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Family Heirlooms
06:04
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Welcome everyone
My name is Ronan but you can call me Ron Solo
And this right here is where it all starts
See, I don’t even know what’s coming yet
But it has to, House Of Solomon
At my grandparent’s house rambling
Out in Asheville, damn this shit feel like a mansion
They can’t even afford this, crib so gorgeous and it ain’t even mortgaged
They ain’t poor or rich, they just happened to score
Been in that second floor loft fore my first performance
I turned it to the studio, this is for the lore
And I’m sleeping on the mattress, covers with the floral prints
Dreaming of the past, but you gotta know the story
Thanksgiving living, get a taste of that apple pie
Every year I’m closer to the things I used to fantasize
Momma should inherit the crib, I told her imma buy it
Just keep that shit inside the family, my ride or dies
No Rolex, Timex, Ro already timeless
I woke up from the morning blinds, I’m reminded
Before the sun rises, that shit was still shining
I been a star fore I breached your horizon
Samples in all the beats, that postmodern pastiche
I’m busy pollinating these may flowers for all of the bees
Come what may, and they may be coming for me
So when that month of May comes, wait for my release
You see the name, what does it say
You say the name, what does it mean?
What’s in the name? Let me explain
Hold me to it, I got promises to make
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
Grandma does painting, tapestries by the greatest
Grandpa did the same thing, actually created
Originals of value, ones you can’t measure
These are authentic one of a kind treasures
Lining the walls, decor that cannot be bought
Imagine my own collection and the beauty of it all
I wanna know when they finally let me be a genius
And innovate every wave with my own uniqueness
Then pass it down to my future so they can keep this
Or make a museum for the culture, let em teach this
Jewelry and rings, art, trinkets, and beautiful things
Lot of silver, gold, platinum plaques, that’s fit for a king
I’m tryna build my own Solomon dynasty,
Oldest child, first in line, nobody high as me
But Galen, Tristan still staying right beside of me
And for my lineage, embarking on a odyssey
I gotta make it for the fam I haven’t made yet
Keeping it to myself just never made sense
Whatever stories I create, I gotta save this
We bringing all the glory home for the banquets
You see the name, what does it say
You say the name, what does it mean?
What’s in the name? Let me explain
Hold me to it, I got promises to make
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
Since I could walk, man I always been a artist
Since I could talk, I was always tryna start shit
I know it ain't '09 no more, but I’m so good
That you could hang my preschool pieces in the Moma
Right now they somewhere locked up inside a storage bin
Those dates at the top of every page feel foreign
They so far away, that’s a couple thousand mornings
Before I ever had a dream about recording
I was that young boy with Anastasia Jann, Emma Flann'
Jaiden man, they my day one day ones, y’all was never that
They used to say me and Gus looked like blood brothers
Still remember that brick house like I come from it
Burned out along Larrabee, far from an anomaly
Inner child inside of me, unlocking the prodigy
Falling into laziness, an endless pit of anguish
I had to throw my hand out to grab onto his ankles
My purest self saved me, now I’m beyond grateful
I’m only 19, and this is my first tape, well
Made it all myself, no one else was there to help
So if you love it I’m the only one to thank
And if you hate it I’m the only one to blame, okay
Cause I know that imma be the fucking greatest in the game
If you don’t believe me when I say it now, just wait
All I need is time and the money and the stages
And hit it so big that I’m clearing out the bases
Imagine coming home again after you make it
Dawg, just to see the looks on all their faces
So for that reunion at Payton, I’m waiting
Set the date bitch, it’s RoNation
You see the name, what does it say
You say the name, what does it mean?
What’s in the name? Let me explain
Hold me to it, I got promises to make
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
New family heirlooms, heirlooms
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2. |
Wristband
05:16
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Real Ron Solo shit man
Chuck Charmin, you know what it is
Yeah
Wristband on my left hand
Bitch bad on my left man
Mismatched, but I missed that
Still holding shit that’s in the past (Oh yeah)
Wristband on my left hand
They don’t even know where’s it’s been
Wristband on my left hand (Yeah)
Wristband on my left hand (Say what?)
You cut it off (Ooh yeah)
You cut it off, you cut it off, you cut it off
But I keep it on (On one)
I keep it on, I keep it on, I keep it on
Look, I am not a one time thing, imma whole commitment
But these bitches wanna smash like they throwin dishes
Only thing that I’m swinging for is the fences
Get green like the grinch when he stolen Christmas
And I’m preaching real shit like the boy religious
But the vision as a kid like a alcoholic, no drinking
Growing up seeing double for the split traditions
Tis the season, get into the spirit or just sip a spirit
Hit whistle tones, Mistletoes, for the kisses
Get the ambiance right with the candle lights
Dirty Sprite wine bottle says the Blood of Christ
Imma need Hanukkah head for the whole 8 nights
And the flow so nice that you noticed right
Ron Solo with the pink polo
What a handsome young man and he so polite
She said boy you so boujee
Cheffin like I’m Remy in Ratatouille
And my best friend a dawg, you can call me Stewie
Gotta watch for the snakes, lotta y’all Medusa
Living in stone, Carbonite froze, that’s how she do ya
Dripping in gold, boy I’m Mansa Musa
Shawty wanna catch bout half the ruler
And she ask so nice that I can’t refuse her
And best believe we got a room for that shit
Till the day I’m finally living in a palace
So find the the metal and then melt it down
Torch it in the forge just to form the crown
Put the knights on watch and the game on pause
King Solomon is coming for it now
Wristband on my left hand
Bitch bad on my left man
Mismatched, but I missed that
Still holding shit that’s in the past (Forever)
Wristband on my left hand
They will never know where it's been (Never)
Wristband on my left hand (Ahhh)
Wristband on my left hand
You cut it off (Ooh yeah)
You cut it off, you cut it off, you cut it off
But I keep it on (On one)
I keep it on, I keep it on, I keep it on
Like I'm keepin time, whoa
All my life, all my life
All my life, all my life
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa
Ahhh, ahhh
All my life (Oh, by now)
All my life (I couldn't get over it)
Why can't I
Gotta let it go
Yeah
Ayy, talk to em
Yeah, I got another one in me
Thought I was finished, you must not know me yet huh?
Yeah, say what?
That boy was born amid the month of June
Top 2 is both him, know he’s split in two
Fuck all of y’all, don’t wanna leave the room
But my movie poster say it’s coming soon
QC, imma let Joaquin produce
He been shooting Veil since he got it loose
That was since Payton in the 312
Remember saying this ain’t what they used to
Yeah, the girls and the gays, they loving my swag
Your outfit was trash, they said it was camp
Like where I got this shit, that sit on my hand
Connect with my past, but I never went back
Yeah, text her to go for a drive, we get in the back
And then the next week got her friend on my lap
I know she be feeling on what’s in my pants
But I think this shit might be harder than that
Yeah, bumping Sade with my shawty
Riding round Chi Town, boy that’s a Chi day
Go and hit Ryan’s, thank God it’s a Friday
Going up like what Fox say bout the crime rate
This summertime, hope you got you a fire escape
For what I’m bringing, these jokes never lied mane
Yeah, wristband on that shit, whoa
Yeah, wristband on my bitch, whoa
Yeah, wristband on your clique, whoa
Yeah, wristband making hits, whoa
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3. |
Last Blush
04:34
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Ooh, oh yeah
If you want me
Girl you got me
All alone
We’re passing under street lights
It’s all a blur when I’m in here with you
We’ve done now this like three times
So imma let you do what you do
Wait a minute, let’s just take it in
You make me wanna be so open
I can feel it slowly fading in
Time ticking in slow motion
Drive me home now baby
Nice and slow now baby
You know the way by now
It’s getting late right now
Take me there, drop me off
Give me that pick me up
And no one needs to know
I feel the most when we alone
We’re passing under street lights
It’s all a blur when I’m in here with you
We’ve done now this like three times
So imma let you do what you do
Wait a minute, let’s just take it in
You make me wanna be so open
I can feel it slowly fading in
Time ticking in slow motion
Whoa, cloudy night but your freckles connect the big dipper
All this small talk distract us from the big picture
But having these conversations with you’s a privilege
I gotta figure this situation out for a minute
Friends are gone, so we the only ones
It’s hot in here, out there is cold as fuck
Love on the brain, that lust go to my lungs
Anxiety in the way, I’m shoving it in the trunk
I’m tryna steady my heavy breathing
Blood warming up, body heat releasing
You grip the wheel, I’m riding passenger seat
And imma sit back, feel my chest deepen as you speak
We almost back to my street, we reaching closer
You pull over, we look over, and share a moment
Fallen angel, I wanna know what made you so broken
You wake up every day to put your wings on then smoke
And I see how your face flushing, your skin glowing
At your tone, I’m dialed in, my heart ringtoning
Your pupils dilated, apparently so are mine
Cause you look into my eyes, and say they wider than dimes
Cause when I look at you, I’m really thinking you fine
But deep down, I’m secretly wishing that you were mine
Consider kissing you, this glance feel like eternity
Biggest thing I wished that I didn’t do, it’s hurting me
Before exiting I said that we should do this again
You returned my sentiment, even though we never did
Final time we ever met, that topped my lists of regrets
But what a memory, how sweet your expression was in the end
Smiled and let me out, then drove off into the night
You been on my mind heavier since you been outta sight
So we ain’t need to touch, I got enough from that rush
A special one, I almost loved you at last blush
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4. |
In Your Hair
05:19
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Oh I’m, oh I’m
In your hair, I know
You cut it off when it’s so far gone
You change it up when it’s been too long
You lost track of yourself, but I see you
View that girl how I do, if she knew
You’re tangled up in what you can’t control
No mirror to show that same bandaged soul
The tears fall the same when you’re all alone
Healing appears when the appeal is gone
But you going blonde, say you having more fun
While you just doing damage in the long run
End up where you started when it’s all done
But it doesn’t matter now, to anyone
Cause they notice you, you’re too fine
You can flip perceptions on your mood time
The first to go, the first to renew its growth
Back to your roots, the first to return home
Ooh I’m, oh I’m
In your hair, in your hair
In your hair, in your hair
In your hair, and I know
It flows down past your shoulders
You let it grow to honor getting older
Picture running hands through it softly
Silky, smooth, still as falling water
Through right and wrong, Frank Lloyd with the famous house
Wanna comb through it, get it straightened out
Hate to see us waste this, but I’ll wait around
I know that you hurting, but I can’t save it now, man
Lovely lady, look like Sloane but you the fairest
Got me spinning like the wheel up at Navy Pier
Read you like a book, flipping through your pages
Carrying a sacred story of your many years
Sharing with Atlas, weight off of your back at last
So love yourself, let your image match it after that
Release your burdens, be free in your purpose
That change won’t come cheap, but you deserve it
Oh I’m, oh I’m
In your hair, in your hair
In your hair, in your hair
In your hair, I know
Deep in thought, so it’s not too much talking
Put on a facade that’s just blocking something softer
You feel emotions deeper so they hit you way harder
And after this I might just hit a barber and restart it
So I can’t even blame you for tryna swap something
I was too afraid to try when I thought I was above it
I know I’m not free from ideology hypocrisy
I’m just a boy after all, constantly evolving, see
I got me a saving complex, cannot stop dropping these
Garden seeds, grains of sand running past palm’s reach
To an hourglass drain running out, falling deep
This is Sisyphan struggle, roll the boulder up the hill
And he smiling fore it falls, even though he knows it will
Wish I didn’t feel like a failure to help was a fail to fulfill
Tryna fix someone else so I don’t really have to heal, damn
Ooh, ooh
In your hair, in your hair
In your hair, in your hair
In your hair
You can’t forgive yourself
You wish you would change
You think you’ll feel different
But you’re still the same
Cause you’re so afraid
You just wanna feel brand new
A whole different person
But you wouldn’t be you
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5. |
Solace
05:44
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Visiting home for the holidays, thinking differently
Bedroom of my childhood been imprisoning me
This time place, my mind state start regressing quickly
These days this windy city getting frigid to me
Blowing smoke, in below freezing, my breath visi’
Wasteland full of skeletons, see death in it
Walk in the park every evening, get clear headed
It’s dark out so early now, you know what it is
I’m up over the bridge, water under it'd be so frozen
Even though it’s road, these cars keep coming and going
And what are their stories? How we used to ponder
But I’ll never know em, stuck in the sonder
Searching for solace
For light in the solstice
Staring back into the darkness
Call out to radio silence
That winter day was where it all started
I became hardened, still ain’t heartless
Tell me this ain’t what you really wanted
I’m past bitter, but I stayed honest
Cause you were my solace
And now I’m my solace
I looked within and I found it
Solitude not always melancholic
Cause I’m so above it
Can’t believe the feeling
I discovered new ways of living
Artistry will be my truest healing
I’m so forgiving, you’re forgiven
Not an enemy, never were a villain
Hurt people making more victims
Inside myself, it was so revealing
Growing mature really go the distance
This melody is a saving grace
This empathy is my strongest trait
This energy has been long awaited
If you make it, I’ll still be waiting
Only if you’re brave enough to face it
So keep the truth on your face
Now tell me, how have you changed?
You said I’m so many things
Now I’m everything
Searching for solace
For light in the solstice
Staring back into the darkness
Call out to radio silence
That winter day was where it all started
I became hardened, still ain’t heartless
Tell me this ain’t what you really wanted
I’m past bitter, but I stayed honest
The wind is harsh, the winter’s dark
The wind is harsh, the winter’s dark
Brought myself out in that blizzard
While my family sleeping, mist is frigid
That night I left late, never revealed it
I’m not thinking, too numb to feel it
Traced the glass, and that wet my hands
Face is rosy, now they turning pink
Fire dragons, I still see the heat
I don’t wanna die, so just let me freeze
And I can shine like Jack, it’s below degrees
I don’t know, just hope they notice me
But the lamp pole is the single light
I cast a long shadow, only one in sight
Stand in fresh snowfall, it's pearly white
Like, that beauty was just too much
For the love of God, let me give it up
Guide me back out of what I’ve done
And help me find my way back home
Follow these sounds as they echo
I’m so alone, out here on my own
But they don’t need to know
No fear in the face of danger
Catharsis called me by a force of nature
This lowest moment is a stepping stone
Pray I’m forgiven for letting go, at least almost
Those harsh winds, that dark winter
Nearly turned the boy to a sinner
I just need to feel alive again
Please, let me feel alive again
Shed a tear when I look at the sky and it's mine again
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6. |
Mayflowers Bloom
08:01
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Oh yeah, oh yeah
And...now
Uh huh
This that shit man
Y'all ain't ready for this
I’m tryna get my Seroronan up
Sun coming out from the clouds, that mean we going up
Skin need vitamins, breathe, drink your hydrogen
Had to go outside to see I wanna be alive again
Time to shine, extra bright, look how bright it is
Life is dressed in gold like I’m Midas kissed
Finished being stuck inside my head, said I’m going out
So right now, I don’t got a lot to worry about
They say that April showers bring May flowers
I guess in this case, they also brought a album
Call it therapy on wax, know a lot of people doubt it
No joke, don’t know where the fuck I’d be without it
We might have grown apart, but at the end of the day
We held hearts, when the deck dug us up with a spade
Grew from the same earth and bathed in the same pain
We already share roots no matter how we became so
All those days in the rain
We spent praying for spring
Growing up, out, in the wild
Green again, we are the flowers
Spent my whole life paving the way
Took the path of the oldest child
Firstborn, boy I’m flowing now
Ro is baby Moses floating down the Nile
I found my Rosebud, that’s the inner child
So don’t be acting like I’m so different now
I grew up and I glewed up, but I’m still me
With my old dawgs in the same fucking streets
Since linkin at Oz, we been up in the trees
So imma branch out where you never could reach
Producing, singing and rapping
Making movies and acting, designer fashion
My bruddas know me, it has to happen
Cameras flashing, I’m hitting bitches with the wrist-a-band
So passionate, I need a world tour with a minivan
Just wait till I hit a rack like I’m in Iran, I mean Iran
Inshallah, Ron Solo will never be crossed
Like smoking and drinking at once, but that’s haram
Saying as-salamu alaykum, wa alaykumu s-salam
Never been to Synagogue, haven’t prayed in so long
But stages was my destiny to be on, say and Solange
Built myself a different state of mind, see it in my eyes
Gemini at war, I plead with both of my sides
Sitting in the pavilion, searched for signs way in the sky
Buildings lit up in my name, the time is mine
And the shirt is Basquiat, my word is caveat
When I made this song I stepped back and felt like I’m a God
This is my Bottle Rocket, just wait until I set it off
Once I get enough, I can make my Royal Tenenbaums
Cause all of y’all been sleeping, lemme wake you up
I know the day to meet the soil comes for all of us
All those days in the rain
We spent praying for spring
Growing up, out, in the wild
Green again, we are the flowers
Spent my whole life paving the way
This is the path of the oldest child
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she’s gone
Winter’s frost has come to melt
Water’s wake lifts the flowers up from frozen hell
Walking through a field I thought I know so well
Well, this was once a garden, it outgrew itself
Blessed with a white dress and a wreath crown
And you don’t know where you’ll always be found
At the end of endless hallways in my dreams
Your petals all over decorate the ground
Maybe you were made to rule the spring
Light your temple on fire just to feel the heat
Your blood swimming with toxins
I don’t know they got into your veins
But I heard em say our lady’s tears were not in vain
Mascara streaming down the cheeks of such a pretty face
Hear the the bells of May as they ring your name
And they say
Come into bloom
Come into bloom
Come into bloom
We’re born anew
Come into bloom
Come into bloom
Come into bloom
We’re born anew
Come into bloom
Come into bloom
We're born anew
We're born anew
So come into bloom
Come into bloom
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7. |
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Another long ass song man
This is a tale of two 19’s, so
Bear with me
Alright
My memories are my legacy
I’m calling out to them endlessly
I just wanna know that they hear me, yeah
I just wanna know that they hear me
I can only see you when I’m fast asleep
These restless dreams are so hard to reach
I just wanna know if they feel me, yeah
I just wanna know if they feel me
We’re older than we’ve ever been
We’re younger than we’ll ever be
But look what we already done
Just look what we already done
Run it back, summer '19, that’s my dream
Age 16, floor 13, it was everything
I had found my people and my peace
I’m still working on the time machine
At Lincoln Center, sitting on the edge
Water jumping out the fountainhead
I got my head up in the clouds
With my feet down on the ground
And the people getting loud
But by now we drown it out
Good morning, I could scream it
You know it’s my season
Rise and shine, shit is beaming
New York City streets is heated
Only shop in SoHo, I do not trust no hoe
Hannah call me Ro though, and I’m rockin polo
I got on the same shades, Lennon frames
And the bucket hat, cause it’s 80 on a sunny day
See myself changing, and it’s amazing
I don’t know what awaits, so I’m meditating
Before my worst days when I became complacent
I looked at her face and saw adoration
Like Zak and Lank window gazing at all the cars
Singing lullabies at stars when we in the dark
Then wake up sleep deprived, well fuck it, we alive
Feeling high, me and her, it’s only she and I
Little sugar vibe with my orange soda
Pink and orange moments, Dunkin Donuts
Breathe this shit in deep, it’s hella sweet
Leave it in the melodies, glow so heavenly
On the harbor, dawg, I thought I glimpsed God
Burning sky, sunset sending us fireballs
I think this ship is going down with us
Breathe the minute in, then we drown in it
Caught up in the rain, running holding hands
When we made it back, finally made the plans
In elevator at last, had to wait to ask
First date, final day, took her that Shake Shack
We arranged it, now we embracing
For the evening, then for the season
Guaranteed, these feelings deepened
Till the stage of “what are we?” friends
Lovers since we were a little younger
What enchantment did she put me under
Felt like a spell of cinematic wonder
Once upon a time, mid summer
Hey vlog, this is my bestie Bia (Ayy…let me throw it at you Kendall)
Oh…got it…ohhh shit ayy!
This is Ronan, he’s kind of like a gangster man (he’s a gangsta)
This is Zak, he’s my favorite person (hi…teddy bear…I love Zak)
Here’s Abby, she’s my roommate (hi…besties)
This is Hannah, she’s gorgeous, oh my God
This is Kate, and she dropped it down on the dance floor! (no…)
This is Amanda, she’s a little intimidating but girl she's gorgeous and she's sweet as fuck (I love you…I love you…nice girl summer…ahaha ahhh…Ronan’s like "me too")
This is my squad, and nobody can top em, man
Floor 13…Floor 13!
I love y'all
My memories are my legacy
I’m calling out to them endlessly
I just wanna know that they hear me, yeah
I just wanna know that they hear me
I can only see you when I’m fast asleep
These restless dreams are so hard to reach
I just wanna know that they feel me, yeah
I just wanna know if they feel me
We’re older than we’ve ever been
We’re younger than we’ll ever be
But look what we already done
Just look what we already done
Summer '22, I turned 19, but my mind’s older
Beat forces that I grew outta but I’m still rockin
Every time I see the fam, they saying I got taller
Grow longer, more I only seem to feel smaller
Coming home, tryna come up for new air to breathe
Been underwater, feeling so repressed
Free falling, need therapy, but who’s there for me?
The same friends, yeah we had class
Can’t escape the past, but the present passing
One last fore we all leave we them fall leaves
We drinking, smoking, laughing, joking, on me
Most important, stopped recording, now I live in moments
Girls I used to wanna kiss is like “we missed you Ronan”
They say I changed in good ways, that I’m different now
And I missed em too, but don’t know how to feel about it
This shit for the middle of June, when it glitter out
Birthday last a week long, Mr. Geminow, and owww
Lakefront smelling loud, when it’s green outside
Down at the ledge, I’m reflecting at the golden hour
Lake Shore Drive on the way to Ryan’s, boy I know the route
Blankets in the basement, crashing on the couch
Some things never change, since ’17 it’s been the same
Still plotting, scheming, talking, dreaming, all evening
What we tryna achieve and stay up late playing games
Just contemplating how we gonna make it, we will together
Number one, my fucking brother, best man forever
Uptown wilding, or we downtown downing long islands
Getting high as fuck at Cheesecake, or the aquarium
We seeing things, we going green, it’s getting scary
Thought we’d die inside, then they’d have to bury us
That jane had Bea hawkin, I had to carry her
Fam treat me like I’m their son, reconnected
Ex girl turned lesbian turned best friend, so impressive
Took me to Buddhist temple, I’m catching the blessings
And still got fired on the same day, that made me humble
So we outside, this ain’t the time to stay indoors
It’s a lot of ways you could make the same cookie crumble
Hit Pitchfork, it’s foreshadowing lists for em
Like Jameson in the basement with the techno
Wyatt sailing Lake Michigan with the lil boat
Ethan whipping the beamer, let it go topless
That boy Foxy, Ella still getting real saucy
Marshall cooking real sauce, shit is so Italian
Always loved my neighbors, shoutout to Natalia
Getting faded, then we visit places that we really loved
Just kicking round, turn a big city to a little one
Something lost and something found in the middle of
Chi Town in the summertime, never give it up, live it up
My memories are my legacy
I’m calling out to them endlessly
I just wanna know that they hear me, yeah
I just wanna know that they hear me
I can only see you when I’m fast asleep
These restless dreams are so hard to reach
I just wanna know if they feel me, yeah
I just wanna know if they feel me
We’re older than we’ve ever been
We’re younger than we’ll ever be
But look what we already done
Just look what we already done
It was all we needed
I can see your faces
It was all we needed
I can still see your faces
A myth of my own
Baby you’re a myth of my own
A myth of my own
It was all a myth of my own
A myth of my own
This is mine alone
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8. |
Rattleback Records
08:59
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(Sometimes in our lives)
(We all have pain)
(We all have sorrow)
(But if we are wise)
(We know that there’s always tomorrow)
(Lean on me)
(When you’re not strong)
(And I’ll be your friend)
(I’ll help you carry on, for)
Lemme take y’all back man, smooth soulful shit
You are now listening to a Rattleback Record
(Please, swallow your pride)
This that Friday evenings at camp, end of the dance type shit man
Young and romantic
Okay, met you that summer, need you this winter
Think we could be lovers, you were always pretty
Said I wanna spend my time like it’s bills being with her
It’s been a rough year, December getting so chilly
We started talkin again, been distant friends for a minute
Always had a thing for you, it’s things I’m still wishing
You sending hints, I could sense it, this’ll be different
I’m telling Ryan to drive us to go and pay you a visit
We pull up to Rattleback at your shift in our backpacks
Come inside, and you checking me out, I can’t get past that
You left the vinyl out for me in front of the other ones
And I cannot front like you just one of the other ones
So I walk around and browse for bout an hour, too nervous to say
How I like to feel your eyes on me when I look away
Until I’m caught in your gaze, contact making my chest skip
I put it all on the record, let you register this
What a beautiful day
Now what’s next? Oh yeah (Please)
Now I’m wishing you (Call me)
I been waiting for you (Call me)
Right here, if you need a friend
I’m right where I’ve been (Please)
I wish you would (Call me)
Go ahead and just (Call me)
Right now, if you need a friend
I’m right where I’ve been (Please, swallow your pride)
In the open, and I’m hoping you finally see it
Back when I was young, 17 and naive
That sweet shit, you know
Okay, lost you that winter, missed you last summer
Moved cross country like back when I was a runner
Fore I ever broke or sold a record, just manifesting
I’m selling you what you used to be at that store selling
And it’s just the way you left it, 'cept missing your presence
So I want my albums filling them shelves for you forever
Paying a different price, when did it get so expensive
Swiping my mental debit, and likely I’ll be in debt soon
Despite this, I hope you know I could never forget you
Cause I remember everything you said, and how I felt it then
So lately home’s been feeling a little emptier in my head
Selflessly empathetic, don’t care if it goes against me
My friends tell me I’m misled, but I never seen to regret it
Because above all the rest, I really hope you’re doing better
I got so many stories that I really wanna tell you
If you ever come around, you still got my cell and
Damn, and what? Oh, I know (Please)
I wish you would (Call me)
I’m only one away (Call me)
To this day, if you need a friend
You know where I’ve been (Please)
I wish you would (Call me)
Go ahead and just (Call me)
Always, if you need a friend
I’m right where you left (Please, swallow your pride)
How much can change in a year or two’s time
Now I’m only 19 but it’s older in my mind, of course
It's beautiful, you gotta love it
This that Northernplayalistic shit man, in a Jeep funky music
You know it's Chi Town, I don't even gotta say it anymore
Driving round, homebound
So much love for my hometown and the sun already going down
This sounds like Lake Shore Drive, or the end credits to the movie but
The movie's just beginning so...I don't know about that
Imma bump this on the way to Rattleback, they gotta lemme perform there
Imagine this in the store...just let that record spin, play it out
(Please, swallow your pride)
(Call me, call me)
(Please)
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing around it in circles
We dancing and dancing
It’s never too late for us
At least the dance we deserve
I see the street lights still on for it
It’s got no curfew after dark, still out
Somehow I know I’ll see you after this
Pure delusion, I don’t know how
I just know we’ll share that same glance
Don’t be a stranger, you’re not a stranger
I know you know me, I know you know I know you
Cause I still call you by your whole name
And it sounds so sweet to my tongue taste
I mean...it tastes so sweet to the sound, wait
Still taking care of it since you been away
So much history can’t be thrown away
Holding a piece of me, better keep it safe
I’m sorry I get too excited, for your loving
I miss you more than ever, darling
I hope the world's been blessing you
Wherever it’s holding you now
No matter how long you been out, I know
You’ll always have a place here
With me and mine, deep inside
It will be alright
Everything’s alright
It's gonna be alright if it's not already alright, you know
Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa
Ohhh, oh whoa, whoa
That's it
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For The Lore
04:36
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Hold on, hold on
(Well you find the time, don’t you)
For the lore
I write this to you
It’s been a long time
Been such a long time
Write this to you, write me back
Write this to you, may it last
I write this to you
I write this to you
Laid back sippin summer wine
Summer wine, summer wine
We’ll be fine, getting right
Sip it nice, taste just like (Like)
Sweet syrup moments, moving slow as molasses
That can’t be manufactured and sold to the masses
Free the nostalgia slaves, you should own your masters
Don’t wait and let it stall ya, grab it as it passes
Still writing my story, indefinite ink left
Never expected the characters, it’s been
Lot of culture in knowing, that shit is a privilege
Lot of water below me, even more bridges
Everything connected, this shit is all related
Butterfly effects twisting the timeline crazy
It happened, it’s wrapped, and I can’t change it
What a beautiful day to make my fate then
Forgive and let it live, cause it’s over now
It’s still a part of you, you gotta own it now
Giving and receiving, living and breathing
I’m coming in the same way I’m going out (Golden child)
Loving and losing still better than having less
Every lesson is a blessing that’s in the form of a test
The future is limitless, while the present is a gift
Still have regrets over shit I said and did
But I couldn’t make it here without being where I been
Cause everything I was made me everything I am
This is for myself, for my friends, for the fam
This is for the fans, fore the fans, for the past (Woo)
The secret history, still keeping my mysteries
Love letter delivery signed with sincerity
My piece of mind lies hidden inside this piece of me
So I’m finally mine at last, acceptance set me free (So long)
It’s been a long time (So long, so long)
Been such a long time (So long)
It’s been a long time
Been such a long time (So long)
I write this to you (So long)
I write this to you (So long for now)
I just had some stories to tell
Forever yours, Ronan
(How often you gonna see now?)
(Truly what you cease to be)
(Will you adjust your scenery
)
(Well you find time, don’t you)
(For the lore)
(Keep it rational)
(Keep it rational)
(There’s no fountain)
(Feel it in my bones)
(Feel it in my bones)
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