I swore I wouldn't spend time explaining myself with this project but here I am...explaining. Let me rephrase... I'm not explaining myself I'm just giving you a glimpse into my mind when creating this album... Lets Ride.
I felt I should open the album with something touching. As I do with almost every album I create the intro last. I'm weird like that y'all. Anyway, If I Should Die... comes from a prayer I used to say as a child every night. The album starts the day I got a horrible stomach bug and drove myself 20 miles to the only hospital that would take my insurance at the time. After spending most of my time in the ER I finally made it home. I said this prayer right before I fell asleep. The rest of the album is the dream I experienced during that time....and the calls I missed!
90's Song is a reflection of my childhood. Most of my dreams remind me of thing I've done in the past. This particular song is about the feeling I felt on summer days hanging with my uncle in the 90s. I mixed it with a few current events from my friends in 72701 and make a hit.
Workin' includes a couple guys I met while making music in 72701. During my time there in college I was not as privileged as people assumed. Yes I had a scholarship but that didn't pay for a place to live...and I was miles away from family so I was at a loss. So in order to just break even every month I had to work 25+ hours a week on a shaky commission.
Ignant is about the point where things started to click for me. I was tired of busting my ass working and still having to donate plasma twice a week for food. This time was also very confusing because I was struggling with religion (that's why I mention communion). I finally realized in order to grow and prosper in this world I had to change. I had to be tougher, I had to stop being nice to people, and I had to stop wasting my time on women (no offense ladies). At that time my heart said "We Don't Love Them Hoes"
Although I swore off heartbreak we always tend to fall for those certain people. So Here We Go speaks on a couple of relationships I went through where no matter how good I was there was always dissatisfaction with something I was doing. So the here we go reflects constant arguments. We all know that feeling.
Yovng is very self explanatory... at one point in my college career I stared to act out...This song should have been placed right before Ignant but it felt better here. I spent a lot of time partying, experimenting with drugs, & making sexy time (don't judge me bitch). All of this before I landed myself in a corporate job... go figure!
Functions are math terms... which when you add more stuff to them get harder and harder to solve...go figure. At this time in my life in Fayetteville (Party/Work Phase) I started partying a lot more than I ever have. So I was complicating my life by adding on more problems...so were other people in my life at that time. At some point I began to want to shed those things and mellow out, but I couldn't. I began to drop things from my life... the chick... the job... & my religion.
At the point were I felt like I was losing myself I decided I should start expanding my music to other states. My first place to visit was NYC. Roots is just a metaphor for how the trip made me feel grounded. I didn't wanna Turn up because the life of music was enough excitement for me...I just needed to live it.
Good is a touchy song...and a hard song to deal with. About the time I slowed down on my first set of travels I began to see a social change with me. Less people were turning out to the shows... I literally had less family due to the passing of my Grandfather...and I started to see the decline of family support as well. Good is my declaration saying that if you're not down to support then you're just in the way. Sorry not sorry.
Going Back is the continuation of that declaration. No more accepting hate of any kind. I will not sacrifice my happiness for the sake of kissing ass...no go.
Life is but a Dream is the ending of the beginning. It is the start of me waking up not only literally after my trip the ER but figuratively to my full potential. I rose from my dream to an email from MTV's Rap Fix letting me know my first single was to be featured on television...and I woke up too late to Skype with Sway and Ja... everything changed then.
This is how it feels to wake up as an MTV Rap Fix featured artist! I hope you enjoy the album and be sure to Pre-Order it HERE
