Les Sunlights des tropiques (piano cover)

This song is about ambition and pursuing dreams. It’s the feeling you get when you love something so much, that you pursue it with passion. 
In my case it’s my love for creating Music.

Lyrics 

It is the sun 
On a rainy day 
Just one smile 
Troubles fade away 
And all that can remain
Is love love love 

It is the breath
Inside my lungs 
Its every song 
I’ve ever sung 
Cannot be outdone 
It’s love love love 

Pre Chorus 

I could wait all day stay up all night 
Just to hope for a reply
The hours gone by
My heads up in the sky 
With every day I want it more 
That’s what I’m living for 
It’s everything 
Everything 
Everything and more 

Chorus 

Ooh ooh ooh
It’s everything and more 
More than I could ever 
Ever ask for 
Ooh ooh ooh
Its’s everything and more 
More than I could ever 
Ever ask for 

Verse 2

It is a flower 
Full in bloom 
With just one look
I am consumed 
Oh I am consumed 
By love love love 

It is the spark 
That ignites a fire 
The object of my full desire 
And I will never tire 
It’s love love love 

Pre Chorus 

I could wait all day stay up all night 
Just to hope for a reply
The hours gone by
My heads up in the sky 
With every day I love it more 
That’s what I’m living for 
It’s everything 
Everything 
Everything and more 

Chorus 

Ooh ooh ooh
It’s everything and more 
More than I could ever 
Ever ask for 
Ooh ooh ooh
It’s everything and more 
More than I could ever 
Ever ask for

Everything and more (Out Now)

Sing Our Souls

I created this song at home with a MacBook and Keyboard. No professional equipment. I wanted to show the real side to my music; which is just lots of practicing and coming up with ideas in my bedroom! The music is totally authentic and true (it’s just as I sang it on the day, without production) therefore it has a raw feel to it. 
It tells the story of saying goodbye to someone who no longer makes you happy, even though you still care about them.
It's about making the right decision even if it feels painful.
#resilience #storiesmatter

Crater (Lyrics) 

I keep on wondering if you hadn’t left me
Just keep thinking how alone l’d not be 
I’m just waiting (waiting) for a sign 

I didn’t stop you 
I didn’t wanna make a fuss 
You didn’t even try to discuss 
I guess it’s over 
You’re gone (you’re gone) 

You went away I didn’t stop you 
Didn’t make you stay 
I was just sad because 
I never thought you’d treat me this way 
But you did 
And now you’re gone 

Right from the start
It was you all along (you left a crater) 
That’s why it’s here you belong (you left a crater) 
There could’ve been an us 
But you didn’t have the guts 
To show (you left a crater) 
You left a crater 

And I wonder if you’re ever gonna come back 
And you really never let me down 
And I really thought you’d make me proud 
But I guess that’s not the way things are 
I would never dare 
Leave without saying a word 
You didn’t even care 
I would never do such a thing (You left a crater)

Crater (Snippet)

Molly's Straitjacket

Freestyled, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc and Cozmo Jethro.
Scratching by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by DJ Ibewitwisdom. 

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Yo, yo Cozmo, this, this movie crazy.
Yo, what the fuck is this?
Turn this shit off!

Hey huh, let them know now.
Yo Cozmo, let let them know now.
I will.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Listen up yall.
Might ruffle some feathers with this one here.
Might loose some followers but I don’t care.
That Ai music shit is everywhere.
If you use it please notate it when you share.

My introduction to it was a rude awakening.
Don’t get me wrong, yo, I’m not hatin.
I wish no ill will on anyone here. 
Ai artist tricked me to recording with her.

Naïve to AI music proliferation.
Found a female emcee who was fascinating.
Thought she could rap and sing and create the beat.
She was passin Ai music off as her own shiiittt.

So I collabed with her, thought we created something dope.
I loved the track, was like damn, that’s phat.
My friend heard it and showed me the ways.
He was like, yo, that girl’s usin Ai all day.

He took our lyrics and the ones that I wrote,
Plugged em into Suno, what came out? You know.
A different track with her voice to a Tee.
Realized I’d been scammed by Ai artistry.
I’ve used a little myself to create celebrity voices.
Snoop, Eminem, Bart, and Homer.

I notated that in the liner notes.
I keep it completely honest, yo.
So if you’re using Ai lyrics, please notate.
You’re not foolin anyone anymore, don’t be fake.

Me and Nasty go hard, always keepin it real.
Always, yea, the real deal.

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.
(Fuck that Ai.)
If you don’t know, now you know. (yup yup)
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.
(Take it Nasty)

(Nasty Tha Mc)
I’m just that brother with that kung fu grip.
Hold the mic, no doubt and never let it slip.
Wi what, wack emcees, o my to shreds, 
oh yea while I emcee.

Proper, to the beat oh yea.
Like nobody in business oh yea.
I’m just that man like macho, oh yea.
I’m doin my thing, I’m a savage oh yea.

Don’t hate on a bro
Yea, cause I’m doin what it do ayo (ayo)
Magnificent what I is.
And if you don’t know now you know you stupid bitch (oh shit).

(Nasty Tha Mc)
If you don’t know, now you know.
If you don’t know, now you know.
Shut up and listen, shut up and listen. Shut up and listen.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Nasty, like no one in the biz.
And me, huh huh, just doin what it is.
Keep it real yall, lay off the Ai.
If ya gotta use it, notate it ayyyy.

Keep It Real (feat. Nasty Tha Mc)

Written and performed by (in order of appearance) Jed Lapp, Jennifer Hill, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Ralph Matamoros, Amber Lapp, Adam Putnam, Amy Henry, Elle Roach, Forbes Lapp, Carol Lapp, Tristan Paris, DJ Real.

Chorus sung by Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Jed Lapp, Elle Roach, Tristan Paris. 

Produced, mixed and masterd by Jed Lapp using Casio XW-P1 keyboard. Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX turntables. Akai XR20 Drum Machine. Korg Electribe Sampler and a shaker. 

Album art picture of Christina Matamoros-Lapp taken by Jed Lapp, February 2025.

Christina's Birthday Jam 2 (feat. 11 friends and family)

A New Me

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Cozmo Jethro and Nasty Tha Mc https://soundcloud.com/nasty_tha_mc
Beat by Villatic https://soundcloud.com/villatic, remixed by Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro.

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Funky bass, funky! Mo fire, ha ha ha ha.
Ha ha, yo Nasty, we been collabin all summer, man.
Fo real though, fo real. And it’s just the beginning.
Yea, we got songs that we haven’t realeased yet.
Shiiit, we got songs that are so dope. (fire). 
We may never release em at all. (straight fire) Just too hype. (fire)

(Cozmo Jethro)
A couple years ago.
We collabed on a couple of tracks. Yo.
Huh, this summer we were back back back back b b b b back.

It started out with “That Summer Vibe”.
As we both started feelin the hype.
So we decided to rock again.
Yea we were on a roll “Wreckin Shop”.

So we were like, yo, let’s not stop.
We kept rockin and rockin the spot.
We came up with a “Master Plan”.
Shit was too hype, not releasing that, damn!

Then Nasty was like, Yo “You Hear Me Now?”
Shit was dope, piggidy pow!
If I had to say.
“Outstanding” and amazing summer in every way.

You know we’re just, “Keepin It Real.”
Never fuck with that Ai that’s the deal.
We asked ourselves, “Are We Superstars?”
Naw, just having fun, goin bar for bar.

We got more tracks to release.
We’ll let em marinate, you’ll see.
We got a track about mental health.
And one about our fams of origin, yes.

We’ll drop when the time’s right.
We’re independent, we’ll drop whenever we like.
We do this shit for fun.
We keep rockin till it’s done.

Me and Nasty collabin as one.
Rockin all night till the early morn.
And when the sun comes up. Shiiit.
We rock the mic again.

(Nasty Tha Mc and Cozmo Jethro)
Aight, what it be. Just the beginning. (Yup, yup.)
What it be, just the beginning. (All day.)
What it be, just the beginning. (In every way.)
What it be, just the beginning. (Whew!)

Summer Collabin' (feat. Nasty Tha Mc) (beat. Villatic)

Another cover of one of my old songs. Using the demo for this  means that the lyrics, melody, and any associated riffs, etc are captured by Suno. This does not necessarily create a better track - but it sounds more like the song I wrote. In this case, I actually think that the AI came up with a better melody when presented with just the lyric.  Maybe you might even find the  other Suno offering her on Soundcloud, and let me know what you think, I would love to know.

still waters  (cover of original demo)

Written, performed, mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Featuring my daughter, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp.
Beat by Auditory Ecstasy https://soundcloud.com/auditory-ecstasy, remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Album art created in Image Creator by Microsoft Designer and Canva.

Hit it Dad!

Mannn another summer down.
In the Pacific Northwest we go to town.
Summer 25 revive what we does.
Next installment of the summer that was. 

It started, I DJed my first wedding.
Then DJ Real visited from Australia.
Traveled to Chicago, college visit for Lydia.
Crissy’s birthday bash ha ha aw yea!

11th wedding anniversary at a mansion.
A family member passed way too young.
All summer me and Nasty collaboration.

Now sit back relax, take a trip with us.
Me and Lydia flippin the rhymes.
Let’s relive this summer one more time.

Summer I drove my dad back and forth.
To the Bamboo Garden where we both work.
Windows rolled down.
Feel the summer breeze.
Life in the rhythm, takin it with ease.

Me and my dad got that beat on repeat.
Ridin to work in that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

Summer started, DJed my first wedding.
Crissy’s friend Jennifer marrying Urlet.
I ran the console and played the jams.
Up in that church, we rocked it, dayam!

The next day DJ Real from Australia.
Here in the flesh, and lemme tell ya.
He traveled with his daughter to the West Coast.
Hung with us in Portland, chillin the most.

Comraderie of one of my favorite collaborators.
Was immediate and we bonded to the beat.
Then off to Chicago the very next week.
Dropped Lydia off at college 2 weeks.

Then in Chicago we stayed with great friends.
From way back when, Mike and Randee, aw yea!

Summer I drove my dad back and forth.
To the Bamboo Garden where we both work.
Windows rolled down.
Feel the summer breeze.
Life in the rhythm, takin it with ease.

Me and my dad got that beat on repeat.
Ridin to work in that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

50 Years my wife has been live.
Had a bash at Skate Haven Farm, that’s fly.
Elle and her band, came and rocked the house.
The Hidden Gems, yo, lit it up, wow!

Our friends and fam, party on our property.
Unforgettable 50th birthday.

Whole fam went to Seattle to say goodbye,
To a family member, celebrate his life.
He was cut short at 49 years old.
Rest in peace Curtis Paris, you lived life bold.

Then came me and Crissy’s wedding anniversary.
At a mansion like g g g g Gatsby.
17000 square feet to ourselves,
Aint gonna say what happened, but dayam, welllll.

Summer I drove my dad back and forth.
To the Bamboo Garden where we both work.
Windows rolled down.
Feel the summer breeze.
Life in the rhythm, takin it with ease.

Me and my dad got that beat on repeat.
Ridin to work in that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

So 2025 was the summer that was.
Sayin goodbye to fam.
Celebratin milestones.
Celebratin life as we all get older.
Live up every summer until it’s over!

Summer I drove my dad back and forth.
To the Bamboo Garden where we both work.
Windows rolled down.
Feel the summer breeze.
Life in the rhythm, takin it with ease.

Me and my dad got that beat on repeat.
Ridin to work in that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

Summer 2025. Yea.
Me and Lydia getting live!

The Summer That Was 2025 (feat. Lydia) (Prod. Auditory Ecstasy)

Thank you for stopping by, 
These are my original songs.

A New Me

Chris

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