BUY / STREAM SIDE A  http://1995.eu/ato-side-a

my dreams burn like nicotine
i’m just here until it phase out
watch them all care now
time moving slow
four times love got the best of me
but I can’t feel a thing right now
and you can’t keep me down…down..
 
yeah,  yeah
sound and parallel 
one time, one time
yo, tell them
uh
 
my pens under all this pressure
and i’ve got lines that’ll speak to next week 
fam i can’t sleep 
wash the serotonin 
purple potion
half devoted 
i turn up when i turn up, just fuck off
this another link that i cut off
can’t hold myself these days
i need that fake love
just to escape      
 

i step on the train
was sweaty in the face 
numb the space 
phone dead 
clouds over there where it rains
i wonder if i’ll get out the frame alive
yeah i’m off time
I quit on the side
the shiny new motor, push it down, don’t stop
left those niggas in the fucking dust
blue lights why they following us
 
drop, nigga run it off him
I been the coldest in the manor, fuck it 
this distorted 95 music 
if this is how I’ve gotta do it
 
my dreams burn like nicotine
I’m just here until it phase out
watch them all care now
time moving slow
four times love got the best of me
but I can’t feel a thing right now
and you can’t keep me down down…
 
yeah, most time
my nigga don’t die
you’ve got your whole life, you couldn’t see 
uh hold tight, hold me tight
when they argue, i can’t breathe in
uh breathe out    
 
yeah yeah yeah
ways
and they ain’t never seen this like…

Muscle Twitch

ATO - no caroline

BUY / STREAM SIDE A  http://1995.eu/ato-side-a

Written by ATO

Produced by - singular balance , SteveXCooper , Jonathon Ng



LYRICS

 
HOOK 1

I just like money getting stacks I want P 
Telephone for me I just let that shit ring 
You just keep running n you’ll never catch me 
(Oh yeh)
Would this bitch die for me, we could be easy
Six fall for me, I’m living dreams

No sign,
No sign of my
My girl 
No Caroline



Yeh I’m in
N then I’m gone
I’ll get that
Suttin knocking on the floor 
I gotta move soon, i aint got nothing
Got a life, gotta take it back star!
Yehh you know me from back in those days
Like I know..
There ain’t nothing they can say to me
Got nothing, like how you gonna 
Maybe.. (maybe)
An you’ve got that same smile 
Like you did before
You miss that late night, calling





I just like mone getting stacks I want P (One time for my niggers on the red line)
Telephone for me I just let that shit ring 
You just like money and you’re gonna like me 
(Oh yeh)
Would this bitch die for me, we could be easy
Six fall for me I’m living dreams

No sign,
No sign of my..
My girl 
No Caroline

Feelings
How you gonna breathe through

-


She just want a nigga with change
a nigger street enough to blow house money on chains 
but I grew up on garrowby way 
years pouring with rain 
too busy looking to God 
to see my world drowning in waves
now it’s dark when I pray
swimming deeper for closure
she like to divulge to her girls 
but they ain’t real and that’s something she already knows 
tale of two cities
ain’t no pity
karma got interest for you, check check
moving risky 
hardly discreet
i used to be holy 
loved priscilla 
like my only, young hurt n full of dreams 
tryna clean up
throwing dirty money at therapy
counting down from 10
until I wake up in the cemetery 
tales of the rest of the city
it bleed 
help me
wild wild west, moved to grove 
tryna bury your past, first you have to bury your soul
it ain’t easy round here, when you’re living with ghosts
some white people, black people, frame n a mirror too close 
these times, friends were moving snakey
i pressed Kacey for the truth
i said tell me straight!
coz lies echo in this room
black boys with mental health
he had his own demons too
bam had already just been sectioned
that shit took him out of school 
we couldn’t be friends 
tryna survive 
tryna mend
our pasts
tryna defend
who we thought we were
red lights 
whilst reaching for the stars
escaped a couple suicides
then suicide
life became walking a line
the long way home 
for young black boys
up north
where now?
who am I?
both my parents ill
i was falling short and in denial
a pain i couldn’t feel 
sometimes my reality feels like the casino 
mother gave birth to my brother
through her chemo 
helpless, watching life reload 
now I’m rising to the surface
nah I need it
treat my brother like my own
coz his life gave me purpose 
now if she knew me
could she love me
when it’s cold
her love go through me 
like a knife 
n its cold.

no caroline

ATO - Ziamonds !! 

BUY / STREAM SIDE A  http://1995.eu/ato-side-a

Produced by:
Singular Balance
Jonathon Ng
StevexCooper

Lyrics:

20 floors breaking sky
Can’t outrun my nikes
Said I like her too
She said I like it like that 


And Jewels dance in the light baby
How you gonna go just to make me crazy
I could get it on the low if you make me see
I can be your life and you could be free

Step into the mood where you coming from
Serving sauvignon blanc that she came here with
My girl the pretty black stunner, baby give me something
Houdini gone, then we off, fuck waiting for it

Yeah this a bootleg cut let’s see your license!!
Out in paradise, man don’t need your violence
Guess it’s the same for me, cracks in your diamonds
Guess it’s the same for me, heart made of nylon 
Ain’t no man that can put me in the gutter
Ain’t a man that can tell me how I got up
Amsterdam I  got that bust down, looking 1 up
Made my father proud, I’m living for my brother


20 floors breaking sky
Can’t outrun my nikes
Said I like her too
She said I like it like that 

What’s her what’s her name, what’s her name
What’s her what’s her name, what’s her name
What’s her name, what’s her name
Boys on high, we don’t fly 
Put that bezel to the moon
Jewels dance in the light

And Jewels dance in the light baby
How you gonna go just to make me crazy
I could get it on the low if you make me see
I could be your life and you could be free


Over thinker
Hit esc
Sky blue, new day 
We some digital kids, concreted to the street
7 40 7 flight
Save a seat for me
Save a seat for my mother 
Save a seat for my G’s 
It’s a feeling that I get when the sun rises
It’s a feeling, won’t forget!
Can’t civilise this
Get money on my own
In that Chevy you ain’t own
Getting popping them man’s fake 
Ain’t no diamonds in their Jewels

Spent my fourth time inside 
I push your car until it’s in sight 
You’re all alone at midnight
You wanna save it for the next time

And Jewels dance in the light baby
How you gonna go just to make me crazy
I could get it on the low when you make me see
I could be your life and you could be free


What’s her what’s her name, what’s her name
What’s her What’s her name, what’s her name
What’s her name, what’s her name
Boys on high, we don’t fly 
Put that bezel to the moon
Jewels dance in the light

ziamonds !!

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@ato_alexander
@flohio_

Written by:
Ato Alexander
Flohio
Jonathon Ng

Produced by:
SingularBalance
Jonathon Ng
stevexcooper

ATO x FLOHIO - no caroline remix

ATO Outro

LYRICS:
Yo tired, 
Yo brother in the ends still (still here)
Time moving through a stand still
Can’t tell me how a man feels (can’t, 113, on time)
Step in step out (step out)
I pray to God, it’s been a while (Lord, 7 side)
We grew up walking on a line (yeah)
And brothers fell before they learnt how to fly (eh Tell em)
Don’t be tripping , yeah you know my steelo
Dance sinner
How’d you figure
20 for the fee
Had a lot of tings, but this brixton one is mean
I’m bout the Westside
In the Southside
Baby for my whole life
I’ve been on the outside (I’m on the outside)
Couldn’t tell me nothing g
Naa I only fear myself (scary thoughts)
I beg the officer, try and violate me (try and violate me)
How you mean
Alex still the top boy
It was all a dream
No hand outs 
Life ain’t free

HOOK

Heidi from my 10’s
You used to tell me everything back then
Boy all I knew is 
2 sides , 1 truest

But we good tonight

Get it, flip it, bag
That’s the motive, the take
The money, and dash 
(Are we good tonight)
Parti, I told you to slide
I said keep it offline
I can kill it tonight 

How I move
No less
I live to see it
bring down the rest

V2

Yeah, i got caught up in the smoke yeah
I lay the roads
Two scared to say the least
Tie my name to face, devotion
Shit won’t ready know
I’m up and down on potions
All my dreams slip into your world slow motion
Shit
Unforeseen 
I can’t stay
I pour in 3
I can’t escape
A foreign breeze
In the rain
I can’t let you see the same
We step on west side
This ain’t safe sides
2 nights with my main/ side
I ain’t living right
Tunnels running through my head
Like what I say I meant it
And non of this inherited
I flood your city Venice

HOOK

Heidi from my 10’s
You used to tell me everything back then
Boy all I knew is 
2 sides , 1 truest

But we good tonight

Get it, flip it, bag
That’s the motive, the take
The money, and dash (Are we good tonight)
Parti, I told you to slide
I said keep it offline
I can kill it tonight x 5


I can clip it, bag
That’s the motive, the take
The money, and dash 
Parti, I told you to slide
I said keep it offline
I can kill it tonight 

Heidi from my 10’s 
You used to tell me everything back then
Boy all I knew is 
2 sides , 1 truest

Outro

ATO - Maureen's Freestyle

Produced by StevexCooper

Lyrics:

I’m so
I’m so
I’m so
I’m so good in this bitch
High on this bitch
I don’t give a shit…

Yo listen, 
My heart don’t go to you n*gga
As supposed to
Couldn’t feel my finger on the the trigger 
It’s a homecoming 
In the stu , you know I got it cooking 
Like maureen’s …..

And Lord it still rains on me 
N*gga in my feelings form the conspiracy 
Fuck what you heard 
I bring it back like the hearse 
She analyse my verse 
I couldn’t touch a moment with these thoughts so cursed
actually crazy
Brought my dad tears
But I’m still your baby 
tShh heh

I’m actually on these
Let go of the codeine 
I’m praying, I fly free
I ‘m home for the whole week !

It’s like 
More dreams 
More life 
And more commitments 
All there shots they taking are from a distance 
All these shots two seconds behind my wrist watch
All these shots backfire make you a victim

You victim n*gga

It’s on me
Maybe
All I could ever be
It’s on me
It’s all me
It’s all me


It’s funny how life turns out 
Mummy still home 
And we made it through the drought 
I still got a pure heart 
But I left that in the south 
One last cheque
Before I check out to the alps
Or the Maldives 
Got cold 
Got warm dreams 
My baby she wholesome 
She knows how to hold me 
Ya zeee


My heart don’t go to you n*gga
As supposed to
Couldn’t feel my finger on the the trigger 
It’s a homecoming 
In the stu , you know I got it cooking 
Like Maureen’s …..

And Lord it still rains on me 
N*gga in my feelings form the conspiracy 
Fuck what you heard 
I bring it back like the hearse 
She analyse my verse 
I couldn’t touch a moment with these thoughts so cursed
actually crazy
Brought my dad tears
But I’m still your baby 
tShh heh 


I’m actually on these
Let go of the codeine 
I’m praying, I fly free
I ‘m home for the whole week !

I’m so 
I’m so 
I’m so
I’m so good in this bitch
High on this bitch
I don’t give a shit…

I hold you
It’s never been that before
It’s never been that before

Outside.

Maureen's Freestyle

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Bag full of 50's 
DJ Krewes!
Bag full of 50's that's my paper round
Daisy pretty wanna 

Bag full of 50’s that’s my paper round
Daisy pretty wanna good time
Heart broken but I’m still in your town
Heartbroken but I’m still a good time

Back on stage, hood up, baby can’t see my face
Came back, saved the game 
Van Der Sar in 08
I point and shoot in the rain
Sudden death, boy what a shame
Turbo, switching lanes
Keep the trophies in a case (ok ok)
Hit the number and dial up 
Baby the textings long 
Too many tings in the line up
But I’m putting you up front
Yeah, you know what I’m reaching for 
Meet me on the roof 
She’s known in the city but, she don’t know this view 


(Chain Reaction Gang)
So what you tripping for babe
I ain’t even tryna stress, and you’re lying to my face yeah
Just wanna put you in your place yeah
Just want a good time yeah

(Chain reaction Gang)
Bag full of 50’s that’s my paper round
Daisy pretty wanna good time
Heart broken but I’m still in your town
Heartbroken but I’m still a good time

Pull up on Mario Kart and style out
Shut down the game like Time Out
I ain't got no time for this
I put drive in this
I push down and drift
It's off
Girl we never have to come down
If you wanna sign out
Got tickets let's fly out
MGM, for a long weekend
I had two pair 
and hit trips on the river
Counting the P 
That's a big bag
I just dub the track
Then i gotta say no more
Full house are you sure?
Yeah i'm sure 
more time i gotta close the door

I'm running it up I got that
yeah I'm running it up 

I'm running it up I got that
yeah I'm running running it  

I'm running it up I got that
yeah I'm running it up

I'm running it up I got that
yeah I'm running running it

Bag full of 50’s that’s my paper round
Daisy pretty wanna good time
Heart broken but I’m still in your town
Heartbroken but I’m still a good time

So what you tripping for babe
I ain’t even tryna stress, and you’re lying to my face yeah
Just wanna put you in your place yeah
Just want a good time yeah

GOOD TIME

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2007 Radio

You're listening to 2007 Radio 
Chain Reaction Gang , You know what I mean
This ain't no fake shit
This is that real, raw Gangster shit.

Hanging out in the garden from 9 til 4 
Hanging out in the garden 

Ahh yeah 
Ahh Yeah
There’s 2 ways
Out the 3
What, whu, what’s the dream
If I chase it all 
Girl if I go  
Would you still take my call 
…….

But now I’m gone, and I’m never coming back
I ain’t here to stunt I’m just here to kill these tracks
Tell you what I’m on
Of course I gotta get these stacks
Gotta make em long
Box em up in rubber bands 
Yeah I got a lot
A lot of hot runners with me
Still comes at a cost
Coz they wanna come for us
Still we get the love
Can’t kill this energy
Homie still we pray
They got their hopes on me
Left me like the night
Moving on my peddle bike
Pushing on these nikes
Switch light
With a movie on
Tell em what I’m like
only you can tell em where I’m from
Remind me of my rights
Coz you know I gotta do some wrong


Hanging out in the garden from 9 til 4 
Hanging out in the garden

Ahh yeah 
Ahh Yeah
There’s 2 ways
Out the 3
What, whu, what’s the dream
If I chase it all 
Girl if I go  
Would you still take my call


Ye Yo 
I put you on
All up in your feelings
Dripping
Blessings on me son
Applying pressure like this money 
I just get it then we duss
When I’m running through
Chain reaction with my crew Pretty nigga revenue 
Boy the motto’s 
Get your money up!

ain’t taking the time
We kill 100 miles
And burn red lights
I’m untouchable 
Baby pick your side
No-one to run it by 

(You’re listening to 2007 Radio)


Ahh yeah 
Ahh Yeah
There’s 2 ways
Out the 3
What, whu, what’s the dream
If I chase it all 
Girl if I go  
Would you still take my call

*INSERT 2007 RADIO SHOW*

2007 RADIO

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Life is crazy, saving you baby 
All I need’s the money and I’ll make you my favourite
All I need’s the money and I’m taking you places 
All I need’s the cash and the castle yeah 

The shooters tryna take my life away 
Tell my brothers I’ll be back , Die another day 

Had to leave the city
Coz it left me in the cold 
Waving bye December, baby kiss me through the phone 
Kiss me through the phone, I don’t know when I’ll be back
Lost another soul
Out the blue
April was black
Lost another soul
Trade the future for the past 
I just wash it down with a pst
With a glass
Where this end
Where it start
Weighing heavy on my heart 
Sorry right now I can’t but you can always…


Layyy on me 
Always Finding new ways to sleep  
Girl that ain’t no way to see
The world, its ablaze
And the flowers in the vase…
Need changing


Life is crazy, saving you baby 
All I need’s the money and I’ll make you my favourite
All I need’s the money and I’m taking you places 
All I need’s the cash and the castle yeah 

The shooters tryna take my life away 
Tell my brothers I’ll be back , Die another day 

Girl Everything that we are
Racing in cars, moving fast 
Shattered glass, then a change of heart 
I can’t keep saving  you , anymore 
Cuh Every day baby I’m making my world 
And There’s new trouble every way that I turn
And where I’m coming from, it’s hard to make it out so
Every song be sounding like the Outro….

Layyy on me 
Always Finding new ways to sleep  
Girl that ain’t no way to see
The world, its ablaze
And the flowers in the vase…
Need changing


Life is crazy, saving you baby 
All I need’s the money and I’ll make you my favourite
All I need’s the money and I’m taking you places 
All I need’s the cash and the castle yeah 

The shooters tryna take my life away 
Tell my brothers I’ll be back , Die another day 

The shooters tryna take my life away 
Tell my brothers I’ll be back , Die another day

And you know that I got you 
And you got me
We can’t put this to sleep
Like I know what you need 
I’m gonna be your one
You’re gonna be my one too
I think about you every day

And I’m feeling it go 
And it never comes back
Yeah I’m feeling it go 
And it never comes back

BLACK JAMES BOND

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Sex n Drugs
Got me falling through the mud 
When it’s done 
You could never be the one
So why you coming for me shawty
What you doing for me shawty


Sex n Love
Flip a coin and say what’s up
When it’s done 
You could never be the one
So why you coming for me shawty
What you doing for me shawty

She’s on the front cover of Vogue
Princess of Tokyo
Show me what I could feel
And tell me what I don’t know
I wanna dive in on a low
Flying I gotta go
Serving up this green
And smoking it on the road
She hit 20 floors, we up
She coming out for the show
Tell me she like to ride
She riding this like a float 
She hit replay on the phone
We get it, got it to go
Money up’s the code
And I’ll be up just call


Sex n Drugs
Got me falling through the mud 
When it’s done 
You could never be the one
So why you coming for me shawty
What you doing for me shawty


Sex n Love
Flip a coin and say what’s up
When it’s done 
You could never be the one
So why you coming for me shawty
What you doing for me shawty

But it never gets easier
Trying not to break your heart
No it never gets easier
And I can’t take another

But it never gets easier
Trying not to break your heart
No it never gets easier
And I can’t take another



Sex n Drugs
Got me falling through the mud 
When it’s done 
You could never be the one
So why you coming for me shawty
What you doing for me shawty


Sex n Love
Flip a coin and say what’s up
When it’s done 
You could never be the one
So why you coming for me shawty
What you doing for me shawty

SEX N DRUGS

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Swings and roundabouts 
Push you
See you in about a month or around abouts 
I'll get that you 
You know me
I cheque that
It won't bounce, it can't (CA$H)
I run it and let that gone....
Dance

Mm yeahh 
Ahh yeahh


I wanna be like turn me up !
But it's me running this shit

Yo, outside you know
This for you!

Head to toe in lotto like it’s 1993 (That's cute, that's nice)
They like my tunes, they run em up while I’m asleep 
Run em up ! 
I’m fresher and she knows 
She calls me while her man is making sure her bath ain’t cold,
I can’t be blamed for this

I Heard you hit the lotto but what that mean for me 
I just hit the Netto, then check my Mali ting in Sweden
I ain’t rich, but I’m eating
I tell my brother, turn that off
I wanna hear you reading 
Analyse it and critique it 
It’s a cold world 
And what’s for you, I cannot say
Everytime I’m home 
I put new flowers in the vase
Yo I’ll be back before they fade
I’m on my own wondering, about this chest pain 
I Swear its getting worse again
Darg, I met all of my idols 
But They ain't cool like their music
I wanna trust you 
But everything keeps moving 
I walk away 

"And she says keep walking. I never wanna see you again"
 

Head to toe in lotto like it’s 1993 (That's cute that's nice)
They like my tunes, they run em up while I’m asleep 
Yo Run em up ! 
I’m fresher and she knows 
She calls me while her man is making sure her bath ain’t cold
I can’t be blamed for this

You get me
Facts
I do this for you 

LS1 / LS6
Ah yeah
Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah
Come on!

LOTTO

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Lifetime

my big white hus play fetch with it !

Prod by Steve Cooper
Art by Zafar Durrani


WHITE HUSKY

grey + gold

ATO x EDEN

Written by Ato, 
Produced by EDEN

Lyrics:
If it be a, if it be a dream
Would you be with me
Dreams slide, running from the territory
I know, you know, we could be free

She got, She got
Something that you’ve known
But you’ll never get it back no
But you’ll never get it back so..
Oh yeah 
Gotta be, Gotta be
On your own (On Your Own!)
For all you know..



Sitting on the porch on the edge of the unknown and yet,
I’m sure I’ve been here before
And every time I feel to move 
That part of me that once was here and felt it all 
Whispers in my ear, don’t think about it too much
Sometimes you don’t need to make a choice
That’s what God made the wind for 

But you keep on keeping on for someone , 
Something that you haven’t spoken to, or touched in years 
Another beer to quieten the distance 
You heard they’re consumed now in a world quite different
Than the one you used to share 
But life is beautiful, 
one thought at a time
Until a not so distant trip or a view 
Brings it all back 
In a rush 
A tornado
Of tears, smiles and dreams!! 
No one else can relate to
And that makes you love yourself 
And the lady that you chose
Or didn’t choose but ended up being the girl of your dreams 
As she wraps her arms around you from behind 
And you make peace with the past x

That’ll be 5.45 please !

Cheers,

Just here.

Thanks 



If it be a, if it be a dream
Would you be with me
Dreams slide, running from the territory
I know, you know, we could be free

She got, She got
Something that you’ve known
But you’ll never get it back no
But you’ll never get it back so..
Oh yeah 
Gotta be, Gotta be
On your own (On Your Own)
It’s all you know..
Oh oh..


And when you miss something enough
That was a different life
A different place 
A different frame


On Your Own

Notion (2016)

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL_cuUj_Pd0
Spotify: coming soon

produced by EDEN

Music Video

Notion (prod. by EDEN)

Darkroom

Produced by EDEN

Sound Engineered by Aaron Walker

Darkroom

ATO. Heaven
Produced by EDEN
Artwork - Ewan Waddell


Sound Engineer - Aaron Walker

Heaven (prod. by EDEN)

ATO - Heights 

Produced by EDEN 

Artwork/ Photography Ewan Waddell

Sound Engineer Jacob Marshall

Heights (prod. by EDEN)

ATO - 94 Dreaming

Produced by EDEN

Artwork: Ewan Waddell/ Photography: Kweku 

Sound Engineer Jacob Marshall

94 Dreaming..

The frame ain’t the same no more is it
I painted this picture and let the words reflect my image
sometimes the truth hurts
like the first line of this verse
I expected too much
thinking there were just like me
i’ve got to start being selfish
helping others left me helpless
where the river
meets the stream
till the sky falls to its knees
& I could sit here for hours 
this perspective 
trespassing thoughts 
behind locked doors
that belong to thrown away keys
you see
needing me or need me not
dictates your smile
falling  into lines like I ain’t heard from you in a while 
I’ll be whoever you want 
providing you put your mind to it
tryna buy my freedom
should it afford my pride 
I wish I could believe you 
but I can’t 
there's too much on my plate
pour me another glass
drowning in these sorrows 
till I found peace with my past
drawn into a world where the flower is defined by the vase   


& that’s young me by the window sill, 
with questions that view can’t answer
guess it’s too, early to say
if what w’eve made are mistakes
You just wanna, lose your mind
to find your soul
I just need to see the world before I call this home 

 
I used to run riot when I was young
confused, tryna distinguish where someone like me belongs
when did i become the man
the cool kid I was never that


when they’ve learnt to love you for all but yourself 
you’re deluded wealth undermines your coming so far 
shattered glass
family portrait suddenly find the present
as we pick the past up
and recall it as heaven
it’s never seemed so insignificant
everything you worked for
too precious to enjoy 
ourselves we avoid 
these thoughts we employ
too much noise 
we just listen for the silence
the sits between the sirens
 
X


& I just found a place that no-one else knows
watch the sky reach till it lets go
I’ve never been afraid to close my eyes before
they’ll paint you how they want to in the end

I knew that you’d show
been caught up where you found me before 
wanna go
somewhere only we would know




You I said thought I told you to stop dreaming
but your reality never gave me the reason
to stop believing 
I chose the darkest path
to emancipate my own feelings 
clouding the vision 
distorting the meaning 
I mean its
clearer now than ever
growing up under pressure 
nothings ever promised 
a slave for the word better …
If you see me you don’t know me 
stop pretending 
you never attended 
not to mention 
I was left to put to bed all of my questions 
but i’ll sleep on it
dream bigger 
new frame of mind
the bigger picture
fingers travel scriptures
till we capsize
I’ma keep running
we sinning
pushed back to the beginning
..the past speaking to me like a family 20 minute visit 

dreamt of this line last night
stood at some height 
over the city, prepared to leave all these memories
behind
compromised by my 
desire to make it all on my own
you’ll begin to sink in when you’re stone..
……….
We we need  a comparative perspective to be free
happy despite all that you haven’t seen
scared to look for answers
coz you know what they might be 
94 Dreaming
still looking for a mirror that I believe in



& I just found a place that no-one else knows
watch the sky reach till it lets go
I’ve never been afraid to close my eyes before
they’ll paint you how they want to in the end

I knew that you’d show
I’ve been caught up where you found me before 
wanna go
somewhere only we could know


when they’ve learnt to love you for all but yourself 
you’re deluded wealth undermines your coming so far 
shattered, glass
family portraits suddenly find the present
as we pick the past up
and recall it as heaven
it’s never seemed so insignificant
everything you worked for
too precious to enjoy 
ourselves we avoid 
these thoughts we employ
too much noise 
we just listen for the silence
the sits between the sirens

94 Dreaming (prod. EDEN)

Prod (EDEN)
Sound Engineer Jacob Marshall
Artwork Ewan Waddell

i used to be a hurricane
tell you how that really feel
show you all that i destroyed
i grew up around the fucking way
i know you ain’t really real
i can feel that when you smile
i don’t care where you’re from 
but what you see when you close your eyes 
strangers used to be your friends
they might still be if you didn’t care
oh, i been here before
had to check myself to make sure

the feeling still pain
my people in a hurry
my people tryna grab at the change
stopped looking both ways
when I saw one side is a mirror
and this world is a stage 
fuck you and your games
are you not entertained 
this was never what i pictured
i’m alone in the frame 
putting people first who couldn’t say my last name
letting people hurt, tryna test my faith like Abe
run gon
tell my brothers run on…
that fight was for me 
i’ma keep moving in my sleep till i wake from this dream…
and reflect what I see

Is she worse for lying
or me for believing
lost genesis, Lord i lost my freedom
grew up in conflict
looking for appeasement
used to draw the light and sell it to the evening 
these days we choose to judge by the preview 
sometimes getting too close
they don’t see you
shame on him for forgetting what we’ve been through…..
shame on me for thinking i need you
find me in the shadows of the city..
sunset falls behind the skyline
carry the words you said to me
incase I’m in need of a lifeline

walk to the end of that thought and press the glass
beyond this life
and over mars
behind the canvas 
that holds the stars
the pale blue dot
that’ll hold your heart
behind the pretty faces
behind the egos 
behind the paper 
and the makeshift
finally find yourself 
and can’t face it
so frustrating
lost conversations
afraid to be wrong 
thats why i never grew
that’s why this for me 
even if i say you 
that’s why this for me even if i say her
that’s why this for me even if i say him
i don’t know why
sometimes i look for your face in the sky 
more time i push them away
i write cos i never used to know how to say it

Chrous 

it’s just how I feel right now
I don’t really know much else
people come and people go
but i need you here i swear


Leaning 
told you that I love you, didn’t mean it 
everybody here wants the feeling 
let it fill the room to the ceiling
no one’s really being, keeping up an appearance 
let down my dearest 
shame it’s what I needed 
took her to the eiffel, tryna change her view
you gave her the city but she looking at you
I’m still tryna know myself
know my path
coz when you lead the way
that journeys dark
I had to shed some light on my past
I had to change the clocks before 
my first alarm , I told them

The last supper
take time, it’s been a cold summer
oh they wanna talk about karma 
how could I wish pain another
this films a thriller
sinners
act as the pillars
looking for my view
brother u aint supposed to miss the end
all the the things that I wrote I writ in pen
you can visit them again and again
so busy talking about me
you abandoned yourself 
it’s just funny that you’d ask me for help
it’s just another story left on the shelf
we so, insecure
look for more 
life’s too short
to step into your 44’s
I mean we’re young
no idea what we’ve got in store
both afraid to write first
till we fade to thoughts

To the end of that thought and press the glass,,,,,
beyond this life
and over mars
behind the canvas 
that holds the stars
the pale blue dot
that’ll hold your heart
behind the pretty faces
behind the egos 
behind the paper 
and the makeshift
finally find yourself 
and can’t face it
so frustrating
lost conversations
afraid to be wrong 
thats why i never grew
that’s why this for me 
even if i say you 
that’s why this for me even if i say her
that’s why this for me even if i say him
i don’t know why
sometimes i look for your face in the sky 
more time i push them away
i write cos i never used to know how to say it

Chorus

Monster (prod. by EDEN)

Prod (EDEN)

Sound Engineer Jacob Marshall

Artwork Ewan Waddell

Man Of The House - Track 5


Chorus -

We used to dance with the devil on a Saturday
Just so we could go and speak to God on a Sunday
You
forMe

Fear 

You were my closest friend
And all I did for you is true 
And I
Let you lie to me
But these walls won’t fall for you


Verse 1 -

To touch the sky 
I’m feeling butterflies
Conflicted by the black and white
Colours what you held inside 
Who am I 
In this world of clones
Living in each others shadows
Afraid to be the person that our youth mourns
I’ve stood here before
And I’ve watched my brothers fall
Their silence speaks volumes
I don’t need to hear anymore 
Lord I just pray for the sake of my family
Still sat by that window sill
In search of your gravity 

Middle 8

I’m feeling more lights are going out
Tell me who you wanna be 
You’re not the person I used to know
But I’m unsure to let you go 

There was some more of the truth 
I didn’t find
And if it’s you then it’s me 
On your side 


Verse 2 -


I’ve seen people change
And walk into different worlds
The past we framed
And left to dust by the window sill
This was never for you 
I wrote this when I was 9 
People fail to see your truths, I see the man beyond the blind 
This pen in my hand 
The shadow of mind
I never envy’d you once
I’m here for what’s mine 
My mum taught me family first
Don’t try and be anyone else
I’m Still the man of that house
God knows my presence is felt

Chorus -

We used to dance with the devil on a Saturday
Just so we could go and speak to God on a Sunday
You 
For Me

Fear 
You were my closest friend
And all I did for you is true 
And I
Let you lie to me
But these walls won’t fall for you

I’m feeling more lights are going out
Tell me who you wanna be 
You’re not the person I used to know
But I’m unsure to let you go 

There was some more of the truth 
I didn’t find
And if it’s you then it’s me 
On your side

Naive (prod by. EDEN)

Prod (EDEN)

Sound Engineer Jacob Marshall

Artwork Ewan Waddell

Man Of The House - Track 9 

Clarity

Talking intentions over actions
brothers trust me with a passion
unafraid to tell them the truth
whatever the repercussions
I’m living for clarity
I’ve been way too close to the edge
to live for a salary
walk the past like a gallery
mothers calling my phone
this bout to be a long call 
get to asking me about women, I can no longer vouch for
thoughts on my mind
let em sink in the wine 
I’m tryna be transparent
you can’t negotiate with time 
I’ma be here for you
that’s a good enough excuse
to embrace the chaos 
that falls below the blue
still love me for my flaws
I fell through yours 
found each other in each other
I’m afraid to give you more
unsure what I believe in
I needed a way to let go of all of my Demons
pursuing love
but still aint found someone to give me reason
to give this up 
I’d never settle for less than the feeling 
I’m dreaming of 

I’m’ keep it the way I wrote it
only authentic 
these questions are cliff hangers
I’ll have to close my eyes 
they listen, they know it’s real
they know how I feel 
sometimes I float in the ink
until these words sink
anxiety’s that I had
made me a stronger man 
looking in your eyes
like a galaxy I understand 
the devils tryna tempt me
but my fathers got a bigger plan 
walking back through your footsteps
to the motherland

Chorus

coz when I feel the first raindrop
I’ma look up , and don’t fade away
and i heard you don’t believe 
in things you used to say 


My feet dangle over my comfort zone
all these rappers clones
hard to see their heart through the façade they feel obliged to show
spend some time up
then I’m low
let the feelings go
she just wanna rush
I move slow
so I’m not involved 
sometimes I’m off then I’m on
but my brothers stay
sometimes I sin
follow faith
but I always pray 
Live like anything can happen, nothing is taken for granted
don’t mean I won’t take a risk
but won’t pick apples in this garden
brothers want it for themselves 
but it’s bigger than me 
I’ll be living for you 
15 consecutive weeks
turning pages that question what you know I’m destined to be
and then I’m back on the music
bars ruthless
straight truth
I’ll draw anyone out when I paint my past in the booth
why are they acting, like I don’t read between lines for a living
I could see the snake in you when it was smiles and finger clicking
my brothers know it’s real
judge a friend by how they moved in the past
intentions glow in the dark

I’m’ keep it the way I wrote it
only authentic 
these questions are cliff hangers
I’ll have to close my eyes 
they listen, they know it’s real
they know how I feel 
sometimes I float in the ink
until these words sink
anxiety’s that I had
made me a stronger man 
looking in your eyes
like a galaxy I understand 
the devils tryna tempt me
but my fathers got a bigger plan 
walking back through your footsteps
to the motherland


Chorus

coz when I feel the first raindrop
I’ma look up , and don’t fade away
and i heard you don’t believe 
in things you used to say

Clarity (prod. by EDEN)

Prod (EDEN)

Artwork Ewan Waddell

Sound Engineer Jacob Marshall

Man Of The House - Tack 10


Through the Eyes of a Hurricane

lights dim
somewhere in the east of the city
these thoughts swim between 
reality and a dream
I just wanna be alone for a minute 
just thinking about how I aint been home for a minute 
thinking like oh my God, this life
she wants more of mine
uh, I guess you weren’t ready for me 
I heard most of my past have gone quiet on me
see drinks with you, became drinks over you
but I think I’m going sober man that shits over due 
Truth is, 
all my brothers with me are some of the realist
fearless clearest minded souls ever untold
You must have been mistaken
Don’t get it fucked up
can’t afford to get It fucked up right now
black and white lenses distort the perspective 
promised my mum I’d be back before the end of this sentence


Chorus

And we’re alright with the darker side
It’s inevitable, waiting for a dream.


I tell my story
how dare you tell it for me
I walked into your world, you watched me leave through the other side
She was wishing for more, Channel & Dior
While I was washing my sins in some Don pernione 
this vertigo got my back against the views
that I grew in a darkroom 
I told you I’d be back before the sunsets
breaking bread with my flat mates
I’m grounded now I’m over that
yeah, and now she wants me back
I guess that’s only right
she only wants a home at the highest heights 
3 and a half thousand miles of perspective 
but still couldn’t outrun the stars grip of the pencil
I can help you to overcome all your fears
let them water fall like your tears
overcome your nightmares for a dream
they say there’s no life in the comfort zone
and no life where the camera goes
so where were you when I was coming up
I took my time and in time I trust
if beauty is pain, art is risk, what does that make love
treading a fine line on my way to God
the path feels straight vertical
follow the skyscrapers to the place that we’ve been dreaming of
I promise I won’t let you fall this time
finally satisfied with everything I’ve left behind

Chorus

And we’re alright with the darker side
It’s inevitable, waiting for a dream

Will you be there when I can see




Extra Notes 

I’ve been rethinking Paris
everything that happened
I feel apprehensive
too reach out
and send my blessings
forget about mishaps
life’s too short
to back track
looked in your eyes
a hand shake 
over prides back I’ve been working hard
in and out of uni 
life’s a movie
i just keep it under wraps
and let the music speak for me

This is a part of me
i never started I’ll l never finish 
probably die
half way through a lyric




We’re all good till our dreams outgrow our friendship
you didn’t share my vision
its fruition blew your mind 
things change over time 
i learnt to embrace that 
i can’t persuade you to be the friend that you were way back 
your mother had my photo on her fridge
all the years we’ve missed
i just text you what’s been good
tryna build a bridge 
but you aint tryna cross 
already crossed me off




when they love you for the cold days
i’m still here like always
so caught up in the life style 
reminiscing on the old days 

we got it like that
we


do you love me do you trust me,
told me you don’t really know home
said it aint the same if I aint there
my room

Through The Eyes Of A Hurricane (prod. by EDEN)

Prod (EDEN)

Artwork:  Ato / Ewan Waddell 

for good

Verse 1

You spoke of how you believed in god but didn’t believe in religion
you saw heaven  in your sons eyes, 
as you closed yours 
I’ve learnt that nothing is mine 
now I’ve soaked up every shore
never felt more alive
my expectations drowned in the tide, 
The dark days aren’t over, 
while you’re looking for closure 
they’re still looking for you
but the darkness might pass over 
if you’re quiet enough;
as it does every night 
as you’re still and watching the world from the outside
I’ve been walking alone for a while
thinking about us
I’ve gone far and afraid to call out 
in case I don’t hear your response 
10 days adrift, wrote a night of clarity
for me, 
feeling invisible as the wind, whispered to the sea,
I See words in your pictures, you see pictures in my words
every perfect moment requires a slight uncertainty  
like my faith 
no person should be alone long enough
to feel the mirror change...
I thought I left my heart back there with you, 
but here it is following me
and I’m ashamed to say it...
as you watched a small city unfold
so behind its ability to think forward, re-opened your mind 
to See God in perfect timing 
your blessing

Chorus

I’ll lose (need) you for the life I’m chasing
I didn’t come back the same
I know it, you know it too
it’s falling so heavy on you lately
head on my chest but you’ve never felt more alone


It takes time to wake up on the right side
oh it’s just a habit i’m breaking for good
It’s just another life fazing - good


Verse 2

I never felt this pressure
like my wings were spreading
I feel no way, feel no way , that’s the devil singing
take your time with me, like it means something
and we can talk for for hours and let time listen

you’re talking about life like you’ve lived forever
she looked into his eyes, until he dreamed about her 
running from something
and mask it as wisdom
but i’ll listen coz i see the truth and in truth..

(Bridge)

it feels nice when you let go
it feels wrong, it feels right
you know some things 
you know some things 

it feels nice when you let go
it feels wrong, it feels right
you know some things 
you know some things 


(Chorus)

I’ll lose (need) you for the life I’m chasing
I didn’t come back the same
I know it, you know it too
it’s falling so heavy on you lately
head on your chest but you’ve never felt more alone


It takes time, to wake up on the right side
oh it’s just a habit i’m breaking for good
It’s just another life fazing - good

for good

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5HtpvoBXiYsaIEWt9aS9QH

Soundcloud (download) : https://soundcloud.com/thisisato

Sound Engineer: Jacob Marshall

Artwork:  Ewan Waddell / Ato

ATO - 2005 (heartache 2018)

Dialogue: 

and you could lose yourself in this world, easy

I don’t want to regret that
we never had a name for anxiety then, you said,
 whatever it was made me, me..
and on our bikes we used to take the shortcut through the graveyard
now i see your father stood talking to you there for hours
and i haven’t asked him how he’s doing
I haven’t visited
coz i don’t know what to say, honestly

Verse 1

writing on a Monday morning 
this week feels like a mountain
while i’m still trying to decide if its best to hide behind my eyelids
and its cold,
when you’re gone you’re cold
his weakness gives you strength
not always for good
drifting into hell
you think i can’t see
it’s over
like my boy from the corner
like mummies corolla
like those nights in paris
rip them off these four walls like posters
wonder if life is about staying true
while watching the sky change on you 
spread your wings or lose your inhibitions for a moment or two 

I’m floating
if we make it through this
we’ll make it through anything
I spent too many night here, twisting and turning
in the corner of a corner
and when the truth capsizes 
will you blame the tide or the timing 
she loves you regardless,
you feel alone in the darkness
in the frame
and if the way forwards is backwards
back down those country lanes
back staring through that window pane
while the sun sets on all we made
the bigger picture’s what we ran through and chose to leave behind
frustrating how the truth was the intention behind our divide





Chorus

Coz she’s got lots of love
and she’s staring at you in the dark
she got lots of words that’ve been tearing you apart

welcome to the end of the place you call home
made hell for the highs, to try and fall through a moment

your faithful eyes,
I just want to trust like you do 
maybe I could stay there with you
The world looks so unkind from up here though
Hero


Verse 2

These hands are trembling
that word was heaven sent
I smashed this mirror
in one moment i reached for everything i’d ever felt
these conversations
where we prioritise listening
until our words are genuine and relevant
still caught between two worlds that raised me and framed my ambivalence
i still need that first line of space
repeated by a stranger 
I can’t confide in those too close who treat help as if it were a favour 
he’s outgrowing expectations and familiar faces
witnessed you throw him to the waves just to try save him while he was drowning


I’m floating
if we make it through this
we’ll make it through anything
I spent too many night here twisting and turning
in the corner of a corner
and when the truth capsizes 
will you blame the tide or the timing 
you love her, regardless
you feel alone in the darkness
in the frame
and if the way forwards is backwards
back down those country lanes
back staring through that window pane
while the sun sets on all we made
the bigger picture’s what we ran through and chose to leave behind
frustrating how the truth was the intention was behind our divide



Bridge 

I fall through,
it feels like you,
everything,
you

feel



Chorus

Coz she’s got lots of love
and she’s staring at you in the dark
she got lots of words that’ve been tearing you apart

welcome to the end of the place you call home
made hell for the highs, to try and fall through a moment

your faithful eyes,
I just want to trust like you do 
maybe I could stay there with you
The world looks so unkind from up here though
Hero

2005

still.running by ATO

produced by EDEN

Sound Engineer: Jacob Marshall

Artwork: Phie Beckett Stenbaek





EP3 available on all platforms: ftrbnd.co/ato-EP3

Uh 
My heart, yearns for escape 
I spoke my truth, until it turned me away
You’re talking about some feelings you’ve been holding for months
Had me question myself, and had me question your trust


I took a prick from that rose
These words got me thinking about the nights we were close
They wanna hear me rap from the depths of my soul 
But I’m about to blow a bag and fill it with clothes 

I heard they looking for that new ambition
Well all my brothers in the new editions
Stepping out, you looking at us different 
Louis Vuitton, he wants some new religions

I paint this world black from the inside 
They just want to hear this from the inside
More life, more lights, feel the moment, if I try
I aint feeling myself, 
Till we make it two five.

I’m fine, I’m nice like that
You know those nights like that
You feel those blinds go back 
You feel the lights go black 

You know those nights like that 
I get those nikes like that 
Feel God on nights like this
I need those nights like that 



I got the feelings, that I know how you feel like
I’ma take a trip, but I’ll be yours for the meanwhile 
Fallen out of love, two times
But that’s alright
We can go all night, no lie





Chorus x2

And Its ok I don’t mind
You can’t hit the rewind
Fallen bout 4 or 5 times
I’m still running away from it

Sundown

It’s ok, I don’t mind
You can’t hit the rewind
Fallen bout 4 or 5 times
I’m still running away



Verse 2

30 floors, the closest edge 
Take in this city, 
Hold my breath

Breaking family ties
How many times, we gon lose this light 
Give me a sign, feeling the pressure rise
Through this breeze
Held up the sky, still found strength to believe
Should have been my big brother, but he looked over me

How should I feel about the way that ended
Guess If my brother said it, 
I shouldn’t second guess it?
 

I’m tryna reimagine God like Nietzsche
I lost my way, to find my only believer 
The music just a vehicle for my subconscious 
My mother says she love when my smile frames my demeanour 


I’m fine, I’m nice like that
You know those nights like that
You feel those blinds go back 
You feel the lights go black 

You know those nights like that   
I get those nikes like that
Feel God on nights like this
I need those nights like that 
  x4



Pre Chorus 

I got the feeling, that I know how you feel like
I’ma take a trip, but I’ll be yours for the meanwhile 
Fallen out of love, two times
But that’s alright
We can go all night, no lie 


Chorus x2

And It’s ok, I don’t mind
You can’t hit the rewind
Fallen bout 4 or 5 times
I’m still running away from it 

Sundown

It’s ok, I don’t mind
You can’t hit the rewind
Fallen bout 4 or 5 times
I’m still running away

still.running

24 by ATO

Produced by EDEN

Artwork: Phie Beckett Stenbaek

EP3 available on all platforms : ftrbnd.co/ato-EP3

Verse 1

Breathe deep it aint what you want 
Next episode goes lights out
Gonna see these stars appear
Coming up 
Walking back, I know it’s not burning
My lungs collapsing 
So what I got to fear 

Now it’s done



Hook

The surface I can see the surface from here 
24 and checking off

What the fuck I need a minute for
My brothers back tonight though
Right right right yeah


I was waiting for you right here





Verse 2

Yo, uh 

Under this weight that you feel 
A shadow of guilt until 
You’re ready to
(As the sun sets over us all)
Swallow this pill 
I take too many and feel
Like, 
It’s 
nothing 

I’m drowning in this water, supposed to make it fall easy
Keep going 
And you’ll see me 
Through the crowds
an island
We’re all falling for something
You could, could have been mine
Still looking for the past in the … full of… 


Say they’ve lived their best days 
Must be too afraid
I put a flower in this vase
Hope it rains today

Looking at me like I’m nothing
Till that second keeps falling
My footsteps echo
Into your memory



Hook

The surface I can see the surface from here 
24, and checking off
What the fuck I need a minute for
My brothers back tonight though 
Right, right, right yeah


I was waiting for you right here





Verse 3

I put this all in the open
Stand where you want to
I pay for the ceremony
I payed for that smile too
They’re gonna like me
you know you’re letting go now
You’re gonna love me
You know I gotta go know
Tell him the truth
If he don’t remember…

I found my voice in this echo chamber
Fuck your help 
I don’t want no favours
Not now, we’ll talk about it later 
Claustrophobic zooming out, major
They aint seen it like this, when the lights fade in
Bad news coming in, I couldn’t take no time
My two worlds collide, the silence to sirens
Sirens to silence
You in my city but it’s just bad timing
There’s a party tomorrow and you just might find it
Text me in the morning say it just feels different
Too busy, I missed it
But we good right (Good right)
Promised I’ll be thinking ‘bout you all night
Change flight stay or go
Go or stay 
This shit doesn’t have no name
So if I see you in the morning we won’t know what to say



Hook

The surface I can see the surface from here 
24, and checking off
What the fuck I need a minute for
My brothers back tonight though 
Right, right, right yeah


I was waiting for you right here







Outro

If I let reality set in now
I might have to drown in everything they offer me and Iii
I’m running late Can you pick me up….

(Pick me up) deep slowed down voice

space to by ATO

Produced by EDEN

EP3 available on all platforms: ftrbnd.co/ato-EP3

Lyrics

Uh’ Waste time
The time’s never right 
The Pink like, speed light 
Crash 25 
Had me think twice
In this black, white
Rewind silence echos to our last night
Watch the sky fall
Drown in the city of sin
The devil sleeps light where the river bends
Tried to hold My breath, you brought up 94 
Pulling off the M way - kicking out the doors 
-
Skate all these walls and these ceilings you brining 
I feel these people wanna try and take the light out of me 
Take The dark out of me
I’m so alive, made you feel alive
You cant define me

Hook - 

All sold out of paradise
You should have stuck around 
And the sun don’t set on the rest of us
Heard you got to thinking you’re GOD now
Poor soul
I pour that shit all over the ace

Verse 2 
This time was too close
Now we’re both unafraid to lose it all
My head light, feel the lights going
She loved you but couldn’t see where the light falls 
Follow the blue
Time, blue 
Her world upside down tryna shake the truth 
Feel a wave, waves
It’s the same, same 
Will I ever change

Burning through this paper 
I make it all back later 
I’ll turn out just like you
Before it’s done we should make up

Oh GOD DAMN
From the day, from the jump, from the outside.
Been some outliers, raised in the riots
Heard they looking for something
nothing or something 
Are you here for the Truman show
This way for.. 

pre-chorus 
I Skate all these walls and these ceilings you brining 
I feel these people wanna try and take the light out of me 
Take The dark out of me
so alive, made them feel alive
They can’t hold me if I lose myself 
How far the fuel goes
I keep the lights low 
Follow the white lines 
Through the dark night
Into the devils eyes 
Shadow the moon light
Good morning 

Hook

All sold out of paradise
You should have stuck around 
And the sun don’t set on the rest of us
Heard you got to thinking you’re GOD now
Poor soul
I pour that shit all over the ace

Like huh
Who do you think are 
Passenger side of a fast cat
Half way between two worlds

Verse 3 
Used to be scared of the blue 
Like I was falling through 
Now I’m just numb to the pain 
Sometimes I wonder if I’m losing myself
But tell me what’s to lose 
When my wrist is on loop
Take time, 
Don’t move 
And watch it all rush back 

Guess this is who I’m gonna be
Everything barely underneath my feet,
You used to tell me Ato just breathe 
I tried to get off the train while it was moving

Looked in my eyes, couldn’t see what I see
Embarrassed of how I feel
Such a big deal
All in my head
Like what even is the truth

...Right right now, 
Right now, 
Right,right now,
Right now
Right,right now,
Right now
Right,right now
Right now...

space to

Falling ft. Vic Mensa 

Produced by EDEN

EP3 available on all platforms: ftrbnd.co/ato-EP3

Lyrics

Yo,
Two piece running off the neck yeah
Those some wild nights running up in west yeah
Fuck the talk I’m just tryna see the net yeah
In the dark boy there’s a lot of noise here
Yeah the rose Gold come in so clean what’s the time
On my third eye coz they wanna scheme on a guy 
Lifetime, and i dot my I’s cross my T’s
Lay low, touch notting hill with my G’s



Falling tonight
Shit ain’t perfect but i’m fine
You can kill the bright lights for the night
Wonder if it’s all just in my head 

And the sunset’s, quite red
I can already feel tomorrow on my neck
She don’t know why I’m tripping and neither do I
Drink until we sinking and I hand you my mind


Verse 1 (Vic Mensa)

2am and I just got to East on Shoreditch High Street
We outside the Ace like I’m on broadway with my posse
Black Tesla, so i don’t need a driver
We fucking on the m1, that’s what i call a rider
If shawty look like Winnie, I save her like Macgyver
The double F is Fendi
The double G is me
And she know my dick notorious, shit is BIG
I can make you famous I call TMZ
She in pretty little thing, looking like a PYT
Kris Kites Jesus chain looking like the GOD
God damn what’s that, sending photos on Whatsapp 
Shawty caught me slipping, got me falling for a thirst trap 


Falling tonight
Shit ain’t perfect but I’m fine
You can kill the bright lights for the night
Wonder if it’s all just in my head 

And the sunset’s quite red
I can already feel tomorrow on my neck
She don’t know why I’m tripping and neither do I
Drink until we sinking and I hand you my mind


Verse 2

Mirror flip the light
Feel the moment swinging
Dripping
Flying or I’m falling
Depend on where you’re sitting
I ain’t saying much
When the beat cut
Keep my eyes closed
We’re going all or nothing 
Under pass 
Drown, switching lanes, pushing 95
The sky bleeding by design on my Dev Hynes
Make a left, pull the light, hit the side street
Couldn’t stop for the night, moving light speed
I don’t take advice, when the stakes high
If I get it then it’s mine and I split it twice
What you running from
Is where you’re running to
Boy if you cross the line know I’ma have to pull you back 
Yeah, that’s how I was raised it’s a fact
Left foot in the white
Right foot in the Black


Outro:

This life is lonely if you give it your all
They can’t feel this moment like you want them to
The unknown makes you feel small
What you’re running from is what you’re running to
And she chasing the sunset
Left me in the darkness
How could I forget
Girl you’re still my friend


SICKKKKKK

falling (feat. Vic Mensa)

no.nu.messages

Produced by EDEN

EP3 available on all platforms: ftrbnd.co/ato-EP3

Lyrics

I told you that we’re done, staring at the ceiling from the sky
You forced it out of me, this went much better in my..
I like to be alone
Too much
Some would say 
Voices in my head, running relay
Mood Moving like, a ballet duet
Beautiful for you I reckon …
Beautiful for you I reckon

Watching till the concrete sets in…



I used to want it all
I laugh about it now
Scared to lose the light when it’s fading
Now I dance in the darkness,
Can’t you see me I’m up (I’m up)
Watch you fade away
The fuck I’m reaching for when it stays here
Minutes from nowhere

Uhhh…




For now, you’re feeling waves
Look, no nothing’s saved
Still I’m losing time
Keep tryna hit play
Felt light climbing
Capsizing
Dark shadows on my silver lining
Just me now
I turn away from
Fuck I’m selfish init
I know you think it
But still you 
Fell for me, fell for me, fell for me 
I got nothing else, but you’re still with me, still with me, still with me
Heard that a boy drowned …..
Screamed it all but no sound
Hit something must be the ground
I’m Falling through and I’m jaded…
Blue lights but they’re late
Eyes glazed, I won’t change
Walk through myself in this maze
How did you get here, I’m amazed


Said it at the same time 
Running on some lost time 
Pushing through the headlights

Who you gonna be now…

I be making waves, as I’m reaching for the next sky
Everything, everything I done prayed 
She could never see it in the same light
I’ma stay here til the sun up, 
I’ma be here one more night
Ain’t breathed out in a couple years, 
and I’m finna move back to the west side 
She gone play like it ain’t me
The silence heavy till we catch eye
Need to keep going till I’m back home
Until I start thinking about next time

Next time….









Yo
Thing is I don’t really care that much anymore
Don’t swear that much anymore 
Don’t text back much anymore 
I’m Just calm, don’t really care for
Anything much
I let it fall
I turn around, 
It’s all behind glass 
What’s even yours
She say she mine 
I’ve heard that all before 

Your words perfectly chosen
You were so closed 
You were open to me
Lights off but it’s open 
That long hall 
To the trenches
Sky falls
And I bench it ………

I don’t really care that much anymore
Don’t swear that much anymore 
Don’t text back much anymore 

I’m Just calm, don’t really care for
Nothing much, I let it fall
I turn around, 
It’s all behind glass 
Watch it fall (What?)
What’s even yours 

Yours words perfectly chosen
You were so closed 
You were open to me
lights off but it’s open 
that long hall 
To the trenches
The sky falls
And I bench it ………

Sky falls and I bench it






Pushed you away and blame you
What an easy lie
Zoomed out to the truth
Don’t believe what u hear
Walls closing in on this booth

no.nu.messages

family first out now ftrbnd.co/famfirst


produced by EDEN 
engineer: Jacob Marshall 
artwork: Jon Ng & Ato

 

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LYRICS:

On days when you feel like
It’s me, won’t you say hi
Won’t play with you meanwhile
It all fades, can we re start

All I feel
Can you feel it too
All I am


Yo Beautiful, how could you feel alone
Truth be told, I love you more than anything I’ve ever known
Through the storm, 
Bridges burnt
And kept us warm in the cold
I grew up travelling this globe, you’ve been my only home
Boy I jumped, woke up flying
Blinded by the lights 
If I’m gone for a while
It’s because I’m changing your life 
Brush off the frame, still I’m blessed
I give no fucks for the rest 
I’ve got a show tonight
Flying through the voice in my head 
No longer look to the skies
Lost in the hustle and bustle 
Uniting over the heavens
But we fighting over the struggle
New love rise then it fall
I’m keeping my circle small 
Split Amaretto with mum
And we let that talk
I’m caught up in the present, forgot the strength of my past
Had to stop, watch this shadow of mind pass over my heart
So dark it shines forever
my phone dead, while I’m stringing all these sentences together. 
Got to thinking ‘bout my brother
I’m losing bare sleep over anxiety pains
Watching my friends getting pulled into different frames 
I’ll get you next time
I put that on my whole life 
The train passed as the night burned
I wonder, who was that girl




On days when you feel like
It’s me, won’t you say hi
Won’t play with you meanwhile
It all fades, can we re start

All I feel
Can you feel it too
All I am


Feel the lie
When you're on the slide
Won’t  you take your time
Won’t you make it right
Don’t wanna make it ghost
So you won’t say that 

And I’m falling away
One day I’ll be strong
Always seem to get small things so fucking wrong
This, will be alright when you frame it
I’ll go
Give me a lie
For when I’m lying awake
The feelings I have they can’t make you stay
This, will be alright when you frame it
I’ll go
You stay
On the right side , 
of the wrong time
--
On days when you feel like
It’s me, won’t you say hi
Won’t play with you meanwhile
It all fades, can we re start
All I feel
Can you feel it too
All I am
And it’s all I owe you
Can you feel it broken, two

family first

Thank you 

Yours Now is out now ftrbnd.co/nwt-ato 

Artist: ATO
Production: EDEN 
Engineering: Jacob Marshall 
Art direction:  Ato Alexander, Jonathon Ng, Joe Mortimer
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Lyrics:

today i’m listening to Macy Gray 
and Billie Holiday, 
Miles Davis and John Coltrane
tryna reminisce on the days i would take a train to my fathers place
a few panic attacks away
life is a circle and i used to run it
been round it enough, to light it then smoke it up
got me coughing coz i don’t do this shit a lot
these clothes are old but my trainers the latest drop
Schmitt, Lenin on my bedside and Malcolm X
Ewan just sent me The Alchemist, that’s next 
my girl’s here quite often these days
that’s a new picture for a frame, while the frame gets bigger then smaller
that’s my little brother in the corner
he don’t look like me but he’s like me 
says a lot about the world if you ask me
I’d give him the world if he asked me 
in this black and white work he does’t read into colours
in his colouring book they all compliment each other  
I learn more from him than from anyone else
not to question the world but let it question me 
we should all try and listen to the simplest minds,
for more times they see more than we do 
blinded by the lies that are designed to deceive you 
I want to mediate and reason with evil
I heard you’re forcing a reason for why we’re not talking
but that’s not the truth
some things are better let goand better unsaid 
I’ll shake your hand and wish you the best

I’m waking up to a sunset
and fall asleep to a drunk text 

I’m proud of you is what my mum said 
I love you is what my dad said

yo, those are the words I need,
they feel like a breeze
they let your son breathe  


feel the gas from the stove 
hear the cars fill the roads
finally alone 
step out of your clone
throw it in the washing machine and watch it go
it will be dry by tomorrow my bro
an old space
my suitcase in the middle
these four walls, tell you how well they listen 
window that talked to me and taught me things
it ain’t much but it’s everything 



there’s an art to honesty
let truth slide off either side before it gets on top of me
truth is, all of this shit’s beyond my control
until I start giving it thought and let it go 
men have tried to pierce this question we’re in
only sadness has shown them where a next world begins 
so I stop asking questions and let life ask them 
fall back as these walls begin to darken 

Good morning, 
it’s beautiful this morning 
sun shines through the window I left open 
travels up these walls that got to know me
I’ll answer all the questions that you show me
I leant on you 
til you were bruised too
that’s why I should have never let those other walls go
I leant on you until you shrugged me off
that’s why I should have never let those other walls go

I grew up so well with my mother
I would have never had it any other
I’m still laid here reminiscing 
me holding your forced hand that forced all the difference
I miss your cooking
I miss just chilling
talk feelings 
in our house we had no ceilings
just give me the time and the place 
and we’ll recreate it
today we got to talking about philosophy
and the human passion for action
the desire to take one step forwards 
despite inevitably taking two steps backwards
we’re too deep, to know which way the waves go
as your words ring around my head like a halo
pull up to the station
asking when you’ll see me again
and I said you’ll always be my best friend..

feel the gas from the stove 
hear the cars fill the roads
finally alone 
step out of your clone
throw it in the washing machine and let it go
it will be dry in an hour or so
a new space
my suitcase in the middle
these four walls, wonder how well they’ll listen 
window that’ll talk to me and teach me things
it ain’t much but it’s everything

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