Release Date: July 11th, 2021
Genre: Hip Hop
Songwriters: Payton Rodriguez
Producers: No I.D, Payton Rodriguez
“Set It Off” is an exclusive release by rapper Payton Rodriguez released on July 11th, 2021 off his first compilation album entitled “Payton Season”, as one of the final tracks recorded for the album that has been announced for quite some time now. “Set It Off” was written by Payton Rodriguez with production from in house La Familia producers, No I.D with the track running for 3 minutes. “Set It Off” was recorded in July of 2021 as one of the final tracks for Payton Season, which has experienced some push backs due to Payton’s busy schedule that includes running the La Familia label, engagements with Celebrity Big Brother in which he won, hosting the Fan Choice Awards and numerous other engagements including featuring on records of some of the industries most successful artists that the highly sought after rapper has had to tend to, therefore pushing the album back on several occasions. However, the 21 year old rapper has never stopped recording for the album and had been back in the studio throughout 2021 recording additional tracks for the album whenever the rapper had free time.
“Set It Off” is also Payton’s first solo release since 2019’s controversial “GOOFY”, despite the artist appearing on numerous records as recent as July 2021. In this time Payton has most released appeared on a duet with Young Hood entitled “Voices”, a collaboration with fellow La Familia artists Miami and Tika Mays and on Joshua Grimmie number one hit “Flavors”, which shattered a record the Puerto Rican rapper. In his first solo release since GOOFY, Payton wastes no time on unleashing a scathing, chorus less, hip hop banger. The rapper opens the record off with a piano driven opening, where the rapper opens up about his tough up bringing, where he speaks about his dark family upbringing, coming from a family of poverty, drugs and death, and how the rapper had to overcome, aided by stepping into the music industry. The track quickly takes a change, as the beat continues to rise and breaks into a head knocking trap infused hip hop tune, that sees Payton take aim and any one who has doubted his accomplishments. With his Latin tinged flow and cadence, Payton sounds serious, with no games to play as he makes use of gritty metaphors with the use of topics such as Michael Jackson, Crimea, Baphomet, Soul Train, First Aid, one hit wonder group Question Mark & the Mysterian’s -known for this hit “96 years”, and Britney Spears, among others. With his album on the horizon, Payton makes it known that despite his pop culture success, he can easily revert back to a full on, bombastic rap record that sees the rapper shine without guest appearances.
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Ayo,
I’m the lieutenant and I ain’t even pass ma boilin' point
When I sit back and smoke dis joint, lookin back
On all the shit that I had to do before I had these racks
Straight from San Juan, poor, papa pushin crack
Had to do what he hadda do, to make up for what we lacked
Uncle Eddie passed away and fucked up the family pact
Dat's when I knew I had to step up and get dis shit in-tact
Ninja I tell you, im outta sight
Dis rap shit my lover, my bitch, ight?
Young mothafucka came in the game, and went up like a kite
And I dare any ninja dat wanna step up and take my light
We stayin away from lames, and run the whole game
And you boutta see the truth dat we claim
It ain't nun to make the glock sing
But I got stashes of bars, bits of metaphors, pieces that sting
Payton fuckin R’, for the take over
I'm a recoverin undercover over and over
Took it all lightly till it occurred to me
That you ain’t my type, ya see
Blur, hurting your heart, with all type of lyrical objects
Imma hit you and ya man, and whoever is next
Put ya career on a blackout like we in the projects
La Familia, we 'bout to do dis
On my lips, I’m bout to diss
And if you feelin’ hit, then maybe the shoe fit
Challenge me? I rip apart flows and I never miss
About the smoke when you fuckin wit the king of this
Now when dis beat drop, ima proudly be the suspect
When you get mad? Build yourself up like an architect
These the hottest bars since Baphomet,
Now dey about to get checked
Call that P’s law of cause and effect
Yo,
If you gotta problem, betta @ me now
Or keep it on the playground
Set it off, shots fired in your hometown
Think I give a fuck, I got bars from San Juan, clown!
Steady moonwalking’ up the charts, call me Mike Jackson
They could could barely getta hit, call em
Question Mark and the Mysterian
But It’s funny how charts don’t matter when?
The flops come in every time and again
Soundin aggy like Tr*mp, sayin everything rigged
Just step ya weight up ninja, and we all could win
P boi been the best since bend ova miss
Tried to keep it zen
So fuck it if you don’t wanna fuck wit me then
Still got bars that’ll haunt your life like the conjurin’
You think you a threat, then set it off
Cuz I gotta bone to pick
All my success hittin em hard, through dey tissues?
No wonder why dey got so many issues
Ain’t no surprise, P boi been the king of dis rap shit
Come into my territory and think you won’t get clapped, bitch?
Dis my fucking border, so get ya fuckin visa
Or I’ll drop bombs on ya town, call you the Crimea
Set it off, for La Familia
Set it off, oh mama, Mia
Want war, you got war, you want more, I give it raw
Beef early in the morning, n' straight at your door
The Pemon is here, steamin all year
Prolly bout ten years ago, I woulda feared
You lookin’ real out dated, imma call you soul train
For dis rap game, I’m still in the fast lane!
And my reputation speaks for itself, so it’s all gucci
Had to hop in the studio, had to pause on eatin my bitch coochie
So best believe, my bars gonna leave you faint like a roofie
My motherfuckin’ track record alone?
Shit make you so mad, you could faint and drop
Did you so dirty dey should call the fuckin cops
Still could come down in less than 24 hours, cuz I’m a fuckin’ hero
Think you at 100, easily pushed you down to zero
And everything you say? Just give me more ammo.
Those destined to succeed, show it's possible to make it
And I had to fix the game up like a First Aid kit..
Now my aura, my awards, my flow, raw to the core
Got all the bitches goin crazy like Britney, screamin’ Gimme more’
Keep it real sweet, really, really sweet
Respect my space, respect my gangsta
Took you to the bank, now you bankrupt
Buss these bars out at any time wanksta
Keep it real sweet, really, really sweet
Respect my space, respect my gangsta
Took you to the bank, now you bankrupt
Buss these bars out at any time wanksta
Keep it real sweet, really, really sweet
Respect my space, respect my gangsta
Took you to the bank, now you bankrupt
Buss these bars out at any time wanksta
Took you to the banks, now you bankrupt
Keep it real sweet, really, really sweet
Respect my space, respect my gangsta
Buss these bars out at any time wanksta
Set it off, for La Familia
Set it off, oh mama, Mia
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