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TeftyTeft and Friends

by Mimi & Teft and our Friends

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1.
YOLO 03:19
Jon Beavers wrote and recorded this with Mimi & Teft. Jon raps the male verses. AH I've to live my life AH I don't get to live it twice yeah I've been livin' many days in a row tryin' to get a little bit of rise in the dough so don't be trippin cause he's changing the flow to the same money makin with his eyes on the goal got a grip on the highs and the lows so you never see a break in the stride of the road but it's time that you know by the miles in the road and how far a man will go to put a fire on your soul So what ya gonna do with tonight, yeah You wanna live better prove it tonight, yeah Aint no telling when you're losing your life, yeah No mañana gotta do it tonight, yeah All my people with a story to tell Live it for the tonight and the morning as well Let em know your name til it's ringing the bell and let me let me hear you yell AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH I"ve got to live my life like AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH I don't get to live it twice yeah YOLO I've been dreaming every night of my life I could be a firework and write in the sky Sky dark but the brighter I am And all the people see my name in the lights I've been waiting on a change in the times but the time wan't waiting quite as patient as I So instead I think I'm changing my mind Got my life in my hand and I'ma change it tonight So you want to see how far I'ma go, better Step back, son, thought you would know better Don't you never say stop to a go getter I ain't never letting go, this is forever Hands up, c'mon Stand up, c'mon All my people if you really understand, c'mon Gotta do it right now 'fore the chance is gone Let me hear you yell.. AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH I"ve got to live my life like AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH I don't get to live it twice yeah YOLO I been waiting my turn been taking my time but I don't got time for no more waiting I'm about to get mine I hope you don't mind AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH I"ve got to live my life like AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH I don't get to live it twice yeah YOLO
2.
Jon Beavers, Ian Merrigan, Mimi and Teft wrote and recorded this song. Chorus Even when I'm down Even when I'm down you pick me up and put my feet on the ground. Even when I'm down Even when I'm down Even when I'm down Even when the world's spinnin against me, a beast creepin out of the deep, killin my sleep like a novel by Peter Benchley And i can feel intensely the weight of the immensely impending doom impeding my breathing. I know eventually You're gonna lift me up and I'ma get the panoramic view I've been avoiding so intently Even when my mental state's demented and bent out of line plenty 10 out of 9 times my ties are only incidentally infectable. Infinitely I'm connected to the healthy divinity which invented and sent me. I been a point of contact to the demons and the gentry so repeatedly, but even then you're there to free me gently from my disbelief. You open me to me. When i can't even see to see the sea its sprawling there and how much greater is the all in thee Even when I'm stalling or falling or brawling heatedly You're always eagerly awaiting and calling me Chorus Even when I'm down Even when I'm down Even when I'm down you pick me up and put my feet on the ground. I can be foolish Might make mistakes Bottle my emotions My heart even aches Don't want to feel this way You look at me and say 'Oh c'mon girl just get it outta your head I will be your back bone No worries let them shed' Gotta be free I gotta be me You make me wanna Believe You make me wanna Believe He's got this tendency in him for soliciting grinnin' And getting anyone with him to quit their miserable bitchin' a minute. He give 'em vision with a positive spin if they listen. And its a shock to their system; they call it 'opticalmism'. But then when dinner is finished, And 'oh the time, where did it go? I guess its time to go with it' and they split, Man, how quick he gets so cynical with it! Falling victim, once again to 'geminiacal rhythms'. And I've been trying to quit 'em, But, man, you know what they say: 'History is just another hit of replay'. And I'd have never thought I'd see a new day 'Til the day I saw the sun and she was coming my way. She told me, 'reason is never strong as believin. Love is a wave. You gotta change with the season and When I feel my equilibrium leavin' She pick me up and leave me even. Chorus reprise
3.
Slow It Down 03:30
Ian Merrigan raps the first verse. Jon Beavers raps the second verse. Mimi joins in the chorus. Teft on instruments. Video link https://youtu.be/TBOgbJOGqBQ Now keep your eyes on the visual. The Prize is a residual effect of the sky on individual positions on the highway. By day I play along with the game but by night I do it my way. Minute by minute I script the sentence my pen fights the limits like right fist to finish line. And when it’s time to end the story I’m ready but for now I’m taking my time. Now sit back and feel the plot twist. The adversary checks his watch and watches, the winners count losses, the lost cast lots, and the pawns turn profits. The list goes on, but I ‘m a stop. It’s not that I’m not. Interested in success, I am. It’s just, why sell the well to buy the watering can. And I’m down to run a race man. But when it’s finished I’m a have a Guinness and sit and kick it again.                Chorus Slow down everyone you’re moving too fast. It’s hard to kick it with your foot on the gas. Rest your feet up cause it’s time to realize it’s a new day        it's a new day        So slow it down Whoa Nelly, now don’t miss the smell of that primrose and elegant path He got you strolling on. Didn’t look it at first, but get your coulda been worse on a second when checking the retrospective then ah. Now you see then you don’t- like vision for a minute or an image in smoke. I could see symmetry in it like encrypted in code but it goes like an evening or the fleetingest hope. Now, good morning son, that’s the lead of a Ghost. Get to thinking you believe it, then believe what you know.  And then drop all your worries, pick up all you can hold, and let’s go. Enjoy the journey, cause we’re hurrying, slow. I know got places to go. On to the nest every fox got a hole but, these soles are learning to stroll, steady as a rock when we roll. I know got places to go. On to the nest every fox got a hole but, these soles are learning to stroll, And when you’re following the King of the road you move slow like-        Repeat Chorus
4.
I Burn 02:35
Ian Merrigan wrote this one with Mimi and Teft I burn hotter than the midday sun brighter than the daytime one I burn For you every time you call my name my hear is like an open flame It's true You take my hand and the heat of the kitchen stove Explodes like the 4th of July I'll warm my heart by the fire of your eyes I'll never need a blanket in my lfe With you every days a mystery we'll go down in history Us two And when we get old and we feel weak put your lips against my cheek and then You take my hand and the heat of the kitchen stove Explodes like the 4th of July I'll warm my heart by the fire of your eyes I'll never need a blanket in my lfe repeat chorus
5.
Jon Beavers wrote and performed this one with Mimi and Teft. And I'm on my way. It's got to be today. c'mon, c'mon Woke up late today I ran fifteen blocks and still missed my train and I started to think is this the life for me Don't mean to complain but I was waiting for the cabbie in the pouring rain when I said to myself - Hey When you gonna set me free You and me we got some places we ought to see We had best be on our way Come on open road you know where I want to go Bring that ocean close for me to see Take these city lights Leave them far behind I made up my mind and I believe, I'm gonna head for the sun Oh oh oh oh oh oh I'm gonna head for the sun I woke up late today but I made it to the water time to catch my wave and I started to think Yea, this is the life for me And i don't mean to boast but I was sippin on a coconut with sand in my toes and I heard that old voice say hey you're quite a sight to see Me and you we had an awful lot that we had to do but now that's through and we're on our way Chorus Put my shades on  drop that top off the funky old jalopy that I copped from the shop and i'll be honest I don't know how many miles she gon last but I gonna push to the last with my foot on the gas And If you ask me Man, I don't need that much I need a little bit to eat and somethin cold in my cup I need a fire on the beach and someone snuggling up and I'll be chillin like enough is enough Chorus
6.
Ian Merrigan wrote this one and Mimi sings it. Rain on my window-pane drum away the time rain on my pillowcase oh how’d it get in side outside it’s pouring but inside the storm’s in my eyes I’ve got a picture of the New York City skyline Torn from a magazine on my apartment wall I pretend I’m in the backseat of a bright yellow taxi and the rain {is} in my rearview the city lights are the real view Take me through the traffic down broadway through Chelsea to the people down town They call to me and I can hear them tell me No promises but this is it here and now don’t wait around lada/ooh {I} just got a postcard from my family in Missouri it’s taped by the window looking out my brooklyn loft These days I take the subway but sometimes on a long day when it’s raining i’m haling a cab and I say
7.
Chatter 03:30
Jon Beavers wrote this rap for Mimi. Jon does the vocal bridge. Teft on instruments on all tracks. I don't know if you been told about what happened lately But so and so and you know who, they bout to have their baby And all the people on the TV goin' crazy sayin' Oh oh Oh oh And what you heard about that singer with the hottest record I heard she gave the cops the finger then she got arrested And now she's sweatin cause they got her on possession saying' Oh oh Oh oh But that ain't nothin next to what I'm bout to do this summer I'm bout to blow, I got a show and got producers comin' I wonder what I'm gonna do with all this money talkin' Oh oh Oh oh So what's really goin' on? Nothin's really goin' on So what's really goin' on? Nothin's really goin' on Nothing's really goin' on Cept what's really goin' on But they ch ch chatter Yea they ch ch chatter Nothing's really goin' on Cept what's really goin' on Nothing's really goin' on Cept what's really goin' on If you think you got it right then you're thinking bout it wrong Nothin's really goin' on but they ch ch chatter And I don't know what you been hearing bout these politicians but I done heard it from somebody in a top position that when they finished they won't have a pot to piss in singin' Oh oh Oh oh And you know that they can watch us through computer cameras And when we talking' they be listenin on their big antennas Better learn to talk in code so they don't understand us Oh oh oh oh You see I'm tryin to take you with me if you want to follow Yea I know i'm givin you an awful lot to swallow But you can sign up for my blog and read it all I call it Oh-Oh dot Oh-Oh C'mon Chorus Excuse me. I can hear you speaking but I think you're about to lose me. Talking a lot of words and yet the purpose is confusing. You been getting loud and yet the crowd it isn't moving. Some of them are snoozing . Sorry if I'm bruising egos but I need to for the people who are seeking for the leaders. They're gonna motivate the sleepers so before you blow the speakers let me teach you what went wrong. Nothing really going on less it's really going on. Chorus
8.
Jon Beavers, Ian Merrigan, Mimi & Teft laugh their way through this one with co-writer/singer Tyrone Gomes Jon Pardon a brother it be way out of line but I been noticing you noticing me lookin so fine When you move like that Oh you like it like that when you move like that Oh you like it like that Pardon my French but Je ne sais crois gotcha looking like your spillin' your drink dropping your jaw When you move like that Oh you like it like that When you move like that Yeah, yeah you like it like that When you move like that Oh you like it like that When you move like that cause you like it like that when you move like that girl you like it like that now bring the groove back daddy Ian Oh my god It's hot The spots obnoxious The crowd rocks The sounds rawer than ground chuck I got a couple of bucks Getting looks From a couple of chicks Who look down to (what?) Now when you move like that I swear to god I'm like a lightening rod And all my timbers shiver And yo ho I'm new to the coast But every bone in me knows This is a forecast for Earthquake weather Jon Whether or not your ready to drop all your little inhibitions and admit that your hot you can stop with the pretending you ain't clocking my walk sweat a broth like atlanta when you hawk let's talk so how you move like that you see, he gets it from his papa the pied piper plain the ladies proper and once he gots ya he's setting ya free so finish the drink mama and follow me Tyrone I thought I told you I ain't playin around now imma treat you like your father I ain't stayin around act right I got one night in this town Plus ever since I stepped up in here you've been staring me down I hit the bar and started staring right back you saw me licking my lips I like the taste of my yack I don't need to work cause where I'm from I'm badder than bad this ain't me spittin game this is a matter of fact So, what's it gonna be you or your friends they be eyeing me too I'm choosing you if you win When you move like that Oh (take a second baby girl and let me answer this call) Ian Yo Tyrone I'm so glad you answered your phone I met these couple extra chickens and they followed me home When you move like that Oh you like it like that When you move like that Oh you like it like that Tyrone Yo, tell me something are they skullin or bucking cause I found me a dime but a flock of nine's are what's up man (mang) Mimi and all when you move like that do you like it like that when you move like that do you like it like that when you move like that do you like it like that when you move like that I know you like it like that when you move like that Now bring the groove back daddy Teftyteft's one vocal in this entire album.... Yes ma'mam
9.
Call Me Out 04:20
All five of us are on this song. Ian Merrigan takes the lead rap joined by Jon Beavers, Ian Merrigan, Casey Hurt and Mimi. Teft on instruments And I been mindin my business and expectin the same but these jokers keep on yellin my name Oh why they call me out Oh Lord they call me out He got that animal in him can't you see he's insane Try to hold it got my foot  on the chain Oh why they call me out Oh Lord they call me out And if a dog don't bark  Leavin lyin in the dark they say Until he want it Then you finish what he start But I can't abide a robber In the streets I send my daughter to play So the rules have been abolished for the slaughterin  and this is how it oughta been you mindin your business and me mindin my business no offense no repentin but this tendency in me to snatch a villian by his throat got me volatile to all the bones  and promises you broke imma bomb it til it smoke bring the drama kill the joke watch you eat the words you vomit til you swallow til you choke when you offer me apologies you probably should know hey yo, i cannot stop it when the monster is provoked CHORUS (repeat) Pre-Verse 2 Somebody stop before I blow I'm losing hold of my control and homie I don't want have to let it go but these suckers gotta know cause that I told them once before and the second time around I aint laying low so here we go Verse 2 and I don't wanna have to drop a hammer on a fool but I aint afraid to do what I gotta plus I brought the proper tool yall can call it cruel if you wanna but there aint a lot of room for a lot of me with a lot of you well I catch a lot of talk from an awful lot of dudes and to tell the truth homie they aint brought a lot of proof so go on and make it do watch ya gotta I'm a spit the gospel in the booth while yall set the gossip loose Chorus (repeat) Bridge Oh I don't know why  they wore me crazy but Lord who will save me when I slip away they call me out they call me out Oh I don't know why they wore me crazy but Lord who will save me when I lose my way they call me out Oh Lord they call me out Vocal Chant
10.
Tyrone Gomes writes and takes the rap lead on this song with Jon Beavers, Ian Merrigan, Mimi & Teft Lyrics? We're looking for them
11.
Casey Hurt wrote and sings this ballad with Mimi. Teft on instruments. I can't remember the last thing I said but I'm afraid that I lost it all how could one taste linger so sweet but the bitterness is all I recall your skin so graceful your voice the sea but I can feel the storm begin to rise I feel this tempest seducing me Oh it's singing me away from shore with no chance for goodbye with no chance for goodbye with no chance for goodbye Oh think of all you can see with no chance for goodbye all the secrets the secrets we'll keep I know you're afraid girl but just follow me with no chance for goodbye with no chance for goodbye You stole one kiss but I fill the crime though but I tasted blood nothing satisfies I'll be your slave if you'll be my vice though I know I had enough of you just one more fix and I'll be precise Oh I'm not doing any harm with no chance for goodbye with no chance for goodbye with no chance for goodbye Of think of all we can see with no chance for goodbye all the secrets the secrets we'll keep I know you're afraid girl but just follow me with no chance for goodbye with no chance for goodbye
12.
All Night 03:26
Jon and Ian rap the verses on this song. Mimi does harmony. Teft on instruments. And she run and she run and she run CHORUS We gonna make this up all night Go ahead and break down baby It’s alright, we gonna make it We gonna make this up all night wont let you run away baby It’s alright, we gonna make it we gonna make it It ain’t over till the music say it’s over and she run and she run and she run and she run She like living where the lights at Cranberry and vodka She say she’ll be right back I already lost her Sorrow like a blackness What I got to offer I try to be patient She call me the doctor Later when the lights low Yeah, I know she wants to But she looking vacant Kinda thing that haunts you Baby, where’s your mind at? Now she says she leaving Try to say I love you She just won’t believe him Baby, what’s your heart say? Told me that its broken Threw away the key so Now it doesn’t open Hopeless and she knows it Told me she don’t know why I care And I said baby I ain’t going no where CHORUS
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Oh oh oh oh....... Lets run away together you drive until your tired I'll sing til you get better you'll see those stars in my eyes you bring your favorite sweater I'll bring my old guitar I'm fading like a feather I'll land where ever you are Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ..... (Repeat V1 male vocal) lets not stop until we reach the stars if I'm with you then nowhere seems to far I feel the distance and its calling me something about it makes me believe oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ...... (yup - that’s the chorus) Lets run away together we could stay out all night it sure makes me feel better if i know your by my side you bring your favorite sweater I'll bring my tambourine Our songs can last forever it's like a movie scene lets not stop until we reach the stars if I'm with you then nowhere seems to far I feel the distance and its calling me something about it makes me believe Chorus
14.
Halo 03:14
Casey Hurt and Mimi sing this duo. Casey is also on piano. Livin out loud with my lights and my headphones Friends at the party blowing up my cellphone I should  roll out I should roll out I should roll out Walked in the club and the bands playing my song Drinks at the bar staying faded all night long I should stay out I should stay out I should stay out All at once life's got hold of me Sayin child you got to be free Hey yo You need to let go Let down your halo Let down your halo You know The moments so close Let down your halo Let down your halo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Halo Beats like a drug keep It coming til day light Can't get enough of the music It's so right Imma stay out Imma stay out Imma stay out Caught loves eye And it staring right at me Sparks on my step And the dance floor calling You should come out You should come out You should come out All at once life's got hold of me Sayin child you got to be free Chorus Let the movement take control It's our heart and soul So close your eyes and go This moments all we know Chorus Repeat V1
15.
Can't Quit 03:55
Jon Beavers, Ian Merrigan, Mimi & Teft are on this track. The dog ate the lyrics
16.
I'll wait I'll wait for you I'll wait under our oak tree we carved our names and I knew that we would be together someday I said I'll wait for you forever so young maybe I don't know any better but I find that you're worth dreaming for in my mind I know you'll meet me on time there there you are standing under our oak tree years have passed between us you're smile has always stayed with me I said I'll wait for you forever so young maybe I don't know any better but I find that you are worth dreaming for in my mind I know you'll meet me on time time oh time meet me right on time time oh time meet me right on time here we are again under the silver moonlight reading poetry and oh the letters that you wrote me I said I'll wait for you forever so young maybe I don't know any better but I find that you're worth dreaming for in my mind I know you'll meet me on time
17.
Hot Times 03:22
Lyrics! The dog ate them

about

This is what happens when singer songwriters move into the same apartment building.
Jon Beavers - Ian Merrigan - Casey Hurt - Mimi Boncato-Hughes and Chris Teft Hughes were neighbors and friends first, we partied, danced, played video games, and sang a lot. Then we started to create music together.

This album is part of the collection of songs we created around 2012 - 2013. A few of these songs have been used in TV and film, but this is the first time we have released them to the public. There are some more still snoozing in Tefty's computer. We are calling this volume one because we want to do it all over again!

Ian Merrigan - www.ianmerrigan.com
Jon Beavers - Search Google and Youtube for Jon
Casey Hurt - www.youtube.com/user/caseyhurt

These three men cowrote The Unfortunates musical. Teft produced the soundtrack. It ran in Ashland's Shakespeare festival and is opening in San Francisco in January.
www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/1516_season/the_unfortunates.highResolutionDisplay.html

Mimi Boncato-Hughes and Chris Teft Hughes
AKA Mimi & Teft and Bella BonCat
Find us on Google, Youtube and iTunes
youtu.be/1WGxMx8GkFo
youtu.be/Kt-biJfKYvM

TeftyTefty Games www.youtube.com/user/TeftyTeft

Orchestration and Producer:
Chris Teft Hughes
youtu.be/TBOgbJOGqBQ?list=PL9C77E2FE36549939

Thanks to Tyrone Gomes for his contribution on Move Like that and Lost My Faith.

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released June 24, 2015

Writers and artists:
Jon Beavers
Ian Merrigan
Casey Hurt
Mimi Boncato-Hughes
Chris Teft Hughes

Guest artist credit Tyrone Gomes on songs, Lost My Faith and Move Like That

Booklet Photography - Formal Photo credit Lauren Hurt Photography http:www.laurenhurtphotography.com

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