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From L​.​A. With Love

by J-BiRD the Straybird

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1.
Intro- From Me To You (free) 02:56
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Yesterday re (free) 04:27
Yesterday was sun. Yesterday was sky blue. Yesterday was love just me and you. When yesterday Ywas here life was full and clear No doubt no pain no pain no fear. But today has dawned. Yes today has come. And the two that we were have become the one. Am I running to or am I running from? Yesterday I knew it all today I'm deaf and dumb. Blind, stupid and once again the fool. I play my part well but can't play it cool. 'Cause I run hot when I think of you. Now I think not when I think of you. Now tell me what the hell am I supposed to do. I would live I would fight I would die for you. Now all my troubles are here to stay. Yes, I believe in yesterday. Oh I believe oh I believe oh I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me. Oh yesterday came suddenly. I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a dark black shadow hanging over me. Now tell me where I'm going where I'm supposed to be Now tell me what to do what I'm supposed to see. What I'm supposed to (Damn!) what I'm supposed to learn. This hell is so cold wish I could burn. Away with my heart down to the ash. Live for today forget the past. Spotless mind, eternal sunshine. Spotless mind, eternal sunshine. Spotless mind, eternal sunshine. I'm a petty thief. Love is the crime. In a prison of self doing my time. 25 to life I do my time. Suddenly, suddenly, (suddenly). Yesterday was sun. Yesterday was bright. Today is dark just eternal night. Eternal (wait) no sleep no rest. A lump in my throat. A pain in my chest. I wanna run away. I wanna hide away. Can't fade to black so just fade away. I wanna run away. I wanna hide away. Can't fade to black so just fade away. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh I believe in yesterday.
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Got Me (free) 03:14
Got Me Girl you really got me going You got me so I don't know what I'm doing. Girl you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. Oh my God here I go again. Roud and round in my hed you spin. Where should I start where to begin? When will it stop? When will it end? Don't ya know ya got me baby? All of me, got me going crazy. Be my girl now. Be my lady. Stop ya fronting don't be shady. Girl you really got me going You got me so I don't know what I'm doing. Girl you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. See me drowning see me snoozing. Sometimes winning sometimes losing. Allways growing? I don't know. Where am I going? I don't know. I got you under my skin like a diseise. Doctor please! Give me some antibiotics Anti-depresants I'm psychotic! Well, maybe not. But what's in that needle? Give me a shot. You got me I can't sleep at night! Can't close my eyes 'cause ya outta sight. Outta mind? Nah, no, never! Let's live, love, dream together. Through sunny days or stormy whether. You got me now and forever! Now and forever! You really got me (x8) You got me. Now let go. You got me. Now let go. You got me. Now let go. You got me. Now let go. You got me. Don't let go. You got me. Don't let go. You got me. Don't let go. You got me. Don't let go. Girl you really got me going You got me so I don't know what I'm doing. Girl you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. Girl you really got me going You got me so I don't know what I'm doing.
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Hey (free) 04:21
Hey Yeah... Ah... We decided to go a little oldschool on this one. This one's dedicated... This one's dedicated to you. Well... There all dedicated to you. Let's go! Hey love, can I have word with you? There's something I been going through. Everyday I thinking 'bout you. Every night I'm dreaming 'bout you. ('Cause) You are so lovely. Why not take all of me. You know I love you. I know you love me. I'd walk a million miles. To see your beautiful smile. You are so lovely. Why not take all of me. I fell for you on that fall day. Back in November. Do you remember? I fell for you on that fall day. Back in November. Do you remember? Hey love, you're my everything. For you I do anything. (x4) We can go for walk on the beach in the sand. Watch the waves while ya hold my hand. We don't have to swim. We could just get our feet wet. Sit real close and watch the sunset. Or we could cruise the coast in ny car to the bay. I got friends there we got places to stay. It's just a round trip let's drive away. I'll be the driver. You be the Dj. How 'bout some Just Jack? Maybe some Coldplay? Whatever ya want. Whatever you say. Or maybe we could just stay inside. And do a crossword puzzle by the fireside. Cuddle close what's on t.v? (Nah) Get closer where's the dvds? How I Met Your Mother, Bones or Friday Night Lights? The popcorn's warm the Dr. Pepper's on ice! Hey love, you're my everything. For you I do anything. (x4) So what I'm saying is... I just wanna spend time with you. And do anything and everything you wanna do. We can watch Singing in the Rain. Or we can actually go outside and sing and dance in the rain. Come on... You never thought about doing all this? Maybe some of it? Just a little bit? (Yeah... come on!) You got me laughing crying falling flying. Lord where is the ground? You got me singing dancing spinning like a dervish Round and Round. You got me going crazy. Sometimes this world is hazy. You are my love, my Layli. Majnun got nothing on me. (x3)
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Love or Leave (free) 03:06
You gotta love me or leave me alone (x4) See I'm sitting here confused about the way you really feel. Is it hate is it love? Is it fake? Is it real? Or is it none of the above and just something in between? I'm living this nightmare chasing my dreams. (Ya know) We're just friends just pals just buddies. I'm crazy I'm gone I'm lost I'm nutty. 'Cause ya say one thing then ya do something different Then ya say something else then ya do something else. Come on give me a clue come on give me some help. Come on give me a clue baby give me some help. Ya say that you need me. Ya said that you want me. Ya said that you like me, Ya said that you love me. I think of you always daily and nightly. But your words confuse me, So I tread lightly. I will always do you right and never do ya wrong. And I really regret I had to write this song. You gotta love me or leave me alone (x4) And it seems so nice in heaven looking up from hell! I'm on pins and needles walking on egg shells. 'Cuz I don't want to say right thing and lose you forever. I believe you are the one and we should be together. What can I say and do to make it better? One day you say for always next day you say never. Well never doesn't work! My face is in the dirt. My heart is in my hand. Why can't you understand? When I say love me... I really mean it. When I say leave me... I don't really mean it. That's just something I say s I don't look like a punk. To everybody around me who says that they love me. And wants the best for me. Damn this is stressing me. If I could sleep I'd dream my eyes would see. But can't stop thinking 'bout you and me. You gotta love me or leave me alone (x8) Hold up hold up hold up. Stop stop stop! Uh... When I say love me or leave me alone I don't really mean that. What I really mean to say is just love me. So we're gonna try this one more time. We're gonna change the chorus up. Ready? Just love me and don't leave me alone. Just love me (That's right) and don't leave me alone. Just love me (That sounds much much better come on) and don't leave me alone. Just love me and don't leave me alone. Just love me and don't leave me alone. Just love me and don't leave me alone. Just love me and don't leave me alone. Just love me and don't leave me alone. Just love me and don't leave me... Just love me and don't leave me... And just love me and don't leave me... And just love me and don't leave me...
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Lost (free) 04:07
I'm lost without you. I'm freaking nuts about you. In fact I sat down and wrote several song about you. I'm in a lifeboat lost in love's ocean looking for your shore. You want more? Then babydoll I can give you more. You got my mind my heart my body and my very soul. No wonder I'm lost wandering with no control. I wanna make ya smile. I wanna make ya laugh. I wanna build a life. I wanna build a past. But without you I got no compass no direction. Nothing has meaning. What's the definition of perfection? I don't know and I'm starting not to care. But I wish you were here or I wish I was there. So take this pen sign your name across my heart. I loved you from the beginning i loved you from the start. I'm lost without you. I'm freaking nuts about you. Yes I'm lost without you... (Damn) I'm lost without you. Can't help myself. How does it feel to know that I love ya baby? (x2) How's it feel to be loved? How's feel to be missed? Number one on my heart. he only name on my list. I'm lost without ya text ya talk ya laugh ya very touch. I miss you bad. I miss you much. You're the apple of my eye. The apple in my apple pie. Vanilla ice cream on top. You're the sun in my sky. My beginning and my ending. M alpha and omega. My Atari, my Commadore, Nintendo and my Sega. My up my down my left my right. My wrong my right my day my night. You're my black and white or my color still. Untouched no airbrush. You're my beauty real. No Photohop. No Adobe fixin's. I count the days we spend apart like a mad mathetician. And you know that I love you. And you know that I need you. And you know that I want you. I'd never hurt you. Never leave you... I'm lost without you. Can't help myself. How does it feel to know that I love ya baby? (x2)
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Bee-Zar Love (free) 03:45
Every time I think of you I get a shot right through into a bolt of blue. It's no problem of mine But it's a problem I find. Living the life that I can't leave behind. There's no sense in telling me. See the wisdom of the fool won't set you free. But that's the way that it goes And it's what nobody knows. And every day my confusion grows. Every time I, I see you fall I, I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for that final moment You say the words that I can't say. Every time I, I see you fall I, I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for that final moment You say the words that I can't say. Say the words that I can't say. Say the words that I can't say. Say the words that Say the words that Say the words that I can't say. I feel fine I feel good. And I, I feel like I never should. Whenever I get this way I just don't know what to say. Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday I'm not sure what this could mean. And I, I don't think you're what you seem. I do admit to myself That if I hurt someone else. They'll never see just what we're meant to be. Every time I, I see you fall I, I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for that final moment You say the words that I can't say. Every time I, I see you fall I, I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for that final moment You say the words that I can't say. Say the words that I can't say. Say the words that I can't say. Say the words that Say the words that Say the words that I can't say.
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Love's Fool (free) 04:06
Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. I've been hurt a few times. Believe me once is enough. So when you say that you love me. I'm calling your bluff. Maybe I'm too week. Should I play it tough? Man I don't... But enough is enough. I gotta beef with love. I gotta gripe with love. I wanna pray to God, file a complaint on love. Put a restraint on love. So just stay away love. I swallowed my pride. Couldn't stomach the love. See I give my all when push comes to shove. And I give my heart when I fall in love. But some use this heart as a stepping stone. Say the love me, they want me. Then they leave me alone. They gotta find themselves. They gotta heal themselves. Be themselves and be by themselves. Then surprise surprise they find someone else. And spend the rest of their life with someone else. (Damn) Ohhh ohhh ohhh... Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh... Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh... He's a jerk, he's a punk, he's a flake, he's a dog. He's a little boy lost. He's a fake, he's a fraud. He may be handsome, dark and even tall. But he's a shark, he's a wolf. He's not a man at all. Me? Well Babydoll I'm on my way. I'm getting stronger, better, wiser everyday. But ya loved me and ya left me alone. Said goodbye said good luck one night on the phone. And this has happened to me too many times. I've written too many poems. I've written too rhymes. I've written too many songs. Why can't I right these wrongs? Why am I so weak? Why can't I be strong? Is it justice, karma or just bad luck? In this life I'm lost. In this rut I'm stuck. Love won't leave me alone. Love won't let me be. 'Cuz love love's making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh... Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh... Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh... Let me make myself completely clear. I've had enough. Yes I've had it up to here. On my own I've cried too many tears. I have no heart so I have no fear. Just pieces of me scattered here and there. In my room at the wall I stare. I got my pad, got my pen, got my microphone. Those are my best friends so I'm never alone. So turn the beat way up until it reaches the sky. 'Till it recaches the heavens and makes the angels cry. And reminds God that I'm still here. Remind God that I'm still here. Love won't leave me alone. Love won't let me be. 'Cuz love love's making a fool of me. Yes, love love's making a fool of me. Love love's making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh... Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh Love oh love. Love oh love. Stop making a fool of me. Ohhh ohhh ohhh...
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Sunset and Camden (free) 02:26
I think it's when I first fell. So many moments like it I can't tell. I saw fireworks. I heard bells And my ears perked and my heart swelled. Couldn't believe what I had just heard. Total disbelief when ya uttered those words. Then I sang the melody not thinking you were thinking What I was thinking. See we were thinking. The same thing. Living the same dream. The same memory. We found harmony. And we connected in a simple way. But it lead to a connection in a bigger way. That night lead to brighter days I'm loving you in so many ways. And in my heart of hearts I believe it wasn't random. See I fell for you on Sunset and Camden. Here we are Sunset Sunset and Camden (x8) Well if isn't Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore... Hey! (x4) Here we are Sunset Sunset and Camden (x8)
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You blow my mind. Capture my soul. I'm carefree smiling like a 3 year old. Everyday I live is like my first day. Everyday I live is like my last day. 'Cuz, I'm loving you in the worst way. And the best way. This is the best day. So I'm a shout it from the highest mountain peak I can find. Tell the whole damn world you're always on my mind. Always in my heart right from the start. See I fell for you. I fall for you. Anything you want me to I will do it for you. I wanna spend my whole damn life with you. So take all of me then take me higher. Quench my thirst, baby light my fire. Outstanding, amazing, astounding, remarkable. Astonishing, breathtaking, oh so beautiful. You light my fire I feel alive with you with ya baby You blow my mind I’m satisfied Outstanding, so outstanding, yeah Girl, you knock me out. Excited, I'm so excited, baby It makes me wanna shout baby You knock me out no tko. Upper cut to the chin almost a deathblow. An when you look at me I feel electricity. And when we spoke I felt that chemistry. Chemistry? Yeah chemistry! Let's mix it up, stir it up. Make it reality. Let's spend some time, lets waste some time. Everyday's an anniversary or Valentine's. And the night time is the right time. For us to cuddle close in the moonshine. I mean moonlight and it's so right. Can't get wrong it's so right. When I'm with you I feel alive. And I'm riding high and I'm flying high! Outstanding, amazing, astounding, remarkable. Astonishing, breathtaking, oh so beautiful. You blow my mind, baby I’m so alive with you, baby You blow my mind, baby You blow my mind, baby, baby You light my fire {You light my fire} I feel alive with you, baby { I feel alive} You blow my mind {You blow my mind} I’m satisfied {I’m satisfied} Outstanding (You’re so outstanding, yeah) Girl, you knock me out (Dooby dooby dooby dooby dooby you knock me out) Excited (So excited, baby) It makes me wanna shout (Girl, you know, you know, you know you knock me out) Outstanding (I really love the way you knock me out) Girl, you knock me out (Girl, you know, you know, you know you knock me out) (Shooby dooby dooby doo doo dooby) Outstanding (I really love the way you knock me out) Girl, you knock me out (Girl, you know, you know, you know you knock me out) (Shooby dooby dooby doo doo dooby) Outstanding, amazing, astounding, remarkable. Astonishing, breathtaking, oh so beautiful. Outstanding, amazing, astounding, remarkable. Astonishing, breathtaking, oh so beautiful. Outstanding (You’re so outstanding, yeah) Girl, you knock me out Excited (So excited, baby) It makes me wanna shout (Girl, you know, you know, you know you knock me out) You blow my mind, baby I’m so alive with you, baby You blow my mind, baby I’m so alive with you, baby You light my fire {You light my fire} I feel alive with you, baby { I feel alive} You blow my mind {You blow my mind} I’m satisfied {I’m satisfied} Outstanding Girl, you knock me out Excited It makes me wanna shout Outstanding Girl, you knock me out Excited It makes me wanna shout Outstanding Girl, you knock me out

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This is a collection of love songs that I remixed, reworked and made my own. It took awhile but it's from the heart. Some songs were created easily. Some took more of an effort and more time. Some you will never hear because they were not deemed sufficient enough for the album. But please enjoy the ones that did make the cut.

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released January 18, 2011

All songs written, produced, arranged and recorded by J-BiRD the Straybird (J. DeGruy). Except Yesterday re recorded by Petersen. Mixed by DJ Dinari and J-BiRD The Straybird. Mastered by Jon Rezin.

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J-BiRD the Straybird Los Angeles, California

Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. J-BiRD started rapping around the age of 15. His musical influences not only consist of hip-hop artists but includes artists from many other genres. Such as the Beatles, Sam Cooke, Nirvana and Miles Davis. Whatever the venue, if there's 10,000 people in the audience or just 10, you're sure to see the same enthusiasm and energy in a J-BiRD show! ... more

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