Lean In featuring 2024 GRAMMY® winner Nicole Zuraitis
Backing vocals arranged & performed by GRAMMY® nominated Tehillah Alphonso
Spotify/Apple/more: https://ffm.to/leaninftnicolezuraitis

Lean In is a reminder to be fully present in whichever stage of life you're in. 

A portion of  proceeds will be donated to Education Through Music https://etmonline.org, which provides music education in under-resourced schools. I’ve witnessed first-hand how vital this organization is at my own kids’ public school in Harlem.

Lean In
Written / arranged / produced by Jerry Jean
Vocals performed / arranged by Jerry Jean, Nicole Zuraitis, Tehillah Alphonso
Drums & percussion by John O'Reilly Jr. & Granville Mullings Jr.
Acoustic & electric guitar by Adam Stoler
Bass guitar by Justin Goldner
Saxophone by Ojiik
Strings by Jerry Jean
Piano by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Jett Galindo | Bakery Mastering

Lean In
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean

You can turn the same questions 'round in your mind
Never getting close to the answers
Just left behind
Stuck in the future or the past
Don’t see all you have as the years move fast
Every stage goes by 
The candles burn
Oh
Just want a bit more time
But the pages turn
Woah

CHORUS:
Lean in
Lean in
All you need’s
Already by your side
Give in 
Give in
To now
These precious days are passing by
Lean in
Lean in
Lean lean in
Lean in

You can doom scroll the hours away
Or get up 
Feel the music play
Here in the moment everything’s just right
If only we could make it stay
Every stage goes by 
The candles burn
Oh
Just want a bit more time
But the pages turn
Woah

CHORUS

Lean In (feat. Nicole Zuraitis)

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

DO WE REACH HOME

Tell me
Will it be worth the time
Will it be worth the climb up to the highest point of the mountain
Tell me
Will it be worth the blood
Will it be worth the pain and tears to win it all tonight
When do we reach home

On a rocket up to Mars
I’ll fly further than the stars
To get where I need to be
Sailing out on the ocean
I’m floating in slow motion 
Don’t wanna be on the seas
When do we reach home

CHORUS:
Is anybody out there
Say so
Anybody out there
Are we alone
Tell me how to get there
Don’t wanna stay
Don’t wanna die here
So far away
When do we reach home

Guide me
I’m on my way
There’s no turning back
We’ve left our yesterdays
Hold me
Say we’ll make it through
Wake up in a place where we can start anew
When do we reach home

On a rocket up to Mars
I’ll fly further than the stars
To get where I need to be
Sailing out on the ocean
I’m floating in slow motion 
Don’t wanna be on the seas
When do we reach home

CHORUS

When do we reach home
Do we reach home
Do we reach home
When do we reach home
Do we reach home
Do we reach

Do We Reach Home

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

ANOTHER PLACE 

Dreamed I'd get to paradise
One day
Wouldn't that be nice
Clear skies and avenues
No cars
Just our running shoes

But it's lonely now
I tell you
I'm living day by day
I'm blue
Without you

CHORUS:
I'm waiting for the light to change
Waiting for my luck to change too
Waiting for the morning air to touch my face
Take me there
To another place 
Another place

Dreamed there's a pot of gold
At the end of some rainbow
But I'm not so sure now
I walk down the stairs and you're not there

Time rips memories 
I'm losing my energy rapidly now
Guess I'm fading as you fade too

And it's lonely now
I tell you
I'm living day by day
I’m blue
Without you

CHORUS

To another place
Where you are

Another Place

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

THE BATTLE IS OVER

I was alone with my troubles 
Troubles they were all around me 
Didn’t know where to go
I was fighting everything alone
A storm right over my head
My hope so weak and dead 
Must have truly gone insane 
Thinking of the ways to end the pain

The hills that we climb 
Can be a battlefield 
Did you think it’d be easy
In a world where we fight 
Hold steady and see the light 
Every time

CHORUS:
We all believe 
We’ll never see
A light at the end of the tunnel
But finally the sun appears 
The battle is over
The battle is over

Kept my eyes on the ground 
Didn’t wanna look ahead 
Afraid I’d see one hundred miles more stretched before me
My only resting place
Where I lay myself sleep
Escaped most everything
But woke too damn early

The hills that we climb 
Can be a battlefield 
Did you think it’d be easy
In a world where we fight 
Hold steady and see the light 
Every time

CHORUS

Suddenly my mind is clear 
I can see past the clouds that blocked out my view for so long
Now there’s nothing left to fear 
Seeing the sun after so long 
Gives me the strength to carry on

CHORUS

The Battle Is Over

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

PIECES

Tears fall so softly down your cheeks
It’s time we set each other free

Don’t wanna be here
Can’t pretend
Don’t wanna be here 
When love ends 

CHORUS:
I’m racing through space
I’m losing all grace 
Don’t wanna take it
Don’t wanna fake it anymore
Anymore
Please just let it be
We had a good run
Don’t wanna take it 
Don’t wanna fake it
Let’s leave in peace and not in pieces
Peace and not in pieces
Pieces

We swore we’d never be like them
So young and reckless we were then

Don’t wanna be here
Can’t pretend
Don’t wanna be here 
When love ends 

CHORUS

Hands shake
Heart aches
It’s like this isn’t real yet
Forever was never our fate

CHORUS

Pieces

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

MAKE UP YOUR MIND 

I see through
Years of haze
Time does wonders
For a soul in need

We keep going back and forth
You want things I cannot give
Got no strength to move another mountain
Hear me when I say

CHORUS:
You should've known better
Instead of wasting time
Running around
Searching so long and nothing found
I've quit playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
It’s all behind
Got no more time
Make up your mind
Make up your mind

You are you
I'm not you
Try 
Try and see
Another point of view

We keep going back and forth
You only want everything
Got no strength to move another mountain
Hear me when I say

CHORUS

Gotta get to a place
I can call my own
Maybe you’ll be there
Maybe I’m alone
We've been down this path
We should know the score
Don't wanna see the past replay before my eyes

CHORUS

Make Up Your Mind

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

REACH YOU

Sometimes when you’re breathing near
I can’t help it
I’m paralyzed with fear
Thinking how I may offend somehow
Thinking maybe I should just leave now

Something ‘bout you takes me to the limit
Don’t know
I don’t know why I feel it

CHORUS:
Take my hand
I can reach you
Take this heart
And I’ll reach you
Take my love
Let me reach you
Take this chance
And I’ll reach
Reach
Reach you
Reach you
I don’t know if I can live without you
Tell me that you’ll be here 
Every day 
Every day we’re alive

Guess it’s true that you’re my muse
And I wish it’s me you choose
Nothing smart here
No metaphors
No irony
Just me and my honesty

Something ‘bout you takes me to the limit
Don’t know
I don’t know why I feel it

CHORUS

When I’m close to you
These moments are too few
Won’t take for granted
I won’t I won’t
All this is just to say
I want you to stay here beside me
Always always

CHORUS

Reach You

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced by Jerry Jean
Mixed by Bryan Cook
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

FLIGHT

Another chance to start again
There's no reason you should break anymore
Don't break anymore
Let it go
Let it be
All the pain you couldn't take anymore
Don't take anymore

And we're off like two wayward souls tonight
With you right here my heart feels full tonight
We'll take flight

CHORUS:
We're flying over fire tonight
Nothing's gonna tear us down from this height
And now we're flying up so high
And we'll break free tonight
Speed of light
Speed of light
Speed of light

When you lie by my side
Forget your troubles and just drift and dream
Now the past is done
There'll be no rerun
We're opening different doors
It's the only way to go

And we're off like two wayward souls tonight
With you right here my heart feels full tonight
We'll take flight

CHORUS

This pact we've made is all we need to get by
When the night falls
We take flight

CHORUS

Flight

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean
Produced & Mixed by Jerry Jean
Mastered by Julian Silva

LINCHPIN 

Tick tock time's gone by
Crazy how the days will fly
You're stuck in the zone
You eat another T-bone
Buy a newer iPhone 
Oh you're flying high
We can never get back yesterday
Crazy innocence goes away
The artist inside
Only knows how to hide 
Has a whole lot of pride
You've forgotten how to play

The brain's like two people
Arguing every day
One side's brave and the other the resistance 
That plays it safe

CHORUS
It's just a little matter of time
Before you find you have to rewind
To the point in your past
When you weren't half-assed
Your creations would last
Before you lost your mind
And now it's just about too late
A replaceable cog in the wheel's your fate
But it's not too late 
Never give in
You can be the linchpin for the win

Clip clop you gotta move on
Fear is making you delay
Listening to your lizard brain
Telling you to give your hopes up 
You're insane

School's got the best of your years
And like a bad game of poker
Your hand's mediocre
Work has controlled ya 
Nobody warned ya
No

The brain's like two people
Arguing every day
One side's brave and the other the resistance 
That plays it safe

CHORUS

Linchpin

LIBERATED
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Jean

Don’t see you anymore 
Where have you been 
A dangerous algorithm’s pulling you in
Untether yourself
You’re not a machine
Don’t care what the others have
Be free
Be free

CHORUS:
Movin’ to a feeling
Get liberated
Liberated
Liberated
We’re breathin’ for a reason
Get liberated
Liberated
Liberated

Constantly comparing yourself 
Always afraid you’ll be left on the shelf
Connect deeper in
Detach from the screen
Don’t care what the others have
Live free
Live free 

CHORUS

Credits:
Written / Produced / Arranged by Jerry Jean
Vocals, Keys, Strings - Jerry Jean
Electric & Acoustic Guitar - Adam Stoler
Bass - Matt Scharfglass
Drums & Percussion - John O'Reilly Jr.
Mixing - Bryan Cook
Mastering - Bob Ludwig
Artwork - Cristian Blanxer

Liberated

Jerry Jean is an NYC based award-winning songwriter, producer, and musician. Jerry draws from a mix of timeless pop, soul, electronic, and classical influences. New single, Lean In, features 2024 GRAMMY® winning jazz artist Nicole Zuraitis. His LP, Do We Reach Home, revolves around the search for home in a chaotic modern world. Cinematic and grand, Jerry weaves together haunting melodies and earnest lyrics over a warm, piano-driven backdrop with lush strings. The album was honored at The Hollywood Music in Media Awards as well as the Global Music Awards. 

A multi-instrumentalist (piano, violin, laptop) and singer, Jerry has performed in venues as varied as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, MTV Unplugged, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the United Nations, and The Bitter End. Jerry has performed with artists spanning Florence + The Machine to Boyz II Men.

Jerry Jean

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