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On My Mind (feat. Mr J Medeiros)

by The Stoops

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For their latest release ‘On My Mind’, The Stoops have
teamed up with veteran US emcee Mr J Medeiros
(of The Procussions, AllttA, The Band Knives). Mr J
has been an huge inspiration to the group which has
solidified this collaboration a bucket list event.
Initially written back in 2015, On My Mind is one of
many unreleased songs from the group that are only
just now making their way to the light. In their own way.

lyrics

What y'all been offering, I really ain't about that
My city played soundtrack of oil-men hustling
And you just wanna talk about ya boyfriend stuff again
Spinifex in the wind, small can rustling
That's the response you get
From your state of mind I hide In the consulate
On a constant trip
When days are feeling tough
I don't prey to god, I pray to Elon Musk
Escaping the mayhem I made in my head
With an apron coz they want me raisin this bread
An raisin my debts not my My raisons d'être
As i gaze at my pay check that lays on my desk
Thinking like the women in the nike air prisons
Stitching logos on your kicks 'cause it just keeps ticking
Ever wonder why I'm tied when I see you
Coz theres a better party in my mind that Ive been to

I laid in bed
I closed my eyes
I couldn't sleep
I took a drive
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I went to school
They called me quiet
Sitting in the back
Out of eyesight
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I tried to drink
Not gunna lie
I like to smoke
But when I'm high
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I packed my bags
I took a flight
But from myself
I couldn't hide
And all i do is
Bottle up an trap it inside
To let it all out
When the moment it right

Settle me down homie riddle me how
I got a kettle bell of thoughts tryna fit on my brow
I'm head heavy help me even my physical bows
I'm a bent levee every season I drown
In thoughts and ideas yea repeating the sounds
That are caught in my ears when no speakers around
Beating me down till I speak to it now
I gotta be fluent when I reach for the crowd
Though my thoughts are knee deep yo I think'em out loud
Hoping y'all can see through'em like a peak in the clouds
These words I carry for the meek and the proud
Words that unbury you from deep in the ground
If they good gotta keep'em around
To out live and influence all the people it found
Think and breath through it I'm antique with it now
Ink I bleed through it let it leak in the shroud

I laid in bed
I closed my eyes
I couldn't sleep
I took a drive
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I packed my bags
I took a flight
But from myself
I couldn't hide
And all i do is
Bottle up an trap it inside
To let it all out
When the moment it right

My heads overboard embedded in deep water
Treading in deep thought forgetting to keep order
So what's the perk, deserting the street corner
And making your week shorter by working it three quarters
You re-porters, give me all the facts right
Then I jam it in until it's packed tight
Now grind it down knock it back like lines of powder
This ain't my finest hour, but still I'm like
So devoted, I know that I'm overloaded
But click
I download it and hope that it won't get noted
But click
I'm over quota, my modem is so corroded
More smoke than a locomotive
But click
I promote it, upload it and go to tweet it
I know that I'm overheated
There's a virus in my eyelids
and closing em won't delete it
But on the outside I'm all OK
I'm staring at my ceiling feeling so blasé

I laid in bed
I closed my eyes
I couldn't sleep
I took a drive
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I went to school
They called me quiet
Sitting in the back
Out of eyesight
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I tried to drink
Not gunna lie
I like to smoke
But when I'm high
There's always something
On my mind
Always something
On my mind
I packed my bags
I took a flight
But from myself
I couldn't hide
And all i do is
Bottle up an trap it inside
To let it all out
When the moment it right

credits

released July 9, 2022
Mr J Medeiros (guest vocals)
Tim Wood (guitar)

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