Add_Verb: Lab Notes

The Lab: Part 1

Am I Veering Off The Road?

If I Was A Kid Again

Hold On Me

The Lab: Part 2

Some Magic

Loops

Feedback

Hardly Beat

Bootz

Whoopsies

Shit Happens

The Baddest

Momentous

I thought I had me figured out but please 
The change is coming like a freight train
And leaves
The anecdote that got me writing 
Bubbled up to the surface 
The smell was blinding 
I feel the pressure build like it’s bout to pop 
And snipe me 

Something’s rising 
It’s got its ass in the drivers seat
And telling me, that it’s time to ride the change that’s coming
Can’t tell if it’s good or it’s bad
But got me signing the check 
Hoping we don’t find a wreck 
And ruin my sedan

But,
That’s the plan he said
Without a shutter
Spill you out on this pavement 
Like you apple butter 
Got me scared shitless 
I’m on this dudes hit list
But he laughs and says it’s metaphoric man
Chill out

He be the change thats coming
It’s on the way 
But it ain’t something negative 
But damn right there’s something rising
Change the season for a reason 
That’s bigger than me 
Nurture the tree and let it grow
Maybe the change is simple 

Maybe the biz will start some flourishing
Maybe I’ll get the time with the family 
Maybe I’ll incline with opportunity
Maybe I’ll get by oh so smoothly 
Maybe I’ll try to find a little balancing
Maybe I’ll find a top secret recipe
Maybe the grind wont go and arrest me
Maybe the stars align and I kick it in Italy 

On the beach 
In skinnies, just walk and jiving to the beat
The time is right for me
To go get mine and find some peace
Eat some finer cheese 
This timing could be right for me 
But change is begging please
Get the hell up out the way 
And hand over the keys 

My bullshit just got me trifling 
Don’t get behind it
Gotta tell myself it’s time to defy this
Buy this with simple courage
Lean in and know change is worth it
And trust it won’t be perfect

Something's Rising

I’m in the thick of it
And I’m sick of it
Got me skippin these beats
And I can’t get with it

Cuffs are glued to my feet 
My patients bout to quit
But I know, god damn
I gotta stick with it

Boulder on my chest
Sippin on shallow breathing
Don’t let me lose myself
Chaos is what I’m seeing

Like a baby weening
Up off the tit
Have a fit, get a grip
And keep on moving with 

This ish 
You damn right
The incremental change 
Just seems deranged 
Best rearrange 
The pixels that I’m seeing 

This shit
You damn right 
Is gonna make you bitch 
Silent itch
Bugs up under your skin 
Acting like you on crank

Being frank 
With what I see in this 8 ball
I fall into abyss
And can’t play that shit

Magic erase this grease
Give a clean slate 
Quiet and peace 
Will help me set my fate

If in the thick of a date
You don’t contemplate
go and roll with the punches
Lace up and play it straight 

If in the thick of your day
Don’t procrastinate
Over when it’s over 
Counting the seconds won’t make 

It better 
So when the thick stares you in the face
Smile back, set your feet
And knock its teeth into place 

Don’t be your own enemy 
Wasting your energy
You gotta sting like a bee
And take it on the chin 

Don’t matter west or the east
You gotta fight til you free
A civil war against me 
Myself and I begins 

I gotta Glock and Oozy
It’s bout to be a doozy
I’m in the thick but never ending up 
Behind this floozy

Talkin to yousy 
Ya the man in the mirror 
See you clearer and your old ways 
Ain’t coming back

Ya I got that
Got this, only got one wish
Take the lesson learned
And don’t repeat that shit 

I’m in the thick 
Nah, ah ah ah you ain’t winning 
Nah, ah ah don’t even begin

I’m in the thick
Nah, ah ah ah you ain’t sitting 
Nah, ah ah to linger my friend

I’m in the thick 
Nah, ah ah ah I be winning 
Nah, ah ah unlock the prison 

I’m in the thick
Nah, ah ah ah I be seeing
Nah, ah ah start over again

In The Thick

Conceptually

Them Horns

Steady Quickness

Groovy track with sax solo at the end, check it out!

Steady Rockin'

Steady Healing

Riddle Me This

Add_Verb is a saxophonist (main), pianist, lyricist, and composer based out of Casper, WY, USA. After receiving a Jazz Saxophone Degree from University of Denver, he has spent much of his time teaching and started Jazz Verbs Studios along the way, releasing book “The Index” as a foundation to his teaching website. Now, he has turned back to composition and performance to share his voice in the music world. His inspirations come from Hip-hop, Latin, Jazz, and R&B music to meld a unique sound as a template for expression through lyricism, melody and harmony. “The Lab” poses as his first solo expedition, a story told in 4 parts. 100 songs, 100 melodies, 100 harmonies, 100 expressions; a compilation in the lens of Add_Verb.