VIGNETTROSPECTIVE
- samsraps
- Mar 31
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
I WAIT ON THE PORCH FOR JVNUS TO OPEN THE DOOR. EVENTUALLY HE PULLS IT BACK—FRESHLY ROLLED BLUNT HANGING FROM HIS TEETH. THROUGH A GRIN, HE’S LIKE
"SUP MAN? TRYNA CHILL?AND WHAT DO YOU REGRET MOST?"
INSIDE, MUFFLED BASS KNOCKS THE LIVING ROOM WALL. SOMEBODY’S SPITTIN’. SOMEBODY’S UPSTAIRS.
HE POINTS TO THE CEILING, THEN NODS DOWN THE HALL.
***"THAT'S JUST THE HORSEGOD.
WANNA FREESTYLE?"***
[TRACK: COUCHLORD 01:31]
"AHL, MARK & LUCIANO ONLY ONES WITH THE CURRENCY TO SMOKE THE MIC LIKE IT WAS DIPPED IN WAX & ROLLED IN KIEF"
SO WE SIT & SPIT FOR A BIT & EVERYONE’S GOT BARS.
I MEAN, WHEN AHLI.E WAS LIKE,
"ON AND OFF THE MEEEEEDS TO FIND WHICH ONES WILL WORK"?
SHIT’S DOPE.
WE’RE ALL CHILLIN’. THEN JVNUS IS LIKE,
"OH BRO, I GOTTA GIVE YOU THE TOUR. LET'S GO."
[TRACK: WEATHERED 01:00]
"IMMA INDULGE WHEN I WANT A BREW. AND FINISH A BLUNT BY MYSELF IN THE MORNING DEW [...] SORRY MY DAYS AIN'T ALL FILLED WITH PURPOSE. SOMETIMES JUST WANNA LAY BY MYSELF AND BE NERVOUS"
HE BRINGS ME TO HIS ROOM & HE GOES DIGGING IN THE CLOSET A BIT. WHILE HE SHUFFLES THROUGH FLANNELS, HE SPEAKS MUFFLED
***"THIS IS WHERE I SIT & WRITE LATE AT NIGHT.
HORSEGOD JUST PASSED ME THAT INTROSPECTIVE PACK, SO I'VE JUST BEEN SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THE PAST"***
HE POKES HIS HEAD BACK OUT AND HE’S GOT A SCRAPBOOK.
"I USUALLY ONLY LOOK AT THIS THING LIKE TWICE A YEAR WHEN I CLEAN MY ROOM, BUT..."
(SHRUGS.)
[TRACK: SIMPLE AS 0:09]
"THESE BIG MOMENTS, IN THEM POLAROIDS, LOOK SMALLER"
HE STARTS FLIPPING THROUGH IT AND POINTING OUT SOME OF HIS FAVORITE PHOTOS.
THE FIRST IS OF HIS FATHER, STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM ONE SATURDAY MORNING, RIFLING THROUGH HIS CD COLLECTION.
THE NEXT, THE FIRST GIRL HE LOVED.
THE FIRST RAP HE WROTE.
THE TIME HE MADE A SONG IN THE BASEMENT WITH THE HOMIES
"DAMN, I MISS THOSE GUYS,"
HE SAYS, AND CLOSES THE BOOK.
THE CLOP CLOP OF THE HORSEGOD GROWS NEAR.
"OH SHIT, I WAS SUPPOSED TO WRITE THAT VERSE FOR HIM TODAY. I'M SO FUCKED"
(THINKS FOR A SECOND.)
THEN HEADS TO THE MIC AT HIS DESK.
"ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN."
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