spotify/stream

TISSEL

The Tragedy of Gravity

Mostly just made this for myself. But for anyone else who really likes the 2nd part in GRXGVR's "FWD HINDSIGHT" here you go :)

GRXGVR - FWD HINDSIGHT (instrumental only, slowverb)

Written and Performed by Cozmo Jethro and Crissy.
Beat by Villatic. https://soundcloud.com/villatic Remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Additional outro vox performed by our kids, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Adam Putnam, Tristan Paris, Merey Reed and Korey Reed.
Mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Album art pic of Crissy at her graduation ceremony, May 2025. 

Lyrics:
(Cozmo Jethro)
I wrote this song about a girl I know.
She overcame so much, yo here we go.

Growing up  in the 70s and 80s.
Had a tough time growin up in Spokane.
An absent father and an alcoholic mother.
Yea, she knew what it was to persevere.

She was married at age 17.
Two kids later, divorced at 19.
Had her third kid at age 21.
In another relationship with a struggling one.

This went on for 8 years.
Till she saw some fears,
He just couldn’t lay off the beers.

Now a single mom with 3 kids.
What an amazing job she did.

With street smarts and little education.
She started college, 30 years of dedication.
She still had to work and provide for the kids.
College start and stop, had to take care of her biz. 

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
As time went by she climbed the corporate ladder.
While raisin those kids, that girls a scrapper.
Then came kid number four with her life partner.
Another great kid for her to mentor.

All this time starting and stopping college.
Trying to get it done but it wasn’t happening.

She landed a job she had no business getting.
Only pharma rep in the country, no degree.
With positive attitude, gutsy, and scrappy.
She pulls off those amazing things.

All while working her tail off. Yea.
To provide for her family.

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Now she’s makin it big.
In the pharma gig.
Time to try for that degree again.
Finally.

George Fox University.
Full time pharma rep 
full time accelerated degree.

Somehow for two years she pulled it off.
Just graduated Magna Cum Laude.
2025, with a double degree.
That’s my girl, that’s my Crissy.
My scrappy, gutsy, smart beautiful wife.
Makin everything better for all our lives.
Took her 30 years to get that degree.
So proud of my wife, let’s celebrate, yipppeeee.
Whooooo Crissy, you did it girl! You got that degree, 30 years of perseverence. yaaa haaaa!
(Crissy)
Yea, by the grace of god, tenacity and manifestation, we made it happen.
(Lydia) Go Mom!
(Adam) Good job Mom!
(Tristan) Great work Mom!
(Merey and Korey) You did it Mom!

The Graduate (beat. Villatic)

Burning

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Scratching by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Villatic https://soundcloud.com/villatic, remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX used for scratching.
Roland VT-3 used to create vocoder vocals. 
Album art pic of Cozmo Jethro in his studio, June 15, 2025.

I wanna rap and scratch. 
I'm gonna do it like this.
I'm gonna do it like that.

Cozmo's goin to town.
Cozmo Jethro break it down.

Now I got a few things that I want to say.
I wanna scratch, ha ha
And I wanna play.

with the DJ equipment that my wife hooked me up with.
Thanks Crissy, here's a big fat kiss. (smooch).

Usually I try to be a wordsmith. 
But kiss my grits.
I'm gonna scratch like this.

Cozmo's goin to town.
Cozmo Jethro break it down.

(Cozmo Jethro scratches).

It was Christmas 2024.
Opened this present.
Was like yo what's that for?

I already had a crude DJ setup.
So I shelved it for a few months yea.

It was sittin under my desk.
I should do somethin with this.
So I hooked it up.
Was like, damn that's the shit!

Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX
I can do a lot more with thi thi thi thi thi this.

(Cozmo Jethro scratches).

Now I don't pretend to be a DJ.
Much more comfortable yea, as an emcee.
But it's fun to play with the equipment.
Make those sounds, and break it down.

Give props, to Grandmaster Flash.
And the originator, Grand Wizard Theodore.
I wanna scratch like DJ Real. https://soundcloud.com/the-dj-real
The best DJ I know on the wheels of steel.

Maybe someday, I can scratch like him.
Would take practice to scratch like that Australian.
But for now, I'll keep havin fun.
And improvin my tracks, yo one by one.

(Cozmo Jethro scratches).

The Present (beat. Villatic)

Written, performed, mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro and Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc
Beat by Villatic https://soundcloud.com/villatic

(Nasty Tha Mc)
It's about that time. 

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha ha yea.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
Ha ha ha ha!
Let's go!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Me and Nasty back together again.
After a couple of years.
Rockin the mic
Like a couple of kids.

We’re getting older
And our bodies are changin.
But we’re still rockin the rhymes.
And doin our thing.

Shit, I can’t see the waveform on this track.
Yo Nasty, where my readers at?
I got pains in my ankle, my knee, and my butt.
But I’m still here yea rockin the cut.

Just 2 old school b boys
Who can’t get enough
Of that old school hip hop
Everybody says, what?

Now that I’m older
I’ve passed the test.
Livin life to the fullest
Mostly do what I want, yep.

I ride down the road
With my 12 inch subs
Bumpin that old school hip hop
Feelin the love.

Yea I got problems like everybody else.
But I roll with the punches
Boom bap yea!

Got lots to look forward to
And everybody knows
That at this age,
Gotta prove nothin to nobody yo.

So we’ll keep rockin the mic
And doin our thing,
Old school rap is what we bring. 

(Nasty Tha Mc)
We aint quittin, we aint stoppin.
Guess what we only gettin started.
We aint quittin, we aint stoppin.
Guess what we only gettin started.

Yo Cozmo, I'm bout to act up. (act up)
I'm bout to do what it do. Yea in the cut. (in the cut).
Like summer summertime. 
Yea, you already know. Yea alright.

Couple livin legends, just doin what it do.
In our stance, oh yea, that's true.
Some fly kicks on our feet. LIke that (like that.)
Adidas laced up like that (like that.)

Ready to go, yea prepare for more.
Yi, with a mind, that be a weapon.
Keep on steppin. On the track, (uh huh)
More Daddy than a Big Mac.

Check it out yea,
Somethin bumpin in the Cadillac.
Check it out, what it be yea.

This that smooth vibe.
This that cool vibe.
This that summer vibe.
Oh my. (oh my)

We aint quittin we aint stoppin.
Guess what, we only gettin started.
We aint quittin we aint stoppin.
Guess what, we only gettin started.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha, yea that's right.
We rockin rhymes like a meteroite.
Nasty with the vibe like Dolomite.
I'm flyin through the night, yea ready to ignite.

So to all of you, who listen to us.
We just havin fun with these cuts aw yea.
We keep doin it and doin it right.
Take you back to the old school, huh that's right. (that's right.)

(Roland VT-3 voice)
That old school summer vibe.
Cozmo and Nasty gettin live.
From the old school, stay fly.
That fresh hip hop 2025.

That Summer Vibe (beat. Villatic)

Double 070

Written and performed by (in order of appearance) Jed Lapp, Jennifer Hill, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Ralph Matamoros, Amber Lapp, Adam Putnam, Amy Henry, Elle Roach, Forbes Lapp, Carol Lapp, Tristan Paris, DJ Real.

Chorus sung by Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Jed Lapp, Elle Roach, Tristan Paris. 

Produced, mixed and masterd by Jed Lapp using Casio XW-P1 keyboard. Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX turntables. Akai XR20 Drum Machine. Korg Electribe Sampler and a shaker. 

Album art picture of Christina Matamoros-Lapp taken by Jed Lapp, February 2025.

Christina's Birthday Jam 2 (feat. 11 friends and family)

<b>-<i>Wal-Mart Management</i> from [Wal-Mart RAP Pack!]-</b>
Lyrics: http://tripmachina.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rappack&action=display&thread=10

Walmart Management

i know the album is super late but its coming!!Thank you for waiting !
Cover by: @NYKTON
Soon on spotify itunes etc

The Tragedy of Gravity

H31ios

Related tracks