Date 2020-10-28
Category Lyrics, Music Video
Dave East came through with the release of Karma 3 earlier this year, following the release of his debut album Survival in 2019. The rapper’s new project delivered exactly what fans felt was missing from his major-label debut album and in a sense, he returned to his roots. It’s heard in the hunger in his face, and the certainty in his pen.
Part of the reason why many hip-hop heads fell in love with East’s music is because of the EastMix. For many, that was their introduction to the Harlem wordsmith. A little less than a week after releasing the deluxe edition of Karma 3, he dropped off a brand new “EastMix” flipping 2Pac and Big Stretch’s “Pain.” East’s pen is as sharp as ever as he tackles the production with vivid tales of the streets.
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[Chorus: Bino Rideaux]
Every day I’m smoking dope
Every day I’m pouring drank
This how I deal with all this pain
This how I deal with all this pain
Every day I’m smoking dope
Every day I’m pouring drank
This how I deal with all this pain
This how I deal with all this pain
[Verse 1: Bino Rideaux]
All it take a n***a count it up once
I’ve been getting it since a youngin, n***as wasn’t counting up nothing
n***as tried to press the line with us, we was calling out bluffing
And everyday a n***a grinding ’cause I came from struggling
Already lost some real ones but I came out thugging
Never folded under pressure now I got the name buzzing
All my n***as with the extras, ain’t nobody safe from it
And every day I’m pouring mud up ’cause I came from it
Now a n***a got some royalties and a chain comin’
n***as I don’t even kick it with want some fame from me
n***as wasn’t getting mad at me until I gained something
I done been through some sh*t, now I suffer pain from it
f**k is you sayin’?
[Chorus: Bino Rideaux]
Every day I’m smoking dope
Every day I’m pouring drank
This how I deal with all this pain
This how I deal with all this pain
Every day I’m smoking dope
Every day I’m pouring drank
This how I deal with all this pain
This how I deal with all this pain