Picture yourself soaking up the sun on a tropical island with a drink in hand staring into the ocean. Those kinds of moments helped me write this song. Traveling has inspired me in so many ways that it pushes me to create and explore more within myself and the world around me. Searching for a new perspective and breaking out of my comfort zone led me to build great friendships and unforgettable experiences. Being around different cultures helped me learn more about myself and helped develop skills I didn’t know I had. Being in a different country you’re not familiar with is scary but also exciting! Challenging yet adventurous you’d be surprised in what traveling can do for you. If you have the time and can make it happen I suggest you try it and see how beautiful life on this planet can be. 

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Foreign Friends

Foreign Friends (prod. Fig Karl)

I used to always count myself out before giving myself a chance. Like I wasn’t good enough or I couldn’t compare to somebody that is already good at that specific interest. Little did I forget, that it takes consistency and determination to be able to be confident and prepared for whatever it is that you would like to be good at it. For me, that’s music. At least rapping. I always knew I could be decent at rapping but now I know I can be great. I know I can make dope music and be able to spread a message the way I want to. It’s hard for me to speak to you in person but over instrumentation anything is possible(shoutout KG). Know matter how hard it gets or what bad situation I come across, I have to fight my way out of it.

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Back Against The Wall

I’m assuming that most of us faced some kind of hardship in our lives that changed us in some kind of way. Hopefully for the better but that’s not always the case. I am extremely grateful for the family and friends I have and the roof over my head. I can’t imagine some of the hardships people out here have to endure and the difficulties that follow. My parents showed me a lot about pushing through hardships during my childhood. I was too young to realize but looking back now I praise them for what they had to to do to keep us healthy and safe.

I wrote this song for people who are feeling adversity, self-doubt, deprived, weak, unmotivated, even alone. You can endure hardships and come out stronger in the end afterwards. Never feel like it’s the end but only the beginning. Each problem we conquer we only strengthen the mind and prepare ourselves for whatever gets thrown our way. Keep pushing and never quit. Hardships are a part of life that we face but it’s up to you to take them head on.

Hardships

This is the follow up to my previous project "A Week In 2019".

(ALL SONGS WERE MADE IN 2020)

This is the aftermath of my solo trip to Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It explains the pain, vices, relationships, and memories I went through to be able to share with the world. It was a quick trip that taught me so much of myself it was hard to accept it. I had a plan to travel 4-8 months overseas at the end of 2019 and hopefully find a job over there. No specific plan in mind but to try something different and live a life I never imagined. Thanks to a motorbike accident, i had to come back to America to get surgery and that was the beginning of Covid(as far as I knew). Covid was the icing on the cake to the injury so with that being said "Insult 2 injury" was created.

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GAS/NIAGARA FALLS

This song means a lot to me because for those of you who don’t know my man tyrel has been behind the scenes making beats low key. He’s been working on his craft and it’s time for me to show off one of the beats he created. As soon as I heard it I already had an idea of where I would take it. I felt inspired and motivated to grow as an artist and be able to express the hunger I have for financial freedom. I don’t even need to be rich. I just wanna be comfortable you feel me? That’s why I work hard at whatever job I do. I appreciate the hustle that earns you the reward. They say “money doesn’t buy happiness” but dammit I’ll make sure it does for me. So much shit I wanna do in this world and I need cash to do it. That’s reality. Whether I’m rich or not my life will still go on until it doesn’t. But while I’m here the dream is to one day do what I love and get paid for it. I’ll take it in dollars, coins, foreign, idgad! Neither should you. Let’s get this money and keep on the grind for what we want in this life. I don’t need it fast but everyday I’m tryna get this cash 😎 Either way my new song “Cash” is out now y’all! Go run that up for me and share it with everyone you know! Thank you guys for your support as always 🙏🏾

Cash

Preach

Feels good to finally get this song out. Made it last year but wanted to wait til the right time to drop it. Timing is "errythang" you feel me haha. But when I wrote this song I wanted it to be about expressing the feeling of being content. The feeling of taking a bite of something you've been craving for a long time. This is a new song that I wanted to drop for the summer because it's so fire to me. This is one of my favorites because it reminds me that I don't need much to be satisfied. As long as I'm doing what makes me feel good and pushes me to become a better human being I can't complain. Thank you to all whose been supporting me throughout this journey and I hope you enjoy this new track!

Erryhang

Errythang

Don't let the stains fool you. It only shows the wear and tear that comes from the hard work being put in. This song has a soulful sample to make you feel uplifted and I wanted to rap about perseverance and conquering your short and long term goals. For me, making music is worth the time of my day to express myself creatively. The more I create, the more experienced i will become. 

Thank you for listening.

Deodorant Stains

Crazy how everyday we wake up and we never know what the day will bring. We can have some idea for when we plan ahead of events but we don’t know how the outcome will always be. Whether good or bad each experience throughout the day develops us into who we are. Our character defines who we are by how we handle situations. We all have our own path in life and whatever lessons we learn on this journey I hope we all grow into better people. Most of us have the opportunity to make mistakes and be forgiven. We’re not perfect but how you act after is what shows who you truly are.

Life Lessons

Tomorrow will show the choices we make today, so I’m always striving for better

Tomorrow

Ahhhh, MaryJane, what would my creativity and mind do without you? A question I'll never get an answer to but what I do know is that it has helped me develop for the better in so many ways. I talk about smoking in my music constantly so this can't be anything new but I want to give insight into what it has done for me. To each their own, if you do or don't, I'm cool either way. I wanted to show my experiences and help it brings me. Everyone has their own vice, this is mine and I'm thankful for its benefit. If you know you know!

Roll It Up

Life can be overwhelming at times. It's easy to give up and feel like failure is the best option. I had to teach myself that when life isn't going how I'd like it to then I have to figure out what I need to do to fix that if possible. Each person has gone through certain experiences that has been shared to the world or kept trapped inside forever. If stress and trauma is left to build up inside of you eventually it's going to come out. That's why I wrote this song. I wanted to show it's okay to let go and free yourself from the negativity. It's okay to cry. It's okay to be alone and try and figure out how to maneuver through life while dealing with past and possible future traumas. That's the crazy thing about life is we don't know what will happen to us each day we wake up. So I try not to dwell on what can't be changed and focus on what can. Even if i need to shed some tears in order to be more level-headed then so be it. I hope this song can help someone in anyway possible. Thanks for listening.

Rain

Nothing feels better to me than peace and quiet. I don't get it for too long so once I have it I take advantage and become one with the moment. Truthfully, I cant stand being on my phone for more than 5 minutes. I feel like any longer than that then I'm trapped inside a void that I can't get out of. So to avoid the temptation I find somewhere to ease my mind and let me see life for what it is. I hope when you hear this you can relate with the calmness I treasure. I don't need to be alone forever. Just at some point let me soak in tranquility.

Tranquility

How many of you hate the feeling of getting screwed over? Could be by friends, taxes, school, work, relationships etc. Yeah it’s no fun is it?! When I wrote this song I felt like the universe was having it’s way with me. Getting screwed over left and right, felt like I couldn’t get out of whatever it was. Frustration built and the only thing I knew I could do was express myself creatively and try to put you guys in my head. Express my thoughts and get you guys to feel where I’m coming from. So with infinite ways of getting screwed over I came up with the title “Nympho”.

Nympho

Feels like a blur the last 2 years. Truthfully, the last four years for me flew by so fast it’s hard for me to remember what I was even doing with my life each year. Of course there were plenty of ups and downs but I was going through it just like everyone else. I came across this song I made in 2022 and it brought back memories I thought were long gone. Listening to it makes me laugh because I remember how frustrated I was for catching covid and being locked inside. It was crazy to me thinking how it all started and the destruction it caused. I remember feeling lucky that I made it so long without catching it and then BAM! I should’ve known.. “Now look at me, stuck in my room, shoving nasal swabs to my brain.” But its cool. We made it out (for now). Now I listen to this song and reflect. Realizing I can’t control what I can’t control. I need to live more in the present and not the future. Was 2022 crazy for you?

2022

One of my favorite songs I've done so far. Enjoy!

M.S.D

This song goes out to the people that constantly talk about irrelevant shit. I can only say one thing...

IDGAD

Hello ft. Fig Karl (prod. Fig Karl)

Me And My Pops feat. Fig Karl

"feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment"

Comfort (prod. Fig Karl)

GREEN (Prod. Fig Karl)

We Stay High

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Puff, Puff, Pass

Love Me (prod. Fig Karl)

Chillin in Phuket, Thailand, with my feet up by the beach enjoying life. Nothing but warm weather, ocean waves, and beautiful women around me. Life was pretty much perfect at that moment. Had to express the feeling.

Long Island Iced Tea

A song about life that shows the good and the bad that comes with it. Problems we all face everyday but who of us is willing to keep fighting and changing are lives for the better? Know matter how hard life gets you have to have dreams and goals to continue to strive and be better than you were yesterday.

Someday

Someday (prod. Fig Karl)

A Week In 2019 isn’t just about my life. It’s about my life and the people that’s close to me. I needed this project to be about what and who is important in my life. I wanted it to be in-house and use only my friends and I to come up with an idea that could explain the journey I was on. I wanted us to come together and create something that could give people an understanding of our conversations, stresses, relationship battles, jobs, and most importantly our lives. I remember when I wrote my first rap in Foot Locker as a joke, I spit it to some coworkers to see what they thought. It wasnt good I’m sure but they told me if I kept working at it I had potential. Ever since then I never stopped working at it and kept creating songs trying to figure out my sound and studying all sorts of rappers to gain some sort of insight to the game. It’s way more technical than people realize and it took me years of practice for me to feel like I was confident in my writing ability. With this being my first project I put out it is important to me and I know that it’s still not perfect. I did my best with these songs and still have so much more growth ahead of me. Thank you all for your support and every ear that soaks in each song.

Monday

My first single of 2021. Song is about perseverance, determination, self-confidence, exploration, and remembering to be the best version of yourself. Im coming full force and ready to start this year off right.

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Mike T

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