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cope​æ​sthetic

by Versis

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1.
annotation 01:05
"you realize when you come in to see a musician...musicians never talk to you, you know...i decided i'd just talk to you, you know. i just wanna tell you...some of the music is - is really not geared for your bumping enjoyment...it's geared for you to think...so for those of you who don't think too much...i'm just telling you 'bout that shit before we drop it on you"
2.
living in my head all day living in my head all day all day all day now i've been patting my proverbial pockets like I ain't got it lying to yourself is still lying - liar liar I'm standing still cause I'm scared of falling afraid of flying like - if anybody's trying to find me, I'll be posted up on complacent pl. while my real life's on layaway black Dilbert from day to day knowing good & well that it ain't the way suit & tied up like J & Jay fixed schedule w/ a fixed wage no wonder why he stays w/ a fixed face feeling like he's running in a fixed race tried to put it on silent, ignore my calling - but it just kept calling wouldn't stay quiet alerts kept piling wait, why you ain't smiling? it's your turn at wheel of the fortunate ain't spinning, nor grinning ain't playing that game now your life's at a road w/ a fork in it f'na get fed or mislead, orca sh-- talking black & white you could lack or lust you could drive the car or you could ride the bus but it ain't gon' work if you don't pull up unchaining day, free your freedom up so follow your gut breathe easy, yoga you w/ it or what? you better c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
3.
conflicted like rain on a Sunday life could be a one-way wrong turn, DTLA self destructive as a salty snail bitter 'bout living cause it can't bring itself to shake its shell well well well lada didi dadida ey ey ey ey lada didi dadi ey ey ey lada didi dadida lada didi dadida ey ey ey ey
4.
Calidelphia 02:44
(chorus) you know it's always sunny here in Calidelphia always sunny here in Calidelphia well, how you been? where you been? what's it looking like? man, I couldn't complain life isn't mundane forever changing coming in waves going in waves one of the ways I cope when out of hope, is just to know that nothing lasts but ever lasting never lasting right now is all we've had tick tock better move with tact on your toes, to be exact no more drawing up a dream on an etch a sketch... shaking it cause I made a left when I realized could've made a right I was in the dark til I found my light;Doug intro what is your life like? what the forecast say? erryday erryday erryday hey hey h-hey h-hey (chorus)
5.
wayside 02:50
what would you do if it all came to tumbling down your first round? stomach ain't grumbling now ain't cause you ate, you lost your appetite a fear of flight yo, that ego is a liar, dude got you afraid of the very thing you're built to do how're you afraid of the very thing you're built to do? are you afraid of the very thing you're built to do? we're hard-wired for hard times in need of updates, not ripping out insides you got what you need to get what you need you are what you need you get what I mean? agreed sometimes my mind be in a frenzy in an ornery state, but I'll never jot lines that you couldn't relate along the way I got lost tryna find me or am I just a jewel standing still feeling stymied? dark sky scenery flying by me clouds overhead ignoring the silver lining teetered on edge of pawning in homonym now I know the ledge I had within, honing in in a zone, was gone - back in the flow again book of life - leaf printed, turning in wind - & something bout it's all stranger than fiction how you could dictate your day w/ your diction or the vibes w/ your mind w/ your thinkin gave advice in the past on affliction on illcan, if you asked hope you're listening are you living in the past or the present? now is all you got I'll ask, won't advise while you're trudging on your path you let it go like the dropping of a dime all them bindles that you're binging on the side side side side set em down set em down on the wayside set em down on the wayside aight? mmhm
6.
Love Is. 01:19
somebody tell me why that it is when I'm with the one I dig I always drop the ball got me singing like the same ol' song on that old David Ruffin; ain't too proud to beg, it's nothing got you rosy-cheeked, blushing digging me, I see you shoveling Cupid's harpooning got we swooning utensil-town spooning say hello to Jell-O pudding pop that's a little bit much, should probably stop on a second thought, I'll probably not cause the way I sold that, Bill would be proud all I really ask is that you build with me now(2X) all I really ask is that you bear with me now take a vaca'[tion] for the day when it gets wild wanna b with you, constant consonants no complication via them vowels [vows] we could just b skipping i & e just j-walk into the street harboring no fear towards that sunset what I like about you, you ain't gotta know how you do what you do & it is what it is do what you do & it is what it is you do what you do & it is what it is what I like about you, you ain't gotta know how you do what you do & it is what it is do what you do & it is what it is to be with a person you really dig Love Is
7.
progress 01:32
8.
riptide 02:27
feeling like Will(y) Smith it's summer summertime walk hard, talk clean but - only when I rhyme lately - I been kinda like - going w/ the tide not too long ago my mind was racing towards the finish line like - what doth life? what a bizarre ride one minute we liquid 9 months, then we living or was we living before that? oh god - I'm thinking too much thinking is chewing being is eating you hungry or what? I try to tread like that, but the riptide of my mind got me drifting right back (2X)
9.
(chorus) what's the use of being here if you ain't here right nao? (∞ X) verse: said what's the use of being here if you ain't here right nao? not now but right nao whatchu doin sitting 'round thinking & drowning out the sound bringin the pain meth-tical no need to be so technical got one mo question, hear me out (chorus) living in this present tense hence why we got this gift today everyday's a holiday turn of phrase that goes to say rip the wrap w/ no delay all we need is what we got why we wait to celebrate? probably gets more meta that but mo betta than talkin blues livin livin in your head all day elopin w/ imagination hella time is wasting I'm late when I'm livin in the past tense I'm late when I'm caught up in the labyrinth of my mind wanna be me completely observe the absurd [thoughts] like - I don't put that on, that's my word Zeroh verse: this is it this is all this the shit its a ball simplistic i cant help but laugh and level up in love its terrific im terrified these days we rarify in the zone with the i yes i blissed as the messiah save yourself from the fire fuck frick frack look front n back aint nuttin but the black of the expanse this yo chance enhance ya hands and toss yo scorn by the horns in the dance its an amazing balance on that center line take the challenge aid ur talent mind body and spirit'll intertwine enter the dragon it's adventure time

credits

released November 11, 2015

"rain on a Sunday"
produced by t. hemingway: soundcloud.com/thmwy

additional vocals by
kid a: soundcloud.com/ilovekida
&
nonchalant savant: soundcloud.com/nonchalant-savant


"Calidelphia"
produced by t. hemingway: soundcloud.com/thmwy

additional vocals by kid a: soundcloud.com/ilovekida

scratches by kay wil


"wayside"
produced by 4real & t. hemingway
additional vocals by zeroh


"Love Is."
produced by 4real: soundcloud.com/oh4



recorded at home
mixed by Zeroh: horez.bandcamp.com & i

mastered by Swarvy: swarvy.bandcamp.com

photography by dana washington: danawashington.com

art direction by DeChazier www.dechazier.com

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