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No More Birthdays

by Brevity

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Rhokeheart Really amazing and thoughtful indie rock infused hip-hop, this sound is a big progression from their last album! Check this out if you are a fan of independent hip hop! (if you like Kristoff Kane, Cheschi Ramos, Sapient, Mikal Khill, or TribeOne) Favorite track: Just Like Me.
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1.
Wondering 02:12
Our last form of communication was supposed to be a letter So I wrote it out, addressed it, realized it might be better If I never and I mean never, never, never Let you read the things I wrote down late in September Cause part of it was so cold, I blamed you for all the fighting When it wasn't all your fault, see I remember that night when We're out your alma mater and I couldn't be calmer 'Til it came time for me to believe in karma I just want to know how you've been That's all I've been wondering I see you from behind the screen But that's not what I really mean I want to know how you've been It's all I've been wondering If you could read what I wrote, please It would mean the world to me Basically grew up together, how fucking crazy is that? Said we'd stay in love for ever both took that as a fact But then life happened, we were basically a wrap then You grew up and all I kept doing was rapping All I cared about was metaphors, punchlines and flows See I met her, 4 years later she walked out the front door Cause I'm selfish, she would have stopped if I asked her to But then I proved her right and did what selfish people do I just want to know how you've been That's all I've been wondering I see you from behind the screen But that's not what I really mean I want to know how you've been It's all I've been wondering If you could read what I wrote, please It would mean the world to me You're probably graduating this year That's always been my fear You're too grown up to play my games And I'm too stuck in my ways To ever truly make amends I know we'll never be friends But you never said goodbye to me Sincerely, Sorry
2.
Nights like these Are so familiar to me Where all I can see Is a flat, white, expressionless, generic looking ceiling And it's judging me It wants to punish me And if I see a gleam It'll summon me back underneath it so begrudgingly This is every night It just doesn't seem right I should put up a fight It's become a pretty hazardous way to live my life And I say I'll change But I stay the same It's all a game I'm the winner and the loser; does it matter if I play? If it doesn't and you promise me, I'll throw in the towel No remorse, no regret, I won't hesitate or doubt you Been wasting away days, prematurely in a grave World's in a spiral, act like I'm not phased On top of two pillows and forget eight hours I'm not trying to feel the sun today, my skin is pale and now I Want to stop acting like it's all okay But I never grew up, how do I act my age? At 18 I wanted to follow my dreams At 19 I thought the world needed to be seen At 20 I thought I had it all figured out But at 21 I couldn't pull myself up off the couch You tell me that I'm lazy Yeah, you tell me that I'm crazy I say it's just one of those days That's going on for days I have a fear of who I'll become this year Cause at 22 things are just as clear I'm starting to get all those familiar feelings Afraid I'll always be staring at my ceiling Looking for my future It appears I'll be a loser I've been living in small spaces, I've been sleeping on the couch and I just, I just, I just got to get out It's looking back at And it's mocking me It does it silently And I ask "Why me?" Why am I the one? I don't find this fun And I don't see the pun This is my life and I feel like I'm being shunned Like I did everyone else, I kept to myself Said I hate them but being alone is hell Misery loves company so come and party with me The gangs all here and the drinks are on me But this isn't what it seems, thought this is what I need But it's not so I'll drive until the needle breaks E If I'm one fourth of the soul of wit Then why the fuck am I not clever enough to figure out this? At 18 I wanted to follow my dreams At 19 I thought the world needed to be seen At 20 I thought I had it all figured out But at 21 I couldn't pull myself up off the couch You tell me that I'm lazy Yeah, you tell me that I'm crazy I say it's just one of those days That's going on for days I have a fear of who I'll become this year Cause at 22 things are just as clear I'm starting to get all those familiar feelings Afraid I'll always be staring at my ceiling Looking for my future It appears I'll be a loser I've been living in small spaces, I've been sleeping on the couch and I just, I just, I just got to get out
3.
The Summer 03:22
You came into my life abruptly one winter We had already been friends but you were planning something bigger Started saying that you loved me and I'm such a sucker for you That I knew it wasn't real but I used it as a substitute I needed the distraction was wrapped up in my past and When you had came along that's exactly what had happened My friends told me about your flaws but I chose not to see 'em And all the things you said well I started to believe 'em Even though I knew better but how could you blame me See I knew that they were lies but they were comforting, strangely You told me that you missed me, I knew that you don't And then you told me that you'd see but I knew that you won't You don't miss me I just remind you of home You miss your friends and your family but apparently I'm none of those So fuck what you told me, you swore that you'd always know me But the sun shed some light on things that you'd never show me You came down with the snow and I should have known That as quickly as you came would be as quickly as you'd go You left and impact, there's no denying that But I've come too far for me to ever turn back I followed every foot print in the snow but could this All lead up to nothing, have I wasted my time since All I have is wonder And nothing left to follow now that it's the summer The problem is when you're drunk I'm a great idea But then when you don't send a message, well the message is clear Yeah, at least it should be. I know how it seems Because enough is enough but I won't admit defeat If I don't get to you what does that say about me? I never thought that my persistence would be what made me weak But then it made me lose sleep, trying to follow your footsteps Now they're all gone and I've got nothing left Cause they gave me direction, the compass that I had But it was leading me to something that I could never have The illusion never went away, you're my mirage You're my addiction, my muse, my fucking sabotage And now the weather's getting warmer and the days are getting longer And I'm still holding onto you like some type of fucking horder It'll never work out, the taste you left in my mouth Is no longer enough reason for me to travel now You came down with the snow and I should have known That as quickly as you came would be as quickly as you'd go You left and impact, there's no denying that But I've come too far for me to ever turn back I followed every foot print in the snow but could this All lead up to nothing, have I wasted my time since All I have is wonder And nothing left to follow now that it's the summer
4.
Today is just like yesterday which is like the day before And if that really is the case I should be prepared for what's in store Laid awake so many nights and slept through so many mornings Feels like it came out of nowhere but I just ignored the warnings In reality, I hate what I've become Because I became comfortable, then I just became numb All because I believed what I was told When they said "the devil I know is better than the one that I don't" The devil I know The devil I don't The devil I know But I could be the one, be the one to break the cycle If I could just get up and get out of denial Yeah I could be the one, be the one to let this go But there's something telling me that I probably won't Cause it's a habit. I'm addict, not for drugs, not for Captain But for letting my motivation just shrivel up and then vanish If I could I would attack, stand over it with a hatchet But I'm afraid retaliation would put us both in a casket So I'm staring at my ceiling wondering if I hit my ceiling Wondering if this is all I got or do I have a greater meaning And I never get to sleep cause I can't escape it's hold Because the devil I know is stronger than the one that I don't The devil I know The devil I don't The devil I know But I could be the one, be the one to break the cycle If I could just get up and get out of denial Yeah I could be the one, be the one to let this go But there's something telling me that I probably won't So let me go, let me go, the devil I know
5.
Clocks 03:13
I'm late, I'm late and I don't ever think I'll catch up When all I hear is "tick, tock" and every time it's faster I feel like Alice's rabbit, look at my watch then I panic Thinking of all the things that I have to do left but time won't allow it And time will devour now, there's nothing I can do about it Lay atop my mattress and play the role of a coward While the seconds turn to minutes and they're holding all the power And I'm looking at my clock hoping it'll stop for a few hours The hands keep going round and round and I'm here trying to figure out Exactly how the fuck I'm supposed to keep up with these bastards now Cause I've been spending my whole life running like a basset hound My asthma's kicking in and honestly I feel like passing out As my lungs fill up with sand believe me I understand That I have to get up and run but I don't think that I can Cause the finish line's no where in sight and I've been working at this all night From the bottom half of the hour glass this might just be the place I (die) Watch the clock move And like a deer in the headlights I didn't know what to do Was told this was growing up Coming face to face with fears and proving to them that you're tough But I don't think that I'm ready and I don't care what you tell me Bags are already packed, consider me out the door already And if you think I'm turning back I really wouldn't count on that I'm about to go and do the only thing that I was ever good at They told me not to play with fire, now I stand among the ashes Wondering where my life would be if I had taken different actions Thinking about mistakes I made and advice you gave I should have took From the outside looking in, be honest, how bad does this really look? I feel like shit, you see these bags under my eyes? Well they're not quite designer but I think they look alright Actually they probably don't, but I've become accustom to them To the point where I don't know how I'd look if I were to lose them Even if I wanted to, how would I go about it? When getting sleep is so foreign I'd need a passport to allow it Cause I spent two years at an institute of higher learning Just to get a piece of paper to say that I am deserving Of everything that comes in the higher end society All I've gotten so far is this crippling anxiety "Pick a major and a minor, tell what do you want out of this?" Motherfucker I want out of this I'm sick of staring at clocks trying to meet deadlines When I feel like it just brings me closer to a flatline Cause I became a slave to what others found important Now there's no time in the day to do anything but forfeit And watch the clock move And like a deer in the headlights I didn't know what to do Was told this was growing up Coming face to face with fears and proving to them that you're tough But I don't think that I'm ready and I don't care what you tell me Bags are already packed, consider me out the door already And if you think I'm turning back I really wouldn't count on that I'm about to go and do the only thing that I was ever good at And that's to run
6.
Middle Man 02:07
I'm the time you spent studying to get straight A's I'm not the reason that you work, just the bills that you pay I'm the countless auditions that you did to reach fame Not the straw that broke the camel's back, the one that caused pain Not the record that went platinum just a week ago But I am the first song of yours they played on radio I walk my own path, I'll never be a sheep Except the one right before the one you count to fall asleep And as I lay awake I think I might believe in fate Cause it's train coming in and it's never been late You can say that I'm dumb or that I caused this to come But I'm just too old to give excuses like "we were young" And all this time I've been pushing my luck Onto the very people I thought that I could love And when I drive you away, you'll end up the same Cause I'm the step right before the step that you want to take We never work directly, I'm just the middle man Between you and life's big riddle and I understand that this is working out for you But I've been hoping that my luck is gonna run out soon I'm the quarter that you use to scratch your lottery ticket Who's coming in the nick of time cause you were 'bout to get evicted The record that you play for it's warmth, that's me But it's just so much more convenient to get the MP3 The Playstation 2 had all your favorite games But the graphics on the 4 are completely insane I'm the ball that you hit a thousand times in the cage So you can get the winning hit when you played the big game And as I lay awake I think I might believe in fate Cause it's train coming in and it's never been late You can say that I'm dumb or that I caused this to come But I'm just too old to give excuses like "we were young" And all this time I've been pushing my luck Onto the very people I thought that I could love And when I drive you away, you'll end up the same Cause I'm the step right before the step that you want to take We never work directly, I'm just the middle man Between you and life's big riddle and I understand that this is working out for you But I've been hoping that my luck is gonna run out soon
7.
For two years we've been steadying making tunes But for the first two years we didn't know what we were doing Got our first couple plays and were over reacting Thought I'd be famous off recordings from my bedroom like Kardashians But that didn't happen so I went back to rapping Always talking about myself though I swore that I was snapping Always saying "I, I" like I'm talking to the captain I'm coming full force on this next one though I'll be the last remaining talent behind a microphone With a flow so tight never coming out the pocket I got golden fucking bars like I locked up King Midas When I speak to you I stress, what you got inside your chest Doesn't paint the whole picture, a four chamber silhouette See we both do this in vain We just spell it different ways Cause you do this for the fame and I do this for the game I wanna put on a good show, you're just looking to get paid So your drums are all triggered, man go figure Producer did all of the work he should just be in the band with ya You're all just like Instagram girls in my eyes Those angles look good and you got some people mesmerized But we both know that's not the same thing you get live So this right here will be my last will and testament So when I die take everything I have and bury me with it If it ends up in your hands you'll be shocked at what you see You'll be so confused asking what does genuine mean It isn't your fault, you've been fed so much nonsense That being generic is the only thing that makes sense So the problem isn't with you, it's the one on the throne So like a spoiled child, the problem starts at home You won't be happy 'til this scene is obscene John almost missed his plane cause you think you're the king of Dock Street But we all turned down the crown, I wouldn't even be proud We never even went that hard and we have your attention now So we hit the ground running, gonna take it all over And only call the kids we want like we're playing red rover And Snape's answer to "after all this time?" Is an idea for how long this reign will really be mine
8.
Just Like Me 02:49
Nobody is perfect Yeah, yeah I can say it all I want, it doesn't change the fact you're hurting And you don't deserve this Yeah but my reoccurring actions make you think that I prefer this You told me that this is it Yeah but I have a hard time believing you, doesn't seem feasible Judging by your past it doesn't seem like something you would do Strong enough to fight 'til forever if you had to Back against the ropes and you made it to round 2 You scraped and you scrapped I heard every single story You embraced the hate and then you turned it to your door key It's hard to admit that I was wrong about you So wrong about you Yeah it's hard to admit that I didn't realize you needed water to live I didn't realize you gave everything you had to give My whole life you were standing on your feet How was I supposed to know that you were just like me With flaws and weaknesses and things that made you human I thought you lived without them like you had always proven So I took advantage and lived the way I planned it Not thinking about anyone and taking you for granted I'm walking 'round here thinking I'm the man then You finally broke down and I did it single handed You told me that you would never trust me again But you did and I gave you a reason not to trust me, again You said The Boy Who Cried Wolf was the story I was raised on And that a big heart was the thing in which I prayed on You said it's so typical of me, so common To look you in the eyes and tell you that I promise Yeah I promise, yeah I promised And I lied and I'm sorry, at least now I'm being honest I didn't realize you needed water to live I didn't realize you gave everything you had to give My whole life you were standing on your feet How was I supposed to know that you were just like me I didn't realize, I swear I didn't realize That I was just like you and you were just like me

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released June 15, 2016

Vocals - Peter Fiorentino
Guitar - Patrick O'Donnell
Bass - John Ruiz
Drums - Doug Heins

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Joe Dell'Aquila at Exeter Studios

Mastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering

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