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Fishtank (Prod. By Mulade)

from It Was Needed by YoAstrum

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This was actually the second song I wrote for It Was Needed after "Rollin." At the time I was in physical therapy still from my car accident in December 2019. I was healing in every way I needed to at the time which actually inspired the title of this project. I was humbled in every way. Still had trouble walking at the time, relationships were being repaired, had to move back in temporarily with my parents, wasn't healthy enough to work where I was at, and still was recovering in more ways than one. And in the midst of recovering Covid hit then quarantine hit in the midst of that. Then as the final touch, my birthday came on April 6 and someone in my family passed from the virus. Ventilating that feeling of being trapped in this song ironically freed me from the feeling. Probably my favorite song on It Was Needed. Produced by Mulade (Formerly known as Blutop.)

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

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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


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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

credits

from It Was Needed, track released March 1, 2021
Produced by Mulade (Formerly Known As Blutop)
Written & Produced by YoAstrum
Mixed & Engineered 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

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