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The College Years: I Was Unshowered And In Pajamas For Most Of This Album's Creation

by Jimi-James

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1.
Compile Time 03:04
He-he-hey, that's right, it's time to do some mother fuckin' programming You finished all your code But now it has to load So you bust out a rhyme Baby, it's compile time Just like that funny comic that goes x k c d It takes forever to read through man, do you feel me? It would be nice if you coouuld have-a-little breaaak but, Girl, it's full of syntax errors, and you're a pain glut Maybe there's a language, somewhere out there That isn't such a huge... burden to bear Maybe it doesn't even need to compile While those nerds are waiting, you're working all the while! "And now for something completely different." That's right You all saw this co-ming It's time to fight Immutable strings Interpreted Programming language Virtual machine It's name is Python The problem with Python is it's too slow You'll still get to swordfight before you see it go I'm so bored waiting, I think I'll go buy a guava But, hey, at least it's better than Java Oftentimes, the most popular thing Is also the worst one of us Java's about as fast as a snail, zing! And as easy to program as C++ It's times like these when you look at other choices And for this one, I've got a Scheme... It's based on LISP, and it's so confusing, You'll be like, "Zhu Li! Do the, uh... the thing!" I mentioned it before, but this one's easier than Scheme C++ really is the king It's efficient, flexible; it puts on airs And you won't get THAT many runtime errors C++ Master Race See, because, normally, you'd say "PC Master Race," or, you know, Nazis. But, this is C++. So... you gotta differentiate from the pack, you know? You know? *sigh* You don't know.
2.
TBH 00:13
Eh, honestly, if I had redone this song now, at the end of college, after trying out Haskell... The lyrics would be totally different. I guess... *I* don't know.
3.
Freestyle 2 06:48
4.
Hey We're playing Sonic '06 Oh no OH NOOOOOO Rollin' around at the speed of sound Got this game to beat, gotta get through these glitches But where's the next stage; I've checked everywhere I wish Soleanna had one way to find out Only gray buildings ahead I might as well just go in circles instead And what's with these realistic faces? At least they aren't octopuses (octopus face) It's no use; it's no use If we could finish it would be great great great (GREATGREATGREAT) But I just glitched through a wall It's no use; it's no use But we promised our lovelies that we would do it We'll make it through, prove it to you Follow us! Rollin' around at the speed of sideways? I swear it's the game; I did not mean to do that! Just give the controller to me You always die quickly; show us the proof, Barry *trainwreck sounds* That is what you are right now It's no use; it's no use If we could finish it would be great great great (GREATGREATGREAT) But I just glitched through a wall It's no use; it's no use But we promised our lovelies that we would do it We'll make it through, prove it to you Follow us! *beautiful little moment* Rollin' around at the speed of diagonal? We're both dead inside, but we keep pushing for you The tension in here just keeps going up Some have speculated that we'll kill each other This game just can't be finished This series is why we had our first speed-ups Arin's making embarrassing groans Barry look at this; you're fired It's no use; it's no use If we could finish it would be great great great (GREATGREATGREAT) But I just glitched through a wall It's no use; it's no use But we promised our lovelies that we would do it We'd make it through except Jon left Now we can't! (IT'S NO FUCKIN' USE!) 'Cause Jon left! (AAAAHAHA) Not to say that Danny is bad I love Dan! and bought all the Ninja Sex Party albums and Starbomb and it's great and wow Brian is a professor and makes good music too my favorite is No Reason Boner yeahhhh *more beautiful little moment*
5.
Ready 03:54
I love you But I'm feeling blue I'm not ready for this So many Plans left unfinished Shit I was once lost Awful friends, awful boss But when we met I saw a future yet Life was looking up It was alright, alright But what we have now, is a blight I can't leave you I can't leave this I don't want to I'm not allowed to This is almost death For me, in a way I just wish I had time To have my own say I'm sorry and I I hope you are, too This is hell for me But we can see it through I won't betray you, I swear I won't betray you I won't betray you, I swear This won't go straight to hell Don't worry, I'm Completely fine Don't worry, I'm Completely fine
6.
Slow Tools 04:20
7.
Against Us! 05:14
This fuckin' country, man This fuckin' world, man I'm just trying to live my life But I got an Orange Man causing us extra strife Every day it's something new Over the cuckoo's nest is where he flew Muslim, Latino, African, and Asian Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Queer Poor, worker, even white rich men Nobody is safe besides those who bribe him With his self-loathing, self-absorption, And self-destructive narcissism I'm sick to death of being constantly fucking sick of The haves and the have-nots The C.R.E.A.M. of the crop Cash rules everything around us And we all get thrown under the bus How have so few people realized That slavery still exists for you and me It's just modern Feudalism, disguised See, the root of all evil is MONEY And the leaders of the world Got everybody fighting Words of nationalism are hurled And everybody's biting This mentality of us vs. them Has got to stop, friend Or else we're all gonna bigly lose To the best, greatest, biggest, orange flooze How are we supposed to make ends meet When we got a culture of everyone being elite How are we supposed to make ends meet When we got a culture of everyone being elite How are we supposed to make ends meet When we got a culture of everyone being elite How are we supposed to make ends meet When we got a culture of everyone being elite America was for sale half a century ago And nobody cared enough to save it Now we've got another round of Jim Crow And a climate so bad you just wanna blaze it I've got a personal story anyone could embody I got hit by a car, and all could see I was not at fault; that's the key But the witness lied in the face of my plea The perpetrator is rich, PhD and law degree But a great lawyer and insurance couldn't get me any money So I had to spend thousands on what should be free Accident-induced bills and painful tooth surgery But despite it all, I consider myself lucky Because I came out of it healed and free Despite growing up poor from at least age three I barely had enough resources to stand tall like a tree If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it You heard Jefferson, brothers and sisters We're going to keep moving forward and fix our messes one-by-one We're going to live our god damn lives, and if someone means to do us harm, they will not succeed if we stand together
8.
I wanna do it all I wanna do it all When I'm watchin' all my favorite shows I wonder what it's like to feel that glow When you make something you're proud of And show it to the world And when I'm playin' games, havin' fun Going through it on my own run I want to make my own masterpiece No matter how hard that it prob'ly will be 'Cause that's the price to do it all I wanna do it all Music, books, programs, vidya games My tools of trade, how I play And friends to help along the way I may even get by someday Renaissance man, jack of trades But master of none, that's what they say I say life's too long for that to be And too short for me to doubt or worry That's what it means to do it all I wanna do it all
9.
Bassmosphere 02:01
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WARNING: The following tracks have explicit language:
-Compile Time
-Escape From The Grumps [has a LOT of it]
-Ready
-Against Us!
-And the hidden track, which you have to download the album to listen to.
I really hate it when a song has [Explicit] in its title, so I'm putting this warning here instead.

Here it is! My first full album. I don't really have too much to say about it besides what's in the title and each song's individual description. I will say, it's meant to be a time capsule of all the things that were relevant in my life during college. Happy listening!

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released August 9, 2017

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Jimi-James Gualala, California

I want to make perfect music. Y'know, like Yoko Kanno.

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