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THE NORM

by STRAIGHTUPJED

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Chorus: I got no one else but me If you just believe. Follow your heart. Follow your heart Verse 1: I’ve seen it all mo f***ah Snake ass b*tches in the grass Past self-thanking me! I’ve learned to be at peace with my decisions Swear to god it’s been minute Since I reflected. Shells re-directed. It’s funny how self reflection Help understand the all messages In your psyche thats telling you that Sh*t’ll be okay… No stranger to the stress Aye, shit’ll be okay! One time for the grinders. 9 to 5’s dope. Being honest Clock work ain’t bad if you the rawest Having pride in what you do is not what everybody got But its free to people who always trust the process! Aye, Uphill battles… Ain’t nothing in the struggle that you can’t handle! Have faith up in hell, Have faith in your abilities And faith in yourself. No cap, like Bobby Shmurda A bout a week a ago, My God damn soul was hurting Was tryna eat, then I noticed that All The tables turning Why do following your dreams Be the biggest burden But f*ck em nay sayers Honestly they don’t determine Where you headed Pre-Chorus: Where you headed? Verse 2: Follow your heart If you don’t It’s never too late to start Arm and a leg given to art I beg you please never lose sight I lost a homie 'cause he couldn’t tell the Dark from the light just bare (bear) with me (: I know it real hard to care, but care with me I play the role of visionary I carry grief but failure is more scary to me PTSD, blockin' the purpose But I’m for certain That the my real ones pull me to surface Was in immersed in all my hurting But that turned me into the person Who killing sh*t now I’ve learned to make it happen, even if I live with doubt That’s the quality of life when gettin’ it all done Credit to the day the day credit to the man above Credit…to all my failures. Credit to the day ones Lotta people taking L’s cause they forget about the love In what they do man Due man. I was on em food stamps Was in the struggle growing up, but this a newsflash STRAIGHTUP J-E-D Ready to pay his dues back and Ima new man,
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LOOP 02:57
Chorus: Intimate “Ya Feeling it?” (Adamant) “Yeah” (Out of it) “You into this?” I’ll admit: “Naw” Naw (x7) Verse 1: We all going through some form healing All going through some form pain Going back and forth with my voice of reason Knowing that the outcome end the same I’m in a loop I’m in a loop I’m in a loop I'm in a loop Wait I’m in a loop I’m in a loop Aye Smoke to the lungs. Smoke leave my mind Still smoke in the room. Bleed through my eyes Took a heartbreak just to re-align Took a heart break be back in 5 Roll another, blaze up. Pass the time To the left. Everybody has they vice To the left. We all take hits, that’s fine To the left left left Left. I feel I feel Good I feel I feel Great I feel I feel Wait a minute , hold up I feel, I feel Wait a minute, pour up Pour up, pour up the drank Pour up the Titos And then I overthink Thank Yeah it’s God who I thank Yeah it’s God who I thank Thank thank thank thank Verse 2: Now I got more time to kill (yeah) Now I got more time to chill (yeah) Ya feel yeah? Ya mind plays trick on ya No wonder why I wanna disappear yeah yeah Cause life ain’t what it look like on the socials Life trend down? Yo ya gotta stay hopeful piece of mind always what I always look forward to Piece of mind always better all the FOMO See Don’t follow the crowd aye woo Just follow ya gut mmm Just know where it’s loud, Don’t follow the noise Just follow ya heart, it’s a different route With infinite lessons I stay Counting my blessings 1,2,3. What for? Running from my demons But i'm running up score Outro: We all going through some form healing All going through some form pain Going back and forth with my voice of reason Knowing that the outcome end the same I’m in a loop I’m in a loop I’m in a loop Wait I’m in a loop I’m in a loop Aye
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THE NORM 03:32 video
Verse 1: Yeah it's just day the day for me I don’t expect ya to understand or wait for me I don’t expect ya to get me truly I ain’t sorry I don’t expect ya to resonate with my Life story But it’s cool if you do I ain’t tripping, 'cause I know we ain’t cut from same root My life a tragedy I could paint the whole town blue But that, just how it be When you’ve rocked with the same truth That coincides with your identity, There’s only one you I got some homies from the streets some my homies living with views Yet we vibing all the same, 'Cause of the music on the cue Used f*ck with everybody now I only f*ck with few Cause I could smell the ingenuine fumes from the other room Like damn crack a window Sleeping with demons Ima need myself a pillow And blanket for this cold cold world Hope you understand my pain Cause I’m broken ass dude, but it’s chill tho aye 501 flows Dededo, Kaiser Roadrunner, now I’m seeing dough in the horizon I grew up pretty ill, if you know me Young snooze grew up in the Vill i was brodie Living in this box, till the love for the music showed me That the world is yours and now I’m making bops close to the shore What all this for? I don’t really know, But at least my heart fulfilled and furreal I’m out for more More In store like a Mom & Pop Making songs hotter than empanadas we in stock King car sipping, no tripping, man we keep it raw All I got is a dolla all my weed and my DAW Chorus: All the walks of life I hold em dear I don’t live with spite I live with fear ‘Cause with me it the norm ‘Cause With me it the norm Momma used to work graveyard, Father dead to me, ain’t no graveyard Could ever save me from the trauma Remember all of the times we was hurting Broken home, but at least I could feel like I deserve to eat my fruits of labor I do no favors. I am the alpha, Ain’t no debating when you get the paper Lotta these people ego trippin, Like they need to lace up And they always lyin' in lies I be the lion tamer Remember mama praying She Tryna make it work the sight of her crying living In my head rent free, couldn’t afford to Live this life, with not thinking bout the bills Peeking in her room, don’t know what to feel Seeing tears running down her cheek un-- --certainty was the norm but so was God too, Had to be strong, cause being strong was all we got New problems everyday Knew about it but we stayed Level headed kept the love Kept the positivity Yeah mama I know, and mama I know That this life come wit trials and tribulations I wanna make you proud of me
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I FOUND 03:04
Chorus: I found peace, but I still can’t find enough I got weed smoke, overthinking every puff Verse 1: Coffee on the table Confusion on the daily Maybe I should leave it all Lose communication With all my indirect causes of pain All my indirect problems show face At the worst times. Blurred lines Ain’t no Robin thicky (Thicke) I’m furreal (Pharrel) I Need another picture perfect moment and some film I Took a snapshot of non-existent feels I See that healing's not linear Walking on a tight rope Hard to swallow pills when When the pain kills off All the f*cks you were giving Made ya get the best of me before. Forgiven! Before you came and went, You were Love's definition But it’s all…good. Baby baby, Hima-laying Pink salt on the wounds you were tasteless I would wear a mask around ya fake ya contagious I don’t mean to blow up baby I’m grenade fam, Damn! But I don’t have it in me to hate so much much much (ayy) Cause when ya soul feel empty you trust your gut gut gut gut (ayy) And when ya on edge breathe in and out out out out (ayy) I found peace, but i still can't find enough. Find "enough?" Tell me where the days gone? I barely feel pain no more Im on the move The more on the move Things start looking up, looking up, looking up Looking up, up, up, up

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"THE NORM" is the culmination of my life experiences as an independent artist on the island of Guam so far. I speak on my battles with depression, being raised by a single mother, heartbreak and more.

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released April 15, 2023

Producers:
Taliesen "CRUX" Williams
Jordan "Hardybum" Hardy
EJ Flores

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STRAIGHTUPJED Los Angeles, California

JED is a Guam based songwriter, producer AND singer.

In 2021, JED was credited as a songwriter for TWICE’s new album: Formula of Love: O+T=<3.

JED has opened up for E-40, MadeinTYO, PnB Rock and Jhené Aiko. Along with being the highest streamed artist on Guam, JED opened up Straight Up Studios, a recording/production studio based in Guam.
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