1. |
It'll Be Okay
03:16
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i’m tired of the social climate and the climate change
i’m tired even though it’s wild that i’m wide awake
i’m tired of all of the fake cheesing
i’m tired cause i’m tired i don’t need a fucking reason
seasonal depression, question:
if the seasons are all blending together
can a line be drawn or am i better off leaving it
to equinox’s regional suggestions?
i’m stuck inside my head and so is everybody
last night i grabbed dinner with the don and we spoke about it
got it off my chest like a bench press, wah-lah
there’s a heavenly body in everybody
so please reach out if you’re feeling down
and use your phone for what its made for and call around
and say: “hey, a penny for your thoughts, what do ya say?”
i can always spare to make change
it’ll be okay
it’ll be okay
and you say “why pity”
it'll be okay
i can change my city
i’m tired of the social climate and the violent ways
i’m tired even though i’m high and i could fly away
i’m tired of all the nights grieving
i’m tired cause i’m tired i don’t need a fucking reason
lend me your discretion, lesson:
it’s easy for hate to manifest in
fuck destiny, you can change it all if you wanna
and start upon your path to nirvana
i’m stuck inside my head but so is everybody
last night i took a walk into the woods to give my head a jogging
leaves fall from the tree and they rot
humus is born as the soils new heart
so even out of death there is life
even though there’s breathe in your strife
you can rearrange your plight
take flight into the night of a new way
go to sleep and wake up within a new day
it’ll be okay
and you say “why pity”
it'll be okay
i can change my city
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2. |
Chill
02:58
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i want everybody in here right now to chill
take a lil breather from the uphill feel
see the hill is a metaphor for strife in ya life
and right now we don’t need to continue to fight
it’s very nice to have a drink on ice
and contemplate where you are in the moment precise
and right now i am here with you
and if i do say so myself what a beautiful view
i got love for the people in my life that’s right
i got love for the people that i’m meeting tonight
i got love for the people who are no longer here
i got love for all people cross the atmosphere
i wanna exercise my right to spread peace tonight
i got an appetite for life and yes im eating alright
i got a plate with some bread that i’ll break with you
just chill, that’s all i wanna do with you
it’s true that’s all i want
chilling with you baby
nice to meet ya so glad that you ya came
now it would be a shame if i didnt know your name
my name’s juicebox but you can call me josh
from the boondocks right up on the hill with the fox
fish mailbox, used to play with matchboxes
the clock is ticking im thinking of all options
i wanted to extend an invitation to rock with
everybody here on some real hip-hop shit
forget about what happened yesterday
rock to the rhythm in the best of ways
because today feels like forever hey
i thought that we could get together ay
did i make it clear that it’s a hazy year?
there’s no doubt in my mind that it’s crazy here
but i’m happy just be here in amazement yeah
i raise a glass to my new friends, baby, cheers
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3. |
Book of Rhymes
02:51
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it’s richard scary how i rip the dictionary
i land as if canary on the prairie in a camry
pack pottery with lush green lottery
to give myself an honoring with sovereignty lobotomies
hardly an offering when i’m off of the autumn tree
automatically hearty cause i got a smart artery
laugh haphazardly cause we’re in a wacky race
first place goes to miss dick dastardly
passion’s not a passer by convenienced by an alibi
precedence of the laughter cries appeasement to the malakai
calisthenic method of the modern mogul medic
amalgamate your bread to make it fit within your head width
ego is but a meatball chilling on your sub
knock it off, still got your 2 balls and a glove
why you talk so much shit when it’s really all love?
relax, just chill and go and light another dub
check the sun dial heat is coming in
running in with a style all encompassing
it’s all smiles when your inner child
functions as it is, while the kid gets smashed like a pumpkin on a bridge
an interruption had appeared and smeared the vision of the sage
as the paper tree flourished on the transcendental plane
and the alimony parrots flew apparent though they daren’t
while the number 5 train clocked a frame in your brain
upon a flashback you tracked back in fact had
an out of body experience and couldn’t react fast, well that’s that
the sun glare, the high sky
i run there, to stop by
you weren’t there, so i left
an hour late, i catch my breath
heart palpitates, thought i took care of that...
i have a lot to learn, i’m well aware of that
i take a seat now, in the green grass
feel the sun shine, see the clouds pass
hear the sounds in my ears dance quick fast
on a sonic adventure, like a dreamcast
wise is the spirit who identifies the folly
rolling on some molly in bali feeling jolly
he pops an ollie with the speed of maserati
indeed he probably tried to be free of the melancholy
i seek to reach 100 deeds to make proud
and do it for my dogs like eddie mcdowd
but never pause gotta keep energy moving around
but i bet it all falls down when you move with a crowd
stay vigilant but distant from the penmanship
to keep it all mysterious and all the while most interesting
sentient intimate inching to spirit cleanliness
envious is a trait that is better left in the empty wind
put away your dentures baby chew on that
my book of rhymes are never-ending with falcor in the back
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4. |
It's Time
04:07
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your vintage smile should stay a while
static state of mind i wait
to see the picture that you see
colorblind kid with the faded paint
never change for no one dear
not for no one disappear
i was staring in the backyard back home
met with visions crystal clear
smoking on palm trees i breathe
somewhere between awake and asleep
after all is all we’re after
i’m in love with feeling laughter
laugh with you until my eyes drown
see it take shape in the great background
there’s a whole other side from the half you see
laying on my back on a tapestry
i know the situation has a gravity
i try to approach it practically
balance between here and the absentee
the median is where we live happily
buildings grow and trees will die
wind will blow the breathing sky
parts unknown i’m surprised to find
the jester moonwalk occupies
a space that’s far but couldn’t be closer
amazed he can maintain composure
in a place where plots are devised
he doesn’t need to be supervised
we all can learn from a man like this
rock to the rhythm on a jam like this
if it’s bad, it doesn’t need to be that
boomerang (stars) bars’ll bring you right back
it’s time
ya win some, lose some, a to b
the moment’s where you claim to be
but you get lost in the scheme of things
ya gotta be aware of the pain it brings
chasing clouds as midnight walks
lucid living hugs us all
pacing crowds of clicking clocks
rushing towards a great brick wall
illusions break when you’re awake
eyes wide shut we claim to see
the true test begets when we rattle & shake
this is how we came to be
you’re better off dead, the governor said
as he kicked you out of town
lonely in your head, lonely in your bed
are you lonely just a bit not fitting in the crowd?
see the moment, seize the moment
see the moment, seize the moment
see the moment, freeze your omen
free.
……
if you read people at a fifth grade level
you’re bound to be recruited by the devil
the type that’ll revel before the job’s done
if it was always first try then it wouldn’t be fun
collapse and relapse, writing to the tracks
step on tree cracks, feel the breeze on your back
dripping mixture, melting fixtures
fix ya liver, leaks with liquor
reeks of reefer, sweet but bitter
please the pillar beneath the vineyard
the nature of the sky is originally clear
this is a point that i won’t defer
but gazing and gazing for years and years
will only make that sight obscured
good without evil is up without down
fire doesn’t wait for the sun to be hot
if you live like a circle going round and round
you’ll never be found like an afterthought
see the sun in the midst of rain
the sound of water says what i think
un-born, un-dying i say
i invite you to please have a drink
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5. |
Whatchu Want?!
03:36
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it a took a beat for the street EP to be complete
rather neat, and discrete we eat, bon appetite
from the east NY i see, with only peace
to the sea, norway my G, oh what a treat
i write a rap from my black knapsack rather magnificent
the pen hits the pad like that, sailing a penmanship
i rap to do do that that, i’m reminiscent
with a blast from the past like that, man on a mission
back to back with the classic track, man are you listening?!
you pass when i pass right back, a diamond glistens in
my glass when i shoot one back, no scotty pippin
bull shitting as the day flies past, who are you kidding?
man i say what i gotta say, play what i gotta play
bathe in the rays of my ways on a holiday
make no apology when no wrong’s done
the fat lady ran out of breath before the song was sung
you want this
you want that
you want that now
you want that now
i rock over a rhythm that is honest and true
i couldn’t give a fuck if it was coming from you
your motor mouth running like you’re breaking ya jaw
i shouldn’t give a fuck at all, we’re all flawed
i listen to the frequencies that put me on
got more grass in my lungs than you got on your lawn
i dance in trance in a moment in time
still tryna find one doper than mine
oops there goes my ego making a break
at least i admit it when i make a mistake
but sometimes, you need to be cocky as hell
as long as you’re not hurting anyone else
you know & i know boundaries
the healthy medium where all things can breath
make no apology if no wrong was done
and get the fuck up out my face if you’re an evil one
you want this
you want that
you want that now
you want that now
they’re chasing after the capital, rotten like a bad apple
they grapple after the chapel in dire need of a chaperone
apollonia phony philosophy’s on the back burner
fire rising much higher than psilocybin spectacular
actions are much needed, when the world needs weeding
we’re in need of a new ingredient to be expedient
to raise the median believing in achieving even
odds once thought to be out of reach of the seedy men
greedy men, happy to trample over their brothers
if it means they could reach those means to top each other
until it all topples over when the moment is done
they rather hide within the shadows than to bask in the sun
it’s all fucked up but no doubt we stay true
and knock beats and write rhymes for a lifetime thru
so make no apology when no wrong was done
and light a fat one to this in the warmth of the sun
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6. |
Balance
01:27
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the tables turn like interior decoration
inferior is the fate of the man who’s living in hate
why would you, put yourself on a pedestal
when every single one of us is running on the treadmill
dead still, they won’t realize it til it’s too late
ignorance is bliss, sorta jealous of that view today
immunity in a sense of what it truly is
the divine duality of a newer bridge
channel love to crossover
and once upon the other side’ll be my hand to pull you closer
i just wanna be connected, i realize the many conflicting views and perspectives
can throw off humanity as a single collective
but the thought is nice….
its both hell & a paradise
find the balance and it’s bound to be apparent, right?
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7. |
Soprano
01:55
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he was born a shadow, goin’ mano y mano
his brain dismantled, playin’ on his piano
fade to black like soprano
a midnight animal
posted on the wall like 'ammo'
subliminal integral minuscule movements
inchin’ to the finish-line for cool kids
true it's harder if you think about it
easy if you do it
harder to understand
but easy to misconstrue it
the irony
guess i need more iron in my diet
fire in my eyelids are burning with all desire
it's a riot. living by a code that i admire
my funeral pyre will be higher than your sire
its simple, the only thing you’re pimpin’ is a pimple
while a thug would put a hole in your face, not talkin’ dimple
not me ima peaceful man
you could catch me chillin’ in japan
you could catch me in the palm of your hand and throw me deep into a black hole to vanish with the planets
sick universal dipshit
lip split from spliff hits and love thick chicks with big hips
witness the instant gratification
of temporary complacentness
while pacing in basement it's
obligatory you listen to peoples stories
rags riches to glory
legends and sacred inventory
hey, sorry if im being boring
while hiatus kaiyote choruses are orbiting my auditory
all in all i know my fortune is fortunate
bringing the best of both worlds cause lord knows theres gotta be more than this
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8. |
See Now
04:35
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in ’09 i thought i was in my prime
rapping all the time, while i was hitting on some dimes
18 years on the planet yeah granted
i thought that i had everything figured and understand
look at me i’m a teen, smoke weed
drink OE and party til my insides bleed
straight up living in a bubble
confined to a world of getting in my own trouble
sure i was depressed and yes i had my stress
but i had no responsibilities or sense of all the rest
so i would smoke, write rhymes and record
party hard throughout the night and start again in the morn
drown it out and think that really i was staying afloat
when in reality, i never even got in the boat
oh the duality and so phase 1 was a go
charting course to expand my mind and finally grow
it’s so crazy when you think that you know it
but you don’t know a thing at all
i reminisce to the days where i thought that i was running
when i barely could crawl
all you need is a moment when you fall up on your ass
and the curtain is pulled
when you see that you never really see
til you see that you never really see it at all
around 2013 or like the end of 2012
i had broken out a shell, started improving myself
several psychedelics helped me to open up a door
everything is interconnected, im grounded to the floor
put the blunts down, i wanna shed my self
my best friend went from an L to living on a book shelf
started reading started seeing i had habits to break
right around the time when i would learn to meditate
final year of college when i got the best grades
went home that summer and i threw it all away
progress was made & i changed my brain
but i succumbed to being numb and started playing again
i don’t wanna get a job, rather sit my ass
i don’t wanna eat well, i’ll just smoke on grass
and im going downward on a spiral path
until i hit a brick wall when i ran out of gas
it’s so crazy when you think that you know it
but you don’t know a thing at all
i reminisce to the days where i thought that i was running
when i barely could crawl
all you need is a moment when you fall up on your ass
and the curtain is pulled
when you see that you never really see
til you see that you never really see it at all
2014 got a full time job
business casual, 8-5 grind
felt like i was putting on a costume, funny
this ain’t me, but im making mad money
2016 bought me a new whip
2017 i’m in a serious relationship
5 years at it finally breaking bad habits
eating well, sleeping well, still singing & rapping
but i knew that it was not my truth
gave one month’s notice & hopped in the subaru
drove cross country from new york to california
to start a new life and switch up the daily order
and hear i am recording, meditating daily
i don’t drink much, i’m growing out my hair
i’m following my dream & you can do it to
keep the past in the past and the future in your view
it’s so crazy when you think that you know it
but you don’t know a thing at all
i reminisce to the days where i thought that i was running
when i barely could crawl
all you need is a moment when you fall up on your ass
and the curtain is pulled
when you see that you never really see
til you see that you never really see it at all
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9. |
Vulnerable
03:49
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catch a motherfucking tiger by the toe and i dip
i was thinkin bout the days when i was only a kid
when everything was all good and the summers were a dream
though depression & anxiety would come in my teens
i would try and skip stones on the hudson river
keyword is “try” but i never did give up
i had a crush on a different girl every other week
daydreaming about our lives together could nearly see
it all happen at the blink of an eye
i started getting anxious and i didnt know why
could it my impending death, but im too young
nothing wrong with being sensitive but damn im sprung
so as i grew i learned to embrace this fact
i feel it all a little more intense than that
guy and that’s why i am who i am today
im vulnerable baby and that’s okay
be vulnerable baby boy that’s okay
be vulnerable baby girl that’s okay
be vulnerable old folks that’s okay
be vulnerable every day and oh my days
i remember crying at the back of a high school party cause the girl that i liked didn't feel the same
now you could look back at a whole bunch of pictures from that time and say damn juicebox was off the chain
and you would be right
but at the same time
you never see what’s going on on the sidelines
i open up like a jack in a box
the back of a clock
rap like the LOX with flames like matchbox
and all the while im doing it wholeheartedly
live with my whole artery
give with the whole all of me
all while with honesty, integrity and honoring the principles i came up on
you don't need to see green just to give it a go
you don’t need a million people just to put on a show
i share cause i care, and rightfully so
if i wasn’t vulnerable then you never would know
be vulnerable baby boy that’s okay
be vulnerable baby girl that’s okay
be vulnerable old folks that’s okay
be vulnerable every day and all/oh your days
i used to see a therapist
i used to take anti-depressants
i saw my first shrink when i was in 5th grade
i used to be sad, look how far i came
my girlfriend is beautiful (yes she is)
my home is beautiful (yes it is)
my studio is beautiful (oh yes it is)
music is so beautiful (the best it is)
i think about every single tear drop
hip-hop beat chop
heart ache
hours writing lyrics on my laptop
they got me where i am today, what can i say?
music was the escape from all of the pain
and i recycle that there so i can lift the veil
to reveal what it was that helped me prevail
and if that helps even one person alone
i know that it’s worth it to be vulnerable
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11. |
Chill (Instrumental)
02:58
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13. |
It's Time (Instrumental)
04:07
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15. |
Balance (Instrumental)
01:27
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16. |
Soprano (Instrumental)
01:55
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17. |
See Now (Instrumental)
04:35
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18. |
JUICEB☮X New York, New York
mgmt.juicebox@gmail.com
Singer/songwriter, rapper, multi-instrumentalist, producer
& self proclaimed Ellen DeGenreless, JUICEB☮️X is an artisan on a quest to navigate all things creative. Born & raised in New York, JUICEB☮️X now resides in Los Angeles. In his spare time, he enjoys photography + videography, skateboarding & doing accents + impressions.
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