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Are you out there listening?
Cause I’m in here just waiting
The let out is now,
And since the masses are fueled by the trends,
It’s hard leading em on from beginning to end
I’m a misfit; I don’t fit in like Pac boy
You could be a hot boy
thinking you Mims
Getting high off of LA dreams,
But that’s not how LA seems,
You should think it out and bid it out
like LA’s teams,
Or take the L and get X’d like LA Reid,
I see the hurt of the masses burning like acid,
From the closed doors of success
and opening caskets,
It’s a celebration I don’t know what happened,
Surrounded by wannabe’s and has-been’s,
It has been a minute since I crashed in,
I wanna fly a clear jet across to accents,
They say the petition across the board's for the riot,
But only down for the weekend’s the echoes of silence
Are you out there listening?
Cause I’m in here just waiting
Look, all that I can tell you is often times
Life is lived between green lights and caution signs
I live on borrowed time and yet the sorrow’s fine
Trying to harvest diamonds from tomorrow’s mine
Even masterminds are baffled when the planets align
Is it happenstance or divine, is it chance or design?
Eventually we’ll understand whatever answers we find
Examining the fact that we’re the last of our kind
So I ask the sublime for guidance minus the midas touch
I have come to trust the response is a silent hush
Listen for the slightest gust of wind to acknowledge us
Our friend who would polish dust in men we’re the hardest cut
I dream of star oceans, supernovas and solar flares
Going where Aurora Borealis don’t compare
I wrote some quotes and spoke em to the open air
Cuz I don’t know if you can hear me, but I know you’re there
Are you out there listening?
Cause I’m in here just waiting
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Evening Star
04:12
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be my evening star
come shine on my window pane
i love you for who you are
no other light’s the same
you’re my evening star
shining on the window pane
tomorrow never seemed so far away...
this one’s for the nights
when the lights in the distance
shined like frozen suns
we were out there on our own
before the world begun
headed for the stars with your hand in mine
even in the stars yeah you know you shine
and when you shine, you shine....
we were like stars in the night sky
headed in the same direction
and one day to pass
be my evening star
come shine on my window pane
i love you for who you are
no other light’s the same
you’re my evening star
shining on the window pane
tomorrow never seemed so far away...
if i had the keys to the stars
I would take you to the farthest one
far from the life we knew
Around a dying sun
even when the world tries to keep you down
we can rise above to a space beyond
cause where we go we can’t be found
we were like stars in the night sky
headed in the same direction
and one day to pass
be my evening star
come shine on my window pane
i love you for who you are
no other light’s the same
you’re my evening star
shining on the window pane
tomorrow never seemed so far away...
Walking on the sun
With our conscience bare
We knew just who we were
There was no one else to care
Who are we to judge
Who are we to love
i saw you from so far away
tomorrow seems so far away...
be my evening star
come shine on my window pane
i love you for who you are
no other light’s the same
you’re my evening star
shining on the window pane
tomorrow never seemed so far away...
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All the lights are low
and there ain’t no one else here besides you and I
we can do anything
Cold electric glow
illuminates the surface of your face
the warmth of your embrace draws me near
it’s all about you. it’s only us in the room
what you wanna do? Imma leave this one up to you
You ain’t gotta choose, you can have it all
all limits are off with nothing to lose
i wanna get lost, don’t mind the cost
if you make the call then i’ll make the moves -- cool
you the boss no hugo. book smart, you cute tho
we can do it like a duo play your cards right, you the one and that’s uno
he said you know you fancy lady can i be your jamie?
love how you keep them squares in check
like a yes no or maybe…. it’s crazy
you’re a g and i’m lo, so together we glo
enlighten me with anything you think
and anything you want me to know -- subliminal
in the eye of the storm i see you keep it locked down -- lightning bolt
watch the sparks fly everytime we’re close
cause a power surge everywhere we go, lo..
All the lights are low
and there ain’t no one else here besides you and I
we can do anything
Cold electric glow
illuminates the surface of your face
the warmth of your embrace draws me near
lights in the room, glowin like auroras
lookin like a borealis every time i pour up
here bring that body to the forefront
all we have is time, need a little more of
focused on you ain’t another thing important
red and yellow dress came in smelling like an orchid
amazing, can we get a five by five inch portrait?
cause i really wanna get to know you inside
we’re about to be reunified
gotta have you here and stay overnight
you can tell me when the timing is right
don’t worry for the rest we the best of
fighting for your heart call it questlove
bulletproof vest cause the world is gonna test us
coming to my set to get set up
waking in the morning riding out and getting breakfast
while you gettin fed those other women turn fed up
those other women turn fed up
told her take a peek into the mirror
see i wrote this letter you can put it in your earbud
All the lights are low
and there ain’t no one else here besides you and I
we can do anything
Cold electric glow
illuminates the surface of your face
the warmth of your embrace draws me near
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Look, love
You really are incredible
but it’s certain things you should really know
I don’t wanna cause any hurt on you
so to save us you should really go
The future of us trying to make it something
would make it tougher on me
when you know that I’m trying to blow
Cause sooner or later my hustle
will make it harder for you to even believe
that we gon be getting dough, so...
Patience the reason that we all wait
Patience the reason for the heartache
Just gimme a little time
everything gonna be fine
and I promise we’ll be all straight
A little faith
you should have that in me
as if that’s all it takes
listen...
a little faith
girl i promise we gon win
I just don’t have a date
Hold up, wait
I tried to tell you how I feel
but you didn’t seem to understand
Baby that’s just how I feel
I wish that you would understand
I’m a visionary getting carried away
milking the brain daily for bread -- no dairy
Married to the game, blaring beats
staring at sheets, vision’s like prisms -- glaring
apparently you wouldn’t believe
and see it like prisons daily
We barely living like risen cemeteries
on cold nights the old fights
a new plight in stereotypes
various mics to experience life
you ain’t even curious to chance it
blind by cash advances
this music making; i’m choosing you waiting
now i’m abusing your patience;
impatient, I’m needing my space and
changes in the worst, pages for this verse
amazement how my worth translates
and how it works like a bandaid
it cuts deep when the trust we
ain’t we lucky for tricks up her tucked sleeve
visions of a gown and tux treat
houses for the children
but i don’t give a fuck, leave.
I tried to tell you how I feel
but you didn’t seem to understand
Baby that’s just how I feel
I wish that you would understand
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I’m fed up with your lies
and the bullshit
I can see it in your eyes
like a sickness
but I don’t wanna sleep alone
no more...
Promise me that tonight
we can fix this
even though in the light
it seems hopeless
Cause I don’t wanna sleep alone
no more...
Man I think we need to ease up
Aw man, you a trip girl
to get to you I need a visa
We run around in circles so much
damn I need my feet rubbed
and I don’t really want to leave ya
but stick around and be miserable
nah I don’t wanna do that neither
No such thing as cheap love
no matter what you pay the price for it
I got love wounds I need ice for it
and that girl over there cold...
Loving you was a gamble baby
I put my heard on the dice board
and you fucked me up like a vice, lord
man this shit here getting old
And I told you a million times like a trillion times
that I’m sick of lies
and I know you feel the same cause it’s in your eyes
Used to feel like every time you was with me
you had me hypnotized
now it’s like every time that i’m with you
we can’t act civilized...
I’m fed up.
I’m fed up with your lies
and the bullshit
I can see it in your eyes
like a sickness
but I don’t wanna sleep alone
no more...
Promise me that tonight
we can fix this
even though in the light
it seems hopeless
Cause I don’t wanna sleep alone
no more...
(zenith)
This happens too often
see you on that same old same old
All about that fussing fighting
we can’t keep the peace like nato
Out with all of that warring
and in with all of this love
Hate dealing with your bullshit
so let’s push it under the rug
Cause I ain’t down for that tonight
can we get a little closer
Just that simple touch
can lead to the bed or the sofa
So let’s raise up that thermostat
we don’t even need Al Roker
Relationship I don’t call it quits
but lately it’s been mediocre
Pushing me to the edge
but you’re the type that I fall for
and it don’t quite make sense
for me to want more
But it’s true
no matter what I do
Searching for something new
it always brings me back to you
I’m fed up
I’m fed up with your lies
and the bullshit
I can see it in your eyes
like a sickness
but I don’t wanna sleep alone
no more...
Promise me that tonight
we can fix this
even though in the light
it seems hopeless
Cause I don’t wanna sleep alone
no more...
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Roark Bailey Atlanta, Georgia
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Roark Bailey has been involved in the Atlanta music scene for the better part of a decade. His client list includes artists such as Monica, Ma$e, Sean Paul, Mya, Malik Yusef, Luke James, Prince Royce, CyHi Da Prynce, and other top names ... more
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