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Why not shine if you're a star! ?
I gotta shine and go hard!!!
I gotta shine cuz I'ma starr!!!

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I gotta shine and go hard I'm a star,
Playing Tracy Chapman in a Fast Car,
I got bars for every scar that don't show -
Yet I'm under par with different strokes -
I mean I set the bar they don't want no smoke, it's a joke that were woke cuz it really don't show! I rock the boat all day & I'm tired, so...I had 2 make a song... For all of us -
Hiding strong! That's the trait of human,
We ain't doing it wrong, I'm a find my peace and I'm a keep my calm, I mean, c'mon!
I'm in key like Chaka Khan, got girls like Don Juan writing this rap on the John, I promise not to disappear like J-Kwon, independent in this bitch with my own dot com, Happy Days, I'm cool like Fonz, but if your story starts with "once upon", before you get 2 "time" I've already yawned... Checked out, I'm a sleep - Carry on!!!

We're good at hiding who we are,
I've been hiding thus far,
Why not shine if you're a star! ?
I gotta shine and go hard!!!

We're good at hiding who we are,
I've been hiding thus far,
Why not shine & go hard! ?
I gotta shine cuz I'ma star !!!

I like going where it's deep - don't stay shallow - that'll heal you like sunburn & aloe,
Wanna hit you with an arrow, or hang you from the gallows, for speaking the facts, im a lace up my saddle, let em' Talk 2 my back!
Cuz the prophets get crucified - even in rap,
Blunt smoke and bitches they wanna hear more of that! Cuz we all dumbed down & even if we aint - we'll play the clown , to fool the fools so they'll praise the crown, secretly wanting our position - what now! ? - do you do , - with all this pressure, the audience wanna measure - every gesture, stand back and appraise are you really king or jester ?

Stand back and think is it really worth the lecture ?
Emperor in new clothes can you feel the texture?
We just go with the crowd afraid of feeling lesser...take your integrity out on the stretcher,
Playing by the cliff in the Rye with no catcher,
This is extra sketchy & I'm no point dexter,
Just a G lookin' for the treasure and seeking pleasure...

We're good at hiding who we are,
I've been hiding thus far,
Why not shine if you're a star! ?
I gotta shine and go hard!!!
I gotta shine cuz I'ma starr!!!

credits

from Meditating On A Sunday (The Mixtape), released August 4, 2019
lyrics written & performed by GoodxJ
mixed & mastered by Mike Heebz

beat by The Roots from the album "Dilla Joints"

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GoodxJ Saint Paul, Minnesota

Good People.
Good Music.
Good Times.

Everyday is a party, life is one big party.

The whole entire world is a Neighborhood so I guess that makes us Neighbors...
The movement is Happiness. Love. Connection. Human.
GoodxJ is an artist who loves good times and good vibes with good people. Spreading love is the motto. Peace to all.

"Forget what I can get, what can I give" ? LOVE.

Let's Party!! ... more

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