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This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about their interests as well as about the music that they love.

Maddie Denton is a third-generation fiddle player from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, who began playing at the age of five and entered her first fiddle contest two years later.

In addition to her love of contest fiddling, she also enjoys playing a broad range of fiddle styles, her favorite being bluegrass.

As the biggest portion of her fiddling career has been playing Texas contest style, her primary influences have been Daniel Carwile, Terry Morris, Benny Thomasson, and Jim ‘Texas Shorty’ Chancellor. In the bluegrass world, she has studied Stuart Duncan, Alison Krauss, Mark O’Connor, and Jim Van Cleve and their contributions to the genre.

Her successes at fiddle contests amount to 14 state championship titles. Since 2008 she has come out on top in the Tennessee Old-Time Fiddlers State Championships three times (in 2009, 2011, and 2016); having won the Junior fiddling title at the 41st Annual Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree (Tennessee – July 2012) she even went on to win the fiddle-off against her mother, Marcia, to win the Berry C. Williams Memorial award, presented to the best overall fiddler; when a college sophomore, Denton took first place in the fiddle competition at the 36th Annual Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival (July 2013); in 2016 and 2017 she won the Alabama State Fiddle Championships (in Athens, Alabama); and in May 2019 she was the winner of the Randall Franks Trophy at the 1890s Old-Time Fiddle Convention, Ringgold, Georgia.

Also, Denton has state championship awards in Indiana and Kentucky.

If those titles aren’t notable enough, she was the 2009 National Junior Fiddle Champion; in 2011 she was awarded the Charlie Bush Traditional Fiddler Performance Award at the Grand Masters and – leaving her highest honor until last – in 2016 Denton became the first Tennessee-born contestant to ever become the Grand Master Fiddle Champion.

In addition to competing Denton is a judge, being nationally qualified with experience judging the National Old-Time Fiddle Championship, the Grand Master Fiddle Championship and multiple state championships.

Aside from music, she is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) with a degree in Organismal Biology and Ecology, carrying that on into teaching Biology and Environmental Science at Siegel High School where she is also the men’s and women’s assistant golf coach.

Denton’s golfing exploits include playing at MTSU and in the University of Missouri’s Johnie Imes Invitational event wherein she carded a first-round score of six under par (66), which is the second lowest score in MTSU women’s golf history.

Her sporting prowess extends beyond excelling at golf, having played basketball and volleyball, which she loves, when in High School.

During the Novel Coronavirus shutdown, Denton recorded her very first album, which she views as a snapshot of the 21 years in which she has played the fiddle. In addition to some of the tunes she grew up hearing and playing, Maddie’s album also featured her own original music, as well as songs written by her friends Theo MacMillan and Jason Owen.

She comments ….

“It is very special to me that I was able to record my first album with some of my very best friends. Everyone on this album brings a set of unique talents to the table, and I feel fortunate to not only work with them, but to call them friends as well.”

Playin’ In This Town was released on July 1, 2021.

As well as fronting the Maddie Denton Band, she performs currently with at least three other groups – the Theo & Brenna Band, with whom she recorded their March 2019 album, When You Go; the Dan Tyminski Band; and East Nash Grass, featuring on their recently released eponymous CD.

In addition to her immensely talented bandmates, other notable players she has been fortunate to share the stage with include David Grier, Dennis Crouch, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mike Bub, Greg Cahill, Rick Faris, and Carrie Hassler. 

She was among the 2021 IBMA Momentum Award Recipients – in the Instrumentalist of the Year category. 

When You Come Home by the Maddie Denton Band at the Station Inn, July 21, 2021.

What would you like to drink?

I’d like a cold brew with a splash of heavy cream.

Do you want anything to eat as well?

I’m not big on pastries, but if there’s egg bites then, yes!!

What’s your favorite food? 

I love all kinds of food! But if I could have anything in the world right now it’d be my grandmother’s mashed potatoes. I don’t know what she did to make them so wonderful, but nobody could make mashed potatoes like Julia Lewis.

And what would you have to drink with that?

Buttermilk! Most people wrinkle their noses at the thought of drinking buttermilk straight, but I grew up drinking it with every meal.

What’s the nicest meal that you have ever had? 

I haven’t had too many “super fancy” or expensive meals. In fact, the thing that makes a meal nice in my mind is simply getting to share it with the people I love most. I am gone a lot playing music (and so are a lot of my closest people), so it’s always nice when our schedules align, and I can come home and eat together with the folks I love.

Let’s talk bluegrass….. 

Where/when did you first hear bluegrass music? 

I started playing the fiddle when I was five years old. For as long as I can remember, my world has been surrounded by music. Both of my parents are musicians, and I am a third-generation fiddle player as my mom plays, as did her father before her. I started out playing Texas Contest Style fiddle, and my parents were generous enough to pay for lessons and take me all over the country to compete in these competitions. I am thankful for my experience competing in fiddle contests although I haven’t competed much these days.

Back to bluegrass, my dad was a fan of Strength in Numbers, so we played that album on many a road trip when I was younger. However, even though I’d listened to some bluegrass in my early years (mostly Alison Krauss & Union Station, Dan Tyminski, Dolly Parton’s The Grass is Blue album, New Grass Revival, Cadillac Sky, Mountain Heart, and a few others), I didn’t get serious about playing bluegrass myself until my senior year of college. I’d had some success at fiddle contests, but playing bluegrass was very intimidating (mostly due to the improvisation and complete change of mindset from Texas Style fiddle). Once I was bitten by the bluegrass bug, though, I couldn’t stop! So, I finished up my degree in Biology at Middle Tennessee State University and began thinking about how I could have a steady income job, but also pursue my passion for music, and I’ve been burning the candle at both ends ever since!

Which of your own songs do you have a particular liking for? 

I honestly haven’t written that many songs. The first song I wrote was inspired by my mom, and the awful thought that there will someday be a time when we are without each other. The song is a celebration of life and I was honored to share it with my mom as a selection on my recent album, Playin’ in This Town. Another tune I’m proud of is a song that I co-wrote with Harry Clark called Bobby Ate the Lutefisk. It’s a quirky instrumental inspired by our favorite television show, King of the Hill.

What about a song written by someone else? 

My favorite songwriter of all time is Sting. How he effortlessly combines waves of emotion with beautiful melodies is beyond compare. However, keeping it closer to bluegrass, there are a few songwriters who have moved me that I would like to recognize. Theo and Brenna MacMillan are a brother-sister duo from Kentucky. Individually, they have both written some unique and thought-provoking music. But together, they wrote an inspirational song in the middle of the raging pandemic about the struggles mankind was facing, all while admiring the peacefulness of a robin outside their window. It filled me (and anyone else who listened) with hope during a time of widespread despair, and for that, I’m thankful. Another songwriter who has tugged on my heartstrings is Harry Clark. He’s written several powerful songs, but one of my favorites is one he wrote about his parents’ early days of marriage, called Bismarck. Its sparse melody and dissonant chords combined with a painful love story leaves the listener longing for resolution that never comes.

Which particular album do you like best and why?

Wow, I’m not sure I could condense the vast expanse of incredible bluegrass albums down into just one selection. And I think if I were to choose a favorite album today, tomorrow I might say something different!

You play the fiddle (while writing songs?) …. … 

I definitely consider myself a fiddle player more than a songwriter. And, strangely enough, every instrumental I’ve written was while I was playing mandolin. I’m not much of a mandolin player, but something about it lays differently in a way that helps my brain be more creative.

What model is it?

In 1996, a violin maker named Sam Zygmuntowicz was teaching a master class in Italy with this fiddle, which he’d obtained from someone that had only partially completed it. He was going to be demonstrating some techniques to the class, so he completely remade the exterior and varnished it as part of the lesson. Originally, he had not planned to complete his work on this instrument as it was just for demonstration, but something about it appealed to him so he brought it back to New York to finish the project in his own shop. Once he finished it, he played the fiddle as his own personal instrument. 

My fiddle teacher at the time, Jim Wood, happened to play a gig with him shortly after. Upon realizing what a quality instrument Sam was playing, my teacher urged him to show me the fiddle, and the rest is history! I have been playing that instrument since I was a teenager and I absolutely love it! Maybe this is weird to say, but I feel like somehow my fiddle and I have the same personalities, and we’ve grown together through the years. We can both be loud and slightly abrasive at times, and maybe a little too honest for our own good (my fiddle’s responsiveness is awesome, but there’s definitely no hiding any wrong notes or slip ups, of which I have plenty, haha!). My fiddle is all or nothing, and that’s one thing I love about it the most. Above all, I am incredibly grateful to my parents for believing in me and trusting me enough to buy me a quality instrument to play when I was young.

Do you play any other instruments?

I play a few other instruments, in fact, the last track on my album is just me playing fiddle, guitar, bass, mandolin, and banjo. I don’t claim to be proficient at any of these instruments though. I do play tenor guitar and frequently back up other competitors at fiddle contests. I played tenor guitar on several tracks on my album as well.

What’s your favorite bluegrass memory? 

I have made so many wonderful memories playing bluegrass music that I’m not sure I could condense them all down to just one favorite. I think the highlight of my music career has been playing fiddle in the Dan Tyminski Band. I’ll never forget the moment that Dan asked me to be in the band.

How do you keep fit and healthy when you spend time on the road? 

It’s definitely difficult to get exercise and keep up a healthy lifestyle while we are on the road. I love to see all the sights and truly experience all the places I’m fortunate enough to travel with Dan Tyminski, and luckily, our bass player, Grace Davis, does too! If we have free time, Grace and I can usually be found exploring the area around the venue. Whether that be renting bikes to ride around downtown Chicago, or renting kayaks in Wisconsin, or playing in the ocean in St. Augustine, Florida, we are always up for an adventure!

Are you a sports fan? Who do you follow? 

I love sports!! I played Division I college golf for Middle Tennessee State University. I also played high school basketball and travel volleyball. I’m a big Tennessee fan but, of course, I have to root for my alma mater anytime they play as well.

What hobbies do you have?

My friend and bandmate Brenna MacMillan and I love to play volleyball. I do still occasionally play golf and, as I have said, I’m usually up for any kind of adventure!

What is the last movie film that you watched?

I don’t watch very many movies, mostly just because I don’t have time to just sit for two hours, but sometimes I will make time for it. The most recent movie I watched was The Village. I’d never seen it before and I’m not much of a scary movie fan, but it was spooky season, so I sat down and decided to give it a try. I really liked it! 

What is your favorite film and why?

I think my favorite film of all time would have to be Hoosiers. It’s such an inspirational story, and I watched it a ton when I was a kid so it just gives me all the happy feelings.

Do you get much time to watch TV?

I don’t have much time to watch TV, but I do like to watch while I eat dinner and sometimes when I’m trying to go to sleep at night. My favorite shows are Law and Order SVU, King of the Hill and Family Guy.

What would you be doing if you weren’t involved in bluegrass music? 

I can’t imagine a life without bluegrass music. However, I am a biology teacher at Siegel High School, where I also coach golf. This is my fifth-year teaching biology while juggling music as well. If I didn’t have music, I would probably have some existence of a social life, which always seems to take a backseat to music during my free time these days.

The Maddie Denton Band plays Natalie Padilla’s original tune The Breakdown (also at the Station Inn on July 21, 2021) …. 

Maddie Denton still lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Marcy Marxer, known to bluegrass an old time music lovers from her long-running duo with her partner, Cathy Fink, has announced plans to film her one-woman show, All Wigged Out, for possible television or movie house distribution.

The show, which features a mix of storytelling, music, and comedy, is drawn from Marcy’s six year battle with breast cancer, just recently concluded with her final chemo treatment earlier this year. Her ordeal probably didn’t seem very funny at the start, but Marxer’s sunny disposition and will to survive has allowed her to find humor in even the most challenging times.

The title, All Wigged Out, came from an observation she made about the sense of community that unites people dealing with the life changing – or ending – struggle with cancer.

“There were times when the wig shop gals gave me more information than my doctors. So did conversations with other patients in the chemo room.”

The play was finished last year, with performances scheduled at a number of theaters, until COVID restrictions made that impossible. During that down time, she and Cathy revised the production for film, and are planning to capture it professionally in a small theater this summer with an eye towards a pay-for-view release during Cancer Awareness Month in October of 2021.

To raise the necessary funds, Marxer and Fink have launched a GoFundMe campaign, hoping to raise $100,000 to cover the production costs. That may seem like a big ask, but they have already reached one quarter of that goal, and feel confident that their many fans and friends all across the US and Canada will support this effort.

GoFundMe doesn’t allow campaigns to list the various premiums that will be given to donors, but those are posted on Facebook, and include copies of Cathy and Marcy CDs all the way up to private concerts and free streams of the premiere.

They prepared this video to explain the fundraiser.

GoFundMe allows for easy and secure donations to be made using PayPal or major credit cards. Since these donations are made through the Institute of Musical Traditions, they are tax deductible as well.

To see all the details or make a contribution, simply visit their GoFundMe page online.

This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about a few of their interests, as well as about the music that they love.  

Nate Lee is a 2015 IBMA Momentum Award winning instrumentalist and renowned teacher, with more than 17 years’ experience providing private lessons and instruction at music camps.

He is a member of the IBMA Leadership Bluegrass committee and a 2014 graduate of the program.  

Lee comes from a family of artists; including actors, a tattoo artist, a banjo builder. and several siblings who are “pretty handy” with a pencil, pen, or paintbrush. Every member of his immediate family enjoys playing music as a hobby.

Although he didn’t pick up an instrument until the age of eight, he was always interested in music. “One of my earliest memories is sitting in front of a record player as a small child, listening to my dad’s records,” Lee relates.

His first performance experiences were with a group of fiddle students lead by his teacher, Valerie Ryals. As Lee gained more experience, he began to play with some local bands in the Dallas area, including Jim Paul Miller’s Garland Square Pickers, Back Porch Tradition, and the Mark Gorman Band. 

During his second semester (spring 2006) while attending the Bluegrass and Country Music Program at South Plains College, Lee joined the Alan Munde Gazette. He toured with the band for six years and played fiddle on their second album Made To Last (released in 2008). 

Also, Lee played fiddle and drums in Joe Carr’s Western Swing ensemble during the Fall of 2008 / Spring 2009 school year at the Levelland, Texas college. 

A fellow member of the Alan Munde Gazette was Steve Smith, and Smith and Lee have continued to play together through the years. In the process, Lee has contributed to five albums by Smith’s band Hard Road / The Hard Road Trio. 

When the Alan Munde Gazette stopped performing, he did some fill-in work for various bands, before studying to be a motorcycle mechanic. 

However, after regaining his interest in music Lee decided to pursue that as a career and in 2012 he moved to Nashville, started playing gigs around town, recorded with Alan Tomkins, and did some touring with Ashleigh Caudill, as well as Brad Folk & the Bluegrass Playboys; spent a couple years working with Irene Kelley; before doing some fill-in work with Town Mountain – for a month long tour to Germany and ten-day tour of the Midwest; and then joining the Jim Hurst Trio, with whom he recorded an album JHT-1 (2016) and for which he wrote an original tune. 

In 2017 he joined the Becky Buller Band playing mandolin and fiddle, helping on her Crepe Paper Heart and her latest release. Prior to that he had assisted Buller on the recording of her The Christmas 45, Vol. 1. 

In the past few years Lee has released a few individual projects; his Plays Well With Others six-track solo album (September 2017), the popular teaching DVD, How To Play A Solo (On A Song You’ve Never Heard Before) (June 2018) and Wings of a Jetliner (Adverb Records, June 2020).  

Members of the Becky Buller Band call Lee “the bluegrass points guy” because of his affinity for earning airline miles and maximizing other rewards. 

What would you like to drink?

Pour-over Ethiopian coffee, black. Preferably made with freshly ground beans from Milagro Coffee y Espresso.

Do you want anything to eat as well?

A Texas style Czech cream cheese kolache sounds good!

What’s your favorite food? 

Whataburger! I literally have dreams about Whataburger.

And what would you have to drink with that?

Unsweet iced tea, Whatasized.

What’s the nicest meal that you have ever had? 

That’s a tough one! One really nice and special meal was on the Bluegrass Jamboree tour in Germany in 2014. A chef prepared Texas style BBQ ribs for us, and he really nailed it!

Let’s talk bluegrass….. Where/when did you first hear bluegrass music? 

When I was about eight years old my brother started bringing home cassette tapes with bluegrass on them. Shortly after, my dad found The Tony Rice Video Collection on VHS and that was when I first heard many of my heroes.

Which of your own songs / tunes do you have a particular liking for?

Serenity on my new album Wings of a Jetliner is my current favorite, named for the spaceship on the TV show, Firefly. I wrote it with Todd Phillips and Wyatt Rice’s rhythmic style in mind, and they made such a perfect groove on that song. Serenity makes me feel like a leaf on the wind!

What about a song written by someone else? 

Somewhere Far Away, written by Brad Folk and Nick Woods. That’s always been a favorite song since I first heard Brad sing it. I cut it on Wings of a Jetliner and it’s one of my favorite cuts on the album.

Which particular album do you like best and why?

Manzanita. Tony’s singing and Sam Bush’s mandolin playing are my favorite parts, and the way the band plays together as a unit is amazing. Sam’s solo on Old Train is my all-time favorite mandolin solo.

You play a mandolin …. … What model is it? 

I play Pava Mandolins, and my main axe is Pava #194, named “Wonderbat,” after Homer Simpson’s baseball ball. It’s my favorite mandolin I’ve ever played.

What’s your favorite bluegrass memory? 

Sword fighting Sam Bush with fiddle bows for the Becky Buller Band’s “What would you do for your BlueChip pick” video. You can find that video on YouTube on the B3 channel. 

How do you keep fit and healthy when you spend so much time on the road? 

I think ice cream is an important part of a balanced road diet. The official after-gig beverage of the Becky Buller Band is a chocolate malt. Only with malt powder though, malt syrup is for the birds.

Are you a sports fan? Who do you follow? 

I don’t follow sports, but I enjoy going to watch the Nashville Sounds play baseball.

What hobbies do you have?

I play chess every day, and I also enjoy video games. Ratchet & Clank and Call of Duty are my go-to video games. My song Quick Select is named after the equipment menu on Ratchet & Clank.

What is the last movie film that you watched? 

I watched Jay and Silent Bob Reboot recently. Kevin Smith and the rest of the cast really nailed it.

Do you get much time to watch TV?

My current favorites are The Blacklist, and The Rookie. I like to play mandolin while I watch TV, and I wrote Rook Roller while watching The Rookie. 

What would you be doing if you weren’t involved in bluegrass music?

I’m a very business-minded person, so I’d probably still be running my own business, and I’d probably be teaching something. 

I’ve been in the music business since I was a teenager. My company is called Nate Lee, LLC, and it has a performance side, and a music instruction side. My music instruction business, Play Nately, provides private live online lessons, instructional videos, and music workshops taught by myself and a few other teachers. 

From Ovilla, Texas, Nate Lee now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Chrisanthi, and recently-born son, Charlie. 

It’s so windy back home
Little girl
Where the TV screen goes to sleep
And your tiny dances should rule
The outside world
I am a glad outsider just to watch you dance
I am a glad outsider just to watch you dance
Will you let me in sometime
Just enter the gate
And go upstairs
Like God?
I’ve heard you used to bash the keys
In the morning
Before it all started to make sense

It all made sense to you
But I have never seen the truth written in your books
I have never seen the truth written in your books
It was left on the ashtrays
Where we used to finish our cigarettes
– and they’re over now
Will you let me in sometime
Just enter the gate
And go upstairs
Like God?
Your ghosts look beautiful to me
Your ghosts look beautiful to me

[Intro]
3, 4

[Chorus]
All my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
And, I will unravel if you rip away my best pieces
Would’ve never come so far, without someone there to start again
I truly love the art, when I kinda hate the artist
But, All my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
Wrong reasons

[Verse 1]
This time of year, I’m feelin’ weird, might be allergies
Wanna move out, but when I move out, who’ll be proud of me
Thought I was made, from [?], put that crown on me
Thought I was made, from Louis C.K

[Chorus]
But, all my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
And, I will unravel if you rip away my best pieces
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
Would’ve never come so far, without someone there to start again
I truly love the art, when I kinda hate the artist
But, All my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
Wrong reasons

[Verse 2]
I used to say, just what’s on my brain, cause you always did
You used to be, so special to me, now you’ve taken it
Look at this mess, should I forget, what you gave to me?
Look at this mess, wake up Mr. West

[Chorus]
Cause, all my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
And, I will unravel if you rip away my best pieces
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
Would’ve never come so far, without someone there to start again
I truly love the art, when I kinda hate the artist
But, All my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
Wrong reasons

Would’ve never come so far, without someone there to start again
I truly love the art, when I kinda hate the artist
But, All my role models are on TV for the wrong reasons
(Ah, Ahhhhhh, Ah, Ahhhhhh.)
Wrong reasons

[Verse 1]
Just a little girl on a TV screen
Stuck inside a silver cage
Body tangled up in chains
Looking for the light in the misery
Trapped behind the windowpane
Everyday I feel the same

Close to giving up, giving everything
Struggling for air, I’m blue
Fucking with my head, confused
Sick and tired of drinking your sympathy
Fighting back, not gonna lose
It’s true, I’m through, flying with you

[Chorus]
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, are you over me?
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, will you ever regret me?
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, are you over me?
I’m so over you
Promise, baby, that you will never forget me

[Verse 2]
Breaking down the doors, I’m invincible
See if you could stop me now
Super heroine, no doubt
Treating me like I was invisible
Thought that you could shut my mouth
But now I’m gonna burn you out

[Chorus]
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, are you over me?
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, will you ever regret me?
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, are you over me?
I’m so over you
Promise, baby, that you will never forget me

[Bridge]
I want to get out of here
I want to get out of here
We’re breaking up, I’m breaking down (Woah-oh-oh)
I want to get out of here
I want to get out of here
I’m moving on, we’re over now, over now (Oh!)

[Chorus]
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, are you over me?
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, will you ever regret me?
I’m so over you
Tell me, baby, are you over me?
I’m so over you
Promise, baby, that you will never forget me

[Intro]
Well I sbet ya
Well I bet ya
Well I bet ya
Well I bet…

[Verse 1]
Ali’s jabbin’ them shit feel like hooks
The less you got stuffed in your pocket books
The more these policies just sound like crooks
They give me sloppy looks
They gave us nothing, had to hustle same way coffee cook
Early morning grind trying to help these niggas wake up
Etch A Sketch flows, I got the shit to shake up
Niggas switching clothes
Niggas even switch their face up
But these clowns could never really switch their make up
Family’s in your genes
Fuck is that, Mesquite?
My triple beam onto bigger schemes
I’m on these waves
Don’t expect a hand clap cause you swim upstream
I’m expecting sand traps, I be in the green
If we talking green backs I’m back in the black
Been having the formula since Similac
Delicate flows under heavy metal bars but they’re still intact
What’s a nigga to do?
When you call the police but the trigger’s on you
Shit crazy man

[Chorus]
What’s a nigga to do?
Cause I be streaming black they’ll beat me to blue
Put it on TV then tell you what’s true
What’s a nigga to do?
What’s a nigga to do?
When you call the police but the trigger’s on you

[Verse 2]
Pull up on ’em shining CeCe Winans with the C notes
Redefining everything the black man denotes
I could devote time
How many times have we rewrote lines to get it perfect
Miss me with inertia I’m on dirt
You gon’ need assumptions, almost certain
My assertion we gon’ see if you got gumption
We gon’ see if you gon’ play it smart or you gon’ be on dumb shit
Wrong answer, we go dumb shit
Slow you up on some speed bump shit
On some ski jump shit
I’m taking flight cause all my flows cold
Setting bars, no [?]
I never blow smoke unless it’s unleaded
I guess you won’t know my worst
No unedited stress
Go on wax, I mean

[Chorus]
What’s a nigga to do?
When you tell ’em who you is and they be like “Who?”
What’s a nigga to do?
Yeah, what’s a nigga to do?
Cause I be streaming black they’ll beat me to blue
Put it on TV then tell you what’s true
What’s a nigga to do?
What’s a nigga to do?

[Verse 1]
Girl I know you had a long day
You ain’t feelin’ them downtown lights
But I got a bottle at your favorite place
Just waitin’ for us in a bucket on ice

Damn, I didn’t think it’d be that easy
‘Cause now you’re gettin’ ready
I’m just sittin’ there watchin’ TV
Here you come lookin’ like a grown man’s dream
Damn, I can’t believe, I can’t believe

[Chorus]
I talked you into slippin’ down the hall, baby, turn it on
Your playlist you play when you’re in the shower
Talked you into taking up my time, making up your mind
Switching back and forth for an hour
And now you’re lookin’ like a line from a Vandross song
I’m looking at the fine little dress you got on
Don’t get me wrong, girl, I love it
Now I just wanna talk you out of it

[Verse 2]
Yeah, as cool at it would be
Watchin’ people wonder who you are
Oh, we should just say we did, we can start with a kiss
And pretend we just got back from the bar

[Chorus]
I talked you into slippin’ down the hall, baby, turn it on
Your playlist you play when you’re in the shower
Talked you into taking up my time, making up your mind
Switching back and forth for an hour
And now you’re lookin’ like a line from a Vandross song
I’m looking at the fine little dress you got on
Don’t get me wrong, girl, I love it
Now I just wanna talk you out of it

[Bridge]
Yeah, it’s a little cold outside
The music’s probably way too loud
To hear you laugh
And there’s a look in your eyes
Looks like we ain’t leavin’ now
Girl, I’m so glad, I’m so glad

[Chorus]
I talked you into slippin’ down the hall, baby, turn it on
Your playlist you play when you’re in the shower
Talked you into taking up my time, making up your mind
Switching back and forth for an hour
And now you’re lookin’ like a line from a Vandross song
I’m looking at the fine little dress you got on
Don’t get me wrong, girl, I love it
Now I just wanna talk you out of it

Hello, hello, hello
(This is a rock song.)
Loud, loud, loud

It’s a junkie dream, makes you so uptight
Yeah it’s halloween tonight and every night
See you scratch your skin
Your sandpaper throat
You’re a symphony, man, with one fucking note
Charlie beat you up week after week
And when you grow up you’re going to be a freak
Want a violent girl who’s not scared of anything

Help me kill my time
‘Cause I’ll never be fine
Help me kill my time

You went down to look at old Dallas town
Where you must be sick just to hang around
Seen it on TV, how to kill your man
Then like Gacy’s scene a canvas in your hand
Better call your mom, she’s out looking for you
In the jail and the army and the hospital too
But those people there couldn’t do anything
For you

Help me kill my time
‘Cause I’ll never be fine
Help me kill my time
Help me kill my time
Help me kill my time
‘Cause I’ll never be fine
Help me kill my time

[Verse 1]
The leaves were falling I was seventeen
We’d been locking lips, grabbing hips, smoking cigarettes
We took a drive in your 1990 the hand me down
From out of town I was California
Oh my legs were not shaved
And you had dirt between your fingers
They told us to behave, but hey

[Chorus]
It’s not like riding a bike
It’s not like flying a kite
It’s not as easy as pie
There’s nothing like the first time
Not like taking a bath
It’s not like having a laugh
Not like reading a map
There’s nothing like the first time

[Verse 2]
I had seen it in the magazines
We would change the channel on the TV screen
‘Cause it’s such a sin what you did to me
Straight to hell is what they sell if you done the deed
Oh but what could be so bad
Oh if everyone is guilty
I guess we want what we can’t have
‘Cause I’ve heard…

[Chorus]
It’s not like riding a bike
It’s not like flying a kite
It’s not as easy as pie
There’s nothing like the first time
Not like taking a bath
It’s not like having a laugh
Not like reading a map
There’s nothing like the first time

[Bridge]
Do you remember? Do you remember?
Do you remember? Do you remember?
La la la la la la la la
There’s nothing like the first time
La la la la la la la la
There’s nothing like the first time

[Chorus]
It’s not a walk in the park
It’s not a shot in the dark
It’s not a juvenile crime
There’s nothing like the first time
It’s not like tying the knot
There’s no connecting the dots
And in case you forgot
There’s nothing like the first time
There’s nothing like the first time
There’s nothing like the first time
There’s nothing like the first time

[Outro]
Its not like reading a map..oh ya you give me laugh
There’s nothing like the first time

Shutters on my house
Keep the sunlight in
If that’s not enough to keep the people out

Then I don’t wanna know what’s on the other side

Turn on the TV
I wonder who thinks of it all
We could be watching the same thing

But I always shock myself when I plug it into the wall

So should I ask?
Are you home?

I can’t keep anything down
All I hear is static buzz
And it’s all echoing through my bedroom wall

Cover me in flies
They’re breaking through the door
That’ll show the garbage man
What everyone else is always so bitter for

So should I ask ? Are you home?

I can’t keep anything down
All I hear is static buzz
And it’s all echoing through my bedroom wall

[Intro]
I’m in love with broken

[Chorus]
I’m in love with broken girls, girls, girls
Hey girl, girl, girl, girl
I’m in love with broken girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls, hey girl

[Verse 1]
Really I’m broke myself, and I think she might help
Really I love a story, and I think she might tell
Really I’m not your crutch, really you not my girl
Really she usin’ me, but it’s cool, we use each oth’
I’m in love with contemplatin’ ’bout the pressure
Conversations ’bout depression
Confrontation cause we care too much about each other
We know it ain’t permanent but temporary
Releasin’ your Issa Rae, insecure
Collect them like Pikachu, Venusaur
We go ’til you done or my penis sore
Sleep with the TV on then we don’t speak no more
And I know when I’m with you, or maybe when you’re with me
Even if I don’t feel a thing, for a second I feel complete
I still’ll keep ya in my back pocket
I know that I’m not shit, I know that it’s toxic
I know that a part lives, that is where your heart is

[Chorus]
I’m in love with broken girls, girls, girls
Hey girl, girl, girl, girl
I’m in love with broken girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls, hey girl

[Verse 2]
Tread light like broken glass, really I’m not my past
Really I snatched your soul, really that’s not to brag
Really when I’m alone, really I’m not to have
Really I know you’re empty but I think I can fill your glass
Fantasizin’ all your problems
I wanted you more since I found out you heartless
Harborin’ feelins’ for niggas who hurt you
Know you on the surface but not on a personal level
I play the game of hearts
Missin’ piece, we ain’t apart
Depend on me until I’m bored
I return your heart as quick I return your call
Tables turn quicker cause after a weekend I miss ya
I don’t want you but I’m conflicted
I know that back and forth yo-yo shit over with
But you gon’ take me back, I’m gon’ convince ya
Pain ain’t never looked so temptin’
Lonely never looked so distant, we just gon’ ignore the tension
You know we both not shit, I know that shit toxic

[Chorus]
I’m in love with broken girls, girls, girls
Hey girl, girl, girl, girl
I’m in love with broken girls, girls, girls
Girls, girls, girls, hey girl

[Verse 3]
This whole time, been obsessed, being sad
She was my, quick escape, made me forget
Hear her speak, see her weak, made me feel big
Crowned me, she downed me, treat me like shit
Second time, round two, what I learn?
She weren’t mine, that weren’t love, I weren’t hers
I’m not hurt, anymore, took some time
Found a girl, now I’m hers, and she mine
And she make me, feel whole, heal me
And it’s, mutual, and we still in love

[Outro]
Can’t you care for?
Can’t you care? Can’t you care?
Can’t you care for?
Can’t you care? Can’t you care?
Can’t you care? Can’t you care?
Can’t you care? Can’t you care?
Can’t you care? Can’t you care?
Can’t you care? Can’t you care?

{Whistling}

[Verse 1]
The night before the morning after
What life was like before the blast?
I’m sure I couldn’t recall or tell you now
What good’s a fallen past?
Life inside these walls is all I have
And all I seem to know
But we need fresh water flowing
For the seed to grow
I’ve been in this vault for twenty years
And witnessed the fall of as many peers
But there aren’t any enemies here
Except the lack of fresh frontiers
And since the bomb hit
I’ve been sitting in
Living in this little hovel
As a model citizen
With everything
To keep me alive
But not to keep me living life
Sick of being inside
I’d give my TV to see the other side
There’s a new world to behold
So open an ice old Nuka-cola
Stroll on through the smouldering ruins
Wiser now you’re clued up, older
Life will knock you to the floor
The rifle stock will bruise your shoulder
But beauty still finds refuge
In the eye of the beholder
We’re the sole hope
To keep our people’s home from defeat
With our control vault complete
We hit CTRL ALT DELETE
Reset the whole of humanity’s travels
Unravel the rope that is holding us back
‘Cause now that the commies and anarchists
Aren’t in the plan
We can finally follow the path
Come up from below deck
Of the vault-tec ship
It’s all wrecked
And behold breadth never told
Trek through a whole sector
Of old America
Feel old yet?
You will when you feel the cold breath
On your bald flesh
On your cold neck
In a cold sweat
Feel the rush there isn’t any gold left
Oh heck
This wasn’t in the control test
I guess it’s time to settle old debts
So get ready for more heavenly hits
From me
The Soldier of 76

[Chorus]
I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart

I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart

I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart

Heart~

Hello
Hey
You at home right now? (x2)
Nah, not yet
Hit me up when you get home
Call me when you get home
Like 15 minutes
You busy later?
Just keep me posted
I’ll probably be at home honestly
Call me (x3)

Know you wrong
But ‘sho you right
Home alone
For the night
I can turn you on
With my dirty mind
Say I won’t
Worth a try
Puppy love
Butterflies

Made you blush
You made me smile
What you want
Baby you decide
Why we grown
Wasting time

You’re beautiful babe
You’re really something
Stylin’ I gotta say
T-shirt designer jeans
You got me open
Filled with emotion
Living in ecstacy
Just want you next to me
I’ll bring the champagne
Don’t turn me down babe
We can play simon says
Or watch TV in bed
Wake with the sunrise
Sleep in it’s alright
Ain’t even gotta sex

Mmm but, I know what you like
Baby
Can I come over, come over
You’re wasting your time
Baby

If you just let me come over babe
If you just let me come over babe

Know you wrong
But ‘sho you right
Home alone
For the night
I can turn you on
With my dirty mind
Say I won’t
Worth a try
Puppy love
Butterflies
Made you blush
You made me smile
What you want
Baby you decide
Why we grown
Wasting time

Steve
If you just let me come over babe
If you just let me come over babe

Know you wrong
But ‘sho you right
Home alone
For the night
I can turn you on
With my dirty mind
Say I won’t
Worth a try
Puppy love
Butterflies
Made you blush
You made me smile
What you want
Baby you decide
Why we grown
Wasting time

(DIAMOND RANG$)
Aye yo you call yourself being rude to me?
Fuck you too you lil…
You lil broke, yo-

These bitches want diamond rings
Birk bags and other bling
I just don’t feel the same
Vanity’s not my thang

These bitches want diamond rings
These bitches want diamond rings

(feat. Syd of The Internet)

[Verse 1: Daniel Caesar]
Now it’s time to sit back and enjoy creation
See what Jah has done
Every time she tops me off, it’s celebration, yeah
What has life become?
And we don’t talk too much
Could this be a strange new love I’ve got
Plus she’s always got that loud pack
Inspiration for this soundtrack
Every time she throws that ass back, all she says is

[Chorus: Daniel Caesar]
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away

[Verse 2: Daniel Caesar]
Every time I go inside of your protected
Place with reverence
I’m reminded of a time I was neglected
It seems you’re heaven sent
She loves to top me off
She’s cut from the finest cloth, my love
Plus, we like to take it easy
All she wants to do is please me
Every time I’m on that TV, calls me up, says

[Chorus: Daniel Caesar & Syd]
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away (Won’t you please take me away baby, ‘way baby)
(Won’t you please take me away)
Take me away (I like the way you say my name baby, name baby)
(Won’t you please take me away)
Take me away
Take me away

[Outro: Syd]
Wherever you go, just take me, take me, take me
Would you take me, baby
Take (Take me away)
Want you take me away, take me away (Take me)
Take me away, take me away
If it’s the last thing
Want you to take me away, take me away (Take me)
Take me away, take me away
Take me

(feat. PnB Rock)

[Intro: 03 Greedo]
Yeah, yeah
Ohh, mmh
Ohh, oh yeah

[Verse 1: 03 Greedo]
No make up on, in her pink panties
I’ma beat that thang down, baby don’t panic
Smelling cookies and cologne, she get so nasty
Can I hit it, she say baby you don’t gotta ask me
Just don’t tell nobody
I won’t tell nobody
Would you suck it if I eat it on the seat, we Posturepedic
Can I hit you on the camera while you watch it on my TV?
Would you love me if I fuck you ’til you’re numb
Soon as I come ’round, make you cum
‘Fore we leave I make her run
I’m a nigga from the slums
No mixtape, burn with the drum
I won’t give a lazy bitch no crumbs
If I met you in the projects would you set me up?
Let them people know I’m ’round you just to wet me up
She like nigga be for real, they won’t mess with us
You took me to the telly, put this on and F it up
Project music got her shaking all that ass
She wanna fuck but she don’t know if I got cash yet
She sent the number but she never sent the address
The total package like it’s squeeze and then she access

[Chorus: 03 Greedo]
You should let a real nigga beat that thang down
I be busy getting rich, yeah I don’t hang out
You won’t meet another nigga with the same style
I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
You should let a real nigga beat that thang down
I be busy getting rich, I don’t hang out
You won’t meet another nigga with the same style
I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
Ooh, ooh, I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
Ooh, ooh, I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
You should let a real nigga beat that thang down

[Verse 2: PnB Rock]
You should come through and let me put my thang on it
I’ma fuck around and make you tat my name on you
All them other niggas, they don’t do the same for you
You know me, I don’t play no games with you
Put that shit all on my face
I love they way that you taste
I ain’t got no time, I can’t waste
I just wanna fuck you in my Wraith
Shawty let me fuck you Benz too
Fuck it girl, you should bring your friends too
Let me show you what I get into
Let me show you what I’m into
Grip on your neck when I hit from the back
I’m going crazy, I’m pullin’ on tracks
I’m off of perky, I hope you can last
Go’n on on, baby go’n on on
But we ain’t on no makin’ love shit
We can get high, catch a vibe, I got drugs, yeah
We can get high, catch a vibe, no cuffing
We can get high, catch a vibe, only thug shit

[Chorus: 03 Greedo]
You should let a real nigga beat that thang down
I be busy getting rich, yeah I don’t hang out
You won’t meet another nigga with the same style
I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
You should let a real nigga beat that thang down
I be busy getting rich, I don’t hang out
You won’t meet another nigga with the same style
I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, I’m a beast on these beats and I’m banged out
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, you should let a real nigga beat that thang

[Outro: PnB Rock]
Ooh ooh, ooh-ooh ooh
Ooh ooh, you should let a real nigga beat that thang down

[NOT FULL]

Open up your eyes now
Turn the TV on and watch the news now
The world is blowing up but we’re liking pictures
The police be gunning up, fuck celebs that distract by beefing
Way up in difference
Oh man, we trippin’
They got us talking ’bout shit we playin’ some mission
Some real, some fiction
Man, fuck the system
They got us tweeting hype, to hide the issue
We’re addicted to the dopamine

(feat. Kyle Dion)

[Verse 1: Kyle Dion and Kehlani]
Love shouldn’t be defined
Love is one of a kind
What we do is crazy baby
All the ways you make me feel
The way you do me like that
The way you do me like that
We just understand what nobody else can
[Kehlani]
You know how to put it down
How to pick me up and never cause me stress
Every day’s a rush
You always cracking jokes and always make me blush
I could stand the world if it was just us
Every day you love me so
Never let you go
When I say it’s on you’ll never tell me no
That’s love baby
That’s us baby

[Chorus: Both]
You know ain’t explaining all this love we making
They think that we’re crazy but it’s us
Cause this is how we do us baby
This is how we do us baby

[Verse 2: Kehlani]
Don’t you hate it when they get to asking all them questions ’bout the way we rockin’
Like, we gotta have a separate title or something
Gotta be on TV like the idols or something
Cause baby boy this ain’t no way that I could ever begin to explain
The way we love
The way we trust
The bond we have
It’s just for us
Just for us
Telling me, yeah we’re soul mates
I knew it ever since our very first date yeah
You the truth
I need the whole thing
But I won’t risk putting this love at stake
For a simple explanation to a simple muthafucka
Who really don’t know us
Really don’t wanna
I mean it when I say it, that I only wanna love ya
That other shit is extra
Baby far above it now
I know sometimes I do a little much
I know sometimes you got a little problems with your trust
But that’s love baby
That’s us baby

[Chorus: Both]
You know ain’t explaining all this love we making
They think that we’re crazy but it’s us
Cause this is how we do us baby
This is how we do us baby

[Bridge: Kyle Dion and Kehlani]
[Kyle]
You’re the only one I want and I can never leave your side
You’re always here down to ride
You’re always here and that’s why
I fu-u-u-uck with you
[Kehlani]
Said he fucking with me cause I’m down
He know every single lyric
He at every single show and
Baby that’s why I’m in love with you

[Chorus: Both]
You know ain’t explaining all this love we making
They think that we’re crazy but it’s us
Cause this is how we do us baby