher's pet Searching for a bitch to catch Counting all my cigarettes This is what our parents get For having unprotected sex Master of his dialect With words that make the dead erect I might as well throw a smile on While these women try on Faces of their dear moms But who's to say their mom's wrong? Wrong Now cuddled up With bundled up Belgian slut Don't tell her that She hates it when my language bad She hates it when I try and act Like everything is fabulous When truthfully its granny nuts And clusterfucked like orgy butts You did the wrong thing To the right thing You did the wrong thing So now we revel in it Timers and teapots whistling Ticktocks and hearts are racing Questioning time and placing Then blunts and booze and asses Dressed in fluorescent spandex Bookworms and foggy glasses Warm souls and heartless bastards
9.
Drone 13 03:36
Now I feel the blues That's what I choose Like misplaced girl in mismatched shoes Trying to stand out in the far out You can find me in the distance Pondering existence Colder than the shoulders of the older getting bolder And I'm just trying to stand out in the far out I'm just trying to stand out in the far out I love your little twitches Your life given riches You wear it like a princess A princess Uphill trek with a blank check Still too busy thinking about if you're there yet And you're there yet And your hair's wet Wetter than my eyes get When the thought crosses that you'll forget Dripping like a whore's sweat Or red paint off a corvette Not selling souls in stores yet I guess I'll have to grow that So I guess I'll have to grow Knowing that I have to grow I guess we all have got to grow It's in the essence of her likeness It's her eye twitch mixed with her high kicks It's her moral landscape and her wet lips It is everything I knew that I should be with Yes And it was sewn til the last stitch And ripped like a gift on Christmas Or ripped like a bitch who twists it Then lit, exhales and glistens So I guess you'll have to grow Knowing that she has to grow I guess we all've got to grow It's kind of fucked up It's quite fucked up It's rather fucked up But you know what? I think we know That we've all got to grow As a matter of fact Take my sweater back Let it keep you warm when the weather's bad At least remember that At least remember that it can get better And it will get better And it has been better And the has-been is what makes the world spin
10.
Basement 01:38

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Basement Type Secrets is a journey through first love and first love-loss, opening on unsteady and disorienting grounds to find footing in an unexpected love. As told by lyricist J.A. Grimms, the love fades as the lovers grow, forcing the character to find his place on his own again. Resentment followed by acute self-realization leads the character to find his answers in the root of himself, the basement within. Recorded between Michigan and Chicago, eclectic producer blAcknight takes listeners up to the clouds with the blissed-out guitar melodies in 'Brunch' only to unapologetically pull them right back down into the dark and drippy depths of 'Ghouly'. This album is about going to the depths and making it out to tell the tale.

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released April 20, 2014

Vocals, lyrics and drums in 'Basement' by J.A. Grimms
Played, recorded and mixed by BLACKNIGHT in Michigan and Chicago
Additional vocals by mesonjixx
Vocal engineering/recording and additional guitar engineering/recording by Jon Leaf at Polygraph Studio in Plymouth, MI
Mastered by Kevin Pritchard
Cover photo taken by Mellisa Roja, edited by Ethan Barnowsky

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GRiMMS & BLACKNiGHT Chicago, Illinois

GRiMMS & BLACKNiGHT was a Hop n' Roll duo based in Chicago. J.A. Grimms brings a unique touch to the traditional form of rapping with a folk-like approach to storytelling amidst BLACKNIGHT's dreamy, pulsing, 'woozy' production and rock-based guitar playing. They completed a full US tour in 2016 and went on to make an album with producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse) under the project name Big Branch. ... more

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