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Big Bill Sings The Blues

by Big Bill

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1.
[Verse 1] Less a flex more a self affirmation I’m still nice like your folks’ finished basement Must be nice when you don’t have to pay rent Broke zoomers are allowed to be ageist That’s my first decree Five finger discount that’s a spending spree Trust those who were kleptos when they were nineteen No endorsement I’m just sayin how it seems to me How it is, tell me how it look like Bust my ass walking fast on some black ice Need ass, not enough to do mad swipes But somehow expect different results Start my own mini cult Hope and pray they don’t sue me Met these girls at this party and they already knew me From my music granted it was all from 2017 But that was enough inspiration for the current me This kid in Germany just sent a batch of loops My friends in Arizona said it’s you I listen to And I got some fans in Texas And we message cuz we’re homies And my man’s out in Japan Can’t wait to see where this is going [Chorus] I said give the kids the music like it’s afterschool I said give the kids the music don’t you act a fool I said dude we don’t care what is on the way Can you play it right now or do we have to wait? I said give the kids the music like it’s afterschool I said give the kids the music I don’t make the rules I said dude we don’t care what is on the way Can we play it right now or do we have to wait? [Verse 2] This the overture Quick! You might lose em Tryna never have to say I wish I’d done it sooner Famous last words Only me is at fault Cuz the kids can’t dance to your jams in the vault Snippets be like modern day torture Shit’s piling up, we need an episode of hoarders Starring you, Mr. Song’s Not Done Gotta make it all perfect for your audience of one Just drop it! Talkin to myself here Really just…. Lookin at the man in the mirror uh I said, I said [Chorus] I said give the kids the music like it’s afterschool I said give the kids the music don’t you act a fool I said dude we don’t care what is on the way Can you play it right now or do we have to wait? I said give the kids the music like it’s afterschool I said give the kids the music I don’t make the rules I said dude we don’t care what is on the way Can we play it right now or do we have to wait? [Outro: Antonio] You still a broke music teacher But he’s still teachin these kids how to make beats He’s still tryna make it out here in the music industry Teaches twenty-seven kids a day and still gettin nothin out of it This class is so easy Y’all shouldn’t be over there failin’ He the best teacher you ever gonna have in the day Coolest one Bring the Nintendo Switch
2.
Stomachaches 02:18
[Chorus] I be getting stomachaches When i gotta go to work like that Hurts like that Feeling like the fuckin worst like that Every morning I wake up and I be Getting stomachaches When i gotta go to work like that Hurts like that Feeling like the fuckin worst like that Staring into space berserk like that [Verse] Say right about now I don’t wanna act cute Wanna bitch and moan Bout my commute Feels like a death sentence Call me Barbara walters Cuz I host sixty minute drives To and from Fuckin gas bill cost just as much As a new pair of dunks every month Just so I can work At a place I don’t like that much That’s an understatement Got my stomach achin' Thinkin’ how I’ll be ground down Right into pavement Not just once but many times repeated daily For a check that gets chopped off for transportation Fuck the government and city planner Bout to build a train from here to Alabama I’m way too handsome But I’ll throw a tantrum I’ll hold big auto by the neck for ransom You know something like that I can’t really fight back Like I could move closer But I don’t wanna do that Sick of this spat Might put on a podcast It’s better than music Makes the time go fast [Bridge] Oh, say right about now Won’t you drive a little faster? Gotta go, gotta move Gotta go, gotta move Gotta go, gotta move Gotta…. Oh, say right about now Won’t you drive a little faster? Gotta go, gotta move Gotta go, gotta move Gotta go, gotta….. [Chorus] Getting stomachaches When i gotta go to work like that Hurts like that Feeling like the fuckin worst like that Every morning I wake up and I be Getting stomachaches When i gotta go to work like that Hurts like that Feeling like the fuckin worst like that Staring into space berserk like that
3.
[Verse 1: Davis] Lil lispy but the ebony maw still get jiggy If it hits me I contort the words to what they need to be No three square meals a day He sustained himself off squares top ramen and yerba mates I make music for niggas who sip grand marnier on warm winter days To wash down they shrimp etouffee And those that face blunts and sell runts between carts on the train Kick it with niggas ain’t got no FOID But still keep that hammer on em like they masons Ain’t no false flagging niggas ain’t hood adjacent Local g station know me Shit a block away from grannys And when i step into hanna’s i’m treated as if i’m family Mrs whitaker selling scratch offs Fiends craving that mineral and i ain’t talking bath salts Don’t roam in some expensive kicks Begging to be a lick Five niggas in a coup ride down on you with the stick No words uttered They rather let the pole talk You on thin ice mister Stretch you Strong arm you Then lance you like a blister Soul exit ya mouth as soft as a whisper [Verse 2: Pink Navel] There is a particular practice called being shackled Down by the weight of my energy-losing stature My stamina is dwindling Eat a citrus fruit and use the juice like it’s the kindling To fire up my synergy Right around the time I’m supposed to be um excited Is when I start to yawn and move on to sinister idling What’s another way to battle daily dose of lazy bones Submit to being crazy dull but in appropriate hours? Tired in the day but at night I feel like I’m flower Blooming to accrue a new acquired stance called power I could do it for hours Till my baggy eyes drag me by And sadly I do flounder fish up on the comforter Dream of being Dumbledore and casting a spell called rap Send it off to Bill like watchu think did Devin snap? Watchu think did Devin snap? [Verse 3: Big Bil] It’s 5 pm and I’m tired Debunking myths that you can do Any hobby you desire With enough grit and determination Put up a fight against your human body’s Natural inclinations to rest and recharge Yea I know it’s so hard I barely sunk into the couch And I’m at work again I’m feeling stretched like some butter over too much bread When I bitch like this you people say be grateful There’s people who don’t have a job With no food on the table Well I’ll take a hungry day If it means doing what I say so I’m waiting for the day Where after making dinner. doing dishes, exercising Oh and yea I just remembered Feed the cat and scoop it’s shit So I don’t stink up the whole lobby After doin all of that I chip away at my lil hobbies That’s the dream like my number one desire But as for now it’s 5 PM And I am very tired
4.
[Intro: Big Bill] I say the rest is uncertain Enemies want me in jeopardy Levar Burton Big shoes to fill like my first name was Kerwin I’m not perfect, I’m just daily learning This my sermon like [Verse 1: GBMystical] Don't know where i'm going yet Uncertainty is so complex I know it’s more than i have met So far I’m tangled in the net Tryna build my net worth cause I’m not even worth my weight in silver yet Coach when I ride a jet Bars don't come as easy as they used to Maybe cause I’m wired into bluetooth Usage constant abusive behavior on myself With the smoke all in my mouth back on the train heading south [Verse 2: Big Bill] No doubt I’ll smack you if you say “quarter life crisis” But that’s exactly what it is An accurate indictment of my situation I’ll only go to grad school if I get a wide-eyed ovation By Pharrell in a NYU masterclass Anything less I will have to pass Wanna move to New York but need double cash And it would triple my sorrows Maybe I should finally just plant my feet in Chicago Yo I don’t know [Verse 3: GBMystical] On the back porch where i scorch another torch On the back of my tongue is where my words were In the pit of my stomach when im tortured In the light of the morning when i'm sober Hoping that the order that i ordered gets delivered Nervous just to go into the store because im tweaking I’m afraid i might fuck up my life like every weekend But I just smoke this dope because it seems to do the treatment [Verse 4: Big Bill] At least when I got the evening brews in me I can settle down maybe write a little tune Any thoughts as to why my hits materialize In twenty minutes after alley pissing Thursday night? That’s not regular, slowly get ahead of it like bi-monthly Get a streak then restart but I’m proud of me Like half the time cuz I change my mind At what age it’s okay to consider my prime Yo I don’t know [Verse 5: GBMystical] My life is so caught up in the niceness I just started talking to someone about my crisis If you acting fishy that’s a pisces See me eating Reese’s Pieces at recess was timeless Cause i can transport now to a memory I’m not done making new ones cause of entropy If time is a circle then it's meant to be Meant to stump a little take a little extra time I got too much on my mind so i can't find the time Doin simple shit that people half my age are doin fine I got too much on my mind so i can't find the time Doin simple shit that people half my age are doin fine [Verse 6: Big Bill] Top half of hourglass full of sand left Unwritten like what Natasha Bedingfield said Or my homies finish it like Mozart's Requiem I get further if i don't concern myself If I’m ahead of him Comparison robs me of my delight Me and my band's daily affirmation is "oh we nice" Like to see heights that's higher than the present day If I never do then i'll bemoan it in my later days Might provide at least a little inspiration I'll blow up when i'm 65 A time bomb with no expiration I'm certain I got hella patience
5.
Putzing 01:09
[Verse] I condone hella putzing On my way to this but I had to do that one thing Take my time might scroll on the couch I’ll be fashionably late To her and so-and-so’s house In my own time zone, comfiest in my home Will the club play the songs off my iPhone? I go where I go when I please That’s why I be late to my job most morning You see is I be watchin Shaq and Charles Barkley Soon as I get sick of them I’m in attendance at your party Could be never, could be five seconds Imma trust my instincts like I’m listening to Peppy (trust your instincts!) Pro side quest I could never rock a clock face like a Timex I’m a putz but in reality I’m stressed That’s my best guess
6.
[Chorus] I don’t fuck bad bitches I fuck women with jobs Show me your W-2 Before you slob on my knob If you in school that’s cool It just might be a prob So Imma keep it to a wave and a nod [Verse 1] If you’re in school it might be a problem I don’t know if people tell you this that often I only mess around with women with professions You could call it a kink, you could call it an obsession Lil baby I need to err on the side of caution You’re twenty-three Need to be makin a little profit It’s exhausting to explain this to a child Not into baby-talkin that ain’t my style [Chorus] I don’t fuck bad bitches I fuck women with jobs Show me your W-2 Before you slob on my knob If you in school that’s cool It just might be a prob So Imma keep it to a wave and a nod [Verse 2] I don’t need no Rosie the Riveter And please don’t be insecure If I gotta bring out the wallet for dinner This ain’t classist I just wanna say you ain’t gettin no ass If you ain’t got no regular cash From a source that ain’t your procreators I know it’s hard to find a place that pays for your labor For what it’s worth it can be like an incentive First paystub I see, we fuckin, it’s predestined It’s a damn good investment No I never lay eighteen bombshells with no Roth IRA That’s a damn issue Don’t call daddy when the rent’s due I fuck adults that’s what I’m into
7.
Doom is like jazz How you learn how to blow through those changes like that? Got a BFG but I only count three And I got a couple choruses of demons round me I might move smoothly like my man Kenny G With the plasma rifle Till it runs out of ammo or the chain gun idles I’m liable to shotgun everything Might shoot one, charge up, shoot a sequence of three Boom boom boom like the Black Eyed Peas I see how some of you blast way faster But I got the patience to figure out the patterns We in hell anyways so fuck your last words, bastards And if you’re coming to the end of your solo And you need some help You can chainsaw people in half and then steal their health I said what I said
8.
[Chorus: Mike Space] Oh why today? I’ve seen it all wash away And that’s okay Sandcastles aren’t meant to stay [Verse 1: Big Bill] Something bout the passage of time Something bout a younger-looking old person Aging like a fine wine or cabernet My back aches more like every day I need a tempurpedic like i need a Macy’s Day Parade if my profession was floating My profession is telling young people that they owe things Subtracting years off my life Puffing like koffing, I mean puffin like Rare birds on cereal boxes I thought once i got old i might feel like hot shit But I still can't boil correct amounts of pasta What I thought I had i know that I surely lost it Imma hop out as soon as you thought i hopped in [Verse 2: Sagar] I hop over the turnstile life Oh wow you be like “I don’t think this thing works right” I laugh, the scenic route gaffe I’ve seen it all and summed it up to bout a paragraph My greatest fear is losing faith Second is being second on a Big Bill drum break I’m at the bar building heartache Or maybe belly Maybe Makaveli listening to Nelly I was in New Delhi I was hella sweaty No confetti, boo-hoo grandma died I wasn’t ready That’s neither here nor there All things end up as much so I hear Only one sound in this atmosphere And that’s the sigh of the deer as the headlights clear Only one sound in this atmosphere And that’s the sigh of the deer as the headlights clear [Chorus: Mike Space] Oh why today? I’ve seen it all wash away And that’s okay Sandcastles aren’t meant to stay I’ve seen it all crashing down And that’s okay
9.
[Verse] I don’t fuck with dogs in cities Because they don’t fuck with me I see em barkin at my presence When I’m walking down the street I’m like this sidewalk wasn’t yours When it was poured into the ground Now you be actin like you own the shit I’ll send you to the pound Nah I’m kidding that was harsh But your unleashed mutt will bite me I don’t care how much you trust it It don’t motherfuckin like me I am huge and unfamiliar to your yappy little pup It’s lived in cities its whole life But cannot keep its jowls shut Around the strangers and the passerby Oh my dog is chill It just don’t like you because you’re a guy I would advise you keep a wide berth Cuz it don’t fuck with half the humans on the planet earth Uhhhhhh I don’t fuck with dogs in cities Because they don’t fuck with me I see em barkin at my presence When I’m walking down the street I’m like this sidewalk wasn’t yours When it was poured into the ground Now you be actin like you own the shit I’ll send you to the pound
10.
Cold Calls 02:54
[Kurt Vonnegut quote] “I have this disease Late at night sometimes Involving alcohol and the telephone I get drunk, and I drive my wife away With a breath like mustard gas and roses And then, Speaking gravely and elegantly into the telephone I ask the telephone operators To connect me with this friend or that one From whom I have not heard in years” [Intro] Haven’t talked to you in a long time Like I’ve never talked to you before [Verse 1] Cold calls sponsored by Yellow Tail riesling Big Bill on caller ID, did you miss me? Wish we, maybe lived close together Or just check in every year To be honest that might be better like High school motherfuckers keep at arm’s distance Call you bi-yearly I be spilling my business Toast to the overshare, see you at Christmas Or maybe not That’s where our friendship probably stops But I will tell you things that I’d rather not Tell my real-life friends That could get dicey Down a couple brews I’ll call and tell you who I fucked, when, where, how At high speed I’ll make your head spin You got answers, I got questions If you zone out, no I never take it personal Telephone ted talk, and u my fuckin sounding board But I still love you [Bridge - Skit] Bill: Dan Dan: Sup will? Bill: Hey Dan sorry so….this song…actually…I’m gonna send it to you Dan: Okay Bill: But it’s about…um…it’s about like just calling people on the phone after you drank too much. There’s like a little bridge part of it that’s like 10 seconds and it just needs you know…something in there, you know? Like a Chris Rock skit. Dan: Okay, I wanna hear it Bill: Yea Imma send it to you [Verse 2] I’ll tell you more than my digi shrink I don’t even pay you Only copay is chardonnay Bring a bottle or two More than ten dollars I don’t even wanna holler Down it in one sitting Talk to you like you’re my father Spill all your tea we’ll have an overshare party I won’t remember shit And if I do remember hardly Motherfuckers ask “really how close are we?” If I called you I’ll die for you in a heartbeat
11.
Work Friend 02:44
[Chorus] I’m at work again Not easier this time I’m finding it so hard to play pretend But when I wanna die Or my credit card declines It will be hard to say goodbye to my work friend [Verse 1] First year in the hole Had no sense for crowd control Pick me up, throw me around Star student just cussed me out It was bad and it got worse, felt like the Worst teacher in the universe You said “no matter how much it hurts They don’t give a fuck about you” When they leave go about their lives You’re the last thing in their mind You’re the fourth adult they cussed out today Not to oversimplify Nobody cares and that’s just fine And if you’re really pissed off you go and call their parents [Chorus] I’m at work again Not easier this time I’m finding it so hard to play pretend But when I wanna die Or my credit card declines It will be hard to say goodbye to my work friend [Verse 2] You used to make tea During the periods we were free It was discount therapy for me (And a lotta other people) I don’t really fuck with tea like that but I like to shit talk behind their back They being anybody would piss us the fuck off Same time you had the whole floor walking Around the auditorium we all talking Reminiscing, it made my week You were tryna get fit for Hawaii You’re the only one of us who followed thru With the goals that we pledged we'd do I hope wherever you end up there's more people like you [Chorus] I’m at work again Not easier this time I’m finding it so hard to play pretend But when I wanna die Or my credit card declines It will be hard to say goodbye to my work friend

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Big Bill sings (the blues)

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released July 1, 2022

1. Give The Kids The Music
produced by Big Bill
piano by Big Bill
trombone by Big Bill
woodwinds by Zach Tridico
bass by Eric Homol

2. Stomachaches
produced by Big Bill
bass by Eric Homol
background vocals by Morgan Braithwaite

3. 5 PM (feat. Pink Navel & Davis the Dorchester Bully)
produced by Big Bill

4. Uncertainty (feat. GBMystical)
produced by Big Bill
bass by Eric Homol

5. Putzing
produced by Bumsweat

6. Women With Jobs
produced by Richard Tuomi

7. Doom Is Like Jazz
produced by Big Bill & Mike Space
saxophone by Zach Tridico

8. Sandcastles (feat. Dogs So Rare)
produced by Big Bill & Mike Space

9. Dogs in Cities
produced by Big Bill

10. Cold Calls
produced by Big Bill
trombone by Big Bill
additional keys by Big Bill
additional drums by GBMystical
bass by Eric Homol

11. Work Friend
produced by Big Bill
bass by GBMystical

mixed & mastered by GBMystical

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