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Her Song (Prod. J Dilla)

from Her Song EP by Jay Gatsby

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When Life gets rough. Smile Tough.
Keep ya eyes up to the evil that surrounds us.
Give love to the people that ya can love.

She was a young girl in a young world.
Eyes shut to the evil that surrounds us.
Eyes up to the good people that's around us.
Smile tough. Good kids will be good kids.
But good kids ain't kids forever, life goes
and we grow looking for treasure.
And they hard to find. Otherwise they wouldn't be treasures.
Mom told ya draw maps and write stories so you could find forever.
Looking at mom and dad like "whats love like?"
wondering whats it like
to have a love that looks like mom and dads love life.
Did they tell her about love, then proceed to hide fights,
disguised after dinner time, dad sleeping on the couch tonight.
realizing somethings not right,
now moms gone, they both said it'll be alright.
now there's this new woman, shes not proving herself to me.
I miss mom, i just want it how it used to be.


When Life gets rough. Smile Tough.
Keep ya eyes up to the evil that surrounds us.
Give love to the people that ya can love.


Did they tell her that love is
like the earth holding precious sunlight
like two hands whispering hold tight.
like when the sea kisses the shore in the moonlight.
like the earth and moon intertwined in a dance,
pulling and pushing oceans in a frustrated romance,
Till they reach calm, getting without getting close, singing songs.
In her eyes, shes looking up the sky, catching the moon,
driving around with the wrong guys, fucking with the wrong type.
Life's not a bitch and neither are you.
Young girl to beautiful woman. and You're missing the view.
To find love you gotta find love in you.


When Life gets rough. Smile Tough.
Keep ya eyes up to the evil that surrounds us.
Give love to the people that ya can love.

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from Her Song EP, released March 8, 2014
Produced by the late J Dilla. Rest in Power.

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JayGatsby Anchorage, Alaska

Just some 20-year old kid from Alaska with a love for hip-hop and writing. Trying to see a community of entrepreneurs, dream chasers, passion lovers, artists, and genuine people in the hometown. Movement through music.

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