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Economik Splendor [DJ Service Pack]

by GRIFFEN

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Chorus: I'm in Nebraska I set up shop on em I'm in Alaska I set up shop on em I'm in Colorado I set up shop on em I'm Ohio I set up shop on em 1st verse: CNN don't talk about me, barbed wire gates surround me Before these niggas found God, they found me And how they find me, huh, huh? Through rap music. I ain't gotta recruit, I let the trap do it. Thug niggas get smacked stupid around here. Holding down my block, now you holding down my tier. These niggas bangin in my chain gang now. Endless labor force; I farm that shit out... To the highest bidder, I am in the Business of trafficking. Legally profiling. Focused on Africans. Making dollars on the penny, baby, fuck wit me. You don't understand how many men in custody. Your name is Toby, homie...u can't run from me. 3rd strike? Now they got yo ass up under me. Mixing my elixir. Serving my agenda. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor. Chorus 2: I'm in Louisiana I set up shop on em I'm in Alabama I set up shop on em I'm in Idaho, hoe I set up shop on em I'm New Mexico I set up shop on em Shout out to Ronald Reagan, I really gotta thank em This war on drugs is recreating plantations No longer picking cotton, niggas stitching cotton And I sell that shit dirt cheap to Sam Walton Nonviolent offenders is doin' hard time 3rd & long, niggas on the 60 yard line I'm wit judges in Pennsylvania, I give em paper They give me kids-for-cash, I reward bad behavior. Kickbacks, big racks, yeah, I'm lobbyin' Congressmen. Got fat contracts wit IBM I wrote an open letter... Signed in blood, dog Trap, drill, no chill, man, I love Ross! I love rappers! Disaster theater... Keep thinking you Chief Keef and get captured. & then I got ya...serving my agenda You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Chorus 3: I'm in Kansas I set up shop on em I'm in Texas I set up shop on em I'm in Connecticut I set up shop on em I'm in DC, joe I set up shop on em 3rd verse: I'm in love wit these immigrants, illegal aliens Illiterate, indigent: easier to break em in Ignorant to how we get it in America. We got more inmates here than everywhere Its very rare that niggas don't come back Cuz all these mufukkas know how to do is dump crack And I'm right here waiting on em, gon put a apron on em Collect state funds and triple what I'm making on em Packed to capacity. Bask in my majesty. PD's coppin' pleas...widespread apathy. Look, man....I give a fuck about your circumstance. Prosecutors in court doin' the Schmurda Dance! Child support... Traffic violations n shit. Manhood?? Nigga, I'm annihilating that shit. You fuckin wit a winner. Serving my agenda. U call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Bridge (Kim): They took it all away Locked me down, now I'm doing hella numbers Lost my freedom, need a blessing, I'm just tryna get home No money for no bail, nobody sending me mail.....tortured soul Fighting demons and I'm still here ...I just wanna get home 4th verse: Chicago's little Guantanamo: Homan Square - directed by Quantico. I'm everywhere like the common cold, niggas catch me... and get 99 years on that Wayne Gretzky Can't nobody check me, I'm unregulated. Decorated business model, innovative. Shout out to Wells Fargo....invested in the vision I'm floating doe to the U.S Bureau of Prisons. ...Made a fuckin fortune for JP Morgan. Still dropping millions on political endorsements. Democrats and Republicans, man, I fuck wit em all Truth be told, its us against y'all... I paint the ugly picture, U serving my agenda Time is money, nigga Go get my funding, nigga!! You lookin at the New World Order epicenter. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor.... Yeah... Big up George Bush! You already know, homie!! Shout out Bill Clinton... 3 strikes law.... Worked like a charm, my nigga...
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Chorus: I'm in Nebraska I set up shop on em I'm in Alaska I set up shop on em I'm in Colorado I set up shop on em I'm Ohio I set up shop on em 1st verse: CNN don't talk about me, barbed wire gates surround me Before these niggas found God, they found me And how they find me, huh, huh? Through rap music. I ain't gotta recruit, I let the trap do it. Thug niggas get smacked stupid around here. Holding down my block, now you holding down my tier. These niggas bangin in my chain gang now. Endless labor force; I farm that shit out... To the highest bidder, I am in the Business of trafficking. Legally profiling. Focused on Africans. Making dollars on the penny, baby, fuck wit me. You don't understand how many men in custody. Your name is Toby, homie...u can't run from me. 3rd strike? Now they got yo ass up under me. Mixing my elixir. Serving my agenda. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor. Chorus 2: I'm in Louisiana I set up shop on em I'm in Alabama I set up shop on em I'm in Idaho, hoe I set up shop on em I'm New Mexico I set up shop on em Shout out to Ronald Reagan, I really gotta thank em This war on drugs is recreating plantations No longer picking cotton, niggas stitching cotton And I sell that shit dirt cheap to Sam Walton Nonviolent offenders is doin' hard time 3rd & long, niggas on the 60 yard line I'm wit judges in Pennsylvania, I give em paper They give me kids-for-cash, I reward bad behavior. Kickbacks, big racks, yeah, I'm lobbyin' Congressmen. Got fat contracts wit IBM I wrote an open letter... Signed in blood, dog Trap, drill, no chill, man, I love Ross! I love rappers! Disaster theater... Keep thinking you Chief Keef and get captured. & then I got ya...serving my agenda You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Chorus 3: I'm in Kansas I set up shop on em I'm in Texas I set up shop on em I'm in Connecticut I set up shop on em I'm in DC, joe I set up shop on em 3rd verse: I'm in love wit these immigrants, illegal aliens Illiterate, indigent: easier to break em in Ignorant to how we get it in America. We got more inmates here than everywhere Its very rare that niggas don't come back Cuz all these mufukkas know how to do is dump crack And I'm right here waiting on em, gon put a apron on em Collect state funds and triple what I'm making on em Packed to capacity. Bask in my majesty. PD's coppin' pleas...widespread apathy. Look, man....I give a fuck about your circumstance. Prosecutors in court doin' the Schmurda Dance! Child support... Traffic violations n shit. Manhood?? Nigga, I'm annihilating that shit. You fuckin wit a winner. Serving my agenda. U call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Bridge (Kim): They took it all away Locked me down, now I'm doing hella numbers Lost my freedom, need a blessing, I'm just tryna get home No money for no bail, nobody sending me mail.....tortured soul Fighting demons and I'm still here ...I just wanna get home 4th verse: Chicago's little Guantanamo: Homan Square - directed by Quantico. I'm everywhere like the common cold, niggas catch me... and get 99 years on that Wayne Gretzky Can't nobody check me, I'm unregulated. Decorated business model, innovative. Shout out to Wells Fargo....invested in the vision I'm floating doe to the U.S Bureau of Prisons. ...Made a fuckin fortune for JP Morgan. Still dropping millions on political endorsements. Democrats and Republicans, man, I fuck wit em all Truth be told, its us against y'all... I paint the ugly picture, U serving my agenda Time is money, nigga Go get my funding, nigga!! You lookin at the New World Order epicenter. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor.... Yeah... Big up George Bush! You already know, homie!! Shout out Bill Clinton... 3 strikes law.... Worked like a charm, my nigga...
3.
Chorus: I'm in Nebraska I set up shop on em I'm in Alaska I set up shop on em I'm in Colorado I set up shop on em I'm Ohio I set up shop on em 1st verse: CNN don't talk about me, barbed wire gates surround me Before these mogs found God, they found me And how they find me, huh, huh? Through rap music. I ain't gotta recruit, I let the trap do it. Act stupid, get smacked stupid around here. Holding down my block, now you holding down my tier. Yeah, you bangin in my chain gang now. Endless labor force; I farm that sh** out... To the highest bidder, I am in the Business of trafficking. Legally profiling. Focused on Africans. Making dollars on the penny, baby, f**k wit me. You don't understand how many men in custody. Your name is Toby, homie...u can't run from me. 3rd strike? Now they got yo a** up under me. Mixing my elixir. Serving my agenda. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor. Chorus 2: I'm in Louisiana I set up shop on em I'm in Alabama I set up shop on em I'm in Idaho, hoe I set up shop on em I'm New Mexico I set up shop on em Shout out to Ronald Reagan, I really gotta thank em This war on drugs is recreating plantations No longer picking cotton, got em stitching cotton And I sell that sh** dirt cheap to Sam Walton Nonviolent offenders is doin' hard time 3rd & long, and you on the 60 yard line I'm wit judges in Pennsylvania, I give em paper They give me kids-for-cash, I reward bad behavior. Kickbacks, big racks, yeah, I'm lobbyin' Congressmen. Got fat contracts wit IBM I wrote an open letter... Signed in blood, dog Trap, drill, no chill, man, I love Ross! I love rappers! Disaster theater... Keep thinking you Chief Keef and get captured. & then I got ya...serving my agenda You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Chorus 3: I'm in Kansas I set up shop on em I'm in Texas I set up shop on em I'm in Connecticut I set up shop on em I'm in DC, joe I set up shop on em 3rd verse: I'm in love wit these immigrants, illegal aliens Illiterate, indigent: easier to break em in Ignorant to how we get it in America. We got more inmates here than everywhere Its very rare that n****s don't come back Cuz all these mutha*****s know how to do is dump crack And I'm right here waiting on em, gon put a apron on em Collect state funds and triple what I'm making on em Packed to capacity. Bask in my majesty. PD's coppin' pleas...widespread apathy. Look, man....I give a damn about your circumstance. Prosecutors in court doin' the Schmurda Dance! Child support... Traffic violations n s**t. Manhood?? Nigga, I'm annihilating that s**t. You fuckin wit a winner. Serving my agenda. U call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Bridge (Kim): They took it all away Locked me down, now I'm doing hella numbers Lost my freedom, need a blessing, I'm just tryna get home No money for no bail, nobody sending me mail.....tortured soul Fighting demons and I'm still here ...I just wanna get home 4th verse: Chicago's little Guantanamo: Homan Square - directed by Quantico. I'm everywhere like the common cold, when you catch me... and get 99 years on that Wayne Gretzky Can't nobody check me, I'm unregulated. Decorated business model, innovative. Shout out to Wells Fargo....invested in the vision I'm floating doe to the U.S Bureau of Prisons. ...Made a bloody fortune for JP Morgan. Still dropping millions on political endorsements. Democrats and Republicans, man, I lunch wit em all Truth be told, its us against y'all... I paint the ugly picture, U serving my agenda Time is money, ni**a Go get my funding, ni**a!! You lookin at the New World Order epicenter. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor.... Yeah... Big up George Bush! You already know, homie!! Shout out Bill Clinton... 3 strikes law.... Worked like a charm...
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Chorus: I'm in Nebraska I set up shop on em I'm in Alaska I set up shop on em I'm in Colorado I set up shop on em I'm Ohio I set up shop on em 1st verse: CNN don't talk about me, barbed wire gates surround me Before these niggas found God, they found me And how they find me, huh, huh? Through rap music. I ain't gotta recruit, I let the trap do it. Thug niggas get smacked stupid around here. Holding down my block, now you holding down my tier. These niggas bangin in my chain gang now. Endless labor force; I farm that shit out... To the highest bidder, I am in the Business of trafficking. Legally profiling. Focused on Africans. Making dollars on the penny, baby, fuck wit me. You don't understand how many men in custody. Your name is Toby, homie...u can't run from me. 3rd strike? Now they got yo ass up under me. Mixing my elixir. Serving my agenda. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor. Chorus 2: I'm in Louisiana I set up shop on em I'm in Alabama I set up shop on em I'm in Idaho, hoe I set up shop on em I'm New Mexico I set up shop on em Shout out to Ronald Reagan, I really gotta thank em This war on drugs is recreating plantations No longer picking cotton, niggas stitching cotton And I sell that shit dirt cheap to Sam Walton Nonviolent offenders is doin' hard time 3rd & long, niggas on the 60 yard line I'm wit judges in Pennsylvania, I give em paper They give me kids-for-cash, I reward bad behavior. Kickbacks, big racks, yeah, I'm lobbyin' Congressmen. Got fat contracts wit IBM I wrote an open letter... Signed in blood, dog Trap, drill, no chill, man, I love Ross! I love rappers! Disaster theater... Keep thinking you Chief Keef and get captured. & then I got ya...serving my agenda You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Chorus 3: I'm in Kansas I set up shop on em I'm in Texas I set up shop on em I'm in Connecticut I set up shop on em I'm in DC, joe I set up shop on em 3rd verse: I'm in love wit these immigrants, illegal aliens Illiterate, indigent: easier to break em in Ignorant to how we get it in America. We got more inmates here than everywhere Its very rare that niggas don't come back Cuz all these mufukkas know how to do is dump crack And I'm right here waiting on em, gon put a apron on em Collect state funds and triple what I'm making on em Packed to capacity. Bask in my majesty. PD's coppin' pleas...widespread apathy. Look, man....I give a fuck about your circumstance. Prosecutors in court doin' the Schmurda Dance! Child support... Traffic violations n shit. Manhood?? Nigga, I'm annihilating that shit. You fuckin wit a winner. Serving my agenda. U call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor... Bridge (Kim): They took it all away Locked me down, now I'm doing hella numbers Lost my freedom, need a blessing, I'm just tryna get home No money for no bail, nobody sending me mail.....tortured soul Fighting demons and I'm still here ...I just wanna get home 4th verse: Chicago's little Guantanamo: Homan Square - directed by Quantico. I'm everywhere like the common cold, niggas catch me... and get 99 years on that Wayne Gretzky Can't nobody check me, I'm unregulated. Decorated business model, innovative. Shout out to Wells Fargo....invested in the vision I'm floating doe to the U.S Bureau of Prisons. ...Made a fuckin fortune for JP Morgan. Still dropping millions on political endorsements. Democrats and Republicans, man, I fuck wit em all Truth be told, its us against y'all... I paint the ugly picture, U serving my agenda Time is money, nigga Go get my funding, nigga!! You lookin at the New World Order epicenter. You call it slavery, I call it Economic Splendor.... Yeah... Big up George Bush! You already know, homie!! Shout out Bill Clinton... 3 strikes law.... Worked like a charm, my nigga...

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Economik Splendor

The issue of violence in the city of Chicago has taken center stage, shaping not only the local narrative, but the artistic output. Most prominent among the musical styles that are native to the area is the “Drill” music phenomenon. Centered on a culture of rampant killings, the overall aesthetic of Drill music speaks to Chicago’s status as the nation’s murder capital.

As a respected Hip-Hop artist who helped influence the cultural landscape in Chicago, Griffen has witnessed the rise of “Drill” music first hand. Where some conveniently default to the attitude of blaming Chicago artists for the area’s increasing violence, he takes a markedly different approach. His latest track, “Economik Splendor” makes no bones about pointing fingers squarely in the direction of the banking industry, media outlets, and even US Presidents. “Shoutout to Ronald Reagan, I really gotta thank him, This ‘War on Drugs’ is recreating plantations”.

Economik Splendor is steeped in cynicism: It stands as a reverse-guilty verdict from the streets, naming who some may see as the beneficiaries of society’s excess. “I'm with judges in Pennsylvania, I give ‘em paper, They give me kids-for-cash, I reward bad behavior.”

Produced & mixed by BIONIK

All original artwork by @NanLib

Economik Splendor is the 3rd release [All Innit, Helium] from the upcoming GRIFFEN project, "REANIMATED" produced and mixed entirely by BIONIK.

Please visit www.bionikmusic.com x www.griffen312.com

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released October 12, 2015

produced and mixed by BIONIK
additional vocals by KYM
(c) 2015 Bionik Music

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GRIFFEN Chicago, Illinois

Griffen’s style is a mix of external influences and internal beliefs. His older brother followed in the family footsteps of working as a DJ, and shared records (including NWA) that shaped Griffen at a formative age.

Griffen has developed a rare form of artistry and technique...
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