Passin' Me By
"Passin' Me By" is a song by American hip-hop group The Pharcyde, released in March 1993 through Delicious Vinyl Records. The song was the second single released from the group's 1992 debut Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. The song, produced by J-Swift, utilizes samples from "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones, "125th Street Congress" by Weather Report and "Are You Experienced?" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. "Passin' Me By" was in turn sampled by Joe for his number 1 single "Stutter". A popular line from the song, "My dear my dear my dear you do not know me but I know you very well now let me tell you," was also repeated in the same manner in "Stutter" with the only difference between the lines being that the words "about the feelings I have for you" were changed to "that I caught you" in "Stutter."
The group's four emcees, Bootie Brown, Slimkid3, Imani, and Fatlip, all use the track to recount schoolboy crushes which all eventually led to heartbreak. The song peaked at #1 on the Hot Rap Singles, #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts.
Skyzoo
Gregory Skyler Taylor (born December 24, 1982), better known by his stage name Skyzoo, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He has released a number of notable solo and collaborative albums, including Cloud 9: The 3 Day High with 9th Wonder in 2006, The Salvation in 2009, A Dream Deferred in 2012, and his most recent solo album Music For My Friends, which peaked at No. 15 on the US Top Heatseekers chart in 2015. Skyzoo has also released a plethora of free online mixtapes such as Corner Store Classic and The Great Debater throughout his career, and has worked with artists such as Jill Scott, Wale, Lloyd Banks, Tyrese, Dr. Dre, Raheem Devaughn, Black Thought, Jadakiss, Talib Kweli, Spike Lee, John Legend, and others. Skyzoo has headlined or co-headlined often-yearly tours throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Africa, Australia, and Asia, and he owns and operates the independent record label First Generation Rich.
Early life and education
Podcasts:
Skyzoo
ALBUMS
- Barrel Brothers released: 2014
- A Dream Deferred released: 2012
- The Great Debater released: 2011
- Live From the Tape Deck released: 2010
- The Power of Words: The Mixtape released: 2009
- The Salvation released: 2009
- Corner Store Classic released: 2007
- Cloud 9: The 3 Day High released: 2006
- The City's Favorite: The Mixtape released: 2005
The Great Debater
Released 2011- Complicated Rhythm
- Rap Like Me
- Written in the Drums
- Designer Drugs
- Parade Me
- We Here
- Atypical
- Expensive Habits
- Until It All Goes
- Test Drive
- Inheritance
- Get Him to the Greek
- Could've Struck the Lotto (remix)
- For the Awake
- For the Sleepers
- The Definitve Prayer
- Rocket Science
- I Swear (Never Faded remix)
- Floor Somethin'
- More
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by Avias Seay
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by Pharcyde
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by J. Reyez
Passing Me By
by: Avias SeayI wake up in the morning put my dog tag on my chest
Hung over from the night before barely got some rest
Throw on my shoes now um ready to hit the door
But if I'm gonna go out then what is instore
My mom sitting on the couch and she giving me a look
Knowing I should be in school memorizing a book
And I don't even have a job to begin
But ready to hit the streets out there and sin
Mom reaching to her peak and I'm playing me out
Knowing nothing in them streets that's gone help me no doubt
She ready to give in and kick me out
Cause I aint did my best to make her proud
Life passing me by cause um moving to slow
Need to drop certain people in order to go
Up to the next level cause success if my dream
But I'm falling down into hopeless streams
I keep seeing if they hiring every once in a while
But we suffering a depression so I keep lucking out
I need to do something life passing me by
No need to sit down and break down and cry
I need to do something life passing me by
And um ready for my new car and new raise high
Need a nice house with palms reaching the sky
I need to do something life passing me by
Everybody got dreams that's the way life go
If you put forth the effort then you get something ya know
Don't get caught out there with lames in the game
Cause they carry downfall and on you wish the same
I need to do something life passing me by
No need to break down and sit and pout why
Need a record deal break so it's time to try
Send your music to L.A then hopefully get signed
I need to make a move time aint stopping for me
Need a nice job something that I can succeed
I need to make a move um telling you why
No more sitting still life passing me by
Now young people uma speak so yall listen
Don't go around friends and don't know who the realest
Yall need to learn goals and what's your motive in life
Staying away from troubles or you pay the price
Dis avias on the mic nothing more I can say
Need a job money car and somewhere to stay
I need to do right cause it's no need to lie
Sitting still at home life passing me by
No need to sit down and break down and cry
Mama looking really worried then she give me a sigh
I need to do something life passing me by
No need to sit still no luck wondering why
I need to do something life passing me by
Tick tick tick tock (14x's)