1. |
This Could Be
03:07
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This could be it
It's so different
This could be our time
This might be it
So let's admit
How it feels so divine
I don't know how to walk this world alone
But I can see my dreams being reborn
I choose to roam this life with you
Personal history coming to view
I know we can't control when it's our time to go
This is a final bow at the end of the show
The fantasy
Of you and me
Breathes life
Into my role
The music lives
And we forgive
What we cannot
Control
Just could it be
We live off the
New royalty
Of tortured art
From worlds apart
The new jumpstart
We need
Keep wishing
What I sing
Might bring
A breakaway
Daydreaming
This teaming
Is about our hell to pay
Moxie:
We traveled through hell
Came to the fork in the road
And when we lost all hope
We went where no one else would go
Two worlds collide
We standing side by side
I got that twinkle in my eye
cuz I know it’s finally time
I’m filled with pride
No need to step aside
We blastin through the doors
it’s not a secret we’ve arrived
Time after time
You know we tried and tried
You mighta left us for dead
we aint survive we thrived
now dreamin of the nights
when we make the world our stage
the dues have been paid
the foundation been layed
we got so much to say
I might just charge it to the game
You gonna see our face
You gonna feel our rage
We comin to your place
To lay it all to waste
Thinkin back about the days
We couldn’t pay you all to play it
But now you’ve been replaced
We been released up out this cage
Its like we creepin through the haze
You got nowhere you can feel safe
You can run for days and days
There aint no way you can be saved
Cuz we took the leap of faith
And now the industry been changed
I got a mind deranged
She got a voice for fame
We taken down the game
Like we a bomb upon a plane
what
This could be
This could be
This could be our time
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2. |
Full Blown
03:33
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Verse 1:
Yo, somebody pass the lighter
Mitchel about to set this fat chick on fire
Hangin from the high wire of this life, no net to catch me if I decide to take flight
Gotta set my sights higher than those children’s flying kites
Or peddle faster toward the finish line than roid rage Lance’s Tour De France bike
I’m taking the hike toward the white light faster than your pastor working your 6 year old little brother
Psych
Why must I write such goofy ass rhymes
Cuz they’re the only way I can draw attention to the plight of the white tiny dicked knight in shining
armour
Lyrically I’ll most certainly fuckin harm
I’ll disarm ya
And abuse u worse then your catholic teacher when she told ya to stay after school and none of
your friends warned ya
So go ahead and jump off that 10 story building and laugh cuz you just hit the concrete and went splat
(haha)
Chorus
You don’t want to see me break
You don’t know the risks I’ll take
To go
Full blown
You know you can’t tell a lie
And I know I can’t justify
Risqué
Fore play
Overdue
Debut
Fuck you
Bid adieu
Verse 2:
You don’t need to deal with this pain
Grab the blade, slice, cut open a couple of veins
Go ahead and express all the pent up rage
This is life’s biggest stage, end it any way that you may
You don’t wanna hear you parents bitchen bout ur music anymore do ya
You don’t wanna hear your professor’s flippen cuz you reak like booze and the smell is sweatin right thru
ya
You don’t wanna race the hands of time when you tryin to finish your rhymes but your late cuz you been huffin aerosol since the beginning of time and lost your mind
That’s the last time you wanna hear your drunken ass bitch yelling “screw ya”
When she’s been out with her friends and actin like she never even fuckin knew ya
Take a stand against this messed up world
And your fucked up girl
Teach em both a lesson
And let em know you got to steppin when they enter your room and see you layin on the floor next to
the weapon in question
Chorus:
You don’t want to see me break
You don’t know the risks I’ll take
To go
Full blown
You know you can’t tell a lie
And I know I can’t justify
Risqué
Fore play
Overdue
Debut
Fuck you
Bid adieu
Verse 3:
You don’t need to deal with this pain
Grab the blade, slice, cut open a couple veins
Go ahead and express all the pent up rage
This is life’s biggest stage, end it any way that you may
Do yourself a favor and pull the rabbit out the hat
Cut up that line and get messed up snortin that crack
Do any street drugs that trip your trigger
Slap Moxie if you think he’s some sort of confused Slug wanna be whigger
Steal from children
Shoot random animals in the wilderness
Do whatever it is you wanna do when you think about acting a fool
Cuz soon you’ll be floatin with the moon cuz you got Taliban style bombs strapped to your shoes and
you’ve decided its time to say your goodbyes with a loud mother fucking BOOOOOOMMMM
So go ahead and take the dive if you want to
jump into the pool with concrete blocks tied to your shoes
Chorus
You don’t want to see me break
You don’t know the risks I’ll take
To go
Full blown
You know you can’t tell a lie
And I know I can’t justify
Risqué
Fore play
Overdue
Debut
Fuck you
Bid adieu
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3. |
You & Me
04:14
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INTRO:
Don't say you're going away
My heart can't take another tear
Say you are going to stay
And be there at my side for years
VERSE:
You know I was always yours
My affection has no cure
You're the one that I look to
With you my sun will rise
Even before I open my eyes
I'll be thinking of you
My days are better when
We both can just pretend
No life exists beyond your arms
I'm whole when you walk in
No matter where you've been
Your smile holds all the charm
CHORUS:
This is my love song to you
No question it was meant to be
No need to plan what we do
As long as it's with you and me
VERSE 2:
I believe it is destiny
To love you endlessly
So that’s just what I’ll do
Our potion of chemistry
Is absolute and heavenly
That I could get used to
MOX:
Saturday mornings
We lounging in bed
pushin pause on real life
Pull the covers up instead
Then I’m off to the kitchen
It’s breakfast in bed
God she left you here for me
Girl don’t even pretend
Thinkin back to when
That day we first met
Completely awestruck
no words were even said
my mind filled up
with thoughts of you in my head
now we spending all of our days
lovin the beautiful mess
(Chorus)
VERSE:
Passionate and breathlessly
I plan to love you recklessly
It’s the only way that I foresee
Can’t temper my intensity
Since I found you incredibly
It was meant to be you and me
MOX:
A life without passion
A world without dreams
Girl
none of that’s happened
Since the day you saved me
love everlasting
At home or in the streets
Girl I’d walk a thousand miles
Just to see you in those jeans
And I’m a stand by your side
Regardless of the times
Put the problems behind
And move em along
It’s in the middle we’ll meet
I can promise you this
Cuz I’m a make you weak in those knees
When I kiss you on those lips
(Chorus)
OUTRO:
This is my love song
I know where I belong
It was you and me all along
This is my love song
I know where I belong
Inside your arms so strong
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4. |
Master Key
03:04
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CHORUS:
The truest love story is
That your somebody is
Someone more to someone else
So hold on tightly
To that master key
And lock the heart you want withheld
VERSE 1: J.
Don't need a reason to love my game
A little breeze and ignite my flame
So tired of pleasin' who I became
Now you got me thinking twice
Don't know I need you
Affection on cue
I'm through with sacrifice
About to breakthrough
Don't know what I'll do
But I know I've paid the price
CHORUS
VERSE 2: Mox
Read the secret passage
Its crystal clear
Gotta hold on to that heart after all these years
I done put in the work
Made you feel like the queen
But your heart was somewhere else
Or so it seems
You plus me
That don’t equal 3
But now another person has appeared in our dreams
Shoulda said my goodbyes
When I had the chance
but now I’m feelin stuck
like someone tied my hands
and my mind’s goin crazy
It’s evil thoughts
Tryin to push em to the side
And move em along
But now I don’t trust
Every time you gone
So I’m snoopin through your phone
To see if you brought him along
There isn’t any doubt
how this story goes
I might creep on random spots just to keep you on your toes
Cuz you kept a secret
Now everybody knows
Shoulda locked the master key
But now my mind has blown
Fuck.
BRIDGE:
I am the queen bee
I hold the master key
And I know it's likely
You you know what's on my mind
I don't want trouble
Rise from the rubble
Reborn in the struggle
Our stars have unaligned
VERSE 3.1 (J.)
Ain't nothing new about a broken heart
Don't have strength for a brand new start
Secret locked behind closed gates
The keeper of my master key waits
VERSE 3.2 (Mox)
You held up on my heart strings
You pulled em tight
But you threw it all away when you left in the night
You Made the wrong choice
Left with someone else
Now i’m buryin the key that unlocked this hell
You plus me
now that equals none
So i’m sayin my goodbyes
Bitch we finally done
Wont be a second chance
Yeah i’m burning this place
Now it’s on to the next
yeah you been replaced
ha
CHORUS
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5. |
Exposed
03:59
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This therapy aint workin
Less than 60 minutes on purpose
I think he only wants my insurance
Cuz he cant understand how I’m hurtin
Bu he’s digging for the truth that I’m skirtin
just makin me feel worthless
another insurance reimbursement merchant
With the solutions to all that ailes, man he’s certain
makin me feel nervous
askin God how I was cursed with
A soul that’s got me feelin naked like I’m shirtless
All I really want in this life is some purpose
A couple friends, maybe a fam to go to church with
But that aint happened so today I keep on searchin
In this stranger’s office, he can help me man he’s certain
Steady digging for this truth that I’m skirtin
nervous
Chorus (Jess)
Behind the hard exterior
Lies a layer of lifetime fear
Pay you to hold the mirror
Exposed
Only the future knows
But it could be bright
Everybody got the answers to the pain
Everybody got the sun,they say, can erase this rain
But my inflicted mind seems to embrace this pain
Like how do I function on the days when it’s away
Your happiness is your comfort and joy
My happiness is under my blankets and hearin the
Words of these broken hearted poets
Who know its
Only a matter of time
before its snowin
Even though its 80 degree and the sun is golden
My mind got me trapped in this blizzard of emotion
Cuz there aint now way I can just fuckin get over it!
And why the fuck would I have chosen this?!
And who the fuck would hope for this?
Who would ask for what I’m copin with?
You toss labels at me like you know this shit
But I’m the only one who’s ownin it
Chorus (Jess)
Behind the hard exterior
Lies a layer of lifetime fear
Pay you to hold the mirror
Exposed
Only the future knows
But it could be bright
Bridge (Jess):
10 milligrams of this wonder drug
Shit might keep you up
But eventually you’ll finally feel love
Won’t want to pull the covers back up
finally be able to feel the warmth of the sun
And Don’t worry that we’re coverin it up
I’m a therapist, friend, I got the magic touch
And don’t worry that we’re coverin it up
I’m a therapist, friend, I got the magic touch
Chorus (Jess)
Behind the hard exterior
Lies a layer of lifetime fear
Pay you to hold the mirror
Exposed
Only the future knows
But it could be bright
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6. |
Who I Am
03:51
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No more words can be said
You took them all instead
I'm still not sorry
Looking for inspiration
Found it in your invasion
Stay away from me
Such a powerful emotion
Hate, it's my new devotion
I'll find away to make it up to him.
Pretend to know what's best
Love, the modern test
The risk I take is my mistake
Now mind your business
I am not who you think I am
I'm trying the best I can
The honesty that you claim
Hypocrisy and veiled shame
I don't hear sorry
Forcing me to the edge
Further driving in the wedge
Seems your plan for us
Can't say you know this life
Pain, just twist the knife
I find comfort in your afterlife
I'm not who you think I am
I'm trying the best I can
You
Won't
Ever
Know
My
Weakness
Cuz Truth
Is Not
What
You are
Seeking
Moxie:
a broken heart
And a pack of smokes
taken aback at the realization i aint grown nothing but old
My eyes bare the soul
Of wild seeds that have been sewn
But if you l-l-look twice
You see I fell off the throne
Cracks in my crown
But I cope with it well
And my eyes yea they swell
With pain of a personal hell
You took your time
sunk the fangs in deep
read me like the lines to your favorite poetry
had me ready to jump
and ask for your hand
two names in the sand
ready to make these wedding plans
me and you
till they brought the apocalypse
but you just seen a fool
as you crossed me off your list
was nothing more to you
than a musician with tattoos
but now who looks the fool?
You been exposed like you was nude
Aint no way you’ll ever
Know about my weakness
I flipped the script on you
Left you nothin now but speechless
I'm not who you think I am
I'm trying the best I can
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7. |
Fear
02:54
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Verse: Jess
You won't know
The things you do not try
You can't go
To places you deny
I fear the things that aren't like me
I fear the places I could be
I fear the truth won't set me free
I fear
I fear the depths of my own soul
I fear the pain that it holds
I fear the trial of growing old
I fear
Bang Bang
Release the pressure coming at me
Bang Bang
Unleash the terror planned to see
And fear
You won't know
The things you do not try
You can't go
To places you deny
I fear what lies behind your tone
I fear I might be left alone
I fear where the wild things roam
I fear
I fear the time it takes to heal
I fear the things you say aren't real
I fear the the ways you make me feel
I fear
Verse: Moxie
academic society
the educational institution
say he’s spillin verbal pollution
To the children
And abusing his power by refusing
To follow the scholars
He’s not white collared
And his words continue to bother
Conservative fathers
Who attend PTO meetings to holler
they don’t want him counseling their daughters
Suburban mothers
All up in arms and wantin to sound the alarms
Because his arms are covered in art
And he don’t look the part
And from the start
They circle like sharks
Because his lyrical content has lit a spark
And started a revolution with the art geeks
And the gothic freaks
And the prom queens hidin cut marks under her sleeves
and the entire mother fuckin football team
who haven’t seen one defeat on the field
but in his office they let down the shield
and expose the layers they’ve peeled
to reveal
open wounds they cant seem to heal
cuz there’s no money at home for a hot meal
yet still
coach doesn’t accept any excuses on the field
so its extra drills pushin the dummy on wheels
until he feels like there’s no hope
so on the 1 hour walk home
he goes into the forest
and ends the whole fucking show with a shot to the dome
Bridge: Jess
A nuisance and a bother
To the parents of straight A daughters
Who’s mothers and fathers
Fear the tattoos under his collar
Will have a negative influence on their young scholars
But while the
Debate rages in the principal’s office
The young scholar shows off this
Journal that documents cuts and nicks
On the small of the hip to keep em hid
Cant pop the lid and expose the self abuse
b/c mom and dad will simply choose
to refuse to acknowledge anything less than college
so while they keep stallin
and refusing therapy
the cutting increases in frequency
and soon she’ll be
fearing the
inevitable move from high school to freshman year
without the counselor here
to process the suicidal thoughts and fears
so the debate rages on in the superintendants ears
about how HR brought this rapper here
to work with their children who could so easily be steered
in the wrong direction
while in his office he’s teaching self reflection
and how to use the lessons from mistakes made
each and every day
to be a productive citizen on the world stage
to take the pen and scribble over the page
to find success in your own way
and not let the constraints
of society or fate
remove that smile from your face
as you continue on the chase to that place
where happiness remains
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8. |
You Got Me Like
03:17
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I saw you standing there
Like you don't care
That smile you wear
It's just not fair
Oh how you do things to me
Those things might set me free
No apology
Is Necessary
If you wanna be
A part of me tonight
You got me like...
<scat>
My heart be like...
<scat>
You asked what's my name
With perfect game
You lit my flame
So who can blame
If it's all the same
I'm going to take you home tonight
Tonight we leave behind
A world unkind
As we unwind
And redefine
Humankind
It's what's on my mind tonight
You got me like...
<scat>
My heart be like...
<scat>
Mox Verse:
Tonight, we like
Let’s push em all aside
Put the games behind
Connect with body and mind
It’s one drink at a time
We slow and steady
Pushin toward the finish line
Till we got both of us ready
Then we hit the dance floor
This night was made for us
You’ve been my crush
Since I was old enough
to feel this love or lust
you’ll never forget
cuz I’m a make you wanna melt when I whisper on that neck
Break: J. Ahh!
Take it nice and slow
My favorite combo
We can feel the flow
In the shadows
Of our afterglow
It'll sound just like...
J. Scat
Sweetness is calling
I might just be falling
In love or lust with the rhythm
Of our sound
You got me like…
<scat>
This might be the finest game in town
My heart be like...
<scat>
You got me closed down
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9. |
Show's Over
03:41
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My head just exploded all over the paper on this table
Right before I finished writin my fable
And my screamin former fans started rushin the stage
In a rage
Screamin Mox we’re sick of lookin at your bruised up face
Fuck your entire race
We’re puttin hits out on the entire white population
Cuz your rhymes promised a chance at copulation
But only increased our instances of lonely masturbation
So fuck your entire nation
Cuz they usin your shitty rhymes as the main music station
For torturing al queda members bein held in captivation
Sittin here contemplatin my next step in this hip hop biz
Cuz this might be my swan song so enjoy it while it lives
Cuz I been pushing this album so hard
I feel like I been ridin my own dick
Print the headline right now
Mox can’t rhyme for shit
So he’s reverting back to being the self abusing emo kid
Hook:
Stick the sword in my lower back
Listen to the bones crack
Watch this shit pierce through my soul
And puncture all 16 of my tats
What was that?
Its common knowledge this kid overrated in the jeans
I been admittin for years Mitchel Paulson been overhyped in your dreams
This my apology to the ladies who thought they were in the sack with a fiend
But left wondering if Mox isn’t better off living life as a drag queen
I’m throwing the hand I been dealt and regaining my champtionship belt
Place that bitch around my waist and shove it in your face
Cuz Mox got a cult following and your left with no choice but to join the chance
Or risk being swept away with every other bitch I’ve left in my wake along the way
Youre listening to the one and only classic cassette tape that Mox every gonna present
Cuz he’s too broke to record the follow up
Cuz these are fucking songsthatmakenocents
Hook:
Mox, you gotta lose the attitude
Go back to being a regular dude
Cuz you got bitches so amped up
They scheming to put rufies in your booze
Let those pills get you in the mood
Till you changed to the bed wearing nothing but your shoes
And the photograph showing up on the front page of the La Crosse Tribune
Fuck it
I’ll snatch the photo and send em to my favorite homo
Cuz I got gay friends all over the map
And it don’t matter shit to Mox if they off hittin it from the back
To each his own or so I been told
Let me continue searching for the gold
Or at least my soul that I sold when I drunk stumbling home in the cold
Don’t say you aint been told
Until mox makes his Ali like return to the mic
I’m shuttin off the lights on this life and comin back as a ghost in the dark of the night
To do work on your naked wife cuz I’ve heard the second time’s twice as nice
Hook:
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10. |
What Now
03:59
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This letter is to the better
halves we don’t recognize
Stormed the weather
Fought together
Can’t say we didn’t try
I’m alone again
Even when you’re home my friend
Tears roll when you’re not looking
So,
Dear Me
Dear You
Dear Us
What now (2x)
What now
What now
What now
What now
What now is our actually
Who else am I supposed to be
When did this become
Where we wasted this life
When your soul is aching
And your heart is breaking
How do you survive
Dear Me
Dear You
Dear Us
What Now (2x)
What now (4x)
Overused unconditional
Should have known I’d be invisible
Built your dreams while mine died
Vacant of physical
Hollow reciprocal
And now there’s nowhere to hide
Dear Me
Dear You
Dear Us
What Now (2x)
What now (4x)
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Mox & J. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mox & J. features blues/soul vocalist Jess Davis and rapper Mitchel Paulson (Moxie). After years of success with other acts, the Twin Cities based artists joined forces as Mox & J. creating a unique sound unlike any heard in the industry today. The debut album, "Who We Are", was widely acclaimed as one of the best in 2016. The follow-up, "What We've Become", is slated for a 2019 release. ... more
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