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choices
Jameson
Alone
Do U Remember The Time
Somewhere
Hotel
Something
Fallin
Love & Pain
Fire
Jameson PT. II
Runaway
Girl (I Used To Know)
Let U Go
Lights
Nunca Se Sabra

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Jameson
I miss you so much, damn. But I gotta be a man. I wanna call you up, forget these
girls up in my truck. It’s easy to pretend that this is who I am. Go out and get fucked
up cause’ I don’t want to think too much. Well everyone changes, some of them
good – some bad. We make our mistakes and hope we can take them back. We’re
all trying to make it, why can’t you understand. That life is what happens when you’re
making other plans. As I sit back stare at the glass in my hand. I’m drinking Jameson,
by myself. Thinking about what we could have had. Because nothing else seems
to help. Everything just makes me sad. You don’t give a shhh… I knew it all along.
Thinkin’ if I fuck that you can try to use me up. No matter who I’m with, I’m sitting all
alone. A bottle and a cup I’m calling everybody’s bluff. Turning these pages on all of
the stages of life. You know I can fake it as long as they payin’ me right. As I sit back
stare at the glass. I’m drinking Jameson, by myself. Thinking about what we could’ve
had. Because nothing else seems to help. Everything just makes me sad. Theres
nothing wrong with drinking alone. Don’t feel like going out – just want to stay home.
Alone
Staring out the window, waiting for life to stop. Cause’ everything I’ve been through,
never seems to let up. Someone asked me why I feel like I feel. Take pill after pill, I
wish I could chill. Politic and play the game. I don’t know the fake from the real. The
weight of the steel. From the things that I kill, when I sign my life away. You know
I want this, I know you need it too. Let’s be alone. Imma keep it simple, forget the
odds. I just gotta have you, and I’ll never stop. You know I want this, I know you need
it too. Let’s be alone. You’re the only one I want, the only thing I need. You haunt
me in my dreams, even when I’m not asleep. You’re the only thing I got, it’s clear for
me to see. No matter the degree, this is where I want to be. I want this, I know you
need it too. Let’s be alone.
Do U Remember The Time
Tell me what would you do. If things had got so complicated. That the lies become
true. And the things that made us, now just tear us apart. The feeling you once
loved, now rips out your heart. Can we back it up. Back to when we were alive, no
worries. We could take our time, no hurry. Things were looking right, not blurry. The
future seemed to shine, not dirty. Do you remember the time. When it used to be
so easy. Do you remember the time. You said you’d never leave me. Why’d you go.
It’s all recorded. Our fate is predetermined. There’s no orchestra. The world keeps
turning. Every day I’m learning that my life. Is a memory of a time when things were
right. Can we back it up. Back to when we were alive, no worries. We could take
our time, no hurry. Things were looking right, not blurry. The future seemed to shine.
Do you remember the time. When it used to be so easy. Do you remember the time.
You said you’d never leave me. Why’d you go. When I think about what you tried to
tell me. How it’s all my fault, I thought about how maybe. It wasn’t me that changed,
you just stayed the same. I’m tired of playing games, all the pride and shame. Do you
remember the time. When it used to be so easy. Do you remember the time. You said
you’d never leave me. Why’d you go.
Somewhere
Sit back and just relax your mind. It’s such a simple task. Chill, take another pass.
Just grab your glass. Let’s fly first class.
Hotel
Staring at the starry night. Sitting in my hotel. While the girl of my dreams. Is happy
with someone else. Said there’s no one. That can do it like you do it. Yeah you really
put me through it. Okay, I lost one. But I’ll be searching here forever. Cuz I’m good
when we’re together. Yeah, I’m so spun. You’re the baddest girl I found, every city
every town. And I’m so gone. With a bottle on the desk thinking should I send this
text. Staring at the starry night. Sitting in my hotel. While the girl of my dreams. Is
happy with someone else. Staring at the starry night. Sitting in my hotel. While the
girl of my dreams. Is happy. In the long run. Everything just looks the same. It’s a pain
I can’t explain. Girl I’m so wrong. Fuck the money and the fame. Because that shit
don’t mean a thing. If I go on. Empty roads and scattered shows. Shattered dreams
and different hoes. I’ll be so gone. With a bottle on the desk, I’ll be so gone. Staring
at the starry night. Sitting in my hotel. While the girl of my dreams. Is happy with
someone else. Staring at the starry night. Sitting in my hotel. While the girl of my
dreams. Is happy.. She’s happy. Don’t I want her to be happy. Don’t I need her to be
happy. Oh, she’s happy. Happy – without me. Don’t I want her to be happy – without
me. Don’t I need her to be happy without me. Oh she’s happy – without me. She’s
happy – without me. Staring at the starry night, sitting in my hotel.
Something
Happiness is cold at night, but it feels so good. Forget the lies we’re stuck inside.
Don’t let them tell us what we should do. No it doesn’t right the wrongs, no mater
what you thought. Moving closer towards the light but still so far away. My loneliness
is knit so tight I’m hoping this will change my world. There’s something there inside
me and it won’t go away. It won’t go away. Said there’s something there inside me
and it won’t go away. It’s won’t go away, Lights go off we fuck around, this just don’t
feel the same. From what I’ve lost, I’ve somehow found. Things are only what you
make them. Still there’s something there inside me and it won’t go away. It won’t go
away. Said there’s something there inside me and it won’t go away. It won’t go away.
You know I wanna. There’s something there inside me and it won’t go away. It won’t
go away. Said there’s something there inside me and it won’t go away. I’m falling and
I’m falling. I feel like heavens calling me. You know I wanna.
Fallin
All this darkness won’t turn light. And all these wrongs won’t make it right. I watch
the sun fade into night again. Every day just feels the same. And all these drugs
won’t numb the pain. I look outside here comes the rain again. It’s falling. It’s falling
again. I see the sadness in your eyes. There’s a darkness deep inside. But you act
like everything is fine again. See everyone’s afraid of time. We all do things and don’t
know why. Go far and wide to forget what we can. But we’re falling. We’re falling
again. All our lives are wasted on the things we think we should be. Tell me why
they’ve painted over everything we should see. And we’re falling. Were falling. Were
falling. I’m falling again. And I’m fallin. I’m falling Again.
Love & Pain
Said baby, what you want from me. I’ll give you anything. Follow the river, leads to
bigger streams. Your love is everything to me. Because my love runs deep as the
ocean. Oh lets sail away (until the light of day). No ones gonna stop us now, you and
me can face the love and pain. Love & Pain comes and goes, but I won’t change,
No. Love & Pain. Said maybe, I’m the only thing you need. I know you feel it don’t
you. Or just maybe, perception is reality. Either way I want you. Because my love
runs deep as the ocean. Oh lets sail away (until the light of day). No ones gonna
stop us now, you and me can face the love and pain. Love & Pain comes and goes,
but I won’tchange, No. Love & Pain. That’s what I like. I will never leave you lonely.
That’s what I like. Love & Pain.
Fire
Hold up it’s hot, hold up it’s hot in here. Every time you come around. I feel the flames
upon my back. Is that the devil on my track. Planning her attack. And I can’t stick
around. No, I ain’t ever coming back. You see the picture fade to black. Whoa, I’ll
show you to the fire. I’ll show you to the fire. Sit and watch you burn alive. Hold up
it’s hot in here, it’s hot, it’s hot in here. Had all I could handle. I saw the train and
packed my bags. It sat alone and off the tracks. The driver so relaxed. The man in
the shadows. I heard him laughing from the back. Said you can come but there’s a
catch. You paid your fare now pay the tax. Whoa, I’ll show you to the fire. I’ll show
you to the fire. Sit and watch you burn alive. Hold up it’s hot in here, it’s hot, it’s hot in
here. Oh, sweet chariot – won’t you take me away. Won’t you free my mind. Free my
soul. Whoa, I’ll show you to the fire. I’ll show you to the fire. Sit and watch you burn
alive. Hold up it’s hot in here, it’s hot, it’s hot in here.
Jameson Pt. ii
Drinkin’ Jameson. Thinking about what we could have had. Cause you know that
nothing seems to help. Everything just makes me so damn sad. I don’t want to
be anywhere else that I could be right now. I’ve made my bed with the things I’ve
said, so now I’ll go lay down. I miss you. But it’s just part of our lives to miss the
things we never had.
Runaway
I’ve said all I can say. And it doesn’t seem to change anything. It’s meant to be this
way. I guess you have to lose everything. Before you can appreciate. What it is you
had. And I won’t let this happen again. Runaway from love, runaway from love go.
Go, just go. Run away, just go away. I’ve paid all I can pay. And it doesn’t seem to
help anything. I’ll save it for a rainy day. Sometimes nothing is everything. Is this really
my fate. Living in the past. And I won’t let this happen again. Just go, go. Runaway
from love, go. Runaway, just go away. What you needed isn’t what I wanted to do.
There’s no coming back. Dreams are bleeding from all the lies coming true. Wish I
could take them back. Run away from love, go. Go, just go
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Girl (I Used To Know)
How you doin, how you been. See you still go the same, so called friends. But I
ain’t judging, to me it’s nice. To know this is what you made your life. On the surface
everything can look so nice. But if you meet the girl inside you might think twice.
She’ll be your habit, yeah, your one and only vice. Don’t you know that everything
you want comes with a price. Girl I used to know. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen
her. Say what you want, say what you like. Her eyes will keep you up at night. No
matter what you try to do. She’ll always have her hooks in you. On the surface
everything can look so nice. But if you meet the girl inside you might think twice.
She’ll be your habit, yeah, your one and only vice. Don’t you know that everything
you want comes with a price. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen her. Girl I used to
know. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen her. Boldy James: The girl I used to know,
just another face. It’s a classic mix up, honest mistake. Looking at her picture, sittin
by the lake. Ain’t seen her in a minute but we still conversate. On a platonic basis,
cause’ it’s complicated. You and your friends been had a bad reputation. If I’m not
mistaken, only thing I was chasin’. Was a dollar and a dream, just trying to make
it. Difference ‘tween me and them, I’m a gangsta. I admit you had me whipped,
dominatrix. Had to flip the script, lot of time was wasted. My time is money and I
don’t got the patience. I could be flipping bricks, I’d rather pound the pavement. With
my Contreature congressmen congregating. Presidential shit, call it Obamanation.
That’s big spit pimp soup, real conversation. Girl I used to know. It’s been a minute
since I’ve seen her.
Let U Go
You been in and out my mind. I think about it all the time. The days they wind and
wind. I thought I knew it all. But now I know. I never shoulda let you go. Thought I was
one of a kind. But now I watch the clock to pass the time. I’d drop it on a dime. Just
leave the pen, forget the line. I never shoulda let you go. I want you by my side. I’m
like a groom without a bride. I need you in the night. I’m like the moon without a tide.
I never shoulda let you go. Let you go. Baby, I’ve been dreaming about you lately. So
where’ve you gone please save me. I never shoulda let you go. I want you know that.
Now I see you did it all for me. And I never shoulda let you go. Want you to know that.
I’m sorry I watched you walk away. I never shoulda let you go.
Lights
No one worry the lights are on their way. Pieces of right and she says tonight. Don’t
worry tomorrows a nice day.
Nunca Se Sabra
This room is filled with darkness and no one wants to say. Back to where we started,
do you believe in fate. What do I do without you, without you. A broken promise. Is
all that’s left worth saving. Let’s just be honest. Is this a chance worth taking. We’ll
never know. Your eyes they tell me something that you could never fake. What are
we mixed up in, it’s too little too late. What do I do, stay here. Without you, with dried
tears. Or let you go and say I’m sorry. What do I do, be sincere. Without you, and
face fear. Cuz no one knows. A broken promise. Is all that’s left worth saving. Lets
just be honest. Is this a chance worth taking. We’ll never know.
EPILOGUE
A lot of my life has been composed of many influences. From happiness to sadness
and everything in between. The one thing I’ve learned in my life so far that’s seemed
to apply to everything we do, is to always mean what you do. And definitely mean
what you say. Words last a long time, and can be more impactful then you could ever
fathom. Impacting yourself and the lives around. Words are a language of Love &
Pain. Sometimes saying so little can mean so much. So if you say it, mean it. When
everything is taken away from us, all we have is our word and our name to hold it
to. Make sure your words mean something. I’d like to thank these people that have
believed in me no matter what stage of artistry or life I’ve been in. These people that
have been a part of everything I’ve made here and everywhere else. Whether it be
in a negative light or a positive one. These people have influenced me to make this
record. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. Priscilla, you were the key that
opened this part of me that I’m releasing to the world. You will forever be a part of my
life, wherever we end up. Brandon Phelps, thank you for fighting this fight with me
every step of the way. Tim Rahaman you’ve helped me a lot with creating this piece of
work. Thank you. Just the beginning. Ronnie Ficarro, Jamie Saunders, Chris Wilson,
Gary Foster, Seth Anderson, Adam Miltenberger and Jacklyn Anderson. Thank you
guys for being a part of my project and I hope we continue to put energy towards all
of our next endeavors. You’re all good Teammates, Players and most of all Friends.
Luke Walker thank you for your influence and friendship. You’ve taught me a lot. Life
and Music. Nathanael Anderson thank you for taking the time to introduce me to Pro
Tools at such a young age and teach me guitar chords. Crazy how far we’ve both
come. Jesse Lee thank you for all the energy you put into helping me. I appreciate it.
Thank you Mom and Dad for never holding me back. Supporting me no matter what
I wanted to do. Teaching me to work hard and get what I want, not wait for it to come
to me. I’ll never forget that. I’d like to thank my brother Troy for always believing in
me. I’d like to thank my brother Bo just for being himself. It feels good to be around
you. I’d like to thank my sister Elizabeth for supporting me. Love you. Thank you
Tony and Justin for being such good friends. Thank you Dustin Bour, Mike Hooks,
Jason Anderson for Choices. Thank you Melody Roberts for singing and bring your
energy to the record. Thank you Luis Perez for seeing my vision and helping me
portray it. Cant wait to see what else we got. David Yaroveski thank you for your
mind and energy. Can’t wait for the future.Boldy James. Thank you for gracing the
album with your presence. I would also like to thank Brandon Chamberlain, Karla
“Hustlegrl” Moy, Chris Anokute, Dougie Bruce, Aaron Rosenberg, Ananda Sen,
Rae Monk, John Marx, Jason Trawick, Soloman Parker, Randy Grimmett & ASCAP,
Casey Robison, Rick Krimbel, Craig Muench, Peter Max-Muller, Chad Kulengosky,
Zefi Berishaj, Martin Berishaj, Dillon Francis, David Helman, Chris Simonds, Craig
Anderson, Jeff Chin, Daouda Leonard, David O’Connor, & Kno.
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Art Direction & Design by Jordan Butcher
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