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Horizons

by Citizen X

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1.
Ash Ketchum 03:19
Hey yo the winters over, the summers on its way, Splendours been and gone another year I'm in The Bay casa cerebro perdido, the house of Lost Brain it's a new thing we doing cool things we're not the same as these other suckers serve em up a bit of supper taking all that bread though.. taking this professional stacking up some decimals so i can chill like eskimos man this got me feeling like 'dam', this gotta be my year, I'm a juggernaut I swear hear the ocean in my ear, feel the salty in my hair breathe it in in my air, blue like this one Afends shirt that I wear time to time, with them black jeans I like and Ghost Nikes, I coast by, just Z-Flexing hoping that them officers in blue don't look in my direction cause I don't want no trouble I just want to rule my section DJ chuck on this selection cause its real and its smooth and its cooler than the next one DJ chuck on this selection so the ladies in the house and the gents they can get some DJ chuck on this selection cause I'm trying to be the best at what I do like Ash Ketchum DJ chuck on this selection I don't want no trouble I just want to rule my section This town give me an erection living near the beach make me feel my life's a blessing when i'm feeling down or some drama got me stressing some time amongst the waves always helps relieve the pressure ..the sun tanning my complexion make me feel my life is sweet, kinda like confection and it sorta is even with its imperfections as long as i get through my trials and try to learn the lessons That life is trying to teach me, leeches can't reach me I'm too busy searching for my purpose like Nietzsche but I ain't on that hippy tip or trying to get preachy I'm just on some trippy shit thinking too deeply There i go again, shout out to my fam and friends they'll be with me to the end, and I do the same for them In these Byron streets and beaches searching striving for perfection I don't want no trouble I just want to rule my section so… DJ chuck on this selection cause its real and its smooth and its cooler than the next one DJ chuck on this selection so the ladies in the house and the gents they can get some DJ chuck on this selection cause I'm trying to be the best at what I do like Ash Ketchum DJ chuck on this selection I don't want no trouble I just want to rule my section I hope you add my songs to your collection play em as you go about your life and show your friends 'em If you're from The Bay then I hope I represent ya know the haters gonna hate thats what they do i don't resent 'em They ain't stopped me yet and i don't think they will ever fuck em i'm just staying on my grind getting my cheddar in everything I do I try make forwards my direction cause i'm trying to earn the right to be the ruler of my section DJ chuck on this selection cause its real and its smooth and its cooler than the next one DJ chuck on this selection so the ladies in the house and the gents they can get some DJ chuck on this selection cause I'm trying to be the best at what I do like Ash Ketchum DJ chuck on this selection I don't want no trouble I just want to rule my section (Lyrics by N. Holmes)
2.
Swingset in the sunset watching fireworks in the wind the breeze blew your hair over your mouth second time we kissed I felt like a fool I was meant to be cool, meant to be smooth What the hell happened to that plan? Don't I rep like I'm the Captain of my destiny every single time I'm rapping it will all work out girl me and you, it will all work out we're going through things it will all work out all work out Lady don't worry (worry) Even though we're working overtime (gotta make that money) Everything'll work out (work out, work out, work out) We're working on that now (that now, that now, that now) You made it through study got it done now you work three, different jobs I'm working one doing overtime my second job got me trying to get somewhere with these rhymes (rhymes) Every young prince needs a dream a princess to dance with and drive to succeed I got it all but sometimes I think I don't thats just me being dumb just tell me 'don't, don't' put your finger to my lips look me in the eye, seal it with a kiss I can't believe I came to know you like this I can't believe you came to know me like this It will all work out girl me and you, it will all work out we're going through things it will all work out all work out Lady don't worry (worry) Even though we're working overtime (gotta make that money) Everything'll work out (work out, work out, work out) We're working on that now (that now, that now, that now) Viewing sunrises from rooftops you know we know how to have fun I feel we both know what we need to do Tie your hair up, lets get this done.. I've never been afraid to be the man you should be my girl We could rule the world we could have a whirl two bodies dancing, here let me hold your hand - twirl forget about it all for a minute now Lady don't worry (worry) Even though we're working overtime (gotta make that money) Everything'll work out (work out, work out, work out) We're working on that now (that now, that now, that now) (Lyrics by N. Holmes)
3.
Weed 02:31
Like feeling real high, feeling alright, driving in the afternoon light, playing loud tunes, windows down 'Bitch don't kill my vibe' Checking the surf hope there's waves to ride but if theres not i don't mind I can stroll to the shore take a dive Dip to my crib, work on my rhymes Do you remember when you first got high? did you feel like if you tried you could fly? or did you laugh 'til you thought you'd cry? I was just a teen when it came in my life Small town rebel with a skateboard working on his first songs trying to make more fuck homework, go skate more get baked more, make beats and stay up late more Go to school tired, like 'fuck it' listen to too much Wu - bring the ruckus go to parties, get drunken that part of my life was so fun I can't deny that I was broken and guess I was kind of hopeful that it'd blow all my problems away in a smoke ring
but it didn't, nor did drinking Or any of the drugs that I took, its kinda corny but deep within me, somewhere the answer was always waiting, its always waiting, but I'm impatient so, I get wasted and do some dumb shit but always pay for it in the long run We're just young and dumb, young and dumb, young and down to get high (get high) Just like me back in high school but i as I grow more wise i see theres more to life than, hanging out and flying kites don't get me wrong I still love getting high but these days i'm too busy no time I guess you could say im on my grind I get so stressed, get so wired, sometimes I need mary jane to unwind (unwind).. (Lyrics by N. Holmes)
4.
Fights 03:06
Yo, welcome to the life of Nath, I'm 28, been lving in The Bay 8 years - I've seen a lot of beautiful scenery and I've smoked a whole lot of beautiful greenery enjoying the sea and beach You'd think I live in heaven right? I dam near do but I work late nights in a pizza store in the main street of town and I seen so much crazy shit go down that I'm nearly in-sensitised but before I go completely numb I'm a spit a rhyme hope that is reach someone before I see somebody die over dumb shit like the stupid pride of a drunk or a druggy fool man I don't know what to do all i know is this violence isn't cool and I know the solution is far from simple but the way things are now cant continue I wonder why they're fighting for? So the girls in the street might like 'em more? So the guys on the scene might respect 'em more? In reality we just want the fights to stop! I wonder why they're fighting for? So the girls in the street might like 'em more? So the guys on the scene might respect 'em more? In reality we all want the fights to stop! If you go somewhere and disrespect the culture don't be surprised if the locals up and stomp ya but its deeper than that the problems that we're facing I think the heart of it lies in how fucking wasted Everybody gets by the time its late and then the clubs close and the punters hit the pavement then the punches hit the faces and the cops and security guards get run through their paces I wouldn't want their jobs for quids I'm more about making hot songs for the kids but since I'm in a position to which they might listen I try bring the truth to the light when I'm spitting Think twice before you bring hits and kicks in before you get done for assault or a king hit or you could accidentally kill or get killed its not cool being seen as fucked up and hate filled I wonder what you're fighting for? So the girls in the street might like ya more? So the guys on the scene might respect ya more? In reality we just want the fights to stop! I wonder what you're fighting for? So the girls in the street might like ya more? So the guys on the scene might respect ya more? In reality we all want the fights to stop! We just want the fights to stop.. We all want the fights to stop.. We just want the fights to stop.. We all want the fights to stop.. (lyrics by N. Holmes)
5.
Uh, 18 I just got my license reckless teenager.. high as shit after midnight driving to my girls crib we on E she got her hand on my… Dropped before we left the party shouldn't of… fuck it I just finished high school i'm bullet proof, love it! feel i'm in a movie with a million dollar budget cant decide if anything matters well does it Hasn't been long since the death of my cousin poor dude didn't even make the double dozen never will I forget the look of his mother my foot taps the brakes thinking of my mother I love her, but never less always stress her out doing dumb shit with my friends we mess about in the streets speeding home blurred backgrounds I don't know how I survived looking back now… Feeling (Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes) Nothing is the same again (How things change, How they change) Moving so fast (Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes) Hard to keep up, I just keep on Switching Lanes (How things change, How they change) 21 I'm in the big smoke drivin' through the city on my way home from my shift at an RSL pouring all types of drinks for old folks who give the pokes their retirements And somehow their sadness infects me till i like to stay home when i drink like its cool to sit alone and smoke and think stay up late till the early sky is pink.. Thinking too much at the traffic lights again I swear I bleed ,every time they're red I walk through the malls, know no-one Can't find a park, a heart or home that I feel at home at, maybe I'll forever be a nomad in the streets speeding past all these blurred backgrounds I don't know how I survived as I'm looking back now.. Feeling (Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes) Nothing is the same again (How things change, How they change) Moving so fast (Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes) Hard to keep up, I just keep on Switching Lanes (How things change, How they change) Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes (Switching Lanes) How things change, How they change (How things change) Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes (Switching Lanes) How things change, How they change (Oh, How things change) Now I'm 28 and Im living in The Bay At nights deliver pizza speed switch lanes overtake lames, in these streets i got a name for being cool, being smooth, slanging that slang Cats used to doubt me, now they wanna hang but Im too busy cold doing my thing I wouldn't be the me that I am today though if i got stuck, drove slow and never changed lanes yo Feeling (Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes) Nothing is the same again (How things change, How they change) Moving so fast (Switching Lanes, Switching Lanes) Hard to keep up, I just keep on Switching Lanes (How things change, How they change) (Lyrics by N. Holmes, Additional Chorus lyrics by A. McDonald)

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Citizen X’s debut EP finds him both assured and reflective. Laying down smooth, poetic hip hop inspired by his life in Byron Bay - a location known as one of Australia’s most naturally beautiful and culturally vibrant coastal towns. He reflects on his ambitions, his relationships, his addictions, his local scene & the events that brought him to the present, not afraid to paint the dark sides of it all along with the golden days in the sun by the beach with a girl and a spliff.

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released August 24, 2015

Written, recorded and mixed by Citizen X.
Beats 1, 2 & 4 produced by Hamley.
Beats 3 & 5 produced by Quexxxt.
Mastered by Charles Daly.
Cover by Paredolia Visuals.

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