The Growing Pains Booklet

all lyrics written by alessia cara no band-aids for the growing bains.

the pains of growing by: alessia cana.

[verse 1] make my way through the motions / I try to ignore it / but home's looking farther the closer I get / don't know why I can't see the end / is it over yet?/ a short leash and a short fuse / don't match / they tell me it ain't that bad / "now, don't you overreact" / so I just hold my breath / don't know why I can't see the sun when young should be fun / [pre-chorus] and I guess the bad can get better / gotta be wrong before it's right / every happy phrase engraved in my mind and I've always been a go-getter/ there's truth in every word I write / but still the growing pains, growing pains / they're keeping me up at night/ [chorus] (hey hey x8) and I can't hide/ 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night (x2) [verse 2] try to mend what's left / of my content incomprehension / as I take on the stress of the mess that I've made / don't know if i even care for "grown" / if it's just alone / [pre chorus] / [chorus] / [bridge] it's starting to look like / Ms. Know-It-All can't take her own advice / can't find / pieces of my peace of mind / I cry / more than I want to admit but I can't lie / to myself, to anyone / cause phoning it in isn't any fun / can't run / back to my youth the way I want to the days my brother was quicker to fool/ AM radio, not much to do / used monsters as an excuse to lie awake / now the monsters are the ones that I have to face / no band-aids for the growing pains (Alessia Caracciolo, Warren Okay Felder, Andrew Wansel) / © 2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Crow's Tree Publishing (BMI). All rights administered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)//Andrew Wansel (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) / Produced by Pop & Oak / Engineered by Oak Felder at SuCasa Recording, Los Angeles, CA / Assistant Engineer: Keith "Daquan" Sorrells / Programming by Oak Felder/ Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA today not

[verse 1] someday I won't be afraid of my head / someday I will not be chained to my bed / someday I'll forget the day he left / but surely not today / one day

I won't need a PHD / to sit me down / and tell me what it all means / maybe one day it'll be a breeze/but surely not today/[pre-chorus] oh, you don't know what sadness means / till you're too sad to fall asleep / one day I'll be snoozing peacefully / but surely not today / [verse 2] / one day I swear the pain will be a blip / I'll have the hardest time recalling it / I'll be the king of misery Management/ but surely not today one day that song / won't make my cry anymore / one day I'll get up off the bathroom floor / oh, piece by piece I'll be restored / [pre-chorus 2] / oh, you don't know what happy means if it's only in your dreams / I'll be acquainted with my jollities / but surely not today / [bridge] surely not, surely not, surely not surely not today / [outro] one day the thought of him/ won't hurt the same / won't need distractions / to get through the day/

I guess I hope I'm gonna be okay / 'cause I'm not today

(Alessia Caracciolo)/2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)

/ Produced by Jon Levine / Engineered by Inaam Haq at Cherry Beach Sound, Toronto, Canada and The Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA / Mixed by Matt Green at Studio 55, Los Angeles, CA/Vocals: Alessia Cara/Guitar: Jon Sosin / Violin: Blanca McC / Keyboard, Bass and Drum Programming: Jon Levine

If there's a do you she's think he's Looking down do you think Looking a god he's

If there's i don't want to [verse 1] You went and turned the red flag white / darlin, and you waved it/ you've always had a way with words/why can't you explain it / then? / I see your face in everyone / baby, and I hate it/who would have ever thought / I'd have to erase it/ (pre-chorus)/ every little thing is reminding me of you / guess I'll set fire to my whole room/ (Ah, ah, ah)/[chorus] I don't want to let it show/ but i still love you / and how do I let you know / if I can't call you / and I don't wanna be alone another night / I don't wanna feel this blue / how do i let you go if I don't want to / [verse 2] I double take at every phone/that rings out of habit / I can't shake the little things/ they're harder to manage, oh oh /I can't bury the past / but I'll bury the hatchet/can we just pretend / like this never happened / Yeah / [pre-chorus] / [chorus] / [bridge] so what are you doing tonight / 'cause I miss you and I/ and i can't even lie/I need you/I could get on a flight/I could make up the time / I know I'm out of line/Can i see you/[chorus] / Baby, how do I let you go if I don't want to /how do I let you go / if I don't want to (Alessia Caracciolo)/ © 2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI) / Produced by Alessia Cara / Engineered by Alessia Cara at Alessia's Basement Studios, Brampton, ON / Mixed by George Seara / All instrumentation by Alessia Cara

7 days

[verse 1] If there's a God / do you think he's looking down/ curled up on his couch right now? / as we fail to figure it out/ does he turn down the sound? / is he proud? / are we proud? / Guess we forgot / how to live a life with no filter/making boring people famous / let's pretend they're fascinating / let's tell little girls / that pretty girls are better/ or that pigment or religion really matters / [pre-chorus] we're in some trouble / Mr. Maker / don't turn away from your screen/ at least the bubble/ that we've created / could make for some good TV/ [chorus] oh, Mr. Man Upstairs /I know you're tuning in up there/way up there / would you care / to answer my question? / oh, the land of poor taste / the spectacle of cut and paste / that we've made/ would you say / please say / it was worth the 7 days/ [verse 2] does he hang his head / at all the greed we possess? / as the anti-social media / perpetuates the mess / maybe it's a test / maybe he's upset / by the loose-ends / stressed, like the rest of us / it happens to the best of us God / or is it Mr. G to me? / I hope that through the static you'll show us the clarity / 'cause it's hard to find the silver lining in the bittersweet/wonder if you're praying for us / before you go to sleep? / do you sleep in peace? / [pre-chorus] / [bridge] don't touch the remote / we'll be back in a moment / we are not hopeless/we are just coping / the mayhem is volant / but it ain't showbiz/reality's potent / chaotic, I know it / but we're growing/have some hope in us / were we worth all the time you gave up? / [chorus]

(Alessia Caracciolo, Warren Okay Felder, Andrew Wansel) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Crow's Tree Publishing (BMI). All rights administered by Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)//Andrew Wansel (BMD)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)/ Produced by Pop & Oak / Engineered by Oak Felder at SuCasa Recording, Los Angeles, CA and Harbourfront Studios, Toronto, Canada / Assistant Engineer: Keith "Daquan" Sorrells/ Instrumentation and Programming by Pop & Oak/Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Vocals: Alessia Cara / Keyboards: Pop & Oak

[verse 1] there's yelling in the hallway/I found refuge on a twin bed / of this three-star hotel / I hear the laughter from the tv / static Rachel talks to Phoebe / about that cat that smells / and I know this place is haunted/ I swear hear somebody knocking/but I can't really tell / [pre-chorus] and this outlet's busted / phone died and I can't charge it/ what a life, man, what a life this is / just me myself and nothing / I taught me how to love it / home is wherever I live / [verse 2] I remember I owe mom a call/ as I hang my stray hairs on the shower walls for decoration / I wonder what I'd hear if rooms could talk / and I wonder why I'm thinking that at all / I'm going crazy/[pre-chorus 2] this toilet's rusted / food came but I don't trust it / what a life, man, what a life this is just me myself and nothing / but I taught me how to love it/ home is wherever I live / [bridge] hard to sleep sometimes / with no one by my side/ I do my best to find / the sense in it / the more the days go by / the more myself and 1/shake hands and realize / the benefits of independence / [pre-chorus 3] it's really something / to make homes of wom out luggage/what a life man what a life this is / just me myself and nothing / somehow I've leamed to love it / home is wherever I live

(Alessia Caracciolo)/©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)/Produced by Ricky Reed/Engineered by Ethan Shumaker at Elysian Park/Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Instrumentation by Alessia Cara and Ricky Reed all we know trust my lonely

[verse 1] St. Nick don't exist anymore and Oz was just a lonely man / it's so damn hard to believe in anything again / wise is the optimist / but truth is I don't understand / haven't figured out much of anything/ [pre-chorus] what a strange world / strange world, strange world / [chorus] 'round and 'round and 'round it goes / heroes fall like dominos / we try to help it but we won't/all we know is that we don't / 'round and 'round and 'round we go / the chips will fall and so it goes / and it's all out of our control / all we know is that we don't [verse 2] is this all there is? / preachers and rocket ships/ have never quite made any sense of it / yet / Paul says "let it be" / but the other said "the test is key" / I say where's the line / between real and fantasy? [pre-chorus] / strange world/strange world / strange world/ [chorus]

(Alessia Cara, Warren Okay Felder, Andrew Wansel, Trevor David Brown, William Zaire Simmons)/2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Crow's Tree Publishing (BMI). All rights admininstered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)// Andrew Wansel (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)//Reservoir Media Music o/b/o itself & The Orphanage LLC/Downtown Trevor Brown (ASCAP)//Reservoir Media Music o/b/o itself & The Orphanage LLC/Quest Da Stars (ASCAP) / Produced by Pop & Oak / Co-Produced by Downtown Trevor Brown and Zaire Koato for The Orphanage / Engineered by Oak Felder at SuCasa Recording, Los Angeles, CA and Harbourfront Studios, Toronto, Canada / Assistant Engineer: Keith "Daquan" Sorrells / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Instrumentation and Programming by Pop & Oak, Downtown Trevor Brown and Zaire Koalo for The Orphanage / Vocals: Alessia Cara / Drum Programming: Zaire Koalo/Guitars: Downtown Trevor Brown / Keyboards: Pop & Oak

[verse 1] its time I let you go / I made the mistake / of writing your name on my heart/'cause your colours showed / but it was too late / you left me stained/ called it art / do you crave control? / I've been your doll / that you poke for fun for too long / so you should go / don't look back / I won't come back / can't do that no more/ [chorus] go get your praise from someone else you did a number on my health / my world is brighter by itself and I can do better, do better / you and I were swaying on the ropes / I found my footing on my own/ I'm A-OK, I'm good as gold and I can do better, do better alone / (oh, oh, oh, oh)/[verse 2] there ain't no love 'round here / I loved you once, but it made me dumb / now I'm seeing it way too clear / you hurt me numb and for that I've run out of time / to have pain to feel / I've been your game / just taking the blame for too long / get on out of here / don't look back / I won't come back / can't do that no more/ [chorus] / [bridge] don't you know that you're bad for me / I gotta trust my lonely don't you know that you're bad for me / I gotta trust my lonely don't you know you're no good for me / I gotta trust my lonely / don't you know you're no good for me / I gotta trust my lonely / [chorus] (Alessia Caracciolo, Warren Okay Felder, Andrew Wansel) / © 2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Crow's Tree Publishing (BMI). All rights administered by Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)//Andrew Wansel (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)/Produced by Pop & Oak / Engineered by Oak Felder at SuCasa Recording, Los Angeles, CA and Harbourfront Studios, Toronto, Canada / Assistant Engineer: Keith "Daquan" Sorrells / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Instrumentation and Programming: Pop & Oak/Keyboards: Pop & Oak / Vocals: Alessia Cara / Additional Vocals: Pop & Oak a little mone

[verse 1] there you are with your college friends / you played in a marching band / I can't help but wish I knew you then / but I guess I know you now / [pre-chorus] it looks as if I've stumbled / right into the palm of your hand/ [chorus] hey, you/hey mr. knock on my door / I'm sorry that I've been emotions galore/ am I crazy for wanting a little bit more? / a little more of you / a little more, a little more of you this feeling's hard to ignore / please say you'll never get bored/can you blame me for wanting / a little bit more / a little more of you a little more, a little more of you / [verse 2] say that it's the same / take a drill right to my brain/oh, the way you did just yesterday / guess I get it now / [Pre-chorus] hey, yeah, yeah yeah (x4) / a little more of you / a little more, a little more of you

(Alessia Caracciolo)/© 2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/ BMI) / Produced by Alessia Cara / Engineered by Alessia Cara at Alessia's Basement Studios, Brampton, ON/Mixed by Jimmy Douglass at United Recording, Los Angeles, CA/ Instrumentation by Alessia Cara comfortable

[verse 1] what happens to a flame / when it burns out?/what happens to a love that's not new? / what happens when I'm no longer impressive?/or when there's nothing left to learn / about you? [pre-chorus] see I used to wonder 'bout you/what it would be like to love you / now I've seen every hole in your heart / I'm used to loving slowly / but this time you already know me / I hope you like all the broken parts/ [cho- rus] oh, we can't run away / from the comfortable / 'cause it's inevitable / in love, in love / oh, it's time we make way / for the comfortable/'cause it's already comfortable /in us, in us/ [verse 2] they say the honeymoon / is just a puppet show / they say nobody/really makes it through / and though a part of me wishes / that this was two July's ago / the rest of me / is safer here with you/[pre-chorus] see I used to wonder bout you/what it'd be like to love you / but now I know you inside out / see, I'm used to loving slowly and it took you nothing to know me / what happens when I run out of parts? [chorus] oh, I guess you could say i/ that it's comfortable / and it's inevitable / in love, in love / oh, it's time we make way for the comfortable / 'cause it's already comfortable / in us, in us/ [bridge] turns out you think my favourite song's annoying/ turns out no one makes me sensitive / like you/used to be sad / that the honeymoons behind us/ until I realized that it means we made it through / [chorus]

(Alessia Caracciolo, Ernest Wilson, Steve Wyreman, Nate Mercereau) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/ Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Let The Story Begin Publishing/Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)//Artium Publishing/Songs of Universal, Inc./Highwyre Music (BMI)// Poslaniec Publishing (BMI)/Nice Life Songs (BMD)/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) / Produced by No ID for Let The Story Begin and Steve Wyreman/Recorded by Jim Caruana at 4220 Studios, Los Angeles, CA / Assistant recording engineers: Ryan Reault and Casey Cuayo/Piano, Hammond B3, Bass, Guitar: Steve Wyre- man/Guitar, French Hom, Trumpet: Nate Mercereau / String Arrangement: Stephen Feigenbaum

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[verse 1] choose your weapon / and let's go / who's gonna beat this level? /1 speed up / you slow down / looks like I'm on your tail now / another round / do we give up? / this is taking longer than Zelda / hold on / what I meant was / Is it too late to get a 1-up? / [pre-chorus] baby baby baby / this is getting too crazy / I don't have the training / baby baby baby / this love ain't a game / so we should stop playing/ [chorus] push and shove / go 'head and take your aim / we better duck/ cause right now nobody's safe / and we could grow up / but it's no fun that way / and so we treat love / like it's a Nintendo game / but nobody wins / [verse 2] All the trash talk / is getting real old / I'd rather try my hand at rainbow road / I'm focused / plan my next move / but you're onto me so it's no use / it's a showdown / a game for two / pick each other's brains / looking for clues / a battle / with no objective / who will be the final one standing? / [Prechorus] / [Chorus]

(Alessia Caracciolo, Kaleb Nathan Rollins, Marc Anthony Soto) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/ Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//G Staff Publishing/Sony ATV Allegro (ASCAP)// Fresh2Def Publishing/Sony ATV Allegro (ASCAP) / Produced by ClickN Press/Recorded by Matt Anthony at Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA and by Stephen Koszler at Revolution Recording, Toronto, ON/Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA/Acoustic Guitar: Brandyn Porter

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[verse 1] do you recall the days at your old place? / playing with troll dolls / to scare the kids away / my closet was a time machine/ yours, a stage / I wish we told those little girls / they're gonna be okay / still picture it all in my mind/making a campfire/out of broken flashlights/jealous of your high tops/'cause someone stole mine / wish someone would've told me that we'd be alright/[chorus] my kind of time/is meant to carelessly spend/ and my kind of nights / are the ones that don't end / my kind of fun/ doesn't make any sense/and my kind of love/you won't never forget/ [verse 2] do you remember/all the cartoons at midnight/like the one / about the crass-humoured french guy / and what about you, Mr. Poetry? / and what about all we built/in just a couple weeks/talking about all of our fears / through a cracked screen/ picking little fights/ over falling asleep /I wish you knew I loved you/when you knew you loved me / really wish I knew you / Sooner than my 20s/ [chorus]/[bridge] I'm a product of who's when's and how's/those who let go/ and those who stuck around/wish somebody would've told me / I'd be here now / 'cause this kind of life/is one to sing about/ [Chorus]

(Alessia Caracciolo, Eric Frederic, Nate Mercereau) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Frederic and Ried Music/Songs From the Boardwalk (BMI)/Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (BMI)//Poslaniec Publishing (BMI)/Nice Life Songs (BMI)/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) / Produced by Ricky Reed and Nate Mercereau / Engineered by Ethan Shumaker at Elysian Park / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Instrumentation by Alessia Cara and Ricky Reed out of love

[verse 1] I won't tell you I'm lonely / 'cause it may be selfish / I won't ask you to hold me / 'cause that won't mend what's helpless / [pre-chorus] there's not a thing I could say / not a song I could sing / for your mind to change / nothing can fill up the space / won't ask you to stay / but let me ask you one thing / [chorus] oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love? / out of love / oh, oh, oh when did you fall out of love with me? / [verse 2] I can't float in an ocean / that's already been drained/I won't cry at your feet now / I know my tears will fall in vain/ [pre-chorus] x2/ [bridge] no use wondering / why your changing heart has wandered / so I'll ask you this question / 'cause it might help me sleep longer [chorus] x2/ out of love, out of love, out of love / with me

(Alessia Caracciolo, Rick Nowels) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//R-Rated Music administered by EMI April Music Inc. (GMR) / Produced by Rick Nowels and Dean Reid / Engineered by Kieron Menzies, Trevor Yasuda, Chris Rockwell and Dean Reid at The Green Building, Santa Monica, CA/Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Vocals: Alessia Cara / Piano, Pizzicato Strings: Rick Nowels / Live Drums: Brian Griffin / Drum Programming, Live Drums: Dean Reid / Bass, Per- cussion, Effects: Dylan Brady / Keyboards, Strings, Bass: Zach Rae / Strings: Patrick Warren girl next easier said doon

[verse 1] "Hey girl with the empty eyes open up, you know you look prettier when you smile / look around, it's a decent life / you feel too much/pick up your feet / and make use of your time" / [pre-chorus] they sure know how to talk up a storm /rain on your pity parade / trying to find the cure/bask in your distress a little bit more / 'cause a sad face don't go away / that easy / [chorus] healing and patience are lovers/ don't place the blame on your heart / just to shut em up/there ain't a rush to recover/cause it's easier said / easier said than done/healing and patience are lovers / don't place the blame on your heart / just to make 'em stop / just take your time to recover / cause it's easier said / easier said than done / [verse 2] "hey boy with the painted frown / listen up, shake off the the cloud/ that follows you around / think fast, change your mood / be approachable / man up/crawl your way up off the ground" / [pre-chorus] / [bridge] so what if you're a bit bitter/before you recharge? /I mean, I spend my days / complaining to a guitar/remember everyone / is coping with their own scars/ and just a little bit a time / can get you so far / yeah / [chorus] (Alessia Caracciolo, Warren Okay Felder, Andrew Wansel, Trevor David Brown, William Zaire Simmons)/2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//Crow's Tree Publishing (BMI). All rights admininstered by Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI)//An- drew Wansel (BMI)/Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)//Reservoir Media Music o/b/o itself The Orphanage LLC/Downtown Trevor Brown (ASCAP)//Reservoir Media Music o/b/o itself & The Orphanage LLC/Quest Da Stars (ASCAP) / Produced by Pop & Oak / Co-Produced by Downtown Trevor Brown and Zaire Koalo for The Orphanage / Engineered by Oak Felder at SuCasa Recording, Los Angeles, CA and Harbourfront Studios, Toronto, Canada / Assistant Engineer: Keith "Daquan" Sorrells / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA / Instrumentation and Programming by Pop & Oak, Downtown Trevor Brown and Zaire Koalo for The Orphanage / Vocals: Alessia Cara / Drum Programming: Zaire Koalo / Guitars, Drums: Downtown Trevor Brown / Keyboards: Pop & Oak

[verse 1] never ever have I been someone who's had it all / like, not at all / and on occasion I can think too much I get uncomfortable/hide behind my walls / and I talk in circles but at least / I say what I mean /and I rock my heart on the sleeve/of my T-shirt/ [chorus] so if I should die tomorrow / I'll die with all of me, all of me / and if 1/ give back the time that I've borrowed / I'll know I gave everything, everything / and no you won't, no you won't forget / forget me, no / no you won't/ no you won't forget this girl next door / [verse 2] never have I ever met someone / who worries like I do / but that's nothing new / and I don't really like to get dressed up / but what's it to you? I know what I can do / and I'm not Bowie, Prince or Queen / but at least I do what I dream and I rock my soul on both sleeves/of my T-shirt/ [chorus] / [bridge] I may not be a genius / I'm just a girl with some reasons / to stay plain jane / but I won't go till you hear me / I'll make sure not to leave / before you know my name

(Alessia Caracciolo, Kaleb Nathan Rollins, Marc Anthony Soto) / ©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI)//G Staff Publishing/Sony ATV Allegro (ASCAP)// Fresh2Def Publishing/Sony ATV Allegro (ASCAP)/ Produced by ClickN Press/Recorded by Matt Anthony at Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA and by Stephen Koszler at Revolution Recording, Toronto, ON / Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA/Acoustic Guitar: Brandyn Porter growing pains (reprise)

these days I'm my own best friend / I make my bed to lay in it again / don't know who to trust / and no time of the month can justify this / blame it on the growing pains / blame it on the growing pains / blame it on the growing pains / or blame it on me? / blame it on the growing pains/blame it on the growing pains / blame it on the growing pains/or blame it on me?/ blame it on me?/or do I blame it on me?

(Alessia Caracciolo)/©2018 Alcara Songs/Sony ATV Music Publishing (SOCAN/BMI) / Produced by Alessia Cara / Engineered by Alessia Cara at Alessia's Basement Studios, Brampton, ON/Mixed by Jimmy Douglass at United Recording, Los Angeles, CA/ Instrumentation by Alessia Cara

All lyrics written by Alessia Cara

Executive Producers: Alessia Cara, Tony Perez, Robert Eleazer

A&R: Tab Nkhereanye / A&R for EP Entertainment: Korinne Perez

• A&R Administration: Liza Corsey
• A&R Operations: Leesa D. Brunson.
• A&R Coordination: Brittany Mansfield

Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, NYC

Management: Chris Smith for 21 Entertainment Group

• Cover Art & Photography: superduperbrick
• Director of Photography: James Mccloud
• Package Design: Ashley Pawlak
• Package Production: Andy Proctor

Legal Representation: Theo Sedlmayr, Esq. for Sedlmayr & Associates, PC.

EP Legal Representation: Aaron Rosenberg

Business Affairs: Odell Nails, lan Allen, Antoinette Trotman, Jamie Sudhalter, Vol S. Davis, III these days i'm my ouh best friend

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B thank you i've had a little cloud over my head for a long time, but held my tongue because I figured no one would want to hear it. I soon realized, though, that there are very omnipresent emotions existing in even the oddest circumstances. we've all felt too much at once, and sometimes maybe nothing at all. and there are a million feelings between and around that sentiment that make us all more alike than we think.

I wrote this album, selfishly for me at first, but ultimately for you. in hopes that you find comfort in this music the way that I strangely have myself.

thank you to Rick Nowels & Team, NO I.D, Ricky Reed, Click 'N' Press, Pop & Oak and team, Jon Levine, Manny Marroquin, Jimmy Douglass, Matty, George, Brick & team, and everyone in between whom I might've missed. you've all helped make it real and I'm forever thankful for your creativity.

to Chris, Tony, Robeo, the whole EP & Def Jam, & Universal crew, Vic, Andres, and everyone on the other end of things. you're champions for working so hard & encouraging me to do the same. thank you, most importantly, for putting your trust in me and always rooting for my work.

to you, Mr, for teaching me about love. Hier oder weg, Ich liebe dich.

to my family & friends (especially Mom and Dad, Dario, Liv, and Cor), most of whom I turned into my opinion machines throughout this process. thank you for your love, support, and ears.

and lastly, to all of you. for not only waiting for me on the other side, but for giving my experiences and the words I attach to them more value than you'll ever know.

remember, there is no form of pain we cannot grow from or out of. you've gone through it and you're still here. that is truly something to celebrate.

blame it on the growing pains!!!!!!