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SHPESHFTR VOL. 1: A FORCE OF GRAVITY

by L.A. VanGogh

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1.
shpeshftr 04:09
Nothing stays the same whoever thought of that Bullet to the brain whoever taught us that You ain’t got no heart, you just get heart attacks say you got the drip, I move like water I been the man this since I was with 2008ighties Way back at the wood and we was the greatest and Drake was the favorite, I just got my L’s No pied piper, but was hanging with Calez I met Fonz-E-Mak, and then got Mac But prior to that I was with a McFly like the future was back When you had to prove that you really could rap Back when smoking meant asthma attacks Radio was transition to trap And we was like the antithesis of that Old heads wanna diss us when we scat If you was on a blog you was on the map I ain’t know where I would fit in all of that Starter jacket wearer with the SnapBack Started in the era Ye had backpacks I don’t mean to backtrack, but it’s important that you know my backstory I know I’m the future and I gotta big up the ones who laid out the map for me Lupe Fiasco had me on a Fahrenheit 1/15 I was like 15 tryna write a hundred thousand 16s But you know when you turn 18, that’s when the world try to take dreams The lies they make up are make believe, please do not fall for the Maybelline Say that life is a movie right? always wondered what that really mean? Cause they love to show you the highlights, but you never see the deleted scenes Nothing stays the same whoever thought of that Bullet to the brain whoever taught us that You ain’t got no heart, you just get heart attacks say you got the drip, I move like water I’m still shapeshifting Lost some mates innit? Things rearrange, I welcome the change, that’s just fate innit? still fresh innit? Still one of the best in it Try to box me in I don’t mesh with it Hold up hold up hold up, get the script straight 5’11 with a presence like I’m 6’8 Man I sure been going through a lot til this day I don’t Cap I just adapt, watch me shift shape I’m so 60419, just watch me blow yo mind I can show you times, when I was low on dimes And that ain’t slow my grind The year is 2014, I got my degree, this is when me and Jasmyn were a thing We got a house, but then I moved out cause I ain’t really know what love was about And plus I was going a different route, and she was sharing me with my ambition And another friend that I won’t mention, I just couldn’t keep her in that position Damn why is it always some drama? My therapist told me it got something do with my relationship with my momma And I don’t know how ima deal with it, new to these feelings if I’m being honest I don’t know why I feel like all my problems will go away chasing some commas I guess when you younger you push it aside At some point in time, I ain’t feel alive They asked for my soul I signed on the line Had buyers remorse, but ain’t no rewind I took it in stride, and did something different If I’m not anything else, I know that I’m resilient Niggas can’t keep me on this one Nothing stays the same whoever thought of that Bullet to the brain whoever taught me that You ain’t got no heart, you just get heart attacks Say you got the drip, I move like water I’m still shapeshifting Lost some mates innit? Things rearrange, I welcome the change, that’s just fate innit? still fresh innit? Still one of the best in it Try to box me in I don’t mesh with it
2.
IN A MOOD 03:34
Caught a visual Now I’m in a mood This shit always happens when I think of you I catch a flight, you wanna catch an attitude Fucking around with you changed up my attitude Got a lot to lose, if I don’t speak my truth Love will have doing things you shouldn’t do Tryna make a scene, I’d rather be invisible Treat a nigga like an individual New year, different moves, it’s pivotal Folks had me on papers at first it was cool Until I had a revelation, it was biblical You was asking for percent for things you didn’t do Gave it all to you, it wasn’t reciprocal Hate to be the one that gotta break the news I done had Jordans just as fake as you I ain’t proud of either neither, sad but true Caught a visual Now I’m in a mood This shit always happens when I think of you I catch a flight, you wanna catch an attitude Fucking around with you changed up my attitude Got a lot to lose, if I don’t speak my truth Love will have doing things you shouldn’t do Tryna make a scene, I’d rather be invisible Treat a nigga like an individual That’s why I keep some THC on me Hotboxing by my lonely Headed south down Stoney Music stop when my phone ring Signal left before the lane switch (mhmm) Smoking blowing out my anguish (mhmm) Talking shit like it’s my language (mhmm) I can’t hear you, what’s that Spanglish? (mhmm) Caught a visual Now I’m in a mood This shit always happens when I think of you I catch a flight, you wanna catch an attitude Fucking around with you changed up my attitude Got a lot to lose, if I don’t speak my truth Love will have doing things you shouldn’t do Tryna make a scene, I’d rather be invisible Treat a nigga like an individual My little Scorpio, did we end too soon? Nights like this, I end up missing you If I keep it up then I might send a text or 2 But I’ll let it go cause I know that’s what’s best for you I can’t even front you, I was toxic too Didn’t mean to put you last, just had a lot to do Member when we used to hotbox my vehicle Eyes red like we just got out a swimming pool Smoking forest in the forest underneath the moon Talking Neil de Grasse Tyson watching interviews Really wish it could’ve worked that wasn’t possible You and me just had too many obstacles Now I’m in a mood This shit always happens when I think of you I catch a flight you wanna catch an attitude fucking around with you changed up my attitude Changed my attitude Changed my attitude Changed my attitude Now I’m in a mood
3.
TRIP 02:43
Take a little trip Roll a little noise then make a little bit If Toonz on the track I’ma make a little hit Open up the bag then take a little whiff No tobacco don’t make me no spliff Funky for the function, getting faded in the whip Blessing the bottle they praying to the liq’ Had to refrain from me taking a sip My belly a ballet That brown get me sick Plus the last time I drank I had became a lick Scared of the smoke, I can take a little hit You know I bounce back like Slamball Stand tall, my nigga, what’s the sauce if you ain’t savoring it? I’m in my season, you flavorless You a icon like a bait and click I’m a icon like Jaden Smith Grab the Nikon, yeah take a flick Fit from the thrift, I’ma make it look rich Little witch from the Chi saddle my broomstick Chasing a snitch, she get up I hit it more, 10 points for Gryffindor Matte black Tesla interior Fred Hampton They ask Wakanda car is that? I call it Black Panther Pulling up in that Ryan Coogler, I might pull a cougar Light skinned, big fro, oh good gracious Damn that bih bad like Angela Davis Take her for a spin like a mix from Nehpets I don’t care about no relationship status We gone have juke party in my basement Chicago shit Clap for the kid like bravo Had a little trip Cortisol took me out the bag for a bit Now I’m back in it, I been down for a minute I was found in the Guiness for amounts of the realest Energy I’ve been giving I can brag a little bit Get it out the mud, put my hand in a ditch To preserve, had to swerve out the jam really quick If it’s urgent, my nerves need the cannabis lit Pulling up to the club in my sandals again It is what it is, I’ve been handling it Got a vision, a mission, with a plan to get rich You know Uncle Sam got his hand in my shit I keep shit cool like a fan in a fridge Even when all of the plans getting switched Even with the news of my mans getting clipped Rather stand than to sit I been manning my ship I’m a man on my shit I remember sober days blazing no fire Now I’m burning joints all day like arthritis Heavyweight champs in my whole camp because we all fighters I guarantee that it won’t be no stopping us until our pockets on Anthony Joshua Knew since I was a fetus that I couldn’t be defeated Rosa’s oldest son, I grew a rose without the sun I got Folgers on my tongue Waking these niggas up one by one Fathered a movement now come my son World in my hands til it numb my thumbs
4.
Heavyweight champs We all fighting for something And I don’t wanna fight no more Who’s keeping score? Heavyweight champs We all want the title I’ve been boxing against rivals, rifles, and bibles Heavyweight champ I’m a heavyweight It’s been a heavy weight Need to lose this weight, champ Heavyweight Don’t wanna wait Going the wrong way Heavyweight
5.
And you know that I’ll be right there There for you And you know that I’ll be right there There for you I’m from the D to the O to the L to the T to the O to the N Just like an audience watching a Marvel movie I'ma Go til the end I got a lot of advice but I’ll start with hold onto yourself and your friends Prioritize loyalty over love 'cause it’s the ones that you love that’ll do you right in Me I’m not built that way I see the people close to me like they my kin That’s why it hit me so deep to see Murray inside of that suit they clothed him in This shit is bleak The hurt is as deep as the plot we just lowered him in My brothers around me all holding back tears with their pride talking about we supposed to be men I say your ship is gone sink on that harbor if you keep on holding it in Wipe all the tears , take the lesson and tell myself I’m not folding again I chose to go the pen, few friends was thrown in the Pen Then I saw the bigger picture for my gift and decided to focus the lens And lately I’m feeling like I gotta save the town Why did they have to take him now Even Neo couldnt stop the bullets I guess he outta the matrix now I guess I gotta make it now Still on the lookout for the agents now Some of my homies producing something Some of them only Jus Blazin now Big old planscoming soon Sky is the limit but I’m on Neptune Want me a car with the butterfly doors Just to call the garage a cocoon When I’m on the road, it’s you on my mind If it’s in the budget then you coming down We living in difficult, ominous times Just light up my phone, if you need a line And I'll be right I'll be right Right There There There Tell my niggas don’t trip If you in a ditch, I’ma come through with the fix and the cash Dash right up out the pits Living like we found a glitch in the system This one a bag, yeah You know what they say more money more problems Wonder if I could solve them by dealing with my trauma Labor for this life ahead, I feel just like my mama They should replace Ben Franklin with my face cause I’m 100 Presidential presence bitch I feel like an Obama Michelle not Barack, that’s a preference not a knock Heard some things ain’t working out That’s a blessing not a block Yeah that’s a blessing not a block Everything you want, you already got right there
6.
BLUE HYUNDAI 04:14
Bubble blue sky, brisk wind, mid-July I miss them summers the same way I miss you Hand around my head My tears had a landing pad for all the times and things I went through Depression is a bummer plus my label talking numbers I’m just tryna get a number on you Sunflowers and honey Lemon with my chamomile tea warm like my summer with you You had the blue Hyundai My favorite day was Sunday, cause I was free, yes I know you remember To where does time runaway? It was March one day I look up again and now it’s December If I told you there’s a garden growing silently beneath a winter moon How much would you believe? Cause this house I call a body’s landscaping all around me I got flowers in the attic growing For you For you For you For you For you For you Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you Sunflower shoulder, self-esteem smoke growing Got the spa going up on a Tuesday Putting mileage on the car for a clear view of the stars Hit the shore and put you up on a new wave November felt like April Cheez-its and chocolate cake I say what an interesting cuisine My world been global warming since you showed up during mourning I got climate changing up my routines You had the blue Hyundai, my favorite day was Sunday Cause I was free, yes I know you remember To where does time runaway? It was March one day I look up again and we’re through December If I told you there’s a garden growing silently beneath a winter moon How much would you believe Cause this house I call a body is landscaping all around me I got flowers in the attic growing For you For you For you For you For you For you Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you?
7.
Alright all you dudes, dudettes, and non-binaries This is time where you’d want to close your kids’ ears Close your ears if you’re squeamish, hear me now It’s Mister Nasty time Aw shit it’s Mister Nasty time This song is about morning sex Baby you spring time beautiful I’m tryna grow with you like the roses and petunias do I’m thinking of a rendezvous so I can see your tulips bloom Things I would do to you include getting closer than ya nails to ya cuticles Body shaped like a cherry flavored Coca Cola Throw it back like baggy clothes and Motorola’s When you call me baby, got me thinking bout a stroller And a ring on your hand about the size of coaster It’s like the more you reveal The more likely you and me gone have a gender reveal Kisses real cleansing, how ginger would feel Treat me like a king, I think I’m Simba forreal Skin color like Hennessey I don’t drink but I’m buzzing of your energy still How bout we fall asleep in Pilsen and wake up in Europe When we touching it’s Robitussin time moving like syrup Syrup Syrup Syrup Syrup I want them pancakes in the morning buttermilk I want them pancakes, in the morning buttermilk Skin smooth like Japanese silk Oh yeah yeah Bamboo’d up off the Buddha Love it raw, I’m sushi connoisseur Love strong like athlete’s built Care for you like Japanese silk So gentle and smooth In this magenta room Eat the cake like Anna Mae awwww Then fall asleep with the anime on Roll a paper up so we can get calm Purple like Thanos, we infinity stoned Girl your body language written in poems And when you’re nude, I’m like Langston Hughes Hands hold you like guitars when I scoop ya up I know that G string could use some tuning up You hop up on the pipe like Mario Working on ya cardiovascular Blinds open, let the light in like aperture Focused like a camera Tryna match your stamina Far from an amateur Whoever left you, what were they thinking Abe Lincoln, that’s a big cap, they tweaking Fuck a diamond, you’re a quartz in a clock You’re the tick to my tock, I know we kick it a lot I hope you never get the urge to tell me to kick rocks I got an appetite for you in the wickedest spots Dinner for a sinner, I been feeling really reckless Wake up and let me scramble your eggs for breakfast I want them pancakes, in the morning buttermilk Inside feel like Japanese silk Oh yay yay Bamboo’d up off the Buddha Love it raw, I’m a sushi connoisseur Love strong like athlete’s built Care for you like Japanese silk So gentle and smooth In this magenta room
8.
F.O.G. 03:04
I was riding down the five in Jeep with the guys Blue and peach colored skies, on a wave like Poseid Blow the blunt like it’s a trumpet hoe kings have arrived Feel like Simba, no marimba, it’s a vibe Soy sauced up in this Asian silk, take a flick like a wrist Bet I shoot my shot even if I risk a miss Know my brodie’s got me off the rebound dish Cause you know the best plays come from assists In the trunk, this a bump like a cyst Hold my city up like a fist Me and Manny, Bre, and Brandon in the cut like a stitch Know the present and our presence is a gift And who I do it for I do it cause its things my family can’t afford On my momma, had to get my life into accord, Like a Honda, I been tryna tap into the source While I’m driving, treat the Scion like a super sport Gary Vee had told me i ain’t gotta wait no more That was ammo, grand piano, that shit hit a cord I went toe to toe to get my foot into the door And I wouldn’t be nowhere without the people next to me They the ones that hold me down, that’s a force of gravity F-O-G til I D-I-E And our energy Got the pull like a black hole actually She attracted to me, I’m a force of gravity F-O-G til I D-I-E And I’m still with the squad even if it’s just me This the hottest shit since before ventilation Thank you all for welcoming me to your rotation We should roll joint and have a smoke and celebration Light it, puff it, then I pass it like it’s legislation Me and my team going hard as the pavement You and your team just look like replacements Tell them niggas move around like gentrification If we are in the building, then it got a renovation And I wouldn’t be nowhere without the people next to me They the ones that hold me down, that’s a force of gravity F-O-G til I D-I-E And our energy Got the pull like a black hole actually She attracted to me, I’m a force of gravity F-O-G til I D-I-E And I’m still with the squad even if it’s just me Shout out to my pops that’s a FOG Shout out Cuzzo Cel that’s a FOG Shout out to my granny G that’s a FOG Shout out to my moms that’s a FOG Shout out Pa, that’s a FOG Shout out Hennessey he a FOG Shout out Javi he a FOG Force of Gravity they some FOGs Brodie KD that’s a FOG Shout my shooter Bre she a FOG Kotsu on the scene he a FOG Everybody round me they some FOGs
9.
ZODIAC 03:46
24 hours til take off It ain’t much to hold me back Too many niggas wanna help with the count down It’s a no no to that Circle ain’t open bro, this ain’t no cul de sac Only stars on my team, nigga its a zodiac Only the real in my orbit They tell me my planets aligned I say my destiny mine bitch it ain’t your sign it’s your mind bitch Bars of a different kind, no wonder I’m going so nuts Mercury retrograde I came to fuck this shit up Everybody hopping on the LA wagon, like the Lakers got Kobe back I pull up it’s like a photograph, you pull up look like I’m posed to laugh Find me with some insomniacs Wake up midday and roll a pack I don’t know if something wrong with that Spine surgery, I’m cutting back I just smoked my weed for the week Hit my plug for a QP in HP I might pull a couple strings, show up with a symphony Niggas Shang Tsung, tryna take your energy Every story got two sides, it’s a Gemini I know I’m gone tell mine when I hit the finish line I done leveled up, and I can’t go back Like 2018 NFL, No Kaep 24 hours til take off It ain’t much to hold me back Too many niggas wanna help with the count down It’s a no no to that Circle ain’t open bro, this ain’t no cul de sac Only stars on my team, nigga its a zodiac Only the real in my orbit They tell me my planets aligned I say my destiny mine bitch it ain’t your sign it’s your mind bitch Bars of a different kind, no wonder I’m going so nuts Mercury retrograde I came to fuck this shit up I come from humble beginnings, pull up in a lemon When life gives me lemons I squeeze out the citrus and season the chicken The ceiling went missing cause I don’t have limits Soon as I walk in the building, give me my space, a solar system Her sign got water in it Mac Miller, I’m going swimming I’m the type to take your girl on a date Then bring her back to ya cause we don’t relate I’m allergic to somebody that’s snotty If I dont catch a vibe I don’t catch a body Honestly this might not go far unless you add me on co star Before we go to new places, you gotta show me your placements Lights, camera, action No more distractions My wallet is pregnant, I’m tryna get ready It’s having contractions It ain’t no kids that I had Bitch I’m a dad to this bag I’m tryna get up my digits Raising the price like children 24 hours til take off It ain’t much holding me back Too many niggas wanna help with the countdown It’s a no no to that Circle ain’t open bro, it ain’t no cul de sac Only stars on my team, nigga this a zodiac Real niggas in my orbit They said the planets aligned I say my destiny mine bitch It ain’t your sign it’s your mind bitch Bars of a different kind, no wonder I’m going so nuts Mercury retrograde I came to fuck this shit up
10.
I want things money can’t buy Yeah I want a piece of the pie And someone to look me in the eyes Talk to me don’t tell me lies Skip getting rich in a rush I need some love and some trust Someone at my back and my front Out there it’s blood they lust I know that paper can spoil me Gold and diamonds look like royalty What I really need is some loyalty People be greasy, they oily I wanna take back my time I wanna take back what’s mine Dreams that money can’t buy Dreams that money can’t buy New growth, new flow 2019 Know we Too close, glucose, boy this shit You need two coats, I’m too cold, boy you might freeze You off a huge dose of Nuvo, if you chose to sleep on us They ain’t keeping up, even the faith of an atheist gotta believe in us I been had the vision since back in the kitchen when Dre and DJ had the Caesar cuts That was before we had trees to puff, we was just seeds with our feet in the dust Now we branching out we need to adjust, I’m fighting temptation them demons is tough Out here with sharks in the sea in the rough I just hope I’m Willie Beamon enough Say I got the light, and I’m beaming it up Hear a knock at your door and we screaming it’s us me and my team with a dream we been meaning T some shit up I’m the talk of the town aint no need to discuss It ain’t up for debate, people fishy, and I just ain’t touching the bait Spending my day on the grind like I skate Poetic nigga like I’m Larenz Tate If she Nia Long, I might go out the way Big Tigger how I came up from the basement I don’t head home til I touch all the bases Fruits of my labor I damn near can taste it I know can’t take it, you hate it, I’m so closing to making while you still faking it I want things money can’t buy Yeah I want a piece of the pie And someone to look me in the eyes Talk to me don’t tell me lies Skip getting rich in a rush I need some love and some trust Someone at my back and my front Out there it’s blood they lust I know that paper can spoil me Gold and diamonds look like royalty What I really need is some loyalty People be greasy, they oily I wanna take back my time I wanna get back what’s mine Dreams that money can’t buy Dreams that money can’t buy L.A. VanG-O-G-H, it’s time to let em know Wavy my hair like I’m mixed, my daddy from Harvey, my momma from Mexico Seen people Nintendo switch, playing games, I had to let em go I let my attitude shift, loosen my grip, yeah I had to let it go Imagine me ice on my wrist, if I shake and twist, it look like let it snow All my notes federal, timing is money, I tighten my schedule I want things money can’t buy, forever young until I’m immortalized I hit 25 like surprise I survived, my partner he hit me say he getting tired He ain’t getting slumber he feel like when Jordan had changed up his number I asked him why? He say it ain’t right wearing this 45 How you live, how you die I’m feeling inspired The man is back with outstanding raps Here to coax doped folks outta their xan attacks I’m too cool, walk in watch a fan collapse In the wind airing out all their scandalous acts The plan of attack, no gat but my hands are packed The stands are packed, I’m not just some random act On my soul my goal is a black mirror episode You know I’m here to make sure the bands are snatched Then I go phantom like Danny, dash They just go to waste like a fanny pack Anything I do they like damn he snapped See me in the future with a Grammy I want things money can’t buy Yeah I want a piece of the pie And someone to look me in the eyes Talk to me don’t tell me lies Skip getting rich in a rush I need some love and some trust Someone at my back and my front Out there it’s blood they lust I know that paper can spoil me Gold and diamonds look like royalty What I really need is some loyalty People be greasy, they oily I wanna get back my time I wanna take back what’s mine Dreams that money can’t buy Dreams that money can’t buy
11.
Bubble blue sky, brisk wind, mid-July I miss them summers the same way I miss you Hand around my head My tears had a landing pad for all the times and things I went through Depression is a bummer plus my label talking numbers I’m just tryna get a number on you Sunflowers and honey Lemon with my chamomile tea warm like my summer with you You had the blue Hyundai My favorite day was Sunday, cause I was free, yes I know you remember To where does time runaway? It was March one day I look up again and now it’s December If I told you there’s a garden growing silently beneath a winter moon How much would you believe? Cause this house I call a body’s landscaping all around me I got flowers in the attic growing For you For you For you For you For you For you Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you Sunflower shoulder, self-esteem smoke growing Got the spa going up on a Tuesday Putting mileage on the car for a clear view of the stars Hit the shore and put you up on a new wave November felt like April Cheez-its and chocolate cake I say what an interesting cuisine My world been global warming since you showed up during mourning I got climate changing up my routines You had the blue Hyundai, my favorite day was Sunday Cause I was free, yes I know you remember To where does time runaway? It was March one day I look up again and we’re through December If I told you there’s a garden growing silently beneath a winter moon How much would you believe Cause this house I call a body is landscaping all around me I got flowers in the attic growing For you For you For you For you For you For you Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you? Would you believe me, would you believe that I’m growing it for you?

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released April 9, 2021

Album Mix & Mastered by Matt Hennessy @ VSOP Studios in Chicago
Photos shot by Amanda How
Album Art Designed by L.A. VanGogh
All videos co-produced and co-directed by Oriane Playner

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Dolton native, L.A. VanGogh is one of the most multitalented artists of the 2020s. Not only does he produce and write his own music, but he also produces and edits his own videos! Delivering witty lyrics with his unique vocal tone, you’ll be pulled towards his sound like a musical force of gravity from your first listen. ... more

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