EPISODE · Dec 21, 2025 · 3 MIN

Appearance of Hope

from #StoriesAboutSongs · host RedefineHipHop

Is it, too much or not enough If there’s something in-between, never heard of such Word to love, blurred then return to dust If the bones don’t burn, turn the furnace up Learn to trust ya gut, plus adjust for luck Keep your cool, know which wires to cut Inspiring what’s next, what desires to come Too wired to quit, AND too tired to run thought you knew, TWO things can both be true And have the opposite effect how they feed on you Read the room, nothing can be assumed Heed the tune, title it “seeds of doom” Weeds a bloom, the garden is out of control Starting to show hard work a part of the growth The art of the joke lost in the mirrors and smoke That’s chaos dressed in the appearance of…HOPE I’m here to invoke the rights that are rightfully mine I write every line to find new ways to design New ways to combine emotional phases, mixed with phrases Drafted pages, way before I rapped on stages Birds in cages, unheard, trapped for ages Practice patience, pacing my mental mazes Simply anxious…LOST… feeling dangerous Question friends soon you’re revealing strangers There’s no ANGER, we all need to work the angles With pressure on the back trying to hurt the ankles 80s kid, though I never purchased kangols I was popping and rhyming, I was ready to tangle Battle tested, yep, that’s right, ya guessed it I would take out the comp with a similar method Minimum effort, blow spots, skin of a leopard Known to enter a cipher, and better I left it It’s better I left It back in the past, no question Here’s a few bars extra for a final impression Fighting depression trying to get the hold a little lesser Lot of pressure, but got more heart than you can measure Art’s a treasure, dig in to find my prize I vow my dream will live till the time it dies And I realize I’m biased, I’ don’t do no tries Only DO. You can see the truth in my eyes The appearance of hope appearance of hope That’s the appearance of hope