here’s what happened…

I woke up one day feeling kinda anxious
thoughts in play, reeling mind that pains us

To tame this or numb this, to clear my head,
to escape the pain, I got out of bed

feeling mad hungry, I hopped a shower 
then grabbed a hoodie to shop some chowder

so i go to the stoo but I didn’t knock first
walked though the doo and ask the shop clerk

i said 
ma’am one time, can you help me out
i’m stuck in my mind, and i can’t get out

she said 
well stuck in your head, yeah i’d rather be dead
but with luck ahead i think we’ll fix this

you got one wall, built tall with bricks with
your sense of self, stuck in and mixed with
a sign reads FEAR, fixed on with chicklets
the path is clear, to kick this sickness

I said
Clear as day it’s the on-ly way
But first need to figure out why I’m frighten
Ya Can’t climb a wall without some lightin

She said
it’s true you’ll fall if yall still fightin
Gotta make a call and do the right thing

i said
Truth is ma’am, I’ve be having trouble
to do this plan, got me thinking double

you see, 
i’ve always been grateful for what i’ve been given
but hours past gone to change my livin
cuz times times been ticking, and it’s my decision,
so i’m all ears if you have words of wisdom

she says
it’s not that hard, if you think about it
even though you think you can’t live without it

so imma let you in, on a little secret, 
it comes from within, but it’s tough to see it
believe that you’ll be it, just take the first step
it’s what you become, not what you get

so drop the disguise, it’s how you breakthrough
just close your eyes, and be the real you

YOELLE - THE REAL YOU

when ya
talk to yo family
blood tears an a dose of misery 
…

it’s the 
fears you can’t unsee 
…
chose wrong…
fo years in past ya see
But 
but with da
dawn comes another day
I’m okay,
another brick to lay,  
another beat to slay,
ya wonder how we do dis everyday, 
and how we do it our way
…
I been afraid

but working hour after hour 
each and every day
till I get paid
…
till I was made 
…
put me in the fray
break through under way 
ain’t no other way 
Its family till my mother fucken dying day


 
uh uh alarm 
clock and it’s mornin
…
Tik Tok while I’m yawnin
…
Deez thoughts I’ve been fo-min 
It’s why I was born an
leader, I been sworn in
…
it’s non-
stop was a warning
…haha…
a betta lot than da bornin
…
…but underneath me
da rise wasn’t brief see
…
Believe me, time freed me 
I’m here an y’all need me 
(I’m feeling it)
…
it’s inside i bleed,
scars dat i received
in the life i lead
da future I conceive
pedal down the speed
neva will concede 

y’all come correct
Yoelle be on da deck 
It’s gonna be a wreck
The take a blank check

Imma make a scene
Imma get dat green
It was all a dream
Ride or die wit my motherfucken team

YOELLE - FEELIN IT

uh 
imma bout to breakthrough
we all stronger than we think
dig deep 

I’m relentless, where I’m at yes
so test me, unda pressure an
press me till it ya ah sure
I’m stressed, restless and a bit
torn up, den I turn up
to my bestest 
get up, neva let up
let’s address dis 
lace up, ain’t a warm up
imma wreck this
Grown up, always chin up
best respect this 
…
I speak real-ness 

unbreakable, we don’t shake at all
we don’t sit or quit when we take a fall
we done go all in when we make da call
…follow troo like we playing ball

dreams of
rocket ships and home run hits
chase this bliss while my home friends missed,
sacrifices made, what I know is dis
if it takes me to the grave, my life’s been blessed 

-
I’m relentless, imma wreck this
restless, tryin test me
an best dressed, sorted as F
no stress, we blowin up next

I said
relentless, imma wreck this
restless, tryin test me
an best dressed, sorted as F
no stress, we blowin up next
-

we got this, bring the hotness
ya’ll be thot-less
I be spot-less, on the guest list
dis-miss-ive to my not friends
full send, what i’m feel-in, real ness 
neva end, shots take-en

nights awake an, 
reel friends, from the fake an
real bold, i’m not fakin’ 
…real gold, we be makin, take-in
thoughts, what we say-in 
as we lay down tracks we be slayin

toasts to good times lived
we be sayin
boasts of who is next
lemme weigh in, gotta way in
neva fad-in, no delay-in
it’s today den, ma team y’all be praise-in

I ain’t playin…
moonshots i be tak-in, tunes hot, 
straight hust-lin ev-ry wake-in
moment, 
one plot one shot i engage in, 
going out? …all good, imma stay in

relentless, imma wreck this
restless, tryin test me
an best dressed, sorted as F
no stress, we blowin up next

I said
relentless, imma wreck this
restless, tryin test me
an best dressed, sorted as F
no stress, we blowin up next

I’m relentless…

YOELLE - I'M RELENTLESS

ain’t no stoppin
ma stocks been poppin
all locks un lockin
doors open, i pop in

don’t knock, i walk in
tape rock, not pause-in
listen up, i’m talking
come up, not shock-in



Imma bouta stard a new era
da black wearer
wit da flow hair
type a cat ya can’t scare
he don care

…let em stare
pickin 10s friends be pickin dey au pair
fair’s fair, when ya lay it bare 

listen heer 
da visions clear, I’m a seer…
swimming in da deep end now I’m comin up for air

here to share, ma mission
sits firmly in the cross hair
the goal is near, 
just grab the wheel an steer

down the road dats traveled less
just give ya bess, dis is ya test
push ya limit till ya got nuthin left

pedal down, tanks on E, 
Take ya O ta six-ty, Feelin free
still I’m keepin it OG

back pressed against da seat,
me an destiny about to meet
all doze dreams about to be

dis feat for man a giant leap
plate is full im bout ta eat
I’ve sown it’s time to motherfucken reap 




ain’t no stoppin
ma stocks been poppin
all locks un lockin
doors open, i pop in

don’t knock, i walk in
tape rock, not pause-in
listen up, i’m talking
come up, not shock-in



we be keepin it one 
hundred, she said, break bread,
peeps be lit an well fed 
don deceive er
make er a blieve-er, but we 

fake it, till we make it
den the girlies gonna
shake it, place it, 
where ya feelin
now we gettin 

na-ked, das da feelin, 
keep it goin till ya wak-en, 
next day an, uber hailin,
send ya on ya 

way den now i know, 
i’m ya favor-ite, 
odds for-era in ma favor,
imma savior, not a 

play-a on my best behavior, 
neva wav-er, 
life is short, yours ta sort
time ya gotta 

savor, now ain’t lat-er
break the old contain-er
got cha going, vibe is flowin
come up fucken he-re


ain’t no stoppin
ma stocks been poppin
all locks un lockin
doors open, i pop in

don’t knock, i walk in
tape rock, not pause-in
listen up, i’m talking
come up, not shock-in

YOELLE - COME UP

YOELLE - FLYIN

YOELLE - BOUNCE LIKE THIS

*Songs With Words* — It's been three long years since I've released a set and while I don't know what I've been waiting for, luckily something about this one felt a bit different. During a week of relentless work, this was my first moment of play. As the clock struck midnight on Tuesday evening we were in the midst of a wild ride: from Diplo and Carlita at sunset, to Unders at sunrise, I had the pleasure of bridging the night amongst a sea of friends and familiar faces. Sometimes in the land of singing computers, it's nice to hear a few songs with words.

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