Lyrics:

Verse 1: 
How do I say what I don't wanna say? Lost in my thoughts, caught in the fray. 
Cast my clouds on another's sunny day, turn some rainbows into shades of grey well, 
Been through Hell but I've seen Heaven, if Gods got a plan then I'm waiting for the ending, 
There's no use in pretending when the results are pending, it's my own damn love that I'm sending. 
I don't spend time on delusions, no time for existential collusions. 
I do it myself, find my own solutions, sort through illusions, mind contusions. 
So what do I say? What's stopping me? And the answer- ain't nobody, ain't nobody, ain't nobody, ain't nobody, but me. 

Chorus: 
Oh oh oh oh, it ain't easy. Oh oh oh oh, it ain't easy to say. 

Verse 2: 
Indoctrination nation, born and raised, never had a choice through all of my days. 
And, I'm done pretendin', I'm done bendin', I'm sittin' in the pew contendin'. 
Say it out loud and the stones are cast, look how quick they turn their backs, yeah. 
So keep it inside, hide your feelings, otherwise they might send you reeling. 
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, nobody can see, so get in line. 
Pay your money on time, the shame is your fine, they control your mind, but that won't define me. Oh that won't define me, that won't define me. 

Chorus x2: 
Oh oh oh oh, it ain't easy. Oh oh oh oh, it ain't easy to say.


Produced & Composed by Holland Chadwick
Vocals & Lyrics by Jeremy Long

Thoughts

A track created from the inspiration of a beautiful day in Tokyo spent with a wonderful woman, walking in the park and by the river.

Tokyo Days

A self-produced indie deep house track invoking the feeling of walking through busy Tokyo at night.

Tokyo Nights

Lyrics: 

Had some chances but I always seemed to fuck up,
Looking to impress and finesse with my dress up, 
Doubt took my mind so I didn't try to press up, 
All the dates, 
Such a waste, 
Like "Damn got my stress up" 

But loving ain't easy if you don't know yourself, 
And loving ain't easy if it's lust that compels
Yeah

So I'd be sitting there hardly very self-aware, 
Smoking on the stifling air, 
Acting like it's laissez-faire, 
But in reality it was me who couldn't see, 
Like an egoistic function of my brain deficiency. 

Always said get it right on the next time, 
Play it like a past time, 
Hate to wait a life-time. 

But ya gonna wait, 
If you don't know yourself, 
Yeah you're gonna wait, 
If it's lust that compels. 

If I'd've never blew the chances, 
Then I'd've never met you, 
Now you got me in your trances, 
And I'm feeling good about the view.
If I'd've never blew the chances, 
Then I'd've never met you, 
Now you got me in your trances, 
And I'm feeling good about the view.

Twenty-four years so it took me quite a while, 
On a yearly sub but I'm done with the trial, 
Got me calmed down I been chillin for a while, 
Every time I get home she's the reason that I smile. 

But loving ain't easy if you don't give yourself, 
And loving ain't easy if it's hope that compels. 

So now I'm sitting here, 
Breathing in the atmosphere, 
Acting like I got no fear, 
I'm the guy that always steers, 
But in reality we can never see when shit hits the fan in our selfish culpability. 

Now I don't need to say it's next time, 
Treat it like it's full-time, 
Gonna spend my life-time. 

But you're gonna fail, 
If you don't give yourself, 
Yeah you're gonna fail, 
If it's hope that compels. 

If I'd've never blew the chances, 
Then I'd've never met you, 
Now you got me in your trances, 
And I'm feeling good about the view.
If I'd've never blew the chances, 
Then I'd've never met you, 
Now you got me in your trances, 
And I'm feeling good about the view.

Yeah, I'm feeling, 
Feeling good about the view, 
Yeah, 
I'm feeling. 

Good.
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Song credits:
Lyrics , vocals, composition: Jeremy Long
Bass guitar: Abhijeet Sanyal
Recording: Jeremy Long
Mixing & Mastering: Guillermo Aguirre
Cover art: Jeremy Long

Chances

Jezza is an expat musician from southern America who's been living in Saigon for six years. He's a songwriter, singer, rapper, producer, podcast host, and event coordinator. His band Coastal Connection recently gained notoriety for finishing top 20 on the Vietnamese TV show Rock Viet.

For his solo music, he tells stories about his life in the style of lo-fi neo-soul and hip-hop. His hope is that anyone who listens can connect to the lyrics.

Be on the look-out for several new singles from Jezza this year!

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