I Needed This

by The Encouragement Kid

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I don’t know what’s got in me Feeling like I hit the lottery Ain’t no topping thee Current Feeling Ain’t no stopping me All the way from New York to New Zealand Super happy like Paul Rudd My girl gorgeous Foreign like a Porshce Back with the crew, yeah all of us Yeah, I’ve never been so poor or so fly In my Life yeah cause I Have everything, but the cheddar But the cheddar’s like the weather Always changing So I stay steady maintaining My grind And chasing my dreams with a smile He’ll flourish for a while Who The Encouragement Child Yeah I don’t know what’s got in me Feeling like I hit the lottery Ain’t no topping thee Current Feeling Ain’t no stopping me All the way from New York to New Zealand Yeah, yeah I’m back home With more whack loans But a stronger back bone Crocs in attack mode Ready to attack those Sad clones They’re the same tracing Pulling lame faces Cause I’m not a vegan, but still a game changer And damn right this year sucked shit But we’re all on this sunk ship And my bank account lost its function But my mic hasn’t And I haven’t Skipped a beat Chasing my dreams Barely making my means But it’s been really good for me Cause I could really see I don’t really need A lot Cause lovin is what I got And remember that It’s a Sublime feeling Not like a Tinder match This year a lot of things have been taken away But I made my morals, and outlook stay Cause it’s the rain that makes the green glow on nice days And you can catch me up on stage, when I say I don’t know what’s got in me Feeling like I hit the lottery Ain’t no topping thee Current Feeling Ain’t no stopping me All the way from New York to New Zealand Yeah I don’t know what’s got in me Feeling like I hit the lottery Ain’t no topping thee Current Feeling Ain’t no stopping me All the way from New York to New Zealand
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Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed even though this rut sucks and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed ‘cause I have enough love and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah Some people are so poor all they have is money Funny, I’m so rich all I don’t have is money Words, from the great Bob Marl First, line is his Second line is mine The Encouragement Kid Function with Da Unction Being poor is the metaphor for having no riches in your soul But rather in gold Being rich the metaphor for being engulfed In what makes you whole And seeing your soul flying That’s what I’m trying To achieve But It’s difficult for me Just this week I fell down, scraped my knees I got flustered and down Busted into the ground But I come back around Tell myself, get up stick at it dude ‘Cause you can change your life, just through a change of attitude Yeah Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed even though this rut sucks and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed ‘cause I have enough love and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah How you doing bro Answer is always the same That I'm blessed folk I ain’t worried bout a thang Never stressed no ‘Cause my focus on the King And I'm never going back Man my heart been redeemed Two kids and my wife we on 10 years New life one in Christ equals no fear Love opened up my eyes I can see clear Real blessings always hidden in the details Learned to be content no matter what I got ‘cause Elohim has got my back And I can tell you that’s a fact Everyday he showing me Patiently he growing me Even when I get it wrong, quickly he restoring me The Father work it all for my good I ain't gotta faint Spoke us with his word check it Roman's 8 and 28 Contemplate, mediate, open up investigate Let him lift you up on eagles wings and make you levitate Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed even though this rut sucks and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed ‘cause I have enough love and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah Came back home with the traveling bug But the economy is stuck So I’m not having any luck Finding a job But I am finding God Not through a religion But through these gifts I’m given Breaking down these prison Walls in my brain When I stalled in the rain Open my door to the rain, let it pour in again All for this, the cause I claim Uplift the people We’re at war with evil Inside and out We gotta stop, decipher the doubt So I ask myself what am I lying about Uh Tell myself I’m not good enough and no one wants to listen But that’s a lie, I, am here to fly on my mission And my, Mama, provide, a christian Home But Ma, I have to go alone I can’t live like anyone else If I give one person help That’s a win in my books Have them subconsciously believe in themself When they sing, when they sing my hooks Yeah Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed even though this rut sucks and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah Feeling blessed through this tough luck and Feeling blessed ‘cause I have enough love and Feeling blessed even though I’ve been down but Feeling blessed ‘cause I come back around Yeah
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Summertime Tokyo Station Everybody racing Politely An alien I be But I feel at home with you Would we be better off on the moon Thoughts I have when I’m blue Maybe cause I’m from the blue planet If I built a spaceship would you man it ‘Cause I need space, but don’t want to be alone Taste of conflicting thoughts in my dome Take off so I’m drawing my curtain But the lines in my mind I’m drawing are blurring Trying to connect the dots Piece together the puzzle of life got Why was I given more pieces than just 9-5 white picket Turns out my puzzle says ‘try to fly’, maybe it’s not a mistake that, I’m different So Please Understand I’m different I don’t know why sometimes I’m so low, then so lifted I dreamt my whole life, my whole life just to be gifted Now it’s looking like the tables have finally shifted For this kid And his mish is A little ambitious Training his shot so he doesn’t miss it Willing to risk it ‘Cause I can’t be just another statistic Gotta show up day in day out Slay doubt Possess patience And I bet I’ll make it ‘Cause I use faith and truth to fuel my spaceship And I stay topped up As I navigate galaxies of fallacies Trying to stop us Being courageous and curious Now I get why Zack from Rage is furious But the clip in omnicolor Has spread from the set to the hand And I’m yet to understand Why I rage at the dying of the light inside And very few are willing to fight their minds What am I meant to be What’s expected of me I try not to let it, but sometimes it gets to me Yeah sometimes it all just gets to me So Please Understand I’m different I don’t know why sometimes I’m so low, then so lifted I dreamt my whole life, my whole life just to be gifted Now it’s looking like the tables have finally shifted I’m a lot different to people on their web page I make beats and write soulful essays And if it wasn’t for barber Paul, I’d rock the worst afro, or have my head shaved So thank you for your patience I pray one day I can make it So I can repay you for all you’ve put up with You full of grace, joy, kindness and I love it Sorry for my blindness when I’m a muppet But I guess it’s better than being a mindless puppet I’m equally excited and scared For what lies ahead We can’t always be prepared But when we’re down we can choose to get up instead Yeah, we can choose to get up instead
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Sun shining through my blinds And I’m feeling alright ‘Cause I know what I wanna be But it’s not gonna be easy Sun shining through my blinds And I’m feeling alright ‘Cause no one can do it like me And this is my journey And even though, the road, hasn’t been smooth I lift my mood and continue ‘Cause there is only one destination for me And that’s one of glory So the more bitter it’s now, the sweeter it’ll be When my dreams, turn to reality Man, I can’t wait to see, externally, internally, what things I’ll achieve And na, I’m not talking about a range, or some status I’m talking about rising up through the pain that was tragic I still fly even though my wings are stained from the ashes Like a phoenix ‘Cause real dreamers Change the world and Each day I’m working on what I’m building Til’ I’m’ peaking through the sky Sun beaming through my blinds Sun shining through my blinds And I’m feeling alright Cause I know what I wanna be But it’s not gonna be easy Sun shining through my blinds And I’m feeling alright Cause no one can do it like me And this is my journey Sometimes I feel, lost but I know that’s not right ‘Cause when you’re lost you never know what you might find So are you really lost Or just came across A path you didn’t know was Yours Found your wings, and now you can soar But I bet you don’t know what you’re looking for Because no one’s really sure Yeah, for real, no one’s really sure No one’s got it figured out So don’t let comparisons trigger doubt No one can do it like you No one can do it like me One of a kind, I am, not might be Reminder to myself ‘Cause even writing this song I needed some help So I’m thankful today I got a little more light As I watch the sun filter through my blinds Sun shining through my blinds And I’m feeling alright Cause I know what I wanna be But it’s not gonna be easy Sun shining through my blinds And I’m feeling alright Cause no one can do it like me And this is my journey
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My mind run So I’m trying to keep my mind calm You cause drama that’s on you, not me I can’t let your shit get on top of me So I leave So I skate I’m not trying to breath in your hate Too many things on my plate I’m thinking ‘bout Finding ways to start sinking doubt Clearing the way, seeking my route I know it’s different, I know it’s not the same And it probably, looks a little strange From where your sitting It’s a given But that’s your perspective And I’ll always respect it See that’s that emotional intelligence Stop, listen reciprocate the conversation No need for any hating Yeah any hating I’m trying to bring good to the earth Funny, I would get pushed in the dirt It’s like, would it better if I die And my corpse provide Nutrients to the earth as it decompose Rather than me being alive spreading hope That’s my worth I suppose Yeah, that’s my worth I suppose That’s how it feels to get belittled That’s how it feels to be stuck in the middle Of some shit you didn’t cause Of some shit that shouldn’t be yours So if you get disrespected stand up for yourself Yeah up for yourself In this world you have to love yourself Yeah love yourself Cause no body will and they’ll tell you to go fuck yourself Yeah go fuck yourself Sometimes you need to put yourself first Don’t let people break your self-worth Yeah ‘Cause you create your self worth Don’t let people step on you like dirt Sometimes you need to put yourself first Don’t let people break your self-worth Yeah ‘Cause you create your self worth Don’t let people step on you like dirt Stepping over me with some sneakers Taking my kindness for weakness But being kind is why I shine If I wasn’t kind I wouldn’t be one of a kind Bitch Yeah I’m doing me on the daily And I must be a little bit crazy ‘Cause I keep going Without knowing If I’m on the road to prevailing Or failing But I’ve got The confidence that I’ll pop ‘Cause I can’t stop So your shit is far from the top On my priority list I don’t wanna see it Thee undefeated Champ I’ma be it Yeah I’ma be it And not be a fool This conflict I use as fuel And this is the product Offering a prop-up For those feeling too small to have these thoughts on their own I’ve been there, and it feels so alone Just know you’re not alone ‘Cause no one can dictate your self worth And it’s okay, yeah it’s okay to put yourself first Sometimes you need to put yourself first Don’t let people break your self-worth Yeah ‘Cause you create your self worth Don’t let people step on you like dirt Sometimes you need to put yourself first Don’t let people break your self-worth Yeah ‘Cause you create your self worth Don’t let people step on you like dirt Uh Thee Encouragement Kid pursuing my dreams It may never come true But I follow it regardless ‘Cause I know where my heart is Yeah stand up for yourself Stand up for yourself You’re worth more You’re worth more ah-uh I’m out
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Impossible Amount of possibilities With abilities Just like these Yeah Just like these Higher than trees See my smiling teeth Feel this inside my myelin sheath Feel this inside my myelin sheath Breathing fresh air in my alveoli Never know when the whole sky Will be toxic clouds just whooshing From our pollution Huge factory explodes Sets the earth’s difficulty mode From mundane To heroic In one day Yeah Keep up my pace But life’s not a race My mind’s aligned with my heart Take my time, find the right path ‘Cause I’m me for a purpose Spent too many days, believing I was worthless Used to talk down to me, now I watch what I say Words hold a lot of weight Not here to propagate a ball and chain But Here to instigate a change ‘Cause there’s Impossible Amount of possibilities With abilities Just like these Yeah Just like these Higher than trees See my smiling teeth Feel this inside my myelin sheath Feel this inside my myelin sheath Hey little dude, man you can’t lose hope It’s okay sometimes you cannot cope When you have days where you hate yourself It’s then you need to pace yourself Slow it down, no matter what, the earth spins around Slow it down, look at the stars don’t look at the ground Slow it down, still get head lice wearing a crown Slow it down, please Only you can reach your dreams It’s true, even if it’s corny The Encouragement Kid that’s a pretty big warning I don’t give a damn You’re listening to a man Who sampled a cat purring Who’d get up and rap in the sermon Who is each day growing and learning Who keeps going when he’s hurting Who you can find swinging in the trees Singing about possible impossibilities Impossible Amount of possibilities With abilities Just like these Yeah Just like these Higher than trees See my smiling teeth Feel this inside my myelin sheath Feel this inside my myelin sheath
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released February 7, 2021

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