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The Elizabeth Keckley Award

by Free Black!

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New single from Free Black! titled "The Elizabeth Keckley Award." The original title was "Ms. Lincoln" but after the past 10 days, & America's conversation around Black lives, we decided to change the title & honor Elizabeth Keckly.

The titled was inspired by Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady.

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Don't let your mouth drain ya bank account
We been the realest thing they talking bout
Be who you want don't let em talk ya down
Free Black! is in the motherfuckin house

I'm everything you wanna
Its a blessing depending on how you choose to word it
You in the hole you bet against us I hope it was worth it
These flows I work I put my thing down flip and reverse
I'm Missy Elliott and Phife Dawg mixed in a verse
We give our credit where it's due and it never returns
That's no applause for any rapping that's over the words
Yall got opinions for everything that shits the worst
Especially when its bout a love that a person deserves
You gotta learn who you wanna be before you pivot
Its not the city never changed you the one that didn't
And every entity's to blame and you the one that did it
So let's take this time to shout out who you'd thought you'd wanna be with
And then you spent some time with em/Its not as beautiful outside of yo facade is it?Now drink some water mind ya business get ya money right
I wanna see you sing this chorus bout 100 times

Without the army I became everything I wanted to
My community service hours is 6 figures
You know how much work I've had to clean up after all you niggas?
Lies told, commissions owed, the rapper story
That's why I'm touching ever dollar in the process homie
Be the type of person people open wallets for
No disrespect to you but sir that's not ya salad fork
I'm old school like women that you can order for
The type they go in the office and get the owner for
Don't gotta fight with the refs baby you know the score
If you ain't married to results what you notice for
I understand ya position but yea we know the bull
So it's no point in name droppin all the people that you be with
Cause now we know you're star struck
By 40 thousand a year and a Mazda truck
I've said to much as I'm lookin in the mirror
And my reflection speaks just a little bit clearer like

Don't let your mouth drain ya bank account
We been the realest thing they talking bout
Be who you want don't let em talk ya down
Free Black! is in the motherfuckin house

credits

released June 5, 2020
Producer: HR3
Composer: Floco Torres
Lyrics: Floco Torres
Mixing/Mastering: Nate Bucher (Akron Recording Company)
Artwork: Floco Torres

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Floco Torres Akron, Ohio

Floco (pronounced Flock-o) Torres is a Hip-Hop musician 37 projects deep into his career. He has envisioned and revisioned his creative expression countless times and with this adaptive style he has gained a steady following for his hip-hop-meets-alternative rock style. Floco continues to redefine hip-hop with his own personal style through his flows, production & graphic design. ... more

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