Be Easy

This past week was hectic: midterms, papers, homework, meetings... I'm not even gonna get into specifics. What probably made everything even more difficult than usual, is the fact I went to Big Island the weekend before (where I did absolutely NOTHING school related.) So coming back to school after a (short) weekend of straight up cruising on an outer island, put me in a "do I really have to do this?" mood. I was on Spring Break mode and Spring Break doesn't even official start until tomorrow. It was all psychological; I was making it harder for myself than it actually was, so I seriously needed to "just relax, lay back, and be easy."

Which is exactly how "Be Easy" by Radical Something became this week's song. There have been so many times in my life where I think of or hear a word, and a song pops up in my mind. This time the word was "chill," which is pretty much the same as relax, so this song came to mind. Anyway, Radical something in general has some pretty chill songs, so I had their music on replay all week as I did my work for school.

My cousin introduced me to the group this past winter break. The first song I ever heard from them was "Sun Down" and is my favorite song from them. There are three members in the trio: 

Big Red, Josh Cocktail, and Loggy.

These guys have such great music. It's hard to pinpoint what their genera is. I'd say it's a mix between chill, hip-hop, pop, acoustic, reggae, rock, and alternative. All I could really find about them on the internet is that they knew each other awhile before they became a trio. Each were striving to become a solo artist when the world-renowned photographer Bruce Weber said they should form a group. As for their name, Loggy and Big Red wanted to be Radical _________. They knew they wanted to be something radical, so they became exactly that: Radical Something. They've released two Albums so far: We Are Nothing and No Sweat EP; and have a ton of singles that you can look up on Youtube.

Be Easy is a part of the album We Are Nothing (which is the album I had on replay all week). They paired up with song writer Kinetics (Jeremy "Kinetics" Dussolliet) and created the following lyrics:

Yeah

Feelin' fantastic...c'mon

Man a group like this you never could've expected:

Cocktail mixed with some Loggy and Kinetics

So just relax

Lay back and Be Easy

Take your time, let it go, live freely

And Be Easy (You know)

Palm trees, palm trees where we sit 'n' write

Strong drinks, strong drinks what we sippin' like

Their on me, on me cuz we're living right

And who's sayin' that some new love can't begin tonight?

Well I didn't, and neither did you

And only got essentials, yeah reefer for two

And now you got me goin' mental, ain't a thing I can do

You're sinking deeper in my chest as I'm thinkin of you

And so the sun melts with a unified brilliance

I find words to describe you in the millions

Sweet sublimals but your a villainous

A sweet criminal stealin' all my feelings for yourself

And watch the shadows stretch across the pavement

And when the coastline wonders where the waves went

My thoughts surface, crept up from the basement

Giving me a hint that you know im gunna take with

So just relax

Lay back and Be Easy

Take your time, let it go, live freely

And Be Easy

I watch the sun travel over the sky

See how long I can survive without a phone at my side

And in this moment I can flashback back to my youth

Imagine a BlackBerry and fathom an Apple as actual fruits

Speakin' of apples, I love the city I reside

But why these people kill themselves over their 9 to 5s?

All these items that are gilded aren't gold inside

How much lifestyle must you buy before you feel alive?

Those dreams covered in glitter couldn't be hollower

Even without a Twitter you're still considered a follower

So if I was starry-eyed, sorry, I apologize

I just hit up Loggy for a collie ride

And we took a pair of headphones from the east coast (Kinetics)

And a little Cali bud from the west (yo it's Loggy)

And stirred it up inside a cocktail (yeah)

And then we ended up with this...be easy

So just relax

Lay back and Be Easy

Take your time, let it go, live freely

And Be Easy (You know)

Lay back and be easy

Just take your time, let it go, live freely

Be Easy

Just relax, lay back, Be Easy

Take your time, let it go, live freely

The lyrics coupled with the following music, gives it a feel good vibe that just sang to my mood this week. So take it easy everybody, shoots.

This week's playlist:

Be Easy

Sun Down

Long Hair Don't Care

Lookin' For Love

Puppy Love

Radio

No Lovin'

Gonna Be Good

Come With Me

California

Freedom

We Are Radical