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Yellow Brick Road x Angus & Julia Stone

from The Indie Experiment Volume 1 by Cee

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about

This is the first joint I wrote for the project, back in March 2010. It was inspired after a huge argument with a close friend, and it made me reflect on my plans to move to Canada later that year. One of the most personal songs I've ever written, period.

lyrics

[Verse: Angus Stone]

Just a spoon full of sugar
Makes the medicine go down
Sweet Mary-Jane won't you lay me down
Lost my heart in California, lost my mind
Shot me down with a revolver, got me high
Then a heart of gold came on the stereo
Mr Young made me cry
Then all the colors of the rainbow
Fell in my eyes

[Hook: Angus Stone]

I lost my mind long ago
Down that yellow brick road
I lost my mind long ago
Down that yellow brick road

[Post hook: Cee]

Yeah I lost my mind, a little while back,
But I'mma take my time for me to find that,
The minutes flying and I ain't trying to rewind back,
It's like I'm dying sometimes so I don't mind that,
Yeah I lost my mind, a little while back,
But I ain't sure if I'm really wanting to find that,
The minutes flying and I ain't trying to rewind back,
Tt's like I died a hundred times so I don't mind that

[Verse 2: Angus Stone]

Took a train to the river
Where I drove right in
That skinny dippin' girl
Made the blue bird sing
Fell in love in California, she blew my mind
She shot me down with her revolver
She got me high
Then the weather man came on the radio
Said there be sunshine
Then all the colors of the rainbow
Fell in my mind

[Hook: Angus Stone]

I lost my mind long ago
Down that yellow brick road
I lost my mind long ago
Down that yellow brick road

[Post Hook: Cee]

Yeah I lost my mind, a little while back,
But I'mma take my time for me to find that,
The minutes flying and I ain't trying to rewind back,
It's like I'm dying sometimes so I don't mind that,
Yeah I lost my mind, a little while back,
But I ain't sure if I'm really wanting to find that,
The minutes flying and I ain't trying to rewind back,
It's like I died a million times so I don't mind that

[Hook: Angus Stone]

I lost my mind long ago
Down that yellow brick road
I lost my mind long ago
Down that yellow brick road

[Verse: Cee]

I think it's gone for good, my mind disappeared,
It's feeling kinda normal when I think it should be really weird,
It's the change that's been marinating inside for years,
And only now it's coming out just who the fuck I really is,
Most of my life was autopilot,
I barely remember half the shit that happened before I had rap around and,
Music gave me meaning that nothing else ever did,
So to hell with everything, I'm finna dedicate my life to this,
So in turn, my identity it stemmed from rap,
Everything I did, you best believe it's relating to that,
At 29 years old, that's more than half my life,
The only thing that mattered to this kid was a beat and a mic,
Across the planet it has taken me and lately,
I been feeling like I'm going through something of an awakening,
Shit that mattered then, don't really matter now,
Shit that happened then, I kinda forgot about,
And as a kid I always pictured how I'd be,
When I get older, and whenever I look in the mirror I see him,
And I sit and wonder if I'm living up to my potential,
Am I cruising at a speed that's gonna take me where I need to get to,
Nothing is ever enough,
And I know that it's my sense of urgency that's gonna take us to the top,
But I'm struggling to navigate the negative around,
Though I'm leading with conviction it's my flaws that bring me down,
And I'm tired of the stress it brings, lying if I said it stings,
All the while I'm praying that I never make a mess of things,
And I fell in the position that I'm in,
Then my love for it grew with every lesson coming with it,
Now I'm rollin' with a focus,
Game is getting vicious, the crew is ridiculous, I'm unstoppable and I know this,
But, my personal life is fucking with me,
My best friend was lost when we broke up, scars is still visible,
And even though we making music, in a moment,
It can go from hella chill to world war three, and it's my fault,
I let it happen, wasn't ready for commitment,
I gave her my twenties, now I think that I'mma relive 'em,
And yo that's why I'm so damn vibed to get up outta here,
I need a new me so bad, it's like I'm already there,
In the end, you can't really blame me,
A change of scenery is much better than a vacation,
And I've been waiting patient, resolve so strong, nothing can break me, yeah,
Where I'm going, there ain't a ticket that can take me there,
All I'm doing is putting work in,
It feels with every step I take, success is the like furthest thing from certain,
But I'm a different person, like from another planet,
And my jeans is getting tighter as my mindstate is expanding,
So my friends all think I'm weird now, but everybody changes,
I'm just overdue for something new to put my name to,
But I don't really wanna talk about this shit,
So the people closest to me learn about it when I spit,
So consider my mind gone, I lost it long ago down that (down that yellow brick road)

credits

from The Indie Experiment Volume 1, released April 10, 2012
Recorded by Cee and Notion
Mixed, Mastered and Engineered by Notion @ Illnote Studios, Toronto, Canada

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All artwork and logo by Josh Telfer for believedreamsdesignlife
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Photography by Iskander Ben Amor
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Model: Tiffany Alexis
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Cee Montreal, Québec

Cee is an MC from Melbourne, Australia, now located in Montreal, Canada.

Debut album 'This Is All I Know' - Top 10 in Canada & Australia in the iTunes Hip Hop Charts.

Manager/Co-Founder of The Movement Fam.

Co-Founder & Partner of High Season Co., TMF's Management Team.
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