An Interlude to Remember, ft. Alyssa Smith: 2014’s “Jump Start the Soul” album is the jumping-off point for this project. Alyssa Smith is a talented musician and composer who specializes in solo improvisation and has worked with me on several projects. Her talented fingers wove together this instrumental medley of the melodies from “JSTS,” reflecting some of the brightness and joy I found in that work and reprising that journey.

An Interlude to Remember

Lyrics:

For all intents and purposes
I'm still figuring out the truth
For all intents and purposes 
I dont understand you

Why do you lie when you're down (X4)

For all intents and purposes 
I just wanted to help
For all intents and purposes
You put me through hell

Why do you lie when you're down (x4)

For all intents and purposes
I think we better part ways
For all intents and purposes
I wish you better days but 

I don't lie when I'm down (x4)

Why Do You Lie When You're Down

Prod. @BigBagFtSlime

Lyrics:

A Clifton type beat, now this is what I'm talking about
Another Clifton like me, I heard they're all washing out
Switching to coffee now, getting their boss's towels
Getting their butthole ate out
I'm back, and I will never turn my back on Hip Hop, that's a fact
I will never break or bend on that
I have no hair, no cap
A bunch of Packers and Bears, what you know about stats
Boy I've been in the kitchen and I don't cook crack
6'4", 230, you know I can whip up a snack
And if the front end aint hitting, I'll pick up the back
I just scheduled some tats, I hate doing taxes
I'm just spitting facts, I know that's unattractive
But I got the strength to put Earth back on its axis
I know we got off course and some of yall been fasting
And you really wish I would put all of that beef in the past tense
I got bigger problems than the fish in the sea
And I dont need to get into all that, its all greif
But no it aint G
And no I aint gonna explain to you again why I got my whole namesake taken by the government
And friends
And no I aint ever gonna give up until the last day, until my very end
Welcome to the system, Im glitching
I got the upper hand and I dont got digits
Im sagging my pants and fucking these bitches
Rocking this gold, barking and blicking
They say 'you're too old, you are a gimmick'
I say you aint folks and you aint business
Let the beat breathe
I took the long road, I like to see green
And if that dont make sense, you should be me
From a bright future, the darkest days
I had to see through the haze
I cant hear no bitchass hater now
I shoot lasers out
I got pages on top of pages, what do they put down
Independent since the beginning, never took the fabled route
Things get serious, they get pasted mouths
Too real, I hear that takes me out
But I aint giving up , fuck it
Its all luck anyway right
Shit, it's gotta be somewhat
Shout out to Slums for this Clifton type beat
Keep that heat coming bro

"Unattractive Facts"

"Red Flags"

"Trato"

"Happy Song"

How you’ll know

You want to know how you’ll know when you’re grown
when you’re finally done being a child
You want to know but it’s slow, it is slow
How quick it will feel in a while.

When your hands start to grasp just how much they can hold, and it’s not a whole lot you will find.
When the eyes in your skull start to see differently and when others around you seem blind

You want to know how you know, when you’re grown
when you’re finally done being a child
You want to know but it’s slow, but it’s slow
But how quick it will feel in a while.

When your feet start learn how to carry the weight of your life, both the good and the bad
When you fingers have given more than they take, your lips learn to smile when they’re sad

You want to know. How you’ll know?
The bones in your mouth feel like strangers 
The skin on your bones feels like paper
The breath in your lungs feels thinner
The stomach’s not hungry for dinner
The mind in your head won’t remember
The flame of your fire turns to embers

You want to know how you’ll know

You want to know how you know, when you’re grown
when you’re finally done being a child
You want to know but it’s slow, but it’s slow
But how quick it will feel in a while.

How You'll Know

Educator and artist with 20 years of experience providing positive programming and social engagements, bridging genres and connecting communities.

An Interlude to Remember

Anthony Lamarr