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Bars & Guitars

by Joe Con

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1.
Ready player one hit the start button Jump up in game building my own lane no one left the car running Blood that's in my veins numb me to the pain As long as my heart's pumping I just keep the bars coming All my evenings star studded I feel out of place But am I really far from it up in outer space I’m just tryna start something want more than a taste Took my foot up off the brakes Try & keep up with my pace in this race Look up in the the skies close your eyes go inside I was 18 when I died woke up on the otherside Say goodbye to my family & friends til the day we meet again I won't stop until these losses turn to wins Good ain't good enough I can't go out I'm cooking up Been so down no looking up told the plug to hook it up Disappeared watched these minutes turn to years persevered I thank god for all the fears we made these diamonds out of tears Ready player one hit the start button Jump up in game building my own lane no one left the car running Blood that's in my veins numb me to the pain As long as my heart's pumping I just keep the bars coming All my evenings star studded I feel out of place But am I really far from it up in outer space I ain't tryna start nothing I just want a taste Let me learn from my mistakes Lord its hard to keep the faith say your grace Looking in the mirror see a stranger staring back I found myself so lost didn't even care where I was at Couldn't see no future never would I think I'd make it black I took another hit of jack and watched the faces fade to black Rose up from that lower level heard the devil call my name Super soldier with a shovel taught to shoot before I aim today I'm digging through the rubble for survivors of the struggle It’s an awful lot to juggle trying to make it out the jungle Good ain't good enough can't go out I'm cooking up i been so down I'm looking up told the plug to hook it up i disappeared watched these minutes turn to years persevered i thank god for all the fears we made these diamonds out of tears Ready player one hit the start button Jump up in game building my own lane no one left the car running Blood that's in my veins numb me to the pain As long as my heart's pumping I just keep the bars coming All my evenings star studded I feel out of place But am I really far from it up in outer space I’m just tryna start something want more than a taste Took my foot up off the brakes Try & keep up with my pace in this race
2.
As a new day dawns yesterday is gone and the wait is long but today it’s on As a new day dawns gonna sing our song can’t do no wrong cus our love is strong We been thru anything & everything and on our way to peace & love the present day was once only a vision we were dreaming of when people used to see the world as black & white and cut & dry they tried to justify and pacify the war with lullabies so many die while others hide under the covers blind their eyes behind the slumber while our mother earth is plundered turning people into numbers then they wonder why we’re number now I think you’ll find we lost our minds because they dumb us down And every summer while the temperatures get hotter and the ocean level rises several inches up with water no one bothers much to see it cus the truth is inconvenient and the youth knows what to do except the fools all took our freedom And they say we’re make believing when we pray we live in eden cus they put us all in prison then they threw away the key and we don’t even see solutions in the midst of this confusion & illusion sits the seeds of revolution As a new day dawns yesterday is gone and the wait is long but today it’s on As a new day dawns gonna sing our song can’t do no wrong cus our love is strong As a new day dawns yesterday is gone and the wait is long but today it’s on As a new day dawns gonna sing our song can’t do no wrong cus our love is strong All the peoples of the planet this is not the time to panic but imagine what could happen if the present day were absent for a millisec chill & take a little breath genuinely reconnect with everything you ever did and didn’t yet What if every step you’d ever taken was erased and what if everyone you knew and loved was gone without a trace and that included the entire human race collectively what if all of history was missing from the recipe What if no one ever saw the beauty of a waterfall and what if none of us had learned to fly to walk or even crawl or even draw the hieroglyphics on the walls of caves what if earth was just a ball of clay What if life was nothing special something to be simply thrown away if you had a voice what would you say if you had a choice to make a difference would you choose and would you play the game to win or merely play it not to lose As a new day dawns yesterday is gone and the wait is long but today it’s on As a new day dawns gonna sing our song can’t do no wrong cus our love is strong As a new day dawns yesterday is gone and the wait is long but today it’s on As a new day dawns gonna sing our song can’t do no wrong cus our love is strong Another day another dawn another reason to be the one that somebody believes in as the players in the game they keep on changing like the seasons the guiding and undying light inside us keeps on shining like a beacon for every ship at sea the mystery remains a siren the rhythm that we ride on is the vision we rely on listen to your intuition whispering its wisdom and reveal the realness written there and fill in what was missing When we’re willing to be healed within a stillness meditation’s how to build a better nation on our inner elevation but it takes the integration of our greatness and mistakes to break us out our chains and balance out the sacred and profane now make it rain And there ain’t no doubt about it no it’s true ain’t no way around it only through Ain’t nobody else out there no it’s only me & you when we know enough to know ourselves we’ll know just what to do As a new day dawns yesterday is gone and the wait is long but today it’s on As a new day dawns gonna sing our song can’t do no wrong cus our love is strong
3.
Pick Me Up 03:26
Load the truck up baby roll a blunt up Throw your shells on the floor yeah go nuts Call the boys up bring the girls out We gon show em how it goes down down south I got 5 on what’s in your cup Take a drive with me out in the cut Past the line where the road turns to dust I come alive when you pick me up Now pick me up babe, pick me up Now pick me up babe, pick me up Pick me up babe, pick me up Pick me up, pick me up, pick me up Now when I first laid eyes on the prize no lie Swear to God I coulda almost cried oh my She was so fine gotta make you mine I said baby let me cuddle on that big behind She smiled & said I gotta be in church by nine I replied lead the way & I'll be right behind By tomorrow I'll be drinking from your Holy Cup But tonight lets get right baby pick me up Load the truck up baby roll a blunt up Throw your shells on the floor yeah go nuts Call the boys up bring the girls out We gon show em how it goes down down south I got 5 on what’s in your cup Take a drive with me out in the cut Past the line where the road turns to dust I come alive when you pick me up Yo, pick me up I'm on my way to town girl I’m coming through Break me outta the county blues counting on someone like you To pull up in a pickup Ford or Chevrolet this don't happen everyday Give em what they want we came to celebrate So crack a bottle open if you smoking roll a j Let it out ain't no doubt about it ain't no other way Now we gon bring that country flavor to your powwow Show em how it's going down down south Load the truck up baby roll a blunt up Throw your shells on the floor yeah go nuts Call the boys up bring the girls out We gon show em how it goes down down south I got 5 on what’s in your cup Take a drive with me out in the cut Past the line where the road turns to dust I come alive when you pick me up Now pick me up babe, pick me up Now pick me up babe, pick me up Pick me up babe, pick me up Pick me up, pick me up, pick me up
4.
Still Alive 03:15
I want my flowers while I’m still alive Wanna wear the crown while I’m still alive Never keep me down while I’m still alive I’m still alive Overdrive Category 5 supernatural hit the 405 and arrive on the avenue I was born to thrive not survive like an animal I been on the rise got my eyes on Immanuel When my pen is in its limb patterns begin to form and then the storming winds jump in and blend and spin until the earth is warm a life is born then the lights come on inside a dying star strike a chord what you fighting for unless your mind is pure nothing to lose nothing gain so many stuck in this pain nothing but pawns in the ugliest game on an infinite chase for the money and fame searching the heavens for answers the only reaction they catching is thunder and rain predators hunting they prey law of the jungle fuck what you say numbers don’t play eh I will not wait until I die to celebrate my life accelerate and take the elevator to the heights I made a promise to my maker I be goddamned if I break it and I started out in the basement now my greatness taking flight I want my flowers while I’m still alive Wanna wear the crown while I’m still alive Never keep me down while I’m still alive I’m still alive On the day that Kobe died the homies cried without a tissue so much pain and no one there to blame and that’s an issue stomach churning burning like flame do when it hits you I don’t wanna wait until the day you gone to say I miss you Everything we been through you thought I would be prepared for the day that I went to call you and found out you wasn’t there it isn’t fair that just your memory can send me to despair I thought I was in the clear but our history interferes and it’s been years since you ain’t been here man I miss my friend here all I got is tears up in this pen here I am in this game to get win here so every single line I’m on the climb just like a 10 gear in here I will not wait until I die to celebrate my life accelerate and take the elevator to the heights I made a promise to my maker I be goddamned if I break it and I started out in the basement now my greatness taking flight I want my flowers while I’m still alive Wanna wear the crown while I’m still alive Never keep me down while I’m still alive I’m still alive The world is dark and I don’t see it getting any brighter spark your lighters close your eyes and you know where the light is where to find us where the night is behind your eyelids shining let you know where I live The world is cold and I don’t feel it getting any warmer mamma warn ya sitting in the church amongst the mourners on the corners houses haunted you know winters coming pray you getting all you wanted
5.
All I ever wanted was reach you All I never wanted was to need you Nothing else above you or beneath you When you tell me that you love me all I want is to believe you You don’t gotta die to go to heaven You can get it right now I can show you how we can go together I was just fine I wasn’t paying no mind I was just taking my time Waiting in line waiting for someday to shine Thinking of making you mine I wasn’t thinking today was the time I wasn’t thinking of dying I wasn’t thinking my angels were crying Seeing the way I was wasting my wasting my wasting my... I was just fine I wasn’t hardly inclined I guess it’s hard to define I was just thinking your body’s a shrine I came here to worship your curves and your lines Pay me no mind God doesn’t pay me whine God turn this water to wine God isn’t just somewhere way up in the sky see Close your eyes God is inside You don’t gotta die to go to heaven You can get it right now I can show you how we can go together All of a sudden you came flooded my brain The feeling is healing no numbing the pain Gave me the love & showed me the game You taught me to play now nothing’s the same I am reborn I am now fully transformed I am the eye of the storm I am the source the force I am the captain that chooses the course of course (yes) I am the cause sun and the moon and the stars Me & my beautiful flaws I am the compass the points to the north I am the fire that carries the torch I am the truth I am forever the voice of the youth The old & the new I am the glue that holds us together And better yet I’m a reflection of you You don’t gotta die to go to heaven You can get it right now I can show you how we can go together You are the one You are as bright as light of the sun second to none Step in the circle get ready to run in a race for the glory The story has only begun You are the heart and the beat of the drum You make your mark when you speak from your soul More than a star in the region your from When you speak what you know you can lead us back home Home is a secret to some Home isn’t home til the kingdom is come Home on the range or the streets of the slums And if home is a feast we just reaching for crumbs (ugh) Repeat after me I am the key If I was ever locked up I am free If I was ever docked I am the sea I am the one I was destined to be You don’t gotta die to go to heaven You can get it right now I can show you how we can go together All I ever wanted was reach you All I never wanted was to need you Nothing else above you or beneath you When you tell me that you love me all I want is to believe you
6.
Life is hard but I don’t mind The way things are is a state of mind Made of stars all made to shine Can't fall behind gotta cross the line When I was younger I was haunted by the hunger pains The one I wanted wasn't coming all my love’s in vain Momma warned me don't get caught up in the numbers game But I was stubborn now I know that I’m the only one to blame Ain't a damn thing changed it's a damn shame I never learned my lesson til I got burned by the flame So many questions had me flooded by the summer rain I tried to run away but I was naked when thunder came Roots in the blues & my boots in the mud since a youth Yes I knew felt it move through my blood like hundred proof Put me in the booth told the truth to the judge If you looking for my dues Life is hard but I don’t mind The way things are is a state of mind Made of stars all made to shine Can't fall behind gotta cross the line When I got older hit the road on my own My brother he’s a soldier but I’m more a rolling stone Got my angel on my shoulder so I’m never alone Keep my motor going baby it's a long way home Got my Bible in my right hand rifle in the other Striving for the righteous path but I’m a bad mother Got my crown in the clouds ten toes to on the ground Ain't no doubt you know exactly what I’m talking about Roots in the blues & my boots in the mud since a youth Yes I knew felt it move through my blood like hundred proof Put me in the booth told the truth to the judge If you looking for my dues Life is hard but I don’t mind The way things are is a state of mind Made of stars all made to shine Can't fall behind gotta cross the line Came a long way came a long way Came a long way came a long way Came a long way came a long way Just to cross the line
7.
T.E.A.M. 03:20
Take a trip with me back to the old days When it was only me and momma at the home place Me and poppa had drama kept me stone faced So you know I had to grow up at my own pace See me standing right on that porch Dreaming of the day when I’d be lighting my torch Got Elijah right beside me he’d be driving that Porsche Fast forward the winter’s over birds flying north like Summer coming soon see you at the ball game Keep it cool meet me after school in the hall way Better never change stay the same’s what they all say We’ll be friends forever I’m a keep you with me always Came from the country moved to the city Raised in Kentucky I still got it with me And you can’t take it from me no matter how far I go I got the Bluegrass right in my soul so Let’s go let’s ride let’s move Let it go let it die make room for the new Every minute we fulfilling our dreams That’s the true definition of TEAM Together everyone accomplishes more That’s the one thing we can’t ignore We can make peace or we can make war What are we fighting for We are all a TEAM Took a road trip west I was seventeen Fork in the road I went left had to spread my wings Stepped in the unknown nothing I had ever seen Could possibly prepare me for the life of my dreams but All I knew is that I didn’t really need to know All I needed was a little faith to feed the soul All my deeds are sewing seeds and soon my trees will grow And all my regal peoples keep me reaching for my deeper goals So we don’t worry we don’t get in a hurry Tomorrow isn’t promised and our yesterdays are buried And the present is a gift on god so we pray That today we win against all odds ok Came from the country moved to the city Raised in Kentucky I still got it with me And you can’t take it from me no matter how far I go I got the Bluegrass right in my soul so Let’s go let’s ride let’s move Let it go let it die make room for the new Every minute we fulfilling our dreams That’s the true definition of TEAM Together everyone accomplishes more That’s the one thing we can’t ignore We can make peace or we can make war What are we fighting for We are all a TEAM
8.
10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly Lord Knows when it comes to chicken need a ten piece Lord knows I been waiting patient for my increase Lord knows someday when they see me make my enemies envy Shining on em but today the haters shall not tempt me Lord knows ain't never been shy shout the windy city Lord knows I'm forever fly my origins is more the nitty gritty Lord knows I ain't asking for no pity I just want to them racks to stack up so high NASA can't come get me Lord knows me and my disciples loaded up like rifles We got shots for dropping vitals and ain't stopping for no trifles Copping titles cus your fallen idols jocking my recitals Throw your lighters in the sky we going higher than the Eiffel Lord knows everyday we striving for survival Lord knows my arrival drive my rivals suicidal Lord knows for the right dough I am liable to go psycho Just to make my pie grow five fold and I put that on the Bible Lord knows 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly 10 fold hunnit fold thousand fold milly This the law fuck the police Put it on God no justice no peace Fuckin her raw she loving the D She want it all I bust in her teeth Filling her throat while I'm slapping her cheeks She want the smoke while she wrapped in a sheet She blew and O after that she blew me I'm out the door then I'm onto the streets I'm on the go cus I gotta get mine on behalf of my flesh Made to be fresh do it to death and I pray On the day that I go that my soul resurrect We know it's bigger than checks We know it's bigger than chains on your neck We know you watching its our time to flex Now I'm eating the game like Indominus Rex yes I make the plan and I write it out Follow it every day step after step Rep after rep I went from sitting on steps To sipping champagne in the back of the jet Playing my cards and I got a full Deck I made me a promise I don't gotta threat You outta be honored I gave you this knowledge It's worth more than dollars the last time I checked According to biblical verse The first shall be last & the last shall be first Count up your blessings and lift up the curse Back of the bus throw this bitch in reverse Take em to to church Hop in the water we quenching our thirst From the west to the east greatest to least From the A to the Z How we playing the game now we bringing increase Increase increase
9.
Everybody wants what they just can’t have We all want to be good so bad You know that you can’t go back And everybody wants what they just can’t have Walk on the wild side step in my shoes Wide eyed tie dyed nothing to lose Nothing to prove any weapon I choose Punch a black hole in the white boy blues Playing all night like the sun had stage fright Can’t see the shadow of the moon in the day light I’m a playwright & you are my muse While the black sky raining on these white boy blues Everybody wants what they just can’t have We all want to be good so bad You know that you can’t go back And everybody wants what they just can’t have They want the White Boy Blues... You can call me a dreamer but I’m a fire eater And I can even feed you and this’ll be food You’re a beast I’m the keeper deep in the zoo You don’t believe us ask Jesus bout the White Boy Blues While I run through your spot like butter to a hot knife Cops can’t stop me full speed through the stop light I am not right what about you I got too much food that’s the White Boy Blues Everybody wants what they just can’t have We all want to be good so bad You know that you can’t go back And everybody wants what they just can’t have Now if you’ve been hot now you got to get cool If you’ve been a rock now you get to be a jewel And if you’re on top then all you gotta do Is get prepared for the drop that’s the White Boy Blues Now true I’ve been a snake now I’m fly like an eagle And this the breakthrough on behalf of our people Now we’re all equal call it two plus two That just makes forever that’s the White Boy Blues Everybody wants what they just can’t have We all want to be good so bad You know that you can’t go back And everybody wants what they just can’t have They want the White Boy Blues
10.
Muse 03:18
She got legs for days and mysterious ways And i want her to stay but i love to watch her walk away In her lingerie She got curves that I don’t deserve Wet dream she’s the queen I was born to serve And I aim to please on my knees She’s my muse in high heeled shoes She’s the one who makes me wanna sing Make me wanna give her everything She’s my muse and there’s nothing I won’t do To be the only one To lay you down beside me when the day is done On the seventh day she makes a sinner pray Got Ass with a capital A Sweet sass she’s the head of the class With her pretty hour glass full of chardonnay The way she takes a sip with her cherry lips And lets a little bit drip all the way to her fingertips She gives me fits She’s my muse in high heeled shoes She’s the one who makes me wanna sing Make me wanna give her everything She’s my muse and there’s nothing I won’t do To be the only one to be beside you when the day is done Just in case you’re waiting for an invitation Do me the honor of being my inspiration All I want is love and affection All I need is one good connection All I have is a question Tell me am I headed in the right direction If so let me make my suggestion Vote Joe like I’m up for election If no let me make my correction I wanna learn love teach me a lesson Teach me a lesson Teach me a lesson... Be my muse in high heeled shoes You’re the one who makes me wanna sing Make me wanna give you everything Be my muse there’s nothing I won’t do To be the only one To lay you down beside me when the day is done
11.
Alone again home again on my own again Who wants to be a millionaire Figuring I should phone a friend but no one’s in I’m in a different zone again load em in go to work again Give em a killer show Killer Joe and then hit the road again Motor around the globe catapulted over the wall Hit the throne then in a moment it all started to fall They say Rome wasn’t built in a day so if you feeling a way Just pray to god to take your ceiling away I’m in the open not exactly the pope but I guess I’m coping Started out shy as Oprah but now I got bread for toasting From Oakland beside the ocean I'm vibing Poseidon’s culture Deciding if I should invite him to try my flyest potion I might as well buy a boat and then sail it straight to Atlantis Don’t even tell me the damage in Paris they went bananas Started in Barcelona my heart exploded and vanished I might have managed to catch it in traffic despite my Spanish But dammit if I imagined the planet would disappear The second she dropped the record that magic ran in my ear That’s when I began to hear the audience start to cheer They say life begins in earnest when love is louder than fear O dear that’s when it hit me like bourbon whiskey and beer The man I saw in the mirror remind him to persevere Yeah despite the difficulties and serious circumstances Unhurried toward my mansion unworried by all the action Lights flashing my fashion is cooler than Michael Jackson The future is coming fast and I’m moving to it with passion Maneuvering through the madness to Madison Square Garden Aiming toward my target they rolling that red carpet I’m walking on it like water like Jesus before the martyrdom My acapellas rocking you fellas like Sean Carter done em Now I’m at the waterfront waiting to catch the ferry To visit a dignitary who lives in a cemetery My vision is visionary so prison isn’t as scary Cus limits are temporary and I am forever legendary As Larry Bird I marry words with the cadences From LA where the Lakers is demonstrating what greatness is May the strangers around us turn in to angels And may the angels surround us even the yes even the rich and famous And may your windows be painless and your all pain champagne Just promise you one thing you’ll remember my damn name

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released December 12, 2023

Joe Con - "Bars & Guitars"

“Ready Player One”
Produced by David Linhof

“New Day Dawns”
Produced by Joe Con
Scratches by DJ Werd
Video directed by Josh Dallera (@thinkjosh)
Lyric video by Joe Con

“Pick Me Up”
Produced by Travis Margis & Drew K.
Written by S. Hobson & T. Smith
Scratches by Steelo Free

“Still Alive”
Produced by Joe Con & Drew K.

“You Don’t Gotta Die To Go To Heaven
Produced by Joe Con & Drew K.

“Cross The Line”
Produced by Pause & Drew K.
Written by S. Hobson, D. Kapner & D. Kushnir
Video directed by Gabe Kimpson (@gabekimpson)

“T.E.A.M.”
Produced by Ruler Why & Drew K.

“Increase” (feat. Pause)
Produced by Joe Con
Written by S. Hobson & D. Kushnir

“White Boy Blues” (feat. Pause)
Produced by Drew K.
Written by S. Hobson & D. Kushnir

“Muse”
Produced by Drew K.

“Remember My Damn Name”
Produced by Ruler Why

All songs performed by Joe Con except where noted
All songs written by Samuel Peyton Hobson except where noted
All songs recorded & mixed at The God Spot & Angelhouse Studios

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c) founder of Word Made Fresh Music & The Constellation

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