A-All 4 Nothin....

(Verse 1:)
Yo, I wake up almost every day and for a split
second, forget; til I remember, and then its hits
I'm fucking 30 and I never even did
any of the shit that
99% of men have did...
I'm a motherfuckin junkie with a gift--card,
trying to trade it so I can get a fix
I've been broken since I was a little kid
Father abandoned me before we even met

I was made to soak up addiction
I collected all of them, mint condition
I've been to rehab, been to prison
I'm a criminal, man - and I HATE it.
If it wasn't drugs, it was women I dated,
jobs I can't have cause I'm hated
One night I'm on-stage,
Year later: in a cage
Locked up, watching all MY homies on a Much' Playlist
I'm a bad - I'm a bad scene,
White rapper, still the black-black-black sheep
A shadow from the past;
I'm a bastard: I could be YOUR dad's half-breed
Ask me if I'm a coward? I'm a fool...
'cause far as I'm concerned, 
flying from the highest tower seems about the bravest thing that someone who's feeling powerless could do
That's how it really feel
Yeah, that's how it really feel to be a ghost
Everybody walking through you
You can't judge me
Not until you take a look at what you've done to me and let me do it to YOU
Mirror-mirror: yeah, Jody: fuck you, too
No surprise, it was in my eyes, you knew;
Don't believe me?
Think I'm bluffin?
Think I'm lying?
I'ma tie a noose tight, and stream it live on YouTube...

(CHORUS:)
Wanna see what Hell is like...?
I'm all fucked-up, might need some help tonight (Hey...hey)
Fuck it...I'ma kill myself tonight
I'm not being dramatic, 
man, I've just had it with this helpless life...
and it was all for nothin, I know that
All for nothin, I'm played out
All that weight? I can't hold that...
Demons calling my name out (Hey...hey...)
It was all for nothin - all for nothin baby
It was all for nothin - all for nothin baby

(Verse 2:) 
It was all for nothin,
I got no thanks
Preach appreciation and got no thanks
A little bit ago
Stark starlight indigo
I'll make an indie go the whole way
Fuck your daughters...
 Jack(your)sons: call him O'Shea
Call him "O'shit, I better bring an A-game"
DNA, Nemesis
An enemy had better be a wordplay-mate
I became the most selfish person
I'm next to fall...far-far from perfect
I can write the bars and record the songs
but the rest of my life just wasn't workin
Shit wasn't worth it, I know it
Give me one more chance, and I'll blow it
I'm a monster-rappin' cracka,
conscious-backpackin' hitchhiking-ass poet.
(I'm a--) I'm a fuckup
I would rather fight than be a sucka,
But now there's no buffer
I'm earning no cheddar
No cream, no butter, no bread,
so give me some, or shut the fuck up
I'm out of my mind in this
Clock is ticking, I ain't got time for this
Forget daily--I'm talkin' bout an 'hourly' grind in this
so me and mine can survive and shit
I can't provide if I get fired 
before I'm even hired 'cause they found out I got a record
I don't mean the kind where they say "Check it--"
I mean the kind where you get no respect,
'cause your past is checkered
And credit? 
What the fuck's credit?
I never had it, I'll never get it
Never mattered to anyways, that's where my head is
Show me to the nearest grave: that's where I'm headed
Dead it....(dead it....)

(CHORUS:)
Wanna see what Hell is like...?
I'm all fucked-up, might need some help tonight (Hey...hey)
Fuck it...I'ma kill myself tonight
I'm not being dramatic, 
man, I've just had it with this helpless life...
and it was all for nothin, I know that
All for nothin, I'm played out
All that weight? I can't hold that...
Demons calling my name out (Hey...hey...)
It was all for nothin - all for nothin baby
It was all for nothin - all for nothin baby

IMTMCsNIDKDJs

All 4 Nothin

Beat produced by Juno
Lyrics/arrangement by Jayo Shea
© J. O'Shea 2021 • Lettuce Turnip the Beets Ent.

•••••••••
YouTube: https://youtu.be/KiVtbn3wE88
Bandcamp: https://jayoshea.bandcamp.com/track/alphabet-soop
Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/jayoshea/song/alphabet-soup
Genius: https://genius.com/Jayo-shea-alphabet-soup-lyrics
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jayosheamusic/alphabet-soup
ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/jayoshea/song/34020151-alphabet-soup
•••••••••

Lyrics: 

(Juno) 

(Chorus:)
I been sche-scheming, daydreaming
Thinkin up a formula to make the beat erupt like lava do (do)
I cook it up like mama do...
I cook it up (up), cook it up (yup)
I need some more seasoning
for these MCs in my alphabet soup...
(Soup...soup)
Eat em up (eat em up)
Heat em up
Eat em up like...YUM. 

(Verse:)
Where the FUCK are the rappers who got talent, I'm hungry, I need a challenge
Tentacles untenable, chemicals imbalanced
Brain is beyond sane,
A carnivore in a rage when faced with a raw salad
An animal: eating meat, trying to save the bone
I'm a cannibal: eating vegans for irony's sake alone, but...
"I Think I Know Too Much" - (Aceyalone)
I'm a killing time bomb metronome
with one less chromosome within my DNA
If this was 1950 I bet they'd prob'ly commit me, and lock me away
Behind bars
Like the man behind the art
Yeah, I like my beats dirty
but I sanitize em hard, muthafucka
You a coward counterfeit: false prophet(profit)
Not an alcoholic, but alphabet bar-hoppin' 
Hard-knockin'
Yall not as sick as me;
I catch da z's [disease] like narcolepsy
It's hard to sleep on me 

(Chorus:)
I been sche-scheming, daydreaming
Thinkin up a formula to make the beat erupt like lava do (do)
I cook it up like mama do...
I cook it up (up), cook it up (yup)
I need some more seasoning
for these MCs in my alphabet soup...
(Soup...soup)
Eat em up (eat em up)
Heat em up
Eat em up like...YUM. 

(Breakdown/Outro:)
I cook it up, I cook - it - up (yum...yum...yum)
Up, up - I cook it up, like
(Yu-yum...yum...yum)
i...i...i...I cook, up 
I cook it up like...
(Yum...yum...yum)
I cook it - I cook it 
I cook - I cook it up, like
(YUM)

Deep Songs 4 Shallow People: The Mixtape

Alphabet Soup

Throwback mixtape joint for DS4SP.2 
"Figure of Speech '06"
I have no rights to this beat, produced by 9th Wonder/Khrysis
Copyright (c) L.E.G.A.C.Y. & Just-Us League Music

2007 Mixtape Shit

Figure of Speech '06

Primitive

East Coast

Produced by Elbe Kim
Lyrics written & arranged by Jayo Shea

The 5th Business

© dNA (J. O'Shea) 2017
Lyrics and arrangement by dNA
Beat produced by El-P
[orig_song="Akinyele Back (Love Again)"_by_Run the Jewelz]

Lyrics on Genius.com:
https://genius.com/Dna-da-nemesis-attraction-bullet-proof-lyrics

Bullet Proof (Explicit Version)

© dNA (J. O'Shea) 2017
Lyrics and arrangement by dNA
Beat produced by Ron Gilmore
[orig_song="Dopamine"_by_Bas]

Lyrics on Genius.com:
https://genius.com/Dna-da-nemesis-attraction-20-20-lyrics

Long Gone (20-20)

No ID x Kanye West type beat - "5 Star General"

Large Professor x Pete Rock Type Beat- Astro Phonix

Khrysis x Nicolay type beat - EnJoyride

Allah Mathematics x 9th Wonder type beat - Faded

Snowgoons x 7L type beat - Fallen 2 Earth

Streetrunner x El-P type beat - Game Over

Mathematics X The RZA type beat - In My Heart

El-P x Last Emperor type beat - Just U

Harry Fraud x Swiss Beatz type beat - Music

Madlib X Yelawolf type beat - My Hart

Masta Killa x Allah Mathematics type beat- Try Danja

Allah Mathematics x Ayatollah type beat - Dawg.mp3

Audible Doctor x Alchemist type beat Star Alignment.mp3

Cool and Dre x De La Soul type beat Tidy Mess.wma

Ghostface x 9th Wonder type beat - Keep Step'n

Jake One x Gangrene type beat OH HOW HAPPY.mp3

Just Blaze X The Alchemist type beat - Welcome Back

9th Wonder X Cunninlynguists type beat - Luv Wuz Made

Khrysis x J. Cole type beat - Drift Away

Khrysis x Oddisee type beat SAY.mp3

KNO x El-P x No ID type beat - Mr Jones.mp3

Produced by 8 Bars
(c) Jayo Shea Music 2018
Written, arranged by J. O'Shea

READ LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Jayo-shea-gratitude-song-lyrics

Gratitude Song

Beat produced by JUNO [ https://www.beatstars.com/juno24 ]
Lyrics written and arranged by J. O'Shea
READ LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Jayo-shea-silhouettes-lyrics
(c) 2018 Jayo Shea

released July 1, 2017 license
all rights reserved

Deep Songs 4 Shallow People

Silhouettes

Formerly known as dNA (da Nemesis Attraction), maritime rap artist Jayo Shea first broke onto the local hip-hop scene back in 2000. Since that time, he has amassed quite a collection of work, including 6 amateur solo albums, 2 solo EP releases, a duo album with Catalyst, handful of mixtapes and more. The young MC/producer has also made his rounds when it comes to live performances, having done almost 100 shows in 4 years. DNA’s 2007 hit single “The North Side” took campus radio stations by storm across the entire country, adding to Jayo’s ever-growing fanbase. In February 2008, DNA was nominated for an ECMA [East Coast Music Award], under the category “Urban Single Track Recording of the Year” for the song Take You Out Remix (ft. Catalyst). Jayo Shea also produces beats for subgenres of hip-hop, including Trap, Conscious, Boom Bap, R&B, EDM, etc. Since summer ‘07, he’s sold upwards of 150 beats to various artists spanning across the nation, including names like Pat Stay, Monark, Hollohan, Phakt, and many more.

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