honest, (demo)
(Rod Kim)

I’m gonna be honest,
Wish I had a better personality.
Gonna be honest,
Wish I had a face that looked like me.

Been 8 years and,
Feels like I am,
Meeting myself,
For the very first time…

I’m gonna be honest,
Everybody draws the same picture of me,
And just to be honest,
I became whatever you wanted to see…

Been told more times,
By different friends I’m
Not good enough to
Be who I wanna be…

If I gotta prove you wrong,
You got it, you got it…
Working on my masterpiece,
I’m on it, I’m on it…
And by the time I’m done 
I promise, I promise…
I won’t need to prove you wrong,
Be honest, yeah…honest…

Gonna be honest,
Spent too many years just doubting me,
But I gotta be honest,
Things are better now than they’ve ever been…

Doin’ me right,
Fighting the gaslight,
‘Cuz I’m taking back,
Who I wish I could’ve been…

If I gotta prove you wrong,
You got it, you got it…
Working on my masterpiece,
I’m on it, I’m on it…
And by the time I’m done 
I promise, I promise…
I won’t need to prove you wrong,
Be honest, yeah…honest…

Gonna be honest,
I know how it feels when no one’s listening,
So I’m gonna be honest,
You are loved...you are whole and you are worthy…

a handsome nostalgia

honest, (demo)

WORTHY
(Rod Kim & Marvelous Xe)

Old shade
(Old shade)
You ain’t gonna let it hang around
No way
(uhuh)
Lookin’ too good to be let down
Jealousy
(Nacho problem)
They just mad they ain’t me right now
Okay
(Ok!)

Gonna hit play cause I like the sound…

I...yeah I’m worth it,
And I...I deserve this…
I’m proven,
Verified,
Know that I am worthy…
I...yeah I’m worth it.
 
Be bold
(Be bolder!)
Steppin’ out of my comfort zone
More “me” time 
(Spell it out for them)
‘Cuz I really nailed my “n” & “o”
Nah, nope
(Not gonna happen)
My attention is a gift and so
Thank you...
(Thank you?)

You ain’t gotta tell me, I already know,
(I already know!) I already know...

I...yeah I’m worth it,
And I...I deserve this…
I’m proven,
Verified,
Know that I am worthy…
I...yeah I’m worth it.

I...yeah I’m worth it,
And I...I deserve this…
I’m proven,
Verified,
Know that I am worthy…
I...yeah I’m worth it.

WORTHY

WORTHY (ft. Marvelous Xe)

Thank You For Being A Friend (Holiday Version)

Favorite Day
(Rod Kim)

Don’t wanna forget today,
So I took a picture and tried to make
it last, stretch out that good feeling in a photograph…

And I think I found…
What making it feels like.
And I think out loud…
That this just…might be…

This is, 
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite...

Daylight would come and go,
So I wrote it down for another me to know
Don’t wait, but leave a light on just in case
today’s the day.

I think I found…
What happiness feels like.
I think out loud…
That this…
just might be…

This is, 
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite...

Don’t wanna forget today,
So I took a picture and tried to make
it last, stretch out that good feeling in a photograph…

This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite day…
This is my favorite day…
And I think I found,
this is my favorite day.
And I think out loud,
"This is my favorite..."

Favorite Day

You Look Good!
(Rod Kim)

Designer crime goin’ walkin’ like that,
You see...
It’s gorgeous hostility

Walk a runway from the verse to the hook
Leave the...
World on its knees

You look good, baby, you look good
Skip a heartbeat and it’s understood
You look good, baby, you look good
GIVE. 
IT. 
EVERYTHING.

The world is dancin’ and you picked out the song
If you...
Could see what they see

People talkin’ and they’ll say what they want
You give...
No fucks energy

You look good, baby, you look good
Skip a heartbeat and it’s understood
You look good, baby, you look good
GIVE. 
IT. 
EVERYTHING.

You look good, baby, you look good
Skip a heartbeat and it’s understood
You look good, baby, you look good
GIVE. 
IT. 
EVERYTHING.

You look good, baby, you look good
Skip a heartbeat and it’s understood
yeah
You look good, baby, you look good
GIVE. 
IT. 
EVERYTHING.

You Look Good!

40 in Los Angeles
(Rod Kim)
I used to try and make every song sound perfect
Just wanted say everything I mean and make it worth it.
Spent most of my days being everyone’s less famous friend,
A footnote in their story but happy with who I am…

If you think about it,
Yeah think about it…

I turned 10 in Indiana,
20 a St. Louis transplant
30 at a beach on the Atlantic
So it just makes sense…I’ll turn 40 in Los Angeles

The big mistake that everybody makes is
Thinking anything good or bad will last.
‘Cuz even my worst of days will drift away…‘til I forget,
And I’m still holdin’ out for the best… 

If I knew then,
Could tell myself back then…

You’ll be 10 in Indiana,
20 a St. Louis transplant
30 at a beach on the Atlantic
Just hang on kid…you’ll be 40 in Los Angeles

Maybe I’ll have a mid life crisis 
Buy a fancy car I can’t afford 
Have a rebound friend-with-benefits 
And let people talk all about me how they want…

I know who I am and who I was…

10 in Indiana,
20 a St. Louis transplant
30 at a beach on the Atlantic
But I made it…turning 40 in Los Angeles.

40 in Los Angeles

40 In Los Angeles

I'm just as petty as I am grateful
You've always been the light in my life
Could always count on your dumpster fire
And it keeps me warm at night

You keep making the same mistakes and
Every picture of you is fake so
How does it feel to be alone when
Everyone used to be your friend? Oh

You got exactly what you asked for
Worked so hard to be the asshole
And I could be the bigger person
But if we're really being honest

I'm just as petty as I am grateful
You've always been the light in my life
Could always count on your dumpster fire
And it keeps me warm at night

I told
I told you so
I told
I told you so
I told
I told you so
I told
I told you so

You want to know just how you got here
Went on a trip and got souvenirs
Get what you give and you're holding on to
All that baggage you're not that strong so

I tried to save your from yourself
But if we're really being honest

I'm just as petty as I am grateful
You've always been the light in my life
Could always count on your dumpster fire
And it keeps me warm at night

People ask how you're doing and if we
Keep in touch
But I'm running out of
Nice ways to say you fucked up
Are you having fun?
This is what you wanted

I told
I told you so
I told
I told you so
I told
I told you so
I told
I told you so

I'm just as petty as I am grateful
You've always been the light in my life
Could always count on your dumpster fire
And it keeps me warm at night

I'm just as petty as I am grateful
You've always been the light in my life
Could always count on your dumpster fire
And it keeps me warm at night

And it keeps me warm at night

Petty Grateful

Petty Grateful (ft. Dirty Hollywood)

A Handsome Nostalgia
(Rod Kim & Marie De La Vega)

Drove around my hometown,
Listening to songs that can’t be this old.
That Blockbuster’s a dollar store now.
Funny how, this feels like seven lifetimes ago.

You can go back there but never really be back home,
You can go back there but never really be back home...

Unpacking all the good, the bad, the innocence and drama
Of surviving hurt, giving up on karma.
But when you polish all the rough parts and the trauma,
You’re left with a handsome nostalgia.

Corner booth with my best friend,
Where he dared me to ask her to prom,
Knowing she’d say “no” but she proved me wrong.
Funny how,
Little things were so big back then.

And I knew everything except who I am,
And I knew everything except who I am...

Unpacking all the good, the bad, the innocence and drama
Of surviving hurt, giving up on karma.
But when you polish all the rough parts and the trauma,
You’re left with 
You’re left with

A painted over mural downtown, 
Dusty boxes at my parents’ house,
Empty parking lots where we hung out,
If these photographs could tell out loud…

The things that “never happened”,
Friends I got in fights with,
The church that I grew up in,
And the bonds that just left bruises…

Unpacking all the good, the bad, the innocence and drama
Of surviving hurt, giving up on karma.
But when you polish all the rough parts and the trauma,
You’re left with...
You’re left with...
You’re left with...
...a handsome nostalgia.

A Handsome Nostalgia

You grew up in a little Indiana town 
Just like me where it snowed on Christmas Eve

Store displays our faces up against the glass
For a glimpse, the holy grail of Christmas gifts…

It’s…

That one thing
Meant for me
Time to hatch
A clever scheme…

Merry Christmas Ralphie
Our dreams came true
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Crazy what 30 years can do
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Merry Christmas Ralphie
I grew up too

Grown up me took a chance out in the big city
Just like you I knew great things were waiting

You’ll make them proud, I’ll make them proud
This masterpiece won’t write itself

These…  

Tall buildings
Small daydreams
One more week
To find ourselves

Merry Christmas Ralphie
Crazy what 30 years can do
Merry Christmas Ralphie
I grew up too
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Our dreams came true

Casseroles from the neighbors try to fill the void  
Your old man left behind with Christmas plans

His furnace words still hang in space above Lake Michigan
And over you, the beat up car and big ole’ spruce

We…

Carry on
Like we should
Star or angel 
We can choose

Merry Christmas Ralphie
I grew up too
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Our dreams came true
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Merry Christmas Ralphie
Crazy what 30 years can do

Merry Christmas Ralphie

Whatever happened to predictability
The milkman, the paperboy, the evening TV
How did I get delivered here
Somebody tell me, please
This old world's confusing me

With clouds as mean as you've ever seen
Ain't a bird who knows your tune.
Then a little voice inside you whispers,
"Kid, don't sell your dreams so soon"

Everywhere you look
Everywhere you look
There's a heart
A hand to hold onto
Everywhere you look
Everywhere you look
There's a face
Of somebody who needs you
Everywhere you look

When you're lost out there
and you're all alone,
A light is waiting
to carry you home.
Everywhere you look
doop-a-dee-ba-ba-dow

Everywhere You Look (The Full House Theme) [Holiday Version]

Everywhere You Look (The Full House Theme) (Holiday Version)

Full Streams of Rod Kim's "All About You"

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