ultra (instrumental)

Someone, Somewhere

SHUFFLE ULTRA
STUDY GENIUS
https://genius.com/albums/Mr-master/Ultra
cover photo and logo by martin gonzalez

ultra

inside outside upside down

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-survivorship-bias-lyrics

LYRICS ON GENIUS

survivorship bias

kung fu social (instrumental)

This is for, for you, and you. 

This is for you.
On the far side of the room. 
In the Golf tie-dye hoodie. 
Never said hi but I should've.
My world stopped when she walked in. 
How was I supposed to behave? 
Her hair'd be up in a claw clip. 
She'd let it down and I'd faint. 
One day, she was leavin' for home
and dropped her phone next to my side. 
I picked it up and returned it. 
We didn't even lock eyes. 
She muttered under her breath
as she walked away, "I hate my life." 
And every once in a while, 
her voice comes back in my mind. 
And I ask why.
Maybe it wasn't that deep. 
If it was, the least I could do is
be helpful the best I can be. 
I won't play pretend like you're not there. 
You're not okay and I see. 
And you're right back in my mind 
when someone drops their phone near me. 
Is she alright? I hope. 
You stacked your page o' notes, 
your scantron, and your test.
I watched you pass your final and go. 
I guess I won't ever know
if what you said was what you meant. 
In my eyes, you waved goodbye, 
but in my heart, you never left. 
This is for you.
 
I still remember. How could I forget it? 
The fact it won't happen again 
makes it all the more precious. I'm
dedicated to the ones who got away. 
Remembering will help you stay. 

This is for
every yearbook signature
in permanent black ink. 
Every "Damn, we need to catch up sometime.
Damn, I ain't seen you since."
Every "Totally!". In the moment, mean it. 
Got home and y'all never did. 
For all the grown-ups who miss 
how life was infinite as a kid.
It still is. 
Growin' up means growin' apart, 
but it's not goin' away. 
It's only ever grown heavier in my heart.
It still hurts a little to see 
you pop up on my feed, 
when I'm just a couple o' taps away 
from a bridge built in between. 
Funny how I never reach out 
to old friends and ask 'em to meet, 
but I'd say yes in an instant
if an old friend reached out to me. 
All this ice we could unfreeze 
if we weren't so cold in our feet, 
but if I told you I'd be the one to change it, 
I'd lie straight through my teeth. 
We both want to. We won't. 
That's fine. I'm sorry. 
I am sorry. I live sorry. I'll stay sorry for life. 
Every move I make's to make up for 
never saying goodbye. 
You're in my voice as I'm speaking now, 
and you'll never leave my mind. 
This is for you.

Course I remember. How could I forget it? 
The fact it won't happen again 
makes it all the more precious. I'm 
dedicated to the ones who got away. 
Remembering will help you stay. 
Dedicated. Dedicated.

I still remember. How could I forget it? 
The fact it won't happen again 
makes it all the more precious. I'm
dedicated to the ones who got away. 
Remembering.

Dedicated

Run, run. Run away from it all. 
That runnin' runnin' don't last too long. 
When the days run out, and the lights turn off, 
you get real close to what's really goin' on. Don't. 

Don't. Don't fight. 
You're always in a, in a rush to be alright. 
You can just feel that. Don't keep it all inside.
And you can feel bad. I'm still by your side. 
I'm here for whatever you fear. 
So if you get scared, now it's we somethin' we share. 
You are not alone. 
Hurts too deep on your own, so you run. 
Ain't no shame in how you cope. 
I can see it in your, in your eyes what's true. 
You can hide. I'm ready to find you when you're through. 
And you can say sorry all you want to. 
I'll just say you're perfect whenever you do.

So don't
run, run. Run away from it all. 
That runnin' runnin' don't last too long. 
When the days run out, and the lights turn off, 
you get real close to what's really goin. And. 

And you make sense. 
Course you feel stress when it gets intense. 
It's when you start thinking you should feel anything else. 
Right now, you're free to be all o' your self. 
And you don't ever, you never waste my time. 
Any time I share with a friend's well spent. 
And if my friend's not feelin' alright, 
I'll give all my time til you're fine again. 
And you can't get up till you fall. 
And you won't ever heal the pain until you feel it all. 
So you can scream, cry, punch the wall. 
And I'll still run back any time you call. 
I'll be there for whatever you need to let out. 
Make real every though that you're thinkin' about. 
And you can say sorry all you want to.
What you say comes true. What you don't does too.

You feel whatever you need to feel,
and I'll love whoever I wanna love. 

Run away from it all. 
That runnin' runnin' don't last too long. 
When the days run out, and the lights turn off, 
you get real close, real close, real. Don't

Don't. Don't run, run. 
Don't run, run, run, run, run. 
Stop runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'
runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin' runnin'. 
You can run, run. Run away from it. 
I'll be here whenever you're done with it. 
And you don't ever have to be done with it. 
I'm here whenever you run. Run.

Run, Run

In 2019, I learned how long a moment feels. 
Sat next to a stranger who shouldn't have been, 
delicately peeling away years of strangeness. 
We weren't catching up. There was nothing to catch. 
We were building with, for like ten minutes. 
She got up, walked onstage to a public park's worth of onlookers and sings her heart open. 
Stunned, backstage sat next to where someone who used to be a stranger used to be, 
gazing straight up at our moon, and snap. 
A moment, of gratitude, humility, 
vivid as present the second I recall. I'm still there. 
A moment is 2.5 nanoseconds.
A moment feels infinite. 

Let’s play pretend like the day will end 
with the sun fallin’ down to rise up again. 
You curl up in bed like you always have
and drift off to Dreamland for a well earned rest.
Until then, it’s all on a track to that. 
Where you’ll end up bein’ is right here where you’re at. 
What stays constant. 
Watchin’ the hands on each clock.
Still swingin’ whether you feel they will or not. 
How a tree still grows, the sea still flows. 
No need for anybody nearby to know. 
How the world stays spinnin’. The stars stay twinklin’. 
Regardless o’ whatever bad thoughts you’re thinkin’. 
Think ‘em. Feel it. Trust it’ll pan out,
like every other day you had before now. 
They say that any day could be your last. 
‘Til then, you will be alive by the time this song ends. 

Five years back, I was dazed.
Took one second to hear. Took five years to say.
I trust in my timescales. In timescales, I trust. 
Wait a millisecond. 
Five years back, I was gone. 
Searchin’ for five years long, and now five years on, 
I trust in my timescales. In timescales. In time. 

2017, I coulda been twenty-one. 
Studyin’ up in Northridge, almost done. 
Coulda ran for school president, ran some more clubs. 
Coulda partied downtown, fell in and out of love. 
Coulda walked as a grad, walked away from the mic, 
got a job and a house, two kids and a wife. 
Coulda laid down comfy in my home each night, 
and stare up at the ceiling, no meaning in life. 
‘Cause back in 2017, I was twenty with a dream 
and a choice o’ what kinda pain I want most. 
Be true to the art and let the rest run thin, 
or be set for life and wonder what coulda been? 
Well, I made my choice and I’m proud.
Reason why you’re still hearin’ my voice now. 
So five years back me, this is the moment you had in mind. 
You trusted in your time. Now we’re doin’ just fine. Singin’

Five years back, I was dazed.
Took one second to hear. Took five years to say.
I trust in my timescales. In timescales, I trust. 
Wait a millisecond. 
Five years back, I was gone. 
Searchin’ for five years long, and now five years on, 
I trust in my timescales. In timescales. In time.

Timescales

Soon as I sat in her passenger seat, 
she connected her Bluetooth and said she had heat. 

Music. Interstate cruisin'. 
Listenin' to blues out the delta. 
Next up, shuffle to a bossa nova. Jobim - Wave. 
I had my arm out the window to Weston Estate. 
Watchin’ palm trees sway to the swing o’ Nate Smith. 
No skips. Like, “Wait, who sings this?” Angèle? Bet. 
The birds singin’ Orville Peck. 
Red light bumpin’ Are You Bored Yet? 
Yellow light, A Fever You Can’t Sweat. Green light, Yeek. 
Almost got in a wreck to the Elephant Love Medley. 
The irony. Stuck in traffic playin’ Speedwagon. 
Seat back. Sunroof gazin’ to Milt Jackson. 
Allen Stone as we pull up to her place. 
She said,  “Wait, don’t get out til the whole song plays. 
The best part’s at the very end.” I disagree. 
The best is only just beginnin’ for you and me. 

I am now locked in to a love eclectic. 

We didn’t even get inside 
‘fore I heard Steely Dan through the wall. 
We walked through her door to Space Song. 
I clocked her Victrola. 
Sat on her sofa and rolled up 
playin' Nino Rota. Smoked up. 
Listenin' to Ain't Nobody Straight in LA. 
College in the valley and she's plannin' to stay. 
She's got a gallery show the next day. 
She's tryna let Sudan Archives play as she live paints. 
Aight bet I'm there. As the j burned out, 
she was lookin’ at me look a little long at her mouth. 
And we were listenin’ to… I don’t know. 
We turned the music down and started makin’ our own. 
She had her head on my chest and my arm down her back. 
Playin’ Blithe Field - RD 1 to relax. 
I said I never had a playlist play me like that. 
Like shoot, is there anything you don’t like?
…Rap. 

Soon as she sat in my passenger seat,
I connected my Bluetooth and said “I got heat.”

A Love Eclectic

Life is shared.
Love is real.

Love like this don't miss. 
Don't run outta love. 
Swoon.

Said don't look now, I'm fallin'. 
Fair warnin'. Brace yourself for this. 
I'm wagin' war on heartbreak. 
Heart gold. Heart good. No heartache. Love. 
I met this angel. Did it hurt?
When you fell down from heaven to earth. 
Shook off the dirt and you're back to God's work. 
You done gave me wings. I'm lifted.
But soft. What's that in the night?
A spark, lit fire in the dark. 
Bulletproof. Go and shoot your shot.
I bet it won't leave a notch.
Said don't look now, I'm fallin'. 
Honey, don't look down, we're soarin'. 
Good ass mornin'. 
Love too real. Can't fake, can't forge it. 
Love too much. Can't front. Can't forget. 
Heart flutters. It stutters. It skips. 
Breath too short, head rush, and I trip. 
Never seems to be ground I hit. 
I always float above, always float above.
Otherworldly. On these coals, I walk.
No burnt feet and no worries. 
Transcendence. Ya can't end this. 
Endless. Heart full fledged. I'm fixed. 
I found proof that true love exists. 
Felt too good to be true but it is. 
Hearts in my eyes and my step got a spring in it. 
Springtime bloom. Head over heels like. 

Future's bright. 
I didn't know you could feel so alive. 
Sunshine days and moonbeam nights, 
dreamin' o' bein' back by your side. 
Lovebird, listen. I'm smitten,
with no signs of it quittin'. 
You walk in, whole world sounds like it's singin'. 
It's different. You do that thing you do and it's swoon. 
Fainting. Reawakening. 
Just to feel it the same and strengthening. 
And I'm stronger, and I'm prouder. 
No fear that I'm lost. I found ya. 
Found out star-crossed fate ain't only in fables.
Faithful. One for the ages. 
Praises. Thankful. Swoon. 
Until we meet again, 
I'll be patiently waitin' for you.

Said don't look now I'm, now I'm, future's bright. 
Spark lit light in the darkest night. 
Love too swoon. Can't fuss, can't fight it. 
This heart flutters. It skips. It glitters. It's gold.
It feels like home. I'm wagin' war on heartache. 
Star-crossed fate ain't a myth. 
I'm lifted. Fledged. I'm fixed. 
Springtime bloom with a spring step swoon
and a head rush trip. Never ground I, ground I. 
Bulletproof. On these coals I walk.
No notch. No worries. Otherworldly. 
Mercy. Lovebird. Whole world singin'.
It's endless. Transcendence. I'm smitten. 
Met this blessin'. Heaven on earth. 
Wings. Honey, don't look down. We're perfect. 
Perfect. And I'm stronger, prouder. 
Found ya shakin' off dirt. Did it hurt?
Fainting. Strengthening. Reawakening. 
Thankful. Faithful. Patient. Swoon.
Swoon.

Swoon

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-happens-lyrics

happens

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-rapturous-lyrics

rapturous

She's like 
lightning in a locket. 
Guarded. 
Wildfire-hearted. 
Fledgling spark 
shined a beacon 
through a blinding darkness.
Crafted armor 
from the salvage of her hardship. 
She built shelter 
out of the promise of tomorrow. 
Her scars preserve like monuments. 
Her own mythology. Rhapsodic. 
Precious rainfall
for a cactus blossom’s 
bloom from desert calm. 
Astonished. 
My pathway crossed
with pure resiliency embodied.
Felt a call to let my walls unveil 
and see her for her all. 

Godspeed. 
Superheroine. 
Wayward meteorite. 
Bow strung. Arrow strike. 
Relentless beam of errant light. 
Superheroism alive. 
Godspeed. 

All her provenance,
she stewards ardently. 
Every thread and droplet
in her web reflects a glimmer, 
a glisten shed fluorescent through 
her technicolor aura’s effervescence. 
Sets her sundial to the metronome
her heartbeat blessed her with. 
Tell-all memoir in her smile. 
Bloodline echoes through her laugh. 
She is vanishing’s regathering. 
Miraculous. 
Mysterious how dazzlingly 
her flicker catches. 
Perhaps her all is not her own, 
but a patchwork fabric. 
Past, beyond, and now. 

Godspeed. 
Superheroine. 
Wayward meteorite. 
Bow strung. Arrow strike. 
Relentless beam of errant light. 
Superheroism alive. 
Godspeed.

superheroine

one spark [prod. by mr. master]

i love you more than music

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-psychopoeisis-lyrics

psychopoeisis

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-tecs-lyrics

TECS

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-woooosh-lyrics

woooosh

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-style-recovery-lyrics

STYLE recovery

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-buildings-roman-lyrics

buildings;roman

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-live-at-the-lighthouse-lyrics

live at the lighthouse

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-saves-the-cat-lyrics

saves the cat

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-nightshifts-in-byzantium-lyrics

nightshifts in byzantium

for the girl I just fell for.

I only met her yesterday. 
She said it was nice to meet me. 
And I would've said the same 
if the floor was still underneath me, 
but I left it with that greeting. 
Though fleeting, I would’ve fallen there
if I didn't notice that I responded 
with an awkward stare.
I said, “Hi.” 
But I wanted to say, 
“Your eyes are amazing,
a maze I want to get lost in until I die. 
Like I'm sure the angels join you when you cry, 
and I'm sure they rejoice again when you smile.” 
But I'll save that for another time.
She laughs. And I can't tell if it's at me, 
or 'cause I'm actually making her happy. 
Exactly thirty seconds have past me, 
and I'm already at the flower shop,
thinkin’ if I should take these roses out or not. 
Like I've been thinkin’ way too hard about this.
I don't even need to write a song about this.
I don't wanna always have you on my mind 
but I know deep down inside

I'd walk five hundred miles 
to fall down at your doorstep.
Can't explain the feeling that you give me.
But all I know is I just want some more.

Saw her for the second time. 
She said she hopes that she sees me soon.
And I don't know what that means to you. 
But it seems to me that we've 
got something up both our sleeves 
and I think I catch a glimpse of it 
every time that you leave. 
Both of the times that you left, 
I wanted you to come back. 
And I just hope you feel the same. 
I don't mean to have you all inside my brain. 
But you've really got me chained. 
I even saw you in my dream. 
Tell me have I gone insane 
or am I just in lucky situations? 
Seein’ a girl like you 
two times two days in a row.
If you're ready to ride, 
then I'm rarin’ to go.
But let's take it slow. 
'Cause I've been thinkin’ way too hard about you.
I don't even need to write a song about you.
I don't wanna always have you on my mind 
but I know deep down inside

500 miles [prod. by mr. master]

@silo-beats

She’s an Adobe girl. Only ‘bout her photos and shoppin’. 
Pictures I hope I get cropped in. She’s got so many options 
but they’re talkin’ ‘bout a whole different topic, 
while I’m just tryna meet the one who’s there when nobody’s watchin’. 
She wants a sugar daddy payin’ to have her flown to the tropics, 
on some you want it, you got it. And to be honest, if I had it, 
I would blow it, no problem. I just hope you know your time 
is worth far more than the price they put on it. 
Got a friend from elementary who just got engaged. 
I got friends that’s already tellin’ their kids to behave. 
Got friends I can’t visit unless I visit their grave. 
I wonder what type of friends my friends have. 
“I have a friend who raps.” 
“My friend has depression but he would tell you that. 
It just gets hard to tell him things without him getting sad. 
I don’t think I can turn to him when I’m feeling bad.” 
“Weird, I don’t have a friend like that.” 
And back home, we paint dead grass green. 
Replacin’ the shattered mirrors with new ones before anyone sees 
that I’m the one on stage, but we're all performing. 
Home movies just make me think of what happened 
after we stopped recording. 
I can either be home or be happy, 
either destroying myself or ignoring my family. 
Two evils, but I've spent too long putting others above me. 
I hope that you still love me 
when I tell you that I'm here, 
and I'm not really fine. 
'Cause I still have problems, 
but the problems are mine. 
And I know I can solve them if you just give me the time. 
If you give me the space I need to reach peace of mind. 
I write songs I can’t sing about people I wish I was, 
with samples I didn’t clear. Collabin’ with distant cousins. 
Obsessed with the fifties, and the future it promised us. 
Obsessed that it's now and how it's nothing we thought it was. 
It’s his boy Elroy, shot out a flying car into college, 
where the books cost more than marijuana. As if we had an option. 
Our robot butlers're stuck in sweatshops. 
Step in the wrong end o’ Epcot and you'll get shot. 
Lost in the world of tomorrow today. 
Why I get lost in these beats until all of it fades. 
I don’t know much, 
but I know that I’m a rapper, 
and that I listen to music 
like it’s the only thing that matters.

veridis quo [prod. by silo]

artwork by tobechukwu obiekwugo
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-busy-port-lyrics
LISTEN ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/yjQ2ZfCMzcY
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/64u5fRyvLimZvMZFlENpry?si=o-PzmOTlQPWa-pVIYtkujQ

busy port

artwork by elizabeth reedy
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-minigame-lyrics
LISTEN ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/wvI36Ie5USQ
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/1w6QLHVnraTuGFYGzuQd5w?si=2xFTLSCHQQWwbxP-V7hNeA

minigame

LYRICS ON GENIUS:https://genius.com/Mr-master-devil-moon-lyrics

devil moon

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-like-strange-lyrics

like strange

artwork by @saintkales
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-camp-granada-lyrics
LISTEN ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dCAiz6PY24s
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/5baTavLsKW7h8ix4eZYTt4?si=2dr8LTRgQaK1VB3o_xDxkg

camp granada

artwork by asa wilson
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-cartoon-violence-lyrics
LISTEN ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/1bxjourB-co
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cartoon violence

press start. 

I see you walkin’ with him, 
hand in hand but it’s easy to see
that you’re not holding as tight. 
You say it’s worth it to play 
all the games he creates 
when it’s all just him not treating you right. 
You push it aside. Well, I cannot hide 
how much it hurts to be quiet
and know that you deserve more. 
I may be out of line,
but it’s been on my mind 
so if you’d be so kind
as to at least entertain just the thought 
of letting go, setting free, 
and giving all of you to me. 
I promise I would make everything 
just the way that you want it to be.

We both are so intertwined. 
Focus yours as the prime over mine.
I don’t know where to begin. 
All I see is stars when you’re near 
and my heart’s all I hear. Have no fear.
I’m here to rescue the rest of you from him. 
I won’t leave. You’re all that I need. 
I belong to you. Please, won’t you follow my lead? 
Take the chance of our lives
and don’t ever think twice 
‘bout what we leave behind.
We’ll shoot off into the sunset 
and wave the world goodbye.
Say good night. 
And in the morning, we’ll open our eyes 
and realize that the love that we longed for so long 
was sat right by our side.

animal crossing [prod. by mr. master]

mr. brightside.

The rocks on the bottom are cold when you first touch. 
Been on ‘em so long, it doesn’t bother me so much. 
I wake up and salvage what I can of my dreams 
before I splash some water onto my mood and have to leave. 
I take a step out, breathe. Sigh to release the pressure.
Physically, I’m present but my eyes keep tryna exit 
out the window. Picture myself anywhere but here. 
Need to turn off autopilot and remember I can steer 
but my floorboards creak. 
I haven’t had a normal conversation in like a week. 
Just “No, I don’t need a bag,” 
and “Thanks for swiping my card,” 
then try to get out as fast as I can 'fore I need to talk. 
Hurry the walk back before my body falls apart. 
Drop down onto my bed like why did I even start. 
As I slip back into slumber, I wonder 
where the why of it's all gone.
I keep coming back ‘cause I've been going so long.

The more I learn, 
the less I feel I know it.
Feelin’ like the less you know, 
the more I feel alright.
But somethin’ ‘bout that voice I hear reminds me 
that it’s only the beginning tonight.

I wanna write a love song but I can’t 
‘cause I can’t be around a girl without apologizing in advance 
for all the mistakes that I haven’t made, 
problems I haven’t caused. 
I self sabotage before I even get a chance to offer 
my hand in yours on a romantic walk through a national park.
I’d give you half of my heart if I wasn’t standing so far,
if I didn’t flash up my guard automatically 
when actually, I’d trade every star in the galaxy 
if it meant that the gravity 
couldn’t grab you and steal you away.
I just wish I had a reason to be feeling this way.
I just wish I had an address to send these letters to. 
‘Stead I fold them into airplanes, 
throw them and hope that they get to you. 
I wanna fall so you can catch me.
Cry into each other’s arms until it passes. 
I wish I could say that I’ll make you happy but I can’t.
I’ll try to figure out how ‘til I get the chance.

The more I learn, 
the less I feel I know it.
Feelin’ like the less you know, 
the more I feel alright.
But somethin’ ‘bout that voice I hear reminds me 
that it’s only the beginning to life.

Tears don’t mean a thing in the pouring rain.
I ain’t got nothin’ to lose. I got it all to gain.

the more i learn [prod. by mr. master]

smooth as a baby's bottom.

You walk around
like you're the only one who knows what's up on this side of town.
I gotta play it cool. Or I might lose you
to some undercover lover tryna get you under covers.
I let far too many slip under my radar.
But I don't see you ownin’ up to you.
We're both just tryna find our own lil path to paradise.
We try so hard.
We try so hard.
Through all this fussin' and fightin’.
You've got a heart made of gold
You're in the sky with the diamonds.
I'm starin’ up thinkin’ that none of it really matters
since you walked away.

I wait so long for you.

You got your high heels.
Watch it, take an eye out.
Wait until you find out what that's really worth.
She wants a nice bag strictly for the price tag.
Never look inside past the shine on that design on her shirt.
Where did you go when I need you?
Now all the walls we built together are see-through.
We've been at this way too long
for us to keep up this facade so strong.
Through all the libel and labels.
We lift the pieces back up to sweep it all of the table.
Baby, I've dealt with this as long as I'm able
but I can't take anymore.

Through all the sufferin' and sorrow.
You want my lovin’ today, you want me gone by tomorrow.
Still after everything, I'd beg steal and borrow
if I could see you again.

brenda [prod. by mr. master]

clairvoyance.

Consider this a time capsule. 
Open it on the night I propose.
See how far down my rabbit hole of a life goes. 
Love.
Speaking as me from the past, 
I can’t wait to live the rest of my life with you as my last. 
I started today. 
I read the first page of a novel 
with plans to make you laugh someday 
pointing out all the plot holes.
I can’t wait for tomorrow. 
I need to hit the mall so I can buy 
a new sweater that you’ll always borrow.
I even dragged myself into the gym 
so when you see me for the first time, I’ll be thin. 
Drinking more water.
Eating more vegetables and acai. 
Might go vegan if it means 
that we both have longer lives, I’m game.
My compass is on a whole other decade. 
I saved us two seats when the Olympics come to LA. 
Just you wait ‘til this music thing blasts off.
That or I’ll have an actual job. 

‘Til then, I’m buildin’. 
Beat down Beelzebub. 
I cut the smoke out. 
I keep myself up. 
I’m plantin’ seeds now. 
See how they swell up. 
So when you finally do come around 
and turn my life upside down, 
I’ll be ready.

I'll be ready
So when you finally do come around 
and turn my life upside down,
I’ll be ready.
I'll be ready.
Already?

To whom it may concern. From a poet. 
This poem is about you and neither of us know it. 
Busy reminiscing about the memories we’ve yet to make.
I already own the shoes I’ll wear on our second date. Set. 
Thoughts of you visiting make me clean my room.
Make my bed so it’s neat when I’m sleeping beside you.
I’m already singin’ all of your other songs. 
I even got a bowl for the dog. 
Picket fence. Front lawn. 
Don’t need to worry then. Don’t need to worry now.
Focus on makin’ a me today that’ll make you proud.
We’re both starin’ at the same night sky, 
prayin’ for stars to align. 
Bring us to the same place at the same time.
Every step I take is one closer to you
and every day I live is new and a chance to improve.
Smiling at our smiles in the pictures we took. 
Only thing is I still need to learn to cook, 

but ‘til then I’m buildin’. 
Beat down Beelzebub. 
And I’ll have alife for myself to appreciate if nobody else does.
There’s a beautiful woman in my future. 
Maybe this song’ll help her get here sooner. 
'Cause I'm ready.

Already?
I'm ready.
So when you finally do come around 
and turn my life upside down,
I'll be ready.
Already?
I'm ready.

ready (already?) [prod. by mr. master]

artwork by joella goyette
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-turkey-in-the-straw-lyrics
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turkey in the straw

shoutout jeff bernat.

Why I always sit right next to you.
Why I ask for advice when I know full well what to do.
To hear your voice, see your smile, 
and say it's only there for me.
In the park, plucking petals. 
Guess we'll see.

Why I can’t help reaching for your hand.
And we're both fourteen. 
Girl, we don't need to understand.
Let's take a walk, let's get a bite.
Let's do anything at all.
My handlebars’re waitin’. 
Baby, just make that call.
If you wonder why I love you.

Hey. I actually wanted to ask you something.
I was wondering if… Well, how was your weekend?
I haven't seen you since Friday.
I was thinking about you the whole time since Friday.
What were you doing?

Hey. I kinda wanted to talk to you
about something personal. 
Can we go somewhere private?
No, it's not that serious. 
There's just too many people here.

Hey. Look, I don't know how else to put this
but I just think you're really cool, 
and I think you're really funny,
and I think you're really pretty 
and I don't know what my problem is.

Hey.
Fine. How was yours?
Cool. Bye.

Why I love to give you flowers on a Wednesday,
12 dozen roses at your door.
Or even light some candles when you come over for dinner,
I wouldn’t mind to light a billion more.

Or how I like to wake up and see you with no make up,
I’d still give you a ring the way you are.
Or stay up on the phone late at night when you’re alone,
looking out the window gazing up at stars.

So if you’re wondering why I do the things that I do,
honestly I don’t know what to say.
All these questions and answers, I just like to have her,
every moment every single day.

wonder why [prod. by mr. master]

It just feels more and more like it’s over. 
And I don’t wanna make an announcement. 
Just never thought the words would leave my mouth that it’s over. 
This isn’t my best verse, this isn’t my last verse. 
This is an excerpt. 
A glimpse into my life beyond the social networks. 
Me finally speaking my mind without having to check first. 
Just another voice in the void. 
Another note in the noise. 
Another song for a couple thousand people 
that the rest of the world ignores. 
And I’m tired. 
Of tryna lie like I'm confident. 
I'm a nerd and I'm nervous. 
I'm growing up. 
Tryna search for my purpose. 
Cause it's bigger than me and anybody’s who heard this. 
I need a break cause I'm broken. 
I remember when the internet was lost. 
And people like me could be found. 
Now it's an ocean and I'm trying not to drown. 
Nah, I'm tryna wash up aground. 
I used to be an atheist. 
Now I'm overcome by how great He is. 
Praying for a place more safe than this. 
And praying for a strength beyond faithfulness. 
I've been telling my family that I love them more. 
Tellin’ my friends that I'm not who I was before. 
All I know is that it's time for me to change. 
And I hope you do the same.

thirty minute meals [prod. by mr. master]

artwork by @saintkales
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-top5-lyrics
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top5

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drive thru girl [prod. by mr. master]

photo by martin gonzalez
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-annihilates-sjws-with-facts-and-logic-compilation-lyrics

annihilates sjws with facts and logic compilation

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Funny thing about motivation.
It’s not a week long seminar 
at some beachside resort and spa. 
Ice breakers with nice strangers. 
Distrustful trust falls. 
Seven easy, twelve easy, 
twenty-five easy steps and that’s all. 
Some people need that. 
A format, a road map. 
They’re so lost about where they wanna go, 
they don’t even know where they’re at. 
And it works. 
But once you dig yourself out of that hole, 
it’s not like the film ends and the credits roll, it’s- 
The funny thing about motivation is it’s not a party. 
It’s not a drum beat in your chest 
echoing through your body. 
Each day isn’t a dragon to slay, 
a battle for your army. 
Temporary life mottos 
scribbled in permanent Sharpie. 
Some people need those. 
Credos. Words to live by. 
Metaphors and allegories to fit yourself inside. 
And it works. 
But take away the glitz and the guts 
and let that luster get a little rust... 
The funny thing about motivation is… 
is that it’s disappointing. 
All it really boils down to 
is strengthening your inner voice 
and that’s not loud, that’s not bright, 
that’s not an interesting story. 
Books don’t get written about 
small personal victories 
because that would be boring. 
But small personal victories 
are what’s truly human. 
Funny thing about motivation is that 
it’s not a crowd chanting over moving music. 
It’s a single pat on your back saying, 
“You can do this.”

It’s muted.
It’s quiet. 
Sometimes it’s silent.

Funny thing about procrastination. 
Sometimes it's not 'cause you're lazy. 
Snoozin' your alarm so you can stay asleep 
every day of the week until the due date's reached. 
Stayed up all night to turn it in late, incomplete. 
Some people do that. 
Who can't? 
Chapter 2 Math 
sounds so much sadder than 
afternoon nap. 
So you don't work. 
But it’s not just putting off for later 
so you can watch some vlogger’s day first. 
I heard somebody 
who studied decision making 
for years get asked, 
“Have you gotten better at 
making decisions in your own life?” 
He said no. 
Right? 
Like if he was researching this whole time, 
how does he not know by now? 
But the funny thing is
being smarter doesn’t make you more productive. 
You just get better at justifying your poor judgement. 
More convincing excuses. 
More lenient sentences. 
Better intentions to pave the road to hell with. 
All this to say that I’m not lazy. 
I just trust that tomorrow me 
will be wiser than today me. 
Blindly, faithfully. 
Trusting the process. 
But if I give it all to God, so to speak, 
what have I got left? 
If I keep pushing the deadlines back, 
I’ll be dead by the time I react. 
And that’s not laziness. 
Or maybe it is that. 
Funny thing about procrastination. 
It hits back. 

It’s a tought fight.
And I’ve lost sight. 
But I’m still tryin’. 
I’ll be alright.

funny thing [prod. by mr. master]

photo by ismael cosio
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-big-finish-lyrics

big finish

cartoon violence (instrumental)

busy port (instrumental)

in the limelight (instrumental)

like strange (instrumental)

devil moon (instrumental)

@thomas-garza-5
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-prod-by-thomas-garza-lyrics

[prod. by thomas garza]

tv girl rework: https://tvgirl.bandcamp.com/track/i-wonder-who-shes-kissing-now

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i wonder who she's kissin' now

photo by martin gonzalez
LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-inside-baseball-lyrics

inside baseball

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-doubt-lyrics

doubt

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-shonuff-lyrics
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sho'nuff!

LYRICS ON GENIUS: https://genius.com/Mr-master-stellar-lyrics

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