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Lyrics:
Ugh, my head. Wait, why am I here?
Hello? Is anyone out there?
Took you long enough.
Shit! Oh, it’s you. What’s going on? Did you bring me in here?
Yeah. It’s been 8 months since you decided to take a break and rest, and you’ve made incredible progress
Damn has it really been that long? I got so distracted by everything going on I hadn’t even noticed
You needed time to grow and mature. I know it wasn’t ideal, but I think it worked. I think you’re ready to move on.
Me too, I’m really happy with the progress I’ve made.
That’s great! There is one more thing though. With all of your growth, I’m not needed anymore. You’re ready to go forward without me.
Wait, you’re leaving?
Don’t be upset, I’ll still be with you, we just won’t be able to talk anymore.
Oh
Before I go however, I want to see all of the progress you’ve made. Show me who you’ve become.
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2. |
Progress
05:14
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Lyrics:
Oh, come and look now
Jame5 making progress
Oh, come and look now
Kid’s making progress
Oh, come and look now
Jame5 making progress
Oh, come and look now
Kid’s making progress
Yeah, come and look now
I’ve made some progress
I might not know just where I’m headed yet
But the unknowns easier to process
My thoughts are coming through clearer
I don’t know just where I got them
But I’m not afraid to shoot no shots and
Been pushin through so many problems
Ay, this might seem small
But it’s a big step for me
I went from crawling out of bed every day of the week
To walking on my own two feet
I’m walking hand in hand with anxiety
Telling mini me, everything will be okay you see
I got you, and you got me, so we got we, and so we be
Oh! Come and look now
I’m making progress
I’m coming real fast
And you know I’m gonna last
I ain’t no blast from the past man I’m progress
I know last EP was shit
I didn’t know if I was gonna quit
But look at me now guys, man I’m back in it
I’m bringing joy to the world with my classic whit
Oh, come and look now
Jame5 making progress
Oh, come and look now
Kid’s making progress
Oh, come and look now
Jame5 making progress
Oh, come and look now
I’m making progress
I’ve been working on a lot of shit since I last put out stuff
Myself, my beats, my flow, my mixes, my mind, everything
I understand myself better than I ever have before
I’m no longer lost in my own mind
This of course comes at a cost, for I now find myself becoming lost in the world around me
Look at me
Look at my rap, look at my beat, yeah
With a whole new speed
With a whole new need for greatness, call it greed
I’ve finally been freed from my fear
So now I’m here, seeing clear
From here to there, there to here
Listen carefully, don’t you mishear
Yeah it’s a new generation of Jame5 (jame 5)
I survived, I’m still alive, I might be sleep deprived, but I’m here to thrive
Worked on my mind, yeah that’s true
All of those hardships, I overthrew
But a good ol’ fashioned rhyme scheme is overdue
So if you’re trying to step to me, man the pooch is screwed
Woo! Bring in the strings, call it a Jame5 song
Verses hitting strong ‘cause I know that I belong
It’s the prolonged return of the rapper of this generation
I know that’s a big declaration, but shit I’m impatient
I’m talking people here to see me from all across the world
I got accepted into college, so I’m gonna see the world
Imma be a rapper ma and pa, I swear to god, I’ll go real far
Just you watch, just you wait
I’ll be a star, I’ll spar with god
It’s not all sunshine and games, you see
I still think about things that are kinda scary to me
I’m trying to work on that, but this is hard to beat
‘Cause my mind goes to places that I never wanna see
I’m talking
(Sung) People staring at me
Don’t know if they get me
Don’t know who I’m supposed to be
Trying to
Talk to more people
But shit it’s getting harder
Some day’s are like I’m moving upstream
Sometimes
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
I don’t know what I’m supposed to say
I don’t know if I’m supposed to say it’ll be okay
Or just run away
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do
I don’t know what I’m supposed to say
It’ll be okay
It’ll be okay
Everything’ll be okay
But that’s the point of progress
It’s about moving on
It’s about realizing the fact that everything will be okay
It’ll be okay
But that’s the point of progress
It’s about moving on, yeah
It’s about saying “the last few days have been a wreck, but I’ll be okay
I’ll be okay”
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3. |
Huh?
03:28
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Lyrics:
It's an instrumental silly
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4. |
MOM DON'T LISTEN TO THIS
02:17
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Lyrics:
Always work, never stop, every day
Come and get it
Your girl’s lookin at me man, but I ain’t gon hit it
I’m like a criminal with how much I’m committed
I’m grateful for my girl, I can focus on my future
I’m loyal to her, I ain’t focused on the
Big booty chicks, naw I ain’t callin them bitches
All these rappers man, they’re so misogynistic
Tell me why my competition’s too busy talking about girls on their tiny dicks
I’m making pure fire, no mention of sex drive
My sex life is separate from my job, alright
I’m about the pure sound, the bars, the flow, the beats
I’m not about to start rapping about some girl’s feet
I’m don’t need no drama, I don’t need no fuss
I’m just here to make music, and to fucking cuss
Call me a bee as I put in the work, put in the hours
I’ll get you fuckers buzzing ‘bout my shit like it’s flowers
Jame5 on the beat, call me blazing inferno
I started from the bottom, now watch me crescendo, burn ‘em
Call me Mozart, the way my name will echo
I’m too memorable, call me a memento
Shit, I might not know where I’m headed but
I’ve been through too much already just to give up
I’ll take every risk I need, and push through fear
I’m the master of the game, call me the puppeteer
My moral compass is a little skewed, but that’s alright
I know what’s right and what’s wrong, I know what’s wrong and what’s right
I wanna change the world one track at a time
I want everyone to know the name Jame5
You say: Jame5? James? Which one is it pal?
And I say: Jame5? James? Couldn’t tell you gal
It’s a little loophole that I like to call:
I use both, cause I like my songs to rhyme, that’s all
Now, if I could be a little serious for a second
I think it’s weird that I have to second guess my actions
When I get my nails painted pink or sky blue
And I get some looks, like who the fuck are you
But that’s okay, I’m my own unique person
The very best version, I’m motherfucking certain
And if you second guess me, you’re in a lot of trouble
Urine a lot of piss, get ready to stumble
Mom if you’re listening, I’m sorry read the title
I know I ain’t been humble, but this shit is vital
And I’m sorry for talking about women’s asses too
I hope you understand, I had to get my point through
Jame5 on the beat, call me blazing inferno
I started from the bottom, now watch me crescendo burn ‘em
Call me Mozart, the way my name will echo
I’m too memorable, call me a memento
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5. |
Guiding Star
02:56
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Lyrics:
The other night I had a dream of you
A dream of you crying into my arms
I said “everything’s gonna be alright”
But how do I know it’s gonna be alright?
Oh I know the answer isn’t so obvious
But with you by my side the answer won’t hide from us
So I know everything’s gonna be alright
As we hold each other close through the night
I’m starting to realize a concept that isn’t very new to me
That the world’s the scary place that I always knew it to be
But now I’ve got another person to love and care about
So I promise I’ll keep you safe until my energy runs out
And even then I’ll be there for you, so you can cry on me
Or call on me or fall on me or anything else that you need
Cause you’ve been there for me since day one, so I’ll be there for you my dear
And I promise in the morning I’ll still be here
I know life will be hard
But with you I know I can go far
You’re my guiding star
I hope you know how much you mean to me
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Lyrics:
Okay let me step in and paint a picture for a second
A picture of a kid who thought their life was set
They were living every day to what they thought was their best, yeah no regrets
But then the world had something come over it
And now our socialite of a kid is stuck at home, oh shit
See,
This kid had one fatal flaw
They hated talking online, where all their friends would call
But instead of working through it they just sat there and accepted
That their friends were gonna bond and now they weren’t worth any mentioning
A new form of anxiety
The former socialite now hated socializing
So they stepped away, stayed at home every single day
Came to terms with the fact that this would be how things would stay
Fast forward a year and that friend group broke up
And left our kid crawling in the dirt, fuck
But with the world feeling better they decided to try
To socialize, but realized they couldn’t meet anyone in the eye
Eventually they found another group to join
But it was hard to fit in with a group that was already going
So they took the hint, took a step back and cracked a smile
And told themself something that would plague them for a while
“It ain’t worth it, stay at home, don’t make no friends
It’s hard to find respect and eventually it’ll all end
And I’d do anything to avoid the paranoia in my head
That they’re all talking shit about me behind my back”
Oh my god
So come one come all, to our latest, greatest shit show
Another case of a mind that fell when the world broke
Lost all their friends, for a bit they pushed away their family
So come around and stare in awe at the person they used to be, fuck
It seems like you still have some stuff to say,
you wanna take over?
I’m not the best person
I pushed my friends away
But there’s a reason that I did the things that I did
When a group tells you to come hang out
And then treats you like an outsider, that fills you with doubt
Doubt that maybe your friends don’t like you as much as they say
Or maybe they’re talking shit about you behind your back, ayyy
But who knows? Maybe they don’t think of you as a friend at all
You never talk outside of school, you never get no calls
And in school they were nice, but far from personal
I didn’t feel heard in any conversation, and it might’ve not been intentional
But it was clear that I wasn’t fitting in the group
I felt like I was going in a circle, no wait a loop
I thought I took the hint, I thought walking away was mutual
But I guess to them it was unusual that I was through with
Taking shit and just laughing it off
“Why don’t you hang out with us anymore” shit let me list the reasons off
When I was sixteen I was going through a rough time of my life
I left a bad group and the socialite couldn’t cry at night
I thought I saw a shimmer of a glimmer of hope in some new friends
But “friends” bends the truth on how it truly went
There were people who made plans in front of me and didn’t include me
And now you’re asking why there’s some distance between you and me?
You’ve gotta have a lot of balls to ask me that shit
since you’ve made me doubt every person that’s been nice to me since
You made me so scared of talking to people I pushed away my real friends
and now I gotta explain to them that I didn’t want to leave them
I was just afraid that I was boring them or upsetting them
And that they’d rather talk to their other friends than me, damn
So don’t you dare act all high and mighty
“Oh it would be a nice thing to do to go to that party”
If you really wanted me there you’d have invited me two years ago
I ain’t talking to you anymore, fuck, don’t waste my time, just go
You got it all out now?
Yeah
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Lyrics:
It's an instrumental silly
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8. |
I'm Gonna Go North!
03:15
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Lyrics:
I’ve been thinking about my future lately
And how I wanna move on from this same old place
I’ve been in for so long
In my daydreams I have a family
The wife, the kids, the dog, and the cat
And they all get along
The economy’s falling though
And Global warming is taking it’s toll
How do I even buy a house?
Those are problems for later, all I know is
I’m gonna go North!
I’ll play in the snow with my kids
And warm up near the fire when we call it quits
With no worries in our minds
I’m gonna go North!
I know I’m getting ahead of myself
but the shit down here is to bleak to think about
But that’s okay, we’ll be alright
I’ll have a studio in a shed in the yard
I don’t know if I’ll find work, but when I do I’ll work hard
I’ve gotta make money for my family
I’ll give my kids a love for life, help them love what they do
Tuck them in and sing them lullabies in their room
Tell them everything will be alright
But how do I know that?
Is it right to bring them into this world when our future is so uncertain?
Yeah it’s gotta be, and I know because
I’m gonna go North!
I’ll play in the snow with my kids
And warm up near the fire when we call it quits
With no worries in our minds
I’m gonna go North!
I know I’m getting ahead of myself
but the shit down here is to bleak to think about
But that’s okay, we’ll be alright
I know things seem tough, that’s because they are
But running away from the future is a losing war
So walk towards it with bravery
We can worry about the future all we want
But at the end of the day that will ruin what we’ve got
And that’s not a life that seems worth living to me
So that’s why
I’m gonna go North!
I’ll play in the snow with my kids
And warm up near the fire when we call it quits
With no worries in our minds
I’m gonna go North!
I know I’m getting ahead of myself
but the shit down here is to bleak to think about
But that’s okay, we’ll be alright
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Farewell
02:58
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Lyrics:
I guess this is goodbye
I swear I’ll see you again
Even if it’s just in my mind
I’ll hold you in my arms one more time
Oh why do farewells have to be so hard for me
I know they’re coming but it’s tough
I don’t want to lose you to my memory
Aaaaaaaaaaa
I wake up every day with the fear of change in my way
I just wanna see you one more time
Oh why can’t I move on
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Lyrics:
So that’s my progress. I know it’s not complete, but I’m doing so much better than I was when we met, and I’m happy with where I am now.
Thank you. I think I’m ready to go now. You’re going to do amazing things and I can’t wait to see where you end up.
What will I do without you? What if I go back to how I once was?
I can’t promise that won’t happen again, but you’re stronger now. And you have so many people who are willing to help you along the way. You’ve got this.
Okay. I think I’m ready now.
It’s been an honor. Goodbye James.
Goodbye.
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Long Island based rapper, percussionist, and producer striving to bring you something they’re proud of
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