From the STCU performance space at KSPS - PBS, its Inland Sessions.

Hip-Hop artist T.S.

the Solution delivers his distinct performanc style and lyrical flare with collaborator DJ Spicy Ketchup.

Give it to me, Spicy.

[music plays] Welcome.

[music plays] The sweet sounds of T.S.

the Solution and DJ Spicy Ketchup.

And we will keep it simple.

Hey, we don't gas on [the tempo] We don't gas on the tempo And we don't ask for the info [we dont cash up your disco] And we dont crash up your disco We keep it calm, cool, and simple - hey!

[we dont ask for the info] Nah [we dont crash up your disco] Nah [keep it calm, cool and simple, simple] Check - Nothing complex about my complexion, Im sun kissed We dont funk at the function over drunken assumptions Me no speak no english we dont have the same seamstres We aint cut from the same cloth my designer is genius Oh yeah, I'm in my mode, yeah, I'm in my feelings see you in you bag I handle business but never seen a reason to brag This is temporary, so, before they write my obituary Imma take some risks that seem a bit too scary I know rainy days, man, Im from the P-N-Dub I waited in line cold as [whoa] just to be in the club Her boyfriend trying to fight me because I gave her a hug Even when faced with hatred I got to show real is love Keep it one hunndo seafood inside of my gumbo Peach cobbler made by momma so, make my plate super jumbo Family keeping me humble, catching me when I stumble Rather spit it than mumble but dont worry we dont judge Nah We dont gas on the tempo We dont ask for the info [we dont crash up your disco] We dont crash up your disco We keep it calm, cool and simple - hey!

Nah, nah [we dont ask for the info] Nah, nah [we dont crash up your disco] We dont crash up the disco If happiness is the way, Imma stray in search of direction My homies deal with depression this weather aint known for helping Wish you could see my perception far from holy perfection But helps with any objections when looking at my reflection Spare me the sob let the melody do its job The employee of every month show the trophies all for the stunt Kick it hard as a punt or them kickers back in the trunk Daddy slammin down dominoes think he Shaq for the dunk Oh, how precious the time to ease the pressure of mine Stress the entire winter just needed some sun to shine Depleted but not defeated this seasons one of a kind Smell the evergreen pine hit the chair and recline and Im home Yeah, they gave me a throne That I dont think I deserve but ah, Im down to get on We dont flick on the phone just post and be known We just minding our own some dos and donts from my dome Because we dont gas on the tempo We dont gas on the tempo [we dont ask for the info] And we dont ask for the info and we don't crash up your disco Hey - we keep it calm, cool and simple Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

But sometimes you.

Sometimes you got to let it out.

You gotta let it out Like whoooaa I just gotta let it out Like whoooaa Hey - Keep it calm, cool and simple Like whooaa - hey!

hey, hey, hey, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, no.

Oh, no.

We dont gas on the tempo Nah, and we dont ask for the info Nah, and we don't crash up your disco Nah, we keep it calm, cool and simple.

Yeah, we don't gas on the tempo Nah, and we dont ask for the info Nah, and we dont crash up your disco Nah, we keep it calm, cool and simple, simple.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Welcome, welcome , Inland Sessions.

Thank yall for having us.

I got by T.S.

the Solution.

DJ Spicy Ketchup.

And were here and we are representing for the coast.

*music plays * Vibe with us Not too much, you dont got to do too much Just vibe, just a sway Look like Im fresh out the water.

Put that on my daughter, Im dripping mystique Pen to the pad, Im an author and marathon jogger been running for weeks Yeah, I tell no lies, my eyes on the prize, you lose by choosing to blink I found the treasure by taking on pressure and pushing myself to the brink Looked in the mirror to tell me Imma be wealthy, I said I concur Head full of voices for very few choices cant tell you which one I prefer Long as we keep it ambitious and get to the riches, Im ready to go I mix my humble beginnings with a chemist as far as I know, whoa Sugar and spice, Im everything nice they give you advice, they give you a price If you pay attention, youll see what Im kickin Im wasting your money by saying it twice Think its a game, you wanna complain, you blaming your Ls on the dice Momma just whipped up the clobber I had to call her and reserve a slice Whole fam gotta eat, closed mouths dont get fed All I had to do was speak, now Im talking myself into bread Yall been talking me to Zs Sleep walking was a breeze Now Im woke, dropping gems, got a pile of em taller than my baby what you need - hey!

You doing the most I need that water, baby But I dont need the smoke Im steering the boat I keep it afloat.

I need that water So, Im on the coast Yeah, coast, yeah, coast Right here, just in the pocket Check.

[Im making a toast] Im making a toast, for all of my folks So this for So this for So this for the coast, hey, hey A switch up was needed The family is hungry its my job to feed it Turn Ls onto lessons, Im still undefeated blessings or blessings for all in my region They keep throwing salt, well I guess that Im season Look at my circle, theres no signs of treason Im stuck in the north but I love it to pieces Yeah, yeah.

The phone is on silent, I know the secret, meet me in private Heart on my sleeve no need for a stylist Boney baloney, I dont do the diet Ginger my liver, I mess up a virus Pick up the scissors and cut off the bias Frequency matters and mine is the highest I'm sorry so distant even my mrs. hate when I'm missing she need attention I feel the friction I need the vision what an addiction freedom for more I'm good at addition I'll double back I hope I am forgiven this is the mission listen whole fam gotta eat closed mouth don't get feed all I had to do was speak now I'm talking myself into bread and y'all been talking me to Zs sleepwalking was a breeze now I'm woke, dropping gems got a pile taller than my knees baby, what you need?

Hey!

You doing the most I need that water, baby But I dont need the smoke Im steering the boat, and I keep it afloat I need that water, babe, So, Im going to coast Yeah.

I need that.

I need that water, baby.

So I'm making a toast, for all of my folks.

I need that water, baby.

So, this for the coast, this for the coast, hey!

[sighs] [DJ Spicy Ketchup] What coast is a for?

[T.S.

the Solution] The coast.

[DJ Spicy Ketchup] Oh, all of them?

[T.S.

the Solution] Yeah, man, the coast, man.

No matter where at, east, west.

Shout out everybody out there Everybody out there working hard and making it look easy.

[music plays] Yeah, this one's for you.

Yeah.

From the soul.

I tell the truth.

It never gets old.

My fountain of youth.

Im too real.

I'm so chill.

Food for thought.

Yeah, heres a meal.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm that young buck from the top coast But your ones up and Im not like all these dumb dumb That just blow smoke but dont puff puff They just want stuff - oh No more gassing average rapping I am demanding I aint asking I might hurt em thats what happens When your play is as full as a calendar, a bunch of champions, everybody's a challenger Everybody got it hard.

Everybody think they hard oh my god, doing all this is sometimes the hardest But I make it look easy [too easy] That's right I make it look easy [too easy, so easy] Man, dont I make it look easy?

Hey, too easy, so easy, too easy Been like that from the go, go [yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa] Don't you know?

[yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa] Yeah, now this that music for the vibers that let me see ya lighters That party till the police finally find us never mind em, we go Yeah, you gotta tell em, we go and we go No matter what yeah, yeah and we go look, target on my back brace for the attack Boy, you wack I can see the signs I can see you slack Cut the act Strictly business sway the feelings Prove me wrong break my brilliance Party kick it make some millions Yeah, Im chill but rarely chilling Now, you know better you do better I dont do pressure I spew effort My crew never ever do lesser Keep it together we to clever No more gassing average rapping All that talking show me action I might hurt em thats what happens When your plate is as full as a calendar a bunch of champions, everybodys a challenger Everybody got it hard Everybody think they hard Oh my god, doing not this is sometimes the hardest But I make it look easy [too easy, so easy] That's right I make it look easy [too easy, so easy] Look, dont I make it look easy?

Too easy, so easy, too easy Been like that from the go [yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa] Dont you know?

[yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa] Yeah, now this the music for the vibers that let me see ya lighters That party till my momma finally find us Never mind them We go Yeah, and we go Yeah, and we go.

Spicy, we go.

[DJ Spicy Ketchup] We go.

[T.S.

the Solution] And we go.

And we go.

[We go.]

Where we going, Spicy?

We're in their homes right now giving away our our, our most inner, deepest, darkest secrets.

[DJ Spicy Ketchup] And our scars.

[T.S.

the Solution] And our scar Our imperfections.

Blemishes, the beauty and the violence.

Because it's not all rainbows and butterflies.

Sometimes you got to dig yourself out this hole.

Sometimes it aint pretty digging yourself out of this hole.

But we're going to make it, though.

Yeah.

I had to go back to the pad and pencil.

Who opened these windows inside my mental and let these memories out.

Took one heck of a route been everywhere except home Thanks for the pillow and couch.

Got to face it.

My fear of facing disappointment is annoying.

I played hide and seek for like not for enjoyment, but hoping time would heal these wounds that I cut open.

But time was frozen.

Tell me how a man with so much on his plate can go hungry I guess the only thing to handle appetite is some money.

I guess he looked at what he had content with what he could hold but never noticed he was sitting on gold.

You see these stories Ive told Got me down to a science, Suffocating my ego I see the beauty and violence.

Give me a moment to breathe.

Not a moment of silence Guilty of all the above, I bob my head to the sirens Yeah.

Always been hard on myself Likely decline when you come offer some help.

I'm just so numb to being dumb, I'll be the last one to notice.

I'd just be trying to do so much I'm never actually focused, but the guys around me got faith.

Tell me one day will be great.

Think I'm the only one fake as I concur with their words.

I concentrate on mistakes like they keep gassing me up.

But I'm pumping these brakes.

How dare I lay out my flaws, Im the worse with emotions Guess I won't learn to live life until the end is approaching.

Wish I can be like them guys.

All that bragging and boasting, champagne glasses and toasting turnt up to much think Im floating Happy as hell to be healthy as they cheese for a selfie Afraid to ask them to help me so I head back to the telly Like I'm too cool for emotions.

I wrote the verse all about em.

As Im reciting this to you realized Im nothing without em, man.

You start to doubt yourself, your self-worth.

In reality, you're thinking that you're not worthy.

Nah.

But that ain't the case, though.

And I'm here to remind you, each and every one of you, that you're more than worthy.

In order for me to maximize this message.

I need a couple of things.

I need what I need.

I need.

I need.

I need.

I need.

I need.

I got a lot of needs.

Oh, say I need more time.

[more time] But I need less worry.

[less worry] Oh, say I need more time.

[more time] Wait, but I need less worry.

I'm blessed worthy.

Don't forget to hurry.

Oh, say I need more time.

[more time] More time.

Yeah, I need less worry.

Oh, I need less worry.

Yeah, I say I need more time.

Yeah.

Say, I need more time.

Less worry.

I'm bless worthy.

[dont forget to hurry like] Get what I deserve.

More and more Ooh I got some nerve Spokane roads another pot to swerve Don't give me nothing if it's not your word Far from focus aint to hard to notice Taking shots they feel like super soakers See the motions but you think its bogus But at least you noticed guess you aint so hopeless Its a balance, baby stoke my ego, crazy playing tug of war till Im tucked under daisies Take a second to show love to the ladies Shout out momma for surviving the 80s father figure for your father hitta I need baller figures for my toddlers pictures Grandma the plug she know all the scriptures Gave me all the power I dont call Avista I'm almost big as I think I am.

Imagination look like Peter Pan The mind is spinning like a ceiling fan If I aint give my all then I aint give ah I need sushi for the after hours, no more golden arches for the quarter pounders I'm a budget hugging Yakisoba grubbing double tiger biter for the special encounters I hope you live to your greatest potential.

Every second could be monumental Its a daily dwindle man, lets make it simple Triple down on every thing that makes you giggle.

Trying to find the right percentage of minutes To focus my lyrics, my spirit, my image I see all yall shopping for gimmicks Swear its on clearance, I need to keep distance I need more time [more time] I need less worry [less worry] Oh, say I need more time [more time] I need more time I need less worry, blessed worthy, dont forget to hurry.

Oh, say I need more time Yeah, less worry Oh, I need less worry Oh, I need more time I need more time, I need more time, I need more time, I need more time, less worry Im blessed worthy, dont forget to hurry Oh, Im blessed worthy, dont forget to hurry Im blessed worthy, dont forget to hurry Im blessed Oh, yes, Im blessed worthy, don't forget to hurry Im blessed Oh, yes, remind myself Im blessed worthy, dont forget to hurry, my health got me blessed worthy don't forget to hurry, I'm blessed Yes, yes, we blessed Yes.

Look at where we at, Look whats going on.

We blessed.

Were going to keep it rocking.

Were going to go to my favorite favorite time of the year and hopefully for that favorite time of the year, I'm your solution, baby.

Yeah.

Oh, no, no say it aint so yeah, they at it again oh, man T.S.

and his friends man, lets have fun hey, please call me Summer Solution this ain't a movement this is a movie I just be cruising to the conclusion wait, sorry, the ending is ruined oh, well still got them on my coat tail Been a long while since your boy had no mail inbox on wholesale I got what you need if your brand needs a propel cocky or confident debating, Im not really fond of mmm but Im kinda lit so, I need a holiday and a big monument dominance if you come to my face, you must face every consequence it's obvious, my momma proud of dont like whos doubting this woo [Spicy] Thank you so much for tuning in tonight.

We have one request for you for the evening and it's that you would not come and funk up the vibe.

[T.S.

the Solution] Please don't come funking up the vibe hey, no, no, funking up the vibe yeah, ah swish too cool, who knew big moves, bandwagon on choo cho lost track of the racks that I blew through paid debt, paid bills got a new due ah, no hair dont care *Spicy Im too high, no air they like you getting somewhere, no fair dog, you hating when you should keep in player, oh cocky or confident debating, Im not really fond of it nah, but I am kinda lit So, I need a holiday and a big monument.

dominance if you come to my face, you must face every consequence ah, its obvious, my momma is proud of this no need for doubting this oh, oh, oh, oh hey, please don't come funking up the vibe oh, oh, no, no, funking up the vibe ah, gotta tell em hey, yeah, I know my worth you cant tell me nothing hey, and I know the secret can't tell me nothing hey, and I know my purpose oh no, oh no hey and your boy be reading yeah, yeah, one time hey, yeah, I know my worth you cant tell me nothing and I know the secret I promise, hey, I know my worth last but not least your boy be reading yeah, yes sir oh, amen, get it watch out pow [Spicy] I got to join that book club, for sure.

There's this time when you're chasing and going after what you truly believe in, your passion, your career, whatever the case may be, and you just wish and you hope that that energy that you have is contagious.

And it rubs off on everybody around you.

And suddenly you, you realize that it doesn't.

And everybody around you isn't trying to go where you're trying to go.

And that's when you realize, theres levels to everything that you do.

No matter what it is.

We want to go up.

We want to stay put.

So this is for everybody climbing those stairs, trying to get to these levels, hoping for the best for everybody else around you.

You can't keep your hand out forever.

You've got work to do.

You need both.

Wake up to a new day celebrate, hooray, skies blue grey I hit the fridge for the kool-aid still a bunch of guys trynna make the bread rise like a soufflé its oley to the beef, bro I dodge all the bull your challenger is a wee slow man, Ive been looking through the peep hole just changed the addy it can't be somebody that we know I moved up on level Im too up to settle go hard I drink two cups of metal my conscience and questions will constantly wrestle You see through the lies when you honest and special believe in it way to free to be a limit rather be timid?

Yeah, okay, its night and day I guess we see different and you preparing for the fall like the leaves switching but it still the same yeah, change, but it feel good yeah, yeah, yeah they say Id changed but it feel good yeah, yeah you got to let them know that I changed but it feel good yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, changed, but it feel good yeah, it feel good yeah, it feel good I say, I've moved up a level I'm too up to settle you knew this was coming I moved up a level I'm too up to settle but I thought you was coming I moved up a level I'm too up to settle you knew this was coming I moved up a level Im too up to settle but I thought you was coming, oh I just want to be the best version I can possibly be a part of the process is climbing up them stairs and getting to a higher self.

Not everybody understands that.

You may want to keep you down where they are, but always remember that youre worthy.

Yeah, yeah.

Always remember.

No matter what you're doing in life, you the best one to do it.

I moved up a level.

You moved up a level.

Congratulations.

Too up to settle I moved up a level too up to settle and I thought you was coming.

Dang.

Spicy, I hope you coming, buddy.

Are you coming?

[Spicy] I'm with you, man.

Every day.

Every step of the way.

[T.S.

the Solution] Okay, man.

Just making sure, man.

*music plays * So we be getting deep, right?

*music plays * We got chill.

We got emotional and let's go mental.

See if we can tap into something bigger.

You do one, check.

Way too many questions you lack definition I make tough decisions I don't ask permission you trying to match what?

try matching my ambition if I broke down my vision, you'd probably think it's quantum physics I ain't going back to that colbassac till my finances got poker stats 21 after 21 like some 21 savage autographs brainstorm for the rainy days only find piece in my baby's face and you know their momma got some crazy ways gotta love the women out of 88 I got plenty of options I think that's the problem I get indecisive a lot of ways to hit the bottom trying to feed my seeds and blossom growing money trees in Gotham I'm a black knight in this rap life so, tell the city, chill I got em I buy a piece of land, flip it make 100 grand if you ain't dreaming big as me I know you won't understand life be throwing curveballs you always had it underhand you always underestimate the featherweight before I detonate you gone see I'm the one I'm the one, yeah, I'm the one that's right, I feel like the one The what?

The one.

The what?

Yeah, that's right.

I feel like the one.

I'm the one, I'm the one I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one I promise, I promise I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one.

I'll wake up to go to sleep to that.

I got the demands I need cash with no tax laughs by the stacks help to relax free my mind from the past so, hard to believe I'll achieve everything that I need to perceive ever lasting legacy I need cash with no tax laughs by the stacks I need help to relax free my mind from the past It's so hard to believe I'll achieve everything that I need to perceive ever lasting legacy I'm the one in my mind paid the cost, paid the fine I'm the one, yeah, I'm the one in my mind paid the cost, paid the fine I'm the one [music plays] and it's not a statement.

It's a mind set.

So, many times in life they try to tell us to take the back of the line.

Humble yourself.

Sometimes I just can't do it.

So, this goes out to you.

I want you to feel like you the one.

I want you to go out in this world every single day with that mindset and go out of work.

Whether it's work, whether it's no matter what it is.

When you leave, you take it home because that mindset is home.

Be that one.

Do it the best.

Ive been blessed to have a set of twins, Mariah and Elijah.

They're the backbone, they're foundation, they're my why.

They're the reason for everything.

And what's crazy about this next record is it's about my son and it's my daughter's favorite song that I ever did.

Called "Welcome Home."

[music plays] Shout out to my kiddos.

I love you.

[music plays] Y'all better not be on that tablet when I get home.

[music plays] Yeah.

Look.

Tears of joy staring at my baby boy looking for the words like I'm trying to search and destroy nah, found love in a purest form that type of stuff I didn't noticed until you were born pressure to do it perfectly, a sense of urgency like I'm 27, going on 33 fire burning third degree inside me and it rises through adversity no maturity during maternity, oh well learn as I go, I guess.

And we all know it all nobody knows the rest this life is sure to test like you test my patience till make funny faces now I'm back feeling gracious, man nine years living with superpowers, Avengers on the TV, we sit and watch it for hours your sister on the tablet momma's taking a shower it's time to sneak into the kitchen grab some snacks to devour so, ssh ain't no secret like the one between dad and son go outside, laces double tied, know you have to run have some fun enjoy the life while your young but keep in mind the better half is yet to come one day you'll have a seed of ya own I supply the tendency that you're going to need when I'm gone, but you've got a lot of growing to go through before you grown just keep running in my arms yelling Daddy, welcome home and I'm good yeah, just keep running in my arms yelling Daddy, welcome home and I'm good Yeah, and I'm good.

I go by T.S The Solution.

DJ Spicy Ketchup.

And that's all we got for you.