Vessel of Apophis

by Nokris

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lordmindtrip early contender for AOTY. nokris came thru hard on this one. very consistent and cohesive. his raw passion shines here on every track. i highly recommend. Favorite track: Invocation of Madness.

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1.	Invocation of Madness 03:27	lyrics	buy track
It’s that hell-forged terror Rule the desert with an iron fist I rest in the dirt For when I rise, order will start to slip Black flames, on my body Burning 'till I meet my end And in this arid desert hellscape no other sounds contend I'm enraged and yea I've been here for a while yea I be the West Coast Terrorist and Serpent of the Nile feeling vile and nothing but hatred drips from my veins my invocation a storm of destruction with no remains my flow be incantations the devils sing yo demise enshrouded by endless darkness my madness lurks in the minds despised by all my people I've seen the scorn in their eyes Feel terrible (huh) can’t kick all this paranoia inside lately, I've been so low shit's just like my father told burning into my psyche until it burns out my soul the world shall be my witness the legends foretold in scrolls until my body is ashes I'm repping my desert home 'vival 'vival this here a revival Vessel of Apophis feel my madness through the vinyl (x8)
2.	Demons Lurk 02:26	lyrics	buy track
I can see them in my dreams or whenever I’m awake Out the corner of my eyes or in my mothafucken face It be my demons sat, glaring at me from the riverbank wishing death until I’m cursed to walk this earth a hollow wraith paranoia fill my mind, clutching on my .44 cuz I’m scared my fucking fam gon’ be first to test this tone barrel steaming see the body littered with them bullet holes and this ringing in my ears won’t stop until my body cold I’m already sinking low lower than the fucking bass mane adrenaline get flowing once you punch in my face mane this anger seeping out because a nigga feeling hurt still uncertain bout’ my music and my purpose on this earth I rest where my demons lurk
3.	West Coast Terrorist 02:18	lyrics	buy track
[Hook]: bitch it's back to business bass up in my head I cannot feel shit west coast terrorist and I just hit my kill switch I crawl out of the grave emit waves of this sickness the grime is in the desert and it stays where the seal is (x2) [Verse]: look who's back look who's back again you got hell to pay I'm that wraith serpent of the Nile I breed disarray hell to raise I spit too much heat you betta disengage I felt my soul burn out and ever since I ain't been the same I'm in yo face I reign from the dirt my madness never fades vessel of Apophis bitch my throne sits on this hellscape immolate set them all ablaze crush the bones to dust embody hate chaos resurrect yo hope get swallowed up ----------------------------- I'm enraged bitch I'm out for blood you can't sate my lust (x4) [Hook]: bitch it's back to business bass up in my head I cannot feel shit west coast terrorist and I just hit my kill switch I crawl out of the grave emit waves of this sickness the grime is in the desert and it stays where the seal is (x2)
4.	86 Ghost 02:09	lyrics	buy track
[Hook]: I get my bag then I'm gone West coast flow Pushing down the gas pedal when a nigga hit the road I came in this bitch to thrash And these niggas do the most Speeding down Akina That 8-6 ghost [Verse 1]: Stunting like I’m 'posed to Yea this like magic DCR the gang hit the mic and cause damage I don't like to post on you niggas like that running up the coast I'm just here for my bag blinded by the lights while I whip the hellcat going faster like Tokyo Drift on they ass let me slow it down for a bit (ay, ay) let's slow it down for a bit (ay, ay) [Verse 2]: Devils on my shoulders foot slam on the gas dusting posers 7 deadly sins boy I shine like Estarossa shining like I'm 'posed to (ay, ay) boy I'm shining like I'm 'posed to (ay, ay) hella racks in my pocket, mane I don't care what the price is everything I touch turn to gold, feel like Midas shining like a diamond (ay, ay) boy I'm shining like a diamond (ay, ay) get my bag then I'm gone West coast flow Pushing down the gas pedal when a nigga hit the road I came in this bitch to thrash And these niggas do the most Bitch I'm out the desert but I still stay froze
5.	Southwest Grime 03:03	lyrics	buy track
[Verse]: Grit my teeth I go insane Bad shit seeps into my brain I’ve witnessed hell on this earth and the madness that came with it left me as hollow remains I rest my crest upon my chain blackened sun sealed in the lake tides will rise the moon will wane with storms of hells torrential rain Back in this slump, I feel the same Over time my drive done whittled Some could say I do too much But all this shit feel like too little southwest grime I'm on my desert shit I ain't never changing my head fucked and so I spit this desert heat just not to break it my soul fading wake up filled with hate and I see red 1 to the 8 to the mothafucken 7 7 shots into the bodies and it's 7 left dead that nigga ran up cuz he thinks he cold that nigga ran up now he is a ghost that nigga ran up and now that nigga dead with his body dismembered and left by the coast [Hook]: I take what's mine no reason or rhyme it's been since my birth I'm a Grimes bitch my family built from diamonds and dirt Imma shine Colors so damn vibrant Spread like a virus Desert tyrant I’m making mosh pits I'll show my worth Hold the skies my soul been confined since set on this earth I'm a Grimes bitch my family built from diamonds and dirt its do or die enshrouded by darkness shadows where I lurk snuff you out put two in yo temple I might go berserk (x2)
6.	Ocean of Shadows (feat. Jozie Haze) 02:26	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1 - Jozie Haze]: night falls, i crawl tires with the white walls like maria, i’ll delete ya fire spittin dyke broad you dont want the beef with zee because yall know this shite raw whip out my katana, with the water, feelin like law worst generation steppin, 187 on a bitch cursed, when i grip the weapon, vessels shreddin make em rip burst, all that blood upon my flesh and on my worthless vic immersed, when i press the metal to the serpent skin [Verse 2 - Nokris]: Catch me in the dark of night in the madness of this ritual the pharaoh's said his rites Now bear witness to the mystical Step into my sights Put yo face in the guillotine a hellstorm plague keep a stick on me with the beam I be that trigger happy mothafucker tapping at yo window put bullets in these niggas mane these bitches ain't my kinfolk ves-vessel of the serpent buckshot watch the chest fold I slip in the abyss laid to rest in the shadows
7.	Uncomfortable 02:05	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1]: For a minute I been feeling like I really don’t belong Feeling lonelier than ever friends ain’t never hit my phone As of late it’s been a chore to even wake up every day Can’t feel happy for myself cuz everything just feel the same I been struggling and hoping for a healthy way to cope But all I do is make excuses so my ass can stay afloat Tossing turning in my bed cuz when it’s late I barely sleep And even in these fucking dreams I just can’t seem to find relief [Verse 2]: All my homies ride or die but I don’t feel the same way I can’t stand to be alone Yet those close get pushed away Feel I barely know my friends Just got hatred for myself It’s the same old fucking shit that’s taxing on my mental health All my days and nights is blending and depression’s creeping up can’t tell momma or my brother cuz this shit would tear them up needa look out for my family cuz pops is in the grave do my best to show that I can be the son my father raised [Verse 3]: I head downtown Hop up in the whip Leave all in past tense I remember days in the desert We ain’t have shit Now you gone Nothing feels the same This loss so tragic Since 6313 you been my idol And one I miss A Grimes bitch I rep to the grave We shine like diamonds I know I’m finna make it out this hell that I’m confined in Realest nigga bumping out this southwest climate Mane ever since the start the goals the same There ain’t no options
8.	Dark of Night 01:52	lyrics	buy track
[Hook]: feeling juiced fuck this playing safe I break the rules I don't be ed the dark of night to hide intent you see it too run amok up in the underground yea bitch I'm on the loose feel the madness emanating from the shit that I produce (x2) [Verse]: I see red I’m in a trance boy I make em' dance boy I got the gat it's in my pants boy so run them bands boy Said I been in a fucking pinch so I need to make ends meet Lately, I've been in my head and that shit full of envy I-I've been feeling hella low nigga Lower than bass notes Surrounded by burning bones No breath as I creep slow bring death as I encroach in range, you get smoked leave nothing but hell flames as above so below and nigga we hella low and nigga we hella low [Hook]: feeling juiced fuck this playing safe I break the rules I don't need the dark of night to hide intent you see it too run amok up in the underground yea bitch I'm on the loose feel the madness emanating from the shit that I produce (x2)
9.	Meet Yo Demise (feat. Mxstvh) 02:24	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1 - Mxstvh]: Steppin outside the kutt witch way should I go got the enemy walkin up on me Should I take em out or should I sneak into tha cadillac slowly Fuck that shit I buck em down he runnin his mouth behind my back I’m hearin tha sirens down tha street I’m jumpin into da Cadillac Telephone keeps on ringin turn it on silent I don’t wanna talk to you bitch I’m stangin on all you busta muthafuckas i don’t wanna talk to no snitch Tha 5-0 comin into my yard yellin put it down ima put u down This lil bitch talkin dat shit put a gat up to his back n buck em down [Verse 2 - Nokris]: you can catch me in the graveyard confirming dead bodies of my enemies no peace for souls in my gaze Mane they mine to keep Cutthroat I know this world has been to a nigga And my will’s slowly weakened to the urge to pull the trigger Grey matter on the walls And a shell hits the floor Catch a glimpse of a shadow as I creep out the door 11 rounds in his frame See the smoke drain from bullet holes They don’t know Mane these hoes they don’t really know
10.	Good to Me 03:18	lyrics	buy track
[Verse]: I’m that blinding ray of sunshine So bright I light up the room In this night I've been paving roads as I’m making moves star clan raised yea this hunger here insatiable you spout nonsense and none of that shit relatable I dropped in here to make a big wave all the fakes try to copy and capture the wavelength keep my racks up driving down the interstate they can't catch us pull up we kicking down heavens gate I got passions and I be damned if they burn out this one for the family and the homies that done stuck out ten toes down people that was wit me through the whole drought and whenever they part of the audience they the most loud I know that I been showing the worst sides of old me Short temper in light of the satisfaction annoys me it's troubling but at least I know I grew from it met a lot of people too passive enough to do something missed calls, and distractions on my phone it was wrong tryna shoulder the burden that you was gone I know nothing gone be the same and coping with the knowledge been harder up to this day I make music from heart and soul keep grinding for the gold until I'm all dead and gone pass the mic like the baton lyrical odyssey been grinding on my own wit knowledge that you was proud of me [Outro]: Mane this love for the music Love-Love for the family Love from the homies that done made this a reality (x8)
11.	Artificial (feat. Oh Gasm!) 02:51	lyrics	buy track
[Verse 1 - Nokris]: thinking if I called back would you pick up now cuz lately I been low down in this fucked up sound time stopped for a bit when I heard that you died took a day to register these thoughts is fresh in my mind it was yo time but after I been so damn hurt was hoping that it was a dream and you were back on this earth I couldn’t sleep last night felt like I disconnected mind is constantly a mess and I've been feeling so reckless I cannot take any for granted all the time that you spent cuz you done made me and brother into something to miss you'd wake up fucked up knees hurt ready to work no matter what stepped in yo way you wouldn't stop till the dirt and that's real and I can't even make no excuses put 1000% into this music shit it's my future already know that when you're gone you're always by my side an inspiration and an everlasting thought in my mind shit ain't artificial [Verse 2 - Oh Gasm!]: I keep my family by my side Stay faithful with my pride I trust decisions from the ones who keep me living a full life I'm trynna learn from mistakes My parents they guide the way I trust my mom, I trust my dad We gone make it through this day Whatchu know about that Whatchu know about facts I got a family I got friends and they ain't fallin' for life's trap Yeah we struggle to go on Me and Nokris we write these songs To illustrate the things in our life when things even go wrong This ain't artificial it comes straight from above These niggas fakin' they whole life they really need some love Why you cappin' in the streets like u ain't growin' up You got loved ones to take care so go ahead and buckle up You got that dough You got that flow But your parents still sleepin' on the floor So set yourself apart and go ahead and show em that you're really grown Be thankful for whatchu got 'cause you won't sense a thing until it's just really truly gone, truly gone
12.	Day of Birth 02:46	lyrics	buy track
[Hook]: boy I'm hot like the sun I been since my day of birth bitch I been living reckless I don't care what concern is terror on the mic making mosh pits where I'm lurking Vessel of Apophis you can find me where the dirt is I crawl out the grave in the desert west of Texas in the city lights catch me pimpin' out the Lexus see just how I shine yes my brilliance infectious nokris so divine got the sun up on my necklace [Verse]: stop-stop for a minute ay I been in my zone I was low in my feelings felt that shit all in my soul lost in hell demons dwell in this place I lost a part of me and now I'm writing verses so that I relive these odysseys ride-ride low digital grime is just what I adore vessel of the serpent whisper curses unto all my foes hell flames burning away all of my impurities and madness erased, ate up all my insecurities [Hook]: boy I'm hot like the sun I been since my day of birth bitch I been living reckless I don't care what concern is terror on the mic making mosh pits where I'm lurking Vessel of Apophis you can find me where the dirt is I crawl out the grave in the desert west of Texas in the city lights catch me pimpin' out the Lexus see just how I shine yes my brilliance infectious nokris so divine got the sun up on my necklace (x2)

about

the resurrection of the serpent has begun

A lot of work has gone into making this album. I want to thank everyone who inspired and helped me continue in music after my 6-month break before this.