It Was Needed, by YoAstrum

It Was Needed

by YoAstrum

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1.	Stimulus Package (Prod. By KdaGreat) 02:00	lyrics
I need to be What I'm meant to be I got to be What I'm finna be yea (great) oh my God Oh my God Oh my Oh my God Thank You God Thank You God Thank You God Thank you God Oh my God Oh my God Oh my God ____________________________________________________ The canvas was shaken but never taken paint with honest chitter chatter used a diamond handled paintbrush speckled in bloodsplatter war stories never matter til you paint the whole town red good times, glory anguish aint here a lot of growth drippin everywhere there's an ocean full of oppurtunity you can sink or swim, try to float or build a boat either way don't be giligan inhibitions really aint a friend of him ay shit whatever i do i go hard great fortune i claim ours breaking bread, no lo-carb connecting the dots and we bridging the gaps God pullin the strings i merely react reach to everything from shallow ports to the mountains' map remember when my embers timid now a nigga rapidash slide like im james brown big payback, gotta brand new bag trumpets triumphantly play erasing out all of the stress prosper in perfect timing patience pays me checks peace progress prayer understanding the power respect diligence opens up doors connection creating the steps ___________________________________________________ oh my God Oh my God Oh my Oh my God Thank You God Thank You God Thank You God Thank you God Oh my God Oh my God Oh my God ____________________________________________________ I got what you need I got what you need what you need I got what you need I got what you need what you need
2.	Color Lines (Prod. By AbJo) 02:08	lyrics
I've been coloring out of the lines since I was raising my hands at gunpoint twice in my life before even teenager damn both times by cops while having clean record and trauma was on a timeline before it hit your timeline man momma, i thought we was born innocent? dad can you tell me just how im so different? grandma from the south but Harlem where she started the fam reminded me, black boy dont u ever forget gentrification is genocide of neighborhoods that we couldn't own maybe only if it's the other skin tone honestly on the other hand I cant really speak for another man when I was little my best friend went by the name Dan different complexion never noticed til society would try to force my hand I'm not a fan of long division cause you know the homies be the homies so i close any divides always my niggas, thats for life, thats no lie, get it right we dont die we multiply and i sure don't live for pretend i mean i learnt most this of shit by the time i was 10 word to all men, amen, this the beginning of ending all that shit for now still standing inside of this circle like maestro breaking all the cylces bubba wallace nascar, gas card unlimited mileage nigga we can go far i can ride my bike with no handlebars, still BLACK PEOPLE DON'T CALL EACH OTHER COLORED, WHAT THE FUCK YOU REPRESENT throwing in my 2 sense we been to hell and back singing songs of this land crosses aint nothing but throwback lynchings 2020 and some scum of the earth still that wicked now where the fuck they do that at I ain't even see color, til mothafuckas brought it to me pardon my tongue FOR A LANGUAGE I DONT FUCKING KNOW KNOW GOD IS LOVE AND ALL THAT WORKS AGAINST ME LET IT GO breaking all these curses at heaven's gate Harriet Tubman once walked through where niggas used to stay Lawnside where I was at the grass surely getting greener passing through these train tracks wait a minute bring it back bring it back, bring it back
3.	Shake (Prod. By ChopGodLewi) 02:36	lyrics	buy track
wiiiiiiiiiiii sh-sh shake i've been earneset i been learning wat it yeild step into the light (bling) (GAHH-LEE) move around i was chiefing i was bleeding i was really in da field hear that sound i will pray i will lay it down sophisticated playa one and you CANT SHOOT ME DOWN ______________________________________________________ run it up ay, run it up ay run it up ay, run it up ay 100 rounds x5 dodge it like im pootie tang damn plug me up ay, plug me up ay, plug me up ay, plug me up ay A 100 rounds x5 HUMMINNNNNNNNN ______________________________________________________ verse: jumpin' out the water with the sharks funny folks really went from bait to megalodon front seat, lucky locomotive tracking train of thought backseat, used to ride, radio full of soul (OK) abundantly drippin' I'm innovative with the sauce Gotta monster menu repotoire - Me je ne se quai made several swords out of my flaws one of the few out of bookoo that can truly cut a diamond with the bars Pardon my French sharp yung bruva Thought it was safe but the safe was just hidden Vaulted virtuoso vigilante was a villain got free then a nigga Turn hero She give me academia (((deku))) jedi with the force ((bless you)) Rolling up meganium ((right)) and little venusaur ((thank you)) I'm Metal gear solid, no snakes in my court (snake) finna ball like the rucker you can't play with the team if you ain't of the sort you gotta have a code atcha core and some more its something like morse tap tap tap I'm the pulse I'm the voice back back back up 6ft it's the boy man, oh god wiii cuttin' through the noise ay watch out I'm groovin' manifesting open up the doors through the road less traveled, fortunately, I'm with god! ___________________________________________________________ sh-sh shake i've been earneset i been learning wat it yeild step into the light (bling) (GAHH-LEE) move around i was chiefing i was bleeding i was really in the field hear that sound i will pray i will lay it down ______________________________________________________ run it up ay, run it up ay run it up ay, run it up ay 100 rounds x5 dodge it like im pootie tang damn plug me up ay, plug me up ay, plug me up ay, plug me up ay 100 rounds x5 HUMMINNNNNNNNN
4.	Ft. Charley - Finer Things (Prod. By JR Jarris) 02:39	lyrics	buy track
YoAstrum: melancholy messages vessels full of messages cup runneth over where (there's) mutual trust, advantage us shoot the shot my lense see captured in my camera from picture me golden to albums fully filled with miracles redirect the energy, connection on centipede buggin if i dont keep it a hundred like 2 Virgils be pictures worth a thousand words love smells of lavendar the finer things just keep coming from the challenges (ooh) (ooh) waterfall, waterfall blessings like a wave move whippin' whippin' whippin' whippin' whip it through a whirlpool riptides collide and i surf it like a pro do your move your move sweet spot, sweet spot dictate the rhythm like a mothafucka beatbox balance out the scales, might be lucky as a libra ambitious aires baby i wont mislead ya ying and yang swimming, peace flows like a pices - the mood set sentimental, just as the right beat good sex, complex not like the magazine i digress, digest all of this food for though simple as the roadmap to destiny, but who'd of thought? follow the path it's crystal clear rerouting us both from all our fears navigating through all of the doubt see truth in you with no doubt so I'm dodgin' a spider's web bird's eye view we up ahead hesitation's definition really be a lack of confidence and the finer thing's rarely ever said wherever value is I'm all in im all in ___________________________________________________________ Hook: Need what we need right now want what we want right now the finer things fulfill that, feel that, uh-huh need that, need that, need that Need what we need right now want what we want right now the finer things bring it back, bring it back need that, need that, need that __________________________________________________________ Charley: What's mine is yours, share my body and soul, We won't go far if there's inhibition and... Acquired taste, of the finer things, It's a lot more than a diamond ring, Bring a new meaning to my cup of tea, I think this is bigger than you and me. ______________________________________________________ Hook: Need what we need right now want what we want right now I been finding forever ______________________________________________________
5.	Changing Winds Interlude 00:50	lyrics
You're too all over the place you need a bit of space you need a lot of light you need to know your pace great fortune is on the way you need to know your great you need to know enough you need to say your grace i need to make a change i need to make a way i need to pray more correct a couple things we can make a way we can do anything it was needed for you now see what comes your way
6.	Fishtank (Prod. By Mulade) 03:40	lyrics
I put U before I to spell geniuine intention got me taking flight - action be the landing strip (we swimming tho) no ///apprehension cut the tension (knoowwwww dat) these ///dimensions seem to mention (what!?) what im fixing fix the stitchin (yea) home improvement im the building (tool time) see i don't fit in but i got rooms (space) lonely spirit healing roots (pace) earth old tunes heard anew trees of pain, growing fruit no more pain, i'll give too times im red or im blue sleeping so sweet, at the beauty of things the american dream ............................................ tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap > tap tap ______________________________________________________ i quarantined in the hyperbolic time chamber slid from the jungle gym to swing forward flippin' paper a fishtank all around me don't fit my nature a fishtank mindset will never drown my making and glass arguments are something that aint in my favor remove poison vaccinate it through an operation (take ya time) surgical with pollination smell the roses while they fragrant dont step on small buds played games long enough can't be a jellyfish dog that's bitch trait envy manmade pass the test or repeat missed steps and mistakes either matter was only ever jealous of the ocean from a fishtank till the glass break then the glass breaks til the glass broke grow woahh ........................................... tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap > tap tap i need love muthafucka maybe more than i really had need love muthafuka , let it go if it dont help what was bad (let it go) i need love muthafucka turns out i got just what i neeed we need love mothafucka there grows another seed when i breathe i feel my life is fluid when i stop is when i seem to lose it til that last bell dings aint nothing really to it i went wilder with the fury but that only made the fury louder a cross to bear has false conclusions moments to spare my spare change is sparkin new movements writing the story grateful glory conquered the levels omw reconnected see last December, unexpected too, one moment coulda been my last coulda made me a toast 2020 i celebrated with ghosts on my birthday coronavirus claimed family on the same day wait thoughts flying at an intersection conversations with God longer than a couple of seconds and a couple days perfect time for reflecting reconnected with the message ima whale finally broke out of the fishtank was never even one time a fish mane whale finally free from that fishtank as never even in a fuckin fish tank from the very beginning
7.	Rollin' (Prod. By Sons Of Leone) 03:32	lyrics
Used to overthink over analyze now a nigga understand Dont complicate it it aint neccessary, really simple man With a complex cause most of my thinking's complex enigmatic with the static lightning in my mindset they underwhelm shorty told me drop bombs, funk flex paid my dues, raising the bar like fitness goddamn Rock Paper Scissors loser cuts off they fuckin hand Daredevil seen the devil made em do the running man _________________________________________________ Hook: 2x Rolling rolling rolling Feeling like the shit Bad lil baby with me said i'm too legit to quit Need a 100 on my wrist Yiddy yiddy yizzay A lil trouble really tryna get me ___________________________________________________ Reaping what I sow To get pizzaid reaching higher than an angel floating in the midday I don't really care for the he say she say any weapon formed against me get up out the wizzay until we on I'm going off and I aint ever falling nah, Alicia Keys time to get the bread now, Swizz Beats take your breath with melody, let it breathe let it breathe _____________________________________________________ Rolling rolling rolling Feeling like the shit Bad lil baby with me said i'm too legit to quit Need a 100 on my wrist Yiddy yiddy yizzay A lil trouble really tryna get me ___________________________________________________ Okk Hol' up whats the deal I aint tryna vibe if you aint tryna ride sooner or later we need to feel feel something real feel something real think i done got something real gotta get some-something real gotta keep-keep something real Feel something real Feel something real ______________________________________________________ Rollin' rollin' Feeling like the shit Bad lil baby with me said I'm too legit to quit Need a 100 on my wrist Yiddy yiddy yizzay A lil trouble really tryna get me ______________________________________________________ she so sweet she probably sing the sun to sleep bonne to my clyde ride out on enemies monsters in my head rarity to keep the peace trials and tribulations only test me i testify to truthfully kill the pretty pink diplomatic when im at got immunity prey on those that be praying on my downfall lord have mercy on my soul God body 'til infinity ______________________________________________________ Hook: Rollin' rollin' Feeling like the shit Bad lil baby with me said I'm too legit to quit Need a 100 on my wrist Yiddy yiddy yizzay A lil trouble really tryna get me Rollin' rollin' Feeling like the shit Bad lil baby with me said I'm too legit to quit Need a 100 on my wrist Yiddy yiddy yizzay A lil trouble really tryna
8.	Ft. Bemata - The Upper Room (Prod. By AbJo) 03:03	lyrics
YoAstrum: word to my nigga keylin - i just wanna find the key to this life open the door just do it like mike in some nikes or air to a lung it was needed so i breathe in and breathe out no bullshit, just needed to let the weakness out these letters envelop a message that i do indeed deliver it don't mean a thing if you don't sing sunshine in my pocket beats a diamond ring ______________________________________________________ Bemata: Hook read between the lines see the grooves inside of you from the jungle gym watch me swing and slide to you through the thuderstorms sun shine through and through through and through through and through ______________________________________________________ in a world full of voices something lead you to me classic case of the right time, right place like summer nights in a great space, nice wine i aint mr nicewatch and you aint ms no nombre our names, our first beautiful promise in a world written of letters of scarlet no more fear i dare say balance being a target more power for you to harness ______________________________________________________ YoAstrum: I roll the dice with a heavensent charm ring the alarm i go beyond saying beyond love in my heart weapon in arms sword in my hand going for large turnt a little to a lot abundantly swarm buzzing Vibrate higher than subwoofers in attics angel on my line ima answer this second first things first and two things for certain never could i ever put a price on connection or my purpose nah yizzay compound interest my favorite investment once from the block now we flipping the stock now im walkin' with a lot knowledge talks, wisdom listens can't see shit without a vision if you giving up game ima listen on my pivot (uuMMMM) ______________________________________________________ Bemata: Hook read between the lines see the grooves inside of you from the jungle gym watch me swing and slide to you through the thuderstorms sun shine through and through through and through through and through ______________________________________________________

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Made this during quarantine last year. Healing was key. A lot of experiences are tied in with this project. I found gratitude is the true currency. Make sure you invest in yourself and find time to reconnect with what really matters.

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released March 2, 2021

Production by KdaGreat, AbJo, Mulade, Sons Of Leone, and JR Jarris
Performed and Written by Charley, Bemata and YoAstrum
Mixed and Engineered by YoAstrum
Artwork by YoAstrum

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YoAstrum is a rapper-singer songwriter hailing from New Jersey. The South Jersey native began during high school as a producer, however, began piecing his first songs together while living in Harlem, New York 2012. After a long hiatus gathering inspiration through life and his musical predecessors, he continues to create and share his perspective through an atmospheric feel and expressive lyrics. ... more