Erik Boyd - The Doomed Seed

this track is the first fully produced and written by me. no samples in the beat, no ghostwritten lyrics, just a poem and i beat that i did myself with a pen, paper, Pro Tools, Logic, and a Korg keyboard. as usual, here are the lyrics. in fact, as it is a poem and there is no chorus, here it is in poem form:

The Doomed Seed

Within this soil was planted a seed,
A seed that was to grow,
And grow it did -- it did indeed,
It grew beyond our wildest dreams.
From bud to bush with roses of red,
but upon closer view thorns adorned their stems.
And so it grew and did not cease,
Until it grew beyond it's garden,
And stole into it's neighbor's soil,
And took it's place without a pardon.

As time went on more thorns arose,
And the buds began to wither,
And the red shade of each rose,
Changed to violet as they closed,
But the bushes grew and grew,
Though much too large and quite askew.
It weathered winters far too cold,
And summers far too hot,
And though others endured
They were but a small lot.

Now it is winter again,
But this time it is colder,
And the storms have yet to subside,
And it's branches have brittled as it's gotten older.
Others will perish unless with haste,
A new seed is planted in it's place.
So long past this winter,
Upon the vernal equinox,
A new seed must be planted
Among this teeming rot.

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[WickedRelic]

Hey! Hey Hey! It's Jezebel...Mae Lynn...whatever the hell you want to call me...good work, B. I like it a lot.

[eboyd32]

@WickedRelic thanks :D

[triggerthesoldier1]

Deep

feelin it fo real

have no further words man 5 stars

[eboyd32]

thanks man! i'm glad you checked it out! keeping this movement moving baby!

[Bringbackhiphop]

Dope poem E. How long did it take you to write this?

[eboyd32]

not long actually.

[StrykahTheSoldier]

Until it grew beyond it's garden,

And stole into it's neighbor's soil,

And took it's place without a pardon

take out "And stole into it's neighbor's soil"

and Lord Jamar pretty much has that same bar

[JiggaJ1979]

E....thats a spooky beat, I dont know if I should keep listening or cut it off.....It is close to bedtime....Nah man just playin but nice Im into the darkness style thing Peace!

[SnoopG79]

Wow, I'm looking at the poem in your description & I have to say, shit's deep bro.

Great poem.

[eboyd32]

if you listen close you will notice i'm sort of doing both. it's a concept i came up with. the style of this track was done in a sort of spoken word/rap hybrid.