Vol. One

by Average Joe

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1.
Ghosts 03:29
I talk to ghosts When im alone Cuz im a fuckin weirdo So don’t you ever Try and look at me Like im your hero Im just a man Chasin a dream Tryna come up from zero I started all this shit With nothin made it all appear tho they thought I would be deceased before I turned 18 im 27 steady tryna fund a fuckin dream at 21 I sobered up and turned my life around I swore that when I put it down Cant no one go against me now Cuz im biggest rival devil straight up out the bible you can all go talk your shit but no one hates me more than I do I had to slumber sick as fuck While stuck Up in the gutter Talkin to myself Like why you do this to us Motherfucker and that’s my life ill be alright that’s just the way it goes aint got no fancy cars aint sportin no designer clothes I spend my days Sweating my dick off Up inside this factory Starin out that door And See the sun i watch this life go past me I check the web when I feel dead Cuz yall just look so happy But its all fake its just a game And aint nobody laughing We all just struggle Just ta make it through the day to day Tryna find a better way Move on and turn the fuckin page But its your story you can live it how you wanna you don’t have to feel surrounded out here drownin in the drama on my mama and on god you can make it from a dream its not as hard motherfuckers make it seem just buckle down and bust your ass and show some dedication I guarantee that all your work Will take you to better places And don’t you worry bout your past Or all those people hatin Cuz its about where you are headed Fuck those angry faces Just keep it real And speak your mind But make sure speak the truth I cant believe that any of us Were just born to lose So I refuse to mind my own Yeah I said fuck the rules Im gonna make it on my own Cuz that what bosses do Cuz I got heart But believe I aint got shit to prove Well maybe I do to myself But yo its not for you So don’t conced just to believe In all the lies they feed you Just try and breath And be at ease Ignore those evil people The world is full demons Full of devils in disguise They wear their masks And hide way up inside their fuckin lies But I will stand by my beliefs Until they take my life They cannot break me down No They can only criticize But I could give a shit They can suck a fuckin dick Cuz they are watchin from the side And im just out here livin life Im my own biggest fan And I cant hear you cuz yall mumbling You stumble fumble and stutter Its like your saying nothing Your usin dope n snortin coke youre out here sippin lean a fuckin slave to way you think youre supposed to be doing anything you can to try and make them love you but never stop to love your self so im still screamin fuck you and all you wack rappers nothing but some cash grabbers rap is about the message ive had enough of these rack stackers what happened to being the voice the people the ones who cant speak for themselves that have nobody to speak to I swear ill never be The one to throw my cash in your face I hope that everybody eats And gets some food on they plate I know its hard out on the streets And these days get hard to face But you gotta stand strong Cause no ones life is a waste You gotta find it in your self You got speak from your soul dont let this world leave you frozen don’t become broken and cold when those roads get tough you just gotta keep movin fuck everybody I believe that you can do it Come and prove it
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Voices 02:24
the worst in you is still the best of me ill never feel the way they feel and thats my destiny ive just been embracing fate dont try and question me or lecture me just let me be just let me breathe gimme some space cuz im going out my mental yall mufuckas commercial and im feeling residential yall are on a pc while i grab a pad n pencil tryna fuckin let go of what i have been through tryna turn a page its a new me but everytime i close my eyes its the same thing the same place same face haunts me in my mind i wish i could escape if i could find the time but there really aint no point in lookin back now news flash thats the past time ta back down you gonna win a fight with the old you just brush it off lose the sauce like i told you ya brush em off and come right back in it put up a fight with the mic and go get it this is your moment you better never let it slip fuckin give it to em raw with no filter bitch you cant filter this you cant censor truth you know i never fuckin lie when i get in the booth ya im a few loose screws and that might be true but whats a mufucka gon do and all the voices in my head are saying im better off dead yeah all the voices in my head are saying im better off dead yeah but i am from the city where the sun dont shine and they all wanna watch me fall imma stand tall through it all and ball and you aint gon never ever watch me fall naw you aint gon never ever stop my shine imma rise above ima take whats mine i am from the middle of the map where you better have a strap if you finna try and walk that line cuz errybody always tryna take whats yours knock yo ass out on the mufuckin floor fill you full of holes watch the blood just pour wheres its all about respect cuz errybody poor and you gotta keep it quiet cuz errybody snitch like a bitch when they find themselves caught up in a pinch its best to work alone and to never use a phone if you really wanna make a fuckin come up out this bitch gotta keep the walls high your head down low the less you talk the less they know better plead that fifth and stay stone cold or you aint gonna get to watch your own kids grow cuz you wont be home till you hit parole grown so old and youve sold your soul but what do i know im an average joe go do yo thang watch it all unfold lets go and all the voices in my head are saying im better off dead yeah all the voices in my head are saying im better off dead and ive been twisted by this sick addiction tortured in this life im livin no excuses for actin out but the sickness had me lashin out the demons in my head are clashin now but I gotta stay strong gotta stand my ground cant lose focus cuz this life aint hopeless what would my boys do if im not around i cant turn back yall heard it now the games done changed so imma burn it down take it back to the real and reveal what truth is let the masks peel and just keep it ruthless take it up to the sky i dont know what a roof is no cielings like its wayne is just how i do shit had to make it from a dream now the dreams a movement and their wondering how the fuck i do this and all the voices in my head they tell me im better off dead yeah all these voices in my head they tell me im better off dead
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All Day 03:27
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I aint got no friends i aint i aint got no friends (friends) yeah I aint got no friends because all my friends are dead i said i aint got no friends x2 i was standing in the ashes of everything that i was tryna process all my losses and everything ive become tryin not to be bitter but i aint feelin no love im feelin numb cuz im all alone under a dying sun and i walk this earth all by my lonely i aint got no homies cuz dont anyone know me im tryna find my way i wish somebody would show me tryna escape all the lies that everybody has told and im tryna bounce back but all my friends are dead they only place theyre still around is inside of my fuckin head so call me fuckin crazy cuz im talking to myself and i dont wanna speak to anyone else i need help cuz I aint got no friends i aint i aint got no friends (friends) yeah I aint got no friends because all my friends are dead i said i aint got no friends x2 sometimes i talk to the shadows cuz i feel em all there looking out from the darkness they just silently stare but i know my people listen i said i know that they care i wish i could bring em with me cuz were headed up there and i know this life is shifty i just wish it were fair get a bottle pour it out for the ones who aint here i woulda brought you to the top i woulda saved you a chair but yall left this earth without me im alone in the lair gotta do it big for my people that are gone gotta carry on stay strong and keep goin gotta bleed my heart out in these songs and live long gotta show everybody that they were wrong cuz my life is not a waste i dont need to learn my place i just need my name in lights i need to just keep the faith make it for the spirits that i carry beside me the ones that watch over and guide me cant pay no fuckin mind to these demons inside me aint got no fuckin choice but to keep trying and fighting cuz I aint got no friends i aint i aint got no friends (friends) yeah I aint got no friends because all my friends are dead i said i aint got no friends x3
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One Life 03:05
We only got one life one opportunity one vision To seize the moment turnin that dreamin into livin Show em what we can become were not the villains Were just trying to get a come up in a world that unforgiving Were the lost children of a world that’s built on sinning Your glorifying their greed While these children are going missing Were placing hate against races But its these fucking politicians I wish that for just one second You fucking people would listen Quit the bitchin and envision A world without the division Where we can ditch the past Have peace at last Forget the friction One love throughout the country America at its best Where people can walk the street Without takin two to the chest Where we can help our fellow brother Without stuntin tryna flex cuz its hard to fuckin know when you’ll be next I’m tryin not to stress but I’m a mess I need to get this off my chest Cuz this world just makes me sick Is this a test Cuz I feel like were failing if it is And yall don’t give two squirts of piss Is this the example that were leaving for these kids Its time to step it up and show em how to really live Teach em to never give up when they fall and take a hit Aint bout the clothes The cars money or hoes Its about who still gets down When your beaten down and your broke The ones still by your side When you couldn’t breathe and you choked Not those vultures slowly closing round your throat The ones who said you never make it Turn round and say you’re the greatest But their just out here chasin faces Tryna come up off your playlist You fuckin fakes lets just face it You tried to hate now your change You disrespectful ass pussy I should just spit in your faces But I ill just sit back n laugh Cuz yall aint nothing but trash Comin lookin for handouts Out here straight kissin some ass You try and act like you knew me your ass got left in the past n all the bitchs that blew me off now are all tryna smash n now your bouta get school im finna take you to class I weave words over and under Until your caught in a trap Learned to slither with the serpents From bein up in the trap I had to write my own shit Cuz all todays rap is trash We only got one shot one opportunity To try and seize the moment So just believe and breathe with ease And show em that you own it Don’t beg n plead get on your knees Or be something your not Just be yourself This is your shot This is all you got
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Change 03:57
i thank the gods for all my second chances the second glances i never got were better than bein reprimanded or caught red handed its like they planned it its too complex i dont pretend to understand it it just makes me manic i feel ive got a purpose so im just workin to preserve it this life is far from worthless even when were fuckin hurtin dont eat the dirt when your down feelin broken cuz theres beauty in the beaten the broken people are chosen the tortured souls and the homeless the scarred scared and the roamers wanderin down these roads cuz they dont know what a home is im just here to fuckin tell ya i was just like you i was lost stuck on these streets with no friends no food or shoes ive burnt my back in the sun searchin just lookin for shade ive walked until ive had blisters cuz i had no where to stay yeah ive robbed and done wrong and ive got lost hoppin trains but the gods pulled me through it and now the world is my stage cuz i was looking for change they had to show me the way yeah i was lookin for change yeah i was lookin for change yeah i was lookin for the answers hiding deep inside i drowned myself in the darkness and couldnt see the light i put my hate against people and didnt treat em right confused my rules to survive with my morals for life and now im tryna bounce back from a past that still haunts me those long hungry nights remind me nobody wants me they just smile in my face and pretend like they care but when i was down and out there wasnt nobody there just me myself and my lonely but believe me no one owes me we lay in the beds we make just like my grandmother told me so dont confuse what im sayin and twist it up like im bitchin cuz its those nights i was starvin that created the fuckin vision just tryna speak on my pain cuz maybe you can relate so take a little walk with me and stroll down my memory lane when i was looking for freedom when i was searchin out there tryna find myself in a world that really dont care when i was lookin for change they had to show me the way but i was lookin for change yeah i was looking for change ive found theres beauty in silence in those frozen moments of solace left alone in our thoughts a place where nobody knows us where we hide all of our demons in the back of our mind build our castles around and try and keep em inside we build our walls and our moats try and make us feel safe but just like with anything theres always give and theres take you cant get something for nothing i shouldnt have to explain if we bury all our problems they tend to rot in our brain they infest and infect every thought in our heads they make us wanna escape and make us wanna be dead you gotta deal with your issues i said you gotta move on or your demons will just eat you until everythings gone i hope your looking for change i hope they show you the way i hope your looking for change i hope your looking for change
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What it Was 02:40
you knew what it was when it was what it was you knew you knew what it was when it was x4 ive worked for everything ive had it really aint no question dope was the death of me but this gon be my resurection i wanna give it to ya raw n leave ya second guessin think about the choices that your makin before you hit corrections do what you gotta do to try and stay alive but dont be surprised when the boys come gunnin fo yo life when you live like that it goes quick like that u can get caught in a pinch n get convict like that or you n can snitch n youll be free get your head split like that or do yo time and youll be fine n you can live like that yeah i just had to make it from the bottom couldnt slumber in the the gutter dont get me started bout drama i had to work my way up cuz that wont be me forever but ill keep those memories with me when im better you knew what it was when it was what it was when seen me fuckin mobbin through the club you knew what it was when it was what it was you knew you knew what it was when it was x4 where im from dont nobody care they dont wanna see you make it they just wanna keep you right here keep you down keep you beaten keep you broken when you go to speak theyre prayin that youre chokin they stay steady hopin that youll give up or youll fail theyd rather see you locked inside a cell inside a jail than to go achieve your dreams gettin checks up in the mail they dont want your ass in heaven when theyre stuck livin in hell but i refuse to lose so im steady fuckin chasin imma make it imma do it for the ones that fuckin hate it the ones that told me id never be nothin but a junkie yeah maybe i came up struggling but those struggles made me hungry eleven thirteen cuz its fuck twelve thats my whole motto in a nutt shell fuck jail comin quick when i bust shells id rather die than go to prison when my luck fails you knew what it was when it was what it was you knew you knew what it was when it was x4
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Time 04:16
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The Man 04:20
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Boss Up 02:42
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Stand Tall 02:48
Chillin back and relaxin Packin this pack of squares Im thinkin back on my life Like how the fuck we get here We made from bein broke Struggling hungry and bummy Got families of our own And cant nobody fuckin touch me Im spittin fire my desire Grows to new heights Fuck the red and blue lights They cant see me In this new life Wont never let nobody Lock me up inside a cell Ill raise hell Cuz I would rather die Than go to jail Cuz when I go At least I know That I would die free Free to breathe and believe In my dreams and die with peace I try to count my blessings not dwell too much on my curses I found my soul in the streets aint feel nothin up in churches hook when your backs against the wall stand tall fuck em all they just wanna watch you fall said when you don’t know what to do do you stay true lets just show em how we do and if you need it I can call my dawgs take ya out fuckin show ya how to ball then youll know just what to do stay true make moves lets just show em how we do ay yo im killin these rappers constantly fillin coffins no skeletons in my closet i threw em out n tossed em i let them out in the open to let my demons breath never afraid of what yall think cuz im just bein me and in my minds eye its my time in that spotlight is where i shine aint nobody stoppin my grind imma blast it loud till theres sunshine and in this moment its grab that mic and its run time i gotta go so enjoy the show and i hope yall have a fun time and if your out there hatin know that i still love you but its fuck you motherfuckers imma rise so far above you and if your out there tryna make dont give up be patient this road is full of failure if you wanna be the greatest hook when your backs against the wall stand tall fuck em all they just wanna watch you fall said when you don’t know what to do do you stay true lets just show em how we do and if you need it I can call my dawgs take ya out fuckin show ya how to ball then youll know just what to do stay true make moves lets just show em how we do hook when your backs against the wall stand tall fuck em all they just wanna watch you fall said when you don’t know what to do do you stay true lets just show em how we do and if you need it I can call my dawgs take ya out fuckin show ya how to ball then youll know just what to do stay true make moves lets just show em how we do

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released September 29, 2019

written and recorded by Average Joe
Music produced by LEGION BEATS

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