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What’s good, welcome to R+R
My name is Peter Fotis
Might know me as Makari, might know me as Audio Titan, might know me as Pete
Might know me as the barista behind the counter
It’s all good
Coming at you with some free bars, entirely not for profit
I don’t own any of this music
Except, uh, one of the beats was made by a friend of mine, he might not really mind in terms of legality bullshit but anyway
Check it
Nothings ever come to me more easily than rhyming
So recently, I grabbed the ladder and I started climbing
It seems to me the game could use more bars that blow the mind, and
That means to me the time has come to go and redefine it, so
Hopefully I’ll get you to rewind this mindless spittin that I’m doing with the things I grind with
Words, some of the most powerful tools one could use
I refuse to sit idle after some of the shit that’s in the news
So I’m sharpening my swords
Drop either of the “S”s and you’ll still find the same meaning inside of the message
If I’m sharpening my words, then I’m sharpening my sword
They’re one and the same, a force I’m grinding every second
If you see a demon that’s breathing fire, a heathen that’s leaving choirs
With nothing good or holy left to sing about
Then it’s me you’re peepin that’s wreakin havoc and wielding dark magic
Until the people stir from disbelief to scream and shout
Yo I’m telling you, this shit is too simple
I been hummin and drummin since being a kid with huge pimples
But not drummin on a set, I mean drummin on a desk
Drummin with my hands on my legs or my chest
No stress can be felt while I’m flowing
So whether I impress or I fail, I keep going
Cause all of that drummin honed my rhythm and givin just a
Moment
To my brain to solve the puzzles all it takes, then I’m rolling like
Thunder or Link, when he’s wearing the Goron Mask
Not that I’ve ever played Majora’s Mask
But I watched my friend slay it pretty fast
That’s a shout-out, to the legendary Saki
And while I’m at it I’ll include Berm, Sean, Tal, Hannah and Quachy
Aniket, Chris, Jake, Matt, Tim, Beal, Connor, Dan, Sagui
Chris, Katie, Evan, Laura, Bri, Tommy
Can’t forget Tristan, Dozzi and Botte
Yo I been missin
All you folks that made Puffton a dope place to live in
I’m just givin my thanks, so thanks for being chill now let me shout out this beat that’s gettin spanked
It’s sweet and it’s dank
A song called “Moon”, track 2 off the sick album
Mickey Mouse Operation by Little People
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this ain’t a crapshoot
You and I are not equal
In regards to MCin, I’m takin charge of this region
By and large I’ll play my part in getting fraud rappers fleein from Eastern
Massachusetts, I got humans on the run
Succumbed to the pressure of tryna deal with flames spewin from my tongue
Dr. Strange’s successor – the Sorceror Supreme of this game
With the strength of a saiyan, don’t step to
Me cause I got the abilities of a fiend that just spent weeks
Pumping Brulo at the Hyperbolic Time Chamber
For real, the power level is 99999999999999
And it’s funny
That’s what a German would say if you asked him if you could outclass me even once out of a million times
Muhfucka, no, no, nine, not ever
You can believe what you want, but you’re not better
I drop treasure, I am demonic
A plague, bubonic
A slave to phonics
Betrayed by logic
One with these shouldn’t be made to polish
The countertops of a coffeeshop but I’ll happily do it temporarily
There is no scarin me
I was brought to this place by an astral creature that’s something of a rarity
And I bathe in the blood of all the competition quite merrily
The name is Audio Titan, name is Audio Titan, name is Audio Titan
Don’t forget it
The name is Audio Titan, name is Audio Titan
And if you like what you just heard, please spread it
Peace
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Yo, yo, yo, yo
Shout outs to Sean Foley for this one, yo
I got saliva flyin high inside the driver side of my whip
Tryna keep fine-tunin my shit
Whatchu been doin, you a student?
You been learning, been improving?
Have you proven to yourself that you can do it? Cause that’s prudent
Can you shield drop?
And can you freestyle?
Whatever grind you’ve chosen, I hope you get so ridiculously potent in your field
That your opponents learn to deal with every moment of your zeal being broken
Like Oracle’s shield
I’m talking a favorite, an artist, a genius, a maven
Exuding patience and wisdom
But also skill and persistence, and the ability to be consistent
Like Roger on grass, or Brady with the pigskin
We live in a world full of phonies
That’s why I’m grateful New England Melee’s all homies
Yall blow me away with the love that you’ve shown me
If only I could fit x in my car, we could go be
The region that rolls the most deep
From coast to coast, I hope yall know we coming for your throats, we
Wicked slick, sicker than goatse
More on our shit than ominous hooded figures that have gone to skim the provinces
With confidence that they will find a homonid
Or other life form with knowledge in
Regards to where the binding ring of dominance been at
So they can prosper and start conquering the populace
By bringing home the ring
To their master’s evil consciousness
I’m dropping this
Mostly to show love to New England
But also to explain there’s another game I’m finna be king in
Ima keep smashin
But I been rappin for longer
And my Marth might be strong, but my bars might be stronger
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Now I must be honest, there are two voices you will hear that are not mine
Those are the voices of Mos Def and Talib Kweli
Although, Mos Def these days, I believe, goes by Yasiin Bey
Shout outs to both of those guys
Shout outs to this song, this album, the Black Star album
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Yo I live inside the pocket
Big fan of Immortal Tech’s “Obnoxious”
Wake up and go to sleep saying “I got this”
Aint stoppin at nothin
I’ll profit from boppin the dozens of gossipin scrubs, and their cousins
While my blood is still pumpin
Yall best believe I’m grindin til I’m more potent than the most crystally nug from your bud, and
I keep chuggin and chuggin til my lungs kick the bucket
I’ll go to a Revs game and come home with a musket
Pumpin Brulo straight into my dome til the Summit (AKA the New England Invitational from 2016)
Yall really don’t fuckin know me, so please
Withhold any judgment
I’ll trap your soul in a dungeon
Eternally huntin or being hunted by beasts that go for the gullet
I think I’m better than at least a third of all the rappers you’ve ever heard of
I’d say that they’d get murdered
But that lines been overused so instead I’ll say that they’d get zerga-
ling rushed
Figuratively speakin
And try to fend me off with SCVs which isn’t gonna beat it
It really isn’t a secret
I’m a pizza
Fiend, ya
Aint doin it right if you aint
Frequenting pizza-rias
Shout outs to Le Befana and it’d be convenient
If my dad’s place was Cafe Angelina’s
But it’s not, so shout out to Cafe Angelino’s
Much love to both my mom and dad, without them there would be no
HTC Makari
Or Pete at the drive-thru window
Shootin the shit with Burlington’s best
I’m certain my quest to be flirtin with death by the ledge
Has served to help me
Learn to respect that
Needlessly executing high-risk technology is probably not wise
And it certainly isn’t worth getting read
When the reward is merely a get-on-stage-free card
And the risk is losing a picture of a head
I was immersed in the bread
Seventeen grand in my hands
Fast forward, it’s the reverse, I’m in debt
A college dropout to society
Parents asking “why” to me
Try to tell ’em nothing’s their fault, that they was fine to me
Entirely invested in loving and nurturing and raising me
Wonder what they’d change if theyda seen what my college grades would be
If they knew lecture halls and classrooms were places that I would hate to be
If they knew I would grow to have a knack for changing lanes so gracefully
I just wanna space a knee
And basically keep travelin and playin
And having the chance to commentate with peeps
And spiraling out, cause honestly
I spit amazingly
I diabolically be dropping these monstrosities on top o’ fiends
Ima make it free so cop it, please
If real recognize real
I’m hoping to eventually get a “hello” in an afterlife from Socrates
Much love to all my Hyperbolic freaks getting brolic, we
On our way to creating a monopoly
I love the Boston scene, and we’re wicked hype to FINALLY
Be hosting a major
See yall at S-H-I-N-E
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Shout outs to Maynard James Keenan
I kinda wish we didn’t have to hear his voice counting to 10, but, oh well…
I’m on the grind like Rondo
From back in time, yall know
When he was on prime-time throwing dimes
Dishing it to all folks
I get inspired by talented drummers slaying bongos
But I’m a fiend for combos
I impregnate fertile eggs and incept dreams with combos
HTC – me and my team, we got those, we drop foes
We strategize and practice, we scheme, we plot, yo
Just like that which
Ends up being Eddie Brock’s clothes
HTC, the only crew any true gods chose
Catching wreck at events and distributing hip hop flows
We the boot, you the cockroach
We the noose, and you the twisted pieces of shit that just got choked
Ah shit, I was dreaming
Hillary and Donald hanging at the gallows
Live on the news, such joy from seeing them stop breathing
Plus I got to hear ’em pleadin
For they life
Not gonna lie, it was pretty hype
Honestly, the future of this country isn’t looking bright
A sous chef in a busy kitchen’s fucked if just one of his cooks aint cooking right
If the chef has a secret agenda, you’re gonna see the people start to observe with their 3rd eye’s retina
I’m tellin ya
Bout to escape with bud to the face and a movie from my childhood like “Ellinger, Ellinger… Steve Ellinger” (shitty reference that I’d be surprised if anyone actually gets lol, I reached on this one)
Some say we’re heading for martial law but please don’t shoot the messenger
If you’re optimistic about the direction we’re heading, you’re
Stupid… I’m sorry, I don’t
Mean to be ruthless or jump to conclusions
But truth is, you’re inhibiting the movement
If you aint about love, if you aint about art, if you aint about peace
If you aint about… R-E-S-P-E-C-T
You’re inhibiting the movement
This mothafuckin corruption we’re stuck in aint helping humanity transcend nothin
Yo, yo, yo, yo
You’re inhibiting the movement, and if you’re sitting there asking “who’s this?”
It’s Makari, spittin til I’m toothless
Spittin even though I’ve always been boothless
Even though hip hop aint uniquely what the truth is
Cause Tool’s sick and Lamb of God too, kids
There’s hella good music which is why in general, you’re behooved to not tunnel-view it
Yo, yo, don’t tunnel-view it
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Shout out to the show The 100
And a special shout out to Marie Avgeropolous
Yo Marie, AKA Octavia
Just know that in a post-apocalypse I would be braving the
Elements, I’d be
Risking my life, staking my relevance to help ya miss
I’d be invested in perpetuating your majesticness
Not that what I’m suggesting is
That you’d NEED help with measures preventative
Anyhow, I’m confident I’d overcome my breathlessness
At least to let you know my blood is Greek 100% and with
That in mind
Maybe you’d be a fraction more inclined to see if I’m soft or if I have a spine
I think my cosmic flow would synergize with your astral shine
And by flow, I don’t mean the way I rhyme
I mean the way I embrace each present moment inside of this continuum of space and time
Now I can’t be shy, I partly credit psychedelics
Shrooms and acid help me question everything and stay humble, which I relish
There aint much more infectious than a human being zealous
But it seems decency is kinda becoming something of a relic
Now you know I like to trip
But there’s more I gotta spit before you have a good idea of who I am and where I’ve been
I’m a dropout-turned-barista that can only afford cheap stuff
Gave management a chance at the bux, but it sucked so I stepped down
Now I’m also back at my dad’s delivering pizza
Point is I’m not special on paper, for real
I’m but a vessel for myself and a fellow player to settle a wager
Testing my meddle at majors
Both as a competitor
And when given the chance, as a commentator
The game is Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube
I been active in New England since before Indra trained you
Not the filming of it, but before I could flip to it from another channel
I also love to hike
Soccer was my first love in life and I meditate cause I got an ego death wish
I hope I haven’t been too suggestive
The last thing I would go and say is:
“Yo! Let’s fuck! No contraceptive!”
I’m an honest, good man, if you ask those with which I am connected
Might just change your life if you take my number to shoot a text with
Cause this aint about getting under the covers with you
I’d just love to learn about the true…
This aint about getting under the covers with you
I’d just love to learn about the
True colors of you
The true colors of you, girl
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Yall don’t know about this Nordic folk music is my guess, unless you’ve seen me talking about it, but
Shout outs to the group Wardruna
Shout outs to Einar Selvik, the genius behind the project, they have three sick albums out
And I’m about to rap over some fuckin Nordic folk music
So check it
Enough o’ this fuckin around
Been stuck in a rut and I just wanna cuss at the clouds
Like “Fuck what you rep!”
A limit has never existed, I’m bringing the public a breath of fresh air
I don’t care if it comes in the form of a Marth tech-chase instant up air
Or a trick on a field like a Maradona
Or a freestyle with yall and some marijuana
Games I partake in, they share my attention and frankly they aren’t really makin me money
In fact I been losing it, truth that aint really fortuitous
But we stay cool wit it
Forging ahead til we lucrative, always in tune with this
Positive mindset because it’s intuitive
Focusing not on the ends but the journeys and constant improvement in growing wiser as a human
Growing wiser as a human
Growing wiser as a, a
Growing wiser as a human
Yo, yo…
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Shout outs to Mouse on the Keys – Japanese math rock band
Especially the drummer, he’s got some crazy showmanship
Uh, and shout out to Tiramisu the god who I ran into at a Mouse on the Keys show
YO SHOUT OUTS TO THE MUSES
Huge in affecting the tide of my creative juices, lucid
Dreams I been having I been GRABBING A MIC
On a stage in a basement, sizing up my audience then grabbing ’em like
My name was Jason
Grabbing a Hendrick, grabbing an Alex, grabbing a McCain or GRABBING A MIKE
Yeah in these dreams, off the top I’m a fantastic delight
Reaching deep into a sea of English phones and morphemes
Stoned and warging
Into a listener succeeding in proceeding with the mission of warping
One’s world view
I WARG BACK
Timed with MARINE CORPS TACT
Practically casting some magic
They were WATCHING ME GO
Little did they know I would go from body to body and keep spitting without DROPPING THE FLOW
I aint watching no throne
Cause music’s too subjective
One might think my shit is gold, while another don’t respect it
But hold up, I’m tryna remember the verse from that dream
There’s a chance you might agree I was flexin
I think this one part went, “I’M RARER THAN A SYZYGY
And I exist in a state that can’t be targeted by INFANTRY
I’m theoretical
Like Trump’s EMPATHY or SYMPATHY
Or their reasons for why Hillary would ever be experiencing SYNCOPE
I’m a voice, one you might hear thanks to JOULES OF ELECTRICITY
One that pushes revolution as more than JUST A POSSIBILITY
Our president grabs women by the pussy, WHAT CHIVALRY
Now we also have to endure him treating wildlife SO DISMALLY?
What’s with this guy’s AFFINITY for reveling in STUPIDITY?
Trump, whose dick did you have to suck to get a position of such DIGNITY?
LEADER OF THE FUCKING FREE WORLD, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME”
Check it
Both this election and term are the EPITOME OF INFAMY
Clouded by emails, Russia, a tax scam and BIGOTRY
But enough about politics
If you’re in the industry don’t bother reaching out unless you’re Rhymesayers, Shady Records or STONES THROW
I been at it water-bending on a track since way before 98.5 the Sports Hub had the Adam JONES SHOW
Yo, shout out to the O-Zone
Shout outs to every woke dome
And so yall don’t get it twisted
This aint about fame and riches
It aint about coke-blowin and it aint about claiming bitches
There exists no better outlet for when I’m frowning about how hard this MELEE SHIT IS
Or when I’m down about other stuff that comes up in my DAILY BUSINESS
TRUTHFULLY, I just wanna get hip hop heads to say, “Pete, you spit BEAUTIFULLY”
To me, any other goal is ILLUSORY
Sure – it’d be nice to make a living musically
But say “money” with the wrong look in your eye and that’s when you start losin me
I wanna collab with Gati, Slippin, Patti, Blanky, Sambuddy n’ Stus
Yall aren’t capable of hanging wit us
Max BANG FOR THE BUCK
Hailing from New England
Summit gods, yes that PANG IN YOUR GUT
But whether you’re listening in London or LOS ANGELES
WHAT you must understand is that CRUSH IS
Only the first, we got DOZENS
Preppin for these functions, gettin nastier than blumpkins
Power levels jumpin, WE’RE COMIN
And what aids us in our huntin is being more into water than KATARA OR THE GUNGANS
I aint frontin
These beats are Thanksgiving stuffin or pizza straight out the oven topped with green pepper and onion
I’m a Donner Party traveler
Stomach shrunken
Mans gotta eat, so I feast on this percussion
Your top 5 MCs, am I in the DISCUSSION YET?
Prolly not, and I aint holding my FUCKIN BREATH
While I set out to see how tough this rap dungeon gets
Yall busy bumping other shit, my guess is these mumbleheads
But you do you
I already called it subjective
Everything is relative, right? It’s all perspective
Pushing lyrical bars is my objective
Catching wreck until I’m getting Kendrick feeling either inspired or threatened
MAYBE BOTH
All I know is music is INSANELY DOPE
Deeper than Melee, which I’d say exists in the Hadal Zone
To any fans it’s arigatou, shukran, takk, THANK YOU, YO
NO Zs OR RELAXIN IT’S READIN AND RAPPIN THAT FEED MY SOUL
That feed my soul, yo
NO Zs OR RELAXIN, IT’S READIN AND RAPPIN
NO Zs OR RELAXIN, IT’S READIN AND RAPPIN
Yo… It’s readin and rappin
In the seas, I’m the KRAKEN
Where we put our feet, I’m a BASTION
And catch me above the trees, I’m a DRAGON
Meraxes
In the seas, I’m the KRAKEN
Where we put our feet, I’m a BASTION
And catch me above the trees, I’m a DRAGON
THE BLACK DREAD
Yo, yo
Been blessed with that OLGA FLOW
Unexpected like I been connected to artificial intelligence
But this is just practice and lucky CHROMOSOMES, yo
Something blessed me with that Olga Flow
I’m broke, I know, account pretty much comatose
But every hero takes some dark falls before learning how to own they ghosts
Keeping my hombres dosed… bitch
R+R
Audio Titan
Blanky the god, to my left
So clean, so fresh
Shout outs to the HTC
Shout outs to YG
Shout outs to Y2K
And shout outs to MP
If yall know what I mean
Shout outs to CT
Shout outs to all of NE
We in this shit
Peace!
…oh and uh, shout outs to HABS
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Much of the lyrical content has to do with the SSBM community so I apologize to those who aren't involved with smash and don't understand every reference. SSBM has been a big part of my life for the last few years and I'm lucky to have met so many awesome people through it.
This is a collection of tracks that I've written over the last few years. Moving forward, expect to see me put stuff out more often and more regularly. Thanks for listening, all feedback is welcome and appreciated!
released February 17, 2018
This wouldn't have been possible without Blanky's help so huge shout out to him for letting me record at his place and for mixing/mastering my tracks (check out his stuff at
love-blank.bandcamp.com). Shout out to this chick Carol from work who encouraged me to set a release date and helped push me along. Shout outs to Little People, Sean Foley, Hi-Tek, A Perfect Circle, J Dilla, Wardruna and Mouse on the Keys for making the music that I rap over. Shout outs to friends and family near and far - from Bedford friends to Sbux friends to SSBM friends to UMA friends to friends that don't fall into any of those categories. I hope everyone enjoys.
Also, I had a plan in mind for artwork but that kind of fell through. Ended up finding this sick image on the internet and I can't take any credit for it. The guy has a deviantart site and I am thankful that he made such a dope image. Here's his site:
gmgorst.deviantart.com