"Da Joint" is an alternative love song based upon a poem One Shade of Soul wrote in the late 80s entitled "The Question". "Wherefore the last to stay was most faithful to stay, yet always first to say, "my dolling please come back?" Furthermore, "Da Joint" is about the after-math of a string of bad relationships
lyrics
Well it’s time to think about it,
Hope there’s somewhere else for us to go.
We should all think about it.
What does this life have to show?
One smokin’ joint. One bottle halfway empty.
Johnny Walker Red, Chardonnay, Moet,
Makes everybody look sexy.
A pack of cigarettes, a hit of crystal meth, Oh no.
That’s what people call life, that’s what some people call the best.
Don’t do a dam thing for me, I don’t get it what’s the point?
I’d rather make love to a babe au natural and light the joint.
(chorus)
(When will we see what’s life for me?
What’s it all about?
When will we know when it’s time to go?
Got to get out. Got to get out. Got to get out.)
[bridge]
[Once I had some one for me yeah.
She took my hand and then she went away.
Seven months went by, she came back to me yeah.
She took my hand and said, “she’s here to stay.]
When you’re faithful to stay, why are you first to say please come back?
It’s not every day you stray away and someone takes you back.
When love fades away after the work then what’s the point?
You might as well hold on, break out a match and light the joint.
(chorus)
(When will we see what’s life for me?
What’s it all about?
When will we know when it’s time to go?
Got to get out. Got to get out. Got to get out)
credits
from Something 4 Everyone,
released April 20, 2020
Lyrics for "Da Joint" written, Performed, Arranged, mixed and Recorded by J. Angel (OSOS) Vasquez Jr. at Soul Records LLC for Soul Records LLC. Music for "Da Joint" Produced, Performed, Composed, Arranged, mixed and Recorded by J. Angel (OSOS) Vasquez Jr. at Soul Records LLC for Soul Records LLC
"Advice Column" is a new collaborative project featuring tracks written, recorded, and produced remotely during quarantine. Bandcamp New & Notable May 14, 2020
