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DREAMS MONEY CAN'T BUY

from SHPESHFTR VOL. 1: A FORCE OF GRAVITY by L.A. VanGogh

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This song was written and recorded with frequent collaborator and producer Toonz in his father’s basement in early 2019. It was our first studio session together and I spent about 3 or 4 hours writing the lyrics. The title is inspired by Drake’s “Dreams Money Can Buy” but I wanted to discuss the things that money couldn’t buy me like happiness, peace of mind, and loyalty. I was very satisfied with the recording when it was done, but again I felt the lyrics didn’t match the production as much as I wanted it to. So, what did I do? I shapeshifted that joint. I reproduced the track to what you hear now, but the coolest part about the song is the “sample.” I created an entirely different song in the style of The Stylistics soul genre. That’s actually me singing the vocals on the “sample” as well. Once that song was done, I flipped that into the sample and programmed the drums and 808 to finish the track. I utilized this same creation process of creating a separate song and sampling it on my other release “Be Right There.”

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I want things money can’t buy
Yeah I want a piece of the pie
And someone to look me in the eyes
Talk to me don’t tell me lies
Skip getting rich in a rush
I need some love and some trust
Someone at my back and my front
Out there it’s blood they lust
I know that paper can spoil me
Gold and diamonds look like royalty
What I really need is some loyalty
People be greasy, they oily
I wanna take back my time
I wanna take back what’s mine
Dreams that money can’t buy
Dreams that money can’t buy

New growth, new flow 2019
Know we Too close, glucose, boy this shit
You need two coats, I’m too cold, boy you might freeze
You off a huge dose of Nuvo, if you chose to sleep on us
They ain’t keeping up, even the faith of an atheist gotta believe in us
I been had the vision since back in the kitchen when Dre and DJ had the Caesar cuts
That was before we had trees to puff, we was just seeds with our feet in the dust
Now we branching out we need to adjust, I’m fighting temptation them demons is tough
Out here with sharks in the sea in the rough
I just hope I’m Willie Beamon enough
Say I got the light, and I’m beaming it up
Hear a knock at your door and we screaming it’s us
me and my team with a dream we been meaning T some shit up
I’m the talk of the town aint no need to discuss
It ain’t up for debate, people fishy, and I just ain’t touching the bait
Spending my day on the grind like I skate
Poetic nigga like I’m Larenz Tate
If she Nia Long, I might go out the way
Big Tigger how I came up from the basement
I don’t head home til I touch all the bases
Fruits of my labor I damn near can taste it
I know can’t take it, you hate it, I’m so closing to making while you still faking it

I want things money can’t buy
Yeah I want a piece of the pie
And someone to look me in the eyes
Talk to me don’t tell me lies
Skip getting rich in a rush
I need some love and some trust
Someone at my back and my front
Out there it’s blood they lust
I know that paper can spoil me
Gold and diamonds look like royalty
What I really need is some loyalty
People be greasy, they oily
I wanna take back my time
I wanna get back what’s mine
Dreams that money can’t buy
Dreams that money can’t buy

L.A. VanG-O-G-H, it’s time to let em know
Wavy my hair like I’m mixed, my daddy from Harvey, my momma from Mexico
Seen people Nintendo switch, playing games, I had to let em go
I let my attitude shift, loosen my grip, yeah I had to let it go
Imagine me ice on my wrist, if I shake and twist, it look like let it snow
All my notes federal, timing is money, I tighten my schedule
I want things money can’t buy, forever young until I’m immortalized
I hit 25 like surprise I survived, my partner he hit me say he getting tired
He ain’t getting slumber he feel like when Jordan had changed up his number
I asked him why?
He say it ain’t right wearing this 45
How you live, how you die
I’m feeling inspired
The man is back with outstanding raps
Here to coax doped folks outta their xan attacks
I’m too cool, walk in watch a fan collapse
In the wind airing out all their scandalous acts
The plan of attack, no gat but my hands are packed
The stands are packed, I’m not just some random act
On my soul my goal is a black mirror episode You know I’m here to make sure the bands are snatched
Then I go phantom like Danny, dash
They just go to waste like a fanny pack
Anything I do they like damn he snapped
See me in the future with a Grammy

I want things money can’t buy
Yeah I want a piece of the pie
And someone to look me in the eyes
Talk to me don’t tell me lies
Skip getting rich in a rush
I need some love and some trust
Someone at my back and my front
Out there it’s blood they lust
I know that paper can spoil me
Gold and diamonds look like royalty
What I really need is some loyalty
People be greasy, they oily
I wanna get back my time
I wanna take back what’s mine
Dreams that money can’t buy
Dreams that money can’t buy

credits

from SHPESHFTR VOL. 1: A FORCE OF GRAVITY, released April 9, 2021
Written & Performed by L.A. VanGogh
Produced by shpeshftr
Mixed & Mastered by Matt Hennessey @ VSOP Studios
Lyrics & Composition - Edgar Lamont Anderson Jr.

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L.A. VanGogh Dolton, Illinois

Dolton native, L.A. VanGogh is one of the most multitalented artists of the 2020s. Not only does he produce and write his own music, but he also produces and edits his own videos! Delivering witty lyrics with his unique vocal tone, you’ll be pulled towards his sound like a musical force of gravity from your first listen. ... more

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