Softee Boy EP

by Jim Swim

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Eyes closed for the ritual Light glow for the visual Iso’d and original I know I'm formidable Time flies got grown in it All parts get shown in it All heart no stone in it What’s hard can’t flow in it I’m no cynic I know systems and circumstance They curve the current I’m workin' to make the circuit dance I surge when mergin' with persons immersed in service Determined to show their worth ain't for purchase I'm still a working man Takin' laps to get back home And natural Take no interest in bad loans And cast stones Nothin's lastin' in nature I feel it tracks with my nature To trace my past out on paper And make the path known I feel the staff of the master That beats the back of hands Take my ass kickin's askin' To read the master plan I see the masters they're laughin' With nothin lackin' they have it My past and habits are active I’m free as I can stand And the days have flown But I’ll make it home And I’ll make it known Make it known
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Big homie told me Told me a lie And it pulled me Pulled me around Came to mold me Pulled me around Yeah he told me Told me a lie Better toughin' up Thicken up your skin Why you wanna talk about it If you're not a bitch You should let um know Who's the boss and how a boss Goes about it Walk it like ya got it Between your legs Like ya got a product That could make um beg Take it from the bottle Straight without a chase It's a bitter world Learn to love the taste Man if you say so You must be right I want what you got In your life I do what I can While you do what you like I do what I can watch you Do what you like Big homie told me Told me a lie And it pulled me Pulled me around Came to mold me Pulled me around Yeah he told me Told me a lie Big homie in my head Big homie in my ear Big homie talk a lot When I'm solo lookin' in the mirror What am I if I am like this I don’t like it And the shape of my fate's Not the way that I'd write it Far away Heat on the road Makes it wave, wave, wave Ohh big man your statue’s comin down The future's fluid Movin' where you can’t pursue it Provin' what you can’t intuit You don't know what you have missed, no Lemme go, don't hold my wrist I defy an iron grip Slippin' out I’m growin' quick Growin' gifts I'd give to you if you’d ask Ohh I live to mix the two halves I do express what you repress what you don't get usually gets you mad Fearsome and fearful your ears glow Give earfuls no tears roll your stone face Face it I’m breakin' your mold, hey Face it I’m makin' my own way Patiently makin' it whole
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Softee Boy 04:32
Softee Boy’s got problems Softee Boy, your day will come, but days go slow Softee Boy, I saw ya, goin' safe and slow Softee Boy, stay patient tho, there's space for your way In the halls like a lamb to the slaughter Underneath the surface softer than a tissue in water Gotta stay cautious like he stays with his father Who jokes his only child is his favorite daughter Awkward Strength, meek and patient Meets mean and takes it, teachers see him weak make worried faces It's a cold hard world, he’s in secret places So deep it’s hard to speak or to meet their gazes Child in him just keepin' warm Seems to wanna keep his body locked in its form Other boys turn wild men as if reborn Softee Boy keeps showin' up to be ignored How long till he learns How to harden up And hold his own When holdin' on is hard enough? Holin' up in his room, boy's smart enough To tie himself in a dozen knots Got him stuck It's a lot just to sit alone in his zone His only homie gives him more of what he gets at home Tells him grow him up some stones, dont b**** and moan What he’s got nobody seems to wanna get to know Is it nothin' If it’s not understandable to some other animal? Is it nothin' If it can't find a form and a space to be tangible? Softee Boy’s got problems Softee Boy, your day will come, but days go slow Softee Boy, I saw ya, goin' safe and slow Softee Boy, stay patient tho, there's space for your way I'm gunna learn to love the way I am The way I am I wish you’d love me the way I am The way I am You don't have to understand The way I am Could just love me Love me, love me Signed the note Moved out in the thick of summer Saved enough for just a month, it's got him covered Got a friend, they got in close, they're almost lovers Gives him life to go his way and start another He’ll be runnin' for his livin' in a job or two It's not freedom, but it's somethin that he got to choose Got a different set a problems now, they oughta do He’ll meet the world as he is, like it's somethin new Softee Boy’s got problems Softee Boy, your day will come, but days go slow Softee Boy, I saw ya, goin' safe and slow Softee Boy, stay patient tho, there's space for your way
4.
Embodied 03:14
Embodied Made for love Made for love Embodied Stayin' stuck, stayin' stuck I’m in mine A kid in clothes Who moans and groans That they dont fit You in yours as two in one A Gemini, you like to split Never turned off on a flaw Got in and got it raw Old skin all fallin' off New skin, now call it off Miss the smell in my bed Miss the thought in my head What's the thought in your head? Our food in your teeth You’d smile when I speak It’s quiet when I eat now Embodied Made for love Made for love Embodied Stayin' stuck, stayin' stuck I want fire Some of these nights But I'm too tired to go and get mine To go and get mine Back in high school I was a dog Always chasin' what I liked Back in high school I couldn't wait for love Couldn't take no advice Back in high school I was a dog Always movin' uptight Back in high school Tryna use my body Couldn't soothe my body Most nights Now that I'm grown Livin' alone I guess I'm in peace Livin' alone With a neighbor who's screamin' Whenever she gets her release Try not to let it in Start typin' you messages Check um and edit um Left um as never sent Bury the evidence Sittin' late at home Feelin' less than flesh and bones Sittin' late at home Private mode on my phone Sittin' late at home I scroll for a sedative It's cold in my residence I'm calm as ever Embodied Made for love Made for love Embodied Stayin' stuck, stayin' stuck
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Energy ohh And it’s all neeww Set me free and I’ll fly Finally I’m lit All light I give my life All my love All my stuff Is not too much I'm not too stuck To go my way like what All turned up It's off the cuff Think all of us got holes where we can't meet our two halves, it's too bad Put a yin and yang on my new bag, my shoes match Won't add what I lack to what I do have It's new math I go with it I know, I know I got one thing It's flow and flux Man, I don't live with a halo Been in touch though Since mom homemade my playdough I get a rush then I go rush to show all my friends That they’re all my friends just so that they know Give um my thoughts intense they say, "Bro if you say so" We get a laugh then I'm back to my cave to lay low Live in the lab till I got tracks to show all my friends to show all their friends It's new cycles Not spinnin' out Livin' in cyclones I begin again Flip it like vinyl I been around, I been listenin' Sounds been hittin' different My town’s small but interestin' And I know I’m a citizen, I’m slippin' into my role It's changin' me, I’m changin' it as I go Still wild things are whisperin' Wishin' that it was different Bigger or more significant It’s mine though Mine If it's comin' to me I let it come and give it time like it’s somethin' I need It’d been a season since the sun had come I wanted the heat I know the guru is no one, he's wantin' nothin' There’s nothing that he can't summon I'm someone Busy wantin' and runnin' the guru's waitin' I've run through a hundred phases with hunger in humble places Been humbled a hundred ways and been given initiations Been given each inhalation, I take it for inspiration like Uh It’s not for nothin' My body knows and its buzzin' When Kali goes to her husband I call in and sit and listen I listen and get permission I get it to lift restrictions Remix it I’m in revision with Energy, ohh And it’s all new Set me free, and I’ll fly Finally I’m lit All light I give my life All my love

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released December 8, 2020

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Jim Swim Iowa City, Iowa

Artist/producer Jim Swim crafts wavy and warm music that snaps and has substance. Swim's songs unwind like good conversation, moving from the everyday to the abstract, the personal to the universal, with honest ease. His infectious beats, unique flow, and lyrical insight reward repeated listens and have won him a loyal following that continues to grow. ... more

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