Jhene Aiko - Souled Out Album Lyrics

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Limbo Limbo Limbo

She was born in limbo
With the need to be as simple
As her makers and the made up things she dreamed
Falling from high buildings 'til she
Was numb to the feeling really
She would never be quite what she seemed
She was just as hollow as a
Earth opened up, swallowing her
Off the grid and into paradise, her whole life
On a ride, her whole life was on a ride, on a ride, life was on a ride

Sailing through the cosmic seas
Her celestial frequency was needed
To fulfill the prophecy
She was too real to believe in
Though if they would, she could free them
From the truth that they've been told a lie, their whole life
On a ride, your whole life was on a ride, on a ride
Life is on a ride, your whole life is on a ride
Your whole life is on a ride

Your whole life is on a ride, always wondered why
Use to be so different you were not this type of guy
Always set aside all your extra pride
Then you started trippin' different bitches on the side
Yeah and I am not surprised, no I am not surprised
You always demand things that I could not supply
And I could not survive
If you don't have survival then I cannot take that ride
Your whole life is on a ride, your whole life is on a ride

She was just as basic as the universal language of love
Necessary to keep him alive

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W.A.Y.S.

At forty-four minutes to four
An angel walked up to my door
Opened the windows to my soul
Told me he thinks that I should know
That there's no slowing down
As the globe spins 'round and 'round
You gotta keep going, gotta keep going
Gotta keep going, you gotta keep going
Gotta keep going, you gotta keep going
You gotta keep going, you gotta keep going
You gotta keep going

If there's one thing that I learned
While in those county lines
It's that everything takes time
You have gotta lose your pride
You have gotta lose your mind
Just to find your peace of mind
You have got to trust the signs
Everything will turn out fine

So why aren't you smiling? Why aren't you smiling?
Life can get wild when, you caught in the whirl wind
Lost in the whirl wind, you're chasing the wind
You gotta understand
There's really no end, there's really no beginning
There's really no real, there's really no pretending
There's really no fail, there's really no winning
Cause nothing really is and everything really isn't

At forty-four minutes to four
An angel walked up to my door
Opened the windows to my soul
Told me he thinks that I should know
That life only gets harder but you gotta get stronger
This is for my brother, I do this for my daughter
That's why I keep going, that's why I keep going
That's why I keep going
That's why I keep going, I gotta keep going
I gotta keep going, I gotta keep going
I gotta keep going, gotta keep going
Gotta keep going

I gotta show them, that I can keep going
I gotta keep going, I gotta keep going
I gotta keep going

Why aren't you smiling? Why aren't you smiling?
Life can get wild when, you caught in the whirl wind
Lost in the whirl wind, you're chasing the wind
You gotta understand
There's really no end, there's really no beginning
There's really no real, there's really no pretending
There's really no fail, there's really no winning
Cause nothing really is and everything really isn't
That's why I keep going

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To Love And Die

Tooted and booted, I've been hit by cupid
I'm being recruited
I'm ready for more
I'm ready for war
Hold your position
Load up ammunition
I won't fail this mission
Cause baby I'm yours, ohh

Cause where I'm from
We live by the love
Die by the love
We live for the love
Die for the love
Yeah I live for your love
Die for your love
Love

Now many men
Many, many, many, many men
Wish death upon me
Have mercy on me
Cause I'm just a prisoner of your army of one
But I'll fight till the death or until your heart is won

Cause where I'm from
We live for the love
Die for the love
Yeah
We live by the love
Die by the love
Yeah
I live for your love
Die for your love
Love

Which side
This side
You should switch sides
I'm not acting like a bitch side by the way
You need to switch sides right away, oh
Love side, hate side
Never in between
That's what we stand for
Y'all fall for anything
West side, west side, by the way
Live forever for love or you can die today

Cause where I'm from
We live by the love
Die by the love
Oh yeah
Yeah
We live for the love
Die for the love
Yeah I live for your love
Die for your love
Love

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Spotless Mind

Change is inevitable
Why hold on to what you have to let go of?
Like, did I really break your heart?
Was it all my fault?
If you don't knock it off
You know like I know where this was headed

I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer, baby
I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer

Lani Kai was nice
Turquoise seas and ocean breezes
Loving you was nice
But it's a new day, a new season
I've been sad inside
And he could see it, picked up your pieces
We are just alive
And alright, alright, alright

He's a wanderer
He's a wanderer, baby
He's a wanderer
He's a wanderer

I started as a love song
24 years in the making
Moving from place to place
And I never really settled down
Without a place to call home
I got so used to the changes
Moving from stranger to strangest
You should face it
I am crazy

I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer, baby
I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer

Shame on me for changing
No, No, No,
Shame on you for staying the same

Shame on me for changing
Shame on you for staying the same

I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer, baby
I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer

[Outro]
Maybe I'm just a wanderer
Maybe I'm just a wanderer

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It's Cool

My escape from everything
Please say you'll be my nothin
And I will give you everything
Man, you are really something else
You caught me at an awful time
See I just lost my smile
And that is what you helped me find
Hadn't seen it in a while
And then you
Came to save the day and I must say
I think you may have done some more
God damn you
Stay on my mind like all the time
So every night I end up at your door
Hope that's cool
Cause I'm really not trying to
Impose but I suppose that
I'm supposed to be here
With you
With eyes as sad as mine I think you'll find
You need me just like I need you, yeah

But it's cool
We ain't gotta be nothing
It's true
I'd actually prefer it, yeah
It's on you, it's on you, it's on you
It's on you, it's on you, it's on you
It's on you, it's on you, it's on you
It's on you, cause I'm cool

And I'm not even gonna front
At first I was just tryna f*ck
But you have got me so in love
So deep in love, so please be love
And I'm not even gonna lie
I wouldn't mind if we just lie
Together till the end of time
If that is fine with you, it's fine with me
Definitely love
Definitive love
Infinite love, yeah
I've been wrong before
But this time I am for sure
It's you
Something you did made me feel it deep in my core

And it's cool
Think that we're up to something
But it's on you, it's on you, it's on you
It's on you, it's on you, it's on you
It's on you, it's on you, it's on you
It's on you, cause I'm cool with nothing, yeah
Cause even nothing is something

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Lyin King

Okay, so you just
Go around breaking hearts just to see what is inside
Go around stealing em, feeding em to your pride
Did you ever stop and think that
I might really need that
To stay alive?
I'm starting to believe that
You don't really see that
I had given you my life, oh yeah

But it's okay, I'm going to find my way
But as for you, I don't know what to say
If you don't learn, you'll never know a good thing
You'll never know a good thing

[Chorus:]
You will never know, you will never know, no good
Never know a good thing
You will never know, you will never know, no good
Never know a good thing
You will never know, you will never know, no good
You will never know
You will never know, you will never know, no good
You will never know

Mr. Serial Lover
I wish your mother
Loved you like I could've
That way you would've known how to love a woman
Mr. Conditional Lover
I wish your father would've stayed
I wish you never promised things
That never did come true

But it's okay you're bound to find a way
Cause it will all come back around one day
If you don't learn you'll never know a good thing
You'll never know a good thing

[Chorus]

It's okay, you just don't know no better, you're better being alone
Hope you find comfort in all of the lies that you told
You'll never get it, I get it, I'm here on my own
I'll be on my own

But it's okay, I'm going to find my way
But as for you, I cannot say the same
If you don't learn, you'll never know a good thing
You'll never know a good thing

[Chorus]

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Wading

Picture me rolling
Out in the open, baby I know
That you would notice
You have been hoping I wouldn't go

Should I be wading?
Should I be wading for you?
Don't keep me waiting
I will turn blue

Picture me rolling
Out in the open
With some other man I know
Thought you would notice
And you were hoping
Feelings wouldn't start to grow

All of the wading
All I was, wading
Wading for you
I have been waiting
I will be waiting
Till I turn blue

I am not perfect
I would never let
You think I was more than this
As good as it gets
I'll have one regret
You're something I cannot miss

I will be wading
I will be wading
For you
I will be waiting
I will be waiting
Till I turn blue

I am not perfect
I would never let
You think I was more than this
As good as it gets
I'll have one regret
You're something I cannot miss

I will be wading
I will be wading
For you
I will be waiting
I will be waiting
Till I turn blue

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The Pressure

I care about you baby, baby
More than you'll ever know
More than you'll ever know
Please do not drive me crazy, crazy
Unless you're gonna go
With me

No pressure
No pressure, I know you're real
The pressure
The pressure will make you feel

Up till the sun rises
There's no compromising
I know, I know, I know
You are such a liar
I never denied you
I was for sure
But it's really out of my control
The way you feel is not my problem
I don't wanna see you go
But I don't have time to solve this
And you don't have the right
After all you put me through
I'm starting to realise

Pressure
The pressure I know you feel
Pressure
The pressure just keep it real

Major weed smoke in the air
Pass it like you just don't care
Have you seen my f*cks to give?
I have none, I cannot live with

The pressure
The pressure you know I feel
The pressure
The pressure to keep it real

Pay attention to the signs
Stay and listen, you will find
Everything, ain't rocket science
Every gem is not a diamond

But the pressure
The pressure will make you feel
The pressure
The pressure

The pressure
The pressure will make you feel...
Real

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Brave

Broken hearts are made for two
One for me and one for you
Tell me have you heard the news
We are now in love
So I guess that I should mention
That I am in no condition
To put you in this position
I might f*ck this up
But what ever the case, you're my favorite mistake
More than happy to make you
If you decide to stay, know there is no escape
There's no one here to save you

[Hook:]
But you're so brave, stone cold crazy for loving me
Yeah I'm amazed, I hope you make it out alive

Please don't take my hand if you don't plan to
Take a stand and be a man who
Understands that I'm no walk in the park
All these scars on my heart
It's so dark here
But if you're a warrior, there's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear

[Hook]

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Eternal Sunshine

Is is strange for me to say that
If I were to die today
There's not a thing that I would change
I've lived well
Maybe I have made mistakes and been through my fair share of pain
But all in all, it's been okay, I've lived well

[Pre-Hook:]
And the more that I see, the more that I know
I don't know anything, at all
Like the more that I breathe, and start to go slow
Of all the many things, I can only recall

[Hook: x2]
All of the good things, good things
All of the good things, good things
Only the good, the good, the good
Only the good, the good, the good

Living on Sycamore street, and spending weekends on the beach
We were free, to be everything we dreamed
Flying kites and water fights
Summer nights, we'd ride our bikes
On Over Hill, Ladera Heights
Man I swear

[Pre-Hook]

[Hook x3]

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Promises

[Intro: Miyagi (Namiko)]
(Twinkle) Little (Star)
How I wonder what you (Are)
Sing it Nami

[Verse 1: Jhene Aiko]
I've been coming home late night
I've been sleeping past day light
I'm waking up you're not by my side
Baby that ain't right
I wanna be there with you
I really do be missing you
Everything I do is for you
And I really do adore you
You're getting so big now
You're making me so proud cause
You are such a star
And you know that you are
So every single little moment
I can't be there to hold your hand
I need for you to know that
I need for you to know that
Anything should happen, anything should happen
Cause anything could, if anything should happen
Know that you'll be alright, know that you'll be alright

[Hook 1: Jhene Aiko (Namiko)]
Just promise you'll be alright, promise you'll be alright
If anything (Alright, promise I'll be alright)
(Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be alright)
If anything should happen (Alright, promise I'll be alright)
(Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be, promise I'll be, alright)

[Verse 2: Jhene Aiko]
Swear that I can still feel you here
I just can't believe you're not here
I've been needing you
All I dream is you
Don't think I can make it
I don't think I can make it
But then I hear you say that
I bet not do nothing crazy
Cause Nami really needs you
And I would never leave you
Cause I am in the stars
And everywhere you are
And every single little moment
Every single bit of sunshine just
Know that I am right by your side
Know that you are right by my side
So I'm gonna make you so proud
You don't ever have to worry 'bout me
No, you don't ever have to worry 'bout me

[Hook 2: Jhene Aiko]
Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be alright
Wish that you were here now
I'm missing you right here but
Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be alright
Promise I'll be alright, promise I'll be, promise I'll be alright
Promise I'll be alright, just know that I'll be alright
Know that I'll be alright, know that I'll be, know that I'll be alright

[Break: Jhene Aiko]
Alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

[Interlude: Jhene Aiko]
Everything is alright, everything's in your mind
Life is what you make it, life is what you make it
And anything can happen, anything can happen
But you just gotta get past it, you just gotta laugh at it
And anything can happen, you fall down get back up
And you better believe that nothing holding me back
So everything is alright, everything is alright
Everything is alright, promise I'll be
Promise you'll be, promise we'll be alright

[Outro: Namiko]
Hello, echo

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Pretty Bird (Freestyle)

Yes, this is all I have left in me
Said, she had just, self expressed
Herself to death, now nothing's left
Nothingness
She finessed it
She the best
And I said, and I said
Pretty bird, and I said
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Sounds so pretty when you cry
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
You're so pretty, but why I never see you fly?
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't die
Pretty bird, pretty bird, I know your hurtin'
Well so am I, so am I
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't cry, you can fly
And there's a blinding light inside of you
There's a blinding light inside of you
And they can not deny you, they can not deny you
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't die
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't die
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird
Sounds so pretty, when you cry
Pretty bird, pretty bird I know your hurting, well so am I
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Please don't die, please don't cry
Pretty bird, pretty bird
We need your life, we need your life

[Common:]
The city heard, the sounds of a pretty bird
Yelling from Slauson to 53rd
What happens if you holla and can't be heard?
For the birds and the drama, I paint these words
They say through the pain is how we learn
You landed on the window of pain, simple and plain
It's hard for you to fly in the rain
The way love goes is not the way that it came
Come fly, un-die, be born again
I've seen the strongest of them be torn from men
Ripped apart and get put back together
Them the ones with the most beautiful feathers
Lets, flock together, rock together, Nirvana
A birds persona to be free and honor
The sky, that's when you really most high
Unafraid of the unknown and now we know why

Pretty bird, pretty bird, pretty bird
Let me

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Remember

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

This is the saddest story I have ever heard
Call early in the morning when I got the word
She says that it's his son, he says not at all
Please miss me with the excuses
I am not involved, no not at all

[Chorus:]
Calm down, you know my heart (you know my heart)
Can't take anymore, damn
Said this before (said this before), yeah
Do you remember, do you remember you?
Do you remember, do you remember who you were?
Do you remember who you were?
Do you remember, do you remember who?
Do you remember, do you remember who you were to me?
Cause I do

Tell all the homies that your the one to blame
And when you speak my name
I'd like you to explain the lies you told me
That's why I walked away
I never did complain, you never heard me say
"You's a suck ass, busta ass"
If they ask tell them that, I ain't mad
I'm just sad it never worked out
Now you coming back, second chance f*ck all that
You gave her what we had
And yet still there's no love loss here

[Chorus]

Do you remember, do you remember who
Do you remember, do you remember who you were?
Do you remember, do you remember who you were to me?
Cause I do

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Blue Dream

(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

We were coastin' on the coast when you opened my eyes
Made me notice where the ocean is holding the sky, right
I was blinded, your smile shining behind those green eyes
The horizon so enticing please say you'll be mine

[Hook:]
Don't wake me up cause I'm in love with all that you are
You make me see the truth in things, I think that you are
The remedy for everything it seems that you are
The truth itself because nothing else can take me so far

My afternoon dream when
The world is speedin'
I am still sleepin'
In my blue dream and
I know the meaning
For all the seasons
You are the reason
My love

My mind is open
So wide since you came inside
I feel so alive
Without you life just passes by
Passes by, passes by

[Hook]

[Bridge:]
My afternoon dream when
The world is sleeping
I am still thinking
Of my blue dream
It's, bliss...

[Hook]

[Bridge]

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Beautiful Ruin

(Target Exclusive/UK Bonus Track)

I remember
Like lightning to the heart, I saw things clearer
The day you came inside, I felt brand new
So what am I to do now?
Well you don't have to say it
Cuz I can read your mind
You do not have to stay here
If you don't have the time
And if you muust go, just know I gave you my whole world
Trusted & loved you, must've been cuz I'm a crazy girl
Yeah you really took things too far...
And there are some things that you should know
My mama was a gypsy
My daddy was a rollin' stone
I wonder did he miss me.... cuz he was never home
So I thought you would, I thought you could be the one
I never really knew love
So I thought you would, I thought you could be the one
But you already knew love
From a beautiful woman & your beautiful child
Left me in beautiful ruins, instead of pullin' me out
So I think I should, I think I'll just walk away
From the beautiful moments we made
From the beautiful ruins you made here
What a beautiful woman you've made of me