Our intro music is on. We’re back stage stretching out, sipping water, getting our minds right. Many times there’s butterflies in the stomach…still. Not out of nervousness, but out of anxiety… cause we know when we walk onto the stage and I start spittin’ “I put trust in my pen….” [the opening words from our opening song "The Struggle & The Dream"] .. with Concise & Slang on either side… the reaction is going to be crazy. The show has begun.

A smile comes to my face when I see people say “Wait til my face starts Poppin’ on TV“. Or when they react to certain punchlines/flow patterns. That’s dope. It’s very gratifying as an artist to see all the work you put into your craft and your grind resulting in satisfied fans. It drives me to see that we could take a stage in front of thousands of people who don’t know us from Adam, and end up making so many fans, friends, supporters… all off the strength of our music, our passion, our energy… it’s what we do. There’s nothing like it. The feeling ranks up there with sex, roscoe’s chicken & waffles, and hitting a fade away three pointer at the buzzer to win the game. Swish.

Obviously, Lupe Fiasco is on the road to being a hip-hop MEGA star… his name is drawing more and more people and his live show is definitely worth it. So many may think we’re lucky to be able to open for Lupe at so many shows… or T-Pain or The Dream or any other major artist we’re opening for. I guess we’re lucky… kinda. But I believe it is moreso our grind, our talent, and our passion that puts us on stage in front of thousands of people, sans record deal, sans major radio rotation, sans major industry cosign. I would say we’re lucky that god has blessed us with the talent and that our parents instilled principles of hard work into us. Thank you moms. Thank you dads. And for all the love you gave…Thank you Loyola.

Soon, lord willing, up and coming artists will be feeling the same way to be able to open for US.

True 2 Life Music is on the rise…Catch us at a city near you.

Best Regards,

Mr. Mr. Words

ps: We’ll also be opening up for Lupe Fiasco @ Rutgers University this Saturday, Oct. 18th

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