"The Land Of Mistfit Noise" (unmastered)

Chrysalis

breaking everyday

A Constant Charade

Jenny's Lament

Produced: Keys Open Doors

Lyrics:

 growing up my uncle said the ladies loved cool J 
found me a bucket hat 
and wore it next school day 
tryna get 7 digits 
speak to a cute face 
bust out the boom box 
letting the tunes play 
253 real minimal pool days 
least one white friend 
he had the cool place 
mama said knock you out 
 fuck what a fool say 
I don’t get or give pity 
it’s two way 



she wanna DJ on the ride 
she wanna feel a 90’s vibe 
oh you know that’s me 

when the boom box playing heat 
oh just let it be 
 let the boom box play the heat 



it’s ok let the boombox play 
ain’t no playlist nigga this CD
who said throwbacks only on Thursday 
get ya hoe back with the right mixtape 
I’ll be damed if I forget your name 
 cuz everyone I love 
is prolly linked to a song  
it isn’t what it was 
but we keeping it strong 
sometimes I go back just to see where I’m from 
and I’m a real product of all the elements
you listen to the classics it has all the evidence 
I’m glad she got a taste and a pallet for excellence
we didn’t get money but got some spiritual inheritance  
ohh 

she wanna DJ on the ride 
she wanna feel a 90’s vibe 
oh you know that’s me 

when the boom box playing heat 
oh just let it be 
 let the boom box play the heat 

it’s ok let the boombox play

boombox

Produced by: Keys Open Doors, James Lite

Lyrics:

greatness 
greatness 
greatness 
greatness 
greatness 


Now real slow
we gone take this 
that’s real gold 
no fake shit
on the top floor 
came from the basement 
and she say she got a high drive 
with a low maintenance
on a clear path 
but shit get flagrant 
we been up all night 
don’t know where the day went 
I was at my place still tryna get a placement 
yeah that’s coo but we talking 'bout

greatness 
greatness 
greatness 
greatness 
greatness

greatness

Produced by: Keys Open Doors

Lyrics:
I like women 
she like women 
that’s how we connected 
you tried to be a vibe killer i got it protected 
one missed step you miss heaven 
i rip stress from my head and i feel blessed
but i guess you 
a real pessimist

everything has a reason 
you settle down for the season 
call me crazy least you call it all 
love is stable so it’s hard to fall


come again 
i know that you like to play 
(true)
come again  
competition is on the way 
(true)
come again 
this flower don’t need a vase 
(true)
come again 
just wanted to see your face 




pump 20 on 4 
take you through a city i know 
 green ready to blow 
rolling through a city i know 
it’s all under control 
cuz we in a city i know 
wrist watch said we should go
take you through a city i know

city I know

Produced by: Keys Open Doors

Lyrics:

I been under rocks been under rubble 
all the latest news ain’t in my bubble
every time I turn around I see some some trouble

remember to slow it down 
every now and again 
hold it down 
why you still always 10 
you should slow it down 
every now and again 
slow it down 
slow it down 
slow it on down

there’s a reason we got a limits for the speed  
you go super sonic how you gonna see 
all that you left behind 
and all the love that you left behind 

You gotta slow it down 
every now and again 
hold it down 
why you still always 10 
you should slow it down 
every now and again 
slow it down 
slow it down 
slow it on down

always in the fastest lane 
had to learn the hard way 
who you gonna go blame 
if you go crash and burn
I hope we don't crash and burn

I just left LA bumping some russle 
I be out the way unless we gone hustle 
You know it seems like a jungle
girl you know, that you gotta

slow it down 
every now and again 
hold it down 
why you still always 10 
you should slow it down 
every now and again 
slow it down 
slow it down 
slow it on down

now n again

Produced by: Keys Open Doors

Lyrics:

it gets a little shaky 
I’m not stirred 
they been Tryna break me 
and divert 
take me at my word 
it won’t work 
just take me at my word 
yessir 
you gone have to take me 
at my word 
they been tryna break me 
and divert 
it gets a little shaky 
I’m not stirred 
it gets a little shaky 
I’m not stirred 


i’m a man 
of the peace 
still the man 
of the steel 
do the most 
grow at least 
go from lease
 to owning fields 
million ways 
to get a mil
we ain’t phased 
by the first
 48
every day 
being great 
like Tony. T
no one want this shhh 
more than me 
know that it’s a lot more than me 
come out the water 
there’s more to see
but the land 
I stand 
is hardly free 
I rather be 
a nobody 
wit a-bank full of cash 
and don’t ask for me 
if you even gotta to ask
I’m like 
master P 
no limit till my last 
breath 
see no threat 
I guess I’m moving too fast  
it gets a little shaky 
I’m not stirred 
they been Tryna break me 
and divert 
take me at my word 
it won’t work 
just take me at my word 
yessir 
you gone have to take me 
at my word 
they been tryna break me 
and divert 
it gets a little shaky 
I’m not stirred 
it gets a little shaky 
I’m not stirred

shaken not stirred

Produced by: Moo Latte, TEE-WATT

Lyrics:

I gotta feel like a million bucks 
but I still know I’m not immune 
someone had to learn to switch it up 
someone had to sing a different tune 
someone had to think go to the moon 
always felt like I had the keys 
always felt like  I’d be there soon 
big bag put your mind at ease 
dish rag put your ass to work 
niggas wanna be the first to leave 
everybody get what they deserve 
everybody think they built to lead 
six figures take you out the hood 
raw talent took me over seas 
after everything that I done seen 
i ain’t gotta choice but to believe

call it grateful 
call it  thankful 
this what I’m made for 
what I’m made for

You been gazing at a star
you been gazing at a star
did you know you was gazing at a star 
you been gazing at a star

gazing

InsydeOut

ForeverNear

Produced by 9th Wonder 
Contains a sample of “Be Real Black for Me” performed by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Mixed & Mastered by SWEATA

One4Me

You Lie ( Evil, Evil, Lady )

Yeah, the door swings open, first cousin in the hallway,
He talks too loud, telling stories from the old days.
Aunt Dee is in the kitchen, humming with the soufflé,
Uncle Ray tunes his bass just to set the mood the cool way.
Kids run circles like a kick and a snare,
Grandma laughing in the corner with the rocking chair.
Chaos in the room but the beat feels fair,
Like every voice in the mix helps the rhythm stay square.

All in the same groove, even when we move strange,
Different little melodies but nothing needs to change.
Christmas on the downbeat, family in the frame,
Funny how the harmony grows from every name.

Cousin Malik starts rhyming at the table with the cracker pop,
Grandad taps time on the table with a steady knock.
Sister J lays smooth on the keys when the chatter stops,
Her chords feel warm like the lights on the treetop.
Someone burns the pudding but the smell feels right,
Talking over one another but nobody wants to fight.
It is messy like jazz on a late Friday night,
But the funk in the room keeps the whole thing tight.

All in the same groove, even when we move strange,
Different little melodies but nothing needs to change.
Christmas on the downbeat, family in the frame,
Funny how the harmony grows from every name.

Look around the room, every story has a tempo.
Some slow like snowfall, some quick like a stencil.
We clash, we blend, we bend, we settle.
Still we land on one chord when the moment turns gentle.
Call it luck or rhythm or something we grew,
Call it the season or the sound that we move to.
Call it a family that somehow stays true,
Even when the tune is crooked and the colours are new.

All in the same groove, even when we move strange,
Different little melodies but nothing needs to change.
Christmas on the downbeat, family in the frame,
Funny how the harmony grows from every name.

Faded heat in the kitchen, low light in the hall,
Bassline humming like it knows us all.
Voices drift soft as the snow starts to fall,
One wild family but one groove overall.

All in the Same Groove (reprise)

DENY MY SOUL

Keys Open Doors Music. 

Grateful you found me

now n again

Keys 0pen Doors

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