Vincenzo Luvineri (born October 5, 1977), better known as Vinnie Paz, is a … Read Full Bio ↴Vincenzo Luvineri (born October 5, 1977), better known as Vinnie Paz, is a Sicilian American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks. He is also the frontman of the hip hop collective Army of the Pharaohs.

Paz was born in Sicily, Italy, where he lived for a short time before moving with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is of Sicilian/Italian heritage. He has both Italian and American citizenship. Paz originally started rapping with fellow Jedi Mind Tricks member Stoupe in his basement.

In 1996, Paz released the Amber Probe EP. This was the debut EP from the duo and it was released in 1996. It featured guest appearance from The Lost Children of Babylon. It was in 1997, Jedi Mind Tricks released their debut album; The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological & Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness (often abbreviated as The Psycho-Social CD). The group only consisted of Paz and Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind at this time and featured Apathy, Jus Allah, and Black Thought.

He released his first solo album, Season of the Assassin in 2010. This was 18 years after Paz had originally started rapping. He released his second album God of the Serengeti in October 2012. In 2013, Paz confirmed that he was working with Army of the Pharaohs to release In Death Reborn, which was released in 2014. October 22, 2013 marked the release date of his second EP, Carry On Tradition. Paz's third solo LP, The Cornerstone of the Corner Store, was released on October 28, 2016. He released his fourth solo album, The Pain Collector, in September 2018. Subsequently, his newest solo album titled As Above so Below was released in February, 2020.

Paz owns an independent record label, Enemy Soil.

Paz is known for his raw and gritty lyrical delivery. His lyrics frequently contain references to religion, war, politics, mythology, conspiracy theories, and the paranormal. His more recent albums such as Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell show a more obvious approach to politics and world issues. This gritty style of Paz became apparent with the release of Violent by Design, and has become progressively more defined since its release.

Raised Catholic, Paz is now a Muslim, which plays a major role in much of his lyrics, often controversially, as on "Heavenly Divine", where he rapped "I'm with Allah 'cause he chose me, I broke into the Vatican, strangled The Pope with his rosary." Paz is also a heavy metal fan, and occasionally uses song titles and band names in JMT tracks and lyrics.

Paz has a number of aliases, such as: "Ikon the Verbal Hologram", "Louie Doggs", "Boxcutter Pazzy", "Pack Pistol Pazzy", "Hologram", "Paz", "Vinnie P", "The Pazmanian Devil", Odrama Vin Laden", "Ikon the Python", and "Pazienza".

Spilled Milk
Vinnie Paz Lyrics

My papa was my hero, I was always by his side
And when I acted out of pocket
He would always let it slide
I can't say all the time
I took a couple L's
He went upside my head when I
Was putting him through hell
His first heart attack, I was 6 years old
They ain't let me near the hospital
That shit too cold so I waited by the door

Hoping he would get home
And I was scared that he would die
And we'd be left all alone
And I remember that when
Mommy brought you home, i was quiet
Showing you the things around the
Crib like you forgot 'em
The doctors told me you would be
Good if you would chill
So stop smoking stogies, pop
You know they make you ill
But you ain't want to listen
You was always being stubborn
And that's the type of shit you
Let slide when you love 'em
You ain't changed your diet and
You stayed smoking Winston's
You can't make a strong-willed
Man change his vision
Sometimes you think something is
When it isn't
He was gonna die and that was his decision
I could never do the same in his condition
He left three sons and a
Wife in that position
The ones we hurt when we leave
The lies we live and believe
You got to learn to step up
And be the man that they trust

Ten years old
They telling me that my father dead
What the fuck was going
Through my father head?
He ain't think his youngest need his father?
Had a million chances to
Change but didn't bother?
It's like he ain't love me enough to live
Or too selfish to make an
Adjustment for his kids
And you ain't think you
Dying would divide us?
And you ain't think a
Ten-year-old boy needed guidance?
Ain't nobody talking
Just bottle it up inside us
And shit could turn ugly when there's
No one there to guide us
It's all good, I still love you
I forgive you
But that ain't gon' be something my
Son is gonna live through
He ain't gonna lose me the way I lost you
'Cause doing that to him is
Just something I couldn't do
I had to change the way I
Was living 'cause I was you
The same hard head and the same world view
I had to do a 180 and get my shit together
When you a mess, pop
It's hard to get your shit together
But I ain't living for myself now
It's all for him
And I'm trying to be everything
That you should have been

The ones we hurt when we leave (Oooh)
The lies we live and believe (Oh the lies)
You got to learn to step up
(You goooot to do it)
And be the man that they trust
(I got to be the maaan now)
The ones we hurt when we leave (Ooh yea)
The lies we live and believe
(You goooot to live it)
You got to learn to step up
(Oooh you got to do)
And be the man that they trust

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