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“Cold Start” is the fourth single taken from the upcoming album release “Cautionary Tales” by Anthony Kannon and Frost Gamble, and finds the award winning Ithacan rapper in aspirational mood.
Through a free flowing stream of quick fire rhymes, the desire to break free from the shackles forged by the code of the streets through the power of the pen is clear. The optimism of ambition to emerge from the rat race focused and unscathed is the narrative, underpinned by Frost’s uptempo soundtrack fused by soulful breaks and beats.
Released through New Dawn Records September 26th 2023
lyrics
(Verse 1)
I might’ve got off to a cold start
We at the bar taking shots, tryna' throw darts
Chest made of metal, that's a chrome heart
Front a bunch of packs, the plug was a loan shark
Still got the money back every time
You could fact check every line
Pick a spot, pigs on the block, I don’t mess with swine
Five Ten, but stand on my word so I’m Seven Nine
They never really wanted me to make it out
So any time I faced an obstacle, I had to make it count
While you twistin up your face to pout
I took a crazy route, but I’m the hardest artist starving, I know they can vouch
How you questioning the motive
Nigga' I was lost, no direction, I was hopeless
He flexing with them micro aggressions.
You don’t keep it real with yourself, but I’m supposed to respect it
(Hook)
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
(Verse 2)
We started with the Freedom Of A Slave
Grab a pen, leave it bleeding on the page
They shot a nigga' down the block, docs had to amputate his leg
He still died because jealousy’s a plague
I don’t want the cops looking when I’m trapping
I don’t want my pops looking in a casket
Burying your kid, while you’re living
It’s a scary world we live in, but that’s the business
I ain’t settling for less than I deserve
Try to read between the lines, the message in the words
All the blessings that I curved
Had to stand out from the crowd, they just following the herd, it’s absurd
Take pride in the struggle, I ain’t proud of the struggling
That's two different things, are you loud or you mumbling
Mind on the hustling
Eyes on the prize, spent my whole life relying on the government
I’m done with it
(Hook)
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Rockabye baby, keep it rocking with it
Keep it rocking with it, keep it rocking with it
(Outro)
We all stuck inside in a rat race
Whenever someone disrespect me it leaves a bad taste
Risked life, Nick Wright, he got bad takes
Subwoofer, pumping mad bass
Frost know I got off to a cold start
Every verse is a sculpture, I’m tryna' mould art
They desecrate the culture, I want no parts
Your life isn’t Snowfall or Ozark
credits
released September 26, 2023
Lyrics written & performed by Anthony Kannon
Produced by Frost Gamble
Engineered by David Brown at D Brown Sounds
‘From Ithaca, NY; Anthony Kannon is a remarkable young man. The talented rapper draws on traditional elements of
storytelling, and has used traumatic episodes in his own journey to inspire him and provide focus as an artist.
His spectrum of knowledge and understanding of personal and social issues is reflected in wide ranging subject matter throughout his music.’
