Willem Paynter - Bass
Geordie Haley - Guitar
Brendan Melchin - Drums
Martin Davidson - Tenor

recorded live at Obladee wine bar in Halifax NS

Central Park West Featuring Martin Davidson - St. Thomas

Lyrics and Artist Credit

[Verse 1]
You know you really drive me up a wall.
I was going nuts waiting for your call.
And riding no top like a Coupe de Ville.
It felt like the sound came straight from God.
So tell em' all call it offs, call it quits.
Call it water under the bridge.
I make these hits with the flick of a wrist.
I can make this shit something you won't forget.
A fire under my ass, started with gas, started with 5LA.
If this makes you dance, throw up your hands, throw up a 5 my way.
I'm, speeding up the left lane, scheming up the best way to make this whole record pop for ya.
And I wanna do the best thing, fore' I do the next thing.
I really wanna set it off for ya.
Rap, rap is like a native tongue.
So I climb, and I'm never gonna miss a rung.
Fall behind, but I'll never be there for long. 
Through the vine like Marvin, you heard I'd come.
I've been scheming this, plotting this.
I've been building my voice and my confidence.
I'm having dreams of this, on top of this.
Throw it on when the weekend hits, it goes crazy.

[Hook]
Back and forth, all day.
Back and forth, we sway.
Back and forth, all day.
(And the sound just grows from the Bose like a rose.)
X2

[Bridge]
They think they need it, they need everything.
But they can't see the life we're dreaming of.
They wanna know it, they know everything.
And we just wanna feel free to run.
The shining diamonds few and far between.
They glow so different like the beating sun.
And if you play my music, play it loud.
I hope you play it on the run.

The sound sweeps you right up off the ground (X8)

And those who were seen dancing, were thought to be insane by those who couldn't hear the music (X4)

[Verse 2]
I got it zipped up like a backpack.
And this stuffs a bit bigger than a hashtag.
You know what?
Give me the green like a Mass Pass.
And I can prove that I'm not another rap act.
You know what?
Sit me down next to Charlemagne.
I started rapping the same year I heard Holocene.
Now I'm dropping while Vernon's dropping once Prior drops I'm gonna need a few apologies.

[Hook]

The beat used in this song is called Home and is off of Tom Misch's project, Beat Tape 2.

For information on how to purchase it this or any of Tom's music, visit https://tommisch1.bandcamp.com/album/beat-tape-2-extended-edition

This track was engineered by FreshFromDE, check him out at 

https://soundcloud.com/freshfromde

This Feeling is Unmatched

Beat: Goldnova - BaaskaT
Check his music here: http://baaskat.bandcamp.com/

Engineered by Samuel Creager of Ugly Duck Studios in Brighton, MA

Caffeinated Hootenanny

Jazz bassist Willem Paynter has been part of the Atlantic Canadian music scene since 2005. During that time he has participated in several recordings and countless festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. Willem has appeared in groups lead by Jeff Goodspeed, Bill Stevenson, Andrew Jackson’s “Blakey Project” and many more. 
  
This December, Willem released his debut recording as a leader titled “City Grit”, music influenced by legendary hard boppers Stanley Turrentine, Horace Silver and Hank Mobley and by noir crime fiction writing.

Central Park West Featuring Martin Davidson - St. Thomas

Willem Paynter

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