{Grow}th Everything I do is for growth... My music is for those who are searching to evolve as an individual... The reason why I named this album val{you} Was because I wanted to create an album That defined my own journey to finding my own self Valyou… I spent a lot of time in solitude finding myself to create this How are you able to be strong in your own faith If you are unable to pinpoint what you val{you}? How can you know yourself without knowing what you val{you}? And once you find those things, ask yourself Is that who you really wanna be? I had to redefine my reality... I had to redefine my identity... Val{you} (echoes)

ShayJToday ( Verse 1) I never knew the damage I was doing/ And the pain I left brewed in /the women I'm pursuing/ So Caught up in the race /and the thrill of the chase/ Treating temples like abandoned building windows/ Broken glass in their mentals/ All because I thrived off thirst/ I never knew the pain / after I got hurt / And what's worse?/ The signals that I send are like a curse/ Hurting women when I only had good intentions/ Who do I blame/ My cousins that taught me the game/ Make em feel like they got a chance/ Cats to a string?/ And you'll never give them anything/ Its The man code/ to treat these women like they indispensable/ That what they teach us growin up/ Use em /discard em /get money disregard em/ Its crazy how emotions always seem to come in autumn/ My game was like a hand where all the ladies seem to fall in./ They head like luster's/ (lust her) in pink as my oil Moisturizes her temple/ But I didn't know the address/ Sad to know her neighbor's next door is where I knocked next/ Used to take it in stride now I confess/ Chorus (2x) I used to take it in stride now I confess I used to take it in stride It made me feel alive But now I Gotta let it all die/ this is a player's confession (Scratches) The Girls don't know me from Jack/Yet I feel like the mack (2x) I never knew the damage I was doing and the pain I left brewed in the women I'm pursuing/ One day somebody told me love is pain/ Never understood but yet when time progressed it came/ As I came,/ From within, in between/ Right within/ Where life begins/ Is that a sin/ We used to be friends but now its just broken ends/ To the core/A dry throat without some water to hold/ Man I don't wanna be a player no more/ But its hard as hell to stop when all your homies are hoes/ And snatching women is the only thing they want to indulge/ The gift of gab is evidence of all the power you hold/ And the ladies don't believe you when u try to be innocent/ Cause they can tell you got it by the way you reel the women in/ Caught up in this game of manipulating brains/ And it started when I first seen my cousins running trains/ On the neighborhood chick/ I wonder who she is/ Back then we was young kids tryna get it in/ So--young and naïve/to the pain they received/ Seeing ones of the opposite sex as objects I confess/ Chorus (2x) I used to take it in stride now I confess I used to take it in stride It made me feel alive But now I Gotta let it all die/ this is a player's confession

(Verse 1) He was just a kid with a dream But no body believed I put my art in these pages but they ain't Feelin my artistry Emotions is lacking in these days so its Hard to see My life in these verses Every word is a part of me But they can't see Vacancies is the reason they disbelieve But in his heart and mind is where the dreams lie latently Creating reality from what you thought was make believe From turning the make-believers to people who may believe The kid with a dream (chorus) He was just a kid with a dream He was just a kid with a dream Nobody believed But he was just a kid with a dream (Verse 2) He was just a kid with a dream In the hood he was relegated Where niggas diss niggas Just because you speak educated Too nerdy for real niggas to real for the nerds So respect only came from those who can see through the blurs Had a way with the words But nobody concurred So he used nouns and verbs To write the pain that occurred And the struggles he seen Just a miniature teen Painting a ghetto picture of What was yet to be seen Just a kid with a dream Born in a pot to piss in With visions of optimism A shit was never known to be given No heavens in the ghetto for creations of geppetto Ash risen a phoenix still rises out of that meadow Of broken glass bullet holes liquor stores now-and-laters Condom wrappers full of future Cocaine, crack vapors Fresh J's Cadillacs 6-4's get the paper It's hard to be greater when he was only just a kid with a dream (chorus) He was just a kid with a dream He was just a kid with a dream Nobody believed But he was just a kid with a dream (Verse 3) Is It me /Is It me Or is it that I feel I'm getting closer to my dreams that i believe Bound to take over the world like monopoly Slowly turning my visions to self made prophecies Feel it in my spirit that this rap is where i'm bound to be Lacking sleep And i'm working so hard that I forget to eat I care less about the money and the fame I just wanna make sure that my family's staight before I reach heaven's gates Send me a plate of wings Cornbread, rice, and alice rolle's baked beans – unh Soul food – I need it where I'm goin If I hit the mainstream I know the water's barely flowing Plus it tainted – similar to love on false pretenses Even the smallest sip could leave a nigga senseless We all sin but i'm just tryna trandscend dimensions Reaching my zen through my purest extensions In my dreams (chorus) (4x) He was just a kid with a dream He was just a kid with a dream Nobody believed But he was just a kid with a dream You got dreams, you got dreams (6x) If you got dreams go out and get it Cause if you won't shit i'm with it Let's get it

[Intro: ShayJToday] Splack pack Them daaaamn dogs 95 South 69 Boyz Jam pony That's the shit i grew up on That real down south shit Just thought it be right, to take it back, check it out [Chorus 1: Big Nics] Layin' low, chillin' with the bros You know how it goes Flippin flows, call over some hoes Tell em' bring some mo' Layin' low, chillin' with the bros You know how it goes Flippin' flows, call over some hoes Tell em' bring some mo' [Verse 1: ShayJToday] Life's a bitch don't eat her out from da back Might as well get all you can out of that Would shout my city out but I'm barely home Cell phone on roam, when you be on that road Call up my dawgs and then Call up some brauds I bet you expecting me to rhyme with manage' Shall I continue? Sharp as a ginzu now I'm off to the venue to find things to get into With da click vibin Them drinks in hand Dominoes on that night stand Bowls and dutches blunt guts and slushies E&J in my right hand I got a cup filled with that liquid Pass the blunt I won't hit it Still livin' life off a natural high But Best believe I still get lifted Cause In-tel-lec-tu-al conversations They seem amazing When you hella faded Entertaining when they smokin' the In occasion Mind of a rich man, lungs of a Jamaican My inhibition totally risen Judgment with No pun intended Pretty nigga lookin' for a coefficient I can take to the room and Make a deep incision cause [Chorus 2: Big Nics] Niggas talk about ballin' Car engine still stallin' Asked my homie what da lick read He said shit dawg I can't call it We just modulatin some ganga blazin' Contemplatin' Soul amazin' Nat-u-ral highs Keep me passin' the times And I'm just livin' my life Livin' my life Say I'm just livin' my life Livin' my life [Verse 2: ShayJToday] Back on the scene Crispy and kreme (cream) Bitches wanna intervene when they see us on the scene Chillin with my team Tryin to gain green Stay away from the fake I'm allergic to gangreen they call me The top notch nigga Hopscotch nigga over every other rapper that u said hot nigga Say it ain't so nigga why not nigga Gotta lay low so I can't blow the spot nigga So Wu-Tang wit it Wu-Tang wit it Snapback no fitted now we all finna get it Just another day Same mouth different titty Ridin 95 south and I almost got a ticket Cause da music real loud and I'm speeding past the limit You don't want problems when twelve get up in it I just wanna chill with a couple bad bitches And do hoodrat shit with my friends, GET IGNANT' Please just let me meditate I just wanna reach a better state Let my mind move so free through the air just like a featherweight I'm tryin to call Mayweather plays can't hit the strip club with financial aid Chi city said get money get paid But a young nigga tryna get laid, ayyyeeee [Chorus 2: Big Nics] Niggas talk about ballin' Car engine still stallin' Asked my homie what da lick read He said shit dawg I can't call it We just modulatin some ganga blazin' Contemplatin' Soul amazin' Nat-u-ral highs Keep me passin' the times And I'm just livin' my life Livin' my life Say I'm just livin' my life Livin' my life [Chorus 1: Big Nics] Layin' low, chillin' with the bros You know how it goes Flippin flows, call over some hoes Tell em' bring some mo' Layin' low, chillin' with the bros You know how it goes Flippin' flows, call over some hoes Tell em' bring some mo`

[Verse 1] I’m trying to change the game the same way that I change flows Maintain but still stay the same when the chains glow In the Range Rove eating plantains and mangoes Wishing for the days wearing stains on plain clothes Fantasizing about Crushin’ on dames and Jane-does My game goes deeper than most of these lames though Hope the fame won’t take me away from my main goals In the slow lane praying for all of my main foes Who wish me slain but from grits to grain my reign glows The pain is the symbol of stains on windows In the church where the lord gave me passion to gain growth And I know One day I’ll look back and say “dang bro?” We made it through the reign of the game album in stores Sold out shows in Bulgarian area codes Songs spreading like West African malaria though But for now I’m just trying to be heard and exposed My pops was the first in Palm Beach to ride out on trus and vogues So a trendsetter’s what I am supposed To be on these beats, from these city streets Stomping grounds H ave 27th where I be Chillin on south beach with the M.I.Animals Eating up beats like New Age Cannibals Had to learn the hard way I can’t make it alone So now I pick up the phone to call my family from home Sometimes you gotta roam to come back to acknowledge what you’ve known And I was just a rolling stone Looking deep within me to build my eccentricity so I can Simply be the best that I can be….PALM BEACH

Verse 1 (ShayJToday) I got my nikes on The day's young so i'm tryna make the night long Shawty swing my way and sang tonight's song Me an you, ya momma and ya cousin too Chillin on the avenue sippin liq and brew Bring the dominoes out you already know Jean gibraud's collar polo's you know the clothes Catch me chillin on the corner with the old folks Lil kids on the porch with the roller skates Uncle john tryna steal the last piece of cake Damn grandma why I can't fix my own plate Paycheck came late but my rent straight Niggas watchin on the block tryna perculate In the city where that white girl might be worth the weight Meanwhile i'm lookin in the sky Searching through the universe for a spiritual high I try and catch it sometimes But only when I'm in the proper frame of mind Asking simple questions like who am I? When will it be my time to shine? Waiting for the day I see my stars….aligned (Chorus) It's just a day in the life (2x) A day in my life (my life) It's just a day in the life (2x) A day in my life (my life) It's just a day in the life (2x) A day in my life (my life) It's just a day in the life (2x) A day in my life (my life) Verse 2 (ShayJToday) Driving to the beach Turning off my phone so when I zone I'm out of reaching Pulling out the battery Sometimes you gotta get up out cha circle just to see How your surroundings really be Sipping on this hennessy While drifting off to the pharcyde Never panic when surrounded by the sounds of the atlantic and a beautiful mind Feels like heaven as long as I got by them by my side Let's ride (echoes) (Verse 3) El Camino Sun roof shining My plan on life, defining Negative shit dying Lord arms wrapped around me So i'm never feelin cold In this life I should never fold Smoke swirls the dro' In the air so beautiful As my mind grow In my own lane vibin My soul never dyin, I'm never sighin I'm in too deep It's my time man, that's how I feel But I know lord got a plan home Happy playin in the sand lonely Keep focused on ya plan homie Is what I say on the daily Prayin while I walk / side talk People think i'm crazy but I know i'm not I'm just chillin in the world, vibin with baby girl No stress just happines It's a day in the life (Chorus) It's just a day in the life (2x) A day in my life (my life) It's just a day in the life (2x) A day in my life (my life) Verse 4 (Kairo) There ain't no victory in misery That's why some company's negativity be killing me softly You either want it or you just thinking see I work hard hit the bank check account balance and Deposit then I ride Studio and vibe Thankful for this life but some homies ain't survive That's how it is but I'm gratefgul I even got a plate full Of food I can take home Good moods I display so My crew get them pesos The bleau that's my main home Some brews and we blaze those A day another motivation New experience another statement So what you waitin for? Another ride just to take a toll Let the sun pass/ and take control Of the drive Because another day in the life should be Another day in the light, right? Chorus

He unlocks the door before she walks in She seems tense/ he Tells her to relax as he lights an incense Little does he know the woman's defenseless Overwhelemed by his presence and his gift...of gab Something she never had cause she never had the best relationship with her dad It throws her off guard He finds her to be so far from these other brauds Pulls out scented oils as he offers a massage Instantly her mind undergoes a barrage She already knows that he knows she's in charge There goes the pause… One foot slips out of her heels A clear indication shits about to get real/ sex appeal But nobody identifies it's /in both of their eyes Elements of mystery combined with the surprise From the inner thighs Never a lack of trust Until the prophylactic bust But for right now it's just lust No strings attached, unh, two moths to a flame Imagine that/from the brain THC to a cataract Reverse cowboy hope you riding saddleback Thoughts running throught he both of their minds Playing 100% Ginuwine track 9, / minus 5 Haha… In mid massage, she, turns to her side Gives him a deep look into his eyes Smiled then asked him what was really on his mind Shit, you know the role… Only testing to see if his honesty will expose his inner glow The feelings mutual Speaking too soon may interrupt the flow You know...it's something beautiful But better when it's never explained and only shown Her final request a demonstration… As he delivers/the oral dissertation Class...is in...session… Or should I say sex-tion What's your selection… Critical clitoral testing… Abreast affection… A succulent suggestion… Hmm...any questions?

(Verse 1) Sippin wine slow/ Up late night playin music on my stereo Tryna let go Thinkin bout you/ and all the things that I couldn't say to your face so I write it in a song/ Used to be mad like What the hell did I do wrong All I can do is miss you I left with issues Knew it wasn't really real love But in the end it all started with you I wanna be friends But I don't wanna be the loose end on the phone while he doing you in I guess its my pride I done had it happen to me too many times to fall victim to a line That a woman gives when she still wants a man for comfort While another nigga flippin up her prom skirt Using me emotionally while another uses her physical just to get a mental blow It still fucks with me though Please don't Place me on your mantle piece I'm one heartbreak away from a wilderbeast Speaking poison into a woman’s mind Just to hit her from behind just And to only realize at the end of the night I'm still alone Going through my phone Temporary thrill doesn't feel right when you wake up with no soul.... I know its cold/but sip the wine slow Lookin out the window at the skyline Waitin for the day that she could be mine But all I have are these rhymes in a piece of mind… (3x)I guess it wasn't time....I guess it wasn't time... It' was all just a lie...damn (Verse 2) Even me saying it wasn't love is a lie My ego wouldn't let me give another try/so I Convinced myself that it was over Knowing that my heart would only grow warmer I wanna call you and tell you how I feel But I know that on the real it will only hurt never heal (2x)That's how I feel I say I wanna spend my life without you But I keep having dreams about you... I keep thinking about you...( Holding in everything I feel about you Without you The best relationship I ever had Even though the good didn't outweigh the bad... And the battles that I cannot define Between my heart and my mind And its all intertwined And I know my heart could never win... Cause I don't know where it is Hard to love another chick if her name ain't music... Ain't that some funny shit My pride wouldn't let me forgive And now I have nothing else to give I guess It is what it is I need my salvation It took patience for me to reach this revelation (4x)Revelation Revelation (2x) Wish I could go to court and appeal For my feels Cause my heart still ain't heal Just to keep it real (Verse 3) I'm haunted by these good memories That keep on dwindling In my mind Leaving me blind Caught in this bind But can I unwind Unavailable but please leave a line Right after the beep The soil is deep My heart is on gridlock and she got the key In my past hidden deep Insecurities Can I just flee? Thats what I'm known to do But maybe i'm a little too grown to do It's hard when your defense is on the fence Every time that one person is alone with you, but I didn't love myself How could I love someone else Hard to appreciate from the gate when I can't Think of no one above myself like...

(2x) This goes out to you This goes out to you This goes out to you, you and you… (Verse 1) I often reminisce about the time When I was yours and you were still mine It runs through my mind Up and down the streets of 13th as I drive Sometimes I often wonder if you were the one And if the decision I made was dumb I look my fellow peers in the eyes I tell them what happened they ask why I'm fighting back the tears before I cry Sitting on a bench as I look into the sky But I know Relationships is all about growth If the water runs dry then it dies I came to be the farmer… I used my greenthumb to replenish the roots And shake the dirt loose to show the armor Of my karma-unh I love you like my mama Wish you happiness and pray nobody ever harms ya And you still a sweet soul Don't ever let nobody in this world tell you that you not beautiful Although you may not feel it on the inside Hold ya chin up/hang onto ya pride I let it go to alleviate the sacrifice That love makes when we tryna find our paths in life But at the same time I feel like a hypocrite Because my love for rap made me do the same shit… I feel like it would hinder our potential You with your career and me over instrumentals Memory pictures flash back into my mental As I blast the Jackson 5 and reminisce the good times For you I knew that it would take a little longer But I knew without me you'd be twenty times stronger Unh—you taught me how to live And life is a gift and that gift I shall...give I learned many lessons I guess it's my time to reciprocate And bring you back your blessings yah mean (Chorus) To you I write this letter To you I write this letter I hope it makes you feel better To you I write this letter And you I write this letter, unh, yo To you I write this letter To you I write this letter I hope it makes you feel better To you I write this letter And you I write this letter, unh (Verse 2) I know it's been a while Since I made it home And sometimes when you call I might miss the phone Its not intentional But when ya on your own So much going on you gotta focus on I love every one of y'all the same Aunties uncles, cousins, sisters and brothers man I can't wait for the day that I go back Sit up on the porch and talk about this and that Genuine love is what I lack And family is the thing that I know to bring it back It's kinda like a frozen rose It looks alive on the outside Inside, metaphorically it dies To my bro K-rio I know its kinda hard Tryna live ya life right and keep a steady job I put ya name in the song to keep you headstrong Cause I know its tough not to end up doin wrong Strugglin on the daily streets of Palm Beach Just cause i'm far away don't ever think i'm out of reach Besides, a 4 hour drive ain't that long And if I ever pass away my spirits in this song My spirits in this song My spirits in this song… (Chorus) To you I write this letter To you I write this letter I hope it makes you feel better To you I write this letter And you I write this letter, unh, yo To you I write this letter To you I write this letter I hope it makes you feel better To you I write this letter And you I write this letter, unh (4x) I often reminisce about the time When I was yours and you were still mine It runs through my mind (2x) This goes out to you This goes out to you This goes out to you, you and you… Waddup fam? I ain't forget about ya'll You already know I'm many miles away Best believe I gotta keep ya'll in my life Keep the faith, til' I get back

Lil sistas Lil sistas' This for my lil sistas' Lil Sistas (Verse 1) Her pops was a player Her moms wasn't the best woman but I guess I'll save that story for later She's hood fabulous 24 karat necklace Tatoos all over her body Known as the neighborhood hottie Cats try to holla but she never pays attention Her baby daddy ain't shit might I mention Calling her out her name to only damage her soul And you can tell it takes a toll Cause her facebook status says it all The eyes of a baby doll A good girl stuck in a bad world Looking at her as she reciprocates Seconds of happiness followed by days of sadness Sometimes it makes me rethink the term “Bad Bitch” She tries hard to live lavish Dresses on an elevated status but Her money's close to average Sometimes its harder to prioritize She looks her baby girl deep in her eyes Which reminds her why No matter how hard it gets you always have to try And why she fell in love As he treats her like one of them hoes up out the club Tossing twenties to the stripper pole But he never bought his girl some school clothes… I guess its the same story we all know...yo (Chorus) This for my lil sistas' I never say it but I miss ya Lil sistas' Wish I can hug and kiss ya Lil sistas' For everytime he tried to hit ya Lil sistas' Wish I could paint a better picture Lil sistas' Ain't no better love than self love Lil sistas' You can be anything that you dream of Lil sistas' I know that I ain't with ya But I pray the lord protect you and forgive ya This for my lil sistas Lil sistas...lil sistas...lil sistas This for my lil sistas Lil sistas...lil sistas This for y'all...unh (Verse 2) Her pops was a player Her moms wasn't the best woman but I guesss I'll save that story for later Her friends didn't give a shit about her But she still gives the benefit before living without her A hard head makes a soft behind Sometimes I wonder if she's telling the truth or lying When she talks about how her momma treats her Placing another man above her own It's hard to feel at home when it was only just a place to rest your head Buckets of tears fills the pillows on her bed Holding secrets of words she never said The stress repressed upon her chest Can't trust her own family nobody to confess Go to school and get a job that's how she takes a stand It's hard to give a damn when ya pops don't understand Cause she wants to take care of her yet he makes demands On every single solitary plan...damn It's okay pops I know Its hard to let her go when you don't wanna see her grow The one you used to call little girl now is grown and she Got another seed of her own Give her room You hard on her yet you wish to take the pain away Cause you didn't wanna see her make the same mistake Even babies gotta walk before they crawl but Before they learn it all They gotta fall… (Chorus) Lil sistas' I never say it but I miss ya Lil sistas' Wish I can hug and kiss ya Lil sistas' For everytime he tried to hit ya Lil sistas' Wish I could paint a better picture Lil sistas' Ain't no better love than self love Lil sistas' You can be anything that you dream of Lil sistas' I know that I ain't with ya But I pray the lord protect you and forgive ya This for my lil sistas Lil sistas...lil sistas...lil sistas This for my lil sistas Lil sistas...lil sistas This for y'all...unh Verse 3 (Adaeze Lyrics) Your smile has the potential to be so much more genuine Things were better when as a child You believed in fairy tales and princesses Because the damsel in distress was always saved by the Sons of the king But for you these prodigal sons Armed with societal pressures and guns Dont save you from dragons-they swalllow you whole Miss the dragons by a mile and puncture you straight in your soul Feeling trapped in your one bedroom – one dollar bill thin wall tower Little sister in that solitude I pray you find power And instead of being afraid of heights I hope you appreciate the view Take ownership of your perspective and see that You're surviving what a lot of women never have to go through Little sister I pray you let your hair down Learn to relax Keep it natural you don't have to relax And I know the welfare which casts a generational curse So you stay walking a mile in a day in your moms shoes Because your feet has always been the same size I'm sure its hard to feel like 1 in 6 billion When you are number 3...or 5 But realize, little sister Life is what you choose make of it So go get all the dreams you had time to daydream/daedream Don't wait for it… Yeah, from adaeze, to all my little sisters… Ad-libs (Sheena Jackson) I said my sisters And yo sisters Hey we need to stand together For the sistas' hey That's my sister She's yo sister That's her sister My sisters It's for the sisters

It's kinda wild cause I knew the day I let it go Be the same day I knew that I would have to grow Seeing visions of the pain I would have to gain I died a million times to be born again If it wasn't for the pen I'd be in the pen Prisoner of my emotions that I held within Summer nights, on my pops couch Condensation on my heart from the inside out-unh It's killin me Cause I know I gotta sleep In the same bed that we used to creep My nightmares seem to be embedded memories That constantly sneak in my mind as I blink—unh Friends gone, barely in my zone And my pride wouldn't let me even call you on the phone With your heart in mind cause it hardened mine Now my heart ain't mine and her heart is a mine And I bartered mine Her heart and mine cannot intertwine Souls tied on that dotted line Asking the heavens to come and give us a sign In retrospect I should've cashed that check To live and be a better man without a regret I ain't perfect But found my purpose and discovered my self-worth Thinking I ain't worth shit But I ain't worthless Rock bottom, sprinting for the surface The lows helped me re-appreciate the highs No longer motivated by forbidden fruit Rather exist between her eyes than between her thighs I'm feeling like me again I can still see the scars yet I'm learning how to be a man I got a lot to share But I roam on my own though Sonny Bono sittin in a chair Without Cher like she was never there As I sit upon this balcony where do I stare… Yeah

Value Valve Tube Like a pipe With space And space makes room for vibrations.. When value meets vibrato And you put your mind In earthquake mode Could you do something Groundbreaking For your soul? See There's no promise in tomorrow And time was invented To measure a dimension of hope; So what can you count on? Reach your arms Outside the radius And open your palms Reach outside the radius Leave minute and hour hands Dangling out their parameters So their clock work Does you no harm Open your palms Know that the hands of time That are dangling Are also empty and available For you to get a grip Clinch Your FISTS Round some scissors and snip away their strings DO NOT BE A puppet to another man's dreams Reach outside of the radius Identify with YOUR animation Start listening to voices that gain faces in silent spaces Find your solace young giant Find your Silence young giant Make your SILENCE your GIANT! MAKE YOUR SILENCE YOUR GIANT! Put your peace in The Quiet And kneel at the shrine Of your promise Then tell me what you find there... Dont be shy Go ahead and introduce yourself ...Val(YOU) Verse 2 (ShayJToday) I swear we living in our last days Life's a written book and everyday I turn the page Damn near cried on the day of my graduation Called my grandma on the phone and told her that I made it She was elated just to see another young man Doing something with his life from out the slums man These words coming from her mouth Stayed deep within my mental Keeping me grounded when i'm on these beats and instrumentals When working hard sometimes you don't know who you motivatin Just stay resilient but whatever you do just keep the patience This for my young bright lights Let your soul glow If you don't know what I mean go ask some old folks Keep your head to the sky but reach for the moon Don't let nobody tell you what you can't do Let them haters play the fool And show love even when it hurts And keep god first before you reach this universe Shay-J