For Now, by Casey Cope

For Now

by Casey Cope

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1.	Dwell (feat. Criibaby) 03:21	lyrics	buy track
I’m a bad bitch, painted nails and cuticles Yo girl got a beauty page, she not even beautiful I been in my bag like marsupials George Jeff how I’m moving up, George Brett how I’m royal and stupid clutch Cope and Big Soda, yall better get used to us Stressing when I’m alone, feel like I don't do enough My love life a shit show, I been low but my comeback coming I feel it in my guT (C) Don’t speak on my name, y'all aint tryna catch this fade I clap back on them niggas one time, bitch I’m only complying with fate I want all the shmoke! I don't understand what you talkin for Back like I never been lost before I been dwelling for a minute, my clock is froze Nothing ever really lasts too long If you get played you don't have to pause And I aint really with the back and forth, either I’m for you or I’m forgetful I aint trip of hoes, I just trip off her Tell a nigga Back Up keep my space secure Vicious circles come back around from the summit Stuck in the past ‘stead of trying to learn from it [Jae Riley] And you know that I’m watching You know that I want ya Trying to focus on something, babe And you know that I’m watching Please don’t go, I’m tryna be here I was having a difficult time, there was a period I hadn’t really written no rhymes Sitting alone getting stoned like single mothers in biblical times Even when I’m feeling myself it’s still on my mind Stuck at 24 like it’s midnight militant time I flip my life to Gilligan’s Island, I’m feeling stuck Stressing when I’m alone, feel like I don't do enough My love life a shit show, I be too much but comeback coming I feel it in my guT NigGA (C) Don’t speak on my name, y'all aint tryna catch this fade I clap back on them niggas one time, bitch I’m only complying with fate I want all the shmoke! I don't understand what you talkin for Back like I never been lost before I been dwelling for a minute like my mothafuckin clock is froze
2.	These Days (feat. Big Soda) 03:06	lyrics	buy track
I bring Qi I’m a king nigga, rightfully I learn my worth while I’m still on earth so I can die in peace I don’t know if there’s afterlife so I live life free Free of my weight, free of a home Free and feeling fabulous, I’m back in my zone I got a little more time than I know I’m everything they don’t wanna see: Black, educated, and grown (C) I’m back on my own And I don’t mind so much these days Thought that I would forget all of my ways [Big Soda] I’ve been dragged through the dirt But that only stained my shirt I’ve got peace for now, at least discounted Tide Uwu (V2) I’ve been dragged through mud, soot, and soil Bitch I get up, dust the dirt off my shoulder Life got me down but it’s never that horrible My perspective is a collective of gods and oracles Only trip over the truly important I dont know if God’s real but just in case I keep relationship cordial I bask in the present, I can afford to Everything that happens is For Now and for you (C) I’m back on my own And I don’t mind so much these days Thought that I would forget all of my ways
3.	Back up! 03:58	lyrics	buy track
(C) Yall need to back the fuck up, yup I been taking shots like a nigga that clutch Ya girl like broke niggas if she like us I’m just keeping it real, bitch i don't front ok, Yall need to back the fuck up, yup I been taking shots like I’m..that clutch And ya girl like broke niggaaas if she like us I’m just keeping it real bitch I don’t, front (V1) These days my life is mundane Bought a 2017 Hyundai Flip that bitch to a Tesla Someday when I’m done saying “someday” I might need a fire lit under me (Life’s a drag), it’s so Harambe Ion really know how to motivate myself and this money coming slower than fuck mayne! What I would call a bag you would probably call chump change Life ain’t so bad and i can’t complain I just need oxygen in my veins, it get a little toxic when I can’t breathe My philosophy has done changed, my perspective only getting brighter Niggas saying “look at what God did”, tell em no offense but I did that shit with no messiah Ain’t nobody finna take my credit, blue nails I came in drippin This girl asked me if i’m bi, nah I’m a king with Bad Bitch Aesthetic Nah, I got wings and I been a Pidgeot Got a bad bitch burning sage around me, I be hella cleansed, nigga check my spirit My life on W for Wumbo, I got dope D that’s no Mutombo Nigga all of my problems turn to blunt smoke This girl I’m talking to be giving me shit saying I’m so 2012 for smoking swishers ‘stead of backwoods I don’t hate my body quite enough to think they that good REAL NIGGA DAS FACTS BRUH Damn — I forgot to remember Man — I don’t ever lost faith nigga Nah — I don’t ever lose temper Man i swear this clock is ticking too fast nigga Life is saying move ya ass nigga Walls about to collapse in a second, I can’t take it no more i be TRIPPIN (C) Yall need to bah da fuh uh, yuh I be taking shots like I’m.. that clutch And ya girl like broke niggaaaas if she like us I’m just keeping it real bitch ion front ok, y'all need to bah da fuh uh, YUH I be taking shots like I’m that clutch and YA GUL LAH BRO NAHS if she like US I’m just keeping it real bitch I don’t, I don’t front. [SODA MURKED THIS PART BRUH THIS PIANO GO SHTUPID] ok when these drums go out close your eyes for like 10 seconds. this lil bridge feels all twinkly and Disneylandy (V2) (Yall need to— Yall need to—) Back Up Feet planted, say it with a passion City Girl, I act up Sometimes life give you more than you ask for….don’t take it for granted Grateful for opportunity and take what I’m handed Looking into my future and looking out for the family That transcends blood, Big Soda my bruvva don’t make these hands come in handy I need some personal space, I swear these niggas need a hearse and a fade I had stopped smiling but that started hurting my face Was making decisions the serpent would praise Now I tell that nigga Back Up, this his personal fav (lol referencing the song in the song, how meta) What’s the point of fucking up if you don't learn from mistakes Everything is momentary man, I learn every day So when it’s pleasant i bask In the present I ask for some perspective, I’m blessed in my own space Bitch, back the fuck up [simp city commence in 3….2…..]
4.	Reprise 02:00	lyrics	buy track
(C) And you know that I’m watching You know that I want ya Trying to focus on something And you know that I’m watching Please don’t go, I’m tryna be here I knew she was it from the jump, if I’ma keep it a buck And I never feel a type of way bout no one I wasn’t trying to dive into nothing except for pussy and after my last relationship that had been the agenda But she seemed different, I sparked an interest We went out to this breakfast spot, Doug’s Things were great for a month.. but she ended things prematurely Miscommunication, thought I was just tryna fuck Guess I can’t blame her, since I was previously about that life With her I wasn’t on that wave bruh So about a month passed, she got in a car accident And we wasn’t even speaking, i seen it on Instagram and shit DM’d her “You need me, i got you” I pulled up straight to the hospital Spent the whole day there with her, afterwords we went out and got some ramen Dropped off flowers in the morning I be tryna show her everything she’s been deserving but aint even know it I just hope she understand I’m the best nigga for her I’m the only one that realize she’s worth it (C) And you know that I’m watching You know that I want ya Trying to focus on something And you know that I’m watching Please don’t go, I’m tryna be here
5.	Skrr Skrr 03:33	lyrics	buy track
(V1) I think I need to finally stand up, find a way to get my bands up 12 killin niggas before they even got hands up and the whole thing is on camera They don't release for like 12 months, and them boys only getting paid leaves Got me thinking maybe I should just start killin niggas on the daily What you think I been doing waking up at 6am just to make beats I was chasing ass, these days I chase green I’m in desperation mode…. i don't got no place to go….and i’m trying to stay the calmest But it’s a run-on sentence in my bank account, boy i swear it got no commas But if I can’t say that shit here where else can I be honest? My value stepping up….I been bubbling up…..bitch i got the Suds I learned to love myself….that shit came in clutch….like Michael at the buzz Y'all niggas Craig Ehlo Nigga economics, ain’t no such thing as free shmoke [lmaooo by far the dumbest line on the whole project but it made me smile so i kept it] I think I might need a little time for me bro, I need a little time from people 3rd eye open got my rhymes in free form I might trip up but I just keep going, the world is something I think I need peace from Take a step back like Harden We killing our brothers (like Scar did) It’s way too many issues I wanna fix, I can just present guitar licks Got no faith in my own power, Gotta sit back and blow sour Everything I do is not enough, that feeling’s a blessing and a curse Crazy how you can feel accomplished, and still feel like you doing not shit Sometimes I need to get away, every day I hop in my whip… and skrr skrr (V2) Back on my own and I don’t mind so much These Days Buss a nigga head like Gregor Clegane Please Back Up nigga I need space I wore eyeliner for the first time for a photoshoot For the cover art of the album you’re listening to The girl I been talking to most of the year hit my DM bout how embarrassed she was by it and how much her father wouldn’t approve I can’t front I was trippin, that made my confidence fickle She said she think I like niggas I took my nail polish off that night, figured I would move different Maybe I shouldn’t have, but I was self conscious and loving myself is a constant transition But i know that’s only For Now I know this chapter don’t last forever, get past it somehow The lightskin Cory Baxter, bitch I’m back in the House [ion give a fuck, that bar hard af] My bloodline buoyant, my head above water, Copeland don’t actually drown ….and I don’t mind so much These Days Buss a nigga head like Gregor Clegane Please Back Up nigga I need space Give it if it’s needed, I promise you that’s some free game [initiating maximum simp sequence]
6.	Him // For Now 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Him It was nice at first when I tweeted how much I like Reese’s And he sent me 2 pounds of em cuz my reaction would please him I never had a nigga like him, who doesn’t treat me like shit Who’s down to show me my worth and hang out in the daytime I’m starting to think he could possibly be my person and I’m growing more comfortable with that as my feelings surface now I’m thinking maybe we could work it out We had been talking twice before but…this time feels different somehow I can tell him everything about the nigga I was fucking And how I still have feelings for him but he listens with no judgement He wanna see me function He wanna see me with the love I been deserving that I ain’t get from them niggas I was with He’s patient, he know I appreciate that Down for me and I don’t give him the cat And yeah he’s too much sometimes but i’m living with that 3rd time is a charm, maybe I’ll give him a chance This part is gibberish. He gets me flowers it seems like every day now They used to life me up, these days I’m weighed down And he don’t ever leave my fuckin place now He’s washing my dishes and knows where the bowls go, I’m suffocated, I’m drowned I don’t ever get no time to myself I justify to myself just cuz he’s so nice but sometimes that don't help Like don’t you have your own life nigga? Best believe you don’t own mine nigga Our dates ain’t even dates no more Don’t feel no type of way no more I get more excited to see my bitches than to see his face fashion My nigga —— better put him on some game, I know He’s not the nigga for me As much as he tries to prove it I guess he misinformed me Like how the fuck I’m supposed to process with this nigga swarming? Usually niggas ain’t enough but he just need to Back the fuck Up, yup This part….also gibberish. // For Now We just watched Zion get picked I’m at my boy Luke’s house with all the homies And they got this flavored vodka that I don’t really like that much But I just say fuck it pour me up half a cup, I wasn’t gonna talk that much Maybe I’ll get sociable and act like I’m not so lonely That seems pretty good for now
7.	Self (feat. Criibaby) 04:27	lyrics	buy track
I made the mistake of giving too much I couldn’t get back Crazy I couldn’t realize until it was in the past I’d spent so much time at her house like 5 days a week Cuz I was lonely by myself, alone I couldn’t find peace I lost myself for a bit there, I ain’t frontin I speak Honestly, i mean how else I’m gonna learn Tryna stay focused on health So I been getting back to my Self Skrr skrr skrr skrr skrr skrr (C) I been getting back to my Self I got me ion need nobody else Do it all nigga what’s help Got em singing woop-dee-woop but fuck 12 [ayyy finally said Fuck 12 in a song] Nigga I toss the oop, it’s going in My checks like my songs: the shit bounce When it’s Young Cope & Big Sod’ that’s unfair [lol literally none of those words rhyme] (V1) Life goes on, the show goes on I’m glad we’re still friends even when the fomo strong Learn to love yourself before you get involved with someone That turn a nigga into Jaqen H’ghar: No One And I ain’t Faceless, I know what my name is Don’t speak on it, don’t wanna mess with your fate bitch, it’s crazy I had been dwelling on her with my clock on froze But everything is only for a moment, my retrospect keep me on toes Things are never as long as they seem, this much I know So when it’s pleasant I bask, and when it’s bad I move on Easier said than done, but life is too abbreviated to deal with sentences that so long [Jae Riley] Hit a rough patch I know Hit a rough patch I know The night is always darkest before the dawn (C) I been getting back to my Self I got meeeee ion need nobody else Do it all nigga whats help AY Got em singing woop-dee-woop but fuck 12 Nigga I toss the oop, it’s going in My check like my songs: the shit bounce When it’s Yung Cope & Big Sod’, that’s unfair (coming for they ass like black parents with belts) (V2) This my favorite state Bitch I love myself like the Bay love the Bay I ain’t stacking up man I make what I make… I have what I have I don’t need nobody bag, bitch I’m glad like Glad Everything is momentary, leave the past int he past And learn from it, I learn something every scratch These cuts never too deep Guess I was cut from a different cloth, my wardrobe sheik A couple periods I could not have been more lonely I take accountability, that’s on me Build bridges out of debris….put water underneath I be living life long, I feel it in my Palm, on my back is the team I don’t practice my Chee: I embody it My body is aligned with my mind with accuracy ….i am at peace I hope I learn something as valuable as the love that I have for me [I encourage you to close your eyes and listen here. The vocal edits go crazy] [lmaoooo at the fact that the first line of the album is “I’m a bad bitch” and the last line is “Fuck 12”]

about

Produced entirely by Cope and longtime collaborator Big Soda, For Now depicts an interpersonal journey of love and self worth.

The style of production varies as the record goes on, from the neo-gospel inspired intro Dwell to more traditional boom-bap hip hop tracks like Back Up, to the piano driven closer Self. Cope said of the production, “I don’t really care what kind of songs I make or what genre they end up being. I was told once that ‘my style is having no style’, and to some degree that’s true. I just want to make good songs, who cares what they sound like.”

Thematically, For Now is about living in the present. “The title comes from an epiphany I had. Good or bad, everything in life is momentary.. when you’re in a bad chapter of life, understand that that’s all it is: a chapter. It’s only for now. Conversely, when you’re in a good chapter you need to acknowledge that same fact: it’s only for now. So bask in it.”

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released June 5, 2020

All songs produced by Big Soda & Casey Cope
Mixed by Big Soda
Mastered by Big Soda

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Casey Cope San Leandro, California

Casey Cope is a 27-year-old artist, producer, and executive producer from the Bay Area. He makes most of his music with Big Soda & Marquito which leads to an eclectic array of sounds not commonly heard in hiphop. His influences stem from Kanye, Childish Gambino, Smashing Pumpkins and The 1975 to name a few. Cope's heavy usage of synths and punchy drums set his sound apart from many Bay artists. ... more