This project was created with the idea of expressing one's self during the crossroads his or her life. I'm older and ideas and concepts have grown with me. The lyrics are sharper (I think) and the ideas presented on this record were about personal struggles and opinions about society based on observations over the years. I just wanted to share my thoughts with the rest of world. Hope you enjoy my Midnight Expression.
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about
Life is filled with good times and bad times, joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain. In between all of the craziness we have to find a way to #BalanceItAll. And the balancing act is different for each and every one of us. This song is dedicated to the my friend, Rodney Brown, and the Purple One himself, Prince Rogers Nelson. May they both rest in peace.
lyrics
Energy enters me, relentlessly, telling me to spend immediately with no room for building up equity so as a youth I burn through and cut loose with scissors, matches, and tools that were my matching my inner mood. Life is a movie that’s absent an interlude. No time for review, till the DVD interview. And shortly after, you’re through…only then do you have the time to reflect on what you could do.
Now I don’t have time, so I don’t waste time. I have to make time in order to carry on. It’s not a TV show, but if we’re talking run time I’m-a run mine like I practice for marathons. The reality is it’s easier said than done. It only takes a second to wreck every plan you’ve spun. So many Starscream schemes get ruined by Megatrons…but everyday of life I reset and re-log on.
[HOOK]
The world is really dragging you down
Settin'ya up up so you can fall
The stress is gonna burn you out
So learn to balance it all...
The world is really dragging you down
Settin'ya you up so you can fall
The stress is gonna burn you out
So learn to balance it all...
Honestly, it's nothing new to me, but it feels assumedly like the world is consumed with a certain level of lunacy. Rising like the Phoenix and sparking a light like jubilee, but a mutated apocalypse's trying to ruin my unity. Work until you drop dead right after you write the eulogy. Usually the response is that you lived your life foolishly. “Oh he had it coming. Should have learned to relax, or something,” or every other issue excluding the obvious assumption.
What would you do when your kids are out of food, and your past rent to due before they evict you at noon, or studying late at school your parents struggled to put you through?
Or your father passed away the only months after you moved
Now the challenge is balancing all the chaos that's towering
Find the strength to empower or you can lay there just cowering
You've got the...earth...wind..fire, and water power rings
But you've gotta have heart for the weight of the world you're carrying
[HOOK]
The world is really dragging you down
Settin'ya up up so you can fall
The stress is gonna burn you out
So learn to balance it all...
The world is really dragging you down
Setint'ya you up so you can fall
The stress is gonna burn you out
So learn to balance it all...
Bills stack, dealing with bildrats and scallywags. Dilly dally, millions rally, displeased with their habitats. Image that people look down on your cause you're black or a woman or you are lesser because of your sexual preference. The stress is building, no question...Your enemies might need some witness protection blocking them from your aggression. Interrupting speeches like my name was Kanye West and make you blow your top like a Kardashian undressing.
Don't get seduced by the dark side like Anakin and Dookie. Peace of mind is one thing you can't find on Google. You've gotta unplug and step away and find a private getaway so you can regroup and concentrate on a better day. We're all dealing with it every way, shape and fashion. Wanna flow in harmony but every day the waves are crashing, maneuvering your raft by moving and taking action...instead of sitting around wondering what happened.
Everyday you're hustling until you stop standing. ("What about this money man?") What about your family? What about the child support your baby's mom's demanding? What about your friends, just taking a day—relaxing? You're maxing...out, bursting right the seems. For a second, you deviate, and it feels you're neglecting your dreams.
credits
from Midnight Expression EP,
released December 16, 2016
Music produced Ardamus of Delegation Music. Additional vocals provided by Nu-Choyce. Mixed and mastered by Ron Vento of Nightsky Studios, Inc.
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