Finally after months of single dropping and guest features Kidd Amaze is back with his second studio album The Rappers Handbook. Once he said he was going to take off it was clear he left a void in not just hip hop but music as a whole that couldn't be truly fulfilled without him being able to release music. Yes he was still present last year with him appearing on others like SYNCO, Carmen V. Buzz and Hype, Tisha Jackson, SpitSet, Johnny Carter, just to name a few he hasn't done much of his own work with only one single that being "Behind That Curtain," Kidd who has been for the most part open about his music has kept this project close the chest leaving hints and clues about what this project will be. It wasn't until recently that he finally release info on his website about how this album was going to be. This album took years in the making and was worked and reworked but, the time is at hand to finally find what Kidd was focus on with making this.





Introduction
The beginning of this Album starts off the way you will expect his album to start, setting up a story. It beginning with a young female voice humming some familiar tune and then you hear someone being forced against their will inside to meet this girl. "Why hello," She say with a cheery up beat attitude "I don't think I need to introduce myself, afterall I'm what the rich have, the middle want, and the poor crave. I have met a lot of people in life. I seen talent, I used cashed cows. I make it off the backs of misfortune and I thrive in the wake of adversity. Today is your lucky day cause I have been watching you. As she talks to can hear light struggles but still goes on feeling like you are no threat. I have seen how people take to you and right now I want to take you. I feel like you my child could be the thing I have been looking for You will be my voice and once it is over. I can move on to the next one, You will be my champion until you no longer can be won't you? You do want me? You do need me? You will do? she asks these questions softly as if to put someone in a trance to do someone bidding. Soon as it quiet you hear soft laughter, then it flows into the next song.



Track 1 ~ What Are You Going To Release

(Lyrics)

What you going to release
What you going to release
(Cause we need that)
What you going to release

What you going to release
What you going to release
(Cause we need that)
What you going to release

(Verse 1)
I remember being young and doing lines, on the table
While seeing cool and fast videos on that cable
that life what a fable seem so make believe
They have magic but it was the confident on their sleeve
but the glare came from the diamonds, looking like Ice
Had money and women, man that must be nice
that day I knew what I wanted in life
and would work hard and pay any price
I'm not going to live of that beans and rice
I'm going to make it even if I have to pull a heist
Like, freeze. Hands up, don't shoot
famous for killing favorites John Wilkes Booth
Go and ask Paul Pierce, who is really the Truth
I'm a shark and I call all shots
billiards, and in rhythm I get hot

(Hook)
That dope can you do it again
You sound good can you do it again
I like it can you do it again
you popping
can you do it again
you got nice lyrics
and I like your beat
but can you get people to get off their feet
if so then that is quite a feat
if not then your back on the street

(Verse 2)
I can't cool down, but I don't overheat
I just put words in patterns
over nice slick beat
to have you, the listener tapping your feet
maybe have you hmm this down your street
Cause I can and I will
I wont stop until my dream is fulfilled
I want a lot, but I have this gift
one where haters get their face stiff
But I hear that puts hairs on a man chest
too bad it look weird with man breast
Someone forgot to be train
and someone forgets they have a brain
It will be foolish to stand in my way, Brick
Cause I don't speak softly and carry a big stick
Plus I bring it, very hard and very thick
Just lay it on top and they're scare to move
I'm come with blue chip and something to prove
People, don't get in my way when I'm in my groove
Tell me all I need to is just write out hits
Oh my god, she screams, I'm thinking
this must be it

(Hook)
That dope can you do it again
You sound good can you do it again
I like it can you do it again
you popping
can you do it again
you got nice lyrics
and I like your beat
but can you get people to get off their feet
if so then that is quite a feat
if not then your back on the street


(Verse 3)
I get on stage with eyeballs glues
knowing one fuck up, and I'm screwed
I never done this thing public
what am I in an exhibition
I tend just to focus on the competition
but I would lie if I was confident in my condition
but you will never see it, I cleaned up
and I ate light
with fire in my stomach
I was looking for a fight
a lot of things was coming up, and going down tonight
but like dynamite they struck the fuse
and looking at them I caught my muse
the ability to stream over you, lighting quick
that made me the first human hybrid, now aint that slick
eco friendly but left people with coal
my antics, classics rhyming troll
before the high tech, I was ahead time
body men from hoods and ghetto
bags fill with pride and looks like I pull a crime
and just got acquitted
Got his head down and sprit lifted

(Hook)
That dope can you do it again
You sound good can you do it again
I like it can you do it again
you popping
can you do it again
you got nice lyrics
and I like your beat
but can you get people to get off their feet
if so then that is quite a feat
if not then your back on the street



What you going to release
What you going to release
(Cause we need that)
What you going to release

What you going to release
What you going to release
(Cause we need that)
What you going to release

Track 3 ~ They don't know Me

(Lyrics)

They don't know me
They don't know me
They don't know me
they don't know
They don't know me
They don't know me
They don't know me
They don't know

Yea, what you think you doing boy
this here is grown people stuff
you just go play with your toys
You can't be serious, like really
try to get the bar,
You know that's just silly
this is something you know you shouldn't to do
Sure you think you can, but is it really true
Nah, your just too fresh,you're too new
yea you got a little buzz, but just look at you
Nobody is going to get it, you need to dumb it down
You will be better off acting and dressing like a clown
What you need is a gimmick, a good stick
you could either cop a brick, or hit a lick
either way I think it is still going to over badly
You're a smart kid why are you want something flashy
hands so soft they feel like they have never been ashy
been hitting those books but you don't seem all that classy
It's a dog eat dog those guys will eat you alive
You can enjoy the music but you won't make it inside
Listen, I'm only trying to look out for ya
but once you get embarrassed don't say I didn't warn ya
They take this hard and they go personal
Punchlines hard and quick, no dress rehearsal
You have just one shot, that is a lasting impression
and just by looking at you leaves a lot of questions

(Hook)
Man, just close your eyes
Just picturing people want your early demise
then picture yourself trying to rise
Crabs in a barrel mentality
looking back it was sad to see
I wonder how they feel now
Cause I'm the one on top now
So how do they feel
Cause I'm great, they late
I ball, they fall
I'm on top, they flop
So how do they feel?


They Don't know me,
I going to take them class
go and get that tuition fee
apply for aid cause they need the support
I'm king of the hill and ruler of my fort
so I retort by saying, I know the risk
but I know I can make it, I'm an optimist
we have too many people sounding the same
that it all run together and it's really a shame
you try to stand out, but you need product to hand out
that takes money, but you up in a drought
starting to have doubt, only knowing song that stay in rotation
while underground music is in a state of stagnation
what's a boy to do? You got all these goals
but it seems you just a victim of a popular poll
And for you to just get a hold
you need to cash out the bank
hope the money is enough for some kind of rank
cause if your yank all that money is gone, wasted
so to be where you want is complicated
but I rather fail doing what I enjoy
then being broken, depressed and still employed
I have time on my side, and I got belief to let it ride
I know there going to be a lot of pushing back
But this is time, this is the moment, you got to act
think of it, you can be the one to make it
it's right there for you, go and take it
Cause everyone else just seems like cut out copies
What was once about a message is now just sloppy
And this is not what the founders embody
gang violence, promoting to rep your set
Hooking with bitches that hardly dress
Bless the Ratched, Drug dealers, and hitters
Nothing worst then this representing a nigga

(Hook)
Man, just close your eyes
Just picturing people want your early demise
then picture yourself trying to rise
Crabs in a barrel mentality
looking back it was sad to see
I wonder how they feel now
Cause I'm the one on top now
So how do they feel
Cause I'm great, they late
I ball, they fall
I'm on top, they flop
So how do they feel?

(Sounds Similar to)



Track 4 ~ Work

(Lyrics)

Ya'll know who's the one to hold it down
You see the circus whenever I come around
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work
You see I'm the one holding the crown
And I do it for each and every town
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work

I heard a lot of talking, about who really running things
Everyone seem to have their hands up working for that first string
but let me be clear nothing happens if I'm not a part
Sure you could manage but I'm the one to bring the spark
never seen boy so hungry, mean, and vicious
never can be satisfy, he shouldn't be so ambitious
Get in work, Getting Work
Got goals to hits, beat them to your hands hurt
Always remember that their someone wanting what you have
There always someone looking for a money grab
Are you going to let people use you like a door mat
Or are you going to be able to spring up and attack
You will never have worry about mine
They have backbone, watch me Sub Zero that spine
Chilly, and that is not game
People do a lot of things just for a little fame

(Hook)
Ya'll know who's the one to hold it down
You see the circus whenever I come around
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work
You see I'm the one holding the crown
And I do it for each and every town
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work

(Verse 2)
I never been able to not do
cause everything I wanted I made true
Not a lot of people like to work, hard labour
Always wants someone to help them, calling a savior
"Man can you do me a favor,"
What I'm here to pick up your slack
traitor, I just wave and smile, hater
you know you have sometimes fall back, fade away
all that lazy shit, you just need to stay away
while I'm young get as much as I can hold on to
and leave it to my child when my time is through
Keep talkers close and the sneaks closer
They just mad cause you’re their house, poster

(Hook)
Ya'll know who's the one to hold it down
You see the circus whenever I come around
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work
You see I'm the one holding the crown
And I do it for each and every town
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work

They come to me because they know I put in work
Somebody help them otherwise this is going to hurt
Betting that some of them want me to go away
Some nights they are on their knees just to pray
But they don't seem to understand,
this is what I live for
Time after time I the one who wants it more
I give everything leaving nothing left
That why people connect because it's heart felt
But soul melt cause the body gets weary
The was a lot of time I was at that breaking point, and nearly
Gave up but I keep pushing harder
And every time I fail I would only get smarter
When it comes to it I have the muscle
even if I lose it all I know how to hustle
if you want to make big then you know who call
I'm the one, I'm the best above them all cause I got that work

(Hook)
Ya'll know who's the one to hold it down
You see the circus whenever I come around
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work
You see I'm the one holding the crown
And I do it for each and every town
Cause you know I have that Work, Work, Work, Work
I come bringing that Work, Work, Work, Work

Sounds similar to

~Track 7 Signed (One Eye)~
Featuring Chaelin

(Lyrics)

OoooOoooh
All I did is close one eye
To revive my stolen pride
Signed my name, on that dotted line
OoooOoooh
Dropped some blood now it's sold
Now receiving all this gold
I'm insured until they day I go

I can tell that you're hungry
See that motivation, but this trek can be lonely
People here breed contempt, they beat you down
To the point where your ego is on the ground, limp
You need some help? well I can do it
Trust me, I seen people through a bit
All that potential just wasted is sick
And you will need more than your skin being thick
Just do as I say and we will get by
You won't be seen as that other girl, you will be made
Success comes with sacrifice, a debt to be paid
You think you can pay the price?
There are so many who want the same, but it is brutal to get to the fame
I help others like you
Believe when I say, that I can make dreams true
Yea

OoooOoooh
All I did is close one eye
To revive my stolen pride
Signed my name, on that dotted linne
OoooOoooh
Dropped some blood now it's sold
Now receiving all this gold
I'm insured until they day I go

You've given me everything
That I searched for all this time
Paved the road to all my hopes
You sure know how to keep a girl up high
Now I see everything with my own eyes
Living all the dreams that you spoke of
When we met on that one and only night

You has a buzz and it good
keep your name out there and we'll get out of the woods
You want to be what people think
They should be seeing you all the time
Even when they blink your face should appear
Got to have something to catch their ear
And hook them to they hand over money
Use the media, I know that it's funny
But realize that these people are clients
And you need be able pull together an alliance
Your fan base will spread your gospel
And can gather those who were once hostile
See this isn't that tough as long as we are together
You handle the talent and I take off the pressure
All about connections and who you know
You need direction to help you grow
This is nothing I know that want more
just wait to you find out what I have store

OoooOoooh
All I did is close one eye
To revive my stolen pride
Signed my name, on that dotted line
OoooOoooh
Dropped some blood now it's sold
Now receiving all this gold
I'm insured until they day I go

You've given me everything
That I searched for all this time
Paved the road to all my hopes
You sure know how to keep a girl up high
Now I see everything with my own eyes
Living all the dreams that you spoke of
When we met on that one and only night

Pam Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
Living all the dreams that you spoke of
When we met on that one and only night

This is what you wanted right?
This the dream that keeps you up at night
Cause you see those flashing lights
You almost there, don't let it slip
It's right there at your fingertips
You can have all that is mine
You just sign on the dotted line

OoooOoooh
All I did is close one eye
To revive my stolen pride
Signed my name, on that dotted line
OoooOoooh
Dropped some blood now it's sold
Now receiving all this gold
I'm insured until they day I go

You've given me everything
That I searched for all this time
Paved the road to all my hopes
You sure know how to keep a girl up high
Now I see everything with my own eyes
Living all the dreams that you spoke of
When we met on that one and only night

Pam Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
Living all the dreams that you spoke of
When we met on that one and only night

(Sounds Like)

Track~ 8 Let Yourself Go

Why you sitting down
Go get yourself a drink
We about go on a roll
get off the wall and dance
go and let the music take control
You work hard, You can Play hard
So just let yourself go
Go Go Go

Uh sun down but we stay up
Money on me keeps my weight up
Long day, but I have longer nights
So high, I could catch flights
Skywalker in some fresh Jays
Og have the fans wanting to stay
Have the senses take a vaca
Then get treated like it your birthday
First one, time to bring out that cake, cake
got it in the back if you care to partake
You really weren't living you were in a fog
broken and domesticated like a lapdog
But this shit right here, is that get right
Burning niggas like it's a passage rite
Light it up and let the smoke fill
Intoxicated off light feel
I'm not here to worry about issues
I just trying to look out for me
I'm not here for a rescue
What you think this emergency
And my boys are die or die
So things ramp up quickly
VC time to start the harley
If I'm not there for it then it isn't a party
See this weed got me feeling good
And the liquor has me feeling better
The way we spending this money
I liable to change the weather
I'm in here with the crew
And girls that trying to ditch
If they can get it pop off
I just might make them rich
So fuck with me

Why you sitting down
Go get yourself a drink
We about go on a roll
get off the wall and dance
go and let the music take control
You work hard, You can Play hard
So just let yourself go
Go Go Go

These groupies are in love with the crew
Got drinks to make it do what it do
And if she bad she going to bring a friend too
If I conversate I got them cause the game is lockdown
5 minutes of talking you won't see her around
Guys in here, and they all trying to get on
Get fucked up and pass out before we see dawn
To want to meet up then you need to hang
You need to be able to handle the mustang
Have my music in club and it's banging
Tear the party down, yea nigga we slaying
Then we getting over to after party
do it all over again we keep it rotating
Got money coming so this shit nothing
Trying to be like mj and let start something
I'm feeling good looking fresh and clean
Recruiting girls to be on the team
I'm going out looking for my starting five
I need some freaks who can handle the drive
I'm not trying to be attached now
I'm just seeing who willing to get down
I could give you an experience you want forget
Maybe try something you might regret
See This weed got me feeling good
And the liquor has me feeling better
The way we spending this money
I liable to change the weather
I'm in here with the crew
And girls that trying to ditch
If they can get it pop off
I just might make them rich
So fuck with me

Why you sitting down
Go get yourself a drink
We about go on a roll
get off the wall and dance
go and let the music take control
You work hard, You can Play hard
So just let yourself go
Go Go Go


(Sounds Like)

Track 11 ~Can't Stop Now

~Background talk~ Spoken Lyrics


See, I on that whole other shit, man
Like I’m a nice killer, I the one nobody expected
People can talk all they want but I was made this way
Go ahead and be lead around if you want to,
I knew that this wasn’t the path I should take but
I took that first step so tell them why I can’t go back

*Hook*

(There’s no way. No way. There’s No way
I’ll stop now)


~Get ready, You Ready, GO!~

*Verse 1*
Smallest kid and came take over the room
Hitting grown men so hard that you hear a boom
MC knows of the trouble that loom,
They tried to stifle but instead I bloom
I came in with nothing but the clothes and car
Not knowing that I could really make it this far
While they stay the course and trying for par
I broke open the seal of the whoop ass jar
Stomping mudholes and crossing out names
Taking the biggest thug and leaving him tame
Or worst come to worst in a small puddle of shame
They know it’s a game but I’m not to be played
With lyrical prowess you going to get sprayed
Cause this is my mission on a crusade
I put my heart and my soul into this shit
So you can imagine the time I have fits
Where nobody care if I make a hit
Pressure from sides that I should just quit
I can’t sell what I already gave
Working so hard could put you into your grave
This was all that I knew there wasn’t a plan
My dream was in reach just needed to close my hand
Ball to a fist and coming out with a homerun swing
And prove to everyone that this is more than my thing
So

*Hook*

(There’s no way. No way. There’s No way
I’ll stop now)

~Yea, tell again~

(There’s no way. No way. There’s No way
I’ll stop now)

*Verse 2*
They thought I was crazy to try and make it myself
The gap was too big to cover without using their help
But there is a method to the so call “madness”
To pull strength out of all of my sadness
The time I would miss sleep just to write
The notepad I carried that I would define my fight
Shinning a light on what you all took granted
Leaving the people with a look at was slanted
And implanted the thought that my way could happen
I tell you all stories in the my form of rapping
My struggles, My heartbreak, my failure and success
My stumbles and falls, my thinking process
It’s all right there but do have it to listen
Cause that is what it take to see the vision
Off of a mixtape I created a label
From standing in the back to now running the table
I own my own masters and people questions me still
Doubts of my work ethic, commitment and will
So what should have I done, maybe dream smaller
Go to record labels with a chain and a collar
Cause clearly my way isn’t going to pan out
Or you should invest in a scout
I mean with music to burn I gave a mixtape out for free
Name another rapper to do it like me
Cause

*Hook*
There’s no way. No way. There’s No way
I’ll stop now,

~No looking back now, Go ahead and play my shit!~

(sounds Like)


Track 12~ Born To Fail

(Lyrics)

(Hook)
No matter what you do
Your dreams won't come true
And no matter what you try
You will be stuck here
Until the day that you die
What they say
What you hear
Is your born to fail


So tell me if that is real,
I want to know if that is true
Are they being straight up
Or are they just lying to you
Sometimes, the people around want to be up close
So they want to see you fall, just so they can boast
Maybe they never say it out loud
Instead they cheer for you in crowd
Always say that they are with you
But let go as you fall down
Be impressed with your feats, claim it as their own
Cause with little to no effort get arms length to your throne
They gain just by the connections
While looking at imperfections
They live inside your shadow
cause they can't deal with rejections
The jealousy is something everyone get
it corrupts and polutes your mindset


No matter what you do
Your dreams won't come true
And no matter what you try
You will be stuck here
Until the day that you die
What they say
What you hear
Is your born to fail


How many times I was doubted
I remember each and every one
I remember I was the person
who came and killed all their fun
I never had much confidence as a child
I was never the one going out and acting wild
My dream was to be like the people I hear on vinyl
I wanted to be so big that their was no denial
The skill that I didn't see but others tend to notice
The people who were with me and help me stay focus
I owe it to them to be succesful nothing less
I had a lot doubt but I didn't want any regets
they place bets on me I had to make it
I squeeze myself in just so I could take it
Now look at me, sometimes it sad to see
some of people couldn't get here to be
But I have to go on, I hope you making room
I have a lot of stories we'll meet again soon

No matter what you do
Your dreams won't come true
And no matter what you try
You will be stuck here
Until the day that you die
What they say
What you hear
Is your born to fail

You have so many people telling you no
that it's hard to know when to let it go
it can eat at you when you giving poison
When you get too big it could lead to an implosion
where you feel threaten over every turn
You feel entittled to things you haven't earn
I feel for you and I fear for the new age
you suppose to be enlighten some kind of sage
I'm not mad I'm disapointed, in your visions and ways
I forsake you, you don't even deserve your praise
I'm indendpent I see power that is in myself
I know I'm strong I need to give my people help
So many things It's hard to know where to begin
frist thing we should do, learn how to win

No matter what you do
Your dreams won't come true
And no matter what you try
You will be stuck here
Until the day that you die
What they say
What you hear
Is your born to fail