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Progress

by Jame5

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1.
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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Progress 05:14
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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Huh? 03:28
Lyrics: It's an instrumental silly
4.
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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Guiding Star 02:56
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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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
9.
Farewell 02:58
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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I'm back! This album is my favorite project to date, and I'm so excited for everyone to hear it. Since my last project, I've been working on bettering myself and my music, and I think this album shows it. Enjoy!

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released August 11, 2023

Album written, recorded, produced, and engineered by James Wicks
Assistant producers and recording engineers for Farewell: Alex Calovi and Steph Tortora

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