Eddie S.G. EP II

Forward Progress, Around The Clock, Words, Just Saying II, & A.L.O.N.E.
Written, recorded, edited, & mixed by Eddie S. Gonzalez (ASCAP)
Produced by Eddie S.G. (ASCAP)

Doesn’t Really Matter & Pre-Fall
Written, recorded, edited, & mixed by Eddie S. Gonzalez (ASCAP)
Produced by Demaeron Effect (ASCAP) in Queens, NY & Tampa, FL at TFPS Studios

All songs published by The Forward Progress Sound (ASCAP)
All songs recorded in Queens, NY at TFPS Studios
All songs mastered by Landr Mastering & Eddie S.G.

Demaeron Effect (Eddie S.G. & Raymond Schellhorn) appears courtesy of The Forward Progress Sound

Executive Producer: Eddie S.G.
Album artwork by Eddie S.G.

This EP is dedicated to what comes next

Doesn't Really Matter
All of that can wait like it doesn't really matter
What more can I ask for but another day

I fiend for your warm, a bit out the norm
Ready to transform like actors perform
From the cold to the heat, bitter to the sweet
Up on my feet, slide to the driver's seat
I'm out, taking off like I'm on a flight deck
Always working, took a break for a quick sec
I need that good feeling, & I need it twice
Lounging in paradise
On vaca, shades on, cold drink in my hand
Drawing silly faces in the sand
This is that space you crave for
Can't waste it, might not be more
Wear less, skin galore, can't ignore
I'm more up for whatever than ever before
So leave the stress back with the grind
Don't want to bother with what's on my mind, 'cause

All of that can wait like it doesn't really matter
What more can I ask for but another day

I think about you when it's chilly out, when the rain pours
When the snow falls & I'm indoors
When it's cloudy & the sky is gray
I miss your sunshine, need to getaway
All that matters is right now, right here
Living today, no fear
I wish this could last forever
(I wish this could last forever)
Thankful that I got to come through
Don't want it to change like the seasons do
I'll be sad to see you go, I'll miss it all
When September rolls around to the sheets we fall
Wear less, skin galore, can't ignore
I'm more up for whatever than ever before
So leave the stress back with the grind
Don't want to bother with what's on my mind, 'cause

All of that can wait like it doesn't really matter
What more can I ask for but another day
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Forward Progress
When I close my eyes I'm free, dream of what I could be
Then open them & go get it
Here to leave the negativity & all that behind me
Step up to the plate & just hit it
I'm rough around the edges, you've got to forgive me
My life has been hard, it should be a movie
My people destroy themselves, materials they chase
Do anything for money then catch a case
I fit the description but I'm breaking the mold
Everything I create with my mind I own
I'm sitting here with you, but I'm so far away
Alone in my thoughts as I roam like a stray
Thinking up bars to compliment the track
Writing my life like a book, rewinding it back
Down memory lane, right on truth
I'm just myself when I'm in this booth

Forward's the direction, progress is the movement
The Forward Progress Sound

When I'm behind this mic, I project my plight
Straight ahead, stepping on the gas, no brake light
Switching gears, give you everything through the years
What I fought, every web I was caught
16, packing my life into a rhyme
In between, doing my best with borrowed time
So it seems, on the come up with a game plan
Slept on like king sized bunk beds, man
Time to wake up, don't hit snooze
I'm smooth, stay tuned like news
Hunger, still keeps me up at night
My kids will not repeat my life
From the bottom, staying here, I refuse
Still going in like I have nothing to lose
This is my leap of faith to make it all real
Do you have the courage to follow what you feel?

Forward's the direction, progress is the movement
The Forward Progress Sound
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Around The Clock
I wish time would stop 'cause I've been thinking around the clock
Like glue, I'm here stuck reminiscing about you
I wish I could freeze this moment

I like that look in your eyes, feeling in your thighs
The long body kisses when I hold you at night
Your scent I can follow, looking like a model
Your long wet hair when you're wrapped in a towel
Every move you make, I take as a tease
Your touch is like a light breeze at 80 degrees
Never ready to finish, nah not yet
When I look at you, look how big my eyes get

I wish time would stop 'cause I've been thinking around the clock
Like glue, I'm here stuck reminiscing about you
I wish I could freeze this moment

I'm jealous when you're not around, maybe I'm selfish
I want you for myself, I can't help it
I linger on our every kiss
That look before you close your eyes & wet your lips
The view when you walk away, the beauty when you're back
How quick we're back at it, we don't know how to act
I like your curious mind, ask me how & why
But when I dim the lights just shhh…

I wish time would stop 'cause I've been thinking around the clock
Like glue, I'm here stuck reminiscing about you
I wish I could freeze this moment
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Words
Word

Meaningful elements, rhyme elegance
One segment, supreme relevance
Word play 'cause I'm just a nerd
But try to play me & we gon' have words
Sentence fragments, piece them together
Compound phrase, express thought better
Defining words with words, what's the meaning
Drop bars, make you ponder the feeling
Jumbling words trying to read ahead, babble
Babble, scramble words like scrabble
Vocabulary drunk, slurred
Ooh that's my song, singing the wrong words
Semantic poetry, make you notice me
That's my word, see, audio imagery
People love to talk & talk & talk & talk
& when it comes to it, turn & walk
He say, she say, say what, replay
Empty words, no promises, can't pay
A wasted word is a waste of breath
Like nothing left, a taste of death
Ain't about the life? never talk about it
Never utter those words, forget about it
That's preferred or flip them the bird
But never underestimate the power of words

Word
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Just Saying II
Up against the wall pinned, reaching for his face
With your nails, trying to push over the glass case
Got free, shoved me out the room, closed the door
Figurines shattering to pieces as they hit the floor
Scenes of your life, seen through my lens
Same thing, day & night, it never ends
At 7, got used to sleeping with my eyes open
Used to wake up when I felt them closing
One night he walked in my room
Thought he was drunk, looking for the restroom
He showed me his, then he touched mine, quick
I moved back, he walked out, & that's it
Hid under the covers like it had super powers
Used to think it could protect me like firepower
Holding it in, never spoke about it, didn't know how
Years later, I just wanted you to know now

I needed to unload that burden, free my mind
Free you, free us, it was time
At 16 told you I was gonna kill him that night
That scared you, but I was tired of the fight
I'm a put a knife through his heart in his sleep
Apply pressure so the blade goes deep
Run some water on the knife in the sink
You told me no with no time to think
That was the only time we ever fought
Couldn't believe you didn't give it a thought
So I asked you to choose, it's him or me
You chose him, my heart sank past my knee
It hurt when I told you I'm moving out
We grew apart, not an easy route
Should've never told you, just freed your pain
You'd be mad but you'd still be here, just saying
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A.L.O.N.E.
I never quite fit in anywhere
Too young for the old heads, too advanced for my peers, it's weird
I'm distant from the world & can't apologize
'Cause I move so much that I never climatize
But listen, I ain't really change
International, but the DM's still in range
But it's only right that you delete me from your life (right)
'Cause I'm dropping dead weight before I take flight
Can't sleep, can't adapt to these time zones
So I'm up late night, lusting, getting my mind blown
I'm in my own lane where nothing's in a frame
I take everything you say as word games (word)
Detached from the norm, don't care if you think you're right
I could leave it all behind in one night
'Cause the drama I've been involved with was never my own
Maybe I'm better off on my own

A.L.O.N.E.
This is who I am, this is who I'll always be
An alien, a loner, an outsider, nobody, empty inside
Still I ride

A.L.O.N.E.

It's better this way
(This is what you want me to be)
A.L.O.N.E.
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Pre-Fall
Next year drops the free fall (free fall)
Evaporate into my thoughts like I'm AWOL
It's been a long dream since flowing at 14
Been at it everyday, made it a routine
Created a book with the words I write
So don't judge it by the cover out of spite
I work hard, when you're out drinking
I'm in the studio, late nights, vibing, just thinking
I ain't kick my shoes off, I'm just mellow
But I will not stop like the traffic light's yellow
If I ever missed your bday, I didn't ignore
It's nothing personal, I just wanted this more
If you ever felt second to my music, you probably were
I will never apologize for being a blur
For being me, doing what I got to do
Taking my shot, having faith in the follow through
Can an average kid make it?
Can I stay real or do I have to fake it?
Maybe your opinion shouldn't matter
'Cause you haven't done a thing with your life, so scatter
Got to keep blocking out what they're saying
Complain, riding on an overcrowded train
When your people don't support your ambition
Then it's time to get new people, new ammunition
Can't let you in, can't give you the chance
To disappoint me, slow up my advance
Tightening my circle, taking control
They say I'm heartless, cold, don't have a soul
But you change, you never see people the same
& trust disappears 'til no one else remains
So I'll just do it myself, that's how it gets done
I'm used to it, I've always been the strong one
So let's not talk about love or lack thereof
We're not tight as a glove or mad as a shove
It just is what it is, so if I ask you a question
It's only for forgiveness, not permission
Like back when the ATM said I had insufficient funds
Switched from crawl to walk, walk to run
Fly before I die with that receipt on my wall, bless
A reminder, never backwards, Forward Progress