Welcome everyone
My name is Ronan but you can call me Ron Solo
And this right here is where it all starts
See, I don’t even know what’s coming yet
But it has to, House Of Solomon
At my grandparent’s house rambling
Out in Asheville, damn this shit feel like a mansion
They can’t even afford this, crib so gorgeous and it ain’t even mortgaged
They ain’t poor or rich, they just happened to score
Been in that second floor loft fore my first performance
I turned it to the studio, this is for the lore
And I’m sleeping on the mattress, covers with the floral prints
Dreaming of the past, but you gotta know the story
Thanksgiving living, get a taste of that apple pie
Every year I’m closer to the things I used to fantasize
Momma should inherit the crib, I told her imma buy it
Just keep that shit inside the family, my ride or dies
No Rolex, Timex, Ro already timeless
I woke up from the morning blinds, I’m reminded
Before the sun rises, that shit was still shining
I been a star fore I breached your horizon
Samples in all the beats, that postmodern pastiche
I’m busy pollinating these may flowers for all of the bees
Come what may, and they may be coming for me
So when that month of May comes, wait for my release
You see the name, what does it say
You say the name, what does it mean?
What’s in the name? Let me explain
Hold me to it, I got promises to make
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
Grandma does painting, tapestries by the greatest
Grandpa did the same thing, actually created
Originals of value, ones you can’t measure
These are authentic one of a kind treasures
Lining the walls, decor that cannot be bought
Imagine my own collection and the beauty of it all
I wanna know when they finally let me be a genius
And innovate every wave with my own uniqueness
Then pass it down to my future so they can keep this
Or make a museum for the culture, let em teach this
Jewelry and rings, art, trinkets, and beautiful things
Lot of silver, gold, platinum plaques, that’s fit for a king
I’m tryna build my own Solomon dynasty,
Oldest child, first in line, nobody high as me
But Galen, Tristan still staying right beside of me
And for my lineage, embarking on a odyssey
I gotta make it for the fam I haven’t made yet
Keeping it to myself just never made sense
Whatever stories I create, I gotta save this
We bringing all the glory home for the banquets
You see the name, what does it say
You say the name, what does it mean?
What’s in the name? Let me explain
Hold me to it, I got promises to make
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
Since I could walk, man I always been a artist
Since I could talk, I was always tryna start shit
I know it ain't '09 no more, but I’m so good
That you could hang my preschool pieces in the Moma
Right now they somewhere locked up inside a storage bin
Those dates at the top of every page feel foreign
They so far away, that’s a couple thousand mornings
Before I ever had a dream about recording
I was that young boy with Anastasia Jann, Emma Flann'
Jaiden man, they my day one day ones, y’all was never that
They used to say me and Gus looked like blood brothers
Still remember that brick house like I come from it
Burned out along Larrabee, far from an anomaly
Inner child inside of me, unlocking the prodigy
Falling into laziness, an endless pit of anguish
I had to throw my hand out to grab onto his ankles
My purest self saved me, now I’m beyond grateful
I’m only 19, and this is my first tape, well
Made it all myself, no one else was there to help
So if you love it I’m the only one to thank
And if you hate it I’m the only one to blame, okay
Cause I know that imma be the fucking greatest in the game
If you don’t believe me when I say it now, just wait
All I need is time and the money and the stages
And hit it so big that I’m clearing out the bases
Imagine coming home again after you make it
Dawg, just to see the looks on all their faces
So for that reunion at Payton, I’m waiting
Set the date bitch, it’s RoNation
You see the name, what does it say
You say the name, what does it mean?
What’s in the name? Let me explain
Hold me to it, I got promises to make
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
credits
from For The Lore,
released May 26, 2023
Ronan Solomon
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