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what started as a shed/freestyle of jill scott lyrics to robert glasper and jill's 'calls' turns into some random vent session. authentic moments. random too. lol. experimentation as well. pretty lengthy, but #cobyshrug. hope you still listen.

and those that do ...enjoy.

"#Jil..." [use headphones]

prod: jarius mozee
written: brik.liam
arrangement: brik.liam, kori james, chuck benjamin

DOWNLOAD full project here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228

AHOARDER'SPRAYER

@brikliam @jmozee @korijames @chuckbenjamin

[v-one.]
father forgive me for my sins
see i'ma hoarder deep within 
i have no space available 
i have a hard time letting go

[vamp.]
i tried putting things in rotation
but that would only help the presentation 
but everything gotsta go
i'm talking all that i own. 
even myself may have to leave 
i'm losing space to breathe 
i tried putting things in rotation
but that would only help the presentation 

[v-two.]
i gotta problem with cleanin'
guess I gotta do revistin'
memories just collecting dust
in a closet that's bout to bust

lawd forgive me for my sins
see ima hoarder deep within 
i have no space available 
i have a hard time letting go

[vamp.]
i tried putting things in rotation
but that would only help the presentation 
but everything gotsta go
i'm talking all that i own. 
even myself may have to leave 
i'm losing space to breathe 
over thinking should be a crime
somebody evict me from my mind

i tried putting things in rotation
but that would only help the presentation 
but everything gotsta go
i'm talking all that i own. 
even myself may have to leave 
i'm losing space to breathe 
over thinking should be a crime
somebody evict me from my mind

---

our father who art in heaven
hallowed it be thy name
forgive me for my dirty ways

i just need my space
myspace, MIND space…

just free ya mind.  

O2. ahoarder'sprayer ✞

prod: jarius mozee
written: brik.liam
arrnagement: brik.liam, kori james

DOWNLOAD full project here: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228


'SHINE!'

@brikliam @korijames @jmozee 

[v-one.]
one i day i wished it would rain
but it kept pouring day after day
forecast says it's subject to change
but my patience so thin that it's bound to break 
yeah

[pre-hook.]
i need the sun to shine right down on me
[i need you to shine]
make me warm from my head to my feet 
and set me free
[set me free]
from all the pain i see before my eyes
shine bright, make me blind, illuminate my life  

[hook.]
oh mr. sun, sun, mr. golden sun shine down on me...

[v-two.]
today i lost my job and my baby
now i'm three seconds from goin' crazy
made them my sunshine, my only sunshine
they were more like flashlights 
cause now i'm gray 

[pre-hook.]
i need the sun to shine right down on me
[i need you to shine]
make me warm from my head to my feet 
and set me free
[set me free]
from all the pain i see before my eyes
shine bright, make me blind, illuminate my life  

[hook.]
oh mr. sun, sun, mr golden sun shine down on me...

[guitar solo]

[pre-hook.]
oh, i need the sun to shine right on me
make me warm from my head to my feet 
set me free, yeah, yeah, yeah
from all the pain before my eyes
shine bright, make me blind, illuminate my life

[bridge.]

spoken: 
this feels good don't it?
alright.
so this is the part…
…where you sing all your problems, 
all your pain,
all your stress …away. 

and on the count of three… sing with me. 
one! two! three!

nah nanah nah. nah nanah nah. hey hey hey, goodbye….

goodbyyyyye….


O4. 'shine!'☀

prod: matt kirkwood
written: brik.liam
arrangement: brik.liam, kori james

DOWNLOAD full project here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228

PLOTTWIST

@brikliam @matt23bass @korijames

bittersweet
memories
of when i gave you my all
but it wasn't enough
for you to give yours
i've tried… 
but all alone
on my own. 

O5. plottwist [intrld]

prod: matt kirkwood & brik liam
written: brik.liam
arrangement: brik.liam, kori james

DOWNLOAD full project here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228



HAPPILY

@brikliam @matt23bass @korijames

[v-one.]
i've never ever been the patient kind
it's my love and i want it now oh oh oh 
folk always tellin me to 'slow down' 
the hopeful romantic inside won't it die

[hook.]
even though 
i been hurt before
this feeling
i just can't ignore 
this yearn to
be with someone
and them with me 
live ever after forever and ever 
happily 

[v-two.]
no matter what no one tells me
love is not a fairytale
it's a choice 
and i choose you, baby 
hope you choose me too
cause i got all this love locked inside for you

even though 
i been hurt before
this feeling
i just can't ignore 
this yearn to
be with someone
and them with me [x3]

[i'm nothing, without you baby.
nothing, its driving me crazy.
nothing. no one. 
i'm so. alone. 
and i just wanna live, just wanna live.]

happily…
[yeah
me and you…
just the two of us
we can make it if we try.]

O6. happily***

prod: rachel "soulamazen" alexander, 
sample: "into orbit" by alex isley
written: brik.liam
arrangement: brik.liam, kori james

DOWNLOAD full project here: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228


UP.

@brikliam @soulamazen @korijames
[sample: @alex-isley, into orbit]

you were my first try
my first high
now i don't know how to say bye

you were my first try
my first high
now i don't know know know…

we're high as a kite babe…

cloud nine ain't got nothing us…

i love you more than life itself,
but that ain't good for my health
cause what goes up, 
must come down

i love you more than life itself,
but that ain't good for my health
cause what goes up, 
must come down...

cause gravity's working against me!

i'm going down
cause you ain't around… 

…no more.

O7. UP☟

prod: travon johnson
written: brik.liam
arrangement: jamel smith, kori james

DOWNLOAD full project here: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228

STAY.

@brikliam, @brave1ne, @lemajsmith @korijames 

[v-one.]
as long as time can count
as high as space will permit
i've laid paint so poetically
stacked every brick

front doors, 
as tall as tall can be
and the doorbell sings 
your favorite melody

[pre-hook.]
your hearts been known to roam
so i've built it a home 

[hook.]
...so you can stay…

[v-two.]
no walls - you trust me, so there is no need 
and there's plenty windows, so our love can be seen. 

no lights 
cause you shine all your own 
and all your favorite colors are clearly shown

[pre-hook.]
your hearts been known to roam
so i've built it a home 

[hook.]
...so you can stay…


O8. stay

prod: travon johnson
written: brik.liam, deejay lowery
sampled: keeyen martin
arrangement: brik.liam, taylor burroughs, janay moon, jamel smith, charles mays, deejay lowery, james doss


DOWNLOAD full project here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228


MARCHIN' [#cre8daily anthem] 

w/ keeyen martin, janay moon, charles mays, taylor burroughs, 
jamel smith, james doss + deejay lowery


when the saints go marchin' in
oh, when the saints go marchin' in
i want to be in that number
when the saints go marchin'…
---
i used to dream about cars and stuff
about being a star and stuff
but. my thoughts made it tough
didn't think i had enough 
enough. to make it big
to do what the greats doing done did
i realized that to get there 
can't focus on others' "whos whats whens and wheres" 
---
i used to want to fit in
and id be lyin' 
if I said I still didn't 
and who don't wanna fit in 
who's gonna be themselves 
even when it's not gettin' attention
---
i know you thinkin' 
"i just want to sing"
you wish it was as simple as it seems
but complicated it can be
cause everybody wants the same things.
and. everybody has the same dream
is there room for me? 
maybe if i stay in my lane
it would be 
---
should i go 
should i stay
i'm in control 
either way

no matter what the people say
no matter the lack of money
i got this dream to chase
and my heart i'll obey
---
so you just keep on marchin'
don't lose the rhythm 
don't lose the flow

cause somebody's watchin' 
and somebody needs you
and you don't even know

so don't be frightened
be a light and
and glow

so create daily
until you see it
GROW!



O9. marchin' ♕ [#cre8daily Anthem] w/ keeyen, janay moon, charles, taylor, jamel, james + deejay

written: brik.liam

DOWNLOAD full project here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228

BEAU. [raw.]

@brikliam, shawn scott, @mistervirtuoso

[v-one.]
today you tiptoed across my brain
but it wasn't your body
it was more like the words that you say
the tiptoeing turned into marching, marching
taking control over my nerves
which caused me to start smiling
you say you understand how i'm feeling
but i don't think you see it
how i see it cause...

[chorus.]
you're beautiful to me
you are everything i've ever dreamed
and more than i could want or need

[v-two.]
everything about you is just so perfect to me
I love it all the big to the small things 
you complain and put yourself down sometimes
when everything from your head to your toes, to me is fine.
i like the physical 
but i love your mental and spiritual
love it when you're next to me
your presence means everything 
it's all about the simple things... that's...

[chorus.]

[bridge.]
insecure 
and so unsure
i just don't see
how you can't see
what i see 
but let me insure

you that you're beautiful 
that's irrefutable 
won't argue 
with you 
cause i can't debate with what's truth

rejecting compliments and more
all that mental tug a war
not sure of those who came before
but i've found a muse i can adore 

[chorus.]

[vamp.]
one day
God spoke 
and said let there be life

so you came
from clay
oh, what a sight 

but somewhere 
along that road
you lost your light 

so here 
i am to
help you reignite 
[x2.]


O3. beau... [RAW]

remix to happily by brik.liam - f. @jav0nte + @marckel

original can be found on the #MLN project.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228

happily rmx w. javonte & marckel

"gold" by crystal lewis OVER "georgia" by emily king. 

GOLD cover.

writing, arranging: brik.liam
recording: atl, doug whatley
vocalist: brik.liam, joy conaway, keeyen martin, sheria rashawn, doug whatley, coriology
keys: coriology | guitar: dayshawn mojica

O1. jam
O2. thinki'minlove
O3. beautiful
O4. pratice
O5. happily
O6. unhappily
O7. anniemaybe
O8. ahoarder'sprayer
O9. troublesleeping 
1O. up
11. heartbreakhotel
12. plottwisttwo
13. stay
14. shine

redoctober,rawsessions

playing with my loop machine. 
feeling ...good.

music high. 

"MOOD."

dialogue between me and God. 

life's hard, but it's livable. always. 

be encouraged. and keep shining.

ode to my houston friends and fam. 


holding back the years by simply red with part of gretchen parlato's version mashed up with right here departed by brandy. 

brandon thomas on guitar. 

heart's song in a transitional season

WRTTN. brik.liam | PRD. kori james
 
[intro sample: erykah badu x green eyes.]

been sitting here for days 
canft get you off my mind
no other train of thought
is gaining close behind
oh im so blue 
you see
blue 
and green
cause

you went and found somebody else 
that made you smile
and im still here alone
ive been here for a while
im so blue 
and green  
over you
---
what did i do so wrong that you would just give up
and who is he that you would just give him my love 
im so blue. 
and green. 
over you

so many questions, 
they're all piling up so tall
im going thru in here, 
ive painted all four walls
a blue mixed with green
inspired by you. 
---
have me green as a sour apple
and as blue as the ocean floor
ive tried to scrub you from my surface 
darlin'
but ive found you at the core
---
never found a way to filter out these hues
ive even displayed these marks from you
a beautiful turquoise ... they'll see
but i know it's ...blue and green
blue and green 
blue and green 
turquoise they'll see...

TURQUOISE.

don't stop believing x journey
in the air tonight x phil collins
midnight train to georgia x gladys knight
don't stop til you get enough x michael jackson 
holding back the years x simply red
all these dream x jcksn ave

[prod by theADGclub @GMJR @awp_keys @dstox_ob25]

don't stop believing in the air

so reflective [interlude]

sample: whitney houston x i wanna dance with somebody 
i thought x brandy
somebody that i used to know x gotye / kimbra
return of the mack x mark morrison
heartbreak hotel x whitney houston
the worst x jhene aiko
the exfactor x lauryn hill 

[prod by @remeywilliams + @robbi35oul]

return of somebody i thought i knew

mr lonely x bobby vinton
i get so lonely x janet jackson
baby one more time x britney spears
scared of lonely x beyonce 

[prod by @luk3witherspoon]

lonely, one more time

stevie wonder x knocks me off my feet
swv x weak
fantasia x when i see you

[prod by @remeywilliams]

knocks me weak

hallelujah x leonard cohen / jeff buckley 
soul star x musiq soulchild
 [prod by @jakesogizz]

hallelujah, soul star

beau... revamp | jeremy uwah x violet mari x brik.liam

BRIK.LIAM 2017

please cont.

EVEN

please cont.
higher
baggage check
higher part ll

#ThePreAscensionEP

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ascension-lp/id1281706395

#theascensionlp releases october 13th!

The Ascension LP Final

GENTLY - #TALP Available Now EVERYWHERE

i really want this to be the last sad song i write.

soundcloud

untitled.

dedicated to all the beautiful black girls.

Don't Forget Eye 2 Eye Demo

JUDY [Studio Version Demo] Prod. Mr.Damention

Some Other Dude Instr PROD BY MrDamention

prod: marq "premiere" primo
written and arranged: brik.liam 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mr.-liams-neighborhood/id942670228

THINKI'MINLOVE 

@brikliam, primo premiere

[v-one.]
i can't explain how it happened
but i know it just did
had this pretty young thing
come and whisper in my ear
and she was telling me things
about what love could do
and once we got together
she just proved em to be true

[v-two.]
said a love like ours 
is hard to find
my dreams come true
every time i look at you
you love me without
restrictions, conditions or boundaries
your heart is very rare, i promise not to break it i swear

[pre-hook.]
it feels right, 
if this is wrong for me, i don't care
an angel in disguise you are
come my way
and if i never it before, 
i love you, i love you

[hook.] 
i think i'm in love…
if love feels like this
i don't wanna come down from this
i think i'm in love...
never knew love could be so real
words can't express how i feel

[v-three]
when you tell me you love me
feel like my world slows down
for a moment in time
my body's floating off the ground
so amazing
what you do for me
i thank God everyday
for sending you my way

[pre-hook.]
it feels right, 
if this is wrong for me, i don't care
an angel in disguise you are
come my way
and if i never it before, 
i love you, i love you

[hook.]
i think i'm in love…
if love feels like this
i don't wanna come down from this
i think i'm in love...
never knew love could be so real
words can't express how i feel

[bridge.]
you're the one i m - i - crooked letter, crooked letter
and when i t - r - i humpback 
you always seem to have my back
and it's hard to find anyone like that
i think i'm in love

can't explain how it happened
but i know it just did 
i had this pretty young thing
come and whisper in my ear...

@brikliam

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