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Stress Free

from Temporary High by Slim Jeff

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Started this idea in Japan right before the pandemic jumped off in late February 2020. I first heard the beat while visiting J Studio in Tokyo. At this point the album wasn't a concept yet, but I was starting to create a certain batch of songs with a moody vibe and raw unfiltered raps.

This one was very unorthodox, but it was calling me as soon as I heard it. Once I got back to California, these words spilled out of me easily. This song is all about self-esteem and finding confidence in yourself.

lyrics

Man make the money money never make the man
Man in the mirror never seems to understand
Self deprecation is part of the devil’s plan
And to live in comparison is hella embarrassing
Poison for the mind mind fucking my time
Because the man in the mirror that’s me
I just aim to spend my whole life tax free
I just want to float down the river stress free
But I tend to paddle upstream until i sink
Tend to over smoke and i tend to overthink
Wonder if my girl giving pussy to these NBA niggaz
She’s a good woman so I know I’m probably tripping
Wrestle insecurities all of them hard to live with
Try to keep the hatred out my spirit
Yeah I want the digits but I don't want the emptiness
I express the passion but I avoid the trendy shit
All I’m really meant to do here is do me

Do you understand money never make the man
You heard what I’m sayin money never make the man
Do you understand money never make the man
You know what I’m sayin money never make the man
Do you understand money never make the man
You heard what I’m sayin money never make the man
Do you understand money never make the man
Hundred grand in your hand money never make the man
Man make the money

I could spend bands and go broke again chasing a dream
You see the glare from the screen ain’t all that it seems
It seems people stay stuck in them same routines
Your self esteem it don’t beam it make way for the demons
Still scoring buckets when they hating on defense
Putting up numbers can’t block my achievements
Made it through the cracks I’m the rose in the cement
Growing i was glowing when the world was sleeping
Felt the rain drops through the holes in the ceiling
It was man down confidence was leaking

credits

from Temporary High, released February 14, 2022
Produced by Kojoe
Mixed by Henry "Professor H" D'Ambrosio

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Slim Jeff Los Angeles, California

Born and raised in Leimert Park, the center of the Black arts scene in Los Angeles, Slim Jeff grew up heavily influenced by his parents’ eclectic music collection. He exhibits a rare combination of witty punch lines and raw, thoughtful content.

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