“WATCHING THE SUNSET, JUST AS IT PEAKS”
5th ave.
WHILE REMINISCING ABOUT PAST SUMMERS AND REFLECTING ON THE SUMMER OF 2020, i DECIDED TO CREATE A PROJECT THAT WOULD ENCAPSULATE ALL my FEELINGS THAT i WAS MISSING. THE PROJECT IS NAMED AFTER A STEET i WOULD SPEND HIS SUMMERS ALONE ON AND REPRESENTS THE FREEDOM THAT COMES WITH GROWING UP.
RELEASED ON JULY 24TH 2020, THE PROJECT SOLIDIFIED my ABILITY TO FUSE POP AND HIP-HOP MUSIC INTO A VIBRANT SUMMER EXPERIENCE. THE 5-SONG EP WAS LED BY THE HIT SINGLES ‘ORANGINA’ AND ‘SOLARIS’, AND FEATURED FAMILIAR VOICES LIKE K DOUBLE D, NICO TK AND LEA FORMUCCIA. THE PROJECT ACTS AS A PREQUEL TO my SOPHOMORE MIXTAPE ‘AESTHETIC SOUND’.
SWEET
LINES
[hook]
sitting on the jeep
listening to yeek
watching the sunset, just as it peaks
t-shirt weather, i ain’t worried about the heat
with my phone plugged in, i ain’t worried about tweets
ain’t no other sound, just the car as it creaks
and that soft top roof, i ain’t sitting in the seats
treat the backseat like the honeymoon suite
don’t sweat, cause this summer just feeling so sweet
so sweet, so sweet, so sweet
[verse 1]
ay, and kyle just dropped ‘copper creek’
stop the beat, cause I’m nice and y’all are just obsolete
i’m cold like off the heat, i’m hotter than cotton sheets
cop the jeep, full tank now there ain’t no stopping me
lock and key, yeah, that’s how i fit into the game
and it was never easy so i had to switch the name
it only gets harder, feeling different with fame
money falling all around me like i’m singing in the rain
and jat got more singles than lonely men at a strip club
i could flash people, all i do is put my wrist up
you are what you drink, so please don’t get it mixed up
and like a new hoodie, boy you only get zipped up
ronny tam with the cam, it’s the damn young kubrick
like a hit-man, i demand, he shoot’s it
if he ain’t direct, sure as hell he’ll produce it
turning dreams into scenes, so it’s way more than music
bring it back
[hook]
sitting on the jeeplistening to yeekwatching the sunset, just as it peaks
t-shirt weather, i ain’t worried about the heat
with my phone plugged in, i ain’t worried about tweets
ain’t no other sound, just the car as it creaks
and that soft top roof, i ain’t sitting in the seats
treat the backseat like the honeymoon suite
don’t sweat, cause this summer just feeling so sweet
so sweet, so sweet, so sweet
[verse 2]
tk and maceo, dropping it from an iphone
making all the tunes for you on your damn drive home
20/20 vision, music you need both eyes for
i should prolly get em on the remix of ‘high notes’
kris kelly, make a mil from the voicenotes
i ain’t got a choice bro, i’m white like oikos
i want a rolls royce, boats, a dime and some nice clothes
jazz with the raps, wonder why my fans are white folks
but i don’t wanna see that, i’m chilling out with beepax
got 3 stacks, in my account thanks to 3 tracks
i’m leasing beats like remax, arenas where we at
i can open doors, if you tell me where the keys at
and i got my girl chill on the right side
we always in the mood, but we connect like the wifi
so why try? we just cruising by like drive by’s
right to the drive-in, making out to some sci-fi
[hook]
sitting on the jeeplistening to yeekwatching the sunset, just as it peaks
t-shirt weather, i ain’t worried about the heat
with my phone plugged in, i ain’t worried about tweets
ain’t no other sound, just the car as it creaks
and that soft top roof, i ain’t sitting in the seats
treat the backseat like the honeymoon suite
don’t sweat, cause this summer just feeling so sweet
so sweet, so sweet, so sweet
[verse 3]
sunsets over the team, while we sipping ciroc
got money on the table, so we sit and we plot
treat a boat like a yacht, king size is a cot
we were born in the cold just to prove that we hot
i took a friend group and made it to a collective
pen is sharper than sword, why i feel so protected
stocks going up, everyone so invested
in everything we doing, man you know you impressed with
everything we ever make, write a verse, let it levitate
homie, go drop your album next year whenever we set a date
homie, go pick a better day, smoke it up, let it ventilate
write a verse, yeah like ten a day, we moving lik. some renegades
young visionaries to the universe
everything you ever wanted, man we do it first
cue the verse, yeah watch it leak like a slow stream
and sip on jd, sunrise with the whole team
[outro]
yeah, i be with the whole team
yeah i be with the homies
we always in the summer, always feel the heat like we be down under
yeah, and we always feel the heat
you can find me on the beach, or you can find me on the beat
i’m chilling in the honeymoon suite, looking out to the view
man, thinking that it’s sweet
CREDITS
written by: Everett Champion
produced by: bmtj
vocals: everett champion
SKIT: kyle damji
mixed by: damien birdsey @ birdseye studios
MASTERED BY: damien birdsey @ birdseye studios
CONCEPT: the song is dedicated to my friends and the amazing summer we had last year, from song releases to music video shoots, and most of all just having fun withh each other.
DIRECTORS COMMENTARY: this was the first song i made for the project, before there even was one. it was one of the first songs i recorded back home during quarnatine and it sparked the idea of making a full ep at home, based on a summer i wanted. plus it was so fun to shoutout my friends on a song, especially ronny lol
