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Love vs. War

by Marcus Atom

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1.
Son of A Bad Man 03:41
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2.
After Hours 03:30
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This is that 5am jam When you up to hear this song This is that 5am jam Cause you went out all night long We could stay out till the sun comes up And do the same damn thing Until the sun goes down (x2) Chorus We don’t need another love song Sometime it feel good to be alone If you wanna sing along We should turn up, drink somethin Get the groove goin Ive been sleeping on a dream Since 1993 Just been sleeping on a dream Gotta get loose to rescue me We could stay out till the sun comes up And do the same damn thing Until the sun goes down (x2) Chorus We don’t need another love song Sometime it feel good to be alone If you wanna sing along We should turn up, drink somethin Get the groove goin Bridge Everybody’s writing stories Everyone is buying time There ain’t no sense in wastin All you gotta do is try (x2) Chorus We don’t need another love song Sometime it feel good to be alone If you wanna sing along We should turn up, drink somethin Get the groove goin (x2)
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Aye There feat Rich Jones 03:01
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Roll up, Roll up I wanna survive the anguish I sorta, sorta Got addicted to the danger Could you, would you Put an end to the anger When you roll up, roll up I’m just tryna soothe my senses These days you leave me breathless I just wanna soothe my senses I just need you, I don’t need extras Chorus Aye there I'm so glad I got to meet you I wish that you could stay right there for a moment So I can take this picture with my mind To take with my for life Conjunction, junction I'm tryna find out how you function So maybe later we could get into something And now I'm motivated Simply because I saw you tonight I’m just tryna soothe my senses These days you leave me breathless I’m just tryna soothe my senses I just need you, I don’t need extras Chorus Aye there I'm so glad I got to meet you I wish that you could stay right there for a moment So I can take this picture with my mind To take with my for life (x2)
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One feat Scane 03:30
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Lonely 02:45
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And it’s all ok Even if we’re falling apart Cause we both know, how this thing goes It's not to say That it won’t end with two broken hearts Cause it’s the same song and dance Dusty record keeps spinning round and Stuck on this track again And we know every word Chorus This was never love No No No We were only buying time Time Time Time(x2) Weeks or days We don’t talk but we never mind Cause we both know There’s a late night show Or a matinee It could be at your place or mine Cause it’s the same song and dance Dusty record keeps spinning round and Stuck on this track again And we know every word Chorus This was never love No No No We were only buying time Time Time Time(x2)
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Feels Good feat Dally Auston 04:58
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We know it’s stupid everytime but we still do it Then spend our time, making excuses Girl it’s not a crime That I got you on my mind I'm on my way to you These traffic lights, is in the rear view And I can’t wait to get in front of you It’s 95 Windows rolled down And only you on my mind We know it’s wrong We’ve both got guilty feelings But if we hold on We just might forget everything Chorus Because it feels good when I’m with you It’ll all be worth it Feels good when I kiss you Cause you damn near perfect Yah you blow my mind, I’m talkin all the time Feels good when I’m there It’ll all be worth it We might get caught up But in the end, It’s worth the mess up We still want more, we just can’t get enough But I'll pay the crime Day after day With only you on my mind We know it’s wrong We’ve both got guilty feelings But if we hold on We just might forget everything Chorus Because it feels good when I’m with you It’ll all be worth it Feels good when I kiss you Cause you damn near perfect Yah you blow my mind, I’m talkin all the time Feels good when I’m there It’ll all be worth it More life like lemonade They pourin salt up on the wound These days I can’t call it These days I'm too focused You up on my mind like two shorties Why you want the problem like new worries Ain’t no playa but I stay on game More like EA, why do we play It’s more like rope-a-dope with me though Muhammad Ali my people Yeah I got that falls but I stay on my feet though Hope I don’t lose my mind like where did we go? I see people, they can never see me though Ain’t no love lost with me ho I could never rush but I want you like my new bae The old one like old day’s, change pace Picture us rollin into a new day, don’t change faze Challenging me always, channelin my new bae Man I got love for her broad city Chorus Because it feels good when I’m with you It’ll all be worth it Feels good when I kiss you Cause you damn near perfect Yah you blow my mind, I’m talkin all the time Feels good when I’m there It’ll all be worth it
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Apostle (Fire) 02:00
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I’m taking off I lit the flame In the end the whole wide world is gonna know my name Put In my time Blood sweat and tears Burnt deep inside me all these years Chorus Cause I’m on fire…. Ain’t nothing gonna hold me down Ain’t nothing gonna stop me I'm on fire Ain’t nothing gonna put me out No no no No looking back I’ve come too far All my work is written in these scars It’s gonna all be worth it When I reach the top I’m like a steam train rolling, baby I won’t stop Chorus Cause I’m on fire…. Ain’t nothing gonna hold me down Ain’t nothing gonna stop me I'm on fire Ain’t nothing gonna put me out No no no
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Love vs. War 03:48
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Now I'ma try and say this without getting emotional I've had these words on my lips Since before you walked through the door And I know we’ve had our fights But this is worth fighting for This is Love vs. War (x2) Chorus I dig deep, run harder, go faster For your love Cause you’re the only one Make me wanna be good enough There's no past or present place I’d rather be Cause right here, right now is all we’ll ever need In this Love vs. War This is Love vs. War (x2) Now we’ve both done wrong No need to apologize Between the doubts, the late night-out's And all the white lies And we put up with all of this We know it’s worth fighting for This is Love vs. War (x2) Chorus I dig deep, run harder, go faster For your love Cause you’re the only one Make me wanna be good enough There's no past or present place I’d rather be Cause right here, right now is all we’ll ever need Bridge I’m ready to dive in your waters Swim in your seas Explore all your oceans, your shallows and your deeps I’d let your current take me and swallow me whole And swallow me whole Chorus I dig deep, run harder, go faster For your love Cause you’re the only one Make me wanna be good enough There's no past or present place I’d rather be Cause right here, right now is all we’ll ever need (x2)
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Just The Way It Is 03:34
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Sick of the tv screen Staring back at me All they really want Is what I’m offering My fleshand blood, they want my soul For my flesh and blood, they’ll take me whole Always gonna do wrong But I’m complicit in it Everything takes so long And they still listenin in With the weight of the world What else could I do With the weight of the world Got me broke in two. Chorus Wish i didnt do that (that’s just the way it is) But it’s just cause they did this Never gonna fight back But forever wish I did So pick my next song Tell me which key Cause you’ve got shit to sell You need a hit to sell For my flesh and blood, they want my soul For my flesh and blood they gon take me whole Always gonna do wrong But I’m complicit in it Everything takes so long And they still listenin in With the weight of the world What else could I do With the weight of the world Got me broke in two. Chorus Wish i didnt do that (that’s just the way it is) But it’s just cause they did this Never gonna fight back But forever wish I did (x2)
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Proverbs 02:57
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The things I do to myself When I’m out and fucked up I’m high and down on my luck When i was young it was fun But now I’m calling my bluff Sick of feeling so stuck I don’t ever think about it, til I’m hungover Or I’m stone cold sober Chorus And then I know and you know, Mistakes that we make always follow But I’ma do it cause it feels good anyway Im’a do it cause it feels good either way And then I know and you know, Mistakes that we make cause an echo But we do it cause it feels good anyway I'ma do it cause it feels good either way I admit there were nights That I wish that I could redo Then maybe I’d still have you So here I am, all I have Is this beat in my chest And now I can’t get no rest I don’t ever think about it, til I’m hungover Or I’m stone cold sober Chorus And then I know and you know, Mistakes that we make always follow But I’ma do it cause it feels good anyway Im’a do it cause it feels good either way And then I know and you know, Mistakes that we make cause an echo But we do it cause it feels good anyway I'ma do it cause it feels good either way
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Real Ones feat The Cool Kids 03:38
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Traffic 04:19
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Traffic, stuck in all this fucking traffic Wish I had a go go gadget To get me out this fucking traffic Its tragic, oh lord I thought I had it And now my mind is filled with static My own lungs is asmatic Where did it go wrong Where did it go wrong How do we go on, from here. Chorus Clouds roll in from hills It’s feeling like the end times now I hear the trumpets start to play Looks like we got A bad case of first world problems Lord we all should be ashamed . Chronic With a side of gin and tonic Finding something catastrophic Out of any given topic. No logic, good damn it’s idiotic The way I empty out my pockets And I know I'll never stop it Where did it go wrong Where did it go wrong How do we go on from here Chorus Clouds roll in from hills It’s feeling like the end times now I hear the trumpets start to play Looks like we got A bad case of first world problems Lord we all should be ashamed .
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Brian's Song 05:55
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No one tells us when we’ll lose it all Any day all this could end Remember back when we were seventeen Seems like you were just right here Don’t see what we got Don’t miss a damn thing until it’s gone If I could change it…. I woulda done better for you Chorus I couldn’t catch you in time So I'll see you on the other side (x2) I would have answered every time you called I would have sensed that you were low I would have had you help me write this song. Wish you were still here… Don’t see what we got Don’t miss a damn thing until it’s gone If I could change it…. I woulda done better for you Chorus I couldn’t catch you in time So I'll see you on the other side (x2)

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released September 21, 2021

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Marcus Atom Chicago, Illinois

Marcus Atom sings with his chest. Eschewing the falsetto that defines much of contemporary R&B, Marcus stands out immediately—this is a different style, one that works in tandem with the honesty of his songwriting. Years in the making, his debut LP Love vs. War is a heartfelt album that draws on traditional and contemporary R&B, Chicago’s rich hip-hop scene, gospel, and alt-rock. ... more

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