FOLLOW THE FLOW: “H-Town Boy” (verse.2 w/ video)
So at this point right here, in verse two, the track transcends. In the first one I kinda just gave some general H-Town ‘isms, but in this one I feel like I needed to say whats on our minds right now. From a city thats part of a country that gets doubted a lot I felt that certain things needed to be said.
I wasn’t playing when I said this was gonna be the anthem. This is gonna be the track you play when people wherever you may be in the world have shit to say about the land of milk and honey that we come from.
This is to keep us focused on the positive and proud. I write Hip-Hop, thats music not for the old folk but for the young folk aka the future. So if u hear and u feel it, share it on your walls, send it to an H-Town Boy near you and let it set theire hearts on fire….THIRD VERSE IS GONNA SEAL IT OFF NICE THOUGH.
H-Town STAND UP ! Thu, I got this brother. On my life and yours, our dreams will come right.
THERE’S NO NEED TO HATE “H” COS THAT’LL KILL YOU AT A GREAT PACE //
TRYNA SAY THAT WE CAN’T MAKE IT, THROUGH THE DARK AGES //
THEY SAY WE JUST STAR GAZING //
BUT THEY’RE READING THE WRONG BOOKS AND THE WRONG PAGES //
I TOOK MY OWN LOOK, ONLY SAW GREATNESS //
I CAN SEE US BACK AT THE TOP RUNNING THE GAME AS //
THE BREADBASKET OF THE CONTINENT, YET AGAIN //
SO THEY BETTER BRING THEM SPONSORS IN, YET AGAIN //
AND IT’LL BE A MEAN CELEBRATION //
WITH A BIT OF SADZA NEMURIWO AND ITS TASTING //
SO GOOD WITH THE ROYCO IN IT //
GOT ME LICKING BOTH LIPS ON SOME H-TOWN SHIT //
SIKE JUST KIDDING ON SOME LL COOL //
ONLY THING THATS MISSING IS THE JAY LETS BLAZE //
AND KNOW ITS NOT HOUSTON, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION //
MY H-TOWN IS THE CAPITAL OF A PLACE CALLED ZIM //
I know I say it all the time, but the flow is ape on this one. Go ahead and Follow The Flow, to feel and hear for yourselves.
Peace,Love & liberation…
Tehn Diamond
P.S. here’s verse one if you missed it family.
The Daily Dose: Yet Another Quickie in the Bathroom
- generally pissed off at the fact Thu’s gone. sad to the core and pissed off, so this is confusing. Whats worse I guess is that I don’t feel like talking about it anymore.
+ got baked a bunch of awesome little goodies by a fan/friend, not really sure. But they were awesome. One was marshmallows smothered in dark chocolate with skittle inside. Nuff said.
- I slipped on my budgeting thing for the month and also kind falling behind on keeping track of my goals and stuff.
+ made a concious decision to write a fucken hit this year, but something for my peoples. Came up with “H-Town Boy” and from what a certain Passion of HWMiT tells me, he may just have the right beat to bring this to fruition.
- slipped back into a few of my bad vices, so this week need to be about rebuilding discipline and conviction of character.
Peace,Love & level headed excellence…
Tehn Diamond
Today’s Posts:
1. Live in Effect – J.Cole “Losing My Balance” (Acoustic)
Live in Effect: J.Cole “Losing My Balance” (Acoustic)
Not only is this one of my favourite tracks off his mixtape, “The Warm Up” but this performance of it is extra sweet. Sometimes keeping it simple and nice and stripped down brings out the best in a song.
*Note to self* get some smooth acoustic shit going.
Needless to say J.Cole is an astute Student of the Game, dude paints in depth stories about varied subject matter with maturity and pure skill.
This song has been a great comfort and reminder this week in particular, that despite the us and downs of this crazy world we gotta always strive to maintain balance. Only way to survive really.
Enjoy 
The Daily Dose: The Puppet Master
Needless to say, I was devastated yesterday. I don’t think I’ve cried like that in ages. To the point that my chest hurt. But then something awesome happened, I asked for a sign and he sent me one. I’m the most religious person out but I’m hella spiritual. And I believe in the good and bad omens of this world. And I got my omen. I didn’t know what to do and I kept asking and the universe answered.
Nothing changes, only the intensity. Keep shining was the message I heard. See cos’ me and my brother had a plan and this year was it. So I keep keepin’ with a big ass grin on my face like he woulda expected.
I honestly don’t feel like he’s gone though, since hearing the news of his passing, I didn’t sleep for a good 24hours. Between finding out and finally sleeping, I received my sign from him and I just went on a writing spree. He loved my music and pushed like nobody else. So now its like he’s up in the sky pull the strings of my mind and filling it with the kinda inspiration I know he always had for life.
So I’m not unhappy, I’m very happy. Life is short, but love is forever.
Peace,Love & levitation…
Tehn Diamond aka Thu Thousand and Tehn
Today’s Post:
Follow The Flow – “H-Town Boy” (w/ video all in it)
I know I didn’t finish posting up the verses for “Been Here Before” but right now this is the track I feel like working on. One of the greatest H-Town Boys I ever knew passed this week, and he knew I was working on this track but never got to hear it or see the verses.
So to my big brother and friend, Thulani, here it is for ya while your soul is still flowing close enough for you to catch a glimpse of what I’m cooking up. I know you woulda approved.
On this track im using a lotta hometown references and lingo, so if you ain’t from there you may not get it, but in time you will.
Enjoy
IT AIN’T HARD TO TELL HOW TO SPOT AN H-TOWN BOY //
YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY THAT I WALK, THE THINGS THAT I SAY //
LIKE VOOM TO THE DISE //
COS IM TRYNA KAME A VOOM ON YOUR DAJE //
IS THAT OKAY, I MIGHT FOOL YOU TWICE //
SO YOU BETTER GET YOUR EYES OFF THE GAME //
PUT ‘EM ON YOUR SO-CALLED GIRL COS SHE HEADED TO THE BAR WITH ME //
GIVE IT A SEC NOW SHE’S HEADED TO THE CAR WITH ME //
UH OH, YOU SHOULDA KNOWN BY THE THREADS THOUGH //
MAYBE NOT THE BEST SHIT, BUT LOOKING THE FRESHEST //
PLUS I GOT A PRISTINE SHOE GAME //
SEE THE KICKS CAME CLEAN BUT I SPRAYED THEM AGAIN //
WIPED THOSE DOWN, THEN I SPRAYED THEM AGAIN //
TILL I HAD ‘EM LOOKING BRIGHTER THAN MY COLGATE GRIN //
SO ANY SENORITA SWEETER THAN SUN JAM //
CAN SEE SHE NEED TO BE RIDING WITH AN H-TOWN MAN //
Jus reading it doesn’t really do this one justice, so you best Follow the Flow and get a little step closer to the beauty of this soon to be anthem. And thats a promise, lemme just get the right beat.
Peace,Love & Life
Tehn Diamond aka Thu Thousand and Tehn
The Daily Dose: A King Among Men
Today my big brother passed away, his name is Thulani. Taller than a building more fun than a bowl full of skittles on a sunny day. I’m the oldest in my family, but the way we’re raised in Zimbabwe we learn to love our friends like family…sometimes more. So yea I lost a brother.
First time I got drunk and threw up it was on the side of his car, hanging out the window the night before my first rugby tour.
First time some dude tried to fuck me up but failed, it was because he drove all the way back to the place I was at and shut the dude down.
First time I got high and rolled around the city bumping nothing but Jay-Z was with him.
First time I felt like quitting music, because I was back in Zimbabwe with no contacts and no idea where to step next, he looked out for me again. He became my manager, though he didn’t have the time for it he made time for me. Got me my first gig on home soil.
And the last thing he sent me was a beat to make magic on
My brother was an artist, he could just create amazing shit. Give him a paintbrush, a pencil, some charcoal….WATEVA !! Just give him the space and the time and he’ll make magic.
I wanted to fall back and just not do this for a week, but fuck it, he pulled me back up so I could make all of this work out and happen. So no days off, no letting up on the gas. For me, the greatest respect I can pay to his memory is to show him while he smiles down from the heavens that his little brother kept his end of the bargain….so now I gotta make it. And I’m not afraid cos’ Thu was never afraid.
I love you dude and I miss you. Thank you for everything. It hurts tryna write this, but writing is all I know. And oh Lord, how you made me write…you just pushed me. And I’mma hold on to the last piece of advice you gave me, just to remind me how fucken crazy u were in that head of yours.
See u soon. You are Forever Young !
Tendai
The Daily Dose: Just A Quickie in the Bathroom….
+ Fully focused and writing my ass off right now, thought you might like to know.
- Losing my voice every night, my fault though. Can’t seem to kick the nicotine habit.
+ But I’m working on it, honestly.
- Checked into Heartbreak Hotel last week.
+ Checked out the same week.
+ Bought some new books, umm “The 50th Law” and “The 4 Hour Work Week” (AGAIN !!!)
Peace,Love & wateva goes better with chicken and gravy…
Tehn Diamond
The Daily Dose: Its Really Not All Fun & Games
So this is something I posted on my facebook page last night. Really just as a reminder to myself what my goals are for the year, but also to inform those who’re waiting for new music from that its actually on its way. Now my facebook page is linked to my twitter account and I got some responses from two of my fellow Zimbabwean MC’s, Synik and Prolific Jason. That looked a little something like this;
Naturally I responded, but there’s only so much one can do with 140 characters. So here’s the long version. While it may seem like a lot of work and a lot of releases for one year, its really not. I pride myself on constantly tryna compete with not just my peers, but I actuall listen to the Drakes, the J. Coles, the Cudi’s and the Ye’s and Hov’s of this world and want to be better than them too.
First and foremost of course my number one mission is to better myself, but in my mind I see it as if I’m playing with the big boys already. And I don’t think a lot of people realise just how much work these guys at the top do. A lot of us only see the glitz and glamour, but as the self-professed Student of the Game, I’m always looking deeper and tryna find the inside information. Hence why I do posts such as “The Inner-views”, because I look to see where I’m going right and where I’m going off.
I read constantly, to keep my mind creative and absorbing new ideas. I keep my eye on so many music marketing blogs its unbelievable. Simple because I want make sure I’m working harder than the next man and better equipped than the next man.
While I wish I was actually recording more music right now, I write every single day. I finish a song a day, whether its crap or amazing. I follow through to completion. Sometimes I miss a day, other times I’ll go on a spree and hit like a good three weeks in a row.
But all this is in the name of constant growth and improvement. I follow a lot of my favourite artists on twitter and when they say they’re writing, I go and pick up my pen and throw on a beat outta guilt.
Three releases in a year is really not where I wanna be, but its the minimum that I’m promising my you, my fambase. My actual goals are a lot higher, but i don’t want to make an empty promises. After all a brand is only as strong as the promises it keeps.
Anyway thats it for today, just thought I’d let you know where my heads at. And usually when you see posts that seem like I’m depressed or upset its more than likely cos’ the night before I partied when I know I shoulda written a new song.
I take this dream of mine very seriously. For myself and for those of you who care enough to support it.
Peace,Love & an endless work ethic…
Tehn Diamond
Today’s Posts:
SLMAO: Aziz Ansari’s First nite out with Kanye West
Who DOESN’T love to laugh ? If u jus raised your hand, you’re a fool. Slap yourself twice and never come back here. you’re not wanted. Personally I have a kinda weird sense of humour and its hard to get me to LOL and even harder to get me to SLMAO, but when I do its heaven (for me).
Sidebar: Yes SLMAO is something I made up, or at least adapted from LMAO, and no I’m still not telling what it means. In fact only two other people alive know, my cousin D. and my blog soulmate D.
“Fuck it, I’ll do some jokes !”
The Dose: Free Falling but Fading
– “I Can’t Do It”
I’m feeling like I felt just before I wrote this track. So its here for you now, just in case you feel me too.
So this is only “The Dose” cos I’m not gonna do this everyday for a while. I’m just not in the rght headspace right now. I can’t put a finger on it. Maybe its the birthday, got me overwhelming myself, maybe its just break time….I really have no idea.
Lord knows I hate it though. I hate not feeling sure of whatever the fuck it is I’m feeling. So I’m taking a step back. I’m gonna breathe and just open my eyes up for a minute.
Thanks for all teh birthday wishes…and the constant support.
I’ll be back soon enough…
Tehn Diamond
P.S. Headphones on “I Can’t Do It” bumping….come away with me.
