Budapest

[Illume]

Originally Posted by Neighbor

My mind's a dark place, sinister like Darth Vader's image -
Heartache & bitterness, s'why I spark grape Swishers; every bar's straight vicious
It's ball game, nigga... harder than takin a shot of malt-grade vinegar
A long-range hit put you in harm's way w/ John Wayne's pistols
Turn you to farm-raised shark bait quicker than Baraka w/ his claws aimed
Stickin those sharp blades into ya scarred frame, doin his Arcade signature boss stage finisher
Your standalone idol, w/ a HAMR scope on the plasma-bolt rifle
Fuck a Swag & Flow title, I'm Captain Cold on a nandrolone cycle
Not a chance you won't die; the canonized author, I glamorize war like Samurai swords
Entranced by the gore & can't fight the glory; we strategize slaughter for campfire stories
Vampire offspring, hold a hammer like Thor & a hatchet like Voorhees...
Rapid-fire force feed you slugs in a black & white short-sleeve Polo w/ the patternized horse scheme
Carnivore, study the Art Of War daily - every harmless thought's like a horrorcore rape scene
High & wreckless, my life's directed by Martin Scorsese
Cybernetic, like Ghost in the Shell or the rifle when I load it w/ 12
Toast in the belt blow you to Hell when you catch No. 5, no Coco Chanel

This flow was awesome but for me, the awesome of the afrual content ended at the 'plasma bolt rifle' line. It felt like you were describin the difficulties of life in general. An 'against the odds' type of observation, written in your own words. And I thought in that respect, the mentioned section is one of the best Ive ever read. It's relateable and full of imagery. But that deepness wrapped up in imagery that we all get (the console game metaphors, the whole shot of malt whiskey thing) didn't gel with the latter half of the piece, personally. Because you went on to directly talk about yourself bein a pinnacle of all that stuff. It descended from somethin steangely profound, in its own way, into you sayin 'I'm the guy that makes this tough shit happen'. And the brag thing has been done to death, for me. Nobody is that bad, dude.