written & recorded by: aYm
produced by: dizralph.c
mixed by: aYm & dizralph.c
mastered by: minnehaha recording company

lyrics:
i don’t think i knew you much
just saw you on the southside of my favorite spot
sippin’ gin and tonnies (with lime)
looking like my future mommy (in time)
got your number then i called you up
but playin’ games with my soul is the last i want
if all you’re tryin’ to do is flaunt
this is finna be a short ass jaunt

no, you can’t take my love away from me
if you trying to i swear i’ll wear it on my sleeve
why you acting like you know my whole philosophy 
when you put doubts in me?

ya, even after a while
the thought of you makes me smile
ay, when i spit a freestyle
i still believe in our how, and when?
when you tryna make amends with me?
i see you out there 
with you and all of your friends
curious of when our time is in
yo i’m all in with that patience card
living like mistakes made 
aint gon' cost me too large
yo i’m all in with that patience card
living like what you say 
ain't gon' make or break my heart

CHORUS

two of us (prod. dizralph.c)

written & recorded by: aYm
produced by: hisohkah
mixed by: aYm & hisohkah
mastered by: minnehaha recording company

lyrics:
damn i’m so aware of it
feeling so scared of this
tiny feeling like i’m sliding straight off a cliff
it’s hard to diagnose when it’s more difficult to cope with
i couldn’t help but notice the size grow to an ocean
but what’s new when i never got the clue
blue as fuck they were 
but i ignored them clearly in the rearview
shifting quickly, to a tangent never seen
maybe it’s maybelline?
or some new special from chef Green (mmm)
glaring in my mind, i can’t help but find
all the time’s in which i’d cherish you were mine
but down in the mine, all i chip is what’s decayed
yo in due time feel like the sky is my rightful place
perched up with a J, i pass to my boys
sluggydee and spoobear, yo the ratio grows
get the fuck out my nose, no white stuff (why?)
i seen the way dreams can fold to nightmares (oh)

and when i get up from it i swear to god im different
going for walks, reading books about the earth and shit?
renewed in every sense it’s like i got the bigger picture
framed in the right spot, furnished in my vision
clear as can see what it means to be positive
good vibes stem from energy that’s brought off the tip
all negativity breeds is what should be unseen
tossed away into bucket and sent on down the stream
i can’t demean it much more than i do within my actions
live with inconsistencies, i’ll notice it in fractions
treat me with dignity, and i’ll add you to the faction
give with humility and i’ll cherish you till the last sun
and when that day comes, we wise and free
sipping pappy van winkle 23
i’ll look you in both eyes and say, i love you
now i guess it’s time to see, what’s on that next moon

van winkle 23 (prod. hisohkah)

written & recorded by: aYm
produced by: aYm
mixed by: aYm
mastered by: minnehaha recording company

lyrics:
i guess i didn’t have what it takes
to make you wanna hold on forever
i guess i don’t know what it takes 
to make you wanna hold on forever

patience, a word that gets on my nerves
when it’s all i observe
only to see it spurned
i wait till next sun but that’s no fun
when the next sun
is setting in on when i’m done
next days are so bright for you
all i could do is speak my truth 
and see if it glued for you 
but what can elmer’s do?
when maybe i’m, 
looking more like elmer fudd
and you’re buggs bunny
i throw all my attempts in the gutter
while you sit back and just find it funny
but my carrot is heirloom
and i see how it consumes you
gobbling in that vitamin C 
gives that vision boosts
then the transfers happened
i gave it away
only to watch your words turn
from everything that you’d say
so confusing but i get it
with a lot on your plate
and the veggies you just ate
no room for me in your fate, but wait…
nah, nevermind, go ahead
lessons to be learned and better off with me
just a thought in your head

CHORUS

patience, a word that keeps me driven
moving forward toward what i want
regardless of all i’ve given
half my heart left, won’t digress ‘till i
feel fulfillment, inside of my chest, but i
can’t really see what’s in front of me
because it’s so skewed with the energy
busyness around is an enemy
yo i need peace and serenity
and thought in you i’d befriended thee
but then i did some remembering 
i’m the only one who can let it be
ain’t no controlling my synergy
it’s the only way out, is not losing self in doubt
i can’t possibly surmount what i,
can’t even count and that
includes the amount
of the time i’d spent hoping that,
you’d bring me out (yeah)
almost three decades
still learning lessons, still apprehensive
still wondering if its worth it, worth what?
worth it, to give it all 
when it all seems dumb luck
no other choice to me
this is who i be
cuz even when you leave
i don’t need the eulogy

CHORUS

heirloom (prod. aYm)

written & recorded by: aYm
produced by: sol.theory
mixed by: aYm & sol.theory
mastered by: minnehaha recording company

lyrics:
do you think i’m just a player who’ll only waste your time
i’m over all that bullshit to manipulate your mind

for the most part, i’m Mozart with this art
minus the ability to write a symphony, well
maybe with melody, i’m blessed with the curse
but better believe that i’ll be singing in the hearse
what hurts? a little but
i cauterize the rest with a pad and pen
i got out of this mess, i’ll claw out again
and wake up the next morning with a little grin
that’s all i need, not the jesus pieces
i find more release in a random conversation (hi)
better to find peace and ease 
when debris aint eating up the whole nation
there’s gotta be a way out or way in
yo i’ve been saying from the start
but every time i’m on the way out i think again
about what it really means to be living in the dark
i don’t know but i indulge myself with those
who have a differed story than i
practice the masterplan to survive
even though this mother lover can’t stop asking why
practice?
let’s try a new scheme we might hate at first
but when it catches the dream…tell me if it worked
never base you in the wrong theme
never sign you on the wrong team, never

CHORUS

practice (prod. sol.theory)

written & recorded by: aYm
produced by: made in m
mixed by: aYm & made in m
mastered by: minnehaha recording company

lyrics:
twist it up, tryna make some cents
never fucking really know where my mind is
i never fucking really know if my mind
is twisted up, tryna make some sense
never fucking really know where my mind is
i never fucking really know

ay whether it’s inside of me (or)
not yet to be
i try to keep my blinders set
to open sea (to open, see)
it’s easy to get lost in thee, broken dream
but when the nightmare strikes for me
i conquer thee
interject myself in seas of pretty things
and when the vision comes to seize
get lost in trees
Moss’d it with a long TD from Dante C
oop’d it with a slam from Shaq by the Kobe
(RIP)
pimento peppers if you catch me nappin’
i’m selling brisket till the 86 happens
a finger of redemption rye
why not give a try
worst that could happen is you spit it
right in my eye
i love it, the stars still the mothership
haven’t seen them so clear since with the U.P. kin
you be okay kid?
okay great i hope you aint telling fibs
yo yo, i hope you aint telling Phib

CHORUS

hold it hold it for a second 
(the door)
you thought i was leaving by yo i’m coming back
(for more)
you’re probably right, i’ve indulged much but
have yet plucked my quota of enough touch
and not in the physical
but in the mental and spirit
i, do what i can just make you feel it
i’m, moving again away from deliriousness but
sometimes that shit’s a trap and i’m boxed in
fuck that orange head prez
(i) coulda been dead without healthcare
by the time this song’s out my head
conditions preexisting don’t exist when the wallets fat
the condition you’s in is, thanks to your dad
my two Pops, props for giving me a chance to be me
to freestyle fluently whatever i can see
consciousness, be the next level optics
keep it 20/20 or you’ll probably feel lost and…

CHORUS

86 (prod. made in m)

written & recorded by: aYm
produced by: jhfly
mixed by: aYm & jhfly
mastered by: minnehaha recording company

lyrics:
they say it’s all useless
they say we’re all clueless
cuz we like to say what we like to say

what’s under the surface
i’ll let it be, if it be
congruent with my melody
lemme see
so fluent with my everything
that’s you B
i get confused with some jealousy
yes i be human
yup, i’m a hue’d man
when i’m moving 
whatchu doing
perusing the useless
pass
gimme some grass and a sauv glass
and i’ll find a way to laugh at the masses
so shook they be stuck on the fox
while i’m not giving no fux
i’m a lil bit lost at the tactic they got
being stuck in a box
yo looking at clocks
makes me stressed about the end
the outcome and the how comes
i’m so numb
feels like the Meteora days once again
next thing i’m saying goodbye to my best friends

CHORUS

we like to say what we like to say (prod. jhfly)

written and recorded by: aYm
produced by: aYm
mixed by: aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

as soon as you learn to walk 
you run 
you want
more than what you have
as soon as you learn to fly 
you taunt
you flaunt
more than you ever have

why?
please answer the question
somewhere in between i'm lost and you guessed it
right up your alley
but
could you spare the strike?
see
i don't do too well with taking gift wrapped advice
rather raw like law unguarded
i saw from afar the calls that were pawed to the departed
leo? leo!
did you consult cleopatra? 
i heard that she's the typed of gal to finish out the chapter
and that's impressive, at least for me
when i'm lost trine calibrate the person i'm tryna be
symmetry
aint only found in butterflies but bumblebees
when setting up the nest and taking care of all offspring

chorus

that could be a lie too/two
or three times more than what your favorite rappers claim
saying they riding in bugatti's and sifting through hotties
when really they just at home tryna crack that new konami
i don't know no more
what it takes to be the greatest 
steady on the fence of going aym-less of staying brained in
i can't stand dudes who peruse to find some truth
but choose to stay deaf to the tunes that could be used
yo fellow
not all are carmelo
not all are lotus who fly while staying humble and mellow
i could(n't) tell you the last time i've mumbled
it was probably when looking back at shit i shoulda shell-toed
what that means now?
i hope progress
i hope less stress
i hope to cope with the losses that have left me at a deficit
and if i've wronged you, i'm sorry, cuz i give a shit
i can't let that wave capsize each time that you think of me

no apologY (prod. aYm)

written and recorded by: aYm
produced by: ezekeY
mixed by: aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

words:
https://genius.com/Aym-in-my-dreams-lyrics

in mY dreams (prod. ezekeY)

written and recorded by: aYm
produced by: ezekeY
mixed by: aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

track 4 off the first EP in hues, like the wind, interweaves a couple didactic verses to self from aYm with some Carl Sagen philosophizing. touching on how materialism can grow to divide us, aYm's presence over this lushous  ezekeY beat is an intriguing and wondrous fit.

"i feel like the wind, mixed with Chomsky and Sagen philosophizing about where the book begins and where it ends."

words: 
https://genius.com/Aym-like-the-wind-lyrics

like the wind (prod. ezekeY)

written and recorded by: aYm
produced by: ezekeY
mixed by: aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

freetime, the final track on the ezekeY X aYm EP is the most R&B/Soul ridden track on the first set of songs on hues. being more downtempo than the rest, it opens up space for aYm to utilize some arching melodies and harmonies, while reminding himself to let go of the bad days. they come and go. 

"choose the clues to bring true what you need, keep the peeps near you that be the seeds. love is in the water and the sun is inside thee, knaw'mean?"

words:
https://genius.com/Aym-freetime-lyrics

freetime (prod. ezekeY)

written and recorded by: @aYm
produced by: @lzY_greY
mixed by: @brandon-buttner
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: @brandon-buttner

hues

mirrors (prod. lzY greY)

written and recorded by: @aYm
produced by: @jhflY
mixed by: @aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

words:
https://genius.com/aym-aside-lyrics

aside (prod. jhflY)

written and recorded by: aYm
produced by: @johnshrimpnose
mixed by: aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

lyrics:
https://genius.com/Aym-finally-lyrics

finallY (prod. shrimpnose)

written and recorded by: @aYm & @dematlas
produced by: @djmellowj
mixed by: aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

lyrics:
you might think there’s something wrong 
when there’s not
patience is key

(aYm)
open like the locust’s worst cut
staying focused
only what
guides this whole ship
is what takes it down too
too taboo to use the clues
blue’s not an option
he been steadily running too far from the problem
sealin’ the lips
givin’ a shit
oh wait, none
flippin’ the script
oh wait, one
bad actress aint here yet
the near death in the fiction
proved to be non-fiction
given
it’s not every day you see this shit in real livin’
prescription must be taken to cope
(that’s what they all say)
i toke green and stay medicated via board games
(chess)
and try to step outside when there’s zilch to say
(yes)
and try not to see life in such elusive ways
(no)
there’s plenty to see when you say less at times
there’s one sublime similitude that interlocks our minds
we’re just feelin’ the frame of the painting out
patience is key
i just keep asking myself when that day’s gon’ be

chorus

(dem atlas)
what’s wrong is looking at death’s arms as a bad thing
even when the sun come out
the cage bird don’t sing
another day
living a world away
some days i can’t decipher my own handwriting
my vision blurry
my face fading from memory
nothing is clear to me
no
nothing is what is seems
my place only has a mattress
a bad actress lay there
upon padded floors
knocking on heaven’s doors
i hope this isn’t permanent cuz i don’t wanna die
and i don’t wanna try
i tried to make a difference at the same time i realized
nobody get out alive but I still wanna thrive and survive
sometimes it’s better to run
don’t wanna talk to me
but could you walk with me
don’t fault me for your false prophecies
i seem lost to me

chorus

awoke ft. dem atlas (prod. dj mellow j)

written and recorded by: @aYm & @rich-garveY
produced by: @austin-jaYe
mixed by: @aYm
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: tony willamette (minnehaha recording companY)

lyrics:
baby can’t you see
everything around you
aint all make believe
so astounding
if you let it be

(aYm)
take it as it is
raw, lawless, regardless of what others think
roll the dice
play twice when unsure
it’s fun to explore an unknown brink
except the soon to be fascist state
i’m irate
but find faith in music my friends make
wait up
y’all goin’ to play frolf?
better hit up Nay-tan and I and we’ll pop it off
(tee off?)
yo, find ways to control what you can
better that than giving a fuck bout uncle sam
fam comes first am i right?
or left of the point
i don’t know what’s up on this side of the coin

chorus

(rich garvey)
let it be, let it be, let it be
soakin in this real love 
I’m here now you can breathe
don’t question your beliefs 
just know you’re here with me
as far as I can see this ain’t heresy 
it’s more like therapy
feel this vibe we connecting like telepathy
way beyond empathy 
good loving in it’s infancy
showed you the path even gave you a compass
I professed my love but you played me like a trumpet
why you deny the truth?
you can’t take it from us
i put you on a pedestal
you flourished like a daffodil
tripping on baby blues
like I play in chapel hill
how the hell should I feel
i can’t convince you that it’s real

chorus

make believe ft. rich garveY (prod. austin jaYe)

written and recorded by: aYm
produced by: aYm
mixed by: brandon buttner
recorded at: the northern warehouse
mastered by: brandon buttner

one, all (prod. aYm)

_____________86 is out NOW!________________

listen on Spotify/Apple Music/etc: https://fanlink.to/aYm86

www. musicbyaYm.com
booking/inquiries: info@musicbyaYm.com

rooted in hip-hop, augmented by smooth r&b and choral elements, what's left is a journey, filled with rich harmonies, deep bass, and introspective lyricism.

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