THREE'S A CROWD: PLAYLIST 3RD PROMPT - FALL 2021 SWU

Amateur Artist’s Lament
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2021)

(v1)
I... Sometimes wonder why I do this
For the money for the likes for the playlists
... Can't make shit streaming nowadays it's
Like an ocean of noise and you're adrift
In the waves with a billion other artists in the fray
Sayin hey look at me but their voices wash away
In a tsunami of noise emanating from the masses
Sound waves travel slower than molasses
Everybody gets lost in the Forrest
Makin trees that fall nobody hears cuz they ignore it
Everybody wants to be a household name
But if your name ain't Drake or Swift you getting chump change
a pipe dream with a concrete ceiling
It isn't always motivating or appealing
You gotta do it for the love of the game
The liberation of the sounds that resonate with your brain.

(ch)
You gotta do it cuz you gotta do it
Don't need a reason it flows through you
extension of you yeah
You gotta do it cuz it's part of you
Let it out cuz you never know who
You might inspire with the things you do
Touch a soul or a heart or two

(v2)
They say
Twos company threes a crowd but
Find a crowd and play it loud and
If they turn and walk away then
Crank it Up and play it again until
Another one appears lead by their ears
Cuz you showed them exactly what they wanted to hear
And even though you feared the jeers and criticism
You let your creativity out of prison
And if you have a friend or a member of your fam
Willing to listen and understand
when you think that you can't they will tell you that you can
Who gives you love and encouragement then
Thats a blessing you cant overlook
Validation of the time you took
Putting yourself out there, soul bared, no fear, you dared, to share the real you
Thats something that you mustnt keep locked in
You get out of this world what you put in
If you don't play then you never going to win
Might as well throw caution to the wind cuz

(ch)
You gotta do it cuz you gotta do it
Don't need a reason it flows through you
extension of you yeah
You gotta do it cuz it's part of you
Let it out cuz you never know who
You might inspire with the things you do
Touch a soul or a heart or two

(v3)
Music.
A transcendent universal language ...
Flows through mankind like a sound bridge
Tissue that connects us to living or the dead
A conversation out loud or solitary in your head
Transcends time geography and race
Gender culture age or birthplace
If you got it in side you then let it out
And join the conversation that's been going on throughout
The entire human experience
So when i think about why I'm doing this
It's pretty clear why I can't resist
When I die somebody might find this
And understand the reason that it exists
A time capsule made to persist
a Digital record of an amature artist
to Forever join the ocean of noise and coexist

Amateur Artist's Lament

If I told you once 
I told you twice 
I told you all so many times 
If I say it again 
Will it even matter 
Cause you’ve never seen the light 
never seen the light 


waking up from my daydream 
And I’m still clean
Got pots to piss in
no pots are pissed in
Heart pumping like a piston
No combustion 
I just bust in
Make your move
I made 10 already
Checked the itinerary 
Plans through the next 2 Februaries    
Three's a crowd
I got 4 already
All I do is ball
hold up
I think Hov said that
All I do is ball!
No checking me
I just checked myself
Spread these wings
I can fly myself
above the clouds
I can see myself
bask in the sun
recharge my self 


If I told you once 
I told you twice 
I told you all so many times 
If I say it again 
Will it even matter 
Cause you’ve never seen the light 
never seen the light 
never seen the light

Never seen the light

Some of my friends
Are angry
Some of my friends forgive
Some of my friends
Have passed on
Some of them continue to live

What’ll you have?
What’ll it be?
What do you want?
What do you need?

I need an answer, please
I don’t know what it means
Almost like love was never there at all

The one for me is two
Much rain and
Three’s a cloud
Four I have no idea
How to five finger discount
My sixth sensory fail
All hail 

Who do you want?
Who do you need?
Who do you flaunt?
Who do you bleed?

The past creeps
Cat burglar quick
Up on the roof
And through the window
To tear yesterday
A new one
I don’t know what it means
But it cuts so deep

Sixth Sensory Fail

Three's A Crowd

What's your name love?
Where you came from?
If you're going, can I come?

Don't need drinkin'
whatcha thinkin?
How do you have fun?

Do you get high?
Can we talk awhile?
Don't be shy

It's the way you dress
the way you smile
carry yourself
I get high lookin' at ya
drownin' my senses
dizzy and light
floating and fine
it feels right
fallin' for ya 
come on closer
I won't bite
do you feel the same?
I just want to know your name

Uber, taxi
front or backseat
Heading west or east?

Getting loud here
It's a crowd, dear
Next flight to Paris
can we leave?

Can we get high?
Can we talk all night?
Don't be shy

(Chorus)

I've been alone for some time
We can take it slow
I can't help wanting more
I'm losing focus

(Chorus)

I Get High

Sonic Sprout