HEATCHECK!

from HEATCHECK! by Francis Arevalo

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lyrics

i’m feeling real good
so i gotta tell you a story
i dropped two mixtapes and my fam was for me
yet my name gets missed,
i don’t wanna make your lists
think i’m in a whole different category
dawg, whether or not you think i’m dopest
i’ll make a living with the homies i was broke with
i’m speaking to heroes, and fearing no equal
and keeping appearance while hearing my people
cuz i could show you what’s good
and i thought i had nobody to be
til i realized nobody is me
so that really means it seems that nobody is you
so find something to do, just know i see something in you
most laughed when i had ‘em hear
my first drafts, can i have ya ears?
now you wonder what happened here?
i did in half a year what most cats won’t have in their whole career
now come on

Chorus
now he’s that dude that
do that smooth rap on the boom bap
and he use rap to move cats
and now his name all in your group chat
swoop
and when the ask who’s got next
look ‘em in the eye and yell heatcheck
because i look around the whole town
nobody else lookin’ like they got now

be the rapper that you adore
baddest bars, even better with the rapport
mad scores, if ya wonder if i’ll rap more
i feel like steph curry from half court
i won’t say that i told you so
but you should listen to your older bro
imma beat your bets, ya ain’t believe me yet?
they call me keith in the street
see my heat make the people sweat
heatcheck
oh you’re digging me now
why the deepest gotta be underground
cuz the vision is loud, i’m just reverse engineering it now
i bet in 5 years, still tryna figure it out
do i have to say the accolades, the path i paved
the maps i made i laid in raps
like i think the way that chess plays
and when i say heatcheck, dawg i really mean checkmate

Chorus

what if i never leave my day job
i mean i'm killing it without having a day off
now imagine what happens after this pays off
do a good job, or else they better lay off
i knew this wouldn’t be a way to the wealth
but i knew it was a way outta hell
ain't no telling dreams will ever come true
i might sleep and i'll never come to,
then at least it was a way to myself
so what’s next
they think i’m cooking with magic
damnit this reality’s happening how i planned it
francis
ain’t a whack millennial rapping
this one has more drive than two millennium falcons
i ain’t even stunting i’m just telling the truth
cuz now everybody’s frontin, while i’m still still in the booth
i can’t stop so tell me what i’m supposed to do
ya boy making more waves than the ocean do
so what’s good?

Chorus

i gotta put my family on
when the cat got the knack bad crafting a song
clapback whack cats when they slacking and wrong
i grew up with karaoke, so you’re rapping along
y’all sloppy it shows, been watching your shows
no beef but you're looking like the sloppiest joes
--cocky when you rocking, but you’re chicken in flow
i got WSDM in the chops like the barber i go
the farther i go, the further i see
i learned to believe all the flames that were burning in me
the purpose to be, the best-verse version of Francis
now i’m sparked with the fire that you ain’t matching
my heart never tires, that dude can’t catch him
show my whole hand, and they still can’t catch it
ohh
y’all better get used to this
even the industry’s curious
whenever kuya spits

Chorus

credits

from HEATCHECK!, released April 27, 2023
Songwriter/Composer: Francis Arevalo
Lead Vocals: Francis Arevalo
Producer: TheBeatPlug
Co-Producer: Braeden Rangno
Scratches: DJ Dain
Recording Engineer: Braeden Rangno
Studio: Vibe Cave
Mixing Engineer: Braeden Rangno
Mastering Engineer: Eugene Chong

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about

Francis Arevalo Vancouver, British Columbia

Francis Arevalo is a Filipino-Canadian artist and producer based in Vancouver, BC. Known for his personal storytelling, clever lyricism, and colourful production, he makes music to uplift, inspire, and energize himself and his community.