Knock Twice

Ghost

Produced by Daoud Anthony @daoudmakesmusic 
Written by ASTU
Recorded at AfterOurs Studios 
Mixed/Mastered by Gabriel Masterson at 25th St Recording

ASTU, Eritrean R&B/soul singer-songwriter out of Oakland, CA, discusses sex, love and all the complications that follow in her premiere EP-Patterns. Honest, raw lyrics are lifted by synth-filled rhythms and soulful melodies. ASTU captures the modern romance in all its vulnerability and volatility. “‘Patterns’ is my attempt to dissect the stories my generation repeats and the lens we view love through, in hopes to break the hollow patterns that hold us back from it.” Written by ASTU and produced by Daoud Anthony, who is known for his current work with up and coming Chicago-rapper SABA, Patterns is promising to  be one of the most anticipated releases of 2018.

Patterns

Son Of California

Produced, Arranged, Vocals and Music By: Josiah Bell
Follow: @JosiahBell
www.josiahbell.com

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Wonderful Christmas Time (Josiah Bell)

I'll show you my colours if you show me yours.

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INTA'S INTALUDE

Iz too big yee 🔥 !

Heyyy…

What you think I’m twisting up my face for?
Everything’s backwards
Black boy singing rap rockstars
White girl dancehall popstars
Well F it then, not fitting in
It won’t fit in… if it’s too big
If it’s too big
If it’s toooo biiig

It’s too big
It’s too big
It’s too big yeah
It’s too big yeah
It is too big yeah
It is too big yee
Too big

Too much to handle
Too long to explain
Mind like a large file
So much to transfer
So much to take in
And so much to give
But it’s always worth the pain

Fly like Peter Pan (high)
Pretty like Mulan (strong girl)
I’m cool like Skateboard P (Pharrell)
Aries family (Mars)
So F it then, not fitting in
It won’t fit in if it’s too big
Yeah if it’s too big
I’m not forcing it if it’s too big

It’s too big
It’s too big
It’s too big yeah
It’s too big yeah
It is too big yeah
It is too big yee
Too big

Too much to handle
Too long to explain
Mind like a large file
So much to transfer
So much to take in
And so much to give
But it’s always worth the pain…

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Too Big

An 80's spin on a jazz standard. Enjoy!

All instruments: Lee Mo

In A Sentimental Mood - Prod. by Lee Mo

Trusting the Process

Here I Am

beat by: @aebeats_

lyrics:
(verse 1)
member when we used to play in the forbidden alley way?
junior jumping fences 
stater bros escape

member getting lucas, flaming hot chips every day?
ice-cream truck song melodies comin' down the lane

member car chain-smokin' windows not even cracked?
we all carried cigarette close 
cousins smushed in the back

member wrestling in the front yard playing tag?
how my daddy whooped devonte, denzel, and patrick's ass

member all the fighting drunk adults sad and mad?
we used to cope by hiding, seeking, running from all of our past

some big kids hid their pain in pleasure sweets
some big kids hid their pain in little me

member getting fried chicken almost every meal to eat?
lock on the fridge protecting rainbow tampico drinks

member dry eyes playing Def Jam Fight for NY till the sunrise?

truth or dare disguise
hide and go get it
i try to forget it
but the thing about memories is they never quited
(quit it quit it)

white-sheet illusion wings stretched wide outside
black man ain't loosing to a punk even if they only in his mind
daddy it's alright
daddy it's alright
argue with invisible forces all throughout the night

i'm scared to go to sleep 
i'm scared to cut off the light
closed rods turn to door locks 
with imagination and some teenage might
i just might not make it 
but if i close my eyes real tight
there’s an image of us all playing 
and everything is alright
everything is alright

even if its just in my mind

(chorus x 2)
some lil kids see grown things
some lil kids escape the scene
some lil kids chase big dreams
some kids some kids some kids

(verse 2)
somebody tell us we ain't never goin back
there’s a no look don't tell "childhood pack"
we are the keepers of our parents' demons
don't believe we bad 
even "Bay Bay and them" had a mom and a dad
and they had a society driving em' cra-cra-crazy 
i'm mad
with the tight rope they white-walked 
tryna keep up the slack
line i used to resent mine
but then one died 
and i knew this game we’re forced to play wasn’t always kind
to even the big kids with they credit and they rights
the voting booths don't capture a quarter of their plights
i pay you to write
a story of the first hurts
trace it back through time
i promise you we’ll be here all night

(chorus x 2)
some lil kids see grown things
some lil kids escape the scene
some lil kids chase big dreams
some kids some kids some kids

Ghost

The Melman