Personal Space

by Mean Joe Scheme

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1.
Not Fine 02:15
I’m not fine. Time’s was hard on the boulevard Peers busting through the wall I’m jealous, How you pull it off? Who am I? Who are ya’ll? I need time to skew it on the barbecue Talk about a consequence That’s why I’m not involved with you A hard spot to be in Heart locked, I got 3 in A good man to ya’ll A bad uncle to baby Ian So, what’s the reason? I block son cuz I’m deflecting Can’t make face time A constant state of reconnecting I don’t, wanna be legend Cuz we grow up & out I need room to be a mess So let me clean up my house And cuz I do it in your face Don’t mean I won’t check your mouth Now, let this be a lesson On how to shimmy through the doubt It’s really shitty having found All your demons at a round table Having table talks on how to keep you in the ground City city boy sounds Stoop kid afraid to leave his stoop Not afraid to stoop so low That he sees the truth If not me then tell me who’s supposed to do it? Who’s the one that I can call on When the fall off is approaching through The cost of living is the cost of doing And I’m so self involved I can’t hear you when you talking to me…
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Having a, hard time when my motion is still My shark skin keep moving Every moment is shrill Over and, over again I’m reminded to chill My brain hasn’t got the message Cuz anxiety kills Packed train I’m duckin’ straphangers in the fast lane Treatin’ family like expendables and that’s lame Put my people in a panic like a bad strain Of bird flu Whos you? I’m in mad pain But I’m entitled to a bad game Twenty years of practice in abandonment What's a lull between friends? I'm thinking we could handle it Stayin on the bright side Not tryin to get all Anakin Keepin my spirit from OD'n You can take a look at him and you still don't see him Feelin all alone in a crowded museum I present exhibit A It's impossible to please him If I had a girl A real good girl She’d be the smallest thing in my big big world A penny in a fountain Or the shine in a pearl If I don’t feel good Take my pride for a whirl Don’t your arms get tired? From flappin in a fire? A good egg with a cracked shell Mami’s get inspired Are you still burning with desire? When you find out ya man been dealing with survivor’s Guilt. And even though we both fly I need personal space And not the evil eye I use my words to get five Feet of space even if we both jive Oh my That’s my alibi Had my first panic attack in 1999 Imprinted on my mind every minute Try to make plans, but you always in it
3.
Funky fresh & depressed (Ready to party) Funky Fresh, depressed (Ready to party) I've got Noah faith in god He wash away your favorite author Why should we replace the heart Because the marketplace is awful Not a servant of the people I just bleed so we can profit I was born & raised in Gotham Check your heroes Check your pockets They robbin Peter paying Paul your info Please remain involved Or hide behind your firewall And keep your mouth shut The way my fucks is set up is more like insufficient funds I'd like to pitch in on your pity party But Joseph got none Yo Op, we up one Fuck, almost forgot to pull the throttle Plus that buck that bought the bottle Also helped us strike the lotto Home Cookin’ No looking pass it's singing at the opera Talking spicy over chicken I don't have to do the Hot Ones All I gotta do is breathe and stop breathing Put my fears in the breeze And break my people off the cheese that I'm eatin’ I don’t see no reason Why I should stop venting This mention, is gonna break the cycle of renting to renting Ascension Ready to party Depressed, ready to party (Watch how we get up) Ready to party Depressed, ready to party (Watch how we get up) Up (Ready to party) Up (Depressed, ready to party) Up Watch how we get up Love left us in May Though one-sided I wish nothing but the best from the fray There's no severance I wish I could give back every second Pray for guidance on the 7's Televise the revolution Cuz, never again No energy left to give this I couldn't be more specific He's teaching me bout forgiveness Why wouldn't we go out of business? You can't go on without me, no kidding! The one time I've got a ride or die she's picking the second. What a message All praises due to the leverage You broke the levees A coupe in every colors’ what I'd give for you to get me Watched the rain turn to hail The last paycheck's in the mail And time spent locked in a hotel suite is still jail Ship's sail And you can only begin after you end The pain you feel is temporary You'll see clear after you mend What a beautiful life Let's make use by not pretending Here's to you, A toast to looking onward and ascension Ready to party Depressed, ready to party (Watch how we get up) Ready to party Depressed, ready to party (Watch how we get up) Up (Ready to party) Up (Depressed, ready to party) Up Watch how we get up Funky fresh & depressed Ready to party Funky fresh & depressed Ready to party Funky fresh & depressed Ready to party Funky fresh & depressed Ready to party Funky fresh & depressed Ready to party Funky fresh & depressed Ready to party
4.
Water whippin whippin music We supplying the demand Really really with the bullshit Down from Brooklyn to Japan Doin’ what we wanna do Cuz we spent years of what we can Leave a footprint in the sand Catch the alley from my man He’s passin’ up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) East 7th Street 260, that was the better me A young boy Never broken again I’d give everything Did several deeds Good will hunting down these enemies I swear I’m getting therapy Deposit all my energy And just living Ain’t good enough for my thug spirit Bump into signs every day that say I’m the illest But pain killers say I’m not finished So state your business Runnin on empty So hungry I need two dinners With The right plan Turn my inner network right into Viceland I’ll leave before I fight the fam And never ever bite the hand Standing tall got no cost So be a man And when I talk I’m not moving around My mic stand Moments to make you cry I put gasoline in the hopeless So far be it from me to be half assed in the motions Toasts should happen every morning I’ma cheers to the moments Every year that goes by is more golden Hold it Water whippin whippin music We supplying the demand Really really with the bullshit Down from Brooklyn to Japan Doin’ what we wanna do Cuz we spent years of what we can Leave a footprint in the sand Catch the alley from my man He’s passin’ up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) All my life I prayed for my moment When it arrived Wasn’t even present in my moment I was depressed Focused on everything but my moment Until March 7th, 2019 When I had that platinum “Ah-ha” moment Two years prior I chucked the deuece On my first love that I had since a likke youth Threw the baby out with the bath water and started new I graduated out of barber school and rented a booth Then one day out the blue I went to go introduce Myself to a brand new client He said he already knew Who I was from YouTube And my catelouge was the truth His favorite song of all Was “Million Dollar Views” So don’t stop being motivation for millions Because your bank balance less than a billion You could earn any amount You just gotta keep building If not for you Then at least do the shit for your children Water whippin whippin music We supplying the demand Really really with the bullshit Down from Brooklyn to Japan Doin’ what we wanna do Cuz we spent years of what we can Leave a footprint in the sand Catch the alley from my man He’s passin’ up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock) Pass up the rock (the the the rock)
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Welch's 02:31
Pardon us We grew up with a hole inside our fences Pardon us We didn't have a father to protect us Pardon us After school we wait inside the library Everybody's busy working to worry if their child's happy Pardon us We didn't mean no interruption One dollar M&M’s and Welch's grape Which one you fuck wit? Pardon us for dancing on the train Pardon us for keeping everybody & yo’ mama entertained Pardon us for trying to get on I need to eat More than I give a fuck about a song That's really what we on Pardon us cuz we don't see tomorrow But pardon us from afar You really not my mom though Pardon us for being tardy Pardon us for bringing too much drugs to the party Pardon us for being rude We really don't mean it You need to pardon our attitude We're not used to getting famous Or rejection Pardon us for being standoff-ish Pardon my projections Every wall’s completely covered Completely covered Pardon my projection Every wall’s completely covered Completely covered Pardon my projection Everyone’s completely covered Completely covered Pardon my projection Everyone’s completely covered What’s a dollar really worth if you’re not alive to enjoy it? Eye of the storm ain’t a pause in the action It’s unavoidable Stand tall boy Comes with a shot, like every time Karma rewards the careless she don’t care if you blind Every sword takes a beating first You put it in the fire When that steel cuts through You’ll thank god for that envoirnment We live inside the road rage We don’t like cycles either But tell me how you breaking them Show us you’re a leader All you show is you’re elitest Cuz cowardice is easier The world is not your whipping boy Your girl is not your keeper You ain’t ask to be born But you ain’t have to be here So how you look at this glass is your task to revere Trauma responses I think back my mama was solid We could’ve used some more hugs But you should try to resolve it And if she wasn’t thats a favor You don’t need ‘em to prosper Let’s just keep on revolving I’m just glad we’re talking
6.
Ayo You ever spoke with the universe? What would you tell her? Eyes deeper than a wine cellar Brown skin vision and god bless Highly favored by Christ And I bet If you stared long enough You a whole mess I was lost at sea A beacon of light shine on the moth in me Pardon The vibes’ too strong to get involved We could dabble in eachother’s arms and feel the grip harden Hun, there’s love in the back of this car So far A cool breeze When June met July in August True, He was through with minding his business Ma, let me visit I wanna kiss it I’m on a mission Be my wisdom I want your undivided attention And what’s the worst? Leave me burnt like the cake on my desert plate? Never that I’m tryna fix wherever you’re blemished at Baby please Please baby please That’s how I feel But I’ma always keep it light Leave the heavy in the details Please baby Baby please Please baby, baby Baby please Please baby Baby please Please baby, baby Baby please I’ve been leaving room in my life to light a spark in your room Orchids’ll bloom We growing something more wit it too I respect your freedom, flex that shit But if you see me don’t forget What we holdin in our hands is something lovely The door's open Come as you are & leave as you please I can be your everything But it be what it be Pulled you close, then you walk away I wanna have your all today You know better than to flaunt your options right in front of me Sure as the sun rises, I need alignment One assignment Answer that question for Frankie Lymon Why do fools fall in love? And why you need all of us? I got my things on the side too You not alone, hun I find it funny how you stay with them dudes It's no hate But if you standing next to clowns what that make you? Just, do it better baby Please baby please But she's gotta have it her way At your service ’til you leave Please baby Baby please Please baby, baby Baby please Please baby Baby please Please baby, baby Baby please You stuck to the rivers and the lakes that you used to I tender love & don’t care what happens with you two So, you’re excused The voodoo that you do turned out to spell nothin Try not to fail, muffin & I can’t front cuz When it was good it was great But you looked a gift horse in the mouth and said “I’m straight” You ran away Mad food for thought on one plate Strong relations after midnight doesn’t mean that we’ll relate We on square none, hun We cleared the air once, hun My honesty was too much I make your crew run run I played the role And got paid back with fool’s gold Another image deceased Another story gets told Kind’ve sad that it finally played out That it folded It’s always better to not know if Kobe beats Jordan We wrote a check Knowing damn well we can’t afford it And Mars is still Mars without Nola Hol’up
7.
Whole scene faker than a spray tan Another lesson learned on who to put my faith in Uncomplacent with the way that shits been changing Like the faces of Two Face When he was making that decision when to cross So look at both ways... You been actin real entitled nowadays, babe You are not my trainer And lions don't need taming And The water isn't troubled So what is you really saying? And I know I keep it subtle but without you I won't make it I’m still a man in the making The mirrors still dirty, it don't help I'm drinking Makers And I can't play it safe Build me up, they break me down Babe I can't get a break Cried so many rivers it done turned into a lake Strong relations after midnight doesn't mean that we'll relate And I'm still trying to relate (I’m still trying to relate) And I’m still trying to relate (But I’m still trying to relate!) To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To me To me To me I try my best just not to make you my muse You ain’t enthused at the thought that you could end up in blues So now I be (B) a king That didn’t CC my queen Left a loose on the sill Leave it to strings that can sing And as the ash falls with leaves feeling’s tornado in breeze And when I look to the door you put your hand on my keys See emotions you pour through every inhale you breathe Releasing tears through the pores I stop for water you bleed On bended knee I’m sorry Communication is key Was it in time like Lowry Was I as clutch from the three? Smoked a J to the Bowery cause now I need the release Cause how you working on you, I’m steady working on me And we ain’t nothing that’s Common so ain’t easy to Be But if it boils like ramen that’s energy that we eat That’s synergy at the peak Catch 22 to for the ease- but when it’s late, Strong relations after midnight doesn’t mean that we’ll relate To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To me To me To me We can do better now Pull it together now Seeing through better now Let it down Settle down I loved to love to luv ya Luv ya, luv ya And evidently fucked it off Being Charles in charge Toppled very fragile house of cards We got an ongoing "on and on" Telenovela style Every time you thought we had direction Couldn't quite get the steps down I did the dance with you I fancied you my favorite All favors in advance for you All flavors Overstand I know we know we weren't in it for the war But overstand The portal’s broken caught my fingers in the door Today was tough I've bled enough I'm deader now And I hate it when you act all federal Reserved My man Herb said that birds was the word And in that moment, I knew I had to meet you at the curb Baby, this is me stepping up to the plate Strong relations after midnight doesn't mean that we'll relate To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To you To you To me To me To me To you To me To me To me
8.
I would love nothing more Than to sever ties with this war inside Been strategizing exit plan A true king at my core Who’s singing that four part harmony when I’m gone? And who’s gon’ tell the women that I loved I’m no longer above Solid ground I make it sound so lovely I’d run the town Fuck around and get poppin’ Sweet nothings can turn to crowns The life and times Of a nigga trying to survive How can I Turn crumbs into abundance Now where’s the sky? People dont respect your struggle I’ll tell you why Cuz if you win before they do they’re a loser Now wheres the lie? So, nevermind.. Cut me my slice of the devil’s pie Cuz I’d rather burn up trying Than pleasing gods in a line We serving truth And that’s not so popular with the youth I know those shoes That’s why they shoot, it’s simple to resolute Fast to conceptualize Just live cuz forever dies Beauty lies the eyes of the lovers I’ll never find Now when the world is on fire Swing low & scrape the bottom Say ambitions on high Why is effort always forgotten? You could trend a topic, not so fast to share a profit Been wealthy since I could read I'm trying to monetize honest Mom wonders why I'm hiding from her I'm hiding from the trauma That convo about abandonment is not something that I'm fond of Me and Pop not talking either Our father son bond is not speaking If I lose ‘em I gotta eat it, no seasoning Hurt children have children Pass worries pass illness Path building comes with cost What would you bet on your discipline? Are you willing to suppress your soul Just to digest your goal? Roll the dice, pass go Let it snow At seventeen years old I realized there was a road How is Joe supposed to win lots of pots of gold now? I gots to know If all my actions take a toll And how much a lost childhood really plays a role? I got the world on a string if I tap into my talent Don’t ask me what happened A picture without a caption I’ve studied the golden standard of everything I’ve got reverence Now where’s the reverend when I’m settling Feeling like a new whip with no governor Don’t cap me at 100 miles and running Joe gon’ fuck it up Now give me a chance that’s how I talk to me In the mirror Nevermind, that reflection’s bad company

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released December 14, 2020

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