All lyrics and vocals
by Adeem.
All songs produced
by DJ MF Shalem.
All songs recorded
by DJ MF Shalem at:
Nicola’s Trattoria
(Keene, NH),
Carriage House
(Dublin, NH),
Yellow Clover
(Keene, NH)
All keyboards by
DJ MF Shalem
(except where noted).
All scratches by
DJ MF Shalem.
Mixed by
Ben Rogers
lyrics
3. ALL MY LIFE Back in the day when
i was a teenager/ before i had
dreams about signing a major/
me and MF Sha had the rude boy
flavor/ lock down and now we out
on good behavior/ before i gave
up on the savior...later/ found all
my faith in my neighbor, told me i
was great than that/ back pack full,
faster as a bullet/ freestyle legend,
y’all can name it i been through it/
taught myself how run on assault
and battery/ fought the law and
won, shot the sheriff, casually/ I’m a
creep, like my head in the radio
and these beats they bang in the
belly of stereo/ All my life, i’ve been
following the dj/ playing those
records that make me feel easy/
day by day I’ve doing what he say/
never let me down, keep it coming
my way/ me and the the dj, me and
my dj/ 20 years ago i was sitting
on my front steps/ bumping bdp,
while rewinding the cassette yellow
walkman flash, made me big on set
/ yoooo, to the ladies that i ain’t
even met yet/ 15 years later now
I’m walking through the halls/ same
sony sport that I got at the mall/
bumping co flow, on a tdk blank/
vinyl to the tape deck, the volume
gonna get cranked/ singing how i’ll
slinging them tapes soon/ thinking
how i’m gonna get my diploma in
June/ then it’s off to the city, find
a cypher make a milli/ fend the
press off, silly, doing shows jump in
lilly/ 10 years ago, I was listening
to Them/ Vertex was the apex i
knew back then/ but they stopped
rhyming and forgot to dance/ kill the
b-boy stance to be so advanced/
(chorus)
All my life, i’ve been following the dj/
playing those records that make me
feel easy/ day by day I’ve doing what
he say/ never let me down, keep it
coming my way/ me and the the dj,
me and my dj/
5 years later, find myself in 63’/
Otis Redding was the only speaking
to me/ my music choosing to
move through new harmonies/
singing to myself till I’m ready the
way it’s gotta be/ my weapons are
the selections that i’m studying
idly/ mind straight, facing all my
problems with sobriety/ kindly,
step back, knuckles are itching to
throw/ cause I’m puzzled why the
culture stopped wanting to grow/
we rap about rap, till we rap about
nothing/ we buy those clothes till we
feel like something/ we buy those
grills cause we feel like fronting/
100 miles left y’all can catch me
running/ year ago sitting on my front
steps, listening to me rap on a beat
up cassette/ thinking how far I’ve
made it since way back when/ with
my daughter on my lap bumping
Just a friend
credits
from Made In New Hampshire,
released November 13, 2012
All lyrics and vocals
by Adeem.
All songs produced
by DJ MF Shalem.
All songs recorded
by DJ MF Shalem at:
Nicola’s Trattoria
(Keene, NH),
Carriage House
(Dublin, NH),
Yellow Clover
(Keene, NH)
All keyboards by
DJ MF Shalem
(except where noted).
All scratches by
DJ MF Shalem.
I'm not really sure why I slept on this album for so long. Oh that's right, I prefer the blue pill to the stark reality of our morally defunct society as presented in this brilliant piece of work. This album is a poignant combination of rage, desperation, and just enough hope to force my eyes open. Jay-Radd
Album of the year. In a fair and just world, they would be headlining festivals with this one. Big hooks. Vivid verses. Fingers-crossed, the instrumentals will get the vinyl treatment. Goodwill Hunter
Sometimes you come across an artist that is compelled to do what they do.
I appreciate the musicality and the arrangement and the artistry of the songs. He sings and plays like his life depends on it. I appreciate the humanity of the lyrics… Like reading Tortilla Flats, or watching Nobody’s Fool.
Ceschi is a bright star. I’m glad he’s loose in the world. oldtruck