Picture taken by my daughter Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, of Jed Lapp (Cozmo Jethro) August 31, 2024 at my home, Skate Haven Farm, during the ceremony of my 10th wedding anniversary. 

Written and performed by Jed Lapp.
Chorus vocals by my daughter Lydia Matamoros-Lapp.
Produced by Auditory Ecstacy.
Mastered by Phable Omsri https://soundcloud.com/phable-omsri

Lyrics:
Mannnnn, this was the summer that was.
In the Pacific NW, we do what it does.
Summer 24 we spreadin the love.
Family Adventures as we rise above.

A crazy RV trip, wrote a song about this.
A 10 year anniversary of me and Crissy’s mar ridge.
A 30 year reunion of my highschool.
The Dodomyte Posse reliving the old school.

As we all get together cause the old school rules.
Writin this song as an old school jewel.

Now sit back, relax, take a trip with me.
About the summer that was to this old school beat.
Haha me and Lydia flippin the rhymes.
Let’s relive this summer one  more time.

Me and my dad cruisin down the street.
Groovin to the sound with the summer beat.
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 round the town with that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

My highschool class had a 30 year reunion.
Half my Dodomtye Posse showed for the fun.
Me, Rachel and Jim, like an old rerun.
Seein old friends, what have they done?

Every 10 years me and Ethan Hoyt.
Relive an old prank he pulled.
Put porn pictures up in my locker,
As my highschool crush saw them, punk mother fucker.

Seein Quinn Irvine, still livin the player life
At 48 years old, dude was hittin on my wife.
But it’s all good, all the barbies at the party
Puttin on airs, tryin to act like smarties.

Some classmates said hi, didn’t know who they were.
Guess I’ve aged less than many of them, word!

Me and my dad cruisin down the street.
Groovin to the sound with the summer beat.
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 round the town with that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

20 years my wife has been with me.
In August our 10 year wedding anniversary.
Had a bash at Skate Haven Farm.
That’s our home out in the country.

Once again, half the Dodomyte Posse,
Came out to support my wife and me.
Same best man Jim along with Sonny,
Same maid of honor, Jennifer, and Amy.

Reliving our wedding anniversary 10 years ago to the day.
With our family and friends on that hot summer day.
Had the same pastor and the DJ.
Mike Matousek, Nate Heath, Korey the MC.

Did a little dance to a song I created.
Crissy made a speech and we all related.

Me and my dad cruisin down the street.
Groovin to the sound with the summer beat.
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 round the town with that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

So 2024 was the summer that was.
Meetin old friends, celebratin milestones.
Celebratin life as we all get older.
Live up every summer until it’s all over.

Me and my dad cruisin down the street.
Groovin to the sound with the summer beat.
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 round the town with that summer heat.
Feel the vibe, feel the flow, bass so deep.
Life in the rhythm takin it with ease.

The Summer That Was (feat. Lydia) (Prod. Auditory Ecstacy)

Intro Sample of Obama and Eminem at a Harris Rally.
Beat from Lose Yourself by Eminem.
Written and Performed by Jed Lapp.

Woke up this morning 
The day after the election.
Heard that sample of Obama and Eminem.
I never cry but this morning I did.
I weep for our country, the world and the kids.
My family, friend, and the immigrants.

I went to work today with a heavy heart.
Two coworkers with work visas
are gonna be deported.
They don’t know where they’re gonna go
or what they’re gonna do.
Are we gonna have to start 
Hiding immigrants in our basements
Like they did with the Jews?
History repeats and everyone loses.

I posted this intro sample to my facebook.
The ignorance in my comments had me shook.
An old friend of mine
I used to be close with
Responded with this ignorant shit.

He said quote,
“The country will be safer,
Your money will be yours.
And our jobs will be ours.”

Come on Jake, that ignorance
Makes me embarrassed 
To solute the stars and the bars. 

The mood today with my family and friends.
Is of disbelief and it’s only beginning.

I’m writing this song as my therapy.
That’s something my friend et al. has taught me.

As Trump said in so many of his rallies.
Those that don't supprot him 
are the enemy within. 

I hope tomorrow I wake up  and this is just a nightmare.
But if not we all need to prepare.
For the United States of Warfare.

Mourning After The Election (intro sample Eminem and Obama)

Written and performed by Jed Lapp.
Chorus written by Jed Lapp and Elle Roach.
Featuring Elle Roach on chorus and background vocals. https://soundcloud.com/elleroach4
Cuts, mix and master by DJ Real. https://soundcloud.com/the-dj-real
Produced by Villatic (remastered by DJ Real). https://soundcloud.com/villatic

Album art picture taken by Jed Lapp the day after the Karaoke Contest referred to in the track. 

Lyrics:

Haha Yea, it was a dark and dreary night.
My wife was not feelin right.
Karaoke contest night.
Goin alone by the moonlight.

My first karaoke contest ever.
The crowd gathers together.
In Newberg at Eden Gate.
Rockin' Oregon state.

I arrived at the contest.
Feelin' weird at best.
It's a big old country bar.
Cowboy hats and flannel, bizzare!

Sittin' there by myself 
feelin' out of place.
As the singers warm up.
half of em all cowboyed up.

Then my wife shows up.
Now I'm ready to rip shit up.
Put my song up with the KJ
Skee lo skee lo skee lo.

Hmmmm maybe this isn't the place.
Just in case, I'll go with white boy rap,
Vanilla Ice
Cue that track!

Karaoke Contest Night.
Singin dancin Saturday night.
Makin friends in the spotlight.
Everybody's feelin the vibe.

14 singers in the contest.
I'm the last to do my best.
All the others decided to sing.
I was the only riggdiy rapper.

My wife said so far
the cowboy hats at the bar
dropped their mouths ajar
like Vanilla Ice had descended on their bar.

At the instrumental break.
Whew! Busted the Vanilla Ice moves.
On the stage, dude!
As the bar went crazy.

As I finished up that white boy rap
I felt like a I had a chance
because I did the song and dance
for those cowfolk, bam!

Karaoke Contest Night.
Singin dancin Saturday night.
Makin friends in the spotlight.
Everybody's feelin the vibe.

Now, this one girl on the main.
Started singin, I was like ghat damn!
That girls got pipes.
I was like, there's your winner tonight.

While the judges were doin their thing
to decide who would win,
my wife chatted her up,
we exchanged info, yup.

Here name is Elle,
we invited her over. Welllll.
Now she's singin on my tracks,
voice like a soul angel on wax.

For me and Elle and Crissy,
a meet and greet at the show,
to see who would win the 300 bucks,
and roll.

And now the winner of the Eden Gate karaoke contest this month.
Grand prize total of 300 bucks.
Is Jed jed jed jed...

Yo man, let's get outta here, word to your mother.

Karaoke Contest Night (feat. Elle) (cuts. DJ Real) (beat. Villatic)

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Jed Lapp.
Beats by DredStudio

December 2024 in two psychiatric wards.
After the first, I came out worse than I was before.
Been in and out of these places since I was 16.
Bipolar Disorder, tryin to keep my life from becoming mean.

Inevitably, I have a breakthrough episode.
It’s time again to include this shit in my flows.
Disruptive to my family, my life, and my wife.  And we all know.
When the chemicals become imbalanced in my brain, I have to go

Get locked up in a psychiatric ward and hope for the best.
Hopefully my meds can get changed and be better for the rest.
And maybe for many years, I can stay stable.
And continue on the right path while I’m able.

Don't cry for me, I'm doin the best I can.
Always come out the other side, ready to jam again.
I'm a fighter, writer, flyer, survivor.
And I'll keep doin it until the end.

Cedar Hills Psychiatric Hospital, beginning of December.
My wife drove me there, Having a bipolar episode as ever.
First night there, we all watched a fist fight in the hall.
Short staffed with no security gurards, could barely stop anything at all.

The place was unsafe, girls crying in the hall.
They were scared, the screaming and banging on the walls.
No striings or belts allowed.
We could only have our phones each day for an hour.

One guy walked around with his pants down to the ground.
2 people tried to kill themselves by banging their heads on the wall. 

I spent my time trying to block it all out.
Walking the hall with hospital provided headphones.
That only connected to the local radio stations.

Don't cry for me, I'm doin the best I can.
Always come out the other side, ready to jam again.
I'm a fighter, writer, flyer, survivor.
And I'll keep doin it until the end.

Got out of that shithole.
2 days later I found myself in a different ward.
Downstairs like in a holding cell.
After a day and a night I made it upstairs.

I was able to have my phone and earbuds.
I walked the circle 737 times.
33 miles.

Met this guy who could not sleep at all.
And the Mexican gangster running up and down the hall.
In the middle of the night.
Yelling, "They're gonna kill us allllllll!!"

A week later Friday, they fixed my meds and I felt better.
Dr Rose said if I left that weekend they’d put me on a hold. 
3 days later they let me go and I was ready to roll.

Returned to my car and called my wife.
Now I’m stable and it’s back to my life.

Psychiatric Wards (beats. DredStudio)

Written, Performed, Mixed, and Mastered by Jed Lapp.
Beat by Villatic. https://soundcloud.com/villatic

Album Art Pic of Jed Lapp and Christina Matamoros-Lapp in Montreux, Switzerland in 2022. 

Lyrics:

My girl has put up with me for 21 years. So I thought I’d write a song and tell you all about it.

My girl Crissy, put’s up with me.
And all the crazy that we see.
All the craziness that comes with me.
When I’m bipolar manic, weeeeeeee!

And when I’m depressed she does what needs to be done.
There’s no one better in a crisis than my loved one.
Ya see, she grew up in a constant crisis.
So she knows what to do when everything’s unrighteous.

She knows when to cuddle to make me feel better.
She knows when it’s time to write me a love letter.
When I’m bipolar beyond help and more.
She loads me into the car and off to the psychiatric ward.

When I’m having a hemophilia bleed and can’t move.
She’s there to pick up the slack, she can do it all dude.
Yea, that’s my girl, she can do it all.
My smart beautiful wife, haha my cure all.

Whoa,
She makes everything go.
Yea, she makes everything flow.

Ya see, Crissy, she can do anything.
She has pulled off, yea some amazing things.
She grew up in a miserable home life.
Somehow she grew up to be a wonderful wife.

She makes more money than I could ever imagine.
As a pharmaceutical rep she makes a financial win.
At my job I make a fraction of what she makes.
She never holds that over my head, uh uh, no way.

My wife makes dreams come true.
We live on 2 acres with a ton of bamboo.
And when I get agitated and start acting blue.
She keeps everything together and gets us through.

She dances, she sings, she fixes things.
She’s a great mother of 4, yea that’s my queen.
In her life, she could have done anything.
But ya know what, she decided to put up with me.

That's my girl Crissy.
She doesn't get enough credit for everything she does.
Crissy, I love you and appreciate you way more than you could ever know.
Awww Yeaaaaa.

She Puts Up With Me (beat. Villatic)

Written, performed, mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Villatic.

Lyrics:

Cozmo, I heard you and et al. https://soundcloud.com/etalaf haven't talked in a while.

Yea Homer, I haven't been able to reach him in almost 2 months and I haven't heard any new music from him either.  I don't know what's goin on here. 

Hey Cozmo, don't have a cow man.

That's enough Bart.

It's all good yall, I just miss my friend.

Three years ago I met this guy.
Name's et al. dude is fly.
He took the time to help me rhyme.
Yea, et al. is prime time.

He taught me things I didn't know.
Where's he at now Cozmo?
I don't know Bart. What's the deal?
Is he hurt, is he injured, is this for real?

O my goodness I hope he's ok, here in Springfield we love et al.

In Portland, we love his as well.
We both love The Simpsons as you can tell.
But back to the matter at hand.
I consider myself an et al. fan.

He opened my eyes to international collaboration.
Hip hop gem from the Australian nation.
He taught me about rhymescheme.
And how to project, yea, when I sing.

He worked with me on all my tracks.
For about a year, and then he laid back.
His ideas were cunning.
Yo, et al. I think I smell something.

Gonna turn on the "Real Broom Broom." https://soundcloud.com/etalaf/the-real-broom-broom
Roll down the street to et al's bumpin.

Me and Milhouse were listening to et al's "Robot Flows" https://soundcloud.com/etalaf/700-robot-flows-music-daprofessor song yesterday.
That song is cool, man.  

Did you know that he wrote that song for me?

Cool your jets, man. Everybody knows that.

Alright Bart. Settle down. 

Cozmo, tell me more about him.

Ya see Bart, in the soul, he's a leader of free thought on a music patrol.

Hey man, that's a quote from et al.

You know his music well.

I listen to him at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

I hear ya man. I listen to him whenever I can.
Mostly in my car when I'm bumpin his jams.
Man, he's got the juicy lyrics.
Tried to rhyme like him but I couldn't do it.

He rhymes fast, he rhymes slow,
When he's in the groove, he glows.

We need to hear more of that et al. flow.

I know, I don't know where he would go.

Cozmo, don't you know?

Homer, I know et al. communicates through song.
So I'm flippin this rhyme to see if he responds.
et al. where you at my friend?
This is Cozmo, I hope this isn't the end.

I Miss My Friend (beat. Villatic)

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Armijo Productions.

Lyrics:

You got Cozmo Jethro on the mic and Drew Armijo on the beat comin at ya with a little old school new school fusion.

Now the old school is all I know.
But I’m gonna bust this quick flow with my bro Armijo.
He’s got the beats and the audio.
As I go blow by blow in my studio, uh oh.

Old school rap is what I love to sing.
It’s where I come from back in the 80s.
New school rap, they flow so freely.
Sometimes it seems so strange to me. 

How they bust those rhymes so quickly.
Like a rhyming spree, weee heee heeee.
Eminem and them and Busta Rhymes
Flow 100 mph at times.

They rhyme so fast
Read between the lines.
At times sublime.
Like New Years Eve sippin on wine.

With your favorite girl, so fine.
Both yall getting ready for bedtime.
Hop in the sack and it’s time to shine.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Now how do I allow
Myself to try something new.
Is it outta my wheel house?
Am I screwing up this beat by Drew?

I admit, it’s weird for me to flow so fast.
Tryin a new part of the craft.
As I break outta the past.
At last I tried part of the craft
That was so hard and fast.
Don’t care if it’s trash, I’m just havin a blast.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old school new school
Here we go.
Rockin the beat with Cozmo and Armijo.

Usually flow slow
Check the low tempo.
As we try something new 
With this quick flow. Whoa.

Old School New School (beat. Armijo Productions)

Written and Performed by Cozmo Jethro and Crissy.
Beat by Villatic. https://soundcloud.com/villatic Remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Additional outro vox performed by our kids, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Adam Putnam, Tristan Paris, Merey Reed and Korey Reed.
Mixed and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Album art pic of Crissy at her graduation ceremony, May 2025. 

Lyrics:
(Cozmo Jethro)
I wrote this song about a girl I know.
She overcame so much, yo here we go.

Growing up  in the 70s and 80s.
Had a tough time growin up in Spokane.
An absent father and an alcoholic mother.
Yea, she knew what it was to persevere.

She was married at age 17.
Two kids later, divorced at 19.
Had her third kid at age 21.
In another relationship with a struggling one.

This went on for 8 years.
Till she saw some fears,
He just couldn’t lay off the beers.

Now a single mom with 3 kids.
What an amazing job she did.

With street smarts and little education.
She started college, 30 years of dedication.
She still had to work and provide for the kids.
College start and stop, had to take care of her biz. 

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
As time went by she climbed the corporate ladder.
While raisin those kids, that girls a scrapper.
Then came kid number four with her life partner.
Another great kid for her to mentor.

All this time starting and stopping college.
Trying to get it done but it wasn’t happening.

She landed a job she had no business getting.
Only pharma rep in the country, no degree.
With positive attitude, gutsy, and scrappy.
She pulls off those amazing things.

All while working her tail off. Yea.
To provide for her family.

(Crissy)
Wanting to provide a better life.
Better life, better life.

Inspired by my kids.
Growing for my family.
Earning and learning.
To provide for their needs.

Wanting to be a transitional fam.
Changing past legacy, oh man.
Thanking God for the wisdom.
To set us free!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Now she’s makin it big.
In the pharma gig.
Time to try for that degree again.
Finally.

George Fox University.
Full time pharma rep 
full time accelerated degree.

Somehow for two years she pulled it off.
Just graduated Magna Cum Laude.
2025, with a double degree.
That’s my girl, that’s my Crissy.
My scrappy, gutsy, smart beautiful wife.
Makin everything better for all our lives.
Took her 30 years to get that degree.
So proud of my wife, let’s celebrate, yipppeeee.
Whooooo Crissy, you did it girl! You got that degree, 30 years of perseverence. yaaa haaaa!
(Crissy)
Yea, by the grace of god, tenacity and manifestation, we made it happen.
(Lydia) Go Mom!
(Adam) Good job Mom!
(Tristan) Great work Mom!
(Merey and Korey) You did it Mom!

The Graduate (feat. Crissy) (beat. Villatic)

Written, performed, mixed, and mastered by Cozmo Jethro.
Scratching by Cozmo Jethro.
Beat by Villatic https://soundcloud.com/villatic, remixed by Cozmo Jethro.
Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX used for scratching.
Roland VT-3 used to create vocoder vocals. 
Album art pic of Cozmo Jethro in his studio, June 15, 2025.

I wanna rap and scratch. 
I'm gonna do it like this.
I'm gonna do it like that.

Cozmo's goin to town.
Cozmo Jethro break it down.

Now I got a few things that I want to say.
I wanna scratch, ha ha
And I wanna play.

with the DJ equipment that my wife hooked me up with.
Thanks Crissy, here's a big fat kiss. (smooch).

Usually I try to be a wordsmith. 
But kiss my grits.
I'm gonna scratch like this.

Cozmo's goin to town.
Cozmo Jethro break it down.

(Cozmo Jethro scratches).

It was Christmas 2024.
Opened this present.
Was like yo what's that for?

I already had a crude DJ setup.
So I shelved it for a few months yea.

It was sittin under my desk.
I should do somethin with this.
So I hooked it up.
Was like, damn that's the shit!

Numark Mixtrack Platinum FX
I can do a lot more with thi thi thi thi thi this.

(Cozmo Jethro scratches).

Now I don't pretend to be a DJ.
Much more comfortable yea, as an emcee.
But it's fun to play with the equipment.
Make those sounds, and break it down.

Give props, to Grandmaster Flash.
And the originator, Grand Wizard Theodore.
I wanna scratch like DJ Real. https://soundcloud.com/the-dj-real
The best DJ I know on the wheels of steel.

Maybe someday, I can scratch like him.
Would take practice to scratch like that Australian.
But for now, I'll keep havin fun.
And improvin my tracks, yo one by one.

(Cozmo Jethro scratches).

The Present (beat. Villatic)

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

(Nasty Tha Mc)
It's about that time. 

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha ha yea.

(Nasty Tha Mc)
Ha ha ha ha!
Let's go!

(Cozmo Jethro)
Me and Nasty back together again.
After a couple of years.
Rockin the mic
Like a couple of kids.

We’re getting older
And our bodies are changin.
But we’re still rockin the rhymes.
And doin our thing.

Shit, I can’t see the waveform on this track.
Yo Nasty, where my readers at?
I got pains in my ankle, my knee, and my butt.
But I’m still here yea rockin the cut.

Just 2 old school b boys
Who can’t get enough
Of that old school hip hop
Everybody says, what?

Now that I’m older
I’ve passed the test.
Livin life to the fullest
Mostly do what I want, yep.

I ride down the road
With my 12 inch subs
Bumpin that old school hip hop
Feelin the love.

Yea I got problems like everybody else.
But I roll with the punches
Boom bap yea!

Got lots to look forward to
And everybody knows
That at this age,
Gotta prove nothin to nobody yo.

So we’ll keep rockin the mic
And doin our thing,
Old school rap is what we bring. 

(Nasty Tha Mc)
We aint quittin, we aint stoppin.
Guess what we only gettin started.
We aint quittin, we aint stoppin.
Guess what we only gettin started.

Yo Cozmo, I'm bout to act up. (act up)
I'm bout to do what it do. Yea in the cut. (in the cut).
Like summer summertime. 
Yea, you already know. Yea alright.

Couple livin legends, just doin what it do.
In our stance, oh yea, that's true.
Some fly kicks on our feet. LIke that (like that.)
Adidas laced up like that (like that.)

Ready to go, yea prepare for more.
Yi, with a mind, that be a weapon.
Keep on steppin. On the track, (uh huh)
More Daddy than a Big Mac.

Check it out yea,
Somethin bumpin in the Cadillac.
Check it out, what it be yea.

This that smooth vibe.
This that cool vibe.
This that summer vibe.
Oh my. (oh my)

We aint quittin we aint stoppin.
Guess what, we only gettin started.
We aint quittin we aint stoppin.
Guess what, we only gettin started.

(Cozmo Jethro)
Ha ha, yea that's right.
We rockin rhymes like a meteroite.
Nasty with the vibe like Dolomite.
I'm flyin through the night, yea ready to ignite.

So to all of you, who listen to us.
We just havin fun with these cuts aw yea.
We keep doin it and doin it right.
Take you back to the old school, huh that's right. (that's right.)

(Roland VT-3 voice)
That old school summer vibe.
Cozmo and Nasty gettin live.
From the old school, stay fly.
That fresh hip hop 2025.

That Summer Vibe (feat. Nasty Tha Mc) (beat. Villatic)

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