Get all 14 King Thayo releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Happy, Proper, Bad Mind, Kingstone Island by King Thayo, Waste no Time, Ups and Downs, Sea of Life, Let it go, and 6 more.
1. |
Intro (feat Skoobay)
02:00
|
|||
|
Look
uh
They ain't never heard it like this before
Third world nigga kicking down the doors
Do it for my brothers that ain't here no more
I pray you be guide
Cause im going to war
These Streets ain't got no love
RIP to Nipsey
Loyalty is cheap
All that bro shit could miss me
Used to be my dog
Now you slide around hissing
Gotta watch my back
With my strap I ain't missing
Aiming for the throne
But niggas try to throw me off
And it dont matter what it take
And it dont matter what it cost
You pay the price to be the Boss
In every win
Well there's a loss
Then you gotta know what the sacrifice was for
Keep your eyes on the prize
Like the owl
you stay wise
Even tho they wanna
Plot and come and scheme for your demise
Put a stain on your name
With their rumors and their lies
Shut em down full court
Like nigga now its Dame time
Staying 10 toes down
Always on my feet
No man feed me
Thats how i feed
Thats how i be
A lion in his tree
Tear your ass up if you mess with family
Aiming for the throne
But niggas try to throw me off
And it dont matter what it take
And it dont matter what it cost
You pay the price to be the Boss
In every win
Well there's a loss
[Skoobay:
yeah man
I been meaning to holla at you for a while boy King boy
Somebody tell me that money is the root of all evil
Yuh understand me big man
But let me tell you something
Bad mind is the root of all evil
It worse than money
Yuh understand
So yuh see right now
You have probably some bad minded people around you
And you dont even know it
But let me tell you something Big Man
Keep trodding on
The journey is long
Yuh see me
Keep trodding on Big Man
Yuh done know
|
||||
2. |
No Love
02:18
|
|||
|
They ain't got no love
In the streets for a nigga
Out here Dog
you better on your own
Cause a nigga never know
If your homie is your foe
If your girlfriend, she plotting with them hoes
Better focus on your dreams
Better stack up on the green
Everything aint what it seems
The throne fit for the King
Got my two hands on the bible
Pray to God for my rivals
I lift my head up
Got my crown
Now they my disciples
Drama to kill your idols
Hope plans never backfire
True bosses dont retire
Devil plots when minds are idle
Bitch niggas robbin bridals
Use water put out fires
My best friend she a liar
Say she love me to get me higher
yeah
Everything aint what it seems
Rest In Peace to Nipsey Hussle
A true fucking King
They ain't got no love
In the streets for a nigga
Out here Dog
you better on your own
Cause a nigga never know
If your homie is your foe
If your girlfriend, she plotting with them hoes
Better focus on your dreams
Better stack up on the green
Everything aint what it seems
The throne fit for the King
They aint got no love
in the streets lil nigga
If you broke
better know to hold your own
All the hoes already know
If a nigga rich or poor
Lil homie better go and get your dough
Better focus on your dreams
Everything aint what it seems
Everything aint what it seems
Everything aint what it seems
|
||||
3. |
Bad Mind
01:57
|
|||
|
Blessed
Ah King Thayo
Yo Dll, dawg
Not every skin teeth is a smile meh brother
Not every handshake is a blessing dawg
YO!
Yuh haffi know who round you dawg
Me doh know how people so bad mind (Mind mind)
Them don't move conscious say them unkind (Kind kind)
Yuh better know all the people inna your life (Life life)
Yuh better know all the man them inna your ride (Ride ride)
Experience teach me say don't trust nobody (Nobody)
Me ah pree them bad energy (Energy)
Me nah move pon them frequency
Them don't know no love
Them have no empathy (Empathy)
Them eye long so them heart it greedy (It greedy)
Them ah snake so me keep the grass clean
Learn to move by myself
Say me ah me own team
And me mother tell me never show them pu**yhole yuh dream
Them will put obstacles in your way to make you fall
You better be strong and stand up dey (Stand up dey)
Them will smile in yuh face and
Pretend be yuh friend
When them really wanna come and take your place (Take your place)
Nuff waste man and them waste gyal out there ah claim them know love
Them nah really know ah thing (Know ah thing)
And then them break up yuh world
And your spirit so dark
Me dont want to feel that way ever again (Ever again)
Me doh know how people so bad mind (Mind mind)
Them don't move conscious say them unkind (Kind kind)
Yuh better know all the people inna your life (Life life)
Yuh better know all the man them inna your ride (Ride ride)
Me doh know how people so bad mind (Mind mind)
Them don't move conscious say them unkind (Kind kind)
Yuh better know all the people inna your life (Life life)
Yuh better know all the man them inna your ride (Ride ride)
|
||||
4. |
Run My Money (feat I$$A)
02:04
|
|||
|
I feel like running
Better run my money
Better run my
My
Aaaaa Aaaa Aaaaaaa
Better run my money
Do it really fast
This is a sprint
No marathon
Now you take a chance when you play with bad man
Run my cash like a damn batton
Like Ox in Belly
Dont rump with the dreaddy
Trinidad Bad Man buss of yuh jelly
Run inna the church
Say a dozen hail mary
Me call Issa up now the thing get scary
Gonna hear that rump pum pum pum pom pom
If you ever play with my
Funds Funds
Respected in every nation
Cause my money long long long long
So you know
You better not get me started
Bad man ah go mash up this party
And i dont wanna hurt nobody
So you better run me my
Better run my money
Better run my cash you know
Dont play with my money
If you play with my funds you go
Better run my
Do it really fast
Bad man
Ram pom pom pam pom pom
Run my cash
Better not get me started
Bad man ah go mash up this
Call Issa up now the thing get scary
Run my Cash
Better run my money
|
||||
5. |
Passionate
02:40
|
|||
|
sta na na nah nowww
waayyyyoooooww
Freedom awaits
you better name your price
Tell babylon dem better start move wise
Youths nowadays we open up we eyes
Cant be fooled by your damn disguise
When dem move low
Say we moving high
Nah search fi no mansion in the sky
Smoke high grade and chill on cloud nine
Me build with the Empress
Thats just fine
Tell you bout this life i'm Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate
And me never ever show me whole passion yet (passion yet)
passion yet (passion yet)
Passion yet
Tell you bout this life i'm Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate
And me never ever give me all to it yet
To it yet
To it yet
Mama told me
When snakes move in high grass they move faster
They two toned just like the damn pastor
First comes the smiles
Handshakes then laughter
Bet your bottom dollar after that comes disaster
They can close the door but not your soul
Passion is a thing can never be sold
Aim for the highest
If you fall down low
You just gotta dust your boots off
Get up and then Go
Tell you bout this life i'm Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate
And me never ever show me whole passion yet (passion yet)
passion yet (passion yet)
Passion yet
Tell you bout this life i'm Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate
And me never ever give me all to it yet
To it yet
To it yet
Now this seems like a movie
I see myself on big screens
I see the lights and flashing cameras all staring back at me
My mama and my daddy proud
I got my family
Now tell me why
In heaven sakes
At night i cannot sleep
Tell you bout this life i'm Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate
And me never ever show me whole passion yet (passion yet)
passion yet (passion yet)
Passion yet
Tell you bout this life i'm Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate (Passionate)
Passionate
And me never ever give me all to it yet
To it yet
To it yet
Passionate
|
||||
6. |
Boat To Babylon
03:56
|
|||
|
Pray that you miss the
boat to babylon
Black man we gonna
rise again
Black youth you better rise your head
Shackled up on my feet for
so long
Black man we gonna
rise again
Black youth you better
rise your head
400 years pon this slave ship
Protest they say that we're racist
White kids they walk with black faces
Laughing like this thing is basics
Longtime ago we say that Black lives matter
Now fast forward them say all dogs matter
Watch what them do to the little black brothers
Got me tool on me
Nah scared fi go Ratta tatta
Protect my head
Melanin it cost $350 a gram
Wonder why they killing so much Africans
They found no wealth down here
Went to the motherland
Made more money off of us
than them blood diamonds
Then them convert the blackman to a Christian
Same God that say to beat a slave not wrong
I was asleep too long
Thats why I bring this song
I know the futures on
I know the past is gone
Pray that you miss the
boat to babylon
Black man we gonna
rise again
Black youth you better
rise your head
Shackled up on my feet for
so long
Black man we gonna
rise again
Black youth you better
rise your head
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
All this hate and racism
killing me
Marcus
Malcom
Martin had a dream
Now watch them take the bed from us
while we sleep
My hands is up begging
DONT SHOOT PLEASE
Cold blooded murder
We protesting while they sleep
All they did was
Change the white sheets
Got these
blue badges running all these streets
I’M NOT FREE
I’M NOT FREE
I’M NOT FREE
Might take a run and just die like Arbery
Saw George Floyd got
murdered in the streets
Cooper could’ve died
from a dog not being leashed
THERE’S NO PEACE
THERE’S NO PEACE
THERE’S NO PEACE
Imagine what they’re doing when there’s no live feed
Your POTUS spewing hate over
my IG
Dying at a fast pace
I just hope that time cease.
Pray that you miss the
boat to babylon
Black man we gonna
rise again
Black youth you better
rise your head
Shackled up on my feet for
so long
Black man we gonna
rise again
Black youth you better
rise your head
|
||||
King Thayo Portland, Oregon
Thayo’s modern and urban approach to songwriting and engineering position his genre bending style of Reggae, Hip Hop, and Afro-Fusion into a wide spectrum of music categories.
If you like King Thayo, you may also like:
JFlames Presents: Before The Tide Rises
by JFlames
The debut compilation from producer and DJ JFlames features artists from South Africa, South America, Jamaica, and the UK.
go to album
Rules Of Engagement
by Ria Hall
With the woozy rhythms of trip-hop and the elasticity of funk, Ria Hall’s “Rules Of Engagement” is a moving meditation on love & revolution.
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 10, 2018
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 25, 2023
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 22, 2022
go to album
Shapes: Wires
by Various Artists
30 tunes from the Tru Thoughts crew (incl. Quantic, Alice, Seshen, etc.) for less than the cost of a bag of fish-n-chips.
go to album
Shapes: Circles
by Various Artists
featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 24, 2013
go to album
