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WINTER IN BERLIN

by NO BAKING SODA & Benny Berlin

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Uh Let's go Check it Yo I lost weight had to take two links up out the Roley band You bussed down your watch with fake diamonds I'm like it's only sand (fuck you done to that?) You're running out of time on your hourglass Can't control the sand (damn) It's over for that fake shit The real is back hope you over-stand (oh yeah) Tally up my paper miscount a note I go Taliban (what?) She say I'm hella charming I bring her luck I'm her talisman (hmm) Never drop the ball I run with it (never) traveling like a caravan Cold weather - I customise the leather Just call me Dapper Dan (that's my government) Born & raised in east - you know the steez Yeah I'm a Hackney man (oh yeah) Where soldiers go to war over opium like Afghanistan (oh yeah) Fiends walk the streets with the same syndrome as Alice In Wonderland (wow) My bro took his hustle out to Europe now he the Paris man More time how you fall don't really matter (woo) More time it's how you land (La Haine shit) Self-hatred make you forget what's sacred And have you killing man (uh) Stop dying in the hood over little shit be the bigger man The game's rigged You witness real killers taking the witness stand (god damn) Show boys how to beat the system With a loop like the triggerman (yeah) A pyrex bowl on top of the stove's likely to trigger man (whoa) Can't lie - I got a slight - disdain for the streets (I do) 8 out of 10 of me and my friends suffer pain from the streets (we do) Ain't no taming the beast (nah) Goals to attain - I got a sick aim when I reach Cocaine on the beat - getting brain on the beach (umm) Feel the ocean breeze - sand grains on my feet (umm) Bitch lied said I fucked her - try framing my meat (ha) My sex a prize - plenty bitches try framing my meat (ha) I just change and delete (woo) While remaining discreet Yeah
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Uh It's Raw Jae No Baking Soda (Umm it's him) Benny Berlin Let's go Check it Uh ayo Back when Charlie was cooking on the stove (Hustle) That was George Monoux days I had just enrolled (old school) He promised me a baby Benz if I got involved (he did) Bag up crack rock and then get it sold That was in the era before Instagram and trolls (facts) Don't jump outta ya pram I'll leave a baby with a bloody nose If you was fronting like you was bout it then you would get exposed Uh, damn I miss the days of the old Well time don't move forward or backward it just is (it don't) I live in the now, praises to The All that I give You don't put paper in my pocket so don't tell me how to live Since way back when - I been on my own shit (facts) I been on my own dick I fuck myself up, that line was twisted my bars are corrupt (god damn) Been setting - trends on the ends Before hipsters and food trucks (facts) Before the ends was gentrified and it weren't cool to pop up You get popped up Man my block was banging red Little boys at 14 - dumping off a moped (god damn) Or shoot you point-blank range that's a bullet in your head Now I keep a thick bitch, buff baddie in my bed A question opens the mind a statement closes it I'm the best rapper alive if you ain't noticed it My man done an IPO he tried to float a brick A prick try tax him for his shit So now he loading clips, that's street shit My man Choppa bus his choppa on the main road At a friend that turned foe, all over dough (umm) Now his life back on hold, remanded in a hole (free him up) He just done an 8 he came out he was doing the most (wow) He copped the - Benz off the showroom floor That's 60 racks cash, out a duffle bag And still had dreams of a ghost (he did) Every day a champagne campaign it was nothing but toasts But now it's pain without the cham Because he let off his toast (god damn) Yeah, gunpowder in the air you smell the smoke The Cave like a kitchen you can smell me cooking coke (can you smell?) I keep a line around the corner, I do not have to promote That's why they call me Raw Jae Man them boys is selling soap (all day) I'm the wolf in sheep's clothing for rappers that's claiming goat I catch a pussy in the cypher, walk over and slit his throat (trust) Think you're the king of this rap shit? I will dump you in the moat (huh) Class is in session everybody take notes You can keep your feedback if you ain't in the arena I can't stand a talker cant you tell by demeanor Always talking bout the white girl, you ain't never seen her (chief) Aint never poured up a pint but talking lean by the litre I'm tryna cut the N-word outta my raps Coz I don't wanna have to punch a white fan in the mouth Coz he couldn't relax (real life) I know the raps are a lot but don't get too gassed And make me get too black
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Umm Benny Berlin Raw Jae No Baking Soda Man we come a long way Cold road to the riches Hustle don't stop Ever Let's go Check it Yo Just touched 9.AM already made a soft bag I'm running it up got my side hustle doing laps This one inconsistent though so I'm racking up all I can Steady thinking bout the next one already been making plans My bills don't stop fam I really really need these bands Yeah you're dressed in designer it don't look good you're a tramp No swag - you're just insecure we see through all of that Can tell from the look in your eyes your'e a bitch that's a fact Anyway I ain't got time to relax I gotta give my little man all the shit I ain't have You could get grabbed stabbed shot bagged Just another day being black - when you come from the flats I come a long way from Lil' Dapps School days black & purple tie - had the afro - hella fat And even then I was known for my raps I was 17 handling racks About my business overseas transactions, I was sending the chaps College days had hella polo it was never the chaps And even then I rolled dolo never got too attached I was in the studio me Twist & Max Smoking out the box dammit he had different packs Oi shout out to my bro twist man N9's finest! One of the first ones to believe in me on this rap shit I remember he used to call me Tupac Shakur When I walked into the booth Never let me walk in the studio without me Knowing my shit off the top of the dome Said that way I could flow you feel me? Had me writing 3 songs a day and shit That's how you know I been trained and shit Remember the dice recordings studio the one right behind the station He was paying the rent on that bitch Anytime I could spit you feel me? Uh yeah Man we come a long way Man we come a long way - ay - ay Man we come a long way (Yo Pharaoh what you saying?) (Wassup bro? Talk to them) Man we come a long way - ay - ay Man we come a long way Man we come a long way - ay - ay Man we come a long way Man we come a long way - ay - ay (Cold road to the riches let's get it) Check No money in the bank No money in your plans Scuba diving without a tank Man your sure to drown Man I stopped smoking dank But don't quote me on that man I ain't even gonna lie to you I still love the haze Bossman mad at me coz I don't frequent his store no more To purchase liquor and raws no more Some of my guys acting brand new like to say NO BAKING SODA ain't for the cause no more I can't get bored no more I got too much on my plate I got too much shit at stake Who the fuck is my son gone rate Not you - bro your scummy plus you ain't got no taste That's my lady's job - pause you rub me the wrong way On the Cold Road to the riches - my bro I'm sealing fate Come up under real bosses still avoided dealing flake I give you the uncut raw so I put that on my name It's Raw Jae NO BAKING SODA - plus you cannot move this weight First off more blessings to black children No Yoda growing up in the dark forces I was in dark forces Now it's cool for the fucking hipsters - listen Second never pending thoughts when they ask opinions In my mind the lights on with no tenants J Lennon archived songs relieve stresses I'm carrying lessons - from my old lady more Pesci Going crazy if they wanna let me in the scene I got the elements to hush a gatekeeper seen You got more keys than jewels but do you follow me? Keeping up with the speech it's more Scholarly - culinary arts hold your plates out Solemnly swear right here - this shit right here brudda Make you screw up your face and fear Everything I write here Or even not right here Mumble under my breathe and give em' slight stares Yeah This that stairway flow you was never there Hop in the cypher body everyone around it Flow too aggressive more angry than two Mitchells RIP Peggy Mitchell More time I'm on the peace ting But I love to push me to kill everybody
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Yeah Heavy in the loop Uh Heavy in the loop like Biggavel Extractor fans hid the smell Waiting on the harvest to ship the bales You ain't really tryna hit nothing You spray in the air like chemtrails Hench but hella frail Plus you petrified of jail Not to say I'm not but - I got different reasons than the ones you got Must have lost the plot If you think I'll rot In that melting pot - banged up taking orders like a thot Another victim to the white man's plot Don't get got Little boy sprayed it through the glass Now he looking 20 Now he looking 40 When he really should be looking 20 Fronting like you was balling When you was out here making pennies Don't you act off an adrenaline rush when it's only temporary Think before you take it there Is it really worth your freedom - going OT bro? Think before you take it there Go and get a job before you're stressed out losing hair Better yet start up a business the opportunities there Stop grooming these kids - unless they're really with the shits And they ain't got no choice in it Just school em' to the politics OG - you got responsibilities acknowledge it Your OG's passed you the torch - you got the ball don't fumble it My stomach rumbling - feed me instrumentals for functioning Your days are numbered in - low digits Like Prodigy said on Drop A Gem Basement full of rapper's bodies - bodies piled up on top of them Stay rapping like I got a total disregard for oxygen You don't wanna get old tryna get the time back like collagen Washed up somewhere in Nottingham - probably eating porridge in Grey sweats - reminiscing on days that you flexed Your kids are getting old as fuck - and you're still doing a stretch Yeah you missed out - put me on your favourite rappers list now Berlin got me back on my beat bully shit - taking the piss now I got the itch now Cocaine raps I dish out I let my nuts hang - hell yeah I got my dick out What you saying? See it in my mind's eye getting this P (What you saying'?) Yeah See it in my mind's eye getting this P Mum said nothing ain't free Ride around in my sides how can this be? Everything changing round me Knowing it's divine time out in these streets Out in these streets See it in my mind's eye getting this P Mum said nothing ain't free Mum said nothing ain't free Mum said nothing ain't free See it in my mind's eye getting this P Mum said nothing ain't free Ride around in my sides how can this be? Everything changing round me Knowing it's divine time out in these streets Out in these streets Yeah
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Yeah Yeah And you know my pattern - throw me in the booth Turn me up and I turn assassin (yeah) Turn me up and I turn assassin (Turn assassin, what you saying though?) Uh you know how the ting set - and you know my pattern Throw me in the booth - turn me up - and I turn assassin (Uh) Turn me up and I turn assassin (yeah, yeah, yeah) Check Uh Yo You know how the ting set - and you know my pattern Throw me in the booth - turn me up - and I turn assassin White when I'm ashing, the pain make me smoke with a passion Lately, I ain't been keeping up with the latest fashion (woo) I'm wearing COLD ROAD - legal trapping Missed out on opportunities I was missing in action I went broke but now I'm back stacking (back stacking) Actually, that's capping Still ain't seen a 100 large I need to put my plans in action (trust) Remember tryna get seed money without selling fractions I took the harder way - I cast my rod - no wave Game took my heart away - lost my passion for several days Been sitting on heat and I'm bout to set the city on fire like Pompeii And maybe someday some will say - of all time that boy was a great You don't dream big then you don't relate I mediate - I'm in a deep state Just tryna manifest every day Shit menacing like Larenz Tate You know how the ting set and you know my pattern Throw me in the booth - turn me up - and I turn assassin Don't do it if you ain't gonna do it with passion I went to the shop the other day and bossman started rapping Like fam - everybody's doing this shit And it's making me sick Somedays I wake up like how do I put my faith in this shit? Then I look at it like - if I focus up How much cake could I get? Now that's the gamble I'm back up in my corner rolling an L - tryna find the right angle Bet by the end of this year everybody gets canceled I don't listen to bullshit opinions and don't plan to You been getting influenced to act like a damn fool Slow motion better than no motion - long as it's gradual The grind is real and yeah the labour been manual Now that's hard work Don't bitch about it bro pull up your skirt Nobody said it would be easy that's why I'm going berserk Which rapper wanna test? I been itching to put names on a shirt Absurd - my bro I'm simply too nice with these words They concur - you can go confer - my status been confirmed Seems you haven't learned - I steady torch microphones Leave em' burnt Yo You know how the ting set and you know my pattern Throw me in the booth - turn me up and I turn assassin On my way to eating good, I came from rations You don't get a seat at the table unless you bout that action What? Like what you bringing to the fold - it's a COLD ROAD It's a 100% chance of snow With that being said - my brother do not slip - stay on your toes That's why - I be going hard like - I ain't got no home Damier - I be checking squares like I'm out in Sloane Show no fear - if you grew round here then you already know Damier - I be checking squares like I'm out in Sloane Show no fear - if you grew round here then you already know Turn assassin And I turn assassin Turn assassin Turn assassin Yeah Raw fucking Jae Yeah, all day man You get me? What you saying? Benny Berlin Raw Jae No Baking fucking Soda Yeah You get me like - all you man like It's gonna be a mad mad winter and a mad summer too You get me? You get me? Big fucking Benny You get me? Big fucking Benny Mans just gonna get moved up this year you get me? Beats, whatever you want Done know that Done know the ting Yeah
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Woo Ay Benny Berlin This the type of shit I been needing It's Raw Jae No Baking Soda Let's go Check it Umm Character is who you are when ain't nobody looking (uh) I'm a real one and the proof is in the pudding I be all up in the deep end you're still tryna get a foot in Got the recipe like Franklin - goddammit - I put my foot in What? It's coke falling out the sky (whoa) Cook it up and watch it dry don't let the time pass you by (yeah) Occupational hazard your brain could get splattered (pow) Now your legacy reduced to just a name that been tatted Bet you feel stupid you risked your life for petty cash (stupid) Now up until the day that you die you watch your back Just when he thought he made it out the game Old boy got clapped (pow) Choose logic over emotion whenever you react You was the type to borrow shit and never bring it back (wow) Up until this day, I can't fuck with people like that (nah) You lack - basic principles and home training You're the selfish type won't do nothing unless you're gaining You got - fat while I starved - my brother I'm body shaming It's a lot of dick riding In this game that we're playing (that's right) I got OCD man I gotta clean up (I do) I gotta put my fee up then put my feet up (I do) Moncler winter coat he keep the heat tucked Tough love like Young Chris and Neef Buck This ain't Disneyland Drillers spinning coupes like teacups (hold up) I just see something Laughing at these grown men that stay mean mugging (wow) Somebody get this guy a blanket and a warm cuppa (asap) Man he's really just a sucker - ain't nobody's lover (wow) Aint had a woman in years (nope) Still on the block - now that's the sum of all fears Brown paper bag and a beer In headlights, you're a deer You gotta grind when there ain't no one to cheer (umm) Just trust the process if the vision is clear (umm) I know you're listening but bro do you hear If you're a pussy man - then go get a smear Test me bro - you must have the sheer Audacity to try smear (wow) No homo - put a dick to your ear Fuck what you heard - you got some nerve to put me In the same category as these birds (how?) Parading on the gram with one bottle broke boys going thirds Tell my pops to pray for them on Sunday when he at church ♪ Benny Berlin No Baking Soda The only black in Camelot with a chatterbox Challenge a pale face blood you know I flow a lot Lower your tone high key like a C and up Busta Rhymes with pure dread - we dangerous Isis papers behold a pale horse Repel L's repent more and be small (Nah) They tryna - break he - they think I'm a fool star Still hungry - heat coming so just woosah The only black in Camelot with a chatterbox Challenge a pale face blood you know I flow a lot Lower your tone high key like a C and up Busta Rhymes with pure dread - we dangerous Isis papers behold a pale horse Repel L's repent more and be small (Nah) They tryna - break he - they think I'm a fool star Still hungry - heat coming so just woosah My words as wicked as a coloniser You thought they had your best interests at heart You're none the wiser If you pull back the curtains whats revealed might surprise ya That's smoke and mirrors - catch red herrings I'm a deep diver I scratch beneath the surface - problem solve the black MacGyver My DNA designed for greatness - let me check the timer Oh I'm bout to explode - the firing pin just struck the primer Now it's blood dripping all over your designer - must I remind ya You claim you're hard but you're straight vagina And I'm at the diner - eating rappers - delicate like fine China I break your bones waitress - dropped the plates and let off a moan Looked out the window and just saw a man get shot in the dome Like here goes your 20 percent Tango Like who the fuck you think you're taxing I'm Frank Lucas - the black Rambo Transporting corpses from a Viet Kong camp near Cambo Tryna see how far this horse can go Get it (?) Back to the ends - stamp the blue magic My raps are tragic I'm taking what you're having Man are has-beens - manor has-beens My wifey knows that I don't do the flashings But wintertime I rock a fur I ain't gonna lie I'm in love with fashion Yeah - I'm rapping till I'm lamping in a mansion Wifey like Elvira in that silk dress throwing temper tantrums Only wanting dick and a couple stacks - keep the shit in tandem I plan every step of the way no move is ever random Who put this thing together? Who do I trust? - bitch me Narcissistic who do I love? - bitch me Think you're rapping try your luck - diss me I unapologetically don't give a fuck - this me In the flesh you'll see I'm the best - in this field - Drew Brees Smoking rappers - loose leaf That loosely - base their raps around me I'm old school - I keep it way 2g I'm bout my scratch like I'm Kid Capri Man this is Hackney The only black in Camelot with a chatterbox Challenge a pale face blood you know I flow a lot Lower your tone high key like a C and up Busta Rhymes with pure dread - we dangerous Isis papers behold a pale horse Repel L's repent more and be small (Nah) They tryna - break he - they think I'm a fool star Still hungry - heat coming so just woosah The only black in Camelot with a chatterbox Challenge a pale face blood you know I flow a lot Lower your tone high key like a C and up Busta Rhymes with pure dread - we dangerous Isis papers behold a pale horse Repel L's repent more and be small (Nah) They tryna - break he - they think I'm a fool star Still hungry - heat coming so just woosah ♪ Yeah Umm This love real It's kinda crazy It's kinda crazy It's kinda crazy It's kinda crazy Uh I was only supposed to be here for a couple of days But now you got my mind racing Got me wanting to stay Only supposed to be here for a couple of days This is how it went down Check it Uh Pretty brown round lugging heavy luggage She outta town bound Warning on her face that's saying don't hound She bout to catch a flight oh she changing zones now She on her own now Heels clicking - she got that grown style Resting bitch face Man wish I was your gloss how them lips taste I was over by baggage claim like my mixtape And Now I steady fantasise the perfect mistake Then she looked up at the board like this a piss-take And I thank god for the snow her flight just been delayed Thinking bout breaking down walls how I'm tryna invade Turned around in a burst of anger passport holder hit the floor The move had been made Centre stage she walking off and now it's time to engage Can't let the chance slip - this my future wife - we could get engaged Big whip big crib a pickett fence a baby on the way With no delay I headed right in front of her got in her way Screwed up her face - cute little accent proceeded to rudely say We're in the middle of a pandemic you're invading my personal space Excuse me love that's not the case I saw you turn around in rage and drop your passport on the floor I came to save the day Oh my god how embarrassing I am truly sorry Don't apologise I know your flight got canceled - don't worry You seem hella stressed would you mind sitting down with me for coffee And a slice of pie - you caught my eye You're sweeter than banoffee (huh) I said what say you She took her time and then replied If I declined that would be rude of me Uh and plus I kinda owe you - your aura super soulful So for the next half an hour you got me (huh) They call me Jae by the way - I said what's your name? She said Linda - I said you're looking cute in that beret Let's take a little walk - there goes a Starbucks let's sit and talk I'm tryna get inside your thoughts In the back of my mind I'm thinking bout Getting inside of them draws A couple hours went by and we still ain't left the airport I kept it blunt she hit me with sharp retort Caught up in the moment discussing Love, drugs, current affairs and all sorts Damn Damn So couple hours went by We was just cooling kicking it I got the digits Said she was gonna show me round the city the next day Said make sure I call her that same night We can take things further Had me tripping for the next couple hours Yeah Yeah Thighs So real I ain't even gone lie It's so real Yeah it's so real Uh Yeah I love your smile and your fat ass thighs This feel real I aint even gone lie It's so real Got me bugging Uh Yeah I love your smile and your fat ass thighs This feels real I ain't even gone lie It's so real I'm in love with your size It's so real I would willingly die It would fuck me up bad if I made you cry I would do whatever it takes I ain't a horrible guy It's just coz I live in my own mind Aka being selfish on my own time Uh Broken down by the charm she was left unarmed It was an unfair fight but she said, en guard Don't you break my heart - put that on god You see I been through too much and I'm emotionally scarred I'm in an interesting place - it's kinda happy but dark I don't really fuck with no one and I can't be arsed Coz most these people are fake and they just make me laugh Hold up I'll hit you right back I'm bout to jump in the bath Ok yeah I'ma smoke a spliff while I wait and Think about your ways and how you seem to serenade me Think about the future and if you would ever play me I never do nothing to make you wanna stay away from me Lost in the trance uh Thinking about her coming out the shower dripping wet doing her dance Hello hey wassup? Hi You high? Yeah I'm alright You know I smoke weed everyday - every night Anyway like I was saying I'd rather focus on my art I had a fucked up past and I just hit restart Do you believe in chance? Because it feel like destiny The way we met at the start A candle in the wind or maybe you the light to my dark Or maybe you just like them other brothers nothing but talk Hold on hold that thought I talk a good game but I ain't playing And I ain't bout to prove myself You see for yourself if your staying Oh I'm cocky Correct me if I'm wrong but this feel like love in the making Already pictured you naked the sweet love we could be making But before we get to that it's about the mind penetration We flow like ships over water relating Don't be abrasive you'll be rewarded for patience You was dormant and waiting - I was storming and raging Daily dealing with frustration All I needed was a lady to question my intellect And get my senses activated hold me down until I make it Yeah Hold me down until I make it

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Childhood friends NO BAKING SODA and Benny Berlin present their debut collaborative project, Winter in Berlin.

The project entirely produced by Benny Berlin sees NO BAKING SODA displaying enviable cadence, deft humour and intelligent rhyme patterns over a soundscape inspired by the 1970s.

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released June 8, 2022

Production by Benny Berlin
Raps by NO BAKING SODA featuring Ashden

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