CIRCUS

from THIS WINTER by Shad x TLO

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lyrics

Like a circus in a tent
Every verse is an event
Step right up!
This is a layup
Its left right up
With Steph-like touch
Tracks get sliced up
When my chef knife cuts
Another Red Stripe buzz
have mercy
The more drinks
The more mans get thirsty
I always sip 2nd, spit firstly
I can’t be on stages
In a haze with slurred speech
cuz fans in midlife
Still come out at midnight
Any hour just to catch the kid
like a midwife
They saying he ate
I’m only mid-bite
They just gave me my plate
like it’s mid-flight…
These rappers all mid, right
Let me tell em how I live life
Husband of one
and father of two daughters
out in loose joggers
Getting huge propers
Walking thru shopper’s
… drug mart
That’s a popular Drug store
In a province run
By former drug lord
Doug ford
He used to be a west end
drug source
Now he’s building more jails
For the drug wars
That’s the facts man
It’s on the record
But they spin it like a song
When you put on a record
Yo I’m talking at the Premier/premiere
Like a Cannes director
(Let ‘em catch that one)
Your boy Shad’s back at it
all behind-the-back passes
I am that Magic
When I rock
I’m slash, axl, and
Black sabbath
Spit flames —
I bbq em like Skratch Bastid
That’s my brother
The kid’s amazing
Diggin in crates
Mixing breaks
Give him praises
Now let me do a different cadence
Flip the phrasin
Switch the intonation
Use a quicker pace
And syncopation
Up the degree of difficulty
Like dissertations
And still spit with the same
wit and sophistication
This one is for all the bros
Lonzos and Lamelo Balls
Polished prose
Is all I pen
Uncut gems
Solid gold
Safdie brothers
From different mothers
Like Hall and Oates
I wrote a story called brother
That sticks to a theme
Plus it’s 40 plus bars
That stick to a scheme
Dre said 40 plus rappers
Got nothing to say
I think its fair to assume
They heard smthg today

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from THIS WINTER, released December 26, 2023

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Shad Toronto, Ontario

Shad is a Juno Award-winning rapper from London, Ontario and the host of Netflix’s Hip-Hop Evolution. His albums have been recognized for their sharp lyrics and soulful arrangements.

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