Asheville
I left my home
I left my home
To join the army
To join the army
The day I left
The day I left
My momma cried
My momma cried
I left my home, everyone was weird, I went back
Partially ‘cause of the love, partially ‘cause of the tax
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck
Don’t ask me where I’m at
Accountant told me this is just life, everything returns into ash
They named the city after me
So every single time I’m home
I think about doing some things that I should not say in a song
I’ve done some things that I’m not proud of, not at all
I meant exactly what I said, but the way I said it’s
I said it ah ah
I said it ah ah
I said it uh uh
I meant it uh uh
I said it uh uh
I meant it uh uh
I said it uh uh
I meant it uh uh
There was a time, some years ago
Where I would hate this shit uh
‘Cause I couldn’t take this shit uh
Said fuck this town
It turned around
You couldn’t make this shit up
I made my peace
I plant my feet
Too deep
Not moving for none
They’ll build a statue of me trust
They named the city after me
So every single time I’m home
I think about doing some things that I should not say in a song
I’ve done some things that I’m not proud of, not at all
I meant exactly what I said, but the way I said it’s
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
They named the city after me
So when I’m home know it’s up
They see the benz, they see the rims
They already know that it’s us
I find some comfort in the fact it's not the same as it was
All this silver in my cup
Frankly, it moves slow as fuck
Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
I should've never left it
Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
I should've never said it
Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
Take four away from seven
Only person on my street with zero college credits
For real
(Are you for real)
Every single time I'm home
Think about doing-
(Are you for real)
I should not do that at all
Shouldn't even be a thought
But some how it always is
Guess that's just the way I live
Only person in my neighborhood
Who's nightstand got a grip
And I don't think that I'll use it
All my neighbors old as shit
Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
I should've never left it
Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
I should've never said it
Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
Take four away from seven
Only person on my street with zero college credits
Appalachia
Almeda Riddle:
You will leave this house carpenter
And come along with me, me, me, me
I'll take you where the grass grows green
On the banks of the sweet, banks of the sweet,
White escalades, appalachian mountains
It’s only right, the only person to have come up out ‘em
You either do it or you sit there and just talk about it
I’m getting weird looks every time I leave Buncombe County
Theres very few of Y’all I trust
Even less of Y’all I love
I bow my head to only one
That facade that Y’all put up
You might fool them
But just not us
That facade just isn’t you
And moreover, it's a crutch
So ask yourself, what do you really do it for?
Do you feel it in your core? Do you really feel it?
Humble myself for the lord
Could've ended up like Y’all
But my momma raised me better
Father said that less is more
White escalades, appalachian mountains
It’s only right, the only person to have come up out ‘em
You either do it or you sit there and just talk about it
I’m getting weird looks every time I leave Buncombe County
126 down I-26
It shows my age, I can’t drive stick
I’m getting so t’d you can see
I just had to shout out my
140 down I-40
It’s like 8 hours to the coast
If someone asks if I do music, chances is I'm saying no
Because I'm scared that they might judge
They take one look at the car, probably think I’m selling-
Or that my daddy paid it
Or that I’m late on payments
Funny part is I bought the house and car without touching my savings
White escalades, appalachian mountains
It’s only right, the only person to have come up out ‘em
You either do it or you sit there and just talk about it
I’m getting weird looks every time I leave Buncombe County
Interviewer: Are you surprised to be famous now?
Popcorn Sutton: “I don’t give a god damn, how famous I am, or whatever. It don’t matter to me ‘cause im bout’ dead anyways, so what do I give a shit. And anybody who don’t like the way I do, shit, fuck ‘em.”
Nouveau Riche
Dress code say cocktail chic, like we even know what the hell that means
Slowsilver03
We just don’t fit in places like these
‘Cause we’re nouveau riche
In a 2-door beam
I used to watch my brother siphon gasoline, uh
Now we don’t need to
We should probably leave, uh
They dont like my ass and I don’t like them either
‘Cause we’re nouveau riche
Droptop Z3
We made something out of nothing, you’re nothing like me
Slowsilver03
Not for the weak, uh
They don’t like how I act, and I don’t like it either
Oh no
Y’all ain’t never put in work
Y’all ain’t never put in work
And it shows
Y’all was hoping for the best
I was preparing for the worst
I know
That Y’all made something out of something, I made something out of nothing
On bro
Y’all made something out of something, I made something out of nothing on
And that’s on me
I got people that I love from the mountains to the keys
Double S 0 3
The whole room go quiet when my brother start to reach and he reaching
Dress code black tie, and the valet outside
What the fuck is that even?
Things they say when they think you’re one of them
You just wont believe it
I don’t even need it
‘Cause we’re nouveau riche
In a 2-door beam
I used to watch my brother siphon gasoline, uh
Now we don’t need to
We should probably leave, uh
They dont like my ass and I don’t like them either
‘Cause we’re nouveau riche
Droptop Z3
We made something out of nothing, you’re nothing like me
Slowsilver03
Not for the weak, uh
They don’t like how I act, and I don’t like it either
Oh no
Slowsilver03
Y’all ain’t never put in work
Y’all ain’t never put in work
And it shows
Y’all was hoping for the best
I was preparing for the worst
I know
That Y’all made something out of something, I made something out of nothing
On bro
Y’all made something out of something, I made something out of nothing on
Fuck
A: Did I poke you in the eye? Sorry
T: Like straight in the eye (laughs)
T: I thought it was the other way?
A: It can be the other way, it's better with the other hand
T: This is our stop
Is there a word in my mother tongue?
Have I passed it by? Heard it when I was young?
‘Cause I just can’t explain the way I feel for once
And I don’t know
And I don’t know
And I don’t know
I can always find the phrase
But when I look into your-
Fuck, fuck
I just don’t know what to say
Fuck, fuck
I’m just happy that you’re here
It would kill me if you left
If you didn’t want to stay
Who am I to interject?
Rather live than die for you
There’s no certainty in death
Certainly, I found you now, and I’d find you in the next
and I’d find you in the-
Sweltering heat and the Carolina summer
You learn to find peace in the pieces of each other
And theres
And there's a beauty in the fact
That if you feel it once, you can never take it back
You're everything I lack
No, you’re everything I have
I could try explaining that
But I don’t know
I can always find the phrase
But when I look into your-
Fuck, fuck
I just don’t know what to say
Fuck, fuck
I’m just happy that you’re here
It would kill me if you left
If you didn’t want to stay
Who am I to interject?
Rather live than die for you
There’s no certainty in death
Certainly, I found you now, and I’d find you in the next
and I’d find you in the-
Fuck
I can always find the phrase
But when I look into your-
Fuck, fuck
I just don’t know what to say
Fuck, fuck
Fuck
Fuck, fuck
Bluebirds
Asheville flight to Austin
Bluebirds fly in flocks and
I’m one call away if you need to talk, and
I understand in whatever way I can
Don’t let the things you’ve lost define the things you have
It sounds strange, but you've had a hell of a time, are you feeling alright?
As things change, you'll start to realize it gets better with time
I will say that she ain’t the love of your life if it’s only sometimes
Either way, you’ve had one hell of a night. Are you feeling alright?
Warsaw to London
Warsaw from Prague
I understand, man, I’ve felt it all
The person that you love ain’t the person that they are
The person that you love ain’t the person that they are
What else can I say except some played-out cliche
About how right now it’s hard, but it gets better every day
What else can I say except some played-out cliche
About how right now it’s hard, but it gets better if you wait
So just wait
It sounds strange, but you've had a hell of a time, are you feeling alright?
As things change, you'll start to realize it gets better with time
I will say that she ain’t the love of your life if it’s only sometimes
Either way, you’ve had one hell of a night. Are you feeling alright?
Veni Vidi Vici
Veni, Vidi, Vici
City lights, Avicii
Get to it if it please me
Nothing worth doing easy
I came, I saw, was not a fan of it at all
I would rather kill myself than end up anything like Y’all
(for real)
Veni, Vidi, Vici
City lights, Avicii
Get to it if it please me
Nothing worth doing easy
I came, I saw, was not a fan of it at all
I would rather kill myself than end up anything like Y’all
(for real)
Is it-
Is it the wealth disconnect?
Or is it simply the respect?
Y’all would let your brothers die if it meant a chance to get ahead
This girl think I was born in 2003
She-
She-
She don’t know about the set
She don’t know about us yet
She asked what I do for work, and I just got up and I left
Protect my own innocence
Protect my own, in a sense, I feel at home in a benz
I feel it all inside my chest
I came, I saw, I fucking left
Veni, Vidi, Vici
City lights, Avicii
Get to it if it please me
Nothing worth doing easy
I came, I saw, was not a fan of it at all
I would rather kill myself than end up anything like Y’all
(for real)
Veni, Vidi, Vici
City lights, Avicii
Get to it if it please me
Nothing worth doing easy
I came, I saw, was not a fan of it at all
I would rather kill myself than end up anything like Y’all
I just can’t do that
I just-
I just can’t
I just-
I just can’t
I just-
I just can’t
I just-
I just can’t
I just-
I just can’t
I just-
I just can’t
I just-
I just can’t be nothing like Y’all
We Don’t Leave the House
I don’t really go to clubs
Get scared around the drugs
Get scared that I’ll do something I probably shouldn’ta done
Y’all really like this, huh?
I’ve seen enough
If you see us out in public, it probably wasn’t us
'Cause we don’t leave the house
Especially unannounced
No, we don’t leave the house unless we have to now
‘Cause we don't leave the house
It’s not what we’re about
No, we don’t leave the house
Unless we're out of town, town, town
Don’t ask me what I’m doing
I’m not doing anything
I’m cool with everything
But I’m still cool off everything
If I walk into your house, I’ll probably ruin everything
I’m a whole different person when I get nervous
And I’m on my phone again, checking the weather, yeah
Or even better yet, I’ll just leave at 10:00
I’ll just leave at 10:00
I don’t really go to clubs
Get scared around the drugs
Get scared that I’ll do something I probably shouldn’ta done
Y’all really like this, huh?
I’ve seen enough
If you see us out in public, it probably wasn’t us
'Cause we don’t leave the house
Especially unannounced
No, we don’t leave the house unless we have to now
‘Cause we don't leave the house
It’s not what we’re about
No, we don’t leave the house
Unless we're out of town, town, town
Fuck it, let’s just go
‘Cause you never know
Fuck it, let’s just go
‘Cause you never know
Fuck it let’s just hit the clubs
Get scared around the drugs
Get scared that I’ll do something I probably shouldn’ta done
Y’all really like this, huh?
I’ve seen enough
If you see us out in public, it probably wasn’t us
'Cause we don’t leave the house
Especially unannounced
No, we don’t leave the house unless we have to now
‘Cause we don't leave the house
It’s not what we’re about
No, we don’t leave the house
Unless we're out of town, town, town
Foreigner
I could tell you how I feel
But for some reason, I don’t
I could tell you how I feel
But for some reason, I won’t
I ain’t tripping ‘bout no-
Get to tripping ‘bout the bros
Spent a thousand on this coat
This shit is foreign uh
We in EU so much we look foreign, uh
And every time I’m home, they think I’m foreign, uh
The funny part is that I’m from Florida
Tattoos on both my hands, my mom ignore it, uh
To some kids back home
I’m Jesus Christ to them
And if they saw me die
They think I’d rise again
They think the life I live is the life for them
The funny part is that I might die for them
Forreal
Forreal
Forreal
We for real look like tourists, huh?
I’m like a kid again, I cannot open up
In these wooyoungmi jeans dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
“It's like”
A foreigner
And every time I’m home, they think I’m foreign, uh
The funny part is that I’m from Florida
Tattoos on both my hands, my mom ignore it, uh
My mom is foreign, so
The cars is foreign, fuck
I’m like a kid again, all I can feel is love
I cannot feel this once
I cannot fuck this up
In these wooyoungmi jeans
Dressed like a foreigner
All I can feel is love
Oh, I can feel it
All I can feel is love
We in EU so much we look foreign, uh
And every time I’m home, they think I’m foreign, uh
The funny part is that I’m from Florida
Tattoos on both my hands, my mom ignore it, uh
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
dressed like a
dressed like a
dressed like a foreigner
9
Little room, no view
I was trying to make it right, baby
Lord knows I was trying to kill the time, baby
I don’t deserve it, but just know that I try, baby
Just know that I try
Would you just say something?
Is this all too much? Is this the end of us? And
I just went back home and I was so fucked up
That I just couldn’t function
I know it’s all my fault
Somehow, it always is
I just can't break the cycle
It repeats again
Went and bought a rifle, what a hateful thing
Am I nothing more than the things I did?
The man that I’ve become reflects in my actions
And I hate it
Oh girl, I hate it
Would you just say something?
Or is it all too much and
Whats the point of love if it don’t come with trust and I just fucked it up man
And I’m still trying to see it through
The more you have, the more you have to do
Every shade of blue
Never been a betting man
But I would bet the house I’d lose
I’d bet the house I-
I know it’s all my fault
Somehow, it always is
I just can't break the cycle
It repeats again
Went and bought a rifle, what a hateful thing
Am I nothing more than the things I did?
The man that I’ve become reflects in my actions
And I hate it
Oh girl, I hate it
It Is What It Is
Ay, it is what it is, you must accept while you can though
I coulda played, I coulda balled just like my dad, but, huh
I just couldn’t learn to pass though
This bitch god damn man
Y’all couldn’t hold a candle for real
Cracked a joke inside the function, it didn’t really land tho
Like, why nobody laugh though for real?
Y’all wouldn’t understand though
I’m laughing like it is but this shit is kinda sad though, for real.
Y’all can’t, Y’all can’t, Y’all can’t do the shit I’ve done
Michelle Yeoh, I couldn’t cope
It’s all happening at once
Huh, huh
It either doesn’t or it does
If I said it then I meant it
If I meant it then it’s done
Huh, done yeah
Peacefulness in love yeah
Fool me once it’s fine but fool me twice and it’s fuck ya
Shinzo Abe we brought homemade guns yeah
Walk into the bank and they greet me by the gov yeah
It is what it is, you must accept while you can though
I coulda played, I coulda balled just like my dad, but, huh
I just couldn’t learn to pass though
This bitch god damn man
Y’all couldn’t hold a candle for real
Cracked a joke inside the function, it didn’t really land tho
Like, why nobody laugh though for real?
Y’all wouldn’t understand though
I’m laughing like it is but this shit is kinda sad though, for real.
Y’all can’t do the shit i’ve done
I’m Chicharito in a way, I score for fun
I was a kid and you weren’t half the man I was
I had 100k before I could even-
Huh
Best believe it
When I walk through my hometown, it’s like a special event
Started winning so much it started losing meaning
God, what a feeling
Y’all wouldn’t get it even
It is what it is, you must accept while you can though
I coulda played, I coulda balled just like my dad, but, huh
I just couldn’t learn to pass though
This bitch god damn man
Y’all couldn’t hold a candle for real
Cracked a joke inside the function, it didn’t really land tho
Like, why nobody laugh though for real?
Y’all wouldn’t understand though
I’m laughing like it is but this shit is kinda sad though
For real.
Modafinil
It's either something that I said
Or something I did
That just hasn't happened yet
it will, oh shit
When you see me, bow your head
It's either happening or it's about to happen next
Oh, stop, start, going
I just need a moment
I broke it
It's well within control and
modafinil
I just need to focus
Stop, start, going
I just need a moment
Stop, start, going
I just need a moment
just need a second
out of my control and
modafinil
I just need to focus
Stop start, go in
I just need a moment
Normally, I’d take some time away, but
I feel some type of way
So I’ve got the time today
I, I
I don’t want to have to lie to your face
I don’t want to have to lie to your face
либо это что-то я сказал
либо что-то сделал
чего еще не случилось
uh well oh shit
слышь опусти свои глаза
когда ты увидишь меня
i know i cause lot of stress
stop, start, going
I just need a moment
I broke it
It's well within control and
modafinil
I just need to focus
Stop, start, going
I just need a moment
Stop, start, going
I just need a moment
just need a second
out of my control and
modafinil
I just need to focus
Stop, start, go in
Just sometimes, I think I wish that you would
Stop, start posing
You caught me in my moment
Drown it out in rosé
I’m trying not to show it
But I’m broken
I can’t even focus
How am I going to give you what you want?
And I know I said i’d never do you wrong
But I never said I want you here for long
I’m not saying that I’m playing you a long
Just something I think I wish that you would
stop, start, going
I just need a moment
I broke it
It's well within control and
modafinil
I just need to focus
Stop, start, going
I just need a moment
Stop, start, going
I just need a moment
just need a second
out of my control and
modafinil
I just need to focus
Stop start, go in
I just need a moment
Polo Ponies
Polo Ponies, alfalfa hay
I stand by what I do, but I don’t do half what I say
There’s something about you that I’m struggling to explain
And I’m drunk as all can be
But I still love you the same
And you can take the boy out his home, but he'll struggle to find a replacement
Was never one to be graceful, you’ve never been nothing but gracious
Was never one to give thanks but I want for not, I want for not
Polo Ponies lined up and the dying days of youth
Can’t stand cigarettes
My hands crave something to do
They crave something else it's true
And I’m drunk
Drunk as all can be
All I’m wanting for is you
Wanting for is you
But I still love you the same
And you can take the boy out his home, but he'll struggle to find a replacement
Was never one to be graceful, you’ve never been nothing but gracious
Was never one to give thanks but I want for not, I want for not
Polo Ponies played out and my fathers driving home
I light a cigarette, out the window, I let it go
I thank god for everything, but I thank god for you the most
I thank god for everything, I just had to let you know I want for not
i love you and it sounds stupid
Sin begets sin is how it was sold to me
God willing, would you get old with me?
Not know with me, intertwine your soul with me
I’m leaving, you know how it go with me
Do I even need to say it?
You know exactly what I’m saying
So before they all get home I just wanted you to know
I love you and it sounds stupid
Truth is, I don’t like feeling clueless
But fuck it, for you I’d play the fool and
I’d play the fool and
I’d play the fool for you
What if I stay up would I be yours tonight?
Tea by the leaves, oh god
Milan Kundera in Prague
West of the border and
South of the boundary line
Everything is pointless
Until you realize that it's not
Everyone wants more, would you be fine doing less with me
Be honest, would you meet ya end with me
To be honest, you know how it gets with me
I'm leaving, repeating what you said to me
Do I even need to say it?
(you know)
You know exactly what I’m saying
So, before they all get home, I just wanted you to know
I love you and it sounds stupid
Truth is, I don’t like feeling clueless
But fuck it, for you I’d play the fool and
I’d play the fool and
I’d play the fool for you
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
I'm far too busy to requite it
We don't have long, so be concise and
"I love you, but I worry that sometimes I'm just wasting your time."
But what's the harm in that
I bought you something nice
You said I shouldn't have
Jeff told me once or twice
I just need to relax
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But what's the harm in that
I bought you something nice
You said I shouldn't have
Jeff told me once or twice
I just need to relax
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
Go ahead light up another
Before we have to go to sleep
Before we both remember when you had a go at me
I know at least
That you’re something to the ones that love ya
But girl, you're something else to me
Something that I can’t explain
Something that’s just out of reach
I know at least
That from the second that we met I loved ya
But still I-
"I love you, but I worry that sometimes I'm just wasting your time."
But what's the harm in that
I bought you something nice
You said I shouldn't have
Jeff told me once or twice
I just need to relax
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But what's the harm in that
I bought you something nice
You said I shouldn't have
Jeff told me once or twice
I just need to relax
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
But i just fucking can't
Weird
You might miss the accent
But fuck, We still from the country
My friends are really quite lovely
Still gonna die if you touch me
Slowsilver03
Throw it up ‘fore it gets ugly
Throw it up ‘fore we do something
Why in the world are you clutching
It’s weird
Y’all weird
So weird
Y’all weird
Y’all strange
Y’all changed
Even after all that you did I never showed you nothing but grace
Be safe
Never wished harm on no one
But please get the fuck out my face
Please get the fuck out my-
Please we don’t talk about the last night
Of course we’d take a CL5 over a flashlight
It’s weird
We don’t talk about the last night
Of course we’d take a CL5 over a flashlight
We’re tryna do him bad right?
It’s weird
Y’all strange
It’s weird
Y’all strange
Bennie & Kay
Your wife says that she miss you and she waits for death to hold you once again
Your son just doesn’t get it, I completely understand
That you made a vow that you’d stay with her till the end
Do you worry if she’s safe?
Can you see us from up there?
I wish that I knew
I love her, but you deserve her more than I do
I hope my children act just like you
I wish that I knew if it was
Better upstairs
Is there a bedroom up there?
If you want for anything, does it come to you prepared?
Does it feel like home? Or do you not even care
Because everyone's happy, I wish that you were here, I do
Your wife said that she miss you now she’s with you it’s for the best so I’m told
It’s selfish, pop-pop. I did not want her to go
And now your son is getting old
I love him more than life itself
And I just hope to god he knows
That he’s the reason I’m around
In everything I do Father, I hope to make you proud
In everything that I’m about
Grief makes one born again, I’ve got to feel it out
My mother's crying in the crowd
A quiet in the loud
Life’s finite, I know
But I feel it all sometimes
And it feels all fickle
Pain is no wall in life
More so an obstacle
There’s so much pain in love
But there's so much love to show
Trust me I already know
I already know that it’s
Better upstairs
Is there a bedroom up there?
If you want for anything, does it come to you prepared?
Does it feel like home? Or do you not even care
Because everyone's happy, I wish that you were here, is it
Better upstairs
If everybody else there
If you want for anything, does it come to you prepared?
Does it feel like home? Or do you not even care
Because everyone's happy, I wish that you were here, I do.
Benito Gutierrez: “As soon school finished the kids, the dogs were loaded in the car and off she would go for the summer months with me. To you, Kay, to my family, and to all my friends in polo, which has been my lifeblood for half a century. I thank you for honoring me tonight.
In the later part of 2024 I moved home to North Carolina because I couldn’t seem to find peace in a city. In the past I had hated living here, it was boring, It was slow paced, it was not a place where I felt peace. I realized that It wasn’t the place that I had the problem with it was myself, I wanted more and the more I got the less I felt I had. With this move came a lot of time to think, about myself, about others, about everything. I sort of came to the conclusion that perhaps the classic musician “lifestye” wasn't for me i.e., I didn’t derive enjoyment from the “lifestyle” that making music can offer. It sounds quite silly but I was raised here and maybe I’ll die here. As I get older I realize my own flaws and flaws of the ones I love. This album is called Y’all because at its inception, I wanted it to be less about me, and somewhere in that process, I think it became the most “me” album I’ve ever made. I hope you enjoy it.
“Y’all” was made between October 7th 2024 - April 24th 2025 with my friends Jeff, John, Ralph, and Jasper. It was recorded in Big Lake, Alaska - Nicasio, California and Asheville, North Carolina.
I’m going to write a bit about each song so hopefully you can understand where I was coming from a bit better.
Thanks for reading and listening
Asheville
(made in Alaska)
Upon returning to my hometown, I had this new found confidence mixed with a bit of shame for making ‘Fuck this town’ because in the end it actually is quite a nice place. I picked this song to be the first single because 1: it's a crazy song and 2: i think it quite sums up a lot of the way I was feeling when I first started making this album.
Appalachia
(made in Asheville)
We made this song after my show in Asheville. I think after that show was the most puffed up I’ve ever felt in my life. To have so many people in my hometown was bound to make me talk with quite a self-aggrandizing tone. I’m sure someone else has come up out of the Appalachian Mountains, but no one who can make a song like this. Also, shoutout to the guy who made the Popcorn Sutton documentary for letting us use his clip, Rest In Glory legend.
Nouveau Riche
(made in Asheville)
Pronounced NOO-VO REESH, since no one ever knows. It means new money. I had recently visited a few places that had a lot of money and I had this terrible feeling of resentment towards the people I met. Nouveau riche tends to be used as an insult to people, but I began to think of it as a compliment. Me and Eric had a conversation after my show in Asheville about the pride you feel when you can confidently say nothing was given to you and thats what this song comes from.
Fuck
(First half made in Alaska, Second half made in Asheville)
Possibly my first attempt at making a true “love” song. I think I failed quite miserably because the whole song is about struggling to tell someone you love that you love them. The line “You learn to find peace in the pieces of each other” is one of my favorite lines I’ve ever written, because it's so cringeworthy and simple. Love is cringe to everyone except those in love, I think.
Bluebirds
(Made in Asheville)
I made this song whilst two of my close friends were going through their own separate heartbreaks, I suppose. The first half is about one and the second half is about another. There is nothing I could really offer them except words so this song is written about those words. Not to jinx myself, but if I had to pick a song people will like the least, it would be this song. But come on, you have to let me have one saxophone solo.
Veni Vidi Vici
(Made in Nicasio)
My favorite song!!! The line “I would rather kill myself than end up anything like Y’all” is a huge reason this album is called Y’all. It's about me leaving North Carolina and realizing a lot of these people in these big American cities have no spine and are just not the sort of people I like being around. City Lights - Avicii is a really good song also.
We Don’t Leave the House
(Made in Nicasio)
The song is quite self-explanatory. I don’t really go out much, if at all. I think hedonism is bad. I get nervous and self-conscious at parties. Basically, everything I say in the song lol. I like how the song ends with me basically like, well, let's just go in the end. I really don't leave the house, though.
Foreigner
(Made in Alaska)
I had gone to Milan and Paris in an attempt to model (I failed quite spectacularly, my guess is the tattoos, and I have a bit of an uneven walk). I went home after and was getting a lot of weird looks because my hair was bright blonde, and I was dressing quite European at the time. I think my American mind finds it quite cool to be confused as European, hence the sort of bragadocious nature of the song. The for real part at ~:47 is my favorite musical moment in the entire album.
9
(Made in Nicasio)
I don't really want to talk about the backstory of this song. I fucked up pretty bad and it is about something that to this day I regret. The beat is crazy, though.
It Is What It Is
(Made in Nicasio)
We made this song the same day Jake Paul fought Mike Tyson; it doesn't mean anything for the song, just thought it would set the scene well. Sort of the spiritual successor to Victoria Beckham, but a lot better IMO. I really enjoy “rapping” if that's what you'd call this song. I like coming up with bars.
“Michelle Yeoh, I couldn’t cope It’s all happening at once” and “Shinzo Abe we brought homemade guns” are two of my favorite lyrics on the album, two crazy name drops.
Modafinil w/ Kurtains and Kai
(Made in Alaska)
Originally a solo song, I just couldn’t keep listening to myself on every song. I asked Kai to do it in Russian because I thought it sounded cool, I’m a really big fan of his and think his verse sounds so crazy. Kurtains verse speaks for itself man….. This beat is generational, and overall, I'm the most excited to perform this song I think.
Polo Ponies
(Made in Nicasio)
Y’all was originally intended to be a country album; this is sort of my attempt at making a country song. This song works as a classic love song but it isn’t how I intended it. It’s about North Carolina it's about how my city and where I'm from never turned their backs on me, even after ‘fuck this town’ and all those angry feelings I felt towards North Carolina.
The song starts with “Polo Ponies, alfalfa hay” The second time, it's “Polo Ponies lined up and the dying days of youth” and at the end, “Polo Ponies played out and my father's driving home” Its meant to signify a progression of the polo day in relation to the progression of my relationship with where im from sorry that was a lot of words and probably doesnt make sense just ask me at a show or something i can explain it better with words than typing….. Lovely song……
i love you and it sounds stupid
(made in Nicassio)
My second attempt at making a love song (much more successfully, I’d say). It’s much sweeter than its sister song “Fuck”. I love the reference to Milan Kundera; everyone should read “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”. I think “I love you and it sounds stupid” is one of the best lyrics I’ve ever written. The second half of this song is so musical, the structure, wow…. None of the opps could write this song. No cap.
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
(Made in Nicassio)
This song was made after I failed to make a song for three days. I wrote literally everything that had happened that day into the chorus. I love (ironic) how this song follows “i love you and it sounds stupid” because its sort of the exact opposite. This is the first time in recent memory that I made a dance song that wasn’t super overstimulating. Jeff actually told me to relax, and I really couldn’t. A lot of very literal lyrics in this song. Tune.
Weird
(Made in Nicassio)
This is the craziest song on the album. I made this song and we never changed anything about it, this song is straight from FL Studio to Spotify. You might miss the accent, but, fuck, we still from the country… like butfuck…. Like we're from the middle of butfuck nowhere. My friends are really quite lovely.
Honestly, not as many of Y’all were weird when I made the song, but now its most of Y’all lol
And last but not least
Bennie & Kay
(Started in Alaska, finished in Asheville)
Losing both of my grandparents in the space of 12 months was difficult.
The first half of this song was written when my grandmother was alive and my grandfather was dead. She told me she just wanted to die, and that's what the first verse is about. This whole song is sort of a letter to my grandfather, when I say “Your Wife” I mean my grandmother. The second half is written after my grandmother had passed. No one wants someone they love to die, but her and my grandfather were meant to be together forever; it was only right for her to join him. I feel so much pain when I listen to this song. I just wish that people didn’t have to leave, It hurts to have so much to say but the person you want to tell isnt there to hear it. Rest in Peace Benito Gutierrez, my grandfather, and Katherine Gutierrez my grandmother. Its hard to live without y’all but I wouldn’t be alive without y’all, so I'll keep on keeping on I suppose
Final thoughts: https://youtu.be/PlaTjvp9G80