Ups & Downs, by MCL & BugBeatz

Ups & Downs

by MCL & BugBeatz

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1.	This is Me 03:57	lyrics	buy track
(Intro) (Chorus) x2 Struggling, wondering - is this really me under trees - smoking some weed - with a lil ocean breeze Life's = good - when it don't knock you down to your knees like please don't stop me now - I can smell a ton a g's (Verse) I ain't in it for the money - or in it for the fame - bitch In it for a dollar sign - or in it to be famous I'm in it - cause i love it - my heart could be replaceing the beat when it's hitter, I'm liven out your basis an when you leave - feel free - to take this in the loving memory - of greatness MCL be the king - who take it Home - to the throne - that no one else has taken An if it's tooken - they just fakin All the things they really did, yet they ain't made it Ready as they can be - but they can't to face it Yeah, the going gets hard - staying un-created (Hook) This is me... This is me... This is the life that i'm living An every hater - take the middle finger - that i'm giving I'M (Chorus) x2 (Verse 2) I'm in it for somebody - no i'm in it for the world's sake Mastering my hobby - intelligent with the word play keep telling me i'm wrong - an your nerves shakes Felt these feelings all along - that my verse make An now todays the day - to play - a new one Yeah, everyday's - the day - to sooth them Head up - know your chance - will soon come even in the end - bends - get the best of Everything you are - it gets messed up But you gotta stay in charge like the rest of The boys in the yard - they just dressed up claiming that they "GO HARD", well i'm next up (Hook) (Chorus) x4
2.	Patience 02:41	lyrics	buy track
(Chorus) Life… Goes on… so - so… will I An if Life's… a song… Then I live… to rhyme (Verse 1) Since five - Iv'e been alive - raping, spitten that shit Life's a big bitch?? - But you liven that gift So take that thought - just override it Take a look over here an get a gist of what fly is Time's all we got, Living timeless So get a move on, before your time hits A million different shoes, But these I fit Even if I gave em up, y'all couldn't tie this so gon get, Just a lil bit Crazy… will stay sane in the end Maybe it's real, Maybe it's pretend But you gotta believe that you'll make it (Hook) While you waiting, go an check my occupation Rapper since seven and yes, still haven't "made it" All the words that I expressed - gone empty plated Even though I know I'm blessed, I'm getting impatient, but... (Chorus) (Verse 2) With time - you may find - yourself out control A couple rhymes set ya straight though, that's for shoo I'm back in the mindset, an time says "GO!" Blow you back with one hit, an twice with the dro OH NO! We got ya vision shaking All the place that you love, bitch you know we'll take 'em With a side dose of hate - from you haters hating Cause you know we getting strong - repping different nations I don't like a lot… except this music making I could do this all night! - Till' the morning bacon My Intelligence is ripe - with a new creation So go an take a bite - be my first patient (Hook) (Chorus) x2
3.	Depression 02:32	lyrics	buy track
(Intro) (Verse 1) Don't think cause your up that you won't come down and your million different smiles won't lead to a frown To be so low, you don't know the road back up But what's up without down, now that's what's up That's the tension - that I haven't faced yet But I guess when your stuck in your head - that's how it gets Building Better times and going in and out with doubt But depressions always fades - as we sway towards a way out pave our escape route an play when the suns out live every day and don't care about my bank account I could be wrong - Because there's always regret But this is my song - an wrong - I will not let Take over my mind-set - so go an let - luck try In the end - I won't forget - why - I first tried (Hook) Now is time - write your rhyme - and leave your life - proud and when the pressure's high - believe that you will not drowned (Chorus) I… I Just wanna get by… I Said In this life… I Just wanna get by…I Said… I… I Just wanna get by… In this life… We're all tryna survive… (Verse 2) Don't go an blink now - there's a whole lot to see if your caught looking down - take a look up at me This is L - I - F - E, as odd as it seems But I hold that thought - cause it is not why he made me Why he made us - why he made thee Human races - we'd be crazy if life were like that - we wouldn't need a heart But it's like that - take away the visa card Here to be apart - of the melody, and when it seems hard - please remember me and when you fall apart - I'll be right in key With it locked down - haters don't write me sit beside me - let me tell you everything - now maybe everything - you have trouble figuring out (Hook) (Chorus) x3 Believe that you will not drowned!!
4.	Can & Will 03:16	lyrics	buy track
(Intro) (Chorus) x2 Yesss… I can and I will Even with this stress… there's no time to stand still On a dedicated quest - tryna keep my dreams real and that's what I do best - so there shouldn't be a problem here (Verse 1) Equipped with all utilities - to make it work My dream of-course - if you feeling me - feel the hurt Feel alive - deep inside - feel my worth Feeling like I'm Fishin' for more than I could ever earn or what I came for - you wanna take a turn Got the weight of the whole world on the verge of reality - don't be mad at me The truth is what I speak - and nothing but this honesty An since birth - it's been like this Honest - conscious - at it's ripest So I shouldn't need - all this to convince you all - how my life's went (Hook) I've been - caged an closed in Broke it - for the doors stay open This is - what I been hoping What'll stay - forever in motion (Chorus) x2 (Verse 2) I'm - gifted - lifting up your broken heart Listen while i'll tell my part - this is bout as far as art Goes - for the pros - let 'em know - what's smart all alone - at home - when the day goes dark Here's a start - to the end - of the journey I embark I'll withstand - any plan - that gets made - by the god orangatang - hang or swim with the sharks it don't matter to me - because me is in charge awwww - Trust me I know it's "hard" reality meets you - but that's how it is an I shouldn't need - all this to convince you all - how my life's went (Hook) (Chorus) x3
5.	It's On Now 02:44	lyrics	buy track
(Intro) (Chorus) Oh - it's on - now Feeling UP, UP, UP - from feeling down (I know you wanna) Throw - it all - out But keep looking up and don't look down (know I'm gunna) (Verse 1) Tackle this verse - with the weight of bricks The force - of the chorus - gon make ya sick Gunna play this sport - for love of it pretty much - live life - like the way it's been Cause the past - is past - an it's time to aim forward No time to quit - You just gotta aim for it You were made for this - they ain't ready for biz I guarantee it's - how I'm coming off "Important" well i'm different, not a spoiled brat if you listened, to my written raps you would know why - I'm using rhyme - like a grown man instead of in fights - losing all hope - man (Hook) Let it go man. it's all bull-crap you only live life - once - an you know that let it go man, it ain't worth half What you could live up - twice - in your life span (Chorus) (Verse 2) Keep speaking my heat - imma make it work Stay singing my songs - with a pound of purp you ain't living for great - then you living for worse living life at the plate - with no play - to disperse Don't get stuck in a world - where everything's yours first Daddy's little girl, but who are you to tell her she's got it all - an shouldn't have at all Daddy's only trying hard - to give her all - he's got and now its your turn, to let the plot stop Let it all burn, or pick it all up I hope you all learn, to let the page turn Cause you've all earned - such a main slot (Hook) (Chorus) (Outro) Humming
6.	My Life 03:05	lyrics	buy track
(Intro) This - is - my - life (Chorus) This - is - my… life and i'm - gunna - live… it (Oh yes) Give - all - that - I can… give with - hope - that - you'll - love it (Oh yes) (Verse 1) This is my life and the times right Now to get the crowd - in eye site Some way, some how - this day, without all the pain an doubt - I'mma make it right shout out to all of us living life what your about - tryna make a better route Thought twice of all your living in this life and wondered why you still haven't figured it out why your getting by - why you even try losing gratitude - towards your own life well keep it up - I know it's rough but you'll seem tough - through the daytime (Hook) when the night hits - I just write rhymes when the brian gets - full of hard times just hope for the best and prepare for the worst cause in this world they don't put your dreams first (Chorus) (Verse 2) This is my life and my aims right never better - gunnin with a home mic never better - so we living up the whole night take my sweater off instead of soaking, right? Through - man, I'm feeling alright feeling ok feeling like you are hearing what I say when I spit in the booth with beats by a king - we're just people like you Never play if you gotta think - you'll just get confused oh that's not a thing!? - that's a thing or two!! work hard (work hard) live life on the brink an there's no way you could lose (Hook) (Chorus) (Outro) This - is - my - life x2
7.	You 03:41	lyrics	buy track
(Intro) (Hook) ...this about me the life that i live - the man i'm set to be saying all these things today - for tomorrows sake paving all mean things away - but don't under-estimate (Chorus) who's gunna be there when no one is… YOU! Who you gunna share fame and this money with… YOU! Never playing fair… when i'm going in… YOU! Don't stand a chance… When i'm going in... YOU! who's gunna be there when no one is… YOU! Who you gunna share fame and this money with… YOU! Never playing fair… when i'm going in… YOU! Don't stand a chance… When i'm going in... (Verse 1) Ighht listen… I was the kid to want it alll but to keep the vision vidid - yeah, some people got involved You could say I'm independent or whatever that it's called But when stepped on, trashed and malled, you gotta get it all So the team hungry, but staying far from full on the road - of no - pacing back and fourth Make sure I embed it - with the proper tone bitch, we're sure i'll get it - i don't need ya notes (Hook) (Chorus) (Verse 2) I'm riding on my own spokes - playing my role are you playing your own? I would say no Coasting on the pegs - of the real deal Ride this bike of life - an find your real feel We will, I will, all without a pill Depression gets the best of kids, invested in some real will Wishing that this suffering would calm down an call quits Harder and harder and worse and worse is all it gets (Hook) (Chorus) (Hook/Bridge) (Chorus) (Outro)

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MCL & BugBeatz Express the "Ups & Downs" in life with a sound only they can attain

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released May 31, 2013

Lyrics Written by MCL (Matthew Lams)
Instrumentals by BugBeatz (Oliver Garret)
Engineered and Mixed by Christopher Production (Matthew Lams)
Mastered by Tews (Trevor Scott)
Cover Artwork From Cameron Dean (IG: @camdeaner)
Cover Designed by Christopher Productions (Matthew Lams)