James Roan | “Time Shows (feat. Richy B)
James Roan fights the modern sound with a promise to “bring real rap back” in “Time Shows (feat. Richy B).”
Following the notion of patience being a virtue, he tackles the 24 hours ahead of him with perseverance. Instead of waiting for his big break, James Roan makes a “grand entrance with his catalog.”
He spits, “It’s the lyrical genius, seen this, with no phoenix, meanest/Up my sleeve, its greenest, while you dreamed it Jesus/It’s the latter dog.”
“I’m just steady rapping, its satisfaction, never reactin’, when I had a call,” he also delivers.
James Roan
Richy B
Silencing the opposing forces with their lyrical demise, he suggests they hone more into their crafts instead of tearing him down. Thereafter, James Roan admits to having some self-doubt, but he combatted it with gratitude.
“It’s almost hunting time, but why you hunting mine/Work for yours, open different doors come in inside/So many times I tried giving up but n—a what?” he raps.
“I was down and out drowning, but the jig is up/I know I’m gone blow, on my Picasso/Hard times keep calling me, but I got em blocked though.”
By the second verse, James Roan declares that no violence should be formed against the human race anymore.
He spits, “Ain’t nobody bullying people ’cause we left off that/Ain’t nobody wavin’ pistols in the air, sending signals with a flare/It’s 2020, man, and that’s all facts.”
From there, listeners get a feel of James’ artistic style, and he says in so few words that his “album gone be so big with the largest hits.”
Should his competition step up to the challenge, he’ll annihilate them with impeccable wordplay.
Lines like this say it all:
“Mos Def when I go, Young Lupe or K.Dot with a ray shot/And I stay hot, what is they plot, do you play rock?/Cause you ain’t got no bars for this/I’m bringing real rap back you should be charged for s–t/Know you mumble rap n—as it should be hard to spit.”
“Time Shows” harbors a warm lofi beat and a steady flow from James Roan.