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Jazznight

by Gowe

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1.
A sense of calmness lands on my shoulders and palms While the storms of my life gets me i sneak to the back empty And I gently, pull the door and glide through with a 'sup eddy' This club's ready i feel the notes falling like confetti I order my drink normal except i add rocks to dilute it I take a sip and then stop to talk shop to one of the Newish folks that i've seen this spot is hidden 'how did you find it' I reclined back on my seat while she spoke well of her findings This world is a cold one and we all move so mechanic So when rain falls on a painting and the paint runs it's attractive Brings out imperfections that we try to hide but we can't I don't lead with a glance i rather close my eyes and then dance If I miss a couple of steps then that's fine its my humanity Whats wrong with being normal cause it's so off chasing vanity Likes, under lights, in the off chance that i might I came here to take the night off with those sax notes under ice I stood in that moment but time pulled me in forever Through the shift and move of things that end too soon I stood in that moment, wondering about me Blank sterility, efficient in this room We're numb to reality but primed for this song  The notes they sway and though they move on  The past is always present, ready for a visit Close but never near, even you can barely hear it Oh, even you can barely feel it Imperfection used to be a picture too Oh, even you can barely hear it The human in me don't know what to do   The sting in treble clef a minor 7 and a flat Black and white in shadows dancing all my thoughts back  Hear the clink in the glass of a jazz city poet  The silence in the night paints love as I know it It's the best  The broken only have Regret is our nuance on a canvas painted black I stare down the glass Can never take the time back  Cant ever make that smile but I thought I'd never make this rhyme rap  So the crowd claps they don't really care  All eyes are on the stage, smoke is sleeping in my hair  Tune up the notes, I hear nothing but the night Cause wishing does nothing but I wish hope was right I stood in that moment but time pulled me in forever Through the shift and move of things that end too soon I stood in that moment, wondering about me Blank sterility, efficient in this room We're numb to reality but primed for this song  The notes they sway and though they move on  The past is always present, ready for a visit Close but never near, even you can barely hear it If it's connections that i look for then why am I always blinded I'm chained within my apps while my profile's always signed in Blink another message and i turned off all the banners See i purposefully unplugged to be here in the banter The artist on my left with the monochrome on his suit Every time he hopped in the booth he came across something new It would fill him with wonder and remind him what this bridge is for Building all alone with the street lights as an orchestra I'm grateful for these places to escape out of the rain Its pouring in my cubicle and my home life is the same I didn't hop inside of a plane i traveled through the music notes Boarded with these verses it loosened how all the nooses choke I'm finally breathing now, amidst the smoke and jazz keys This makes me happy - my life it isn't past me No it's only the beginning feel the station and arpeggios Pacing through my playlists I'm facing it through my radio I stood in that moment but time pulled me in forever Through the shift and move of things that end too soon Stood in that moment, wondering about me Blank sterility, efficient in this room Even you can barely feel it Imperfection used to be a picture too Even you can barely hear it The human in me don't know what do 
2.
What is an hour glass, time is like an overpass Driving I'm grabbing moments that vanishes when I start to gas it Then a casket starts to come up close and really quickly Thinking bout the past and my people and will they really miss me Did I touch a life and love them while I'm here? Did I stack up all my chips only to dip and disappear? Was this really bout the fame and how we're chasing it Facing it, only dip your toe but never bathe in it - hating it I'll never know who this music really touches Hope it brushes on your soul, hope you grab a hold and make it lovely I've been in moments where my heart was in love At least it felt like that at present but was never enough And so I paint it in a frame just to claim it and keep around Document my travels I'm reaching you through a sound Hoping that you're vibing and living in all your moments We could leave up out this earth in a second and we may never know it We all wake up with the same amount of minutes We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it How you choose to move is your legacy, entity Loving those around you keep it heavenly, symmetry We all wake up with the same amount of minutes We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it Choose your own direction, not just to impress You never know when we are leaving with a few minutes left I never really needed much to feel alive in life A cup of coffee and a sandwich got me feeling right In the tightest window with a breeze up from the sunrise I'm turning CBS on while I'm navigating one-eyed Barely half awake but the mocha will get me woke Next thing that I know is that beat on is kinda dope So I slowly make way to my papers I'm always writing About the beauties of our life and the moments that keep us smiling Looking through my feed I'm reading current events A stock ticker on the banner got my plan to invest If success is really monetary why do wealthy people Never feel at peace with their pieces they starve for c-notes So I'm aiming to be grateful with what God has given out to me I've been a starving artist in my past that's part of me Walking upon the oddities, rapping as my commodity Capturing all my images I'm finishing what ought to be We all wake up with the same amount of minutes We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it How you choose to move is your legacy, entity Loving those around you keep it heavenly, symmetry We all wake up with the same amount of minutes We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it Choose your own direction, not just to impress You never know when we are leaving with a few minutes left I drive around to places that used to mean a lot to me To see the life that changes age's like a novelty Like back in college I would walk around the campus Now the buildings represent a certain distant type of language I hear the chatter from the younger in me Who used to go to every open mic to kill an MC Who used to hustle all their music using downloaded beats Defeat was not a part of dialogues that I would just speak - peep Let's take it further down to memory lane I'm parked in front of south lake union flashing back through the waves The graves of all my past mistakes and placed in front of my face I'm forced to look 'em in the eyes, and try to not look away We've all been there no point in despair Hit the wrong attack but canceled out of it in midair As long as we alive we got the night to make the most of it Playing all my local hits, I'm chilling by the coastal tip We all wake up with the same amount of minutes We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it How you choose to move is your legacy, entity Loving those around you keep it heavenly, symmetry We all wake up with the same amount of minutes We're navigating daily with a 24 to live it Choose your own direction, not just to impress You never know when we are leaving with a few minutes left
3.
Ringing on the cell phone, yawning as i sit awake Take it down the hall someone calling from another state I had to tell them wait, i normally just let it go Right into my voicemail well this one got "hello" Recognized the voice it was just my boy KENNY Calling from LA want to rock a show in Venice Want me hopping on a plane being down there on the 7th I told him just to see you let me generate a setlist Check list, let me pack up all my luggages Love the independent hustle owning all my publishing Wear a pair of J's and a hoodie on my back Don't believe the hypebeasts comfort is the track That I really try to follow and i know myself honestly Throw a sonic jersey on, do it for camaraderie Do it for the city and the people that I love See you in the morning while I'm flying up above I'm in my favorite vibe The world feels so alive Pack up my luggage, taking off We'll rock it til the early morning The plane finally lands and I feel that golden serenade Kissing on my skin guess the sun is really out today I miss that California weather feel it in my bones Seattle got my heart but I could use a second home Now we driving down the highway Thinking bout my past and all the matches in our driveway That was going back, to our youth all black A bunch of air forces with the pinwheel on the cap Man i never thought that i would really be here with a microphone Writing bout my life and all the insights that I seen alone Finally see my homies and I hit em with a dap Couple snapbacks with the matching air-max's Got they own fashion and the '95 classics Driving down the boulevard en route to make it happen Gas it, man i love it like this Listening to new hits while rocking all our new fits I'm in my favorite vibe The world feels so alive Pack up my luggage, taking off We'll rock it til the early morning I said, slow it all down Let me soak it in - couple more songs sing along like we just beginning All of us are here in this room give a toast to living Time on earth is fast if we moving past we could miss it On stage - the vibe is all great They rapping all my lyrics man they caught me off base Reminiscing on the time when i was hopping off stage That was couple years ago, it could have ended terrible What you expect when the adrenaline is running high Climbing to the top rope diving off like super fly Man i got to chill love my fans and my peers Sitting in a circle with a round full of beers Thats love, and the older i get The more i really cherish all the times we connect Cause life is really moving quick and we are all in our lanes Lets rock another couple verses for we call it a game I'm in my favorite vibe The world feels so alive Pack up my luggage, taking off We'll rock it til the early morning
4.
Four hundred years since the trip was made Placed on a boat and was laced with chains Got a bunch of other slaves that were made the same Get a taste of the states through a grave of dreams Like 'my god made us' - 'your god didn't' First you gonna kill us then, say you Christian Every whip that you cracked on my back ripped in it Intervention of the sin but you fear no sentence You could even ask Emmett ask George and Arbery Call it manifest destiny its robbery Take another ride through the journey of the south Want to flag another black man fire when in doubt It don't matter whats the cause when you're running the law First thing's to draw with no feelings involved I'm not saying that i know but the feelings are raw How can anybody sit back let poison evolve? Do you see what I see? You breathe the same air I breathe This isn't how it should be We gotta go, right now, lights out Change - it's coming to be Will you be there beside me Change - is coming to be I'm an Asian American - first generation Meaning that i walk the path of this nation and my heritage Honor and shame with a plate full of arrogance Side of a bow from LA up to Maryland Growing up i never had to get taught How to pull over how to handle the cops How to show your hands first for bullets get shot How to best verse a store when I'm tryna shop I could - show up in a hoodie and sweats I'm never second guessing when i'm cashing a check I could push a tinted Tesla and the feeling is norm But if my skin was darker then 'something is wrong' Wait - i know i fight model minority myths Like we all subservient we majority rich Those are nothing more than lies that I'm trying to evict But if black people hurting then we got to assist Do you see what I see? You breathe the same air I breathe This isn't how it should be We gotta go, right now, lights out Change - it's coming to be Will you be there beside me Change - is coming to be Nasir jones said that knowledge's king Followed only second by the effort you bring This is a daily intervention that we're pressing to change We're not second guessing nothing cause we're destined to win First, can i fight without feeling the hurt? Can i really mourn how it feels in a hurst If i take another step that's two feet in the dirt Who wanna give they comfort up who wanna go first? Times complex but we need an ally Fight against lies that are built to divide When we die, why should the future be denied If we try now then the road will be more bright 'I'm king' thats the nature of sin Help me feel above you let me target the skin From the ships taking sail we will travel again We're focused on the ending not how it begins Do you see what I see? You breathe the same air I breathe This isn't how it should be We gotta go, right now, lights out Change - it's coming to be Will you be there beside me Change - is coming to be
5.
A lot of corner stores, a couple laundromats You ever wonder why Asian businesses follow track Maybe its the gas-station owners or the restaurant Serving exotic artifacts marketed with a racist font It's called survival mode, which came from yellow peril And all our immigrants took jobs labeled feminine Hold it for just a second, the strongest people i knew I'm talking all of em, are confident, my grandmother, were all women It's just the jobs that needed filling the most So don't confuse the given labels with the strength of the show For those who did make it past, the Chinese exclusion act Set up shop to send some back, worked the wok and made it slap Cooked their way into the fabric of Americana Stitches on the outline embroidered it as a badge of honor That's how our culture intertwined with the nation The patience of the first generation laying foundations.. This for our history, a slice of Americana Shout out to all of the grandfathers who walked with honor Took all the prejudice and hammered on the railroad tracks Built a new foundation so that I could pen this type of track This for our history, a slice of Americana Shout out to all of my grandmama's who kept us stronger Held it down through all the restaurants and holidays Gathered round the table I reflect like it was yesterday You got some engineers, a couple lawyers also I love my doctors with doctorates who practice riding solo Some took the route of being entrepreneurs While others walked the street of finance let investments mature I wonder if our parents constant nagging altered us I wonder if their sacrifice was what inspired us Taking the journey over with little to start from nothing To give it to all their children to have a better beginning Hmm... i guess the vehicle of schooling Was using it as a tool to get out of a real oppression And that's not all of us, I'm drilling to the root of it The causes of the ripples the background to why we're doing this I'm not a dentist, I wasn't an academic I did have a desire to capture my life aesthetics Tt happens to be through music, and i'm not the only artist Take a look around i raise a toast to how we started This for our history, a slice of Americana Shout out to all of the grandfathers who walked with honor Took all the prejudice and hammered on the railroad tracks Built a new foundation so that I could pen this type of track This for our history, a slice of Americana Shout out to all of my grandmama's who kept us stronger Held it down through all the restaurants and holidays Gathered round the table I reflect like it was yesterday Here goes a question that derived from insecurity "How do you keep the power with majors and not minorities?" First, let's make a system with a pecking order layout Then you elevate a group with cash in other words you pay out Keep them working silent, and reinforce that behavior You tell em you're doing great and you write em up in the papers Now the other groups will envy all the things that they get Still oppressed but we call it 'model minority myth' Let em think they winning but we'll stop em with a glass ceiling Class ending, take these notes and pass em to your own children Never buck the system, never bite the hand that feeds you Keep you playing as our robin batman standing on the steeple We'll say they're passive and they're better in supportive roles Really that isn't true but the story will fit our narrative Yes, it is imperative we stick to the script Before the people find out the truth that this is all just a myth This for our history, a slice of Americana Shout out to all of the grandfathers who walked with honor Took all the prejudice and hammered on the railroad tracks Built a new foundation so that I could pen this type of track This for our history, a slice of Americana Shout out to all of my grandmama's who kept us stronger Held it down through all the restaurants and holidays Gathered round the table I reflect like it was yesterday
6.
Gowe - Arie 03:50
How you doing baby if you're really listening Right now you're sleeping your mama and I are finishing Washing the bottles we just, put you to sleep I'm praying for your future, and who you turn out to be Hope you love God, He's above us Loving Jesus He's someone that we can all trust I hope you find a passion that you really care about A vision driven by a purpose rather than the clout You can be, whatever you want to be A singer or a vet a missionary overseas You're not my trophy no - you are your own soul And my goal is to help you discover your role Welcome to life Welcome to new love We'll make it alright We'll take it all slowly Hello to life Hello to new love We'll make it alright We'll take it all slowly I hope you know that your beauty ain't just the outside Our looks will change but who you are is really internal Integrated with intentionality and love Where passion from a man and the vanities not enough Don't ever think you deserve less than what you work for Cause equal pay is sometimes skewed up in the workforce And as a woman of color the hurdles hurt more You got to keep it moving reminder we're on this earth for Something greater our vision is Kingdom minded Beyond a 9 to 5 our desire is undivided Live a life thats full and is guided with more compassion Loving God and loving people thats what really matters As far as love goes - make sure he loves God more than he loves you Is focused above you - I promise to hug you When I'm around and life is raining And if I'm not beside you you can listen to this painting Welcome to life Welcome to new love We'll make it alright We'll take it all slowly Hello to life Hello to new love We'll make it alright We'll take it all slowly The first time that i saw you, i could tell life would be different So much for the better any self doubts were extinguished My job as a father is to walk you closer to God Show you how a man loves, despite the fact that I'm flawed Model that it's okay to talk through your emotions Some days go by easy, and other days feel atrocious Don't lose all your focus cause brighter days are ahead I love you, baby Arie - signing off now its your dad Welcome to life Welcome to new love We'll make it alright We'll take it all slowly Hello to life Hello to new love We'll make it alright We'll take it all slowly
7.
My pops he secretly slid me a gift that he shifted Outside of the standard conditions that loosely fitted with Christmas I pulled back all the wrappings and the back half was Nintendo With duck hunt on the cover it, was too dope I remember this Launch pad for my juices with new views of adventures And these sprites were the catalyst of how art was a treasure How God could use art forms like music notes on a key I hear songs in the background and can visualize all the scenes That's when it-dawned onto me that i could get lost and be free Within the structures of a sixteen like i was trapped underneath Pillars of expression like lessons learned when I listened I would play back all my favorites and my outlook would be shifted It was crazy *b*, the world would start to slow down I'm tracing it Beats used as a canvas and these verses were vehicles I'm still driving like my journey just started I'm clocking a thousand Miles per an album while I'm recording it It's still a special feeling inside when i write When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it For lovers and our activists this music is our catalyst I still reflect on all the times when i write When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it For lovers and our activists this music is your catalyst You and I, we got history between the two of us Back when no one knew of us, writing these raps in the back of a munibus Something so new to us, daydreaming couldn't no one get through to us Nothing no one could say or could do to us We kept it one hundred, keeping it true to us but Even the truest love could fade over time I went from World tours to barely writing a rhyme Passion was something I was dying to find I mean I love you but I think its time I leave you behind Lets Ross and Rachel this And if it's meant to be, we'll find our paths intertwined That was ages ago, several pages ago I'm in a new chapter from rapper to pastor to church planter To husband to my new happily ever after Used to love you but I found what my heart was meant to go after But it's still love, you'll always be my first love Maybe one day we'll pick it up and pen a verse one It's still a special feeling inside when i write When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it For lovers and our activists this music is our catalyst I still reflect on all the times when i write When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it For lovers and our activists this music is your catalyst So where do we go from here where each bar is a fadeaway MJ from the baseline on each court as a get away Time doesn't wait for no one, you got all that you wanted Rings, wins and a legacy, what's left as an entity? I'm not saying i got it, i got gas in the tank left And i took almost four years to relive let my brain rest Re-cash all my rain checks, really had to discover That your worth doesn't equal a number look at "I Wonder" I mean it, look at the team and the whole gleam when she seen it You sat in the city you're born in what a scene could you dream it? I can't, that's why I think that God's plan is the greatest He took me from nothing, an orphan redirected my calling, I'm walking a living example of a son who was saved After living through that journey what's the point of the chase? These diamonds and jewels are irrelevant and fame can be toxic While authenticity is rare in music hope you can spot it It's still a special feeling inside when i write When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it For lovers and our activists this music is our catalyst I still reflect on all the times when i write When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it For lovers and our activists this music is your catalyst
8.
I'm not sure if you know, but the song "I wonder" Was really just a letter inside of a digital bottle I structured it like a novel in hopes it would swim beside you And close another chapter that was left open and hostile I didn't know if it would one day get the treatment Of being opened and read am i daydreaming realistic? Is it being ambitious or will i end up with anecdotes We on this planet though manifested a fan of hope And so I swallow any pride and write another letter Knowing it could never reach it's final destination I wrote you in 2012 and never heard a word back I tried again in 2014 with the same attention Blame it on redemption the way my soul is wired Loving cause my savior showed me mercy in the first place This was my last chance by now its 2017 It's really now or never so I sleep of hope and dare to dream I never knew that this would be the day But in my heart I knew there'd be a way for us Yeah, I forgive your choices and the pain No longer do we have to wait Face to Face I get a voicemail, checked it when I left a meeting Listened to it frozen while i partnered with some heavy breathing It was revealing and my case worker said call me back I called her fast and I spaced out for like half the chat She said i got some really crazy news to share with you Not only does she want to meet, you also got a sister too I told her that my flight was literally this weekend I was just expecting to go visit Seoul til this sequence Threw me for a loop and now I'm thinking of what gift to bring This is the missing link, thinking deeper the finishing Touches upon the story of a son who was adopted Into a loving family where grandma would feed me often And now i get to meet the woman who gave birth to me How will our conversation go, really i feel the urgency To tell her everything that's happened in my life with only Limited availability i started praying for her… I never knew that this would be the day But in my heart I knew there'd be a way for us Yeah, I forgive your choices and the pain No longer do we have to wait Face to Face I feel the plane descending waking to a foreign country Part of me is energetic, aesthetically it's melancholy We took a trolly or the train into the epicenter, Seoul is really Glowing and I see the city full of winter Pregnant ladies walking, strollers all around the streets Really its unbelievable truly we finna get to meet I hop a train and take the journey out to Daegu The land it looks magnificent, dreaming could never prep you For the meeting of a lifetime, finally i see you face You had the tears of a mama who had been holding pain Gently i hold you, told you that I never hated What you had to do and the circumstances that it created We talked for hours, pouring out our heart and soul You kept on holding on my hand til it was time to go We gave a hug that was decades in the making Finally we made it a mom and son trading graces I never knew that this would be the day But in my heart I knew there'd be a way for us Yeah, I forgive your choices and the pain No longer do we have to wait Face to Face
9.
You know what they say money doesn't buy it all And I agree - but it sure replaces Tylenol Sipping I'm paying bills that it feels great to be paying off Finishing our taxes while I backtrack that we made it far Went from minimum wage payments from finish line To driving forward in my dream car toward finish lines And I'm careful to never make it an idol That I never took the time to really stop and celebrate Educated with the right tools to handle your funds Doesn't matter how much comes in if you end up with none So here's a toast to all the budgeters focused on killing debt Paying off da crib or da car now that's a flex All the nights that you done put in to stick to the script Still tithing ten percent too can never forget This is just a celebration, motivation Let's take a couple minutes out to live the fact we made it It took us way too long, but now we're on I feel that confetti fall, celebration The road was long, we kept it goin Now the world's looking on, celebration Now we sitting in the fourth quarter with two minutes left Final drive to win the whole thing and they're up playing press Silent count to catch em jumping you audible on the fly You pass it to the side - he toe taps it with the dive That's a touchdown, you looking back at life like what now? All the times that you were let down, when you got cut down Now you're back up at the top and you remember the struggle All the nights up at the gym when you were living the hustle No one wants the dedication, the work behind the scenery Pulling another nighter its never like what it seems to be They want the bright lights along with glory But take away the difficulty that's a part of the story That's the part that makes it sweeter to see it paying off You walk up to your moms you grab her notes and pay it off Celebration, motivation Let's take a couple minutes out to live the fact we made it It took us way too long, but now we're on I feel that confetti fall, celebration The road was long, we kept it goin Now the world's looking on, celebration When broke, I was there with you When low, said we'd make it through And no, we're not here to lose Celebration It's been like ten plus years since y'all really met at school Kinda hung around with the same people and knew Of each other met another didn't make it got their number Finally you made the call and landed right back at you See at first it didn't seem like a match She was all about the marathons you like to relax She would love to play the jazz hop in the backdrop You was all about the fast rock up on your laptop Then with time it started feeling like your destiny Fighting through all the doubters encounters like it was meant to be See her parents didn't like you at first You had to show them who you really were to get that reversed Fast forward a couple years now her dad is at church Walking with her down the isle man the feelings are pure That's celebration, motivation Lets take a couple minutes out to live the fact we made it It took us way too long, but now we're on I feel that confetti fall, celebration The road was long, we kept it goin Now the world's looking on, celebration
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Gowe - GMA 04:08
Orphan kid, off the grid, just an infant been a min Met you when the plane done landed, held me close in your arms and gripped Like i been here waiting for this moment yes took me in raise me next Weathered all that good and bad, like a mom and dad that i never had You're my grandma yes i honor you, sacrificed all of you About to write that song for you, all you do it's overdue Late nights wait til I fall asleep, even though you stayed up round the clock Had me strapped up on your back in tow, while i drifted slow you took the walk Fed me on that formula, woke me on the morning of First one up to warm me up, the one i trust felt more then love Like worksheets ready when i'm woken up, put in work in-side of the kitchen too All the things you did behind the scenes are the same ones gleaned that i learned from You When i think back on my life, pause the scene when i see my wife I still get just a glimpse of you in the way she lives and the way she moves And I'm grateful yes that I got to know, a wonderful woman that taught me growth And i hope I live out what you taught, may i pass it down to my kids and go First in my life who never left Took me in with a new address Showed me love no second guesses That's my grandma yes, there's not a next She's in my heart cause she is the best Raised up quick in a family of dad was working all around the clock, Soon you learned how to work the pots, you made it pop, you served it hot All withstanding and without a mom, she passed away when you were six Had to share that burden with your sis, but you held it down when it went off script And you became that anchor, later on you got married younger Round twenty one and filled with wonder, had a son and became a mother Dude went off said he'd look for work, barely wrote when you'd write him back For all intents and purposes, you're a single mom that was still on track And you still kept it moving, looking after your mom-in-law, When times got hard, you donned the scars you lit the dark and i feel the awe That's where i get my strength soon enough you moved out of China Took my dad with a couple bags, put it on your back leave it all behind us Hong Kong was the destination, made a stop for a longer rest Put in work for a couple years, then took the flight out to the west And landed in SF, made a stop inside of Oakland Every wave your heart was open, on to better greater moments First in my life who never left Took me in with a new address Showed me love no second guesses That's my grandma yes, there's not a next She's in my heart cause she is the best Made it up to Seattle yes, settled down with a new address Found a job just to make it happen, paying taxes on to next Best thing now is to help your son, they want a child but they can't conceive Another route is to try adoption, on to papers, all complete Couple months later I arrive, you held me at the airport No more room for fear nor, no darkness felt cared for The love that i felt well i won't forget, taught me all that i know and more Sat me down with a pen and pad, you walked the path, you're my mom and dad No one else had invest in me, calmed my soul like a melody I want to keep building your legacy, that's next for me, it's destiny Best thing was when you met the Lord, really got plugged in at the church Read the word daily, prayed to Jesus, living out what it meant to serve I saw your life and the transformation, how you loved who did you wrong I felt that peace inside my heart, i been praying hard for you all along And i know there'll be one day, you'll leave this earth and you'll ascend I'll feel that pain deep in my soul, but I'm rest assured that we'll meet again First in my life who never left Took me in with a new address Showed me love no second guesses That's my grandma yes, there's not a next She's in my heart cause she is the best
11.
I look down at my hand I see two kings and I play it off It's high stakes in a new Vegas with major costs Cuban rolled cigars see the snipers from afar With a kingpin on my right wiped the slices on his scar Smoke filled the Vatican deadly vixens and paladins All I see is trafficking underneath the extravagance I got to make my way into the inner circle first I look down at my watch and signal to my partner - here Here I am like the son of sam I gotta play the part, all according to the plan I'm dressed to the nines down every single fiber  Gentle as a dove but I'm shrewd like a viper I'm tryna play it cool I don't know what's next To my left he's talking out the side of his neck But I can see the gun peaking out the side of his vest I'm tryna keep my heart from jumping out of my chest  Chest yes, still my wire's connected Wasn't sure if it got tangled when I took off the jacket Had to roll up all my sleeves just to show that I'm average I'm not cheating on the river I'm not using a gadget Now we're going deeper and we talking bout the outfit It's operation costs losses margins of the profits Its really getting tense so I glance up at my partner He's killing at the roulette table, chips are getting larger... Roll the dice This the Poltergeist  Knocking at your noggin  with the hubris of a heist huh They say "when you get the money right  everything else just seems to fall in line  So we put it into motion all eyes on us No room for any error, she called my bluff  Need to keep my eyes still while I hide my clubs Then I take a deep breath I don't ride on luck Blending in, but we're really here heist Rolling down the strip on a studded Vegas night You can call it what you will but we got to do it right Breaking into all the systems infiltrate a bit of light The kingpin on my right got a note in his left pocket He started lookin closer and his vibe got way quieter Guards around his circle started pulling out two silencers There's a chance I could die in here Dash it to the left? do I flip over the table tops? Try to get a grip or to zip-line with a cable shot? Really all my options are to blow my cover I try to reach my pen so I can hit that buzzer… I knocked my drink and lost my chips  The microphone in my chest dropped out real quick  But I'm slick Hit it with my foot Toe tapped it So fast you wouldn't even know what happened Hoping nobody noticed not even the hostess I've been so dormant  A silent commotion  I've been tracking my movements and this ones to cross me? I sit back in my chair and pull my leg back calmly Man snaps, we really going out like that We're two undercover agents and we bout to get clapped If we don't get back on the track of being smooth and anonymous Then bullets gonna pass soon through our esophagus So I stand, extended my hand 'It's been a pleasure playing poker with you gentleman' And I head slowly toward the door my eyes glance to the side I see the wire near my partners foot with fear in his eyes I felt a hand on my lap, leather gloves all black He said let's take a little walk to the back  Can't fall for this trap but I have to play along When we turn the corner imma hit him in the jaw Bop bop before I could react  They jumped me A bat to my head  Before things got ugly Woke up to my hands zip tied to my feet In a room full of goons  My escape's looking bleak Blending in, but we're really here heist Rolling down the strip on a studded Vegas night You can call it what you will but we got to do it right Breaking into all the systems infiltrate a bit of light See the second that I thought that things could not get worse I see my partner getting slugged like I was stuck on First base make my way while I swirl Chardonnay I gotta get him safe if they stop me ill keep it vague "Sir - where you going?" while I'm pulling my mask on 'I gotta catch that undercover' - locking the backdoor 'I'm heading to the holding cell - pure interrogation If our bosses ask, say I'm getting information' Remind me who you're working for again? Kinda forgot when you kicked my chin He grinned  "What's the point in tryna pretend (Ring ring) Bring the other executioner in Well, I've grown really tired of you So it's time to move on Boy, hand me that knife" But his butcher looked at me I've seen those eyes  Man I knew it all along  It was just a disguise See my guy kept on staring like he knew it was me Then I signal keep it quiet while I showed him the keys I had to sneak a new disguise just to get us to leave I wasn't gone let you die here, we ain't feeling to sleep We came with a mission thats to hack into mainframes Let a bit of light in just to lighten the mainstream Now that we are finished it's our time to get out Time to vanish to the background let me pull up the route Blending in, but we're really here heist Rolling down the strip on a studded Vegas night You can call it what you will but we got to do it right Breaking into all the systems infiltrate a bit of light
12.
I feel like it was yesterday on a Saturday Grandma cooking up a storm all for this holiday Dumplings on the steamer, the cleaver is on the side The sounds on the tv see the excitement in my eyes Got Nintendo games, see the window frames When I take a look outside I see reflections of my innocence I'm talking bout the house that I grew up in all my life Right next to beacon avenue located on the side We would ride, take our bikes around and buy A bunch of magic cards and bring em home and crack em open We dueling all on the floor when the borders were kinda white After that we wrestling the daytime would turn to night It was tight but I really loved the couch The cushions would come out and we would lay it on the ground While we watching all our shows and our favorites were all cartoons I'm thinking bout the house that I grew up in my youth That was the start to my route I'm talk-ing bout my first house I wish that I could go now I know it's been a long while Look at the paths that we crossed Not all who wander are lost I loved my beautiful start I still feel it in my heart Jr high was really really wack that's enough of that I guess we're growing into who we're really trying to be I had the bangs they hanging on the sides up on my face I put a bunch of posters in my room up in this place That's my comfort zone play that crazy bone This is way before dat jazzhop integrated through the saxophone My home was my safe haven where painting was my escape I would sit for days while my writing would take away Any pain I felt got that wrestling belt Hanging on the side of my closet it made me want to push myself And reach another level and make it up out the dirt We got a hundred years as a max and we out this earth I want to touch a life, let em know it'll be alright As long as you stay focused it don't matter what your start is like You see me reminiscing on the room where I grew up The four walls that surrounded me giving me just enough That was the start to my route I'm talk-ing bout my first house I wish that I could go now I know it's been a long while Look at the paths that we crossed Not all who wander are lost I loved my beautiful start I still feel it in my heart Now I'm looking back as a grown folk, In my own home Been around the map and traveled down around the coastal's I been here reminiscing and missing my younger days The city that i knew is a new one and not the same Guess it's natural that's how life evolves Every minute we are changing it's impossible to stay on pause And still we holding onto all the items that we know A graduation cap and my degree rolled like a scroll I remember that, and my favorite class Double A-S-206, where Connie So would come and lay the facts And now I'm sitting here in the room and I'm flashing back The pictures on my wall while I'm playing my favorite tracks Felt like yesterday, and the sun is out The way the windows illuminate the room it makes me want to think aloud I'm talking bout my youth and the house that i grew up in Even though its over i'll remember til the end That was the start to my route I'm talk-ing bout my first house I wish that i could go now I know it's been a long while Look at the paths that we crossed Not all who wander are lost I loved my beautiful start I still feel it in my heart
13.
Growing up, I had a wild imagination My planes started taking off with verses from my basement I placed another track back packed it for my travels And the spaces I would visit made me feel like It was NASA Loaded up my heartbreaks, writing took the pain away Therapy of rapping felt like MJ on a fadeaway swish I've been isolated on this ship Had a first class view up on the stars you tend to wish And I'm missing all the things that used to happen on earth I'm thinking about returning and ill kiss this goodbye If I never write another song then this is my ride I hope you never take for granted all the times that we cried All the times that we laughed and all the times that we had And in it all we tried to bandage our past while making it last And now my gas is running low closer to E I'll see you once again if our journeys are meant to be If this is really the finale to the journey Know that I'll remember the moments that made it worth it Writing down the verses that documented it all I'll leave you with our pictures I plastered it on the wall Let's take couple moments cause the sun it hasn't set yet Soaking in the present that I'll look back from my headset High in the clouds while I'm piloting around The curtains coming down and I'm up to take my bow Ever since I was a kid, I rocked the Off the Wall Vans Skateboarding over transfers had taught me how to have faith Move your feet but keep em planted on the landscape When you on the grind head high keep your back straight But I traded my kickflipping and varials For various sick lyrics, handwritten or Arial Scary when a man compromises in some areas And think that he could take it to his burial The sin I hid in dim lighting started sprouting and revealing Like the variegated ivy that I mounted on the ceiling Heart barricaded tightly fighting with these suicidal thoughts Maybe nightly you struggle just like me And I could never treat the gift of God He gave me lightly But lately I've been writing just to make you all like me Skateboarding had taught me there's times you gotta fail There's times you gotta commit, there's times that you gotta bail If this is really the finale to the journey Know that I'll remember the moments that made it worth it Writing down the verses that documented it all I'll leave you with our pictures I plastered it on the wall Lets take couple moments cause the sun it hasn't set yet Soaking in the present that I'll look back from my headset High in the clouds while I'm piloting around The curtains coming down and I'm up to take my bow Will I miss the adoration? maybe I don't really call it that I'll miss building these time machines that masks as an artifact We all can hear the song, that helped bring us along Whether that be through junior high or through the center of a storm The backseat of ya car with your first love around ya arm Ya'll be looking at the sky not fully knowing whats to come Those are moments of our life that we can drown back found that Complimented with the perfect soundtrack I count that Ground's flat on the grass, we lounge back and remember The stories that we made from this adventure pain is in perspective And battles that bottled us in the darkness Had only really made us into conquerors If this be my last song and curtains fall from beyond Know I'm proud of the person that you are You're strong and you've got this, you're awesome And even though I'm gone remember God's got you in His arms I promise If this is really the finale to the journey Know that i'll remember the moments that made it worth it Writing down the verses that documented it all I'll leave you with our pictures I plastered it on the wall Lets take couple moments cause the sun it hasn't set yet Soaking in the present that I'll look back from my headset High in the clouds while I'm piloting around The curtains coming down and I'm up to take my bow

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After a 4 year hiatus away from music, Gowe is excited to release his first full length album since “Music Beautiful”.

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released May 14, 2021

Producer: Sam Ock
Mixer: B4Lasers

Guest Features:
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Jennifer Chung
ESAE
Uzuhan
postmoderndisco
Mickey Cho

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