a Saturday in January. (EP), by So-So Topic, -topic for short.

a Saturday in January. (EP)

by So-So Topic, -topic for short.

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1.	Instinct. 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Oh! (yuhhh!) ... I follow my Instincts, Just to get it done, ay I feel like the one, yuh, say oh! See this world it spins so very fast, yup! Now I'm movin' faster, gotta get my cash up, it's never done, but ay that's lesson number One, yuh, say oh! See oh lately, it feels like everything is so crazy, too much drama n.gga might go crazy, I noticed ain't too many of us made it, and they wonder why we gotta stay sedated, they put us in the dirt to grow a flower! While I'm living all I want is to keep GROWING! See too much comfort make me grow com- placent, so lets face it, well okay then. ... ...is you gon' liv' yo' life? or is you gunna run from what comes your way? yeah, ...is you gon' liv' yo' life? yeah, or is you gunna run from what comes your way? yeah, oh! I follow dat FEEEEEELIIIIIIIING, YEA-AHH! 😀 That feeling in my spine, send messages to my mind when something doesn't feel right, uhhh, I think it's time, time to move around, I keep my head in the clouds, I keep my feet on the ground, I chunk the deuce n' I'm out. Yuh. Say oh. And oh lately, EVERYTHING SEEMS SO SHAAAADYYY!?!? Political corruption? shit is crazy. They smilin' in our faces but they faking...? NOW WHO DA WORLD GON' LUHKAWT FO' DAH BAAAAAYYYYYYBEEEEEEEZZZZ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 4 million brilliant geniuses instilled with fear, and mentally they scared to be what's meant to be -- we changing... that's why we celebratin' like we made it...well, okay then, now THAT'S amazing... ... ...is you gon' liv' yo' life? or is you gunna run from what comes your way? yeah, ...is you gon' liv' yo' life? yeah, or is you gunna run from what comes your way? yeah, oh! (I let dat shit ride cus' it's kewl.) [END.]
2.	Bay for the Babes(feat. Robot Jonez & Gutter Gary) 03:31	lyrics	buy track
I ain't got the time to hate, it's too much paper to make, like bitch i need YAPER to save, I need vacations n' thangs like YUUUUUUHHHHH time to hit the plane! I'm in LA for the waves, I'm in the Bay for the Babes, might duck off the map for some days, ay! [SO-SO TOPIC]: Deal with the BAWSE not the middleman, yeeyuh! Here comes that rappin' ass dapper ass can't be passed Classic ass rhyme spitter yeah nigga -topic right HERE I say AY I'm the Man of the Year OKAY! WUSSUP?! 2.0, upgrade my hustle ay you can get served like a shuttle in badminton mad writtens, I hit the block with that HUSTLE then married the rap game, I love you I love you I love you! I ain't got the time to hate, it's too much paper to make, like bitch i need YAPER to save, I need vacations n' thangs like YUUUUUUHHHHH time to hit the plane! Might hit LA for the waves, might hit the Bay for the Babes, might duck off the map for some days! [ROBOT JONEZ]: All of that nonsense, you really should stop it. Scrolling my timeline but I dismiss gossip from thots that talk blah blah we're laughing like STOP IT! 🤣 I'm sipping hot chocolate in drop tops with -topic! (YUH!!!) Bout to stack bread like a deli, If it's about munny hit me on my celly, I'll be in Sicily, Italian food in my belly, I post it on insta, you're instantly jelly! I'm in the Bay, on a wave, like I'm surfin', got your girl nervous, she thinks that I'm perfect, that's cool and I dig it, Spotify digits increase as I spit it, I'm on my Luka, hit you with that pivot! Talk and you get dismissed quick as a bitch and, you fail my vibe check I'm out, yeah I'm dippin' Yeah I'll be in Wonderland with Alice, tripping, AHH! yuhhh! I ain't got the time to hate, it's too much paper to make, like bitch i need YAPER to save, I need vacations n' thangs like YUUUUUUHHHHH time to hit the plane! Might hit LA for the waves, might hit the Bay for the Babes, might duck off the map for some days! [GUTTER GARY]: SEE I PULL UP. ON THE SCENE LIKE SKRRT. . . . N1GGA LOOKIN' LIKE HE SELL WORK. WE BUILT IT UP FROM THE DIRT. . . . NOW I'M DRIPPIN HOLY WATER LIKE I'M IN CHURCH. WE SHINE SO HARD THAT IT HURTS. HMM. MIGHT BUY MY HATERZ A HEARSE, HMM. VACATION AFTER THE TOUR, HMM. CATCH ME ON SKATEBOARDS WHEN I'M BORED. (SNARL) I ain't got the time to hate, it's too much paper to make, like bitch i need YAPER to save, I need vacations n' thangs like YUUUUUUHHHHH time to hit the plane! Might hit LA for the waves, might hit the Bay for the Babes, might duck off the map for some days! I ain't got the time to hate, it's too much paper to make, like bitch i need YAPER to save, I need vacations n' thangs like YUUUUUUHHHHH time to hit the plane! Might hit LA for the waves, might hit the Bay for the Babes, might duck off the map for some days! [END.]
3.	Intro to a Saturday. 00:25	lyrics	buy track
... ... ... ...OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION WILL NOW BEGIN. ...OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION WILL NOW BEGIN. ...OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION WILL NOW BEGIN. Thank you for listening to... ...a Saturday in January. [END.]
4.	Pick Up(Frenz n' Nem!) 03:34	lyrics	buy track
(I say I say I say I say) When I hit u up u should pick up, Ima pull up in a Rental, lemme know if you need a pick up, my homie threw a block party up the street n he say he got that bitch jumpin like the hiccups, so ima pull up with some liquor, n Ima turn up with my n.ggas, (ay yeah!) I'm just Tryna be with my friends n nem, a Few drinks n some loud music, Tell that DJ turn the bass up every- body movin' make the crowd foolish, You know. This my. Fucking song alright, Aw yeh oh yeh you know it’s on tonight, I done stepped out hit the damn block Fresh danna bish, Shinin’ hella hard lookin like Star You should make a wish, Photographer rolled up on the Crew to take a pic, Girl I smell you smellin' good step over Here n get a kiss! (say I wanna) I press all up against you baby, Body rock when the beat drop we can Lose our mind n start goin crazy, (Got the whole block goin crazy!) You know this my favorite record right here, I hope I can make you feel like This all year (I say) When I hit u up u should pick up, Ima pull up in a Rental, lemme know if you need a pick up, my homie threw a block party up the street n he say he got that bitch jumpin like the hiccups, so ima pull up with some liquor, n Ima turn up with n.ggas, (ay yeah!) I’m just Tryna be with my friends n nem, a Few drinks n some loud music, Tell that DJ turn the bass up every- body movin' make the crowd foolish, You know. This my. Fucking song alright, Aw yeh oh yeh you know it’s on tonight, I peep the way that you work it hunny yeh I Notice that, hands on ya knees Lookin’ back with them Nala eyes like you Know it’s phat, if you drop it low To the flo you could prolly shake the whole Cul de sac, overwhelming type of booty Hol’ up lemme plant my feet while you Throw it back like that (say I wanna) Press all up against you baby, Body rock when the bass drop we can Lose our mind n start goin crazy, (Got the whole block goin crazy!) say You know this yo favorite record right here, I hope I can make you feel like This all year (I say) When I hit u up u should pick up,, Ima pull up in a rental, lemme know if you need a pick up, my homie threw a block party up the street n he say he got that bitch jumpin like the hiccups, so ima pull up with some liquor, n Ima turn up with my n.ggas, (hell yeah!) I’m just Tryna be with my friends n nem, a Few drinks n some loud music, Tell that DJ turn the bass up every- body movin' make the crowd foolish, You know. This my. Fucking song alright, Aw yeh oh yeh you know it’s on tonight, (I say) When I hit u up u should pick up, Ima pull up in a Rental, lemme know if you need a pick up, my homie threw a block party up the street n he say he got that bitch jumpin like the hiccups, so Ima pull up with some liquor, n Ima turn up with my niggas, (ay yeah!) When I hit u up u should pick up When I hit u up u should pick up . . . . . . . . When I hit u up u should pick up [END.]
5.	Human Heaven(Kiss Me by My Car)[feat. Niambi] 02:26	lyrics	buy track
The passenger door is ajar, as she blows reefer smoke outside car-- basking in the moonlight, dancing in the headlights, this what heaven feels like, yeah, The night is ours as we dance in circles under the stars, Yes I've got everything I want, got a full tank and some good weather, only thing that can make it better is if you let me kiss you by the water, in the background got the city lights girl kiss me 'til midnight, See you're my itty bitty piece of human heaven. . . . . .and the thing is you know. . . . . . know who you are, my human heaven kissed me by my car. . . . . . she told me slow it down, pull it over, park it by the water water water water water water water water [Niambi]: ...Have you ever kissed someone you care about in one of your favorite locations, unprovoked, with no invitation...yet fully accepted? these special memories of leaving the feeling of feeling neglected, well...neglected... Let me be your angel in the flesh, and we'll dance under the stars... Just me and you, in our human heaven. [END.]
6.	S.I.J. Feels. 03:06	lyrics	buy track
I can remember like...like it was yesterday. Way back in January....I think it was Saturday. Everything peaceful. Yeah everything peaceful. I was with all of my bros, we got to chill n drank n eat food... I can remember like...like it was yesterday. There was this song you liked, this shit that I used to play We dropped that shit at a block party You gave my shit straight to the DJ. . . . . .he threw dat bish up like 5 times, we had the WHOLE BLOCK on a replay! I can remember like, like it was days ago, The places we used to go, the faces I used to know. n all of the people we kicked it with that ain't here no mo', damn, I wish I could run it all back, rewind and then play it in slow mo! I can remember like, like it was happening right now, I got caught in a moment I wanted to keep so I freestyled it first n then wrote it down! That's when I knew it was real, That's when I knew it was real. I got them Saturday in January FEELS. ...hol' up. . . .I GOT SATURDAY IN JANUARY FEELS. . . I think I need to get up out the house, yeah I been feelin' things that I know ain't real, yeah I think I need to go be with my crowd. . . . . .YEAH I GOT SATURDAY IN JANUARY FEELS. I think I need to get up out the house, yeah I been feelin' things that I know ain't real, yeah I think I need to go be with my crowd. (say) I been gettin' it, takin' trips n shit, makin' hits on the daily but I can't let things get mundane I might go insane and that would be crazy, say it's Saturday I got three days I got a full tank like where the party at say nigga call me back, tell me where y'all be at, n I'ma drop off shawty in her cul de Sac n then I'm swangin' back! ay, I'm just tryna function, tell me what you on, had to put the work down now hit me with the fun freestyling in the car turn the beats up make it bump, aye swaying when I'm off the rum, yum yum . . .YEAH I GOT SATURDAY IN JANUARY FEELS. I think I need to get up out the house, I been feelin' things that I know ain't real, I think I need to go be with my crowd. ...I can remember like...like it was yesterday... ...the songs that we used to sing... ...the games that we used to play. [END.]

about

Imagine a perfect Saturday - a free Saturday where you go with the flow of the perfect weather. a Saturday with great friends. Delicious foods. a Saturday wit dem BIG BOY drinks on deck! a Saturday with the homies laugin', the beats is hiitin', the ladies is dancin'...

a Saturday with no sign of hatred, death, or envy
anywhere near us.

Imagine a perfect Saturday night - just cold enough to cool you down when you dance in front of your parked car headlights on a cliff next to the ocean underneath the moonlight with the honey you was slow grindin' on at the block party earlier...

Imagine a perfect Saturday. Like back when all the homies were around. Before we went back to empty corner blocks and poured cheap liquor out for fallen friends. Imagine the smiles we used to share. The ones we really wish we still could.

In short, this is an EP dedicated to every perfect Saturday
I ever took for granted. I'm sorry I didn't cherish them more.

a Saturday in January.

EP #01 of the BIG #12! monthly series.
Thanks for listening, please do it again!

:)

credits

released January 29, 2020

Recorded at DOJO45 Studios
(satellite location: Oakland, CA), 2020.

Produced by GoMakeBeats, co-produced by So-So Topic.
Mixed by So-So Topic and Stephen Carmona at DOJO45 Studios.

Performances by
(in order of appearance):

So-So Topic(US)
Robot Jonez(CA)
Gutter Gary(AUS)
Niambi(US).

Artwork by Joonbug (@thebugs87).

I'm just the quarterback!
:)

Thank you, most importantly,
to you, the receiver.

#aSaturdayInJanuary EP.
#01 of The BIG #12!
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