THE '25 - Isaiah Velez: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

THE '25

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Hip-Hop/Rap

THE '25 was released on December 31, 2025 by The Garden Club as a part of the album THE '25 - Single

Song Details

AlbumTHE '25 - Single

Release DateDecember 31, 2025

LabelThe Garden Club

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM86

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Isaiah Velez

Rap

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Isaiah Velez

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Elijah Furman

Engineer

Lyrics

What a year, what a year

The season I tangoed with my tears

Two-stepping to disappear

Seeking clarity

In a manner that most would fear

And shifting the atmosphere

I prolly spoke up more than ever

With no guarantee

That your ears would hear

Go the distance for the ones who near

Do the work like a volunteer

But does the world even value what is real?

Do we champion the ones who show zeal?

Or the ones with mass appeal?

Cut the deal

Squeeze the lemons

Then we scrape the peel

Refuse to make this rap thing

Something I built

Out of guilt, pride, ego

That's not skill

It takes more talent to harness inner work

Until the art, it isn't work

The work is art;

A light in the dark

When this ink is spilt…

It's more than I can explain

It's me

You know how much I live thru the page

Sometimes, I question if this shit is a phase

Or if you're feeling the same

The gray matters to me deep in my brain,

And so it's hard to refrain

Self-sacrifice; it shape-shifts into shame

God isn't asking me to act like I don't feel pain

Learned peace can't be claimed

Until it is named

And I can't be me

Only when not in your way

Been plucking hairs gone gray

What's rap gon do for me

When ends get frayed?

What am I really afraid of?

"From Time" on my subconscious

"I give, but can't take love"

I learned this year,

You can't break love

And there's a difference 'tween

A love that's made up

And wanting to make love

The nuance wakes us

But enemy hates us,

He's hoping we taste lust…

If I had it would it be a little different?

Would it switch the mission?

Is the show over?

Or am I stuck in Intermission?

Is it God's intention

To remind me something's missing?

Always felt the tension

These days, that weight;

It's getting hard to bench it

If I don't have my heart in it

Sleep with jaw clenching

Life punches, but I ain't flinching

Cuz ain't a man supposed to be rigid?

But what if who I truly am,

I trap within a prison?

There's a part of me that's warden

Yeah, awarded for suspension

But what's truly twisted is

I like to stop and visit him

Pen is me, listening

Tryna clear the dissonance

See, now I'm getting pissed again—

They want resolve from you,

But you missing it!

They want the world from you,

Is that not your greatest dream?

They need your everything!

Every breath, every seam

Every ray, every beam, brother!

Every stanza, every scheme

George said I'm gifted

For the grafted in-between

I've just been pissed at

How the masses miss the theme

When I'm lonely as shit

I push this pen to an extreme

And then I send it to the team

In hopes to meet 'em where they bleed

Finally down to claim this prophetic

You ain't gotta get it,

But you gonna get it

Where I'm headed is to Heaven's gates

It's time to elevate

All that glamorized,

White-washing sounding so pathetic

And it ain't stopping

Life with Christ from being hard

Christian rap is filled with politics,

So secular at heart

Meanwhile, Earl is tryna teach the kids,

Inspire heart

Dig inside yourself and let me know

If you still wanna chart

I done seen the ego of a man

Rip his team apart

I done found Jesus in a bar,

Once I took my shot

Once I reach the end of myself,

Life can finally start

Heard Dave tell his stories

Bout "The Boy Who Played The Harp"

But what about the boy who played his part?

What about the kid who stopped feeling

Cuz it was a lot?

Big emotions, I tried to fit 'em in a little box

Put the gloves on and try to box,

Learned that from my Pops

Pull yourself together, guard your heart,

Learned that from the—

This one ain't for you, this shit's for me

Yeah, this is for me

Always been the type that wants to share

Every victory

Never was impressed by what's above

It's bout what's beneath

Only thing I'm taking up to Heaven

Is what's within ME

2026, I'm standing tall, eff the disbelief…

Wrestle with believing in myself

How could you wreck my peace?

Penning every piece as a totem of my grief

So I know when I'm asleep, man

2026, I'm standing tall, eff the disbelief…

Wrestle with believing in myself

How could you wreck my…

Yeah

Written by: Isaiah Velez

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