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All Bars, No Hooks [Prod. Will​-​Powerz]

from Volition by Will-Powerz

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Will-Powerz known to spin beats among the dirt
Wielding words as weapon like William Wordsworth
My surplus of words will certainly provide a burden
Ain't you heard? Hip-Hop's dead and buried, wrapped inside a curtain!
Will-Powerz holding down bass like a soldier
Trying to embrace what I face getting older
Dreams dry up, stagnate and become colder
Than being stranded in Antarctica in an over-the-shoulder boulder holder.
The 90s was a golden age for rappers
Now they talk about 9s but miss the T like BA Baracus
Glorifying guns enabled Conservative backers
To condemn rap and then take offence at the word 'crackers'.
Powerz just one of the phatter society mappers
Who's vying for the enactment of propriety for rappers
Boom, Bap, BING! The bassline shatters the matter contained framed in your face while you chatter!
Will-Powerz known to vanish without a trace
Like Madeleine McCann but nobody's seen my face
Hiding in the place where fake music's embraced
And if I die from it I just beat you in the human race.
The craft you deface, I've marked you as a disgrace
In the past hard graft and masters set the pace
Now rappers sing with auto-tuners and waste
Makes me wanna burn iTunes 'Urban Database'.
THIS AIN'T URBAN - we call it HIP-HOP!
It loves every style of music except pop!
Grey skies clearing it's time for a fresh crop
Calling every rapper up in the cards of Don't Flop.
Think about the art and you'll find it's behind
What's hidden between the lines in every rapper's book of rhymes.
Bars full of crimes and personal gain frame
The illusion of fame as merely cheapening your name.
WILL-POWERZ! Say it once more for the game!
Spitting fire like a Dhalsim Yoga Flame
Rappers selling out made the craft go lame
Then they tried to cast blame like they made an insurance claim!
Please GET OUT! You know who you are
Featured on the album of some bait pop-star
I'd even go as far as to dedicate you a bar
To say I hope a crazy stalker cuts the brakes on your car!
Picturing you burn, a victim of your desertion
Of discerning emcees, but people will never learn:
Respect works best if it's something you suffer to earn
Then turn it into something that's a service to the world.

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from Volition, released November 28, 2013
Contains a sample of MF DOOM speaking about Hip-Hop
Written, produced and recorded by Will-Powerz

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Will-Powerz London, UK

Will-Powerz was born and raised in Croydon, SE London, where contemporary Stormzy hails from. He is, however, a different kind of rapper, fusing a range of styles to conjure a sound that doesn't quite fit any one mould.

With radio airplay, countless blog features and a growing presence on his local scene, Will's music has the power to inspire and educate.
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