welcome to september! welcome to the fall!

i wanted to make my first EP about a feeling of beginnings as well as of nostalgia. a combination of my reflections on the past, my love for the present and my hopes for the future. this EP goes through the course of a day in september. 

why september? well, school starts in september and i’ve always loved school. my birthday is in september. “september” by earth wind and fire is my jam. autumn is my favorite season… the list goes on… you get the point. in short, september is the month for me. 

and this september, i’m going to be turning 21 and entering my junior year of college. how crazy is that! so as i embrace this process of becoming an adult, i wanted to share some music that has come out of this journey. 

enjoy (:

tracklist:
first day of school
pumpkin pie
winter sun
smog
steely dan
crickets 

credits:
vocals/lyrics/melodies: maryjessie
production: anK, tahiv3, W I L L O W
co-production: maryjessie
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3

welcome to september

credits:
lyrics/vocals/melodies: maryjessie
produced: W I L L O W
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3

description:
my goodness, you've been up all night. but hey, relax a little. give melancholy a break. snuggle on a couch with a good book and listen to this jazzy wave: an ode to one of my biggest musical inspirations... steely dan. be ready to take a trip down memory lane as this song explores my elementary school days. grab some tea and enjoy!

LYRICS:
ice in the summer,
cool like the winter 
sometimes i wonder 
how i’ve never drowned 

like it when the mood shits
like it when the beat’s finished 
stand there for a second 
let the soul get riled for a minute 

slow down slow down
no sounds no sounds 
too loud too loud
sick back, sip tea, don’t move, be free 
hear the crickets in the building

crickets

credits:
lyrics/vocals/melodies: maryjessie
produced: anK
co-produced: maryjessie
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3

description:
my goodness, you've been up all night. but hey, relax a little. give melancholy a break. snuggle on a couch with a good book and listen to this jazzy wave: an ode to one of my biggest musical inspirations... steely dan. be ready to take a trip down memory lane as this song explores my elementary school days. grab some tea and enjoy!

LYRICS:
verse 1:
call me morph the cat 
like the night belongs to mona 
lisa, nice to meet yah 
my name’s mary came to greet yah
and introduce you to my world 
wind, let's take trip and let’s begin
yes, where to the start, i’m world’s apart 
from that little kid who 
convinced her 3rd grade
destined to save the day
rubber in my soul, 
legends in my sea
runaways to hide 
ya, you tell me 
call me morph the cat
yah, merlin where you at

chorus:
steely dan, yah that's me
on that jazzy wave, call me peg,
how i smile that way, 
got 'em shook 
by the door, i'm the spook in the grim 
like the reaper wanting more (x2)

bridge:
steely dan, with the band,
with the plan, it's who i am, it’s what i do
steely dan, with the band
with the plan, it's who i am, where are you (x2)

verse 2: 
keep it cool i run it up, stay funny i switch it up 
kick it push it, lupe style, day n nite kid cudi wild
call me deacon blues, yes sure i do
the dirty work, just a fool-ish 
kid who cant see an end beyond a whim, imagine it 
out the other world, running hills, twirl
and dance, romance the clouds
i pronounce that i’m flying

steely dan

credits:
lyrics/vocals/melodies: maryjessie
produced: anK
co-produced: maryjessie
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3

description:
it's the end of the day... chill hype of "pumpkin pie" has worn off... it's 1:30 am (as referenced in "first day of school"). you've finished your work and caught up with all your friends. and now you've decided to take a walk outside. you're really doing nothing but thinking... and as your mind starts to wander you begin to reflect on the start of humanity. yes, melancholy and existential dread have entered the scene, center left. but don't worry, you really just want to sink all these feelings in, let them run their course. you've entered the "smog"
LYRICS:
verse 1:
take a hint, take a hit
let it breathe, these trees are our energy
we suffocate our lungs for the synergy 
of our parasitic state, oh prebate
mother nature for our travesties 
call 911, look around you at what’s happening
in our soul and in our minds
chris washington, be careful 
who you let inside
wars are bound to come without
a warning sound
paul revere, i’m on the midnight ride

chorus: 
look there’s smog everywhere
the sky looks so bright at night
with every shade of purple in the clouds 
this pinkish tint just can’t be right 


verse 2:
take a breath, take a knee
let it out, let it be, the world inside
is outside your window, waiting patiently 
the world inside you is all you’ll ever need 
allergies, allergic to the pain, we medicate 
but we’re running out of time, call the fbi
things are getting serious, delirious we are
to our role, to our part that we play
insignificant all the same 
tubman, on the road, underground 
you’ll never save them all, save the day

chorus: 
look there’s smog everywhere
the sky looks so bright at night
with every shade of purple in the clouds 
this pinkish tint just can’t be right

outro: 
please don’t let the toxins in (please don’t let the toxins out)
please don’t let it all get out (please don’t let it all get in)
what goes around comes around (what comes around goes around)
we’re lost without a doubt  (please don’t let the toxins out)
time never waits
space never wastes

smog

credits:
lyrics/vocals/melodies: maryjessie
produced: tahiv3
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3

description:
it's one of the cool brisk afternoons where you think there should be clouds yet the sun is shining brightly above you. classic winter sun day. you back home after a fun "pumpkin pie" drive. and it's time to face the real world... a real world with people. let's navigated interpersonal dynamics in "winter sun" before getting our homework done.
LYRICS:

tell me what you want, tell me what you need
tell it to me straight tell me everything
listen to new stories, listen allegories 
listen under fire, many categories 
that we could explore 

i dont like 
to think too much
about the past
under winter sun

tell it to you real tell you what i mean
tell it to you straight tell you everything
listen to new stories, listen allegories 
listen under fire, many categories 
that we could explore

tell em what is up tell em speak your mind
tell em how you feel, tell em but be kind
listen to new stories, listen allegories 
listen under fire, many categories 
that we could explore

reflect move forward
reflect move forward
reflect move forward
so much to explore

winter sun

credits:
lyrics/vocals/melodies: maryjessie
produced: anK
co-produced: maryjessie
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3

description:
you're driving home after your first day and feeling free! sweet like some pumpkin pie, autumn is in full swing it may as well be october... and you know what the means (;

LYRICS:

oooooooo yah 
oooooooo yah

verse:
waiting for october
then you know it’s over 
got my ghouls and ghosts to ride
my friends from the other side

stunting with my witches
you know we’re on a mission
and we got that Black magic
so you know we’ve got you trippin

chorus:
driving home 
yes, holiday 
pumpkin pie 
no time to play
keep it cool 
stay warm 
yes, we always slay 
we’re here to save the day

pumpkin pie

credits:
lyrics/vocals/melodies: maryjessie
produced: anK
co-produced: maryjessie
mixing/mastering: anK, tahiv3
description:
the intro, it's the "first day of school" (: this song reflects the butterfly feeling of starting something new that you're both excited and nervous for. trying to have some fun and play it cool, juggling dual emotional states at the same time.
LYRICS:
woke up out of my bed
it’s 7:30 i gotta rush, i gotta hurry
if i wanna make it ‘fore the bells rings
got my bling, so i sing in the shower, 
necklace on, i got my power

it’s the first day of school, first day of school
what it, what it, what it do
the first day of school, the first day of school
and i’m just out here trying,
to play it cool 

i sit in the back of the class
i know all the answers
so i just relax 

with my crew, you know we bring
the heat, the loud, don’t meditate 
mundane, discuss through lunch 
what fun it is under the sun 


outro 
it’s 1:30 am
i know that i need my rest
been a busy day 
there so much at stake 
but this song is so nice
and mind is at peace
and it’s all right w me 
if i do nothing but think

first day of school

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