Baltimore artist Nard drops his latest single, "I Hurt" which will be featured on his upcoming EP. Filled with Alternative R&B laden vocals, similar to that of The Weeknd and 6lack, 808 trap music percussions, and an electric guitar solo that'll take you on a trip, this record is sure to deliver a blow to your soul.

Download & Stream: http://hyperurl.co/ihurt.remix  

Produced by Nard for Truth Over Perception 
2017 All Rights Reserved

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I hurt.
I bleed.
I cry.
I grieve.

I love, I hate.
I give, and I take.
I fight, I crawl.
I slip, and I fall.

[Hook]
Cuz I’m not feeling good right now.
I’m not where I should be now,
Cuz I hurt, I hurt.

And nothing is fun for me,
Cuz I’m not where I wanna be,
Cuz I hurt, I hurt, I hurt 
(Hurt, hurt, hurt)

I Hurt 
(Hurt, hurt, hurt).

[Verse 2]
I bruise, I feel.
I break, and I build.
I pray, I hope.
I stay, and I cope.

[Hook]

[Bridge]
Ad-libs

[Verse 3]
I work, I slave.
I serve, and I gave.
This pain, it runs deep.
No more you take from me.

[Hook]

[Outro]
Feel it inside my soul.
Don’t wanna lose control.
I hurt.

End.

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I Hurt (Extended Version)

Take A Ride With Me

Good Loving (2015 Demo)

Book of Nard: Chapter One, released January 18, 2019. This six song EP displays a musical mix of Alternative R&B and Hip-Hop from the Baltimore artist. Each song is inspired by true events that took place in his life. 

Music & lyrics written by Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr.

Lyrics:

I hurt
I bleed
I cry
I grieve
I love, I hate
I give, and I take
I fight, I crawl
I slip, and I fall

Cuz I’m not feeling good right now
I’m not where I should be now
Cuz I hurt, I hurt
And nothing is fun for me
Cuz I’m not where I wanna be
Cuz I hurt, I hurt, I hurt 
Hurt, hurt, hurt
I Hurt, Hurt, hurt, hurt

I bruise, I feel
I break, and I build
I pray, I hope
I stay, and I cope

Cuz I’m not feeling good right now
I’m not where I should be now
Cuz I hurt, I hurt
And nothing is fun for me
Cuz I’m not where I wanna be
Cuz I hurt, I hurt, I hurt 
Hurt, hurt, hurt
I Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt

I work, I slave
I serve, and I gave
This pain, it runs deep
No more you take from me

Cuz I’m not feeling good right now
I’m not where I should be now
Cuz I hurt, I hurt
And nothing is fun for me
Cuz I’m not where I wanna be
Cuz I hurt, I hurt, I hurt 
Hurt, hurt, hurt
I Hurt, Hurt, hurt, hurt

Feel it inside my soul
Don’t wanna lose control
I hurt

Book of Nard Chapter 1

Bonus* I Hurt (Extended Version)

Book of Nard: Chapter One, released January 18, 2019. This six song EP displays a musical mix of Alternative R&B and Hip-Hop from the Baltimore artist. Each song is inspired by true events that took place in his life. 

Music & lyrics written by Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr.

Ten year open letter

Book of Nard: Chapter One, released January 18, 2019. This six song EP displays a musical mix of Alternative R&B and Hip-Hop from the Baltimore artist. Each song is inspired by true events that took place in his life. 

Music & lyrics written by Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr.

Lyrics:

Uh-huh, wanna go

Create a perfect world in our head

Look, it's the place that we're safe when we drift outta consciousness 
Away from the judgement, a place filled with loving and confidence
No need to struggle, no hustle, no bustle, just ambience
No one to make you feel less than or even incompetent
Simply euphoric
Just to have seen it once you would wait a century for it
I can't stress it's importance
I need a visit
You know that feeling what is it
I know the opposites warring
I know the concept is foreign
I think they call it peace
And though it could be, it isn't
And though you could be forgiven
The concept is appealing
So it's too long a reach
The closest thing to Heaven, without leaving your shell
It's like the closest thing to Heaven after living through your Hell
I go there to space
I got there for space
I go there it's safe
To be alone is something many aren't able to face
Alone with your thoughts
They tend to pick you apart
See what you say in the light
May not be true in the dark
That's why I love when it rains, I feel it's true to the ark
Of my characters story, to tell the truth is an art
It's also something required if you intend to connect
They see I'm flawed, but I'm honest that's why they give me respect
I may have lost some appeal
But what I gained can give chills
It's a perspective from voices that's very rarely revealed
To be in tune with myself, to be in tune with my mission
To be in tune with the FATHER, can only give me conviction
This is more than a song, this is more than just music
This is something I'm living, this is something that's proven
I wanna go there
A space between everywhere and nowhere 
Is it cold there
Or is the sun shinning infinitely
Replaying all of my memories and everyone that I've ever known intimately
I found the key, it's time to open the gate
Just a voice in the wind, if you hear it hope you relate
Hope you relate

Said it's time for me to go
And where i'm going I don't even know

Create a perfect world in our head

That Place

Book of Nard: Chapter One, released January 18, 2019. This six song EP displays a musical mix of Alternative R&B and Hip-Hop from the Baltimore artist. Each song is inspired by true events that took place in his life. 

Music & lyrics written by Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr.

Lyrics:

You'll slip up one of these days

In a world, by myself
All alone, no one else
No one to call no more
No one to call no more who can understand
Who can understand, no no

Everyday I wake up I hope this will be the day 
I pray I get to say it's mine, I finally got my freedom
Lost so many people on this road, it takes a toll
But in the end it's for a reason
Cuz you know that life is ups and downs, oh no
Don't know if they told ya
But you know that life is ups and downs, yes it is
Don't know if they told ya, don't know if they told ya

I'm falling, I'm falling, see I'm falling
I'm falling, I'm falling, know that life is ups and downs, oh no
I'm falling, know that life is ups and downs, yes it is
So get up when ya fall make sure they see ya

The temperature is falling, the water is rising
Can feel the resistance coming it's on the horizon
A moment of silence
A moment to gather thoughts in a moment of violence
You either think or react
Though the wisest wouldn't think I'm an act
And though I thirst, don't need a hearse, I never drink from the tap
Without a filter
Taste kosher without gefilte
They chase culture, appropriate it
We're not associated
If this was a movie it's not the opening
It's the part that you waited for now it's soaking in
It's the part where the character separates himself
And in the end he gets everything that you hoped for him
Satisfied with the ending, but itching for a sequel
Got somethings I can learn, but even more to teach you
Through every experience and scenario
Be prepared for the ride, life is a merry-go

Everyday I wake up I hope this will be the day 
I pray I get to say it's mine, I finally got my freedom
Lost so many people on this road, it takes a toll
But in the end it's for a reason
Cuz you know that life is ups and downs, oh no
Don't know if they told ya
But you know that life is ups and downs, yes it is
Don't know if they told ya, don't know if they told ya

I'm falling, I'm falling, see I'm falling
I'm falling, I'm falling, know that life is ups and downs, oh no
I'm falling, know that life is ups and downs, yes it is
So get up when ya fall make sure they see ya

Sure they see you, oh oh
Know that life is ups and downs
Up and down, no

You'll slip up one of these days

FALLN

Book of Nard: Chapter One, released January 18, 2019. This six song EP displays a musical mix of Alternative R&B and Hip-Hop from the Baltimore artist. Each song is inspired by true events that took place in his life. 

Music & lyrics written by Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr.

Lyrics:

I hurt
I bleed
I cry
I grieve
I love, I hate
I give, and I take
I fight, I crawl
I slip, and I fall

Cuz I’m not feeling good right now
I’m not where I should be now
Cuz I hurt, I hurt
And nothing is fun for me
Cuz I’m not where I wanna be
Cuz I hurt, I hurt, I hurt 
I Hurt

I wrote this when I was hopeless
Not only broke, I was broken
Searching for the meaning of life, enlightened, awoken
Guess I found myself a new mechanism for coping
Hey, but this is nothing new to me, more like the newest me
Who'd ever thought it'd neuter me, needed like two or three
Perfect releases, mornings are filled with early secretions
Purpose depleting, the reason why I'm hurting and seeking
Too often we ignore it, too often we look forward
I wish I would've knew then, perhaps I would implore it
Caught at this fork in the road, which way should I explore it
This underlying anxiety has become like torment
I bottle up my emotions and barely speak a bit
Twist the cap for a track and maybe leak a bit
For all them asking me why
Play it then they'll get to hear my reply

Cuz I’m not feeling good right now
I’m not where I should be now
Cuz I hurt, I hurt
And nothing is fun for me
Cuz I’m not where I wanna be
Cuz I hurt, I hurt, I hurt 
Hurt, hurt, hurt
I Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt

Feel it inside my soul
Don’t wanna lose control
I hurt

I Hurt (Radio Edit)

Book of Nard: Chapter One, released January 18, 2019. This six song EP displays a musical mix of Alternative R&B and Hip-Hop from the Baltimore artist. Each song is inspired by true events that took place in his life. 

Music & lyrics written by Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr.

Lyrics:

Didn't think I would make it, tried to tell me I'm foolish
Why you wasting your time, why you still stuck on this music
I need you to contribute, need to go get a job
And take your head out the clouds, you are not Mr. Jobs
But what papa don't know is, I'm a do me un-til I see my name at the top, oh-oh
And what mama don't know, she surely going see
Tell em better make way for my spot, oh-oh
At the age of eleven I was hit with a vision
It was more than a dream, it put me on to my mission
Although sometimes I pivot, try not to stray from the path
I liberated my spirit, need the feeling to last
But it's hard to maintain when feelings get drained, and every single day is a fight, oh-oh
But when everything's changed, and people get strange
Just remember you came from the light, oh-oh
Oh-oh

I know how it is when ya see me, I know you don't think about the kid no more
Holla' when ya see me on your TV, now all of a sudden I don't seem so poor, so poor
That's how it is when ya coming up, coming up
That's how it is when ya one of us, one of us
But they better get ready, cuz I'm coming and they won't stop me from nothing no more, no-no

A tale of triumph can capture the spirit
Give you confidence every time that you happen to hear it
Inspire change from the least to the greatest 
At least make a playlist 
Cuz every song that I'm penning it's nothing that's near it
I digress
Not trying to impress
Just trying to be heard
Like an elephant, found my medicine through writing these words
Share it openly
So the one's hurting can cope with me
I know how it feels, they know that I'm real, got close with me
Over this process
Vocals and music, not nothing too overly processed
I just need you to digest
Every sentence and every word
Meant it in every word
Exposing all of my flaws that I live with in every word
It's honorable yet I'm vulnerable and that's my reality
Just trying to find me a balance, gain a sense of normality
Easy for me to try to hide it than to tell the truth
I know they out here selling lies, I'd rather sell the truth

I know how it is when ya see me, I know you don't think about the kid no more
I know how it is when ya see me
Holla' when ya see me on your TV, now all of a sudden I don't seem so poor 
I don't seem so poor no more
That's how it is when ya coming up
Why is that
That's how it is when ya one of us  
You so foul
But they better get ready, cuz I'm coming and they won't stop me from nothing no more
No more

I know how it is when ya see me, I know you don't think about the kid no more
You don't think about me no more
Holla' when ya see me on your TV, now all of a sudden I don't seem so poor
So poor
That's how it is when ya coming up
Coming up
That's how it is when ya one of us
You so foul
But they better get ready, cuz I'm coming and they won't stop me from nothing no more
No more

I won't let em stop me, no-no
No

No More

If U Dare
Written and produced by Nard  
Released October 26, 2018
Truth Over Perception

Lyrics:

I been working everyday, tried a million ways, still they never notice me
Even though they overlook me, treat me like a rookie, one day they going know its me
Im a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a, I’m a be way up
Told me shoot my shot, I know they need a block, I make it easy as a lay up
Check point
Bet I run the game like a point
Bet I run the game like I’m Magic
In and out the lane with the passes
When I’m done with it you can have it
I been working on my game and now I’m ready
I don’t see no competition, come and get me
Come and test me
If you dare

Working on my game and now I’m ready 
I don’t see no competition, come and get me
Come and test me if you dare
Right about now is where you get it
You can look me in my face, no I aint kidding
Come and test me if you dare
If you a badmon, put ya hands up right now
Hands up right now
Hands up, right, right, right
If you a badmon, put ya hands up right now
Hands up right now
Hands up, right now

Hol’ up
They know who got the game sewed up
They know if there’s any doubt, aint no reason to pout, we can make this a close up
Hmmm, I’m bout that. We can set it up tho
Tell you, you, and you, to bet it up tho
Just make sure that you brought enough doe
See it look a lil different when it’s up close
Tried to told em something
But now they acting like they aint know it was coming
Man I aint playing games
You can put it on my name
I been working with the flame
Like a stove or something
Say the cold is coming, getting ready for winter
Now my table is set, getting ready for dinner
Take a look at the menu
Taking bookings for venues
If it’s all what it says then you can tell it’s a winner
I am not phased by these moves
I am not phased what they do
I am a grown man, yes this is true
Yes this is something I do
Living my life, How about you
I can not see that the same thing is true
Next time you see me
You know to believe me
Told you this is easy
This is nothing new
Cut it

I been working
No none at all, no
Right now
No, no
Put ya hands up
Come and test me if you dare
Put ya hands up
Oh, oh

If U Dare

Da art of story telling pt 1 (Freestyle)

Stream & Download Book of Nard Chapter one EP
http://hyperurl.co/bookofnard

With the release of his single "I Hurt", Alternative Hip-Hop and R&B artist, Nard is starting to make a name for himself. The single caught the attention of Melodic Dubstep producer, Sound Remedy who decided to remix it. The pair released another collaboration, "Love can be cruel" which was featured on Spotify's Friday Cratediggers playlist. His latest project “Book of Nard Chapter One”, is a compilation of songs that detail a time span of health and life battles starting from 2007. Reynard "Nard" Taylor Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 17. He was named after his father and received his nickname at birth. 
 
Nard inherited his love of music, much like he inherited his name, from his father. He would play records from his large vinyl collection in the family's basement. By the age of nine, Nard and his siblings were recording songs. He credits this as his beginning love affair with music.
 
After graduating High school, Nard moved to Jersey City, New Jersey to attend Saint Peter’s College. 
 
A few years later, Nard was presented with an opportunity to travel to Cairo, Egypt. He was embraced by fellow musicians in the thriving music scene, and after a few impromptu performances he was selected to perform at the 2012 Red Bull BC One, in Alexandria. 
 
When asked what separates him from other artists, he simply responds “Truth over perception."

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