Think It Over

Us not talking just really has put things into perspective
And this is not the way I want to be loved

Oh mami beh, why can't
Both of us stay open
Other things take over
Over oh yeah yeah
Oh mami beh why can't
Both of us stay open
Other things take over
Over oh yeah yeah

We don't need to decide if you need more time
You spend too many nights wondering whats on my mind
We could start with tonight let our song be sung
But you say we be in crisis but maybe you like it, yeah
We prefer night time yeah yeah
Allergic to sunlight yeah yeah yeah
You feel just like last time yeah yeah
Make history all night yeah yeah yeah

Oh mami beh why cant both of us stay open
Other things take over yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh mami beh why cant both of us stay open other things take over
All I've got is everything you're not so I tie all my knots oh oh oh
I'm taking you on a yacht so I don't need to walk
Into the caves I've got in my soul yeah yeah

We prefer low tide
Allergic to good vibes yeah yeah yeah
You feel just like last time
Make history all night (yeah) yeah yeah yeah
Oh mami beh why can't both of us stay open
Other things take over over oh yeah yeah
Oh mami beh why can't both of us stay open
Other things take over over then we're over

Bring me out bring me out
Bring me out of the fire
Bring me out bring me out
Bring me out of desire
Bring me out bring me out
Bring me out I'm so tired
Bring me out bring me out
Bring me out left me higher

Oh
Oh my
Oh mami beh
Oh mami beh (oh)
Other things take over
(They always they always take over
Oh mami beh why cant both of us stay open
Other things take over
They always they always take over

Oh mami beh why can't both of us stay open
Other things take over over over
Oh mami beh why can't both of us stay open
Other things take over over over

Are we over, over, over?

And just like a china plate I think we've been broken too many times.

Mami Beh

Oh, I know the love is coming from somewhere
But I don't know where I should go to fill it up, my tank

I'm going out to remind myself
That I don't need no-one but myself
I try to stick to feeling myself
But when I catch your eye, girl,
We both see mystical visions
All the satisfaction we're missing
We blow each other kisses and mentions
If we hurt each other that's okay just think of all the time till then

I think that I just
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody


Don't wanna end the night alone,
You're searching for the one
In the crowd

Oh yeah

And since the shadows keep us down,
Wear the darkness like a crown
Instead of love

That's it

Splash some Casa Noble on that
Cufflinks and a gown,
On the floor

Oh yeah

We both forget what kept us down
Hoping love will stick around
By the door

Oh oh

I'm going out to remind myself
That I don't need no-one but myself
I try to stick to feeling myself
But when I catch your eye girl
We both see mystical visions
All the satisfaction we're missing
We blow each other kisses and mentions
If we hurt each other that's okay just think of all the time till then


I think that I just
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody


Why don't you come home with me now, me now
Forget our troubles for a while, a while
We'll laugh and cry, we'll crack a smile, a smile
One night one moment lasts a while, a while


I think that I just
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody
Found Somebody

Found Somebody

Elegy I: One Day

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3rd single on our EP "Sleepwalk." 

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River ft. Tatiana Lyne

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A little track based off of the poem "Ithaka." It's one of my favorite poems. This is one of my favorite projects because "Ithaka" has changed my life so deeply. Based on the poem, Phoenicia is supposed to be a beautiful place along our life's journey, a place to be enjoyed rather than seeking out life's destination prematurely. In this song, I imagine what would happen if a person got lost in the middle of their life journey and needed a little push. 

The rest is for you to hear in the song. :)

-Padei

Strutting round in those high heels 
Playing hard to get 
Working 12 hours a day 
Just to end it in my bed 

I thought that one day that you'd 
find better use for your time 
Leave your Phoenicia behind 


You come wearing fine linens 
Embroideries from Sidon 
Coming down the river now 
up on the starboard bow 

You're at what used to be my temple 
And understanding that is essential 
Gotta leave soon, gotta leave soon, gotta leave soon 
to reach my potential 

You step off the port with your 
precious stones and other exports 
The wind in your sails babeh 
when others forget where they goin 

Now 

If you're gonna take your 
Wild and Angry tour 
I might not always have things but 
I promise I'll give you wings, girl 

Strutting round in those high heels 
Playing hard to get 
Working 12 hours a day 
Just to end it in my bed 

I thought that one day that you'd 
find better use for your time 
Leave your Phoenicia behind 

I'm ready for my next mission 
Breaking out of this prison 
Plush seats behind bars 
and I haven't finished my memoir 

I know I ain't got no one to blame but myself, but myself 
I'm moving up with the speed of a frozen ice shelf, ice shelf 

You step off the port with your 
precious stones and other exports 
The wind in your sails babeh 
when others forget where they goin 

Now 

If you're gonna take your 
Wild and Angry tour 
I might not always have things but 
I promise I'll give you wings, girl 

Strutting round in those high heels 
Playing hard to get 
Working 12 hours a day 
Just to end it in my bed 

I thought that one day that you'd 
find better use for your time 
Leave your Phoenicia behind 

Behind you girl there could be another 
And no, I aint talking bout your brother. 
Im good to realign, got bigger designs 
Got stuck at the foul line, I've seen the signs you know 

They say I won't make it, that's why I'll make it 
say singing may not be enough so now I'm rappin 
On an island when I could lead an island nation 
Play my hand, I could be played on any station 

You step off the port with your 
precious stones and other exports 
The wind in your sails babeh 
when others forget where they goin 

Now 

If you're gonna take your 
Wild and Angry tour 
I might not always have things but 
I promise I'll give you wings, girl 

Strutting round in those high heels 
Playing hard to get 
Working 12 hours a day 
Just to end it in my bed 

I thought that one day that you'd 
find better use for your time 
Leave your Phoenicia behind 

Leave your Phoenicia behind

Phoenicia (ITHAKA EP) (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Padei - Got Me Good 
Produced, Written, Mastered and Performed by Alexander Padei

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Brother where you been at?
I been wanna talk savage
bout all my conquests
all my conquests

Lemme get the Jack
Gotta get ya feedback
On this shorty so savage
I can barely manage

Yeah I know ya girls back
If she dunno, no flack
Dial lady time back
Time to talk smack

Hold up brother normally I would
This girl on my mind more than she should
Feel like I just won at Foxwood
I think that she got me good

Think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me

I gotta story about a lady
Didn't like to pay but liked that she could
Liked all the stories about me touring
Vicarious living in her hood

Didn't fly much but she was business classy
Could make Adidas look hotter than 6 inch platforms 
Got one look, I coulda launched to Saturn
she loved me so good, she made me move like Jagger

Brother where you been at?
I been wanna talk savage
bout all my conquests
all my conquests, yeah

Lemme get the Jack
Gotta get ya feedback
On this shorty so savage
I can barely manage

Yeah I know ya girls back
If she dunno, no flack
Dial lady time back
Time to talk smack

Hold up brother normally I would
This girl on my mind more than she should
Feel like I just won at Foxwood
I think that she got me good

Think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me

Get your stories, yeah, wind em up 
Don't you go, we gonna parse em out
Really seem like she screwed you up
Future Padei in the shop

I got words, records, Charles Dickens
but gotta getta new dictionary, they aint sticking 
outta body spirit tryna find what it's missing
Antibodies help with kicking this affliction   

All the way up
I'm going all the way up
(Who's coming with me, who's coming with me?
All the way up
Can't get me cause I'm going all the way up
All the way up
I'm going all the way up
All the way up
Can't get me cause I'm going all the way up

Hold up brother normally I would
This girl on my mind more than she should
Feel like I just won at Foxwood
I think that she got me, I think that she got me

I think that she got me good

I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me good
I think she got me
I think she got me

Got Me Good

Produced, Written, Recorded and Performed by Alexander Padei

You in the Padei Life, now

Didn't think you'd be anything more than
Drinks in the city the  n you on my lap moaning
But more than just the player life, I keep my mind open
Didn't school me in your bed but got me enrolling

Really not used to that kind of postponement 
Recently been trying to keep things open
Lady penny stocks, first they up, then they flopping
Trojan make bank when I'm back in the market

Batala
Batala
Batala
Batala

Didn't think you would be more than a moment
Drinks in the city and gone in the morning
Now I don't want more than an answer when I call ya
When you ask what it is, it was nothing important

Really not used to this kind of postponement
Date like my service, I keep it on roaming
Traveled with ladies but never stuck the landing
And my people they sayin I gotta stay focused

Batala
Batala
Batala
Batala

Recently been trying to keep things open
Lady penny stocks, first they up, then they flopping
Trojan made interest when I re-entered the market

I've been giving up, I've been giving up
Understanding Love, Understanding Love
oh yeah

I can't give it up, I can't give it up,
Understanding Love, Understanding Love
oh yeah        

I am still in the wake of the last one
still in the wake of last
should I wait a little till I find me another one. 
shouldn't throw the same shit same fits should
I get back in the wake of another one
So many things I could turn my back on
What should I do in the wake of the last one.
Figure out my shit

I don't wanna capsize us both
I don't wanna flip us both, yeah
I don't wanna capsize us both
Get in the way of your shit, girl

I don't wanna capsize us both
I don't wanna flip us both, yeah
I don't wanna capsize us both
Get in the way of your shit, Batala

Batala
Batala
Batala
Batala

Get in the way of your shit, girl

Batala
Batala
Batala
Batala

Batala

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Thought About It (AZA The Messenger)

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"Hide Em"
Written And Performed by Ashley Amor, Alexander Padei & Maverik
Produced By Alexander Padei
Mixed & Mastered By Alexander Padei

Sound like I'm cussing the fucking mic out
You hate a bitch like, bitch like, bitch like
(Padei on the beat and Padei on the mic)
bitch like, bitch like, bitch like, bitch like, bitch like
bitch like, bitch like, bitch like, bitch like, bitch like
 
When i step in the bitch, Yeah you know
me
And if you donʼt then I know you heard
about
Iʼm that bitch that you bitches been
asking about
When i step in i shut shit down
Donʼt Let it play ya
Im a lady when i needs to display it
Donʼt share my shit its not what im bout
If you stepping to me a whole war
breaks out

PRECHORUS

I see you looking at him, looking at me,
looking at you (Begging me to get
some)
I see you looking at him, looking at me,
looking at you (uh uh uh uh)
I see you looking at him, looking at me,
Not looking at you
(She ainʼt looking at you)

CHORUS

You better hide your nigga
You better hide your nigga
You better hide your nigga
You better hide your nigga

PADEI VERSE

Fee fi fo give you four more
You ll never need another reason anymore
Three, tri dates, never ore
Youa Show your real self in one, for

Salt of the earth
Now don't you swerve
Left you so hurt
In your dress shirt

Bring em out ay
Queen of the spades,
Got all the shovels and she digging your grave
Underground ay, In the pound, ay
Devil still playing second fiddle aint she
Devil aint playing but she know how to play
Devil aint swaying but she know how to sway
Sure as hell beats going every day gray
Get her paint on, got all the shades.

PRECHORUS:

I see you looking at him, looking at me,
looking at you (Begging me to get
some)
I see you looking at him, looking at me,
looking at you (uh uh uh uh)
I see you looking at him, looking at me,
Not looking at you
(She ainʼt looking at you)

CHORUS:

You better hide your nigga
You better hide your nigga
You better hide your nigga
You better hide your nigga

MAV VERSE:

Ummm... awkward silence
I'm hoping that my girlfriend don't resort to violence
Caught me in a lie, yeah I took the number
Gave her mine too, what the fuck, it's summer
Tell my self that I wasn't gonna use it
Black men don't cheat I never do, shit (right?)
Of course you called
I'm kicking it with shorty 'bout to risk it all.

Titties barely fit in your shirt
Looking like a snack, entree and dessert
Type of girl that could bag your man, easy
Got 'em in they feelings, Kiki

Light flex break it next cause she sexy
Heart, eye emoji when she text me
See? You done fucked up now
My girl seen that shit and now she on the prowl
I knew this was a bad idea
Ran up on the girl she done grabbed her by the hair
I'm tryna break it up, but they both got hands,
Money Mav in the middle, can't we all be friends? (hey)
I knew this was a bad idea (and you still did it)
I knew this was a bad idea (and you still did it)
I knew this was a bad idea (and you still hit it)
I knew this was a bad idea

CHORUS:

You better hide your nigga (whoa, whoa)
You better hide your nigga (gonna take your man, whoa, she gonna take your man)
You better hide your nigga (gonna take your man, whoa, she gonna take your man)
You better hide your nigga (gonna take your man, whoa, she gonna take your man)

Wait, what the fuck just happened to me?

Alex Verse:

Hide Em (AMOR & Maverik)

Warrior Blood (AZA, Ocho)

Rituals (Lavish)

Slay (DJ Reef, Maverik)

Written, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Alexander Padei in Medford, MA
Mastered by Alexander Padei & Adrian "Ace" Carbello in Brooklyn NY


V1

Good talk, good talk, yeah
Or so you thought, so you thought, yeah
You left the root in the pot
Big talk big talk, yeah

Big talk big talk,
But you never gonna walk cause you'd rather walk off, yeah
Fake talk, fake talk
You a fucked it all up with your trumped up (trumped up talk, yeah)

Pre Chorus 

But you can't hide from the books, you walked off
Planted your flag in the next plot
Frankly, I got more to conquer
Check around the seats it's the last stop

Chorus

I wanted to prove you
Clear the board to want you
But you have no excuse
Don't you, don't you, don't you

I wanted to prove you
Clear the board to want you
But you have no excuse
Don't you, don't you, don't you

V2

I don't take the shit that I give lightly
Never gave away the house key 
Always kept the plan on the low key
The boys tell me that I should tread lightly

Woulda never been so diplomatic
Woulda dusted off the skelly in your attic
Woulda told you all the ways I've had it
Knockout, knockout Cesar Chavez

Prechorus 2

But I love when you say we on lock
Got me moving flight times at the dock
Now I'm close to changing all the locks
Girl our shit is on a slim catwalk

But you can't hide from the books, you walked off
Planted your flag in the next plot
Frankly, I got more to conquer
Check around the seats it's the last stop

Chorus 2

I wanted to prove you
clear the board to want you
but you have no excuse
don't you, don't you, don't you

I wanted to prove you
clear the board to want you
but you have no excuse
don't you, don't you, don't you

Bridge

I see we're out of time
went way over the line
never show your face
get me off of this plane

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Chorus 3

I wanted to prove you
clear the board to want you
but you have no excuse
don't you, don't you, don't you

I wanted to prove you
clear the board to want you
but you have no excuse
don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't You

Another Vibe (Ocho, Deco Fam STLN)

Counting (Eva Davenport)

Kinda Girl (YN Prop)

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The Cold Call Episode 1: G-Eyez & Alexander Padei - Piñata

IDGAF (YN Prop, Ocho, Deco Fam STLN)

Intentions (Eva Davenport, Nancia)

Cinnalove (Nancia)

Verse 1:

Get away from me before you fall
Away from me before I call

Get away ay ay ay ay, away ay ay ay ay

Away from me before I try
Away from me before we cry

Get away ay ay ay ay, away ay ay ay ay

Prechorus:

You cant say I didn't go and try to put you off
But you kept coming, yeah you kept coming
Guess I kinda grew on ya

You can't say you didn't know, what we'd be going through
But you kept comin, yeah you kept coming
Guess I kinda grew on ya

Chorus:

Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal

Verse 2:

You asked me to boss you around
when you get to me when you come through town and
When that invite go out, I
Dont know but damn I like it
You open the door and you open the floor to many emotions
We didn't know where this thing would go
but damn I like it

Who would've thought that I'd be in your bed
Who would've thought that we'd feel like that
Who would've thought that I'd be in your head
Who would've thought that we'd pass those (tests)

Going like

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Prechorus:

You cant say I didn't go and try to put you off
But you kept coming, yeah you kept coming
Guess I kinda grew on ya

You can't say I didnt know, what we'd be going through
But you kept comin, yeah you kept coming
Guess I kinda grew on ya

Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal

Bridge:

Now I'mma love you till I get old
(Now I'mma love you till I get old)
Now I'mma love you till I get old
(Who would've thought you're my new)

Chorus:

Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal
Who would've thought you're my new normal

New Normal

Refill

Up And Down

Up In Mi Head

Distracted

Going Away

Boston Based Singer / Songwriter / Producer / DJ
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Hey Fam, 
I'm Alexander Padei ("PAH-day"). Music is life for me. As a teenager, I pushed hard to succeed academically, so hard that I got into Harvard. There was talk of an investment banking career, computer engineering, maybe a law degree. But I learned the hard way that none of these were my calling when my grades slipped and Harvard asked me to take a year off and figure out my shit.
So fast forward past all the obligatory excuse-making, etc., and I've reconnected with something that's been with me since I was a small kid: The Music. I start DJing. I suck at first, but I get better. I go into debt on some speakers and start doing paid gigs. I start a promotional company in Boston, I pour all that money into learning how to produce, rap, song-write, sing, market, speak, network, and more over the next five years. Along the way, I start working in spaces that feed my love of entrepreneurship and TEDx HarvardCollege makes me their Marketing Director. I begin to surround myself with amazing like-minded new friends. I start a podcast, I start an interview series and bring in major acts like Laidback Luke, I start making music for other artists and then for startups. 
Yeah, it's a bit of a whirlwind. But after all this, I've connected with my calling. I'm a multi-varied recording artist, producer and DJ, a creative problem solver, a marketer, a public speaker and a thought leader. I want to become the best artist of my generation. I also want to teach others along the way about building their own creativity and help democratize the music industry. All of my music is self produced, self-written and done on a low budget. I want people to see that they don't need to ask permission or wait for massive resources to come to them to get started. Finding your calling is too important to wait.

Welcome to the Padei Life

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