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Ball Game (Strike One)

by Nando Rojo

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Swiiing, well that is strike one.

See pictures from my show opening for Mayer Hawthorne here: www.tinyurl.com/nandopics

As I work on my first solo EP (title and released date TBA), I'll be releasing songs that I'm making on the side. This song is part of a standalone project, The Ball Game Series, which will include three songs to be released over time.

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LYRICS

swiing, well that is strike one
I hear the mumbles, people wonderin who I hve become

the gift and the curse, the deeds and the talk
they told some lies about me, but they couldn't get me involved

I took a flight out of state, spent some time on my own
I'm out in philly wonder how gon survive on my own

tellin college we grown, like we don know that we kids
from writing papers, to doing shows with da mafia six

and it was just me and tim, we out of place in detroit
I'm just a kid, I bet they think I should be playing with toys

I took the stage, and wondered how they gon listen to my voice
and sure enough, I spit a line and everybody made noise (it's like)

(cheers)

and that's the sound that I am gon' remember
thinkin back to how I felt when I was in december

crumplin' paper, convinced that it just sound dumb
and nervous by the fact, that I'm too honest in my album

..I'm thinking twice about releasing it,
paranoid that ain't nobody gon feelin it

I put my life into that shit man
no one could tell me that my life, isn't shit man

right?
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Bridge:

Now that's a ball game for ya
now that's a ball game

steppin up to the plate, break a bat, and it's fate
close ya eyes, where you at, strike one, strike one?

damn, I thought I told you keep your eyes up
put ya eyes on the prize, or ya times up
they make a profit off the shit you do
but when you fall man, that's the ball game
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First generation American, can't compare to him
so why we here discussin, petty drama, that embarrassing

all your talk is generic, I've heard it a million times
you realest when you alone, I'm reading all of your minds

all the struggle there was new to her
I see your face and all I hear is drops of jupiter

we all feel star dust and live lust, while I'm open still
I'm in a role I shouldn't be, like I was jonah hill (and still)

they say that I be growin everyday
but they hate to see you grow without decay

I know Rome wasn't built in a day (whoa)
but homie it was built by the slaves (say)

(chorus)

credits

released May 19, 2014
Instrumental: "Last Hope" by DMX

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Type Three Ann Arbor, Michigan

We are a group of three kids from Ann Arbor, MI. Nando and Nollie are the rappers, and Phase is the producer. All of our songs are recorded by ourselves and mastered on our own with no outsourcing. The Linguistics was our first mixtape (2012), and Prototype is the second (August 15, 2013).

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