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You got everything you need
Go get everything you want
(Repeat)
Promise you gon get that, regardless,
You see it you create it that’s an artist,
Moment that you reach it push it farther,
You dream it you believe it that’s for starters,
You see I got the words I got the flow the inspiration what you need
You got the vision got the drive you got the taste you came to me
I got something never seen but I am just a human being
24 hours a day the same for you the same for me
You got people in your corner you got prayers on your team
Realistic ain’t in our vocabulary what you mean
We get greater every day we only see what God sees
Stay on target don’t get caught up in the weeds
You got everything you need
Go get everything you want
(repeat)
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We do it in a way nobody is doing it ain’t go to school for this
Flyer than stewardess so gather round
You know heard about it got it doubt it found it
Now you seeing for self and you know it’s so profound
So tapped in feet planted in the ground
And I’m standing on these lines like I dribbled out of bounds
Body in the present mind is moving mile a minute
GOAT or nothing that’s the gimmick nothing left to figure out
So let’s figure figure out my position in the game
Not the bottom not the middle what else is there that remain huh,
Take a minute, before I finish if you only talking money there’s a million ways to get it
Doing better for a living leaving better ‘fore I die
They tell you one career’s the limit they don’t tell you why
They tell you if your parents say it better not reply
And the Upper West Side so much safer than the Stuy
Where the culture though? Where the love is where heart is where there artist where the hardest go to blossom where the soul...
Where the children where the buildings got graffiti where the needy where the givers where the owners where they go
I gotta know, and if you never been forgiven or forgave I’m just saying how you grow?
I don’t know, but now somebody gotta problem cuz he tweeted something many years ago
here we go riiiight
We do it in a way nobody is doing it ain’t go to school for this
Flyer than stewardess so gather round
You know heard about it got it doubt it found it
Now you seeing for self and you know it’s so profound
So tapped in feet planted in the ground
And I’m standing on these lines like I dribbled out of bounds
Body in the present mind is moving mile a minute
GOAT or nothing that’s the gimmick nothing left to figure out
Watch out cuz when you feel that bounce
But then you feel that fear that’s in your ear that’s doubt
But naw… we don’t listen to that
Push that ish to the back
The whole side off the map, I’m a legend in fact
Never fall for the…wrong one
Bars unlimited til the sentence is all done
People with everything you don’t know what it cost em
Loudest in the room often the lost one
Limited time only you get it it’s gone son
That’s life in a nutshell I think that I’m on one
My intuition is strong I’m tryna to trust it
Still killin mics red handed I’m busted
Word to the ones who was wrong and adjusted
Hold up we interrupt your regular program just in what’s this?
We rockin…forever…it’s better…it’s special…
So peep how we break it down
We do it in a way nobody is doing it ain’t go to school for this
Flyer than stewardess so gather round
You know heard about it got it doubt it found it
Now you seeing for self and you know it’s so profound
So tapped in feet planted in the ground
And I’m standing on these lines like I dribbled out of bounds
Body in the present mind is moving mile a minute
GOAT or nothing that’s the gimmick nothing left to figure out
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Lyrics:
Living in the present don’t stress tomorrow,
First one to doubt it is next to follow,
Staying authentic yes that’s the motto,
Every day hit don’t check the lotto
Listen as my biggest critic but yes I got it,
When you that dope gotta test product,
Freedom over money yes that’s object
Got dreams good genes and yes the knowledge
See the fruit from the dirt and now they wanna grow
Skipped on trips and now they wanna go
Give a little bit and now they want mo
Lightwork ice on Neptune that’s cold
Every word a dollar don’t waste no stanzas
To learn it gotta live it don’t fake no answer
God on my side don’t take no chances
Can’t leave this life with a blank old canvas
Whatever happens I imagine I just got to slow down
It ain’t bout magic it’s about habits I just got to slow down
Whatever happens it’s gonna happen I just got to slow down
I just got to slow down
I just got to slow
Lights, camera action noooo
Life don’t go in that fashion show
Prove but it all happen slow
Motion better go practice bro,
I found the answer in the soul like the Reeboks
Meteoric rise and I’m bringing the heat rocks
Up until I leave in the sky like tree tops
May what I spit unlock each lock
In the mind, in a time, when I might feel that I’m
In a bind, and I might feel a rhyme on a dime
Write it out get out, let it shine,
Touch the sky, who am I, watch me live that’s my reply
So much evil get justified, truth burn slow and they rush the lie
That’s why I know
Whatever happens I imagine I just got to slow down
It ain’t bout magic it’s about habits I just got to slow down
Whatever happens it’s gonna happen I just got to slow down
I just got to slow down
I just got to slow
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Who am I thinking that I got time
Any time to be thinking bout love
It’s enough to be working on me
I got nerve tryna think about us
When my friends ask me about you
I say naw I don’t really wanna talk
Until that real thing come true
Don’t wanna touch that place at all
You know me I got a lot on my plate
Shoot I like you so you know I got taste
You busy I’m busy too bad I can’t wait
Don’t take too long come back I just ate
You know when everything is perfect but the timing too late
Type of thing I just hate
No room but for you, you know I make space
Chorus:
[Demi Grace]
Take the time to find me
You just make time to find me
You could make space for me
And I can make space for you if you just
[JSWSS]
If it’s you I clear it out
If it’s you I clear it out
Only if it’s you I clear it out
If it’s you I clear it out
I know you keep it 4 wheels, you my down rider
You turned into a home from an outsider
And all I see is you that’s without blinders
Got lost in each other they could not find us
Even when we met like we wasn’t strangers
I mean a lotta people know me but I’m not famous
I could see us going through a couple stages
You ain’t gotta lie I know I’m your favorite,
Ok I admit it I got a crush too
Nose wide open could probably drive a bus through
You know how I get don’t wanna see nobody but you,
F the world but come thru
You came in at the perfect time, so we lost track
We don’t take trips, cuz we off maps
Outta this world, I’m in your atmosphere
Shoot I don’t need to go back
I ain’t need a road map to find my way to you
Tell them other dudes you unavailable
First on the list got many things to do
When words won’t do prove baby I make space for you
Chorus:
[Demi Grace]
Can you find a way
To make some space
Take the time to find me
You just make time to find me
You could make space for me
And I can make space for you if you just
[JSWISS]
If it’s you I clear it out
If it’s you I clear it out
Only if it’s you I clear it out
If it’s you I clear it out
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You know I’m one of them ones
The only one in the lane
You know I’ve only begun
The art numbing the pain
The joy come from the climb
Fear come from the brain
The flow come from the heart
It’s God given insane
Was once tryna give em what that ain’t wanted to take
Now a line is forming and they gon wait
Enough time I wonder what they gon say
But now the man in the mirror say A-O-K
Hold the opinion not the applause be in awe,
This is upper echelon team effort so we need a separate toast for all of the involved
Leave space for miracle don’t gotta see it all,
I got more lucky the greater the preparation
Knew sooner or later it lead to a celebration
You want a year I want a whole generation
For my dedication for your consideration
[Carmen Rodgers]
Raise a glass cuz we've come so far
Salute the game a round of applause
To health and wealth and all that it's brought
And we can't forget the ones that we've lost
So raise a glass
Bigger the crowd and the budget it wasn’t as easy
Could see the journey in full you wouldn’t believe me
When I was up to the chest it wasn’t the 3 piece
Was never fan of the game but it needs me
Effortless for a limited time I could shine
At a level that you could see with your eye
Til you blind elevated while working a 9 to 5
Mom and dad on my side not just along for the ride
No them who am I?
With their belief it was never a hesitation
I hit the radio after the graduation
We had the studio bumping outta the basement
Rowdy ain’t no telling how high I’m about to take it
Bigger the blessing the greater the preparation
We saw the struggle could turn to a celebration
Forget a year I want a whole generation
For my dedication for your consideration
[Carmen Rodgers]
Raise a glass cuz we've come so far
Salute the game a round of applause
To health and wealth and all that it's brought
And we can't forget the ones that we've lost
So raise a glass
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I been using DND a lot these days
TNT the industry the plot these days
G-O-D the O-N-E who plot these ways
Tunnel vision listen he can not be fazed
Family the only I respond these days
Only energy where I could not be paid
Family is more than only blood these days
I said I love you you know what it was these days
I try to say it I don’t wanna hide these days
Cuz we be losing people left and right these days
Funerals and vigils I don’t like these days
God says come but I’m like please stay
Black men’s health on my mind these days
Another Grammy on the shelf that’s fine these days
Remember that we got limited time these days
So if you been blessed go shine to-day
I’m on DND mode you got time to wait
I’ll hit you when I see it no time to waste
I’m working but it feel like all kinds of play
More doing what I love more time these days
I know you hitting me, I'm in the booth
I know you busy I'm busy too
After I finish I got a job, I got an interview
Nothing is new
I know you waiting in the interlude,
No time but when I do know I’m hitting you back,
Atlas with the earth dawg picture me that,
Shoulders getting heavy know it’s bigger than rap
I can’t even hold up lemme finish the track
Tunnel vision ton of missing calls and voicemails
All respect working through some things I can’t tell
Even to my close pals, know you meant well
But I’m knocking more doors than a maid at a five star rated hotel
Mental health break from all the writtens
Hint of that resistance let me know to go the distance
I don’t wanna have regrets I don’t wanna burn bridges
Wouldn’t owe that much if it wasn’t for the interest
Even with the odds I would never bet against it
No woe is me no it’s me I’ll admit it
I played a role if I ain’t need it for the lyrics you could take the phone
Used to get guilty now it’s you or me I can’t control
Others emotions and I don’t have to hide mine
Anyone imperfect is a person in they right mind,
I’m talking bout life death and fear
Them messages I honestly can’t and can’t hear cuz
I been using DND a lot these days
TNT the industry the plot these days
G-O-D the O-N-E who plot these ways
Tunnel vision listen he can not be fazed
Family the only I respond these days
Only energy where I could not be paid
Family is more than only blood these days
I said I love you you know what it was these days
I try to say it I don’t wanna hide these days
Cuz we be losing people left and right these days
Funerals and vigils I don’t like these days
God says come but I’m like please stay
I’m on DND mode you got time to wait
I’ll hit you when I see it no time to waste
I’m working but it feel like all kinds of play
More doing what I love more time these days
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Bear with me know that I’m busy but purpose is calling me
Family friends fans the world I cannot give all of you all of me
It feel like 5 things a priority trying to balance it out all it accordingly
Know I ain’t seen you in months or talked in some weeks but thanks for supporting me
Know as our time getting shorter I sacrifice way more than just our relationship
Meals trips weddings calm a few of the things that I hate to miss,
But I’m in way to deep to jeopardize for the happiness of another man
Honestly I spend way too much energy stressing hoping that you understand
And there’s no animosity that you see me just as much as the strangers who follow me
And that I ain’t forget and when it starts to really pay off know we’ll celebrate properly
Knowing the more that I get the more that I do the work is never obsolete
Know that just being there when I got space to reach out that do mean a lot to me
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[JSWISS]
I don’t wanna come down I just wanna be gone
[Chorus: Eric Roberson]
Sometimes I wanna fly away
Pack my bags and just up and leave
Find a little hideaway
Cuz even Superman needs space to breathe Might do it right away
But some things may fall apart if I leave
I’m just trying to find a way
Cuz some days I don’t want to be Superman
Verse 1:
I’m just exhausted, I carry all this
It’s been years now, I never forfeit
I never shut down, I never force quit
Only knew how to be me I never lost it,
I got one job then got another one
Cuz I been broke and that’s too troublesome
I got family and friends that I wanna do Whatever I can to support it’s impossible
Still feel guilty when I choose me first
A bad habit yes do I need work
Me and sacrifice been our best friends
Since ambition stepped in
Married to the climb stress been my best man
Phone calls every other day to check in
The best at keeping in touch Mr. aka always doing too much Yea that’s me, peace of mind with a big heart that ain’t free Every road I hit I take the long way
Every day I pray it ain’t the wrong way
I’m tryna be like you that’s what they all say
Ok try this cape on for one day
[Chorus]
Verse 2:
I swear I wanna do it all hyper focus with a life of balance
Cuz with this type of talent many live troubled lives and can’t write around it Then they die early part of me envy
I know there’s no logic about it
But sometimes being well-rounded overrated
Wanna fulfill every role but not overplay it
I’m in two places at most times with one body one mind
Please no applause for this I don’t want the compliments
Lighten the burden you know I did it already
Sure I carry it well don’t mean it ain’t heavy
Work become steady but my fam ain’t good
I don’t give what little I got then I ain’t do what I should
But I’m shifting, I owe it to myself to be more present I’m gifted
I figure what’s important then I grab it I lift it
Could never be too afraid to fall
With an S on my chest red cape and all
[Chorus]
[Eric Roberson]
Sometimes I wanna fly away
[JSWISS]
Wanna put down my cape sometimes I wanna be gone
[Eric Roberson]
Find a little hideaway
[JSWISS]
Cuz who saves the hero when always I gotta be on
[Eric Roberson]
Might do it right away
[JSWISS]
When I put on my cape sometimes I wanna be gone
[Eric Roberson]
I’m just trying to find a way
Cuz some days I don’t want to be Superman
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Three jobs just to get myself outta debt
Same time thinking this my best year yet
Fulfill my parents dreams that they ain’t see for themselves
Recognize the patterns that I know so well
And not repeat never been to a therapist I had beats
Never been fired from jobs I had heat
Nine years alone and dropped five albums
Loneliness I’ll accept as divine outcome
People who I barely know say that I’m proud of
You, beautiful truth but you don’t know the half
Came off tour on a high note back to the grind
And inspired to write down what I got on my mind
About to record put my phone on airplane mode
My mom call first the only exception hello
Gotta be kidding in the worst way
Cuz died six years older the same birthday
F’d up hung up and cried the same bornday the same family tree
A different situation yo it could’ve been me
Talented in everything how come we didn’t collab
As I listen to demos sent by your dad
Learning more than I ever knew from strangers I never knew
I thought you were getting better they say were ready to
Be done with the suffering and be with your mom again
Solace in that we expressed love when we had the chance
Remind me of my godmother wonder if she’s still alive
Did all that I could to check in even my momma tried
Knowing what she is and isn’t in my godmother’s eyes,
Kinda how my friend drifting, by a thread gripping
Over complicating or avoiding the admission
Much is being tested much is given
You don’t know the half
I’m all about authentic still I’m scared to be open
I give em just enough to hope they don’t even notice
Grief could last forever only cry in the moment
Even when I tell myself I don’t need to hold it
And I know being vulnerable is me at my strongest
She tell me I look better with my heart on my sleeve
Emotional intelligence don’t come with degrees
Born an only child time alone is a breeze
Another goal to stay productive and that’s all that I need
Another show or song make sure that’s all they see
I think, I’m trying self-diagnosis
My newest flex is not to isolate when at my lowest
Reaching out for help and for a guide when I don’t know it
My grandma passed had the tears overflowing day one
Since then I can always keep ‘em dry
Even at the funeral and got me asking why
If I said i never felt a sense of guilt that’s a lie
Will it all hit me when I least expect it down the line
I could never really know
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This feel like the right amount of money and perfect amount of sun
That moment after praying so that thing already done
Quality decision long night with the right one
So good make you raise the left and the right thumb
Feel like pinch yourself make sure it’s real life
Take two thirds of my skill away, still nice
This feel like you live on top floor
Eyes closed my art feel like Bob Ross
It’s real how when they can’t replace they knock off
By the time they catch up we gone it’s not sauce
That’s too much it feel like the ancestors dreams running through us
Only they could know what I’d be when I grew up
Quiet little kid til my voice box blew up
A gift that they knew of, huh
Now everything we need come to us, huh
Somebody got nerve looking through us, huh,
Chills, how does that feel
Made it to the top of the hills from the field,
Chills, goosebumps and all
Ignore all hate cuz they just in awe
[ArinMaya]
Still shining when the light's gone
I am the one
Beaming with my head high
Here comes the sun
And what I see
Becomes reality
The universe is my reflection
Smiling at me
This is big dreams big offers big risk when you often big cautious
Big drip coming out of big faucets
Big bouncing back from big losses,
Putting all those big ideas they said you’d never hit on a big target
Flawless, that’s how I feel often
But felt better since I let my flaws walk on the red carpet
Guard down and she still love it,
God good say the name in the public,
Back in the day I would move a mountain say it’s nothing
Now you wanna celebrate me bring the cake let’s cut it,
This what happens when the greatest unite
You say I’m rich you say I’m famous no debating you right
[BD3]
Survivors remorse the Marathaon sprinter
Ached from the race the pain of being a winner
Warrior for the chop, scratch made
I get sticky with the world as long as my plans made
In laymen’s terms I'm determined to win
Reluctant playin hero like Ah sahm, I spin
Kick a little rhyme bout the time been
Dedicated to the game, ain’t need no recognition
My faith gave these gains
Broilc hitting the target a feeling I can’t explain
Pushing it to the limit see my name is my name
You just gotta pronounce it
When I score we all win like
You just gotta announce it
[ArinMaya]
Still shining when the light's gone
I am the one
Beaming with my head high
Here comes the sun
And what I see
Becomes reality
The universe is my reflection
Smiling at me
Smiling at me
Smiling at me...
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Been a vibe
30 years here still alive
40 years in still I’ll rhyme
Don’t know what it means to retire
Still gratitude to the max
Still cool and relaxed
Still odd meter tryna figure how to break rules on the track
Never really know
Which of em is better way to go
Gotta pick a dice take a roll
Life is like rap make it flow
If it’s like that take control
That ain’t how it actually goes
Has it gone bad for me no
Still I’m asking for more
Please help keep peace
When I feed these streets
You don’t need receipts you could feel me live over beats
I would kill just to see
Pure joy for the loved ones who would kill over me
Who I want for real to be free
Living through another winter cold
Living through another sunny day
Wondering which one if em will stay
Knowing it’s a cycle all the same
Any day you never really know
Pick a dice take a roll
You alive take a stroll
What a sight to behold
Look at all the things you can’t control
Look at all the things you can’t control
Look at all the
Still one of the dopest still wise for my days
Still my age look like it’s too old for my face
Still the cost of living too real for minimum wage
Still women is getting 80 percent of the pay
Still I know I know better but still get in my way
But it happen less often and still I love me the same
Still gotta be special I let you into my space
Still likely to listen still got something to say,
Still reading these books, still writing these goals
Still root for the Heat and when I do I’m doing the most
Still mostly sober but more open to a toast
Still in love with my family no energy for the foes
Still don’t know the country where ancestors from
But I’m living legacy, Bert and Robin’s only son
If there’s anything they ever dreamed I’d do I probably will
Still I always keep moving but learning better how to keep still
[Amma Whatt]
I just got to be still
Tell the false from the real
Let the moment (let my own heart speak to me) speak to me
Slowing down just to feel
What this life can reveal
Living out my destiny
Still
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You got everything you need.
Go get everything you want.
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You never really know when will be your last day. You never really know what someone else is going through. So live life to the fullest, live with empathy, and soak it all in.
This one was crafted over more than three years, during a time when I saw more unexpected loss than ever before, and saw more of the world than all of my previous years combined.
I hope from top to bottom of the album you feel every phase of the journey in just 33 minutes. You got everything you need. Go get everything you want.
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“JSWISS - That young MC is really overdue for a big splash. I can't even talk about it. Hopefully this is the one” – Tony Minvielle (Jazz FM)
"For folks that love hip hop music, love jazz music, love progressive music that has no name, I think that you need to download the album and listen to it.” – Ralph McDaniels (Video Music Box)
"In a musical landscape dominated by revenge rap, JSWISS’ voice and pen breathe life, offer hope, and spread love. His lyrics resonate, making us feel seen in our shared humanity." - Keanna Faircloth (Artimacy Podcast, NPR Contributor)
released September 13, 2024
All songs mixed and mastered by Brian Kidd.
You see Paul Bloom's name a lot, and even though he didn't produce every song, he was very much a co-pilot with me building the foundation of this album. We made dozens more songs together during the process that didn't make the cut, but helped shape what this album would sound like.
