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Alternative Income

by Sounds Like Jamie

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1.
(Chorus) Hear the sounds of my beats and my voice, I emcee, devastate, making too much noise! I’m not see through, this is me being me So let the air spread so the boy can breathe! This is all just for fun, There’s no venom on my tongue, See? but I spit my lyrics viciously. I can’t sit still, can’t just let it be – Sounds Like J to the A to the M I E.
2.
(Chorus) Please listen to my album Or at least one track, recording cost me money it would be nice to make it back!
3.
(Chorus) The music around me - is part of the atmosphere in which I live and breathe…
4.
(Chorus) I’m ok, today’s great, It’s fine, No need to hide away – I have piece of mind, I’m ok, today’s great, It’s fine, Life is not a struggle, I just need to make time.
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(Chorus) A Balance – It’s just hard to find, when you push too hard that’s when you lose your mind. Life’s too short but with a large amount - of things to get done and sacrifices no doubt. You can’t stop time like Bernard’s watch, you can’t skip stuff like you’re playing hop-scotch. You have to face it there’s just not enough time, but do your best to make it, that’s the message in this rhyme!
6.
The City 03:55
Chorus Awake, asleep, we just can’t keep – away from the fact that we’re all just sheep The city takes control of our destiny, forming us into the herd even though we can see A way out, with our creativity, but it’s merely just a dream if you lack the money But never give up and wait and see, but you also need a pretty sharp looking CV.
7.
Chorus These are just some things that I have on my mind, because the world as a place is very unkind, I only have first world problems and a load of guilt, but a worldwide society needs to be built. Let’s stop with the bombs, guns and poisonous attacks, lets build a utopia where only bad things lack. Let’s aim for world peace and total equality, lets make the world a place where we want to be!
8.
(Chorus) The internet isn’t evil but plenty of people online are, not being secure would be like not locking your car and leaving keys in it for everyone to see, so you better watch out and learn a bit of I.T.!
9.
(Chorus) It’s another day in the life of a creative wannabe, convinced that holding a mic is my destiny, Just want make tight beats, sing and emcee, I know I just bang on about creativity, But being a musician is in my blood stream, cos being on a stage and recording is what I dream, Bed bugs must have bit me when I was a teen, I’m the Spiderman of rap, mutating the whole scene.
10.
Make It 03:28
(Chorus) So let’s make, create, the funky beats and breaks Forget the pain and all of the mistakes Right now we’re free of negativity Let’s make it the way that it’s always gonna be.
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B.R.O.M.L.EY 03:57
(Chorus) Bromley, South East London is where I hail from, I might not fit in, I might not belong, but I have friends and family and they all have my back so I’ll do my best to put this small town on the map.
12.
The Pressure 04:22
(Chorus) I can take the pressure I just can’t take it all the time I can take the pressure Just not in every single rhyme How I feel, how I act and how I am, What I want, what I do and what’s the plan? Why I’m stuck, in a rut, will I find some damn luck? One day!
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(Chorus) This is how it is, how it was how it will be, lyrics and beats as a career or hobby, either way I won’t give up, nothing can stop me, and I’ll always stay grounded even without gravity!

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Alternative Income is the second album by Sounds Like Jamie and picks up where the first album "Can't Sit Still" left off. Hopes, dreams and ambitions are a main focus, but so is positive thinking, wry humour and social commentary of what comes with being a Londoner and a daily commuter working a day job.

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released August 3, 2019

Beats, Music, DJ Scratches, Vocals and Lyrics by Sounds Like Jamie (A.K.A Jamie Rostant)
Recorded and Mixed by Jay Strange at Revorg H.Q.
Additional Guitars on "Peace of Mind" and "The Pressure" by Adam Ready and Rob Wilson.

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Sounds Like Jamie London, UK

Hi, I'm Sounds Like Jamie, a producer and rapper from South East London. I make music which combines a love of Hip Hop, Alternative Rock and Old School Video Game music and use them to create music with intelligence, humour, angst and thought.

So essentially it is Nerdcore/Alternative Hip Hop that I create, but I use different themes and influences for each track!

New album out now!
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