Stakes Is High

Pony Ride (feat. Truth Enola)

Long Island Degrees

ANNOTATED LYRICS

[Intro – D3BUG – soft piano warm ambient pads]

Some people save a life in a moment
Some people save a life every day

[Verse 1 – D3BUG – intimate delivery piano light guitar]

You walked away from shadows
When the world was closing in

Carrying more weight on your shoulders
Than most could ever lift

A child in your arms
And a storm behind your name

But courage sometimes whispers
Instead of roaring through the flames

[Verse 2 – D3BUG – gentle acoustic guitar joins]

You saw the road before us
The one that led to pain

A cycle written long before
We ever knew the name

But you refused the darkness
That tried to pull us down

And chose a brighter future
When no one else was around

[Chorus – D3BUG – emotional lift swelling strings]

You were light in the darkness
You were breath when we could not breathe

You were hope in the silence
When the night refused to leave

And every life that followed
Every dream that we could reach

Started with the moment
You chose to set us free

[Verse 3 – D3BUG – warm nostalgic tone]

Birds singing through the morning
Dogs running through the yard

The little things we thought were small
Were miracles of heart

Camping trips and birthdays
And laughter in the air

A quiet home you built for us
From strength you chose to bear

[Bridge – D3BUG – emotional peak cinematic strings]

Some heroes fight in battlefields
Some never wear a crown

But the bravest kind of courage
Is turning darkness around

You didn’t just survive it
You changed the path we walked

And every life that followed
Still echoes in that choice

[Final Chorus – D3BUG – full emotional arrangement]

You were light in the darkness
You were breath inside our lungs

You were the quiet miracle
Behind the lives we’ve become

And everything we are today
Every road our hearts have crossed

Started with a mother
Who refused to let us be lost

[Outro – D3BUG – soft piano ending]

Some people save a life in a moment

You saved ours every day

D3BUG MUSIC

LIGHT AND BREATH

Ein normaler Gendankengang an einem lauem Dienstagnachmittag.

Beat by Flo Striebel

Schweinegedanken

Mecca And The Soul Brother

Act Like You Know

For Pete's Sake

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The Grind Date

He Comes (feat. Ghostface Killah)

https://linktr.ee/wearedelasoul

De La Soul is back—but did they ever really leave? After delivering their seminal debut 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989 with the production genius of Prince Paul, the New York City-bred trio of Posdnuos (Pos), Dave and Maseo went on to further impact Hip Hop culture with five more groundbreaking albums: De La Soul Is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) and AOI: Bionix (2001). But once the digital age exploded in the late ‘90s, De La Soul’s celebrated catalog was unavailable to stream. As the decades passed, the tight-knit group forged ahead anyway—touring the world, connecting with their adoring fanbase and making music on their own terms. Following 2004’s The Grind Date, De La Soul took a hiatus from making albums, but joined The Gorillaz on the track “Feel Good Inc” which won them a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration.  In 2015, the group raised over $600,000 on Kickstarter from fans to independently release their album and the Anonymous Nobody, which was their first #1 on the Rap Albums chart, and was also nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy.   

However, the demand for unreleased De La Soul music was palpable and the cry for access to the first six albums grew louder. Unfortunately, De La Soul was stuck riding a roller coaster of stalled negotiations, dashed hopes and dead-end conversations with their old label, and the group nearly gave up. 

"We have lived without the music up for long, these six albums haven’t been up—ever,” Pos says. “We got used to knowing they weren’t up.” In June of 2021, Tommy Boy Music was acquired by Reservoir, giving De La Soul’s catalog a new home.  In March of 2023, the six missing albums were finally available to stream.  But sadly, right before the catalog release, Dave, the beloved member of De La Soul, passed away. Though bittersweet, De La Soul preserves his legacy and the ongoing impact of their music. 

As iconic songs such as “The Magic Number”, found new life in the film Spiderman: No Way Home in 2021, De La Soul continues to resonate with a diverse population of people. 

As Pos notes, “We’ve noticed over the past several years of tour like, ‘Wow, there’s a father here with his child who also is here with their child. ‘We’re generational. To me, there’s nothing more gratifying than that. That means something. That’s telling about a group. What we were doing wasn’t just stuck to that time.”

“We really naturally been that group for everyone,” Pos says. “It was never about we’re just here for this community, that community, this set of people or these certain fans of Hip Hop culture. We see music as music. We’ve been very resilient, even being a group that didn’t have our music up [on streaming platforms]. We still had these beautiful opportunities through young people finding out about us through a commercial or Spider-Man. Now that it can all be there for people to gravitate to, I’m really happy about that.” 

De La Soul's impact on the musical landscape is immeasurable, with 3 Feet High and Rising widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of its era. Pioneering inventive sampling, playful lyrics, and eclectic beats, the album broke new ground and set a standard for creativity in the genre. Recognizing its cultural significance, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

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