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Grey Area by Sam Tsui

Grey Area by Sam Tsui

Singer Sam Tsui released the music video for his single “Grey Area” off his “Make It Up” album. He sings about the grey area of relationships, when things just are’t black and white. Are we just friends? It’s time to decide on which side of the line you stand. The choice might be scary, but you just can’t stay in the grey area. You can get the single on Grey Area - Make It Up.

Listen to more Sam Tsui : Start Again and Don’t Want an Ending

Grey Area by Sam Tsui

Lyrics to Grey Area by Sam Tsui

(Chorus)
Find a way through the grey, grey area
Are we just friends tonight?
We can’t stay in the grey, grey area,
It’s time for black or white

(Verse)
Can’t figure out exactly how we stand
Stuck in between two uncharted lands
We’re sending signs like I’ve never seen
Changing our minds, don’t know what we mean

Are we off, are we on?
Is it right, is it wrong?
Is that it, is there more?
Are we here? are you sure?
Not enough, or too far?
Do we know what we are?

(Chorus)
Find a way through the grey, grey area
Are we just friends tonight?
We can’t stay in the grey, grey area,
It’s time for black or white
So decide on a side of the line we’be been treading
It’s okay if the choice is scaring ya
Can’t spend another night

In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area
In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area

(Verse)
These blurry boundaries got me all confused
Who sets the limits, do you choose ? do I choose?
Just need to know which way we’re heading here
Is something happening yet? Let’s be clear

Are we off, are we on? should I just play along?
Is it right, is it real? Do I feel what you feel?
Not enough, or too far? Do we know what we are?
What we are?

(Chorus)
Find a way through the grey, grey area
Are we just friends tonight?
We can’t stay in the grey, grey area,
It’s time for black or white
So decide on a side of the line we’be been treading
It’s okay if the choice is scaring ya
Can’t spend another night

In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area
In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area

(Bridge)
Looks like we’re lost without a guide
Til we can make up our minds
Are we falling in love or just along for the ride?
It’s time to decide

(Chorus)
Find a way through the grey, grey area
Are we just friends tonight?
We can’t stay in the grey, grey area,
It’s time for black or white
So decide on a side of the line we’be been treading
It’s okay if the choice is scaring ya
Can’t spend another night

In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area
In the grey, grey, grey, grey, grey area

Girls Love The Power by Gentleman’s Vibe x Anna Toth

Girls Love The Power by Gentleman's Vibe x Anna Toth

Gentleman’s Vibe x Anna Toth collaborate on the track “Girls Love The Power” off the upcoming “Fist Fight to Pinstripes” mixtape. They mashup Beyonce’s Power Trip x Girls Love for this song about the ups and downs of relationships. Hear both the male and female perspective on this complicated situation. You can download the remix FREE here.

Listen to more Gentleman’s Vibe: Runner Up, Hey Gorgeous, #GMVTILLINFINITY, All About The LGs and F*ck Christmas.

Girls Love The Power by Gentleman’s Vibe x Anna Toth (contains explicit lyrics)

Lyrics to Girls Love The Power by Gentleman’s Vibe x Anna Toth

(Intro – Neal)
She got me up all night, all I’m singin’ is love songs
She got me up all night, constant drinkin’ and love songs
She got me up all night, down and out with these love songs
She got me up all night, got me up

(Verse 1 – Neal)
Now can I get a dispatch; swear she got me like a mismatch
im just tryna keep it fresher than a tic tac
Two sides to every story baby bridge that
And just meet me in the middle cause I miss that
Rain City, Varsity Love
Bring the drugs baby I can bring the pain
Stayin’ pretty 10 notches above
She got that type of body that’ll drive a man insane with the
thing she do, we used to kick it past her curfew I
used to tell her what your worth to, Me
and now I gotta grip the fact I cant take her back
I cant take her back cause
Cupid’s choke hold trapped me in a headlock
Don’t be cold cause Cruella De Vil’s got
Everything in life but a sweet spot
she got everything in life so they eavesdrop, saying

(Chorus 1 – Anna)
Would you believe me if I said I’m in love?
Baby, I want you to want me
Would you believe me if I said I’m in love?
Baby, I want ya

(Chorus 2 – Justin)
To say my name, say my name
When no one is around you
Say, “Baby, I love you”
If you ain’t running games
Say my name, say my name
You actin’ kinda shady, baby
you promised you would change

(Verse 2 – Justin)
Faded visions I could barely, remember it so vaguely
Like yesterday when you had me, but you let me slip
Broken promises, broken grips
With heavy lust for your eyes and lips, with heavy feelings that we both can’t lift
So I’m putting on front like this ain’t wrong, listening to ‘weak’ while denying that I ain’t strong
Cause this love that I turned my back on, will turn into mistakes that you’ll learn from
Late calls so my faults you can list them, right? I’m the villain, youre the victim right?
Frustration got you wanting to get back AT me, instead of WITH me right?
Who took who for granted, insecurity dragged us in this
Told me you understood but I see shots and subtle disses
So right now let’s face, that right now you hate
This kind of love that right now needs space
Drowned you in trust, even though I’m drained
But you doubted me like you ain’t know my name

(Verse 3 – Anna)
I know girls love Beyoncé
Girls love to f*ck with your conscience
You hate when they go missing
But homie you ain’t no different
I’m scared to let somebody in on this
No new friends, no no no
You know how this sh*t go
You got your fair share of admirers that call your phone
You try to act like it’s just me, but I am not alone
But if you’re alone

(Chorus)
Say my name, say my name
When no one is around you
Say, “Baby, I love you”
If you ain’t running games
Say my name, say my name
You actin’ kinda shady, baby
Why the sudden change
Say my name, say my name, say my name
Say my name, say my name
When no one is around you

Singularity by Steve Aoki x Angger Dimas x My Name Is Kay

Singularity by Steve Aoki x Angger Dimas x My Name Is Kay

Steve Aoki x Angger Dimas x My Name Is Kay dropped the music video for their single “Singularity”. The futuristic video shows My Name is Kay playing a mad scientist builds a cyborg Steve Aoki. It’s the merger of technology and human biology. After getting hit by a car, Steve Aoki gets singularified and goes bionic. It’s Robocop meet The Matrix. Also look for a special appearance by futurist and technologist Ray Kurzweil! You can get the single on Singularity - Singularity (feat. My Name Is Kay) - Single or amazon.

Listen to more Steve Aoki: Ooh, Come With Me, Phat Brahms, It’s The End Of The World As We Know It EP, Emergency, Girls’ Generation “Mr. Taxi” (Steve Aoki Remix), Tornado, The Kids Will Have Their Say, Beat Down, Cudi the Kid , Heartbreaker, Ladi Dadi, Ladi Dadi Part II, Earthquakey People, Earthquakey People (The Sequel), Tornado, I’m in the House and No Beef.

Singularity by Steve Aoki x Angger Dimas x My Name Is Kay

Behind the scenes of Singularity by Steve Aoki x Angger Dimas x My Name Is Kay (contains adult language)

Turn Up the Love Line with the Far Eastie Boys

Turn Up the Love Line with the Far Eastie Boys

Far East Movement turns into puppets (the Far Eastie Boys) in this video as they turn up the love around the world. From North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un to President Barack Obama, the guys spread the their message of love. Even chef Gordon Ramsey and former boxer Mike Tyson get in on the action.

Listen to more Far East Movement : Christmas In Downtown LA, Lovetron, Change Your Life, Little Bird, Turn Up the Love, Turn Up the Love (fan version), Dirty Bass, Live My Life, Candy, Live My Life (Party Rock Remix).

Turn Up the Love Line with the Far Eastie Boys

First Avenue by Kore Ionz x Prometheus Brown

First Avenue by Kore Ionz x Prometheus Brown

Seattle reggae rockers Kore Ionz released their first official music video for “First Avenue” off the World War Free album. Both the song and video feature a collaboration with Prometheus Brown (aka Geologic) of renowned Seattle hip hop duo Blue Scholars. Starring rapper Prometheus Brown and up-and-coming actress Jessica Hu, “First Avenue” explores an interracial and cross-cultural relationship that starts in an American Ethnic Studies classroom at the University of Washington and ends when Hu brings the Filipino American rapper home to meet her Japanese American father. Stephen Sumida, Ph.D. and Gail Nomura, Ph.D., both professors of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington, make special guest appearances in the music video. Home on a quick break from The Heist World Tour with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, trumpet player Owuor Arunga was also present for the shoot. “First Avenue” was shot in Seattle at a private residence in the Mount Baker neighborhood, the University of Washington, and at `Ohana Belltown. The music video was shot in two days in early March 2013 with director and cinematographer Terrence Jeffrey Santos of M.A.D. Northwest, who documented the current state of the booming Seattle rap scene in “The Otherside.”

First Avenue by Kore Ionz x Prometheus Brown