We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Free Black!

by Free Black!

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

1.
Get Down! 01:16
Nobody move and nobody get obliterated I'm here for the bright lights like when you enter Vegas And nah I aint never been But Google can enhance imaginations Yet yall look the same you could be neighbors That didn't know there's possibly a chance that you're related All them thoughts you've got left over yea you can save em And all the h*** yall talkin about wanting relations Just to fill their Father's seat at the dinner table I'm not here for your admiration I'm here to make you tally up the time you're wasting trying to be a star Catch me in the bars Staring at the screen writing lines in my head that pose like Draymond Green I had to learn this game has no roles or teams The only way to make it past the local scene is if the flow creates dopamine I hope you got the message Consider this last bullet a part of your severance
2.
Surrender! 03:33
From Willingboro to Highland Square I been a very good sport haven't I this year I'm having a heaven sized career Slightly hesitant of putting sharpies under brassiere's I sign (on) & keep it moving Unclutter ya life and it gets less confusing My (girl) coming (home now) Then we gon walk to the movies She think it's sold out & I tell her we good you gotta.. The country's up in flames we just keep making fire I try to keep the wins fairly quiet tho it's mainly I know the last thing you needs another rapper bragging that his chick is badder and they're doing way better than.. My jackets from Japan I got the link for ya Next time you see me I might bring back some Diadora's I been putting way more focus in appearance The weight of the words are Live inside of filters but we speaking without one I can tell you ain't been punched in the mouth much but For your sake I would think about the future You don't think these tweets really disappear do ya? Identities online the new currency Telling me I got too many albums I tell em look at Curren$y Burning out is is never gonna worry me The stars write these raps I just deliver em vertically I rep the city wherever I'm at We dropped the You! video before the summer If you ain't signed they saying you on the come up Don't tell me where I'm tryna go keep strictly Homie I'm (on) I ain't gotta fake flex I will be taking 100 bars to Flex tho Scratch it off the bucket list You don't know who you fuckin wit Creative servant till I'm dead & I'm re-design how the media do news Inspirational rooms with quotes all on the walls And we gon build an infrastructure like Europe That treats artists better so that we can work better If Kanye is Walt Disney I'm Floyd Norman I made it out The Jungle Book into the So come The Torres One project in full effect This world is done we on to the next so
3.
You Should! 03:32
You should already know its time to mobilize Whether walking or motorized voices loud shoulders high A bougie board in the water cannot control the tide And the bitch can't kill it if you control the vibe I took notes and learned how to get em notorized Never be the guy that knows the guy be the guy I'm showing up when I'm ready to buy Still chasin Ready to Die & yea I might be Somewhere along the way I got caught in the world wind While they professing theories of the worlds end Rappers going for dap and catch the Rock Bottom Turn the video off I know the cops shot em I'm tired of your jokes and false hope and Fall clothes 500 for a sweater with holes in it so I can look like I didn't try Who would've thought back then our self-esteem was actually high Your uninformed political views Blaming the media for issues that started when our Dad's was gone So when you grow up and do something fucked up We should already see the signs in cloud formations in the sky God ain't coming He's been inside you the whole time A nose job won't protect you from a nosedive Your spirit tryna shed ya baggage let it downsize We're being spoon fed drama with the plane noise Whole diet turned soy now I've gotta new pain in my deltoid Over the counter medication no insurance supposed to make it But somewhere inside the black and white spiral A glimmer of hope just went viral Inspirational quotes put with a montage of my idol Next to vid of a black man that was titled I'm tired of these apps that all do the same shit Tired of hearing people say engagement That's based in nothing that has to do people actually engaging We just throwing voices in the matrix You should think about ya reputation online Talk to people like you would when you outside If somebody catch you with the over hand right they'll be like My God I gotta be one of the illest ones alive At giving a glimpse of how we all should feel inside Living all alone but surprised that I Phyllis Hy Man I just hope when I go that somebody cry/Beats karate chopped/Rhymes the sound that you hear when a body drop From 20 stories that you heard about an artist and the deal that they prolly got Give our lives to an art that can possibly flop But some of us get a chance to make it outta the world wind Industry crying broke and the budget thin Got you chasing the trends to have a hot week 2nd album comes around and they lookin like... I think it's all a hoax/Independence is sold The biggest fuckin culture on the globe And we let some outsiders take a bulk of the control And sell the vision back without the box or the remote Bunch of folks tryna network without the code Follow me on IG bro I'll hit you back when I charge my phone I Samsung in they face and tell em no
4.
Tell you really what's going on Feelings of falling off but holding on for dear life Like I wrote a letter to it professing all of my short comings I've had my share but nothing Columbus Short No comparisons of struggle just an observation I never took solace in violence on the streets that raised me I never put stock in people that promise to pay me I catch myself staring at my phone a lot lately hoping that you Down like I thought you would eventually I'm well aware of what's in-store for me I'll leave the door open so you keep taking more of me As you slowly chase your way back to your origin Cause it's easier to fill the void Without addressing all the noise If I'm honest I saw it all before it Came to fruition Sort of a premonition Uncontrollable hustlers ambition Gotta drawer full of some drive's from Sandisk At this point I wonder what I'm capable of I look up to my idols But I don't wanna meet em It's cool till you grow up and they know that you can beat em They jack ya style just to sell a couple songs You noticed they was washed all along Dear Mama why you See the good in folks I'm hoping that you just absent minded Not taking advantage of my kindness You don't know where I come from I've got favors to call if we really is on one Just get back to the music I'm praying everyday there's a reason that I do this If I'm just another kid chasing false dreams I'm asking that the Lord gives me strength right before he bout to
5.
Why do we scream and shout? What is we talking bout? Why do we fuss and fight? What we gon say tonight? Tonight I thought about telling you how I really feel Without considering the repercussions Spirit beat like the African percussionist In a grade school when they lied about our heritage Supposedly I'm outspoken like Popovich More or less it's my opinion aint the populace I'm more concerned with the babies out in Flint Instead It's tweets on CNN like Why do we scream and shout? What is we talkin bout? Why do we fuss and fight? What we gon say tonight? What we talking bout real shit or we talkin bout rhymes You talkin millions of voices that's online Giving data for free to the companies tracking every single sound I liked the wrong pic & my girl ain't around Now my ads promoting single women in my town It's alot of single moms apparently wanting b**** It's alot of people round here that wish I wasn't And Id never know until it's coming Gotta journalist mind like Rocket in the City of God Standing between a battle I'm just tryna get the shot Why do we scream and shout? What is we talkin bout? Why do we fuss and fight? What we gon say tonight? Visions, Visions
6.
The spirit of Eunice Waymond in Venezuela Travel the world inspire the kid's to keep they head up No tolerance of disrespect towards our young Corettas You might not understand our slang but don't you dare correct us My culture started in the streets of the Bronx And traveled to every radio in motion or parked I used to beat box on the picnic tables out in the park Wrote rhymes for my cousins for the battles would start Early on all my heroes that I had were Langston Hughes probably led me to the pad I would write my thoughts down when the world turned Back when Michael Jackson wrote But it did matter None of those parents had kids splattered Or environments that would encourage us to be combative What I idolized changed with intuition And usually the research would always lead me back to a Cant believe I was afraid to be It had to be I ain't have a pair of Jordan's they would tell me I aint It never bothered me too much at the time Until I uncovered the underlying façade There's level to this skin color of mine If you look like me, I could never be enough to get by But if we differ then I'm always too much to survive Uh...You Know I care like Duke Pearson on HoneyBuns My art is equal in content never in funds Holbrook is Art Blakey on the drums As he watches the direction he created to become Channel a network you can't tap into Imma start a religion & I'm tryna recruit God coming back soon in a pin stripe suit Driving a 57 Bentley coupe And she's only taking
7.
Things aint like they used to be It's all better Put the bubble in between the lines it's all level Gotta try and elevate your mind when the dust settles You didn't I'm convinced that's why your house smells Like you been way too shut in All of a sudden My patience reached level 20 somethin I'll work wit ya Spit a verse wit ya Split the tab wit ya Watch ya team lose a game and get mad wit ya Ya loss is my loss so I feel for ya Sometimes I'm better at showing you how I feel for ya We was in love with the idea of marriage And both took it seriously with who we met after we broke up Like a truck with no holes I dodge bullets She took off all her clothes I know I shouldn't But the thrill got me That's what a dude say when you know he lying It's not the time to try and live in a half back toss it's just Things aint like I remember It's easy to get past If I had a chance to go back I might like Let's take it back yea No cap when I'm discussing That I need 100 thousand on my next budget Baby you gotta love it/I dream big and talk subtle Cause the loudest mouth you hear in the room is prolly bluffin I really like what I discovered when I use the universe like cell coverage I call out whatever I want & manifest every blessing They really like, Uh They really like the message When Monica was smashing fun Bobby on the terrace Me and my friends plotted like kids out Laderra Its an Odd Future looming but its looking like its necessary No need to creep unless your T-Boz and Chili It's beyond affiliation it's more a problem with the soil underneath our nation I'm keeping my eyes peeled on possibilities and direction Sorry that you tagged me in your record with 86 other ppl and I forgot to check it Planning more trips outta the country than rednecks Ever since I got a lil taste of a pub check You'd think I wanna bartend Holbrook don't get me started They don't want no parts of this put em backstage Looking like a young Marvin Gaye minus the allegations We all hustle and got situations Celebrate what you like and quit hating

about

Free Black! is a Hip-Hop collective consisting of Hip-Hop musician Floco Torres & Producer/Drummer Holbrook Riles III aka HR3. The Free Black! mantra is that "There isn't one way to be black." There are many stereotypes with blackness specifically that suggest that we aren't multi-faceted people & through our music we attack those stereotypes head on. In embracing our individuality we can learn to be more accepting of ourselves & where we come from as well as our peers.

The collective was created in 2017 through collaboration between both artists.

credits

released October 25, 2018

Produced by HR3
Performers: Floco Torres, HR3
Mixing/Mastering: Nate Bucher (Akron Recording Company)
Composers: HR3, Floco Torres, Nate Bucher
Additional Instrumentation: Egan Ammerman
Artwork: Floco Torres

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Free Black! Akron, Ohio

Free Black! is a Hip-Hop duo created in Akron Ohio. The duo is Floco Torres (Recording Artist/Producer) & HR3 (Drummer/Producer). Free Black! bridges conversations between the past & future through a warm vintage sound, historical examination & songwriting that highlights contrasts/similarities in innovative ways. ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Free Black!

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this album or account

Free Black! recommends:

If you like Free Black!, you may also like: