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Above the Clouds

Endure all things whether good or bad. Enjoy life!

Available On All Platforms | 1st Single off of the upcoming 3rd installment to the NO EFFORT series 


Yeah
While ya niggas bitchin’
I wake up in the morning and set my day clothes 
They look at me crazy cuz I don’t set goals 
I let my life unfold 
Letting go of everything I picked up 
Like false hope 
Letting go of habits I was reaching for 
You know the feeling when everything isn’t sittin right?
And everything around you isn’t what the feelin’ like?
The girl you thought was worth a ring 
Got you feelin like
"Where the fuck did I go wrong" 
But I’m still thankful 
Yeah
 
Yeah
I had to get away from everybody 
Hate it or love it 
I still fuck with everybody 
Had to learn to stay afloat without anybody 
Baby, (Jason) look at me 
I’m still the nigga that you use to 
Know them feelins’ is crucial 
This a little unusual 
Not around like we use to 
It’s just not the time 
But, go ahead and shine
If them niggas propose a ring 
Let em know you mine 
Let em know that your uncertainty is day and night 
Let em know that you compared 
The differences them and I and...
It’s not even close 
The fake friends be the first to offer the toast 
I don’t talk to a lot of ya
Consider me ghost 
It’s still well wishes, but from afar with the scope 
You know?
Yeah, that’s just how it go 
Yeah, yeah, that’s just how it go

I’m still thankful 
I’m still I’m still 
I’m still thankful 
Yeah


Yeah 
Yeah
I’m still thankful 
I’m still quiet through the storm though its painful 
I’m still dolo even when game change modes 
Tryna get to heaven hope the gatekeepers never change codes 
Never talk to these niggas bout what’s in ma bank though 
I ride through the city feelin like I’m Saint Jones 
I glide through the disses niggas still ain’t change clothes 
Who the fuck is it you are thinking that you saved hoe?
One hell of a time 
We had a blast in the past 
But she wasn’t mine 
I’ll still try once in a while to see if it's time 
And if it isn’t, all is well 
I’m keepin’ it fine
You know
I’ve never needed to worry about it 
Cause if I do that mean you too
So don’t worry about me 
Just.. call me whenever you ready you know?
I’ll be here for you

I’m still thankful
I’m still I’m still 
I’m still thankful 
Yeah
So thankful 
Aye 
So thankful
Through the good and the bad I’m still thankful
Through the, worst of the times, thankful 
You know?
I’m still thankful 
You know
All I can do is just be thankful 
Yeah
I’m so thankful, so thankful 
When you’ve done all you can to endure bro?
You just gotta endure some more

Thankful (Prod. by 1st Official)

Churchill Downs (Remix)

She never wanted
To wait for the ride but
Instead sit aside the rings and diamonds
She idolize the posture
Fuck what it cost you
Possessions is what she honor
She'll stroke your dick
In exchange for that mighty dollar
The price she pay cuz'
Her father was more the baller type
She so in awe
She lovin' me for the songs I write
She see potential
Them niggas not what she into
They bustin' all on her cheek
But chase her
When she get over hype
Within her privacy she
Ponder what heaven like I
Tell her bout sacrifice but
She can't let go of the compensation's
And friends that come alive on the edge
Christ told me to let the dead bury dead
Recall the innocent times
Where Simon said get in bed
I wasn't listening to Mama though
Father gone he left her
Because she lost control
The fourth grade
Was the last time I made honor roll
Honor those who remain ten toes
Throughout the grudge and spite
My next lady gon' have to be Mr. Carter's wife
Cuz' I ain't finding one similar
Shit At least
Her plan to get in my sheets
Seduce me to pay her lease
Nah
Shit ain't happenin'
I ain't never lose interest
You were an accident
I don't take niggas bitches
That's for the savages
Trust and believe
My queen has forgiven Eve
I teach her not to deceive
But (Don't lie to me)
She want the importance to me
Never forgot the past
Emotions
I see them clear
The devil tends to remind her of
Everything from the years
I played along with my peers
And bragged about how she here
On all fours
Ready to disappear
Ready to give her rear
To a nigga that won't be there
Just
Enjoying the moments
Though we walk away torn apart
I'm forever gon' know us
Healing always a process
Lookin' over shoulders
The trauma that niggas caused over money
Scorned us

Rooftops and summers lookin' at stars
Who soon forget who we are
Driving the finest cars
Fuckin' the baddest broads
And talk about how we wish it was us
Up in that two-door
Somebody's daughter in here gettin' her chew on
More money get blew on
And lace fronts get glued off

Yeah
I'm just talkin' to you
Those were the dreams I had
Fore I ever knew you
Those were the dreams I chased
Fore I wanted, somethin' more
Someone who truly yours
Patient love like the father that everybody adores
Know when you see me
You're welcomed with open arms
I gave it all up to God
I let this play in his palms for real
You know
(You know I love you right?)

NO EFFORT III

Rooftop Summer (Prod. by E. Jones)

I got a thing for giving you niggas the cold shoulders
I reconstruct my life like sandlots and bulldozers
If you gotta go? You gotta go
Foreclosures
Gentrifying my contact book
No contact looks
Let me now stop pretending like you niggas greedy
Is not the reason why I cut you fuckers off completely
My intuition tellin' me
You fuckers wanna be me
I work hard make my money
Fuck if you believe me
You still at home with your mother
Making dinner tv's
I'm by my lone what she tell me?
Boy don't ever leave me
I renovated my location
My bitches is occupated
Her income is what she stated it'd be
On a weekly basis
But still I never trusted her
Know some bitches who fuck with her
Love stains on her comforter
Begging me to go comfort her (Hmph)
In my zone dawg
I move it coast to coast dawg
I'm coolin' wit' the coast guard
Bone Collector my point guard
This for them niggas that went and gave up
Their scholarships tryna rap something
Hot as this isn't something that thou predict
So out of reach
You fightin' God with no common sense
Throwin' shots at the kid
It just might get intense
For real

I'm the nigga they gon' pick to win
I'm the one with the shotty so please don't bother him
DND please do not disturb dawg
She a freak leave you by the curb dawg
I'm the nigga they gon' pick to win
I'm the one with the shotty so please don't bother him
DND please do not disturb dawg (What else?)
She a freak leave you by the curb dawg (Yung Andreas)

Look
I'm the one wit' the shotty
So please don't bother him
Can't trust nobody this where they got us in
Ritz Carlton from the Ramada Inn
I hold the boning knife
When watchin' them
They thought they crossed me like a protestant
Andreas fear nobody
I'm stressed rippin' squares like Bronny
Papertrail stretch like laundry (Ou)
Still I'm the only one that get the job done
Word to my Godfather Manoli keep me mobbed up
The rock was in my sock I kept the soft tucked
Drug dogs make my heart pump
Windows fogged up
'96 Impala bumpin' Bootsy Collins
Nothin' gettin' passed me
I love em' still I gotta watch em'
Use to light up til' my eye lashes gone
Pass me the saw
Let me cut you half of the raw (Ou)
I'm sayin' son your strategy's off
Never had nobody in my corner smack your PR

I'm the nigga they gon' pick to win
I'm the one with the shotty so please don't bother him
DND please do not disturb dawg
She a freak leave you by the curb dawg
I'm the nigga they gon' pick to win
I'm the one with the shotty so please don't bother him
DND please do not disturb dawg (What else?)
She a freak leave you by the curb dawg

DND (feat. Tedy Andreas) [Prod. by OrionCreates]

LANDSICK

My silence will make or break me 
The ones that I trust are quick to replace me 
The bitches I wanna get with are influenced by a daydream 
Of splurging money with louis bags drippin’ hunnits 
So cravings of a comeuppance , I told you so’s, and what of it's 
Not a play thing 
Her scars show proof of life with a vague theme 
Like all these bitches with me not what they seem 
In my own world 
I live a life where I supply her with her day needs 
Like beware of your foes 
Keep your space clean 
Peep game, I don’t make eye contact with bitches who air they face 
Seems a little immature 
To you niggas I can’t relate B 
On the wake up
All these premonitions deflate G’s 
The money I never thought I would have 
I spend a day glee 
Short lived
Though the devil wants to erase me 
I walk along the valley where death is all but a thought 
So Ima treat these bars like a locomotive the motion
I’m in sync in other words trust that I’ll never stop  


Yo this shit is mine
Really divine
Proud of myself
Was mad at myself
remember when I doubted myself
stressed puffin on Virginia slims
feel nobody’s next to kin
Yall in False realities 
Outside I’m really verified
I’m 40 floors up on the balcony smokin’ Carolina reaper
Wit a bad lil diva wit thick features 
Gotta feel for all these suckers that feel the need to, 
Call her while she poppin’ bottles wit the T-E-D-Y
I was making sure that a gram ain’t come out my Levi’s 
I can’t play my unreleased records
They steal my B-sides
Know she’d prolly rather a Van Cleef,
Than a Nissan,
She’ll still get around on these mothafuckas’ and she right,
You ever felt abandonment?
Well shit I have, and here it is,
Shared the same dreams,
We was tighter than jeans on Aerosmith,
Now I’m dreaming of robbin’ Merril Lynch,
Don’t need the safe combination,
Just tell me where it is

These motherfuckers tell me keep going keep going
As if I’ll stop I’ma keep flowin’ keep flowin’
Hand on my crotch 
Know you gotta love it 
Well seasoned vet I’m a product of this  
No discussion till the wheels fall off 
I’ll be your locomotive 
Till the wheels fall off 
I’ll be your, locomotive
Yeah...

LOCOMOTIVE (feat. Tedy Andreas) [Prod. by Graphwize]

An electro indie synth pop song exploring why we lie to people we claim to like. Is it insecurity, cockiness, or wanting to suppress your feelings? Maybe it's all of the above.

Honesty

Glasgow’s genre-blurring songwriter Peter Cat shares ‘The Power Of Positive Thinking’ - a surreal, cinematic glimpse into a post-apocalyptic near future.
Upcoming second album, Starchamber, set for release on 21st November via Trapped Animal Records. 

“An adventurous, left-field songsmith” – Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music
“Weird and wonderful” - Charlie Ashcroft, Record Collector Magazine
“If you like your pop music veering on the theatrical side, with weapons-grade hooks, and a big old dose of weird thrown in the mix for good measure, then this could be just what you need.” – I Stood Up & Said Yeah
“... an intricate, theatrical cross-genre exploration” - The Skinny


Following recent sun-drenched single ‘Mango Season’ and the swirling dark energy of ‘Instrumentality’, Glasgow’s genre-blurring oddball Peter Cat is back with ‘The Power Of Positive Thinking’, the final taste of his forthcoming second album, Starchamber, set for release on 21st November via Trapped Animal Records. 

A track that was initially home-recorded in demo form back in 2019, ‘The Power Of Positive Thinking’ has now been built upon and developed into the captivating, cinematic soundscape you hear today. Initially only having the chorus to work with, more lyrics and meaning have now been added to create further context to the song’s meaning. Peter Cat explains:

“All I had for years was that chorus hook on its own – and nothing else! So to whip it into a full song, I had to work backwards and sort of fashion some kind of narrative sense out of the thing, after the fact, which is the opposite to how I usually work. I had to decide what it was I, or we, were supposed to be feeling 'positive' about...”

Despite its theatrical uplifting energy, however, the track actually offers a rather terrifying glimpse into a post-apocalyptic near-future. As swooning vocals soar above a bed of analog synths and a wandering bassline, an eerily surreal narrative is created:

“I think I was reading about hosepipe bans in the news at the time and it all just sort of escalated from there. It's an interesting counterpoint to the rest of the songs on the record, which are about facing up to and transcending guilt… this one ended up being about that very human temptation to just stick your head in the sand when things are going wrong, pretend that everything's fine and dandy when the world around you is clearly burning. Suddenly that chorus doesn't sound so cheerful after all!"

Peter Cat, the Glasgow-based project of songwriter Graham Gillespie, has built a cult reputation for outsider pop and theatrical art rock, and now, with ‘The Power Of Positive Thinking’, he once again proves his ability to create truly unique, strangely immersive soundscapes. As the song unfolds with a cinematic drama and sweeping grandeur, Gillespie succeeds in juxtaposing a poignant sense of urgency with his trademark playful caustic wit. 

The Power of Positive Thinking

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