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Now You Know

from Striggity. by Nerd Ferguson

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[Verse 1]

I been sittin on this album for a calendar year
Never knowing if I'd ever put it out to be heard
So I thought about it, moving through the doubt and the fear
Just another mountain to clear before unlocking my words
Just a single song left on the list for me to author
A final goodbye to both my mother and my father
But I couldn’t find the words, so I sat stationary
With the letters barely progressing across the stationary
Wouldn’t have felt complete, so the album lay dormant
A playlist sittin without me pressing play on it
Then one day, it hit me that
My folks would be pissed if I were to sit with that
So I got my shit together 'cause my swagger
I knew I needed to get it back
Reminding the world and myself that I am that nigga (facts)
So bitch I’m back, 'cause hot shit is all my parents wanted me to make
And goddamnit I’m gonna give 'em that

[Chorus]

One time for my pops, diggin thru the crates
Lookin for the funk samples for the beats that I would make
Two times for ma dukes, rockin to my raps
While I’m cursin up a storm, sayin never hold back
Anytime I got some shit, I know I’ma have to go thru
I grin knowin that I’ma be guided by those two
So anyone who wonders how I push on without 'em both
Now you know

[Verse2]

I been sittin on this album for a calendar year
Never knowing if I’d ever put it out or be heard
So I thought about it, moving through the doubt and the fear
Just another mountain to clear before unlocking my words
I got some songs I know for a fact my pops woulda loved
Some shit my moms would bump if it air dropped to her buds
I had a thought in 2021 makin a joint
That if I couldn’t let them hear it, fuck it, what is the point?
Came close to truly giving up
'Cause in that moment I promise I didn’t give a fuck
Everyday was a struggle of finding purpose
Failure and feeling worthless
Navigating through nothin but muck and constantly getting stuck
Took a lot to move past that
It’s still a challenge but at the end of the day
I’m glad that I realized it’d be a shame to sit wasting the gift
My folks gave me so bitch I’m back to makin these hits, nigga!

[Chorus]

One time for my pops, diggin thru the crates
Lookin for the funk samples for the beats that I would make
Two times for ma dukes, rockin to my raps
While I’m cursin up a storm, sayin never hold back
Anytime I got some shit, I know I’ma have to go thru
I grin knowin that I’ma be guided by those two
So anyone who wonders how I push on without 'em both
Now you know

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from Striggity., released March 8, 2024
Prod. by Nerd Ferguson

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Nerd Ferguson has been rapping since middle school, and released his first LP in 2005 (under a different name, free download code for his entire discography to the first person who emails him the name of the album). Twenty years and six albums later, he continues to record and release music for no other reason than his love of performing and sharing his music with others. ... more

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