T r u t h

from A R T I S T by TabInStereo

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feat. Jade Gritty

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"I realized that part of my identity is saying No
to things I don't want to do
Why are you unhappy?
Why is it that you want to quit music?
I don't like wasting my time
spending days just shaking people's hands and smiling
and taking selfies
it feels shallow
to my existence
I have a lot more to offer than my image
I don't like being used to make people money
than I just become a money making machine
and that my passion and creativity take a backseat
that makes me unhappy

so what did I do?
I started to say No
I'm not doing that
I don't want to do that
I'm not taking that picture
I'm not going to that event
I'm not standing by that
because thats not what I stand for
and slowly but surely

I remembered who I am"

-Lady Gaga


I Started with the innocence
I Put a couple tracks on a little disc
It was way before the internet
It was all I ever wanted
..I was into it..

Way before I hit the stage
I would think of ways
That music could get me paid
Nights turn to days
Its hard to maintain
But fuck the mainstream
I’m doing my own thing

All it’s gonna take is everything
All i want to be is anything

Budget on a shoe string
Got a six string
Got myself a new dream

More than a little introverted
Performing I was nervous
Made friends once they heard it

Met all my heroes in a basement
Thinking ...wait ...
"What do they really make than?"

Some of this fake man
I think we got what it takes
We could break in

By than I knew it so well
Got a-little deal we were so shelved
Bunch of free loaders on the coat tails
Back in Roselle
They were no help

We got a-little buzz
they caught it second hand
They wanted hand outs on their second hand

From the outside you’ll never understand
What it’s like living with no second plan

When this is what settles my soul
it’s where the rubber meets the road
Now they wanna do another show
But these days

I don’t really know

no more

Now They all like
Ooo Ooo
Look what I can do
Another one trick pony saying nothing new
They’d sell their soul for a song or two
We’ve seen it all before
It’s like Deja vu

You can’t change the truth


Finally I made it out the basement
These days I was all about the placements
..Backstage..
I don’t need to be the face than
..Ghost writer..
yeah fuck it man I gave in

It was all about the credits
But that can drive you crazy if you let it
Yeah I knew the other dudes were jealous
..But..
me I never did it for the status

and looking back when
I was cheapening the craft than
I was writing trash for some money on the back end
For some yuppies livin' stuffy who don’t have pen
Sign away the publishing and cash in

..Damn..

I was in behind the scenes
Seeing the machine
What it costs for a dream
You don’t even gotta sing
Just throw a-little green
And you’ll be on the charts
in all the magazines

I should use it to my credit but
That shit really is pathetic though
Started thinking I should let it go
Speak from the soul
Let it flow
Just let em know

100 something songs
That We never dropped
I never stopped
I was waiting for this shit to pop

pop

Couldn’t have been more wrong
Everyone they ever known
Was a stepping stone
And yeah I should’ve played along
But I was better off
Just Left alone

I Fell back for a minute
They all fall victim to they own gimmick
Even independent
It’s all about the image
They all make pretend that they bigger when they isn’t

I know they like the sound
But they keep that down
Cause There’s a big fight for the spotlight now

We all in it for the likes right now
You see the pictures from the show
But you’ll never see the crowd

Now They all like
Ooo Ooo
Look what I can do
Another one trick pony saying nothing new
They’d sell their soul for a song or two
We’ve seen it all before
It’s like Deja vu

You can’t change the truth

"I check in with myself
throughout the day
and I say
Do I really want to do this?
and if the answer is no
I don't do it
and you shouldn't either
no matter how many opportunities
Fame
Fortune
no matter how many people accept you to your face
the person that really needs to accept you
is You"
-Lady Gaga

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from A R T I S T, released December 3, 2018

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Tab is a producer/singer/songwriter/emcee based out of NJ.

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