Maestro Fresh-West. "Stick To Your Vision." Built to Last, Attic Records, 1998.
Still not gonna stop.
We'll save the epic stories about Wesley Williams (aka Maestro) for another post, but in the meantime, enjoy this classic Canadian hip-hop track, featuring a sample from The Guess Who's "These Eyes" and lots of Toronto footage in the music video.
🎶 I build with Israelites, Rastafarians, God bodies
F-o-y, Sunni Muslims, T.O. to Brooklyn
Many nights in Bed-Stuy, blazin' trees out in Cali
With brothers from frat, sippin' henny, mad friendly
Got Toronto's rap title to Maracitles
Met Quincy Jones in eighty nine, that's my idol
Chicks from every nationality, showin' hospitality
Grabbin' me, showin' mad love in the club
Listen, check my rendition
Performed for royalty and politicians
Even done shows with the greatest emcees of all time
I was the one who used to say (eighty nine is mine)
I've seen alot of valleys, I've seen alot of peaks
I've seen the bitter with the sweet, victory and defeat
Sometimes I fell, but a voice kept saying
Son, stick to your vision, peep the composition 🎶