20gr8teen, by Justin Starling

20gr8teen

by Justin Starling

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1.	Pick and Choose 02:52	lyrics	buy track
[Intro] Yeah This isn't a story of blowing up overnight This ain't the story of wanting something and getting it the next day (Yeah, after all the celebration) This is the story of great things taking time [Verse] After all the celebration After all the bottles gone and empty When there’s no bad shawties around to temp me When you coming down from the high And pray you fall gently When you gotta catch ya flight back home And fight the envy Of people that be living this life like everyday You just hoping what you’ve seen Ain’t as good as what awaits New York State of mind in a California state I be thinking why live if you not living GR8 Sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses Middle of the summer my heart still frozen You say you getting over your problems and you end up overdosing One too many potions One too many emotions Damn I went to bed at 16 And woke up at 24 And was expecting something more Like rari pedals to the floor Shopping sprees in every store Couple Europeans tours But I quit my 9 to 5 in my November Told myself to remember How much I hated that Walking to a job everyday So I could pay to Rap A couple miles one way So where my savings at I spent em all on beats Was spent on studios Was spent on those calling me brother Trying to use me though Songs hitting this close to home are unusual Cause most these rappers famous And they don’t worry bout payments I’m still in the basement I’m still optimistic I still know we taking over Things started clicking Pockets start to get slim While the plot thicken Staying with the same team and we not switching Yeah the committee yeah the coalition We don’t understand these dudes that don’t got no tradition Always felt that I was sorta different Time to show em what they all been missing
2.	Mirror ft. Jackie Legere 03:40	lyrics	buy track
[Intro: Jackie Legere] Woah-oh Oh-oh [Chorus: Justin Starling & Jackie Legere] Sometimes I look at my life (sometimes I look at ay) Sometimes I look at my life (sometimes I look at my life) Sometimes I look at my life (ay ay ay ay) And don't like what I see (yeah check) Sometimes I look in the mirror (1800) Sometimes I look in the mirror (798) Sometimes I look in the mirror (631) And don't like what I see (and don't like what I see) Sometimes I look at my life (I be looking real hard) Sometimes I look at my life (I be working real hard) Sometimes I look at my life (Everyday every job) And don't like what I see (I don't like what I see) Sometimes I look in the mirror (yeah yeah yeah) Sometimes I look in the mirror (woah woah woah) Sometimes I look in the mirror (ay ay ay) And don't like what I see (let's get it) [Verse] Grew up I was chasing fame Young boy tryna maintain (ay) Life too good to complain (ay) People don't know what I'm saying (yeah) Cause I ain't talking bout slangin' dope And I ain't talking bout chains and ropes I talk bout the struggle and being broke I talk bout things that I walked around Money and lean what they all about Got with the team and we hold it down Doing it different we showed em how All of y'all looking like bozos Posing for photos With a celeb acting like it's your bro tho But you just happened to see them in Soho Post on the gram and you do it for promo Yeah Seem like your hustle is lazy They look at me like I'm crazy 10 years had to grind on the daily Flower child but ain't pushing no daisies Buying followers then telling em pay you No wonder why nobody play you Nobody show up in your section Cause you never built a connection Built this bring in vain Burned it down in flames Staying out my brain Do me well (ay) Overthinking too much got me too down on myself (ay) Feeling kind of distant from the one I call myself (ay) I can't stop Probably die first Only tell lies when the truth sound worse Ice cream shirt when I pull up in the vert Is that all that I'm worth Is that all that's on the search (aye) They call up my phone No more shows, no more hoes I call back dialtone That's the way that it goes All this work all this pain All this hustle all this strain If I fail who's to blame I don't know what to say what to do in the moment But my problem i'ma own it gotta own it yeah I know it This is me This my life I put my wrongs up in a song Make it right [Chorus] Sometimes I look at my life (sometimes I look at ay) Sometimes I look at my life (sometimes I look at my life) Sometimes I look at my life (ay ay ay ay) And don't like what I see (yeah check) Sometimes I look in the mirror Sometimes I look in the mirror Sometimes I look in the mirror (631) And don't like what I see (no no) Sometimes I look at my life (I be looking real hard) Sometimes I look at my life Sometimes I look at my life (Everyday every job) And don't like what I see Sometimes I look in the mirror (sometimes sometimes) Sometimes I look in the mirror (woah woah woah) Sometimes I look in the mirror (ay ay ay) And don't like what I see (let's get it)
3.	Downtown 03:30	lyrics	buy track
[Intro] Yuh (Oohwah) Check [Verse] Got so much ice in my heart That's what I need in my chain That's how I deal with the pain LI the city I claim Times here they were hard I had to stay in my lane I had to switch up the game Niggas be chasing the fame Had to chase my dreams I had to stack up the wealth Told them I was gonna make it Had to prove it to myself Don't put no label on me Cause I'm still independent Girls still gonna hop in Even when the whip rented Cause I had swag nigga Before the clout We got the drip Even in droughts Boy it's the season We never leaving That's what they shout Gr8 get your money straight Yeah that's what we bout [Bridge] Yeah Check Yeah Aye When I'm downtown Aye yeah When I'm downtown Yeah yeah [Pre Chorus] Downtown Came from the ground Look at me now Rolling around Gripping the crown They know the sound Yeah check aye They know the sound Bunch of underground kings And we need everything [Chorus] I was downtown Rolling around Came from the ground Look at me now look at me now Look at me now look at me now Look at me now Look at me now gripping the crown I'm gripping the crown Hey hey hey [Verse 2] Pull up in the benz Somewhere in my ends If she don't like my friends Bet we never me again (yuh) Came up from the mud you know we been through thick and thin Burning out them tires now we riding on the rims Rolling till the wheels fall off Moves we never call off Niggas they be hating really I can tell they all soft Rolling with the bosses Learning from the losses If you walk a day in my shoes you would be exhausted I brought out that flame again She yelling my name again If they taking shots at me my brother he gon' aim at them I don't need a lot of friends I just want them benjamins Maybe couple southern girls that's sweeter than some entemanns Never got the same flow But I never change though Rappers nowadays they bout to make me pull a Vangough Give you what I got though I still got a lot more And we always turning up the spot until the spot close Oh yeah [Pre Chorus] Downtown Came from the ground Look at me now Rolling around Gripping the crown They know the sound Yeah check aye They know the sound Bunch of underground kings And we need everything [Chorus] I was downtown Rolling around Came from the ground Look at me now look at me now Look at me now look at me now Look at me now Look at me now gripping the crown I'm gripping the crown Hey hey hey
4.	Wake Up 03:21	lyrics	buy track
[Intro] Yeah Oohwah [Chorus] Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up Wake wake (stop sleeping stop sleeping) Wake up Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up (JUS) I'm waking up the neighborhood (I'm waking up the yeah) (let's go) Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up Wake wake (stop sleeping stop sleeping) Wake up (New York) Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up (Long Island) I'm waking up the neighborhood (waking up the neighborhood) [Verse] Waking up the neighborhood Where ain't nobody neighbor good On the block and corner pretty sure that's where the labor good Head boppin bass knocking Show hopping club poppin 'Member back when it looked like our pockets were weight watching Now they at the buffet Flights we gotta upgrade A lot of early mornings and a lot of staying up late Guess it finally paid off Popped up on they radar Now they wanna kick it with me tell them I ain't Neymar You must have the wrong one Shawties they get all sprung Which Island you coming from I tell em it's the strong one Homie getting bands and that draco got a long drum Don't look at him the wrong way Don't wanna hear that song play Yeah C-notes sound nice to me They did me wrong but I'm never moving spitefully Ima turn into a man that I like to be I never left a shawty that was right for me Yeah [Chorus] Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up Wake wake (stop sleeping stop sleeping) Wake up Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up I'm waking up the neighborhood (I'm waking up the yeah) (let's go) Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up Wake wake (stop sleeping stop sleeping) Wake up Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up I'm waking up the neighborhood (waking up the neighborhood) [Verse 2] Me and my homies got tired they were sleeping on me Instead of sitting and complaining we just hopped in the vee Pulling up to your neighborhood and rapping for free Just to prove to all the people that I'm actually me 11 states two weeks not a whole lot of sleep That's the struggle that remind us that we still gotta eat Made it to Atlanta but we had to sleep in the car That Mississippi DJ ain't let me rap in the bar Times get hard so you gotta go harder Lost my father but he told me go farther It still brings tears to my eyes but I strive To keep moving forward every day I'm alive The strong gon' survive let the real multiply Want the fam living great by the time I'm 25 Time to get his cake up This game I'm bout to shake up The realest of my generation Prove it when you wake up [Chorus] Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up Wake wake (stop sleeping stop sleeping) Wake up Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up I'm waking up the neighborhood (I'm waking up the yeah) (let's go) Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up Wake wake (stop sleeping stop sleeping) Wake up Wake wake (get up get up) Wake up I'm waking up the neighborhood (waking up the neighborhood)
5.	Chase 01:54	lyrics	buy track
[Intro] Oohwah Yeah JUS GR8 Check [Verse] I’d rather live a short story than a tall tale You’d rather win with a snake and let your dogs fail I’d rather take the L and burn it with my whole crew And bounce back next year like we told you I wanna make a difference in the world I’m tryna inspire You trade your soul for the gold to be an insider I’d rather stand out while everybody fitting in Run your mouth get some clout on the internet Fake friends fake life and some fake news If that’s the case reality is probably fake too We got a president that made it off the television Now with good and bad it’s hard for kids to tell the difference I’d rather go up in the stars and find my own planet Where everybody living right and feeling outstanding Where the drinks cold And all of my links gold And the weed is never more than like a day old Yeah That’s the dream they say I look back people looking like just lead the way If I’m bored I record before I sleep I pray I go def before I’m hearing what a demon say But I ain’t perfect got some girls I’m tryna stunt on too The ones that left me on seen before the seen the views You know that shawty in your class that be peeping you But when she get around her friends she act sleep on you [Bridge] I rather live life Going out at midnight Drinking with my homies Ima take another sip right That’s just how it is That’s just how it goes You gotta love the highs Cause they come With the lows It’s easier to live saying sorry than what if It’s easier to live saying sorry than what if That’s just how it is That’s just how it goes You gotta love the highs Cause they come With the lows
6.	Award 03:53		buy track
7.	Sold Out 02:52		buy track
8.	Hard Work Pays Off 02:50		buy track
9.	Jus Sayin 03:40		buy track
10.	Deliver 03:43		buy track

about

The debut album of the artist formally known as JUS, Justin Starling.

Write up from Urban Flaiire:

Justin Starling is the epitome of hustle on his new LP ’20Gr8teen’. While up-and-comers dream of a hit song catapulting them to foreign cars and sold-out arenas, Starling pulls back the curtain on the realities of the rap game, where doubt, failure, and fear of rejection hover over you like a storm cloud.
’20Gr8teen’ is painfully transparent, connecting the dots of an artist who has poured everything he has into an unforgiving music industry, with honesty that would make Drizzy blush. “Damn, I went to bed at 16 / woke up at 24 / and was expecting more,” the Long Island native admits on the revealing opening track “Pick and Choose.” His patience is paying off, however, as Starling uses minor setbacks as fuel on his quest to be recognized by the masses, acknowledging that climbing to the pinnacle is a marathon, not a sprint.
The production on the LP works hand-in-hand with Starling’s strengths, providing a platform for the artist to levitate, making his lyrical performance and message take center stage. On the jazzy standout track “Sold Out,” Starling uses the light, saxophone-led beat to kick knowledge on his current state in the rap game and reassure his cult following that he won’t be sacrificing his spirit for a quick buck and a shortcut in the industry. “I just give you my art / but I’m still keeping my soul.”
While the journey has been long and grueling, Justin Starling knows he’s right where he needs to be and ’20Gr8teen’ proves that even the smallest of flames can burn the brightest.

credits

released October 20, 2018

Pick and Choose: Produced by Kavar Foster

Mirror: Produced by Lucid Soundz
Featuring Jackie Legere

Downtown: Produced by Kavar Foster

Wake Up: Produced by Kavar Foster

Chase: Produced by Grover Braam

Award: Produced by Lucid Soundz

Sold Out: Produced by False Ego

Hard Work Pays Off: Produced by Tozzle Beats

Jus Sayin: Produced by Ill Instrumentals

Deliver: Produced by 3one8 Productions

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about

Justin Starling New York

In 2009, at the tender age of 14, JUS began taking his own music seriously using a desktop computer in his living room. By 2015, JUS had already released 3 mixtapes.

JUS was recently interviewed on Sway in the Morning and spoke about his current plan for his music stating ”This is my last semester though. Once I graduate then it’s all music.

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