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ESC: A Short Story by Kharisma & Ianah Mae

by Kharisma x Ianah Mae

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Switch Lanes 03:38
Switch Lanes Verse 1 Hey, I see you over there Living without a care I wish that I could be like you Do you feel ever the same Wishing you could just switch lanes? I wanna break this flow i’ll take it real slow I’m gonna take control you will see there’s a place in the unknown where my mind runs free somewhere that we can go beyond everything we see Verse 2 Wake up to the sound of an alarm clock Try to hit the snooze button but it won't stop Ears keep ringing as I listen to the sound Of my phone telling me that the time is now I I I, I gotta go get a move on Get dressed, put my shoes on Stressed, but I gotta be strong Eyelids heavy, struggling to leave bed Thoughts running through my head like Is today gonna be the day that things change? or will it all stay the same? So tired of this never ending cycle Daydreaming of the things that I would like to do with my time, but I’m lost in the cost of a dime At a desk, stressed hoping that I’ll be next in line and I wonder, will I be here forever? And I wonder, will it ever get better? Chorus Hey, I see you over there Living without a care I wish that I could be like you Do you ever feel the same Wishing you could just switch lanes? Verse 3 I’ve got a lot on my mind I’m so scared of the feeling that I’ll run out of time because I’m trying to be free enough to take flight and grab a hold of my dreams I downright refuse, to be forced to choose to keep living a life, when I’ve got so much to lose I was meant for more, I wasn’t built for this I was meant for more, I can’t call it quits I've worked too hard to let this go And now I know, that sometimes you gotta be brave To save, everything you worked so hard to grow You have to show you're strong enough to lead the way Don't follow your dreams, just make them Put your pride to the side and just take them Trying to switch lanes not knowing where it takes me Desperate for change so I'm hitting the escape key Bridge/Interlude When it feels like everyone is trying, to slow you down When you feeling sick and tired and you're feeling uninspired all you gotta do is When in need of help, just believe and yourself and just Put the pedal to the metal and get on another level, you just gotta go and switch lanes Chorus Hey, I see you over there Living without a care I wish that I could be like you Do you ever feel the same Wishing you could just switch lanes?
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Gotta Go 03:40
Gotta Go Verse 1 I’m looking out the window of a train analysing my reflection and the way that it has changed and it’s clear I’m not the same as the person that I once was looking back to the place that I had come from I say thanks for the lessons that had brought me here even though the future is not clear I often wonder what the universe is keeping in store Does it acknowledge my plans or does it keep them ignored? I’m not waiting for the day that I’ll be number one Truth be told, I know that day will probably never come so while the sun is up, I’m walking in a different lane that aspires to achieve what truly cannot be explained because I know that there’s a lot that I still have to do and it’s truly up to me to see it through If you’re searching for direction I am in the same position come and listen while I tell you how it is go and sing it like Chorus I don’t want to wait another moment for the day that I will say it’s just too late So I’ve gotta go I’ve gotta go Verse 2 It’s been a long time since I felt like this Contemplating my future and the life that I live Thinking one day, I can confidently say that I’ve come a long way, from the days I would create these songs in my bedroom (songs in my bedroom) Thinking I should go to bed soon (I should go to bed soon) because I gotta wake up early so I do not miss my train I wish I didn’t need to, but I need to get paid Because my wallet gets lighter as my bills stack up but I know that I’m a fighter, though my skills still suck I’ve spent a long time feeling down on my luck but that’s all about to change, everything is looking up Got a fresh new perspective on the world I see Feeling positive, knowing it was made for me Both hands on the wheel, in control of my fate so I gotta go, because I know my destiny awaits
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Meant for More Chorus As I sit, between these four walls I know that I was truly meant for more So where do I go now? I’m tired of running in place with no hope of joy or escape Baby tell me is there no other way? Verse 1 From the second that I clock in, I feel locked in and I gotta find a way out Sit down, take a seat, start a count down as I watch the hands of the clock, make their way around my neck, as I sit at my desk I look at my time and what little is left I wish I had the strength to get up and be brave before I lose my drive and my spirit decays Sitting in the mailroom, hoping I’ll prevail soon before I feel frail, face paled, from the same rou- -tine, while I daydream, hoping that there may be a way to escape this cycle of monotony What has it gotten me? A bit of currency? to keep my floating while I dream of where I want to be? I keep trying to outrun my flaws because I know, deep down I was meant for more Chorus As I sit, between these four walls I know that i was truly meant for more so where do i go now i’m tired of running in place with no hope of joy or escape Baby tell me is there no other way? Verse 2 because I’m really trying to find it Searching for escape, but I’m feeling so blinded reminded, that everything I need to be aligned with is outside these walls that I feel so confined in. I'm tired of running, I'm getting frustrated I'm working for nothing, i'm losing my patience I try to be calm, but every morning I’m waking up feeling lost, trying to find motivation To go on, and just fight through the sadness of knowing that I’m living so far from my passion Because, I am dressed in these business threads I’m so stressed, with these thoughts running through my head My heart aches with the feeling I will never be who I was meant to be, decaying in a life that wasn’t meant for me Feeling defeated, when I hear it call Because I know for sure that I was meant for more Chorus As I sit, between these four walls I know that i was truly meant for more so where do i go now i’m tired of running in place with no hope of joy or escape Baby tell me is there no other way? Bridge Cos I know, who I am i just don’t understand, why i’m here or what led me here 'cause I’m down and out of my mind and i’m scared that i’m out of time i try so hard but that’s not enough Verse 3 I’m sick of feeling unfamiliar Looking at a stranger when I look into the mirror I see all the changes, and the problems I’m at war with Afraid of my reflection and the way it’s been distorted I used to have high hopes of trying to stay inspired By standing right beside of the people that I admire Looking But now everything is changed, and I’m feeling so damn ashamed I’m fighting the wrong fights, while I’m trying to switch lanes Trapped in a nine to five that I thought would be the force that would drive my music further, than it ever has before But look at me know, beaten down fallen to the floor and beaten into the ground until I can’t hear the sound, but I still hear the call of my inner voice telling me I am meant for more
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Getaway 03:46
Getaway Chorus Getaway getaway getaway now, I just wanna escape To a faraway place because they say that time don’t wait for no one at all So lets go to place that nobody knows to a place only we can go Verse 1 Grab a back pack, and the car keys Time to make tracks, to where the stars be I know you're sick and tired of that routine Walking into work feeling down because you can't see Any hope of things getting better And it feels like forever you've been keeping it together For the sake of a dollar and the number on a pay check Courting all the money you ain't made yet I wanna getaway to where the sun stays Feel the warmth of the summer as we're cruising down the highway Listening to Weezer through the speakers with the windows down Can't deny the feeling of this freedom that we finally found. I look to the left and see my girl smile And suddenly a thought has come across my mind Even though I know that it has been a while I'm finally at peace and I can leave all my troubles behind Chorus I want to get away, from all of it now I just wanna escape To a faraway place because they say that time don’t wait for no one at all So lets go to place that nobody knows to a place only we can go Verse 2 I got my hands on the steering wheel, feeling in control Of the path that I wanna take, choosing where to go Tires to the asphalt, hit the open road With no destination as we look for the unknown We can go, anywhere that you want to Just as long, as I know I am beside you We don’t even need a map, it don’t matter where we are We can go and set up camp, underneath all of the stars By the seashore or the mountain side, we can ride till the sun sets, on the skyline, we can fly overseas, up into the clouds, till we can’t see people on the ground, living life, feeling care free I don’t really care where we end up I just want to feel alive until our times up From the cradle to the grave, in the moments in between there’s so many things to see, as we’re living out our dreams. Pre Chorus getaway to where the sun stays Feel the warmth of the summer as we're cruising down the highway We don’t need a map, it don’t matter where we are We can go and set up camp, underneath all of the stars Chorus I want to get away, from all of it now I just wanna escape To a faraway place because they say that time don’t wait for no one at all So lets go to place that nobody knows to a place only we can go
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Coming Home 05:02
Coming Home Chorus I know you miss me it feels like a lifetime Since the last time I saw ya. But don't you worry it wont be long until I come home it wont be long until I come home Verse 1 I love her, and I hate to leave her lonely ring ring went the iPhone it was my lovely lady back home, I know that she is missing me Paris Tokyo, in my headphones, listening To Lupe, trying to get inspired The journey’s been long and I’m really feeling tired but I know that when I step through that front door that the woman I adore, will be waiting with kisses and hugs and everything more that I could want and that is why I’m feeling so excited I might just, walk up with a poem and recite it. Just to tell her, that every night I had spent alone I was wishing for that instant I would chill with her at home Damn, whoever thought that someone like me Would find a love like this, it was unlikely A future spent with you, is just what I see Were we born to be together? I think we just might be Chorus I know you miss me it feels like a lifetime Since the last time I saw ya. But don't you worry it wont be long until I come home it wont be long until I come home Verse 2 (Sing) Day and night Our ships go by, it never gets easier, wanna be right by your side. I just wanna be close to you hold you until we reach our future, we can finally meet again. feel my heart, feel the rhythm Of the better days, when i finally get to you Verse 2 (rap) Because the days have been long and the nights have been cold As we're speaking on the phone, in a different time zone. I hate leaving you alone, but I know I gotta go So I'm trying hard to pass the time until I'm coming home Because I know that you miss me, I can hear it in the way you speak wishing I could reach Far enough across the ocean just to kiss you on the cheek you know that by your side's the only place I wanna be. Chorus x2 I know you miss me it feels like a lifetime Since the last time I saw ya. But don't you worry it wont be long until I come home it wont be long until I come home
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Where I've Been I remember standing in the doorway of two thousand and fifteen Just an average joe, with some big dreams Hoping that I would go on to do big things Ready for the year ahead and everything it could bring I made promise to myself, that I would build a better man before you, while I walk out on the field where I stumbled and tripped, into the jungle of it Went back to uni and thought it was just a horrible fit I was back in the classroom, studying my masters to be teacher, to inspire but after, I started I was feeling so half hearted because I knew exactly where my heart was Rewind to last year December to be exact To an email that would tell me to go and pack My bags in February, it felt extraordinary To think, that I would be in Japan was kinda scary Because, I'd be jumping up on stage Spitting all these writtens that were living on a page Make a living getting paid By the people that would say I would lift them up when they were being pushed into their graves It was incredible and I could never forget it To get a taste of a life that I had never expected. I never knew from the day that I had begun That my music would fly me to the land of the rising sun, holy smokes I still can't believe it happened To think that every moment I invested in my passion would open up the gates, with the music that I had made In my bedroom on the nights I would stay up late I don’t. know. I just. Had to. leave. University because I had believed That it was time for me, to actually make moves to a life that I have to lead and so a gradually, worked steady on my craft just to get to where I’m at, slowly writing out these raps I got sad and I got mad, frustrated at the fact that the next song I wrote could well and truly be my last. I need a break need a break, You can see it written all over my face Thought that I should slow down, so I went and got a job Bill’s kept coming round, and I needed to get paid. So, I signed the dotted line to the mailroom in the hopes that my situation go and change soon I was getting money, I was staying on my grind But monotony had got me thinking I had lost my mind Till I found her, she came at the right time Till I found her, I was feeling slowly left behind Till I found her, the mountain felt impossible to climb But she extended out her hand, saying it will all be fine and so, in October 2015 My first album came out and it felt like a dream to see, my work up on that CD shelf to claim that I had an LP under my belt was crazy! Shout out to Goontrax and Link 6 MonoCreation, RoS we’ve got this! I've got friends that are talented people Talented individuals that consider me equal Had bouts with self doubt, but I've figured it out I'm facing the situation and I'm turning it round I was knocked down, and had my face pushed in the ground And now I'm back up, and I’m ready with my eyes on the crown because I’m a king in my own mind, own mind said I’ll make it in own time, own time In a race against myself, and I’m in it to win not stopping till conquer every battle within lets go

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It's 6:00 am in the morning and you are begrudgingly awoken by the sound of your alarm. Somehow Kendrick Lamar's "I" doesn't sound the same anymore. A song that was once your morning mantra has become nothing more than a reminder of the daily monotony that awaits.

And so you board that train, walk into that workplace, contemplate your life's purpose, yearn for that holiday, and then go home to prepare yourself to do it all over again the next day.

This is what my life has become lately. A year has passed since I had gained full-time employment in the hopes that it would fuel my music career, but instead I had found myself continually pulled deeper into this lifestyle. And while many are content with this way of life, I am learning each and everyday just how unsuited I am for this.

I know that I'm not alone. I know that there are others out there who yearn for something more. I have nothing but respect for those that love this way of life, but I know that I am one among many, that know that our happiness cannot be found on this path.

From the time we are born, we are shown the "blueprint of life". A set of criteria that we are taught to follow in order to find happiness. Go to school, get a job, work your ass off, and then retire to enjoy the rest of your time on Earth. But what if your happiness lies elsewhere?

With that said, I'd like to present you with our getaway plan entitled "ESC". Working on this project has helped me get through the days of endless monotony. It had challenged me to create moments of happiness from inspirations of sadness and purposelessness.

We hope you enjoy it :)

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released November 14, 2016

All songs written and produced by Kharisma & Ianah Mae

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