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Behind The Bars with PXVBS - Music Under The Microscope

Behind The Bars with PXVBS - Music Under The Microscope

Written by: PXVBS (Phoenix Vibes)
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Behind The Bars is a music commentary podcast hosted by PXVBS (Phoenix Vibes), the underground authority in Alt Rap. Taking our favorite songs and putting them under the microscope so we can get more out of the music we already love. Host Tyler Pritchard is a professional songwriter and recording artist with music placed in major networks like BET+, WE, TBS Sports & many more. His catalog is expansive and includes over 500 published works. Tap in for deep dives, anecdotes, writing insights and poetic analysis from one of the most prolific independent songwriters of this age.PXVBS (Phoenix Vibes) Music
Episodes
  • Harmony Forever
    Feb 4 2026

    Behind The Bars Episode 3: Harmony Forever


    Official Lyrics:


    Oh no

    Wu Tang Forever

    Wu Tang Forever


    I was just more of a Bone Thugz guy

    That's just how I was raised

    And how I was brought up

    On McDonald's

    I wanted Benihana

    Pasta with the lobster

    So I hung with the mobsters

    Brothers who ran the blocks

    All in my face with their knots I

    Would be grinning but

    Really my teeth gritting

    Competitive streaks

    I'll give you something to beat

    I'll give you something to beef with

    Get to chopping the meats

    I'll give you something to

    Keep an eye on

    You never should sleep

    I'm just reporting it live

    I'll give you something to hide

    I'll give you something to cry about

    With that drop on your eye

    How dare you complain

    When my mother was

    Bumming us rides

    Through the winter time

    Someone cut the heat off

    And the lights

    Got to get that blood money

    Sell DNA to survive

    I recall her slicing up her skin

    And just wanting to die

    Kept the perspective alive

    Nooses my family ties

    Shout out to my exes

    Cause they thugged it out

    Right by my side

    Probably couldn't take no more

    I'm sure I was something to watch

    Life is a roller coaster

    I'm known to go up and then drop

    Should have held you closer

    Let you know what was bubbling inside

    I got bitter bone marrow

    The thug harmony style

    You should know this


    Serenity brought me this focus

    My hope is the flow is the dopest

    I'm posted right here

    Harmony brought me this focus

    My hope is you know this is so

    I ain't going nowhere yeah

    Serenity brought me this focus

    My hope is the flow is the dopest

    I'm posted right here

    And I'm at my wits end

    And I'm at my wits end

    And I'm at my wits end


    And I got a lot of wits

    That means I got a lot of patience

    To deal with a lot of shit

    I finesse and finagle

    Every situation angle

    So I touched a lot of bricks

    And I ain't never spent shhh

    I don't care if you believe it

    I ain't got to lie you dig and

    You don't know just what I did

    Cause I would hide a lot of it

    I was private with my shit

    Keep my music out of it

    I deserve that record deal-y

    I deserve that scholarship

    I deserve that Dreamville

    I deserve that TDE

    I deserve that OVO and

    I deserve that ROC

    What a sense of entitlement

    They deserve to sign to me

    Now if only I could get them

    On the phone to politic

    Obvious that I'm delusional

    Fruitfulness so unusual

    Trolling the terrorists 'til

    They try to test me it's foolish

    I'll be the best in a li'l bit

    I'll be a pest and a nuisance

    Cleveland taught me I've got so much left to prove

    And I think you should know this


    Serenity brought me this focus

    My hope is the flow is the dopest

    I'm posted right here

    Harmony brought me this focus

    My hope is you know this is so

    I ain't going nowhere yeah

    Serenity brought me this focus

    My hope is the flow is the dopest

    I'm posted right here

    I'm posted right here

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    33 mins
  • WWTD
    Jan 19 2026

    Behind The Bars Episode 2: WWTD


    Official Lyrics:


    I used to hope that I would die young

    You know

    Because the good die young

    And that's what I want

    To be the best rapper ever of all time son

    That's why I keep on pitching heat

    Just like the Cy Young

    I swear to god they call me Ty Young

    But for the life of me I can't recall a time in my whole life

    Where I didn't try to be the best and give it my all

    Even after Ye told me that's when you die hard

    The same eyes that they cry from

    The same eyes looking at me on they timelines

    Blind huh

    Rest in peace to Nipsey he was God's son

    He was God sent

    So he could guide us

    It's alright cuz thru the dark

    I see the light

    We got a bunch of real ones left

    And 'fore they gone

    I've got to sound off

    Let's do a role call

    In no particular sequence

    I want to thank you Meek Mill

    Thank you Big Sean

    Thank you J Cole

    Thank you Wale

    Thank you Rozay

    Thank you to Kendrick

    J Rock Schoolboy and Ab Soul

    Yeah and thank you Mac Miller

    You up in the ceilings

    Thank you to Triple X

    You was never the villain

    And thank you Tory Lanez and

    Thank you to Drake

    and thank you Lil Peep

    The Lord giveth and Take

    and thank you to A$AP

    The whole damn Mob

    I never knew Yams

    But I still prayed when he died

    Is that fake love

    You feel that way

    Then I'm sorry cuz

    I still felt heart broken when they took

    Slim from Waka

    Yeah and thank you to Bankroll

    So long as they know

    That everybody need a hot boi on they payroll

    And thank you D12 the whole Aftermath

    And thank you to Young Money

    Yall taught me to rap

    And thank you to 50

    And G G G G G Unit

    And thank you to Georgia

    TI and Gucci and Ludacris

    It's too many to thank

    When it come down to Atlanta

    They all gave a contribution

    Did something that mattered

    And thank you Chicago

    And thank you to Sosa

    And thank you to Durkio

    All them Illinois soldiers

    And thank you to Paper Route

    And thank you to Memphis

    36 & CMG turnt me up I get ignant

    And I say thank you to H-Town

    Travis is great and I think

    All of us new rappers just riding the wave now

    And thank you to Wiz

    You taught me to laugh

    Focus to stay out the drama

    And keep my raw papers fat

    Can I say thank you to Kevin Gates

    That man is a heavy weight and

    Thank you to King Los

    He way too intelligent

    I say thank you to Lupe

    Off top like a toupe

    I got to thank

    Lil B the based God for a new day

    And thank you to Soulja

    Yeah yeah I'm talking to YOU

    Everybody in my school was

    Trying to crank that too

    Can I say thank you to the Smiths

    Will, Willow, and Jaden

    Thank you for SYRE And ERYS

    They're such a timeless creation

    I still put that in rotation

    Thank you Odd Future Wolf Gang and them

    I say thank you to everybody

    Who helped pave the way for them

    Cuz they paved the way for me

    And I don't know where I would be

    If I didn't make music and

    Try to emulate all of them

    With my deepest sincerity

    I'm just hoping you hearing me

    With the utmost of clarity

    I'm trying to give you the truth

    I'm trying to be like you

    It's with my deepest sincerity

    I'm just hoping you hearing me

    With the utmost of clarity

    I'm looking out in the crowd

    I'm trying to make Pac proud

    What would Tupac do

    What would Tupac do

    I'm looking out in the crowd

    I'm trying to make Pac proud

    What would Tupac do

    I used to hope that I would die young

    You know

    Because the good die young

    And that's what I want

    To be the best rapper ever of all time son

    That's why I keep on pitching heat

    Just like the Cy Young

    I swear to god they call me Ty Young

    But for the life of me I can't recall a time in my whole life

    Where I didn't try to be the best and give it my all

    Even after Ye told me that's when you die hard

    The same eyes that they cry from

    The same eyes looking at me on they timelines

    Blind huh

    Rest in peace to Nipsey he was God's son

    He was God sent

    So he could guide us

    It's alright cuz thru the dark

    I see the light

    We got a bunch of real ones left

    And 'fore they gone

    I've got to sound off

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    24 mins
  • Guess Again
    Jan 12 2026

    Behind The Bars Episode 1: Guess Again


    Official Lyrics:


    Crisp cold that November wind

    Baby when it blows

    I remember when

    I really thought

    I could never win

    Clearly I was wrong

    Had to guess again


    You ever wonder

    What your purpose is

    In this world

    That ain’t for you to know

    That ain’t for you to know

    You’ll never know just

    What your purpose is

    In this world

    Until after you’re gone


    Never question yourself

    Never second guess it

    You’ve been through

    All that oppression

    You keep on looking better

    You keep on pushing
    Don’t quit

    You just keep

    Applying pressure

    You keep on running to that money

    Like your life was dependent

    That’s called that perseverance

    They don’t know about perseverance

    They don’t know about

    Sleeping all out in the rain

    ‘Cause your pride

    Won’t let you share it

    You don’t know about

    Getting knocked down

    Getting scammed
    Getting robbed

    All ‘cause of your spirit

    Betting everything

    On a 100 song tape

    Scared that the world won’t hear it

    Fitting to shelf myself

    Sitting on a hard drive

    And I won’t sign myself

    To the dark side

    I ain’t an industry plant

    With the mob ties

    How could I fund myself

    To the multis

    When I ain’t even

    Got a dime to eat

    Can’t run a business properly

    Jobs treat me like property

    So I’m on to the next
    ‘Fore my heart could beat

    Ten toes hanging off the balcony

    I’m about to jump what’s stopping me

    All I ever do is cause problems see

    Even though I really want to

    Solve some things

    Can you fly with me

    Yeah yeah

    Can you ride with me

    Yeah yeah

    Can you vibe with me

    Can you slide with me

    Through the apocalypse

    Yeah I still remember

    Like it was yesterday

    Sleeping in the Concorde

    Early November
    When the power was out

    In the house it was dark

    Couldn’t play the Nintendo

    That my grandmother

    Got for us even though

    She was living out of hotels

    And barely supporting

    Herself and

    She was selfless

    Give it up

    Give The Lord thanks

    Carpe Diem
    Sieze The Lord’s Day

    Shower myself

    In The Lord’s grace

    Until the day I see

    The Lord’s face

    I just spent a small fortune

    On the show equipment

    For my tour dates

    Never took no shortcuts

    And that’s why they

    Fuck with me the long way

    It don’t seem that far away

    I was selling CDs in the hallway

    I wouldn’t let them ignore me

    Now they’re looking

    Up at me the star way

    Like look at me shine

    It’s my time no no no no

    Lost in the grind

    Been a long long long long

    Ride no no no no

    Teachers thought

    I was gon’ freeze up

    I can’t freeze up

    Still be rapping like

    The rent due

    Like the lease up

    I still be representing Cleveland

    Still gon’ throw my

    Street up opps

    Trying to put me

    In the freezer but


    Crisp cold that November wind

    Baby when it blows

    I remember when

    I really thought

    I could never win

    Clearly I was wrong

    Had to guess again

    Crisp cold that November wind

    Baby when it blows

    I remember when

    I really thought

    I could never win

    Clearly I was wrong

    Had to guess again

    Clearly I was wrong

    Had to guess again

    It’s a beautiful thing

    To be wrong sometimes

    It’s a beautiful thing

    It’s a beautiful thing

    To be wrong sometimes

    I had to guess again


    You ever wonder

    What your purpose is

    In this world

    That ain’t for you to know

    That ain’t for you to know

    You’ll never know just

    What your purpose is

    In this world

    Until after you’re gone


    I had to guess again

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    8 mins
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